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| Position | Bill | Status | Summary | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | SB85 | Introduced | Amend KRS 532.080 to provide that a jury may fix an enhanced term of imprisonment when they find a defendant to be a persistent felony offender; provide that persistent felony offender in the first degree and second degree only applies to offenders w... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-12 |
| #2 | HB45 | Engrossed | 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 |
| #3 | HB47 | Introduced | 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 |
| #4 | HR37 | Introduced | Urge the United States Congress to amend Title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the government pension offset and the windfall elimination provision. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-15 |
| #5 | HR45 | Passed | 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 |
| #6 | SB21 | Introduced | Amend KRS 132.810 to remove the requirement that totally disabled persons filing for the homestead exemption apply annually and only require a person to reapply if the disability status of the person changes; create a new section of KRS Chapter 140 t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-03 |
| #7 | HB169 | Passed | Amend KRS 158.162 to require local boards of education to maintain a portable automated external defibrillator in a public, readily accessible, well-marked location in all school buildings, including elementary school buildings, and at school-sanctio... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-18 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 208) |
| #8 | HR34 | Introduced | Urge the United States Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration to adopt its proposed rule on permissible exposure limits of silica dust consistent with existing Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-08 |
| #9 | HB354 | Passed | Amend KRS 61.637 and 78.5540 to require the Department of Education to pay to the Kentucky Public Pensions Authority (KPPA) the health insurance premium reimbursements required for retirees who participated in a hazardous position prior to July 1, 20... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-18 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 214) |
| #10 | HB50 | Introduced | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 391 to establish the Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act to codify provisions for the creation, administration, modification, termination, and validity of transfer on death deeds; define terms; specify that ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25 |
| #11 | HB293 | Passed | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 217 to define terms related to kratom; direct the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to license and regulate processors and retailers of kratom products; charge kratom processors an annual licensing fee of $1,... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 44) |
| #12 | HB420 | Introduced | 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] | 2024-01-30 |
| #13 | HB109 | Passed | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to define terms; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to establish a system to designate swimming pools into classifications; establish lifeguard requirements for Class A and Class B pools; requir... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09 became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 116) |
| #14 | HB536 | Introduced | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to define terms; provide rights related to access to contraception; create private right of action; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage fo... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14 |
| #15 | HB155 | Engrossed | Amend KRS 403.190 to state that criminal misconduct against the other spouse may be considered in the disposition of marital property; provide that a spouse who is convicted of committing a felony against the other spouse shall not be entitled to cla... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-15 |
| #16 | HB535 | Passed | Amend KRS 158.141 to require, beginning with the freshman class of 2025-2026, a one-half credit course in civic literacy for graduation, including early graduation; provide a list of required topics to be taught in a civic literacy course; require th... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 122) |
| #17 | HB723 | Passed | Amend KRS 147A.150 to delete references to priority communities and insert references to eligible communities; amend KRS 147A.152 to redefine "eligible grant recipient," "eligible project," and "eligible use,"; delete "priority community"; define "el... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-12 delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 188) |
| #18 | HB62 | Introduced | Propose to amend Section 170 of the Constitution of Kentucky to remove the $6,500 homestead exemption amount for property taxation and provide the General Assembly the authority to set the amount of the homestead exemption; provide ballot language; s... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-02 |
| #19 | HB316 | Engrossed | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 7A to define terms; establish the Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board of the Kentucky General Assembly to review, analyze, study, evaluate, provide legislative oversight, and make recommendations to the General As... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-01 |
| #20 | HB348 | Introduced | Repeal and reenact KRS 238.505 to alphabetize charitable gaming-related definitions and make technical corrections; amend KRS 238.520 to adjust the membership and meeting schedule of the Charitable Gaming Advisory Commission; amend KRS 238.525 to req... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-23 |
| #21 | HB373 | Introduced | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to prohibit unlawful storage of a firearm; establish elements of the crime as recklessly allowing access to an unsecured firearm by a minor; establish the crime as a Class B misdemeanor unless a physical injury... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24 |
| #22 | SB180 | Introduced | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 454 to restrict use of facial recognition technology and biometric identifiers; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to create a cause of action for use of facial recognition technology or biometric identifiers;... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08 |
| #23 | HB676 | Introduced | Amend KRS 205.170 to make technical corrections. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-22 |
| #24 | SB20 | Passed | Amend KRS 439.3401 to include in the definition of "violent offender" a person who has been convicted of burglary in the first degree as described in KRS 511.020(1)(a), assault in the second degree as described in KRS 508.020(1)(b) or (c), and wanton... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10 became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 160) |
| #25 | SB147 | Engrossed | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 231 to express the findings of the General Assembly relating to adult-oriented businesses and the need for regulation; define terms; establish distance parameters for the location of adult-oriented businesses in pro... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26 |
