Children And Minors
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to a sales and use tax exemption for diapers. [SB-97]
Amend KRS 139.010 to define "clothing" and "diaper"; amend KRS 139.480 to exempt all diapers from the sales and use tax.
Sponsored by: Sen. Damon Thayer
To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 01/10/2024
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AN ACT relating to insurance for loss of income and declaring an emergency. [HB-179]
Amends KRS 304.3-110 to authorize life and health insurers to transact disability income and paid family leave insurance, and to make technical corrections; creates new sections of Subtitle 5 of KRS Chapter 304 to define “disability income insurance” and “paid family leave insurance” and to specify how each is to be classified and filed; amends KRS 304.9-030 to include paid family leave insurance in life and health lines of authority; establishes Subtitle 53 of KRS Chapter 304 and creates new sections thereof to regulate paid family leave insurance,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 99) on 04/05/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to school meals at low-income schools and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-189]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms; establish the Kentucky Proud School Match Program; direct the Department of Education to reimburse an eligible school district $0.33 for every meal reimbursed by the community eligibility provision at the paid rate; require a school district that receives a reimbursement to develop and implement a Kentucky Proud school plan to identify and purchase available Kentucky-grown agricultural products and to optimize food usage; direct the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/08/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to COVID-19 vaccine requirements of minors. [HB-177]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 214 prohibiting the state, any political subdivision of the state, or any governmental agency from requiring a child to receive a COVID-19 vaccination.
Sponsored by: Rep. Josh Calloway
Introduced In House on 01/08/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to education. [SB-93]
Amend KRS 161.164 to prohibit that a local school district or public charter school from requiring a statement, pledge, or oath, other than to uphold general and federal law, the United States Constitution, and the Constitution of Kentucky, as a part of any recruitment, hiring, employment, promotion, disciplinary, or evaluation process; create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to define terms; prohibit public school districts and schools from expending any resources or funds to purchase membership in, or goods and services from, any organization
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Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Meredith
To Education (s) on 01/11/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the transportation of students and declaring an emergency. [SB-92]
Amend KRS 156.153 to permit school districts to use district-owned and district-leased passenger transportation vehicles to transport students to and from school under an alternative transportation plan approved by the Kentucky Department of Education; provide that vehicles shall be operated by an employee of local school district that is licensed to operate a motor vehicle within the Commonwealth; provide that the Kentucky Department of Education shall promulgate administrative regulations to establish minimum standards and specifications for an
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Sponsored by: Sen. David Yates
To Transportation (s) on 01/11/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to emergency medical preparedness of schools. [HB-169]
Amends KRS 158.162 to require that local boards of education maintain a portable automated external defibrillator in a public, readily accessible, well-marked location in all school buildings, including elementary school buildings, and at school-sanctioned athletic practices and competitions, and to require that an annual report on compliance with portable automated external defibrillator requirements be submitted to the Kentucky Department of Education; and amends KRS 158.1622 to expand the School AED Fund to expand the medical devices the fund
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 208) on 04/18/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to mathematics education and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-162]
Amends KRS 158.791 to specify the role of the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) in assisting local school districts with mathematics instruction, supports, and interventions and to require KDE to collaborate with designated agencies on mathematics programming, materials, and activities; amends KRS 158.840 to require students in kindergarten through grade three needing to make accelerated progress in mathematics to receive interventions and to require that the Council on Postsecondary Education submit an annual report on the compliance of teacher
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Sponsored by: Rep. James Tipton
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 222) on 04/19/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to public health. [SB-74]
Amends KRS 18A.225 and 164.2871 to require the state employee health plan and self-insured state postsecondary education institution group health plans to comply with special enrollment and maternity coverage requirements; creates a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the Department for Medicaid Services and any managed care organization with which the department contracts for the delivery of Medicaid services to provide coverage for lactation consultation and breastfeeding equipment, to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to
