Sen. Lindsey Tichenor

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 41 to define terms; recognize gold specie and silver specie as legal tender in Kentucky; provide for use of gold specie and silver specie as legal tender; require the State Treasurer to promulgate administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A to designate or establish a bullion depository and authorize 1 or more electronic payment systems to facilitate electronic payment transactions; establish requirements for system participants, transaction information, and bullion deposits; require the State Treasurer to submit an annual report to the Legislative Research Commission and to implement the system within 1 year; amend KRS 141.109 and 141.039 to exempt capital gains and losses attributable to the sale or exchange of gold specie and silver specie; provide that Section 1 of the Act may be cited as the Kentucky Transactional Gold and Silver Act.

Amend KRS 154.15-010 to remove the definition of "executive director" of the Kentucky Communications Network Authority (KCNA); amend KRS 154.15-020 to administratively attach the KCNA to the Finance and Administration Cabinet; remove references to the executive director and the advisory group of the KCNA; abolish the KCNA advisory group; remove references to KCNA staff and require the executive director of the Commonwealth Office of Technology (COT) to assign COT personnel to carry out the functions and responsibilities of the KCNA; require the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet, the Treasurer, and the executive director of the Commonwealth Office of Technology serve as ex officio members on the board of directors for any nonprofit organization incorporated to carry out activities associated with the responsibilities of the KCNA or its board; amend KRS 154.15-030 to remove all current members of the KCNA board except for the representative designated by the Center for Rural Development and replace them with the chief information officer of the Department of Education, who shall serve as chair, the Attorney General, the Governor, the Commissioner of Agriculture, the Secretary of State, and the Treasurer, or their designees; amend KRS 42.726 to add carrying out the functions and responsibilities of the KCNA to the roles and duties of the COT; amend KRS 42.732 to remove the executive director of the KCNA from the Kentucky Information Technology Advisory Council; amend KRS 12.020, 12.023, and 42.014 to conform; require that on the effective date of the Act, all functions and responsibilities previously undertaken by KCNA personnel shall be transferred to existing COT personnel; require all records, files, or documents previously maintained by KCNA personnel to be transferred to the COT; require that the position of executive director of the KCNA shall be terminated on the effective date of the Act; allow the executive director of COT to determine on or before June 30,2026, which staff previous employed by KCNA shall be retained and employed by COT; EMERGENCY.

Adjourn in honor and loving memory of the victims of UPS Airlines Flight 2976, and recognize the efforts of first responders and other agencies that responded to the crash.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 13A to find 201 KAR 9:270 and 201 KAR 20:065 deficient and void; create new sections of KRS Chapters 311, 313, 314, and 315 to establish that the State Board of Medical Licensure, Board of Dentistry, Kentucky Board of Nursing, and Kentucky Board of Pharmacy shall not promulgate administrative regulations that restrict or limit the prescribing, dispensing, or administering of buprenorphine-mono-product, buprenorphine-combined-with-naloxone, or any other Schedule III, IV, or V medication approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of a substance use disorder; EMERGENCY.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to define "Jail Enforcement Model," "Task Force Model," and "Warrant Service Officer Model"; require local law enforcement and the Kentucky State Police to enter into agreements with the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement to participate in programs established under section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. sec. 1357.

Amend KRS 211.190 to make water fluoridation programs optional; allow the governing bodies of water systems subject to regulation by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to decide whether they participate in water fluoridation programs; provide that a water fluoridation program in place on the effective date of the Act continues until action is taken by its governing body to end its participation; provide that any decision regarding participation in a water fluoridation program made by the governing body of a water system shall be binding on all water systems it supplies; provide that a governing body, a member or employee of a governing body, or any public or private entity that may be held liable for the actions of a governing body that makes any decision regarding its participation in an optional water fluoridation program shall be immune from civil or criminal liability for acts carried out reasonably and in good faith regarding its decision of whether to participate in the water fluoridation program.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 134 to require use of a standardized form for all real property tax bills; require the Department of Revenue to prescribe the form and make it available to all taxing districts that levy a property tax on real property; specify provisions to be included on the form; exempt certificates of delinquency and third-party purchasers from the form requirements.

Reaffirm the sovereignty of Kentucky; affirm the sovereign right of Kentucky to nullify unconstitutional acts of the federal government; direct the Attorney General to challenge all unconstitutional acts of the federal government that usurp or diminish the sovereignty of Kentucky; provide that the General Assembly may enact legislation nullifying unconstitutional acts that undermine Kentucky's sovereignty.

Amend KRS 164.2807 to require that, as part of its annual report to the Legislative Research Commission, the Governor, and the Public Service Commission, the Energy Planning and Inventory Commission include a current inventory of the Commonwealth's existing electric generation and transmission resources, a forecast of changes in demand for those resources, and recommendations for how to address discrepancies between the current electric resource inventory and forecasted future demand.

Maddy summarySB 31 designates October 14 of each year as "Charlie Kirk Day" in Kentucky. The bill creates a new section in Kentucky law to recognize this date, encouraging Kentuckians to reflect on Charlie Kirk's legacy of promoting civic engagement and free speech advocacy. It does not impose new legal requirements or obligations but serves as a symbolic observance honoring his work as a conservative activist and media figure. The designation applies statewide, with no specific requirements for government action or public participation.