Rep. Steven Rudy

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 7A to define terms; establish the Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board of the Kentucky General Assembly to review, analyze, study, evaluate, provide legislative oversight, and make recommendations to the General Assembly regarding any aspect of the Kentucky Medicaid program; establish board membership, authority, and duties; amend KRS 7A.010, 7A.140, 7A.150, and 7A.180 to conform; EMERGENCY.

Amend KRS 5.204 and 5.206 to establish the following representative districts: DISTRICT 4 - Lyon KY, Marshall KY, McCracken KY (part); DISTRICT 6 - Hopkins KY.

Maddy summaryHB 769 amends Kentucky law (KRS 67.160) to correct a technical error in the distance specification for renting temporary facilities. It clarifies that county officials may rent houses within one mile and one quarter of a public square or courthouse site for temporary courthouses, clerk's offices, or jails during repairs or construction, with costs paid from the county treasury. This is a procedural correction affecting county governments' administrative processes, not a substantive policy change.

Appropriate necessary funds from the Budget Reserve Trust Fund to the WKSAFE Fund to be distributed to the Graves County Fiscal Court to support the replacement of the Graves County Jail; stipulate that the funding shall be reimbursed to the Commonwealth should the recipient receive moneys from any other source; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.

Maddy summaryHB 730 allows local correctional facilities to be built with fewer than 150 beds when replacing structures destroyed by catastrophic events (like tornadoes, fires, or floods), provided federal funds cover part of the construction cost. This exception applies specifically to counties, regional jail authorities, or political subdivisions rebuilding after disasters, not to new facilities under standard rules. The bill modifies KRS 441.420 by removing the 150-bed minimum requirement only for these disaster recovery projects. It does not change the general rule requiring new facilities to have at least 150 beds or alter other construction approval processes.

Maddy summaryHB 770 updates two Kentucky transportation statutes (KRS 186.230 and 186.120) to replace gendered terms like "he," "him," and "his" with gender-neutral language. It directly affects county clerks who enforce vehicle registration and tax laws, as the bill revises their duties described in these sections. The bill makes no changes to transportation policies, fees, or procedures - only the language used to describe the clerks' responsibilities. This is a technical correction to align the statutes with inclusive language standards.

Maddy summaryHB 666 amends Kentucky's state law (KRS 56.020) to replace gendered language like "he or she" with gender-neutral terms in the Secretary of State's responsibilities for managing government property records. The bill directly affects how state government documents - such as deeds, maps, and property indexes - are officially described in legal text. It updates existing language to use inclusive terms without changing the operational duties of the Secretary of State's office. This is a procedural change to modernize legal language, not a new policy affecting citizens or services.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 48 to define "illegal alien"; prohibit state tax dollars appropriated by the General Assembly from being used to compensate an illegal alien; direct the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security to assist in the implementation and enforcement of the Act.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 15A, relating to juvenile detention facilities, to direct that all incarcerated youth are subject to search at any time and to require separate bathrooms and sleeping quarters for males and females; create new sections of KRS Chapter 197, relating to penitentiaries, to direct that all prisoners are subject to search at any time, require separate bathrooms and sleeping quarters for males and females, and to prohibit the Department of Corrections from providing cosmetic procedures or initiating cross-sex hormones for a prisoner; create new sections of KRS Chapter 441, relating to jails, to direct that all jail inmates are subject to search at any time and to require separate bathrooms and sleeping quarters for males and females.

Amend KRS 281A.170 to allow a holder of a CDL who is under the age of 21 to receive a hazardous materials endorsement to transport hazardous materials in intrastate commerce.