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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to protective orders. [HB-705]
[Crime ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Amend KRS 403.725 and 456.030 to require the court of justice to create protocols to allow law enforcement officers to assist victims in filing a petition for an order of protection; amend KRS 403.720 to expand the definition of "domestic violence and abuse"; amend KRS 456.010 to expand the definition of dating violence and abuse; amend KRS 403.270, 403.280, 403.315, 403.220, and 403.340 to remove the presumption in favor of joint custody and equal parenting time; create new sections of KRS Chapter 454 to provide definitions and establish procedures
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Sponsored by: Rep. Adrielle Camuel
To Judiciary (h) on 02/27/2025
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AN ACT relating to small farms and home-based processors. [HB-768]
[Agriculture ]
[Food ]
[Small Business ]
Create a new section of KRS 217.015 to 217.215 to define "small farms"; exempt small farms and home-based processors from any state and any city, county, urban-county government, consolidated local government, unified local government, or charter county government and any health department thereof from any rule, administrative regulation, certification, or licensing requirement that is not required by federal law; Repeal KRS 217.136, relating to home-based food processors.
Sponsored by: Rep. Savannah Maddox
To Agriculture (h) on 02/27/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the rights of real property owners. [HB-10]
[Real Estate ]
[Crime ]
[Housing ]
[Public Safety ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 383 to allow a property owner or his or her authorized agent to request a law enforcement officer immediately remove a person unlawfully occupying real property under certain circumstances; provide criminal and civil immunity to law enforcement officers and property owners acting in good faith; create a civil cause of action for wrongful removal; require the Department of Kentucky State Police to create a form for the petition to remove unlawful occupants; amend KRS 512.010 to define "squatter"; amend KRS 512.020
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Poore Moser
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 63) on 03/24/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to prevailing wage. [HB-757]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 337 to require the Office of Kentucky Center for Statistics to establish a certified living wage based on occupation type and geographic area utilizing data from the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics if the employer receives certain financial incentives from local, state, or federal agencies; amend KRS 151B.133 to require the Office of Kentucky Center for Statistics to establish a certified living wage by July 1 and every year thereafter; amend KRS 337.990 to establish civil penalties.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nima Kulkarni
To Economic Development & Workforce Investment (h) on 02/27/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to petitions for orders of protection. [HB-596]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Amend KRS 403.725 and 456.030 to require the court of justice to create protocols to allow law enforcement officers to assist victims in filing a petition for an order of protection.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrielle Camuel
To Judiciary (h) on 02/26/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to property theft. [SB-194]
[Real Estate ]
[Crime ]
[Property Tax ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Amend KRS 514.020 to include alteration, falsification, forgery, or misrepresentation of any instrument involving the conveyance or financing or real property as prima facie evidence of intent to commit theft by unlawful taking; amend KRS 514.030 to establish the penalty for theft of immovable property or real property; amend KRS 15.113 to direct the Attorney General to create notices and publications designed to inform and educate the public regarding the risks posed by deed fraud; amend KRS 15.231 to establish concurrent jurisdiction of the Attorney
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Sponsored by: Sen. Rick Girdler
To Judiciary (s) on 02/20/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to professional dispensing fees for prescription drugs and declaring an emergency. [HB-614]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Amend KRS 304.17A-595 to remove requirement for certain health insurance contracts to provide a temporary minimum dispensing fee to retail independent pharmacies.
Sponsored by: Rep. Myron B. Dossett
To Banking & Insurance (h) on 02/26/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to investor-owned electric utilities. [HB-616]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Amend KRS 278.160 to prohibit the collection of charges and fees for other governmental units by an investor-owned electric utility; prohibit the collection of certain surcharges and amounts that are not directly and exclusively related to the provision of electric service; require investor owned utilities to file new tariffs 90 days after December 30, 2025; EFFECTIVE December 30, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bobby Wayne McCool
To Natural Resources & Energy (h) on 02/26/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to personally identifiable information. [HB-662]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to define terms; prohibit the disclosure of personally identifiable information of judicial officers or their immediate family members by a government agency if a written request not to disclose the information has been made; require a government agency to remove personally identifiable information of a judicial officer or immediate family member within 72 hours of receiving a written request for its removal; establish a civil cause of action for injunctive or declaratory relief for unauthorized disclosure.
