Rep. James Tipton
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION requesting that the House of Representatives adopt rules to include the recitation of the pledge of allegiance to the state flag of the Commonwealth of Kentucky each day the House of Representatives convenes during the 2020 Regular Session of the Kentucky General Assembly. [HR-18]
Request the House of Representatives to begin each legislative day during the 2020 Regular Session of the Kentucky General Assembly with the pledge of allegiance to the state flag of Kentucky as provided in KRS 2.035.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Tipton
Posting Withdrawn on 01/14/2020
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AN ACT relating to the Kentucky tuition grant program. [HB-90]
Amend KRS 164.785 to delete the requirement that postsecondary institutions participating in the Kentucky Tuition Grant be accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools or be reviewed and approved by the Council on Postsecondary Education based on the same criteria; amend KRS 164.740 to update the definition of regional accrediting association.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Tipton
Introduced In House on 01/07/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to dually employed retirement system members. [HB-89]
Amend KRS 61.545 to provide that if a member is working in a regular full-time hazardous duty position that participates in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System or the County Employees Retirement System and is simultaneously employed in a nonhazardous position that is not considered regular full-time, the member shall participate solely as a hazardous duty member and shall not participate under the nonhazardous position unless he or she makes an election within 30 days of taking employment in the nonhazardous position; amend KRS 61.680 to conform;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
To State & Local Government (s) on 01/27/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to sales and use tax exemptions. [HB-193]
Amend KRS 139.480 to exempt from sales and use tax tangible personal property purchased by a person for incorporation into a structure or improvement to real property under a contract with the federal, state, or local government, or a resident, nonprofit educational, charitable, or religious institution; apply to sales made after October 1, 2020, but before October 1, 2024; require the Department of Revenue to report the claimed exemptions to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue; amend KRS 131.190 to give the Department authority
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Sponsored by: Rep. James Tipton
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 01/09/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to state employee compensation. [HB-143]
Amend KRS 18A.355 to provide for an annual cost of living adjustment for state employees with the cost of living adjustment being the average of the consumer price index for the two calendar years prior to the biennium and not less than zero; and amend KRS 18A.110 to conform.
Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
Recommitted To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/11/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Veterinary Contract Spaces Program and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-214]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to establish the Veterinary Contract Spaces Program; require the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to administer the program; require the authority to purchase enrollment spaces annually for Kentucky students at participating veterinary schools; establish the Veterinary Contract Spaces Program trust fund; APPROPRIATION.
Sponsored by: Rep. Melinda Prunty
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 10) on 03/11/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to minimum staffing requirements for long-term care facilities. [HB-215]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 216 to require staff-to-resident ratios in long-term care facilities as a condition of licensure or relicensure; establish minimum staffing requirements; prohibit long-term care facilities from admitting new residents if the facility fails to comply with the minimum staffing requirements, beginning on the second day of noncompliance and continuing until six days after the required staffing is achieved, with exceptions allowed for weather emergencies and other similar events; require additional staffing based on
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
To Health And Family Services (h) on 01/10/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION calling for the restoration of the Kentucky River as a navigable waterway. [HR-37]
Encourage restoration and maintenance of the Kentucky River to ensure full navigability of the river for economic and tourism development purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Tipton
Adopted By Voice Vote on 02/07/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Kentucky relating to abortion. [HB-67]
Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to state that Kentucky's Constitution does not secure or protect a right to abortion or funding of abortion.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Fischer
To State & Local Government (s) on 03/17/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to prescription insulin. [HB-12]
Amend KRS 304-17A.148 to cap the cost sharing requirements for prescription insulin at $100 per 30 day supply; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.
Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
Recommitted To Banking & Insurance (s) on 04/15/2020