Sen. Robby Mills

Maddy summaryThis resolution symbolically honors Senator Aaron Reed as the first Navy SEAL to serve in the Kentucky Senate. It recognizes his 22-year military career as a Navy SEAL - including combat deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan - and his subsequent service as a local entrepreneur and state senator representing District 7. The resolution formally expresses the Senate's appreciation for his leadership and military background, directing the Clerk to provide him a copy as a token of recognition. It does not create new laws or affect any policies.

Maddy summarySR 182 is a procedural resolution confirming Lori McKeehan's appointment to the Education Professional Standards Board, replacing Sarah Weedman for a term ending June 30, 2026. The resolution formally approves the Governor's appointment, as required by Kentucky law, and specifies McKeehan represents elementary school teachers. This resolution does not create new policy but validates her official role on the board. The Senate unanimously adopted it on March 27, 2025, with no opposing votes.

Maddy summaryThis resolution confirms the Senate's approval of Governor Beshear's reappointment of Mary Leigh Lewis, a science teacher from Catlettsburg, to the Standards and Assessments Process Review Committee for a term ending May 27, 2028. It directly affects Ms. Lewis, who was reappointed by the Governor under state law (KRS 158.6453) and required Senate confirmation. The resolution was unanimously adopted by the Senate on March 27, 2025.

Maddy summaryThis resolution confirms Wes King's appointment to the Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corporation for a term ending July 3, 2028. It directly affects Wes King (a horticulture farmer from Nicholasville) and the Corporation, which provides financial assistance to Kentucky agricultural businesses. The resolution follows legal requirements under KRS 247.944 and confirms an appointment previously made by the Commissioner of Agriculture. The Senate unanimously adopted this procedural resolution on March 27, 2025.

Maddy summaryThis resolution confirms Caryl Pfeiffer's appointment to Kentucky's Energy Planning and Inventory Commission for a term ending July 1, 2026, as required by state law (KRS 164.2807) following Governor Beshear's August 2024 nomination. It directly affects Pfeiffer, who represents the fossil fuel purchasing/sale sector per commission requirements. The Senate unanimously passed the resolution on March 27, 2025, formalizing her role on the commission without altering policy or creating new obligations.

Maddy summaryThis resolution confirms Keith Murt's appointment to Kentucky's Energy Planning and Inventory Commission, effective until July 1, 2026. It directly affects Murt (a representative of nuclear fuel industry interests, as required by Kentucky law) and the commission, which advises on energy policy. The resolution is procedural - it does not create new laws or policies but formally approves a governor-appointed position under existing state law (KRS 164.2807). The Senate unanimously adopted it on March 27, 2025, with no debate or amendments.

Maddy summarySB 2 prohibits the use of public funds (state/local government money) in Kentucky correctional facilities for hormone treatments or surgeries related to gender reassignment. It defines "cosmetic service or elective procedure" to include cross-sex hormone therapy and gender reassignment surgery, and bans funding for these except in rare cases where stopping treatment would cause immediate physical harm to an inmate. The law directly affects incarcerated individuals in Kentucky state and local correctional facilities by restricting access to these medical treatments using taxpayer money. It became law without the Governor's signature on March 27, 2025, after passing the legislature. The bill does not affect medical care unrelated to gender transition or private funding.

Amend KRS 21.450, 61.650, 78.790, and 161.430 relating to the fiduciary duties owed to the state-administered retirement systems to define "shareholder-sponsored proposal" and "economic analysis"; require a proxy adviser under contract with a state-administered retirement system to conduct and document an economic analysis prior to voting on or recommending a vote on a shareholder-sponsored proposal that is inconsistent with the recommendation of the board of directors of the issuer of shares in order to demonstrate that a vote against management's recommendation is solely in the interest of the retirement plan members and beneficiaries; make technical corrections.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 214 to define terms; establish the Kentucky Parkinson's Disease Research Registry within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; direct the secretary of the cabinet to establish the Kentucky Parkinson's Disease Research Registry Advisory Committee and make appointments; require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to designate Parkinson's disease and the identified Parkinsonisms as diseases that are required to be reported to the cabinet, establish a system of collection and dissemination of information on the incidence and prevalence of Parkinson's disease in Kentucky through the registry, identify data points to be collected, establish a coding system to safeguard patients' privacy, and develop guidelines for sharing registry data for research purposes; require the cabinet to collect and receive data for the registry; authorize the cabinet to enter into data-sharing contracts; require all health facilities and licensed health care providers to submit Parkinson's disease reports to the cabinet beginning on January 1, 2026; require facilities and providers to provide patients with notice of the submission of data to the registry and an opportunity to opt out of having their information shared; require the cabinet to make the registry data available to researchers in compliance with the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects and other federal and state privacy laws and regulations; authorize the sharing of data with other registries, agencies, and officers if confidentiality requirements are followed; provide that sharing of information in accordance with security and privacy requirements does not expose a person to liability; direct the cabinet to maintain an accurate record of all persons who have been granted access to registry data and make the record available to the public; state that nothing compels an individual to submit to any medical examination; prohibit researchers from contacting a patient or patient's family unless the cabinet has first obtained the patient's permission; require the cabinet to submit a yearly program summary update to the Interim Joint Committee on Health Services and establish a registry website where the public can access the report and other information on Parkinson's disease.

Amend KRS 78.5536, relating to the County Employees Retirement System, to increase the nonhazardous and hazardous duty under age 65 retiree health subsidy to $40 and $50 per month for each year of service, respectively, for those members who meet the "career threshold" who began participating in the system on or after July 1, 2003, and who are eligible for a fixed-dollar retiree health subsidy not tied to the premium; extend the employee contribution used to fund retiree health benefits to include members who began participating in the system on or after July 1, 2003, and increase the current hazardous employee contribution rate to 2% of pay for those eligible for the fixed-dollar retiree health subsidy; make technical amendments regarding the retiree health premium reimbursement program to conform to current policy; provide that the amendments to the employee contributions shall be effective July 1, 2026; for calculation of the retiree health subsidy increase, provide that the change shall apply to service earned prior to the effective date of this Act by eligible members, including retirees, and shall prospectively be adjusted annually by the 1.5% increase currently provided in statute; provide that subsidies payable to impacted retirees shall begin on or after January 1, 2026, to coincide with the next health plan year; direct the Public Pension Oversight Board to continue to review the retiree health fund actuarial data and evaluate potential legislative options to address any future continued improvements in the funds; RETROACTIVE.