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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the film industry. [SB-1]
Create new sections of subchapter 12 of KRS Chapter 154 to establish the Kentucky Film Office within the Cabinet for Economic Development for administrative purposes only; establish duties of the office; establish the Kentucky Film Leadership Council to be administratively attached to the Kentucky Film Office; establish duties and membership of the council; amend KRS 12.020 to conform; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 91) on 03/26/2025
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AN ACT relating to the Support Education Excellence in Kentucky Program. [SB-6]
Amend KRS 157.320 to include costs paid on behalf of districts in the definition of "Support Education Excellence in Kentucky"; define "distributable cost" and "on-behalf cost"; amend KRS 157.330 to include appropriations of on-behalf costs in the fund to support education excellence in Kentucky; amend KRS 157.360 to provide for the calculation of total cost of the program to support education excellence in Kentucky to include on-behalf costs and distributable costs; provide for the calculation; provide for the determination of on-behalf costs;
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Sponsored by: Sen. David Givens
Floor Amendment (1) Filed To Committee Substitute on 03/13/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to mental health coverage in connection with pregnancy. [HB-633]
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define terms; require health benefit plans to provide coverage for counseling interventions for pregnant and postpartum persons at increased risk of perinatal depression, including persons who have suffered a miscarriage or stillbirth; suspend the coverage requirement's application to qualified health plans if the state would be required to make cost defrayal payments; amend KRS 205.522, 205.6485, 18A.225, and 164.2871 to require Medicaid, the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Chad Aull
To Banking & Insurance (h) on 02/26/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to sales and use taxes. [HB-613]
Amend KRS 139.010 to exclude document fees, lien fees, and insurance passed through from the manufacturer from the definition of "gross receipts"; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ryan Bivens
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/21/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the levy of an ad valorem tax rate. [SB-186]
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 Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 02/19/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Legislative Research Commission and declaring an emergency. [SB-176]
Amend KRS 6.905, 7.200, 7A.110, 7A.185, 7A.220, 13A.020, 15A.063, 45.790, 45A.705, 158.647, and 248.723 to require statutory committee membership appointments be made in January of each odd-numbered year; require vacancies to be filled within 30 days; and require the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House to appoint co-chairs; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2027.
Sponsored by: Sen. Matt Nunn
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 35) on 03/19/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation and declaring an emergency. [HB-566]
Amend various sections of KRS Chapters 230 and 238, relating to the Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation, to define "Kentucky quarter horse purse fund," "proof of wagers," "unclaimed pari-mutuel winning ticket," and "unredeemed pari-mutuel voucher"; confirm the corporation's jurisdiction over racing and gaming entities; require an annual audit of the corporation by a qualified auditing entity and reduce audits by the Auditor of Public Accounts to once every four years; grant the corporation flexibility in promulgating administrative regulations;
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Osborne
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 124) on 03/28/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to consolidated local governments. [HB-538]
Amend KRS 67C.111 to decrease the size requirement to establish a new city in a county containing a consolidated local government from 6,000 persons to 3,000 persons; amend KRS 65.003, relating to local ethics, to specify the composition of the commission in a consolidated local government; amend KRS 67C.103 to place controls on council district formation and redistricting and to require regulations issued by local health boards and local solid waste management boards operating under KRS Chapter 109 or 212 that apply to individuals residing or businesses
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Sponsored by: Rep. Chris Lewis
To Local Government (h) on 02/21/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the issuance of identity documents. [SB-166]
Create a new section of KRS 186.400 to 186.640 to require the Transportation Cabinet establish at least one permanent driver license regional office in each county with a population of 50,000 or more; create a new section of KRS Chapter 186 to require the Transportation Cabinet establish a mutual agreement with county clerks to issue operator's licenses and personal identification cards in each county that does not have a driver licensing regional office; amend KRS 186.531 to conform; amend KRS 186.577 to require that all driver vision testing results
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lindsey Tichenor
To Transportation (s) on 02/19/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to education and declaring an emergency. [SB-165]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms; prohibit a school district, public school, or cooperative board from providing differential treatment or benefits on the basis of an individual's religion, race, sex, color, or national origin; prohibit the Kentucky Department of Education, a school district, a public school, or a cooperative board from expending any resources on diversity, equity, and inclusion; prohibit the department, a school district, a public school, or a cooperative board from soliciting statements on an applicant's
