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Kentucky 2021 Special Session
AN ACT relating to the compensation of members of the General Assembly and declaring an emergency. [HB-4]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Ethics ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Amend KRS 6.190 and 6.211 to establish that members of the General Assembly will receive no compensation or additional expense reimbursement for any veto day during an extraordinary session except as otherwise provided; define "veto day"; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Suzanne Miles
Taken From State Government (h) on 09/08/2021
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AN ACT relating to COVID-19 emergency actions and declaring an emergency. [HB-2]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Mental Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Require visitation in long-term care facilities and residential long-term care facilities to be allowed by family members, legal guardians, outside caregivers, friends, or volunteers who provided regular care and support to the resident prior to the pandemic, who are designated as being important to the mental, physical, or social well-being of a resident in critical situations; require the establishment and operation of COVID-19 antibody administration centers (CAACs) in each Area Development District; require the Cabinet for Health and Family
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Identical Senate Bill 2 Substituted For This Bill on 09/09/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Special Session
AN ACT relating to the COVID-19 pandemic, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. [HB-3]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Education ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Direct the use of a total of $69,268,300 of American Rescue Plan Act State Fiscal Recovery funds in fiscal year 2021-2022 to address the continuing COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting pressures that have been experienced in the healthcare, long-term care, and school systems; amend 2021 Ky Acts Chapter 196 to reduce funds to the Employment Services budget; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Petrie
Identical Senate Bill 3 Substituted For This Bill on 09/09/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to local reapportionment and declaring an emergency. [HB-566]
[Elections ]
Require fiscal courts to initiate reapportionment proceedings in 2022 instead of 2021; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Meredith
Introduced In House on 02/23/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
A JOINT RESOLUTION ratifying emergency executive orders and declaring an emergency. [HJR-77]
[Public Health ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Safety ]
Ratify emergency executive orders relating to COVID-19 and declare that the orders expire 60 days from the passage of the Resolution; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Osborne
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 168) on 03/30/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the distribution and shipment of vaccine during a state of emergency and declaring an emergency. [HB-590]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 39A to require that vaccine be distributed to a qualified and enrolled vaccine site that has storage capability, reporting ability, and a sufficient number of preregistered and scheduled patients who meet current vaccine phase criteria during a state of emergency involving an infectious disease that requires vaccine distribution; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Josh Bray
Introduced In House on 02/23/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to minimum wage for essential workers and declaring an emergency. [SB-284]
[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: Sen. Morgan McGarvey
To Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (s) on 02/25/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to firearms and declaring an emergency. [HB-585]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to define terms; prohibit a covered entity from enforcing, or assisting in the enforcement of, any federal statute, order, rule, or regulation of firearms that does not exist under the laws of Kentucky; create a Class A misdemeanor 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 prohibition; state the Act shall
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Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley
Introduced In House on 02/23/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to certain weather-related emergencies and declaring an emergency. [HB-542]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Public Safety ]
Ratify Executive Order 2021-093 and make its expiration date 60 days from February 11, 2021.
