Rep. Kimberly Banta
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to interpersonal violence. [HB-26]
Amend KRS 403.720 to include violence against an animal when used as coercive conduct in the definition of "domestic violence and abuse"; amend KRS 403.740 to allow a judge to award possession of a shared domestic animal to the petitioner; amend KRS 456.010 to include violence against an animal when used as coercive conduct in the definition of "dating violence and abuse"; amend KRS 456.060 to allow a judge to award possession of a shared domestic animal to the petitioner.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Introduced In House on 01/05/2021
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AN ACT relating to a deduction for medical expenses for individual income tax. [HB-146]
Amend KRS 141.019 to allow a deduction for medical expenses for individual income tax purposes; apply to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2021.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Banta
Introduced In House on 01/05/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to mental health and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-44]
Amend KRS 210.365 to make firefighters eligible for crisis intervention team training along with law enforcement officers currently permitted such training; amend KRS 95A.220 with an appropriation of $1,250,000 each fiscal year for treatment of full-time and volunteer firefighters affected by post-traumatic stress injury (PTSI) and/or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); provide that legitimate personnel actions are not compensable; establish the reference for definitions of PTSD and PTSI; require diagnosis by psychiatrist, psychologist, or counselor;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 114) on 03/25/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to youth mental health protection and declaring an emergency. [HB-19]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 210 define sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts, mental health professional, and public funds; to prohibit mental health professionals from engaging in sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts 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; require violations to be subject to board discipline; prohibit public funds from being used for sexual orientation and
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Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
Introduced In House on 01/05/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to civil rights. [HB-130]
Amend KRS 344.010 to include definitions for "sexual orientation" and "gender identity"; amend KRS 344.020, relating to the purpose of the Kentucky's 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
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kelly Flood
Introduced In House on 01/05/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to student discipline at public postsecondary education institutions. [HB-145]
Amend KRS 164.370 to require each governing board of a public postsecondary education institution to adopt a student code of conduct that includes disciplinary procedures; set minimum requirements for the disciplinary procedures; require the institution to provide additional rights to students eligible to receive certain punishments; require a governing board to permit a student whose residence is in campus housing to appeal to the governing board; require a governing board to permit a student organization whose affiliation with the institution
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Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Fischer
To Education (s) on 03/03/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
A JOINT RESOLUTION relating to school accountability. [HJR-8]
Direct the commissioner of education to convene a strategic assessment and accountability committee; establish minimum requirements for the composition of the committee; establish the duties of the committee; require the commissioner to report the findings of the committee to the Interim Joint Committee on Education by December 1, 2021, and December 1, 2022, EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kelly Flood
Introduced In House on 01/05/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 32 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to terms of members of the General Assembly. [HB-29]
Propose to amend Section 32 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prevent Senators from serving more than four terms of office, not including partial terms of two years or less, and to prevent members of the House of Representatives from serving more than six terms of office, not including partial terms of two years or less, beginning with those elected in November 2024; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
Sponsored by: Rep. Melinda Prunty
Introduced In House on 01/05/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to mental health parity. [HB-50]
Amend KRS 304.17A-660 to define "classification of benefits" and "nonquantitative treatment limitation"; amend KRS 304.17A-661 to modify mental health parity requirements; require parity coverage for nonquantitative treatment limitations and medical necessity criteria; require compliance with nonquantitative treatment limitations set forth in federal law; require insurers to submit annual reports relating to the insurer's compliance with mental health parity requirements; amend KRS 304.17A-669 to remove exemptions; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2022.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 15) on 03/12/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Affordable Housing Act. [HB-142]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 198A to establish the nonrefundable Kentucky affordable housing credit for taxable years or periods beginning on or after January 1, 2024, for a period of five years; allow the credit to be applied to the income and insurance taxes, in an amount equal to the amount of federal low-income housing tax credit; provide that the aggregate amount of tax credit for any year shall not exceed $12.5 million; create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to allow the credit to be applied to income and limited liability entity taxes;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Fischer
Introduced In House on 01/05/2021