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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the delivery of education and declaring an emergency. [HB-145]
[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 01/04/2022
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AN ACT relating to driving under the influence and declaring an emergency. [HB-154]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Amend KRS 189A.010 to remove the penalty enhancement for refusal of a blood test; amend KRS 189A.104 to remove blood tests from the list of alcohol or substance tests that are subject to enhancement of penalties; amend KRS 189A.105 to remove the limitations for obtaining a search warrant for a blood test and provide that a refusal of a blood test will not result in the enhancement of any criminal penalty; amend KRS 189A.107 to describe that the refusal of a blood, breath, or urine test will subject a person to license suspension; amend KRS 189A.110
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Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Flannery
Became Law Without Governor's Signature (acts Ch. 83) on 04/05/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to reproductive privacy and declaring an emergency. [HB-72]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to establish legislative findings; to provide every individual the right to choose or refuse contraception, sterilization, to carry a pregnancy to term, give birth to a child, or terminate a pregnancy; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kelly Flood
Introduced In House on 01/04/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to workers' compensation and declaring an emergency. [HB-54]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Amend KRS 342.0011 to define "COVID-19"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 342 to establish workers' compensation liability in instances where employers require vaccination against COVID-19 as a condition of employment and the employee develops an adverse reaction to the vaccine; create a rebuttable presumption that an adverse reaction was caused by the COVID-19 vaccine if it was not present prior to and arises within 14 days of receipt of the vaccine; retoactive to December 14, 2020; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Regina Huff
Introduced In House on 01/04/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to prohibiting the enforcement of a federal ban or regulation of firearms and declaring an emergency. [HB-29]
[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; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. DJ Johnson
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (s) on 03/15/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to driving under the influence and declaring an emergency. [HB-185]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Amend KRS 189A.085 to allow the court to order a peace officer to seize a license plate from a person who is convicted of KRS 189A.010.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Osborne
To Judiciary (s) on 03/25/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to redistricting and declaring an emergency. [HB-2]
[Elections ]
(H1315B04) Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 5 to divide the Commonwealth into the following representative districts: DISTRICT 1 - Ballard KY, Carlisle KY, Fulton KY, Hickman KY, McCracken KY (part); DISTRICT 2 - Graves KY, McCracken KY (part); DISTRICT 3 - Livingston KY, McCracken KY (part); DISTRICT 4 - Hopkins KY; DISTRICT 5 - Calloway KY, Trigg KY (part); DISTRICT 6 - Lyon KY, Marshall KY, McCracken KY (part); DISTRICT 7 - Daviess KY (part); DISTRICT 8 - Caldwell KY, Christian KY (part), Trigg KY (part); DISTRICT 9 - Christian KY (part);
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jerry Miller
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 7) on 01/20/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to public education and declaring an emergency. [HB-14]
[Education ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Religion ]
[Public Safety ]
Amend KRS 158.183 to require a local board of education or board of a public charter school to ensure that no public school or public charter school offers any classroom instruction or discussion that incorporates designated concepts related to race, sex, and religion; provide that a school district employee that violates the prohibition is subject to disciplinary action; authorize the Attorney General to enforce the prohibition; authorize a penalty of $5,000 for each day a violation persists after the Attorney General issues notification that a
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Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Fischer
Introduced In House on 01/04/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to elections and declaring an emergency. [HB-172]
[Elections ]
Effective for the 2022 primary and for no other election, extend the filing deadline for all candidates to January 25, 2022; 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, excluding the date of the primary; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Rudy
Reported Favorably on 01/06/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to occupational exposure to COVID-19 and declaring an emergency. [HB-69]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Disabilities ]
Extend the provisions of paragraph 3 of 2020 Executive Order 2020-277, related to temporary disability from occupational exposure to COVID-19 from September 7, 2021, to January 31, 2023; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. John Blanton
To Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (s) on 02/14/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to prohibited instruction and declaring an emergency. [HB-18]
[Education ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Religion ]
Amend KRS 158.183 to require a local board of education or board of a public charter school to ensure that no public school or public charter school offers any classroom instruction or discussion that promotes designated concepts related to race, sex, and religion; provide that a school district employee that violates the prohibition is subject to disciplinary action; amend KRS 164.348 to prohibit classroom instruction or discussion that incorporates designated concepts related to race, sex, and religion at public postsecondary education institutions;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
