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signed · Kentucky · Senate Apr 8, 2022

SB 205: AN ACT relating to state dealings with companies that engage in energy company boycotts.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 41 to declare findings regarding the financial harms of boycotting energy companies for dealing in fossil-fuel based energy; define terms; require the State Treasurer to publish, maintain, and update a list of financial companies engaged in energy company boycotts and to file the list with the Legislative Research Commission and the Attorney General; require state governmental entities to notify the Treasurer of the listed financial companies in which the state governmental entity owns direct or indirect holdings; require state governmental entities to inform and warn listed financial companies that they may become subject to divestment by the state governmental agency unless they clarify their actions or cease their energy company boycott; require state governmental entities to divest from the listed financial company if it does not cease its energy company boycott in the timeframes established by the section; provide for delays in the divestment schedule if it will result in a loss of value or a benchmark deviation; require for delays in divestment to be reported to the Treasurer, the Legislative Research Commission, and the Attorney General; provide that a state governmental entity shall not be required to divest from any holdings in actively or passively managed investment funds or private equity funds; provide for exceptions from divestment requirements; require that beginning on December 1, 2023, and each December 1 thereafter, each state governmental agency shall file a report with the Treasurer, the Attorney General, and the Legislative Research Commission identifying the divestments it made and the investments prohibited under the Act; allow the Attorney General or the Treasurer to enforce Sections 1 to 4 and 5 of the Act; prohibit a governmental entity from entering into a contract for goods or services with a company that engages in energy company boycotts; provide exceptions; amend KRS 286.2-015 to conform.
Danny Carroll (R) Phillip Wheeler (R) Brandon Smith (R) Brandon Storm (R) Rick Girdler (R)
signed · Kentucky · House Apr 8, 2022

HB 319: AN ACT relating to interpersonal violence.

Amend KRS 403.720 to include violence against an animal when used as coercive conduct in the definition of "domestic violence and abuse"; amend KRS 403.740 to allow a judge to award possession of a shared domestic animal to the petitioner; amend KRS 456.010 to include violence against an animal when used as coercive conduct in the definition of "dating violence and abuse"; amend KRS 456.060 to allow a judge to award possession of a shared domestic animal to the petitioner.
Scott Lewis (R) Kim Banta (R) Jennifer Decker (R) Jim DuPlessis (R) Kelly Flood (D)
signed · Kentucky · Senate Apr 8, 2022

SB 97: AN ACT relating to child fatalities and near fatalities.

Amend KRS 620.040 to require law enforcement to request a blood, breath, or urine test from a caregiver suspected of being under the influence at the time of a child fatality or near fatality, and to request a search warrant for the test if consent is not given by the caregiver; amend KRS 620.055 to change the number of members on the external child fatality and near fatality review panel from 15 to 17, to include the President of the Kentucky Coroners Association and a medication-assisted treatment provider selected by the Attorney General; require membership of the co-chairs of the Child Welfare Oversight and Advisory Committee instead of the chairs of the House and Senate Health and Welfare Committees; require the panel's annual report to be due February 1 of each year instead of December 1 of each year; create a process for the panel to suggest recommendations to state agencies and for the state agencies to respond and implement the recommendations; establish that all proceedings, opinions, and records of the panel are privileged and not subject to subpoena.
Danny Carroll (R)
signed · Kentucky · House Apr 8, 2022

HB 745: AN ACT relating to economic development.

Create Subchapter 21 of KRS Chapter 154 to require the Cabinet for Economic Development to partner with the Kentucky Association for Economic Development to implement the Kentucky Product Development Initiative; define terms; require the cabinet to administer the program; authorize the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations; create fund; establish requirements for grant applications; establish the duties of the Kentucky Association for Economic Development in the implementation of the program; establish project evaluation and scoring requirements; cite as the Kentucky Product Development Initiative Act; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
Jason Petrie (R) Bart Rowland (R) Brandon Reed (R) Adam Bowling (R)
signed · Kentucky · House Apr 8, 2022

HB 517: AN ACT relating to education and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 159.035 to require that beginning with the 2021-2022 school year a student shall be considered present at school while participating in any of the page programs of the General Assembly; allow one day as an excused absence for attendance at the State Fair; amend KRS 158.070 and 158.649 to conform; EMERGENCY.
Scott Lewis (R) Jason Petrie (R) Regina Huff (R) Tom Smith (R) Lisa Willner (D)
signed · Kentucky · House Apr 8, 2022

HB 708: AN ACT relating to the public assistance benefits cliff.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 205 to direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to establish a basic health program and to develop a benefits cliff calculator; direct the cabinet to establish and operate a Community Jobs Initiative pilot program; require the cabinet to seek federal approval if they determine that such approval is necessary; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
Jonathan Dixon (R) Kim King (R) Samara Heavrin (R)
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