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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to firearms and declaring an emergency. [HB-124]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to define "assault weapon," "large capacity ammunition feeding device," and "seller of ammunition"; require background checks for private firearms sales; require reporting to law enforcement of firearm and ammunition thefts and losses; require the safe storage of firearms; require the Department of Kentucky State Police to promulgate administrative regulations relating to the licensing of persons to possess handguns and assault weapons, the registration of handguns and assault weapons, and the logging of firearms
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
To Judiciary (h) on 02/04/2025
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AN ACT relating to professions and occupations. [HB-103]
Amend KRS 335B.010 to define terms related to licensing and public employment qualifications; amend KRS 335B.020 to narrow the class of offenses to which the chapter applies, prohibit disqualifying individuals from pursing a professional license solely due to a finding that the applicant lacks good character, add consideration of the age of the person at the time the crime was committed, the evidence relevant to the circumstances of the crime, and evidence of rehabilitation in making licensure decisions; amend KRS 335B.030 to require that before
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
To Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (h) on 02/04/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to corrections. [HB-136]
Amend KRS 439.3103 to require the Department of Corrections to include in its report certain data on time served by persons released from a correctional institution and on persons released from a correctional institution on parole; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Rep. DJ Johnson
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 122) on 03/28/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to gaming activities. [HB-33]
Amend KRS 230.210 to define terms; amend KRS 230.260 to allow the Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation (corporation) to license and regulate casino gaming and fantasy contests; allow the corporation to inspect all premises where casino gaming is conducted and seize any equipment or records related to casino gaming for the purposes of examination and inspection; require the corporation to promulgate administrative regulations related to casino gaming; create new sections of KRS Chapter 230 to establish licensing requirements for full casino,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Huff
To Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (h) on 02/04/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to Kentucky educational excellence scholarships. [SB-45]
Amend KRS 164.7879 to increase the Kentucky educational excellence scholarship base amount for each eligible grade point average; increase the supplemental award amounts; require a supplemental award for eligible Cambridge Advanced International scores; amend KRS 164.7882 to increase the award amount for an eligible student enrolled in a comprehensive transition and postsecondary program; amend KRS 164.7874, 164.7881, 164.7884, and 164.7885 to conform; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Yates
To Education (s) on 01/09/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to licensed occupations. [HB-79]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 335B to require the licensing authorities of healthcare occupations to collect workforce participation data during the annual, biennial, or triennial licensure renewal process; prohibit the collection of a licensee's Social Security number; allow licensees to decline the data collection of personal information; require licensing authorities to report collected data to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; create a new section of KRS 335.300 to 335.399 to authorize the board to grant licensure to an applicant
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
2nd Reading, To Rules on 03/12/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to Medicaid managed care. [SB-13]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to limit the number of managed care organizations contracted by the Department for Medicaid Services to no more than three; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Sen. Danny Carroll
Received In House on 02/19/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to prescription drugs. [SB-12]
Amend KRS 304.17A-164 to define terms; establish cost-sharing requirements for prescription drugs; require rebates to be passed through; establish confidentiality requirements for the rebate information; create a new section of KRS 365.880 to 365.900 to provide that the actual amount of rebates received is a trade secret; provide that compliance with prescription drug cost-sharing and rebate requirements shall not be in violation of the Uniform Trade Secrets Act; amend KRS 304.17C-125, 304.38A-115, 18A.225, and 164.2871 to apply the cost-sharing
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Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Meredith
To Banking & Insurance (s) on 01/09/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Public Pensions Authority. [HB-71]
Amend KRS 61.505 to establish the Office of Financial Management within the Kentucky Public Pensions Authority; amend KRS 12.020 to conform; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. DJ Johnson
2nd Reading, To Rules on 03/13/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to waste management districts. [HB-88]
Amend KRS 109.115 to allow a member serving on a waste management district board in a county containing a consolidated local government to serve until his or her successor is appointed, not to exceed 60 days after the expiration of his or her term; require that the board director's position be vacated after the 60-day period; provide that on the effective date of the Act, any current director on a waste management district board in a county containing a consolidated local government who has exceeded 60 days on the board after expiration of his or
