Boards And Commissions
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to public postsecondary education institutions. [HB-107]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
Amend KRS 164.020 to prohibit the Council on Postsecondary Education from raising tuition for a postsecondary education institution more than 5% a year for resident students and 7% a year for nonresident students; provide a 4-year tuition freeze for an enrolled resident student; require an institution to notify a student before expiration of a tuition freeze; require any increase in tuition or fees to be approved before March 1; amend KRS 164.131 to add 2 additional full-time student members to the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees, including
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Banta
Withdrawn on 01/10/2024
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AN ACT relating to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances. [HB-116]
[Environmental ]
[Public Health ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Water ]
[Science ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to establish a PFAS Working Group to research the effect that exposure to PFAS has on health outcomes in the Commonwealth; create new sections of Subchapter 10 of KRS Chapter 224 to define the terms "consumer product," "intentionally added," "PFAS," "product component," and "wastewater treatment facility"'; 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 releases
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Bratcher
To Health Services (h) on 03/06/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to beauty services. [SB-14]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Amends KRS 317A.020 to specify emergency order and hearing procedures and to allow the Board of Cosmetology to pursue injunctive remedy and refer violations of the chapter to prosecutorial agencies; and amends KRS 317A.030 to add a licensed nail technician to the board, to replace one citizen-at-large board position with a licensed esthetician, and to allow cosmetologists and nail technicians to use callus graters for callus removal.
Sponsored by: Sen. George Wise
Signed By Governor (acts Ch.25) on 03/29/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to ophthalmic dispensers. [HB-17]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Healthcare ]
Amends KRS 326.080 to require that the license renewal fee for practicing ophthalmic dispensing be established by the Kentucky Board of Ophthalmic Dispensers through promulgation of administrative regulation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Fister
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 54) on 04/04/2024
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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 student resiliency and well-being. [HB-36]
[Education ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to establish the Center for Student Resiliency and Well-Being within the Kentucky Department of Education to gather and compile data, coordinate training, and monitor the numbers and types of mental health professionals in schools; amend KRS 158.4416 to include the definition of "student resiliency and well-being approach"; remove the definition of "trauma-informed approach"; make conforming changes; require the resiliency and well-being team to compile their activities to be used in the creation of the Comprehensive
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/02/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to technology in education and declaring an emergency. [SB-52]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Education ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Cybersecurity ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to make legislative findings and declarations and establish the Artificial Intelligence in Kentucky's Schools project, establish requirements for the Kentucky Department of Education to implement the project, require the department to design professional development trainings related to artificial intelligence, establish professional development requirement for teachers, administrators, school council members, and school board members, require the trainings be made available to nonpublic schools, require school
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Sponsored by: Sen. Reginald Thomas
To Education (s) on 01/03/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to licensed professionals. [HB-56]
[Telecommunications ]
[Healthcare ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Mental Health ]
[Veterans ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Military ]
[Public Safety ]
Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 335.010 to 335.170 to declare the purpose of the Social Work Licensure Compact, to define terms, to set requirements for member states, to establish provisions for active duty military personnel or their spouses, to recognize a multistate licensure privilege to practice for regulated social workers in any member state, including practice via telehealth, to designate procedures for adverse actions against a social worker, to creates the Social Work Licensure Compact Commission, to establish and elect an executive
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Fleming
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 93) on 04/05/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to practice of podiatry. [SB-28]
[Healthcare ]
Amend KRS 311.380 to add definitions; amend KRS 311.400 to add the scope of practice for podiatric residents and podiatric assistants; amend KRS 311.420 to add qualifications to acquire a podiatry license; and amend KRS 311.480 to include podiatric resident and assistant licenses to the licenses the Board of Podiatry can deny, refuse to renew, suspend, place on probation, or revoke; amend KRS 311.410 to conform.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Meredith
Vetoed And Delivered With Veto Message To Secretary Of State on 04/18/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the identification of lottery winners. [HB-80]
