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in committee · Kentucky · Senate Sep 25, 2024

S 5266: Clean Slate Act of 2024

The Clean Slate Act of 2024 establishes two mechanisms to seal certain criminal records. For marijuana-related convictions and non-convictions, records automatically seal one year after sentence completion or 60-180 days after arrest without charges. For other nonviolent offenses, individuals can petition courts to seal records after completing sentences, with courts balancing rehabilitation against public safety concerns. The bill affects people with certain marijuana convictions or nonviolent offenses, making sealed records generally inaccessible for employment and background checks while providing employer immunity for hiring those with sealed records.
Topics ✓ Criminal JusticeSupports Criminal JusticeBill automatically seals marijuana/nonviolent records after sentence completion, promoting rehabilitation and reducing recidivism barriers - key criminal justice reform indicators.95% confidence
Robert P. Casey, Jr. (D) · 1 co-sponsor
in committee · Kentucky · Senate Sep 25, 2024

S 5289: White Oak Resilience Act of 2024

The White Oak Resilience Act of 2024 creates a federal program to restore white oak forests, which provide critical habitat for wildlife and support ecosystem health. It establishes a coalition of federal agencies, land-grant universities, and landowners to coordinate restoration efforts and make policy recommendations, while funding 5 pilot projects on national forests and federal lands for white oak regeneration. The bill also sets up a voluntary grant program to help private landowners improve white oak habitats, requires a strategy to address shortages in white oak tree seedling supply, and supports research to enhance white oak resilience to climate stressors like drought and pests.
Topics ✓ EnvironmentSupports EnvironmentBill creates federal program to restore white oak forests, critical for wildlife habitat and ecosystem health, funding pilot projects and grants for landowners. Directly advances environmental conservation.95% confidence
Mitch McConnell (R) · 1 co-sponsor
in committee · Kentucky · House Sep 25, 2024

HR 9841: Prison to Proprietorship for the Formerly Incarcerated Act

This bill requires the Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) to provide nationwide entrepreneurship counseling and training to people recently released from federal prisons. It mandates mentoring, business planning assistance, and help accessing capital to help them start or grow small businesses. Annual reports to Congress will track participation, demographics, and program effectiveness. The law directly affects formerly incarcerated individuals in federal custody, not state prisons.
Topics ✓ Criminal JusticeSupports Criminal JusticeProvides entrepreneurship support to formerly incarcerated individuals to reduce recidivism and improve rehabilitation, aligning with criminal justice reform goals.95% confidence
Morgan McGarvey (D) · 5 co-sponsors
in committee · Kentucky · House Sep 25, 2024

HR 9828: End the Vaccine Carveout Act

This bill removes legal immunity for vaccine manufacturers by allowing individuals injured by vaccines to sue them directly in court after filing a claim with the federal vaccine injury compensation program (VICP). It eliminates time limits for filing VICP claims (previously 24-36 months) and explicitly excludes COVID-19 vaccines from the program's coverage. The changes affect people seeking compensation for vaccine injuries and vaccine manufacturers, who will no longer automatically avoid lawsuits. The bill also repeals provisions that previously restricted legal action after VICP claims.
Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareAllows lawsuits against vaccine makers for injuries, protecting patient rights to compensation and advancing accountability in vaccine safety programs.90% confidence
Paul A. Gosar (R) · 30 co-sponsors
in committee · Kentucky · House Sep 25, 2024

