Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a portion of Kentucky Route 1057 in Powell County, as the "Rondal Winslow Davis Memorial Highway."
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 344 to define terms; prohibit discrimination against medical care providers who decline to perform procedures that violate their conscience; grant providers the right not to participate in or pay for services that violate their conscience; exempt providers from liability for exercising these rights; establish a civil cause of action for persons injured by violations of these provisions; EMERGENCY.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms; establish legislative findings; ensure that student privacy exists in school restrooms, locker rooms, and shower rooms; require students born male to use only those facilities designated to be used by males and students born female to use only those facilities designated to be used by females; require schools to provide the best available accommodation to students who assert that their gender is different from their biological sex; identify consequences for using facilities designated for the opposite biological sex; EMERGENCY.
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.
Amend KRS 150.175 to change the name of the junior statewide hunting license to the youth statewide hunting license; remove the requirement that a person under 16 have the permission of his or her parent, guardian, or custodian to obtain a youth statewide hunting license; change the name of the junior game permit to the youth game permit; change the names of combination licenses to sportsmans' hunting and fishing licenses; remove the requirement that the holder of a disabled sportsman's license carry proof of disability while performing an act authorized by the license; add a youth sportsman's license; amend KRS 150.195 to remove the requirement that the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources name each non-exempt county clerk as an agent for the sale of licenses or permits; make the requirement that the department sell its own licenses or permits permissive; add governmental entities and businesses to the list of entities that may be named agents for the sale of licenses and permits; require the department to determine by administrative regulation which licenses, permits, or other items are issued by the department and its agents; prohibit any person from knowingly making a false entry on a license or permit; make conforming changes; amend KRS 150.990 to conform.
Amend KRS 159.035 to require a local school district's attendance policy to include provisions for a student's mental or behavioral health status.
Amend KRS 311.732, relating to performance of an abortion upon a minor, to require the informed written consent of a parent or legal guardian to include a copy of that parent's or legal guardian's government-issued identification and parent's or legal guardian's documentation; require government-issued identification for the minor; require notification to other parent with joint or physical custody with exceptions; require the physician to keep a copy of the informed written consent for at least 7 years; require the physician to execute an affidavit; require additional criteria and standards for when a court determines whether to allow a minor to self-consent to an abortion; require the court hearing to remain confidential and be held in a private, informal setting within the courthouse; require, in the case of a medical emergency, for the physician to notify the parent or legal guardian within 24 hours of the abortion; require report to the cabinet; amend KRS 311.595 to allow the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure to suspend or revoke the license of any physician for violations; amend KRS 311.990 to establish criminal penalties for violations; establish penalties for a person who violates Section 5 to 11 of this Act; amend KRS 213.101 to expand the statistical reporting system for abortions; require the Vital Statistics Branch report to include verification of compliance with the certification requirement of KRS 311.727; add required reporting items; require the Inspector General, Cabinet for Health and Family Services, to audit reporting; prohibit the audit from including personally identifying information of any pregnant woman upon whom an abortion was performed or attempted; specify that any personally identifying information viewed or recorded by the Inspector General in conducting the audit is not subject to the Open Records Act; require an annual report to be submitted including findings from the audit and abortion facility inspections to the General Assembly and the Attorney General; require an annual in-person report to be presented to the Interim Joint Committee on Health, Welfare, and Family Services; create new sections of KRS 311.710 to 311.820 to define terms; prohibit abortion-inducing drugs from being provided outside of required procedures or by courier, delivery, or mail service; establish requirements for qualified physician providing abortion-inducing drugs; require informed consent by patient for being provided abortion-inducing drugs; list requirements for informed consent form; require each abortion-inducing drug provided to be reported to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services on a report form; list requirements for report form; require report to the cabinet of treatment for adverse event or complication related to a drug-induced abortion; list requirements for report; prohibit provisions from being construed as creating or recognizing a right to abortion, making lawful an abortion that is otherwise unlawful, or overriding any existing laws; prohibit the provision of abortion-inducing drugs in any school facility or on state grounds; provide additional remedies to comply with Sections 5 to 11 of this Act; create new sections of KRS Chapter 213 to require the cabinet to publish information about the potential ability to reverse the effects of abortion-inducing drugs; require the cabinet to create and distribute the consent forms and reporting forms for abortion-inducing drugs; require the cabinet to keep reported data confidential; require the cabinet to communicate reporting requirements to required reporters; create new sections of KRS Chapter 315 to require the Board of Pharmacy to create a certification program for the distribution of abortion-inducing drugs; require physicians, manufacturers, and distributors to be certified; establish requirements for certification; require the board to enforce certification requirements; require the board to develop a complaint portal for violations and review complaints; amend KRS 213.081 to include fetal remains and to prohibit simultaneous cremations of fetal remains; amend KRS 213.096 to include abortions on the combination birth-death certificate; create a new section of KRS 311.710 to 311.820 to define "fetal remains," require within 24 hours before a surgical or chemical abortion the health care facility or abortion clinic to inform the parents both orally and in writing of their rights to determine the final disposition of the fetal remains; if a chemically induced abortion, inform the mother she may expect to expel a fetus after leaving the facility and she may return the remains to the facility for final disposition; require the parents to inform the facility of their choice for the disposition of the fetal remains; amend KRS 367.97501 to exclude fetal remains from the definition of âpathological wasteâ; amend KRS 311.715 to provide that public agency funds shall not be paid to any entity, organization, or individual that performs, induces, refers for, or counsels in favor of abortions; establish exceptions; create new sections of KRS 311.710 to 311.820 to require reporting to the cabinet information about complications, medical treatment, or death related to an abortion; permit the General Assembly to appoint members who sponsored or cosponsored this Act to intervene in any case to which the constitutionality is challenged; require provisions of this Act to be severable; amend KRS 311.774 to reporting requirements for adverse events or complications; amend KRS 311.783 to add reporting requirement; amend KRS 315.990 to add penalty for violation of pharmacy certification program; establish short title; EMERGENCY.
