Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Mary "Sue" Butler.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 344 to make it unlawful for a state agency to discriminate against a person based on his or her access to electronic means to obtain benefits or gain access to public buildings; provide that the Act may be cited as the Digital Identification Act.
Amend KRS 156.029 to provide that all 14 voting members of the Kentucky Board of Education are to be elected; create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to establish the process by which members of the Kentucky Board of Education are elected, including a partisan primary and partisan regular election; amend KRS 156.040 to add a requirement that members of the Kentucky Board of Education shall not have served on a local school board for at least four years preceding the year of their election; create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to establish the process for removal of a member of the Kentucky Board of Education; amend various KRS sections to conform; repeal KRS 156.031, which relates to the State Board for Elementary and Secondary Education; establish a schedule for transitioning from appointed to elected members; allow appointees to continue to serve in accordance with their appointments until December 31, 2026; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2026.
Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to authorize the General Assembly to provide for the educational costs of elementary and secondary school students outside of the public school system; provide ballot language for submission to voters for ratification or rejection.
Amend KRS 117.066 to eliminate vote centers; amend KRS 117.001 and 117.383 to conform.
Amend KRS 216B.020 to add various health facilities and services to the list of health facilities and services that are exempt from certificate of need requirements; amend KRS 216B.065 to exempt various health facilities and services from acquisition of facilities or major medical equipment notification and certificate of need requirements; amend KRS 216.380 to conform.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to require public postsecondary institutions offering bachelor's degrees to include at least three credit hours related to the study of the government of the United States in any graduation requirements for those degrees and authorize the Council on Postsecondary Education to establish the minimum standards for the courses.
Amend KRS 514.030 to increase the theft aggregate timeframe from 90 days to one year.
Honor Benedict Francis Schickel.
Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Kara Renae Hanks.
