Sen. Lindsey Tichenor

Amend KRS 189.394 to eliminate all fines for speeding violations five miles per hour or less over the limit and require that a courtesy warning be given instead; amend KRS 189.725 to provide that the owner or attendant of a privately owned parking lot shall wait 24 hours before having a vehicle towed if a person experiences an incident on the property authorizing the removal of the vehicle; amend KRS 189.990 to establish that for violations of subsections (1) or (2) of KRS 189.040, subsection (1) of KRS 189.050, KRS 189.055, KRS 189.060, or KRS 189.380 a courtesy warning shall be issued for a first offense; for a subsequent offense occurring within 10 days, the operator of the vehicle shall be fined $25; allow dismissal of fine if proof of repair is shown.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to prohibit employees of public agencies and the Administrative Office of the Courts from engaging in telework unless the Governor declares an emergency; define "public agency" and "telework"; exempt certain agencies and professions; exempt employees whose primary job responsibilities require them to be away from their primary work station at least 50 percent of the time.

Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Bill Patrick.

Honor the Martin County Cardinals, 2023 KHSAA Boys Basketball 15th Region Champions.

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.

Amend KRS 161.102 to require the Education Professional Standards Board to issue substitute teacher certificates based on education attained; specify what type of employment the certificates are valid for.

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.

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

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

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to define "freestanding birthing center"; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate updated administrative regulations to establish licensure standards for freestanding birthing centers, including requiring accreditation by the Commission for the Accreditation of Birth Centers, compliance with the American Association of Birth Centers (AABC) Standards for Birth Centers, and consistent plans for transfer and safe transport to a hospital as needed; exempt a center from certificate-of-need requirements for establishing and licensing a freestanding birthing center; limit liability of center; amend KRS 216B.020, 196.173, 211.647, 211.660, 213.046, 216.2920, and 216.2970 to conform; provide that the Act may be cited as the Mary Carol Akers Birth Centers Act.