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Bobby McCool R

State Representative
Kentucky House of Representatives District 97
Term: — – Jan. 3, 2025
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Photo URL: https://legislature.ky.gov/Legislators%20Thumbnail%20Images/house97.jpg

On Record (11)

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Bobby McCool reelected as 97th District State Representative  WYMT
Apr 09, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Honorary Highway DesignationsMemorials
Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a portion of Kentucky Route 40 in Johnson County as the Tucker Daniel Memorial Highway.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Honorary Highway DesignationsMemorials
Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a portion of Kentucky Route 3 in Johnson and Martin Counties as the Coach Jim Matney Memorial Highway.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Military Affairs and Civil Defense
Amend KRS 36.230 to include gender-neutral language.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Firefighters and Fire DepartmentsPublic Protection
Amend KRS 75.160, relating to fire protection districts, to include gender-neutral language.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Veterans
Amend KRS 40.050 to include gender-neutral language.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Firefighters and Fire DepartmentsPublic ProtectionTechnical Corrections
Amend KRS 75.160 to include gender-neutral language.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Military Affairs and Civil Defense
Amend KRS 36.230 to include gender-neutral language.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Veterans
Amend KRS 40.050 to include gender-neutral language.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral AppropriationsLICENSINGPUBLIC UTILITIESFUNDSState AgenciesWater SupplyWaste ManagementEffective Dates, EmergencyReports MandatedWorkforceEducation, VocationalOccupations and Professions
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 336 to define terms; establish the Kentucky FLOW Program and specify eligible participants, activities, and uses of funds; establish the Kentucky FLOW Program fund; appropriate $1,347,500 in each fiscal year from the General Fund to the Kentucky FLOW Program fund; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY, effective, July 1, 2026.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral EnergyPUBLIC UTILITIESLocal GovernmentLocal MandateEffective Dates, DelayedEnvironment and Conservation
Amend KRS 278.160 to prohibit the collection of charges and fees for other governmental units by an investor-owned electric utility; prohibit the collection of certain surcharges and amounts that are not directly and exclusively related to the provision of electric service; require investor owned utilities to file new tariffs 90 days after December 30, 2026; EFFECTIVE December 30, 2026.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share

Crossposts (28)

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Amend KRS 431.200, relating to the restoration of property, to make technical corrections.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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Amend KRS 29A.100 to require judges to excuse teachers from jury duty until the end of the school term if the Commonwealth is experiencing a teacher shortage.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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Amend KRS 164.0401 to add a speech-language pathology or audiology license to the definition of "eligible healthcare credential" for the purpose of the Kentucky healthcare workforce investment fund.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 336 to allow public employee collective bargaining organizations to represent only dues-paying members; allow nonmember employees to be represented by counsel of their choosing, subject to reasonable employer procedures; grant the labor organization …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Create new sections of KRS Chapter 15 to require the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council (KLEC) to approve and certify within 90 days of submission an 80 hour basic training course for constables and deputy constables, and topics for in-service training …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Amend KRS 157.220 to require the Kentucky Department of Education to promulgate administrative regulations in accordance with the maximum class sizes and caseloads specified for exceptional children and youth; make technical corrections; amend KRS 157.200 to define "caseload" and "special …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Amend KRS 441.005 to define "restricted custody center" and make technical changes; create new sections of KRS Chapter 441 to require the Department of Corrections to promulgate administrative regulations providing the minimum standards for holdover facilities; require the Department of …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 446 to prohibit the recognition of adjudicative rulings or contractual provisions based in whole or in part upon Sharia or any foreign law; provide for exceptions for ecclesiastical matters, voluntary choice of law …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Amend KRS 278.670 to define "environmental control" and "underpreciated extra-state generation utility plant balances," amend various definitions, and make technical changes; amend KRS 278.672 to remove the deadline date for calculating the value of the regulatory asset associated with the …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require coverage for emergency ground ambulance services; establish minimum allowable reimbursement for out-of-network emergency ground ambulance services; establish requirements for reimbursement of out-of-network ground ambulance providers; prohibit balance …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Appropriate $96 million from the Kentucky Permanent Pension Fund in fiscal year 2026-2027 to the Kentucky Public Pensions Authority to fund 1-time supplemental payments on July 1, 2026, to recipients of a retirement allowance who have been retired for at …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Amend KRS 38.030 to define "Commonwealth emergency response pay" and entitle Kentucky National Guard members to receive Commonwealth emergency response pay when called to state active duty service when an emergency is declared by the Governor; amend KRS 38.010 to …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Amend KRS 158.1415 to require a school district to adopt health curricula that includes human growth and development instruction that meets specific criteria; set restrictions for the instruction that grants parents an opportunity to review materials and opt their child …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186 to define "local governmental entity" and "local official"; require the Transportation Cabinet to expand driver licensing services by setting up a system between the Transportation Cabinet and 1 local official or local …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 40 to require persons seeking to receive compensation for advising or assisting with veterans' benefits claims to provide a signed disclosure document stating these services may be provided for free from other entities.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 161 to enact and enter into the School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact; declare purpose; define terms; set requirements for member states and for school psychologists to participate in the compact; establish provisions for …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 40 to define terms; create the Residential Ease of Access for Disabled Veterans Program for funding the construction and installation of accessibility ramps on residences of disabled veterans; establish the Residential Ease of …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Amend KRS 61.621 to allow a member of a state-administered retirement system who works in a nonhazardous position that could be certified as a hazardous position and who receives a duty-related injury to be eligible for the same minimum retirement …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Create a new section of KRS 304.17A-660 to 304.17A-669 to define "psychiatric collaborative care model"; require the commissioner of insurance to promulgate and maintain an administrative regulation to list alterations and additions to relevant billing codes; require health benefit plans …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Create new sections of KRS 304.17A-600 to 304.17A-633 to define terms; prohibit insurers of health benefit plans from requiring prior authorization for a health care service for which the provider has an exemption; require insurers of health benefit plans to …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Amend KRS 64.185 to establish a salary schedule for coroners; require the Department for Local Government to certify the population group within the salary schedule and the years of service for each coroner assuming office; provide for adjustments to compensation …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Amend KRS 224.40-315 to exclude certain waste sites or facilities from being considered a municipal solid waste disposal facility.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Amend KRS 211.190 to make water fluoridation programs optional; allow the governing bodies of water systems subject to regulation by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to decide whether they participate in water fluoridation programs; provide that a water …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Amend KRS 139.495 to define "educational or charitable institution" and "religious institution"; exempt purchases and sales of tangible personal property, digital property, or services made by qualifying religious institutions from state sales and use taxes; make technical changes.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Propose to amend Section 170 of the Constitution of Kentucky to increase the homestead exemption to $100,000; require the homestead exemption amount to be indexed every year; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection; apply to property …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Amend KRS 160.145, relating to unauthorized electronic communicating in schools, to expand existing definitions and define "private electronic communication," "qualified school volunteer," and "commercial, nonprofit, or local government affiliation"; limit the scope of unauthorized electronic communication to private electronic communication, …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 216B.250 as a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to define terms; require health facilities and other health care providers to provide itemized health care statements in certain circumstances; specify the contents of the health …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 197 to establish the Kentucky Community and Technical College System Prison Education Program within the Department of Corrections in partnership with the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) to provide inmates with job …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share