Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to designate June 12 of each year as Women Veterans Appreciation Day in the Commonwealth; EMERGENCY.
Recognize the last day of February, the day connecting Black and Women's History Months, as a day to honor Black women.
Propose to amend Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky to automatically restore the voting rights of persons convicted of certain felonies upon completion of their imprisonment, probation, or parole and automatically restore their civil rights five years after completion of their imprisonment, probation, or parole; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
Amend KRS 241.140, 241.190, and 241.250 to require a local alcoholic beverage administrator to give an applicant a written explanation of why a license application was denied; prohibit more than one license application for the same premises within a span of 12 months; amend KRS 243.450 to deny a state alcoholic beverage license if the applicant had a license application denied for the same premises within the previous 12 months.
Amend KRS 65.870 to allow local governments to enact ordinances regulating firearms; amend KRS 65.1591 and 237.115 to conform.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to impose a duty on peace officers to intervene to prevent or stop another officer from using physical force that will cause unlawful serious physical injury, death, or deprivation of civil rights; impose a duty to provide or obtain emergency medical assistance; require reporting of intervention; provide administrative and legal protections; amend KRS 15.330 to require the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council to prescribe minimum standards for use of force by officer, an officer's duty to intervene, and reporting of police officer misconduct.
Amend KRS 241.065 to limit the number of quota retail package licenses in each council district of a consolidated local government to 16 licenses; require each quota retail package premises within a consolidated local government to be at least 700 feet from any other quota retail package premises; exempt any quota retail package licenses issued by a home rule city within a county containing a consolidated local government; grandfather existing quota retail package licenses within the consolidated local government; prohibit the renewal of a grandfathered license if the license is revoked, allowed to lapse, changes ownership, or otherwise ceases to be in effect.
Amend KRS 431.066 to limit the use of money bail to certain high-risk defendants and create a preventive detention process for defendants of select risk levels and charge types; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to establish a preventive detention hearing process and define the limited circumstances in which money bail can be imposed; amend various statutes to conform; repeal KRS 431.021.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to require background checks for private firearms sales and transfers.
Amend KRS 12.020 to place the Office of Safer Communities under the oversight of the Cabinet for General Government; create a new section of KRS Chapter 17 to establish the Office of Safer Communities; appropriate $3,000,000 in fiscal year 2024-2025 to fund the office; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
