Rep. Robert Duvall
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the torture of a dog or cat. [HB-103]
Amend KRS 525.135 to include intentional and wanton harm to a dog or cat; define "restrain" and "serious physical injury or infirmity" and redefine "torture"; provide that torture of a dog or cat is a Class D felony in every instance and that each act may constitute a seperate offense; set forth what does not constitute torture of a dog or cat.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ruth Palumbo
Returned To Committee On Committees (s) on 03/16/2023
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AN ACT relating to public school facilities and declaring an emergency. [HB-30]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms; establish legislative findings; ensure that student privacy exists in school restrooms, locker rooms, and shower rooms; require students born male to use only those facilities designated to be used by males and students born female to use only those facilities designated to be used by females; require schools to provide the best available accommodation to students who assert that their gender is different from their biological sex; identify consequences for using facilities designated for the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley
Introduced In House on 01/03/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to discipline of students. [HB-538]
Amend KRS 158.150 to require a local board of education to expel a student for at least 12 months if the student makes threats that pose a danger to other students or staff; require a local board of education to adopt a policy requiring disciplinary actions for a student who assaults other students or staff off campus property; allow a local school board to place a student in an alternative education setting in lieu of expulsion, or at the end of an expulsion; allow a teacher to remove a disruptive student from the classroom; provide that a student
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Sponsored by: Rep. John Blanton
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 76) on 03/23/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to First Amendment rights in public schools. [HB-547]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to prohibit a school district from punishing an employee for engaging in private religious expression otherwise protected by the First Amendment absent a showing of engaging in actual coercion; provide specific examples of protected activity; establish limits of applicability.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 89) on 03/24/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION recognizing March 2023 as Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. [HR-51]
Recognize March 2023 as Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month.
Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
Adopted By Voice Vote on 03/02/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to highway work zones and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-201]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 189 to define "automated speed enforcement device," "owner," "program," and "recorded images"; direct the Transportation Cabinet to establish a pilot program for automated speed enforcement in highway work zones and issue a uniform civil citation to an operator of a motor vehicle traveling more than 10 miles per hour over the posted speed limit; establish procedures for citation issuance; direct the Transportation Cabinet to install signage and to promulgate administrative regulations to implement the program;
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Sponsored by: Rep. John Blanton
Taken From The Orders Of The Day on 03/13/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to assignment of benefits for dental services. [HB-154]
Create a new section of KRS 304.17C-130 to 304.17C-138 to establish requirements for insurers of dental benefit plans relating to assignment of benefits; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require insurers providing coverage for dental services to honor assignments; require providers to comply with assignment provisions; amend KRS 304.14-250, 304.17-130, and 304.18-090 to conform; direct that provisions apply to policies, plan, and contracts issued or renewed on or after the effective date of the Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. William Reed
Taken From The Orders Of The Day on 03/16/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION honoring the 75th anniversary of the independence of the State of Israel. [HR-88]
Honor the 75th anniversary of the independence of the State of Israel.
Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
To House Floor on 03/15/2023
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to veterans. [HB-30]
Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 40 establishing the Kentucky Service Members, Veterans, and their Families Suicide Prevention Program; and creates a new section of KRS Chapter 337 requiring the Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs to create and distribute a veterans’ benefits and services document to employers and to allow employers to keep copies of the document in a conspicuous and accessible place.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 73) on 04/04/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to swimming pools and declaring an emergency. [HB-109]
Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to define terms, to establish lifeguard requirements for Class A and Class B pools, to allow swimming coaches or instructors providing instruction to count as lifeguards, to allow Class A and Class B pools to submit an alternative lifeguard staffing plan, to require that all Class A and Class B pools be equipped with an emergency shut-off switch that is accessible to lifeguards and other pool staff, to exempt single-family residences not used in connection with a home occupation or business, and to require
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Sponsored by: Rep. DJ Johnson
Became Law Without Governor's Signature (acts Ch. 116) on 04/09/2024