AN ACT relating to state personnel. [HB-738]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Agriculture ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 64 to allow the State Treasurer, Auditor of Public Accounts, Secretary of State, Commissioner of Agriculture, and Attorney General to employ persons exempt from approval requirements the classified service as necessary for advice and to carry out policy; permit the State Treasurer, Auditor of Public Accounts, Secretary of State, Commissioner of Agriculture, and Attorney General to increase, by executive order the salary of any classified employee with status to the midpoint of the grade of the employee's classification.
HB-738: AN ACT relating to state personnel.
Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Huff
Received In Senate on 03/12/2025
AN ACT relating to legislative ethics. [HB-731]
[Ethics ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Create new section of KRS 6.601 to 6.849 to prohibit sexual harassment by any legislator or legislative agent to a legislator, legislative, or legislative branch employee; define "sexual harassment."
HB-731: AN ACT relating to legislative ethics.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Poore Moser
Taken From State Government (h) on 02/28/2025
AN ACT relating to paid family leave for state employees. [HB-771]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to provide an employee of the Commonwealth in the judicial or legislative branch of the state government a paid leave of absence of up to six weeks for the birth, adoption, foster care placement, or serious health condition of a child; establish requirements; create a new section of KRS 18A.005 to 18A.200 to provide the paid leave benefits to classified employees in the executive branch of state government; amend KRS 18A.025 and 18A.110 to conform.
HB-771: AN ACT relating to paid family leave for state employees.
Sponsored by: Rep. Chad Aull
To State Government (h) on 02/27/2025
AN ACT relating to communications with elected officials. [HB-715]
[Ethics ]
[Telecommunications ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 prohibiting public entities from requiring, compelling, or incentivizing program participants to communicate with elected officials with a specific political message.
HB-715: AN ACT relating to communications with elected officials.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Donworth
To State Government (h) on 02/27/2025
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AN ACT relating to teacher benefit provisions and declaring an emergency. [SB-9]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Children and Youth ]
Amend KRS 161.155 to require school districts to establish a policy by July 1, 2030, to provide up to 30 days maternity leave to each teacher and employee who gives birth; require school districts to pay the actuarial costs of sick leave to the Teachers' Retirement System (TRS) for future sick leave accruals in excess of 12 days each year; provide that the state will pay the actuarial costs for sick leave accrued as of June 30, 2025, plus up to 12 days accrued each year after June 30, 2025; provide that actuarial costs for sick leave for associations
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SB-9: AN ACT relating to teacher benefit provisions and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jimmy Higdon
Signed By Governor on 03/31/2025
AN ACT relating to jailer service cards issued by the Secretary of State. [SB-193]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 14 to provide for the issuance of jailer service cards by the Secretary of State to jailers who are currently serving or have previously served as jailers in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
SB-193: AN ACT relating to jailer service cards issued by the Secretary of State.
Sponsored by: Sen. Rick Girdler
3rd Reading, Passed 34-0 on 03/07/2025
AN ACT relating to the Public Service Commission. [SB-8]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 278 to establish the membership of the Public Service Commission; provide for the appointment, confirmation, and replacement of commissioners; establish the qualifications of the commissioners; set the terms and term limits for commissioners; amend KRS 278.040 to provide that the commission is an independent department of state government that is administratively attached to the Energy and Environment Cabinet only for the limited functions and purposes that the commission requests; allow the commission, in its
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SB-8: AN ACT relating to the Public Service Commission.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Stivers
Taken From Natural Resources & Energy (s) on 02/21/2025