Rep. John Blanton

Primary HB 212

Passed · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to the mental health of first responders.

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.

Passed Feb 28, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 490

In committee · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to pharmaceutical drug price discrimination.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 315 to define terms, prohibit discrimination against 340B covered entities by pharmaceutical manufacturers, and authorize the Attorney General to investigation violations.

In committee Feb 27, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 694

In committee · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to one-time payments to school district employees and making an appropriation therefor.

Direct local school districts to provide a one-time payment of $2,000 to certified employees, excluding superintendents, in each year of the 2024-2026 biennium, and a one-time payment of $1,000 to classified employees in each year of the 2024-2026 biennium; appropriate $153 million from the Budget Reserve Trust Fund in each year of the 2024-2026 biennium to the Department of Education to provide the payments; APPROPRIATION.

In committee Feb 23, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 524

In committee · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to the establishment of a grant program to promote investments in Kentucky businesses, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.

Create new sections of Subchapter 20 of KRS Chapter 154 to establish the Kentucky Rural Jobs Act of 2024; allow the Cabinet for Economic Development to begin accepting applications from entities seeking approval as a growth fund; allow no more than $50 million of grants to be awarded as state matching capital for investments in growth businesses; establish the rural jobs development fund; appropriate $50 million in fiscal year 2024-2025 to the Rural Jobs Development Fund; provide that the Act may be cited as the Kentucky Rural Jobs Act of 2024; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.

In committee Feb 21, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 594

In committee · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to transportation.

Amend KRS 186.230 and 186.120 to conform to gender-neutral language.

In committee Feb 20, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 593

In committee · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to transportation.

Amend KRS 186.230 and 186.120 to conform to gender-neutral language.

In committee Feb 20, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 168

In committee · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to the posting of veterans' benefits and services.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to require the Kentucky Department of Veterans' Affairs to create and distribute a veterans' benefits and services document to employers and require employers to keep copies of a veterans' benefits and services document in a conspicuous and accessible place.

In committee Feb 16, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 523

In committee · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance.

Amend KRS 341.350 to change the number of verifiable work search activities from five to two and the number of applications for employment or interviewing for employment from three to one.

In committee Feb 13, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 445

In committee · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to the retirement of fossil fuel-fired electric generating units.

Amend KRS 278.264 to prohibit the Public Service Commission from approving the retirement of a fossil fuel-fired electric generating unit unless the commission finds that the utility has no undepreciated investment in the unit and that the costs to operate the unit are greater than the revenue that it generates.

In committee Feb 1, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 440

In committee · Kentucky House · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to custody.

Amend KRS 405.020 to allow people other than a parent to petition for custody of child if the parent is claimed to be unfit or to have waived his or her superior rights custody; provide factors to be considered by the court.

In committee Jan 31, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track