Civil Actions
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Tax Tribunal. [HB-650]
[Taxes ]
Establish a new KRS Chapter 145 to create the Kentucky Tax Tribunal within the executive branch to be the single form for all tax litigation; establish judges, forums, processes, and methods of appeal; amend various statutes to conform; repeal sections of KRS Chapter 49 which constituted the Board of Tax Appeals; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2027.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Michael Nemes
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/21/2025
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AN ACT relating to wrongful conviction compensation. [SB-262]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Funding ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 411 to establish a cause of action for a person who was wrongfully convicted of a felony in the Commonwealth; specify amounts of damages that may be awarded to claimants; establish the wrongful conviction compensation fund.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald A. Neal
To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 02/20/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to medical products. [HB-646]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216 to define "medical product"; prohibit any a public or government entity or any agency or division thereof, from requiring an individual to take, receive, or disclose whether a medical product has been taken or received, unless the manufacturer of the product is liable for any death or injury caused by the product.
Sponsored by: Rep. Savannah Maddox
To Health Services (h) on 02/26/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to eminent domain. [HB-630]
[Agriculture ]
[Energy ]
[Real Estate ]
[Property Tax ]
[Environmental ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Create a new section of KRS 262.900 to 262.920 to prohibit the taking of property subject to an agricultural conservation easement by eminent domain; allow public hearing on a proposed taking of property subject to an agricultural conservation easement before the local soil and water conservation district board of supervisors; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to allow an owner of property adjoining a property condemned by eminent domain to bring a civil action against the condemnor for damages to property; create a new section of KRS Chapter
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Hale
To Judiciary (h) on 02/26/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to loss of consortium. [SB-199]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Healthcare ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to establish a civil cause of action for loss of consortium by a child when the negligent or wrongful act of a third person caused the death or total and permanent disability of a parent.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Yates
To Judiciary (s) on 02/20/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to insurance disclosures to dog bite and dog attack victims. [SB-232]
[Insurance ]
[Animals ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 258 to require insurance disclosures by dog owners, other persons, and insurers to persons alleging entitlement to damages resulting from a dog bite or dog attack; establish procedures for requesting additional information and amending disclosures; provide that disclosures shall not be construed as a waiver of certain rights or acceptance of liability; create a new section of Subtitle 12 of KRS Chapter 304 to require insurers and other persons subject to regulation under the Insurance Code to comply with insurance
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Sponsored by: Sen. David Yates
To Banking & Insurance (s) on 02/20/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to health care. [HB-688]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Education ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disabilities ]
[Crime ]
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 Poore Moser
2nd Reading, To Rules on 03/12/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Commercial Law - Voice and Visual Likeness - Digital Replication Rights (Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe Act - NO FAKES Act) [SB-1025]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Arts and Culture ]
Establishing that each individual and a certain right holder have the right to authorize the use of the voice or visual likeness of the individual in a digital replica; providing that the right does not expire on the death of the individual and is transferable or licensable in a certain manner; providing that the right terminates after a certain period of time; requiring an online service to designate an agent for certain purposes; requiring the Secretary of State to maintain and make available certain information; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Johnny Mautz
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/04/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to liability for injury or damage caused by the underage consumption of intoxicating substances. [SB-182]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Children and Youth ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to allow a person injured due to the negligence of an intoxicated minor to bring a civil action against a person who knew or should have known that the minor consumed alcohol or a controlled substance in the person's home or on property under the person's control, and against any person, other than the minor's parent, who provided the alcohol or controlled substance to the minor.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald A. Neal
To Judiciary (s) on 02/19/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to housing and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-583]
[Housing ]
[Finance ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Construction ]
[Property Tax ]
[Community Development ]
[Religion ]
[Human Services ]
[Real Estate ]
[Energy ]
[Public Health ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Poverty ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 198A to create the affordable housing loan pool fund to be administered by the Kentucky Housing Corporation to provide rehabilitation and construction loans to eligible entities; specify terms and process; create a new section of KRS Chapter 194A to create the homelessness prevention fund to be administered by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services for continuum of care funds; specify eligible uses and eligible entities; amend KRS 198A.080 to modify criteria for housing development loan fund, require notice
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Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/21/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to eminent domain. [SB-171]
[Agriculture ]
[Real Estate ]
[Energy ]
[Property Tax ]
[Construction ]
[Environmental ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Create a new section of KRS 262.900 to 262.920 to prohibit the taking of property subject to an agricultural conservation easement by eminent domain; allow public hearing on a proposed taking of property subject to an agricultural conservation easement before the local soil and water conservation district board of supervisors; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to allow an owner of property adjoining a property condemned by eminent domain to bring a civil action against the condemnor for damages to property; create a new section of KRS Chapter
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Sponsored by: Sen. Steve West
Taken From Agriculture (s) on 02/28/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the dissolution of marriage. [HB-549]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
Amend KRS 403.044 to establish that the 60-day waiting period for the presentation of testimony in a divorce proceeding involving minor children shall not apply where the parties have completed the collaborative law process or family mediation that has resulted in a final agreement that is filed with the court.