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Sponsored by: Rep. John Hodgson
To Natural Resources & Energy (s) on 03/04/2025
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to compensation of members of the General Assembly. [SB-350]
Amend KRS 6.190 to provide for annual salaries for members of the General Assembly; provide for annual supplements for members appointed as chair; require each member of the General Assembly to be paid on the first and fifteenth day of each month; direct that salaries and supplements be indexed to the consumer price index; amend KRS 6.211 to require expense allowances to be determined by the Legislative Research Commission; amend KRS 6.213 to grant each member of the House of Representatives a monthly expense allowance of $2,000; grant each member
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Sponsored by: Sen. Damon Thayer
To State & Local Government (s) on 03/01/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to telecommunicators. [SB-312]
Create a new section within KRS 15.530 to 15.590 to create the Public Safety Telecommunicator Work Group to develop a new delivery format for the public safety telecommunicator academy; amend KRS 15.530 to define "public safety telecommunicator" and "public safety telecommunicator academy," and remove the "CJIS" and "non-CJIS" designations; amend KRS 15.540 to allow an agency seeking to hire a telecommunicator 90 days to certify the eligibility of an applicant to the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council, require training regarding the Criminal Justice
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robin Webb
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (s) on 02/29/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the protection of mothers and their children. [HB-700]
Create a new section of Subtitle17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require insurers and any exchange to provide a special enrollment period for pregnant individuals; specify requirements for coverage; require group plan insurers to provide notice of special enrollment rights; amend KRS 304.17A-145 to require health benefit plans that provide coverage for dependents to provide coverage for maternity care; amend KRS 304.17A-220 and 194A.099 to conform with the special enrollment requirement; amend KRS 18A.225 and 164.2871 to require the state employee health
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (h) on 03/15/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to medicinal cannabis and declaring an emergency. [HB-829]
Amends KRS 12.020 and KRS 194A.030 to establish the Office of Medical Cannabis, the Division of Enforcement and Compliance, and the Division of Licensure and Access within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; amends KRS 218A.202 to make a technical correction; amends KRS 218B.010 to revise definitions of terms related to the medicinal cannabis program; amends KRS 218B.020 to add a pharmacist appointed by the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy to be confirmed by the Senate to the membership of the Board of Physicians and Advisors and to require the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Nemes
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 195) on 04/17/2024
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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 reporting fines and fees. [HB-820]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 27A to define terms; require the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) to develop and maintain a statewide database and searchable public website that contains information on state and local fines and fees assessed in criminal cases and civil enforcement actions; require governmental entities to submit an annual report to the AOC on fines and fees assessed; require the director of the AOC to publish an annual report and submit the report to the Legislative Research Commission, Attorney General, and Governor
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Introduced In House on 02/26/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to coverage for the treatment of postpartum mood disorders. [HB-713]
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for FDA-approved prescription drugs for the treatment of postpartum mood disorders; amend KRS 164.2871, 205.522, 205.6485, and 18A.225 to require a self-insured employer group health plan provided by a state postsecondary education institution to its employees, Medicaid, and Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program to comply with the new section on postpartum mood disorder coverage; direct that provisions apply to health benefit plans
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Sponsored by: Rep. Rachel Roberts
Introduced In House on 02/26/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to recognition of foreign-country money judgments. [HB-802]
Establish KRS Chapter 426A and create new sections thereof to define terms; establish requirements for recognition of a foreign-country judgment in this state, including service of process on a defendant; establish a period of limitations for recognition of a foreign-country judgment; provide for uniformity of interpretation; establish that the Act may be cited as the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Flannery
Introduced In House on 02/26/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to mental health coverage in connection with pregnancy. [HB-709]
Amend KRS 304.17A-145 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; amend KRS 205.522, 205.6485, 18A.225, and 164.2871 to require Medicaid, the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program, the state employee health plan, and self-insured employer plans provided by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution to comply with the coverage
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Sponsored by: Rep. Rachel Roberts
Introduced In House on 02/26/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the right to repair agricultural equipment. [HB-698]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to establish the right to repair agricultural equipment; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Candy Massaroni
Introduced In House on 02/26/2024