Rep. Thomas Huff

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 243 to make the three tier system for alcoholic beverage sales optional; allow manufacturers, wholesalers, and distributors to hold retail package licenses; authorize manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers to sell to consumers, customers, and other licensees and to hold a direct shipper license; require all licensees selling outside the three tier system to pay all applicable excise and wholesale taxes; amend KRS 241.010 to redefine "wholesaler"; amend KRS 211.285, 243.027, 243.0305, 243.034, 243.039, 243.055, 243.082, 243.084, 243.086, 243.088, 243.110, 243.120, 243.130, 243.150, 243.154, 243.157, 243.170, 243.180, 243.240, 243.250, 243.280, 243.730, 243.850, 243.884, 244.167, 244.240, 244.260, 244.590, and 244.602 to conform; repeal KRS 244.570.

Condemning Russia's unprovoked military aggression and invasion of the sovereign state of Ukraine.

Amend KRS 67.060 to require the office of county commissioners to have partisan primary or partisan election; amend KRS 83A.040 to require the office of mayor and legislative body members to have a partisan primary or partisan election; amend KRS 83A.045 to require all city offices to have a partisan primary or partisan election; amend KRS 83A.100 to require the city ward to have a partisan primary or partisan election; amend KRS 160.180 to allow for the use of a transcript from an accredited college to satisfy the requisite for school board candidacy eligibility; amend KRS 160.200 to require the offices of boards of education to have a partisan primary or partisan election; amend KRS 160.210 to require school board candidates to have emblems of political party affiliation presented on the ballot; amend KRS 262.210 to require the offices of soil and water conservation officers to have a partisan primary or partisan election; amend various sections to conform; and repeal KRS 83A.047, 83A.050, 83A.170, 83A.175, 160.250, and 160.260.

Amend KRS 29A.100 to excuse persons 75 years of age or older from jury service upon request.

Honor Kentucky farmers and recognize February 20 to 26, 2022, as Food Check-Out Week.

Condemn anti-Semitism in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Amend KRS 61.315 to create a presumption that first responders who die of COVID-19 do so while in the line of duty and thus qualify for death benefits; apply subsection retroactively; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.

Extend the provisions of paragraph 3 of 2020 Executive Order 2020-277, related to temporary disability from occupational exposure to COVID-19 from September 7, 2021, to January 31, 2023; EMERGENCY.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to direct that no school shall offer any classroom instruction, discussion, or instructional materials that promote bigotry, revisionist history, or critical social justice; provide that nothing in the section shall be interpreted to prohibit academic instruction on the historical existence of bigotry or revisionist views of history or to regulate the conduct or speech of students; provide that a teacher who chooses to discuss a current topic shall strive to explore the topic from diverse and contending perspectives; prohibit schools from awarding credit for designated political activities; prohibit schools from accepting private funds for curriculum development or choice of curricula or trainings; set forth the administrative procedures for specific violations; create a cause of action for students and parents that have exhausted the administrative remedies; waive civil immunity; provide for rewarding of costs and fees when a plaintiff is successful; establish a fine between $5,000 and $10,000 for frivolous lawsuits and permit the school district to recover costs and fees; provide that the Attorney General may bring an action to enforce this Act; require specific written notice of administrative and legal rights to students and parents; amend KRS 160.345 to require superintendents to determine curricula, textbooks, instructional materials, and student support services; require the determination of the superintendent to be consistent with this Act; require curriculum adopted to be accessible to parents and guardians of students through the Kentucky Department of Education's student information system; amend KRS 7.410 to require the Office of Education Accountability to conduct an annual digital survey of transparency and compliance and report designated findings to the specified legislative and executive entities; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to designate mandatory historical topics; create a new section of KRS Chapter 161 to provide that the Education Professional Standards Board (EPSB) shall discontinue approval of any teacher preparation program that promotes bigotry or revisionist history; require EPSB to promulgate administrative regulations defining procedures to report teacher preparation programs that violate the new requirements; establish minimum requirements for the procedures; require EPSB to regularly audit programs and investigate all credible reports of violations; waive civil immunity for claims against EPSB for failing to discontinue a program in accordance with the law or a college or university that violates the new requirements; provide that the Act shall be severable; EMERGENCY.

Recognize January 27, 2022, as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.