Amend KRS 161.155 to provide 20 maternity days to district employees who give birth; establish the terms and conditions for use of maternity days.
Repeal and reenact KRS 532.031 to define "gender identity or expression"; list the actions that qualify as hate crimes; list the actual or perceived characteristics a person must have in order to qualify as a victim of a hate crime; outline penalties for a person guilty of a hate crime; set forth criteria for seeking an enhanced sentence; amend KRS 15.334 and to add characteristics of a victim to be considered when determining the cause of a crime; add requirement that officers receive training on hate crimes; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to permit a civil action where the victim of a hate crime suffers damages regardless of the outcome of any criminal proceeding; establish recovery for the victim; amend KRS 17.1523 to add characteristics of a victim to be considered when determining the cause of a crime; amend KRS 15.440 to require that a unit of government shall possess a written policy and procedures manual related to hate crimes in order to receive funds from the Law Enforcement Foundation Program fund; repeal KRS 49.320 relating to victim of hate crime deemed victim of criminally injurious conduct.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to require background checks for private firearms sales and transfers.
Amend KRS 527.010 to define "assault weapon" and "large capacity ammunition feeding device"; create new sections of KRS Chapter 527 to criminalize possession and transfer of large capacity ammunition feeding devices; criminalize the possession and transfer of assault weapons; provide exceptions for large capacity ammunition feeding devices and assault weapons lawfully owned prior to the effective date of this Act; amend KRS 237.104 to conform.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to require a waiting period of five business days between the sale and transfer of a firearm; amend KRS 237.990 to establish a penalty for a violation.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 198A to create the abandoned home pool fund to be administered by the Kentucky Housing Corporation to purchase and improve vacant and abandoned homes for rental to eligible individuals and families; specify application process and criteria; APPROPRIATION.
Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 161 to remove provisions of HB 258 enacted during the 2021 Regular Session that created and adjusted benefits for individuals who become members of the Teachers' Retirement System on or after January 1, 2022; repeal KRS 161.633, 161.634, 161.635, and 161.636, relating to university and nonuniversity members; provide that these members shall be eligible for the benefits applicable to members who entered the system immediately prior to January 1, 2022; EMERGENCY.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 381 to define "investment firm" and "single family residence"; prohibit investment firms from entering into contracts to buy single family residences less than 90 days from the date it is listed; require an investment firm to be represented by a licensed real estate broker who is not employed by the investment firm.
Amend KRS 18A.225, 78.510, 156.095, 158.038, 158.189, 158.196, 158.305, 158.4416, 160.152, 161.164, 161.220, and 218B.045 to remove references to public charter schools; repeal KRS 160.1590, 160.1591, 160.15911, 160.1592, 160.1593, 160.1594, 160.1595, 160.1596, 160.1597, 160.1598, 160.1599, and 161.141 relating to public charter schools.
Repeal KRS 510.100, relating to sodomy in the fourth degree; amend KRS 194A.380 and 532.031 to conform.
