Kentucky Representative Scott Lewis [R]

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KYHB387PassCreates a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to allow the Kentucky Department of Education to enter into an agreement with any building and construction trade organization to develop a training program for school counselors on building and construction t...
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2024-04-19
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 221)
KYHB449PassAmends KRS 160.170 to amend the oath of office for local board of education members to be consistent with the requirements set forth in KRS 160.180; amends KRS 160.180 to provide alternative methods for a candidate for a board of education to evidenc...
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2024-04-18
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 215)
KYHB169PassAmends KRS 158.162 to require that local boards of education maintain a portable automated external defibrillator in a public, readily accessible, well-marked location in all school buildings, including elementary school buildings, and at school-sanc...
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2024-04-18
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 208)
KYHB5PassCreate new sections of KRS Chapter 532 to define "violent felony" and enhance sentencing for a person convicted of a third violent felony; prohibit probation, parole, or other form of release for a person who commits a crime using a weapon that is st...
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2024-04-12
delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 174)
KYHB611PassAmends KRS 159.140 to require a director of pupil personnel to report to the county attorney if a parent or guardian has allowed a child in kindergarten to grade five to be absent without an excuse for 15 or more days or if a minor in grade six throu...
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2024-04-10
became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 163)
KYHB142PassRepeals, reenacts, and amends KRS 438.345 as a new section of KRS Chapter 158; requires local boards of education to adopt policies that penalize students for possessing alternative nicotine products, tobacco products, or vapor products and lists pen...
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2024-04-09
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 149)
KYHB444PassAmends KRS 227A.060 to modify experience and education requirements for an electrician or master electrician license, to require an electrician applicant or master electrician applicant to have 8,000 hours or 16,000 hours of verifiable experience, re...
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2024-04-09
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 134)
KYHB535PassAmends KRS 158.141 to require, beginning with the high school freshman class of 2025-2026, either a one-half credit course in civic literacy for graduation, including early graduation, or a score of 70 percent on a 100-question civics test, with loca...
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2024-04-09
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 122)
KYHB782PassCreates a new section within KRS 15.530 to 15.590 to create the Public Safety Telecommunicator Work Group to develop a new delivery format for the public safety telecommunicator academy and to add training provisions for part-time telecommunicators h...
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2024-04-05
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 108)
KYHB11PassAmends KRS 241.060 to allow the State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to conduct hearings and appeals; amends KRS 438.305 to define terms, to require the Secretary of State to create and publish a list of certain tobacco product retailers, to requir...
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2024-04-05
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 111)
KYHB30PassCreates a new section of KRS Chapter 40 establishing the Kentucky Service Members, Veterans, and their Families Suicide Prevention Program; and creates a new section of KRS Chapter 337 requiring the Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs to create a...
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2024-04-04
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 73)
KYHB88PassRepeals, reenacts, and amends KRS 286.2-685 as a new section of Subtitle 3 of KRS Chapter 286 to make technical amendments, to remove prohibition against use of financial institution names in certain marketing and solicitations, and to establish a ci...
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2024-04-04
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 76)
KYHB258PassAmends KRS 525.135 to define “serious physical injury or infirmity” and to redefine “torture,” to provide that torture of a dog or cat is a Class D felony in every instance and that each act may constitute a separate offense, and to provide w...
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2024-04-04
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 81)
KYHB695PassCreates a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to make legislative findings and declarations, to establish definitions, to establish the Adaptive Kindergarten Readiness Pilot Project, to establish the duration and terms of the pilot project, to require tha...
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2024-04-04
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 65)
KYHCR31Intro

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Urge local governments to facilitate the creation of long-term recovery groups prior to the occurance of disasters.
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2024-03-27
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee
KYHB252Intro

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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216 to prohibit a health care provider from performing a pelvic, rectal, or prostate examination without the informed consent of the patient or the person authorized to make health care decisions for the patient; p...
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2024-03-27
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee
KYHB225Intro

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Amend KRS 158.645 to change the required learning capacities of Kentucky public school students; amend KRS 158.6451 to provide that schools shall expect a high level of academic achievement and shall develop students' ability to think critically and ...
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2024-03-27
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee
KYHB605Engross

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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to allow the Kentucky Department of Education to enter into an agreement with a building and construction trade organization to develop a training program for school counselors on building and construction trad...
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2024-03-22
To Senate Committee on Committees
KYHCR60Intro

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Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Support Education Excellence in Kentucky (SEEK) Task Force to study the various components of the SEEK formula, evaluate whether changes are necessary to the base, tiers, or add-ons to maint...
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2024-03-21
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 22, 2024
KYHCR83Intro

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Establish the Teacher Red Tape Reduction Task Force; establish membership; direct the task force to study and make recommendations to identify outdated, redundant, or unnecessary mandates imposed upon teachers.
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2024-03-21
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 22, 2024
KYHB434Intro

