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Thriving Communities
- Accommodate a child’s testimony of repeated abuse, known as continuous course of conduct
HB 109 – Sponsored by Representative Joni Jenkins
Jan 5 – Introduced in House
Jan 5 – Sent to House Judiciary Committee
Jan 13 – Passed House Judiciary Committee
Jan 15 – Passed KY House
Jan 19 – Received in KY Senate
Jan 21 – Sent to Senate Judiciary Committee
SB 60 – Sponsored by Senator Whitney Westerfield
Jan 6 – Introduced in the Senate
Jan 7 – Sent to Senate Judiciary Committee
Jan 14 – Passed Senate Judiciary Committee
Jan 21 – Passed KY Senate
Jan 25 – Received in KY House
Jan 26 – Sent to House Judiciary Committee
March 17 – Passed House Judiciary Committee
March 22 – Passed KY House
March 29 – Concurred in Senate, sent to the Governor
April 9 – Signed by Governor Bevin
- Check the child abuse registry for public school personnel
SB 194 – Sponsored by Senator Julie Raque Adams
Feb 18 – Introduced in Senate
Feb 25 – Passed Senate Education Committee
HB 475 – Sponsored by Representative Rita Smart
Feb 23 – Introduced in House
Feb 24 – Sent to House Health & Welfare Committee
March 17 – Passed House Health & Welfare Committee
March 22 – Passed KY House
March 28 – Sent to Senate Health & Welfare Committee
- Protect children and pregnant women from the harms of secondhand smoke by adopting a statewide smoke-free law.
HB 351 – Sponsored by Representative Susan Westrom
Feb 8 – Introduced in House
Feb 9 – Sent to House Health & Welfare Committee
Strong Families
- Help parents get back to work by erasing criminal records for low-level felonies after time passes with no more offenses
HB 40 – Sponsored by Representative Darryl Owens
Jan 5 – Introduced in House
Jan 5 – Sent to House Judiciary Committee
Jan 13 – Passed House Judiciary Committee
Jan 15 – Passed KY House
Jan 19 – Received in KY Senate
Jan 21 – Sent to Senate Judiciary Committee
March 17 – Passed Senate Judiciary Committee
March 29 – Passed KY Senate
April 1 – Concurred in House, sent to the Governor
April 12 – Signed by Governor Bevin
SB 298 – Sponsored by Senate President Robert Stivers
March 3 – Introduced in Senate
March 7 – Sent to Senate Judiciary Committee
- Enact a state Earned Income Tax Credit to help working families make ends meet
SB 157 – Sponsored by Senator Morgan McGarvey
Feb 5 – Introduced in the Senate
Feb 8 – Sent to Senate Appropriations & Revenue Committee
- Adopt a statewide Uniform Residential Landlord Tenant Act
HB 380 – Sponsored by Representative Jim Glenn
Feb 10 – Introduced in the House
Feb 11 – Sent to House Judiciary Committee
March 17 – Passed House Judiciary Committee
March 22 – Passed KY House
March 28 – Sent to Senate Judiciary Committee
Successful Kids
- Automatically erase or seal records of youth who get back on track after a non-violent offense
SB 294 – Sponsored by Senator Whitney Westerfield
March 3 – Introduced in the Senate
March 7 – Sent to Senate Judiciary Committee
March 17 – Passed Senate Judiciary Committee
