Kentucky
General Assembly

01/07/21	introduced in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)
02/02/21	to Judiciary (S)
02/11/21	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
02/22/21	2nd reading, to Rules
02/23/21	floor amendments (1-title) and (2) filed
02/24/21	floor amendment (3) filed

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	M. McGarvey
Summary	Make title amendment.
Index Headings	Title Amendments - SB 83

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 2
Sponsor	M. McGarvey
Summary	Amend to broaden the class of people entitled to object on the basis of religious, moral, ethical, or philosophical beliefs or principles to include LRC staff, leadership staff, security personnel, doorkeepers, state park employees, and state troopers.
Index Headings	State Employees - Discrimination against, for acts of conscience

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 3
Sponsor	W. Westerfield
Summary	Redefine "Healthcare service" to exclude "initial examination" and "necessary services"; include a provision that the exercise of this right is limited to conscience-based objections to particular healthcare services; exclude healthcare institutions from liability for exercising conscience rights; and make technical changes.
Index Headings	Health and Medical Services - Providers, prohibition of discrimination for acts of conscience Hospitals and Nursing Homes - Treatment, discrimination against employees for acts of conscience Insurance, Health - Treatment, discrimination, for acts of conscience Nurses - Treatment, discrimination, for acts of conscience Optometrists - Treatment, discrimination, for acts of conscience Personnel and Employment - Hospitals, treatment, discrimination for acts of conscience Pharmacists - Treatment, discrimination, for acts of conscience Physicians and Practitioners - Treatment, discrimination for acts of conscience Public Health - Treatment, discrimination for acts of conscience Medicaid - Treatment, discrimination, for acts of conscience