Sen. Adrienne Southworth

Amend KRS 131.1817 to remove the possible suspension of an operator's license for a person found to be a delinquent taxpayer; amend KRS 186.444 to create a medical review board for the purpose of considering a person's ability to drive due to a physical or mental disability; establish the number and qualifications of members; establish who may report persons to the medical review board; amend KRS 186.570 to conform.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to define "lobbyist", "public agency", and "public funds"; prohibit a public agency from spending public funds to employ or contract with a lobbyist or from using public funds to pay a nonprofit association or organization that primarily represents one or more public agencies or hires or contracts with an individual who is required to register as a lobbyist; allow a taxpayer or resident of an area served by a public agency to file an action for injunctive relief and to recover attorney's fees and costs incurred in bringing a successful action; amend KRS 11A.020 to prohibit a public servant from attempting to use his or her influence in any matter that would be under the purview of the legislative branch of state government; permit a public servant to respond to requests or information and to provide information and opinions about matters affecting the agency.

Create a new section of KRS 217.005 to 217.215 to require that any person who administers an unapproved drug, devise, or biologic that has been approved for emergency use by the secretary of the United States Food and Drug Administration provides information to the individual receiving the unapproved drug, devise, or biologic; prohibit any person from requiring an individual to have an unapproved drug, devise, or biologic administered to him or her; EMERGENCY.

Amend KRS 158.070 to remove the variable student instructional year and require the student instructional year not begin prior to September 1; allow districts to extend the length of a student attendance day beyond seven hours with approval from the commissioner of education; establish proportional equivalence of district calendars with less than 170 student attendance days for the purposes of employment contracts, service credit, and funding.

Amend KRS 620.030 to establish requirements for reports of alleged child dependency, abuse, or neglect.

Amend KRS 199.896 to establish licensure requirements for child-care centers; amend KRS 199.8962 to establish operational standards for child-care centers.

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.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to prohibit a school district from entering into an agreement with providers of digital instruction services that allows the provider to collect, share, or use data not directly related to the function of the service; amend KRS 158.060 to establish limits to student screen time during the instructional day, regardless of instructional model.

Create new sections of Subchapter 1 of KRS Chapter 224 to make findings and declarations regarding the dangers of atmospheric polluting activities and the Commonwealth's authority to prohibit geoengineering; define terms; prohibit geoengineering; require the Department for Environmental Protection to issue a notice to any federal agency that has approved geoengineering activities that those activities cannot be lawfully carried out in the Commonwealth; require the department to prohibit foreign states or international bodies that engage in geoengineering from engaging in any atmospheric activities over the Commonwealth; require the department to publish quarterly notices in newspapers of general circulation and on its website to encourage the public to monitor and report geoengineering activities; allow individuals to submit evidence of geoengineering to the department; require any local or state official to report any information regarding suspected geoengineering activity to the department within 24 hours; require the department to investigate reports of excessive electromagnetic radiation or fields caused by humans; amend KRS 224.99-010 to make knowingly engaging in geoengineering a Class D felony and subject to a civil penalty of not less than $500,000.

Amend KRS 117.001 to define "prevailing time"; amend KRS 117.087 to require the processing, review, and counting of absentee ballots begin at 8 a.m. on the day of any primary, regular election, or special election day and prohibit sharing election results with any person until 6 p.m. prevailing time; amend KRS 117.076 and 117.275 to prohibit sharing election results with any person until 6 p.m. prevailing time.