Amend KRS 118.125 to require the Secretary of State or county clerk to verify a candidate's address and precinct number prior to the candidate filing deadline; require the Secretary of State or county clerk to verify that the voters signing the candidate's petition for office reside in the same district or jurisdiction as the candidate.
Amend KRS 317A.030 to add a licensed nail technician and one additional citizen at large member to the board; direct board to collect and retain statistical data on its applicants and licensees; amend KRS 317A.120 to require the board give written tests in an applicant's first or second fluent language and provide a certified interpreter for oral exams; allow applicant to retake any failed portion of the exam one month from applicant's receipt of any failure notice and to retake any failed exam portion an unlimited number of times; cap the retesting fee at $35 per exam per applicant; amend KRS 317A.130 to require a warning notice be given for violation, except for a violation that presents immediate and present danger; direct notice to include description of violation and remediation required.
Amend KRS 527.010 to define "assault weapon," "large capacity ammunition feeding device," and "permanently inoperable"; create new sections of KRS Chapter 527 to criminalize possession and transfer of unregistered large capacity ammunition feeding devices; establish a large capacity ammunition feeding device registration program under the Department of Kentucky State Police; authorize a trust and agency account; criminalize the possession and transfer of assault weapons; amend KRS 237.104 to conform; APPROPRIATION.
Create new section of KRS Chapter 164 to require all postsecondary institutions to contract with an auditor and conduct an annual audit; set deadlines for finalization of the audit and submission of audit report and requirements if deadlines are not met; set rules for the Auditor of Public Accounts and Council on Postsecondary Education to place institution under a fiscal watch; require a fiscal recovery plan for institutions on fiscal watch; sets financial terms for contracts with auditors and reduction in fees for auditor's unreasonable delay; require reference to these requirements in audit contracts between postsecondary institutions and auditors.
Amend KRS 18A.225, 78.510, 156.095, 158.038, 158.189, 158.196, 158.305, 158.4416, 160.152, 161.164, 161.220, and 218B.045 to remove references to public charter schools; repeal KRS 160.1590, 160.1591, 160.15911, 160.1592, 160.1593, 160.1594, 160.1595, 160.1596, 160.1597, 160.1598, 160.1599, and 161.141 relating to public charter schools.
Amend KRS 161.030 to remove the authority of the Education Professional Standards Board to require successful completion of assessments prior to certification; amend KRS 156.101, 161.048, and 161.053 to conform; repeal KRS 161.1222, relating to a pilot teacher program.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 342 to define "educator" and set out when psychological injuries are valid workers' compensation claims for educators when no physical injury exists; amend KRS 342.0011 to clarify definition of "injury" to include certain psychological injuries experienced by educators.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to designate January 15 to April 4 of each year as Black History Season; require the Governor to proclaim Black History Season and to encourage Kentuckians to acknowledge its significance.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 67 to require county governments to operate at least one emergency shelter for persons experiencing homelessness or to otherwise contract with an operator of an emergency shelter; require an adequate number of beds in the emergency shelter; require the emergency shelter to conform to applicable federal and state law; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations to provide standards for emergency shelters.
Amend KRS 158.196 to require social studies instruction, materials, and academic standards to include the roles and contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in the history of the United States and the Commonwealth.
