Rep. Russell Webber

Create 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 exceptions.

Direct the Energy and Environment Cabinet to adopt revisions to the state air quality implementation plan to remove the reformulated gas requirement for Jefferson County and applicable parts of Oldham and Bullitt Counties; specify required elements of the revisions; require the Energy and Environment Cabinet to report status of the revisions to the IJC on Natural Resources and Energy no later than October 31, 2023.

Amend KRS 151B.290 to include the executive director/CEO of the Kentucky League of Cities in the Kentucky Education and Workforce Collaborative.

Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to provide for the written assignment of substance abuse or mental health treatment benefits to a substance abuse and mental health facility or other health care provider located in this state that provides both substance abuse and mental health treatment services to the public; amend KRS 304.14-250, 304.17-130, and 304.18-090 to conform; create a new section of Subtitle 38A of KRS Chapter 304 to require limited health service organizations to comply with assignment provisions; amend KRS 18A.225 and 164.2871 to require the state employee health plan and the state postsecondary education institutions, respectively, to comply with assignment provisions; apply assignment provisions to both insurance policies in effect and insurance policies issued, delivered, or renewed on or after effective date.

Amend KRS 67C.103 to create the procedures for filling an unexpired term on the consolidated local government council; amend KRS 118.740 to conform.

Create 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 examples of protected activity; establish limits of applicability.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 341 to require the Office of Unemployment Insurance to advise a claimant approved for benefits of additional benefits, training opportunities, and financial aid resources available; amend KRS 341.005 to add training provided under the Trade Act of 1974 to the definition of approved training, and add disaster unemployment assistance and trade readjustment allowances to the programs not considered as enhanced benefits; amend KRS 341.100 create comprehensive list of conditions the secretary shall take into consideration when determining if work is suitable; amend KRS 341.385 to change the minimum state average unemployment rate from less than or equal to 4.5% to 6.5% and the minimum weeks of benefits available from 12 weeks to 16 weeks; remove claimants from the classification system with a definite return to work date or recall to work within a period of 16 weeks from the date of filing the initial or reopened claim, and removes extended benefits from benefits that shall not be affected by the classification system; amend KRS 341.375 to provide that notice the claimant declined to accept suitable work, or has failed to attend the first interview may not be the principal factor when determining ineligibility for benefits; amend KRS 341.4169 to provide workers shall not be denied shared work benefits if otherwise eligible when participating in training funded by the Workforce Innovation Act.

Amend 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 advertising to licensed real estate brokers.

Amend KRS 61.505 to require the Kentucky Public Pensions Authority to appoint or contract for the services of an Internal Auditor to perform internal audit functions as directed by the Authority; provide that the Internal Auditor shall not be subject to the hiring/employment provisions of KRS Chapter 18A, Chapter 45A, and 64.640, shall be authorized by the Authority to appoint employees under his or her direct supervision, and shall have an annual performance review.