We’re entering in the home stretch of the 2024 session of the Kentucky General Assembly, and while a budget is still in the works, legislators have had plenty of bills to consider in the meantime.
Speaking with WHOP News recently, Senator Whitney Westerfield discussed the numerous bills he filed before the deadline, many of which have seen traction, including a bill to make sure speech therapy for stuttering was covered by health insurance, but others haven’t moved. One of those is his consumer privacy bill, which the senator says is dead—but a similar bill in the House will have both his support and his critique.
In the House, Representative Walker Thomas discussed House Bill 10—or the Momnibus Bill—which passed the House unanimously and now heads to the Senate, where he suspects it will have support as well. He says it expands the service, for both physical and mental health, for mothers who are expecting or just gave birth.
Representative Myron Dossett filed some legislation that’s focused on disaster recovery—his bill would have it so each county would be urged to create Long Term Recovery Groups, much like the one made in Christian County following the 2021 tornadoes.
Legislators will have plenty to discuss and debate heading into the last two weeks of the session, but the pressure is on to have a final budget crafted and passed before the deadline of April 15.