Kentucky Representative Walker Thomas [R]

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KYHB9PassCreate new sections of KRS Chapter 147A to enable the Department for Local Government to enter a partnership with the Kentucky Council of Area Development Districts for create and administer the Government Resources Accelerating Needed Transformation...
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2023-04-07
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 186)
KYHB331PassAmend KRS 158.162 to direct local boards of education to require schools to maintain a portable automated external defibrillator in every middle and high school building and at school-sponsored events; require local boards to adopt policies and proce...
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2023-03-31
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 165)
KYHR99Intro

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Encourage the Legislative Research Commission to appoint a task force during the 2023 interim to examine the applicability and acceptance of military occupational experience as it relates to the licensure qualifications of occupations licensed in Ken...
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2023-03-30
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB144PassCreate a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to define terms; provide protections from in-person access to private open land by law enforcement; require law enforcement to utilize body-worn cameras and audio devices while on private open land; provide exce...
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2023-03-29
became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 126)
KYHB157PassCreate a new section of KRS Chapter 39A to create the Kentucky Urban Search and Rescue Program under the Division of Emergency Management and specify its administration, requirements for crafting policies and procedures and issuing Kentucky administr...
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2023-03-28
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 115)
KYHB236PassAmend KRS 21.450, 61.650, 78.790, and 161.430 to provide that fiduciaries shall consider the sole interest of the members and beneficiaries of the retirement systems using only pecuniary factors and prohibit the consideration of or actions on nonpecu...
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2023-03-24
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 94)
KYHB547PassCreate a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to prohibit a school district from punishing an employee for engaging in private religious expression otherwise protected by the First Amendment absent a showing of engaging in actual coercion; provide specific...
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2023-03-24
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 89)
KYHB62PassAmend KRS 324.010 to redefine "real estate brokerage" to include advertising for sale an equitable interest in a contract for the purchase of real property between a property owner and a prospective buyer; amend KRS 324.020 to limit this type of adve...
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2023-03-23
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 84)
KYHB506PassAmend KRS 61.635 to establish a partial lump sum option (PLSO), with and without survivor rights, as a payment option for retiring members of the Kentucky Employees Retirement System (KERS), County Employees Retirement System (CERS), or State Police ...
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2023-03-23
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 71)
KYHB226PassCreate new sections of KRS Chapter 194A to establish the administration of behavioral health community crisis response and transfer the administration from the Department for Military Affairs to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; repeal KRS ...
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2023-03-22
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 58)
KYHB63Engross

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Amend KRS 40.400, relating to the bonus for Vietnam veterans, to include the United States Space Force in the definition of Armed Forces; amend KRS 156.730, the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children to correct a citation...
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2023-03-16
To Senate Rules Committee
KYHB174Intro

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Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to authorize the General Assembly to provide for the educational costs of elementary and secondary school students outside of the public school system; provide ballot language for submis...
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2023-03-16
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee
KYHB103Engross

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Amend KRS 525.135 to include intentional and wanton harm to a dog or cat; define "restrain" and "serious physical injury or infirmity" and redefine "torture"; provide that torture of a dog or cat is a Class D felony in every instance and that each ac...
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2023-03-16
To Senate Committee on Committees
KYHB500Engross

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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 247 to prohibit a nonresident alien, foreign business, agent, trustee, or fiduciary associated with the government of any prohibited country as referenced in 22 C.F.R. sec. 126.1 from the purchase, lease, or acquis...
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2023-03-16
To Senate Agriculture Committee
KYHB150PassAmend KRS 190.010 to amend the definition of "franchise" to include any agreements related to or dependent on an original franchise agreement addendum to the franchise agreement; amend KRS 190.042 to permit a new motor vehicle dealer to propose a suc...
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2023-03-16
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 7)
KYHB364Intro

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Amend KRS 336.180 to define terms; amend KRS 336.134 to prohibit a public employer from withholding money relating to labor organization dues or funding political activity from a state public employee's wages and require state public employers to sub...
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2023-03-16
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee
KYHR88PassHonor the 75th anniversary of the independence of the State of Israel.
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2023-03-15
adopted by voice vote
KYHB470Engross

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Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to define terms; state that the provision of gender transition services to a person under the age of 18 years by a health care provider or mental health care provider is unethical and unprofessional conduct; req...
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2023-03-15
laid on clerk's desk
KYHB173FailCreate new sections of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms; make legislative findings and declarations on the rights of parents as it relates to public schools and establish a standard to protect those rights; require public schools to establish a proces...
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2023-03-13
WITHDRAWN
KYHB25Intro

