Kentucky Senator David Yates [D] | Bills

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KYSB91VetoCreate new sections of KRS 186.400 to 186.640 to: require the Transportation Cabinet to establish a driver licensing regional office in each senatorial district; allow third-party entities to apply to the Transportation Cabinet to be approved to acce...
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2024-04-19
line items vetoed
KYSB74PassAmend KRS 211.684 to define "state child and maternal fatality review team"; require the Department for Public Health to establish a state child and maternal fatality review team; modify required annual reporting requirements; amend KRS 216.2929 to r...
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2024-04-18
signed by Governor
KYSB17PassAmend KRS 213.076 to provide that a medical certification shall be completed by a coroner within five days after receiving the results of the inquiry when inquiry is required by KRS 72.400 to 72.475 or when the cause of death is unknown or under inve...
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2024-04-05
signed by Governor
KYSB50PassAmend KRS 243.0305 to allow a craft distiller to self-distribute up to 5,000 gallons of distilled spirits per year directly to a licensed retailer; direct the distiller to register, deliver, report, and pay all applicable taxes on self-distributed di...
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2024-04-05
signed by Governor
KYSB127PassCreate new sections of KRS Chapter 164 to define terms; establish the Kentucky Aerospace, Aviation, and Defense Investment Fund Advisory Committee; establish the membership of the committee; establish the Kentucky aerospace, aviation, and defense inv...
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2024-04-05
signed by Governor
KYSB188PassCreate new sections of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define terms for pharmacy-related insurance practices; require insurers, pharmacy benefit managers, and other pharmacy benefits administrators to establish reasonably adequate and accessible p...
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2024-04-05
signed by Governor
KYSB45PassAmend KRS 16.010 to define "missing adult"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 16 to require the Department of Kentucky State Police to create and operate the Kentucky Ashanti Alert System to provide public notification through the use of media prov...
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2024-04-04
signed by Governor
KYSB319PassAmend KRS 49.280 to expand definitions relating to crime victims compensation; amend KRS 49.300 to specify duties of the Crime Victims Compensation Board; amend KRS 49.310 to allow family members and caregivers of a victim to file claims; amend KRS 4...
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2024-04-04
signed by Governor
KYSB29PassCreate a new section of Subtitle 20 of KRS Chapter 304 to prohibit assignments under a property or casualty insurance policy; amend KRS 304.20-060 to insert definitions; prohibit requiring an insured's use of a particular motor vehicle glass repair s...
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2024-04-02
signed by Governor
KYSB14PassAmend KRS 317A.030 to add a licensed nail technician and one additional citizen at large member to the board; direct board to collect and retain statistical data on its applicants and licensees; amend KRS 317A.120 to require the board give written te...
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2024-03-29
signed by Governor
KYSB143Enroll
75%
Propose to amend Sections 145 and 155 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prohibit persons who are not citizens of the United States from being allowed to vote in the Commonwealth of Kentucky; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification...
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2024-03-21
delivered to Secretary of State
KYSB89Engross
50%
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the Department for Medicaid Services and any managed care organization with whom the department contracts for the delivery of Medicaid Services to provide coverage for certified professional midwifer...
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2024-03-15
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee
KYSB142Engross
50%
Create a new section of KRS 18A.005 to 18A.200 to provide an employee of the Commonwealth a paid leave of absence of up to four weeks for the birth, surrogacy, or adoption of a child, or up to two weeks for the placement of a child in foster care or ...
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2024-03-12
To House Families & Children Committee
KYSB130Engross
50%
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 344 to make it unlawful for a state agency to discriminate against a person based on his or her access to electronic means to obtain benefits or gain access to public buildings; provide that the Act may be cited as...
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2024-03-11
To House Committee On Committees
KYSB24Engross
50%
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to limit the number of managed care organizations contracted by the Department for Medicaid Services to no more than three; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2025.
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2024-03-06
To House Health Services Committee
KYSB13Intro
25%
Establish KRS Chapter 202D and create new sections thereof relating to crisis aversion and rights retention orders; provide limitations on interpretation of the Act; define terms; allow law enforcement officers to petition a court to issue orders whe...
