Rep. Josie Raymond

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186A to define nonmotorized vehicle and require registration for all nonmotorized vehicles operated on public highways; require display of a registration plate on the rear of all nonmotorized vehicles; set forth procedures for issuing registration for nonmotorized vehicles and direct the cabinet to administer regulations and establish forms and procedures; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2024.

Amend KRS 304.17A-258 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for certain formulas; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for breastfeeding support and equipment; amend KRS 205.522, 205.6485, 164.2871, and 18A.225 to require Medicaid, the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program, self-insured employer group health plans provided by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution, and the state employee health plan to comply with the coverage requirements for formulas and breastfeeding support and equipment; amend KRS 205.560 to conform; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to seek federal approval if they determine that such approval is necessary; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2024.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to establish the Student Teacher Stipend Program; define eligibility for the program; direct the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to administer the program; provide an award of up to $8000 to an eligible student teacher; establish the Student Teacher Stipend Program fund and appropriate $10,000,000 in fiscal year 2023-2024 to the fund; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to establish the Teacher Recruitment Student Loan Forgiveness Program; define eligibility for the program; direct the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to administer the program; provide up to $10,000 in student loan repayment for completing two years of consecutive teaching service; establish the Teacher Recruitment Student Loan Forgiveness Program fund and appropriate $5,000,000 in fiscal year 2023-2024 to the fund; APPROPRIATION.

Amend KRS 337.010 to change the definition of "employee", and add "worker with disability"; amend KRS 337.275 to require all employers pay all employees, including tipped employees, employees under 18 years old, and workers with a disability minimum wage, and increase minimum wage over the next three years, to $15 per hour by July 1, 2026; amend KRS 337.295 to remove learners, apprentices, workers with a disability, sheltered workshop employees, and students from regulations issued by the commissioner; amend KRS 154.22-040 to conform; establish short title.

Amend KRS 2.091 to name and designate coal as the official rock of Kentucky; amend KRS 2.094 to name and designate chalcedony agate as the official mineral of Kentucky.

Establish new sections of KRS Chapter 337 to create a prevailing wage law for all public works projects; amend KRS 12.020, 99.480, 227.487, 336.015, 151B.015 337.010, and 337.990 to conform.

Create a new section in KRS Chapter 134 to establish a quarterly installment payment program; define terms; provide installment payment calculation guidelines; require specific property tax information be sent to the taxpayer through notifications or made accessible through an electronic system; allow an administrative fee up to three percent; disallow two percent discount for early payment of taxes if taxes paid under quarterly installment payment program; prohibit collection of penalties and interest on installment payments; require the Department of Revenue to promulgate administrative regulations; establish penalties for noncompliance; amend KRS 133.220 to require the sheriff or collector to include specific tax payment information on tax notices; amend KRS 134.015 to conform.

Create a new section of KRS 198B.010 to 198B.290 to define terms and require the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction to promulgate administrative regulations to require certain public buildings, structures, and facilities constructed on or after January 1, 2025, to contain and provide access to at least one powered, height-adjustable, adult-size changing table; provide that the Act may be cited as Trayton's Bill.

Amend KRS 199.894 to define "Child Care and Development Fund" and "Child Care Assistance Program"; create a new section of KRS 199.892 to 199.896 to establish eligibility requirements for the Child Care Assistance Program.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 382 to require a seller of residential property to conduct and pay for tests to determine lead content as a condition of sale; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to establish a lead mitigation and control fund; create a new section of KRS Chapter 383 to require a landlord to conduct lead testing and inform tenants of results; amend KRS 324.360 to add additional disclosures to the seller's disclosure of conditions form; APPROPRIATION; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2024.