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Day 3 of Kentucky General Assembly's special session set to begin in a moment when the Senate gavels in, followed by House at 10. Each of the 5 big bills of the session will get their third reading today & could pass through both chambers and head to Gov. Beshear's desk. #kyga21
Senate now taking up SB 5 for passage. This is the bill for $410 million of appropriations to lure a mystery $2 billion economic development project to Hardin County. Background: courier-journal.com/story/news/pol…
Short and sweet, the voting on SB 5 begins.
Senate about to convene in a moment and begin Day 2 of the special session of the Kentucky General Assembly. #kyga21
Senate may take up SB 1 or SB 4 this morning, which they passed out of committee yesterday.
Here's a quick rundown of the 5 big bills (and one joint resolution) for this session that have a mirrors of themselves in each chamber.
General Assembly special session about to kick off in the House. Unlike regular session, looks like most members won’t be wearing masks this time. 
Drafts of 6 bills are floating around, but nothing official filed yet. One would scrap the mask regulations for schools and child care centers and let districts/centers set their own policies.
One bill provides that legislators will not be paid during "veto days" of a special session, so I would assume that means they'll stay recessed but in session for a while to override anything Beshear vetoes.
Here's what's now in motion as far as tax cuts and tax breaks this session: #kyga21
In addition to taking money needed for our budget, these tax breaks would force Kentucky to pay back an equivalent amount out of the $2.4 billion in aid we are set to receive from the #AmericanRescuePlan: kypolicy.org/last-minute-ta…
UPDATED with $25 million in private school voucher tax breaks from HB 563 added. Over $665 million in tax cuts are at play.
Senate A&R now amending a bill to apparently again make the highly ineffective and expensive film tax credit refundable at a cost of $75 million a year, giving away a massive amount of money on an idea that was never given a public hearing or introduced as a bill. #sewage
In addition, Kentucky will be required to refund federal aid equal to the cost of all tax cuts and tax breaks like the film tax credit because of the new provisions of the American Rescue Plan. A double hit to our budget. #kyga21
HB 574--the new Kentucky elections bill--is now up on the House floor.
It's a great, compromise package. It expands voter access while enhancing the integrity of the process. #KYGA21
It's a great, compromise package. It expands voter access while enhancing the integrity of the process. #KYGA21
Rep. Decker just mentioned me (though not by name) on the House floor. I was proud to provide some insights on this bill to help improve it. Thanks for the shout-out!
House just adopted Floor Amendment 2, which allows homeless individuals to choose a permanent address for voting purposes.
Watching the KY House Elections Committee hearing on HB 574, a big election bill that would both expand voter access and enhance security measures. Rep. Decker said they received feedback from lots of people, including "a professor of law."
I assume that's me! #KYGA21
I assume that's me! #KYGA21
This bill would allow for four days of early voting, make the absentee ballot request portal permanent, allow counties to have Vote Centers, and allow ballot cures for mismatched signatures. That's not enough, but it's a great start!
There's also some "integrity" measures, including a few concerning things.
But as an overall package, it's a great compromise and should be a model for bipartisan election reform.
But as an overall package, it's a great compromise and should be a model for bipartisan election reform.
Rep. @stevensonspeaks is now on @KyTonightKET with three other new lawmakers to discuss the #KyGa21 Session. Stream now at KET.org/live
In discussion about potential veto overrides, Rep. @stevensonspeaks said Gov. Beshear should not have his emergency powers curtailed. “I very much believe the governor was elected for times like this.” #COVID19
Rep. @stevensonspeaks says the government is interfering with the doctor-patient relationship when it comes to limiting prescriptive use of medical marijuana. “We need to get out of the business of telling doctors how to advise their patients,” she said.
Day 6 kicks off budget and revenue bills in House A&R committee. They will be passing continuing budgets until they can get to conference committee. #kyga21
Committee passes through the transportation, legislative, judicial and executive branch continuing budgets quickly.
The only one that didn't pass was HB 191, which is Beshear's suggested COVID-19 relief bill w/ $220 million for small businesses & $20m for nonprofits. Chairman Petrie says there needs to be more caution with that until it's known what such funds can/can't be used for. #kyga21
Yes, it’s Saturday morning. Yes, it’s Day 5 of #kyga21 in Frankfort.
The Senate is about to gavel in and the House will at 10am. They could give final passage to as many as 8 bills and send them straight to Gov. Beshear's desk, many of which restrict his powers. Background: courier-journal.com/story/news/pol… #kyga21
Thayer suggests that at least one bill is going to be sent to Beshear's desk this afternoon. He also just recommitted HB 1 back to committee. I'm not sure if that committee is going to meet today, but it's not scheduled. #kyga21
Day 4 of the #kyga21 session begins with a joint Appropriations and Revenue committee meeting with Gov. Beshear's budget director John Hicks.
This would normally be the last day before the break until the first Tuesday of February, but GOP leaders extended it to Saturday & M-W.
This would normally be the last day before the break until the first Tuesday of February, but GOP leaders extended it to Saturday & M-W.
GOP leaders last night expressed concern that Beshear's budget wasn't conservative enough on assumed revenue and spending (link here), but Hicks says they're going with a conservative estimate of the Consensus Forecasting Group. #kyga21 courier-journal.com/story/news/pol…
Looks like the justice will get a chance to weigh in on HB 3 today.
ICYMI: Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear delays State of the Commonwealth address after Capitol riot in D.C., now scheduled for 7pm tonight: courier-journal.com/story/news/pol… via @courierjournal #kyga21
This afternoon on Day 3 of the #kyga21 session, the House and Senate are expected to pass through most if not all of their Top 5 priority bills in each chamber. A few detailed in here: courier-journal.com/story/news/pol…
House Bill 1 up now in the House, which will let businesses and schools and other orgs stay open despite Gov. Beshear's emergency orders so long as they meet CDC guidelines. #kyga21
Day 2 of the #kyga21 session is underway. ICYMI from yesterday, the GOP is moving fast on priority bills targeting abortion and Gov. Beshear's emergency powers to make COVID-19 restrictions: courier-journal.com/story/news/pol…
Right now the Senate Ag committee is hearing SB 3 to move the Kentucky Agriculture Development Fund from the governor’s office to the Kentucky Department of Agriculture. #kyga21
Also in a House committee right now is HB 4, a proposed constitutional amendment to extend the days in which the General Assembly can meet during the regular session. #kyga21
An hour before the protest against Gov. Beshear’s COVID-19 orders are set to begin, a few dozen people, a bluegrass band and a conferserate flag have gathered.
*confederate
Actually, two confederate flags. American flags currently outnumber them 4-2.
