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Practicing Global Solidarity Back to General Assembly
Back to 2006 General Assembly
Protecting Human Life
Promoting
Family Life Pursuing Social
Justice
"September 11 has given us a new sense of vulnerability. However, we must be
careful not to define our security primarily in military terms. Our nation must
join with others in addressing policies and problems that provide fertile ground
in which terrorism can thrive. No injustice legitimizes the horror we have
experienced. But a more just world will be a more peaceful world."
Faithful Citizenship: A Call to Political Responsibility
State governments are less likely to address global issues, but when our
General Assembly proposes legislation of this nature, the Catholic Conference
will work to pass, amend, or defeat it.
For more information about the Church's teaching on immigration, visit the
Justice for Immigrants pages
on the United States Conference of Catholic
Bishops website.
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other legislators call 1-800-372-7181; EN
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If a bill is in committee and your State
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especially important that you contact him/her.
Click here for list of committee members.
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Bill # |
Description |
Committee |
CCK Position |
Action |
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SB 11 |
AN ACT
relating to human trafficking. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 509 to
define the crime of human trafficking and punish it as a Class B felony. |
Judiciary |
Support |
Contact Senate Judiciary Chairman Robert Stivers and urge him
to give SB 11 a
hearing and a vote as soon as possible. |
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HB 26 |
AN ACT relating to postsecondary education.
Amend KRS 164.020 to require that the minimum qualifications for admission
to a public postsecondary institution shall require a person to be a U.S.
citizen, national, or permanent resident, or meet other specified
requirements; amend KRS 164.518 to require status as a U.S. citizen,
national, or permanent resident to be eligible for an early childhood
education scholarship; amend KRS 164.753 to require status as a U.S.
citizen, national, or permanent resident to be eligible for postsecondary
grants and scholarships administered by the Kentucky Higher Education
Assistance Authority (KHEAA); amend KRS 164.7535 to require status as a U.S.
citizen, national, or permanent resident to be eligible for College Access
Program grants; amend KRS 164.769 to make U.S. nationals and permanent
residents eligible for the Teacher Scholarship Program; amend KRS 164.785 to
require status as a U.S. citizen, national, or permanent resident to be
eligible for the Kentucky Tuition Grant program; amend KRS 164.7874 to
clarify language requiring status as a U.S. citizen, national, or permanent
resident to be eligible for the Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship
(KEES) program; amend KRS 164.7885 to require a participating institution to
verify to KHEAA the student's status as a U.S. citizen, national, or
permanent resident for the purposes of implementing the KEES program; and
amend KRS 164.7891 to make U.S. nationals and permanent residents eligible
for the Osteopathic Medicine Scholarship program. |
Education |
Oppose |
Contact Chairman Rasche and urge that he NOT give
HB 26 a hearing. |
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HB 39 |
AN ACT
relating to postsecondary education tuition. Amend KRS 164.020 to
direct the Council on Postsecondary Education to require a student who pays
in-state tuition to prove legal residency in Kentucky and the United States. |
Education |
Oppose |
Contact Chairman Rasche and urge that he NOT give
HB 39 a hearing. |
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HB
115 |
AN ACT
relating to crimes and punishments. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 431
to authorize certified peace officers to enforce U. S. immigration laws and
prohibit police agencies from prohibiting their officers from doing so. |
Judiciary |
Oppose |
Defeated in Committee on 1/11. Can be brought back. Urge
Chairman Lindsay NOT to reconsider
HB 115. |
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HB 118 |
AN ACT relating to alien disability. Amend
KRS 381.290, relating to right of an alien intending to be naturalized to
own real or personal property in Kentucky, to delete original provisions and
replace them with a provision permitting aliens, both resident and
nonresident, to own real and personal property in Kentucky in the same
manner as a citizen, except as provided by an applicable statute or treaty;
repeal KRS 381.300, 381.310, 381.320, 381.330, and 381.340 restricting the
rights of aliens to own property in Kentucky. |
Judiciary |
Support |
Contact Chairman Gross Lindsay an urge him to give
HB 118 a hearing
and a vote in committee. |
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HB 150 |
AN ACT
relating to employment of illegal aliens. Create a new section of KRS
Chapter 337 to prohibit an employer from hiring illegal aliens; amend KRS
337.990 to impose a penalty of $5,000 for each violation. |
Labor and Industry |
Oppose |
Might be heard in committee on 1/24. Urge Chairman Gray NOT
to give HB 150 a hearing. 1-800-372-7181;
EN ESPAŅOL 1-877-739-5556. If your State Representative is on
the committee, please contact him/her and urge a NO vote on
HB 150. |
In addition to the above CCK is reviewing House Concurrent Resolutions
4,
and
5.
CCK does oppose HCR
25.Concurrent
resolutions when adopted by both House and Senate do NOT have the force of law.
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