AN ACT relating to absentee voting. [SB-18]
Amend KRS 117.085 to include essential service personnel as an eligible class of persons who may request and cast an in-person or mail-in absentee ballot; define "essential service personnel"; make technical corrections.
SB-18: AN ACT relating to absentee voting.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ralph Alvarado
Introduced In Senate on 01/07/2020
AN ACT relating to female genital mutilation and declaring an emergency. [SB-72]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 508 to define "female genital mutilation" and create the Class B felony of female genital mutilation; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to require the Department for Public Health in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to develop, produce, and disseminate educational materials related to female genital mutilation; amend KRS 15.334 to require law enforcement training on female genital mutilation; amend KRS 311.595 to require a conviction of female genital mutilation to result in mandatory revocation
(continued...)
SB-72: AN ACT relating to female genital mutilation and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 74) on 04/02/2020
AN ACT relating to the Solemn Covenant of the States to Award Prizes for Curing Diseases Interstate Compact. [SB-52]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 214 to enact and enter into the Solemn Covenant of the States to Award Prizes for Curing Diseases Interstate Compact with all other jurisdictions that legally join in the compact; declare the purpose of the compact; define terms; establish the Solemn Covenant of States Commission and set forth the functions of the commission.
SB-52: AN ACT relating to the Solemn Covenant of the States to Award Prizes for Curing Diseases Interstate Compact.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ralph Alvarado
To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 01/08/2020
AN ACT relating to sheltered employment. [SB-53]
Amend KRS 337.010 to redefine "employee" to include workers in sheltered workshops whose employment begins on or after January 1, 2024; amend KRS 337.295 to require new administrative regulations concerning sheltered workshops and sheltered workshop employment; amend KRS 205.5605 to exclude referrals to sheltered employment from the definition of "covered services and supports" as of January 1, 2024.
SB-53: AN ACT relating to sheltered employment.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ralph Alvarado
Introduced In Senate on 01/07/2020
AN ACT relating to cost sharing under a health benefit plan. [SB-39]
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require payments made by or on behalf of an insured for health care services, and the usual and customary rate of health care services received at a no or reduced cost health care facility, to apply toward any cost-sharing requirements under a health benefit plan; define terms; Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require the commissioner to promulgate administrative regulations; require the department to publish charge information. EFFECTIVE, January 1, 2021.
SB-39: AN ACT relating to cost sharing under a health benefit plan.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ralph Alvarado
To Banking & Insurance (s) on 01/08/2020
AN ACT relating to special purpose governmental entities. [SB-5]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 65A to require proposed increases in ad valorem taxes and certain fees and the levy of new ad valorem taxes or fees by special purpose governmental entities to be submitted to the legislative body of the county or city in which the special purpose governmental entity is located for review; amend various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to conform; repeal KRS 65A.100; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.
SB-5: AN ACT relating to special purpose governmental entities.
Sponsored by: Sen. Damon Thayer
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 90) on 04/14/2020
AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 54 of the Constitution of Kentucky. [SB-51]
Propose an amendment to Section 54 of the Constitution of Kentucky to allow the General Assembly the power to limit noneconomic damages for injuries resulting in death or for injuries to persons or property, and the power to provide statutes of limitation; provide for submission to the voters.
SB-51: AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 54 of the Constitution of Kentucky.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ralph Alvarado
To State & Local Government (s) on 01/08/2020