Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to make possession of a personal use quantity of cannabis exempt from civil or criminal penalty; amend KRS 218A.010 to define "cannabis," "personal use quantity of cannabis," and "cannabis accessory"; amend KRS 218A.1422 regarding cannabis possession to conform; amend KRS 218A.1423 regarding cannabis cultivation to conform; amend KRS 218A.500 regarding drug paraphernalia to exempt personal use cannabis accessories; amend KRS 218A.1421 on cannabis trafficking to exempt personal use quantities; amend KRS 138.872 to exclude personal use quantities from cannabis stamp tax; amend KRS 218A.410 and 533.030 to conform; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to allow expungement of certain convictions relating to cannabis.
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Appropriate moneys to the State Salary and Compensation Fund to provide an increment of five percent in each fiscal year on the base salary or wages of each eligible state employee within the Executive Branch, the Legislative Branch, and the Judicial Branch; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
Propose to create a new section of the Kentucky Constitution to guarantee the right of an individual 21 years of age or older to possess, use, buy or sell one ounce or less of cannabis and to cultivate, harvest, and store up to 5 cannabis plants for personal use; and for the production, processing, and sale of cannabis and cannabis-derived products to be controlled by the General Assembly; specify the question to be printed on the ballot; direct the Secretary of State to publish the proposed amendment in a newspaper of general circulation; direct the Secretary of State to certify the proposed amendment to the county clerk of each county.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish the employers' organ and bone marrow donation tax credit; amend KRS 141.0205 to provide the ordering of the credit; amend KRS 131.190 to allow disclosure of certain information on the credit to the Legislative Research Commission; declare short title to be the Living Organ and Bone Marrow Donor Assistance Act of 2022.
Amend KRS 304.17A-148 to require that cost sharing for noninsulin drugs and certain equipment and supplies necessary for the treatment of diabetes not exceed certain cost-sharing thresholds; prohibit insurers from conducting or imposing utilization review for diabetes treatment prescribed by a health care provider; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2023.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to name and designate as the official pets of Kentucky domestic cats and dogs that reside in or have been adopted from Kentucky animal shelters or rescue organizations.
Create various new sections of KRS Chapter 211 to define terms; establish the Urgent-Need Insulin Program and the Continuing Access to Insulin Program; establish eligibility guidelines; establish the application process; establish the process by which insulin is dispensed to eligible individuals; establish the responsibilities of insulin manufacturers; establish the responsibilities of the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy for administering the program; require manufacturers to annually report certain information to the board; require the board to report certain information to the General Assembly upon request; establish penalties; EMERGENCY.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 198A to establish the nonrefundable Kentucky affordable housing credit for taxable years or periods beginning on or after January 1, 2025, for a period of five years; allow the credit to be applied to the income and insurance taxes, in an amount equal to the amount of federal low-income housing tax credit; provide that the aggregate amount of tax credit for any year shall not exceed $12.5 million; create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to allow the credit to be applied to income and limited liability entity taxes; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the income tax credit; create new sections of KRS Chapter 136 to allow the credit to be applied to insurance tax; order the insurance tax credits; amend KRS 131.190 to conform.
