Boards And Commissions
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to elections. [SB-233]
Amend KRS 117.020 to allow the State Board of Elections to declare a county a preclearance county if there is a repeated administration of elections in a manner that jeopardizes the free and equal exercise of the franchise; amend KRS 117.022 to require an election manager receive a paid salary; clarify that an election manager shall not be incompatible with any other elected office or employment within the Commonwealth; amend KRS 117.155 to require the county clerk to verify that e-poll books received all data reflecting a registered voter's voting
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Sponsored by: Sen. David Yates
To State & Local Government (s) on 02/20/2025
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AN ACT relating to workers' compensation. [SB-201]
Amend KRS 342.213 to require the commissioner of the Department of Workers' Claims to certify to the Workers' Compensation Nominating Committee that filing an administrative law judge position is necessary 150 days prior to the expiration of the term, add that the nominating committee may recommend the retention of a Workers' Compensation Board member and that each newly appointed member of the board shall not assume office until 30 days after confirmation; amend KRS 342.215 to provide that any board member appointed to fill an unexpired term shall
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Sponsored by: Sen. Phillip Wheeler
Became Law Without Governor's Signature (acts Ch. 93) on 03/27/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the transportation of students and declaring an emergency. [HB-661]
Amend KRS 189.540 to authorize the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations to govern the operation of passenger vehicles used to transport students that are owned, leased, or privately contracted by school districts; provide that operators of a passenger vehicle that is owned, leased, or privately contracted by the district to transport students shall possess a valid Class D operator's license; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Tipton
Received In Senate on 03/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to marriage and family therapists. [SB-222]
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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Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Berg
To Licensing & Occupations (s) on 02/20/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to health care. [HB-688]
Amend KRS 314.041, relating to registered nurse licensure, and KRS 314.051, relating to licensed practical nurse licensure, to permit rather than require the board to issue credentials; amend KRS 314.042 to require physicians collaborating with an advanced practice registered nurse to have an active and unrestricted license in Kentucky; amend KRS 314.109 to reduce the time from 90 to 30 days for a person under the jurisdiction of the board to notify the board of a conviction of certain misdemeanors or felonies; amend KRS 209.032, relating to employees
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
2nd Reading, To Rules on 03/12/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to elections. [HB-684]
Amend KRS 117.045 to allow a lesser number of precinct officers when the State Board of Elections has approved a county board of elections' precinct consolidation plan; amend KRS 117.065 to require the county board of elections to notify local boards of education of its intent to use school buildings as voting places by December 1 of each year; require the county board of elections to specify which school buildings will be used; amend KRS 117.066 to conform; allow a county board of elections to request an amendment to its previously submitted precinct
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jennifer Henson Decker
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 125) on 03/28/2025
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Exempt those with 25 years holding an insurance license from attaining additional CEUs [HB-2532]
The purpose of this bill is to exempt persons who have held an insurance license for 20 years or more from the requirement to attend continuing education courses.
Sponsored by: Rep. Larry Kump
To House Banking And Insurance on 02/20/2025
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Relating generally to video lottery [SB-513]
The purpose of this bill is to amend the distributions of video lottery net terminal and excess net terminal income to municipalities.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ryan Weld
Reported Do Pass, But First To Finance on 03/11/2025
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
To remove restrictions for supervising physicians for Nurse practitioners or physician assistants in West Virginia [HB-2544]
The purpose of this bill is to empower qualified physician assistants and certified nurse practitioners to practice without the supervision of a physician.
Sponsored by: Rep. Pat McGeehan
Filed For Introduction on 02/18/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Building Code. [HB-579]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 198B to permit less than six stories of Residential Group R-2 occupancy to be served by a single exit.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nima Kulkarni
To Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (h) on 02/25/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to state benefits for veterans. [HB-565]
Amend KRS 12.245, 12.354, 14A.1-070, 16.040, 40.010, 40.310, 40.650, 42.0146, 148.0211, 158.105, 158.140, 161.048, 164.512, 164.515, 186.041, 186.163, and 186.416 to make certain LGBTQ and qualifying veterans, as defined, eligible for state veterans' benefits.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (h) on 02/25/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to membership of the Geographic Information Advisory Council. [HB-550]
Amend KRS 42.740 to reduce the number of candidates submitted by the Kentucky League of Cities and Kentucky Association of Counties for consideration of the Governor to be appointed to the Geographic Information Advisory Council from six persons to three persons.
Sponsored by: Rep. Randall Bridges
To State Government (h) on 02/25/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Make America Healthy Again Kentucky Task Force to explore ways to integrate the principles of the Make America Healthy Again movement to improve health outcomes of Kentuckians. [SCR-61]
State the General Assembly's support for the goals of the Make America Healthy Again movement; establish the Make America Healthy Again Kentucky Task Force to integrate the principles of the Make America Healthy Again movement; establish task force membership; require the task force to submit a report with recommendations to the Governor and the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Mills
Received In House on 02/28/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to children. [SB-181]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to define terms; direct each local board of education to designate one or more programs or applications as a traceable communication system that shall be the exclusive means for school district employees and volunteers to communicate electronically with students; provide that a parent may submit written consent for a designated school district employee or volunteer to communicate electronically with a student outside of the traceable communication system; exclude communications between a parent that is a school
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lindsey Tichenor
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 149) on 04/01/2025
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Relating to Dietitian Licensure Compact [HB-2389]
The purpose of this bill is to provide for the joining of the Dietitian Licensure Compact Commission by the state of West Virginia.
Sponsored by: Rep. Evan Worrell
To Finance on 04/08/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to government personnel policies and declaring an emergency. [SB-164]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 61 to prohibit a state or local government or public agency from providing preferential treatment to individuals or entities on the basis of religion, race, sex, color, or national origin when they contract or seek employment with the state or local government; define terms; prohibit a state or local government from requiring or incentivizing a person to attend a diversity, equity, and inclusion training or provide any differential treatment or benefits to an individual based on the individual's participation in
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Wilson
To State & Local Government (s) on 02/18/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to cosmetology, esthetics, and nail technology. [HB-497]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 317A to allow reciprocal licensing for cosmetologists, estheticians, and nail technicians; include work experience as a basis for licensure; explicitly include military personnel and spouses; repeal KRS 317A.100, relating to reciprocal licensing and continuing education.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
To Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (h) on 02/21/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to state employee health insurance. [SB-155]
Amend KRS 18A.225 to exclude from the definition of "employee" any employer pursuant to KRS 61.522 that ceases participation in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System by June 30, 2021, once they cease participation in the state employee health insurance plan they may not participate in the future; require minimal participation duration for all benefits administered by the Personnel Cabinet pursuant to KRS 18A.225 to 18A.2287; require health insurance coverage for state employees to provide minimum value that pays over 60 percent of the total cost
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Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Nemes
To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 02/18/2025
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
To modify the parole eligibility for a person serving a sentence for first degree murder [HB-2359]
The purpose of bill is to modify parole eligibility for inmates serving life sentences and those who have been convicted of first degree murder.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Kelly
Filed For Introduction on 02/13/2025
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Relating to compensation for panel attorneys [HB-2351]
The purpose of this bill is to increase compensation for panel attorneys of the Public Defender Services; and requiring Public Defender Services to annually provide a report to certain state agencies summarizing legal services that are being provided by the submission of a voucher by panel attorneys serving as guardians ad litem in state courts.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adam Burkhammer
House Message Received on 04/12/2025