| KY | HB44 | Pass | Amends KRS 30A.145 to require that the Administrative Office of the Courts prepare, on the first Tuesday of each month, a list of all persons who were excused from jury duty for not being a United States citizen; creates a new section of KRS Chapter ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-12
delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 177) |
| KY | HB5 | Pass | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 532 to define "violent felony" and enhance sentencing for a person convicted of a third violent felony; prohibit probation, parole, or other form of release for a person who commits a crime using a weapon that is st...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-12
delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 174) |
| KY | HCR81 | Pass | Directs the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Efficient and Effective School District Governance Task Force; outlines task force duties; requires the task force to submit any recommendations and changes the task force may adopt by Dece...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-12
delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 190) |
| KY | HB388 | Pass | Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to provide that members of local boards, commissions, committees, and other bodies created by or appointed by consolidated local governments have geographic diversity; amends KRS 67C.103 to require that the ele...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-12
delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 181) |
| KY | HR137 | Pass | Recognize and commend the Louisville Fire Department rescue squad that executed a rescue on the Clark Memorial Bridge, and the Louisville Metro Police and emergency medical services personnel that responded to the scene.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-12
adopted by voice vote |
| KY | HB53 | Pass | Amends KRS 117.001 to remove the definition of “risk-limiting audit” and to remove language from the defined term of “voting machine” or “machine” regarding a direct recording electronic voting machine; amends KRS 117.383 to require that ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10
became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 156) |
| KY | HB100 | Pass | Amends KRS 213.141 to establish that a homeless individual as defined in KRS 198A.700, or a homeless youth, as defined in 42 U.S.C. sec. 11434a(2), who is under the age of 25 does not have to pay a fee to get a copy of his or her birth certificate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-05
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 96) |
| KY | HB278 | Pass | Amends KRS 15A.190 to require that the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet include crimes involving childhood sexual assault or abuse on the JC-3 form; amends KRS 160.380 to provide that a superintendent shall not employ any person who has been convict...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-05
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 106) |
| KY | HB87 | Pass | Amends KRS 199.572 to permit the child, grandchild, or sibling of a deceased birth parent or deceased adoptee to be given the right to inspect adoption papers and records, to establish new language that allows the court to determine who has access to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
signed by Governor (Acts Ch.43) |
| KY | HB258 | Pass | Amends KRS 525.135 to define “serious physical injury or infirmity” and to redefine “torture,” to provide that torture of a dog or cat is a Class D felony in every instance and that each act may constitute a separate offense, and to provide w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 81) |
| KY | HB447 | Pass | Amends KRS 156.153 to permit school districts to use district-owned, leased, or contracted passenger transportation vehicles to transport students to and from school and approved school activities under an alternative transportation plan approved by ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
signed by Governor (Acts Ch.35) |
| KY | HB124 | Engross
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 335B.010 to 335B.070 to require hiring and licensing authorities to establish an application process that gives persons convicted of a crime an opportunity to apply for a position of public employment or occupation...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28
To Senate State & Local Government Committee |
| KY | HB275 | Engross
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to prohibit a public school district or public charter school from entering a nondisclosure agreement relating to misconduct involving a minor or student; amend KRS 160.380 to define "abusive conduct"; require ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28
posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) |
| KY | HB141 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 211.190 to make water fluoridation programs optional; allow the governing bodies of water systems subject to regulation by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to decide whether they participate in water fluoridation programs; provide...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | HB252 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216 to prohibit a health care provider from performing a pelvic, rectal, or prostate examination without the informed consent of the patient or the person authorized to make health care decisions for the patient; p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | HB349 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 61.702 and 78.5536 to provide full hospital and medical insurance benefits for a member, their spouse, and their dependents if the member becomes disabled in the line of duty with a hazardous disability; EMERGENCY.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | HB10 | Engross
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to establish the Kentucky maternal psychiatry access program, also known as the Kentucky Lifeline for Moms; establish duties and responsibilities of the program; direct that the program shall be operated by the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To Senate Rules Committee |
| KY | HB357 | Pass | Creates new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to prohibit certain entities from requiring, incentivizing, or assigning a merchant category code that distinguishes a firearms retailer from other retailers, to prohibit keeping or causing to be kept any list,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch.14) |
| KY | HCR103 | Intro
Sine Die | Urge the Food and Drug Administration to mandate and enforce a prohibition on United States food manufacturers producing or selling food containing harmful ingredients that have been banned by several other countries.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | HB346 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 158.1415 to require a school district to adopt health curricula that includes human growth and development instruction that meets specific criteria; set restrictions for the instruction that grants parents an opportunity to review materials...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | HCR68 | Engross
Sine Die | Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Kentucky Housing Task Force to study, review, and provide policy recommendations on how to address the housing shortage in the Commonwealth; require the task force to meet at least monthly d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
To Senate Committee on Committees |
| KY | HR136 | Pass | Recognize April 2024 as Testicular Cancer Awareness Month in Kentucky.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
adopted by voice vote |
| KY | HB446 | Pass | Amends KRS 158.110 to require that local school boards adopt a transportation services policy; amends KRS 158.148, relating to school district discipline guidelines, to require that the Kentucky Department of Education create a model transportation s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
signed by Governor (Acts Ch.9) |
| KY | HB39 | Engross
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 40 to prevent the compensation for advising or assisting with veterans' benefits.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15
To Senate Rules Committee |
| KY | HB565 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 109.115 to allow a director on a waste management district board to serve until his or her successor is appointed, not to exceed 60 days after the expiration of his or her term; require that the board director's position be vacated after th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13
