AN ACT relating to the regulation of recovery residences and declaring an emergency. [HB-587]
[Housing ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Community Development ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Safety ]
Amend KRS 222.504 and 222.506 to require that recovery residences be inspected at least annually by state or local officials capable of ensuring compliance with all state and local zoning, building code, and fire safety laws, administrative regulations, and ordinances and establish maximum occupancy standards for recovery residences; amend KRS 222.510 to permit local governments to require an individual or entity seeking to establish a recovery residence to provide notice up to six months in advance to all property owners within 1,000 feet of the
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HB-587: AN ACT relating to the regulation of recovery residences and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
To Local Government (h) on 02/25/2025
AN ACT relating to student health and safety. [HB-589]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
Amend KRS 158.162 to define "critical incident," require investigations in emergency plans for critical incidents, and state the goals of the investigations; amend KRS 158.4410 to task the state school security marshal with investigating serious physical injury or death incidents that occur on school property, at school-sanctioned events, or during interscholastic athletic events; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to outline the parameters of the investigation, require referral of potential criminal charges, and require necessary administrative
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HB-589: AN ACT relating to student health and safety.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
To Primary And Secondary Education (h) on 02/25/2025
Address Confidentiality Program [HB-104]
[Public Safety ]
[Data Privacy ]
An Act creating and relating to the address confidentiality program; and providing for an effective date.
HB-104: Address Confidentiality Program
Sponsored by: Rep. Rebecca Himschoot
Sta Rpt Cs(sta) 6dp on 04/23/2025
Baltimore City - AIDS Prevention Sterile Needle and Syringe Exchange Pilot Program - Revisions [HB-1502]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Renaming the AIDS Prevention Sterile Needle and Syringe Exchange Pilot Program to be the HIV Prevention Syringe Services Program; altering the duties of the Program to provide for the safe distribution of syringes and hypodermic needles and account for the number of hypodermic needles and syringes exchanged and distributed by the Baltimore City Health Department; altering the membership and duties of the Program's oversight committee; altering the immunity provided to Program staff and participants; etc.
HB-1502: Baltimore City - AIDS Prevention Sterile Needle and Syringe Exchange Pilot Program - Revisions
Sponsored by: Rep. Melissa Wells
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 758 on 05/20/2025
Employment Discrimination - Fire and Rescue Public Safety Employees - Use of Medical Cannabis [SB-1023]
[Cannabis ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting an employer from taking certain discriminatory employment actions against a fire and rescue public safety employee based on the employee's use of medical cannabis, subject to certain conditions; and requiring an employer to report an incident of a fire and rescue public safety employee reporting for work while impaired by cannabis to the State Emergency Medical Services Board.
SB-1023: Employment Discrimination - Fire and Rescue Public Safety Employees - Use of Medical Cannabis
Sponsored by: Sen. Carl Jackson
Third Reading Passed (36-8) on 03/17/2025
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Emergency Volunteer Corps. [SB-160]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Public Safety ]
[Military ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Amend KRS 37.170 to create the Kentucky Emergency Volunteer Corps (KEV Corps) within the Kentucky State Defense Force; create a new section of KRS Chapter 37 to detail KEV Corps eligibility, supervision, training requirements, uniform details, and prohibitions and to create the KEV Corps fund; amend KRS 39B.030 to permit the local emergency management director to use the KEV Corps during a local disaster or emergency; amend KRS 39B.050 to include the KEV Corps as a part of the local disaster and emergency services organization; amend KRS 39B.070
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SB-160: AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Emergency Volunteer Corps.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Givens
To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 02/18/2025
AN ACT relating to workplace safety. [HB-536]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 338 to require employers to develop emergency action plans for the workplace; establish minimum requirements for the plans.
HB-536: AN ACT relating to workplace safety.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nima Kulkarni
To Economic Development & Workforce Investment (h) on 02/21/2025
SB-1262: Relating to measures for ensuring public school safety, including the commissioning of peace officers by the Texas Education Agency, the composition of the board of directors of the Texas School Safety Center, and public school safety and security requirements and resources.
Sponsored by: Sen. Royce West
Not Again Placed On Intent Calendar on 05/19/2025
You have voted SB-1262: Relating to measures for ensuring public school safety, including the commissioning of peace officers by the Texas Education Agency, the composition of the board of directors of the Texas School Safety Center, and public school safety and security requirements and resources..
AN ACT relating to school construction. [HB-433]
[Construction ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Amend KRS 158.447 to require local school boards to consult with the Center for School Safety when constructing or renovating school buildings.
HB-433: AN ACT relating to school construction.
Sponsored by: Rep. Deanna Frazier Gordon
To Education (s) on 03/07/2025
AN ACT relating to kratom products. [HB-481]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
Amend KRS 217.2202 to eliminate the prohibition on kratom extracts and kratom products that contain greater than two percent 7-hydroxymitragynine; amend KRS 217.2203 to establish that products that contain greater than two percent 7-hydroxymitragynine shall comply with labeling requirements for kratom products but shall not be labeled or marketed as a kratom product; amend KRS 217.2205 to establish that that products that contain greater than two percent 7-hydroxymitragynine shall be subject to administrative regulations promulgated by the Department
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HB-481: AN ACT relating to kratom products.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
To Health Services (h) on 02/14/2025
AN ACT relating to occupational health and safety. [HB-466]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
Amend KRS 338.991 to increase the civil penalties for employers who have violated any provision of KRS Chapter 338, received a citation for a violation of the requirements of KRS Chapter 338, or failed to correct a violation for which a citation has been issued; require the secretary for the Education and Labor Cabinet to annually adjust the maximum civil penalties beginning in 2025 by the percentage increase, if any, in the United State Average Consumer Price Index for all Urban Customers (CPI-U); direct the secretary to begin a three year phase-in
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HB-466: AN ACT relating to occupational health and safety.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
To Economic Development & Workforce Investment (h) on 02/14/2025