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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to youth mental health protection and declaring an emergency. [HB-426]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 210 to define terms; prohibit mental health professionals from engaging in sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts with a person under 18 years of age, 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 efforts; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to require the Department for Public Health
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
To Health Services (h) on 02/14/2025
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AN ACT relating to the recruitment and retention of health care professionals and declaring an emergency. [SB-132]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 344 to ensure federal law relating to emergency medical treatment and the collection of evidence is not overridden; define terms; prohibit discrimination against health care professionals who decline to perform procedures that violate their conscience; grant health care professionals the right not to participate in services that violate their conscience; exempt health care professionals from liability for exercising these rights; prohibit hiring or licensing authorities from reprimanding health care professionals;
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Sponsored by: Sen. Donald Douglas
2nd Reading, To Rules on 03/13/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Department of Agriculture and declaring an emergency. [HB-370]
Amend KRS 246.030 to abolish the Department of Agriculture's Shows and Fairs Division and establish the Farm Safety and Rural Health Division and the Office of Agricultural Economic Development; amend KRS 247.220 to conform; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
Taken From The Orders Of The Day on 03/11/2025
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Kentucky 2025 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-336]
Appropriate $224 million, $17 million, and $16 million in fiscal year 2025-2026 to the Kentucky Public Pensions Authority to fund a one-time two percent cost-of-living adjustment effective July 1, 2025, for Kentucky Employees Retirement System nonhazardous and hazardous duty recipients, and for State Police Retirement System recipients, respectively; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ashley Tackett Laferty
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to state holidays and declaring an emergency. [SB-109]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to designate June 19 to July 4 as "Civic Season" in the Commonwealth; amend KRS 2.110 to add the nineteenth day of June as a state holiday commemorating Juneteenth National Freedom Day; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal
To State & Local Government (s) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to a supplemental payment for retired state employees, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. [HB-337]
Appropriate $95 million from the budget reserve trust fund in fiscal year 2024-2025 to the Kentucky Public Pension Authority to fund one-time supplemental payments on July 1, 2025, to recipients of a retirement allowance from the Kentucky Employees Retirement System (KERS) and the State Police Retirement System (SPRS); specify that the one-time supplemental payment shall be equal to the monthly payment received by the recipient in the month of June 2025; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ashley Tackett Laferty
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT amending the 2024-2026 State/Executive Branch biennial budget and declaring an emergency. [SB-107]
Amend 2024 Ky. Acts ch. 175 to remove the immunity provision for postsecondary institutions from the State/Executive Branch biennial budget; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Mills
To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to air quality programs and declaring an emergency. [HB-346]
Amend KRS 224.20-50 to define "emergency stationary internal combustion engine"; establish a standard for assessment of emissions fees by the Energy and Environment Cabinet and air pollution control districts; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Derek Lewis
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 104) on 03/27/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to environmental protection and declaring an emergency. [SB-89]
Amend KRS 224.1-010 to change the definition of "water" or "waters of the Commonwealth"; amend KRS 224.1-300 to provide that the definitions contained therein only apply to KRS 224.1-300 and 224.1-310; amend KRS 350.010 to define "long-term treatment"; amend KRS 350.060 to establish the means of calculating the additional bond amount required for a permit or permit increment for which the Energy and Environment Cabinet determines long-term treatment is required; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Mills
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 119) on 03/28/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to offices within the Auditor of Public Accounts and declaring an emergency. [SB-85]
Amend KRS 43.010 to define "deputy auditor" and "ombudsman"; amend KRS 43.030 to replace references to "assistant auditor" with "deputy auditor"; amend KRS 43.035 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to provide information on contacting the Commonwealth Office of the Ombudsman at all Department for Community Based Services offices; require ombudsman to maintain confidentiality; authorize the ombudsman to promulgate administrative regulations; establish that expenses incurred by ombudsman shall be charged to the entity that is the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Meredith
Recommitted To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 03/12/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to education and declaring an emergency. [HB-241]
Allow local school districts to make up days missed by adding instructional time to student attendance days; notwithstand the requirement for the student instructional year to have 170 student attendance days; allow waiver of up to five student attendance days if a school district is unable to provide the required 1,062 hours of instruction by June 4, 2025; require local boards of education seeking to revise its calendar to submit a plan for approval to the Department of Education; allow instructional time made up and days waived to count as employee
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Sponsored by: Rep. John Blanton
Became Law Without Governor's Signature (acts Ch. 94) on 03/27/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to information technology systems and declaring an emergency. [HB-280]
Amend KRS 7A.180 to rename the Investments in Information Technology Improvement and Modernization Projects Oversight Board to the Information Technology Oversight Committee; define "application," "cybersecurity system," and "legacy system"; amend KRS 7A.185 to conform; amend KRS 7A.190 to require state agencies to report on information technology systems or applications not later than July 15, 2025, and not later than April 15, 2027, and biennially thereafter; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Matt Lockett
Taken From Small Business & Information Technology (h) on 03/04/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to deficient administrative regulations and declaring an emergency. [SB-65]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 13A to nullify two administrative regulations relating to Medicaid services after those administrative regulations were found deficient during the 2024 legislative interim; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Sen. Steve West
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 114) on 03/27/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the regulation of recovery residences and declaring an emergency. [SB-82]
Amend KRS 222.504 and 222.506 to require that recovery residences be inspected at least annually by state or local officials capable of ensuring compliance with all state and local zoning, building code, and fire safety laws, administrative regulations, and ordinances and establish maximum occupancy standards for recovery residences; amend KRS 222.510 to permit local governments to require an individual or entity seeking to establish a recovery residence to provide notice up to six months in advance to all property owners within 1,000 feet of the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Reginald Thomas
To State & Local Government (s) on 02/06/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Teachers' Retirement System and declaring an emergency. [HB-212]
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; repeal KRS 161.633, 161.634, 161.635, and 161.636, relating to university and nonuniversity members; 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
To State Government (h) on 02/04/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the taxation of currency and bullion currency and declaring an emergency. [HB-2]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 139 to create a violation when an official notice published by the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet or the commissioner of the Department of Revenue improperly instructs that taxpayers should continue to collect and remit sales and use tax on currency or bullion currency, allow the taxpayer to file an action for refund in Circuit Court, and entitle the taxpayer to interest, injunctive relief, attorney's fees and costs, and liquidated damages of $1,000 for each day that the violation occurred;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 100) on 03/27/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to interment at state veterans' cemeteries. [HB-191]
Amend KRS 40.315 to expand interment eligibility in Kentucky state veterans' cemeteries to include eligible National Guard and Reserve service members and their families; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Hale
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 20) on 03/15/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to key infrastructure assets and declaring an emergency. [SB-64]
Amend KRS 511.100 to include cable, telephone, and broadband facilities; amend KRS 512.020 to include damaging or taking possession of a key infrastructure asset.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 42) on 03/19/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to instruction permits and declaring an emergency. [HB-15]
Amend KRS 186.450 to allow persons who are at least 15 years of age to apply for a motor vehicle instruction permit; establish that an instruction permit is valid for four years; amend KRS 186.410, 186.452 and 159.051 to conform; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Suzanne Miles
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 81) on 03/25/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to firearms and declaring an emergency. [HB-124]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to define "assault weapon," "large capacity ammunition feeding device," and "seller of ammunition"; 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; require the Department of Kentucky State Police to promulgate administrative regulations relating to the licensing of persons to possess handguns and assault weapons, the registration of handguns and assault weapons, and the logging of firearms
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
To Judiciary (h) on 02/04/2025