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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 132 to exempt up to two motor vehicles owned by totally disabled veterans with a 100% service-connected disability rating from property taxation and amend KRS 132.485 to conform; amend KRS 91A.080, 136.340, 136.350...
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2023-02-23
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee
KYHB19Intro

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Amend KRS 141.019 to exclude all distributions from military pension plans received by retired members of the United States military and their surviving spouses or former spouses under a survivor benefit plan from income taxation for taxable years be...
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2023-02-23
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee
KYHB87Intro

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Amend KRS 138.470 to exempt active members of the Armed Forces assigned to Kentucky who are on temporary duty in other locations and members of the Kentucky National Guard from motor vehicle usage tax on vehicles purchased from Kentucky motor vehicle...
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2023-02-23
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee
KYHB177Intro

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Create new sections of KRS Chapter 405 to establish definitions; provide for parental rights; establish that no governmental entity shall substantially burden the rights of parents unless required by a compelling governmental interest of the highest ...
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2023-02-23
To House Judiciary Committee
KYHB359Intro

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Amend KRS 75.160 , relating to fire chiefs, to include gender-neutral language.
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2023-02-23
To House Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection Committee
KYHB355Intro

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Amend KRS 36.230 to include gender-neutral language.
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2023-02-23
To House Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection Committee
KYHJR62Intro

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Apply to Congress under the provisions of Article V of the Constitution of the United States for the calling of a convention of the states limited to proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States that impose fiscal restraint on the fe...
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2023-02-23
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee
KYHB1PassAmend KRS 141.020 to reduce the individual income tax to 4.5% for taxable years beginning January 1, 2023, and to 4% for taxable years beginning January 1, 2024.
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2023-02-17
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 3)
KYHB377Intro

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Amend KRS 367.890 to remove expiration dates for gift cards.
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2023-02-17
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB112Intro

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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to require all vehicles on a highway with an iron, steel, or wooden wheel be equipped with a rubberized strip on the portion of the wheel that is in contact with the portion of the wheel that is in contact with...
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2023-02-16
To House Transportation Committee
KYHB2PassProvide General Fund moneys in the amount of $16,630,000 in fiscal year 2022-2023 from the Budget Reserve Trust Fund Account to the Department of Veterans' Affairs for construction of the Bowling Green Veterans Center; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
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2023-02-15
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 2)
KYHB108FailCreate a new section of KRS Chapter 314 to create the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Compact; declare the intent and purpose of the compact; define terms; establish conditions under which an individual can practice in a remote state; authorize a ...
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2023-02-09
WITHDRAWN
KYHB195Intro

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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the Department for Medicaid Services to establish a Critical Access Care Pharmacy Program to ensure their sustainability as funds are available; define terms; set formula for calculating payments; pe...
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2023-02-07
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB192Intro

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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 277 to require a crew of at least 2 persons during operation of a train or light engine. Amend KRS 277.990 to include penalties for crews of less than 2 persons.
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2023-02-07
To House Committee On Committees
KYHR15PassRecognize January 27, 2023, as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
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2023-01-06
adopted by voice vote
KYHB141Intro

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Create various new sections of KRS Chapter 211 to define terms; establish the Urgent-Need Insulin Program and the Continuing Access to Insulin Program; establish eligibility guidelines; establish the application process; establish the process by whic...
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2023-01-06
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB124Intro

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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to prohibit the use or download of TikTok on any state government network or any state government-issued devices; direct the Commonwealth Office of Technology and the legislative branch to implement controls to ...
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2023-01-05
To House Committee On Committees
KYHJR16Intro

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Designate Kentucky Route 345 in Christian County as the Gold Star Families Memorial Highway.
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2023-01-05
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB100Intro

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Create new sections of KRS Chapter 7 to define "federal action," "global organization action," and "subcommittee"; establish the Committee on Constitutional Enforcement; establish subcommittee membership, terms, and quorum requirements; allow the sub...
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2023-01-05
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB30Intro

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Create new sections of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms; establish legislative findings; ensure that student privacy exists in school restrooms, locker rooms, and shower rooms; require students born male to use only those facilities designated to be u...
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2023-01-03
To House Committee On Committees
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