HR 9770: Cyber PIVOTT Act

The Cyber PIVOTT Act creates the PIVOTT Program to build a cybersecurity workforce by providing full scholarships to students at community colleges and technical schools pursuing cyber or cyber-relevant associate's degree programs. The program covers tuition, fees, certification costs, and internship expenses, requiring participants to complete a two-year service obligation in a cyber role after graduation, with exceptions for military service. It mandates skills-based exercises like hackathons and labs, internship placements with government entities and critical infrastructure organizations, and maintains a database mapping training to job roles. The bill sets enrollment goals of 250 students in the first year, doubling annually until reaching 1,000 students, with a long-term target of 10,000 students annually. The program aims to address cybersecurity workforce gaps by creating direct pathways from education to government cyber positions.
Topics ✓ EducationSupports EducationProvides full scholarships covering tuition/fees for cybersecurity associate degrees at community colleges, directly funding higher education programs and expanding access to technical education.95% confidence ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentFunds cybersecurity workforce development through scholarships, creating job opportunities and aligning with employment standards by building trained labor supply.85% confidence ✓ TechnologySupports TechnologyDirectly funds cybersecurity education and workforce development through scholarships for associate's degrees, enhancing national cybersecurity capacity and aligning with 'enhances cybersecurity' indicator.95% confidence
Mark E. Green (R) · 6 co-sponsors
in committee · Kentucky · House Sep 25, 2024

HR 1719: Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act of 2023

HR 1719, the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act of 2023, establishes a presumption that certain cancers diagnosed in public safety officers (like police and firefighters) are work-related if linked to their duties. It defines 22 specific cancers (including lung, mesothelioma, and WTC-related cancers) as "exposure-related," allowing officers or their families to receive benefits without proving direct work connection, provided they were diagnosed within 15 years of leaving active service. The bill also creates a process for adding new cancers to the list based on scientific evidence, requiring the Bureau to review petitions and make decisions within 180 days. This applies to deaths or disabilities occurring on or after January 1, 2023, directly affecting officers who developed covered cancers during service.
Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareBill expands cancer benefits for public safety officers by presuming work-relatedness, improving access to healthcare benefits and compensation for diagnosed conditions.85% confidence ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentBill expands worker benefits for public safety officers by establishing cancer presumption as work-related, strengthening workplace protections and expanding healthcare benefits for injured workers.90% confidence
Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D) · 136 co-sponsors
in committee · Kentucky · House Sep 24, 2024

HRES 1498: Supporting the designation of "National Bourbon Heritage Month".

HRES 1498 is a non-binding House resolution supporting the designation of September as "National Bourbon Heritage Month." It recognizes bourbon as America’s Native Spirit (as declared in 1964), highlights Kentucky’s role as the birthplace of bourbon (producing 95% of the world’s supply), and emphasizes the industry’s $9 billion annual economic impact. The resolution aims to celebrate bourbon’s cultural significance and Kentucky’s contributions to U.S. heritage, without creating new laws or altering existing policies. It was introduced by Rep. McGarvey and co-sponsors on September 24, 2024.
Morgan McGarvey (D) · 3 co-sponsors
in committee · Kentucky · House Sep 24, 2024

HRES 1493: Strongly condemning Vice President Kamala Harris for championing policies that would exacerbate the national debt and reduce energy independence.

HRES 1493 is a symbolic congressional resolution condemning Vice President Kamala Harris for her past support of climate policies as a senator. It specifically references her 2019 cosponsorship of the Green New Deal resolution and her 2020 climate plan proposals, which the resolution claims would increase national debt and harm energy independence. The resolution does not create new laws or affect any policies - it only expresses disapproval of these historical positions. It has no legal effect or direct impact on current legislation or constituents.
Topics ✗ EnergyOpposes EnergyBill explicitly condemns VP Harris's support for Green New Deal climate policies, framing them as harming energy independence and increasing debt, directly opposing renewable energy advancement.90% confidence ✗ EnvironmentOpposes EnvironmentBill condemns VP Harris's climate policy support (Green New Deal), framing it as harmful to energy independence/debt, opposing environmental protection efforts.95% confidence
Jodey C. Arrington (R) · 14 co-sponsors
in committee · Kentucky · Senate Sep 24, 2024

