Rep. Kim Moser

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 244 to define terms; establish pre-employment requirements for bouncers; create bouncer training standards; establish agency oversight; amend KRS 244.120 to prohibit consumption of alcohol by a bouncer during work hours; amend KRS 243.500 to allow revocation or suspension of a license for failure to comply with bouncer restrictions; cite this Act as Christopher's Law; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2024.

Recognize January 27, 2023, as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to define "qualifying offense"; allow lifetime orders of protection for victims of qualifying offenses.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 311A to create the Recognition of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact; declare the intent and purpose of the compact; define terms; establish conditions under which an individual can practice in a remote state; require member states to expedite the processing of applications for licensure from veterans, active military service members, and members of the National Guard and Reserves separating from an active duty tour, as well as their spouses; authorize a home state to impose adverse action against an individual's license issued by the home state; authorize a member state's EMS authority to issue subpoenas for hearings and investigations as well as cease and desist orders to restrict, suspend, or revoke an individual's privilege to practice in the state; establish the Interstate Commission for EMS Personnel Practice; provide immunity from suit and liability for members, officers, executive director, employees and representatives of the commission who act in accordance with the provisions of the compact; require the commission to develop and maintain a coordinated database and reporting system containing licensure, disciplinary action, and significant investigatory information on all licensed individuals participating in the compact; authorize the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of state government to enforce the provisions of the compact; establish rulemaking procedures; authorize the commission to attempt to resolve disputes related to the compact that arise among member states and between member and non-member states; require provisions of the compact to become effective on the date the compact is enacted into law in the tenth compact state; establish withdrawal guidelines for a member state that wishes to withdraw from the compact; provide for severability for any provision in the compact that is contrary to the constitution of any party state or of the United States or the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person, or circumstance.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 39A to establish the East Kentucky State Aid Funding for Emergencies (EKSAFE) fund; amend KRS 39A.305 to provide that moneys in the West Kentucky State Aid Funding for Emergencies (WKSAFE) fund shall carry forward until June 30, 2026; provide that financial assistance to cities, counties, and school districts for realized revenue losses shall be limited to 100% of the lost revenue in fiscal year 2022-2023, 66% of the lost revenue in fiscal year 2023-2024, and 33% of the lost revenue in fiscal year 2024-2025; provide that moneys reimbursed to the Commonwealth after June 30, 2026, shall be deposited into the Budget Reserve Trust Fund; allow the waiver of up to 15 student attendance days for days missed by school districts through January 20, 2023, that are located in the Presidential Declaration of a Major Disaster and impacted by the July 2022 storms and flooding in the eastern Kentucky region; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.

Adjourn the Senate and honor and loving memory of the 39 victims of the flooding in Eastern Kentucky.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 39A to establish the East Kentucky State Aid Funding for Emergencies (EKSAFE) fund; amend KRS 39A.305 to provide that moneys in the West Kentucky State Aid Funding for Emergencies (WKSAFE) fund shall carry forward until June 30, 2026; provide that financial assistance to cities, counties, and school districts for realized revenue losses shall be limited to 100% of the lost revenue in fiscal year 2022-2023, 66% of the lost revenue in fiscal year 2023-2024, and 33% of the lost revenue in fiscal year 2024-2025; provide that moneys reimbursed to the Commonwealth after June 30, 2026, shall be deposited into the Budget Reserve Trust Fund; allow the waiver of up to 15 student attendance days for days missed by school districts through January 20, 2023, that are located in the Presidential Declaration of a Major Disaster and impacted by the July 2022 storms and flooding in the eastern Kentucky region; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to establish the Kentucky Center for Cannabis Research at the University of Kentucky; define the role, mission, and responsibilities of the center; establish the university's duties related to the center; APPROPRIATION.

Amend KRS 15.293 to provide that funds received from bankruptcy proceedings shall also be allocated to the Opioid abatement trust fund and local governments; specify that any named defendant in In re National Prescription Opiate Litigation, MDL No. 2804, Case No. 1:17-md-02804, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio is to be included as well.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to establish the Healthcare Worker Loan Relief Program for qualifying healthcare workers; establish the guidelines for operating the program; create the healthcare worker loan relief fund; APPROPRIATION.