Honor the fire districts serving in Jefferson County.
Create a work group to gather information and develop necessary policy regarding the Department of Juvenile Justice; urge the executive and judicial branches of the Commonwealth to promptly provide information and address the serious concerns of the General Assembly regarding the treatment and protection of juvenile offenders and staff of the Department of Juvenile Justice.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to abolish the death penalty and replace it with life imprisonment without parole for inmates presently sentenced to death; amend KRS 532.030 to remove the death penalty; amend KRS 640.040 to prohibit life imprisonment without benefit of parole for a juvenile offender convicted of a capital offense; amend KRS 422.285, 532.050, 532.100, and 533.010 to conform; repeal KRS 431.213, 431.2135, 431.218, 431.220, 431.223, 431.224, 431.240, 431.250, 431.260, 431.270, 507A.060, 532.025, 532.075, 532.130, 532.135, 532.140, 532.300, 532.305, and 532.309.
Honor the extraordinary service of Senator Ralph Alvarado to the Commonwealth of Kentucky upon his retirement from the General Assembly.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 309 to define terms; establish a licensing board for professional music therapists; prohibit any persons not licensed under this board from holding himself or herself out as a licensed professional music therapist; authorize the board to promulgate administrative regulations; authorize the board to issue a license to practice music therapy; establish the process for license renewal, suspension, and revocation; establish fees for licensure; establish fee limitations; authorize the board to implement disciplinary actions; require a licensed professional music therapist to collaborate with a client's physician or other professional involved in the treatment of the client; prohibit a licensed professional music therapist from replacing services provided by an audiologist or a speech-language pathologist; create the licensed music therapy practice board fund; and establish a fine for violations.
Honor the members of the Kentucky National Guard, the Tennessee National Guard, and the West Virginia National Guard for their service to the citizens of eastern Kentucky during the flooding events during the summer of 2022.
Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Ronald E. "Ron" Crimm.
Amend KRS 309.0834 to require the Kentucky Board of Alcohol and Drug Counselors to promulgate administrative regulations to exempt applicants for certification as clinical supervisors from meeting certain requirements for a limited amount of time if the applicants were licensed and approved on March 24, 2021; permits applicants granted certification to supervise immediately; requires applicants after the limited time period to meet all requirements for certification; EMERGENCY.
Confirm the appointment of Michael Anthony Adams Jr. to the Kentucky State University Board of Regents for a term ending June 30, 2024.
Confirm the appointment of Jessica A. Burke to the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance for a term of four years.
