| 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 | SB167 | Pass | Amends KRS 156.160 to require that cursive writing be included as a course of study in all elementary schools beginning in the 2025-2026 school year; and amends KRS 158.6453 to distinguish basic handwriting or penmanship from the definition of “wri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-17
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 203) |
| KY | SB259 | Pass | Amends KRS 65.503, relating to the board of the West End Opportunity Partnership, to stipulate that the board has the authority to set its own procedures to determine successors, to allow more than one nominee from the institutions from which members...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-12
delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 170) |
| 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 | 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 | SB229 | Pass | Amends KRS 42.747 to replace the member serving on the Blockchain Technology Working Group representing the Kentucky Municipal Utilities Association with a member representing municipal utilities and designated by the Kentucky League of Cities; amend...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-29
signed by Governor (Acts Ch.19) |
| KY | SB261 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 18A.225 to exclude from the definition of "employee" any employer that ceases participation in the state employee health insurance plan from participating in the plan in the future; require minimal participation duration for all benefits ad...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
placed in the Orders of the Day |
| KY | SB290 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 18A.050 to require a member of the Personnel Board to vacate his or her position or have the board terminate his or her position if he or she separates from the classified service; amend KRS 18A.110 to allow the secretary of the Personnel C...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
placed in the Orders of the Day |
| KY | SB3 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 150.021 to remove the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources from the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet, administratively attach the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to the Department of Agriculture, transfer records associated...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | SB210 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 159 to allow the enrollment of a child on a part-time basis in a school district; establish conditions for the part-time enrollment; amend KRS 158.120 to prohibit a district's nonresident pupil policy from discrimi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15
To Senate Rules 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 | SB81 | Pass | Amends KRS 164.746 to modify the membership of the governing board of the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority; amends KRS 164A.050 to modify the membership of the governing board of the Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corporation (K...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 5) |
| KY | SB220 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 96.171 to define "governing body" and "customer"; amend KRS 96.172 to increase the combined electric and water plant board membership from five to seven; require that vacancies on the board be filled in a manner that will bring the board me...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
To Senate Rules Committee |
| KY | SB8 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 156.029 to provide that all 14 voting members of the Kentucky Board of Education are to be elected; create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to establish the process by which members of the Kentucky Board of Education are elected, including ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-08
To House Education Committee |
| KY | SB193 | Engross
Sine Die | Repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 258.117 to reduce the number of board appointees from each nominating organization from two to one; add one member to be selected from a list submitted by Kentucky Animal Action; provide that on the effective date of th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-01
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | SB377 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 160.440 to specify that a local board of education cannot appoint the superintendent as secretary to the board.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-01
To Senate Education Committee |
| KY | SB338 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to direct each local board of education to designate a traceable communication system that shall be the exclusive means for school district personnel to communicate electronically with students; provide that a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-01
To Senate Education Committee |
| KY | SB360 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 160.348 to direct secondary school-based decision making councils to adopt designated policies relating to advanced courses; provide that students who meet certain criteria shall be granted automatic enrollment in an AP course; direct the K...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-01
To Senate Education Committee |
| KY | SB378 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 160.580 to require each superintendent to submit an annual charitable contribution report to the Kentucky Department of Education regarding contributions to the district; establish the minimum contents of the report; require the department ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-01
To Senate Education 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 | SB300 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 117.066 to eliminate vote centers; amend KRS 117.001 and 117.383 to conform.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
To Senate State & Local Government Committee |
| KY | SB294 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 131.1817 to remove the possible suspension of an operator's license for a person found to be a delinquent taxpayer; amend KRS 186.444 to create a medical review board for the purpose of considering a person's ability to drive due to a physi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
