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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to licensing protection for health care providers and declaring an emergency. [HB-352]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to prohibit action against the license of a physician or physician assistant for a recommendation of medical treatment for COVID-19 including a prescription for a drug not approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration as a treatment for COVID-19; create a new section of KRS Chapter 314 to prohibit action against the license of an advanced practice registered nurse for a recommendation of medical treatment for COVID-19, including a prescription for a drug not approved by the United States Food
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Sponsored by: Rep. Savannah Maddox
Introduced In House on 01/24/2022
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AN ACT relating to a cost-of-living increase to the retirement benefits for Kentucky State Police troopers, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. [HB-348]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Appropriate $12 million in fiscal year 2022-2023 to the Kentucky Public Pensions Authority to be applied to the State Police Retirement Fund to prefund in fiscal year 2022-2023 and effective July 1, 2022, a 1.5 percent increase in the monthly retirement allowances paid from the State Police Retirement System to each recipient; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
Introduced In House on 01/24/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to medical and cosmetological services and declaring an emergency. [HB-340]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Small Business ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Amend KRS 317A.010 to define "medical spa" and "medical esthetic service"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 317A to require the ownership of a medical spa to be by a physician licensed by the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure, a nurse licensed by the Kentucky Board of Nursing, or an esthetician or cosmetologist licensed by the Kentucky Board of Cosmetology; require a licensed physician or physician assistant, nurse, esthetician, or cosmetologist to be physically present on site when medical esthetic services are being offered; authorize a licensed
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Sponsored by: Rep. DJ Johnson
To Health & Welfare (s) on 03/16/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to legislative committees and declaring an emergency. [HB-337]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Ethics ]
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
Returned To State & Local Government (s) on 03/29/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to child welfare and declaring an emergency. [SB-8]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Amend KRS 15.900 to create the definition of "abused or neglected child" and "community resource organization"; change the definitions of "state board" and "prevention program"; amend KRS 15.905 to reference the new definition of "state board"; amend KRS 15.910 to establish new membership of the State Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board; amend KRS 15.920 to require the state board to meet at least quarterly each year and make conforming changes to align with the new established definitions; amend KRS 15.925, 15.935, 15.940, 15.942, and 15.948
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Sponsored by: Sen. Julie Adams
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 75) on 04/01/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to elections and declaring an emergency. [HB-330]
[Elections ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Amend KRS 119.205 to prohibit payment to any person by a candidate or committee, or any person acting on behalf of a candidate or committee, for the purpose of transporting a voter to the polls; Class B misdemeanor; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ed Massey
Taken From The Orders Of The Day on 03/29/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to elections and declaring an emergency. [HB-323]
[Elections ]
Effective for the 2022 primary and for no other election, extend the filing deadline for all candidates to May 31, 2022; extend the date of the primary to the first Tuesday in August; permit the Secretary of State or the county clerk, as appropriate, to determine when the drawing for ballot positions and certifications will be held; permit the Secretary of State or the county clerk, as appropriate, to establish any other necessary elections deadlines for the 2022 primary; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jerry Miller
Withdrawn on 02/08/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to abortions performed upon a minor and declaring an emergency. [HB-324]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Healthcare ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Health ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Amend KRS 311.732, relating to performance of an abortion upon a minor, to require the informed written consent of a parent or legal guardian to include a copy of that parent's or legal guardian's government-issued identification and parent's or legal guardian's documentation; require government-issued identification for the minor; require notification to other parent with joint or physical custody with exceptions; require the physician to keep a copy of the informed written consent for at least seven years; require the physician to execute an affidavit;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
Introduced In House on 01/19/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to broadband deployment, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. [HB-315]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
Appropriate Federal Funds from the State Fiscal Recovery Fund of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 in the amount of $300,000,000 in fiscal year 2022-2023 to the Broadband Deployment Fund; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Heath
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 202) on 04/14/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to road projects and declaring an emergency. [HB-287]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Construction ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Set out the 2022-2024 Biennial Highway Construction Plan; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Osborne
