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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to personalized license plates, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. [HB-84]
Amend KRS 186.174, regarding personalized license plates, to eliminate fees for a personalized standard issue license plate in excess of those identified in KRS 186.162; require the Transportation Cabinet to refund any fees for personalized license plates in excess of the fees identified in KRS 186.162 that were paid between July 14, 2022, and the effective date of the Act; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Banta
Introduced In House on 01/02/2024
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AN ACT relating to technology in education and declaring an emergency. [SB-52]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to make legislative findings and declarations and establish the Artificial Intelligence in Kentucky's Schools project, establish requirements for the Kentucky Department of Education to implement the project, require the department to design professional development trainings related to artificial intelligence, establish professional development requirement for teachers, administrators, school council members, and school board members, require the trainings be made available to nonpublic schools, require school
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Sponsored by: Sen. Reginald Thomas
To Education (s) on 01/03/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to property and casualty insurance and declaring an emergency. [SB-29]
Creates a new section of Subtitle 20 of KRS Chapter 304 to prohibit assignments under a property or casualty insurance policy; amends KRS 304.14-250 to conform; amends KRS 304.20-060 to insert definitions, to modify coverage required for the repair or replacement of damaged motor vehicle glass, and to prohibit requiring an insured’s use of a particular motor vehicle glass repair shop; amends KRS 304.39-320 to modify the credit that an underinsured motorist insurer is entitled to when providing underinsured motorist coverage; creates a new section
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Mills
Signed By Governor (acts Ch.27) on 04/02/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to emergency medical services and declaring an emergency. [HB-57]
Amends KRS 311A.030 to remove the classifications of ambulance services, mobile integrated healthcare programs, and medical first response providers; amends KRS 311A.142 to permit an emergency medical responder, emergency medical technician, advanced emergency medical technician, or paramedic in good standing in another state to be eligible for reciprocity at the same level of certification or licensure; amends KRS 142.301, 205.5602, 211.9523, 311A.010, 311A.170, and 405.075 to conform; and repeals KRS 311A.185, relating to determination of death
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Fleming
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 94) on 04/05/2024
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Kentucky 2024 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-20]
Appropriate $227 million, $17 million, and $17 million in fiscal year 2024-2025 to the Kentucky Public Pensions Authority to fund a one-time two percent cost-of-living adjustment effective July 1, 2024, for Kentucky Employees Retirement System nonhazardous and hazardous duty recipients, and for State Police Retirement System recipients, respectively; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/02/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to unlawful trade practices and declaring an emergency. [HB-88]
Repeals, reenacts, and amends KRS 286.2-685 as a new section of Subtitle 3 of KRS Chapter 286 to make technical amendments, to remove prohibition against use of financial institution names in certain marketing and solicitations, and to establish a civil penalty for violation; amends KRS 324.160 to establish that violation of section regulating real estate service agreements by real estate licensees is improper conduct; creates a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to prohibit the use of financial institution names in the marketing and solicitations of
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 76) on 04/04/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the rights of property owners and declaring an emergency. [HB-18]
Creates new sections of KRS Chapter 65 to prohibit local governments from adopting or enforcing ordinances that prohibit owners of housing accommodations from refusing to lease or rent the housing accommodation to a person whose source of income to pay rent includes funding from a federal housing assistance program, and to prohibit local governments from requiring an owner of property occupied by an individual other than the owner to pay an emergency response fee that arises out of the actions of a person for which the owner has no control; and
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Hale
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 3) on 03/06/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the recruitment and retention of medical professionals and declaring an emergency. [HB-49]
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 medical care providers who decline to perform procedures that violate their conscience; grant providers the right not to participate in or pay for services that violate their conscience; exempt providers from liability for exercising these rights; prohibit the State Board of Medical Licensure from reprimanding medical practitioners and require the board
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Hart
Introduced In House on 01/02/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to taxation and declaring an emergency. [SB-21]
Amend KRS 132.810 to remove the requirement that totally disabled persons filing for the homestead exemption apply annually and only require a person to reapply if the disability status of the person changes; create a new section of KRS Chapter 140 to sunset inheritance and estate taxes; repeal KRS 140.130 and 140.140 to conform; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Meredith
To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 01/03/2024
