Horses And Horse Racing
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission. [HB-281]
Amends KRS 12.020 to add the Division of Compliance and the Division of Sports Wagering to the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission and to remove compliance from the duties of the Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering; and amends KRS 12.252 to make a technical correction.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Meredith
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 6) on 03/21/2024
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A RESOLUTION honoring the life and memory of world-renowned Thoroughbred horse owner, breeder, and pillar of the horse racing industry, Frank L. Jones, Jr. [SR-27]
Honor the life and memory of world-renowned Thoroughbred horse owner, breeder, and pillar of the horse racing industry, Frank L. Jones.
Sponsored by: Sen. Damon Thayer
Adopted By Voice Vote on 04/12/2024
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION expressing concerns regarding the unintended consequences of the current funding methodology of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA). [SR-243]
Urge the Federal Trade Commission and the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority to review the funding methodology of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Damon Thayer
Adopted By Voice Vote on 03/30/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION expressing concerns regarding the unintended consequences of the current funding methodology of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA). [HR-98]
Urge the Federal Trade Commission and the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority to review the funding methodology of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alan Gentry
Reported Favorably on 03/30/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to wagering and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-551]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 230 to establish the wagering administration fund from sports wagering taxes and fees; direct use of that fund toward related administrative expenses of the Public Protection Cabinet; deposit all remaining funds in the Kentucky permanent pension fund; create new sections of KRS Chapter 230 to require the racing commission to institute a system of sports wagering at tracks; limit the types of events upon which wagers may be placed; establish sports wagering licensure requirements; prohibit participants from wagering
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Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 147) on 03/31/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to animal care. [SB-230]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 525 to define terms; require peace officers and animal control officers to serve notice of seizure of an animal subjected to cruelty; create procedure for seizing agencies to petition a court to order payment of animal care costs by owner; establish penalties; prohibit the destruction of seized animals, except for humane reasons determined by veterinarian; amend KRS 258.215 to require owners to be responsible for cost of care of an impounded animal.
Sponsored by: Sen. Julie Adams
To Agriculture (s) on 02/23/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to premises licensed by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission. [HB-404]
Create new section of KRS Chapter 230 to direct premises licensed by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission to submit annual reports of criminal activity on their properties to the racing commission by March 1, of each year, beginning in 2024; direct the racing commission to submit annual reports based on this information from their licensees to the Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary by September 1 of each year beginning in 2024.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 02/21/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the partial distribution of pari-mutuel racing tax receipts to local governments and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-485]
Amend KRS 138.510 to allocate moneys to a newly created fund from the pari-mutuel racing tax distribution; create a new section of KRS Chapter 230 to establish a fund relating to local governments and administered by the Department for Local Government; and amend KRS 131.190 to allow the Department of Revenue to share information relating to the calculation of the new fund's distribution; APPROPRIATION.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alan Gentry
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/23/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to equine within Kentucky. [SB-100]
Amend KRS 138.510 to grant the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet a race title sponsorship at a two-day international horse racing event and at an international harness racing event; and amend KRS 230.770 to change the fund distribution.
Sponsored by: Sen. Damon Thayer
To Licensing & Occupations (s) on 02/23/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to service animals. [HB-115]
Amend KRS 525.010 to define "electronic detection dog" and "police dog"; amend KRS 525.220 to only allow the protection of self or others in instances of unlawful force; amend KRS 525.200 to conform; allow the Act to be cited as Bo's Law.
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Heath
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 169) on 04/04/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Horse Park. [HB-39]
Amend various sections of KRS 148.258 to 148.320 to reorganize the Kentucky Horse Park and the duties and functions of the commission; create new sections of KRS 148.258 to 148.320 to establish methods for procurement and authorize the issuance of revenue bonds.
Sponsored by: Rep. Phillip Pratt
Became Law Without Governor's Signature (acts Ch. 125) on 03/29/2023
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing oversight for a Thoroughbred registration system consistent with the policy of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. [SCR-296]
Establish legislative oversight for a Thoroughbred registration system consistent with Kentucky policy.
Sponsored by: Sen. Damon Thayer
Adopted By Voice Vote on 04/14/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing oversight for a Thoroughbred registration system consistent with the policy of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. [HCR-145]
Establish legislative oversight for a Thoroughbred registration system consistent with Kentucky policy.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adam Koenig
Taken From Committee On Committees (h) on 04/14/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to workers compensation. [SB-288]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 342 to allow the Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association to establish a workers' compensation insurance program for qualified horsemen, administer the program as part of its corporate activity, establish criteria for eligible participants, declare surplus funds, contract with other insurers to help implement the program, take other necessary acts for establishment and operation of the program, as well as encouraging it to immediately provide coverage, use revenue to create a reserve fund, and establish
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Sponsored by: Sen. Reginald Thomas
To Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (s) on 03/03/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky trail towns and rail trails. [HB-716]
Require the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet to consult with state agencies and transmit a report relating to a comprehensive statewide trail program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Flannery
2nd Reading, To Rules on 03/11/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to pari-mutuel wagering and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-607]
Amend KRS 138.510 to change the tax rate beginning August 1, 2022 on all tracks conducting pari-mutuel wagering, tracks conducting telephone account wagering, tracks participating as receiving tracks in intertrack wagering, and all tracks participating as receiving tracks displaying simulcasts and conducting interstate wagering thereon to 1.5 percent of all money wagered and to specify deductions from the revenue generated; amend KRS 138.513 to impose a tax beginning August 1, 2022 on all advance deposit account wagering licensees of 1.5 percent
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Sponsored by: Rep. Adam Koenig
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 124) on 04/08/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to entertainment activities, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. [HB-610]
Establish KRS Chapter 239 and create new sections relating to fantasy contests and online poker; define terms; establish requirements for fantasy contest procedures and for registration as a fantasy contest operator; require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations for the operation of fantasy contests; establish the wagering administration fund and direct the uses of that fund; require an annual audit of fantasy contest registrants; require any person offering online poker in the Commonwealth to have a license from the cabinet and require
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Sponsored by: Rep. Adam Koenig
Taken From Committee On Committees (h) on 03/14/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to Thoroughbred registration. [HB-496]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 230 to prohibit a Thoroughbred registrar from restricting the number of mares bred to a stallion or refusing to register a foal based on the number of mares bred to the foal's stallion; direct the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission to select and use a Thoroughbred registrar; require the registrar to submit to Kentucky jurisdiction and comply with KRS Chapter 230; instruct the racing commission to promulgate administrative regulations relating to Thoroughbred registrars; amend KRS 230.210 to remove the example of
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Osborne
Floor Amendment (1) Filed on 03/30/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the costs incurred by animal care organizations. [SB-125]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 525 to define terms; require peace officers and animal control officers to serve notice of seizure of an animal subjected to cruelty; create procedure for seizing agencies to petition a court to order payment of animal care costs by owner; establish penalties; prohibit the destruction of seized animals, except for humane reasons determined by veterinarian; amend KRS 258.215 to require owners be responsible for cost of care of an impounded animal.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Wilson
Floor Amendment (1) Filed on 03/11/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky quarter horse, paint horse, Appaloosa, and Arabian development fund and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-448]
Amend KRS 230.445, relating to the Kentucky quarter horse, paint horse, Appaloosa, and Arabian development fund, to allow the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission to promulgate administrative regulations that retroactively disperse moneys from the fund; limit the retroactive dispersal to only years when no live racing related to the fund has occurred.
Sponsored by: Rep. John Blanton
Introduced In House on 02/02/2022