Kim Banta

Kim Banta R

State Representative
Kentucky House of Representatives District 63
Term: — – Jan. 3, 2025
3 Neutral 3 Total

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On Record (12)

Bill CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTSCRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Amend KRS 532.110 to remove the cap on consecutive indeterminate terms of imprisonment.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Parental RightsEducation, Elementary and SecondaryChildren and Minors
Amend KRS 158.150 to allow a student to be placed in an alternative program or setting indefinitely; require annual review if a student is placed in an alternative program or setting for longer than 1 calendar year; provide for appeal to the local board of education of any decision of the appeals committee.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Mental healthADVERTISINGConsumer ProtectionTechnologyHealth Care ProfessionalsBoards And CommissionsEffective Dates, EmergencyHealth and Medical ServicesOccupations and ProfessionsTrade Practices and RetailingPublic Protection
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 367 to define terms; restrict the use of artificial intelligence by certain licensed professionals in therapy and psychotherapy services; prohibit licensed professionals from using artificial intelligence to assist in providing supplementary support in therapy or psychotherapy services where the client's therapeutic session is recorded; provide exceptions; prohibit advertising or offering therapy or psychotherapy services …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral State AgenciesBoards And CommissionsUniversities and CollegesEffective Dates, DelayedEducation, HigherShort Titles and Popular Names
Amend KRS 164.020 to prohibit the Council on Postsecondary Education from raising tuition for a postsecondary education institution more than 5% a year for Kentucky resident students and 7% a year for non-Kentucky resident students; provide a 4-year tuition freeze for an enrolled Kentucky resident student; require an institution to notify a student before expiration of a tuition freeze; require …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral State AgenciesAdministrative Regulations and ProceedingsEducation, Elementary and SecondaryEducation, FinanceReports MandatedEffective Dates, Delayed
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 159 to require a local school district to enroll a student on a part-time basis for courses or programs in a school, subject to standard enrollment policies and procedures; permit part-time enrollment in a local school district to partially satisfy compulsory attendance; prohibit part-time enrollee participation in interscholastic athletics; amend KRS 158.120 to …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral General AssemblyLocal MandateElections and VotingConstitution, Ky.
Propose to amend Section 32 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prevent Senators from serving more than 4 terms of office, not including partial terms of 2 years or less, and to prevent members of the House of Representatives from serving more than 6 terms of office, not including partial terms of 2 years or less, beginning with those elected …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral TaxationDISABILITIESSecretary Of StateLocal MandateCounty ClerksElections and VotingConstitution, Ky.Taxation, PropertyAged Persons and Aging
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 assessments beginning on or after January 1, 2027.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Education, Elementary and SecondaryEducation, FinanceEducation, VocationalEducation, Higher
Amend KRS 164.786 to include a proprietary school in the definition of "participating institution" for the purpose of the Dual Credit Scholarship Program; amend KRS 164.787 to include a proprietary school in the definition of "eligible institution" for the purpose of the Work Ready Kentucky Scholarship Program.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Occupational Safety And HealthFirefighters and Fire DepartmentsDeathsDiseases
Amend KRS 61.315 to include additional cancers which, when they are the cause of death of a firefighter, would make the firefighter eligible for death benefits; make a technical correction.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
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Crossposts (43)