S 5153: HEMP Act of 2024

This bill raises the allowable THC limit in hemp from 0.3% to 1% for legal cultivation and sale. It requires hemp producers and transporters to provide either a valid state/Tribal license or a lab certificate confirming THC levels at or below 1% during shipping. The bill also updates federal regulations to reflect this change, with the Agriculture Secretary directed to revise related rules within 90 days. These changes directly affect hemp farmers, processors, and transporters operating under current federal hemp programs.
Rand Paul (R)
in committee · Kentucky · House Sep 24, 2024

HR 9787: Farmer First Fuel Incentives Act

HR 9787, the Farmer First Fuel Incentives Act, extends and modifies clean fuel production tax credits under the Internal Revenue Code. It prohibits the use of foreign feedstocks for qualifying clean fuels after December 31, 2024, requiring that all feedstocks be produced or grown in the United States. The bill also extends the clean fuel production credit period from December 31, 2027, to December 31, 2034. These changes directly affect clean fuel producers seeking tax credits, mandating domestic feedstock sourcing while providing longer eligibility for the credit. The law aims to incentivize U.S.-based clean fuel production through specific tax policy adjustments.
Topics ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesExtends clean fuel tax credits until 2034 under I.R.C., providing ongoing tax relief to domestic producers and strengthening fiscal incentives for clean energy.95% confidence ✓ EnergySupports EnergyExtends clean fuel tax credits until 2034 with domestic feedstock requirement, directly supporting renewable energy production incentives.95% confidence ✓ EnvironmentSupports EnvironmentExtends clean fuel tax credits until 2034, mandates domestic feedstocks to promote cleaner energy production and reduce emissions from transportation fuels.92% confidence ✓ TransportationSupports TransportationExtends tax credits for domestic clean fuel production, promoting sustainable transportation fuels per bill's focus on clean fuel incentives and domestic feedstocks.85% confidence
Tracey Mann (R) · 4 co-sponsors
in committee · Kentucky · House Sep 24, 2024

HR 8683: To require the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State to monitor efforts by the People's Republic of China to build or buy strategic foreign ports, and for other purposes.

HR 8683 requires the Secretaries of Defense and State to map global strategic ports critical to U.S. interests (military, economic, or diplomatic) and track China's efforts to build or buy such ports. Within 180 days of enactment, they must submit a strategy to counter Chinese port investments, including analyzing Chinese port capabilities, ongoing projects, and vulnerabilities like cyber attacks linked to China. The bill also mandates coordination with agencies like the Export-Import Bank to promote U.S. or allied alternatives to Chinese port investments. It directly affects federal agencies responsible for defense, diplomacy, and development finance, focusing on monitoring and strategic planning rather than immediate policy changes.
Topics ✓ TechnologySupports TechnologyBill mandates cybersecurity analysis of Chinese port investments and requires monitoring of strategic vulnerabilities, directly addressing technology security concerns.75% confidence
Bill Huizenga (R) · 16 co-sponsors
in committee · Kentucky · House Sep 20, 2024

HR 9733: School Bus Driver Shortage Relief Act

HR 9733, the School Bus Driver Shortage Relief Act, creates a National School Bus Driver Shortage Task Force within the Department of Education to address gaps in school bus driver availability. The Task Force must publish accessible resources for schools within 180 days, make quarterly recommendations on improving driver supply, and submit annual reports analyzing disparities in driver shortages by geography, student demographics, and working conditions like pay and safety. These reports will include root-cause analysis of the 20-year driver shortage trend and specific recommendations for federal and state action. The bill does not provide new funding or mandate changes but requires systematic data collection and guidance to help schools and policymakers address the shortage.
Topics ✓ EducationSupports EducationAddresses school bus driver shortages to improve transportation access for K-12 students, directly supporting operational needs of schools under education topic.95% confidence ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentBill mandates analysis of pay/safety in driver shortages, directly addressing workplace conditions affecting labor85% confidence ✓ TransportationSupports TransportationAddresses school bus driver shortages via task force, improving safety and service reliability in transportation infrastructure.85% confidence
Morgan McGarvey (D) · 1 co-sponsor
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