Relating To Open Meetings. [HB-724]
Amends the definition of a "board" under the Sunshine Law to include the Legislature. Clarifies notice period requirements. Repeals the Legislature's exemption from the Sunshine Law. Repeals the exemption for permitted interactions between board members.
HB-724: Relating To Open Meetings.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lauren Matsumoto
Introduced And Pass First Reading. on 01/21/2025
Relating To State Government. [SB-444]
Authorizes boards and commissions to make employment decisions related to its officers and employees without the approval of the head of the department to which the board or commission is administratively attached.
SB-444: Relating To State Government.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joy San Buenaventura
Referred To Gvo/lbt, Wam. on 01/21/2025
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Relating To State Government. [HB-50]
Authorizes boards and commissions to make employment decisions related to its officers and employees without the approval of the head of the department to which the board or commission is administratively attached.
HB-50: Relating To State Government.
Sponsored by: Rep. Andrew Garrett
Referred To Lab, Jha, Fin, Referral Sheet 1 on 01/21/2025
AN ACT relating to animal control officers. [HB-194]
Create a new section of KRS 258.095 to 258.500 to require animal control officers to receive training on recognizing child abuse; amend KRS 620.030 to add animal control officers to the list of people with a duty to report dependency, neglect, or abuse of a child; provide that the Act may be cited as Kyan's Law.
HB-194: AN ACT relating to animal control officers.
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Tyler Witten
Introduced In House on 01/10/2025
AN ACT relating to higher education. [HB-197]
Amend KRS 164.020 to abolish the Council on Postsecondary Education and transfer authorities and duties to the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority; amend KRS 164.746 to add three student members to the board of the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority; amend various sections of KRS Chapters 164, 164A, 165, 165A, 168, 171, 183, 200, 210, 214, 309, 367, 11A, 12, 18A, 42, 56, 61, 63, 64, 138, 151B, 154, 156, 157,158, 160, and 161 to conform; repeal KRS 164.011, which created and established the Council on Postsecondary Education;
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HB-197: AN ACT relating to higher education.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Doan
Introduced In House on 01/10/2025
AN ACT relating to public school curriculum. [HB-156]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to require the Kentucky Department of Education to develop a guide for instructional materials collections adopted by the State Instructional Materials Commission that details the academic standards addressed by the materials, how the instructional materials are connected to specific learning targets aligned to the standards, sample questions, skills, and products students should be able to answer or demonstrate to meet the academic standards, and a curriculum guide for using the educational materials; amend
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HB-156: AN ACT relating to public school curriculum.
Sponsored by: Rep. Timothy Truett
Introduced In House on 01/09/2025
AN ACT relating to independent school districts. [HB-162]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 160 to establish a process for the creation of new independent school districts; define terms; establish a petition process for voters of a qualifying city to place the question of creating a new independent district and local board of education on the ballot; specify the requirements for the question and the board of education provisional election; establish the initial terms of office for the interim board of education; establish the transition of authorities from the originating district board of education to
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HB-162: AN ACT relating to independent school districts.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Tipton
Introduced In House on 01/09/2025
AN ACT relating to public library district boards of trustees. [SB-71]
Amend KRS 173.490 and 173.730 to allow a county judge/executive to appoint members to a public library board of trustees and fill vacancies with the approval of the fiscal court and without consultation with the previous board members or the Department for Libraries and Archives.
SB-71: AN ACT relating to public library district boards of trustees.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Wilson
Introduced In Senate on 01/09/2025
AN ACT relating to allied animal health professional licenses. [SB-69]
Amend KRS 321.181 to define terms; create new sections of KRS Chapter 321 to establish new allied animal health professional licenses for equine dentistry and animal chiropractic practice; create the allied animal health professional advisory board; amend KRS 321.187 regarding retention of original patient records; amend various sections of KRS Chapter 321 to conform.
SB-69: AN ACT relating to allied animal health professional licenses.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robin Webb
Introduced In Senate on 01/09/2025
AN ACT relating to advanced educational opportunities. [HB-190]
Amend KRS 158.6453 to define "advanced coursework"; require each local board of education develop an accelerated learning plan for students with identified strengths; direct local board of education to adopt policies for advanced coursework in designated subject areas; establish a reporting requirement for the Kentucky Department of Education related to the number of accelerated learning courses offered, the demographics of eligible students, the number of students placed in those courses, and the number of students not placed in those courses;
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HB-190: AN ACT relating to advanced educational opportunities.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Duvall
Introduced In House on 01/09/2025
AN ACT relating to education. [SB-68]
Amend KRS 158.645 to change the required learning capacities of Kentucky public school students; amend KRS 158.6451 to provide that schools shall expect a high level of academic achievement and shall develop students' ability to think critically and independently; amend KRS 156.010 to include career and technical education; amend KRS 160.345 to remove the reporting requirement relating to physical activity of students; amend KRS 157.065 to remove the reporting requirement relating to participation in breakfast programs; amend KRS 424.250 to reflect
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SB-68: AN ACT relating to education.
