AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance. [HB-107]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Human Services ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Amend KRS 341.370 to prohibit disqualification from benefits for workers unemployed as a result of domestic violence and abuse, dating violence and abuse, sexual assault, or stalking; create a new section of KRS Chapter 341 to direct the secretary of the Education and Labor Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations; amend KRS 341.125 to require the secretary to provide training to personnel who process claims related to domestic or dating violence and abuse, sexual assault, or stalking and to report to the Legislative Research Commission
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HB-107: AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance.
Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown
To Economic Development & Workforce Investment (h) on 02/04/2025
AN ACT relating to cannabis. [HB-106]
[Cannabis ]
[Crime ]
[Taxes ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to make possession of a personal use quantity of cannabis exempt from civil or criminal penalty; amend KRS 218A.010 to define "cannabis," "personal use quantity of cannabis," and "cannabis accessory"; amend KRS 218A.1422, regarding cannabis possession, to conform; amend KRS 218A.1423, regarding cannabis cultivation, to conform; amend KRS 218A.500, regarding drug paraphernalia, to exempt personal use cannabis accessories; amend KRS 218A.1421, regarding cannabis trafficking, to exempt personal use quantities;
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HB-106: AN ACT relating to cannabis.
Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown
To Judiciary (h) on 02/04/2025
AN ACT relating to professions and occupations. [HB-103]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
Amend KRS 335B.010 to define terms related to licensing and public employment qualifications; amend KRS 335B.020 to narrow the class of offenses to which the chapter applies, prohibit disqualifying individuals from pursing a professional license solely due to a finding that the applicant lacks good character, add consideration of the age of the person at the time the crime was committed, the evidence relevant to the circumstances of the crime, and evidence of rehabilitation in making licensure decisions; amend KRS 335B.030 to require that before
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HB-103: AN ACT relating to professions and occupations.
Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown
To Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (h) on 02/04/2025
AN ACT relating to sales and use tax exemptions for baby and personal care products. [HB-122]
[Taxes ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Healthcare ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Health ]
Amend KRS 139.010, relating to the sales and use taxes, to define terms; 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, menstrual discharge collection devices, and incontinence products; apply to sales or purchases made on or after July 1, 2025, but before July 1, 2029; require the Department of Revenue to report annually to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue the total exemptions claimed
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HB-122: AN ACT relating to sales and use tax exemptions for baby and personal care products.
Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/04/2025
AN ACT relating to a tax credit for volunteer firefighters. [HB-151]
[Taxes ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a refundable income tax credit for certain volunteer firefighters; declare the purpose of the credit; require annual reporting to the Legislative Research Commission and the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue to evaluate the impact of the credit; amend KRS 141.0205 to provide the ordering of the credit; amend KRS 131.190 to allow confidential tax return information to be shared with the Legislative Research Commission and Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue.
HB-151: AN ACT relating to a tax credit for volunteer firefighters.
Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/04/2025
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AN ACT relating to corrections. [HB-136]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Amend KRS 439.3103 to require the Department of Corrections to include in its report certain data on time served by persons released from a correctional institution and on persons released from a correctional institution on parole; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2026.
HB-136: AN ACT relating to corrections.
Sponsored by: Rep. DJ Johnson
Received In House on 03/28/2025
AN ACT relating to individual income tax exclusions. [HB-26]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Amend KRS 141.010 to define "tips" and "overtime compensation"; amend KRS 141.019 to allow an exclusion from gross income for tax purposes for tips and overtime compensation; amend KRS 141.335 to include tips and overtime compensation amounts on employee withholding statement; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the Department of Revenue to report on the exclusions.
HB-26: AN ACT relating to individual income tax exclusions.
Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Huff
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/04/2025
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AN ACT relating to agricultural economic development and declaring an emergency. [SB-28]
[Agriculture ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 246 to create a new agricultural economic development program within the Department of Agriculture; establish the agricultural economic development board; create the agricultural economic development fund; EMERGENCY.
SB-28: AN ACT relating to agricultural economic development and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robin L. Webb
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 118) on 03/28/2025
AN ACT relating to veterans. [SB-32]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Education ]
[Housing ]
Amend KRS 154.12-330 to give preference to veterans in the issuance of small business loans; create a new section of KRS Chapter 151B to require monthly veteran workforce reports; create new sections of Subchapter 12 of KRS Chapter 154 to require annual job training reports by the Kentucky Commission on Military Affairs; require a report on occupational licenses by the Kentucky Commission on Military Affairs; create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to require the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure to review licensing practices for nurses and physicians
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SB-32: AN ACT relating to veterans.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Yates
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (s) on 01/09/2025
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AN ACT relating to education. [HB-48]
[Education ]
Amend KRS 156.557 to increase the time period between mandatory summative evaluations for tenured certified school staff from once every three years to once every five years; provide that additional summative evaluations may be performed at the discretion of the individual's immediate supervisor but shall not be imposed as a uniform requirement across the system; amend KRS 158.060 to provide teachers access to their employment contract upon request; amend KRS 156.095 to require the Department of Education to create and local school districts to
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HB-48: AN ACT relating to education.