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephanie A. Dietz
To Families & Children (h) on 02/25/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Business Regulation - Cemeteries - Requirements for Sale or Transfer or Government Acquisition [SB-1021]
Prohibiting certain owners of a cemetery from selling or transferring the cemetery without the approval of the Director of the Office of Cemetery Oversight; exempting certain religious organizations from the requirement to obtain an approval from the Director; authorizing a governmental unit to acquire an abandoned cemetery under certain circumstances; and establishing requirements for the sale, transfer, or government acquisition of a cemetery.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Anthony Muse
Favorable With Amendments {303923/1 Adopted on 03/17/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to education and declaring an emergency. [SB-165]
[Education ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Funding ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms; prohibit a school district, public school, or cooperative board from providing differential treatment or benefits on the basis of an individual's religion, race, sex, color, or national origin; prohibit the Kentucky Department of Education, a school district, a public school, or a cooperative board from expending any resources on diversity, equity, and inclusion; prohibit the department, a school district, a public school, or a cooperative board from soliciting statements on an applicant's
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Wilson
To Education (s) on 02/18/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to actions for forcible entry and detainer. [HB-534]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 383 to provide automatic expungement of records upon dismissal of actions for forcible entry and detainer; amend KRS 383.250 to provide for sealing of records.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nima Kulkarni
To Judiciary (h) on 02/21/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to use of artificial intelligence by courts. [HB-498]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 21A to request that the Supreme Court establish a pilot project to permit participating courts to use artificial intelligence for court transcription services; establish guidelines.
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephanie A. Dietz
To Judiciary (h) on 02/21/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
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AN ACT relating to healthcare services and declaring an emergency. [HB-495]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Rights ]
[Children and Youth ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 344 to define terms; prohibit discrimination against mental health care professionals, mental health care institutions, and ordained ministry for providing protected counseling services; prohibit discrimination against individuals for offering information, training, and referrals for protected counseling services; prohibit discrimination against parents and guardians who consent to their child receiving protected counseling services; prohibit reporting of a mental health care professional or mental health care
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 107) on 03/27/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
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AN ACT relating to the opioid abatement trust fund. [HB-537]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Healthcare ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Amend KRS 15.293 to include in the opioid abatement trust fund money received by order of a court in connection with any settlement, judgment, or bankruptcy against any entity engaged in the manufacturing or distribution of opioids; remove expired citation references to specific defendants; authorize the Attorney General to promulgate administrative regulations prescribing the mechanism for distribution of funds received under specified circumstances; amend KRS 15.291 to conform.
Sponsored by: Rep. Chris Fugate
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 49) on 03/24/2025
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North Carolina 2025-2026 Session
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Continuing Budget Operations [HB-125]
[Arts and Culture ]
Continuing Budget Operations
Sponsored by: Rep. Donna McDowell White
Signed By Gov. 8/6/2025 on 08/06/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the waiver of qualified official immunity. [HB-483]
[Education ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to waive qualified official immunity as a defense for employees or agents of public postsecondary education institutions that are not law enforcement officers; amend KRS 164.6949 to conform.
Sponsored by: Rep. T.J. Roberts
To Postsecondary Education (h) on 02/14/2025