| #26 | SB94 | Introduced | 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 |
| #27 | HB475 | Passed | Amend KRS 441.053, relating to jail health care operations, to remove the prohibition that an entity that provides medical, dental, psychological, or pharmacy services to the Department of Corrections and local jails cannot also provide claims manage... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04 signed by Governor (Acts Ch.36) |
| #28 | SJR140 | Passed | Direct the Public Service Commission to make all staffing, organizational, and administrative preparations necessary to be ready to discharge its regulatory duties relating to applications for the siting and construction of nuclear energy facilities ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04 signed by Governor (Acts Ch.29) |
| #29 | HB777 | Engrossed | 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 |
| #30 | HB500 | Introduced | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 337 to provide for certain employment activities to be exempt from minimum wage and overtime wage requirements; specify activities and instances that do not require an employer to pay minimum wage or overtime wage; ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27 |
| #31 | HB11 | Passed | Create new sections of KRS 438.305 to 438.340 to define terms; require the Secretary of State to create and publish a list of certain tobacco product retailers; require the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to create and maintain a tobacco non... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-05 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 111) |
| #32 | HB60 | Introduced | Create a new section of KRS 186.400 to 186.640 to require the Transportation Cabinet to establish a regional driver licensing office in each senatorial district; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2025. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-02 |
| #33 | HB42 | Introduced | Amend KRS 139.010 to define "disability" and "service animal"; amend KRS 139.480 to exempt veterinarian services and charges for veterans' service animals from the sales and use tax; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2024. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31 |
| #34 | SB10 | Engrossed | Propose to amend Section 95 of the Constitution of Kentucky to hold the election of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Treasurer, Auditor of Public Accounts, Attorney General, Secretary of State, and Commissioner of Agriculture, Labor and Statistics ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-18 |
| #35 | HR6 | Introduced | Adopt the Rules of Procedure for the 2024 Regular Session of the House of Representatives. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-02 |
| #36 | HB135 | Passed | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 109 to define "confidential business information"; provide that no county or waste management district shall compel the production or submission of confidential business information from a solid waste management se... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 145) |
| #37 | SB69 | Introduced | Repeal and reenact KRS 132.017 to require the portion of a property tax rate which will produce revenue from real property, exclusive of revenue from new property, more than four percent over the amount of revenue produced by the compensating tax rat... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-08 |
| #38 | HB165 | Introduced | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 244 to define terms; establish preemployment requirements for bouncers; create bouncer training standards; establish agency oversight; amend KRS 244.120 to prohibit consumption of alcohol by a bouncer during work ho... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-05 |
| #39 | SB73 | Introduced | Amend KRS 218A.1421, 218A.1422, and 218A.1423 to remove penalties for possession, cultivation, or trafficking of up to eight ounces, or five plants, of marijuana; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to allow expungement of certain convictions rel... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-08 |
| #40 | HB171 | Failed | Amend KRS 11.027 to create a process for submission of plans for installation or removal of statues, monuments, or objects of art on permanent display in the New State Capitol or on New State Capitol campus grounds and require approval by the General... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07 WITHDRAWN |
| #41 | HB215 | Failed | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 311A to create the Recognition of EMS Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact; declare the intent and purpose of the compact; define terms; establish conditions under which an individual can practice in a remote sta... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-11 WITHDRAWN |
| #42 | HB317 | Introduced | 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 |
| #43 | HR58 | Passed | Recognizing the 250 year tradition of opening prayers for legislative session days. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29 adopted by voice vote |
| #44 | HB401 | Passed | Amend KRS 342.0011 to expand the definition of "physician" to include physicians with a license issued by any state, Commonwealth, district, or territory of the United States. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04 signed by Governor (Acts Ch.33) |
| #45 | HB415 | Introduced | Amend KRS 304.17A-258 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for certain formulas; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for breastfeeding support and equipment; amend... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-30 |
| #46 | SB153 | Engrossed | Amend KRS 29A.080 to allow an individual age 70 or older to elect to be permanently excused from jury service; require this option to be prominently displayed at the top of the juror qualification form; require a prospective juror age 70 or older to ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26 |
| #47 | HB405 | Introduced | Create a new section of KRS 211.672 to 211.678 to establish the Perinatal Advisory Committee to review Kentucky’s system of perinatal care and make recommendations for the improvement of perinatal outcomes within the Cabinet for Health and Family S... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-30 |
| #48 | SJR132 | Passed | Direct the Council on Postsecondary Education to conduct a study on transforming the Hazard Community and Technical College into a four-year, residential university; require the results of the study to be submitted to the Legislative Research Commiss... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-16 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 192) |
| #49 | HB519 | Introduced | Propose to amend Section 32 of the Constitution of Kentucky to lower the minimum age requirements for members of the General Assembly and the residency requirement for Senators; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13 |
| #50 | SB206 | Introduced | Amend KRS 620.023 to add additional criteria that the court may consider in determining the best interests of a child; prohibit court from considering the socioeconomic status of a parent or caretaker. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16 |
