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| Position | Bill | Status | Summary | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | HB439 | Passed | Amend KRS 241.010 to make a technical correction; amend KRS 241.060 and 243.540 to allow the Alcoholic Beverage Control board to dispose of alcoholic beverages through public auction; promulgate administrative regulations to establish auction procedu... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04 signed by Governor |
| #2 | HCR103 | Introduced | Urge the Food and Drug Administration to mandate and enforce a prohibition on United States food manufacturers producing or selling food containing harmful ingredients that have been banned by several other countries. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27 |
| #3 | HB467 | Introduced | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216 to require all hospitals offering obstetric services and alternative birthing centers to provide or make referrals for perinatal palliative care; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to requi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27 |
| #4 | HB142 | Passed | Create a new section of KRS 438.305 to 438.340 to require the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to establish a vapor retail license and require retailers to have a retail license to sell vapor products; amend KRS 438.310 to increase penalties ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09 signed by Governor |
| #5 | HB554 | Passed | Create a new section of KRS 164A.555 to 164A.630 to permit governing boards of public supported postsecondary educational institutions to elect to terminate the institution's coverage through the state fire and tornado insurance fund and obtain the c... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04 signed by Governor |
| #6 | HB1 | Passed | Appropriate General Fund moneys from the Budget Reserve Trust Fund Account in fiscal years 2023-2024, 2024-2025, and 2025-2026 to the following: Kentucky Infrastructure Authority for drinking water and wastewater infrastructure grants; Department for... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-12 delivered to Secretary of State |
| #7 | SB14 | Passed | 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] | 2024-03-29 signed by Governor |
| #8 | SB285 | Passed | Amend KRS 154.50-323 to include gender-neutral language. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-16 signed by Governor |
| #9 | HB418 | Passed | Amend KRS 262.850 to decrease the minimum number of acres to qualify as an agricultural district from 250 acres to 50 acres; add cities that are within one mile of the agricultural district to the list of entities to be notified of the proposal, appr... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09 signed by Governor |
| #10 | HB726 | Passed | Amend various sections of Subtitles 1, 2, and 3 of KRS Chapter 286, the financial services code, to consolidate statutes; make technical corrections; make numerous revisions to the required banking experience of the financial institutions commissione... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09 signed by Governor |
| #11 | HB829 | Passed | Amend KRS 218B.010 to revise the definition of "bona fide practitioner-patient relationship"; amend KRS 218B.020 to require the Board of Physicians and Advisors to assist the Cabinet for Health and Family Services in developing a Medicinal Cannabis A... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-17 signed by Governor |
| #12 | HB357 | Passed | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to prohibit financial institutions from requiring the use of a firearms code, discriminating against a firearms retailer as a result of the assignment or nonassignment of a firearms code, and disclosing protecte... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27 became law without Governor's Signature |
| #13 | HB613 | Introduced | Amend KRS 67.160 to use gender-neutral language. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27 |
| #14 | SR169 | Passed | Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Robert Regan "Bob" Moss. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-15 adopted by voice vote |
| #15 | HB828 | Engrossed | Amend KRS 161.030 to specify that an individual who completes a preparation program and passes the required assessments shall receive a five year professional certificate; specify that an out-of-state teacher who passes the required assessments shall... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22 |
| #16 | SR186 | Passed | Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Billy Wayne Hicks. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22 adopted by voice vote |
| #17 | SR228 | Introduced | Confirm the reappointment of Kenneth Carl Smith, III as an administrative law judge in the Department of Workers' Claims. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-15 adopted 38-0 |
| #18 | HB385 | Passed | Amend KRS 311.631, relating to living wills and advance directives, to include an adult friend as an individual authorized to make health care decisions on behalf of a patient who lacks decisional capacity; amend KRS 504.060 to define "examiner" and ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09 signed by Governor |
| #19 | SB280 | Passed | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to establish that a Level II verified trauma center that partners with a public or private university to establish a medical residency program shall be entitled to the university hospital reimbursement rate for... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-05 signed by Governor |
| #20 | HB86 | Engrossed | Amend KRS 40.315 to expand interment eligibility in Kentucky state veterans' cemeteries to include eligible National Guard and Reserve service members and their families. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) |
| #21 | SB3 | Engrossed | 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 |
| #22 | HB167 | Passed | Amend KRS 190.080, regarding dealer discloser of previous consumer-owner information to a potential purchaser, to require that the previous consumer-owner give consent to disclose the information; make technical corrections. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04 signed by Governor |
| #23 | HB551 | Passed | Create 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 |
| #24 | HB509 | Engrossed | Create a new section of KRS 61.870 to 61.884, the Open Records Act, to require a public agency to furnish an officer, employee, board member, or commission member an agency email account; define terms; allow the governing body of a public agency or i... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-12 |
| #25 | HB583 | Passed | Amend 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 |
