Rep. Candy Massaroni

Propose to amend Section 170 of the Constitution of Kentucky to provide the General Assembly the authority to exempt all or a portion of any class of property from taxation or eliminate all or a portion of any tax and the related provisions of that tax; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to ensure that privacy exists in public building multi-occupancy private spaces; identify consequences for using multi-occupancy private spaces designated for the opposite biological sex; identify exceptions for using multi-occupancy private space designated for the opposite biological sex; create cause of action for discrimination and retaliation against a person who makes a good-faith report.

Amend KRS 72.425 to require the state medical examiner to perform an autopsy on a decedent when the death of the person is not a coroner's case if a request is made by written consent by the decedent's spouse, the next of kin, or the person who assumes the responsibility to dispose of the body, as applicable; amend KRS 72.460 to specify who pays for an autopsy.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require district level employees to provide substitute services in the schools of the district for 1 day of every 20 in-person instructional days.

Repeal, reenact as a new section of KRS Chapter 365, and amend KRS 369.135 to define "credit card" and "debit card"; expand section, relating to the use of a digital asset as a method of payment, to apply to credit cards and debit cards.

Amend KRS 214.450 to define "autologous donation," "directed donation," and "informed consent"; create a new section of KRS 214.450 to 214.466 to establish an individual's right to select a willing blood donor; establish related prohibitions for blood establishments, health facilities, health services, and health care providers; establish related requirements for blood establishments and health care facilities; prohibit misrepresentation of the availability, safety, or legality of directed or autologous donations; establish protections for physicians who facilitate directed or autologous donations; establish penalty for violations; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to establish a reporting mechanism to report obstructions to directed or autologous donations, complete investigations within 60 days, and promulgate administrative regulations to implement and enforce reporting; permit emergency transfusions with consent and provide exemption from liability; permit an individual to bring a civil action for violations of individual rights to directed or autologous donations; amend KRS 214.452, 214.456, and 214.990 to conform and make technical corrections; create a new section of Subchapter 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require all health benefit plans to cover any autologous or directed transfusion of blood; amend KRS 205.522 and 205.6485 to require Medicaid coverage of any autologous or a directed transfusion of blood; amend KRS 18A.225 to require state health benefit plans coverage of any autologous or directed transfusion of blood; apply coverage mandates to health benefit plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2027; provide that sections of the Act may be cited as the Medical Autonomy and Directed Donation Act; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to seek federal approval if they determine that such approval is necessary; provide authorization from the General Assembly to make changes as required under KRS 205.5372(1); include provisions for cost defrayal requirements; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2027.

Amend KRS 189.920 to allow wreckers to be equipped with a flashing, rotating, or oscillating blue light, to be used only when the wrecker is stationary and while removing a vehicle or debris from the highway; prohibit a wrecker from using a blue light when towing a vehicle; this Act may be cited as Troy's Law.

Amend KRS 121.120 to require that the city and state of contributors to candidates for the General Assembly and statewide office be available to the public online.

Create a new section of KRS 150.725 to 150.735 to grant the Department of Agriculture the sole authority to administer and enforce permitting, holding, and fencing requirements of captive cervids in the event of a natural disaster or declared emergency.

Repeal and reenact KRS 158.178 to require that a public school or public charter school conspicuously display a copy of the Ten Commandments accompanied by text providing historical context in each elementary and secondary classroom; set requirements for the display; require private donations to be used to acquire copies; require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations for enforcement; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to require that public postsecondary education institutions conspicuously display a copy of the Ten Commandments in each classroom; set requirements for the display; require private donations to be used to acquire copies; require the Council on Postsecondary Education to promulgate administrative regulations for enforcement; amend KRS 158.195 to allow teachers and administrators to read or post the Ten Commandments in a public school building, classroom, or event.