Honor the 75th anniversary of the independence of the State of Israel.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to name and designate as the official pets of Kentucky domestic cats and dogs that reside in or have been adopted from Kentucky animal shelters or rescue organizations.
Amend KRS 132.010 to add definitions for "government restriction on use," "low-income," and "multi-unit rental housing"; amend KRS 132.191 to allow the valuation of multi-unit rental housing that is subject to government restriction on use to be calculated using specific methods; disallow the inclusion of income tax credits in the methods; require the owner of the multi-unit rental housing to provide notifications and file a form with the property valuation administrator; allow penalty up to $200 for noncompliance; require the Department of Revenue to promulgate administrative regulations.
Create or repeal and reenacted sections of KRS Chapter 525 to define terms; establish crimes of animal abuse in the first degree and animal abuse in the second degree; authorize law enforcement and animal control officers to seize and hold animals who are victims of cruelty or abuse; allow a seizing agency to seek forfeiture and reimbursement for reasonable costs of caring for seized animals from the owner of the animal in the criminal case; provide that the costs of caring for a seized animal shall apply to any offspring born to that animal while in custody; grant civil immunity to a person who enters a car containing a dog or cat believed in good faith to be in danger of death, subject to certain parameters; amend KRS 525.125 and 525.130 to provide for the seizure of animals from a person charged with cruelty to animals in the first degree and from a person charged with cruelty to animals in the second degree with additional available penalties; amend KRS 525.137 to allow seizure of an animal that has been the object of sexual crimes against an animal.
Amend KRS 139.010 to define "feminine hygiene products"; amend KRS 139.480 to exempt from sales and use tax the sale or purchase of feminine hygiene products; apply to sales or purchases made on or after July 1, 2023, but before July 1, 2027; require the Department of Revenue to report annually to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue the total exemptions claimed for the previous fiscal year on September 1; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the Department of Revenue to report to the Legislative Research Commission.
Amend KRS 141.020 to reduce the individual income tax to 4.5% for taxable years beginning January 1, 2023, and to 4% for taxable years beginning January 1, 2024.
Create a new section of KRS 198B.010 to 198B.290 to define terms and require the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction to promulgate administrative regulations to require certain public buildings, structures, and facilities constructed on or after January 1, 2025, to contain and provide access to at least one powered, height-adjustable, adult-size changing table; provide that the Act may be cited as Trayton's Bill.
Provide General Fund moneys in the amount of $16,630,000 in fiscal year 2022-2023 from the Budget Reserve Trust Fund Account to the Department of Veterans' Affairs for construction of the Bowling Green Veterans Center; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to direct the Kentucky Department of Education to develop a foster care student toolkit to provide resources and information to assist school personnel in addressing the unique educational needs of foster children.
A RESOLUTION recognizing February 14, 2023, as Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists Day in Kentucky.