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Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 207) on 04/18/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to interrogation of children. [HB-157]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 610 to define terms; prohibit a child from being interrogated using deceptive methods; create a new rule of evidence to limit the admissibility of statements made in the interrogation of a child in violation of statute.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/04/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to child care workers. [HB-146]
Amend KRS 199.8965 to require a child care staff member who turns 18 to complete a national and state criminal background check within 30 days of his or her 18th birthday.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Clines
Introduced In House on 01/04/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the United States Department of Education to amend the federal accountability requirements. [HCR-32]
Urge the United States Department of Education to amend the federal accountability requirements to truly afford states the flexibility to implement innovative approaches to student assessment and school accountability.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tina Bojanowski
Introduced In House on 01/04/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to products that contain nicotine. [HB-142]
Repeals, reenacts, and amends KRS 438.345 as a new section of KRS Chapter 158; requires local boards of education to adopt policies that penalize students for possessing alternative nicotine products, tobacco products, or vapor products and lists penalties; requires school districts to report annually to the Kentucky Department of Education; requires the department to report to the Legislative Research Commission the number of nicotine-related behavior incidents in schools and the number requiring medical intervention; requires schools to provide
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Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Elliott
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 149) on 04/09/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to guardian ad litem fees. [SB-67]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 403 to require a guardian ad litem that is appointed for any minor child in certain enumerated court proceedings covered in KRS Chapter 403 to receive a reasonable fee to be fixed by the court and paid by the Finance and Administration Cabinet; create a new section of KRS Chapter 456 to require a guardian ad litem appointed for any minor child in any court proceeding covered in KRS Chapter 456 to receive a reasonable fee to be fixed by the court and paid by the Finance and Administration Cabinet.
Sponsored by: Sen. Casey Chambers Armstrong
To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 01/08/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to patient medical records. [HB-103]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 422 to establish standards and procedures for access to copies of patient medical records or charts for a patient who is under the age of eighteen.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Doan
Introduced In House on 01/03/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to families and children and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-105]
Amend KRS 164.2847 to establish a monthly subsidy for students participating in the Kentucky foster or adopted child public postsecondary tuition waiver program; create a new section of KRS Chapter 199 to define "at -risk male student"; establish the participation and operational requirements of the Mentorship for At-Risk Male Students Grant Program; amend KRS 211.690 to establish the promotion of father engagement activities as a part of the Kentucky HANDS Program; create new sections of KRS Chapter 405 to establish the participation and operational
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Sponsored by: Rep. Deanna Frazier Gordon
Recommitted To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/21/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments. [HB-98]
Amend KRS 506.040 to provide that any person who is 18 years of age or older who engages in a criminal conspiracy with a minor shall be subject to the same penalty provided for the offense which is the object of the conspiratorial agreement; amend KRS 527.100 to enhance the penalty of possession of handgun by a minor to a Class D felony for the first offense and a Class C felony for each subsequent offense.
Sponsored by: Rep. DJ Johnson
Introduced In House on 01/03/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to school personnel. [HB-125]
Amend KRS 161.155 to require school districts to provide a teacher or other employee leave with no loss of income or benefits for 60 school days following an assault against the teacher or employee that results in a physical injury; specify the terms of the leave; require the school district to pay for mental health services of the teacher or employee's choosing during the leave period; amend KRS 158.150 to require a local board of education to adopt a policy requiring expulsion when a student physically assaults or batters school personnel; provide
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/03/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to birth certificates. [HB-100]
Amends KRS 213.141 to establish that a homeless individual as defined in KRS 198A.700, or a homeless youth, as defined in 42 U.S.C. sec. 11434a(2), who is under the age of 25 does not have to pay a fee to get a copy of his or her birth certificate.
Sponsored by: Rep. John Blanton
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 96) on 04/05/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to postincarceration supervision. [HB-65]
Amend KRS 532.043 to provide that a person convicted of felony attempt to commit a felony offense under KRS Chapter 510 or a felony offense under KRS 531.310 to 531.370 relating to the sexual exploitation of minors, shall be subject to postincarceration supervision; amend KRS 532.060 to provide that a person convicted of felony attempt to commit a felony offense specified in KRS Chapter 510, a felony offense under KRS 529.100 relating to human trafficking when involving commerical sexual activity, or KRS 531.310 to 531.370 shall be subject to postincarceration
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Introduced In House on 01/02/2024