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.
Propose to amend Section 77 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prohibit the Governor's ability to grant pardons or commute sentences beginning 30 days prior to a gubernatorial election and ending at that gubernatorial inauguration; amend Section 240 of the Constitution of Kentucky to conform; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
Amend KRS 14.250 to require the Secretary of State (SOS) to develop, operate, and maintain the Kentucky One-Stop Business Portal (Portal) to facilitate interaction among businesses and governmental agencies in the Commonwealth; mandate that certain elements be included in the development of the Portal; require the framework and informational exchange process to be updated by January 1, 2025; provide for the information and capabilities of the Portal and require the SOS to make the Portal available for public use no later than January 1, 2026; require the SOS to establish a system of universal industry codes to match businesses with their regulatory agencies; require that executive branch agencies integrate licensing and regulatory compliance with the Portal no later than January 1, 2026; require the SOS to establish a call center to provide user services related to the Portal; require the SOS to report to the Legislative Research Commission on the progress of the Portal before June 30, 2026 and each year thereafter; provide that the SOS may adopt administrative regulations to implement the Portal; amend KRS 14.255 to require the SOS to establish a unique Commonwealth business identification number for filings and services; require state agencies integrated with the Portal to use Commonwealth business identification numbers no later than January 1, 2026; amend KRS 11.202 and 147A.032 to conform.
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.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 61 to define "boy," "equal," "female," "girl," "male," "man," "sex," and "woman"; prohibit any state or local law, regulation, ordinance, or policy from treating males or females unfairly from similiarly situated members of the opposite sex, but permit separation of the sexes if in the interest of maintaining safety, privacy, and fairness; provide a non-exhaustive list of examples of areas in which public entities may distinguish between the sexes; require any public school, public school district, state agency, department, local government, special district or any political subdivision of those entities that collects vital statistics to identify each person as either male or female; provide that the Act may be cited as the Kentucky Women's Bill of Rights.
Establish the Foster Care and Adoption Efficiency Task Force to examine the foster care system, evaluate timeframes and guidelines once a child comes into state custody, review barriers to foster care homes, and review funding to foster care placements; establish task force membership; require the task force to submit any findings and recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2024.
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 61 to prohibit any rule, regulation, tax, fee, or any other mandate issued by the World Health Organization, United Nations, World Economic Forum, or any other international organization from having jurisdiction within Kentucky, or any of its political subdivisions or municipalities.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish the sustainable aviation fuel tax credit for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, but before January 1, 2035; compute credit based on $2.50 per gallon of sustainable aviation fuel consumed by taxpayers; create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish the nonrefundable feedstock production tax credit for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, but before January 1, 2035; compute credit based on the amount of usable feedstock produced in this state; amend KRS 141.0205 for the ordering of the tax credits; amend KRS 131.190 to allow reporting by the Department of Revenue on the credits; amend KRS 154.27-010 and 154.27-020 to allow incentives for sustainable aviation fuel facilities with a minimum investment of $100 million; create an appropriation of $25 million for economic development projects for the production of sustainable aviation fuel with a minimum investment of $100,000,000; APPROPRIATION; 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.
