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HR57 - A RESOLUTION urging Governor Andy Beshear to express support for Governor Greg Abbott and the State of Texas in their efforts to secure the border.
Richard Heath, Rebecca Raymer, Jared A. Bauman
Last updated 8 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Urge Governor Andy Beshear to express support for Governor Greg Abbott and the State of Texas in their efforts to secure the border.
STATUS
Introduced
HCR60 - A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Support Education Excellence in Kentucky (SEEK) Task Force.
Timothy Truett, Scott Lewis, Kimberly Banta
Last updated 8 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Support Education Excellence in Kentucky (SEEK) Task Force to study the various components of the SEEK formula, evaluate whether changes are necessary to the base, tiers, or add-ons to maintain the original goal of SEEK; outline task force membership; require the task force to submit any findings and recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2024
STATUS
Introduced
HR63 - A RESOLUTION urging President Joe Biden to repel the invasion at the United States' southern border.
Savannah Maddox, Felicia Rabourn, Kimberly Banta
Last updated 8 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Urge President Joe Biden to defend the southern border of the United States.
STATUS
Introduced
HB194 - AN ACT relating to workplace violence against healthcare workers.
Kimberly Poore Moser, Stephanie A. Dietz, Danny R. Bentley
Last updated 6 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Amends KRS 508.025 to expand assault in the third degree to include causing or attempting to cause physical injury to a person employed by or under contract with a health clinic, doctor’s office, dental office, long-term care facility, hospital, or hospital-owned affiliate if the event occurs in or on the premises of a health clinic, doctor’s office, dental office, long-term care facility, hospital, or hospital-owned affiliate.
STATUS
Passed
HJR66 - A JOINT RESOLUTION applying for an Article V Convention to propose an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to set a limit on the number of terms of office for members of Congress.
William Lee Lawrence
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Apply to Congress under Article V of the Constitution of the United States for the calling of a convention of the states limited to proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States that limit the terms of office for members of Congress; state that the application should be aggregated with the applications of other states limited for the purposes identified in the application; state that the application should be a continuing application until a convention is called.
STATUS
Introduced
HB231 - AN ACT relating to public postsecondary education institutions.
William Lee Lawrence, Kimberly Banta, Kevin D. Bratcher
Last updated 9 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 164.020 to prohibit the Council on Postsecondary Education from raising tuition for a postsecondary education institution more than 5% a year for resident students and 7% a year for nonresident students; provide a four-year tuition freeze for an enrolled resident student; require an institution to notify a student before expiration of a tuition freeze; require any increase in tuition or fees to be approved before March 1; amend KRS 164.131 to add two additional full-time student members to the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees, including one graduate student; remove language regarding initial appointments; amend KRS 164.821 to add two additional full-time student members to the University of Louisville Board of Trustees, including one graduate student; remove language regarding initial appointments; amend KRS 164.321 to add two additional full-time student members to the boards of regents, including one full-time graduate student; remove language regarding initial appointments; amend KRS 164.7874 to require a private postsecondary institution to have a voting student member on its governing board in order to be a participating institution for purposes of KEES eligibility; provide that the Act may be cited as the Kentucky Student Tuition Protection and Accountability Act; EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2028.
STATUS
Introduced
HB20 - AN ACT relating to a cost-of-living increase to the retirement benefits for retired state employees, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.
Ruth Ann Palumbo, Chad Aull, Tina Bojanowski
Last updated 9 months ago
15 Co-Sponsors
Appropriate $227 million, $17 million, and $17 million in fiscal year 2024-2025 to the Kentucky Public Pensions Authority to fund a one-time two percent cost-of-living adjustment effective July 1, 2024, for Kentucky Employees Retirement System nonhazardous and hazardous duty recipients, and for State Police Retirement System recipients, respectively; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
STATUS
Introduced
HB314 - AN ACT relating to the community restoration incentive program.
William Lee Lawrence
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish the community restoration tax credit for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, but before January 1, 2029, for financial institutions making loans to a community development financial institution; establish the annual credit cap at $20 million; require the Department of Revenue to report tax credit data to the Legislative Research Commission and the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the credit; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the Legislative Research Commission to receive confidential data about the community restoration tax credit from the Department of Revenue.
STATUS
Introduced
HB16 - AN ACT relating to milk safety.
Felicia Rabourn, Josh Calloway, William Lee Lawrence
Last updated 9 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 217C.030, 217C.040, 217C.050, 217C.060, 217C.070, 217C.090, and 260.840 to move the Milk Safety Branch from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to the Kentucky Department of Agriculture and to conform; direct that all staff, personnel, records, files, equipment, resources, funding, and administrative functions of the Milk Safety Branch be transferred to the Kentucky Department of Agriculture.
STATUS
Introduced
HR37 - A RESOLUTION urging the United States Congress to amend Title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the government pension offset and the windfall elimination provision.
William Lee Lawrence, Timothy Truett, Ryan Dotson
Last updated 9 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Urge the United States Congress to amend Title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the government pension offset and the windfall elimination provision.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Kentucky district HD-070
COMMITTEES
Kentucky House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
William Lee Lawrence is a former educator and coach from Brockton, Massachusetts. He taught mathematics and coached basketball and baseball at Brockton High School for over 30 years. After retiring from teaching, Lawrence founded a youth mentoring organization called Coaches Unlimited to provide guidance to at-risk youth. He continues his community involvement by serving on the board of the Brockton Visiting Nurse Association and the Brockton 21st Century Corporation.read less
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