| #26 | HB40 | Passed | Amend KRS 223.170 to require the board of certification for water treatment and distribution system operators to submit to the Energy and Environment Cabinet on or before December 31, 2024, recommendations for the establishment of a voluntary certifi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-18 signed by Governor |
| #27 | HB267 | Passed | Create new sections in KRS Chapter 224A to establish the Broadband Equity Access and Development Program (BEAD) within the Office of Broadband Development; define terms; require the Office of Broadband Development to create and administer the BEAD Pr... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04 signed by Governor |
| #28 | SB199 | Passed | Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 281A regarding commercial driver's licenses (CDLs) to define terms; change references from "commercial driver's instruction permit" to "commercial learner's permit" (CLP) throughout KRS Chapter 281A; streamline p... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09 signed by Governor |
| #29 | HB478 | Passed | Amend KRS 224.40-120 to allow an off-site construction or demolition waste disposal permittee to request an increase in the size of the permitted area to no more than two acres total if the applicant is compliant with the permit requirements for the ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-06 became law without Governor's Signature |
| #30 | SB151 | Passed | Amend KRS 600.020 to define "child-specific foster home"; amend KRS 620.140 to allow a child to submit to the District Court the names of possible relative or fictive kin caregivers whom the child could be placed with if the court removes the child f... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-05 signed by Governor |
| #31 | HB825 | Passed | Require the Office of the Auditor of Public Accounts to conduct a full fiscal controls and operational performance audit of the Kentucky Department of Education and provide the report to the Interim Joint Committee on Education by July 1, 2025. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09 became law without Governor's Signature |
| #32 | HB3 | Passed | Amend KRS 529.110 to expand the definition of promoting human trafficking; create 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; amend KRS 15.706... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04 signed by Governor |
| #33 | HB5 | Passed | 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 |
| #34 | HB10 | Engrossed | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to establish the Kentucky maternal psychiatry access program, also known as the Kentucky Lifeline for Moms; establish duties and responsibilities of the program; direct that the program shall be operated by the... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27 |
| #35 | SB188 | Passed | Create new sections of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define terms for pharmacy-related insurance practices; require insurers, pharmacy benefit managers, and other pharmacy benefits administrators to establish reasonably adequate and accessible p... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-05 signed by Governor |
| #36 | SB229 | Passed | Amend 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 |
| #37 | HB272 | Passed | Amend KRS 405.075 to change the definition of "newborn safety device" related to the continuous staffing requirement. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-17 signed by Governor |
| #38 | HB446 | Passed | Amend KRS 158.110 to require local school boards to adopt a transportation services policy; amend KRS 158.148, relating to school district discipline guidelines, to require the Kentucky Department of Education to create a model transportation service... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22 signed by Governor |
| #39 | HB712 | Passed | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 148 to promote outdoor recreation and tourism development by establishing the Kentucky Ohio River Regional Recreation Authority (KORRRA); amend KRS 147A.090 to provide that area development district boards of direct... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09 signed by Governor |
| #40 | HB6 | Vetoed | The State/Executive Branch Budget: Detail Part I, Operating Budget; detail Part II, Capital Projects Budget; detail Part III, General Provisions; detail Part IV, State Salary/Compensation, Benefit, and Employment Policy; detail Part V, Funds Transfer... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-12 delivered to Secretary of State |
| #41 | SB118 | Passed | Amend KRS 511.070 to allow notice of trespass to be given through the placement of identifying purple paint marks on property; require any owner or lessee who marks his or her real property in such a manner to also provide clear written notice forbid... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-17 signed by Governor |
| #42 | HB17 | Passed | Amend KRS 326.080 to require the license renewal fee for practicing ophthalmic dispensing to be established by the Kentucky Board of Ophthalmic Dispensers through promulgation of administrative regulation. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04 signed by Governor |
| #43 | SR38 | Passed | Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Philip Richard Konopka. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-12 adopted by voice vote |
| #44 | SR32 | Passed | Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Dorothy Jean "Dottie" Sims. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22 adopted by voice vote |
| #45 | SR27 | Passed | Honor the life and memory of world-renowned Thoroughbred horse owner, breeder, and pillar of the horse racing industry, Frank L. Jones. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-12 adopted by voice vote |
| #46 | SR34 | Passed | Honor the life and accomplishments of former Kentucky State Representative Royce Adams. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22 adopted by voice vote |
| #47 | SR37 | Passed | Adjourn in loving memory and honor of former State Representative Hubert Collins. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-12 adopted by voice vote |
| #48 | SR35 | Passed | Adjourn the Senate in honor and loving memory of James W. "Jitter" Allen. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27 adopted by voice vote |
| #49 | HCR31 | Introduced | Urge local governments to facilitate the creation of long-term recovery groups prior to the occurance of disasters. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27 |
| #50 | SR2 | Passed | Honor the extraordinary service of Senator John Schickel to the Commonwealth of Kentucky upon his retirement from the General Assembly. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-15 adopted by voice vote |
