Administrative Regulations And Proceedings
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to transportation network company services. [HB-438]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Children and Youth ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 281 to establish procedures and requirements for providers of youth transportation network company services to children under the age of 14; allow school districts to contract with providers of youth transportation network company services for pupil transportation, subject to approval by the student's parent or legal guardian; amend KRS 281.010 to define "youth transportation network company services" or "youth TNC services."
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Tyler Witten
To Transportation (h) on 02/14/2025
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AN ACT relating to school transportation and declaring an emergency. [HB-430]
[Education ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Amend KRS 189.540 to authorize the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations to require regular instruction of pupils in school bus safety; allow a school district to obtain an exemption from any school bus safety instruction requirement if the district transports 48 or fewer pupils in the district's gross average daily attendance of transported pupils; require exempted districts to develop and implement a school bus safety instruction policy.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Banta
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 151) on 04/01/2025
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AN ACT relating to administrative regulations. [HB-422]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
Amend KRS 13A.010 to define "signature"; amend KRS 13A.190, 13A.220, 13A.2251, 13A.2255, 13A.240, 13A.250, 13A.255, 13A.280, 13A.312, and 13A.320 to establish administrative regulation filing and notification requirements; amend KRS 13A.270 to direct the Commonwealth Office of Technology to administer a centralized state government website to inform the public about regulation filings; require promulgating agencies to join the registration website; amend KRS 13A.290 and 13A.300 to set out regulation deferral powers and requirements; amend KRS 13A.315
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Sponsored by: Rep. Derek Lewis
Signed By Governor on 03/25/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
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AN ACT relating to sanctioning bodies for boxing and wrestling exhibitions. [SB-133]
[Sports ]
Amend KRS 229.011 to redefine "exhibition"; amend KRS 229.045 to require sanctioning bodies to provide notice to the Boxing and Wrestling Commission of all combat sports exhibitions not covered under this chapter.
Sponsored by: Sen. Julie Adams
Signed By Governor on 03/24/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to prior authorization. [HB-423]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
Create new sections of KRS 304.17A-600 to 304.17A-633 to define terms; prohibit insurers of health benefit plans from requiring prior authorization for a health care service for which the provider has an exemption; require insurers of health benefit plans to establish a program under which participating providers may qualify for exemptions from prior authorization; establish mandatory and permitted provisions of an insurer's prior authorization exemption program; establish requirements for sending forms and notices; require the commissioner of the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Poore Moser
Passed Over And Retained In The Orders Of The Day on 03/28/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
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AN ACT relating to property. [SB-129]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
[Real Estate ]
Amend KRS 99.727 to define "diverted tax delinquency purchaser" and "third-party purchaser"; require a certificate of delinquency related to property remaining in a tax delinquency diversion program at the expiration of the program's five year period to be made available for purchase by third-party purchasers; allow diverted tax delinquency purchasers to purchase certificates of delinquency related to property included in a tax delinquency diversion program during the program's five year period; set requirements for the county attorney related to
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Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald A. Neal
Signed By Governor on 03/24/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
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AN ACT relating to the application of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304. [HB-415]
[Insurance ]
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to establish application of the subtitle to types of insurance, coverages, and benefits; authorize the insurance commissioner to exempt other types of similar or limited insurance, coverage, or benefits from the subtitle.
Sponsored by: Rep. Chris Freeland
Signed By Governor on 03/24/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to emergency medical services. [HB-406]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Amend KRS 311A.155 to add training and education to uses of grant funds; change grant fund amounts that may be awarded; delete discretion for a county to hold unspent funds for two years; require all grants to be used during the fiscal year for authorized purposes; amend KRS 311A.055 to delete transfer of complaints regarding ambulance services to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; repeal KRS 216B.106 relating to ambulance service investigations and hearings.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Fleming
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (h) on 02/12/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to patient-directed care at the end of life. [HB-408]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Insurance ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to define terms; establish a qualified terminally ill patient's right to voluntarily request medication to self-administer to cause death; establish conditions required to make request; permit patient to rescind request at any time; permit an attending physician to provide medication; establish requirements for attending physician to inform patients and document request; require disposal of unused medications; establish residency requirements for qualified patients; require report by the Cabinet for Health
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Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown
To Health Services (h) on 02/12/2025
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AN ACT relating to motor vehicle insurance. [HB-390]
[Insurance ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Amend KRS 186A.040 to define terms; require the Department of Vehicle Regulation to establish an accessible online insurance verification system; establish requirements and timelines for making the system accessible and promulgating administrative regulations; establish requirements and guidelines for the department and the system; establish requirements for insurers to cooperate with the department and to submit insurance information relating to personal motor vehicles; provide option for insurers to submit insurance status information for commercial
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Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Lee Meredith
