| KY | SB118 | Pass | Amends KRS 529.110 to allow notice of trespass to be given through the placement of identifying purple paint marks on property.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-17
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 197) |
| KY | SB249 | Pass | Creates a new section of KRS 17.500 to 17.580 to define “social media platform,” to require sex offenders who have committed a criminal offense against a victim who is a minor to display their full legal name on social media platforms, and to pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-17
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 204) |
| KY | SB297 | Pass | Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to define “National Background Check Program” or “NBCP,” “PACE,” and “PACE service provider,” to exempt PACE service providers from obtaining a health facility license to provide PACE services...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-17
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 201) |
| KY | SB16 | Pass | Amends KRS 511.100 to add commercial food manufacturing or processing facility, animal feeding operation, and concentrated animal feeding operation to the definition of “key infrastructure assets,” to penalize those who operate an unmanned aircra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-12
delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 167) |
| 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 | SB20 | Pass | Amends KRS 635.020 to provide that a child 15 years of age or older who is charged with a Class A, B, or C felony involving the use of a firearm shall be transferred to Circuit Court to be tried as an adult, to provide that the Commonwealth’s attor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10
became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 160) |
| 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 | HB619 | Pass | Amend KRS 532.110 to allow the aggregate of consecutive indeterminate terms to exceed the longest extended term authorized by KRS 532.080 where a person convicted of a felony is convicted of or enters a guilty plea to an additional felony committed w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 127) |
| 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 | HB595 | Pass | Amends KRS 13B.020 to remove the Registry of Election Finance from the list of agencies exempt from conducting administrative hearings pursuant to that chapter; amends KRS 67C.135 to require that county clerks mail voters a notice informing them of t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-05
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 107) |
| KY | SB71 | Pass | Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 31 to define “alternative sentencing worker,” “qualified treatment program,” and “treatment program,” to allow a court to issue an order for pretrial release pending an assessment for a mental health o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 68) |
| 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 | 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 | HB551 | Pass | Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to allow law enforcement agencies to contract with retired peace officers to assist with homicide cold cases.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 63) |
| 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 | HB635 | Pass | Amends KRS 6.350 to require that an actuary performing an actuarial analysis clearly describe a new assumption or method and the basis for selecting the assumption or method, including any documentation, studies, written opinions, calculations, or ci...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 58) |
| KY | HB3 | Pass | Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to permit the Attorney General to establish a working group to study and discuss human trafficking in the Commonwealth; amends KRS 15.706 to include forced labor in reporting data on human trafficking from the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 61) |
| 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 | 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 | HB47 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 446.350 to define "government" and "substantially burden"; outline relief that may be sought if statute is violated; apply to laws adopted before or after enaction of this statute; include severability clause; waive sovereign, governmental,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | HB193 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 189.290 to prohibit a person from operating a vehicle in or near a highway work zone in a manner that endangers persons or property; provide that violators shall be subject to revocation of their operator's license; amend KRS 189.960 to req...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Rules Committee |
| KY | SB202 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 439.340 to allow the Parole Board to order participation in a specific violence reduction program as a condition of parole; amend KRS 533.030 to allow a court to require participation in a specific violence reduction program as a condition ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Judiciary Committee |
| KY | HB739 | Intro
Sine Die | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 338 to define terms; provide that an employer may petition the court for an order of protection after incidents of workplace violence; establish procedures for petitioning the court, service of process, hearings, an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| 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 | HB700 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of Subtitle17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require insurers and any exchange to provide a special enrollment period for pregnant individuals; specify requirements for coverage; require group plan insurers to provide notice of special e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15
To House Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection Committee |
| KY | HB626 | Engross
Sine Die | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 519 to define terms; create the crime of interference with a legislative proceeding in the first degree; create the crime of interference with a legislative proceeding in the second degree; amend KRS 431.015 to requ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| 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 | HB254 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 18A.115 to exclude attorneys in the Department of Public Advocacy from classified service; amend KRS 31.010 to delete references to legal representation for persons with disabilities and make technical corrections; provide that the Departme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-08
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | HB618 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 510.320 to define "sexually transmitted disease"; set requirements for tests for a sexually transmitted disease rather than human immunodeficiency virus; amend KRS 529.090 to define "sexually transmitted disease"; set requirements for tests...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-08
