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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to community parenting alternative sentencing plans. [SB-296]
Amend KRS 533.010 to create a parenting-based alternative sentence; detail requirements for parenting-based alternative sentencing plan.
Sponsored by: Sen. Julie Adams
To Judiciary (s) on 03/03/2022
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AN ACT relating to marijuana. [SB-305]
Amend KRS 218A.1421, 218A.1422, and 218A.1423 to remove penalties for possession, cultivation, or trafficking of up to eight ounces, or five plants, of marijuana; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to allow expungement of certain convictions relating to cannabis; amend KRS 218A.276 to conform.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal
To Judiciary (s) on 03/03/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to dependency, neglect, and abuse reporting. [SB-297]
Amend KRS 620.030 to remove the requirement that a supervisor also make a report to the proper authorities regarding a report made to them of suspected abuse; require an oral report of child abuse and notification of a supervisor; add the requirement that a supervisor cooperate with the investigation of a report; amend KRS 620.040, relating to notification of suspected abuse reports.
Sponsored by: Sen. Julie Adams
To Health & Welfare (s) on 03/03/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to motor vehicle insurance. [SB-262]
Amend KRS 186A.040 to require that an individual's registration must be revoked two times within a 12 month period before the revocations constitute a violation of KRS 304.39-080 and the individual is referred to the County Attorney for prosecution; set forth when a person without proof of insurance may instead present an affidavit to the county clerk; provide reinstatement fee; amend KRS 186.180 to delete the fee when the vehicle's registration is revoked under KRS 186.290 and remove outdated language; amend KRS 304.39-080 to establish exceptions
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Sponsored by: Sen. Johnnie Turner
To Banking & Insurance (s) on 03/02/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the state lottery. [HB-767]
Amend KRS 154A.990 to remove language making it a Class C felony to falsely make, alter, forge, utter, pass, or counterfeit a state lottery ticket.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ed Massey
To Judiciary (s) on 03/16/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to crisis aversion and rights retention orders. [SB-278]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to state how to interpret the Act; define terms; allow law enforcement officers to petition a court to issue crisis aversion and rights retention orders when a respondent poses a present danger of causing serious physical injury to themselves or others through purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm; establish procedures for the filing, review, hearing, termination, or renewal of the petition and orders; provide court processes and evidentiary standards; allow entry of the orders into law enforcement
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Sponsored by: Sen. Morgan McGarvey
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (s) on 03/02/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to animals. [HB-709]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 525 to define terms; establish crimes of animal abuse in the first degree and animal abuse in the second degree; authorize law enforcement and animal control officers to seize and hold animals who are victims of cruelty or abuse; allow a seizing agency to seek forfeiture and reimbursement for reasonable costs of caring for seized animals from the owner of the animal in the criminal case; provide that the costs of caring for a seized animal shall apply to any offspring born to that animal while in custody; grant
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Banta
Introduced In House on 03/01/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to welfare and family services. [HB-7]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 205 to establish that the terms "cash assistance" and "public assistance" do not include foster care, kinship care, fictive kin care, or relative placement payments; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to conduct annual analysis of expenditures related to the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program; provide for the allocation of unobligated TANF funds; establish restrictions on the use of cash assistance benefits; require the cabinet to utilize a single electronic benefit transfer
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Meade
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 211) on 04/14/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments. [HB-759]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 508 to define terms; criminalize the use of tracking devices on motor vehicles without the consent of the owner or lessee; establish penalty; provide exceptions.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Bratcher
Introduced In House on 03/01/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to wagering and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-714]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 138 to impose a 9.5 percent tax on the adjusted gross revenue of wagers to impose a 9.5 percent tax on the adjusted gross revenue on wagers placed at a licensed track; impose an additional 0.5 percent tax on the adjusted gross revenue and wagers placed at licensed tracks; authorize the department to collect taxes and enforce the penalties imposed in this section; create new sections of KRS Chapter 230 to define terms related to fantasy contests; create the wagering administration fund; establish the Kentucky problem
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Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Burch
Introduced In House on 03/01/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to hate crimes. [SB-275]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to provide an enhanced term of imprisonment for any defendant convicted of certain crimes when the defendant intentionally selected the person because of that person's actual or perceived race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, mental or physical disability, gender identity or expression, or sexual orientation; amend KRS 15.334 and 17.1523 to conform; repeal KRS 49.320 and 532.031.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal
