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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages and declaring an emergency. [HB-439]
Amends KRS 211.285 to rename the “malt beverage education fund” as the “alcohol wellness and responsibility education fund,” to add proceeds from Alcoholic Beverage Control Board distilled spirit auctions to the fund, to issue moneys from the fund to the Alcohol Wellness and Responsibility Education Corporation, to modify membership of the corporation’s board of directors, to authorize the corporation to accept grant applications from Kentucky high schools, colleges, universities, and other entities that promote alcohol responsibility, and to increase
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ruth Palumbo
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 46) on 04/04/2024
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AN ACT relating to the abolition of the death penalty. [SB-152]
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 to remove the death penalty; amend KRS 640.040 to prohibit life imprisonment without benefit of parole for a juvenile offender convicted of a capital offense; amend KRS 640.010 to define "serious intellectual disability" and "significant subaverage general intellectual functioning"; amend KRS 422.285, 532.050, 532.100, and 533.010 to conform; repeal KRS 431.213, 431.2135,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Reginald Thomas
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (s) on 02/01/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the regulation of cannabis and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-420]
Establish KRS Chapter 245, relating to adult use cannabis, to administer its cultivation, processing, transportation, sale, use, taxation, and licensing; define terms; establish the Adult Use Cannabis Control Board and its membership, procedures, powers, and duties; direct the board to promulgate administrative regulations for the administration and enforcement of the chapter; set up advisory committees appointed by the board; create the Department of Cannabis Control within the Public Protection Cabinet for the oversight of cannabis operations
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/30/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the abolition of the death penalty. [SB-144]
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 to remove the death penalty; amend KRS 640.040 to prohibit life imprisonment without benefit of parole for a juvenile offender convicted of a capital offense; amend KRS 640.010 to define "serious intellectual disability" and "significant subaverage general intellectual functioning"; amend KRS 422.285, 532.050, 532.100, and 533.010 to conform; repeal KRS 431.213, 431.2135,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Denise Harper Angel
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (s) on 01/31/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to crisis aversion and rights retention orders. [SB-13]
Establish KRS Chapter 202D and create new sections thereof relating to crisis aversion and rights retention orders; provide limitations on interpretation of the Act; define terms; allow law enforcement officers to petition a court to issue orders when a respondent presents an immediate and 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, service of process, termination, or renewal of the petition and orders; provide
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Sponsored by: Sen. Denise Harper Angel
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (s) on 03/01/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to wanton endangerment. [SB-132]
Amend KRS 508.060 to provide an enhanced penalty for discharging a firearm in the commission of an offense constituting wanton endangerment in the first degree; amend KRS 439.3401 to add a Class C felony violation of KRS 508.060 to the definition of violent offender; require a violent offender who has been convicted of a Class C felony violation of KRS 508.060 to serve at least 85 percent of his or her sentence.
Sponsored by: Sen. Matthew Deneen
To Judiciary (s) on 01/29/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to gun safety for children. [HB-373]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to prohibit unlawful storage of a firearm; establish elements of the crime as recklessly allowing access to an unsecured firearm by a minor; establish the crime as a Class B misdemeanor unless a physical injury or death results, in which case it is a Class A misdemeanor; provide that the Act may be cited as the Baby Dre Gun Safety Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/24/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to pregnant inmates. [HB-350]
Amend KRS 196.173 to allow an inmate who is known to be pregnant or who has given birth in the last six weeks access to reasonable accommodations for the provision of available certified professional midwifery services or doula services.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/23/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to lobbying. [SB-120]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 48 to prohibit a public agency or any other entity created by an act of the General Assembly from using public funds for lobbying activity or to employ or enter into a contract with a lobbyist; define terms; exempt public agency employees who perform lobbying activities as part of their fiduciary duties; create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to prohibit a public agency from using public funds for lobbying activity or to employ or contract with a lobbyist; define terms; exempt public agency employees who perform
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jay Williams
To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 02/02/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to firearms. [HB-331]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to define terms; allow law enforcement officers to petition a court to issue an extreme risk protection order 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 systems; prescribe issuance and service procedures
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Sponsored by: Rep. Josie Raymond
