AN ACT relating to electrical installations. [HB-581]
[Construction ]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 322 and of KRS Chapter 198B to require the use of a licensed electrical engineer to exceed the maximum voltage of 1000 volts for yard and pier distribution systems.
HB-581: AN ACT relating to electrical installations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Upchurch
To State Government (h) on 03/16/2022
AN ACT relating to medicinal cannabis and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-582]
[Cannabis ]
[Finance ]
[Healthcare ]
[Taxes ]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Public Health ]
[Insurance ]
[Funding ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 218A to define terms and establish a medicinal cannabis program; create a new section of KRS Chapter 138 to establish an excise tax on certain transfers of medicinal cannabis; amend KRS 342.815 to establish that the Employer’s Mutual Insurance Authority shall not be required to provide coverage to an employer if doing so would subject the authority to a violation of state or federal law; amend KRS 139.470 to exempt the sale of medical cannabis from the state sales tax; amend KRS 138.870 to exempt medicinal cannabis
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HB-582: AN ACT relating to medicinal cannabis and making an appropriation therefor.
Sponsored by: Rep. Cherlynn Stevenson
Introduced In House on 02/24/2022
AN ACT relating to real estate brokerage. [HB-574]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Amend KRS 324.010 to redefine "real estate brokerage" to include advertising for sale an equitable interest in a contract for the purchase of real property between a property owner and a prospective buyer; amend KRS 324.020 to limit this type of advertising to licensed real estate brokers.
HB-574: AN ACT relating to real estate brokerage.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Meade
Taken From Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (h) on 03/14/2022
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Early Childhood Education Task Force. [SCR-142]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Create the Early Childhood Education Task Force to conduct a comprehensive review of the early childhood caregiving and educational structures and operations in the Commonwealth; outline task force membership; require the task force to meet monthly during the 2022 interim; and require the task force to submit findings and recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2022.
SCR-142: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Early Childhood Education Task Force.
Sponsored by: Sen. Danny Carroll
Adopted 35-0 on 03/14/2022
AN ACT relating to healthcare workers and declaring an emergency. [HB-573]
[Healthcare ]
[Student Loans ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to establish the Healthcare Worker Loan Relief Program for qualifying healthcare workers; establish the guidelines for operating the program; create the healthcare worker loan relief fund; APPROPRIATION.
HB-573: AN ACT relating to healthcare workers and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 226) on 04/20/2022
AN ACT relating to workforce development. [SB-207]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
[Education ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 151B to establish the Kentucky Education and Workforce Collaborative to implement the policies developed by the Kentucky Workforce Innovation Board; establish membership and articulate responsibilities of the collaborative; authorize service coordination and combination service programs; articulate responsibilities of local workforce development boards; establish performance milestones and deadlines for attainment; require annual reporting beginning July 1, 2025.
SB-207: AN ACT relating to workforce development.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jimmy Higdon
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 220) on 04/14/2022
AN ACT relating to land surveyor licensure. [HB-526]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Real Estate ]
[Construction ]
Amend KRS 322.045 to allow a person to qualify for licensure as a land surveyor if he or she has graduated from a two-year board-approved program and has obtained a minimum of six years of progressive experience in land surveying, with four of those years under the direct supervision of a practicing land surveyor; allow graduates of two-year board-approved programs to be eligible to take the Fundamentals of Land Surveying Examination after two years of progressive experience in land surveying and the Principles and Practice of Land Surveying Examination
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HB-526: AN ACT relating to land surveyor licensure.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Tipton
Introduced In House on 02/17/2022
AN ACT relating to community health workers. [HB-525]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Community Development ]
[Children and Youth ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require Medicaid reimbursement for certain services provided by certified community health workers; create new sections of KRS Chapter 309 to establish community health worker certification; amend KRS 205.6497 to require the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program to reimburse certain services provided by certified community health workers.
HB-525: AN ACT relating to community health workers.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 86) on 04/07/2022
AN ACT relating to electricians. [HB-510]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Construction ]
Amend KRS 227A.100 to exempt an electrician from making up continuing education credits that were missed when the continuing education requirement was suspended; limit the eligible suspension period to run from March 1, 2020, to March 31, 2022; make amendments RETROACTIVE to March 31, 2022.
