Rep. Bill Wesley

Primary HB 402

In committee · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to adult-oriented businesses and declaring an emergency.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 231 to express the findings of the General Assembly relating to adult-oriented businesses and the need for regulation; define terms; establish distance parameters for the location of adult-oriented businesses in proximity to identified entities and locations; establish transition provisions for existing businesses; affirm the authority of local governmental units to supplement regulation of adult-oriented businesses; EMERGENCY.

In committee Jan 30, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 384

In committee · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to the control of vehicular traffic.

Amend KRS 56.580 to prohibit closing portions of Capital Avenue in Frankfort; provide exceptions for emergency personnel.

In committee Jan 25, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 358

In committee · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to birth certificates.

Amend KRS 213.046, 213.056, and 213.071 to require the biological sex designation on a birth certificate to be either male or female and prohibit a nonbinary or any symbol representing a nonbinary designation including the letter "X."

In committee Jan 24, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 359

In committee · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to law enforcement telecommunicators.

Amend KRS 15.420 to define terms; amend KRS 15.440 and 15.460 to include law enforcement telecommunicators as participants in the Kentucky Law Enforcement Foundation Program ( KLEFP) fund and to make their fund benefits the same as police officers; amend KRS 337.100 to protect law enforcement telecommunicators from workplace retaliation in connection to taking leave under certain circumstances; amend various sections of KRS Chapters 15, 67A, 70, 95, and 164 to conform; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2024.

In committee Jan 24, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 315

In committee · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to vegetation around railroad crossings and declaring an emergency.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 277 to require railroad companies to destroy or remove obstructive vegetation upon and within the geographical bounds of its right-of-way at each intersection with a public road or highway; require the Transportation Cabinet to destroy or remove obstructive vegetation when a railroad company fails to do so; require the railroad company to reimburse the Transportation Cabinet for costs of the removal; EMERGENCY.

In committee Jan 19, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HR 45

Passed · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

A RESOLUTION expressing support for the State of Israel and the Israeli people and condemning the violent events on October 7, 2023.

Affirm Kentucky's support for the State of Israel and the Israeli people and condemn the October 7, 2023, attack by Hamas.

Passed Jan 18, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 208

In committee · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 183 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to education funding.

Propose to amend Section 183 of the Constitution of Kentucky to authorize the General Assembly to provide for a portion of the educational costs of students outside of the public school system with parents of limited financial means; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.

In committee Jan 12, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 79

In committee · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to driver's licensing.

Amend KRS 186.480 to require an applicant for an operator's license speak English and demonstrate the ability to read road signs in English.

In committee Jan 2, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HJR 26

In committee · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

A JOINT RESOLUTION designating the John Cox Memorial Bridge in Powell County.

Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a bridge on Kentucky Route 213 in Powell County in honor and memory of WWII Veteran John Cox.

In committee Jan 2, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HJR 25

In committee · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

A JOINT RESOLUTION designating the Marion Brewer Memorial Bridge in Powell County.

Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate the Marion Brewer Memorial Bridge in Powell County.

In committee Jan 2, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track