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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
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AN ACT relating to economic relief for local communities of the Commonwealth and declaring an emergency. [HB-605]
[Economic Development ]
[Community Development ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Amend KRS 154.14-020, relating to the GRANT Program, to redefine "eligible grant applicant," "eligible project," "eligible use," "GRANT program," "GRANT program fund," "regional project," and define "qualifying federal entity"; amend KRS 154.14-030 to make technical changes; amend KRS 154.14-040 to modify the dates of the Cabinet for Economic Development's review of grant applications and provide that obligation of funds shall be no more than 12 months with a possible six month extension; amend KRS 154.14-050 to make technical changes and allow
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Petrie
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 71) on 03/24/2025
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AN ACT relating to health services. [HB-674]
[Healthcare ]
Amend KRS 216.315 to add gender-neutral language.
Sponsored by: Rep. Suzanne Miles
To Health Services (h) on 02/26/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Honor and Remember flag. [HB-657]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to define and designate the Honor and Remember flag as the state's emblem of the service and sacrifice of members of the United States Armed Forces who gave their lives in the line of duty; specify locations, dates, and circumstances under which the flag may be displayed; provide that if Congress designates a flag to honor those service members who gave their lives in the line of duty, then that flag shall be used instead of the flag created by Honor and Remember, Inc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Bratcher
To State Government (h) on 02/26/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to insurance. [SB-254]
[Insurance ]
Amend KRS 304.5-150 to include gender-neutral language.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jared K. Carpenter
To Banking & Insurance (s) on 02/20/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
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AN ACT relating to teacher benefit provisions and declaring an emergency. [SB-9]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Children and Youth ]
Amend KRS 161.155 to require school districts to establish a policy by July 1, 2030, to provide up to 30 days maternity leave to each teacher and employee who gives birth; require school districts to pay the actuarial costs of sick leave to the Teachers' Retirement System (TRS) for future sick leave accruals in excess of 12 days each year; provide that the state will pay the actuarial costs for sick leave accrued as of June 30, 2025, plus up to 12 days accrued each year after June 30, 2025; provide that actuarial costs for sick leave for associations
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jimmy Higdon
Signed By Governor on 03/31/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
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AN ACT relating to personally identifiable information. [HB-662]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to define terms; prohibit the disclosure of personally identifiable information of judicial officers or their immediate family members by a government agency if a written request not to disclose the information has been made; require a government agency to remove personally identifiable information of a judicial officer or immediate family member within 72 hours of receiving a written request for its removal; establish a civil cause of action for injunctive or declaratory relief for unauthorized disclosure.
Sponsored by: Rep. John C. Blanton
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 146) on 04/01/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to scholarships. [SB-253]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Amend KRS 164.769 to remove repayment obligations from the teacher scholarship program; amend scholorship terms; provide that the scholarship amount shall not exceed the highest in-state tuition rate for a teacher preparation program at a Kentucky public university; amend KRS 164.786 to add eligibility for high school freshmen and sophomores to the dual credit scholarship program; require an approved dual credit course to be in the statewide general education core; permit up to 20 dual credit courses in a teacher and learning career pathway; provide
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jimmy Higdon
To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 02/20/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
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AN ACT relating to the operations of the Department of Law. [SB-244]
[Data Privacy ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Amend KRS 15.010 to establish the Department of Child Support Services and the Office of Data Privacy in the Department of Law; amend KRS 15.111 to conform to existing law and recognize that the Office of Administrative Hearings is created under the Department of Law; amend KRS 15.802, 44.030, 156A.060, 186.570, 237.110, 248.664, and 403.135 and various sections of KRS Chapters 405, 406, and 407 to conform with the transfer of child support enforcement programs to the Department of Child Support Services in the Department of Law; amend various sections
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jason G. Howell
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 59) on 03/24/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the 340B Drug Pricing Program. [HB-685]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216 to define terms; require nonprofit hospitals to submit a 340B Drug Pricing Program report to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services by July 1, 2026, and annually thereafter; direct the Personnel Cabinet to submit a report to the Legislative Research Commission on the impact of the 340B Drug Pricing Program on the Kentucky Employee Health Plan no later than December 1, 2025; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to submit a report to the Legislative Research Commission on the impact of the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Poore Moser
To Health Services (h) on 02/26/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
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A JOINT RESOLUTION relating to contingent appropriations. [HJR-34]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Community Development ]