Sponsored by: Sen. Steve Rawlings
Introduced In Senate on 01/09/2025
AN ACT relating to historical instruction. [HB-119]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require African history instruction in certain middle and high school world history and civilization courses; require Native American history instruction in certain middle and high school United States history courses; require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations establishing academic standards for the required historical instructions; require superintendents to adopt curricula for required instruction; require the Department of Education to collaborate with the Kentucky
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HB-119: AN ACT relating to historical instruction.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/08/2025
AN ACT relating to cosmetology. [HB-130]
Amend KRS 317A.010 to allow fixed or mobile beauty salons, esthetic salons, nail salons, and limited beauty salons; amend KRS 317A.020 and 317A.145 to consider any type of mobile salon a "facility" and a "premises"; amend KRS 317A.060 to require the cosmetology board to set the standards for mobile and fixed salons and establish inspection schedules; direct any administrative regulations to balance licensee and public interests; amend KRS 317A.050 and 317A.155 to conform.
HB-130: AN ACT relating to cosmetology.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/08/2025
AN ACT relating to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances. [HB-102]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to establish a PFAS Working Group, create new sections of Subchapter 10 of KRS Chapter 224 to define terms; establish a reporting requirement for manufacturers that intentionally include PFAS in products manufactured for sale or distribution in the Commonwealth; establish a reporting requirement for PFAS release in the Commonwealth by manufacturers that intentionally include PFAS in manufactured products; amend KRS 224.99-030 to establish penalty for noncompliance with reporting requirements.
HB-102: AN ACT relating to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nima Kulkarni
Introduced In House on 01/08/2025
AN ACT relating to physical therapy. [HB-117]
Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 327, relating to the practice and regulation of physical therapy, to state legislative findings; allow a physical therapist to refer a patient for tests or examination; require a practitioner or employer to report a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant who has been convicted of a misdemeanor; require potential board members to not have been under any disciplinary action in the past five years; permit the Board of Physical Therapy to purchase professional liability insurance; authorize the board
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HB-117: AN ACT relating to physical therapy.
Sponsored by: Rep. Amy Neighbors
Introduced In House on 01/08/2025
AN ACT relating to professions and occupations. [HB-103]
Amend KRS 335B.010 to define terms related to licensing and public employment qualifications; amend KRS 335B.020 to narrow the class of offenses to which the chapter applies, prohibit disqualifying individuals from pursing a professional license solely due to a finding that the applicant lacks good character, add consideration of the age of the person at the time the crime was committed, the evidence relevant to the circumstances of the crime, and evidence of rehabilitation in making licensure decisions; amend KRS 335B.030 to require that before
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HB-103: AN ACT relating to professions and occupations.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/08/2025
AN ACT relating to universal recognition of occupational licenses. [HB-133]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 335B to allow universal recognition of occupational licenses and government certifications; include work experience as a basis for licensure or certification; explicity include military personnel and their spouses; provide that the Act may be cited as the Universal Recognition of Occupational Licenses Act.
HB-133: AN ACT relating to universal recognition of occupational licenses.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Doan
Introduced In House on 01/08/2025
AN ACT relating to misconduct in schools and school-sponsored activities. [HB-36]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to prohibit a public school district or public charter school from entering into a nondisclosure agreement relating to misconduct involving a minor or student; amend KRS 160.380 to define "abusive conduct"; require school district applicants to disclose being the subject of any investigations or disciplinary actions in the previous 12 months relating to abusive conduct and consent to a reference check; require school districts to conduct reference checks; require nonpublic schools and public school districts
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HB-36: AN ACT relating to misconduct in schools and school-sponsored activities.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Tipton
Introduced In House on 01/07/2025
AN ACT relating to the identification of lottery winners. [HB-46]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 154A to allow the winner of a lottery prize with a gross value that exceeds $1,000,000 to elect to have his or her identifying information withheld from public record for one year; amend KRS 154A.040 to conform; amend KRS 61.878 to exempt the identifying information of the winner of a lottery prize with a gross value that exceeds $1,000,000 from the Open Records Act for one year unless confidentiality has been waived.
HB-46: AN ACT relating to the identification of lottery winners.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Banta
Introduced In House on 01/07/2025