AN ACT relating to real property purchased at a master commissioner's sale. [HB-347]
Amend KRS 91.514 and create a new section of KRS Chapter 426 to establish that any residential property that is purchased at a master commissioner's sale or other court-ordered sale in a county that has a land bank authority and was occupied at any time within the two years prior to the sale must undergo renovations within six months of obtaining the title to the property and must be returned to a state of occupancy within specified time periods; define terms; establish a fine of $100 per day payable to the local government for noncompliance.
HB-347: AN ACT relating to real property purchased at a master commissioner's sale.
Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Grossberg
To Local Government (h) on 02/07/2025
AN ACT relating to rights and obligations of landlords and tenants to a residential lease. [HB-359]
Repeal and reenact various sections of KRS Chapter 383 to amend the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; create new sections of KRS Chapter 383 to conform; amend KRS 383.715 to conform; repeal KRS 383.300, 303.302, 383.500, 383.505, 383.515, 383.525, 383.540, 383.580, 383.620, and 383.665; apply to a lease made on or after the effective date of the Act.
HB-359: AN ACT relating to rights and obligations of landlords and tenants to a residential lease.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nima Kulkarni
To Local Government (h) on 02/07/2025
AN ACT relating to hunting on state historic battlefield sites. [HB-328]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 150 to define "state historic battlefield site" and to prohibit hunting on state historic battlefield sites unless approved by the Department of Parks and authorized by the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission in order to meet specific goals of a wildlife management plan for the area; amend KRS 150.990 to establish penalties.
HB-328: AN ACT relating to hunting on state historic battlefield sites.
Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Elliott
To Tourism & Outdoor Recreation (h) on 02/07/2025
AN ACT relating to eminent domain. [HB-353]
Create new sections of KRS 99.700 to 99.730 to allow a commission or alternative government entity to obtain an administrative warrant to inspect blighted or abandoned properties; require commissions and alternative government entities to exercise the power of eminent domain in accordance with KRS 99.700 to 99.730; amend KRS 99.705 to define "abandoned property"; redefine "blighted property"; amend KRS 99.720 to require two notices of local code violations prior to certification of a property as blighted or abandoned; amend KRS 99.725 to require
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HB-353: AN ACT relating to eminent domain.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Hart
To Judiciary (h) on 02/07/2025
HB-5299: Directs RIHousing to work with stakeholders to investigate and determine ways to assist an incorporated homeowners' association to exercise rights to purchase leased land.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph McNamara
Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study on 03/25/2025
You have voted HB-5299: Directs RIHousing to work with stakeholders to investigate and determine ways to assist an incorporated homeowners' association to exercise rights to purchase leased land..
Money Transmission; Virtual Currency [SB-86]
An Act relating to the business of money transmission; relating to licenses for money transmission, licensure requirements, and registration through a nationwide multistate licensing system; relating to the use of virtual currency for money transmission; relating to authorized delegates of a licensee; relating to acquisition of control of a license; relating to record retention and reporting requirements; authorizing the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development to cooperate with other states in the regulation of money transmission;
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SB-86: Money Transmission; Virtual Currency
Sponsored by: Sen. Jesse Kiehl
L&c Rpt 3dp on 03/10/2025
AN ACT relating to property rights. [HB-250]
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 to immediately remove a person unlawfully occupying a residential dwelling or other structure 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; create a new section of KRS Chapter 523 to establish the offense of making a false statement to detain real property.
HB-250: AN ACT relating to property rights.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Riley
To Judiciary (h) on 02/07/2025
AN ACT relating to marketable title. [HB-256]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 381 to define terms; establish what constitutes an unbroken chain of title; establish the interests and rights to which a marketable title is subject; include the procedure for preserving an interest in land; delineate protected interests; establish that the provisions are to be liberally construed.
HB-256: AN ACT relating to marketable title.
Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Flannery
To Judiciary (s) on 02/26/2025
AN ACT relating to school districts. [HB-297]
Amend KRS 160.041 to provide a merger process for any contiguous school districts; require the Kentucky Board of Education to determine the terms of merger for an insolvent district if no agreement between the school districts can be reached, and to promulgate administrative regulations regarding mergers due to insolvency.
HB-297: AN ACT relating to school districts.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Tipton
To Primary And Secondary Education (h) on 02/07/2025
AN ACT relating to local regulatory actions. [HB-215]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 82 to define "city," "project labor agreement," and "public construction project"; permit a city to establish a mandatory preference for awarding public construction project contracts to unions through a negotiated project labor agreement; permit cities to negotiate wages that are higher than the state or federal minimum wage as a condition of the project labor agreement; create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to define "city," "prevailing wage," "prevailing wage rate," and "public works project"; permit a city
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HB-215: AN ACT relating to local regulatory actions.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alan Gentry
To Local Government (h) on 02/07/2025
AN ACT relating to planned communities. [HB-222]
Amend KRS 381.800 to establish that the provisions apply to all planned communities and any provision in an existing document to the contrary is void; make technical correction.
HB-222: AN ACT relating to planned communities.
Sponsored by: Rep. Matt Lockett
To Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (h) on 02/07/2025
HB-5264: Limits rent increases to no more than 4% annually unless the landlord is granted an exemption by the secretary of housing and provides tenants with a civil action to recover damages, including an award of attorneys' fees/punitive damages, for violations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Grace Diaz
Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study on 03/18/2025
You have voted HB-5264: Limits rent increases to no more than 4% annually unless the landlord is granted an exemption by the secretary of housing and provides tenants with a civil action to recover damages, including an award of attorneys' fees/punitive damages, for violations..
HB-5265: Defines the apportionment of financial responsibilities for expenses and improvements to the real property of the life estate between the life tenant and remainder man.
Sponsored by: Rep. Matthew Dawson
Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study on 02/11/2025
You have voted HB-5265: Defines the apportionment of financial responsibilities for expenses and improvements to the real property of the life estate between the life tenant and remainder man..
SB-133: Prohibits the use of service agreements that are unfair to an owner of residential real estate who enters into such an agreement or to persons who may become owners of that real estate in the future.
Sponsored by: Sen. Walter Felag
Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study on 02/11/2025
You have voted SB-133: Prohibits the use of service agreements that are unfair to an owner of residential real estate who enters into such an agreement or to persons who may become owners of that real estate in the future..