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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to a cost-of-living increase to the retirement benefits for retired state employees, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. [HB-446] [Budget and Spending ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Retirement ] [Pensions ] [Funding ]
Appropriate $162 million and $12 million in fiscal year 2022-2023 to fund a one-time one and one-half percent cost-of-living adjustment effective July 1, 2022, for Kentucky Employees Retirement System nonhazardous and hazardous duty retirees/beneficiaries, respectively; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham Introduced In House on 02/02/2022

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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to minimum wage for essential workers and declaring an emergency. [HB-425] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Public Health ] [Healthcare ] [Inflation ] [Economic Development ]
Amend KRS 337.010 to define "essential employee"; amend KRS 337.275 to set a minimum wage for essential employees; EMERGENCY.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Attica Scott Floor Amendment (1) Filed on 02/22/2022

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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to local firearms control and declaring an emergency. [HB-428] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
Amend KRS 65.870 to remove state preemption of local firearms regulations and allow local governments to enact ordinances regulating firearms; amend KRS 237.115 to conform; EMERGENCY.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Joni Jenkins Introduced In House on 02/01/2022

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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to veteran employment opportunity, making an appropriation therefore, and declaring an emergency. [HB-409] [Veterans ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Funding ] [Budget and Spending ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 151B to create the Veteran Accelerated Licensing for Occupational Recruitment Program within the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, define the duties and requirements of the program, require the program to report to the Interim Joint Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection, and permit the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations; create a new section of KRS Chapter 151B to create a VALOR fund for the Veteran Accelerated Licensing for the Occupational Recruitment program; (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. DJ Johnson Introduced In House on 02/01/2022

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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

A JOINT RESOLUTION establishing that the Commonwealth of Kentucky will recognize a positive COVID-19 antibody test as equivalent to having been vaccinated against COVID-19 and declaring an emergency. [SJR-80] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ]
Require the Commonwealth of Kentucky and any of its agencies or entities to recognize individuals whose serology test results show measurable neutralizing antibodies to COVID-19, quantified above the 20th percentile of the population of immunized individuals, as equivalent to being fully vaccinated against the virus that causes COVID-19; EMERGENCY.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. George Wise 3rd Reading, Passed 28-6-1 on 02/15/2022

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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources and declaring an emergency. [HB-395] [Animals ] [Tourism ] [Budget and Spending ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 150 to require the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to conduct all procurements necessary for its performance pursuant to KRS Chapter 45A or pursuant to administrative regulations it promulgates; exempt procurements it makes for personal service contracts from the requirements of KRS 45A.695(2)(b); provide that the department's procurement procedures or administrative regulations be designed with the best interests of the Commonwealth, the department, and the public in mind; allow the department to conduct (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Heath Withdrawn on 03/08/2022

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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to the State Fair Board and declaring an emergency. [HB-393] [Agriculture ] [Budget and Spending ] [Economic Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Public Safety ]
Amend KRS 247.090 to authorize the Governor to appoint members of the State Fair Board; amend KRS 247.100 to establish corporate powers of the State Fair Board; amend KRS 247.110 to set procedures of the board; amend KRS 247.130 to establish hiring and management procedures for the board; amend KRS 247.145 to authorize the board to promulgate administrative regulations for operation, maintenance, or use of property; amend KRS 247.160 to limit control of property to the state fairgrounds and exhibition center; amend KRS 247.165 to exempt the state (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham Introduced In House on 01/28/2022

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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to fiscal matters, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. [SB-150] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Military ] [Disaster Relief ]
Appropriate Restricted Fund moneys from the West Kentucky State Aid Funding for Emergencies fund to the Department of Military Affairs budget unit; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. George Wise Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 222) on 04/15/2022

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to disaster days for schools impacted by the western Kentucky tornadoes and declaring an emergency. [HB-397] [Disaster Relief ] [Education ] [Funding ] [Public Safety ] [Children and Youth ]
Waive up to 15 student attendance days for days school districts were closed due to the western Kentucky tornado disaster; consider days waived under this Act as completed employment contract days for school personnel; EMERGENCY.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Heath Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 65) on 03/31/2022

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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to the establishment of emergency insulin programs and declaring an emergency. [SB-126] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Funding ]
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 Cabinet for Health and Family Services for administering the program; require manufacturers to annually report certain information to the cabinet; require the (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Rick Girdler To Health & Welfare (s) on 01/31/2022