Sponsored by: Rep. John C. Blanton
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 146) on 04/01/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to bench warrants. [SB-236]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 455 to limit the duration of bench warrants for failure to appear on a misdemeanor or violation.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brandon D. Smith
2nd Reading, To Rules on 02/28/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to conditions of employment. [SB-246]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Public Health ]
[Religion ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 344 to require employers that mandate employee immunization to allow exceptions based on religious belief or medical contraindication; provide sample form for employee affirmation; establish which health care providers can support a medical exemption; require notice of exemptions; establish civil cause of action for violations and a claim under workers' compensation; amend KRS 344.040 to make it an unlawful practice for employers to require immunizations as a condition of employment from employees who hold sincere
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Sponsored by: Sen. Steve West
To Judiciary (s) on 02/20/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to crisis aversion and rights retention orders. [SB-235]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Establish KRS Chapter 202D and create new sections thereof relating to crisis aversion and rights retention orders; provide limitations on interpretation of the Act; define terms; allow law enforcement officers to petition a court to issue orders when a respondent presents an immediate and present danger of causing serious physical injury to themselves or others through purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm; establish procedures for the filing, review, hearing, service of process, termination, or renewal of the petition and orders; provide
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Sponsored by: Sen. David Yates
To Judiciary (s) on 02/20/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to interrogation of children. [SB-264]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 610 to define terms; prohibit a child from being interrogated using deceptive methods; create a new rule of evidence to limit the admissibility of statements made in the interrogation of a child in violation of statute.
Sponsored by: Sen. Keturah Herron
To Judiciary (s) on 02/20/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to codes of ethics for local governments. [SB-231]
[Ethics ]
Amend KRS 65.003 to state that an appeal from a final order issued by a person or group responsible for enforcement of a code of ethics may be taken to the Circuit Court of the county in which that person or group is located; amend KRS 65.8831 to conform.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Yates
To Judiciary (s) on 02/20/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to driving under the influence of marijuana. [SB-230]
[Cannabis ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Amend KRS 189A.010 to create a per se limit for a blood level of tetrahydrocannabinol signifying intoxication; amend various sections of the KRS to conform.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Yates
To Judiciary (s) on 02/20/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to employment schedules. [HB-631]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 337 requiring employers to give employees a good-faith schedule of hours to be worked, to have a voluntary standby list of employees who wish to work additional hours, to post weekly schedules at least seven days in advance, and to provide certain rest periods for employees from being scheduled; allow employees to identify time limitations for scheduling work hours; require compensation for employer changes to the schedule; set forth unlawful practices; amend KRS 337.990 to establish a penalty for violations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lindsey Burke
To Economic Development & Workforce Investment (h) on 02/26/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the establishment of a grant database. [HB-635]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 42 to define terms; require the Finance and Administration Cabinet 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
3rd Reading, Passed 97-0 With Floor Amendment (1) on 03/06/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the restoration of Second Amendment rights. [HB-667]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[National Security ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Crime ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237, relating to firearms, to define terms; provide that firearms manufactured in Kentucky shall not be subject to federal law or regulation; require firearms manufactured and sold in Kentucky to have the words "Made in Kentucky" clearly stamped on them; prohibit the state and local enforcement of a federal statute, order, rule, or regulation that does not exist under state law and that purports to regulate a firearm; allow citizens to report evidence of specified state and local entities' noncompliance to the
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Sponsored by: Rep. T.J. Roberts
To Judiciary (h) on 02/26/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to coverage for the treatment of postpartum mood disorders. [HB-683]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Insurance ]
[Children and Youth ]
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for FDA-approved prescription drugs for the treatment of postpartum mood disorders; allow the suspension of the coverage requirement for FDA-approved prescription drugs for the treatment of postpartum mood disorders under qualified health plans if cost defrayment required by the state; amend KRS 205.522, 205.6485, 18A.225, and 164.2871 to require Medicaid, Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program, the state health employee health plan,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Chad Aull
To Banking & Insurance (h) on 02/26/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to employment provisions for employees on parental leave. [HB-598]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to require employers with 50 or more employees to provide 12 weeks of paid parental leave for an employee who has been employed for at least one year; allow an employee to waive the paid parental leave; provide for the promulgation of administrative regulations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrielle Camuel
To Economic Development & Workforce Investment (h) on 02/26/2025