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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to independent school districts. [HB-162]
[Education ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 160 to establish a process for the creation of new independent school districts; define terms; establish a petition process for voters of a qualifying city to place the question of creating a new independent district and local board of education on the ballot; specify the requirements for the question and the board of education provisional election; establish the initial terms of office for the interim board of education; establish the transition of authorities from the originating district board of education to
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Sponsored by: Rep. James A. Tipton
To Primary And Secondary Education (h) on 02/04/2025
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AN ACT relating to special license plates. [HB-157]
[Agriculture ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Amend KRS 186.162, relating to special motor vehicle license plates, to establish a friends of Kentucky agriculture special license plate, for which a portion of the initial and renewal fee is dedicated to the agricultural program trust fund established under KRS 246.247; amend KRS 186.166 to require perpetual production of the plate.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Upchurch
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 31) on 03/18/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to property exempt from taxation. [SB-67]
[Property Tax ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Taxes ]
[Real Estate ]
Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to exempt for homeowners who are 65 years of age or older any increase in the valuation of their permanent residence and contiguous real property that is assessed after the later of the year the homeowner turned 65 or the year the homeowner purchased the property; require the exemption to be in addition to the exemption provided in Section 170 of the Constitution of Kentucky and notwithstanding Sections 171, 172, and 174 of the Constitution of Kentucky; apply the exemption to increases
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert M. Mills
Received In House on 02/21/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to manufactured housing. [HB-160]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Construction ]
Amend KRS 100.348 to prohibit a local government from adopting or enforcing zoning regulations that treat manufactured homes differently from single-family homes; allow only regulation of certain architectural features of manufactured homes and require that those same standards be applied to single family homes; permit placement of manufactured home with smaller dimensions if a larger manufactured home could not be situated on the lot; remove language regarding legislative purpose of statute; add noncodified statement of the intent of the General
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Sponsored by: Rep. DJ Johnson
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 154) on 04/01/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to motor vehicle driveaway plates. [HB-188]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 281, relating to motor vehicle carriers, to establish a driveaway plate as a new type of license plate to be issued by county clerks and the Transportation Cabinet; specify associated fees and restrictions; amend KRS 281.631 to conform.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert B. Duvall
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 142) on 04/01/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to heirs property. [SB-70]
[Real Estate ]
[Property Tax ]
[Housing ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Community Development ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 381 to enact the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act; define terms, including "heirs property"; create a mechanism for partition or sale among cotenants by the court; create requirements for notice and determination of value through agreement or appraisal; create protocol for buyouts, partition alternatives, partition in kind, sale by open market, sealed bids, or auction; create the heirs property research fund; amend KRS 324B.050 to authorize the Kentucky Real Estate Authority to promulgate administrative
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Sponsored by: Sen. Reginald Thomas
To Judiciary (s) on 02/04/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to street-legal special purpose vehicles. [SB-63]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186 to define "special purpose vehicle" and "street-legal special purpose vehicle"; allow street-legal special purpose vehicles to operate on a highway under certain circumstances; prohibit street-legal special purpose vehicles from traveling a distance greater than 20 miles on a highway displaying centerline pavement markings; require street-legal special purpose vehicles to register the vehicle and comply with all requirements of KRS Chapter 186; direct the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative
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Sponsored by: Sen. Danny Carroll
Became Law Without Governor's Signature (acts Ch. 89) on 03/26/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance. [HB-107]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Human Services ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Amend KRS 341.370 to prohibit disqualification from benefits for workers unemployed as a result of domestic violence and abuse, dating violence and abuse, sexual assault, or stalking; create a new section of KRS Chapter 341 to direct the secretary of the Education and Labor Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations; amend KRS 341.125 to require the secretary to provide training to personnel who process claims related to domestic or dating violence and abuse, sexual assault, or stalking and to report to the Legislative Research Commission
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Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown
To Economic Development & Workforce Investment (h) on 02/04/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to property exempt from taxation. [HB-134]
[Property Tax ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Taxes ]
[Housing ]
Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to exempt for homeowners who are 65 years of age or older any increase in the valuation of their permanent residence that is assessed after the later of the year the homeowner turned 65 or the year the homeowner purchased the property; require the exemption to be in addition to the exemption provided in Section 170 of the Constitution of Kentucky and notwithstanding Sections 171, 172, and 174 of the Constitution of Kentucky; apply the exemption to increases in valuation that occur after
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Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Huff
To Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (h) on 02/04/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to pretrial release. [HB-104]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Amend KRS 431.066 to limit the use of money bail to certain high-risk defendants and create a preventive detention process for defendants of select risk levels and charge types; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to establish a preventive detention hearing process and define the limited circumstances in which money bail can be imposed; amend various statutes to conform; repeal KRS 431.021, relating to guaranteed arrest bond certificates.
Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown
To Judiciary (h) on 02/04/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to the possession of cannabis. [HB-105]
[Cannabis ]
Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to guarantee the right of an individual 21 years of age or older to possess, use, buy, or sell one ounce or less of cannabis and to cultivate, harvest, and store up to five cannabis plants for personal use; grant the General Assembly control over the production, processing, and sale of cannabis and cannabis-derived products; designate the ballot question; direct the Secretary of State to publish the proposed amendment in a newspaper of general circulation; direct the Secretary of State
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Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown
Floor Amendment (1) Filed on 03/04/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the establishment of a grant database. [HB-150]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 14 to define terms; require the Secretary of State to create a grant database that will be a central repository for information on all available state or local government grants; require state and local agencies to report grant opportunities to the Finance and Administration Cabinet for inclusion in the grant database.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
Withdrawn on 02/18/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to concealed deadly weapons. [HB-139]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Amend KRS 237.109 to lower the age requirement for carrying a concealed and deadly weapon from 21 to 18; amend KRS 237.110 to conform; make technical corrections.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Jack Rudy
To Judiciary (h) on 02/04/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to real property rights. [HB-142]
[Real Estate ]
[Crime ]
[Housing ]
[Property Tax ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Amend KRS 511.010 and 512.010 to define "squatter"; amend KRS 511.090 to allow a property owner or his or her authorized agent to request a peace officer to immediately remove any squatter occupying a dwelling or commercial building under certain circumstances; provide criminal and civil immunity to peace officers acting in good faith; amend KRS 512.020 and 512.030 to specifically include damage to residential or commercial property caused by squatters in the offense of criminal mischief; create a new section of KRS Chapter 514 to establish the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Poore Moser
To Judiciary (h) on 02/04/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to workplace violence against drivers of public transportation. [HB-135]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Amend KRS 508.025 to expand assault in the third degree to include causing or attempting to cause physical injury to a driver of any form of public transportation acting in the course and scope of the driver's employment.
Sponsored by: Rep. Rachel Roarx
To Judiciary (h) on 02/04/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to peace officers. [HB-110]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Rights ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to define terms; impose a duty on peace officers to intervene to prevent or stop another officer from using physical force that will cause unlawful serious physical injury, death, or deprivation of civil rights; impose a duty to provide or obtain emergency medical assistance; require reporting of intervention; provide administrative and legal protections; amend KRS 15.330 to require the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council to prescribe minimum standards for use of force by officer, an officer's duty to intervene,
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Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (h) on 02/04/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to cannabis. [HB-106]
[Cannabis ]
[Crime ]
[Taxes ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to make possession of a personal use quantity of cannabis exempt from civil or criminal penalty; amend KRS 218A.010 to define "cannabis," "personal use quantity of cannabis," and "cannabis accessory"; amend KRS 218A.1422, regarding cannabis possession, to conform; amend KRS 218A.1423, regarding cannabis cultivation, to conform; amend KRS 218A.500, regarding drug paraphernalia, to exempt personal use cannabis accessories; amend KRS 218A.1421, regarding cannabis trafficking, to exempt personal use quantities;
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Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown
To Judiciary (h) on 02/04/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to public health and safety. [HB-140]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Insurance ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
Amend KRS 214.450 to define "autologous donation" and "directed donation"; amend KRS 214.452 to require blood establishments to test for spike proteins, antibodies to the nucleocapsid protein on the SARS-CoV-2 virus, and synthetic mRNA; require additional screening questions for blood donors; add to the list of conditions requiring the refusal or sale of blood; provide that a person shall not be compelled to donate blood; require blood establishments to inform donors of the potential uses for donations; require blood to be sold to hospitals before
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Sponsored by: Rep. Josh Calloway
Withdrawn on 02/12/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to firearms and declaring an emergency. [HB-124]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
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 A. Brown
To Judiciary (h) on 02/04/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances. [HB-102]
[Environmental ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Public Health ]
[Water ]
[Science ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to establish a PFAS Working Group, create new sections of Subchapter 10 of KRS Chapter 224 to define terms; establish a reporting requirement for manufacturers that intentionally include PFAS in products manufactured for sale or distribution in the Commonwealth; establish a reporting requirement for PFAS release in the Commonwealth by manufacturers that intentionally include PFAS in manufactured products; amend KRS 224.99-030 to establish penalty for noncompliance with reporting requirements.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Lou Marzian
To Natural Resources & Energy (h) on 02/04/2025