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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 116.155 to add gender-neutral language.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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Amend Sections 13 and 195 and repeal Sections 211 and 242 of the Constitution of Kentucky to eliminate the power of eminent domain in the Commonwealth.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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Amend KRS 532.031, relating to hate crimes, to include offenses committed against an individual because of political creed; amend KRS 15.334 and 17.1523 to conform.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 525 to define "adult performance"; establish the offense of engaging in an adult performance; establish penalties; EMERGENCY.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Amend KRS 205.6412 to require the Department for Medicaid Services to seek authorization from the United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to implement a state-directed payment for physician and nonphysician professional services provided to a Medicaid beneficiary by …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 210 to define terms; establish the Kentucky Positive Youth Development Commission; establish the positive youth development trust fund; amend KRS 200.503, 200.505, and 200.509 to require the State Interagency Council for Services and Supports …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Amend KRS 218A.100 to place an abortion-inducing drug in Schedule IV; amend KRS 218A.1413 to include an abortion-inducing drug in the offense of trafficking in a controlled substance in the second degree; amend KRS 218A.1415 to include an abortion-inducing drug …
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
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 372, relating to contracts against public policy, to define "act of sexual abuse"; declare as void any nondisclosure agreement, confidentiality agreement, or nondisclosure or confidentiality provision of an agreement to the extent the …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 61 to require a permitting authority to issue a decision on any permit application within 60 days; automatically grant any permit if a permitting authority fails to render a decision within 60 days; require …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Amend KRS 216B.040 to require that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services conduct public hearings on certificate of need applications as requested by applicants and by holders of certificates of need and licenses; amend KRS 216B.062 to require a …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 150 to define terms; require that any permit issued to take a lower Ohio River trophy catfish shall expire on May 31, 2027; prohibit the issuance or reissuance of an any lower Ohio …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Amend KRS 205.529, 218A.172, 218A.205, and 304.17A.165 to remove references to a Schedule III controlled substance containing hydrocodone; amend KRS 218A.010 to add optometrist and physician assistant to the definition of "practitioner" licensed in other states; amend KRS 218A.182 to …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 278 to allow a customer of an electric retail electric supplier to opt out of having a smart meter installed if the customer owns the premises where the meter will be installed; require …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to define "automated license plate reader" or "ALPR"; prohibit the use, deployment, and maintenance of an ALPR system; allow a person to bring a civil action for a violation and allow recovery …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to exempt the Commonwealth of Kentucky from the advancement of time known as daylight saving time; require the Commonwealth of Kentucky and its political subdivisions to at all times observe the standard …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
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
Bill crosspost Neutral
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 61 to define "boy," "equal," "female," "girl," "male," "man," "sex," and "woman"; prohibit any state or local law, regulation, ordinance, or policy from treating males or females unfairly from similiarly situated members of the …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to define "provisional license" and "standard license"; authorize the Department of Kentucky State Police (KSP) to issue provisional licenses to carry concealed firearms and other deadly weapons to persons who are 18 …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 29A to establish that a person present at any part of a grand jury proceeding shall not knowingly record the proceeding or disclose any information gathered while present during a proceeding; amend KRS …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
The Governor's recommended State/Executive Branch Budget: Detail Part I, Operating Budget; detail Part II, Capital Projects Budget; detail Part III, General Provisions; detail Part IV, State Salary/Compensation, Benefit, and Employment Policy; detail Part V, Funds Transfer; detail Part VI, General …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Amend KRS 217.127 to define "charitable food donor" as a nonprofit or religious organization that is recognized as tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or home-based processor, which produces food for distribution to a homeless shelter …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 367 to establish requirements to protect minors from AI companion platforms and social media platforms using addictive features and predatory data collection; define terms; require AI companion platforms and social media platforms to refine …
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 446.350 to define terms; outline appropriate relief if a government substantially burdens a person's sincerely held religious belief; apply to laws adopted before or after the effective date; include severability clause; waive sovereign and governmental immunity.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define "organization" as a federally recognized patriotic civic service organization that consists of or serves youths; permit an organization to request and require superintendents to provide an opportunity to provide information …
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
Bill crosspost Neutral
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to define "lobbying" and "public school or school district"; prohibit a public school or school district from expending any moneys to compensate an external individual or entity to lobby; permit employees of …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 43 to elect for the Commonwealth to participate in the qualified elementary and secondary education scholarship federal tax credit program; designate the Auditor of Public Accounts as the officer to submit the Commonwealth's …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 11 to require the Governor to request permission from the State Treasurer to use tax dollars for international travel; prohibit the use of tax dollars for international travel by the Governor without approval.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Amend KRS 141.019 and 141.039 to ignore capital gains and capital losses from the sale or exchange of currency or bullion.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 38 to restrict the use of the Kentucky National Guard outside of state active duty unless Congress officially declares war or has taken official action pursuant to the Constitution of the United States …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to define terms; provide that a person shall not be eligible for pretrial release until he or she can provide proof of citizenship or that he or she is lawfully permitted to …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Propose to amend Section 1 of the Constitution of Kentucky to provide citizens of the Commonwealth the right to exempt from property taxation a property owned and maintained solely as their primary residence and a motor vehicle owned and maintained …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
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 a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to define terms related to automated license plate readers; restrict use of automated license plate readers; establish limitations on use and sale of data captured by automated license plate readers; provide that …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Amend KRS 139.480, relating to the sales and use taxes, to exempt bees used in a commercial enterprise for the production of honey or wax for sale or for the pollination of crops, and certain items used in that pursuit; …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define "Success Sequence"; require all students to receive instruction on the Success Sequence during grades 7 and 10 beginning with the 2027-2028 school year; require the Kentucky Board of Education to …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 16 to define "Task Force Model Program"; require Kentucky State Police posts to enter into agreements with the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement to participate in the Task Force Model Program; require …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Amend KRS 140.080 to exempt Class B beneficiaries from inheritance taxation when receiving property from a decedent who died on or after January 1, 2027.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Amend KRS 367.3611 to define "automated-decision system," "base price," "individualized data," and "surveillance pricing"; amend KRS 367.3617 to prohibit any controller under the Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act from engaging in surveillance pricing, or offering, setting, or displaying a price …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
­Create a new section of KRS Chapter 510 to establish the offense of grooming a minor; amend KRS 510.010 to define "course of conduct," "grooming behavior," and "sexual conduct"; amend various sections to conform; make technical corrections.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share