Hello from the Kentucky Senate! It is Day 27 of the 30-day legislative session.
We're expecting a Senate vote on House Bill 470, the omnibus anti-trans bill, at some point today.
Stay tuned. #KYGA23
We're expecting a Senate vote on House Bill 470, the omnibus anti-trans bill, at some point today.
Stay tuned. #KYGA23
Senate Bill 47, the medical cannabis bill, just got a second reading. That could be passed out of the Senate tomorrow. #KYGA23
House Bill 319, the teacher shortage bill, just got a first reading in the Senate. #KYGA23
HB 470 ... might not be on the orders of the day in the Senate.
That is if my hearing of the rules committee meeting is to be trusted.
That is if my hearing of the rules committee meeting is to be trusted.
HB 470 is NOT currently on the orders for today.
They can add it later in the day.
They can add it later in the day.
Meanwhile, the House Education Committee just called a special meeting upon adjournment today.
No agenda yet but it will include SB 93.
No agenda yet but it will include SB 93.
SB 150, the pronouns bill and most limited "parents' rights" arena bill, is assigned to that committee but idk on the future there because it got added to HB 470
A bit of a freak out on the Senate floor just now after a computer error caused the screens to display HB 302 - final passage on an elections bill - when they're supposed to be voting on HB 30 - something less controversial.
"I apologize but I don't apologize for freaking out," Sen. Adrienne Southworth says after pointing out the problem and then realizing she was correct.
And yes, the computer error also turned HB 302 to HB 30 - the bathroom ban bill that is dead - but they actually needed SB 30 - the bill they were supposed to be voting on all along.
live laugh love
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Sen. Damon Thayer, with some sideeye to a selection of his colleagues, says this whole voting thing would go a lot faster if everyone sat in their seats and paid attention.
A trio of Rs behind him remained steadfast in their dedication to standing in a giggly huddle.
A trio of Rs behind him remained steadfast in their dedication to standing in a giggly huddle.
Said giggly huddle has dissolved, while at least one individual member remains standing nowhere near their desk.
Here are the orders of the day 
Sen. Whitney Westfield shares his own personal estimate of the most visited websites in Kentucky:
- @heraldleader
- @courierjournal
- @KySportsRadio
could be true idk
- @heraldleader
- @courierjournal
- @KySportsRadio
could be true idk
Westerfield's bill, Senate Bill 15 about data privacy, passes with a handful of Rs voting no.
House Bill 302, the elections bill from the freak out earlier, got passed over. #KYGA23
House Bill 302, the elections bill from the freak out earlier, got passed over. #KYGA23
HB 191, which would change how vacancies on Louisville's Metro Council are filled, is up for a vote. #KYGA23
HB 153, which prohibits the enforcement of federal gun rules, is up for a vote in the Senate. #Kyga23
And HB 153 passes 27-9. Carroll, Givens, McDaniel all Rs join Dems in voting no. #KYGA23
Senate done with orders of the day for now. They're about to head into caucus meetings.
.@joesonka is in the House, watching the vote on SB 7 about unions and political contributions.
Ah, after JCTA-endorsed board candidates beat the "liberty" challengers, nonetheless.
https://twitter.com/joesonka/status/1636131679231156224
Fyi the Senate remains in recess.
Senators are trickling back in now
We are officially back. Stay tuned to see if HB 470 gets added to the orders of the day pt ii #KYGA23
Meanwhile I have NKU in the Final Four in my bracket that I just made whilst sitting here on the Senate floor.
there is a sidebar of GOP leadership + Sen. Danny Carroll, the author of a big HB 470 amendment, rn
🚨 HB 470 has NOT been added to the Kentucky Senate's Orders of the Day (night).
Unless the Senate wants to have a looooong night w/ a third brush of the orders tonight, HB 470 will need to get a vote tomorrow in order to pass before the veto period.
Unless the Senate wants to have a looooong night w/ a third brush of the orders tonight, HB 470 will need to get a vote tomorrow in order to pass before the veto period.
This is realllly not good for HB 470 supporters. Voting tomorrow does NOT give the two chambers reach a compromise if the House doesn't agree with the Senate's changes.
Senate would need to pass the bill and the House would need to agree to their changes (or meet in conference cmte to come to compromise) by 11:59 p.m. Thurs to be able to override a likely Beshear veto on this.
TLDR if they don't agree by then, HB 470 is dead.
TLDR if they don't agree by then, HB 470 is dead.
Meanwhile, @joesonka says SB 5 is up on the House floor.
This is the parents complaints bill w/ a slate of "parents' rights"/drag queen amendments from Rep. Josh Calloway. #KYGA23
This is the parents complaints bill w/ a slate of "parents' rights"/drag queen amendments from Rep. Josh Calloway. #KYGA23
OK Senate is recessing for more caucus meetings.
Rep. Josh Calloway speaking now on SB 5.
Parents "They're begging us. They just want to be parents."
Parents "They're begging us. They just want to be parents."
Calloway suggests/accuses people in schools of being activists determined to sexualize children. Calls the bill a step in the direction of protecting kids.
Calloway is asking to suspend the rules to bring floor amendment six to a vote.
He needed 51 votes - and gets ... 33. Someone points out HFA 6 is not on the board.
He needed 51 votes - and gets ... 33. Someone points out HFA 6 is not on the board.
This means he can't bring that one to the floor.
He is now criticizing the media for using "don't say gay" and says "parents have the say" is what we should be using.
He is now criticizing the media for using "don't say gay" and says "parents have the say" is what we should be using.
Calloway says they have the votes on the floor to pass as strong of parents rights bill as they want.
And for some reason, he says, it gets blocked time and time again.
Some "nut" filed an ethics complaint about him because he is on the board of a private school and pushed for a school choice amendment, he says.
Oh wow Calloway is going - he says he is risking everything he has right now by speaking
Calloway is a preacher and you can tell that rn. He has been trying to call another floor amendment - this one similar to HB 173 - but it took a while to get there
Meanwhile the Senate is filing back in
OMG Speaker Osborne just ruled the HB 173 floor amendment is out of order because it goes "way beyond the scope" of SB 5
He's now trying to call the drag show amendment
I don't see how they're gonna allow this
I don't see how they're gonna allow this
OMG they refuse to suspend the rules to hear the drag show amendment.
Drag show bill, once again, is dead
Drag show bill, once again, is dead
MEANWHILE HB 470 IS UP IN THE SENATE
Sen. Danny Carroll's floor amendment and one from Sen. Julie Raque Adams are the only amendments left standing on HB 470.
Carroll’s Amendment barely passes 19-17
um a squad of literal firefighters just came into the senate
stivers says they're here to investigate a "smell"
stivers says they're here to investigate a "smell"
Bffr
Sen. Gex Williams made a motion to lay HB 470 on the clerk's desk
Motion passes - Mays Bledsoe adds a late no.
This is a “delaying tactic” per Joe Gerth
This is a “delaying tactic” per Joe Gerth
OK Thayer says this concludes the orders of the day
Senate is starting at 9 a.m. tomorrow .
Some more floor amendments to HB 470
Senate is adjourning
What’s the future on 470?
Stivers: “I don’t know”
Stivers: “I don’t know”
He thinks confusion over what exactly all of these amendments mean played a role in pausing the bill
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