(H1261B02) Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 5 to divide the Commonwealth into the following representative districts: DISTRICT 1 - Ballard KY, Carlisle KY, Fulton KY, Hickman KY, McCracken KY (part); DISTRICT 2 - Graves KY, McCracken KY (part); DISTRICT 3 - Livingston KY, McCracken KY (part); DISTRICT 4 - Caldwell KY, Christian KY (part), Crittenden KY; DISTRICT 5 - Calloway KY, Marshall KY (part); DISTRICT 6 - Lyon KY, Marshall KY (part), Trigg KY; DISTRICT 7 - Daviess KY (part); DISTRICT 8 - Christian KY (part); DISTRICT 9 - Hopkins KY; DISTRICT 10 - Breckinridge KY, Grayson KY; DISTRICT 11 - Henderson KY; DISTRICT 12 - Daviess KY (part), McLean KY, Union KY, Webster KY; DISTRICT 13 - Daviess KY (part); DISTRICT 14 - Butler KY, Hancock KY, Ohio KY; DISTRICT 15 - Muhlenberg KY, Todd KY; DISTRICT 16 - Logan KY, Simpson KY; DISTRICT 17 - Hardin KY (part); DISTRICT 18 - Warren KY (part); DISTRICT 19 - Edmonson KY, Hart KY, Warren KY (part); DISTRICT 20 - Warren KY (part); DISTRICT 21 - Cumberland KY, Metcalfe KY, Monroe KY, Russell KY; DISTRICT 22 - Allen KY, Warren KY (part); DISTRICT 23 - Barren KY; DISTRICT 24 - Green KY, Larue KY, Marion KY; DISTRICT 25 - Hardin KY (part); DISTRICT 26 - Bullitt KY (part), Hardin KY (part); DISTRICT 27 - Hardin KY (part), Meade KY; DISTRICT 28 - Jefferson KY (part); DISTRICT 29 - Jefferson KY (part); DISTRICT 30 - Jefferson KY (part); DISTRICT 31 - Jefferson KY (part); DISTRICT 32 - Jefferson KY (part); DISTRICT 33 - Jefferson KY (part); DISTRICT 34 - Jefferson KY (part); DISTRICT 35 - Jefferson KY (part); DISTRICT 36 - Jefferson KY (part), Oldham KY (part); DISTRICT 37 - Jefferson KY (part); DISTRICT 38 - Jefferson KY (part); DISTRICT 39 - Jessamine KY (part); DISTRICT 40 - Jefferson KY (part); DISTRICT 41 - Jefferson KY (part); DISTRICT 42 - Jefferson KY (part); DISTRICT 43 - Jefferson KY (part); DISTRICT 44 - Jefferson KY (part); DISTRICT 45 - Fayette KY (part); DISTRICT 46 - Jefferson KY (part); DISTRICT 47 - Carroll KY, Henry KY, Owen KY, Trimble KY; DISTRICT 48 - Jefferson KY (part); DISTRICT 49 - Bullitt KY (part); DISTRICT 50 - Nelson KY; DISTRICT 51 - Adair KY, Taylor KY; DISTRICT 52 - Clinton KY, McCreary KY, Wayne KY; DISTRICT 53 - Anderson KY, Spencer KY; DISTRICT 54 - Boyle KY, Casey KY; DISTRICT 55 - Jessamine KY (part), Mercer KY, Washington KY; DISTRICT 56 - Scott KY (part), Woodford KY; DISTRICT 57 - Franklin KY (part); DISTRICT 58 - Shelby KY (part); DISTRICT 59 - Oldham KY (part); DISTRICT 60 - Boone KY (part), Gallatin KY; DISTRICT 61 - Grant KY, Harrison KY, Robertson KY; DISTRICT 62 - Franklin KY (part), Scott KY (part), Shelby KY (part); DISTRICT 63 - Kenton KY (part); DISTRICT 64 - Kenton KY (part); DISTRICT 65 - Kenton KY (part); DISTRICT 66 - Boone KY (part); DISTRICT 67 - Campbell KY (part); DISTRICT 68 - Campbell KY (part); DISTRICT 69 - Boone KY (part), Kenton KY (part); DISTRICT 70 - Bracken KY, Kenton KY (part), Mason KY, Pendleton KY; DISTRICT 71 - Garrard KY, Laurel KY (part), Rockcastle KY; DISTRICT 72 - Bourbon KY, Fayette KY (part); DISTRICT 73 - Clark KY, Madison KY (part); DISTRICT 74 - Bath KY, Menifee KY, Montgomery KY; DISTRICT 75 - Fayette KY (part); DISTRICT 76 - Fayette KY (part); DISTRICT 77 - Fayette KY (part); DISTRICT 78 - Fayette KY (part); DISTRICT 79 - Fayette KY (part); DISTRICT 80 - Lincoln KY, Pulaski KY (part); DISTRICT 81 - Madison KY (part); DISTRICT 82 - Laurel KY (part), Whitley KY; DISTRICT 83 - Pulaski KY (part); DISTRICT 84 - Harlan KY (part), Leslie KY, Perry KY; DISTRICT 85 - Boone KY (part); DISTRICT 86 - Knox KY, Laurel KY (part); DISTRICT 87 - Bell KY, Harlan KY (part); DISTRICT 88 - Fayette KY (part); DISTRICT 89 - Jackson KY, Laurel KY (part); DISTRICT 90 - Clay KY, Estill KY, Lee KY, Owsley KY; DISTRICT 91 - Breathitt KY, Magoffin KY, Powell KY, Wolfe KY; DISTRICT 92 - Madison KY (part); DISTRICT 93 - Pike KY (part); DISTRICT 94 - Knott KY, Letcher KY, Pike KY (part); DISTRICT 95 - Floyd KY, Martin KY; DISTRICT 96 - Boyd KY (part), Carter KY, Lewis KY; DISTRICT 97 - Elliott KY, Johnson KY, Morgan KY; DISTRICT 98 - Boyd KY (part), Greenup KY; DISTRICT 99 - Fleming KY, Nicholas KY, Rowan KY; DISTRICT 100 - Boyd KY (part), Lawrence KY; PLAN INTEGRITY VERIFIED; amend KRS 5.010 to change dates to conform; extend the primary filing deadline to February 8, 2022, for the 2022 primary and no other election; permit the Secretary of State or county clerk, for the 2022 primary and for no other election, to determine when the drawing for ballot positions for candidates will be held and when the certification will be determined; specify how county and precinct names are to be displayed depending on whether the territory of the county or precinct is included in a particular legislative district in its entirety or in part; direct county boards of elections to change precinct boundaries to conform to representative and senatorial district boundaries; EMERGENCY.