Kentucky Bills

in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 16, 2022

HCR 81: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Debt Affordability Task Force.

Create the Debt Affordability Task Force to study Kentuckyâs non-pension debt obligations; report recommendations and findings by December 1.

Kevin Bratcher (R) Russell Webber (R) Savannah Maddox (R) Jerry T. Miller (R) D.J. Johnson (R)

in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 16, 2022

HB 514: AN ACT relating to controlled substances.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 211 to establish pilot program for harm reduction centers.

in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 16, 2022

HB 518: AN ACT relating to state government.

Amend KRS 61.101 to add gender-neutral language.

in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 16, 2022

HB 519: AN ACT relating to state government.

Amend KRS 18A.035 to add gender-neutral language.

in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 16, 2022

HB 515: AN ACT relating to annexation.

Amend KRS 81A.410 to prohibit city annexation of school property without the approval of the governing body of the public school system.

in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 16, 2022

HB 510: AN ACT relating to electricians.

Amend KRS 227A.100 to exempt an electrician from making up continuing education credits that were missed when the continuing education requirement was suspended; limit the eligible suspension period to run from March 1, 2020, to March 31, 2022; make amendments RETROACTIVE to March 31, 2022.

in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 16, 2022

HB 508: AN ACT relating to sales and use tax.

Amend various sections in KRS Chapter 139 to reduce the sales and use tax to 5% for one year.

in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 16, 2022

HB 511: AN ACT relating to state symbols.

Amend KRS 2.091 to name and designate coal as the official rock of Kentucky; amend KRS 2.094 to name and designate Kentucky agate as the official mineral of Kentucky.

in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 16, 2022

HB 509: AN ACT relating to prevailing wage.

Establish new sections of KRS Chapter 337 to create a prevailing wage law for all public works projects; amend KRS 12.020, 99.480, 227.487, 336.015, 337.010, and 337.990 to conform.

in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 16, 2022

HB 503: AN ACT relating to the Commonwealth Education Continuum.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to establish the Commonwealth Education Continuum; specify the membership of the continuum; establish the terms of members; require the Council on Postsecondary Education to act as the administrative body for the continuum; establish reporting requirements to the Interim Joint Committee on Education.

in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 16, 2022

HB 507: AN ACT relating to firearms.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 16 to direct the Kentucky State Police to establish the Kentucky Voluntary Do Not Sell Firearms List to prohibit the possession, sale, or transfer of firearms to individuals who voluntarily request to be added the list; prescribe procedures for application for entry and removal from the list; establish penalties; amend KRS 237.110 to exclude persons on the list from eligibility for license to carry a concealed weapon.

in committee · Kentucky · Senate Feb 15, 2022

SB 171: AN ACT relating to civil rights.

Amend KRS 344.010 to include definitions for "sexual orientation" and "gender identity"; amend KRS 344.020, relating to the purpose of the Kentucky's civil rights chapter, to include a prohibition on discrimination because of sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.040, 344.050, 344.060, 344.070, and 344.080, relating to prohibited discrimination in various labor and employment practices, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.025, 344.100, 344.110, and 18A.095 to conform; amend KRS 344.120 and 344.140, relating to prohibited discrimination in places of public accommodation and advertisements therefor, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.170, 344.180, 344.190, 344.300, and 344.310, relating to the state and local human rights commissions, to include prohibition of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in the scope of their powers and duties; amend KRS 344.360, 344.370, 344.380, and 344.680, relating to prohibited discrimination in certain housing, real estate, and other financial transactions, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.367, relating to prohibited discrimination in certain insurance sales, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.400, relating to prohibited discrimination in certain credit transactions, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; make various technical amendments; exempt the provisions of the Act from KRS 6.945(1); cite as the Kentucky Competes Act.

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