Signed By Governor on 03/19/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to birth certificates. [HB-395]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Healthcare ]
[Children and Youth ]
Amend KRS 199.570 to allow the names of adopted parents and deceased biological parents to appear on a new birth certificate issued upon adoption if it is requested by the court, adopted parents, or adopted child; direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to create a birth certificate form that complies with this section through the promulgation of administrative regulations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Grossl
To Families & Children (h) on 02/12/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the acquisition and ownership of real property by a foreign principal. [HB-393]
[Real Estate ]
[International ]
[Economic Development ]
[Property Tax ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 381, relating to real property, to define terms; prohibit foreign principals from owning real property in the Commonwealth of Kentucky; provide exceptions; require foreign principals to register any ownership interest acquired before the effective date of this Act with the Cabinet for Economic Development; allow persons to report evidence of noncompliance to the Office of the Attorney General; require the Office of the Attorney General to investigate the evidence; allow the Office of the Attorney General to enforce
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Sponsored by: Rep. Billy Wesley
To Judiciary (h) on 02/12/2025
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AN ACT relating to occupational safety and health. [HB-398]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Public Safety ]
Amend KRS 338.015 to define "qualified representative"; amend KRS 338.062 to prohibit the Kentucky Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board or the secretary of the Education Labor Cabinet from enforcing any occupational safety and health administrative regulation that has not been promulgated by or that is more stringent than the corresponding federal provision; amend KRS 338.091 to allow the Franklin Circuit Court to award actual expenses against the Department of Workplace Standards; amend KRS 338.111 to allow an employee's representative
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Michael Nemes
Received In House on 03/27/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to state financial practices. [HB-376]
[Finance ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Investments ]
[Retirement ]
[Inflation ]
Amend KRS 42.500 to authorize the State Investment Commission to make investments in certain digital assets and bullion; define terms; establish requirements for investments; prohibit investments in central bank digital currency; make technical corrections; amend KRS 42.525 to specify administrative regulation authority of commission regarding investment powers and requirements; create a new section of KRS Chapter 42 to authorize state retirement funds and state deferred compensation fund participants to invest in exchange traded products; amend
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Sponsored by: Rep. T.J. Roberts
To Banking & Insurance (h) on 02/12/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
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AN ACT relating to the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation. [SB-103]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Human Services ]
Amend KRS 151B.195 to require the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation to exhaust in-state providers before entering into reciprocal agreements with other states; promulgate administrative regulations to establish procedures and standards for service fee memoranda; and submit an annual report of the office's activities to the Governor and the Legislative Research Commission, that includes a complete operating and financial statement of the office.
Sponsored by: Sen. Danny Carroll
Signed By Governor on 03/19/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to emergency medical services. [HB-343]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311A to create the EMS Professionals Foundation Program fund; specify the ambulance services and EMS professionals that are eligible to share in the distribution of the fund; provide that the Board of Emergency Medical Services shall administer the fund and may promulgate administrative regulations to facilitate its administration; authorize reimbursement for an EMS professional's out-of-pocket costs for mental health treatment for a diagnosed post-traumatic stress injury or post-traumatic stress disorder; provide
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Fleming
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to reproductive health care. [HB-357]
[Healthcare ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Immigration ]
Amend KRS 205.592 to expand Medicaid eligibility to include pregnant women and new mothers up to 12 months postpartum regardless of citizenship or national origin; create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to define terms; direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to establish a family planning program to provide family planning services and family planning-related services to Medicaid-eligible individuals, including individuals who would otherwise be eligible for Medicaid except for their citizenship or national origin; require the Department
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Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown
To Health Services (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to roofing contractors. [HB-350]
[Construction ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 198B to define terms; establish licensing for roofing contractors under the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction; prohibit any persons not licensed under the department from holding himself or herself out as a roofing contractor; allow the department to issue roofing contractor licenses, promulgate administrative regulations, and implement disciplinary actions; establish applicant requirements and fee limitations; establish a fine and potential misdemeanor incarceration for violations; create the roofing
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Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Grossberg
To Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to interscholastic athletics. [HB-292]
[Education ]
[Sports ]
[Children and Youth ]
Amend KRS 156.070 to establish an interscholastic varsity athletics eligibility rule for transfers between member schools.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicolas Wilson
To Primary And Secondary Education (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to school curriculum. [HB-294]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define "Success Sequence"; require all students to receive instruction on the Success Sequence during grades 7 and 10 beginning with the 2026-2027 school year; require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations to establish academic standards for instruction on the Success Sequence; require the Department of Education to develop guidelines for implementing Success Sequence instruction; permit superintendents to partner with Kentucky-based nonprofits to develop required curriculum.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Michael Nemes
To Primary And Secondary Education (h) on 02/07/2025