AN ACT relating to consolidated local governments. [HB-538]
[Community Development ]
[Ethics ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Public Health ]
Amend KRS 67C.111 to decrease the size requirement to establish a new city in a county containing a consolidated local government from 6,000 persons to 3,000 persons; amend KRS 65.003, relating to local ethics, to specify the composition of the commission in a consolidated local government; amend KRS 67C.103 to place controls on council district formation and redistricting and to require regulations issued by local health boards and local solid waste management boards operating under KRS Chapter 109 or 212 that apply to individuals residing or businesses
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HB-538: AN ACT relating to consolidated local governments.
Sponsored by: Rep. Chris Lewis
To Local Government (h) on 02/21/2025
AN ACT relating to government personnel policies and declaring an emergency. [SB-164]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Ethics ]
[Human Rights ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 61 to prohibit a state or local government or public agency from providing preferential treatment to individuals or entities on the basis of religion, race, sex, color, or national origin when they contract or seek employment with the state or local government; define terms; prohibit a state or local government from requiring or incentivizing a person to attend a diversity, equity, and inclusion training or provide any differential treatment or benefits to an individual based on the individual's participation in
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SB-164: AN ACT relating to government personnel policies and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Wilson
To State & Local Government (s) on 02/18/2025
AN ACT relating to state employee health insurance. [SB-155]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Health ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Amend KRS 18A.225 to exclude from the definition of "employee" any employer pursuant to KRS 61.522 that ceases participation in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System by June 30, 2021, once they cease participation in the state employee health insurance plan they may not participate in the future; require minimal participation duration for all benefits administered by the Personnel Cabinet pursuant to KRS 18A.225 to 18A.2287; require health insurance coverage for state employees to provide minimum value that pays over 60 percent of the total cost
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SB-155: AN ACT relating to state employee health insurance.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Nemes
To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 02/18/2025
HB-5525: Exempts teachers and state employees who have been retired for more than three (3) full calendar years, from having their retirement benefit adjustment reduced based upon the funded ratio of the employees' retirement system of Rhode Island.
Sponsored by: Rep. Arthur J. Corvese
Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study on 04/22/2025
You have voted HB-5525: Exempts teachers and state employees who have been retired for more than three (3) full calendar years, from having their retirement benefit adjustment reduced based upon the funded ratio of the employees' retirement system of Rhode Island..
HB-5524: Includes the deputy chief of inspection and inspector within the provision of law related to retirement on service allowance relating to correctional officers.
Sponsored by: Rep. William W. O'Brien
Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study on 06/04/2025
You have voted HB-5524: Includes the deputy chief of inspection and inspector within the provision of law related to retirement on service allowance relating to correctional officers..
SB-257: Changes the teacher and state employees' retirement benefit calculations' cutoff date from July 1, 2024, to July 1, 2012, for all retirement members eligible to and who retire on or after the new July 1, 2012, cutoff date.
Sponsored by: Sen. Walter S. Felag
Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study on 05/08/2025
You have voted SB-257: Changes the teacher and state employees' retirement benefit calculations' cutoff date from July 1, 2024, to July 1, 2012, for all retirement members eligible to and who retire on or after the new July 1, 2012, cutoff date..
AN ACT relating to the waiver of qualified official immunity. [HB-483]
[Education ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to waive qualified official immunity as a defense for employees or agents of public postsecondary education institutions that are not law enforcement officers; amend KRS 164.6949 to conform.
HB-483: AN ACT relating to the waiver of qualified official immunity.
Sponsored by: Rep. T.J. Roberts
To Postsecondary Education (h) on 02/14/2025
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AN ACT relating to initiatives regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion. [HB-4]
[Education ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 164 to define terms; prohibit a public postsecondary education institution from providing differential treatment or benefits on the basis of an individual's religion, race, sex, color, or national origin; from influencing the composition of the student body or scholarship recipients on the basis of religion, race, sex, color, or national origin; from implementing a student housing assignment plan on the basis of religion, race, color, or national origin with designated exceptions; from expending any resources on
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HB-4: AN ACT relating to initiatives regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 120) on 03/28/2025
AN ACT relating to deputy coroner training. [HB-403]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Amend KRS 72.415 to allow the commissioner of the Department of Criminal Justice Training or his or her designee, to grant an extension to a deputy coroner to complete the required training, specify when the extension begins to toll, specify consequences for failure to complete the training within the time period of the extension; delete existing provisions relating to reinstatement and pay modification of deputy coroners who fail to complete the required training.
HB-403: AN ACT relating to deputy coroner training.
Sponsored by: Rep. Deanna L. Frazier Gordon
Reported Favorably, 2nd Reading, To Rules on 03/13/2025
You have voted SB-184: Expands the positions that a person in the state retirement system could have at a state college or university post-retirement..
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AN ACT relating to police department members. [HB-369]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Amend KRS 95.495 to stipulate that the annual leave designated for police officers subject to the section may be accrued over a year's time as established in the personnel policy of the department.
HB-369: AN ACT relating to police department members.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Hart
Signed By Governor on 03/31/2025
AN ACT relating to metropolitan sewer districts. [HB-387]
[Water ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Amend KRS 76.090 to define "CPI"; require that any time a metropolitan sewer district proposes any change to its rates, rentals, or charges that would in aggregate generate revenue in excess of the percent increase in the CPI over the two most recent calendar years, the legislative body of the city or consolidated local government containing the district must approve of the change before it can go into effect; prohibit the expenditure of metropolitan sewer district funds for certain purposes.
HB-387: AN ACT relating to metropolitan sewer districts.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Fleming
To Natural Resources & Energy (s) on 03/11/2025
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AN ACT relating to planning and zoning. [HB-321]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
Repeal, reenact and amend KRS 147A.027 as a new section of KRS Chapter 100 to require the initial orientation training that planning commissioners and board of adjustment members take to occur between one year prior to appointment and one year following appointment and include at least one hour of training on the impact of planning and zoning policies and procedures on housing supply and accessibility; require planning professionals, zoning administrators, administrative officials, and each planning professional's deputies and assistants to take
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HB-321: AN ACT relating to planning and zoning.
Sponsored by: Rep. DJ Johnson
Signed By Governor on 03/25/2025
AN ACT relating to immigrants. [HB-352]
[Immigration ]
[Education ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Amend KRS 164.020 to provide that no alien illegally present in the United States shall be classified as having Kentucky residency for the purpose of public postsecondary education institution tuition; require the Council on Postsecondary Education to obtain and collect from each public postsecondary education institution immigration data on the institution's students and report the data to the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to define terms; prohibit public postsecondary education institutions
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HB-352: AN ACT relating to immigrants.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Hart
To Postsecondary Education (h) on 02/07/2025
AN ACT relating to open meetings. [HB-318]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Amend KRS 61.848 to establish that any formal action of a public agency is voidable by a court if there was not substantial compliance with statutes regarding video teleconferencing of meetings, recording of minutes, and conditions for attendance.
HB-318: AN ACT relating to open meetings.
Sponsored by: Rep. T.J. Roberts
To State Government (h) on 02/07/2025