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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the levy of an ad valorem tax rate. [SB-69]
Repeal and reenact KRS 132.017 to require the portion of a property tax rate which will produce revenue from real property, exclusive of revenue from new property, more than four percent over the amount of revenue produced by the compensating tax rate to be subject to recall by the voters of the district; establish requirements for the ballot question, notifying the public, the election process, and recalling the rate; allow the cancellation of the election; disallow local, state, and federal tax dollars to be used to advocate for the rate; amend
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Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Boswell
To State & Local Government (s) on 01/08/2024
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AN ACT relating to special license plates. [HB-97]
Amend KRS 186.162 to change extra fees for special license plates charged upon renewal to match the extra fees charged upon initial issuance; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2025
Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Elliott
Introduced In House on 01/03/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 170 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to property exempt from taxation. [HB-111]
Propose to amend Section 170 of the Constitution of Kentucky to include in the homestead exemption for owners who are 65 years of age or older any increase in the valuation of the real property that is assessed after the later of the year the owner turned 65 or the year the owner purchased the property; apply the exemption to increases in valuation that occur after the date the amendment is ratified by the voters; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Huff
Introduced In House on 01/03/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to property tax rates. [SB-58]
Amends KRS 132.017 to reduce the number of qualified voters needed to form a petition committee, to allow each sheet of the petition to contain the names of voters from more than one voting precinct, to remove the requirement that petition signees put their Social Security number or the name and number of their designated voting precinct on the petition, and to require that petition signees put their birth year on the petition.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Boswell
Became Law Without Governor's Signature on 04/07/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to off-highway vehicles. [HB-121]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 189 to define "off-highway vehicle" or "OHV"; allow the registration of an OHV as a motor vehicle in accordance with KRS 186.050(3)(a); require proof of insurance and the payment of all registration and clerk fees as identified in KRS 186.050(3)(a) and KRS 186.040; allow the Transportation Cabinet or a local government to prohibit OHV operation on roadways under its jurisdiction; provide for nonresident reciprocity; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations; allow nonresidents
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Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Flannery
Introduced In House on 01/03/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT proposing to amend Section 42 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to sessions of the General Assembly. [HB-94]
Propose to amend Section 42 of the Constitution of Kentucky to eliminate the existing dates by which the General Assembly must adjourn in any regular session; provide that no session shall extend beyond December 31.
Sponsored by: Rep. Derek Lewis
Introduced In House on 01/03/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to motor vehicle license plates. [HB-83]
Amend KRS 186.174 to allow personalized vehicle license plates to be issued to recreational vehicles registered under KRS 186.050(11); amend KRS 186.162 to set fees for such license plates and change extra fees for additional special license plates to match their initial fee upon renewal.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Banta
Introduced In House on 01/02/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the administration of estates and creating an emergency. [HB-50]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 391 to establish the Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act to codify provisions for the creation, administration, modification, termination, and validity of transfer on death deeds; define terms; specify that a transfer on death deed is revocable and shall be nontestmentary; establish requirements for a transfer on death deed and specify the process of recording a transfer on death deed; specify that a transfer on death deed is effective without notice to or acceptance by the beneficiary during the transferor’s
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Bratcher
2nd Reading, To Rules on 01/25/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 170 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to property exempt from taxation. [HB-62]
Propose to amend Section 170 of the Constitution of Kentucky to remove the $6,500 homestead exemption amount for property taxation and provide the General Assembly the authority to set the amount of the homestead exemption; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Huff
Introduced In House on 01/02/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to personalized license plates, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. [HB-84]
Amend KRS 186.174, regarding personalized license plates, to eliminate fees for a personalized standard issue license plate in excess of those identified in KRS 186.162; require the Transportation Cabinet to refund any fees for personalized license plates in excess of the fees identified in KRS 186.162 that were paid between July 14, 2022, and the effective date of the Act; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Banta
Introduced In House on 01/02/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to motor vehicle license plates. [HB-68]
