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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to area development districts. [HB-476]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Amend KRS 147A.004 to establish a formula for distribution of funds through the Joint Funding Administration Program; require the Interim Joint Committee on Local Government to study and make recommendations related to the area development districts and the Department for Local Government.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adam Koenig
2nd Reading, To Rules on 03/13/2019
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AN ACT relating to the establishment of the External Detainee Fatality Review Panel. [HB-264]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 441 to establish the External Detainee Fatality Review Panel to conduct comprehensive reviews of all fatalities of individuals detained in county or regional jails, any facility operated by the Department of Corrections, the Department of Juvenile Justice, or an entity under contract with either department.
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Westrom
To Judiciary (h) on 02/07/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to school safety. [HB-1]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Healthcare ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Crime ]
Amend KRS 158.441 to include definitions of school safety and school security; amend KRS 158.442 to include development and implementation of a school safety coordinator training program; specify membership on the Center for School Safety board of directors; amend KRS 158.443 to specify the board of directors is to appoint an executive director, establish all positions of the center, approve a school security risk assessment tool, review the organizational structure of the center and make recommendations; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158
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Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Fischer
To Education (h) on 01/11/2019
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Property Valuation Administrator's Office Task Force. [HCR-124]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Create the Property Valuation Administrator's Office Task Force to study the operations and funding of the property valuation administrators' offices and the property valuation administrators' job requirements, property valuation methods, and timeframe in relation to the ad valorem taxation process; outline task force membership; require the task force to meet at least monthly during the 2020 Interim and to submit any proposed findings or recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2020.
Sponsored by: Rep. Melinda Prunty
To State & Local Government (s) on 03/19/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION directing the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Kentucky Highway Work Zone Safety Task Force. [HCR-115]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Construction ]
Create the Kentucky Highway Work Zone Safety Task Force to study ways to reduce highway work zone traffic incidents; outline task force membership; require the task force to meet monthly during the 2020 interim; allow the task force to submit findings and recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2020.
Sponsored by: Rep. John Blanton
Posted In Committee on 03/06/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION creating the Task Force on Alternative Reimbursement Payment Models for Rural Hospitals. [HCR-111]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
Create the Task Force on Alternative Reimbursement Payment Models for Rural Hospitals to consider alternative methods of helping rural hospitals in Kentucky address the challenges they face in continuing to provide access to health care services to their communities, improving health care outcomes, and increasing financial sustainability; establish membership and duties of the task force; submit any findings by December 1, 2020.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Wiederstein
To Health And Family Services (h) on 02/28/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
A JOINT RESOLUTION establishing the Working Group on Water and Wastewater Infrastructure and reestablishing the Public Water and Wastewater System Infrastructure Task Force. [HJR-98]
[Water ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
[Community Development ]
Establish the Working Group on Public Water and Wastewater Infrastructure in the executive branch and specify its role and function; reestablish the Public Water and Wastewater System Infrastructure Task Force and specify its role and function; require the working group to give monthly updates to the task force; require the task force to report to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2020.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joe Graviss
To Natural Resources & Energy (h) on 02/26/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Energy and Environment Cabinet to study the economic impact of renewable energy portfolio standards and other renewable energy policies in all states and to provide recommendations on the applicability and feasibility of adopting new renewable energy policies that support economic growth in Kentucky. [HJR-91]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Economic Development ]
[Climate Change ]
Direct the Energy and Environment Cabinet to study the economic impact of renewable energy portfolio standards and other renewable energy policies in all states and to provide recommendations on the applicability and feasibility of adopting new renewable energy policies that support economic growth in Kentucky; submit findings and recommendations regarding the implementation of renewable portfolio standards and other renewable energy policies in Kentucky and the resulting economic impact on the Commonwealth to the Governor, the Legislative Research
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Sponsored by: Rep. McKenzie Cantrell
