At least one more hearing will be held in the House Appropriations and Revenue Committee before a vote is taken on a Medicaid bill. Health and Family Services Secretary Janie Miller is scheduled to testify before the committee on Monday. Kentucky Senate President David Williams is still grumbling about the pace of the special session. Williams says Gov. Beshear never should have called the session without some kind of an agreement.
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Optometry Bill On Its Way To Beshear
It wasn’t introduced until February. Neither House and Senate leaders nor the governor ever mentioned it as a priority. But a bill allowing optometrists to perform certain surgical procedures currently only done by ophthalmologists—who are medical doctors—is on its way to Governor Steve Beshear for his signature.
Amendment Protecting Hunting And Fishing Clears Committee
A Kentucky House committee has approved a constitutional amendment assuring Kentuckians’ right to hunt and fish. The measure is House Bill One and Speaker Greg Stumbo is a primary sponsor.
House Leaders Send Revised Budget To Senate
Democratic leaders in the Kentucky House have sent a revised budget proposal to Senate Republicans.
Abortion Bill Remains Stalled In General Assembly
The latest attempt by Kentucky House Republicans to dislodge an abortion-related bill from committee has failed.
House Leaders Reveal New Budget Outline
Kentucky House leaders have unveiled the broad outline of a new state spending plan.
Beshear Makes New Gaming Pitch
A new pitch from Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear for a budget based on revenue from casino gambling landed with a thud in the state House Thursday.
Slots Bill Introduced, Slots Amendment Clears Senate Committee
From Kentucky Public Radio’s Tony McVeigh
Amanda's Bill Passes House
Amanda’s Bill, which passed 97-0, now moves to the Senate
Stumbo Files "Amanda's Law" Domestic Violence Bill
Stumbo’s bill comes in response to the September 11th murder of Amanda Ross, who was gunned down outside her Lexington townhouse