Introduced In House on 01/22/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to lobbying. [HB-309]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 48 to prohibit a public agency or any other entity created by an act of the General Assembly from using public funds for lobbying activity or to employ or enter into a contract with a lobbyist; define terms; exempt public agency employees who perform lobbying activities as part of their fiduciary duties; create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to prohibit a public agency from using public funds for lobbying activity or to employ or contract with a lobbyist; define terms; exempt public agency employees who perform
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Sponsored by: Rep. Savannah Maddox
Introduced In House on 01/18/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to concealed deadly weapons. [SB-114]
Amend KRS 527.070 to modify the types of school facilities where weapons are prohibited; state that the prohibition of weapons on school grounds only applies when entrances to the school buildings display a sign indicating that unlawfully possessing a weapon in a school is a felony; remove the requirement that signs be prominently displayed indicating possessing a weapon in a school is prohibited; remove the provision that failure to post the signs indicating weapons are prohibited in schools shall not relieve a person of liability.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adrienne Southworth
To Education (s) on 02/07/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to driving under the influence. [HB-298]
Amend KRS 189A.010 to create enhanced penalties for a person under the age of 21 who operates a motor vehicle with an alcohol concentration of 0.02 or more; amend KRS 189A.070 to create enhanced periods of license suspenion for a person under the age of 21 who operates a motor vehicle with an alcohol concentration of 0.02 or more; amend KRS 189A.340 to conform.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ruth Palumbo
Introduced In House on 01/18/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to wage theft. [HB-284]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 514 to prohibit theft of wages; define terms and establish penalties; amend KRS 336.080 to permit the secretary to enter places of employment without unreasonable delay; amend KRS 337.020 to allow the commissioner to charge and collect past due wages; amend KRS 337.070 to require certain employers to include rate of pay, number of hours worked, the total amount of gross pay earned on wage statements provided to employees; amend KRS 337.320 to require employers to keep certain records for three years; create a
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/17/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to risk protection orders. [HB-287]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to define terms; allow enumerated persons to petition a District Court to issue an order prohibiting a person from purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm if the person is or has been diagnosed with or treated for a mental condition that causes or is likely to cause impairment in judgment, perception, or impulse control to an extent that presents an unreasonable risk to public health, safety, or welfare if the person were in possession or control of a firearm; establish that a violation of an order
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/17/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments. [HB-282]
Create new sections of KRS Chapters 508, 509, 510, 520, and 525 to provide that any person convicted of an offense under those chapters, who was armed with a firearm during the commission of the offense and in furtherance of the offense, shall be subject to an enhanced penalty; amend KRS 519.055 to provide for an enhanced penalty when the person was armed with a firearm at the time of the commission of the offense; amend KRS 520.050 to provide for an enhanced penalty when the dangerous contraband is a deadly weapon; amend KRS 527.110 to provide
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Sponsored by: Rep. D. Wade Williams
Introduced In House on 01/17/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to individual-directed care at the end of life. [HB-285]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to define terms; establish a qualified terminally ill individual's right to voluntarily request medication to self-administer to cause death; require conditions for making the request; permit individual to rescind the request at any time; permit an attending health care provider to provide medication; establish requirements for the attending health care provider to inform individuals and document request; require disposal of unused medications; establish residency requirements for qualified individuals; require
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/17/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to incest. [HB-289]
Amend KRS 530.020 to define terms; provide that a person is guilty of incest when the person engages in sexual contact with a person to whom he or she knows to have a familial relationship with; provide that incest by sexual contact is a Class D felony unless the victim is under 12 years old, in which case it is a Class C felony; amend KRS 439.3401 to amend the definition of "violent offender" to include a person who has been convicted of incest by sexual contact.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicolas Wilson
Introduced In House on 01/17/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments. [HB-270]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 510 to provide that it is unlawful to travel into the Commonwealth with the intent to engage in specified sexual offenses; provide that a person shall not be convicted of this offense and specified inchoate offenses for a single course of conduct; provide that a violation is a Class D felony.
Sponsored by: Rep. Killian Timoney
Introduced In House on 01/16/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to incest. [HB-269]
Amend KRS 530.020 to define terms; provide that a person is guilty of incest when the person engages in sexual contact with a person to whom he or she knows to have a familial relationship with; remove first cousin from the list of familial relationships; provide that incest by sexual contact is a Class D felony unless the victim is under 12 years old, in which case it is a Class C felony; amend KRS 439.3401 to amend the definition of "violent offender" to include a person who has been convicted of incest by sexual contact.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicolas Wilson
Withdrawn on 01/17/2024