AN ACT relating to commercial rights to the use of names, voices, and likenesses. [SB-317]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 365 to define terms; establish property rights in every individual's name, voice, or likeness; establish how those property rights may be transferred or terminated; provide for liability, enforcement, and damages resulting from violation of those property rights.
SB-317: AN ACT relating to commercial rights to the use of names, voices, and likenesses.
Sponsored by: Sen. Reginald Thomas
Received In House on 03/13/2024
AN ACT relating to economic relief for local communities of the Commonwealth and declaring an emergency. [HB-723]
Amends KRS 147A.154 and 147A.158 to sunset the existing Government Resources Accelerating Needed Transformation (GRANT) Program as established in the Department for Local Government and to transfer the moneys in the existing fund to the Cabinet for Economic Development to be used in the GRANT Program of 2024; creates subchapter 14 within KRS Chapter 154 to establish the GRANT Program of 2024 under the cabinet, to define terms, to establish the duties of the cabinet in the implementation of the program subject to the approval of the GRANT commission,
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HB-723: AN ACT relating to economic relief for local communities of the Commonwealth and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Heath
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 188) on 04/12/2024
AN ACT relating to independent school districts. [HB-784]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 160 to establish definitions; establish a petition process for citizens of a qualifying city to place the question of creating a new independent district and local board of education within the boundaries of the city; establish the requirements for the question and the board of education provisional election; establish the initial terms of office for the interim board of education and subsequent terms; establish the transition of authorities from the originating school district board of education to the boards
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HB-784: AN ACT relating to independent school districts.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Tipton
Introduced In House on 02/26/2024
AN ACT relating to the acquisition and ownership of real property by a foreign principal. [SB-284]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 381 to define terms; prohibit a foreign principal from acquiring or owning agricultural land; require a foreign principal that owns or acquires agricultural land before the effective date of this Act to register the ownership with the Department of Agriculture; require a purchaser of agricultural land to file an affidavit with the Department of Agriculture attesting that the purchaser is not a foreign principal; authorize the Department of Agriculture to promulgate regulations; prohibit a foreign principal from
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SB-284: AN ACT relating to the acquisition and ownership of real property by a foreign principal.
Sponsored by: Sen. George Wise
To Agriculture (s) on 02/28/2024
AN ACT relating to name, image, and likeness activities of intercollegiate student-athletes and declaring an emergency. [SB-285]
Amends KRS 164.6945 to provide that specified subsections apply to name, image, and likeness agreement activities only to the extent that a national intercollegiate athletic association may lawfully regulate or restrict a student-athlete’s agreements to receive compensation in exchange for his or her name, image, or likeness, including as modified, currently or in the future, by a court of competent jurisdiction and to the extent that the intercollegiate athletic association chooses to do so; EMERGENCY.
SB-285: AN ACT relating to name, image, and likeness activities of intercollegiate student-athletes and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored by: Sen. George Wise
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 194) on 04/16/2024
AN ACT relating to trusts. [HB-771]
Amend KRS 386B.1-010 to add definitions; create new sections of Subchapter 5 of KRS Chapter 386B to permit the establishment of spendthrift trusts; establish rules for spendthrift trusts; amend KRS 386B.1-030, 386B.4-110, 386.175, 390.320, 394.035, and 394.640 to conform; repeal KRS 386B.5-010 to 386B.5-060.
HB-771: AN ACT relating to trusts.
Sponsored by: Rep. Matt Lockett
Delivered To Secretary Of State on 04/15/2024
HB-7698: Defines deed restricted unit. This act would further limit the increase in annual condominium fees for a deed restricted unit to five percent (5%) of the proceeding year's monthly common expenses.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lauren Carson
Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study on 03/12/2024
You have voted HB-7698: Defines deed restricted unit. This act would further limit the increase in annual condominium fees for a deed restricted unit to five percent (5%) of the proceeding year's monthly common expenses..
AN ACT relating to transfers of land. [HB-657]
Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 382 to require that an owner of land comprising a subdivision in a county which has not adopted regulations under KRS Chapter 100, relating to planning and zoning, for the subdivision of land within its boundaries, record a plat of the subdivision in the office of the county clerk, and to establish penalties for violations.
