| KY | HB387 | Pass | Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to allow the Kentucky Department of Education to enter into an agreement with any building and construction trade organization to develop a training program for school counselors on building and construction t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 221) |
| KY | HB449 | Pass | Amends KRS 160.170 to amend the oath of office for local board of education members to be consistent with the requirements set forth in KRS 160.180; amends KRS 160.180 to provide alternative methods for a candidate for a board of education to evidenc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-18
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 215) |
| KY | HB5 | Pass | 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 (Acts Ch. 174) |
| KY | HR154 | Pass | Honor Edsel Welch on the occasion of his 100th birthday.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-12
adopted by voice vote |
| KY | HB611 | Pass | Amends KRS 159.140 to require a director of pupil personnel to report to the county attorney if a parent or guardian has allowed a child in kindergarten to grade five to be absent without an excuse for 15 or more days or if a minor in grade six throu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10
became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 163) |
| KY | HB109 | Pass | Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to define terms, to establish lifeguard requirements for Class A and Class B pools, to allow swimming coaches or instructors providing instruction to count as lifeguards, to allow Class A and Class B pools to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 116) |
| 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 | HB418 | Pass | Amends KRS 262.850 to decrease the minimum number of acres to qualify as an agricultural district from 250 acres to 50 acres, to add cities that are within one mile of the agricultural district to the list of entities to be notified of the proposal, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 136) |
| KY | HB29 | Pass | Amends KRS 189.503 to allow local governments to apply to the Transportation Cabinet for permission to include segments of state-maintained highways in racing events permitted by a local government; and amends KRS 189.505 to conform.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-05
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 91) |
| 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 | HB11 | Pass | Amends KRS 241.060 to allow the State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to conduct hearings and appeals; amends KRS 438.305 to define terms, to require the Secretary of State to create and publish a list of certain tobacco product retailers, to requir...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-05
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 111) |
| KY | HB194 | Pass | Amends KRS 508.025 to expand assault in the third degree to include causing or attempting to cause physical injury to a person employed by or under contract with a health clinic, doctor’s office, dental office, long-term care facility, hospital, or...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 80) |
| KY | HB47 | Intro
25% | 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
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | HB10 | Engross
50% | 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 | HB304 | Intro
25% | Amend KRS 158.191 to ensure parental rights and involvement by requiring notification within two business days of specific events; require a district to adopt procedures that both encourage students to speak with parents and require facilitation of t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25
To House Education Committee |
| KY | HB605 | Engross
50% | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to allow the Kentucky Department of Education to enter into an agreement with a building and construction trade organization to develop a training program for school counselors on building and construction trad...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
To Senate Committee on Committees |
| KY | HCR60 | Intro
25% | Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Support Education Excellence in Kentucky (SEEK) Task Force to study the various components of the SEEK formula, evaluate whether changes are necessary to the base, tiers, or add-ons to maint...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 22, 2024 |
| KY | HCR83 | Intro
25% | Establish the Teacher Red Tape Reduction Task Force; establish membership; direct the task force to study and make recommendations to identify outdated, redundant, or unnecessary mandates imposed upon teachers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 22, 2024 |
| KY | HB700 | Intro
25% | Create a new section of Subtitle17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require insurers and any exchange to provide a special enrollment period for pregnant individuals; specify requirements for coverage; require group plan insurers to provide notice of special e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15
To House Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection Committee |
| KY | HB798 | Intro
25% | Amend KRS 527.010 to include knives longer than three inches in weapons prohibited on school grounds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-08
To House Education Committee |
| KY | HB434 | Intro
25% | Create a new section of KRS 186.400 to 186.640 to define "identity document" and "third-party entity"; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to establish procedures to allow third-party entities to apply to the T...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | HB564 | Intro
25% | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a refundable tax credit for a dependent's qualified education expenses paid or incurred during the taxable year, not to exceed $150 per dependent; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the tax credit; amend ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | HB212 | Engross
50% | Amend KRS 95A.292 to allow rescue squad members to participate in the Alan "Chip" Terry Professional Development and Wellness Program; and create a new section of KRS Chapter 39F to direct the Division of Emergency Management and the Kentucky Fire Co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
To Senate Committee on Committees |
