Kentucky Senator George Wise [R] | Senate

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KYSB91VetoCreate 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 acce...
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2024-04-19
line items vetoed
KYSJR176VetoEstablish the Workforce Attraction and Retention Task Force; list duties and members of the task force; require the task force to meet monthly during the 2024 Interim of the General Assembly; require the Cabinet for Economic Development to hire the c...
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2024-04-18
Vetoed
KYSB167PassAmend KRS 156.160 to require cursive writing to be included as a course of study in all elementary schools beginning in the 2025-2026 school year; create new sections of KRS Chapter 158 to establish a public high school graduation requirement that a ...
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2024-04-17
signed by Governor
KYSB285PassAmend KRS 154.50-323 to include gender-neutral language.
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2024-04-16
signed by Governor
KYSR21PassAdjourn in honor and loving memory of Gary Dale Johnson.
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2024-04-15
adopted by voice vote
KYSR95PassAdjourn in honor and loving memory of Charles David Haydon.
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2024-04-15
adopted by voice vote
KYSR158PassAdjourn the Senate in honor and loving memory of Deborah Parrish Gilpin.
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2024-04-15
adopted by voice vote
KYSR167PassAdjourn in honor and loving memory of Jessie "Jess" J. Adkins.
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2024-04-15
adopted by voice vote
KYSR169PassAdjourn in honor and loving memory of Robert Regan "Bob" Moss.
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2024-04-15
adopted by voice vote
KYSR248PassRecognize October 2024 as National Arts and Humanities Month in Kentucky.
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2024-04-15
adopted by voice vote
KYSR263PassAdjourn in honor and loving memory of Betty Ries Ewing.
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2024-04-15
adopted by voice vote
KYSR4PassHonor Senator Denise Harper Angel upon her retirement from the General Assembly.
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2024-04-15
adopted by voice vote
KYSR373Intro
25%
Confirm the reappointment of Dan Flanagan to the Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corporation Board of Directors for a term expiring June 26, 2027.
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2024-04-15
adopted 38-0
KYSR2PassHonor the extraordinary service of Senator John Schickel to the Commonwealth of Kentucky upon his retirement from the General Assembly.
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2024-04-15
adopted by voice vote
KYSB6Engross
50%
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to define terms; provide that a student or employee of a public postsecondary education institution shall not be penalized, discriminated against, or receive any adverse treatment due to the individual's refusa...
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2024-04-12
posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1)
KYSR57PassHonor Lana Hogan for her service to the Legislative Research Commission.
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2024-04-12
adopted by voice vote
KYSB349PassCreate a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to make findings and declarations; define terms; establish the Energy Planning and Inventory Commission and administratively attach it to the University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research (UK CAER);...
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2024-04-12
delivered to Secretary of State
KYSR207PassRecognize 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.
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2024-04-12
adopted by voice vote
KYSR258PassHonor and recognize Dr. Donna Hedgepath for her career and commitment to furthering education at Campbellsville University and throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
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2024-04-12
adopted by voice vote
KYSR1PassHonor the extraordinary service of Senator Damon Thayer to the Commonwealth of Kentucky upon his retirement from the General Assembly.
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2024-04-12
adopted by voice vote
KYSB20PassAmend KRS 439.3401 to include in the definition of "violent offender" a person who has been convicted of burglary in the first degree as described in KRS 511.020(1)(a), assault in the second degree as described in KRS 508.020(1)(b) or (c), and wanton...
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2024-04-10
became law without Governor's Signature
KYSB2PassCreate a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms; establish a framework for employment of Kentucky guardians in schools; specify qualifications of a guardian; specify that a local board of education may not be held liable for a guardian acting...
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2024-04-10
became law without Governor's Signature
KYSB215PassCreate a new section of KRS Chapter 77 to prohibit the Transportation Cabinet or any other state agency, department, or political subdivision from adopting or enforcing emissions standards on new motor vehicles, or from requiring purchase or sale of ...
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2024-04-07
became law without Governor's Signature
KYSB151PassAmend KRS 600.020 to define "child-specific foster home"; amend KRS 620.140 to allow a child to submit to the District Court the names of possible relative or fictive kin caregivers whom the child could be placed with if the court removes the child f...
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2024-04-05
signed by Governor
KYSB188PassCreate new sections of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define terms for pharmacy-related insurance practices; require insurers, pharmacy benefit managers, and other pharmacy benefits administrators to establish reasonably adequate and accessible p...
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2024-04-05
signed by Governor
KYSB14PassAmend KRS 317A.030 to add a licensed nail technician and one additional citizen at large member to the board; direct board to collect and retain statistical data on its applicants and licensees; amend KRS 317A.120 to require the board give written te...
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2024-03-29
signed by Governor
KYSR24PassAdjourn in honor and loving memory of Joey Bott.