Introduced In House on 01/18/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to essential caregivers and declaring an emergency. [SB-100]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Mental Health ]
[Human Services ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216 to establish the right to designate an essential caregiver to visit a resident in-person at long-term care facilities, assisted-living communities, and state mental hospitals; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations to establish conditions for essential caregiver visitation; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Sen. Julie Adams
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 10) on 02/07/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to attorney's fees and declaring an emergency. [HB-303]
[Law Enforcement ]
Amend KRS 5.005 to prohibit the awarding of attorney's fees in an action challenging the constitutionality of any legislative district; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Fischer
Introduced In House on 01/13/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to emergency medical services and declaring an emergency. [HB-296]
[Healthcare ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Health ]
[Public Safety ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to establish the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to study the provision of emergency medical services and medical transportation; repeal, reenact, and amend sections of KRS Chapter 311A relating to the Board of Emergency Medical Services as new sections of KRS Chapter 216B to abolish the Board of Emergency Medical Services and transfer responsibilities to the Office of the Inspector General in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; establish
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Fleming
Withdrawn on 01/24/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to elections and declaring an emergency. [HB-280]
[Elections ]
Amend KRS 121.180 to allow a candidate, whose district number is altered pursuant to an enacted plan of redistricting or reapportionment the ability to use funds contained in his or her campaign account for an election to the subsequent district where the candidate is then properly filed; make amendments retroactive to November 3, 2021; RETROACTIVE; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Bratcher
Recommitted To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 03/29/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the delivery of education and declaring an emergency. [HB-278]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Specify that school districts that implemented a test-to-stay program for students and staff under 2021 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky Acts ch. 4, sec. 4, can require no more than five consecutive calendar days of testing; provide that if the fifth day occurs on a nonschool or nonwork day, the student or staff member shall test upon his or her return to school or work; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Myron Dossett
Introduced In House on 01/12/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to reapportionment and declaring an emergency. [SB-76]
[Elections ]
Require fiscal courts and county school districts to initiate, complete, and publish reapportionment plans on or before January 20, 2022; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Sen. Johnnie Turner
To State & Local Government (s) on 01/13/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to athletics and declaring an emergency. [SB-6]
[Education ]
[Sports ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Children and Youth ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 164 to define terms; provide protections for student athletes seeking compensation through name, image, and likeness agreements or seeking an athlete agent; provide similar protections for institutions; establish prohibitions, conditions, and limitations on athletes earning compensation through name, image, and likeness agreements; prohibit name, image, and likeness compensation as an inducement; prohibit institutions, associations, or affiliated organizations from providing compensation for name, image, and likeness
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Sponsored by: Sen. George Wise
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 12) on 03/09/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the valuation of motor vehicles for property tax purposes and declaring an emergency. [HB-6]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Amend KRS 132.485 to require the average trade-in value and not the rough trade-in value or clean trade-in value be used as the standard value of a motor vehicle for property tax purposes; grant tax refunds for tax overpayments; require posting of the tax refund information; apply to motor vehicles assessed or after January 1, 2022; RETROACTIVE; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Suzanne Miles
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 13) on 03/10/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to assessment of motor vehicles for property tax purposes and declaring an emergency. [SB-70]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Amend KRS 132.485 to establish requirements for assessing motor vehicles for property tax purposes when the standard manual valuation exceeds five percent of the immediately preceding year's standard manual valuation; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robin Webb
To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 01/12/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to merchant electric generating facilities and declaring an emergency. [SB-69]
[Energy ]
[Construction ]
[Real Estate ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Environmental ]
Amend KRS 278.212 to prohibit an electrical interconnection with a merchant electric generating facility that either operates at an aggregate capacity in excess of 10 megawatts or occupies in aggregate 10 acres or more of land until the plans for the electrical interconnection have been filed with the Public Service Commission; amend KRS 278.216 to prohibit a utility from beginning construction on an electric generating facility that either operates at an aggregate capacity in excess of 10 megawatts or occupies in aggregate 10 acres or more of land
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Sponsored by: Sen. Paul Hornback
Floor Amendment (4) Filed To Committee Substitute on 02/24/2022