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the General Assembly and declaring an emergency. [HB-546]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 6 to authorize intervention by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives in actions challenging any legislative act, executive or state agency order, or administrative regulation; establish that any intervention shall be filled within 90 days; reaffirm legislative or other privilege and immunity for the members or staff of the General Assembly or Legislative Research Commission; establish that legislative immunity and legislative privilege shall be applied broadly and shall remain
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Meade
Introduced In House on 02/22/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to state property and declaring an emergency. [HB-579]
Amend KRS 56.100, 56.120 and 56.160, to increase the self-insured retention amounts of the state fire and tornado insurance fund from $1 million to $10 million; amend KRS 56.180 to raise the fund balance threshold for when moneys will be transferred to the general fund from $10 million to $100 million until June 30, 2025; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Meredith
Taken From Rules on 03/16/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to jail construction and declaring an emergency. [HB-507]
Create a new section of KRS 441.420 to 441.450 to place a moratorium on building, constructing, remodeling, or making other physical changes to local correctional facilites, and the remodeling of local correctional facilities if that remodeling is financed with debt; include an exception in the case that a court of law orders specific construction; provide that the provisions be repealed effective December 31, 2028; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Meredith
Returned To State & Local Government (s) on 03/29/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to tourist and convention commissions in counties containing a city of the first class or a consolidated local government and declaring an emergency. [HB-519]
Amend KRS 91A.370 to add the president and chief executive officer of the Kentucky State Fair Board to the tourist and convention commission in counties containing a city of the first class or consolidated local government; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 143) on 03/30/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to fiscal matters, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. [HB-553]
Amend the 2022-2024 Executive Branch biennial budget to remove excess General Fund support for the actuarial cost of sick leave benefits for new retirees under the Teachers' Retirement System; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Petrie
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 175) on 04/05/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Department of Public Advocacy, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. [HB-581]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 31 to require the General Assembly to appropriate to the Department of Public Advocacy not less than 75 percent of the combined general and restricted funds appropriations for the Commonwealth's and county attorneys; authorize the Department of Public Advocacy to use $500,000 of the department's current fiscal year appropriation for a recruiting and retention program; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Elliott
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/23/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the regulation of game machines. [HB-594]
Amend KRS 528.010 to define "coin-operated amusement machine," "skill," "skill-based contests," and "skill game"; amend the definitions of "advancing gambling activity," "gambling," "gambling device," and "something of value"; amend KRS 528.100 to authorize the Attorney General, the Commonwealth’s attorney for any locality, or the county attorney for any locality to establish a civil penalty not to exceed $25,000 for each device for any person who conducts, finances, manages, supervises, directs, or owns a gambling device in violation of KRS Chapter
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Osborne
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 4) on 03/16/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to reemployment after retirement and declaring an emergency. [HB-520]
Provide that any retiree of the Kentucky Employees Retirement System (KERS), County Employees Retirement System (CERS), or State Police Retirement System (SPRS), who returned to work with a KERS, CERS, or SPRS employer on or after March 6, 2020, but prior to January 1, 2023, shall only be required to observe a one month break in employment; provide that the one month break shall be retroactive to March 6, 2020, and that any KERS, CERS, or SPRS retiree whose retirement was voided but who observed the one month break during this time period shall
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Sponsored by: Rep. Shawn McPherson
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/23/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the regulation of game machines and declaring an emergency. [HB-539]
Amend KRS 528.010 to make technical corrections; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Killian Timoney
Taken From Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (h) on 03/07/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to government agencies, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. [HB-444]
Amend KRS 48.160, relating to branch budget bills, to clarify fiscal biennium.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Petrie
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 20) on 03/17/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to authorizing the payment of certain claims against the state which have been duly audited and approved according to law and have not been paid because of the lapsing or insufficiency of former appropriations against which the claims were chargeable or the lack of an appropriate procurement document in place, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. [HB-442]
Appropriate funds for the payment of claims against the Commonwealth; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. DJ Johnson
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 26) on 03/20/2023