AN ACT relating to gaming. [HB-226]
Amend KRS 238.505 to revise the definition of "charitable gaming facility;" amend KRS 238.536 to remove the provisions for reconsideration by the department of its actions; amend KRS 238.555 to remove licensed charitable gaming facility lease requirements, to clarify that rent shall not be based on gross receipts, and require a licensed charitable gaming facility to file a copy of each signed lease with the department; provide that the 40 percent rule in KRS 238.36 is waived for 2020.
HB-226: AN ACT relating to gaming.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adam Koenig
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 200) on 04/08/2021
AN ACT relating to wagering and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-241]
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,” “net poker revenue,” “online poker,” “person,” “principal stockholder,” “rake,” “registered fantasy contest operator,” “script,” “secretary,” and “wager”; establish requirements for registration as a fantasy contest operator; require the cabinet to promulgate
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HB-241: AN ACT relating to wagering and making an appropriation therefor.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adam Koenig
Introduced In House on 01/09/2021
AN ACT relating to local school boards. [HB-76]
Amend KRS 160.210 to require county school board election divisions be compact and contiguous and respect existing neighborhood, community, and city boundaries if possible; require division lines be redrawn upon merger, annexation, or compliance with KRS 117.055; require a county school board to initiate reapportionment proceedings within 90 days of the General Assembly's redistricting plan becoming law; establish deadline to change election divisions to June 1 of an election year; delete antiquated language; amend KRS 116.200 to conform.
HB-76: AN ACT relating to local school boards.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jerry Miller
Introduced In House on 01/05/2021
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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HB-19: AN ACT relating to youth mental health protection and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
Introduced In House on 01/05/2021
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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HB-145: AN ACT relating to student discipline at public postsecondary education institutions.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Fischer
To Education (s) on 03/03/2021
AN ACT relating to teacher certification. [HB-163]
Amend KRS 161.030 to require the Education Professional Standards Board to reissue certification for a lapsed certificate to an applicant who holds a master's degree and is not subject to denial of a certificate under KRS 161.120.
HB-163: AN ACT relating to teacher certification.
Sponsored by: Rep. Regina Huff
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 187) on 04/05/2021
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship. [HB-235]
Amend KRS 164.7883 to provide Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarships eligibility for enrollment in a Navy Reserve Officers Training Corps program at an out-of-state institution located in a state within the Southern Regional Education Board.
HB-235: AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
2nd Reading, To Rules on 03/12/2021