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2024-03-27
adopted by voice vote
KYSR218PassOppose the United States' participation in the World Health Organization's Pandemic Agreement.
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2024-03-27
adopted by voice vote
KYSB153Engross
50%
Amend KRS 29A.080 to allow an individual age 70 or older to elect to be permanently excused from jury service; require this option to be prominently displayed at the top of the juror qualification form; require a prospective juror age 70 or older to ...
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2024-03-26
To House Judiciary Committee
KYSB147Engross
50%
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 231 to express the findings of the General Assembly relating to adult-oriented businesses and the need for regulation; define terms; establish distance parameters for the location of adult-oriented businesses in pro...
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2024-03-26
To House Rules Committee
KYSB295Engross
50%
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 214 to prohibit a requirement for any individual to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, modified ribonucleic acid (modRNA) vaccine, or messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccine for the purposes of student enrollment, emplo...
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2024-03-26
To House Committee On Committees
KYSB143Enroll
75%
Propose to amend Sections 145 and 155 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prohibit persons who are not citizens of the United States from being allowed to vote in the Commonwealth of Kentucky; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification...
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2024-03-21
delivered to Secretary of State
KYSB81PassAmend KRS 164.746 to modify the membership of the governing board of the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority; amend KRS 164A.050 to modify the membership of the governing board of the Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corporation; ame...
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2024-03-14
signed by Governor
KYSB130Engross
50%
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 344 to make it unlawful for a state agency to discriminate against a person based on his or her access to electronic means to obtain benefits or gain access to public buildings; provide that the Act may be cited as...
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2024-03-11
To House Committee On Committees
KYSB8Engross
50%
Amend KRS 156.029 to provide that all 14 voting members of the Kentucky Board of Education are to be elected; create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to establish the process by which members of the Kentucky Board of Education are elected, including ...
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2024-03-08
To House Education Committee
KYSB5PassAmend KRS 150.170 to remove the requirement that resident owners of farmlands must own five or more acres of land in order to be exempt from sport hunting and sport fishing license requirements when hunting or fishing on their own farmlands.
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2024-02-29
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 2)
KYSB286Intro
25%
Amend KRS 154.10-040 to add gender-neutral language.
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2024-02-28
To Senate Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor Committee
KYSB284Intro
25%
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 381 to define terms; prohibit a foreign principal from acquiring or owning agricultural land; require a foreign principal that owns or acquires agricultural land before the effective date of this Act to register the...
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2024-02-28
To Senate Agriculture Committee
KYSR174PassHonor the Taylor County High School Lady Cardinals, the 2024 KHSAA Girls' Wrestling champions.
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2024-02-26
adopted by voice vote
KYSB7Engross
50%
Amend KRS 164.7874 to include an equivalent score on the Classic Learning Test as a KEES supplemental amount; define "eligible noncertified school graduate"; amend definitions of "KEES award," "KEES award maximum," and " KEES base amount" for an elig...
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2024-02-22
To House Education Committee
KYSB189Intro
25%
Amend KRS 164.295 to permit Murray State University to offer doctor's degrees required for professional practice and licensure in veterinary medicine.
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2024-02-20
To Senate Education Committee
KYSB205Intro
25%
Amend KRS 161.155 to provide 20 maternity days to district employees who give birth; establish the terms and conditions for use of maternity days.
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2024-02-15
To Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee
KYSR139PassRecognize September 2024 as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.
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2024-02-14
adopted by voice vote
KYSB201Intro
25%
Amend KRS 164.295 to permit a comprehensive university to offer certain research doctoral degree programs upon fulfilling requirements promulgated by the Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE); permit a comprehensive university to describe itself a...
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2024-02-14
To Senate Education Committee
KYSB192Intro
25%
Repeal and reenact KRS 157.069 to define terms; require the Office of Career and Technical Education within the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) to identify career and technical education programs or pathways as high cost or general cost; provi...
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2024-02-12
To Senate Education Committee
KYSR112PassHonor the work of the Kentucky Main Street Program and its participating communities.
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2024-02-08
adopted by voice vote
KYSR115PassRecognize and denounce the persecution of Christians around the world; call on the federal government to champion the cause of international religious freedom for all.
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2024-02-07
adopted by voice vote
KYSR123PassCall upon Governor Andy Beshear to support Texas Governor Greg Abbott in securing the Texas border.
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2024-02-06
adopted by voice vote
KYSB168Intro
25%
Amend KRS 160.345 to remove reference minority members of school councils; change the parent membership of the council from two to three; specify that council members are subject to KRS Chapter 45A as officers of an agency; establish an election comm...
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2024-02-06
To Senate Education Committee
KYSCR111Intro
25%
Call upon Governor Andy Beshear to support Texas Governor Greg Abbott in securing the Texas border.
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2024-02-01
To Senate State & Local Government Committee
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