Amends KRS 186.162 to set fees for personalized license plates for recreational vehicles and to change extra fees for additional special license plates to match their initial fee upon renewal; and amends KRS 186.174 to allow issuance of personalized vehicle license plates to recreational vehicles registered under KRS 186.050(11), and to eliminate fees for a personalized standard-issue license plate in excess of those identified in KRS 186.162; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Elliott
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 95) on 04/05/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to heirs property and making an appropriation therefor. [SB-54]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 381 to enact the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act; define terms, including "heirs property"; create a mechanism for partition or sale among cotenants by the court; create requirements for notice and determination of value through agreement or appraisal; create protocol for buyouts, partition alternatives, partition in kind, sale by open market, sealed bids, or auction; create the heirs property research fund; amend KRS 324B.050 to authorize the Kentucky Real Estate Authority to promulgate administrative
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Sponsored by: Sen. Reginald Thomas
To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 01/03/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT proposing to amend Section 95 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to the election of state officers. [SB-10]
Propose to amend Section 95 of the Constitution of Kentucky to hold the election of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Treasurer, Auditor of Public Accounts, Attorney General, Secretary of State, and Commissioner of Agriculture, Labor and Statistics in even-numbered years, every four years, beginning after the November 2027 election; provide transitional calendar; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
Sponsored by: Sen. Damon Thayer
Received In House on 01/18/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to elections. [HB-44]
Amends KRS 30A.145 to require that the Administrative Office of the Courts prepare, on the first Tuesday of each month, a list of all persons who were excused from jury duty for not being a United States citizen; creates a new section of KRS Chapter 116 to require the Secretary of State, in cooperation with the State Board of Elections, to issue a comprehensive status report regarding voter registration records cleanup and maintenance on or before July 1 of each year, to establish information to be included in the report, to require that the report
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 177) on 04/12/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to motor vehicles. [SB-31]
Amend KRS 304.39-087 to modify the reporting of insurance information to the Department of Vehicle Regulation; require the Department of Vehicle Regulation to establish information submission format and additional information requirements; amend KRS 186A.040 to modify the Department of Vehicle Regulation's duties relating to insurance notifications in AVIS; establish conditions for when an individual's motor vehicle registration must be revoked or a license plate surrendered; establish registration reinstatement fee; create a new section of KRS
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Sponsored by: Sen. Johnnie Turner
To Banking & Insurance (s) on 01/03/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to a motor vehicle usage tax for active duty service members. [SB-19]
Amend KRS 138.460 to provide a tax credit to active duty members of the Armed Forces for taxes paid to another state which are substantially identical to the taxes paid in this state, whether or not the other state grants a similar credit.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Meredith
To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 01/05/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to elections and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-53]
Amends KRS 117.001 to remove the definition of “risk-limiting audit” and to remove language from the defined term of “voting machine” or “machine” regarding a direct recording electronic voting machine; amends KRS 117.383 to require that the Secretary of State or his or her designee randomly select at least one ballot scanner and one race tabulated on that scanner for a hand-to-eye recount, to require that the hand-to-eye recount be performed by each county board of elections or its designee, and to establish the process for the hand-to-eye recount;
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Sponsored by: Rep. DJ Johnson
Became Law Without Governor's Signature (acts Ch. 156) on 04/10/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to property exempt from taxation. [SB-23]
Propose to amend Section 170 of the Constitution of Kentucky to include in the homestead exemption for owners who are 65 years of age or older any increase in the valuation of the real property that is assessed after the later of the year the owner turned 65 or the year the owner purchased the property; apply the exemption to increases in valuation that occur after the date the amendment is ratified by the voters; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
Sponsored by: Sen. Rick Girdler
To Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (h) on 03/07/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 170 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to taxation. [HB-59]
Propose to amend Section 170 of the Constitution of Kentucky to provide the General Assembly the authority to exempt all or a portion of any class of property from taxation or eliminate all or a portion of any tax and the related provisions of that tax; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
Sponsored by: Rep. Josh Calloway
Introduced In House on 01/02/2024
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to procurement. [HB-522]
Amend KRS 424.260, relating to local government contracts, to increase amount at which advertisement of bids is required from $30,000 to $40,000.
Sponsored by: Rep. William Reed
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 152) on 03/31/2023