Military Affairs And Civil Defense
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT amending the 2022-2024 State/Executive Branch biennial budget, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. [HB-262]
Amend the 2022-2024 State/Executive Branch biennial budget to implement a cap for disaster or emergency aid funds under the Military Affairs budget unit in fiscal year 2023-2024 and for the necessary government expense under the Adult Correctional Institutions budget unit in fiscal year 2023-2024; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Petrie
Returned To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 03/08/2024
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AN ACT relating to appropriations measures providing funding and establishing conditions for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and its various officers, cabinets, departments, boards, commissions, institutions, subdivisions, agencies, and other state-supported activities. [HB-6]
The State/Executive Branch Budget: Details Part I, Operating Budget; details Part II, Capital Projects Budget; details Part III, General Provisions; details Part IV, State Salary/Compensation, Benefit, and Employment Policy; details Part V, Funds Transfer; details Part VI, General Fund Budget Reduction Plan; details Part VII, General Fund Surplus Expenditure Plan; details Part VIII, Road Fund Budget Reduction Plan; details Part IX, Road Fund Surplus Expenditure Plan; details Part X, Phase I Tobacco Settlement; and details Part XI, Executive Branch
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Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 175) on 04/12/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Warrant Officer 1 Jeffery Barnes, Sergeant Emilie Marie Eve Bolanos, Chief Warrant Officer 3 Zachary Esparza, Sergeant Isaac John Gayo, Staff Sergeant Joshua Caleb Gore, Warrant Officer 2 Aaron Healy, Staff Sergeant Taylor Mitchell, Chief Warrant Officer 2 Rusten Smith, and Sergeant David Solinas Jr. [SR-65]
Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Warrant Officer 1 Jeffery Barnes Sergeant Emilie Marie Eve Bolanos, Chief Warrant Officer 3 Zachary Esparza, Sergeant Isaac John Gayo, Staff Sergeant Joshua Caleb Gore, Warrant Officer 2 Aaron Healy, Staff Sergeant Taylor Mitchell, Chief Warrant Officer 2 Rusten Smith, and Sergeant David Solinas Jr.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jason Howell
Adopted By Voice Vote on 04/15/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the exemption from hunting and fishing fees for members of the military. [HB-226]
Amend KRS 150.170 to exempt any current member of the Armed Forces of the United States from paying the nonresident fee for hunting and fishing licenses.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Bratcher
Introduced In House on 01/10/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the mental health of first responders. [HB-212]
Amend KRS 95A.292 to allow rescue squad members to participate in the Alan "Chip" Terry Professional Development and Wellness Program; and 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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Received In Senate on 02/28/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the military. [HB-200]
Amends KRS 40.010 and 40.400 to include the United States Space Force in the definition of “Armed Forces”; amends KRS 154.12-203 to include the United States Army Reserve Aviation Command in the membership of the Kentucky Commission on Military Affairs; amends KRS 156.730, the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children, correcting a citation to federal law; amends KRS 156.735 to include the children of National Guard and Reserve personnel within the rights granted under that compact; amends KRS 186.041 to include the United
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Sponsored by: Rep. Billy Wesley
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 100) on 04/05/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to veterans. [SB-94]
Amend KRS 154.12-330 to give preference to veterans in the issuance of small business loans; create a new section of KRS Chapter 151B to require monthly veteran workforce reports; create new sections of Subchapter 12 of KRS Chapter 154 to require annual job training reports by the Kentucky Commission on Military Affairs; require a report on occupational licenses by the Kentucky Commission on Military Affairs; create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to require the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure to review licensing practices for nurses and physicians
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Sponsored by: Sen. David Yates
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (s) on 01/10/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to insurance for loss of income and declaring an emergency. [HB-179]
Amends KRS 304.3-110 to authorize life and health insurers to transact disability income and paid family leave insurance, and to make technical corrections; creates new sections of Subtitle 5 of KRS Chapter 304 to define “disability income insurance” and “paid family leave insurance” and to specify how each is to be classified and filed; amends KRS 304.9-030 to include paid family leave insurance in life and health lines of authority; establishes Subtitle 53 of KRS Chapter 304 and creates new sections thereof to regulate paid family leave insurance,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 99) on 04/05/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the posting of veterans' benefits and services. [HB-168]
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (h) on 02/16/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the National Guard. [HB-149]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 38 to restrict the use of the Kentucky National Guard outside of state active duty unless Congress officially declares war or has taken official action pursuant to the United States Constitution and has satisfied any outstanding balance to the Kentucky National Guard; provide that the Act may be cited as the Defend the Guard Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Savannah Maddox
Introduced In House on 01/04/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to income taxation of military pensions. [HB-123]
Amend KRS 141.019 to exclude all distributions from military pension plans received by retired members of the United States military and their surviving spouses or former spouse under a survivor benefit plan from income taxation for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, but before January 1, 2029; require reporting by the Department of Revenue; amend KRS 131.190 to conform.
