Urging Congress to take appropriate steps in mitigating cyberattacks and ransomware attacks.
Condemning Russia's unprovoked military aggression and invasion of the sovereign state of Ukraine.
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.
Amend KRS 224.40-310 to list all the types of facilities under the definition of "waste disposal facility"; prohibit issuance of a permit to construct or expand a waste disposal facility that will result in substantial additional capacity absent submission of notice of intent to be licensed to the fiscal court of the county in which the facility is or will be located; prescribe time frame.
Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Darryl Owens.
Amend KRS 500.080 to define "riot"; amend KRS 508.010, relating to assault in the first degree, to create a mandatory fine of $15,000 when the offense is committed during the course of a riot; amend KRS 508.025, relating to assault in the third degree, to create a mandatory fine of $5,000 and a minimum sentence of 30 days' incarceration, which is not subject to any form of early release; amend KRS 508.030 to provide that knowingly shining or aiming a laser towards the head of another person results in a Class A misdemeanor; amend KRS 511.060, 511.070, and 511.080 to make criminal trespass enhance one classification level when done to harass a person who is a law enforcement officer, active duty member of the military, judge, or elected or appointed government official; create a new section of KRS Chapter 512 to require the court to order full restitution in any conviction under KRS 512.020, 512.030, or 512.040; amend KRS 512.020 to create a mandatory fine of $5,000 when a person is convicted of criminal mischief in the first degree during the course of a riot; create a new section of KRS Chapter 525 to require the court to order full restitution in any conviction under KRS 525.020, 525.030, or 525.040; amend KRS 525.020, relating to riot in the first degree, to create a minimum sentence of 45 days' incarceration, which is not subject to any form of early release; amend KRS 525.030, relating to riot in the second degree, to create a minimum sentence of 30 days' incarceration, which is not subject to any form of early release; amend KRS 525.140 to make obstructing a highway a Class D felony when the obstruction blocks an emergency vehicle, emergency responder, or emergency exit; amend KRS 525.150 to make disrupting meetings and processions a Class A misdemeanor in all cases; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to require 12-hour hold for any person charged with certain offenses and allow exceptions; amend KRS 431.073 to exclude various Class D felonies from being expungeable; amend KRS 533.254 to require the court to order restitution in cases where a person is put on probation or given pretrial diversion; amend KRS 411.100 to require gross negligence for a cause of action for property damaged by riotous or tumultuous assemblage of people that a local government could have prevented; repeal KRS 525.145, relating to disrupting meetings and processions in the first degree; amend various sections to conform.
Recognize January 27, 2022, as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Create a new section of KRS 216B.230 to 216B.239 to require hospitals, prior to discharge of a veteran with a serious physical injury or trauma, to notify the Kentucky Department of Veterans' Affairs to ensure the veteran is provided services, resources, or other qualifying entitlements for their recovery; amend KRS 40.317 to require the Kentucky Department of Veterans' Affairs, upon notification from the hospital or veteran, to make contact with the veteran within one business day to ensure assistance is provided; establish a short title of Keeney's Rights Act.
Amend KRS 161.155 to make sick leave affidavits for school employees at the superintendent's discretion instead of mandatory; amend KRS 160.380 to permit a school district to accept a background check completed by an accredited teacher education institution within the last 6 months for a student teacher.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 45A to require any professional sports team that enters into a contract with a public agency to play the national anthem before any sporting event at the team's home venue; define "professional sports team," "public agency," and "sporting event"; require a provision in the contract that places the professional sports team in default if the team fails to play the national anthem before the sporting event; permit the Attorney General to intervene and enforce any penalties; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to require all public postsecondary institutions to play the national anthem before any intercollegiate athletic event hosted or sponsored by the institution; define "athletic event"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require all public schools to play the national anthem before any school sponsored interscholastic athletic event beginning in the 2022-2023 school year; define "athletic event".
