| 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 | SB28 | Veto | Amend KRS 311.380 to add definitions; amend KRS 311.400 to add the scope of practice for podiatric residents and podiatric assistants; amend KRS 311.420 to add qualifications to acquire a podiatry license; and amend KRS 311.480 to include podiatric r... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-18 Vetoed and delivered with Veto Message to Secretary of State |
| KY | HB199 | Engross
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to define "freestanding birthing center"; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate updated administrative regulations to establish licensure standards for freestanding birthing centers,... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-15 To Senate Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations Committee |
| KY | HB403 | Pass | Amends KRS 198B.706 to allow the Kentucky Board of Home Inspectors to promulgate administrative regulations following review of the director of the Division of Real Property Boards; amends KRS 198B.724 to establish continuing education requirements f... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-12 delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 182) |
| KY | SB299 | Pass | Repeals and reenacts KRS 230.210, 230.225, 230.230, and 230.260 to replace the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission with the Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation, to establish definitions, to grant the corporation jurisdiction over all forms of h... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-12 delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 171) |
| KY | HB586 | Pass | Amends various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to change “conservation officer” to “game warden”; amends KRS 16.065 to remove water safety enforcement from the duties of the Department of Kentucky State Police; amends KRS 150.010 to... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10 became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 159) |
| 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 | HB397 | Pass | Amends KRS 12.245 to include military orders documenting a military assignment transfer to Kentucky as valid proof of military service, and to ensure that occupational licensing compacts in Kentucky take precedence for a United States military servic... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 137) |
| KY | HB444 | Pass | Amends KRS 227A.060 to modify experience and education requirements for an electrician or master electrician license, to require an electrician applicant or master electrician applicant to have 8,000 hours or 16,000 hours of verifiable experience, re... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 134) |
| KY | HB726 | Pass | Amends sections of Subtitles 1, 2, and 3 of KRS Chapter 286 to consolidate statutes, to make technical corrections, and to make revisions to the required banking experience of the financial institutions commissioner, the Financial Institutions Board,... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 152) |
| KY | HB56 | Pass | Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 335.010 to 335.170 to declare the purpose of the Social Work Licensure Compact, to define terms, to set requirements for member states, to establish provisions for active duty military personnel or their spouses, ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-05 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 93) |
| KY | HB57 | Pass | Amends KRS 311A.030 to remove the classifications of ambulance services, mobile integrated healthcare programs, and medical first response providers; amends KRS 311A.142 to permit an emergency medical responder, emergency medical technician, advanced... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-05 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 94) |
| KY | SB50 | Pass | Amends KRS 243.0305 to allow a craft distiller to self-distribute up to 5,000 gallons of distilled spirits per year directly to a licensed retailer, to direct the distiller to register, deliver, report, and pay all applicable taxes on self-distribute... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-05 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 110) |
| KY | HB505 | Pass | Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 222 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations to establish requirements for providing alcohol and drug treatment and behavioral health service providers and to ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-05 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 89) |
| 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 | HB293 | Pass | Creates new sections of KRS Chapter 217 to define terms related to kratom, to prohibit the sale of kratom products to individuals under 21 years of age, to establish product safety standards, to establish labeling requirements for kratom products, to... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 44) |
| KY | SB139 | Pass | Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 292 to establish a registration exemption for private fund advisers, to establish requirements for the exemption, to direct where filings shall be made, to require that investment advisers comply with registration... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04 signed by Governor (Acts Ch.42) |
| KY | HB361 | Pass | Amends KRS 311.530 to add the chair of the Physician Assistant Advisory Committee to the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure, and to allow the commissioner of public health, the dean of the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, the vice dean fo... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04 signed by Governor (Acts Ch.30) |
| KY | HB401 | Pass | Amends KRS 342.0011 to expand the definition of “physician” to include physicians with a license to practice in any jurisdiction in the United States; amends KRS 342.033 to define “physician” to include retired physicians previously authorize... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04 signed by Governor (Acts Ch.33) |
| KY | HB439 | Pass | Amends KRS 211.285 to rename the “malt beverage education fund” as the “alcohol wellness and responsibility education fund,” to add proceeds from Alcoholic Beverage Control Board distilled spirit auctions to the fund, to issue moneys from the... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 46) |
| KY | SB14 | Pass | Amends KRS 317A.020 to specify emergency order and hearing procedures and to allow the Board of Cosmetology to pursue injunctive remedy and refer violations of the chapter to prosecutorial agencies; and amends KRS 317A.030 to add a licensed nail tech... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-29 signed by Governor (Acts Ch.25) |
| KY | SB164 | Pass | Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 198B to allow articulation agreements between licensed proprietary schools and public school districts or state area technology centers to establish academic or training equivalencies needed to obtain licensure, a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-29 signed by Governor (Acts Ch.22) |
