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SR207 - A RESOLUTION honoring and commending the Louisville Fire Department firefighters, Louisville Metro Police Department officers, and Louisville emergency medical services personnel involved in the recent rescue on the Clark Memorial Bridge.
Gerald A. Neal, David Yates, Julie Adams
Last updated 5 months ago
36 Co-Sponsors
Recognize and commend the Louisville Fire Department rescue squad that executed a rescue on the Clark Memorial Bridge, and the Louisville Metro Police and emergency medical services personnel that responded to the scene.
STATUS
Passed
SR287 - A RESOLUTION recognizing April 2024 as Child Abuse Prevention Month in Kentucky.
Whitney H. Westerfield
Last updated 5 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Recognize April 2024 as Child Abuse Prevention Month in Kentucky.
STATUS
Passed
SB232 - AN ACT relating to education and declaring an emergency.
Whitney H. Westerfield
Last updated 6 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Repeal and reenact KRS 162.060 to establish that local boards of education shall submit all plans for new public school buildings or additions or alterations of old buildings to the chief state school officer, but prohibit the Kentucky Department of Education from requiring prior approval of the district's plans; amend KRS 156.160 to provide for the approval and appeal process for a district's purchase or disposal of real property; amend KRS 157.420 conform; establish the requirements for a district facilities plan; amend KRS 157.440, 157.615, 157.620, 157.621, 157.622, 158.814, and 160.105 to conform; amend KRS 160.160 to allow use of estimates of the cost of a project by licensed architects or engineers for establishing the financing; remove the requirement for a district to obtain prior approval from the department for a mortgage or lien on a school building or for leasing a building; amend KRS 158.102 to remove minimum requirements for a school librarian; amend KRS 199.882 to include an employer directly paying for the child-care facilities and facility maintenance on behalf of a child-care provider in the definition of "contribution"; allow for the renewal of an emergency teaching certificate for the 2024-2025 school year; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2024; EMERGENCY.
STATUS
Engrossed
SR159 - A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Kenneth Ray Haggard.
Whitney H. Westerfield
Last updated 6 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Kenneth Ray Haggard.
STATUS
Passed
SB230 - AN ACT relating to discriminatory practices against a person.
Whitney H. Westerfield
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amend KRS 344.010 to provide definitions of "protective hairstyle" and "race" that include traits historically associated with race; amend KRS 344.020 to provide that nothing in the chapter shall be construed to prohibit reasonable workplace policies; amend KRS 158.148 to provide that school disciplinary codes shall prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, but shall not be interpreted to restrict the adoption of reasonable school safety policies; make technical corrections; provide that the Act may be cited as the C.R.O.W.N. Act.
STATUS
Introduced
SB231 - AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 25 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to slavery and involuntary servitude as a punishment for crime.
Whitney H. Westerfield
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Propose to amend Section 25 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude in all circumstances; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
STATUS
Introduced
SB13 - AN ACT relating to crisis aversion and rights retention orders.
Whitney H. Westerfield, David Yates, Casey Chambers Armstrong
Last updated 8 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Establish KRS Chapter 202D and create new sections thereof relating to crisis aversion and rights retention orders; provide limitations on interpretation of the Act; define terms; allow law enforcement officers to petition a court to issue orders when a respondent presents an immediate and present danger of causing serious physical injury to themselves or others through purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm; establish procedures for the filing, review, hearing, service of process, termination, or renewal of the petition and orders; provide court processes and evidentiary standards; allow entry of the orders into law enforcement systems; prescribe issuance and service procedures for additional proceedings; establish procedures for the surrender, storage, transfer, and return of firearms; establish penalties for violations; allow for recognition and enforcement of foreign orders; amend KRS 431.076 to conform.
STATUS
Introduced
SR167 - A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Jessie "Jess" J. Adkins.
Phillip Wheeler, John Schickel, Julie Adams
Last updated 5 months ago
36 Co-Sponsors
Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Jessie "Jess" J. Adkins.
STATUS
Passed
SB218 - AN ACT relating to criminal history.
Brandon Jackson Storm, Amanda Mays Bledsoe, Casey Chambers Armstrong
Last updated 7 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to establish an automatic expungement process for specific eligible misdemeanor and felony convictions; allow the Commonwealth's and county attorney to object and halt the automatic expungement of certain offenses; amend KRS 431.074 to require the Administrative Office of the Courts to establish a searchable portal to allow a person to determine if his or her conviction has been expunged; amend KRS 27A.300 to provide that the centralized criminal history record information system administered pursuant to KRS 27A.310 to 27A.440 is the official record of criminal proceedings; create new section of KRS Chapter 411 to create a cause of action against criminal history providers who do not comply with an expungement order; provide that the Act may be cited as the Clean State Act.
STATUS
Introduced
SR358 - A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Jessica Hill.
Whitney H. Westerfield
Last updated 5 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Jessica Hill.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
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Senator from Kentucky district SD-003
COMMITTEES
Kentucky Senate
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ABOUT
Whitney H. Westerfield is a Republican member of the Kentucky State Senate, representing District 3. He was first elected to the chamber in 2014. Westerfield sits on the Senate Committees on Appropriations & Revenue, Economic Development, Tourism & Labor, Judiciary, and State & Local Government. He also serves as Majority Caucus Chair. Prior to his election, Westerfield was an attorney in private practice. He earned his B.A. from Western Kentucky University in 1998 and his J.D. from Salmon P. Chase College of Law in 2001.read less
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