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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
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A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Kentucky Community and Technical College System to determine and report findings and actions to improve and advance the existing system. [SJR-179]
[Education ]
Directs the Kentucky Community and Technical College System to report findings and present action steps on improving and advancing the system to the Legislative Research Commission by December 10, 2024.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Stivers
Signed By Governor on 04/19/2024
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AN ACT relating to victims of crime. [SB-319]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
Amends KRS 49.280 to expand definitions relating to crime victims compensation; amends KRS 49.300 to specify duties of the Crime Victims Compensation Board; amends KRS 49.310 to allow family members and caregivers of a victim to file claims; amends KRS 49.330 to increase access for victims to file claims; amends KRS 49.340 to limit the time for an investigation; amends KRS 49.350 to allow a claim in default to be revived; amends KRS 49.360 to increase the allowable amount of emergency awards; amends KRS 49.370 to raise award limits and expand the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald A. Neal
Signed By Governor on 04/04/2024
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AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Product Development Initiative and declaring an emergency. [HB-13]
[Economic Development ]
Creates a new section of subchapter 21 of KRS Chapter 154 to establish the Kentucky Product Development Initiative of 2024; amends KRS 154.21-015 to define “county population ranking,” “population density,” and “ten (10) year percentage change in population” and to redefine other terms; amends KRS 154.21-020 to designate reporting requirements and to restrict the Kentucky Product Development Initiative of 2022 to fiscal years 2022-2023 and 2023-2024; and amends KRS 154.21-035 to make technical corrections; EMERGENCY; June 1, 2024.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Petrie
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 191) on 04/16/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Prescription Drug Affordability Board and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-823]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Insurance ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 194A to establish the Kentucky Prescription Drug Affordability Board; establish the duties and membership of the board; provide that the board be a budgetary unit of the Office of Data Analytics; authorize the board to promulgate administrative regulations; establish conflict of interest requirements for board members, staff, and third-party contractors; create the Kentucky Prescription Drug Affordability Board fund; require the Office of Data Analytics to assess and collect an annual fee from manufacturers and
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sarah Stalker
Introduced In House on 02/26/2024
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AN ACT relating to reporting fines and fees. [HB-820]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Data Privacy ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 27A to define terms; require the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) to develop and maintain a statewide database and searchable public website that contains information on state and local fines and fees assessed in criminal cases and civil enforcement actions; require governmental entities to submit an annual report to the AOC on fines and fees assessed; require the director of the AOC to publish an annual report and submit the report to the Legislative Research Commission, Attorney General, and Governor
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Poore Moser
Introduced In House on 02/26/2024
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AN ACT relating to support systems for English language learners in common schools. [HB-722]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms; establish the English learner enhanced support program under the Department of Education (KDE) to help bring English learners with little or no formal education to grade-level proficiency within three years; require KDE to set standards for program; require KDE to contract provider meeting certain standards and with record of success with qualified English learners; require KDE to identify eligible districts or schools; require KDE to offer program to as many students as funds permit; require
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Riley
To Education (h) on 02/29/2024
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AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments. [HB-725]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 526 to establish a framework for law enforcement wiretaps compliant with federal Title III requirements (18 U.S.C. sec. 2510 et. seq.); repeal and reenact, amend, and repeal various KRS sections to conform; repeal KRS 526.060, which establishes the crime of divulging illegally obtained information; repeal KRS 526.070, which establishes exceptions to the crime of eavesdropping.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Michael Nemes
Introduced In House on 02/26/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to study community-based supportive service options for individuals with a history of aggressive behavior or aggressive sexual behavior. [HJR-105]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to study community-based supportive service options for individuals with a history of aggressive behavior or aggressive sexual behaviors.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert B. Duvall
Introduced In House on 02/26/2024
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AN ACT relating to teachers. [HB-828]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Amend KRS 161.030 to specify that an individual who completes a preparation program and passes the required assessments shall receive a five year professional certificate; specify that an out-of-state teacher who passes the required assessments shall receive a five year professional certificate; remove the provisions for a teacher internship requirement; specify that teacher certification shall be awarded upon successful completion of an educator preparation program or alternative certification pathway and passing of the required assessment and
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Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown
Received In Senate on 03/22/2024
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A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION relating to the establishment of the Penal Code Reform Task Force. [HCR-124]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Direct the Legislative Research Commission to create the Penal Code Reform Task Force; establish membership; require report to the Legislative Research Commission.
Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel B. Elliott
Posted For Passage In The Regular Orders Of The Day For Friday, March 22, 2024 on 03/21/2024
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AN ACT relating to an audit of the Kentucky Department of Education. [HB-825]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Requires the Office of the Auditor of Public Accounts to conduct a full fiscal controls and operational performance audit of the Kentucky Department of Education and to provide the report to the Interim Joint Committee on Education by July 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Poore Moser
Became Law Without Governor's Signature on 04/09/2024
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A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Probate Code Task Force. [HCR-125]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establish the Probate Code Task Force; set membership and reporting date.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Doan
Introduced In House on 02/26/2024
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A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to evaluate and report on services offered to children in out-of-home care settings. [HJR-116]
[Healthcare ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
Direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to evaluate and report on services offered to children in out-of-home care settings.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samara Rae Heavrin
Taken From The Orders Of The Day on 03/27/2024
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AN ACT relating to the partial distribution of pari-mutuel racing tax receipts to local governments and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-815]
[Gaming ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick W. Graham
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 03/05/2024
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AN ACT relating to prior authorization. [SB-270]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
Amend KRS 304.17A-600 to define "health care provider" and "health care service"; make conforming amendments; create new sections of KRS 304.17A-600 to 304.17A-633 to establish eligibility criteria and requirements for prior authorization exemptions; establish requirements for rescinding prior authorization exemptions; set forth requirements for external reviews of prior authorization exemption denials and rescissions; establish requirements for sending forms and notices to health care providers; provide that nothing shall be construed to authorize
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Sponsored by: Sen. Reginald Thomas
To Banking & Insurance (s) on 02/28/2024
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AN ACT relating to the promotion of family well-being and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-734]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Healthcare ]
[Housing ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Insurance ]
[Food ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Education ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Agriculture ]
[Public Health ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 205 to require the eligibility periods for all public assistance programs administered by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services be extended to the maximum period of eligibility permitted under federal law; prohibit the Cabinet for Health and Family Services from relying exclusively on automated, artificial-intelligence based, or algorithmic software in the identification of fraud in programs administered by the cabinet; require Cabinet for Health and Family Services personnel to review relevant documentation
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Sponsored by: Rep. Killian Timoney
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 03/05/2024
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A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Department of Insurance to create a task force to explore the feasibility of implementing a statewide insurance program for long-term care services and supports. [HJR-100]
[Insurance ]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Direct the Department of Insurance to create the Long-term Care Insurance Task Force to explore the feasibility of developing and implementing a statewide insurance program for long-term care services and supports; establish task force membership; require the task force to submit a report with recommendations to the Governor and the Legislative Research Commission by September 1, 2026, and an actuarial report by September 1, 2027.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ruth Ann Palumbo
Introduced In House on 02/22/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
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AN ACT relating to student safety. [SB-2]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Mental Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Healthcare ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Crime ]
Amends KRS 156.095 to require schools to provide suicide prevention awareness twice a year and an opportunity for any student who missed the suicide prevention awareness lesson to receive the lesson at a later time, and to make conforming changes; amends KRS 156.501 to remove existing cost-sharing provisions for the registered nurse required to be employed by the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE); creates a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms, to establish a framework for employment of Kentucky guardians in schools, to specify qualifications
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Sponsored by: Sen. George Maxwell Wise
Became Law Without Governor's Signature on 04/10/2024
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AN ACT relating to the Office of Safer Communities, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. [HB-665]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
[Funding ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Community Development ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Amend KRS 12.020 to place the Office of Safer Communities under the oversight of the Cabinet for General Government; create a new section of KRS Chapter 17 to establish the Office of Safer Communities; appropriate $3,000,000 in fiscal year 2024-2025 to fund the office; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Sen. Keturah Herron
Introduced In House on 02/22/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
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A JOINT RESOLUTION facilitating the deployment of broadband internet service to unserved and underserved citizens in the Commonwealth and declaring an emergency. [SJR-175]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Economic Development ]
Directs the Public Service Commission to promulgate emergency administrative regulations on utility pole attachments for broadband service providers that will address the backlog of pole attachment requests; establishes parameters for preventing delays and backlogs of requests; requires the Public Service Commission to open a docket to receive comments and requests from affected parties; and requires the Public Service Commission to issue a quarterly report to the Legislative Research Commission beginning September 30, 2024; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Sen. Damon Thayer
Signed By Governor on 04/04/2024