To Senate Health Services Committee |
| KY | HB798 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 527.010 to include knives longer than three inches in weapons prohibited on school grounds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-08
To House Education Committee |
| KY | SB347 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 533.270 to define terms; amend KRS 533.274 to remove a misdemeanor as a disqualifying offense; require an assessment of a homeless defendant for a behavioral health disorder and establish preference for participation in the program if an el...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-08
To Senate Rules Committee |
| 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 | SB126 | Engross
Sine Die | Propose to amend Section 77 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prohibit the Governor's ability to grant pardons or commute sentences beginning 30 days prior to a gubernatorial election and ending at that gubernatorial inauguration; amend Section 240 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07
To House Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs Committee |
| KY | HB286 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 17.169 to include local law enforcement as persons authorized to collect DNA samples; define "rapid DNA instruments"; amend KRS 17.170 to provide for the collection of DNA samples at arrest or initial appearance from all persons charged wit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-05
To House Judiciary Committee |
| KY | HB95 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 514.060, relating to theft of services, to include the conduct of a person holding the property of another under a rental agreement longer than the period agreed upon and depriving the owner of its use for future rentals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-04
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| KY | SB13 | Intro
Sine Die | Establish KRS Chapter 202D and create new sections thereof relating to crisis aversion and rights retention orders; provide limitations on interpretation of the Act; define terms; allow law enforcement officers to petition a court to issue orders whe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-01
To Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection Committee |
| KY | SB380 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to define terms; establish entities that are allowed to utilize automated license plate readers (ALPRs); establish parameters for use of an ALPR including safeguards for privacy protections; authorize the Depar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-01
To Senate Transportation Committee |
| KY | SB382 | Intro
Sine Die | Establish KRS Chapter 245, relating to adult use cannabis, to administer its cultivation, processing, transportation, sale, use, taxation, and licensing; define terms; establish the Adult Use Cannabis Control Board and its membership, procedures, pow...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-01
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| KY | SB354 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 610.070 to require open hearings in all juvenile cases; amend KRS 620.050 to remove immunity for persons acting in good faith and upon reasonable cause in relation to reports of child dependency, neglect, and abuse and participation in judi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-01
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| KY | SB373 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216 to limit the liability of facilities that provide procedures related to in vitro fertilization; create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to limit the liability of health care providers that perform procedures re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-01
To Senate Health Services Committee |
| KY | SB362 | Intro
Sine Die | Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to guarantee the right of an individual 21 years of age or older to possess, use, buy, or sell one ounce or less of cannabis and to cultivate, harvest, and store up to five cannabis plan...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-01
To Senate State & Local Government Committee |
| KY | SB323 | Intro
Sine Die | Propose to amend the Constitution of Kentucky to repeal Section 145; create a new section to establish the requirements for a person to vote; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
To Senate State & Local Government Committee |
| KY | SB316 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of Subchapter 43 of KRS Chapter 224 to establish the Keep Kentucky Free of Litter fund and set up a cash awards program for the 20 peace officers with the highest conviction numbers related to littering; create new sections of KR...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
To Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection Committee |
| KY | SB321 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 533.220 to include gender-neutral language.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| KY | HB566 | Intro
Sine Die | Propose to amend Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky to automatically restore the voting rights of persons convicted of certain felonies upon completion of their imprisonment, probation, or parole and automatically restore their civil rights ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
To House Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs Committee |
| KY | SB293 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeal and reenact KRS 532.031 to define "gender identity or expression"; list the actions that qualify as hate crimes; list the actual or perceived characteristics a person must have in order to qualify as a victim of a hate crime; outline penalties...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| KY | SB271 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 533.220 to include gender-neutral language.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| KY | SB284 | Intro
Sine Die | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 381 to define terms; prohibit a foreign principal from acquiring or owning agricultural land; require a foreign principal that owns or acquires agricultural land before the effective date of this Act to register the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
To Senate Agriculture Committee |
| KY | SB48 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 514.030 to increase the theft aggregate timeframe from 90 days to one year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | SB257 | Intro
Sine Die | Propose to amend Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky to automatically restore the voting rights of persons convicted of certain felonies upon completion of their imprisonment, probation, or parole and automatically restore their civil rights ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
To Senate State & Local Government Committee |