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2024-03-01
To Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection Committee
KYSB363Intro
25%
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 139 to define "public venue," "qualifying attraction," and "event"; establish a sales tax rebate for public venues which have qualifying attractions.
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2024-03-01
To Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee
KYSB355Intro
25%
Propose to amend Section 32 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prevent senators from serving more than three terms of office, not including partial terms of two years or less, and to prevent members of the House of Representatives from serving more t...
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2024-03-01
To Senate State & Local Government Committee
KYSB374Intro
25%
Amend KRS 16.052 to increase salaries of employees of the Department of Kentucky State Police.
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2024-03-01
To Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee
KYSB365Intro
25%
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to establish a civil cause of action for loss of consortium by a child when the negligent or wrongful act of a third person caused the death or total and permanent disability of a parent.
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2024-03-01
To Senate Judiciary Committee
KYSB375Intro
25%
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 381 to define "short-term rental"; provide that use of the terms "single-family residence" and "commercial use" in any deed restrictions and other covenants on use of land shall not be construed to restrict an owne...
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2024-03-01
To Senate Judiciary Committee
KYSB382Intro
25%
Establish KRS Chapter 245, relating to adult use cannabis, to administer its cultivation, processing, transportation, sale, use, taxation, and licensing; define terms; establish the Adult Use Cannabis Control Board and its membership, procedures, pow...
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2024-03-01
To Senate Judiciary Committee
KYSB362Intro
25%
Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to guarantee the right of an individual 21 years of age or older to possess, use, buy, or sell one ounce or less of cannabis and to cultivate, harvest, and store up to five cannabis plan...
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2024-03-01
To Senate State & Local Government Committee
KYSB337Intro
25%
Amend KRS 12.020 and 194A.030 to establish the Office of Medicinal Cannabis, the Division of Enforcement and Compliance, and the Division of Licensure and Access in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; amend KRS 218A.202 require the Administra...
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2024-03-01
To Senate Health Services Committee
KYSB304Intro
25%
Amend KRS 65.003 to state that an appeal from a final order issued by a person or group responsible for enforcement of a code of ethics may be taken to the Circuit Court of the county in which that person or group is located; amend KRS 65.8831 to con...
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2024-02-29
To Senate State & Local Government Committee
KYSB301Intro
25%
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to state that there shall be no criminal liability against a provider engaged in assisted reproduction who meets the professional standard of care.
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2024-02-29
To Senate Judiciary Committee
KYSB48Engross
50%
Amend KRS 514.030 to increase the theft aggregate timeframe from 90 days to one year.
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2024-02-26
To House Committee On Committees
KYSB214Intro
25%
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish an income tax credit for qualified contributions made to a domestic violence shelter or rape crisis center in this state; amend KRS 141.019 and 141.039 to disallow the deduction for charitable cont...
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2024-02-20
To Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee
KYSB218Intro
25%
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to establish an automatic expungement process for specific eligible misdemeanor and felony convictions; allow the Commonwealth's and county attorney to object and halt the automatic expungement of certain offen...
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2024-02-20
To Senate Judiciary Committee
KYSB205Intro
25%
Amend KRS 161.155 to provide 20 maternity days to district employees who give birth; establish the terms and conditions for use of maternity days.
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2024-02-15
To Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee
KYSB185Intro
25%
Establish new sections of KRS Chapter 337 to create a prevailing wage law for all public works projects; amend KRS 12.020, 99.480, 227.487, 151B.015, 337.010, and 337.990 to conform.
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2024-02-09
To Senate Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor Committee
KYSB184Intro
25%
Amend KRS 336.130 to delete references restricting rights of public employees to organize, associate collectively, or strike; amend KRS 336.180 to redefine "labor organization" and delete definitions of "candidate," "committee," "contributing organiz...
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2024-02-09
To Senate Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor Committee
KYSB152Intro
25%
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 impr...
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2024-02-01
To Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection Committee
KYSB123Intro
25%
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 244 to require retail licensees to purchase liquor liability insurance.
