The Kentucky General Assembly wrapped up their work before the veto, a recess last week.

A number of significant and controversial pieces of legislation passed both chambers and are on the desk now of Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear.

Our Casey Parker Bell reports on the bills waiting for action by the governor and highlights some of the biggest bills to pass the legislature before the break.

I move that the Senate adjourn until the hour of 12 p.m., 12 noon Wednesday, March 29th year of our Lord 2023.

The Kentucky General Assembly is on break until next week, but this week, Governor Andy Beshear will be making decisions on whether to sign some major pieces of legislation.

No decision will be more closely watched than whether Senate Bill 150 receives a gubernatorial veto.

Bills like this cause increased suicide in our youth.

We should not be passing any bill that would do that.

The wide ranging Senate Bill 150 would ban transition services for trans youth, restrict schools from discussing sexual orientation, and will require schools to develop policies on bathroom use.

The bill was one of the most hotly contested pieces of legislation this session.

This harms kids in every school in this Commonwealth.

We're going to lose our kids.

We need to ensure that surgery or drugs that completely alter their life and alter their body is not something we should be allowing until they are adults who can choose it for themselves.

The General Assembly also passed several bills impacting the state's public school system.

One bill will change how appointments are made to the Kentucky Board of Education, and it requires appointment of the state's education commissioner to receive Senate approval.

And education itself was created to be outside of the governor's office.

It was created to be an independent entity that would not be influenced by politics.

But yet we've seen that happen over and over again.

That is Senate Bill 107.

Some are already speculating whether Education Commissioner Jason Glass would receive confirmation if appointed to serve a second term.

Another measure delivered to the governor is House Bill 538.

The legislation gives teachers more say over discipline in schools.

A student who has been chronically disruptive or abusive or harassing teachers or other students is also not need to be in the classroom.

And HB 538 would allow school principals to place students they find disruptive to the class, setting an alternative learning like virtual learning.

Senate Bill five would allow parents to contest school materials and library books.

The bill creates a process for parents to request obscene material removed from schools.

This bill's purpose is to guarantee the parents involvement to end their child's access to this material that they may believe is harmful to their family values.

Opponents to the measure are calling Senate Bill five a book ban.

The process would leave principals and school board members in charge of determining whether materials should remain in their local public school.

Legislators also passed measures to address problems with the state's juvenile justice system.

Reports of assaults and riots led to the passage of Senate Bill 162, which sets standards for emergency response at the state's juvenile facilities.

And House Bill three, which appropriates more than $13 million to reopen a juvenile detention center in Jefferson County.

Even though temporary safety measures are in place, DOJ remains in a state of crisis in many areas.

The governor hasn't made decisions on these bills yet, but if any receive vetoes, the General Assembly will get a chance to take them back up next week.

If the governor vetoes any of our excellent legislation that we have sent him, we have the opportunity to override those bills.

On the last two days of the session.

The last two days of the legislative session are next Wednesday and Thursday, March 29th and 30th.

For Kentucky Edition, I'm KC Parker, Bill.

Thank you, KC, for that report.

One bill that's already gotten the governor's signature last week was House Bill 594.

The bill outlaws what's called gray gaming machines, the slot like machines found in some convenience stores across the Commonwealth.

It was signed just a few days after it was given final passage by the General Assembly.