To Senate Committee on Committees |
| KY | HB45 | Engross
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to define terms related to automated license plate readers; establish limitations on use and sale of data captured by automated license plate readers; create a new section of KRS Chapter 183 to define terms and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07
To Senate Transportation Committee |
| KY | HR78 | Pass | Recognize October 10, 2024, as Higher Education Mental Health Day in Kentucky.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07
adopted by voice vote |
| KY | HB212 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 95A.292 to allow rescue squad members to participate in the Alan "Chip" Terry Professional Development and Wellness Program; and create a new section of KRS Chapter 39F to direct the Division of Emergency Management and the Kentucky Fire Co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
To Senate Committee on Committees |
| KY | HB164 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 16.601, 61.621, and 78.5534 to increase minimum line of duty death benefits to a non-spouse beneficiary of a Kentucky Employees Retirement System, County Employees Retirement System, or State Police Retirement System member who was working ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
To Senate State & Local Government Committee |
| KY | HB765 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to remove references to moral turpitude and good moral character; amend various other sections to conform; make technical changes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB389 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 138.470 to exempt active members of the Armed Forces assigned to Kentucky who are on temporary duty in other locations and members of the Kentucky National Guard from motor vehicle usage tax on vehicles purchased from Kentucky motor vehicle...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-22
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | HB673 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS 381.785 to 381.801 to define "Betsy Ross Flag"; prohibit a planned community association from preventing a home owner from placing a flag pole displaying any version of the American flag, historic versions of the American ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-22
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB652 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to prohibit the Kentucky Department of Education from complying with a provision of any administrative regulation or guidance issued by the United States Department of Education concerning Title IX that equates...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-22
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB400 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 164.295 to permit Murray State University to offer doctor's degrees required for professional practice and licensure in veterinary medicine.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-20
To Senate Education Committee |
| KY | HB599 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeal and reenact KRS 237.030 to define "destructive device" and "booby trap device"; amend KRS 237.040 and create new section of KRS Chapter 237 to create two degrees of the offense of criminal possession of a destructive device or booby trap devic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-20
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB168 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to require the Kentucky Department of Veterans' Affairs to create and distribute a veterans' benefits and services document to employers and require employers to keep copies of a veterans' benefits and services...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16
To House Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection Committee |
| KY | HB42 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 139.010 to define "disability" and "service animal"; amend KRS 139.480 to exempt veterinarian services and charges for veterans' service animals from the sales and use tax; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2024.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | HB442 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 139.495 to exempt all sales made by resident nonprofit educational, charitable, or religious institutions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB384 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 56.580 to prohibit closing portions of Capital Avenue in Frankfort; provide exceptions for emergency personnel.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB374 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 117.228 to remove a credit or debit card as a secondary form of identification to confirm a voter's identity.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB315 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 277 to require railroad companies to destroy or remove obstructive vegetation upon and within the geographical bounds of its right-of-way at each intersection with a public road or highway; require the Transportati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-19
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HR45 | Pass | Affirm Kentucky's support for the State of Israel and the Israeli people and condemn the October 7, 2023, attack by Hamas.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-18
adopted by voice vote |
| KY | HJR44 | Intro
Sine Die | Reaffirm the sovereignty of Kentucky; affirm the sovereign right of Kentucky to nullify unconstitutional acts of the federal government; direct the Attorney General to challenge all unconstitutional acts of the federal government that usurp or dimini...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-16
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB208 | Intro
Sine Die | Propose to amend Section 183 of the Constitution of Kentucky to authorize the General Assembly to provide for a portion of the educational costs of students outside of the public school system with parents of limited financial means; provide ballot l...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-12
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB229 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS 217.005 to 217.215, the Kentucky Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, to define terms; require products that are known to be or could act as gene therapy to be labeled with the words "Potential Gene Therapy Product" or "Gene Ther...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB231 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 164.020 to prohibit the Council on Postsecondary Education from raising tuition for a postsecondary education institution more than 5% a year for resident students and 7% a year for nonresident students; provide a four-year tuition freeze f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB202 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 216B.015 to amend the definition of "capital expenditure minimum" and define "major medical equipment expenditure minimum"; amend KRS 216B.061 to modify conditions under which a person is prohibited from taking actions without a certificate...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-09
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB180 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 278 to create winter and summer temperature standards for disconnection of service by retail electric and gas utilities; allow resumption of disconnection only after a 72-hour period during which the temperature st...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-08
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB163 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 214.450 to define "COVID-19 vaccine" or "mRNA vaccine"; amend KRS 214.452 to require blood establishments to test for COVID-19 antibodies, evidence of lipid nanoparticles, and spike protein; require the administrator of any blood establishm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-05
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB157 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 610 to define terms; prohibit a child from being interrogated using deceptive methods; create a new rule of evidence to limit the admissibility of statements made in the interrogation of a child in violation of sta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-04
To House Committee On Committees |
