Rep. Brandon Reed

Amend KRS 367.890 to remove expiration dates for gift cards.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to establish year-round Daylight Saving Time in the state of Kentucky if authorized by the United States Congress.

Amend KRS 438.310 to increase penalties for violations related to the sale of tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or vapor products; amend KRS 438.313 to increase penalties for violations related to the distribution of cigarettes, tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or vapor products; amend KRS 138.195 to conform; APPROPRIATION.

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.

Recognize January 27, 2023, as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Amend the 2022-2024 Transportation Cabinet biennial budget to remove the $17,364,000 General Fund appropriation for the Electric Vehicle Charging Program in fiscal year 2022-2023; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms; establish legislative findings; ensure that student privacy exists in school restrooms, locker rooms, and shower rooms; require students born male to use only those facilities designated to be used by males and students born female to use only those facilities designated to be used by females; require schools to provide the best available accommodation to students who assert that their gender is different from their biological sex; identify consequences for using facilities designated for the opposite biological sex; EMERGENCY.

Apply to Congress under Article V of the Constitution of the United States for the calling of a convention of the states limited to proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States that limit the terms of office for its officials and for members of Congress; state that the application should be aggregated with the applications of other states limited for the purposes identified in the application; state that the application should be a continuing application until a convention is called.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 39A to establish the East Kentucky State Aid Funding for Emergencies (EKSAFE) fund; amend KRS 39A.305 to provide that moneys in the West Kentucky State Aid Funding for Emergencies (WKSAFE) fund shall carry forward until June 30, 2026; provide that financial assistance to cities, counties, and school districts for realized revenue losses shall be limited to 100% of the lost revenue in fiscal year 2022-2023, 66% of the lost revenue in fiscal year 2023-2024, and 33% of the lost revenue in fiscal year 2024-2025; provide that moneys reimbursed to the Commonwealth after June 30, 2026, shall be deposited into the Budget Reserve Trust Fund; allow the waiver of up to 15 student attendance days for days missed by school districts through January 20, 2023, that are located in the Presidential Declaration of a Major Disaster and impacted by the July 2022 storms and flooding in the eastern Kentucky region; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.

Adjourn the Senate and honor and loving memory of the 39 victims of the flooding in Eastern Kentucky.