Rep. George Brown

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 213 to establish the Kentucky Indigent Persons' Burial Program; create in the State Treasury a fund entitled the Kentucky indigent person burial trust fund to provide funds to defray the costs of funeral expenses for indigent persons in the Commonwealth of Kentucky; direct that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall oversee the program and fund and promulgate necessary administrative regulations.

Propose to amend Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky to automatically restore the voting rights of persons convicted of certain felonies upon completion of their imprisonment, probation, or parole and automatically restore their civil rights five years after completion of their imprisonment, probation, or parole; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.

Amend KRS 95A.292 to allow rescue squad members to participate in the Alan "Chip" Terry Professional Development and Wellness Program; and create a new section of KRS Chapter 39F to direct the Division of Emergency Management and the Kentucky Fire Commission to enter into an agreement to ensure that rescue squad members have access to the program.

Recognize August 21, 2024, as Kentucky Senior Citizens Day.

Amend KRS 317A.120 to require examinations for licensure to be offered in English, Vietnamese, and Spanish.

Amend KRS 83A.130, 83A.140, and 83A.150 to require a city's legislative body to create an agenda that is distributed to members of the body at least 72 hours prior to the meeting and made available to the public at the time of the meeting.

Amend KRS 337.010 to increase the applicable threshold of employees of retail stores and service industries from $95,000 to $500,000 average annual gross volume of sales for the employer; amend KRS 337.275 to raise minimum wage of hourly and tipped employees and require adherence to any future federal increase in excess of the new state wage rates; include anti-preemption language permitting local governments to establish minimum wage ordinances in excess of the state minimum wage.

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.