Sen. Shelley Frommeyer
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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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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 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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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to children. [SB-150]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to establish definitions; require specific parental notifications from public schools; require school districts to adopt specific procedures related to parental rights; limit authority of the Kentucky Board of Education and Kentucky Department of Education in relation to parental rights and a student's use of pronouns; prohibit district or school policies with the intent of keeping student information confidential for parents; prohibit a school district from requiring school personnel or pupils to use pronouns
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Sponsored by: Sen. George Wise
Passed 29 -8 on 03/29/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to small farm wineries and declaring an emergency. [SB-28]
Amend KRS 243.155 to allow a small farm winery to annually sell and deliver up to 30,000 gallons of wine to any retail license holder; require the small farm winery to register any of these products with the department unless they are already registered by a licensed wholesaler; direct the small farm winery to pay the wine wholesale tax and report self-distributed wines; exempt small farm winery wholesalers.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Wilson
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 15) on 03/17/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. [SB-135]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to make information on postpartum depression and a postpartum assessment tool available on its website; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to develop and implement a collaborative program aimed at improving the quality of prevention and treatment of postpartum depression.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 57) on 03/22/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to medicinal cannabis. [SB-47]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 218A to define terms and establish a medicinal cannabis program; amend KRS 342.815 to establish that the Employer’s Mutual Insurance Authority shall not be required to provide coverage to an employer if doing so would subject the authority to a violation of state or federal law; amend KRS 216B.402 to require hospital emergency departments to report cases of cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Control; amend KRS 218A.010, 218A.1421, 218A.1422, 218A.1423, and 218A.500
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Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 146) on 03/31/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to Kentucky educational excellence scholarships. [SB-54]
Amend KRS 164.7884 to define "proprietary school" and "qualified proprietary school program" and allow use of KEES funds for enrollment in a qualified proprietary school program; amend KRS 165.7879 to allow a student who attends an out-of-state high school or Department of Defense school due to a parent's military transfer to earn a KEES award if the student earned a base amount in a previous year at a Kentucky high school.
Sponsored by: Sen. Damon Thayer
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 67) on 03/22/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to interscholastic athletics. [SB-145]
Amend KRS 156.070 to remove the statutory eligibility restriction for nonresident student participation in interscholastic athletics; retain eligibility authority with the agency designated to manage interscholastic athletics.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelley Frommeyer
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 93) on 03/24/2023