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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to hunting on state historic battlefield sites. [HB-328]
[Animals ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Recreation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 150 to define "state historic battlefield site" and to prohibit hunting on state historic battlefield sites unless approved by the Department of Parks and authorized by the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission in order to meet specific goals of a wildlife management plan for the area; amend KRS 150.990 to establish penalties.
Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel B. Elliott
To Tourism & Outdoor Recreation (h) on 02/07/2025
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AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 29 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to citizen ballot initiatives. [HB-335]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Propose to amend Section 29 of the Constitution of Kentucky to establish the initiative power of the people to propose laws and to enact or reject proposed initiatives at an election; establish procedures for initiatives, effect of adopted initiatives, and parameters for the subject of any initiative; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown
To Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (h) 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]
[Air Quality ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
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 background checks. [HB-340]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[National Security ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 17 to define terms and require criminal justice agencies to provide criminal history records information to requesting agencies when they are conducting a basic suitability or fitness assessment for federal or contractor employees under 5 U.S.C. sec. 9101; authorize the agency to request a fee of $25 for reimbursement of expenses related to the check; amend KRS 610.340, relating to juvenile justice records, to conform.
Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Grossberg
Reported Favorably, To Rules on 03/13/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT proposing to amend Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to persons entitled to vote. [HB-246]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Disabilities ]
Propose to amend Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prohibit persons adjudged mentally incompetent by a court from voting; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Holloway
To Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments. [HB-291]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 533 to define terms; require the court, upon conviction of the defendant, to consider the defendant's status as a primary caretaker of a dependent child unless the defendant is a violent offender, the victim is a child, or a statute prohibits an alternative sentence; require the court, upon a finding that the defendant is a primary caretaker of a dependent child, to consider an alternative sentence; provide that the defendant shall have the right to present an alternative sentencing plan and a family impact statement
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Poore Moser
To Families & Children (s) on 03/04/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to driving under the influence. [HB-220]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Crime ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Amend KRS 189A.010, relating to driving under the influence, to provide that a third or subsequent offense of driving under the influence within a 10-year period is a Class D felony; provide that if a person is convicted of a third or subsequent offense of driving under the influence the minimum term of imprisonment shall be 120 days; amend KRS 189A.040, 189A.200, 189A.240, and 281A.2102 to conform.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
To Judiciary (s) on 03/04/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to motor vehicle racing. [HB-312]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Amend KRS 189.993 to establish enhanced penalties for a violation of KRS 189.505, including vehicle impoundment and increased fines.
Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown
To Judiciary (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to property rights. [HB-250]
[Real Estate ]
[Crime ]
[Housing ]
[Public Safety ]
[Property Tax ]
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 to immediately remove a person unlawfully occupying a residential dwelling or other structure 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; create a new section of KRS Chapter 523 to establish the offense of making a false statement to detain real property.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Riley
To Judiciary (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to motor vehicle racing. [SB-96]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Amend KRS 189.505, relating to motor vehicle racing, to prohibit knowingly promoting, organizing, or facilitating a motor vehicle race upon any street or highway; amend KRS 189.993 to establish enhanced penalties for a violation of KRS 189.505, including vehicle impoundment, driver's license suspension, and forfeiture of a motor vehicle; amend KRS 186.560, relating to driver's license suspension for violations of various penal and traffic laws, to provide that a person with a second or subsequent violation of KRS 189.505 shall be subject to suspension
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Sponsored by: Sen. David Yates
To Transportation (s) on 02/06/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to civil rights. [SB-102]
[Housing ]
[Insurance ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Real Estate ]
[Human Rights ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Amend KRS 344.010 to define terms; amend KRS 344.020, relating to the purpose of the Kentucky's civil rights chapter, to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity; amend KRS 344.025, 344.040, 344.050, 344.060, 344.070, and 344.080, relating to prohibited discrimination in various labor and employment practices, to include discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity; amend KRS 344.100 and 344.110 to conform; amend KRS 344.120 and 344.140, relating to prohibited discrimination in places
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Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald A. Neal
To Judiciary (s) on 02/06/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to marketable title. [HB-256]
[Real Estate ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 381 to define terms; establish what constitutes an unbroken chain of title; establish the interests and rights to which a marketable title is subject; include the procedure for preserving an interest in land; delineate protected interests; establish that the provisions are to be liberally construed.
Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Flannery
To Judiciary (s) on 02/26/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to coverage of feeding or eating disorders. [HB-244]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Create new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define terms; require health plans to provide coverage for eating or feeding disorder treatment; prohibit health plans from using certain standards, including body mass index, when determining medical necessity or the appropriate level of care for an individual diagnosed with a feeding or eating disorder; amend KRS 304.17C-125, 205.522, 205.6485, 164.2871, and 18A.225 to require limited health services benefit plans, Medicaid, KCHIP, self-insured employer group plans provided by the governing
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Fleming
To Banking & Insurance (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to conversion therapy. [SB-94]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Health ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216 to define terms; direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services (cabinet) to prohibit the direct or indirect use of state and federal funds for the practice of conversion therapy on minors; require state agencies to report providers engaged in conversion therapy efforts with a minor to the appropriate professional certification or licensing board; require the cabinet to update relevant policies and procedures to reflect the prohibition of conversion therapy on minors and to convey the dangers of conversion
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Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Berg
To Health Services (s) on 02/06/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to coverage for hearing loss. [SB-93]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
Amend KRS 304.17A-132 to modify coverage requirements for hearing aids and related services; amend KRS 304.17A-131 to modify coverage requirements for cochlear implants; amend KRS 205.522, 205.6485, 164.2871, and 18A.225 to require Medicaid, KCHIP, self-insured employer group plans provided by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution, and the state employee health plan to comply with the coverage requirements for hearing aids and related services and cochlear implants; provide that various sections apply to health benefit
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Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald A. Neal
2nd Reading, To Rules on 03/13/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to emergency shelters. [HB-299]
[Housing ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
[Community Development ]
[Healthcare ]
[Poverty ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 67 to require county governments to operate at least one emergency shelter for persons experiencing homelessness or to otherwise contract with an operator of an emergency shelter; require an adequate number of beds in the emergency shelter; require the emergency shelter to conform to applicable federal and state law; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations to provide standards for emergency shelters.
Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown
To Local Government (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to coverage for epinephrine devices. [HB-236]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Children and Youth ]
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to cover epinephrine devices for covered persons; limit a covered person's cost-sharing amount to $100 annually; amend KRS 304.17A-099 to exempt the epinephrine device coverage requirement from being suspended under state law due to the triggering of federal cost defrayment requirements; amend KRS 205.522, 205.6485,164.2871, and 18A.225 to require Medicaid, KCHIP, self-insured employer group health plans offered by the governing board of a state postsecondary
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Sponsored by: Rep. John C. Blanton
To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 03/12/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to school districts. [HB-297]
[Education ]
Amend KRS 160.041 to provide a merger process for any contiguous school districts; require the Kentucky Board of Education to determine the terms of merger for an insolvent district if no agreement between the school districts can be reached, and to promulgate administrative regulations regarding mergers due to insolvency.
Sponsored by: Rep. James A. Tipton
To Primary And Secondary Education (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to civil rights. [HB-235]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Rights ]
Repeal and reenact KRS 344.010 to define terms; amend KRS 344.020, relating to the purpose of the Kentucky's civil rights chapter, to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity; amend KRS 344.025, 344.040, 344.050, 344.060, 344.070, and 344.080, relating to prohibited discrimination in various labor and employment practices, to include discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity; amend KRS 210.033, 344.030, 344.100 and 344.110 to conform; amend KRS 344.120 and 342.140, relating to prohibited
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Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown
To Judiciary (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to leave from employment. [HB-287]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Rights ]
Amend KRS 337.415, relating to court-ordered appearances by employees, to define terms; prohibit employers from discharging or retaliating against an employee who is a crime victim when the employee takes leave to attend proceedings associated with a crime; require an employee to give an employer reasonable notice to take leave when practicable; provide guidelines for use of paid leave; require the employer to maintain confidentiality of records and communication with employee crime victim; create a private right of action for improper discharge,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Rachel Roarx
To Economic Development & Workforce Investment (h) on 02/07/2025