Amusements And Recreation
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to motorboats. [HB-696]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Taxes ]
[Tourism ]
[Recreation ]
[Water ]
[Property Tax ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 132 to exempt federally documented vessels from property taxation; create new sections of KRS Chapter 235 to establish the waterway usage fee and the distribution of revenue generated from the fee; establish the waterway usage fund; create a new section of KRS Chapter 148 to establish the Kentucky lakes and rivers tourism fund; require grants of money from the fund to go to marinas qualifying through an application process; amend KRS 235.990 to establish a penalty for nonpayment of the waterway usage fee; amend
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Upchurch
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/27/2025
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AN ACT relating to fantasy contests. [HB-742]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Gaming ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Taxes ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 230 to authorize the corporation to regulate the conduct of fantasy contest operators; require the use of geolocation technology; require fantasy contest operators to implement procedures to prevent fraud, abuse, and money laundering; require notification to the corporation for a confirmed breach of a sport's governing body's internal rules and codes of conduct, conduct that corrupts any outcome, and confirmed illegal activities; establish licensing requirements for a fantasy contest operator; allow the corporation
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Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Meredith
To Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (h) on 02/27/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to charitable gaming. [SB-190]
[Gaming ]
Amend KRS 238.540 to allow a charitable gaming volunteer to serve at up to six charitable gaming events or sessions per week; amend KRS 238.545 to allow a licensed charitable organization to conduct up to three bingo sessions per week over the course of up to 15 total hours per week; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Nemes
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 28) on 03/18/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation and declaring an emergency. [HB-566]
[Gaming ]
[Finance ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
Amend various sections of KRS Chapters 230 and 238, relating to the Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation, to define "Kentucky quarter horse purse fund," "proof of wagers," "unclaimed pari-mutuel winning ticket," and "unredeemed pari-mutuel voucher"; confirm the corporation's jurisdiction over racing and gaming entities; require an annual audit of the corporation by a qualified auditing entity and reduce audits by the Auditor of Public Accounts to once every four years; grant the corporation flexibility in promulgating administrative regulations;
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Osborne
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 124) on 03/28/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
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 (acts Ch. 69) on 03/24/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to state parks. [HB-293]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Recreation ]
Amend KRS 148.021 to establish a discount at state park lodging resorts and golf courses for Kentucky residents; provide that the Act may be cited as the J.E. Jones Kentucky Fairways Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicolas Wilson
To Tourism & Outdoor Recreation (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to swimming pools. [HB-265]
[Public Safety ]
[Construction ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 198B to allow swimming pools to be constructed without a barrier if the swimming pool is equipped with an approved safety pool cover.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Grossl
To Health Services (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to landowner liability for recreational use permission. [HB-114]
[Recreation ]
[Public Safety ]
Amend KRS 150.645, relating to landowner liability, to provide that an owner, lessee, or occupant of premises who gives permission to another person to rock climb, boulder, or rappel on the premises shall not be liable for any injury to any person or property caused by the negligent acts of any person to whom permission is granted except for willful and malicious failure on behalf of the owner, lessee, or occupant; amend KRS 411.190, relating to obligations of owner to persons using land for recreation, to include rocks, boulders, and cliffs in
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Sponsored by: Rep. Timothy Truett
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 133) on 03/31/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to gaming activities. [HB-33]
[Gaming ]
[Taxes ]
Amend KRS 230.210 to define terms; amend KRS 230.260 to allow the Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation (corporation) to license and regulate casino gaming and fantasy contests; allow the corporation to inspect all premises where casino gaming is conducted and seize any equipment or records related to casino gaming for the purposes of examination and inspection; require the corporation to promulgate administrative regulations related to casino gaming; create new sections of KRS Chapter 230 to establish licensing requirements for full casino,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Huff
To Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (h) on 02/04/2025
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the State Fair Board. [HB-621]
[Agriculture ]
[Recreation ]
[Tourism ]
Amends KRS 247.140 to add the North American Championship Rodeo and the National Farm Machinery Show’s Championship Tractor Pull to the list of shows and expositions owned and operated by the State Fair Board.