HB-657: AN ACT relating to transfers of land.
Sponsored by: Rep. Randall Bridges
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 205) on 04/18/2024
AN ACT relating to the displaying of flags on personal property. [HB-673]
Create a new section of KRS 381.785 to 381.801 to define "Betsy Ross Flag"; prohibit a planned community association from preventing a home owner from placing a flag pole displaying any version of the American flag, historic versions of the American Flag including the Betsy Ross Flag, or the Kentucky state flag on private property; amend KRS 381.990 to establish a penalty.
HB-673: AN ACT relating to the displaying of flags on personal property.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Bratcher
Introduced In House on 02/22/2024
AN ACT relating to liability for damage to property adjacent to Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission-managed lands. [HB-627]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 150 to define "adjacent landowner" and "commission-managed lands"; waive the sovereign immunity of the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources and establish the department's liability when the operations of commission-managed lands results in damages to property of an adjacent landowner; provide that a claim for damages shall be brought in the county in which the adjacent landowner's property is located, and the action shall not be removed to Franklin District or Circuit Court; provide that the Board of Claims
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HB-627: AN ACT relating to liability for damage to property adjacent to Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission-managed lands.
Sponsored by: Rep. Suzanne Miles
Introduced In House on 02/21/2024
You have voted HB-627: AN ACT relating to liability for damage to property adjacent to Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission-managed lands..
Uniform Act: Guardianship/conservatorship [SB-250]
An Act relating to guardianships, conservatorships, and other protective arrangements; relating to the public guardian; relating to the crime of violating a protective order; amending Rules 6, 6.1, 12(e), and 37.7(a), Alaska Rules of Administration; repealing Rule 9(b)(2)(G)(ii), Alaska Rules of Administration; amending the Alaska Rules of Probate Procedure; and amending Rule 77(c), Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure.
SB-250: Uniform Act: Guardianship/conservatorship
Sponsored by: Sen. Jesse Kiehl
Read The First Time - Referrals on 02/21/2024
AN ACT relating to solar energy. [SB-233]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 96 to define terms; prohibit any utility operating under the chapter from constructing a facility that generates electricity using solar energy if constructing the facility would result in more than one percent of the total land area of any county where the proposed construction is to be located being occupied by solar electric generating facilities; amend KRS 278.020 to prohibit the Public Service Commission from granting an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for a facility that
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SB-233: AN ACT relating to solar energy.
Sponsored by: Sen. Steve West
To Natural Resources & Energy (s) on 03/22/2024
AN ACT relating to education and declaring an emergency. [SB-232]
Repeal and reenact KRS 162.060 to establish that local boards of education shall submit all plans for new public school buildings or additions or alterations of old buildings to the chief state school officer, but prohibit the Kentucky Department of Education from requiring prior approval of the district's plans; amend KRS 156.160 to provide for the approval and appeal process for a district's purchase or disposal of real property; amend KRS 157.420 conform; establish the requirements for a district facilities plan; amend KRS 157.440, 157.615, 157.620,
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SB-232: AN ACT relating to education and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored by: Sen. Whitney Westerfield
Floor Amendment (1) Filed on 03/27/2024
AN ACT relating to short-term rentals. [SB-234]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 100 to define terms related to short-term rentals; make owner-occupied short-term rentals a permitted residential use; permit non-owner-occupied short-term rentals to be subject to a conditional use permit or variance; permit regulation of short-term rentals in certain circumstances if enforcement is in the same manner as other properties; allow planning unit to require permitting for the operation of short-term rentals and enumerate the contents of a permit application, procedures for application, revocation of
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SB-234: AN ACT relating to short-term rentals.
Sponsored by: Sen. Steve West
To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 02/28/2024
Property Assessment [HB-347]
An Act relating to assessment of property, boards of equalization, and certification of assessors; and providing for an effective date.
HB-347: Property Assessment
Sponsored by: Rep. Andrew Josephson
Fiscal Info Forthcoming on 05/14/2024