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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to prohibiting the enforcement of a federal ban or regulation of firearms and declaring an emergency. [HB-153]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to prohibit identified entities from enforcing federal firearm bans; prohibit identified entities from adopting rules, regulations, or ordinances that require enforcement of federal firearm bans; and prohibit identified entities from allocating public resources or moneys in the enforcement of federal firearm bans; RETROACTIVE to January 1, 2021; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Heath
Became Law Without Governor's Signature (acts Ch. 117) on 03/28/2023
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AN ACT relating to the establishment of emergency insulin programs and declaring an emergency. [HB-141]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Create various new sections of KRS Chapter 211 to define terms; establish the Urgent-Need Insulin Program and the Continuing Access to Insulin Program; establish eligibility guidelines; establish the application process; establish the process by which insulin is dispensed to eligible individuals; establish the responsibilities of insulin manufacturers; establish the responsibilities of the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy for administering the program; require manufacturers to annually report certain information to the board; require the board to report
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Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley
Introduced In House on 01/06/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to teacher certification and declaring an emergency. [SB-49]
[Education ]
Amend KRS 161.048, relating to alternative methods of teacher certification, to change the provisional certification period from two to four years for Option 6 and Option 7 for a total of five years; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Sen. Danny Carroll
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 54) on 03/22/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to essential caregivers and declaring an emergency. [SB-43]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Human Services ]
Amend KRS 216.505 to include communicable disease outbreaks and resident communicable disease status to exemptions for essential personal care visitors; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Meredith
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 47) on 03/22/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Teachers' Retirement System and declaring an emergency. [HB-126]
[Education ]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 161 to remove provisions of HB 258 enacted during the 2021 Regular Session that created and adjusted benefits for individuals who become members of the Teachers' Retirement System on or after January 1, 2022; provide that these members shall be eligible for the benefits applicable to members who entered the system immediately prior to January 1, 2022; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/05/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to banning social media applications from state government technology and declaring an emergency. [HB-124]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Public Safety ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to prohibit the use or download of TikTok on any state government network or any state government-issued devices; direct the Commonwealth Office of Technology and the legislative branch to implement controls to block access to TikTok on state government-issued devices and on any state government network; permit the judicial branch of state government to implement its own ban and restrictions of TikTok; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley
Introduced In House on 01/05/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to governmental agencies, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. [HB-90]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Pensions ]
[Education ]
Set out General Fund transfers to the State Salary and Compensation Fund, the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority, and the General Operations budget unit within the Personnel Cabinet; appropriate General Fund moneys to the Kentucky Public Pensions Authority and the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System; appropriate Restricted Funds to the General Operations budget unit within the Personnel Cabinet; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/23/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to health mandates in educational settings and declaring an emergency. [HB-92]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require that a parent or guardian be permitted to opt a student of any public school requirement for medical devices and procedures, and treatments; provide that the parent or guardian shall not be required to submit any documentation or certification to opt out; provide that nothing in the section shall be interpreted to contradict KRS 158.035; create a new section of KRS Chapter164 to provide that postsecondary education institutions may not require individuals to use medical devices or submit to medical
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Sponsored by: Rep. Josh Calloway
Introduced In House on 01/04/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance and declaring an emergency. [HB-80]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Insurance ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Public Safety ]
Amend KRS 341.030 to provide that reimbursements paid to volunteer firefighters for traveling to respond to emergencies or for the use of his or her personal vehicle or other equipment in responding to emergencies, shall not be considered wages for purposes of unemployment insurance; RETROACTIVE to March 6, 2020; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jennifer Henson Decker
To Economic Development & Workforce Investment (h) on 02/14/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to governmental agencies, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. [HB-89]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Veterans ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Housing ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Economic Development ]
[Mental Health ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Unemployment ]
[Construction ]
[Energy ]
Appropriate General Fund moneys to the Bowling Green Veterans Center capital project; set the average wholesale price of gasoline for fiscal years 2022-2023 and 2023-2024; appropriate General Fund moneys for the Biennial Highway Construction Program; appropriate General Fund moneys to the Revenue Sharing budget unit; appropriate General Fund moneys for training grants under the KCTCS-TRAINS Program; appropriate General Fund moneys to provide the additional resources necessary to implement House Bill 4 from the 2022 Regular Session; appropriate Restricted
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Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/23/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to hospital rate improvement programs and declaring an emergency. [HB-75]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Public Health ]
