AN ACT relating to premises licensed by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission. [HB-404]
[Gaming ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Create new section of KRS Chapter 230 to direct premises licensed by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission to submit annual reports of criminal activity on their properties to the racing commission by March 1, of each year, beginning in 2024; direct the racing commission to submit annual reports based on this information from their licensees to the Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary by September 1 of each year beginning in 2024.
HB-404: AN ACT relating to premises licensed by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission.
Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown
Introduced In House on 02/21/2023
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Infant Mortality Task Force. [HCR-54]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establish the Infant Mortality Task Force; list duties and members of the task force; require the task force to meet monthly during the 2023 Interim of the General Assembly and to submit a report by December 1, 2023.
HCR-54: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Infant Mortality Task Force.
Sponsored by: Rep. Pamela D. Stevenson
Introduced In House on 02/21/2023
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AN ACT relating to child abuse. [SB-229]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Amend KRS 620.030 to remove the requirement that a supervisor make an additional report to the proper authorities regarding a report made to them of suspected abuse; require an oral report of child abuse and notification of a supervisor; add the requirement that a supervisor cooperate with the investigation of a report; amend KRS 620.040 to require an agency that is the reporting source to notify other involved agencies; amend KRS 620.072 to allow the cabinet to choose announced or unannounced visits following alleged child abuse reports.
SB-229: AN ACT relating to child abuse.
Sponsored by: Sen. Julie Adams
Signed By Governor on 03/27/2023
AN ACT relating to education on the Holocaust. [SB-216]
[Education ]
Amend KRS 156.160 to require regulations adopted by the Board of Education to direct the commissioner of education to conduct a survey of school districts regarding Holocaust education every three years beginning with the 2023-2024 school year; require the commissioner to report the results of the survey to the Interim Joint Committee on Education.
SB-216: AN ACT relating to education on the Holocaust.
Sponsored by: Sen. Reginald Thomas
To Education (s) on 02/23/2023
AN ACT relating to maternal health. [SB-215]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to require all health care facilities to provide information on perinatal mood disorders; amend KRS 211.684 to define "state child and maternal fatality review team"; require the Department for Public Health to establish a state child and maternal fatality review team; modify required annual reporting requirements; amend KRS 216.2929 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to report methods of delivery by hospital annually on its website beginning December 1, 2023.
SB-215: AN ACT relating to maternal health.
Sponsored by: Sen. Julie Adams
To Families & Children (s) on 02/23/2023
AN ACT relating to the partial distribution of pari-mutuel racing tax receipts to local governments and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-485]
[Finance ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Gaming ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Amend KRS 138.510 to allocate moneys to a newly created fund from the pari-mutuel racing tax distribution; create a new section of KRS Chapter 230 to establish a fund relating to local governments and administered by the Department for Local Government; and amend KRS 131.190 to allow the Department of Revenue to share information relating to the calculation of the new fund's distribution; APPROPRIATION.
HB-485: AN ACT relating to the partial distribution of pari-mutuel racing tax receipts to local governments and making an appropriation therefor.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alan Gentry
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/23/2023
You have voted HB-485: AN ACT relating to the partial distribution of pari-mutuel racing tax receipts to local governments and making an appropriation therefor..
AN ACT relating to state employees. [SB-253]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 18A to require the Personnel Cabinet to study the enhanced opportunities of allowing state employees to telework; require the cabinet to submit a report to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1 each year.
SB-253: AN ACT relating to state employees.
Sponsored by: Sen. Denise Harper Angel
To State & Local Government (s) on 02/23/2023
AN ACT relating to public schools and declaring an emergency. [HB-421]
[Education ]
[Energy ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Construction ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Property Tax ]
Amend KRS 160.160 to allow a local board of education to enter into an agreement for the construction of adjoining road improvements and require the Transportation Cabinet to reimburse the cost of those improvements; authorize a local board to expend funds to ensure adequate connection to those improvements; amend KRS 45A.352 to allow a local school district to request proposals for energy savings contracts based on the decommissioning and sale or transfer of inefficient buildings and the development of new, energy-efficient buildings; amend KRS
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HB-421: AN ACT relating to public schools and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown
Taken From Transportation (s) on 03/16/2023
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION directing the Legislative Research Commission to examine issues affecting school district employment. [HCR-65]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Direct the Legislative Research Commission to conduct a study project relating to public school teachers and the teaching environment, including changing district population size and compensation; designate the Office of Education Accountability to conduct the project establish guidelines for the project; authorize the Office of Education Accountability to seek data necessary to conduct the study from relevant organizations and agencies; require a written report to be submitted by December 1, 2023, to the Interim Joint Committee on Education and
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HCR-65: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION directing the Legislative Research Commission to examine issues affecting school district employment.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bobby Wayne McCool
To Education (h) on 03/02/2023
AN ACT relating to special purpose funds and declaring an emergency. [HB-344]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Public Safety ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 12 to define "relief fund"; direct government agency head, cabinet secretary, or appointed official to provide a report and analysis of all relief funds created to accept and expend funds recieved from any source to provide assistance to entities impacted by an emergency; direct report to be submitted to the Legislative Research Commission by the end of each fiscal year; EMERGENCY.