Sponsored by: Rep. DJ Johnson
Signed By Governor on 04/01/2025
AN ACT relating to coercive control. [HB-96]
[Crime ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Amend KRS 403.720, relating to orders of protection, to define "coercive control" and "stalking"; amend the definition of "domestic violence and abuse" to include coercive control of a family member or member of an unmarried couple; amend KRS 456.010 to define "coercive control"; amend the definition of "dating violence and abuse" to include coercive control of a person with whom the perpetrator is or has been in a dating relationship; amend KRS 209A.122 to require the Administrative Office of the Courts to provide information on petitions for orders
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HB-96: AN ACT relating to coercive control.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Poore Moser
2nd Reading, To Rules on 02/27/2025
AN ACT relating to bus safety. [SB-31]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Amend KRS 156.153 to define "danger zone"; direct the Department of Education to consider requiring the installation of school bus sensors and interior cameras on new school buses purchased on or after July 1, 2026; direct the department to promulgate administrative regulations; require the department to submit a report on the availability and effectiveness of school bus sensors to the Legislative Research Commission by June 30, 2026; amend KRS 156.990, 160.380, and 189.540 to conform; amend KRS 281.635 to encourage cities to install safety sensors
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SB-31: AN ACT relating to bus safety.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Yates
To Transportation (s) on 01/09/2025
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AN ACT relating to health care. [SB-27]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Science ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 214 to define terms; establish the Kentucky Parkinson's Disease Research Registry within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; direct the secretary of the cabinet to establish the Kentucky Parkinson's Disease Research Registry Advisory Committee and make appointments; require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to designate Parkinson's disease and the identified Parkinsonisms as diseases that are required to be reported to the cabinet, establish a system of collection and dissemination of
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SB-27: AN ACT relating to health care.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert M. Mills
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 85) on 03/25/2025
AN ACT relating to psychologists. [HB-59]
[Mental Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Amend KRS 319.020 to expand the Kentucky Board of Examiners of Psychology from nine members to 11 members; make one of the new members a doctoral-level psychologist and the other a masters-level psychologist; amend KRS 319.030 to require the board to submit its annual report to the Legislative Research Commission and post the report on its website; include both the average and modal time it takes the board to issue or deny a license and to complete the disciplinary process; amend KRS 319.050 to require an applicant to pass examinations related to
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HB-59: AN ACT relating to psychologists.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Fleming
To Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (h) on 02/04/2025
AN ACT relating to marijuana. [SB-33]
[Cannabis ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Amend KRS 218A.1421, 218A.1422, and 218A.1423 to remove penalties for possession, cultivation, or trafficking of up to eight ounces or five plants of marijuana; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to allow expungement of certain convictions relating to cannabis; amend KRS 218A.276 to conform; RETROACTIVE, in part.
SB-33: AN ACT relating to marijuana.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Yates
To Judiciary (s) on 01/09/2025
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky child credit. [SB-47]
[Taxes ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Poverty ]
[Human Services ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a refundable Kentucky child credit for taxpayers with qualifying children under the age of six; authorize a maximum credit of $1,000 per qualifying child for individuals with income below $50,000 for single taxpayers and $100,000 for married taxpayers filing jointly; provide that individuals with incomes above the specified thresholds may be eligible for a reduced child credit; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the credit; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the Department of Revenue to report on the credit.
SB-47: AN ACT relating to the Kentucky child credit.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Yates
To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 02/04/2025
SCR-233: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION directing the Legislative Research Commission to study the impact of administrative regulations on the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adrienne E. Southworth
To Licensing & Occupations (s) on 03/21/2024
You have voted SCR-233: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION directing the Legislative Research Commission to study the impact of administrative regulations on the Commonwealth of Kentucky..
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AN ACT relating to energy policy and declaring an emergency. [SB-349]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to make findings and declarations; defines terms; establishes the Energy Planning and Inventory Commission and administratively attaches it to the University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research (UK CAER); provides for membership of the commission board and executive committee; provides for gubernatorial appointments of members of the commission board and executive committee and requires Senate confirmation of those appointments; requires the election of two of the executive committee members by
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SB-349: AN ACT relating to energy policy and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored by: Sen. George Maxwell Wise
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 172) on 04/12/2024
AN ACT relating to business regulation. [SB-346]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
Amend KRS 14.250 to require the Secretary of State (SOS) to develop, operate, and maintain the Kentucky One-Stop Business Portal (Portal) to facilitate interaction among businesses and governmental agencies in the Commonwealth; mandate that certain elements be included in the development of the Portal; require the framework and informational exchange process to be updated by January 1, 2025; provide for the information and capabilities of the Portal and require the SOS to make the Portal available for public use no later than January 1, 2026; require
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SB-346: AN ACT relating to business regulation.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelley Frommeyer
To State & Local Government (s) on 03/01/2024
AN ACT relating to charitable contributions to school districts. [SB-378]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Ethics ]
[Children and Youth ]
Amend KRS 160.580 to require each superintendent to submit an annual charitable contribution report to the Kentucky Department of Education regarding contributions to the district; establish the minimum contents of the report; require the department to publish each annual charitable contribution report on the department's website; require the department to determine whether a charitable contribution report is delinquent or deficient and notify the public and school district of the violation; prohibit selling or using information about individual
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SB-378: AN ACT relating to charitable contributions to school districts.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adrienne E. Southworth
To Education (s) on 03/01/2024