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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to contraceptive coverage. [HB-278]
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for contraception; amend KRS 164.2871, 205.522, 205.6485, and18A.225 to require self-insured employer group health plans provided by the governing board of a state postsecondary institution to its employees, Medicaid, the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program, and the state employee health plan to comply with the new section on contraceptive coverage; amend KRS 446.350 to provide that nothing in the new section on contraceptive coverage
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 02/14/2023
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AN ACT relating to the exemption of certain postnatal items from sales and use tax. [HB-270]
Amend KRS 139.010 to define "breast pump," "breast pump collection and storage supplies," "breast pump kit," "children's diapers," "clothing," and "diapers"; amend KRS 139.480 to exempt from the sales and use tax baby bottles, baby wipes, breast pumps, breast pump storage and collection supplies, breast pump kits, and children's diapers from July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2027, and require the Department of Revenue to report the total exemptions each September 1; and amend KRS 131.190 to authorize the Department of Revenue to report on the exemption
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/23/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to teacher misconduct. [HB-288]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 161 to prohibit a public school district or public charter school from entering 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 allegations or investigations in the previous 12 months and consent to a reference check; require school districts to conduct reference checks; require nonpublic and public school districts to disclose any allegations or investigations related
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
Recommitted To Education (s) on 03/29/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to childhood sexual assault or abuse. [HB-246]
Amend KRS 413.249 to remove the statute of limitations for civil actions arising from childhood sexual assault or abuse; require every civil action arising from childhood sexual assault or abuse to be accompanied by a motion to seal the record.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 02/10/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to adult performances. [SB-115]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 231 to express the findings of the General Assembly relating to adult-oriented businesses and the need for regulation; define terms; establish distance parameters for the location of adult-oriented businesses in proximity to identified entities and locations; establish transition provisions for existing businesses; affirm the authority of local governmental units to supplement regulation of adult-oriented businesses.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Wilson
Taken From Committee On Committees (h) on 03/16/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Uniform Collaborative Law Act. [HB-234]
Create new Sections of KRS Chapter 403 to enact the Uniform Collaborative Law Act on the recommendation of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws; regulate the use of collaborative law participation agreements as a voluntary form of alternative dispute resolution; provide that the Act may be cited as the Uniform Collaborative Law Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Introduced In House on 02/09/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to criminal history record checks. [HB-231]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 620 to allow the Department for Community Based Services to request a criminal justice agency to perform a federal name-based criminal history record check of each adult residing in a home in which a child is placed during an emergency placement; allow the Department of Kentucky State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to charge a reasonable fee for processing a fingerprint-based criminal history record check.
Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Elliott
Reported Favorably, To Rules As A Consent Bill on 03/29/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to children. [SB-150]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to establish definitions; require specific parental notifications from public schools; require school districts to adopt specific procedures related to parental rights; limit authority of the Kentucky Board of Education and Kentucky Department of Education in relation to parental rights and a student's use of pronouns; prohibit district or school policies with the intent of keeping student information confidential for parents; prohibit a school district from requiring school personnel or pupils to use pronouns
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Sponsored by: Sen. George Wise
Passed 29 -8 on 03/29/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to education. [SB-102]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms; make legislative findings and declarations on the rights of parents as it relates to public schools and establish a standard to protect those rights; require public schools to establish a process to receive complaints of violations; create a cause of action for violations and establish limitations; establish specific parental rights as related to public schools; require public schools to adopt policies to protect those rights; require the Kentucky Department of Education to eliminate administrative
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Mills
To Education (s) on 02/10/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION recognizing the Blueprint for Kentucky's Children and adjourning in honor of Children's Advocacy Day, February 8, 2023. [HR-28]
Recognize the Blueprint for Kentucky's Children organization and adjourn in honor of Children's Advocacy Day, February 8, 2023.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Meredith
To House Floor on 02/08/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the dissolution of marriage. [HB-181]
Amend KRS 403.044, relating to divorce actions in which there are minor children, to remove the requirement that 60 days must elapse before the taking of testimony.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Introduced In House on 02/07/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to education. [HB-173]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms; make legislative findings and declarations on the rights of parents as it relates to public schools and establish a standard to protect those rights; require public schools to establish a process to receive complaints of violations; create a cause of action for violations and establish limitations; establish specific parental rights as related to public schools; require public schools to adopt policies to protect those rights; require the Kentucky Department of Education to eliminate regulations
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Hale
Withdrawn on 03/13/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the safety and mental health of students. [HB-196]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to establish the Kentucky Mental Health Safety Center within the University of Louisville to be known as SafeKY; require SafeKY to create, implement, and maintain a real-time electronic mental health application; require the application be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and 365 days a year; require the application to be made available at no cost to all elementary, secondary, and postsecondary students and the parents and teachers of those students; require the University of Louisville to establish
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Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley
Reported Favorably, To Rules on 03/15/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION declaring October 2023 to be Kentucky Spina Bifida Awareness Month. [HR-27]
Recognize October 2023 as Spina Bifida Awareness Month in Kentucky.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Nemes
Introduced In House on 02/07/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to coverage of mental health wellness examinations. [HB-208]
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define terms; require certain health insurance policies to provide coverage for an annual mental health wellness examination of at least 45 minutes provided by a mental health professional; require the coverage to be no less extensive than coverage for medical and surgical benefits, comply with the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008, and not to be subject to any cost-sharing requirements; amend KRS 164.2871, 205.522, 205.6485, and 18A.225 to require self-insured employer
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 02/07/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT proposing to add a section to the Constitution of Kentucky relating to education funding. [HB-174]
Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to authorize the General Assembly to provide for the educational costs of elementary and secondary school students outside of the public school system; provide ballot language for submission to voters for ratification or rejection.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Taken From Rules (h) on 03/16/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to local school board student representatives. [HB-161]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to require each local school board to include at least one student representative; require each local school board to adopt a school board student representative policy.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 02/07/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to public safety. [SB-80]
Amend KRS 17.545 to prohibit a registered sex offender from loitering within 1,000 feet of the clearly defined grounds of a school, playground, or day care; amend KRS 508.025 to include healthcare providers working in an emergency room to the list of protected workers for the offense of assault in the third degree.
Sponsored by: Sen. Danny Carroll
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 109) on 03/27/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION recognizing April as Deaf Education Month in the Commonwealth and honoring the Kentucky School for the Deaf's two centuries of outstanding service to the Commonwealth. [SR-65]
Recognize April as Deaf Education Month in the Commonwealth and the Kentucky School for the Deaf's two centuries of outstanding service to the Commonwealth.
Sponsored by: Sen. Donald Douglas
Adopted By Voice Vote on 02/17/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to education and declaring an emergency. [SB-5]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define "harmful to minors"; require local boards of education to adopt a complaint resolution policy to address parent complaints about materials that are harmful to minors; require the school to ensure that a student whose parent has filed a complaint does not have access to the material; require the Kentucky Department of Education to promulgate model complaint resolution policy; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Sen. George Wise
Became Law Without Governor's Signature (acts Ch. 120) on 03/29/2023