| KY | HB131 | Intro
25% | Amend KRS 95.500 to allow, absent a collective bargaining agreement, specified fire personnel to have schedules consisting of 48 hours on duty followed by 96 hours of off duty time; specify that collective bargaining agreements maintained by a city o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-21
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 25, 2025 |
| KY | HB48 | Intro
25% | Amend KRS 156.557 to increase the time period between mandatory summative evaluations for tenured certified school staff from once every three years to once every five years; provide that additional summative evaluations may be performed at the discr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-21
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 25, 2025 |
| KY | HB494 | Intro
25% | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms; establish the English learner enhanced support program under the Department of Education to help bring English learners with little or no formal education to grade-level proficiency within thre...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-21
To House Primary and Secondary Education Committee |
| KY | HB784 | Intro
25% | Define "virtual program"; place an enrollment cap on virtual programs for the remainder of the 2024-2025 school year and the entirety of the 2025-2026 school year; EMERGENCY.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-21
To House Primary and Secondary Education Committee |
| KY | HB14 | Intro
25% | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to allow school districts to implement a wearable panic alert system; establish system criteria; require the Department of Education to provide a list of approved wearable panic alert systems; require the Cente...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-20
To House Rules Committee |
| KY | HB783 | Intro
25% | Amend KRS 186A.100, 186A.105, and 186A.110 to amend the processes for motor vehicle dealers' applications for and use of temporary tags for motor vehicles sold by the dealer; allow county clerks to keep logs of temporary tags in electronic format; en...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-19
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB240 | Intro
25% | Amend KRS 158.305 to require kindergarten students to be given a universal screener within the final 10 instructional days of the school year; beginning with the 2025-2026 school year require that a student remain in kindergarten for an additional ye...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-18
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 19, 2025 |
| KY | HB621 | Intro
25% | Create new section of KRS Chapter 635 to establish penalties for children who violate KRS 508.075, 508.078, or 508.080; amend KRS 159.170 to prohibit transfer of a student to an at-home private school while certain proceedings are pending.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-18
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HR26 | Pass | Recognize February 14, 2025, as Making Our Schools Safe (MOSS) Day.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-14
adopted by voice vote |
| KY | HB491 | Intro
25% | Amend KRS 45.750 to redefine "equipment" to include electronic equipment that incorporates advanced computing, including smart medical, scientific, and research equipment; increase the threshold required for a lease of real property to qualify as a c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-14
To House State Government Committee |
| KY | HB161 | Intro
25% | Create a new section of KRS 186.400 to 186.640 to define "identity document" and "third-party entity"; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to establish procedures to allow third-party entities to apply to the T...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-12
To House Rules Committee |
| KY | HB250 | Intro
25% | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 383 to allow a property owner or his or her authorized agent to request a law enforcement officer to immediately remove a person unlawfully occupying a residential dwelling or other structure under certain circumst...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-07
To House Judiciary Committee |
| KY | HB228 | Intro
25% | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 600 to enumerate the rights of incarcerated children; provide that the Act may be cited as the Incarcerated Children's Bill of Rights.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-07
To House Families & Children Committee |
| KY | HB3 | Intro
25% | Amend KRS 205.522 and 205.6485 to require Medicaid and KCHIP to comply with pharmacy reimbursement requirements established in KRS 304.12-237; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or the department to seek federal approval if it is dete...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-07
To House Banking and Insurance Committee |
| KY | HB1 | Pass | Amend KRS 141.020 to reduce the individual income tax rate from 4% to 3.5% for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2026.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-06
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 1) |
| KY | HB118 | Intro
25% | Amend KRS 164.295 to permit Western Kentucky University to offer up to five research doctoral degree programs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
To House Postsecondary Education Committee |
| KY | HB192 | Intro
25% | Amend KRS 141.019 to exclude all distributions from military pension plans received by retired members of the United States military and National Guard and their surviving spouse or former spouse under a survivor benefit plan from income taxation for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | HB208 | Intro
25% | Amend KRS 158.165 to require local boards of education to adopt a policy to, at a minimum, prohibit student use of a personal telecommunications device during the school day with specific exceptions; amend KRS 156.675 to include social media in prohi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
To House Primary and Secondary Education Committee |
| KY | HB195 | Intro
25% | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to define terms; establish a tax deduction for contributions made to an eligible savings account by a first-time home buyer and allow an exclusion from income for any interest earned from an eligible savings ac...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | HB387 | Pass | Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to allow the Kentucky Department of Education to enter into an agreement with any building and construction trade organization to develop a training program for school counselors on building and construction t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 221) |
| KY | HB449 | Pass | Amends KRS 160.170 to amend the oath of office for local board of education members to be consistent with the requirements set forth in KRS 160.180; amends KRS 160.180 to provide alternative methods for a candidate for a board of education to evidenc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-18
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 215) |
| 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 | HB611 | Pass | Amends KRS 159.140 to require a director of pupil personnel to report to the county attorney if a parent or guardian has allowed a child in kindergarten to grade five to be absent without an excuse for 15 or more days or if a minor in grade six throu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10
became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 163) |
| KY | HB109 | Pass | Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to define terms, to establish lifeguard requirements for Class A and Class B pools, to allow swimming coaches or instructors providing instruction to count as lifeguards, to allow Class A and Class B pools to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 116) |
