Kentucky Senator Reginald Thomas [D]

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KYSB47PassCreate new sections of KRS Chapter 218A to define terms and establish a medicinal cannabis program; amend KRS 342.815 to establish that the Employer’s Mutual Insurance Authority shall not be required to provide coverage to an employer if doing so w...
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2023-03-31
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 146)
KYSR73PassAdjourn the Senate in honor and loving memory of Brother Cary W. Owsley.
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2023-03-30
adopted by voice vote
KYSR268PassRecognize May 12, 2023, as Child Care Provider Appreciation Day.
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2023-03-30
adopted by voice vote
KYSB94PassAmend KRS 314.042 to establish requirements related to "Collaborative Agreement for the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse's Prescriptive Authority for Nonscheduled Legend Drugs" (CAPA-NS) and "Collaborative Agreement for the Advanced Practice Regist...
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2023-03-23
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 73)
KYSR144PassAdjourn in honor and loving memory of Bertha M. Taylor.
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2023-03-16
adopted by voice vote
KYSR233PassAdjourn the Senate in honor and loving memory of Ella Williams Smith.
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2023-03-16
adopted by voice vote
KYSR238PassAdjourn in honor and loving memory of Augustus Samuel "Sam" Smith.
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2023-03-16
adopted by voice vote
KYSB161Intro

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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 151 to establish definitions for KRS 151.700 to 151.730, regarding the Kentucky River Authority; amend KRS 151.710 to clarify requirements for members of the Kentucky River Authority.
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2023-03-15
To Senate Rules Committee
KYSR202PassHonor the 75th anniversary of the independence of the State of Israel.
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2023-03-15
adopted by voice vote
KYSR137PassAdjourn in honor and loving memory of Bill Patrick.
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2023-03-14
adopted by voice vote
KYSR195PassHonor the Martin County Cardinals, 2023 KHSAA Boys Basketball 15th Region Champions.
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2023-03-14
adopted by voice vote
KYSR166PassHonor the accomplishments and success of Misdee Wrigley Miller.
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2023-03-13
adopted by voice vote
KYSB130Intro

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Amend KRS 344.010 to include definitions for "sexual orientation" and "gender identity"; amend KRS 344.020, relating to the purpose of the Kentucky's civil rights chapter, to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identi...
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2023-03-10
To Senate Judiciary Committee
KYSCR165Intro

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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 recomme...
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2023-03-09
To Senate Committee on Committees
KYSR159PassRecognize the record number of women legislators elected to the 2023 General Assembly.
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2023-03-09
adopted by voice vote
KYSR33PassAdjourn in honor and loving memory of Hanan "Henry" Spilman Berg-Brousseau.
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2023-03-07
adopted by voice vote
KYSB63Intro

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Amend KRS 344.010 to provide definitions of "protective hairstyle" and "race" that include traits historically associated with race; amend KRS 158.148 to provide that school disciplinary codes shall prohibit discrimination on the basis of race; estab...
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2023-03-02
To Senate Judiciary Committee
KYSB216Intro

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Amend KRS 156.160 to require regulations adopted by the Board of Education to direct the commissioner of education to conduct a survey of school districts regarding Holocaust education every three years beginning with the 2023-2024 school year; requi...
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2023-02-23
To Senate Education Committee
KYSB217Intro

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Amend KRS 61.101, relating to government employment, to insert gender-neutral language.
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2023-02-23
To Senate State & Local Government Committee
KYSR7PassHonor the life and accomplishments of former Kentucky Governor John Young Brown Jr.
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2023-02-22
adopted by voice vote
KYSB168Intro

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Amend KRS 16.220 to require the destruction of confiscated firearms; amend various sections to conform.
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2023-02-21
To Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection Committee
KYSR36PassCommemorate and honor the life of Robert Ross "Jeff" Jefferson.
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2023-02-15
adopted by voice vote
KYSB103Intro

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Amend KRS 510.010 to include alcohol in the definition of "physically helpless"; amend KRS 510.060 to create an additional element of rape in the third degree; amend KRS 510.090 to create an additional element of sodomy in the third degree.
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2023-02-10
To Senate Judiciary Committee
KYSB85Intro

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Amend various sections of KRS 387.500 to 387.770 to change the term "ward" to "protected person"; allow the respondent the right to retain private counsel; set out the respondent's right to an attorney who does not act as a guardian ad litem; increas...
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2023-02-09
To Senate Families & Children Committee
KYSB84Intro

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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to allow urban-county governments and consolidated local governments to regulate firearms and ammunition to reduce gun violence except when state or federal law preemepts local governance; amend KRS 65.870 to co...
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2023-02-09
To Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection Committee
KYSB69Intro

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Create a new section of KRS 198B.010 to 198B.290 to define terms and require the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction to promulgate administrative regulations to require certain public buildings, structures, and facilities constructed on...
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2023-02-09
To Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee
KYSB86Intro

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Create new sections of KRS Chapter 381 to define term, including "heirs property"; create a mechanism for partition or sale among cotenants by the court; create requirements for notice and determination of value through agreement or appraisal; create...
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2023-02-09
To Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee
KYSR61PassHonor Melanie Tyner-Wilson upon receiving the 2023 Jean Sabharwal Award from Bluegrass Families First.
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2023-02-08
adopted by voice vote
KYSB59Intro

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Amend KRS 218A.500 to exclude testing equipment, including drug testing strips, used to determine the presence of fentanyl or a fentanyl-derivative from the definition of drug paraphernalia; allow local health departments to provide testing equipment...
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2023-02-07
To Senate Health Services Committee
KYSB45Intro

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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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2023-02-07
To Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection Committee
KYSR29PassHonor the 50th anniversary of Lexington's Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Celebration.
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2023-01-06
adopted by voice vote
KYSR32PassHonor the celebration of Black History Month and recognize that Black history is American history.
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2023-01-06
adopted by voice vote
KYSR38PassCondemn the January 6, 2021, United States Capitol riots.
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2023-01-06
adopted by voice vote
KYSR26PassHonor the extraordinary service of Senator Ralph Alvarado to the Commonwealth of Kentucky upon his retirement from the General Assembly.
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2023-01-06
adopted by voice vote
KYSB32Intro

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Amend KRS 337.010 to increase the applicable threshold of employees of retail stores and service industries from $95,000 to $500,000 average annual gross volume of sales for the employer; amend KRS 337.275 to incrementally raise minimum wage for empl...
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2023-01-05
To Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee
KYSB22Intro

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Amend KRS 156.029 to change the public high school nonvoting student member to a voting member of the Kentucky Board of Education; add an at-large member to the board; require at least two of the members to have a child enrolled in public school; ame...
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2023-01-05
To Senate Education Committee
KYSB21Intro

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Create new sections of KRS Chapter 189 to define the terms "agency," "owner," "recorded images," and "traffic control signal monitoring system"; establish a civil penalty of $50 if a motor vehicle is recorded failing to obey the instructions of a tra...
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2023-01-05
To Senate Transportation Committee
KYSB14Intro

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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; ...
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2023-01-05
To Senate Licensing and Occupations Committee
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