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KYHB19Intro
25%
Amend KRS 500.130 to define terms; provide that the use of an unmanned aircraft system is not prohibited in the case of recreational or professional use if there is not intent to conduct surveillance on private property and there is no unauthorized u...
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2025-02-21
3rd reading, passed 90-1 with Committee Substitute (1)
KYHB241Intro
25%
Allow local school districts to make up days missed by adding instructional time to student attendance days; notwithstand the requirement for the student instructional year to have 170 student attendance days; allow waiver of up to five student atten...
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2025-02-21
3rd reading, passed 82-7 with Committee Substitute (1)
KYHB27Engross
50%
Amend KRS 381.800 to establish that the provisions apply to all planned communities and any provision in an existing document to the contrary is void.
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2025-02-21
To Senate State & Local Government Committee
KYHB30Engross
50%
Amend KRS 61.598 to exempt from the pension spiking provisions any increases in rates of pay authorized or funded by the legislative or administrative body of an employer or mandated in a collective bargaining agreement approved by the legislative bo...
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2025-02-20
To Senate Committee on Committees
KYHB15Engross
50%
Amend KRS 186.450 to allow persons who are at least 15 years of age to apply for a motor vehicle instruction permit; establish that an instruction permit is valid for four years; amend KRS 186.410, 186.452 and 159.051 to conform; EMERGENCY.
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2025-02-20
To Senate Transportation Committee
KYHB263Engross
50%
Amend KRS 164.773, relating to the Student Teacher Stipend Program, to specify that an eligible student is a Kentucky resident as determined by the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority (authority) and is student teaching at a Kentucky publi...
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2025-02-20
To Senate Education Committee
KYHB804Intro
25%
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 139 to establish a five-day sales and use tax holiday from April 5 to April 15 each year to exempt firearm safety devices and firearm storage devices; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2025.
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2025-02-19
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB710Intro
25%
Amend KRS 311.586 to insert gender-neutral language.
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2025-02-19
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB160Intro
25%
Amend KRS 100.348 to prohibit a local government from adopting or enforcing zoning regulations that treat manufactured homes differently from single-family homes; allow only regulation of certain architectural features of manufactured homes and requi...
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2025-02-18
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 19, 2025
KYHB669Intro
25%
Establish a waiver process and eligibility requirements for school districts to be granted credit for student attendance days missed during September 2024 due to dangers posed by criminal activity; EMERGENCY.
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2025-02-18
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB443Intro
25%
Amend KRS 177.317 to direct the Transportation Cabinet to include Kentucky Route 80 in the counties of Perry, Knott, and Floyd as part of the Hal Rogers Parkway; establish timeline for updating maps and signage.
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2025-02-14
[Hearing: Feb 25 @ 12:00 pm]
To House Transportation Committee
KYHB306Intro
25%
Amend KRS 322.040 to allow an individual to qualify for licensure as a professional engineer if he or she has graduated from a fire protection engineering technology program of four years or more accredited by the Engineering Technology Accreditation...
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2025-02-13
To House Rules Committee
KYHB161Intro
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...
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2025-02-12
To House Rules Committee
KYHCR22Intro
25%
Declare that nuclear power generation is a clean and dispatchable means of providing baseload electricity to the residents and businesses of the Commonwealth.
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2025-02-12
To House Natural Resources & Energy Committee
KYHB277Intro
25%
Amend KRS 95A.292 to allow rescue squad members to participate in the Alan "Chip" Terry Professional Development and Wellness Program; create a new section of KRS Chapter 39F to direct the Division of Emergency Management and the Kentucky Fire Commis...
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2025-02-07
To House Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection Committee
KYHB3Intro
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...
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2025-02-07
To House Banking and Insurance Committee
KYHB1PassAmend 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.
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2025-02-06
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 1)
KYHB41Intro
25%
Amend KRS 37.170 to create the Kentucky Emergency Volunteer Corps (KEV Corps) within the Kentucky State Defense Force; create a new section of KRS Chapter 37 to detail KEV Corps eligibility, supervision, training requirements, uniform details, and pr...
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2025-02-04
To House Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection Committee
KYHB195Intro
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...
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2025-02-04
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee
KYHB37Intro
25%
Amend KRS 139.495 to exempt purchases and sales of tangible personal property, digital property, or services made by qualifying resident nonprofit educational, charitable, or religious institutions from state sales and use taxes.
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2025-02-04
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee
KYHB387PassCreates 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...
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2024-04-19
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 221)
KYHB484PassCreates a new section of KRS Chapter 311A to establish the emergency medical services education grant program under the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services to be used for student tuition support, agency support, and emergency medical service...
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2024-04-19
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 217)
KYHB592PassAmends KRS 190.046 to establish that the compensation of a dealer for vehicles with a federal classification of seven or higher by a manufacturer, component manufacturer, or distributor shall not be less than the amount charged to retail customers fo...
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2024-04-10
became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 162)
KYHB533PassAmends KRS 103.240 to include the payment of working capital expenditures as an allowable use for moneys received from the sale of bonds; EMERGENCY.
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2024-04-09
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 128)
KYHB194PassAmends 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...
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2024-04-04
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 80)
KYHCR31Intro