To Senate Appropriations and Revenue 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 | SB245 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to define "lobbyist", "public agency", and "public funds"; prohibit a public agency from spending public funds to employ or contract with a lobbyist or from using public funds to pay a nonprofit association or o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
To Senate State & Local Government Committee |
| 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 | SB216 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 117.001 to define "prevailing time"; amend KRS 117.087 to require the processing, review, and counting of absentee ballots begin at 8 a.m. on the day of any primary, regular election, or special election day and prohibit sharing election re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-20
To Senate State & Local Government Committee |
| KY | SB171 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 160.350 to require a majority plus one vote instead of a four-fifths vote of board members to remove the superintendent, delete requirements for approval from the commissioner of education to remove a superintendent; provide an appeal proce...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06
To Senate Education Committee |
| KY | SB170 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend 160.210 to establish new numbers for membership of a local board of education based on district enrollment; require the Kentucky Board of Education to determine the required number of members every 10 years; provide for the election of addition...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06
To Senate Education Committee |
| KY | SB169 | Intro
Sine Die | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 160 to establish a process to recall a member of a local board of education; amend KRS 160.190 to conform.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06
To Senate Education Committee |
| KY | SB159 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS 95A.200 to 95A.300 to establish a voluntary PFAS blood test reimbursement program using moneys from the Firefighters Foundation Program fund and operated by the Kentucky Fire Commission; allow for reimbursement for out-of-...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-05
To Senate State & Local Government Committee |
| KY | SB154 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 311B.050 to require the Kentucky Board for Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy to create and enforce policies and procedures that ensure a patient's right to record any procedure performed by an individual who is licensed by the board; am...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-02
To Senate Licensing and Occupations Committee |
| KY | SB146 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 317.450 to require all licensed barbers receive up to one hour of domestic violence training as a condition of licensure and at no cost to the applicant or licensee; require the board to make training available online; provide civil and cri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31
To Senate Licensing and Occupations Committee |
| KY | SB106 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS 258.095 to 258.500 to require animal control officers to receive training on recognizing child abuse; amend KRS 620.030 to add animal control officers to the list of people with a duty to report dependency, neglect, or abu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-16
To Senate Families & Children Committee |
| KY | SB108 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 116.045 to prohibit public entities, officials, and employees authorized to assist a person in registering, transferring, and changing political party from influencing the person's decision; provide that no individual or group shall have el...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-16
To Senate State & Local Government Committee |
| KY | SB79 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 120.015 to insert gender-neutral language; amend KRS 120.055 to make technical corrections; amend KRS 120.065 to insert gender-neutral language and make technical corrections; amend KRS 120.075 to remove the requirement for a supersedeas bo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-12
To Senate State & Local Government Committee |
| KY | SB77 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 117.275 to establish that a voter tally be conducted; include additional requirements for the certification of election results; amend KRS 117.066 and 117.355 to conform.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-12
To Senate State & Local Government Committee |
| KY | SB98 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 156.029 to change the public high school nonvoting student member to a voting member of the Kentucky Board of Education; add an at-large member to the board; require at least two of the members to have a child enrolled in public school; ame...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-11
To Senate Education Committee |
| KY | SB94 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 154.12-330 to give preference to veterans in the issuance of small business loans; create a new section of KRS Chapter 151B to require monthly veteran workforce reports; create new sections of Subchapter 12 of KRS Chapter 154 to require ann...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection Committee |
| KY | SB49 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 229.011 to redefine "exhibition"; amend KRS 229.045 to require sanctioning bodies to provide notice to the Boxing and Wrestling Commission of all combat sports exhibitions not covered under this chapter.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-03
To Senate Licensing and Occupations Committee |
| KY | SB52 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to make legislative findings and declarations and establish the Artificial Intelligence in Kentucky's Schools project, establish requirements for the Kentucky Department of Education to implement the project, r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-03
To Senate Education Committee |
| KY | SB51 | Intro
Sine Die | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 309 to define terms; establish a licensing board for professional music therapists; require three members of the board to have engaged in three years of the practice or teaching of music therapy; prohibit any person...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-03
To Senate Licensing and Occupations Committee |