| KY | HB490 | Intro
25% | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 315 to define terms, prohibit discrimination against 340B covered entities by pharmaceutical manufacturers, and authorize the Attorney General to investigation violations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-27
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | HR128 | Pass | Recognize February 26 to March 1, 2024, as Public Schools Week.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-27
adopted by voice vote |
| KY | HB694 | Intro
25% | 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 | HB400 | Engross
50% | Amend KRS 164.295 to permit Murray State University to offer doctor's degrees required for professional practice and licensure in veterinary medicine.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-20
To Senate Education Committee |
| KY | HB407 | Engross
50% | 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 | HB168 | Intro
25% | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to require the Kentucky Department of Veterans' Affairs to create and distribute a veterans' benefits and services document to employers and require employers to keep copies of a veterans' benefits and services...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16
To House Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection Committee |
| KY | HR37 | Intro
25% | 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
To House Floor Committee |
| KY | HB9 | Intro
25% | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 164 to define terms; prohibit a public postsecondary education institution from providing differential treatment or benefits on the basis of an individual's religion, race, sex, color, or national origin; from influ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14
To House Education Committee |
| KY | HB345 | Intro
25% | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 164 to define terms; establish the Kentucky Aerospace, Aviation, and Defense Investment Fund Advisory Committee; establish the membership of the committee; establish the Kentucky aerospace, aviation, and defense inv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | HB341 | Engross
50% | 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 | HB497 | Intro
25% | Amend KRS 158.080 to require any individuals teaching elementary or secondary grades at a private or at-home private school to possess a high school diploma or High School Equivalency Diploma.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HR67 | Intro
25% | Honor the hard work of Kentucky teachers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB445 | Intro
25% | Amend KRS 278.264 to prohibit the Public Service Commission from approving the retirement of a fossil fuel-fired electric generating unit unless the commission finds that the utility has no undepreciated investment in the unit and that the costs to o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB442 | Intro
25% | Amend KRS 139.495 to exempt all sales made by resident nonprofit educational, charitable, or religious institutions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB217 | Engross
50% | 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 | HB384 | Intro
25% | Amend KRS 56.580 to prohibit closing portions of Capital Avenue in Frankfort; provide exceptions for emergency personnel.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HR55 | Intro
25% | Honor classified employees in public schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To House Committee On Committees |
| 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 | HB279 | Intro
25% | Amend KRS 158.060 to remove language that allows for half-day kindergarten programs; amend KRS 157.320 and 157.360 to remove references to kindergarten full-time equivalent pupils in average daily attendance for program base funding purposes; amend K...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-16
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB241 | Intro
25% | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 436 to declare legislative findings relating to pornography; define terms; establish a civil cause of action against any commercial entity that publishes matter harmful to minors on the internet without obtaining ag...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-11
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB189 | Intro
25% | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms; establish the Kentucky Proud School Match Program; direct the Department of Education to reimburse an eligible school district $0.33 for every meal reimbursed by the community eligibility provi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-08
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB163 | Intro
25% | Amend KRS 214.450 to define "COVID-19 vaccine" or "mRNA vaccine"; amend KRS 214.452 to require blood establishments to test for COVID-19 antibodies, evidence of lipid nanoparticles, and spike protein; require the administrator of any blood establishm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-05
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB158 | Intro
25% | Amend KRS 158.307 to require rather than allow local boards of education to develop policy on dyslexia; require rather than allow the policy to include listed items; amend KRS 164.304 to require postsecondary institutions offering teacher preparation...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-04
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB108 | Intro
25% | Amends KRS 158.6455 to create a tiered implementation of English language learners into the accountability system.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-03
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB113 | Intro
25% | Amend KRS 520.095 to enhance fleeing or evading police in the first degree to a Class C felony; provide that the defendant shall not be released on probation, shock probation, conditional discharge, or parole until he or she has served at least 50 pe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-03
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | HB133 | Intro
25% | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a refundable income tax credit for certain volunteer firefighters; declare the purpose of the credit; require annual reporting to the Legislative Research Commission and the Interim Joint Committee...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-03
To House Committee On Committees |