[Gaming ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 154A to restrict the Kentucky Lottery Corporation from publishing the name or likeness of any winner of a lottery prize that exceeds $1,000,000 who elects to have his or her identifying information withheld from public record for up to one year; amend KRS 61.878, relating to the Kentucky Open Records Act, to exclude the name, address, or likeness of a winner of a lottery prize that exceeds $1,000,000 from inspection if the winner elects to have his or her identifying information withheld.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Banta
To State & Local Government (s) on 02/23/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to universal recognition of occupational licenses. [HB-34]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Military ]
[Veterans ]
[Consumer Protection ]
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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Steve Rawlings
Introduced In House on 01/02/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to emergency medical services and declaring an emergency. [HB-57]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Amends KRS 311A.030 to remove the classifications of ambulance services, mobile integrated healthcare programs, and medical first response providers; amends KRS 311A.142 to permit an emergency medical responder, emergency medical technician, advanced emergency medical technician, or paramedic in good standing in another state to be eligible for reciprocity at the same level of certification or licensure; amends KRS 142.301, 205.5602, 211.9523, 311A.010, 311A.170, and 405.075 to conform; and repeals KRS 311A.185, relating to determination of death
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Fleming
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 94) on 04/05/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to music therapy and making an appropriation therefor. [SB-51]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Funding ]
[Public Health ]
[Arts and Culture ]
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 three years of the practice or teaching of music therapy; prohibit any persons not licensed under this 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, and revocation;
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Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal
To Licensing & Occupations (s) on 01/03/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to water and wastewater systems. [HB-40]
[Water ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Health ]
Creates a combined Kentucky Board of Certification of Water and Wastewater System Operators; provides for board duties and membership; requires that on or before December 31, 2024, the board, in conjunction with the Drinking Water Advisory Workgroup and the Clean Water Advisory Workgroup, make recommendations for the establishment of a voluntary certification program for supervisors of certified operators of water or sewage treatment plant systems; requires that the recommendations include suggestions for the establishment of a voluntary shared
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Sponsored by: Rep. Bobby McCool
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 206) on 04/18/2024
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South Dakota 2024 Regular Session
Clarify the membership of the Open Meeting Commission. [SB-26]
[Ethics ]
Clarify the membership of the Open Meeting Commission.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Signed By The Governor On February 13, 2024 S.j. 304 on 02/13/2024
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South Dakota 2024 Regular Session
Update the development and implementation of conservation district standards. [HB-1031]
[Agriculture ]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Community Development ]
Update the development and implementation of conservation district standards.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Signed By The Governor On February 06, 2024 H.j. 256 on 02/06/2024
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South Dakota 2024 Regular Session
Modify and repeal provisions related to the licensure of hearing aid dispensers and audiologists. [HB-1029]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Modify and repeal provisions related to the licensure of hearing aid dispensers and audiologists.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Signed By The Governor On February 21, 2024 H.j. 364 on 02/21/2024
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South Dakota 2024 Regular Session
Address the administration of State Conservation Commission functions by the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources. [HB-1033]
[Agriculture ]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
Address the administration of State Conservation Commission functions by the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Signed By The Governor On February 06, 2024 H.j. 256 on 02/06/2024
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South Dakota 2024 Regular Session
Revise the membership of the South Dakota Capitol Complex Restoration and Beautification Commission. [HB-1011]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
Revise the membership of the South Dakota Capitol Complex Restoration and Beautification Commission.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Stalzer
Signed By The Governor On February 06, 2024 H.j. 256 on 02/06/2024
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South Dakota 2024 Regular Session
Merge the Professional Teachers Practices and Standards Commission and the Professional Administrators Practices and Standards Commission. [HB-1021]
[Education ]
Merge the Professional Teachers Practices and Standards Commission and the Professional Administrators Practices and Standards Commission.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Scheduled For Hearing on 01/17/2024