HB-510: AN ACT relating to electricians.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alan Gentry
Introduced In House on 02/16/2022
AN ACT relating to nursing and declaring an emergency. [SB-10]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
[Education ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 314 to define "good standing"; amend KRS 314.041 and 314.051 to establish rules for registered nurses and licensed practical nurses from another state who want to practice in Kentucky; exempt nurses licensed in a nursing compact member state; issue a license by endorsement to international applicants who graduated nursing school and meet the requirements of the NCLEX examination or the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools International, Inc.; amend KRS 314.101 to allow nurses in good standing in
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SB-10: AN ACT relating to nursing and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Mills
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 84) on 04/07/2022
AN ACT relating to veterinarian licensing and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-493]
[Animals ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
Reorganize KRS Chapter 321, relating to veterinary licensing; create new sections of KRS Chapter 321 to set up rules for telehealth, records retention, and veterinary facilities; list license renewal procedures for veterinary technicians, animal euthanasia specialists, and veterinary facilities; require fingerprint-supported criminal records checks for licensing; amend various sections of KRS Chapter 321 to establish rules for occupations and facilities under the chapter, including licensing, license renewal, licensee discipline, authorized activities,
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HB-493: AN ACT relating to veterinarian licensing and making an appropriation therefor.
Sponsored by: Rep. Matthew Koch
Introduced In House on 02/14/2022
AN ACT relating to construction bids. [HB-481]
[Construction ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Economic Development ]
Amend KRS 45A.494 to include a bidding preference of five percent for bidders who certify that 25 percent of their workforce have completed or are in the process of completing a registered apprenticeship and to include a bidding preference of five percent for bidders who certify that 70 percent of their workforce resides either in Kentucky or within 50 miles of the work site; amend KRS 176.082 to conform; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to require the Kentucky Community and Technical College System to offer online courses to fulfill the
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HB-481: AN ACT relating to construction bids.
Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Flannery
Introduced In House on 02/10/2022
AN ACT relating to Medicaid coverage for certified professional midwifery services. [HB-434]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the Department for Medicaid Services and any managed care organization with whom the department contracts for the delivery of Medicaid services to provide coverage for certified professional midwifery services that are provided by a licensed certified professional midwife; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or the Department for Medicaid Services to seek federal approval if they determine that such approval is necessary.
HB-434: AN ACT relating to Medicaid coverage for certified professional midwifery services.
Sponsored by: Rep. Attica Scott
Introduced In House on 02/02/2022
AN ACT relating to youth mental health protection and declaring an emergency. [SB-137]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Healthcare ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 210 define sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts, mental health professional, and public funds; to prohibit mental health professionals from engaging in sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts with a person under 18 years of age or a person who is 18 years or older who is an adult as defined in KRS 209.020 or a ward as defined in KRS 387.510; require violations to be subject to board discipline; prohibit public funds from being used for sexual orientation and gender identity change
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SB-137: AN ACT relating to youth mental health protection and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored by: Sen. Julie Adams
To Health & Welfare (s) on 02/14/2022
AN ACT relating to auctioneer licensure. [HB-436]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Amend KRS 330.070 to change the renewal period from annual to biennial; amend KRS 330.110 establish the conditions upon which the board can issue an emergency suspension of a license; amend KRS 330.120 to authorize the board to issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers, documents, or other evidence pursuant to investigations; amend KRS 330.210 to conform.
HB-436: AN ACT relating to auctioneer licensure.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Meade
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 24) on 03/24/2022
AN ACT relating to veteran employment opportunity, making an appropriation therefore, and declaring an emergency. [HB-409]
[Veterans ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 151B to create the Veteran Accelerated Licensing for Occupational Recruitment Program within the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, define the duties and requirements of the program, require the program to report to the Interim Joint Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection, and permit the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations; create a new section of KRS Chapter 151B to create a VALOR fund for the Veteran Accelerated Licensing for the Occupational Recruitment program;
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HB-409: AN ACT relating to veteran employment opportunity, making an appropriation therefore, and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored by: Rep. DJ Johnson
Introduced In House on 02/01/2022
AN ACT relating to employment discrimination. [HB-426]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Rights ]
Amend KRS 344.040, 344.050, 344.060, 344.070, 344.080, 344.100, and 344.110 to add protections against discrimination based on weight.
HB-426: AN ACT relating to employment discrimination.
Sponsored by: Rep. Josie Raymond
Introduced In House on 02/01/2022
AN ACT relating to the recognition of EMS Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact. [HB-405]
[Healthcare ]
[Veterans ]
[Public Safety ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Military ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 311A to create the Recognition of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact; declare the intent and purpose of the compact; define terms; establish conditions under which an individual can practice in a remote state; require member states to expedite the processing of applications for licensure from veterans, active military service members, and members of the National Guard and Reserves separating from an active duty tour, as well as their spouses; authorize a home state to impose adverse
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HB-405: AN ACT relating to the recognition of EMS Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Hart
Taken From Committee On Committees (h) on 03/14/2022
AN ACT relating to welding safety. [HB-401]
[Construction ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Manufacturing ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 198B to establish requirements for projects requiring structural steel welding such as certification of welders and certified inspectors; provide definitions; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2023.
HB-401: AN ACT relating to welding safety.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tina Bojanowski
Withdrawn on 02/10/2022