| 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 | HB766 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 335B to require the licensing authorities of healthcare occupations to collect workforce participation data during the annual, biennial, or triennial licensure renewal process. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27 To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | SB302 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 230.760 to add gender-neutral language. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15 To Senate Licensing and Occupations 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 | SB346 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 14.250 to require the Secretary of State (SOS) to develop, operate, and maintain the Kentucky One-Stop Business Portal (Portal) to facilitate interaction among businesses and governmental agencies in the Commonwealth; mandate that certain e... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-01 To Senate State & Local Government 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 | SB5 | Pass | Amends KRS 150.170 to remove the requirement that resident owners of farmlands 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; EMERGENCY. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 2) |
| KY | SB322 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 323A.100 to make a technical correction. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29 To Senate Licensing and Occupations Committee |
| KY | SB234 | Intro
Sine Die | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 100 to define terms related to short-term rentals; make owner-occupied short-term rentals a permitted residential use; permit non-owner-occupied short-term rentals to be subject to a conditional use permit or varian... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28 To Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | HB736 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 241.140, 241.190, and 241.250 to require a local alcoholic beverage administrator to give an applicant a written explanation of why a license application was denied; prohibit more than one license application for the same premises within a ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26 To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB765 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to remove references to moral turpitude and good moral character; amend various other sections to conform; make technical changes. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26 To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB702 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 230.371 to add gender-neutral language. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26 To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB780 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 324B to direct professional healthcare licensing boards to collect more comprehensive and uniform data on licensure renewal forms and to report data to the Department of Insurance and Cabinet for Health and Family ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26 To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB737 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 241.065 to limit the number of quota retail package licenses in each council district of a consolidated local government to 16 licenses; require each quota retail package premises within a consolidated local government to be at least 700 fe... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26 To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB763 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 309.081 to create gender-neutral language. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26 To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB761 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 312.021 to create gender-neutral language. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26 To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB793 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 317A.120 to require examinations for licensure to be offered in English, Vietnamese, and Spanish. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26 To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB792 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 317A.030 to add a licensed nail technician and one additional citizen at large member to the board; direct board to collect and retain statistical data on its applicants and licensees; amend KRS 317A.120 to require the board give written te... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26 To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB703 | Intro
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. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26 To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | SB211 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 314.073 to require nurses whose primary scope of practice focuses on patients 50 years of age or older to complete continuing education courses on treating Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia; amend KRS 311.844 to require physic... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-22 To Senate Health Services Committee |
| KY | HB651 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 258 to create a commercial dog breeder; establish fees, conditions for issuance and revocation, and penalties; amend KRS 258.119 to conform. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-22 To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB675 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 200.666, related to requirements for personnel development, to provide that training activities for licensed providers of early intervention services for children are offered by various licensure boards. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-22 To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | SB237 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 317.410 to define "mobile barber shop"; amend KRS 317.420 to restrict a person from operating a mobile barber shop without being licensed by the Kentucky Board of Barbering; amend KRS 317.430 to authorize the board to govern mobile barber s... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-22 To Senate Licensing and Occupations Committee |
| KY | HB574 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 311.571 to allow and add requirements for a physician licensed to practice medicine in another country to obtain a provisional license to practice medicine in the Commonwealth; add requirements for a provisional license to convert to a regu... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-15 To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB538 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to define "pregnancy resource center"; require pregnancy resource centers to be licensed; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations to establish licensure stan... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14 To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB455 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 243 to establish requirements for persons delivering alcoholic beverages on behalf of a retail package licensee; amend KRS 241.066 to limit the number of quota retail package licenses to one license for every 2,000... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13 To House Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations Committee |
| KY | HB527 | Intro
Sine Die | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 198B to define terms; establish licensing for roofing contractors under the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction; prohibit any persons not licensed under this department from holding himself or herself ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13 To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB503 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 12.245, 12.354, 14A.1-070, 16.040, 40.010, 40.310, 40.650, 42.0146, 148.0211, 158.105, 158.140, 161.048, 164.512, 164.515, 186.041, 186.163, and 186.416 to make certain LGBTQ and qualifying veterans, as defined, eligible for state veterans'... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09 To House Committee On Committees |