Introduced In House on 01/04/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to death benefits for first responders, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. [HB-56]
[Public Safety ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Funding ]
[Public Health ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Amend KRS 61.315 to create a presumption that first responders who die of COVID-19 do so while in the line of duty and thus qualify for death benefits; apply subsection retroactively; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 02/14/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to reading diagnostic and intervention grants and declaring and emergency. [HB-93]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Children and Youth ]
Amend KRS 158.792 to include the employment of reading interventionists as a purpose of the reading diagnostic and intervention fund; prevent the state board of education from limiting grant recipients from expending grant funds for authorized purposes; direct that grant applications currently under consideration shall be subject to this Act; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Regina Huff
Withdrawn on 02/15/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the establishment of the Kentucky Early Entry Initiative pilot program and declaring an emergency. [HB-147]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 161 to define "early career teachers"; establish the Kentucky Early Entry Initiative pilot program; define the purposes and objectives of the pilot program; outline the three-year structure of the program; require an evaluation report be submitted to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2025; establish the short title of "Kentucky Early Career Teachers Act"; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Tipton
Introduced In House on 01/04/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to legislative redistricting challenges and declaring an emergency. [SB-20]
[Elections ]
Amend KRS 5.005 to establish that an action challenging the constitutionality of any created legislative district shall be filed in the Circuit Court of the plaintiff's residence; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Stivers
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 6) on 01/18/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to firearms and declaring an emergency. [HB-158]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to define terms; prohibit an identified entity from enforcing, or assisting in the enforcement of, any federal law that does not exist under the laws of Kentucky and limits firearm ownership; create a Class B misdemeanor with enhancement for subsequent offenses for any government official who violates the prohibition; grant authority to the Attorney General to file a civil action in Circuit Court to enforce the prohibition; permit citizens to file complaints with the Attorney General for violations of the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Bratcher
Introduced In House on 01/04/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to youth mental health protection and declaring an emergency. [HB-12]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Healthcare ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 210 define sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts, mental health professional, and public funds; to prohibit mental health professionals from engaging in sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts with a person under 18 years of age or a person who is 18 years or older who is an adult as defined in KRS 209.020 or a ward as defined in KRS 387.510; require violations to be subject to board discipline; prohibit public funds from being used for sexual orientation and gender identity change
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jerry Miller
Introduced In House on 01/04/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the civil liberties of parents and children and declaring an emergency. [HB-112]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Healthcare ]
Create new section of KRS Chapter 214 to define "child"; prohibit required or coerced COVID-19 vaccination of a child without the consent of all parents, custodians, and guardians; prohibit retaliation, additional requirements, limitation of activity, or reduction in health care benefit for a child not vaccinated for COVID-19; authorize legal action and civil penalties for violations; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Hart
Introduced In House on 01/04/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to workers' compensation and declaring an emergency. [HB-62]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Amend KRS 342.0011 to define "COVID-19"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 342 to establish workers' compensation liability in instances where employers require vaccination against COVID-19 as a condition of employment and the employee develops an adverse reaction to the vaccine; create a rebuttable presumption that an adverse reaction was caused by the COVID-19 vaccine if it was not present prior to and arises within 14 days of receipt of the vaccine; retoactive to December 14, 2020; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard White
Introduced In House on 01/04/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. [HB-144]
[Unemployment ]
[Insurance ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Amend KRS 341.030 to suspend any increase in the taxable wage base for calendar year 2022 and utilize the taxable wage base in effect for the 2020 year; amend KRS 341.270 to indicate that employer contribution rates in 2022 shall be determined using the rates listed in Schedule A of Table A; amend KRS 341.614 to provide there will be no surcharge assessment for 2022; retroactively to January 1, 2022; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Elliott
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 29) on 03/24/2022