To Natural Resources & Energy (h) on 02/21/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Finance and Administration Cabinet to create an Evidence-Based Policymaking Task Force to study how state agencies collect and share data, and making an appropriation therefor. [HJR-81]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Direct the Finance and Administration Cabinet to create the Evidence-Based Policymaking Task Force to study how state agencies collect and share data; APPROPRIATION.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Wiederstein
To State Government (h) on 02/14/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Kentucky Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Streptococcal Infections (PANDAS) and Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS) Task Force. [HCR-78]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Create the Kentucky Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Streptococcal Infections (PANDAS) and Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS) Task Force to provide recommendations to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, health care providers, and the General Assembly on improving research, diagnoses, treatments, and education of PANDAS and PANS; outline task force membership; require the task force to meet monthly during the 2020 Interim and to submit findings and recommendations to the Legislative Research
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Sponsored by: Rep. Melinda Prunty
To Health & Welfare (s) on 03/17/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
A JOINT RESOLUTION relating to the Kentucky School for the Deaf. [SJR-142]
[Education ]
[Disabilities ]
[Children and Youth ]
Direct the Kentucky Department of Education to study how to best transfer the operation and management of the Kentucky School for the Deaf to the Danville Independent School District; outline study requirements; require a report to the Legislative Research Commission and the Interim Joint Committee on Education by December 1, 2020.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Givens
Introduced In Senate on 02/11/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to public welfare. [HB-1]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Food ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
Create various new sections of KRS 205 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to utilize a single electronic benefit transfer card for each beneficiary; to prohibit beneficiaries from withdrawing cash using an electronic benefit transfer card; to prohibit the use of cash assistance benefits to purchase certain items or make purchases at certain establishments; to establish that an individual who traffics in electronic benefit transfer cards may be deemed ineligible for public assistance benefits; to restrict the use of Supplemental
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Returned To Health & Welfare (s) on 03/18/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION directing the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Kentucky Preschool Program Task Force. [HCR-52]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Kentucky Preschool Program Task Force to study preschool programs; require findings and recommendations to be reported by November 30, 2020.
Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
Posted In Committee on 03/09/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to establish the Task Force on Services for Persons with Brain Injuries. [SJR-35]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Disabilities ]
Direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to establish the Task Force on Services for Persons with Brain Injuries; establish duties of the task force; establish members of the task force; require a report to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2020; cease the task force by December 31, 2020, unless otherwise authorized by the General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal
Posted In Committee on 03/17/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to create a task force to study prescription drug transparency and affordability. [SJR-5]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
Direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to create a task force to study prescription drug transparency and affordability.
Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Buford
To Health & Welfare (s) on 01/08/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Energy and Environment Cabinet (Cabinet) and the Louisville Metro Air Pollution Control District (District) to determine the environmental benefits, related costs, and potential alternatives to the federal reformulated gasoline requirements currently imposed in Jefferson County and partial areas in Bullitt and Oldham Counties. [HJR-8]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Direct the Energy and Environment Cabinet and the Louisville Metro Air Pollution Control District to determine the environmental benefits, related costs, and potential alternatives to the federal reformulated gasoline requirements currently imposed in Jefferson County and partial areas in Bullitt and Oldham Counties.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jerry Miller
Became Effective Without Governor's Signature (acts Ch. 3) on 02/20/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION to create a task force on neonatal intensive care units. [HCR-6]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Create the Using the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Wisely Task Force to study and make recommendations related to the utilization, effectiveness, and cost of Kentucky's Neonatal Intensive Care Units; outline task force membership; require the task force to meet at least three times during the 2020 interim and to submit findings and recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2020.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Wiederstein
Introduced In House on 01/07/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Finance and Administration Cabinet to create an Evidence-Based Policymaking Task Force to study how state agencies collect and share data, and making an appropriation therefor. [HJR-9]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Direct the Finance and Administration Cabinet to create the Evidence-Based Policymaking Task Force to study how state agencies collect and share data; APPROPRIATION.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Wiederstein
Posting Withdrawn on 01/14/2020