Amend KRS 205.6405, relating to hospital rate improvement programs, to redefine "managed care gap" and "qualifying hospital"; amend KRS 205.6406, relating to hospital rate improvement programs, to add inpatient services and include add-on amounts to the calculation of payments; modify the formula for the calculation of payments; provide that certain payments made under the programs do not count against any spending or appropriation limits; permit the Department for Medicaid Services to create a program to increase outpatient reimbursement within
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Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 21) on 03/20/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to fiscal matters providing funding for education initiatives, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. [HB-88]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Student Loans ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Appropriate General Fund moneys for a salary supplement for all full-time school district employees; appropriate General Fund moneys to provide for universal preschool for all four-year-olds; appropriate General Fund moneys to provide funding for professional development for educators; appropriate General Fund moneys for textbooks and instructional resources; appropriate General Fund moneys to address social emotional learning and mental health for students and school staff; appropriate Restricted Funds to provide a student loan forgiveness program
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Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/23/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to administrative regulations and declaring an emergency. [HB-40]
[Law Enforcement ]
Amend KRS 13A.330, relating to administrative regulation deficiency findings, to grant an administrative body 10 days to appeal a legislative committee's deficiency finding to the Attorney General; allow the Attorney General 20 days after receipt of the appeal to uphold or overrule the deficiency finding; withdraw or nullify a regulation automatically if the appeal is not filed or the deficiency finding is upheld; authorize the Governor to act on the regulation if the deficiency finding is overruled; prohibit an administrative body from promulgating
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Hale
Taken From The Orders Of The Day on 03/13/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Bowling Green Veterans Center, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. [HB-2]
[Veterans ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Construction ]
[Funding ]
Provide General Fund moneys in the amount of $16,630,000 in fiscal year 2022-2023 from the Budget Reserve Trust Fund Account to the Department of Veterans' Affairs for construction of the Bowling Green Veterans Center; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 2) on 02/15/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to banning social media applications from state government technology and declaring an emergency. [SB-20]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to prohibit the use or download of TikTok on any state government network or any state government-issued devices; direct the Commonwealth Office of Technology and the legislative branch to implement controls to block access to TikTok on state government-issued devices and on any state government network; permit the judicial branch of state government to implement its own ban and restrictions of TikTok; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Mills
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 50) on 03/22/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to registration of professional employer organizations and declaring an emergency. [HB-10]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Insurance ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Unemployment ]
Amend KRS 336.236 to change the registration period for existing professional employer organizations as of July 14, 2022, to register with the Department of Workers' Claims by July 15, 2024; amend KRS 336.248 to require professional employer organizations to report and pay all unemployment insurance fund contributions using the state employer identification number and contribution rate of the client between the effective date of the Act and December 31, 2024; provide that after January 1, 2025, the professional employer organization shall report
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Sponsored by: Rep. Phillip Pratt
Taken From The Orders Of The Day on 02/07/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to peace officer certification and declaring an emergency. [HB-64]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Amend KRS 15.400 to extend the period of time that a peace officer, who was employed as a peace officer as of December 1, 1998, may be separated from service before losing his or her certification status from 100 days to 365 days; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Myron Dossett
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 171) on 04/04/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to public school facilities and declaring an emergency. [HB-30]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms; establish legislative findings; ensure that student privacy exists in school restrooms, locker rooms, and shower rooms; require students born male to use only those facilities designated to be used by males and students born female to use only those facilities designated to be used by females; require schools to provide the best available accommodation to students who assert that their gender is different from their biological sex; identify consequences for using facilities designated for the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley
Introduced In House on 01/03/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Innovative Teacher Education Grant Program, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. [HB-33]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to establish the Innovative Teacher Education Grant Program for school years 2024 through 2026; require the Council on Postsecondary Education to administer the grant program; require the council to create a process for awarding grants; require the council to report to the Interim Joint Committee on Education by December 1, 2025, an evaluation of implementation; establish requirements for Kentucky colleges and universities to participate in the program; provide that the Act may be cited as the Innovative Teacher
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Sponsored by: Rep. James Tipton
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/23/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to protecting the exercise of medical ethics within the medical profession. [HB-58]
[Healthcare ]
[Ethics ]
[Public Health ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 344 to define terms; prohibit discrimination against medical care providers who decline to perform procedures that violate their conscience; grant providers the right not to participate in or pay for services that violate their conscience; exempt providers from liability for exercising these rights; establish a civil cause of action for persons injured by violations of these provisions; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Savannah Maddox
Introduced In House on 01/03/2023