Rep. Gerald Watkins

Primary HR 319

Passed · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

Honor Jody Richards upon his retirement from the House of Representatives.

Passed Apr 13, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HR 292

Passed · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

Honor Robert L. King upon his retirement.

Passed Apr 2, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 191

Signed into law · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to consumer protection in eye care. Amend KRS 367.680 to define terms; amend KRS 367.681 to add requirements for prescriptions for visual aid glasses; amend KRS 367.683 and 367.684 to make applicable to all contact lens and visual aid glasses sellers and dispensers; amend KRS 367.685 to require fitting based on ocular health; amend KRS 367.686 and 367.687 to make applicable to visual aid glasses; create a new section of KRS 367.680 to 367.690 to set requirements for performance and operation of assessment mechanisms for contact lenses and visual aid glasses; amend KRS 367.688 and 367.690 to make applicable to visual aid glasses; increase the fine for violations to $11,000; create a new section of KRS 367.680 to 367.690 to provide that those sections may be cited as the Consumer Protection in Eye Care Act; APPROPRIATION.

Signed into law Mar 30, 2018 0 co-sponsors

Primary HR 295

Passed · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

Honor Fred Clem.

Passed Mar 29, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HR 279

Passed · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

Honor Joyce Honaker upon winning the 2018 Vic Hellard Jr. Award for exemplary public service.

Passed Mar 22, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 372

Passed · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to protections of religious organizations. Create new sections of KRS Chapter 344 to set forth legislative findings; define "discriminatory actions," "religious organization," "state benefit program," and "state government"; set forth those religious beliefs or moral convictions protected by the Act; restrict state government from taking discriminatory actions against religious organizations for certain actions; allow a person to assert a claim against state government as a defense against certain discriminatory actions; require that a person assert a claim within two years; waive sovereign, governmental, and qualified immunities except those of liability under the Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution; declare that the protections of free exercise of religious beliefs afforded are in addition to protections under federal and state law and federal and state constitutions; specify that if any application or provisions of the Act that is held invalid under the law, the remainder of the Act and application of its provisions shall not be affected.

Passed Mar 22, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 59

In committee · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to the disclosure of private cellular phone numbers. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to prohibit the marketing, sharing, or selling of wireless phone numbers of subscribers without express written consent of the subscriber; amend KRS 367.990 to create a penalty between $1,000 and $10,000 for each violation.

In committee Mar 22, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HR 252

Passed · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

Recognize March as Irish American Heritage Month for Kentucky.

Passed Mar 20, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HR 251

Passed · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

Honor Sturgill Simpson.

Passed Mar 20, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HR 245

Passed · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Officer Scotty Hamilton.

Passed Mar 15, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track