HB-344: AN ACT relating to special purpose funds and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored by: Rep. Myron B. Dossett
Introduced In House on 02/16/2023
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AN ACT relating to a statewide reading research center. [SB-156]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
Amend KRS 164.0207 to establish a statewide reading research center; direct the center and the Kentucky Department of Education to establish annual goals and performance objectives; require KDE to make annual programming and funding recommendations for the center; require KDE to select the center through a competitive proposal process by July 1, 2024, for a five-year contract; amend KRS 151B.406, 151B.409, 154A.130, 156.553, 158.305, 158.792, 158.840, and 164.035 to conform; make Sections 1 through 9 of the Act take effect July 1, 2024.
SB-156: AN ACT relating to a statewide reading research center.
Sponsored by: Sen. Steve West
Signed By Governor on 03/22/2023
AN ACT relating to individual-directed care at the end of life. [HB-304]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to define terms; establish a qualified terminally ill individual's right to voluntarily request medication to self-administer to cause death; require conditions for making the request; permit individual to rescind the request at any time; permit an attending health care provider to provide medication; establish requirements for the attending health care provider to inform individuals and document request; require disposal of unused medications; establish residency requirements for qualified individuals; require
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HB-304: AN ACT relating to individual-directed care at the end of life.
Sponsored by: Rep. Josie Raymond
Introduced In House on 02/15/2023
You have voted SB-147: AN ACT relating to creation of the Office of Safer Communities in the Department for Public Health and making an appropriation therefor..
You have voted HB-326: AN ACT relating to creation of the Office of Safer Communities in the Department for Public Health and making an appropriation therefor..
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AN ACT relating to teachers. [HB-319]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 161 to implement the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact; create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 requiring exit surveys from school personnel leaving employment; require the Kentucky Department of Education to develop a system for reporting exit survey data; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to direct the Council on Postsecondary Education to develop a marketing program to promote the teaching profession; require CPE to provide a report on the status of the program to the Interim Joint Committee on Education
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HB-319: AN ACT relating to teachers.
Sponsored by: Rep. DJ Johnson
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 164) on 03/31/2023
AN ACT relating to sales and use tax exemptions. [HB-285]
[Taxes ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
Amend KRS 139.010 to define "breast pump," "breast pump collection and storage supplies," "breast pump kit," "clothing," "diaper," and "feminine hygiene products"; amend KRS 139.480 to exempt from sales and use tax the sale or purchase of baby bottles, baby wipes, breast pumps, breast pump collection and storage supplies, breast pump kits, diapers, and feminine hygiene products; apply to sales or purchases made on or after July 1, 2023, but before July 1, 2027; require the Department of Revenue to report annually to the Interim Joint Committee on
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HB-285: AN ACT relating to sales and use tax exemptions.
Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/23/2023
AN ACT relating to reproductive health services. [HB-279]
[Healthcare ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for long-acting reversible contraception administered during a postpartum hospital stay; create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to apply for a Medicaid waiver to offer family planning services to certain low-income individuals; require the cabinet to report annually; amend KRS 205.522, 205.6485,164.2871, and 18A.225 to require Medicaid, the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program,
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HB-279: AN ACT relating to reproductive health services.
Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown
Introduced In House on 02/14/2023
AN ACT relating to the exemption of certain postnatal items from sales and use tax. [HB-270]
[Taxes ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Amend KRS 139.010 to define "breast pump," "breast pump collection and storage supplies," "breast pump kit," "children's diapers," "clothing," and "diapers"; amend KRS 139.480 to exempt from the sales and use tax baby bottles, baby wipes, breast pumps, breast pump storage and collection supplies, breast pump kits, and children's diapers from July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2027, and require the Department of Revenue to report the total exemptions each September 1; and amend KRS 131.190 to authorize the Department of Revenue to report on the exemption
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HB-270: AN ACT relating to the exemption of certain postnatal items from sales and use tax.
Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/23/2023
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AN ACT relating to recovery housing. [HB-248]
[Healthcare ]
[Housing ]
[Funding ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Crime ]
Create various new sections of KRS Chapter 222 to define terms; require certification for recovery residences; establish requirements for recovery residences; direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations for the certification of recovery residences; require certain entities to refer individuals only to certified recovery residences; permit local governments to assume inspection and enforcement duties; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to submit an annual report on certified recovery
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HB-248: AN ACT relating to recovery housing.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Poore Moser
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 85) on 03/24/2023