AN ACT relating to abandoned property. [HB-733]
[Property Tax ]
Amend KRS 393A.020 to remove the exemption for mineral proceeds from the requirements of the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.
HB-733: AN ACT relating to abandoned property.
Sponsored by: Rep. Chris Freeland
To Judiciary (h) on 02/27/2025
AN ACT relating to regional industrial taxing districts. [HB-707]
[Taxes ]
[Economic Development ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Community Development ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to define terms; allow two or more local governments to form a regional industrial taxing district; establish requirements for an economic development project in a regional industrial taxing district; allow the district to levy a special ad valorem tax; allow local governments to impose an occupational license fee on businesses, trades, and professions performed, rendered, or conducted within a regional industrial taxing district; establish requirements for the occupational license fee and the revenues collected;
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HB-707: AN ACT relating to regional industrial taxing districts.
Sponsored by: Rep. Deanna L. Frazier Gordon
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/26/2025
AN ACT relating to fish and wildlife law enforcement. [HB-767]
[Animals ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Environmental ]
[Crime ]
Amend KRS 15.519 to make game wardens employed by the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources subject to the same requirements for entering or accessing private open land as other law enforcement officers; amend KRS 150.090 to conform; amend KRS 235.310 to make boating enforcement officers employed by the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources subject to the same requirements for entering or accessing private open land as other law enforcement officers.
HB-767: AN ACT relating to fish and wildlife law enforcement.
Sponsored by: Rep. Savannah Maddox
To Tourism & Outdoor Recreation (h) on 02/27/2025
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AN ACT relating to the rights of real property owners. [HB-10]
[Real Estate ]
[Crime ]
[Housing ]
[Public Safety ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 383 to allow a property owner or his or her authorized agent to request a law enforcement officer immediately remove a person unlawfully occupying real property under certain circumstances; provide criminal and civil immunity to law enforcement officers and property owners acting in good faith; create a civil cause of action for wrongful removal; require the Department of Kentucky State Police to create a form for the petition to remove unlawful occupants; amend KRS 512.010 to define "squatter"; amend KRS 512.020
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HB-10: AN ACT relating to the rights of real property owners.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Poore Moser
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 63) on 03/24/2025
AN ACT relating to property theft. [SB-194]
[Real Estate ]
[Crime ]
[Property Tax ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Amend KRS 514.020 to include alteration, falsification, forgery, or misrepresentation of any instrument involving the conveyance or financing or real property as prima facie evidence of intent to commit theft by unlawful taking; amend KRS 514.030 to establish the penalty for theft of immovable property or real property; amend KRS 15.113 to direct the Attorney General to create notices and publications designed to inform and educate the public regarding the risks posed by deed fraud; amend KRS 15.231 to establish concurrent jurisdiction of the Attorney
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SB-194: AN ACT relating to property theft.
Sponsored by: Sen. Rick Girdler
To Judiciary (s) on 02/20/2025
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AN ACT relating to economic relief for local communities of the Commonwealth and declaring an emergency. [HB-605]
[Economic Development ]
[Community Development ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Amend KRS 154.14-020, relating to the GRANT Program, to redefine "eligible grant applicant," "eligible project," "eligible use," "GRANT program," "GRANT program fund," "regional project," and define "qualifying federal entity"; amend KRS 154.14-030 to make technical changes; amend KRS 154.14-040 to modify the dates of the Cabinet for Economic Development's review of grant applications and provide that obligation of funds shall be no more than 12 months with a possible six month extension; amend KRS 154.14-050 to make technical changes and allow
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HB-605: AN ACT relating to economic relief for local communities of the Commonwealth and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Petrie
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 71) on 03/24/2025
AN ACT relating to crisis aversion and rights retention orders. [SB-235]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Establish KRS Chapter 202D and create new sections thereof relating to crisis aversion and rights retention orders; provide limitations on interpretation of the Act; define terms; allow law enforcement officers to petition a court to issue orders when a respondent presents an immediate and present danger of causing serious physical injury to themselves or others through purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm; establish procedures for the filing, review, hearing, service of process, termination, or renewal of the petition and orders; provide
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SB-235: AN ACT relating to crisis aversion and rights retention orders.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Yates
To Judiciary (s) on 02/20/2025
AN ACT relating to vacant and abandoned property. [HB-681]
[Housing ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Real Estate ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to allow a law enforcement officer to enter vacant and abandoned property to remove any person unlawfully occupying the property; specify when property shall be presumed vacant and abandoned; provide criminal and civil immunity to a law enforcement officer acting in good faith.
HB-681: AN ACT relating to vacant and abandoned property.
Sponsored by: Rep. Rachel Roarx
To Judiciary (h) on 02/26/2025
AN ACT relating to property rights to the use of an individual's image. [SB-7]
[Data Privacy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 365 to define terms; establish that every individual has property rights to images of his or her unclothed body; establish how those property rights may be transferred or terminated; provide for liability, enforcement, and damages resulting from a violation of those property rights.
SB-7: AN ACT relating to property rights to the use of an individual's image.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald A. Neal
Received In House on 03/06/2025
AN ACT relating to eminent domain. [HB-630]
[Agriculture ]
[Energy ]
[Real Estate ]
[Property Tax ]
[Environmental ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Create a new section of KRS 262.900 to 262.920 to prohibit the taking of property subject to an agricultural conservation easement by eminent domain; allow public hearing on a proposed taking of property subject to an agricultural conservation easement before the local soil and water conservation district board of supervisors; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to allow an owner of property adjoining a property condemned by eminent domain to bring a civil action against the condemnor for damages to property; create a new section of KRS Chapter
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HB-630: AN ACT relating to eminent domain.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Hale
To Judiciary (h) on 02/26/2025
AN ACT relating to housing development districts. [HB-7]
[Housing ]
[Economic Development ]
[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
[Real Estate ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to define terms; permit a local government to establish a housing development district by following specified procedure; allow a local government to exempt housing developments within the district from planning and zoning following a public hearing; permit other local taxing authorities to participate in the district; allow a local government to accept applications from developers to construct residential homes within the district; allow a local government to negotiate with a developer whose application it
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HB-7: AN ACT relating to housing development districts.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Petrie
To Local Government (h) on 02/21/2025