Express support for the State of Israel and opposition to the international Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement which seeks to harm the State of Israel.
Establish the Kentucky History Caucus within the Kentucky General Assembly.
Honor the Kentucky Historical Society.
Amend KRS 141.019 to allow a tax exclusion of amounts contributed to a qualified educational expense program as defined in 26 U.S.C. sec. 529, effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2022; amend KRS 131.190 to allow reporting of credits; add a new section to KRS Chapter 141 to provide employers a tax credit for contributions to an employee's Kentucky Educational Savings Plan Trust; amend KRS 141.0205 to specify ordering of credits; create a new section of KRS 164A.300 to 164A.380 relating to the Kentucky Educational Savings Plan Trust, to require reporting to the Department of Revenue of refunds and amounts paid for purposes other than higher education costs.
Amend KRS 344.010 to provide definitions of "protective hairstyle" and "race" that include traits historically associated with race; amend KRS 158.148 to provide that school disciplinary codes shall prohibit discrimination on the basis of race; establish the short title of "C.R.O.W.N. Act".
Amend KRS 278.702 to provide that the terms of service for the ad hoc members of the Kentucky State Board on Electric Generation and Transmission Siting end when the merchant electric generating facility for which they were appointed has been constructed and has begun generating electricity for sale; amend KRS 278.704 to include decommissioning requirements within the requirements over which local planning and zoning requirements shall have primacy; remove outdated language; amend KRS 278.706 to require that a decommissioning plan be included in an application for construction of a merchant electric generating facility; establish minimum requirements for a decommissioning plan; require as part of a decommission plan that a bond or similar security be secured to assure that the decommissioning plan is accomplished; establish requirements for how the bond is set and how the beneficiaries of the bond are to be determined; require that certain components of the decommissioning plan be incorporated into the construction certificate applicant's leases with landowners; amend KRS 278.710 to include whether the decommissioning plan complies with the requirements of the Act in the criteria for approval of a construction certificate for a merchant electric generating facility; require a person that has received a construction certificate for a merchant electric generating facility file with the board the copy of the bond or similar security no later than the date that construction commences for the facility; require that an updated copy of the bond or similar security be refiled at least once every five years thereafter; require notice to be filed with the board when the construction of the merchant electric generating facility is complete and has begun producing electricity for sale; require that notice be given of any transaction involving the sale or transfer of ownership of the facility to the board and local officials within five days of finalizing the transaction; require a person who has acquired a merchant electric generating facility to file with the board written consent to assume the obligations in the decommissioning plan for the facility and to adopt or replace the required decommissioning bond; amend KRS 278.718 to provide that an ordinance, permit, or license issued by a local government shall have primacy over the requirements of KRS 278.700 and Sections 2, 3, and 4 of this Act.
Direct the Administrative Office of the Courts or appropriate authority to rename the Franklin County Courthouse as the John Marshall Harlan Courthouse.
Amend KRS 199.896 to provide that the license or certification of a child-care center shall not be refused or revoked for refusing to require facial coverings; amend KRS 199.898 to provide that parents and guardians of children enrolled in licensed, certified, or publicly funded child care facilities have a right to refuse facial coverings on behalf of their children without any retribution; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to prohibit requiring facial coverings on any public school premises, on school-sponsored transportation, or at a school-sponsored event; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to prohibit requiring facial coverings on property owned, leased, or operated by public postsecondary education institutions; provide exceptions for healthcare licensing board requirements imposed prior to January 1, 2020, and clinical research settings.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 150 to establish definitions; authorize the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to make acquisitions for compensatory mitigation projects; clarify who holds interests in the property for acquisition types, including alternative delivery procurement; allow for the acquisition price of interests to be greater than appraised value when using comparable sales comparison or market approach appraisal methods; allow for a limited use of condemnation of mineral estates when there is a severance of the surface and subsurface; allow the department to procure construction contracting for compensatory mitigation projects using alternative delivery including design-build, design-bid-build, and full delivery compensatory mitigation and exempt the department from requirements of KRS Chapters 45 and 45A; allow for procurement of mitigation credits from an existing mitigation bank with restrictions; establish the requirements for full delivery compensatory mitigation including contract, procurement requirements, method of remittance on work, protests and appeals; establish the departments powers and prerogatives with implementing the in-lieu fee program for compensatory mitigation projects; require all vendors and any foreign entities to be in good standing and in compliance with unemployment and workers compensation requirements; set penalty for violations; amend KRS 45.750 to add compensatory mitigation credit purchases to the definition of "capital construction item" and include credit purchases and use of full delivery mitigation to the definition of "capital project"; and add definitions; exempt real estate purchased for compensatory mitigation projects or purchase of compensatory mitigation credits from the provisions of KRS 45.760 to 45.810; amend KRS 45.777 to exempt sale or transfer of title or interests in real property from requirements to deposit receipts into the general fund; amend KRS 45.760 to add expenditure of funds for compensatory mitigation to the automatic authorization when project is not listed in branch budget bill and transfer to the allotment account and exceed the 15 percent limitation; require the notation of the payout for the allotment to be transmitted to the Capital Projects and Bond Oversight Committee; and exempt projects or equipment purchases from the limitations before being authorized; amend KRS 45A.030 to include compensatory mitigation projects and credits to the definitional exception of chief purchasing officer, construction, procurement and add additional definitions; amend KRS 45A.045 to exempt the Department of Fish and Wildlife from the requirement to have Finance and Administration Cabinet make all acquisitions and be the chief purchasing officer for the department; amend KRS 45A.050 to vest the Department of Fish and Wildlife with the rights, powers, and duties and authority for procurement; amend KRS 45A.425 to authorize the Department of Fish and Wildlife to dispose of surplus property and declare a completed compensatory mitigation property as surplus property; amend KRS 150.024 to clarify the right of eminent domain is limited and restricted when the acquisition is made for a compensatory mitigation project; and amend KRS 150.255 to clarify that compensatory mitigation projects must be approved by the United States Army Corps of Engineers and the department and adding purchase of compensatory mitigation credits to the use of funds; express when remittance may be made on a contract even if it is outside of the procurement methodology; clarify that the department coordinates all aspects of a compensatory mitigation project and when the project vests under a full delivery compensatory mitigation project; amend KRS 382.850 to allow the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources or a mitigation bank to acquire conservation easements and protect the land where there is a severance of a mineral estate and surface and establish a penalty if the surface is disturbed by subsequent exercise of mining activity; establish procedure for enforcement; and add definitions; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
Urging Congress to take appropriate steps in mitigating cyberattacks and ransomware attacks.
