AN ACT relating to workers' compensation and declaring an emergency. [HB-62]
Amend KRS 342.0011 to define "COVID-19"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 342 to establish workers' compensation liability in instances where employers require vaccination against COVID-19 as a condition of employment and the employee develops an adverse reaction to the vaccine; create a rebuttable presumption that an adverse reaction was caused by the COVID-19 vaccine if it was not present prior to and arises within 14 days of receipt of the vaccine; retoactive to December 14, 2020; EMERGENCY.
HB-62: AN ACT relating to workers' compensation and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard White
Introduced In House on 01/04/2022
AN ACT relating to torture of a dog or cat. [HB-20]
Amend KRS 525.135, relating to torture of a dog or cat, to add specific acts to definition of torture; make all violations a Class D felony; make each act of torture prosecutable as a separate offense; make the exemptions applicable only where there is no intent to cause, increase, or prolong the pain and suffering of the dog or cat.
HB-20: AN ACT relating to torture of a dog or cat.
Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
Posted For Passage In The Regular Orders Of The Day For Thursday, March 10, 2022 on 03/09/2022
AN ACT relating to immunization disclosure. [HB-28]
Create a new section in KRS Chapter 336 to prohibit public entity employers from requiring employees and applicants from disclosing his or her immunization status; create a new section in KRS Chapter 164 to prohibit postsecondary schools from requiring a student, staff, or faculty member to disclose his or her immunization status; amend KRS 344.120 to include the discrimination on the basis of "immunization status" as an unlawful practice; create a new section in KRS Chapter 365 to prohibit a business from requiring customers to disclose his or
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HB-28: AN ACT relating to immunization disclosure.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Fischer
Returned To Health & Welfare (s) on 03/25/2022
AN ACT relating to transportation. [HB-40]
Amend KRS 189.030 to require the illumination of headlamps on motor vehicles during any period of precipitation that necessitates the use of windshield wipers by motorists; specify that there will be a courtesy warning period until January 1, 2023.
HB-40: AN ACT relating to transportation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard White
Introduced In House on 01/04/2022
AN ACT relating to the taxation of firearms and ammunition. [HB-36]
Amend KRS 139.010 to add definitions of "firearm" and "ammunition"; amend KRS 139.480 to exempt firearms and ammunition from sales and use tax and require reporting related to the exemption; amend KRS 131.190 to allow reporting by the Department of Revenue; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2022.
HB-36: AN ACT relating to the taxation of firearms and ammunition.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bobby McCool
Introduced In House on 01/04/2022
AN ACT relating to assisted reproduction. [HB-64]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 510 to create the crime of fraudulent assisted reproduction; define terms; authorize a civil action; establish penalty; amend KRS 311.597 to add fraudulent assisted reproduction to the list of violations that may cause a doctor to lose his or her medical license.
HB-64: AN ACT relating to assisted reproduction.
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard White
Withdrawn on 01/24/2022
AN ACT relating to prohibited instruction and declaring an emergency. [HB-18]
Amend KRS 158.183 to require a local board of education or board of a public charter school to ensure that no public school or public charter school offers any classroom instruction or discussion that promotes designated concepts related to race, sex, and religion; provide that a school district employee that violates the prohibition is subject to disciplinary action; amend KRS 164.348 to prohibit classroom instruction or discussion that incorporates designated concepts related to race, sex, and religion at public postsecondary education institutions;
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HB-18: AN ACT relating to prohibited instruction and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
Introduced In House on 01/04/2022
AN ACT relating to public education and declaring an emergency. [HB-14]
Amend KRS 158.183 to require a local board of education or board of a public charter school to ensure that no public school or public charter school offers any classroom instruction or discussion that incorporates designated concepts related to race, sex, and religion; provide that a school district employee that violates the prohibition is subject to disciplinary action; authorize the Attorney General to enforce the prohibition; authorize a penalty of $5,000 for each day a violation persists after the Attorney General issues notification that a
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HB-14: AN ACT relating to public education and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Fischer
Introduced In House on 01/04/2022