| KY | HB244 | Pass | Amends KRS 401.020 to require a court to conduct a hearing and consider the best interests of a child when one parent refuses or is unable to execute a petition for a name change for a minor child; creates a new section of KRS Chapter 403 to define t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 219) |
| KY | HB169 | Pass | Amends KRS 158.162 to require that local boards of education 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-sanc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-18
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 208) |
| KY | HB155 | Engross
Sine Die | 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
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| KY | HB575 | Engross
Sine Die | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 247 to define terms, prohibit a nonresident alien, foreign business, foreign agent, trustee, or fiduciary associated with the government of any proscribed country referenced in 22 C.F.R. sec. 126.1 from the purchase...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-15
posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) |
| KY | HB622 | Pass | Repeals KRS 63.200, which requires the Governor to fill vacancies in the office of United States Senator; amends KRS 118.720 to require that the Governor sign a proclamation for an election to fill a vacancy in the office of United States Senator and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-12
delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 187) |
| KY | HB581 | Pass | Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 100 to define “retail filling station” and “electric vehicle charging station”; prohibits local governments from using the zoning process or adopting any measure to prohibit or restrict the ability of a re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-12
delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 186) |
| KY | HB320 | Pass | Amends KRS 337.385 to establish a statute of limitations of three years for wage and hour violations; creates a new section of KRS Chapter 413 to establish a statute of limitations of three years for actions against an employer for wrongful discharge...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10
became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 157) |
| KY | HB53 | Pass | Amends KRS 117.001 to remove the definition of “risk-limiting audit” and to remove language from the defined term of “voting machine” or “machine” regarding a direct recording electronic voting machine; amends KRS 117.383 to require that ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10
became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 156) |
| KY | HB333 | Pass | Amends KRS 69.210 to establish that any prosecution by attorneys for the Cabinet for Health and Family Services under KRS Chapter 620 shall occur only upon written consent of the county attorney and presiding judge.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 141) |
| KY | HB386 | Pass | Amends KRS 218A.1446 to remove annual and package purchase limits for pseudoephedrine.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 117) |
| 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 | HB68 | Pass | Amends KRS 186.162 to set fees for personalized license plates for recreational vehicles and to change extra fees for additional special license plates to match their initial fee upon renewal; and amends KRS 186.174 to allow issuance of personalized ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-05
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 95) |
| KY | HB100 | Pass | Amends KRS 213.141 to establish that a homeless individual as defined in KRS 198A.700, or a homeless youth, as defined in 42 U.S.C. sec. 11434a(2), who is under the age of 25 does not have to pay a fee to get a copy of his or her birth certificate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-05
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 96) |
| 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 | HB476 | Pass | Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 625 to allow a parent to voluntarily terminate parental rights during the pendency of a proceeding under KRS Chapter 620, relating to dependency, neglect, and abuse actions, by signing and filing a consent form pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
signed by Governor (Acts Ch.37) |
| KY | HB15 | Pass | Creates new sections of KRS Chapter 367 to establish consumer rights relating to personal data; defines terms; exempts certain persons or entities from the statutory provisions of this Act; establishes certain consumer rights relating to personal dat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 72) |
| 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 | 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 | HB357 | Pass | Creates new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to prohibit certain entities from requiring, incentivizing, or assigning a merchant category code that distinguishes a firearms retailer from other retailers, to prohibit keeping or causing to be kept any list,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch.14) |
| KY | HB10 | Engross
Sine Die | 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
To Senate Rules 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 | HCR68 | Engross
Sine Die | Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Kentucky Housing Task Force to study, review, and provide policy recommendations on how to address the housing shortage in the Commonwealth; require the task force to meet at least monthly d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
To Senate Committee on Committees |
| KY | HCR124 | Intro
Sine Die | Direct the Legislative Research Commission to create the Penal Code Reform Task Force; establish membership; require report to the Legislative Research Commission.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 22, 2024 |
| KY | HB39 | Engross
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 40 to prevent the compensation for advising or assisting with veterans' benefits.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15
To Senate Rules 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 | HB451 | Engross
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 394 to allow for a will to refer to a separate written statement or list in order to dispose of items of tangible personal property not otherwise specifically bequeathed.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07
To Senate Committee on Committees |
| 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 | HCR132 | Intro
Sine Die | Establish the Kentucky School for the Deaf Governance Task Force; establish duties and membership; direct the task force to study optimal governance models for the Kentucky School for the Deaf, including by a possible independent board of education.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-05
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB783 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 167.017 to set timelines for appointment of a search committee for the superintendent of the Kentucky School for the Deaf and appointment of the superintendent; require prioritization of candidates that will be locally available and commit ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB689 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 454.220 to include gender-neutral language.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-23
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB693 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 630.030 to include gender-neutral language.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-23
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB694 | Intro
Sine Die | Direct local school districts to provide a one-time payment of $2,000 to certified employees, excluding superintendents, in each year of the 2024-2026 biennium, and a one-time payment of $1,000 to classified employees in each year of the 2024-2026 bi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-23
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB666 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 376.460 to include gender-neutral language.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-22
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB654 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 29A.270 to include gender-neutral language.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-22
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB407 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 164.295 to permit Eastern Kentucky University to offer doctor's degrees required for professional practice and licensure in osteopathic medicine.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-20
To Senate Education Committee |
| KY | HB604 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 533.220 to include gender-neutral language.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-20
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB616 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 411.188 to include gender-neutral language.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-20
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB341 | Engross
Sine Die | Propose to amend Sections 145 and 155 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prohibit persons who are not citizens of the United States from being allowed to vote in the Commonwealth of Kentucky; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To Senate State & Local Government Committee |
| KY | HR57 | Intro
Sine Die | Urge Governor Andy Beshear to express support for Governor Greg Abbott and the State of Texas in their efforts to secure the border.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-30
adopted 77-17 |
| KY | HB217 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 150.170 to remove the requirement that resident owners of farmlands must 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; EMERGENC...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee |
| KY | HB178 | Intro
Sine Die | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 411 to establish a cause of action for a person who was wrongfully convicted of a felony in the Commonwealth; establish the wrongful conviction compensation fund; APPROPRIATION.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-19
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | HR45 | Pass | 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 |
| KY | HJR33 | Intro
Sine Die | Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate the James "Jim" Herring Memorial Bridge in Boyle and Garrard Counties.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-08
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB97 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 186.162 to change extra fees for special license plates charged upon renewal to match the extra fees charged upon initial issuance; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2025
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-03
To House Committee On Committees |
