Rep. Charles Wheatley
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District HD-065
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 21
Sponsored Legislation
Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to wages. [HB-39]
Amend KRS 337.010 to increase the applicable threshold of employees of retail stores and service industries from $95,000 to $500,000 average annual gross volume of sales for the employer; amend KRS 337.275 to raise the state minimum wage to $8.20 per hour on July 1, 2020, $9.15 per hour on July 1, 2021, $10.10 per hour on July 1, 2022, $11 per hour on July 1, 2023, $12.05 per hour on July 1, 2024, $13.10 per hour on July 1, 2025, $13.95 per hour on July 1, 2026, and $15 per hour on July 1, 2027, and to raise the state minimum wage for tipped employees
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Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
Introduced In House on 01/07/2020
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Gettr Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to changing beneficiaries after retirement in state-administered retirement systems. [HB-104]
Amend KRS 61.542 to allow a retiree who experiences a qualifying event, including marriage, remarriage, the birth or adoption of a child, or the death of a designated beneficiary, to elect to change his or her beneficiary and optional payment plan provided the election is made within 120 days of the qualifying event on a form prescribed by the Kentucky Retirement Systems and provide that in the case of a divorce, annulment, or dissolution of marriage, the retiree's estate shall become the beneficiary; amend KRS 61.590, 61.615, and 61.630 to conform;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
To State & Local Government (s) on 02/28/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to flavored vapor products. [HB-158]
Amend KRS 438.305 to include definitions for "flavored vapor product" and "characterizing flavor"; create a new section of KRS 438.305 to 438.340 to ban the sale, purchase, and distribution of flavored vapor products in the Commonwealth including online transactions; establish the fines for violations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Charles Wheatley
Introduced In House on 01/07/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to actuarial analysis on retirement bills. [HB-194]
Amend KRS 6.350 to establish additional requirements for the completion of the actuarial analysis required for bills pertaining to state-administered retirement systems; specify additional requirements to be projecting costs/savings over a 30 year period rather than 20 years, completing the analysis in a format established by the Legislative Research Commission, and requiring the front page of the analysis to include summary information.
Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
Taken From State & Local Government (s) on 03/18/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to collective bargaining for public employees. [HB-231]
Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 336, relating to collective bargaining for public employees; amend KRS 336.010 to define "public employees"; amend KRS 336.130 to allow employees of the Commonwealth of Kentucky to collectively bargain.
Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
To State Government (h) on 01/13/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to wagering and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-137]
Establish KRS Chapter 239 and create new sections to define “adjusted gross revenue,” “beginner,” “cabinet, “confidential information,” “entry fee,” “fantasy contest,” “fantasy contest operator," “fantasy contest participant", “highly experienced player,” “immediate family,” “location percentage,” “person,” “principal stockholder,” “registered fantasy contest operator,” “script,” “secretary,” and “wager”; establish requirements for registration as a fantasy contest operator; require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations for the operation
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Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
Recommitted To Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (h) on 03/17/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to medicinal cannabis and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-136]
Create various new sections of KRS Chapter 218A to define terms; to exempt the medicinal marijuana program from existing provisions in Kentucky law to the contrary; to require the Department for Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Control to implement and regulate the medicinal marijuana program in Kentucky; to establish the Division of Medicinal Marijuana within the Department of Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Control; to establish restrictions on the possession of medicinal marijuana by qualifying patients, visiting patients, and designated caregivers;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
To Judiciary (s) on 03/02/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT designating the second Wednesday in February as Family Resource and Youth Services Center Day. [HB-241]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to designate the second Wednesday in February as "Family Resource and Youth Services Center Day."
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Fischer
To State & Local Government (s) on 02/18/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to education. [HB-200]
Amend KRS 157.360 to reduce maximum class sizes by three.
Sponsored by: Rep. Reginald Meeks
To Education (h) on 01/09/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to mental health protection and declaring an emergency. [HB-199]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 210 define conversion therapy, mental health professional, and public funds; to prohibit mental health professionals from engaging in conversion therapy with a person under eighteen (18) years of age or a person who is eighteen (18) years or older who is an adult as defined in KRS 209.020 or a ward as defined in KRS 387.510 in conversion therapy; require violations to be subject to board discipline; prohibit public funds from being used for conversion therapy; add the short title "Mental Health Protection Act";
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Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
To Health And Family Services (h) on 01/09/2020