Sen. Jimmy Higdon

Primary SB 128

Passed · Kentucky Senate · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to sick leave reporting for the Teachers' Retirement System.

Amend KRS 161.155 to require each school district to annually report sick leave balances to the Teachers' Retirement System, beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023; specify contents of the report; amend KRS 161.400 to require TRS to report in the annual actuarial valuation the total liabilities and costs of the sick leave program created by KRS 161.155; amend KRS 161.643 to conform.

Passed Mar 13, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 24

Passed · Kentucky Senate · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to KEES scholarships for students attending noncertified schools.

Amend KRS 164.7874 to include an equivalent score on the Classic Learning Test as a KEES supplemental amount; define "eligible noncertified school graduate"; amend definitions of "KEES award," "KEES award maximum," and "KEES base amount" for an eligible noncertified school graduate; amend KRS 164.7879 to establish an equivalent grade point average for eligible noncertified school graduates based on the graduate's ACT score; amend KRS 164.7884 to conform.

Passed Mar 13, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 90

Passed · Kentucky Senate · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to chemical dependency treatment services.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 222 to require treatment centers licensed as a chemical dependency treatment service to provide transportation services or access to transportation services to residents who wish to leave the program; outline transportation service responsibilities.

Passed Mar 10, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SCR 165

In committee · Kentucky Senate · Lead sponsor

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Certificate of Need Task Force.

Create the Certificate of Need (CON) Task Force to review the CON program; review the need to maintain or modify each health facility and service covered by CON; outline task force membership; require the task force to submit any findings and recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2023.

In committee Mar 9, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SR 146

Passed · Kentucky Senate · Lead sponsor

A RESOLUTION honoring Dawson Nagle and the North Oldham Mustangs, 2022 Kentucky High School Athletic Association Class 2A 4x200 meter relay champions.

Honor Dawson Nagle, member of the North Oldham Mustang track team, 2022 KHSAA Class 2A 4x200 meter relay champions.

Passed Mar 9, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SR 159

Passed · Kentucky Senate · Lead sponsor

A RESOLUTION recognizing the record number of women legislators serving in the 2023 General Assembly.

Recognize the record number of women legislators elected to the 2023 General Assembly.

Passed Mar 9, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SJR 83

In committee · Kentucky Senate · Lead sponsor

A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the establishment of the Public Pension Administration Advisory Committee of the Public Pension Oversight Board.

Direct the establishment of the Public Pensions Administration Advisory Committee of the Public Pensions Oversight Board (PPOB) to evaluate options for coordinating, aggregating, or consolidating actuarial, investment, or general administrative services among the state-administered retirement systems and examining additional legislative or administrative action that may be necessary to clearly define the roles of the Kentucky Retirement Systems board of trustees, County Employees Retirement System (CERS) board of trustees, and the shared administrative entity of the two boards known as the Kentucky Public Pensions Authority; require advisory committee to submit a list of findings and recommendations to the PPOB no later than Decemeber 1, 2023; require the systems to provide information and resources to assist the advisory committee.

In committee Mar 2, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 251

In committee · Kentucky Senate · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to transportation.

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

In committee Feb 23, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 243

In committee · Kentucky Senate · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to extended warranties.

Amend KRS 139.330, relating to use tax levied on the purchase of tangible personal property, digital property, and extended warranty services, to make technical corrections.

In committee Feb 23, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 210

In committee · Kentucky Senate · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to child welfare.

Amend KRS 620.060, 620.090, and 620.140 to establish new requirements related to action the cabinet shall take before the court determines the custody placement of the child.

In committee Feb 23, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track