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Heath
Signed By Governor (acts Ch.40) on 04/04/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to motorboats and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-521]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Taxes ]
[Tourism ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Recreation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 132 to exempt federally documented vessels from property taxation; create new sections of KRS Chapter 235 to establish the waterway usage fee and the distribution of revenue generated from the fee; establish the waterway usage fund; create a new section of KRS Chapter 148 to establish the Kentucky lakes and rivers tourism fund; require grants of money from the fund to go to marinas qualifying through an application process; amend KRS 235.990 to establish a penalty for nonpayment of the waterway usage fee; amend
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Upchurch
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/21/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to personal service contracts. [HB-512]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Amends KRS 45A.690, relating to the Government Contract Review Committee, to exclude agreements between the Kentucky Horse Park and judges, officials, and entertainers contracted for events promoted by the Kentucky Horse Park from the definition of “personal service contract.”
Sponsored by: Rep. Ruth Palumbo
Signed By Governor (acts Ch.39) on 04/04/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to charitable gaming. [HB-348]
[Gaming ]
Repeal and reenact KRS 238.505 to alphabetize charitable gaming-related definitions and make technical corrections; amend KRS 238.520 to adjust the membership and meeting schedule of the Charitable Gaming Advisory Commission; amend KRS 238.525 to require an applicant to disclose any prior bad acts by any of its officers or owners; delete fingerprint requirements from any applicant criminal history checks; amend KRS 238.535 to allow a charitable organization to relocate its office to another Kentucky county without changing its license to the new
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Bratcher
Introduced In House on 01/23/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to boxing and wrestling. [SB-49]
[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. David Yates
To Licensing & Occupations (s) on 01/03/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Trail Town operations grant fund and making an appropriation therefor. [SB-35]
[Tourism ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[Arts and Culture ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 148 to establish the Trail Town operations grant fund; require the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations; APPROPRIATION.
Sponsored by: Sen. Matthew Deneen
To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 01/05/2024
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to wagering and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-551]
[Gaming ]
[Taxes ]
[Pensions ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Sports ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 230 to establish the wagering administration fund from sports wagering taxes and fees; direct use of that fund toward related administrative expenses of the Public Protection Cabinet; deposit all remaining funds in the Kentucky permanent pension fund; create new sections of KRS Chapter 230 to require the racing commission to institute a system of sports wagering at tracks; limit the types of events upon which wagers may be placed; establish sports wagering licensure requirements; prohibit participants from wagering
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Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 147) on 03/31/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the regulation of game machines. [HB-594]
[Gaming ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Amend KRS 528.010 to define "coin-operated amusement machine," "skill," "skill-based contests," and "skill game"; amend the definitions of "advancing gambling activity," "gambling," "gambling device," and "something of value"; amend KRS 528.100 to authorize the Attorney General, the Commonwealth’s attorney for any locality, or the county attorney for any locality to establish a civil penalty not to exceed $25,000 for each device for any person who conducts, finances, manages, supervises, directs, or owns a gambling device in violation of KRS Chapter
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Osborne
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 4) on 03/16/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to motorboats and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-496]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Taxes ]
[Tourism ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Recreation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 132 to exempt federally documented vessels from property taxation; create new sections of KRS Chapter 235 to establish the waterway usage fee and the distribution of revenue generated from the fee; establish the waterway usage fund; create a new section of KRS Chapter 148 to establish the Kentucky lakes and rivers tourism fund; require grants of money from the fund to go to marinas qualifying through an application process; amend KRS 235.990 to establish a penalty for nonpayment of the waterway usage fee; amend
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Upchurch
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/23/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to exempting houseboat rentals from transient room taxes. [HB-420]
[Taxes ]
[Housing ]
[Tourism ]
Amend KRS 91A.390, 91A.392, 142.400, 153.440, and 153.450 to exempt the rental of houseboats from transient room taxes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Chris Freeland
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/28/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to charitable gaming. [HB-287]
[Gaming ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Nonprofit ]
Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 238; adjust membership of the Charitable Gaming Advisory Commission and direct semiannual meetings rather than quarterly; remove fingerprint requirements for license applicants; require manufacturer and distributor applicants to disclose on application any criminal, administrative, or civil action against them in any jurisdiction; enable a licensed charitable organization to maintain its license across county lines; delete obsolete language regarding charitable organizations registered with a county clerk on
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Bratcher
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 32) on 03/20/2023