Sen. Lindsey Tichenor
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to KEES scholarships for students attending noncertified schools. [SB-24]
Amend KRS 164.7874 to include an equivalent score on the Classic Learning Test as a KEES supplemental amount; define "eligible noncertified school graduate"; amend definitions of "KEES award," "KEES award maximum," and "KEES base amount" for an eligible noncertified school graduate; amend KRS 164.7879 to establish an equivalent grade point average for eligible noncertified school graduates based on the graduate's ACT score; amend KRS 164.7884 to conform.
Sponsored by: Sen. Damon Thayer
Taken From Education (h) on 03/13/2023
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AN ACT relating to the control of vehicular traffic. [SB-11]
Amend KRS 56.580 to prohibit closing portions of Capital Avenue in Frankfort; provide exceptions for emergency personnel.
Sponsored by: Sen. Damon Thayer
Received In House on 02/16/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION honoring the extraordinary service of Senator Ralph Alvarado to the Commonwealth of Kentucky upon his retirement from the General Assembly. [SR-26]
Honor the extraordinary service of Senator Ralph Alvarado to the Commonwealth of Kentucky upon his retirement from the General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Sen. Damon Thayer
Adopted By Voice Vote on 01/06/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to private and parochial school calendars. [SB-81]
Amend KRS 158.080 to require private and parochial schools to operate on a school calendar with a minimum school term and student instructional year as defined in KRS 158.070 instead of for a term not less than the public school district in which the child resides.
Sponsored by: Sen. Damon Thayer
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 154) on 03/31/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to freestanding birthing centers. [SB-67]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to define "freestanding birthing center"; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate updated administrative regulations to establish licensure standards for freestanding birthing centers, including requiring accreditation by the Commission for the Accreditation of Birth Centers, compliance with the American Association of Birth Centers (AABC) Standards for Birth Centers, and consistent plans for transfer and safe transport to a hospital as needed; exempt a center from certificate-of-need
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Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal
Reported Favorably, To Rules With Committee Substitute (1) on 03/07/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to education. [SB-102]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms; make legislative findings and declarations on the rights of parents as it relates to public schools and establish a standard to protect those rights; require public schools to establish a process to receive complaints of violations; create a cause of action for violations and establish limitations; establish specific parental rights as related to public schools; require public schools to adopt policies to protect those rights; require the Kentucky Department of Education to eliminate administrative
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Mills
To Education (s) on 02/10/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to prohibiting the enforcement of a federal ban or regulation of firearms and declaring an emergency. [SB-98]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to define terms; prohibit identified entities from enforcing federal firearm bans; prohibit identified entities from adopting rules, regulations, or ordinances that require enforcement of federal firearm bans; prohibit identified entities from allocating public resources or moneys in the enforcement of federal firearm bans; establish that federal laws, orders, or regulations that infringe upon Second Amendment rights shall be invalid and not recognized in the Commonwealth of Kentucky; create liability for enforcement
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Sponsored by: Sen. Brandon Storm
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (s) on 02/10/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to peace officer contracts. [SB-101]
Amend KRS 16.050 to extend contracts subject to reimbursement for training costs to five years for state police officers; amend KRS 70.290 to extend contracts subject to reimbursement for training costs to five years for law enforcement officers employed by cities and counties; amend KRS 183.881 to allow public airport boards to condition employment of a safety and security officer to contract to repay the airport board for training costs if the officer accepts a similar position within five years, and require the firing entity to repay costs under
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jimmy Higdon
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 69) on 03/23/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to motor vehicles. [SB-108]
Amend KRS 189.394 to eliminate all fines for speeding violations five miles per hour or less over the limit and require that a courtesy warning be given instead; amend KRS 189.725 to provide that the owner or attendant of a privately owned parking lot shall wait 24 hours before having a vehicle towed if a person experiences an incident on the property authorizing the removal of the vehicle; amend KRS 189.990 to establish that for violations of subsections (1) or (2) of KRS 189.040, subsection (1) of KRS 189.050, KRS 189.055, KRS 189.060, or KRS
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Sponsored by: Sen. Phillip Wheeler
Received In House on 03/15/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to health care. [SB-110]
Amend KRS 314.091 to expand when the Kentucky Board of Nursing can suspend or reprimand a licensed nurse; amend KRS 314.101 to allow licensed nurses from another state who are in the state on a nonroutine basis to practice; amend KRS 314.121 to limit the nurse educators on the Kentucky Board of Nursing to no more than three.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lindsey Tichenor
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 51) on 03/22/2023