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Wilson
To Education (s) on 02/18/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to telecommunicators. [HB-525]
Amend KRS 15.530 to define terms; amend KRS 15.552 to remove hiring date restriction and allow a fully-trained part-time telecommunicator credit toward the full-time training academy if conditions are met; amend KRS 15.560 to require all part-time telecommunicators to complete telecommunicator overview training within 12 months of the hire date; EFFECTIVE, in part, July 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Rep. Aaron Thompson
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (h) on 02/21/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to coverage for COVID-19 testing. [HB-540]
Create new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for polymerase chain reaction testing used to detect the COVID-19 virus; amend KRS 164.2871, 18A.225, 205.522, and 205.6485 to require self-insured employer group plans provided by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution, the state employee health plan, Medicaid, and KCHIP to comply with the coverage requirement for polymerase chain reaction testing used to detect the COVID-19 virus; provide that various sections apply
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sarah Stalker
To Banking & Insurance (h) on 02/21/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to full-day kindergarten. [HB-530]
Amend KRS 158.060 to remove language that allows for half-day kindergarten programs; amend KRS 157.320 and 157.360 to remove references to kindergarten full-time equivalent pupils in average daily attendance for program base funding purposes; amend KRS 158.030 to conform; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Tipton
To Primary And Secondary Education (h) on 02/21/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to coverage for substance use disorder. [HB-539]
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define terms; require certain health plans to provide coverage for comprehensive supervised substance use disorder treatment; amend KRS 304.17C-125, 18A.225, and 164.2871 to require limited health services benefit plans, the state employee health plan, and self-insured employer group plans provided by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution to comply with the coverage requirement; provide that Section 1 of the Act may be cited as Braxton's Law; provide that various
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
To Banking & Insurance (h) on 02/21/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to chronic pain treatments. [HB-506]
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to establish that any health benefit plan that provides coverage for hospital, medical, or surgical expenses shall include coverage for chronic pain treatments provided by a licensed professional; amend KRS 205.522 to require Medicaid and Medicaid managed care organizations to include coverage for chronic pain treatments provided by a licensed professional; amend KRS 218A.172 to require that a health care practitioner discuss and refer or prescribe alternative chronic pain treatments before
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Sponsored by: Rep. Adam Moore
To Health Services (h) on 02/21/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the issuance of identity documents. [HB-518]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186 to require the Transportation Cabinet to expand driver licensing services in each county by setting up a system between the Transportation Cabinet and the circuit clerks for issuance of operator's licenses and personal identification cards; amend KRS 186.531 to conform; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Hale
To Transportation (h) on 02/21/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the exemption of churches from sales and use taxes. [HB-453]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 139 to exempt religious institutions from sales and use tax; amend KRS 139.200 and 139.495 to conform; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/14/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to public postsecondary education institutions. [HB-434]
Amend KRS 164.020 to prohibit the Council on Postsecondary Education from raising tuition for a postsecondary education institution more than 5% a year for Kentucky resident students and 7% a year for non-Kentucky resident students; provide a 4-year tuition freeze for an enrolled Kentucky resident student; require an institution to notify a student before expiration of a tuition freeze; require any increase in tuition or fees to be approved before March 1; amend KRS 164.7874 to require a private postsecondary institution to have a voting student
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Banta
To Postsecondary Education (h) on 02/14/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to local transient room taxes. [HB-490]
Amend KRS 91A.390 to require a quarterly filing of local transient room taxes for a person that facilitates the rental of the accommodations by brokering, coordinating, or in any other way arranging for the rental; create new section of KRS Chapter 91A.345 to 91A.394 to require local governing bodies who assess various local transient room taxes to provide information to the Secretary of State regarding those taxes and require the Secretary of State to develop a standard return, methods for electronic filing and payment, and publish contact information
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Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Flannery
Taken From Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/28/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the issuance of identity documents. [HB-459]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186 to require the Transportation Cabinet to expand driver licensing services in each county by setting up a system between the Transportation Cabinet and the county clerks for issuance of operator's licenses and personal identification cards; amend KRS 186.531 to conform; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Rep. Savannah Maddox
Withdrawn on 02/13/2025