Sen. David Yates

Amend KRS 156.153 to define "danger zone"; direct the Department of Education to consider requiring the installation of school bus sensors and interior cameras on new school buses purchased on or after July 1, 2026; direct the department to promulgate administrative regulations; require the department to submit a report on the availability and effectiveness of school bus sensors to the Legislative Research Commission by June 30, 2026; amend KRS 156.990, 160.380, and 189.540 to conform; amend KRS 281.635 to encourage cities to install safety sensors in city buses; provide that part of the Act may be cited as Ally's Law.

Amend KRS 311.720, 311.7701, 311.781, and 311.787 to define terms; amend KRS 311.723, 311.727, 311.732, 311.735, 311.7706, and 311.782 to allow an abortion when there is a lethal fetal anomaly or the fetus is incompatible with sustained life outside the womb, or when the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest and the fetus has not reached viability as determined in the good-faith medical judgment of the physician; amend KRS 311.782 to establish a rebuttable presumption that the physician complied with the requirements of the section; amend KRS 311.7735 to provide an exception to the time requirement for consent when the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest; amend KRS 216B.400 to provide an exception for abortion counseling when the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest; amend KRS 311.715 to authorize the use of public funds for abortion when the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest; amend KRS 213.101, 311.725, 311.760, 311.7706, 311.772, 311.7735, 311.780, 311.783, 311.787, and 311.800 to conform; make technical corrections; provide that the Act may be cited as Hadley's Law.

Create new sections of KRS 186.400 to 186.640 to: require the Transportation Cabinet to establish a driver licensing regional office in each senatorial district; allow third-party entities to apply to the Transportation Cabinet to be approved to accept applications for certain identity documents; allow third-party entities to charge a fee for services provided; require the Kentucky State Police to offer written instruction permit testing in counties without a permanent driver licensing office that coincides with Transportation Cabinet visits to those counties to offer in-person licensing services; require the state police to collect certain data on appointments and customers served and report to the Interim Joint Committee on Transportation by October 31, 2025; EFFECTIVE, in part, July 1, 2025.

Amend KRS 211.684 to define "state child and maternal fatality review team"; require the Department for Public Health to establish a state child and maternal fatality review team; modify required annual reporting requirements; amend KRS 216.2929 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to report methods of delivery by hospital annually on its website beginning December 1, 2024.

Honor Senator Gerald Neal upon his receipt of the 2024 Keepers of the Dream Freedom Award.

Recognize March 2024 as Kentucky Women's History Month in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Honor the extraordinary service of Senator John Schickel to the Commonwealth of Kentucky upon his retirement from the General Assembly.

Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Jessie "Jess" J. Adkins.

Honor Senator Denise Harper Angel upon her retirement from the General Assembly.

Recognize and commend the Louisville Fire Department rescue squad that executed a rescue on the Clark Memorial Bridge, and the Louisville Metro Police and emergency medical services personnel that responded to the scene.