Declare that the contingent appropriation of capital construction funds to improve and advance the existing Kentucky Community and Technical College System remains under condiseration by the General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Petrie
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 47) on 03/19/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to agriculture. [SB-238]
[Agriculture ]
Amend KRS 247.4477 to add gender-neutral language.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jason G. Howell
To Agriculture (s) on 02/20/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Child Care Assistance Program. [HB-651]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Amend KRS 199.894 to define "Child Care and Development Fund" and "Child Care Assistance Program"; create a new section of KRS 199.892 to 199.896 to establish income eligibility requirements for the Child Care Assistance Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ashley Tackett Laferty
To Families & Children (h) on 02/26/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
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AN ACT relating to student-athletes and declaring an emergency. [SB-3]
[Education ]
[Sports ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Funding ]
Amend KRS 164.6941 to define terms; amend KRS 164.6943 to allow the limitation of earning compensation through a NIL agreement through an institutional agreement between the student-athlete and the institution or affiliated organization; permit an institution or association to require compensation be consistent with the prevailing range of compensation; amend KRS 164.6945 to conform and authorize a student-athlete to receive compensation from an institution or its affiliated corporation through a written institutional agreement; authorize an institution
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Sponsored by: Sen. George Maxwell Wise
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 10) on 03/13/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to cybersecurity. [SB-260]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[National Security ]
Amend KRS 39G.030 to require the executive director of the Office of Homeland Security to submit monthly reports to the Legislative Research Commission and the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue.
Sponsored by: Sen. George Maxwell Wise
To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 02/20/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
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AN ACT relating to education. [SB-207]
[Education ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to establish a procedure for a local board of education to submit a waiver request to the Kentucky Board of Education to waive a statute or administrative regulation; set the terms and limitations of a waivers; authorize the identification of schools of innovation and establish parameters for the status; establish procedures for the renewal of approved waivers; provide the conditions and procedure for rescinding waivers by the state board; authorize the promulgation of administrative regulations to adopt necessary
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Sponsored by: Sen. Steve West
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 113) on 03/27/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the establishment of a grant database. [HB-635]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 42 to define terms; require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to create a grant database that will be a central repository for information on all available state or local government grants; require state and local agencies to report grant opportunities to the Finance and Administration Cabinet for inclusion in the grant database.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
3rd Reading, Passed 97-0 With Floor Amendment (1) on 03/06/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to public schools. [SB-5]
[Education ]
Amend KRS 160.346 to include identification as a state intervention school when a school enters comprehensive support and improvement status and does not make annual improvement for two years or does not exit the status after three years; create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to define "state intervention school"; require the identification of state intervention schools with the 2027-2028 school year; establish the procedures for identification; require the commissioner of education to take management of the state intervention school and develop
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Sponsored by: Sen. Steve West
Taken From Education (s) on 02/28/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to employment provisions for employees on parental leave. [HB-598]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to require employers with 50 or more employees to provide 12 weeks of paid parental leave for an employee who has been employed for at least one year; allow an employee to waive the paid parental leave; provide for the promulgation of administrative regulations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrielle Camuel
To Economic Development & Workforce Investment (h) on 02/26/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Make America Healthy Again Kentucky Task Force to explore ways to integrate the principles of the Make America Healthy Again movement to improve health outcomes of Kentuckians. [HCR-41]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
State the General Assembly's support for the goals of the Make America Healthy Again movement; establish the Make America Healthy Again Kentucky Task Force to integrate the principles of the Make America Healthy Again movement; establish task force membership; require the task force to submit a report with recommendations to the Governor and the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
To Health Services (h) on 02/27/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to certificate of need. [HB-609]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Amend KRS 216B.020, relating to certificates of need, to reformat the list of facilities and services exempt from certificate of need provisions; amend KRS 216B.095 to require rather than permit the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to grant a nonsubstantive review to listed health facilities and services; add a presumption of need and state health plan consistency to health facilities and services granted a nonsubstantive review; amend KRS 216B.062 to prohibit the cabinet from batching applications for certificate of need applications that
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Michael Nemes
To Health Services (h) on 02/26/2025