introduced · Kentucky · Senate Mar 15, 2017 SR 159: Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Edward A. Farris. Adopted by voice vote Track
introduced · Kentucky · Senate Mar 15, 2017 SR 180: Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Patricia Fannin. Adopted by voice vote Track
in committee · Kentucky · Senate Mar 15, 2017 SB 138: AN ACT relating to Bible literacy courses in the public schools. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations to establish an elective social studies course on the Hebrew Scriptures, Old Testament of the Bible, the New Testament, or a combination of the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament of the Bible; require that the course provide to students knowledge of biblical content, characters, poetry, and narratives that are prerequisites to understanding contemporary society and culture, including literature, art, music, mores, oratory, and public policy; permit students to use various translations of the Bible for the course; amend KRS 158.197 to permit a school council to offer an elective social studies course on the Hebrew Scriptures, Old Testament of the Bible, the New Testament, or a combination of the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament of the Bible. Recommitted to Education (S) Track
introduced · Kentucky · Senate Mar 15, 2017 SR 150: Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Mayor Kenny Robert Fankell. Adopted by voice vote Track
introduced · Kentucky · House Mar 15, 2017 HR 162: Recognize Sunshine Week. Adopted by voice vote Track
introduced · Kentucky · House Mar 15, 2017 HR 176: Urge the congress and the President to extend tax incentives supporting carbon capture research and deployment. Adopted by voice vote Track
introduced · Kentucky · Senate Mar 15, 2017 SR 169: Honor R. Henry Spalding as the longest serving constitutional officer in the history of the Commonwealth, serving more than 23 years as Railroad Commisioner from October 1977 to December 2000. Adopted by voice vote Track
in committee · Kentucky · Senate Mar 15, 2017 SB 40: AN ACT relating to licensing fees for the sale of alcoholic beverages. Amend KRS 243.075 to allow cities with a population of less than 20,000, and counties that do not have a city with a population greater than 20,000, to impose a regulatory license fee on the sale of alcoholic beverages; grandfather in cities and counties imposing a regulatory license fee prior to the effective date of the Act. Recommitted to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S) Track
in committee · Kentucky · Senate Mar 15, 2017 SB 133: AN ACT relating to juries. Amend KRS 29A.040 to add holders of adult personal identification cards issued within a county to the master list of potential jurors for that county. Recommitted to Judiciary (S) Track
in committee · Kentucky · House Mar 15, 2017 HB 481: AN ACT relating to tuition benefits and making an appropriation therefor. Amend KRS 164.2841, relating to tuition benefits of survivors of law enforcement officers, firefighters, or volunteer firefighters who died, to stipulate that the child of the deceased is eligible for tuition if the child is over the age of 17 and under the age of 26, and that the child is eligible to receive up to 128 credit hours of undergraduate instruction; set out the same benefit structure for children eligible for tuition under KRS 61.621; amend KRS 164.2842, relating to tuition benefits of family members of law enforcement officers, firefighters, or volunteer firefighters who were permanently and totally disabled, to stipulate that the child of the totally and permanently disabled worker is eligible for tuition if the child is over the age of 17 and under the age of 26, and that the child is eligible to receive up to 128 credit hours of undergraduate instruction; set out the same benefit structure for children eligible for tuition under KRS 61.621. Received in Senate Track
introduced · Kentucky · House Mar 15, 2017 HR 182: Honor the Democratic Woman's Club of Kentucky on the occasion of its 90th anniversary. Adopted by voice vote Track
in committee · Kentucky · Senate Mar 15, 2017 SB 217: AN ACT relating to educators. Amend KRS 161.770 to specify that a board of education must comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, and any other applicable federal law in placing a teacher or superintendent on leave due to a physical or mental disability; prohibit a board from requesting unnecessary medical information or disclosing any medical information; amend KRS 161.790 to clarify the causes for which a contract of a teacher may be terminated; require an attorney to serve as hearing officer and chairman of the tribunal; remove the lay person from tribunal; establish selection and training requirements for hearing officers; establish a prehearing conference for motions and mediation; establish tribunal's decision as a recommended order and allow parties to file exceptions to recommended order; allow hearing officer to respond to exceptions by entering original recommended order or an amended order as a final order; limit decisions to upholding or overturning the decision of the superintendent. Recommitted to Education (S) Track