AN ACT relating to the acquisition of agricultural land. [HB-575]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 247 to define terms, prohibit a nonresident alien, foreign business, foreign agent, trustee, or fiduciary associated with the government of any proscribed country referenced in 22 C.F.R. sec. 126.1 from the purchase, lease, or acquisition of agricultural land in Kentucky or participation in programs administered by the Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Development Board, and Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corporation; allow an existing foreign-owned business to purchase adjacent agricultural land to expand
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HB-575: AN ACT relating to the acquisition of agricultural land.
Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley
Posted For Passage For Concurrence In Senate Committee Substitute (1) on 04/15/2024
AN ACT relating to vacancies in office. [HB-545]
Amend KRS 67C.103 to provide that a runoff election shall be held if no candidate receives more than 50 percent of the total votes cast and the candidates receiving the two highest number of votes are of separate political parties; provide that the candidate receiving the highest number of votes cast shall be elected to fill the vacancy when no candidate receives more than 50 percent of the total votes cast and the candidates receiving the two highest number of votes are of the same political party; provide that a runoff election shall be held 45
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HB-545: AN ACT relating to vacancies in office.
Sponsored by: Rep. Rachel Roarx
Introduced In House on 02/14/2024
You have voted HB-519: AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 32 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to qualifications of members of the General Assembly..
AN ACT relating to legal instruments. [HB-488]
Amends KRS 382.297 to establish when a county clerk shall admit any amendment, renewal, modification, or extension of a recorded mortgage to record, to establish when a county clerk shall admit affidavits of amendment prepared and executed by an attorney to record, and to establish recording requirements and construction of section; and amends KRS 413.100 to establish when a promise, acknowledgment, or payment of money operates as an extension of a lien in a recorded mortgage or deed, and to establish recording requirements for an extended lien.
HB-488: AN ACT relating to legal instruments.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Meredith
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 130) on 04/09/2024
AN ACT proposing to amend the Constitution of Kentucky relating to sessions of the General Assembly. [HB-4]
Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to establish that the General Assembly shall determine the date a regular session shall end unless another date is agreed upon by three-fifths of the membership of each House; establish that the General Assembly may be convened upon a Joint Proclamation of the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House for no more than 12 legislative days annually; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
HB-4: AN ACT proposing to amend the Constitution of Kentucky relating to sessions of the General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Osborne
Taken From Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (h) on 03/12/2024
AN ACT relating to agricultural districts. [HB-418]
Amends KRS 262.850 to decrease the minimum number of acres to qualify as an agricultural district from 250 acres to 50 acres, to add cities that are within one mile of the agricultural district to the list of entities to be notified of the proposal, approval, and withdrawal of property from an agricultural district, and to allow a district board of supervisors to consider possible dissolution of an agricultural district if an owner’s withdrawal of property results in the remaining land no longer qualifying as agricultural land.
HB-418: AN ACT relating to agricultural districts.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Meredith
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 136) on 04/09/2024
AN ACT relating to local government and declaring an emergency. [HB-388]
Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to provide that members of local boards, commissions, committees, and other bodies created by or appointed by consolidated local governments have geographic diversity; amends KRS 67C.103 to require that the election of council members in a consolidated local government be nonpartisan; amends KRS 67C.105 to require that the election of a mayor in a consolidated local government be nonpartisan; amends KRS 67C.111, regarding incorporation and annexation of cities in a county containing a consolidated local government,
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HB-388: AN ACT relating to local government and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Bratcher
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 181) on 04/12/2024
AN ACT relating to elections. [HB-374]
Amend KRS 117.228 to remove a credit or debit card as a secondary form of identification to confirm a voter's identity.
HB-374: AN ACT relating to elections.
Sponsored by: Rep. Savannah Maddox
Introduced In House on 01/24/2024
SB-126: AN ACT proposing to amend Sections 77 and 240 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to limiting the Governor's ability to grant pardons and commute sentences.
Sponsored by: Sen. Christian McDaniel
To Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (h) on 03/07/2024
You have voted SB-126: AN ACT proposing to amend Sections 77 and 240 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to limiting the Governor's ability to grant pardons and commute sentences..
AN ACT relating to local regulatory actions. [HB-337]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 82 to define "city," "project labor agreement," and "public construction project"; permit a city to establish a mandatory preference for awarding public construction project contracts to unions through a negotiated project labor agreement; permit cities to negotiate wages that are higher than the state or federal minimum wage as a condition of the project labor agreement; create a new section in KRS Chapter 337 to define "city," "prevailing wage," "prevailing wage rate," and "public works project"; permit a city
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HB-337: AN ACT relating to local regulatory actions.
Sponsored by: Rep. Josie Raymond
Introduced In House on 01/22/2024
SB-117: AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 25 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to slavery and involuntary servitude as a punishment for crime.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Givens
To State & Local Government (s) on 01/22/2024
You have voted SB-117: AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 25 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to slavery and involuntary servitude as a punishment for crime..
Relating To Registered Voters. [HB-1733]
Requires county clerks to update the general register of voters according to death certificates and other disqualifying records upon receipt from department of health or another informing agency.
HB-1733: Relating To Registered Voters.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lauren Matsumoto
Referred To Jha, Referral Sheet 1 on 01/24/2024
HB-295: AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 25 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to slavery and involuntary servitude as a punishment for crime.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/18/2024
You have voted HB-295: AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 25 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to slavery and involuntary servitude as a punishment for crime..