Condemning Russia's unprovoked military aggression and invasion of the sovereign state of Ukraine.
Honor the celebration of Black History Month and recognize the accomplishments and contributions of Lawrence Smith.
Honor Kentucky farmers and recognize February 20 to 26, 2022, as Food Check-Out Week.
Amend KRS 116.046 to require the State Board of Education to include how to cast a ballot within their annual public education program to high school juniors and seniors.
Propose to amend Sections 110 and 111 of the Constitution of Kentucky to require the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court to render a decision within ninety days from the day of the final hearing for a case over which the court exercises judicial review; ballot language included; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 518 to create the crime of intimidation of a sports official as a Class A misdemeanor.
Create the Debt Affordability Task Force to study Kentuckyâs non-pension debt obligations; report recommendations and findings by December 1.
Amend KRS 61.315 to create a presumption that first responders who die of COVID-19 do so while in the line of duty and thus qualify for death benefits; apply subsection retroactively; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 224A to establish the Rural Infrastructure Improvement Program; define terms; establish the rural infrastructure improvement fund; provide that money deposited to the credit of the fund shall only be used by the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority to provide reimbursements to qualified applicants for eligible utility pole replacement costs necessary for the deployment of broadband infrastructure; set maximum reimbursement amounts; require the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority to receive, review, and approve applications for eligible pole replacement reimbursement; require the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority to promulgate administrative regulations necessary for the administration of the program; require that no later than 60 days of receiving moneys into the rural infrastructure improvement fund, the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority must publish the application form for requesting reimbursement from the fund; provide for eligibility requirements and terms and conditions of receiving reimbursement from the fund; require the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority to maintain statistics on its Web site relating to applications received, amounts reimbursed, and money remaining in the fund; require the Auditor of Public Accounts to audit the fund no later than one year after it receives moneys; no later than one year after the exhaustion of the money in the fund, require the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority to file a report with the Legislative Research Commission identifying and examining the deployment of broadband infrastructure facilitated by the eligible pole reimbursements awarded; appropriate $56 million to the fund from the State Fiscal Recovery Fund of the American Rescue Plan Act; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
Amend KRS 238.550 to exempt designated licensed charitable organizations from the two-day deposit requirement and allow weekly deposits instead; require the eligible organization's charitable gaming to be ongoing and only involve charity game tickets; limit the deposit exemption to organizations whose average weekly deposits of gross receipts and adjusted gross receipts are less than $2,500.