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Create a new section of KRS 186.400 to 186.640 to define "identity document" and "third-party entity"; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to establish procedures to allow third-party entities to apply to the T...
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2024-03-07
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee
KYHB490Intro

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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 315 to define terms, prohibit discrimination against 340B covered entities by pharmaceutical manufacturers, and authorize the Attorney General to investigation violations.
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2024-02-27
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee
KYHB685Intro

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Amend KRS 156.690 to insert gender-neutral language.
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2024-02-23
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB684Intro

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Amend KRS 216.350 to add general-neutral language.
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2024-02-23
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB694Intro

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Direct local school districts to provide a one-time payment of $2,000 to certified employees, excluding superintendents, in each year of the 2024-2026 biennium, and a one-time payment of $1,000 to classified employees in each year of the 2024-2026 bi...
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2024-02-23
To House Committee On Committees
KYHJR99Intro

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Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a portion of Kentucky Route 140 in Daviess County as the Captain Alan Kurre Elliott Memorial Highway.
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2024-02-22
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB400Engross

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Amend KRS 164.295 to permit Murray State University to offer doctor's degrees required for professional practice and licensure in veterinary medicine.
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2024-02-20
To Senate Education Committee
KYHB168Intro

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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to require the Kentucky Department of Veterans' Affairs to create and distribute a veterans' benefits and services document to employers and require employers to keep copies of a veterans' benefits and services...
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2024-02-16
To House Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection Committee
KYHR37Intro

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Urge the United States Congress to amend Title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the government pension offset and the windfall elimination provision.
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2024-02-15
To House Floor Committee
KYHB529Intro

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Amend KRS 160.160 to authorize local boards of education to establish score requirements on appropriate assessments for applicants to certified position vacancies and adopt necessary policies; amend KRS 161.030 to remove the authority of the Educatio...
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2024-02-14
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB341Engross

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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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2024-02-09
To Senate State & Local Government Committee
KYHB33Intro

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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 277 to require a crew of at least two persons during the operation of a train; provide exceptions; amend KRS 277.990 to include penalties for crews of less than two persons.
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2024-02-09
To House Transportation Committee
KYHB497Intro

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Amend KRS 158.080 to require any individuals teaching elementary or secondary grades at a private or at-home private school to possess a high school diploma or High School Equivalency Diploma.
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2024-02-08
To House Committee On Committees
KYHR67Intro

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Honor the hard work of Kentucky teachers.
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2024-02-01
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB442Intro

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Amend KRS 139.495 to exempt all sales made by resident nonprofit educational, charitable, or religious institutions.
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2024-01-31
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB35Intro

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Amend KRS 319.053 to reduce the five-year supervision requirement to two years for a licensed psychological associate to qualify as a licensed psychological practitioner; amend KRS 319.050 and 319.064 to extend the grace period from 60 days to 180 da...
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2024-01-26
To House Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations Committee
KYHB217Engross

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Amend KRS 150.170 to remove the requirement that resident owners of farmlands must own five or more acres of land in order to be exempt from sport hunting and sport fishing license requirements when hunting or fishing on their own farmlands; EMERGENC...
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2024-01-25
To Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee
KYHR55Intro

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Honor classified employees in public schools.
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2024-01-25
To House Committee On Committees
KYHR45PassAffirm Kentucky's support for the State of Israel and the Israeli people and condemn the October 7, 2023, attack by Hamas.
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2024-01-18
adopted by voice vote
KYHB129Intro

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Amend KRS 141.010 to define "veteran"; amend KRS 141.019 to exclude from income tax wages earned from January 1, 2025, to December 31, 2028, in Kentucky by a resident veteran.
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2024-01-16
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee
KYHB250Intro

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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186 to require the Transportation Cabinet to expand driver licensing services by either setting up a system where a county clerk issues operators licenses and personal identification cards, or maintain a permanent ...
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2024-01-11
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB218Intro

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Amend KRS 186.4101 to require the Transportation Cabinet to give notice to individuals of pending expiration of operator's licenses, instruction permits, and personal identification cards; specify manner of notification; prohibit nonreceipt of notice...
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2024-01-10
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB222Intro

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Create a new section in KRS Chapter 141 to define terms; establish a tax deduction for contributions made to an eligible savings account by a first-time home buyer and allow an exclusion from income for any interest earned from an eligible savings ac...
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2024-01-10
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB189Intro

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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms; establish the Kentucky Proud School Match Program; direct the Department of Education to reimburse an eligible school district $0.33 for every meal reimbursed by the community eligibility provi...
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2024-01-08
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB108Intro

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Amends KRS 158.6455 to create a tiered implementation of English language learners into the accountability system.
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2024-01-03
To House Committee On Committees
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