Sponsored (introduced) — Historical
Joshua Watkins · 32 bills · page 1 of 2
- HB 225 AN ACT relating to the advertising of opiate and opioid agonist drugs. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to prohibit the advertising of opiate and opioid agonist drugs. Died
- HB 104 AN ACT relating to operator's license testing. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require that a driver's education program to include instruction regarding a driver's conduct during interactions with law enforecement officers; amend KRS 186.480 to require the Kentucky State Police to make a Driver Manual available in printed or electronic format that contains the information needed for an operator's license examination; require that the manual have a section regarding a driver's conduct during interactions with law enforcement officers; require that the operator's license examination includes the driver's knowledge regarding conduct during interactions with law enforcement officers; create a new section of KRS Chapter 332 to require driver training schools to include in the course of instruction for new drivers information on how a driver should act during interactions with law enforcement officers. Died
- HCR 100 A Concurrent Resolution of the House urging the U.S. government and Army Corp of Engineers to maintain the summer pool water level in Kentucky Lake from Memorial to Labor Day. Died
- HB 59 AN ACT relating to the disclosure of private cellular phone numbers. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to prohibit the marketing, sharing, or selling of wireless phone numbers of subscribers without express written consent of the subscriber; amend KRS 367.990 to create a penalty between $1,000 and $10,000 for each violation. Died
- HB 60 AN ACT relating to life imprisonment for persistent felony offenders. Amend KRS 532.080 to increase the sentence to life without the possiblity of parole for offenders with three or more independent convictions for Class A or B felonies or capital offenses. Died
- HB 62 AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to apply a uniform penalty of mandatory drug treatment and community service to persons convicted of possessing certain drugs and paraphernalia; amend KRS 218A.140 to revise possession of counterfeit substances from a Class D felony to a Class A misdemeanor; amend KRS 218A.1415 to revise possession of a controlled substance from a Class D felony to a Class A misdemeanor; amend KRS 218A.1437 to lower possession of a methamphetamine precursor from a Class D felony to a Class A misdemeanor; amend KRS 218A.276 to require that defendants convicted of possession of a counterfeit substance under KRS 218A.140, marijuana under KRS 218A.1422, synthetic drugs under KRS 218A.1430, methamphetamine precursors under KRS 218A.1437, salvia under KRS 218A.1451, or drug paraphernalia under KRS 218A.500 complete a drug treatment program; amend KRS 218A.275 to require that defendants convicted of possession of a controlled substance under various sections of Chapter 218A complete a drug treatment program; amend KRS 431.078 to conform. Died
- HB 191 AN ACT relating to consumer protection in eye care. Amend KRS 367.680 to define terms; amend KRS 367.681 to add requirements for prescriptions for visual aid glasses; amend KRS 367.683 and 367.684 to make applicable to all contact lens and visual aid glasses sellers and dispensers; amend KRS 367.685 to require fitting based on ocular health; amend KRS 367.686 and 367.687 to make applicable to visual aid glasses; create a new section of KRS 367.680 to 367.690 to set requirements for performance and operation of assessment mechanisms for contact lenses and visual aid glasses; amend KRS 367.688 and 367.690 to make applicable to visual aid glasses; increase the fine for violations to $11,000; create a new section of KRS 367.680 to 367.690 to provide that those sections may be cited as the Consumer Protection in Eye Care Act; APPROPRIATION. Enacted
- HR 44 Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Fern Adkins. Died
- HR 99 Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Frances Rebecca Clements Abell. Died
- HB 372 AN ACT relating to protections of religious organizations. Create new sections of KRS Chapter 344 to set forth legislative findings; define "discriminatory actions," "religious organization," "state benefit program," and "state government"; set forth those religious beliefs or moral convictions protected by the Act; restrict state government from taking discriminatory actions against religious organizations for certain actions; allow a person to assert a claim against state government as a defense against certain discriminatory actions; require that a person assert a claim within two years; waive sovereign, governmental, and qualified immunities except those of liability under the Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution; declare that the protections of free exercise of religious beliefs afforded are in addition to protections under federal and state law and federal and state constitutions; specify that if any application or provisions of the Act that is held invalid under the law, the remainder of the Act and application of its provisions shall not be affected. Died
- HR 295 Honor Fred Clem. Died
- HR 27 Recognize February 17 to 24, 2018, as FFA Week in Kentucky. Died
- HR 319 Honor Jody Richards upon his retirement from the House of Representatives. Died
- HR 251 Honor Sturgill Simpson. Died
- HR 245 Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Officer Scotty Hamilton. Died
- HR 96 Memorialize the forty-fifth anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion. Died
- HR 206 Recognize All Masons Day on February 28, 2018. Died
- HB 61 AN ACT relating to criminal attempted murder. Amend KRS 439.3401 to make criminal attempt to commit murder of a peace officer or a firefighter an offense for which at least 85 percent of the sentence must be served before probation or parole. Died
- HR 292 Honor Robert L. King upon his retirement. Died
- HR 45 Adjourn in honor and loving memory of former Kentucky State Representative Louis Johnson. Died
- HR 40 Declare January 17, 2018, to be Hunger Free Kentucky Day. Died
- HR 252 Recognize March as Irish American Heritage Month for Kentucky. Died
- HR 279 Honor Joyce Honaker upon winning the 2018 Vic Hellard Jr. Award for exemplary public service. Died
- HR 134 Recognize the role that the hospitality industry can play in disrupting child sex trafficking and encouraging residents, employees, and agencies to use hotels and venues which are signatories of the Tourism Child-Protection Code of Conduct. Died
- HR 76 Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Bart Ross Elder. Died