AN ACT relating to public school buildings. [HB-547]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 162 to define "single-user toilet facilities"; require the chief state school officer not approve plans for new school buildings or alterations to school buildings unless the plans provide sufficient single-user toilet facilities; require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations regarding the required number of single-user toilet facilities in school buildings, with a minimum requirement of one.
HB-547: AN ACT relating to public school buildings.
Sponsored by: Rep. Josie Raymond
Introduced In House on 02/14/2024
AN ACT relating to civic education. [HB-535]
Amends KRS 158.141 to require, beginning with the high school freshman class of 2025-2026, either a one-half credit course in civic literacy for graduation, including early graduation, or a score of 70 percent on a 100-question civics test, with local school districts selecting which option to use, to require that school districts submit annual civics testing data to the Kentucky Department of Education and to require that the department report cumulative data to the Legislative Research Commission, to provide a list of required topics to be taught
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HB-535: AN ACT relating to civic education.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Hale
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 122) on 04/09/2024
AN ACT relating to legislative ethics. [HB-517]
Amends KRS 6.611 to exclude from the definition of “lobbying” the action of any person whose official responsibilities do not include lobbying, who is not compensated to lobby, and who is an officer, managerial personnel, or employee with specialized knowledge assisting an entity with a direct interest in legislation on a particular issue; amends KRS 6.681 to require that the Legislative Ethics Commission provide a draft of its response to an advisory opinion or notice of its intention not to issue an opinion to a requestor five days prior to the
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HB-517: AN ACT relating to legislative ethics.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Meade
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 184) on 04/12/2024
Raising the compensation rates of panel attorneys [HB-5678]
The purpose of this bill is to increase compensation rates for panel attorneys and investigators, and to provide indigent defendants with an opportunity to obtain expungements.
HB-5678: Raising the compensation rates of panel attorneys
Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Pritt
Filed For Introduction on 02/13/2024
AN ACT relating to access to the records and meetings of public agencies. [HB-509]
Create a new section of KRS 61.870 to 61.884, the Open Records Act, to require a public agency to furnish an officer, employee, board member, or commission member an agency email account; define terms; allow the governing body of a public agency or its appointing authority to identify, in writing, the names of specific personnel that do not require the use of an agency-furnished email account; allow a public agency to issue an email address through a third-party provider if a public is incapable of issuing an agency-furnished email account; prohibit
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HB-509: AN ACT relating to access to the records and meetings of public agencies.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Nemes
Floor Amendments (4) And (5) Filed on 04/12/2024
You have voted HB-5640: Relating to the composition of the West Virginia Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority Board and shceduled meetings.
AN ACT relating to Senate confirmation of appointees. [HB-501]
Amend various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to require Senate confirmation in accordance with KRS 11.160 for all appointments or reappointments made by the Governor to boards, commissions, committees, and councils.
HB-501: AN ACT relating to Senate confirmation of appointees.
Sponsored by: Rep. Myron Dossett
Introduced In House on 02/09/2024
AN ACT relating to alcohol and drug counselors. [HB-505]
Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 222 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations to establish requirements for providing alcohol and drug treatment and behavioral health service providers and to require the cabinet to seek federal approval if it determines that such approval is necessary; creates a new section of Chapter 309 to establish criteria for registration as a temporary alcohol and drug peer support specialist; amends KRS 309.080, 309.0805, 309.0813, 309.083, 309.0841, 309.0842, and
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HB-505: AN ACT relating to alcohol and drug counselors.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 89) on 04/05/2024
AN ACT relating to state benefits for veterans. [HB-503]
Amend KRS 12.245, 12.354, 14A.1-070, 16.040, 40.010, 40.310, 40.650, 42.0146, 148.0211, 158.105, 158.140, 161.048, 164.512, 164.515, 186.041, 186.163, and 186.416 to make certain LGBTQ and qualifying veterans, as defined, eligible for state veterans' benefits.
HB-503: AN ACT relating to state benefits for veterans.
Sponsored by: Rep. Josie Raymond
Introduced In House on 02/09/2024
AN ACT relating to the Animal Control Advisory Board. [SB-193]
Repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 258.117 to reduce the number of board appointees from each nominating organization from two to one; add one member to be selected from a list submitted by Kentucky Animal Action; provide that on the effective date of the Act, the Animal Control Advisory Board shall be dissolved and reconstituted, and that all new members shall be appointed; provide for the staggering of initial appointments.
SB-193: AN ACT relating to the Animal Control Advisory Board.
Sponsored by: Sen. Julie Adams
Received In House on 03/01/2024