To Judiciary (s) on 03/07/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to entertainment activities, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. [HB-610]
Establish KRS Chapter 239 and create new sections relating to fantasy contests and online poker; define terms; establish requirements for fantasy contest procedures and for registration as a fantasy contest operator; require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations for the operation of fantasy contests; establish the wagering administration fund and direct the uses of that fund; require an annual audit of fantasy contest registrants; require any person offering online poker in the Commonwealth to have a license from the cabinet and require
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Sponsored by: Rep. Adam Koenig
Taken From Committee On Committees (h) on 03/14/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to wagering and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-606]
Establish KRS Chapter 239A and create new sections to define “adjusted gross revenue,” “beginner,” “cabinet, “confidential information,” “entry fee,” “fantasy contest,” “fantasy contest operator," “fantasy contest participant," “highly experienced player,” “immediate family,” “location percentage,” “net poker revenue,” “online poker,” “person,” “principal stockholder,” “rake,” “registered fantasy contest operator,” “script,” “secretary,” and “wager”; establish requirements for registration as a fantasy contest operator; require the Public Protection
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Sponsored by: Rep. Adam Koenig
Floor Amendments (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9) (10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16) And (17) Filed on 04/13/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to solitary confinement. [HB-615]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 15A to prohibit the use of solitary confinement, with limited exceptions; and require reporting of data on its use.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samara Heavrin
Introduced In House on 02/28/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to virtual court proceedings. [HB-683]
Create new sections of KRS Chapters 23A and 24A to establish remote or virtual attendance by a defendant who is in jail or other detention facility; specify proceedings when remote or virtual attendance is permitted; establish parameters to ensure protection of rights; provide permissive authority to attend civil hearing remotely or virtually.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ed Massey
Introduced In House on 02/28/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to jails. [HB-590]
Amend KRS 441.265 to require a prisoner in a county jail to begin paying fees from the prisoner's booking date; require a jail to reimburse and waive fees if a prisoner is not convicted of any charges; require the Department of Corrections to annually adjust the maximum room and board fee of $50 per day based on changes in the Consumer Price Index; set procedure by which automatic deductions from a prisoner's canteen account may be made by the jail.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Meredith
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 188) on 04/08/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to county jails. [SB-220]
Amend KRS 441.265 to add that the requirement for a prisoner to reimburse the county for jail fees is to start from the prisoner's booking date; require a county jail to clear a prisoner of any outstanding expenses and to reimburse any expenses already paid if the prisoner's case does not result in a conviction; allow the Department of Corrections to annually adjust the maximum per diem for room and board based on the Consumer Price Index; allow jails to automatically deduct 100% of an initial deposit and 50% of subsequent deposits in a prisoner's
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Sponsored by: Sen. Ralph Alvarado
To Judiciary (s) on 02/28/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to medicinal cannabis and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-582]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 218A to define terms and establish a medicinal cannabis program; create a new section of KRS Chapter 138 to establish an excise tax on certain transfers of medicinal cannabis; amend KRS 342.815 to establish that the Employer’s Mutual Insurance Authority shall not be required to provide coverage to an employer if doing so would subject the authority to a violation of state or federal law; amend KRS 139.470 to exempt the sale of medical cannabis from the state sales tax; amend KRS 138.870 to exempt medicinal cannabis
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Sponsored by: Rep. Cherlynn Stevenson
Introduced In House on 02/24/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to wagering and making an appropriation therefor. [SB-213]
Establish KRS Chapter 239 and create new sections to define “adjusted gross revenue,” “beginner,” “cabinet, “confidential information,” “entry fee,” “fantasy contest,” “fantasy contest operator," “fantasy contest participant," “highly experienced player,” “immediate family,” “location percentage,” “net poker revenue,” “online poker,” “person,” “principal stockholder,” “rake,” “registered fantasy contest operator,” “script,” “secretary,” and “wager”; establish requirements for registration as a fantasy contest operator; require the Public Protection
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Sponsored by: Sen. David Yates
To Licensing & Occupations (s) on 02/25/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to elections and declaring an emergency. [HB-564]
Amend various sections of KRS Chapters 116, 117, 118, and 119 relating to no-excuse in-person absentee voting, establishing excused in-person absentee voting, prohibiting the early disclosure of unofficial ballot count totals, requiring a tamper resistant seal to be placed on voting equipment, recording the public counter on voting machines before and after the days of in-person absentee voting, changing the time from which the State Board of Elections is required to furnish the county clerk with the appropriate voter registration list prior to
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Sponsored by: Rep. James Tipton
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 87) on 04/07/2022