Kentucky General Assembly

Experts warn that blocking access to these health care services will endanger the mental health – and ultimately the lives – of trans and nonbinary children.

The bill prohibits certain “adult performances” on publicly owned property or at locations “where the person knows or should know that the adult performance could be viewed by a person under the age of 18.”

The measure makes it easier for parents to challenge books, programs and instructional materials they deem obscene.

The bill would remove power over board and superintendent appointments another degree away from the governor’s control.

The measure would change Kentucky’s constitution, which currently prevents the state from funding private education.

House Bill 8 lowers the income tax, but it imposes a 6% sales tax on services that previously went untaxed.

Kentucky Smart on Crime, a criminal justice reform coalition, wants to see legislation this year that will better support people with mental health issues and substance use disorder.

Sen. Karen Berg says her son, Henry Berg-Brousseau, struggled with mental illness, “not because he was trans but born from his difficulty finding acceptance.”

Kentucky House Education Committee Chair Rep. Regina Huff, a Republican, has introduced legislation to require local school boards to hold at least 15…

The session is set to begin the Tuesday after Labor Day. The Republican-led legislature will consider COVID-related policies.