Rep. Charles Wheatley
Stats
District HD-065
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 21
Sponsored Legislation
Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to student health. [HB-11]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 438 to define terms; prohibit use of tobacco products by students, school personnel, and visitors in schools, school vehicles, properties, and activities; require policies to be in place by the 2020-2021 school year; require that smoke-free policies and signage be adopted; provide that existing bans are not impacted; repeal KRS 438.050.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Signed By Governor (ky Acts Ch. 198) on 04/09/2019
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AN ACT relating to early childhood education. [HB-112]
Amend KRS 158.060 to remove half-day allowance for kindergarten; amend KRS 157.320, 157.360, and 158.030 to conform.
Sponsored by: Rep. Russ Meyer
To Education (h) on 01/10/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the abolition of the death penalty. [HB-115]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to abolish the death penalty and replace it with life imprisonment without parole for inmates presently sentenced to death; amend KRS 532.030, relating to authorized dispositions for felony offenses, to remove the death penalty; amend KRS 533.010, relating to probation, to prohibit probation for a person sentenced to life without parole or life without parole for 25 years; amend KRS 640.040, relating to penalties for juveniles convicted of felony offenses, to prohibit life imprisonment without benefit of parole
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Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
To Judiciary (h) on 01/10/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to sports wagering and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-12]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 154A to require the Kentucky Lottery Corporation to institute a sports wagering system; amend KRS 154A.010 to define "collegiate sports contest," "net sports wagering receipts," "professional sports contest," and "sports wagering"; amend KRS 154A.030 to prohibit owners of professional sports teams from serving on the board; amend KRS 154A.050 and 154A.060 to include sports wagering; amend 154A.063 to allow the corporation to accept wagers on collegiate and professional sports contests; amend KRS 154A.065 to prohibit
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Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 01/10/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the fiduciary duties of the trustees and investment managers for the state-administered retirement systems. [HB-126]
Amend KRS 21.540, 61.650, and 161.430 to require the state-administered retirement systems to follow the state Model Procurement Code when contracting for investment management services; amend KRS 61.645 to grant the Attorney General concurrent jurisdiction to investigate and prosecute violations of the ethical and fiduciary duties of trustees and investment managers for the Kentucky Retirement Systems; amend KRS 161.250 to grant the Attorney General concurrent jurisdiction to investigate and prosecute violations of the ethical and fiduciary duties
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Sponsored by: Rep. Russ Meyer
To State Government (h) on 01/10/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to fire protection and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-13]
Amend KRS 95A.520 and 95A.540, relating to volunteer fire department mergers, to make it applicable to volunteer fire departments merging prior to the effective date of the Act; create a new section of KRS Chapter 95A to provide that for volunteer fire departments merging after the effective date of the Act, the Fire Commission shall pay to the departments the number of qualified shares of volunteer fire department aid each is entitled to for a period of 20 years after the date of the merger, upon the expiration of which the merged department receives
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jim Duplessis
Recommitted To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 03/12/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to medicinal marijuana and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-136]
Create 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 and cultivation for personal use of medicinal marijuana by qualifying patients, visiting patients,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
2nd Reading, To Rules on 03/12/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the taxation of pension income, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. [HB-15]
Amend KRS 141.019 to increase the pension income exclusion from $31,110 to $41,110; declare this Act to apply retroactively for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2018; require the Department of Revenue to automatically issue refunds; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 01/10/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to expungement. [HB-155]
Amend KRS 431.073 to make additional offenses eligible for expungement; reduce the filing fee for felony expungement from $500 to $200; amend KRS 431.076 to allow expungement of charges dismissed without prejudice; amend KRS 431.078 to require certain records to be expunged if the law specifies a period for enhancement and that period has expired; amend KRS 431.079 to limit requirement of certification to convictions that have not been pardoned.
Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
To Judiciary (h) on 02/05/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to civil rights. [HB-164]
Amend KRS 344.010 to include definitions for "sexual orientation" and "gender identity"; amend KRS 344.020, relating to the purpose of the KRS civil rights chapter, to include a prohibition against discrimination because of sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.025, 344.040, 344.050, 344.060, 344.070, and 344.080, relating to prohibited discrimination in various labor and employment practices, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.100 and 344.110 to conform; amend KRS 344.120 and 342.140, relating to prohibited
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Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
To Judiciary (h) on 02/05/2019