Rep. Scott Lewis

Primary HB 684

In committee · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to health services.

Amend KRS 216.350 to add general-neutral language.

In committee Feb 23, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 694

In committee · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to one-time payments to school district employees and making an appropriation therefor.

Direct local school districts to provide a one-time payment of $2,000 to certified employees, excluding superintendents, in each year of the 2024-2026 biennium, and a one-time payment of $1,000 to classified employees in each year of the 2024-2026 biennium; appropriate $153 million from the Budget Reserve Trust Fund in each year of the 2024-2026 biennium to the Department of Education to provide the payments; APPROPRIATION.

In committee Feb 23, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HJR 99

In committee · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

A JOINT RESOLUTION designating a portion of Kentucky Route 140 in Daviess County as the Captain Alan Kurre Elliott Memorial Highway.

Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a portion of Kentucky Route 140 in Daviess County as the Captain Alan Kurre Elliott Memorial Highway.

In committee Feb 22, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 400

Passed · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to veterinary medicine programs at comprehensive universities.

Amend KRS 164.295 to permit Murray State University to offer doctor's degrees required for professional practice and licensure in veterinary medicine.

Passed Feb 20, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 168

In committee · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to the posting of veterans' benefits and services.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to require the Kentucky Department of Veterans' Affairs to create and distribute a veterans' benefits and services document to employers and require employers to keep copies of a veterans' benefits and services document in a conspicuous and accessible place.

In committee Feb 16, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HR 37

In committee · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

A RESOLUTION urging the United States Congress to amend Title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the government pension offset and the windfall elimination provision.

Urge the United States Congress to amend Title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the government pension offset and the windfall elimination provision.

In committee Feb 15, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 529

In committee · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to teachers.

Amend KRS 160.160 to authorize local boards of education to establish score requirements on appropriate assessments for applicants to certified position vacancies and adopt necessary policies; amend KRS 161.030 to remove the authority of the Education Professional Standards Board to require successful completion of assessments prior to certification; amend KRS 156.101, 161.048, and 161.053 to conform; repeal KRS 161.1222, relating to a pilot teacher program.

In committee Feb 14, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 33

In committee · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to railroad operations.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 277 to require a crew of at least two persons during the operation of a train; provide exceptions; amend KRS 277.990 to include penalties for crews of less than two persons.

In committee Feb 9, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 341

Passed · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT proposing to amend Sections 145 and 155 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to persons entitled to vote.

Propose to amend Sections 145 and 155 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prohibit persons who are not citizens of the United States from being allowed to vote in the Commonwealth of Kentucky; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.

Passed Feb 9, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 497

In committee · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to private and at-home private schools.

Amend KRS 158.080 to require any individuals teaching elementary or secondary grades at a private or at-home private school to possess a high school diploma or High School Equivalency Diploma.

In committee Feb 8, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track