Administrative Regulations And Proceedings
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to support systems for English language learners in common schools. [HB-722]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms; establish the English learner enhanced support program under the Department of Education (KDE) to help bring English learners with little or no formal education to grade-level proficiency within three years; require KDE to set standards for program; require KDE to contract provider meeting certain standards and with record of success with qualified English learners; require KDE to identify eligible districts or schools; require KDE to offer program to as many students as funds permit; require
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Riley
To Education (h) on 02/29/2024
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AN ACT relating to firearms and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-796]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Amend KRS 527.010 to define "assault weapon," "large capacity ammunition feeding device," and "permanently inoperable"; create new sections of KRS Chapter 527 to criminalize possession and transfer of unregistered large capacity ammunition feeding devices; establish a large capacity ammunition feeding device registration program under the Department of Kentucky State Police; authorize a trust and agency account; criminalize the possession and transfer of assault weapons; amend KRS 237.104 to conform; APPROPRIATION.
Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown
Introduced In House on 02/26/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic Reporting system. [HB-764]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
Amend KRS 205.529 to remove reference to a Schedule III controlled substance containing hydrocodone in the program for synchronization of medications; amend KRS 218A.010 to add optometrist and physician assistant to the definition of "practitioner"; amend KRS 218A.172 to remove reference to a Schedule III controlled substance containing hydrocodone in the medications regulated; amend KRS 218A.182 to add charitable health care providers to the exemption from the requirement for an electronic prescription for a controlled substance; amend KRS 218A.202
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert B. Duvall
Taken From The Orders Of The Day on 03/27/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to high school graduation requirements. [HB-719]
[Education ]
[Sports ]
[Children and Youth ]
Amend KRS 156.160 to allow participation in physically demanding interscholastic athletics, or similar activities, as determined by a local board of education to satisfy physical education course graduation requirements; make technical corrections.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Bratcher
To Education (h) on 02/29/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to affordable housing and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-759]
[Housing ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Community Development ]
[Real Estate ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 198A to create the abandoned home pool fund to be administered by the Kentucky Housing Corporation to purchase and improve vacant and abandoned homes for rental to eligible individuals and families; specify application process and criteria; APPROPRIATION.
Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Grossberg
Introduced In House on 02/26/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT establishing the Adult Workforce Diploma and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-720]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to establish the Adult Workforce Diploma Pilot Program; define terms; establish eligibility criteria for the program; direct the Kentucky Department of Education to administer the program; provide payments to program providers for students who complete specified milestones; require program result reporting to the Kentucky Board of Education, the Secretary of State, and the Legislative Research Commission; specify a program end date of July 1, 2027.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Bratcher
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 03/05/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to child-care centers. [HB-775]
[Children and Youth ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Amend KRS 199.896 to establish licensure requirements for child-care centers; amend KRS 199.8962 to establish operational standards for child-care centers.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Hart
Introduced In House on 02/26/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the promotion of family well-being and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-734]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Healthcare ]
[Housing ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Insurance ]
[Food ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Education ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Agriculture ]
[Public Health ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 205 to require the eligibility periods for all public assistance programs administered by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services be extended to the maximum period of eligibility permitted under federal law; prohibit the Cabinet for Health and Family Services from relying exclusively on automated, artificial-intelligence based, or algorithmic software in the identification of fraud in programs administered by the cabinet; require Cabinet for Health and Family Services personnel to review relevant documentation
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Sponsored by: Rep. Killian Timoney
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 03/05/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the acquisition and ownership of real property by a foreign principal. [SB-284]
[Real Estate ]
[Agriculture ]
[National Security ]
[Military ]
[Economic Development ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 381 to define terms; prohibit a foreign principal from acquiring or owning agricultural land; require a foreign principal that owns or acquires agricultural land before the effective date of this Act to register the ownership with the Department of Agriculture; require a purchaser of agricultural land to file an affidavit with the Department of Agriculture attesting that the purchaser is not a foreign principal; authorize the Department of Agriculture to promulgate regulations; prohibit a foreign principal from
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Sponsored by: Sen. George Maxwell Wise
To Agriculture (s) on 02/28/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to school meals at low-income schools. [SB-256]
[Agriculture ]
[Education ]
[Food ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms; establish the Kentucky Proud School Match Program fund; 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 provision at the paid rate; require a school district that receives a reimbursement to develop and implement a Kentucky Proud school plan to identify and purchase available Kentucky-grown agricultural products and to optimize food usage; direct the Kentucky
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Sponsored by: Sen. Amanda Mays Bledsoe
