Ryan Bivens

Ryan Bivens R

State Representative
Kentucky House of Representatives District 24
Term: — – Jan. 3, 2025
1 Total

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On Record (7)

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ASA Recognizes Ryan Bivens, KY, with Outstanding State Volunteer Award  American Soybean Association
Apr 08, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Honorary Highway DesignationsMemorials
Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a portion of Kentucky Route 88 in Hart County as the Representative Dottie Sims Memorial Highway.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Corrections ImpactLocal MandateAdministrative Regulations and ProceedingsBoards And CommissionsElections and VotingCounty ClerksEducation, Elementary and Secondary
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 160 to establish a process to recall a member of a local board of education; amend KRS 160.190 to conform.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill CitiesCities, First ClassPUBLIC UTILITIES
Amend KRS 69.010 to change the time period that a city has to provide for the sale of a new franchise before the expiration of the current utility franchise from 18 months to 6 months.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral AGRICULTUREState AgenciesAdministrative Regulations and ProceedingsEducation, Elementary and SecondaryChildren and MinorsFoods And BeveragesShort Titles and Popular Names
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms; establish the Kentucky Farm to School Program and program fund; direct the Department of Agriculture to reimburse an eligible school district for every eligible meal as funds become available; require a school district that receives a reimbursement to develop and implement a Kentucky Farm to School Program plan to …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Boards And CommissionsAdministrative Regulations and ProceedingsEducation, Elementary and SecondaryEffective Dates, DelayedElections and VotingPublic Ethics
Amend KRS 160.180 to require that members of a local board of education not be ineligible for employment in the school district pursuant to KRS 160.380(5); create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to require candidates or nominees for membership on a local board to hold a certificate issued by the Kentucky Department of Education certifying that the candidate …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral VETERINARIANSAGRICULTUREAnimals, Livestock, and Poultry
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 257 to allow the determination and implementation of an on-farm animal health care or animal health production practice to be made solely by a farmer and his or her veterinarian.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share

Crossposts (43)

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Amend KRS 15.020 to define "entity of the executive branch"; require the Attorney General, in consultation with the Finance and Administration Cabinet, to review and approve or disapprove any settlement of pending or threatened litigation within 180 days before a …
May 17, 2026 · details / share
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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 341.350 to eliminate the 1 week waiting period for unemployment benefits; amend KRS 341.090 to conform.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 176 to define terms; require the Transportation Cabinet to fully shield outdoor lights encroaching on agricultural land; EMERGENCY.
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
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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to ensure that privacy exists in public building multi-occupancy private spaces; identify consequences for using multi-occupancy private spaces designated for the opposite biological sex; identify exceptions for using multi-occupancy private space designated …
Mar 16, 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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Amend KRS 42.740 to reduce the number of candidates submitted by the Kentucky League of Cities and Kentucky Association of Counties from 6 persons to 3 persons for consideration of the Governor to be appointed to the Geographic Information Advisory …
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
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Create a new section of KRS 150.725 to 150.735 to grant the Department of Agriculture the sole authority to administer and enforce permitting, holding, and fencing requirements of captive cervids in the event of a natural disaster or declared emergency.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 281A to regulate the cabinet to promulgate emergency and ordinary administrative regulations to extend the allowable time length a limited CDL in accordance with the maximum length allowed under 49 C.F.R sec. 383.3; …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Amend KRS 156.160 to require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations for an alternate high school diploma and a modified high school diploma; specify requirements for alternate and modified high school diplomas; create a new section of …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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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
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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a nonrefundable income tax credit for alternative jet fuel producers; require the Department of Revenue, in conjunction with the Department of Agriculture and the Energy and Environment Cabinet, to promulgate …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Amend KRS 382.850 to require a condemnor in an eminent domain action involving property subject to a conservation easement to provide a written report to the court justifying the condemnation due to lack of feasible alternative locations; allow the court …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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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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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 43 to require the Auditor of Public Accounts to conduct a biennial audit of the contract procurement systems of the Department of Highways; enumerate issues to be examined in the audit; allow the …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Amend KRS 214.034 to delete hepatitis B from the list of required immunizations for children; prohibit additional immunizations from being required by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services without the approval of the General Assembly; delete requirement for hepatitis …
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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Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to require candidates for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Auditor of Public Accounts, Treasurer, Commissioner of Agriculture, member of the General Assembly, any justice or judge …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Create a new section of KRS 247.940 to 247.978 to define "participating lender"; authorize the Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corporation to establish, administer, and fund a Farmland Preservation Loan Program and enter into a loan participation agreement with a qualified participating …
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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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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Propose to amend Sections 32, 72, 91, 100, and 122 of the Constitution of Kentucky to require candidates for the General Assembly, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Treasurer, Auditor of Public Accounts, Commissioner of Agriculture, Secretary of State, Attorney General, county clerk, …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 247 to define terms; establish the Kentucky Urban Youth Agriculture Initiative to promote farming to youth in urban counties with a pilot program in at least 1 University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Amend KRS 150.170 to require the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to issue a minimum of 5 deer destruction permits to any landowner, spouse, dependent child, or their designee whose lands or personal property have been damaged by …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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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 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
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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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Amend KRS 12.070 to permit a board, commission, or similar administrative body to conduct video teleconference meetings to allow public participation; allow members of a board, commission, or similar administrative body to attend meetings virtually unless a decision implements, interprets, …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 434 to define "unauthorized alien"; establish the crime of unlawful employment as a Class A misdemeanor.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 39A to create the Kentucky Emergency Volunteer Corps (KEV Corps); establish KEV Corps eligibility, supervision, training requirements, uniform details, and prohibitions; create the Kentucky Emergency Volunteer Corps fund; amend KRS 39B.030 to permit …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 512 to define terms; make criminal atmospheric pollution a Class D felony; require that a person found guilty of criminal atmospheric pollution pay a civil penalty of not less than $500,000 in addition …
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
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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
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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
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to cover at least 2 medically necessary epinephrine devices per covered person; limit a covered person's cost-sharing amount to $100 annually; amend KRS 304.17A-099 …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 199 related to the quality-based graduated early care and education rating system program to establish the intent of the General Assembly related to the program; establish processes and procedures for how the program …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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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
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