| KY | HB244 | Pass | Amends KRS 401.020 to require a court to conduct a hearing and consider the best interests of a child when one parent refuses or is unable to execute a petition for a name change for a minor child; creates a new section of KRS Chapter 403 to define t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 219) |
| KY | HB459 | Pass | Amends KRS 311.844 to require that physician assistants complete continuing education courses on treating Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia, and to allow graduating physician assistants to submit course curriculum on Alzheimer’s dis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 218) |
| KY | HB155 | Engross
50% | Amend KRS 403.190 to state that criminal misconduct against the other spouse may be considered in the disposition of marital property; provide that a spouse who is convicted of committing a felony against the other spouse shall not be entitled to cla...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-15
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| 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 | HB323 | Pass | Amends KRS 95A.262 to permit the Kentucky Fire Commission to establish a reimbursement program for cancer screenings for firefighters.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 142) |
| KY | HB385 | Pass | Amends KRS 311.631, relating to living wills and advance directives, to include an adult friend as an individual authorized to make health care decisions on behalf of a patient who lacks decisional capacity; amends KRS 504.060 to define “examiner...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 138) |
| KY | HB436 | Pass | Amends KRS 26A.140 to state that the guardians ad litem shall receive a fee fixed by the court and paid by the Finance and Administration Cabinet; creates a new section of KRS Chapter 403.715 to 403.785 to require appointment of a guardian ad litem f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 135) |
| KY | HB179 | Pass | Amends KRS 304.3-110 to authorize life and health insurers to transact disability income and paid family leave insurance, and to make technical corrections; creates new sections of Subtitle 5 of KRS Chapter 304 to define “disability income insuranc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-05
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 99) |
| 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 | HB11 | Pass | Amends KRS 241.060 to allow the State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to conduct hearings and appeals; amends KRS 438.305 to define terms, to require the Secretary of State to create and publish a list of certain tobacco product retailers, to requir...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-05
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 111) |
| KY | HB194 | Pass | Amends KRS 508.025 to expand assault in the third degree to include causing or attempting to cause physical injury to a person employed by or under contract with a health clinic, doctor’s office, dental office, long-term care facility, hospital, or...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 80) |
| KY | HB206 | Pass | Creates new sections of KRS Chapter 403 to enact the Uniform Collaborative Law Act on the recommendation of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, to regulate the use of collaborative law participation agreements as a volunta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 62) |
| 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 | HB482 | Pass | Amend KRS 15.315 to add the chief of police of the Owensboro Police Department and the director of the Northern Kentucky Police and Sheriff's Training Center to the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 56) |
| KY | HB715 | Pass | Amends KRS 36.474 removing the post-deployment provision relating to eligibility for the military family assistance trust fund, and to make a technical correction; and amends KRS 36.477 expanding the Kentucky National Guard Adoption Assistance Progra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 59) |
| KY | HB207 | Pass | Amends KRS 17.500 to include distribution of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor in the definition of “sex crime”; amends KRS 531.010 to define “child sex doll,” “computer,” “computer-generated image,” and “identifiabl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28
signed by Governor (Acts Ch.15) |
| KY | HB252 | Intro
25% | 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 | HB10 | Engross
50% | 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 | HCR68 | Engross
50% | 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 | HR141 | Pass | Recognize April 2024 as Child Abuse Prevention in Kentucky Month.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
adopted by voice vote |
| KY | HB2 | Pass | Proposes a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to authorize the General Assembly to provide for financial support for the education of students outside of the public school system; provides ballot language; and provides for submittal to voter...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 8) |
| KY | HB463 | Engross
50% | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 367 to define terms; specify what entities are subject to this Act; require digital service providers to register the age of the user; specify the duties of digital services providers relating to agreements with min...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-08
To Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection Committee |
| KY | HB451 | Engross
50% | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 394 to allow for a will to refer to a separate written statement or list in order to dispose of items of tangible personal property not otherwise specifically bequeathed.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07
To Senate Committee on Committees |
| KY | HB205 | Intro
25% | Amend KRS 403.044, relating to divorce actions in which there are minor children, to remove the requirement that 60 days must elapse before testimony is taken.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-05
To House Judiciary Committee |
| KY | HB197 | Intro
25% | Create a new section of Subchapter 1 of KRS Chapter 224 to define "recycling facility" and require a notice of violation of KRS Chapter 224 by a recycling facility be sent to the local governing body where the facility is located.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-01
To House Natural Resources & Energy Committee |
| KY | HB212 | Engross
50% | 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 | HB820 | Intro
25% | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 27A to define terms; require the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) to develop and maintain a statewide database and searchable public website that contains information on state and local fines and fees asses...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB400 | Engross
50% | 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 | HR73 | Pass | Recognize October 2024 as Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
adopted by voice vote |
| KY | HB341 | Engross
50% | 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 | HB384 | Intro
25% | 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 | HB243 | Intro
25% | Amend KRS 403.211 to add that a child support action may be filed any time following conception; add that a child support action may be filed in the county where the mother resides; amend KRS 403.212 to change the term "obligated parent" to "obligor"...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-22
To House Judiciary Committee |
| KY | HB330 | Intro
25% | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 210 to define "sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts," "mental health professional," and "public funds"; prohibit mental health professionals from engaging in sexual orientation and gender identity ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-22
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 | HB208 | Intro
25% | 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 | HB231 | Intro
25% | 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 | HB182 | Intro
25% | Amend KRS 439.3401 to amend the definition of "violent offender" to include the attempted commission of any offense listed, a felony involving the death of the victim or serious physical injury to a victim, burglary in the first degree as described i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-08
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB163 | Intro
25% | 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 | HB64 | Intro
25% | Amend KRS 139.010 to define "menstrual discharge collection devices"; amend KRS 139.480 to exempt from sales and use tax the sale or purchase of menstrual discharge collection devices; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2024.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-02
To House Committee On Committees |