Sponsored by: Rep. DJ Johnson
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/07/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to appropriations measures providing funding and establishing conditions for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and its various officers, cabinets, departments, boards, commissions, institutions, subdivisions, agencies, and other state-supported activities. [HB-114]
The Governor's recommended State/Executive Branch Budget: Detail Part I, Operating Budget; detail Part II, Capital Projects Budget; detail Part III, General Provisions; detail Part IV, State Salary/Compensation, Benefit, and Employment Policy; detail Part V, Funds Transfer; detail Part VI, General Fund Budget Reduction Plan; detail Part VII, General Fund Surplus Expenditure Plan; detail Part VIII, Road Fund Budget Reduction Plan; detail Part IX, Road Fund Surplus Expenditure Plan; detail Part X, Phase I Tobacco Settlement; and detail Part XI, Executive
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Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
Introduced In House on 01/03/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to interment in state veterans' cemeteries. [HB-86]
Amend KRS 40.315 to expand interment eligibility in Kentucky state veterans' cemeteries to include eligible National Guard and Reserve service members and their families.
Sponsored by: Rep. Myron Dossett
Posted For Passage For Concurrence In Senate Committee Substitute (1) on 03/28/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to veterans. [HB-30]
Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 40 establishing the Kentucky Service Members, Veterans, and their Families Suicide Prevention Program; and creates a new section of KRS Chapter 337 requiring the Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs to create and distribute a veterans’ benefits and services document to employers and to allow employers to keep copies of the document in a conspicuous and accessible place.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 73) on 04/04/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
A JOINT RESOLUTION designating the Fort Campbell 101st Airborne Division Memorial Highway in Trigg County. [HJR-22]
Designate the Fort Campbell 101st Air Division Memorial Highway in Trigg County and erect appropriate signage.
Sponsored by: Rep. Walker Thomas
Withdrawn on 02/29/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to a motor vehicle usage tax for active duty service members. [SB-19]
Amend KRS 138.460 to provide a tax credit to active duty members of the Armed Forces for taxes paid to another state which are substantially identical to the taxes paid in this state, whether or not the other state grants a similar credit.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Meredith
To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 01/05/2024
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION encouraging the Legislative Research Commission to appoint a task force during the 2023 interim to examine the applicability and acceptance of military occupational experience as it relates to the licensure qualifications of occupations licensed in Kentucky. [SR-267]
Encourage the Legislative Research Commission to appoint a task force during the 2023 interim to examine the applicability and acceptance of military occupational experience as it relates to the licensure qualifications of occupations licensed in Kentucky.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brandon Storm
Introduced In Senate on 03/30/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION encouraging the Legislative Research Commission to appoint a task force during the 2023 interim to examine the applicability and acceptance of military occupational experience as it relates to the licensure qualifications of occupations licensed in Kentucky. [HR-99]
Encourage the Legislative Research Commission to appoint a task force during the 2023 interim to examine the applicability and acceptance of military occupational experience as it relates to the licensure qualifications of occupations licensed in Kentucky.
Sponsored by: Rep. DJ Johnson
Introduced In House on 03/30/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION encouraging the Commonwealth of Kentucky to assist the United States Department of Defense by tasking the Kentucky Commission on Military Affairs, the Transportation Cabinet, and the Department of the Kentucky State Police to coordinate with the Department of Defense and the United States Army Fifth Corps at Fort Knox to develop a potential solution for obtaining Kentucky motor vehicle operator licenses for unlicensed members of the Armed Forces stationed outside the United States. [HR-86]
Encourage the Commonwealth of Kentucky to assist the United States Department of Defense by tasking the Kentucky Commission on Military Affairs, the Transportation Cabinet, and the Department of the Kentucky State Police to coordinate with the Department of Defense and the United States Army Fifth Corps at Fort Knox to develop a potential solution for obtaining Kentucky motor vehicle operator licenses for unlicensed members of the Armed Forces stationed outside the United States.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nancy Tate
Adopted By Voice Vote on 03/30/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION recognizing the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) 2023 Week of the Eagles. [SR-175]
Recognize the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) 2023 Week of the Eagles.
Sponsored by: Sen. Whitney Westerfield
Adopted By Voice Vote on 03/30/2023