By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press - Saturday, March 13, 2021. Senate President Robert Stivers, R-Manchester, said the budget wouldn’t count in the billions of dollars in federal COVID-19 relief money from the American Rescue Plan. Senate Bill 80 will strengthen the police decertification process by expanding the number of acts considered professional wrongdoing. It will also allow law enforcement to charge members of organized shoplifting rings with a felony if a member steals a total of $1,000 worth of merchandise over 90 days. The Kentucky Center for Economic Policy said it didn’t include employee raises, targeted budget increases or one-time investments that Gov. The budget bill contained language that says the stimulus money cannot be expended without the “express consent” of the General Assembly. 2021-04-09 The standards include identifying any team member who is or has been a lobbyist. With $958 million in the reserve trust fund, the state would have 29 days in emergency funds instead of 10 to 14. Published: Mar. It will also allow counties to offer voting centers where any registered voter in the county could vote. House Bill 6 will change the name of the Legislative Program Review and Investigations Committee to the Oversight and Investigations Committee. Senate Bill 4 will limit and set guidelines for the use of no-knock warrants, which allow officers to enter premises without notice. The measure will also require a board of education to adopt a nonresident pupil policy to govern terms under which the district allows enrollment of nonresident pupils. Senate Bill 84 will ban jails, penitentiaries, local and state correctional facilities, residential centers, and reentry centers from placing inmates who are pregnant or within the immediate postpartum period in restrictive housing, administrative segregation, or solitary confinement. House Bill 212 will require data in an annual state report on fatalities among children and new mothers to include information on demographics, race, income, and geography associated with the fatalities. First responders. Make sure you're getting it all, Independent and authoritative analysis and perspective for the bond buying industry, California governor caps a week of expanded budget proposals, Puerto Rico Oversight Board overrules legislature on PREPA privatization spending, Three upgrades set table for $1 billion Connecticut GO sale, Harvey, Illinois’ ARP relief dragged into pension fund conflict, Pennsylvania measures underscore tussle over governors' emergency powers. The Kentucky Alcoholic Beverage Control Board is directed to promulgate regulations for the implementation of the bill. Beshear is a Democrat and the legislature is overwhelmingly Republican. Supplementary education. House Bill 328 will re-establish the state’s regulatory authority for roadside billboards after a federal court ruling called the state’s prior regulations into question. Instead of retiring in 27 years, new hires under this tier will have to work 30 years and be at least 57 to be eligible for retirement. “I do expect bipartisan support on the vaping tax, the cigarette tax, and sports gaming,” Sen. Morgan McGarvey, the Kentucky Senate minority leader, said. Immunizations. The bill requires schools to allow a student to attend in-person classes at least twice a week under the hybrid model. Stivers said the federal government hasn’t released guidance on exactly how it can be spent. ... January 11, 2021 12:44 PM, Tobacco settlement funds. Tonight, with my Better Kentucky Budget, I am offering my administration’s blueprint for The Kentucky General Assembly’s 2021 regular session was gaveled to a close this evening, ending a session in which lawmakers approved a … The Kentucky General Assembly spent the last day of the first part of the 2021 session working on the state budget and sent one bill to the governor. Child protection. “Small businesses need our help right now more than ever. Senate Bill 6 will create standards for the ethical conduct of transition team members of all newly elected statewide officeholders. The State/Executive Branch Budget: Detail Part I, Operating Budget; appropriate to General Government: 2019-2020: $21,535,000, 2020-2021: $1,794,495,300, 2021-2022: $1,728,272,700; appropriate to the Economic Development Cabinet: 2020-2021: $29,994,600, 2021-2022: $29,994,600; appropriate to the Department of Education: 2020-2021: $5,123,942,200, 2021-2022: $5,053,380,200; … The council will be responsible for establishing a “Kentucky Recovery Ready Community Certification Program” to provide a measure of a city’s or county’s substance use disorder recovery programs and to assure citizens and businesses that a city or county is committed to ensuring the availability of high-quality recovery programs in its community. The bill will require the governor to choose a replacement from a list of three nominees selected by the state party of the departing senator. The measure also specifies it would be perjury if an officer made a false statement in an application for a no-knock warrant. Gaming. Democratic critics in the Legislature also said they would have liked to see increased access to clean water and the internet in addition to school funding and COVID-19 relief for small businesses. “In the aggregate, close to $6 billion will be spent in this state in the next 14 months,” Stivers said. To Your Good Health: Will weight loss have an effect on bone density. By Associated Press March 17, 2021 However, this is not a budget year for the legislature. FRANKFORT — The Kentucky General Assembly’s 2021 regular session was gaveled to a close Tuesday evening, ending a session in which lawmakers approved a state budget for the coming fiscal year and approved numerous other bills that will affect people throughout the state. House Bill 254 will raise the penalty for possession or viewing of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor under the age of 12 years to a Class C felony.