AN ACT relating to Kentucky educational excellence scholarships. [SB-54]
Amend KRS 164.7884 to define "proprietary school" and "qualified proprietary school program" and allow use of KEES funds for enrollment in a qualified proprietary school program; amend KRS 165.7879 to allow a student who attends an out-of-state high school or Department of Defense school due to a parent's military transfer to earn a KEES award if the student earned a base amount in a previous year at a Kentucky high school.
SB-54: AN ACT relating to Kentucky educational excellence scholarships.
Sponsored by: Sen. Damon Thayer
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 67) on 03/22/2023
AN ACT relating to motor vehicle usage tax. [HB-87]
Amend KRS 138.470 to exempt active members of the Armed Forces assigned to Kentucky who are on temporary duty in other locations and members of the Kentucky National Guard from motor vehicle usage tax on vehicles purchased from Kentucky motor vehicle dealers; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2023.
HB-87: AN ACT relating to motor vehicle usage tax.
Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/23/2023
AN ACT relating to Kentucky educational excellence scholarships. [HB-85]
Amend KRS 164.7884 to define "proprietary school" and "qualified proprietary school program" and allow use of KEES funds for enrollment in a qualified proprietary school program; amend KRS 165.7879 to allow a student who attends an out-of-state high school or Department of Defense school due to a parent's military transfer to earn a KEES award if the student earned a base amount in a previous year at a Kentucky high school.
HB-85: AN ACT relating to Kentucky educational excellence scholarships.
Sponsored by: Rep. Josie Raymond
2nd Reading, To Rules on 02/22/2023
AN ACT relating to the military. [HB-63]
Amend KRS 40.400, relating to the bonus for Vietnam veterans, to include the United States Space Force in the definition of Armed Forces; amend KRS 156.730, the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children to correct a citation to federal law; amend KRS 156.735 to include the children of National Guard and Reserve personnel within the rights granted under that compact.
HB-63: AN ACT relating to the military.
Sponsored by: Rep. Myron Dossett
Reported Favorably, To Rules on 03/16/2023
AN ACT relating to an exemption of income taxation for military pensions. [HB-19]
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 spouses under a survivor benefit plan from income taxation for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2023; require reporting by the Department of Revenue; amend KRS 131.190 to conform.
HB-19: AN ACT relating to an exemption of income taxation for military pensions.
Sponsored by: Rep. DJ Johnson
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/23/2023
AN ACT relating to the National Guard. [SB-335]
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; establishment a short title of Defend the Guard Act.
SB-335: AN ACT relating to the National Guard.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adrienne Southworth
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (s) on 03/11/2022
AN ACT relating to veterans. [SB-376]
Amend KRS 154.12-330 to give preference to veterans in the issuance of small business loans; create new section of KRS Chapter 151B to require monthly veteran workforce reports; create new sections of Subchapter 2 of KRS Chapter 154 to require annual job training reports by the Kentucky Commission on Military Affairs; create a new section of KRS Chapter 154 to 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
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SB-376: AN ACT relating to veterans.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Yates
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (s) on 03/07/2022
AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 170 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to property exempt from taxation. [SB-267]
Propose an amendment to Section 170 of the Constitution of Kentucky increasing the homestead exemption up to an assessed valuation of $100,000 for owners with a permanent and total 100 percent service-connected disability rating by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs; make the exemption transferrable upon death to the surviving spouse; provide for the continued biennial inflation indexing of the homestead exemption; make various typographical changes of a nonsubstantive nature; state ballot question; submit to voters.
SB-267: AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 170 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to property exempt from taxation.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jimmy Higdon
To State & Local Government (s) on 03/02/2022
AN ACT relating to hunter education. [SB-241]
Amend KRS 150.170 to exempt current and former members of the Armed Forces and certified peace officers from the live-fire component of the hunter education course.
SB-241: AN ACT relating to hunter education.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jimmy Higdon
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 142) on 04/08/2022
AN ACT relating to military-connected educational benefits. [HB-567]
Amend KRS 164.507 to remove degree-seeking requirement for nonremarried spouse and children of a deceased veteran when utilizing educational benefits and 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 70% or higher and remove degree-seeking requirement and require students to use federal grant funds toward tuition prior to the use of the waiver.
HB-567: AN ACT relating to military-connected educational benefits.
Sponsored by: Rep. Patti Minter
Introduced In House on 02/23/2022
HR-71: A RESOLUTION recognizing Kentucky's native daughter, United States Navy Commander Billie J. Farrell, for her extensive service and congratulating her on becoming the 77th Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. Constitution.
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Heath
To House Floor on 04/13/2022
You have voted HR-71: A RESOLUTION recognizing Kentucky's native daughter, United States Navy Commander Billie J. Farrell, for her extensive service and congratulating her on becoming the 77th Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. Constitution..