Sine Die
Urge local governments to facilitate the creation of long-term recovery groups prior to the occurance of disasters.
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2024-03-27
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee
KYHB10Engross

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...
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2024-03-27
To Senate Rules Committee
KYHB357PassCreates 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,...
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2024-03-27
became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch.14)
KYHJR121Intro

Sine Die
Declare that the Commonwealth of Kentucky is a sanctuary state from the United States Environmental Protection Agency's overreaching regulatory actions on fossil fuel-fired power plants; provide that air quality standards for permits for fossil fuel-...
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2024-03-27
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee
KYHB274PassAmends KRS 315.010 and 315.205 to permit pharmacists to administer vaccines to children five years of age or older pursuant to prescriber-approved protocols with the consent of a parent or guardian.
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2024-03-26
signed by Governor (Acts Ch.11)
KYHCR68Engross

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...
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2024-03-26
To Senate Committee on Committees
KYHB317Intro

Sine Die
Amend KRS 304.17A-600 to define "health care provider"; make conforming amendments; create new sections of KRS 304.17A-600 to 304.17A-633 to establish eligibility criteria and requirements for prior authorization exemptions; establish requirements fo...
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2024-03-12
To House Banking and Insurance Committee
KYHB45Engross

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...
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2024-03-07
To Senate Transportation Committee
KYHB212Engross

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...
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2024-02-28
To Senate Committee on Committees
KYHB701Intro

Sine Die
Amend KRS 75.160 to include gender-neutral language.
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2024-02-26
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB703Intro

Sine Die
Amend KRS 176.050 to allow the Department of Highways to establish professional service contracts with real estate brokers and appraisers to provide lawful right of way services.
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2024-02-26
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB694Intro

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...
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2024-02-23
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB524Intro

Sine Die
Create new sections of Subchapter 20 of KRS Chapter 154 to establish the Kentucky Rural Jobs Act of 2024; allow the Cabinet for Economic Development to begin accepting applications from entities seeking approval as a growth fund; allow no more than $...
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2024-02-21
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee
KYHB407Engross

Sine Die
Amend KRS 164.295 to permit Eastern Kentucky University to offer doctor's degrees required for professional practice and licensure in osteopathic medicine.
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2024-02-20
To Senate Education Committee
KYHB523Intro

Sine Die
Amend KRS 341.350 to change the number of verifiable work search activities from five to two and the number of applications for employment or interviewing for employment from three to one.
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2024-02-13
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB341Engross

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...
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2024-02-09
To Senate State & Local Government Committee
KYHB398Intro

Sine Die
Amend KRS 138.477 to exclude from the electric vehicle power tax any electric vehicle power dealer with a charging station having a charging capacity of less than 50 kilowatts; RETROACTIVE to January 1, 2024; EMERGENCY.
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2024-02-06
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee
KYHB445Intro

Sine Die
Amend KRS 278.264 to prohibit the Public Service Commission from approving the retirement of a fossil fuel-fired electric generating unit unless the commission finds that the utility has no undepreciated investment in the unit and that the costs to o...
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2024-02-01
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB442Intro

Sine Die
Amend KRS 139.495 to exempt all sales made by resident nonprofit educational, charitable, or religious institutions.
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2024-01-31
To House Committee On Committees
KYHR57Intro

Sine Die
Urge Governor Andy Beshear to express support for Governor Greg Abbott and the State of Texas in their efforts to secure the border.
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2024-01-30
adopted 77-17
KYHB217Engross

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...
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2024-01-25
To Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee
KYHR45PassAffirm Kentucky's support for the State of Israel and the Israeli people and condemn the October 7, 2023, attack by Hamas.
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2024-01-18
adopted by voice vote
KYHB331PassAmend KRS 158.162 to direct local boards of education to require schools to maintain a portable automated external defibrillator in every middle and high school building and at school-sponsored events; require local boards to adopt policies and proce...
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2023-03-31
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 165)
KYHB244PassCreate a new section of KRS Chapter 36 to establish the Kentucky Guard Youth Challenge Program; outline the purpose of the program; authorize the program to establish high schools to serve the program's students; align program with the federal Nation...
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2023-03-31
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 151)
KYHB256FailEstablish KRS Chapter 239 and create new sections to define "commission," "control," "net proceeds," "electronic gaming device," "location," "local county government," "operator," "truck stop," "vending machine"; create the Kentucky Gaming Commission...
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2023-03-30
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