Sen. Damon Thayer

Primary SB 321

In committee · Kentucky Senate · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.

Amend KRS 533.220 to include gender-neutral language.

In committee Feb 29, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 333

In committee · Kentucky Senate · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to local government.

Amend KRS 67.160 to include gender-neutral language.

In committee Feb 29, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 329

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 29, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 334

In committee · Kentucky Senate · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to military affairs.

Amend KRS 36.480 to make technical corrections.

In committee Feb 29, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 5

Signed into law · Kentucky Senate · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to hunting and fishing licenses and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 150.170 to remove the requirement that resident owners of farmlands must own five or more acres of land in order to be exempt from sport hunting and sport fishing license requirements when hunting or fishing on their own farmlands.

Signed into law Feb 29, 2024 0 co-sponsors

Primary SB 150

In committee · Kentucky Senate · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to the Kentucky educational excellence scholarship.

Amend KRS 164.7879 to establish new award grade point average qualifications and amounts for the Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship beginning with the 2024-2025 school year.

In committee Feb 28, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 200

In committee · Kentucky Senate · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to school calendars.

Amend KRS 158.070 to remove the variable student instructional year and require the student instructional year not begin prior to September 1; allow districts to extend the length of a student attendance day beyond seven hours with approval from the commissioner of education; establish proportional equivalence of district calendars with less than 170 student attendance days for the purposes of employment contracts, service credit, and funding.

In committee Feb 26, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 48

Passed · Kentucky Senate · Lead sponsor

AN ACT relating to theft by unlawful taking or disposition.

Amend KRS 514.030 to increase the theft aggregate timeframe from 90 days to one year.

Passed Feb 26, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 7

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 Feb 22, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SR 122

Passed · Kentucky Senate · Lead sponsor

A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Kara Renae Hanks.

Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Kara Renae Hanks.

Passed Feb 9, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track