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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to key infrastructure assets and declaring an emergency. [SB-64]
Amend KRS 511.100 to include cable, telephone, and broadband facilities; amend KRS 512.020 to include damaging or taking possession of a key infrastructure asset.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 42) on 03/19/2025
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AN ACT relating to pretrial release. [HB-104]
Amend KRS 431.066 to limit the use of money bail to certain high-risk defendants and create a preventive detention process for defendants of select risk levels and charge types; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to establish a preventive detention hearing process and define the limited circumstances in which money bail can be imposed; amend various statutes to conform; repeal KRS 431.021, relating to guaranteed arrest bond certificates.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
To Judiciary (h) on 02/04/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to jury service. [HB-100]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 29A to require the Administrative Office of the Courts, in cooperation with the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, to develop a brochure, pamphlet, or other brief document that contains information for jurors regarding how to obtain mental health treatment; require a judge to provide each juror with the brochure, pamphlet, or other brief document at the conclusion of a jury trial involving an offense that would classify a person as a violent offender under KRS 439.3401; allow a judge to provide the brochure,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Stephanie Dietz
To Judiciary (h) on 02/04/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to campaign finance. [HB-45]
Amend KRS 121.015, relating to campaign finance, to define terms; create new sections of KRS Chapter 121 to establish reporting and record retention requirements for political issues committees and persons making independent expenditures; prohibit political issues committees from knowingly and willfully soliciting or accepting contributions from prohibited sources; establish certification requirements for treasurers of political issues committees and donors making contributions and independent expenditures; define activity that creates a presumption
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Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Elliott
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 57) on 03/24/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to criminal procedure. [HB-77]
Amend KRS 431.073 and 431.078 to provide for expungement of offenses which were charged but later dismissed or amended; make technical corrections; amend KRS 532.080 to state that the enhancement of a sentence as a persistent felony offender does not alter the felony classification of offenses.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
To Judiciary (h) on 02/04/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to governmental accountability and declaring an emergency. [HB-81]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 13B to reinstate a person's credential or benefit if it was lost or denied due to noncompliance with an executive order or administrative regulation relating to pandemic restrictions; amend KRS 13A.190, 13A.310, 13A.315, 13A.330, 13A.335, and 13A.336 to grant the Attorney General authority over some aspects of the administrative regulation process; amend KRS 13B.120 to enable the Attorney General to accept, reject, or modify an agency head's changes that create a more adverse final order; amend KRS 13B.150 to
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Sponsored by: Rep. Felicia Rabourn
To Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (h) on 02/04/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to parental rights. [SB-26]
Amend KRS 199.011 to define "disability"; amend KRS 199.471 to establish that no petition for placement or adoption of children shall be denied on the sole basis of a disability of the adoptive applicant and enhance procedures for determination of placement or adoption; amend KRS 199.473 to require the secretary review any refusal of a placement of a child due to a disability; that targeted adaptive or support services be offered; and that the cabinet retain all documentation for two years; amend KRS 625.050 to establish that no petition for involuntary
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Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 26) on 03/18/2025
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to codes of ethics for local governments. [SB-304]
Amend KRS 65.003 to state that an appeal from a final order issued by a person or group responsible for enforcement of a code of ethics may be taken to the Circuit Court of the county in which that person or group is located; amend KRS 65.8831 to conform.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Yates
To State & Local Government (s) on 02/29/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to littering and making an appropriation therefor. [SB-316]
Create a new section of Subchapter 43 of KRS Chapter 224 to establish the Keep Kentucky Free of Litter fund and set up a cash awards program for the 20 peace officers with the highest conviction numbers related to littering; create new sections of KRS Chapters 23A and 24A to add a fee of $100 to court costs for convictions related to littering for Circuit and District Courts amend KRS 433.753, 512.010, and 512.070 to include cigarettes within the scope of litter.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Boswell
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (s) on 02/29/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to workplace violence. [HB-739]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 338 to define terms; provide that an employer may petition the court for an order of protection after incidents of workplace violence; establish procedures for petitioning the court, service of process, hearings, and penalties for violating an order of protection; amend KRS Chapter 336.130 to include workplace violence, and order of protection based on workplace violence; direct that provisions of this Act are not severable; EFFECTIVE March 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Phillip Pratt
Taken From The Orders Of The Day on 03/27/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to guardian ad litem fees. [HB-808]
Amend KRS 625.041, 625.080, 625.0405, and 620.100 to increase the maximum fee that can be paid to guardians ad litem and court appointed counsel to $600.
Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Flannery
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 03/05/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments. [HB-725]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 526 to establish a framework for law enforcement wiretaps compliant with federal Title III requirements (18 U.S.C. sec. 2510 et. seq.); repeal and reenact, amend, and repeal various KRS sections to conform; repeal KRS 526.060, which establishes the crime of divulging illegally obtained information; repeal KRS 526.070, which establishes exceptions to the crime of eavesdropping.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Nemes
Introduced In House on 02/26/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to venue and declaring an emergency. [HB-809]
Amend KRS 120.280 to establish Hardin Circuit Court as the court of original jurisdiction for resolution of specified contests and recounts; amend KRS 120.290 to conform; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Flannery
Returned To Judiciary (s) on 03/26/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to temporary restraining orders and injunctions. [HB-803]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 454 to establish protection from harm for the public and the government when a statute enacted by the General Assembly is the subject of a temporary order or injunction not limited to the parties to the dispute; declare the policy and intent of the General Assembly to ensure protection.
Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Flannery
Introduced In House on 02/26/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the acquisition and ownership of real property by a foreign principal. [SB-284]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 381 to define terms; prohibit a foreign principal from acquiring or owning agricultural land; require a foreign principal that owns or acquires agricultural land before the effective date of this Act to register the ownership with the Department of Agriculture; require a purchaser of agricultural land to file an affidavit with the Department of Agriculture attesting that the purchaser is not a foreign principal; authorize the Department of Agriculture to promulgate regulations; prohibit a foreign principal from
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Sponsored by: Sen. George Wise
To Agriculture (s) on 02/28/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to venue and declaring an emergency. [HB-804]
Amends KRS 452.010, 452.030, 452.050, and 452.090 to establish application for a transfer for a change in venue in specified actions; and amends KRS 452.005 to conform; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Flannery
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 189) on 04/12/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to pretrial release. [HB-718]
Amend KRS 431.066 to limit the use of money bail to certain high-risk defendants and create a preventive detention process for defendants of select risk levels and charge types; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to establish a preventive detention hearing process and define the limited circumstances in which money bail can be imposed; amend various statutes to conform; repeal KRS 431.021.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nima Kulkarni
Introduced In House on 02/26/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to birth certificates. [HB-633]
Amend KRS 199.570 to allow both the names of adopted parents and biological parents to appear on a new birth certificate issued upon adoption if one or both biological parents are deceased, and it is requested by the court, adopted parents, or adopted child; direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to create a birth certificate form that complies with this section through the promulgation of administrative regulations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ruth Palumbo
Introduced In House on 02/21/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to liability for damage to property adjacent to Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission-managed lands. [HB-627]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 150 to define "adjacent landowner" and "commission-managed lands"; waive the sovereign immunity of the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources and establish the department's liability when the operations of commission-managed lands results in damages to property of an adjacent landowner; provide that a claim for damages shall be brought in the county in which the adjacent landowner's property is located, and the action shall not be removed to Franklin District or Circuit Court; provide that the Board of Claims
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Sponsored by: Rep. Suzanne Miles
Introduced In House on 02/21/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to eminent domain. [HB-579]
Amend KRS 416.550 to require that before a condemnor exercises the right of eminent domain with regard to private property, the condemnor shall engage in good faith negotiations with the property owner, seek written consent from the property owner to make an audio or video recording of the good faith negotiations and to submit the recording to the Attorney General, refrain from making any materially false or misleading statements, and not enter into any legally binding agreement with the property owner until a survey of the property has been completed
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Sponsored by: Rep. Myron Dossett
Introduced In House on 02/16/2024