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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to agriculture exemption license numbers, and declaring an emergency. [SB-121] [Agriculture ] [Taxes ]
Amend KRS 139.481 to require a person who has an agriculture exemption license number to provide it to the seller or retailer at the time of purchase; amend KRS 139.260 and 139.270 to allow a retailer to accept an agriculture exemption license number or a Streamline Sales and Use Tax Agreement Certificate of Exemption that include an agriculture exemption number instead of a certificate of exemption at the time of a sale; amend KRS 139.735 and 139.990 to conform; EMERGENCY.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. David Givens Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 58) on 03/30/2022

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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to exempting motor vehicles from property taxation and declaring an emergency. [HB-386] [Property Tax ] [Taxes ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 132 to exempt motor vehicles from state property tax and exempt a portion of the 2022 property taxes that are greater than the taxes calculated based on the motor vehicle's 2021 standard value and property tax rates; amend KRS 134.805, 186.020, 186A.035, and 235.066 to conform; apply to motor vehicles on or after January 1, 2022; EMERGENCY.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Angie Hatton Introduced In House on 01/27/2022

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to government contract review and declaring an emergency. [HB-388] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Law Enforcement ]
Repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 45A.705, relating to government contract review, to prohibit the expenditure of any appropriation in support of a challenge to the constitutionality of the statute, except in the case of the Attorney General; establish venue; provide severability clause; EMERGENCY.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Matthew Koch Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 205) on 04/14/2022

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to the Teachers' Retirement System and declaring an emergency. [HB-384] [Education ] [Pensions ] [Retirement ]
Amend KRS 161.155, 161.220, 161.540, 161.550, 161.600, 161.620, 161.655, 161.400, 161.420, 161.470, 161.507, 161.520, 161.548, 161.549, 161.605, 161.612, 161.630, and 161.661 and repeal KRS 161.633, 161.634, 161.635, and 161.636 to repeal and remove provisions of HB 258 enacted during the 2021 Regular Session that created 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 (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. McKenzie Cantrell Introduced In House on 01/27/2022

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to transportation and declaring an emergency. [SB-124] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Amend KRS 281A.160 and 186.635 to allow a person whose valid Kentucky commercial driver's license or operator's license has been expired for less than five years to renew the license without having to take knowledge and skills tests; set requirements for application for renewal; EMERGENCY.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Damon Thayer Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 153) on 04/08/2022

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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to oversight of the police for a consolidated local government and declaring an emergency. [SB-115] [Crime ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 67C permitting a consolidated local government to establish a citizen review board independent of the police department, and an investigatory office led by an appointee of the mayor for review of police department policies, procedures, and operations; require an ordinance that establishes a governmental body to include powers, duties, internal protocols, reporting requirements, and a body's authority to adopt bylaws, policies, and procedures; provide investigatory office leader the power to administer oaths and (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Morgan McGarvey To Judiciary (s) on 01/28/2022

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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to the assessment of motor vehicles for property tax purposes and declaring an emergency. [HB-353] [Property Tax ] [Taxes ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Amend KRS 132.485 to exempt for the January 1, 2022, January 1, 2023, and January 1, 2024, assessment dates, the portion of property taxes computed on any increase in a motor vehicle's valuation from January 1, 2021; RETROACTIVE; EMERGENCY.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Myron Dossett Introduced In House on 01/25/2022

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to apply for a Medicaid waiver for individuals with severe mental illness and declaring an emergency. [SJR-72] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Mental Health ] [Housing ] [Human Services ]
Direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to apply for a Medicaid waiver targeting individuals with severe mental illness to provide for supported housing, including respite care, and supported employment; EMERGENCY.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ralph Alvarado Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 59) on 03/30/2022

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to substance abuse intervention and declaring an emergency. [HB-362] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Overdose Prevention ] [Mental Health ] [Law Enforcement ] [Criminal Justice ]
Amend KRS 222.433 to establish that health care professionals performing examinations may be subject to subpoena for purposes of cross-examination; establish that an order of treatment shall be issued upon a finding of proof beyond a reasonable doubt; EMERGENCY.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 81) on 04/04/2022

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to the rural hospital loan fund and declaring an emergency. [HB-364] [Healthcare ] [Economic Development ] [Funding ] [Budget and Spending ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Small Business ]
Amend KRS 154.20-190 to include in the rural hospital revolving loan fund administered by the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority a former hospital that is located in a Kentucky county with a population of less than 50,000, was closed within 36 months prior to submission of the loan application, and has a certificate of need to open or reopen a new hospital or health facility; establish that up to 50% of the loan amount shall be forgiven with a maximum amount of $20,000 for each job retained or each new, full-time job created that meets (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 134) on 04/08/2022

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