To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 02/26/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
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A JOINT RESOLUTION facilitating the deployment of broadband internet service to unserved and underserved citizens in the Commonwealth and declaring an emergency. [SJR-175]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Economic Development ]
Directs the Public Service Commission to promulgate emergency administrative regulations on utility pole attachments for broadband service providers that will address the backlog of pole attachment requests; establishes parameters for preventing delays and backlogs of requests; requires the Public Service Commission to open a docket to receive comments and requests from affected parties; and requires the Public Service Commission to issue a quarterly report to the Legislative Research Commission beginning September 30, 2024; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Sen. Damon Thayer
Signed By Governor on 04/04/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to birth certificates. [HB-633]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Healthcare ]
[Children and Youth ]
Amend KRS 199.570 to allow both the names of adopted parents and biological parents to appear on a new birth certificate issued upon adoption if one or both biological parents are deceased, and 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. Ruth Ann Palumbo
Introduced In House on 02/21/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to education and declaring an emergency. [SB-232]
[Education ]
[Construction ]
[Real Estate ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
Repeal and reenact KRS 162.060 to establish that local boards of education shall submit all plans for new public school buildings or additions or alterations of old buildings to the chief state school officer, but prohibit the Kentucky Department of Education from requiring prior approval of the district's plans; amend KRS 156.160 to provide for the approval and appeal process for a district's purchase or disposal of real property; amend KRS 157.420 conform; establish the requirements for a district facilities plan; amend KRS 157.440, 157.615, 157.620,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Whitney H. Westerfield
Floor Amendment (1) Filed on 03/27/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to cultivated meat. [HB-597]
[Agriculture ]
[Food ]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Create a new section of KRS 217.005 to 217.215, the Kentucky Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, to define "cultivated meat"; prohibit the manufacture, sale or distribution of cultivated meat; establish penalties; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to take necessary action to stop the sale of food it finds to contain cultivated meat; require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Candy D. Massaroni
Introduced In House on 02/20/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to child-care centers. [SB-236]
[Children and Youth ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Amend KRS 199.896 to establish licensure requirements for child-care centers; amend KRS 199.8962 to establish operational standards for child-care centers.
Sponsored by: Sen. Steve West
To Families & Children (s) on 02/22/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to mobile barber licensure. [SB-237]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
Amend KRS 317.410 to define "mobile barber shop"; amend KRS 317.420 to restrict a person from operating a mobile barber shop without being licensed by the Kentucky Board of Barbering; amend KRS 317.430 to authorize the board to govern mobile barber shops; amend KRS 317.440 to direct the board to promulgate administrative regulations governing the location and housing of mobile barber shops, requirements regarding its operation, and inspection criteria for mobile barber shops; direct the board to establish on its website a system that allows licensees
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Sponsored by: Sen. Reginald Thomas
To Licensing & Occupations (s) on 02/22/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
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AN ACT relating to the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. [HB-586]
[Animals ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Recreation ]
[Water ]
Amends various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to change “conservation officer” to “game warden”; amends KRS 16.065 to remove water safety enforcement from the duties of the Department of Kentucky State Police; amends KRS 150.010 to define terms; amends KRS 150.025 to allow the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to regulate water safety enforcement; amends KRS 150.175 to establish a resident and nonresident outfitter license and change “commercial guide’s license” to “guide’s license,” and to make changes to conform with the outfitter
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Hale
Became Law Without Governor's Signature on 04/10/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to reading and language arts instruction. [HB-612]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Create a section of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms to be used in the section; require the Kentucky Department of Education to establish an approved list of reading curriculum that does not use a three-cueing system; require that school districts not use any curriculum that employs a three-cueing system; prohibit the use of a three-cueing system in teacher professional development; require the Educational Professional Standards Baord (EPSB) to promulgate regulations establishing curriculum for each approved educator preparation program; amend KRS
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Sponsored by: Rep. James A. Tipton
Received In Senate on 03/12/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to data privacy. [HB-578]
[Data Privacy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to prohibit the furnishing of a person's information by a consumer reporting agency to a third party under certain circumstances without the person's consent; provide for enforcement by the Attorney General and a private right of action; establish penalties; authorize the Attorney General to promulgate administrative regulations necessary to effectuate enforcement.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Bratcher
Taken From The Orders Of The Day on 03/27/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to emergency shelters. [HB-570]
[Housing ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
[Community Development ]
[Healthcare ]
[Poverty ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 67 to require county governments to operate at least one emergency shelter for persons experiencing homelessness or to otherwise contract with an operator of an emergency shelter; require an adequate number of beds in the emergency shelter; require the emergency shelter to conform to applicable federal and state law; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations to provide standards for emergency shelters.
Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown
Introduced In House on 02/15/2024