Rep. Savannah Maddox

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 217 to define terms; require a manufacturer of a liability shield product to subject the product to a placebo-controlled study before it is manufactured, marketed, distributed, or administered in Kentucky; establish requirements for the placebo-controlled study; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to monitor and track adverse outcomes of liability shield products; require manufacturers of liability shield products to submit documentation to the cabinet of the placebo-controlled study and results of the study; provide that an individual has right to refuse a liability shield product; permit the Attorney General to bring actions for violations; permit individuals to bring actions for injuries; EMERGENCY.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216 to define "medical product"; prohibit any a public or government entity or any agency or division thereof, from requiring an individual to take, receive, or disclose whether a medical product has been taken or received, unless the manufacturer of the product is liable for any death or injury caused by the product.

Create a new of section KRS Chapter 164 to allow a student, staff, or faculty member to opt out of a postsecondary school's immunization policy for specified reasons; create a new section of KRS Chapter 214 to prohibit a public entity from creating standardized documentation with the purpose of certifying vaccination status; create a new section of KRS Chapter 336 to require written notice of vaccination exemptions for a sincerely held religious belief or medical contraindication; establish which health care providers can support a medical exemption; require notice of federal mandates and exemptions; establish civil cause of action for violations; amend KRS 214.015 to prohibit the Department for Public Health from releasing personally identifiable information from immunization reports to another public agency or third party; amend KRS 214.034 to prohibit public and private primary and secondary schools and preschool programs from promulgating a new immunization policy and mandating compliance during a school year that has already commenced; and amend KRS 214.036 to allow objection to immunization on the basis of conscientiously held beliefs.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186 to require the Transportation Cabinet to expand driver licensing services in each county by setting up a system between the Transportation Cabinet and the circuit clerks for issuance of operator's licenses and personal identification cards; amend KRS 186.531 to conform; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2026.

Amend KRS 161.500 to allow members of the Teachers' Retirement System to recover up to 10 unpaid days that were missed to observe religious holidays; include the recovered days in count of days worked for service credit; EMERGENCY.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 214 to establish legislative intent; define terms; establish that a person in the Commonwealth shall not administer, by any route or modality, any human gene therapy product for any infectious disease indication, regardless of whether the administration is termed an immunization, vaccine, or any other term; exempt human gene therapy products used to treat cancer or genetic disorders; sunset the provisions on July 1, 2035, unless extended by the General Assembly; EMERGENCY.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 411 to establish a cause of action for a person who was wrongfully convicted of a felony in the Commonwealth; specify amounts of damages that may be awarded to claimants; establish the wrongful conviction compensation fund.

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.

Amend KRS 164.092 to remove the definition of "equilibrium" and all references to equilibrium; require that university resources shall be allocated without weighting; require the postsecondary working group to meet every odd year; make technical amendments.