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State Legislature US Congress

All 14,689 Active 8,035 In committee 7,985 Passed 4,536 Signed 1,954 Failed 136

in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 6, 2022

SB 29: AN ACT relating to driver's licensing regional offices.

Create a new section of KRS 186.400 to 186.640 to require the Transportation Cabinet to develop a network of regional offices for the issuance of operator's licenses and personal identification cards, to establish required locations for regional offices; allow the cabinet to establish addition offices based on population, service demand, geography, and travel times.

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 6, 2022

HB 235: AN ACT relating to soil conservation and making an appropriation therefor.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 262 to establish a Healthy Soils Program and a Healthy Soils Program fund in the Department for Natural Resources, Division of Conservation; require the department to provide technical advice and assistance and to assist with soil health assessments and soil health plans; require the commissioner to approve applications for grants and other types of financial assistance under the Healthy Soils Program; authorize the department to promulgate administrative regulations to implement the Healthy Soils Program and the Healthy Soils Program fund; amend KRS 146.100 to require the director of the Division of Conservation to have experience in healthy soil practices; amend KRS 224.71-110 to require the Agriculture Water Quality Authority to promote soil restoration and include an organic agriculture organization among appointments to the authority and add healthy soil practices as a committee; amend KRS 262.010 to define "healthy soil practices," "soil health," "soil health assessment, "and "watershed health"; amend KRS 262.020 to add restoration, biological diversity, watershed health, and healthy soil practices to the purpose of soil and water conservation districts; amend KRS 262.748 and 262.778 to conform; APPROPRIATION.

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 6, 2022

HJR 19: A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Transportation Cabinet to designate the Roy Darrell Herald Memorial Highway in Breathitt County.

Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate the Roy Darrell Herald Memorial Highway in Breathitt County.

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 6, 2022

HB 229: AN ACT relating to the taxation of veteran's organizations.

Amend KRS 139.495 to include certain veterans' organizations; amend KRS 139.010 and KRS 139.200 to conform; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2022.

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 6, 2022

HJR 20: A JOINT RESOLUTION designating the "Edna Thomas Memorial Highway" in Lee County.

Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate Kentucky Route 3332 in Lee County in honor and memory of Edna Thomas.

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 6, 2022

HB 236: AN ACT relating to hate crimes.

Amend KRS 15.420 to define "hate crime"; amend KRS 15.440 to require law enforcement agencies to possess a written policy and procedures manual related to hate crimes by January 1, 2023; amend KRS 15.334 and 17.1523 to include the identification and reporting of crimes committed due to the victim's actual or perceived ethnicity, national origin, religion, mental or physical disability, gender identity or expression, or sexual orientation; amend KRS 15.340, 15.460, 15.512, and 15.520 to conform.

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 6, 2022

HB 231: AN ACT relating to compliance with state and federal law.

Amend KRS 65.133 to require local law enforcement agencies and Kentucky State Police to enforce all laws; create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to define terms, including "sanctuary" and "sanctuary policy"; prohibit local governments from adopting sanctuary policies; establish hearing procedures for determination of sanctuary status; provide for the withholding of state funding from sanctuaries; create new sections of KRS Chapter 164 to prohibit postsecondary educational institutions from enrolling, employing, or contracting with illegal aliens; require postsecondary educational institutions to keep records of immigration status; provide for the withholding of state funding from postsecondary educational institutions that enroll, employ, or contract with illegal aliens; limit who may be considered a Kentucky resident for in-state tuition purposes; EFFECTIVE in part January 1, 2023.

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 5, 2022

HB 207: AN ACT relating to minimum security requirements at retail establishments licensed to sell alcohol for on-premises consumption.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 244 to define terms; establish pre-employment requirements for bouncers; create bouncer training standards; establish agency oversight; prevent confusion as to whether a law enforcement officer is on or off duty; amend KRS 244.120 to prohibit consumption of alcohol by a bouncer during work hours; amend KRS 243.500 to allow revocation or suspension of a license for failure to comply with bouncer restrictions; cite this Act as Christopher's Law; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2023.

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 5, 2022

HB 224: AN ACT relating to cannabis.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to make possession of a personal use quantity of cannabis exempt from civil or criminal penalty; amend KRS 218A.010 to define "cannabis," "personal use quantity of cannabis," and "cannabis accessory"; amend KRS 218A.1422 regarding cannabis possession to conform; amend KRS 218A.1423 regarding cannabis cultivation to conform; amend KRS 218A.500 regarding drug paraphernalia to exempt personal use cannabis accessories; amend KRS 218A.1421 on cannabis trafficking to exempt personal use quantities; amend KRS 138.872 to exclude personal use quantities from cannabis stamp tax; amend KRS 218A.410 and 533.030 to conform; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to allow expungement of certain convictions relating to cannabis.

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 5, 2022

HB 208: AN ACT relating to occupational safety and health.

Amend KRS 338.062 to permit more stringent safety and health administrative regulations than the corresponding federal standard if those administrative regulations are being re-promulgated and were in effect on or before July 1, 2021.

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 5, 2022

HJR 18: A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Transportation Cabinet to designate the PFC David L. Johnson Memorial Highway in Fleming County.

Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate the PFC David L. Johnson Memorial Highway in Fleming County and erect appropriate signage.

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 5, 2022

HJR 17: A JOINT RESOLUTION applying for an Article V convention to propose an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to set a limit on the number of terms of office for members of Congress.

Apply to Congress under Article V of the Constitution of the United States for the calling of a convention of the states limited to proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States that limit the terms of office for its officials and for members of Congress; state that the application should be aggregated with the applications of other states limited for the purposes identified in the application; state that the application should be a continuing application until a convention is called.