Children And Minors
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to reimbursement for pharmacist services. [HB-3]
Amend KRS 205.522 and 205.6485 to require Medicaid and KCHIP to comply with pharmacy reimbursement requirements established in KRS 304.12-237; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or the department to seek federal approval if it is determined that such approval is necessary; and require the cabinet to comply with KRS 205.525.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
To Banking & Insurance (h) on 02/07/2025
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AN ACT relating to preschool and kindergarten education. [HB-300]
Amend KRS 157.3175 to require school districts provide a full-day preschool education program for eligible three and four-year-olds; establish eligibility for the program; require that preschool for three year old children continue to be funded through a grant process and preschool programs for four-year-old children be funded under KRS 157.310 to 157.440; require preschool programs to operate on the school district calendar; require transportation be provided; amend KRS 158.031 to include preschool education programs for four-year-old children
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
To Primary And Secondary Education (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Child Care Assistance Program. [HB-266]
Create a new section of Subchapter 12 of KRS Chapter 154 to define "in-demand industry sector" and "in-demand occupation"; require the Cabinet for Economic Development to create annual lists of in-demand industry sectors and in-demand occupations and transmit the lists to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services for use in determining eligibility criteria for the Child Care Assistance Program; amend KRS 199.894 to define "Child Care and Development Fund" and "Child Care Assistance Program"; make technical corrections; create a new section of KRS
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to inheritance tax. [HB-264]
Amend KRS 140.070 and 140.080 to include a foster child as a Class A beneficiary and to delete language that only applies to deaths occurring prior to July 1, 1995, or between July 1, 1995, and June 30, 1998; apply to estates of decedents who die on or after July 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Grossl
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to sales and use taxes. [HB-247]
Amend KRS 139.200, relating to the imposition of sales and use taxes on various types of property and services, to remove leisure, recreational, and athletic instructional services and recreational camp tuition and fees; amend KRS 139.480 to exempt electricity used for specified agricultural purposes from sales and use taxes; amend various other sections to conform; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Josh Calloway
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. [HB-274]
Amend KRS 407.440 to add gender-neutral language and make technical change.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samara Heavrin
To Families & Children (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to children. [HB-273]
Amend KRS 405.020 to add gender-neutral language.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samara Heavrin
Withdrawn on 02/05/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to primary school. [HB-240]
Amend KRS 158.305 to require kindergarten students to be given a universal screener within the final 10 instructional days of the school year; beginning with the 2025-2026 school year require that a student remain in kindergarten for an additional year if he or she did not make adequate progress in kindergarten; prohibit a school from requiring a student who turns seven by August 1 to remain in kindergarten; require the school to reevaluate the reading improvement plan of any student remaining in kindergarten; allow a student provided an additional
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Sponsored by: Rep. James Tipton
Delivered To Secretary Of State on 03/27/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to childhood sexual assault or abuse. [HB-232]
Amend KRS 413.249 to remove the statute of limitations for civil actions arising from childhood sexual assault or abuse.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
To Judiciary (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to family impact statements. [HB-248]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 6 to require the Legislative Research Commission to prepare a family impact statement for every bill, concurrent resolution, joint resolution, amendment, or committee substitute introduced during a regular or extraordinary session of the Kentucky General Assembly; define terms; establish procedures.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Nemes
To State Government (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to paternity in domestic violence actions. [HB-307]
Amend KRS 403.725 to grant a court authority to make a determination of paternity when issuing orders of protection in domestic violence cases; amend KRS 403.740 to grant a court authority to include a determination of paternity when issuing domestic violence orders.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Doan
To Judiciary (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the abolition of the death penalty. [HB-209]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to abolish the death penalty and replace it with life imprisonment without parole for inmates presently sentenced to death; amend KRS 532.030, relating to authorized dispositions for felony offenses, to remove the death penalty; amend KRS 533.010, relating to probation, to prohibit probation for a person sentenced to life without parole or life without parole for 25 years; amend KRS 640.010 to define terms; amend KRS 640.040, relating to penalties for juveniles convicted of felony offenses, to prohibit life
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Sponsored by: Rep. James Tipton
To Judiciary (h) on 02/04/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to animal control officers. [HB-194]
Create a new section of KRS 258.095 to 258.500 to require animal control officers to receive training on recognizing child abuse; amend KRS 620.030 to add animal control officers to the list of people with a duty to report dependency, neglect, or abuse of a child; provide that the Act may be cited as Kyan's Law.
Sponsored by: Rep. Rachel Roarx
2nd Reading, To Rules on 03/05/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to coverage of annual mental health wellness examinations. [SB-74]
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; 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 group health plans provided by the governing board of a state
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Sponsored by: Sen. David Yates
To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 02/04/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to sexual offenses against children. [HB-199]
Amend KRS 510.040, 510.070, and 510.110 to provide that rape in the first degree, sodomy in the first degree, and sexual abuse in the first degree shall be capital offenses when the victim is under 12 years old; amend KRS 532.025 to conform.
Sponsored by: Rep. Josh Calloway
To Judiciary (h) on 02/04/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to adoption. [HB-164]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 199 to authorize posthumous adoption; provide that the Act may be cited as Braylon's Law.
Sponsored by: Rep. Billy Wesley
Signed By Governor Acts Ch. 16) on 03/15/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to undesignated glucagon. [HB-174]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 217 to define terms; permit health care practitioners to prescribe and dispense undesignated glucagon in the name of a school or to a trained individual; permit trained individuals to receive, possess, and administer undesignated glucagon during diabetic medical emergencies; permit schools to stock undesignated glucagon; provide for immunity from civil liability for any personal injury resulting from good faith actions to use undesignated glucagon to treat diabetic medical emergencies.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nancy Tate
To Health Services (h) on 02/04/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to gender transition services. [HB-154]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to define terms;prohibit health care providers from accepting payment or reimbursement for gender transition services from a state or local government or Medicare, except when specific conditions exist; require licensing or certifying agencies to revoke a health care provider's license for a violation; create new sections of KRS Chapter 205 and Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304, and amend KRS 18A.225, 164.2871, and 304.17C-125 to require Medicaid, the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program (KCHIP), state
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Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Huff
To Health Services (h) on 02/04/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to school lunches. [HB-167]
Amend KRS 160.345 to require a school council to adopt a policy requiring students to be assigned a lunch period of at least 30 minutes in length; amend KRS 158.153 to conform.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
To Primary And Secondary Education (h) on 02/04/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to advanced educational opportunities. [HB-190]
Amend KRS 158.6453 to define "advanced coursework"; require each local board of education develop an accelerated learning plan for students with identified strengths; direct local board of education to adopt policies for advanced coursework in designated subject areas; establish a reporting requirement for the Kentucky Department of Education related to the number of accelerated learning courses offered, the demographics of eligible students, the number of students placed in those courses, and the number of students not placed in those courses;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Duvall
Delivered To Governor on 03/28/2025