Rep. Steve Bratcher

Primary HB 293

Signed into law · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to kratom.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 217 to define terms related to kratom; direct the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to license and regulate processors and retailers of kratom products; charge kratom processors an annual licensing fee of $1,000 and kratom retailers an annual licensing fee of $500; prohibit the manufacture and sale of certain kratom extracts and kratom products; prohibit the sale of kratom extracts and kratom products to any individuals under 21 years of age; establish penalties; declare the supremacy of any future federal regulations on kratom.

Signed into law Apr 4, 2024 0 co-sponsors

Primary HB 137

Signed into law · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to assistant county attorneys.

Amend KRS 69.300 to remove the residency requirement for assistant county attorneys.

Signed into law Apr 4, 2024 0 co-sponsors

Primary HB 30

Signed into law · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to veterans.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 40 to establish the Kentucky Service Members, Veterans, and their Families Suicide Prevention Program.

Signed into law Apr 4, 2024 0 co-sponsors

Primary HB 583

Signed into law · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to environmental emergencies.

Amend KRS 224.1-401 to require that the chief executive officers of all forms of local government and mayors receive notification of a declaration of an environmental emergency in their jurisdiction.

Signed into law Apr 4, 2024 0 co-sponsors

Primary HB 361

Signed into law · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure.

Amend KRS 311.530 to add the chair of the Physician Assistant Advisory Committee to the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure as an ex officio nonvoting member; amend KRS 311.842 to change how the physician assistants on the Physician Assistant Advisory Committee are selected, establish that the chair must be a practicing physician assistant, and limit members to two consecutive terms; amend KRS 311.854 to remove the application requirement to list the name, address, and area of practice of supervising physicians; amend KRS 311.844 to remove the HIV/AIDS continuing education requirement, and allow graduating physician assistant students to apply course curriculum to the pediatric head trauma continuing education requirements.

Signed into law Apr 4, 2024 0 co-sponsors

Primary HB 258

Signed into law · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to the torture of a dog or cat.

Amend KRS 525.135 to define "serious physical injury or infirmity" and redefine "torture"; provide that torture of a dog or cat is a Class D felony in every instance and that each act may constitute a separate offense; provide what does not constitute torture of a dog or cat.

Signed into law Apr 4, 2024 0 co-sponsors

Primary HB 493

Signed into law · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to assisted living communities.

Amend KRS 194A.705 to limit the provision of enumerated health and health-related services to assisted living communities and nursing homes.

Signed into law Apr 4, 2024 0 co-sponsors

Primary HB 512

Signed into law · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to personal service contracts.

Amend KRS 45A.690, relating to the Government Contract Review Committee, to exclude agreements between the Kentucky Horse Park and judges, officials, and entertainers contracted for events promoted by the Kentucky Horse Park from the definition of "personal service contract."

Signed into law Apr 4, 2024 0 co-sponsors

Primary HB 443

Signed into law · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to land use.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 100 to require that local laws dealing with subdivision plats and development plans be set out by objective standards and applied ministerially; set out conditions for application of discretion; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2025.

Signed into law Apr 4, 2024 0 co-sponsors

Primary HR 150

In committee · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

A RESOLUTION urging the United States Congress to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit the practice of consumer reporting agencies selling or otherwise furnishing trigger leads relating to a consumer without the consumer's prior consent.

Urge the United States Congress to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit the practice of consumer reporting agencies selling or otherwise furnishing trigger leads relating to a consumer without the consumer's prior consent.

In committee Mar 28, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track