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2024-01-25
To Senate Licensing and Occupations Committee
KYSB104Intro
25%
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 258 to require insurance disclosures by dog owners, other persons, and insurers to persons alleging entitlement to damages resulting from a dog bite or dog attack; establish procedures for requesting additional inf...
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2024-01-16
To Senate Banking and Insurance Committee
KYSB92Intro
25%
Amend KRS 156.153 to permit school districts to use district-owned and district-leased passenger transportation vehicles to transport students to and from school under an alternative transportation plan approved by the Kentucky Department of Educatio...
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2024-01-11
To Senate Transportation Committee
KYSB90Intro
25%
Amend KRS 156.153 to define "danger zone"; direct the Department of Education to consider requiring the installation of school bus sensors and interior cameras on new school buses purchased on or after July 1, 2025; direct the Department of Education...
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2024-01-10
To Senate Transportation Committee
KYSB94Intro
25%
Amend KRS 154.12-330 to give preference to veterans in the issuance of small business loans; create a new section of KRS Chapter 151B to require monthly veteran workforce reports; create new sections of Subchapter 12 of KRS Chapter 154 to require ann...
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2024-01-10
To Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection Committee
KYSB96Intro
25%
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to create a process for automatic expungement of misdemeanors, violations, and traffic infractions after five years if conditions are met; require the Department of Kentucky State Police and the Administrative ...
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2024-01-10
To Senate Judiciary Committee
KYSB97Intro
25%
Amend KRS 139.010 to define "clothing" and "diaper"; amend KRS 139.480 to exempt all diapers from the sales and use tax.
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2024-01-10
To Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee
KYSB99Intro
25%
Amend KRS 311.720, 311.7701, 311.781, and 311.787 to define terms; amend KRS 311.723, 311.727, 311.732, 311.735, 311.7706, and 311.782 to allow an abortion when there is a lethal fetal anomaly or the fetus is incompatible with sustained life outside ...
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2024-01-09
To Senate Committee on Committees
KYSB44Intro
25%
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 189 to define "automated speed enforcement device," "owner," "program," and "recorded images"; direct the Transportation Cabinet to establish a pilot program for automated speed enforcement in highway work zones and...
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2024-01-08
To Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee
KYSB72Intro
25%
Amend KRS 189A.010 to prohibit driving under the influence of intoxicating hemp products.
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2024-01-08
To Senate Judiciary Committee
KYSB73Intro
25%
Amend KRS 218A.1421, 218A.1422, and 218A.1423 to remove penalties for possession, cultivation, or trafficking of up to eight ounces, or five plants, of marijuana; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to allow expungement of certain convictions rel...
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2024-01-08
To Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection Committee
KYSB49Intro
25%
Amend KRS 229.011 to redefine "exhibition"; amend KRS 229.045 to require sanctioning bodies to provide notice to the Boxing and Wrestling Commission of all combat sports exhibitions not covered under this chapter.
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2024-01-03
To Senate Licensing and Occupations Committee
KYSB43Intro
25%
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 514 to create the crime of theft of a motor vehicle; amend KRS 515.020 to provide increased penalty in certain circumstances; amend various sections of KRS Chapter 513 to conform.
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2024-01-03
To Senate Judiciary Committee
KYSB12Intro
25%
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a refundable Kentucky child tax credit for taxpayers with qualifying children under the age of six; authorize a maximum credit of $1,000 per qualifying child for individuals with income below $50,0...
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2024-01-03
To Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee
KYSB38Intro
25%
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define "feminine hygiene product"; require each public school that includes any of grades four through 12 to provide free feminine hygiene products to female students; require each local board of education t...
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2024-01-03
To Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee
KYSB52Intro
25%
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to make legislative findings and declarations and establish the Artificial Intelligence in Kentucky's Schools project, establish requirements for the Kentucky Department of Education to implement the project, r...
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2024-01-03
To Senate Education Committee
KYSB36Intro
25%
Amend KRS 218A.500 to allow the United States Department of Veterans Affairs health care system to operate a syringe services program.
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2024-01-03
To Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection Committee
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