| KY | HB142 | Pass | Repeals, reenacts, and amends KRS 438.345 as a new section of KRS Chapter 158; requires local boards of education to adopt policies that penalize students for possessing alternative nicotine products, tobacco products, or vapor products and lists pen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 149) |
| KY | HB833 | Pass | Amends KRS 70.030 to allow a sheriff to appoint nonsworn special inspectors solely to perform motor vehicle inspections; amends KRS 186A.115 to allow sheriffs to appoint up to two employees of a motor vehicle dealer licensed under KRS Chapter 190 and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-05
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 103) |
| KY | HB30 | Pass | Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 40 establishing the Kentucky Service Members, Veterans, and their Families Suicide Prevention Program; and creates a new section of KRS Chapter 337 requiring the Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs to create a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 73) |
| KY | HB88 | Pass | Repeals, reenacts, and amends KRS 286.2-685 as a new section of Subtitle 3 of KRS Chapter 286 to make technical amendments, to remove prohibition against use of financial institution names in certain marketing and solicitations, and to establish a ci...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 76) |
| KY | HB695 | Pass | Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to make legislative findings and declarations, to establish definitions, to establish the Adaptive Kindergarten Readiness Pilot Project, to establish the duration and terms of the pilot project, to require tha...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 65) |
| KY | HR145 | Pass | Recognize July 20, 2024, as Western Kentucky University Pershing Rifles and Rebelettes Day.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
adopted by voice vote |
| KY | HR144 | Intro
Sine Die | Urge the Kentucky Department of Education to explore and implement flexibilities within the federal assessment and accountability requirements regarding English learners to improve circumstances for the students and schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HCR60 | Intro
Sine Die | Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Support Education Excellence in Kentucky (SEEK) Task Force to study the various components of the SEEK formula, evaluate whether changes are necessary to the base, tiers, or add-ons to maint...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 22, 2024 |
| KY | HB569 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to establish an automatic expungement process for specific eligible misdemeanor and felony convictions; allow the Commonwealth's and county attorney to object and halt the automatic expungement of certain offen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| KY | HB434 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS 186.400 to 186.640 to define "identity document" and "third-party entity"; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to establish procedures to allow third-party entities to apply to the T...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | HB630 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 164.295 to permit Western Kentucky University to offer up to five research doctoral degree programs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-01
To Senate Committee on Committees |
| KY | HB722 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms; establish the English learner enhanced support program under the Department of Education (KDE) to help bring English learners with little or no formal education to grade-level proficiency withi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
To House Education Committee |
| 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 | HB694 | Intro
Sine Die | Direct local school districts to provide a one-time payment of $2,000 to certified employees, excluding superintendents, in each year of the 2024-2026 biennium, and a one-time payment of $1,000 to classified employees in each year of the 2024-2026 bi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-23
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB341 | Engross
Sine Die | Propose to amend Sections 145 and 155 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prohibit persons who are not citizens of the United States from being allowed to vote in the Commonwealth of Kentucky; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To Senate State & Local Government Committee |
| KY | HB217 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 150.170 to remove the requirement that resident owners of farmlands must own five or more acres of land in order to be exempt from sport hunting and sport fishing license requirements when hunting or fishing on their own farmlands; EMERGENC...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee |
| 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 | HB129 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 141.010 to define "veteran"; amend KRS 141.019 to exclude from income tax wages earned from January 1, 2025, to December 31, 2028, in Kentucky by a resident veteran.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-16
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | HB108 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends KRS 158.6455 to create a tiered implementation of English language learners into the accountability system.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-03
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB94 | Intro
Sine Die | Propose to amend Section 42 of the Constitution of Kentucky to eliminate the existing dates by which the General Assembly must adjourn in any regular session; provide that no session shall extend beyond December 31.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-03
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB56 | Pass | Amend KRS 210.005 to define "regional community services program"; amend KRS 210.370 to establish services areas for regional community services programs and to establish the conditions under which a regional community services program may provide se...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-06
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 184) |
| KY | HB144 | Pass | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to define terms; provide protections from in-person access to private open land by law enforcement; require law enforcement to utilize body-worn cameras and audio devices while on private open land; provide exce...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-29
became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 126) |
| KY | HB62 | Pass | Amend KRS 324.010 to redefine "real estate brokerage" to include advertising for sale an equitable interest in a contract for the purchase of real property between a property owner and a prospective buyer; amend KRS 324.020 to limit this type of adve...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-23
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 84) |
| KY | HB538 | Pass | Amend KRS 158.150 to require a local board of education to expel a student for at least 12 months if the student makes threats that pose a danger to other students or staff; require a local board of education to adopt a policy requiring disciplinary ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-23
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 76) |
| KY | HB32 | Pass | Amend KRS 161.011 to allow for the hiring of classified personnel without a high school diploma or equivalent if the district provides the employee the opportunity to obtain a high school equivalency diploma at no cost to the employee; allow licenses...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-22
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 68) |
| KY | HB200 | Pass | Create new sections of KRS 164 to define terms; establish the Kentucky healthcare workforce investment fund to enable the CPE, healthcare programs, and healthcare providers and facilities to match public and private dollars for the purpose of awardin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-22
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 65) |
