Military Affairs And Civil Defense
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of United States Army Specialist Chaz R. McGowan. [SR-246]
Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Specialist Chaz R. McGowan.
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A RESOLUTION commemorating the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States Army. [SR-227]
Commemorate the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States Army.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION commemorating the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States Navy. [SR-225]
Commemorate the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States Navy.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION recognizing and honoring Senator Aaron Reed as the first Navy SEAL to serve in the Kentucky Senate. [SR-125]
Recognize and honor Senator Aaron Reed as the first Navy SEAL to serve in the Kentucky Senate.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to benefits for Kentucky National Guard members. [HB-776]
Amend KRS 38.030 to entitle Kentucky National Guard members to receive hazardous duty incentive pay when called to service under Title 32 when an emergency is declared; amend KRS 138.470 to exempt active members of the Armed Forces assigned to Kentucky who are on temporary duty in other locations and current members of the Kentucky National Guard from motor vehicle usage tax on vehicles purchased from Kentucky motor vehicle dealers; amend KRS 164.5161 to allow current National Guard members and their dependents up to 120 total credit hours at a
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Honor and Remember flag. [HB-657]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to define and designate the Honor and Remember flag as the state's emblem of the service and sacrifice of members of the United States Armed Forces who gave their lives in the line of duty; specify locations, dates, and circumstances under which the flag may be displayed; provide that if Congress designates a flag to honor those service members who gave their lives in the line of duty, then that flag shall be used instead of the flag created by Honor and Remember, Inc.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Kentucky Office of the Attorney General to create the Threat Response and Accountability Task Force to determine the chain of command and accountability matrix for a critical incident and declaring an emergency. [SJR-72]
Direct the Kentucky Office of the Attorney General to create a Threat Response and Accountability Task Force to determine the chain of command and accountability matrix for a critical incident; establish task force membership; require the task force to submit a report to the Legislative Research Commission by January 1, 2026; EMERGENCY.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to military-connected educational benefits. [HB-560]
Amend KRS 164.507 to remove degree-seeking requirement for nonremarried spouse and children of a deceased veteran when utilizing educational benefits; require students to use federal grant funds toward tuition prior to the use of the waiver; amend KRS 164.515 to expand educational benefit to include service members with a disability rating of 50% or higher; remove degree-seeking requirement; require students to use federal grant funds toward tuition prior to the use of the waiver.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the posting of veterans' benefits and services. [HB-551]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to require the Kentucky Department of Veterans' Affairs to create and distribute a veterans' benefits and services document to employers and require employers to keep copies of a veterans' benefits and services document in a conspicuous and accessible place.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Emergency Volunteer Corps. [SB-160]
Amend KRS 37.170 to create the Kentucky Emergency Volunteer Corps (KEV Corps) within the Kentucky State Defense Force; create a new section of KRS Chapter 37 to detail KEV Corps eligibility, supervision, training requirements, uniform details, and prohibitions and to create the KEV Corps fund; amend KRS 39B.030 to permit the local emergency management director to use the KEV Corps during a local disaster or emergency; amend KRS 39B.050 to include the KEV Corps as a part of the local disaster and emergency services organization; amend KRS 39B.070
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Veteran-Owned Small Business and Entrepreneur Loan Program. [HB-505]
Create a new section of Subchapter 12 of KRS Chapter 154 to create the Veteran-Owned Small Business and Entrepreneur Loan Program to be administered by the Office of Entrepreneurship; establish requirements and program details; create the Veteran-Owned Small Business and Entrepreneur Loan Program fund from which the office provides loans to qualified veterans of not more than $50,000.
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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-503]
Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to exempt from state and local property taxes real property maintained as the permanent residence of an owner who is an active-duty member or honorably discharged veteran of the United States Armed Forces, the United States Reserve Forces, or the Kentucky National Guard; require the owner to file paperwork with the local assessor to receive the exemption; provide that the exemptions supersede contrary provisions of Sections 170, 171, 172, and 174 of the Constitution of Kentucky; apply
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to cosmetology, esthetics, and nail technology. [HB-497]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 317A to allow reciprocal licensing for cosmetologists, estheticians, and nail technicians; include work experience as a basis for licensure; explicitly include military personnel and spouses; repeal KRS 317A.100, relating to reciprocal licensing and continuing education.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
A JOINT RESOLUTION designating the Kentucky National Guard Memorial Highway in Franklin County. [SJR-59]
Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate the Kentucky National Guard Memorial Highway in Franklin County and erect appropriate signs.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Green Star flag. [HB-468]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to adopt the Green Star flag as the Commonwealth's symbol of continued awareness of military service member and veteran suicide, commitment to recognize and resolve military service member and veteran suicide, and remembrance and honor for the service of those who have died by suicide and their families.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to military affairs. [SB-141]
Amend KRS 36.230 to include gender-neutral language.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to workers' compensation for first responders. [HB-420]
Amend KRS 342.0011, relating to workers' compensation, to expand the definition of "injury" to include psychological injuries for police officers, firefighters, emergency medical services personnel, front-line staff members, or members of the National Guard; create a new section of KRS Chapter 342 to establish when psychological injuries are valid workers' compensation claims when not a direct result of a physical injury.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to hunting on state historic battlefield sites. [HB-328]
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.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to military healthcare personnel. [HB-303]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to direct the Kentucky Community and Technical College System to develop academic career pathways and integrated academic bridge programs to prepare military healthcare personnel for licensure in various healthcare-related fields.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the mental health of first responders. [HB-277]
Amend KRS 95A.292 to allow rescue squad members to participate in the Alan "Chip" Terry Professional Development and Wellness Program; create a new section of KRS Chapter 39F to direct the Division of Emergency Management and the Kentucky Fire Commission to enter into an agreement to ensure that rescue squad members have access to the program.