| KY | SB74 | Pass | Amends KRS 18A.225 and 164.2871 to require the state employee health plan and self-insured state postsecondary education institution group health plans to comply with special enrollment and maternity coverage requirements; creates a new section of KR...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-18
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 207) |
| KY | SB191 | Pass | Amends KRS 164.092 to define “nontraditional age students,” to remove all references to “minority,” to require that any formula not include race-based metrics or targets, to increase the percentage of public university funding based on studen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-17
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 196) |
| 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 | SB151 | Pass | Amends KRS 620.140 to allow a child to submit to the District Court the names of possible relative or fictive kin caregivers with whom the child could be placed if the court removes the child from his or her home; and amends KRS 620.142 to establish ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-05
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 85) |
| KY | SB127 | Pass | Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to define terms; establishes the Kentucky Aerospace, Aviation, and Defense Investment Fund Advisory Committee; establishes the membership of the committee; establishes the Kentucky aerospace, aviation, and def...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-05
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 109) |
| KY | SB188 | Pass | Amends KRS 18A.2254 to require that the state employee health plan and state agencies comply with certain pharmacy-related insurance laws; creates new sections of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define terms for pharmacy-related insurance practice...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-05
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 104) |
| KY | SB45 | Pass | Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 16 to require the Department of Kentucky State Police to create and operate the Kentucky Ashanti Alert System to provide public notification through the use of media providers and highway signs when an adult is mi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 52) |
| KY | SB319 | Pass | Amends KRS 49.280 to expand definitions relating to crime victims compensation; amends KRS 49.300 to specify duties of the Crime Victims Compensation Board; amends KRS 49.310 to allow family members and caregivers of a victim to file claims; amends K...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 67) |
| KY | SB255 | Pass | Retain original provisions; require a social worker to make a reasonable attempt to verify the identity of a client; require the use of non-public facing HIPAA compliant technology products.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 53) |
| KY | SB145 | Pass | .Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 216 to allow health facilities or health care providers enrolled in the Kentucky Medicaid program to submit a current or prospective employee to a check of the child abuse and neglect or adult abuse registries ma...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-29
signed by Governor (Acts Ch.18) |
| 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 | SB202 | Engross
50% | Amend KRS 439.340 to allow the Parole Board to order participation in a specific violence reduction program as a condition of parole; amend KRS 533.030 to allow a court to require participation in a specific violence reduction program as a condition ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Judiciary Committee |
| KY | SB89 | Engross
50% | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the Department for Medicaid Services and any managed care organization with whom the department contracts for the delivery of Medicaid Services to provide coverage for certified professional midwifer...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | SB142 | Engross
50% | Create a new section of KRS 18A.005 to 18A.200 to provide an employee of the Commonwealth a paid leave of absence of up to four weeks for the birth, surrogacy, or adoption of a child, or up to two weeks for the placement of a child in foster care or ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12
To House Families & Children Committee |
| KY | SB130 | Engross
50% | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 344 to make it unlawful for a state agency to discriminate against a person based on his or her access to electronic means to obtain benefits or gain access to public buildings; provide that the Act may be cited as...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-11
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | SB131 | Engross
50% | Amend KRS 117.001 to define "electioneering communication," "information content provider," "interactive computer service," "sponsor," and "synthetic media"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 117 to establish a cause of action for the use of synthe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07
To House Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs Committee |
| KY | SB301 | Intro
25% | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to state that there shall be no criminal liability against a provider engaged in assisted reproduction who meets the professional standard of care.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| KY | SB293 | Intro
25% | Repeal and reenact KRS 532.031 to define "gender identity or expression"; list the actions that qualify as hate crimes; list the actual or perceived characteristics a person must have in order to qualify as a victim of a hate crime; outline penalties...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| KY | SB292 | Intro
25% | Amend KRS 117.085 to provide convenience of the voter as a basis for absentee voting; amend KRS 117.076 to permit any qualified voter the ability to vote in-person absentee during normal business hours on any of the 12 working days and two Saturdays ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
To Senate State & Local Government Committee |
| KY | SB258 | Intro
25% | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to state legislative findings; establish definitions; provide additional free speech protections for student journalists; place limitations on additional protections; provide protection for student media adviso...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
To Senate Education Committee |
| KY | SB257 | Intro
25% | Propose to amend Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky to automatically restore the voting rights of persons convicted of certain felonies upon completion of their imprisonment, probation, or parole and automatically restore their civil rights ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
To Senate State & Local Government Committee |
| KY | SB291 | Intro
25% | Amend KRS 344.010 to provide definitions of "protective hairstyle" and "race" that include traits historically associated with race; amend KRS 344.020 to provide that nothing in the chapter shall be construed to prohibit reasonable workplace policies...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
To Senate Committee on Committees |
| KY | SB262 | Intro
25% | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to prohibit the unlawful storage of a firearm; establish elements of the crime for recklessly allowing access to an unsecured firearm by a minor; establish the crime as a Class A misdemeanor unless a physical i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
To Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection Committee |
| KY | SB263 | Intro
25% | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 158 to prohibit censorship of history curriculum; permit a school or school district to adopt, implement, and offer equity, diversity, and inclusion curricula, programing, initiatives, and instruction without penalt...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
To Senate Education Committee |
| KY | SB264 | Intro
25% | Amend KRS 2.110 to add the nineteenth day of June as a state holiday commemorating Juneteenth National Freedom Day; EMERGENCY.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
To Senate State & Local Government Committee |
| KY | SB218 | Intro
25% | 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] | 2024-02-20
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| KY | SB195 | Intro
25% | Propose to amend Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky to restore the voting rights of persons convicted of certain felonies three years after completion of imprisonment, probation, or parole; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratif...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14
To Senate State & Local Government Committee |
| KY | SB185 | Intro
25% | Establish new sections of KRS Chapter 337 to create a prevailing wage law for all public works projects; amend KRS 12.020, 99.480, 227.487, 151B.015, 337.010, and 337.990 to conform.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To Senate Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor Committee |
| KY | SB134 | Intro
25% | Amend KRS 344.010 to include definitions for "sexual orientation" and "gender identity"; amend KRS 344.020, relating to the purpose of the Kentucky's civil rights chapter, to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| KY | SB117 | Intro
25% | Propose to amend Section 25 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude in all circumstances; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-22
To Senate State & Local Government Committee |
| KY | SB103 | Intro
25% | 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] | 2024-01-12
To Senate Health Services Committee |
| KY | SB97 | Intro
25% | Amend KRS 139.010 to define "clothing" and "diaper"; amend KRS 139.480 to exempt all diapers from the sales and use tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | SB56 | Intro
25% | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to define "safe storage depository" and require an owner or custodian of a firearm to store the firearm in a safe storage depository or render the firearm incapable of being fired using a gun-locking device; req...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-03
To Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection Committee |
| KY | SB51 | Intro
25% | 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 |
| KY | SB42 | Intro
25% | Amend KRS 337.010 to increase the applicable threshold of employees of retail stores and service industries from $95,000 to $500,000 average annual gross volume of sales for the employer; amend KRS 337.275 to incrementally raise minimum wage for empl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-03
To Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
