AN ACT relating to reorganization. [SB-159]
Amend KRS 36.010 to reassign divisions in the Office of Management and Administration to the Office of the Adjutant General; repeal KRS 36.250, 36.255, 36.260, 36.265, and 36.270, relating to the Kentucky Community Crisis Response Board; and confirm Executive Order 2020-1035.
SB-159: AN ACT relating to reorganization.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adrienne Southworth
Posted For Passage For Concurrence In House Floor Amendments (1), (3) And (4-title) on 03/30/2021
AN ACT relating to National Guard leadership. [SB-161]
Amend KRS 36.025 to reflect updated job titles for Air National Guard leadership and to permit National Guard leadership to be employees of the Commonwealth; amend KRS 36.030 to conform.
SB-161: AN ACT relating to National Guard leadership.
Sponsored by: Sen. C.B. Embry
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 110) on 03/24/2021
AN ACT relating to the adjutant general. [SB-147]
Amend KRS 36.040 and 36.070 to redistribute powers and responsibilities from the Facitilites Division of the Deparment of Military Affairs to the Department's adjutant general.
SB-147: AN ACT relating to the adjutant general.
Sponsored by: Sen. Phillip Wheeler
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 109) on 03/24/2021
AN ACT relating to military license plates. [HB-306]
Amend KRS 186.162 to establish an Air Medal license plate; amend KRS 186.164 to set forth eligibility requirements; amend KRS 186.166 to require perpetual production of the plate; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2022.
HB-306: AN ACT relating to military license plates.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sal Santoro
Introduced In House on 02/02/2021
AN ACT relating to operator's licenses for the military. [HB-277]
Amend KRS 186.430 to exempt the KY operator's license requirement for a member of the Armed Forces of the United States, their spouse. and dependent child who hold a valid driver's license from another state when they are assigned to KY but maintain a permanent residence elsewhere.
HB-277: AN ACT relating to operator's licenses for the military.
Sponsored by: Rep. John Blanton
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 65) on 03/22/2021
AN ACT relating to construction projects. [SB-99]
Amend KRS 323.033 to require exempt facilities at Bluegrass Station in specific areas from requirement to have construction contracts executed under the supervision of a licensed architect or professional engineer.
SB-99: AN ACT relating to construction projects.
Sponsored by: Sen. Alice Kerr
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 183) on 04/05/2021
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship. [HB-235]
Amend KRS 164.7883 to provide Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarships eligibility for enrollment in a Navy Reserve Officers Training Corps program at an out-of-state institution located in a state within the Southern Regional Education Board.
HB-235: AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
2nd Reading, To Rules on 03/12/2021
AN ACT relating to the prohibition of patriot penalties in insurance. [HB-196]
Create a new section of Subtitle 20 of KRS Chapter 304 to prohibit insurers from refusing to issue a policy of motor vehicle liability insurance, or imposing an additional premium, solely because the person is uninsured if, during the period the person was without insurance, the person was on military service and absent from the Commonwealth; require insurers to inquire about military service upon application for insurance; provide penalties for insurers who demonstrate a willful pattern of noncompliance.
HB-196: AN ACT relating to the prohibition of patriot penalties in insurance.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Hale
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 17) on 03/15/2021
HB-192: 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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Petrie
Line Item Vetoes #2, #5, #6, And #9 Not Overridden on 03/30/2021
You have voted HB-192: 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..
AN ACT relating to Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarships. [HB-184]
Amend KRS 164.7879 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-184: AN ACT relating to Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarships.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
2nd Reading, To Rules on 03/12/2021
AN ACT relating to emergencies and declaring an emergency. [SB-5]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 39A to provide liability protection for owners of premises during a declared emergency; amend KRS 39A.020 to define terms used; amend KRS 39A.070 and 39A.090 to conform; amend KRS 39A.280 to refine the immunity of the state, private persons, volunteers, professional engineers and architects, and persons providing essential services during an emergency; EFFECTIVE MARCH 6, 2020, for Sections 1, 2, and 5 of the Act; EMERGENCY.
SB-5: AN ACT relating to emergencies and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored by: Sen. Damon Thayer
Became Law Without Governor's Signature (acts Ch. 205) on 04/11/2021
AN ACT relating to an exemption of income taxation for military pensions. [HB-37]
Amend KRS 141.019 to exclude United States military retirees' pension income from income taxation for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2021, and before January 1, 2025; require reporting by the Department of Revenue; amend KRS 131.190 to conform.
HB-37: AN ACT relating to an exemption of income taxation for military pensions.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/04/2021
AN ACT relating to postsecondary readiness. [HB-90]
Amend KRS 158.6455 to require inclusion of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery test as a measurement of postsecondary readiness for the state accountability system.
HB-90: AN ACT relating to postsecondary readiness.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bart Rowland
To Education (s) on 03/05/2021