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passed · Kentucky · House Mar 29, 2023

HB 288: AN ACT relating to teacher misconduct.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 161 to prohibit a public school district or public charter school from entering a nondisclosure agreement relating to misconduct involving a minor or student; amend KRS 160.380 to define "abusive conduct"; require school district applicants to disclose being the subject of any allegations or investigations in the previous 12 months and consent to a reference check; require school districts to conduct reference checks; require nonpublic and public school districts to disclose any allegations or investigations related to abusive conduct of applicants; require school districts to request all related information from public and nonpublic schools and the Education Professional Standards Board and require the schools and EPSB to provide the records; require all public school personnel to have a state criminal background check every five years; require all school district applicants to list all schools of previous and current employment on the application; require a school district to internally report and investigate to completion all allegations of abusive conduct; require all records relating to an allegation of abusive conduct to be retained in an employee's personnel file; amend KRS 156.160 to direct the Kentucky Board of Education to include employment standards in the voluntary certification standards for private schools; amend KRS 160.151 to define "certified nonpublic school"; require employees of certified nonpublic schools to have a national and state criminal background check and a CA/N check; require certified nonpublic school personnel to have a state criminal background check every five years; prohibit a certified nonpublic school from hiring a violent or felony sex crime offender; require a nonpublic certified school to conduct reference checks on all applicants; prohibit a certified nonpublic school from entering into a nondisclosure agreement related to misconduct involving a minor or student; amend KRS 156.095 to require the Kentucky Department of Education to develop a training related to sexual misconduct for employees to undergo every five years; amend KRS 161.151 to conform.
Pamela Stevenson (D) Kim King (R) James Tipton (R)
passed · Kentucky · House Mar 16, 2023

HB 421: AN ACT relating to public schools and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 160.160 to allow a local board of education to enter into an agreement for the construction of adjoining road improvements and require the Transportation Cabinet to reimburse the cost of those improvements; authorize a local board to expend funds to ensure adequate connection to those improvements; amend KRS 45A.352 to allow a local school district to request proposals for energy savings contracts based on the decommissioning and sale or transfer of inefficient buildings and the development of new, energy-efficient buildings; amend KRS 156.095 to require the Kentucky Department of Education to establish an optional program of professional development for district facilities and property management and maintain a list of entities providing similar professional development offerings; until Jun 30, 2024, provide local boards of education the authority to provide for and commence the purchase or condemnation of property notwithstanding requirements for prior approval from the chief state school officer, size of school sites, or limitations of cost relative to constructions costs; require the Kentucky Department of Education to conduct a review of administrative regulations and procedures relating to property acquisition and disposal as part of the review required by 2022 Kentucky Acts Chapter 185; and require the Kentucky Department of Education to submit the modified report required under that section 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 185 sec.7 to the Local Superintendents Advisory Council for review and comment prior to completion; EMERGENCY.
Killian Timoney (R) George Brown (D)
passed · Kentucky · House Mar 16, 2023

HR 52: A RESOLUTION urging the United States Department of Transportation and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to lessen restrictions and requirements on commercial driver's license holders.

Urge the United States Department of Transportation and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to eliminate the entry level driver training program, decrease the required age to drive a commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce from 21 to 18, and increase the farm related CDL restrictions by increasing the radius of operation to 200 miles and the validity period to 270 days.
Richard Heath (R)
passed · Kentucky · Senate Mar 16, 2023

SB 92: AN ACT relating to animals and making an appropriation therefor.

Amend KRS 258.119 to allow the animal care assistance fund to receive fines; amend KRS 258.500 to define "person" as a person with a disability who has an ongoing therapeutic relationship with a health care provider and stipulate who can be a health care provider under the definition; exclude from therapeutic relationship fee-based transactions for disability documentation absent a face-to-face consultation with a health care provider; establish requirements for an assistance dog to be granted public accommodation; affirm certain rights and privileges of public establishments as nondiscriminatory and allow additional rights for those providing accommodation in situations of tenancy; amend KRS 258.335 to make unlawful the misrepresentation of a dog as an assistance dog to obtain public accommodation; amend KRS 258.991 to set penalty for interference with use of an assistance dog at $500 to $1,000 and delete jail time; make the misrepresentation of a dog as an assistance dog to obtain public accommodations unlawful and provide for a fine of up to $1,000; require that fines be paid into the animal control and care fund with 50% for spay and neuter clinics and 50% for county animal shelter block grants; amend KRS 525.010 to clarify the definition of "assistance dog"; APPROPRIATION.
Jimmy Higdon (R)
passed · Kentucky · House Mar 16, 2023

HB 63: AN ACT relating to the military.

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 to federal law; amend KRS 156.735 to include the children of National Guard and Reserve personnel within the rights granted under that compact.
Chad Aull (D) Scott Sharp (R) Myron Dossett (R) Ruth Ann Palumbo (D) Steve Bratcher (R)
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