Rep. Tina Bojanowski

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 82 to define "city," "project labor agreement," and "public construction project"; permit a city to establish a mandatory preference for awarding public construction project contracts to unions through a negotiated project labor agreement; permit cities to negotiate wages that are higher than the state or federal minimum wage as a condition of the project labor agreement; repeal KRS 65.016, which prohibits local governments from requiring an employer to pay a certain wage or fringe benefit other than as determined by the employer.

Amend KRS 383.210 and 383.215, relating to forcible entry and detainer, to allow a local government to set an alternative time period from the date of the service of the warrant and the date of the hearing to more than the minimum of three days; require the local government to notify the sheriff, the court of jurisdiction, and the administrative office of the courts of that action.

Amend KRS 65.016 to grant local governments the authority to adopt and enforce ordinances that require employers in their jurisdiction to provide paid leave to employees and set a higher minimum wage than state and federal rates.

Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Darryl Owens.

Create a new section of KRS 210.370 to 210.485 to create the Kentucky Child Mental Health Services Access Program; establish duties and responsibilities; amend KRS 210.400 to establish that the community board for mental health or individuals with an intellectual disability shall implement, staff, and operate the Kentucky Child Mental Health Services Access Program.

Amend KRS 139.472 to define and exempt from sales and use tax breast pumps, breast pump storage and collection supplies, and breast pump kits from August 1, 2022, to July 31, 2026, and require the Department of Revenue to report the exemption each August 1; amend KRS 131.190 to authorize the department to report the exemption to the Legislative Research Commission; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2022.

Amend KRS 65.870 to remove state preemption of local firearms regulations and allow local governments to enact ordinances regulating firearms; amend KRS 237.115 to conform; EMERGENCY.

Amend KRS 161.155, 161.220, 161.540, 161.550, 161.600, 161.620, 161.655, 161.400, 161.420, 161.470, 161.507, 161.520, 161.548, 161.549, 161.605, 161.612, 161.630, and 161.661 and repeal KRS 161.633, 161.634, 161.635, and 161.636 to repeal and remove provisions of HB 258 enacted during the 2021 Regular Session that created adjusted benefits for individuals who become members of the Teachers' Retirement System on or after January 1, 2022; 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 6 to require a public comment period of at least 15 minutes or until comments end, whichever occurs first, for all committee meetings of the General Assembly.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to make it a crime to unlawfully store a firearm; establish elements of the crime for recklessly allowing access to an unsecured firearm by a minor; establish the crime as a Class B misdemeanor unless a physical injury or death results, in which case it is a Class A misdemeanor; establish the short title of Baby Dre Gun Safety Act.