Kentucky House of Representatives

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No, no, no. Here's Shane Baker, Kentucky State House.

This was in January.

I wanna play it-

Yeah, and that's gonna continue into Winners at War.

And then post-Winners at War, uh, Nick got into, as we mentioned, he's in the Kentucky House of Representatives and voted for some kinda heinous, uh, anti-trans stuff.

So Nick Wilson sucks, and the fact that he won the season, uh, you know, looking back on it, that, that's a bummer, man.

This was such a great season.

Uh, on the menu it says HB number four.

House, House Bill four.

I think that's a thing.

It's morphin' time!

Prior to July 15th of this year, 2026, Kentucky had, I would say, a robust, a robust set of laws against child abuse.

But what it did not have was a law that criminalized the conduct leading up to the abuse.

Under House Bill 4 of this year, which was passed, grooming is now a criminal offense.

Grooming a minor is defined as an adult attempting to entice, coerce, solicit, or induce a minor to engage in sexual conduct or to have a secret relationship.

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You can find every episode on my website, tomroten show.com, tomroten show.com. My guest on today's program is Scott Sharp, member of the Kentucky House of Representatives, representing District 100, which includes Lawrence and part of Boyd Counties in Eastern Kentucky.

And, uh, Scott was just recently named as the chair of the American German State Legislative Caucus.

Uh, here's the release.

Um, so big concern still, just as, uh, was last time you and I talked, has been the, the data centers.

Um, I, I know that, uh, the governor has spoken out about, uh, his views on data centers.

Um, as you continue to research all this and look into it, I think last time you told me that, um, uh, that, that the House had, had put together some regulations on data centers, but the Senate didn't concur.

Um, what's been the latest in talks about that as this continues to spread throughout the Bluegrass?