| 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 | HB484 | Pass | Creates 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 217) |
| 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 | HB300 | Pass | Amends KRS 161.120 to establish the process and procedures for the Education Professional Standards Board to receive and process a complaint against a certificate holder, to establish a specific timeline, to establish specific actions the board may t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-18
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 209) |
| 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 | HB777 | Engross
50% | Amend KRS 45A.030 to expand the definition of "contract"; amend KRS 45A.035 to require promulgation of administrative regulations to establish policies regarding timely payments under contracts; create a new section of KRS Chapter 45A to establish ti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-12
To Senate State & Local Government Committee |
| KY | HB581 | Pass | Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 100 to define “retail filling station” and “electric vehicle charging station”; prohibits local governments from using the zoning process or adopting any measure to prohibit or restrict the ability of a re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-12
delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 186) |
| 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 | 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 | HB166 | Pass | Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to define “SUDEP,” to update autopsy requirements, to require the Vital Statistics Branch to forward a copy of the death certificate to the North American SUDEP Registry if sudden unexpected death in epile...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-05
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 98) |
| KY | HB491 | Pass | Amends KRS 199.896 to change the requirements for when instructional programs for school-age children are exempt from all child-care licensure administrative regulations, and to provide that instructional programs for school-age children that offer r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-05
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 87) |
| 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 | 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 | HB17 | Pass | Amends KRS 326.080 to require that the license renewal fee for practicing ophthalmic dispensing be established by the Kentucky Board of Ophthalmic Dispensers through promulgation of administrative regulation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 54) |
| 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 | 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 | HB137 | Pass | Amends KRS 69.300 to remove the residency requirement for assistant county attorneys.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 78) |
| KY | HB378 | Pass | Amends KRS 2.091 to designate coal as the official rock of Kentucky; amends KRS 2.092 to designate Kentucky agate as the official gemstone of Kentucky; and amends KRS 2.094 to designate calcite as the official mineral of Kentucky.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
signed by Governor (Acts Ch.32) |
| 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 | HB371 | Pass | Amends KRS 304.44-030 to increase the maximum total insured value to be reinsured by the administrator per structure from $300,000 to $500,000, to allow the administrator to establish a different maximum total insured value reinsured per structure wh...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
signed by Governor (Acts Ch.31) |
| KY | HB443 | Pass | Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 100 to require that local laws dealing with subdivision plats and development plans be set out by objective standards and applied ministerially, and to set out conditions for application of discretion; EFFECTIVE J...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
signed by Governor (Acts Ch.34) |
| KY | HB583 | Pass | Amends KRS 224.1-401 to require that the chief executive officers of all forms of local government and mayors receive notification of a declaration of an environmental emergency in their jurisdiction.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 60) |
| 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 | HCR31 | Intro
25% | Urge local governments to facilitate the creation of long-term recovery groups prior to the occurance of disasters.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Appropriations and Revenue 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 | HB192 | Intro
25% | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 189 to define "automated speed enforcement device," "owner," "program," and "recorded images"; direct the Transportation Cabinet to establish a pilot program for automated speed enforcement in highway work zones and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | HJR121 | Intro
25% | 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-...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | HCR51 | Engross
50% | Establish the Autism in Education Task Force; establish duties and membership; direct the task force to study autism supports and services provided to K-12 students by Kentucky public schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
To Senate Committee on Committees |
| KY | HB159 | Pass | Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to define “health care provider” and “health services,” and to establish that health care providers providing health services are immune from criminal liability for harm arising from a health services-...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
signed by Governor (Acts Ch.12) |
| KY | HB274 | Pass | Amends 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.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
signed by Governor (Acts Ch.11) |
| KY | HB39 | Engross
50% | 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 | HB317 | Intro
25% | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12
To House Banking and Insurance Committee |
| KY | HB461 | Engross
50% | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 67 to define terms; require the use of camera monitoring systems on all school buses by all school districts, and require the enforcement of a civil penalty for stop arm camera violations recorded by a camera monito...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12
To Senate Committee on Committees |
| KY | HB45 | Engross
50% | 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 | 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 | HB490 | Intro
25% | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 315 to define terms, prohibit discrimination against 340B covered entities by pharmaceutical manufacturers, and authorize the Attorney General to investigation violations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-27
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | HB367 | Engross
50% | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to prohibit the Cabinet for Health and Family Services from taking certain actions regarding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), including increasing the eligibility standards for participatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
To Senate Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor Committee |
| KY | HB164 | Engross
50% | 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 | HB694 | Intro
25% | 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 | HB628 | Intro
25% | Create a new section of KRS 278.010 to 278.450 to require the Public Service Commission to issue final orders within six months of the filing of an application by a utility; amend KRS 278.110 to require final reports of investigations or special inqu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-21
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 | HB407 | Engross
50% | Amend KRS 164.295 to permit Eastern Kentucky University to offer doctor's degrees required for professional practice and licensure in osteopathic medicine.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-20
To Senate Education Committee |
| KY | HB69 | Intro
25% | Amend KRS 431.520 to prohibit individuals who are subject to a protective order under KRS Chapter 403 or 456 from being released on the surety of, or deposit paid by, a person protected by the protective order.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| KY | HB345 | Intro
25% | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 164 to define terms; establish the Kentucky Aerospace, Aviation, and Defense Investment Fund Advisory Committee; establish the membership of the committee; establish the Kentucky aerospace, aviation, and defense inv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | HB123 | Intro
25% | Amend KRS 141.019 to exclude all distributions from military pension plans received by retired members of the United States military and their surviving spouses or former spouse under a survivor benefit plan from income taxation for taxable years beg...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | HB54 | Fail | Amend KRS 227A.060 to modify experience and education requirements for an electrician or master electrician license; allow a master electrician applicant to have four years of experience in addition to other education or experience; authorize a maste...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-30
WITHDRAWN |
| 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 | 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 | HB282 | Intro
25% | Create new sections of KRS Chapters 508, 509, 510, 520, and 525 to provide that any person convicted of an offense under those chapters, who was armed with a firearm during the commission of the offense and in furtherance of the offense, shall be sub...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-17
To House Committee On Committees |