Sponsored by: Rep. John Blanton
Became Law Without Governor's Signature (acts Ch. 143) on 03/25/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to social media Web sites and declaring an emergency. [HB-539]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Create a new sections of KRS Chapter 411 to establish that the owner or operator of a social media Web site is subject to a private cause of action by a social media Web site user in this state under specified conditions; establish entitlement to damages, including the award of reasonable attorney fees and costs; specify that a user's hate speech shall not constitute a basis for justification or defense; authorize the Attorney General to bring an action on behalf of a social media Web site user; establish a violation under deceptive trade practices;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Norma Kirk-McCormick
Introduced In House on 02/22/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to private information of public officials and declaring an emergency. [HB-520]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Create a new section of KRS 61.870 to 61.884 exempting personally identifiable information of judges, prosecutors, and law enforcement officers from the Open Records Act; create a new section of KRS Chapter 525 to create a new offense of disseminating personally identifiable information of a law enforcement official; make the offense of disseminating personally identifiable information of a law enforcement official a Class A misdemeanor, unless disseminated recklessly, in which case it is a Class B misdemeanor; create a punishment of any dissemination
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Sponsored by: Rep. John Blanton
To Judiciary (h) on 02/23/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the State Fair Board and declaring an emergency. [HB-518]
[Agriculture ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Create a new section in KRS Chapter 247 to establish procurement procedures; amend KRS 247.090 to authorize the Commissioner of Agriculture 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; amend KRS 247.145 to authorize administrative regulations for operation, maintenance, or use of property; amend KRS 247.160 to establish control of property; amend KRS 247.165 to
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Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Heath
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 163) on 03/29/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to oversight of the police for a consolidated local government and declaring an emergency. [SB-247]
[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 governmental bodies to include powers, duties, internal protocols, reporting requirements, and such bodies' authority to adopt bylaws, policies, and procedures; provide investigatory office leader the power to administer oaths
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Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal
Recommitted To Judiciary (s) on 03/11/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to firearms and declaring an emergency. [HB-502]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to specify definitions for "assault weapons," "large-capacity ammunition-feeding devices," and "ammunition sellers"; 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; amend KRS 395.250 to require an estate's inventory to list each firearm; amend KRS 403.735 and 456.050 to require judges, when issuing an order of protection or interpersonal protective order, to consider whether a person
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 02/11/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to preserving the right of Kentuckians to own and use firearms and declaring an emergency. [SB-254]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[National Security ]
[Crime ]
State legislative findings; create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to declare that all federal laws and regulations commandeering state or local law enforcement to enforce federal restrictions of firearms are invalid and of no effect in Kentucky and that the General Assembly has the duty to enact all measures to prevent their enforcement; that the General Assembly has the duty to protect and defend the state and federal constitutions; that proposed presidential actions relating to the acquisition, possession, and use of firearms and accessories
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Sponsored by: Sen. Brandon Storm
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (s) on 02/22/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to oversight of the police for a consolidated local government and declaring an emergency. [SB-245]
[Crime ]
[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 ordinance that establishes governmental bodies to include powers, duties, internal protocols, reporting requirements and such bodies' authority to adopt bylaws, policies and procedures; provide investigatory office leader the power to administer oaths and
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Sponsored by: Sen. Morgan McGarvey
Floor Amendments (1) And (2-title) Filed on 02/24/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to child abuse and declaring an emergency. [HB-472]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Amend KRS 500.050 to extend the criminal statute of limitations for misdemeanor sex offenses against minors from 5 to 10 years; amend KRS 413.249, relating to civil actions arising from childhood sexual assault or abuse, to apply to direct perpetrators as well as third-party individuals or corporate entities who may be criminally liable for the criminal act of those perpetrators; specify that the amendments enacted in 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 114, sec. 2 shall be applied retroactively to actions accruing before that Act's effective date of June 29, 2017;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Hart
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 89) on 03/23/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to legal actions involving the Commonwealth of Kentucky and declaring an emergency. [HB-479]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Public Safety ]
Amend KRS 15.020 to authorize the Attorney General to bring an action regarding the constitutionality of statutes, regulations, and orders; establish venue; amend KRS 15.060 to authorize assistance from other areas of state government regarding investigations and prosecutions of various matters; amend KRS 15.113 to identify additional illegal or fraudulent activity under the investigative authority of the Attorney General; amend KRS 15.240 to expand the statutes under which the Attorney General can initiate an action or intervene in an action; amend
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Sponsored by: Rep. DJ Johnson
Recommitted To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 03/11/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to pari-mutuel wagering and declaring an emergency. [HB-481]
[Gaming ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Amend KRS 11A.010 to include the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission and its employees in the definition of "officer"; amend KRS 230.210 to define "licensed premises," "pari-mutuel wagering," and redefine "track"; amend KRS 230.230 to subject members of the racing commission to KRS 11A.010; amend KRS 230.361 to restrict wagering at simulcast facilities to pari-mutuel wagering on simulcasting; amend KRS 138.510 to add additional tax on historical horse racing; amend KRS 138.511 to define "gross commission"; amend KRS 138.530 to require the weekly reporting
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Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Westrom
Introduced In House on 02/10/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to abortion and declaring an emergency. [HB-460]
[Reproductive Rights ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Children and Youth ]
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 to include specific language; require the physician to keep a copy of the informed written consent for at least 7 years; require the physician to execute an affidavit; require additional criteria and standards for when a court determines whether to allow a minor to self-consent to an abortion; require the court hearing
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Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Fischer
Introduced In House on 02/10/2021