AN ACT relating to licensed professionals. [SB-22]
Amend KRS 317.570 and 317A.120 to allow barber and cosmetology license applicants to retake the failed portion of an examination one month after receiving actual notice of the failure; enable cosmetologist and esthetician applicants to retake any examination an unlimited number of times; amend KRS 317A.020 to allow a penalty more severe than a warning notice to be issued if a licensee knowingly employs or utilizes an unlicensed nail technician; amend KRS 317A.040 to remove the requirement that a licensed cosmetologist serve as the executive director
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SB-22: AN ACT relating to licensed professionals.
Sponsored by: Sen. Reginald Thomas
To Licensing & Occupations (s) on 01/09/2025
AN ACT relating to licensed occupations. [HB-79]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 335B to require the licensing authorities of healthcare occupations to collect workforce participation data during the annual, biennial, or triennial licensure renewal process; prohibit the collection of a licensee's Social Security number; allow licensees to decline the data collection of personal information; require licensing authorities to report collected data to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; create a new section of KRS 335.300 to 335.399 to authorize the board to grant licensure to an applicant
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HB-79: AN ACT relating to licensed occupations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Introduced In House on 01/07/2025
AN ACT relating to veterans. [SB-32]
Amend KRS 154.12-330 to give preference to veterans in the issuance of small business loans; create a new section of KRS Chapter 151B to require monthly veteran workforce reports; create new sections of Subchapter 12 of KRS Chapter 154 to require annual job training reports by the Kentucky Commission on Military Affairs; require a report on occupational licenses by the Kentucky Commission on Military Affairs; create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to require the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure to review licensing practices for nurses and physicians
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SB-32: AN ACT relating to veterans.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Yates
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (s) on 01/09/2025
AN ACT relating to operator's licenses. [SB-43]
Amend KRS 186.444 to create a medical review board for the purpose of considering a person's ability to drive due to a physical or mental disability; establish the number and qualifications of members; require the Transportation Cabinet consult with a medical professional licensed in the area relevant to the case; require the medical review board to accept the statement of a person's medical professional that the person does not have a condition that impairs his or her ability to operate a motor vehicle; amend KRS 186.570 to conform; amend KRS 131.1817
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SB-43: AN ACT relating to operator's licenses.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jimmy Higdon
To Transportation (s) on 01/09/2025
AN ACT relating to dietitians. [HB-70]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 310 to enact and enter into the Dietitian Licensure Compact with all other jurisdictions that legally join in the compact; declare the purpose of the compact; define terms; establish participation requirements for states that wish to participate in the compact; recognize a licensure privilege and establish requirements; set requirements for transferring a home state license; designate home state licensure for active members of the military; establish penalties and adverse actions against a licensee; establish
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HB-70: AN ACT relating to dietitians.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Tipton
Introduced In House on 01/07/2025
AN ACT relating to marriage and family therapists. [HB-49]
Amend KRS 335.330 to require the board to review and approve applications within the specified time frames and to issue licenses within two weeks of application completion date; amend KRS 335.332 to allow an approved acting supervisor to assume responsibility for an associate practitioner receiving qualifying experience; amend KRS 335.340 to require the board to issue renewal license within two weeks of request receipt; create a new section of KRS 335.300 to 335.399 to mandate reciprocal licensure of a practitioner licensed in another state when
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HB-49: AN ACT relating to marriage and family therapists.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Fleming
Introduced In House on 01/07/2025
AN ACT relating to music therapy. [SB-42]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 309 to define terms; establish a licensing board for professional music therapists; require three members of the board to have engaged in the practice or teaching of music therapy for at least three years; prohibit any persons not licensed by the board from holding himself or herself out as a licensed professional music therapist; authorize the board to promulgate administrative regulations; authorize the board to issue a license to practice music therapy; establish the process for license renewal, suspension,
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SB-42: AN ACT relating to music therapy.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal
To Licensing & Occupations (s) on 01/09/2025
AN ACT relating to waste management districts. [HB-88]
Amend KRS 109.115 to allow a member serving on a waste management district board in a county containing a consolidated local government to serve until his or her successor is appointed, not to exceed 60 days after the expiration of his or her term; require that the board director's position be vacated after the 60-day period; provide that on the effective date of the Act, any current director on a waste management district board in a county containing a consolidated local government who has exceeded 60 days on the board after expiration of his or
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HB-88: AN ACT relating to waste management districts.
Sponsored by: Rep. Emily Callaway
Introduced In House on 01/07/2025
AN ACT relating to the regulation of medical imaging and radiation therapy. [HB-40]
Amend KRS 311B.020 to add and amend definitions; amend KRS 311B.030 to add magnetic resonance imaging technologists, diagnostic medical sonographers, and student medical imaging technologists to the Kentucky Board of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy; amend KRS 311B.050 to add authority to recognize and enforce nationally recognized professional organizations and certifying bodies and issue advisory opinions; amend KRS 311B.090 to add non-ionizing and exempt ultrasounds for therapeutic, non-medical or keepsake ultrasounds from requirements;
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HB-40: AN ACT relating to the regulation of medical imaging and radiation therapy.
Sponsored by: Rep. Amy Neighbors
Introduced In House on 01/07/2025
AN ACT relating to psychologists. [HB-59]
Amend KRS 319.020 to expand the Kentucky Board of Examiners of Psychology from nine members to 11 members; make one of the new members a doctoral-level psychologist and the other a masters-level psychologist; amend KRS 319.030 to require the board to submit its annual report to the Legislative Research Commission and post the report on its website; include both the average and modal time it takes the board to issue or deny a license and to complete the disciplinary process; amend KRS 319.050 to require an applicant to pass examinations related to
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HB-59: AN ACT relating to psychologists.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lisa Willner
Introduced In House on 01/07/2025
You have voted SB-13: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 7, Chapter 86, Part 3, relative to the emergency communications board..
AN ACT relating to the regulation of cannabis and making an appropriation therefor. [SB-382]
Establish KRS Chapter 245, relating to adult use cannabis, to administer its cultivation, processing, transportation, sale, use, taxation, and licensing; define terms; establish the Adult Use Cannabis Control Board and its membership, procedures, powers, and duties; direct the board to promulgate administrative regulations for the administration and enforcement of the chapter; set up advisory committees appointed by the board; create the Department of Cannabis Control within the Public Protection Cabinet for the oversight of cannabis operations
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SB-382: AN ACT relating to the regulation of cannabis and making an appropriation therefor.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Yates
To Judiciary (s) on 03/01/2024
AN ACT relating to advanced educational opportunities. [SB-360]
Amend KRS 160.348 to direct secondary school-based decision making councils to adopt designated policies relating to advanced courses; provide that students who meet certain criteria shall be granted automatic enrollment in an AP course; direct the Kentucky Department of Education to establish a pilot monetary incentive program for AP students and AP teachers; amend KRS 158.6453 to require development of an accelerated learning plan for students with identified strengths; direct local board of education to adopt policies for advanced courses; establish
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SB-360: AN ACT relating to advanced educational opportunities.
Sponsored by: Sen. Steve West
To Education (s) on 03/01/2024