AN ACT relating to the governance of the Kentucky School for the Deaf. [SB-214]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Amend KRS 167.017 to set timelines for appointment of a search committee for the superintendent of the Kentucky School for the Deaf and appointment of the superintendent; require prioritization of candidates that will be locally available and commit to full-time duties as superintendent; preclude Department of Education employees or Board of Education members from being appointed as superintendent within one year of employment or membership.
SB-214: AN ACT relating to the governance of the Kentucky School for the Deaf.
Sponsored by: Sen. Amanda Mays Bledsoe
To Education (s) on 02/20/2025
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AN ACT relating to protection of information and declaring an emergency. [SB-4]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Elections ]
[Ethics ]
Amend KRS 42.722 to define terms relating to artificial intelligence; amend KRS 42.726 to require the Commonwealth Office of Technology to establish and implement policy standards for the use of artificial intelligence; create a new section of KRS 42.720 to 42.742 to create the Artificial Intelligence Governance Committee; task the committee with the establishment of responsible, ethical, and transparent procedures for the allowable use, development, and approval of artificial intelligence for any department, program, cabinet, agency, and administrative
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SB-4: AN ACT relating to protection of information and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brandon Jackson Storm
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 66) on 03/24/2025
AN ACT relating to education and declaring an emergency. [HB-653]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Libraries ]
Amend KRS 158.192 to change the definition of "harmful to minors" and define terms; deem material, performances, events, or programs that are obscene, harmful to minors, or contain obscene imagery representing minors as educationally unsuitable and not age appropriate; require principals to remove student access to materials, programs, or events deemed educationally unsuitable or not age appropriate; modify complaint and appeals timelines; require that principal or local board of education report that a material, program, or event was educationally
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HB-653: AN ACT relating to education and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored by: Rep. Josh Calloway
To Primary And Secondary Education (h) on 02/26/2025
AN ACT relating to property fees. [HB-608]
[Property Tax ]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Environmental ]
[Taxes ]
[Finance ]
[Funding ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Public Safety ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 75 to define "premises"; allow a fire protection district or subdistrict, or a volunteer fire department district, to assess a fee against a premises for the costs of maintaining necessary fire protection measures; establish billing and appeals process; set reporting requirements; create a new section of KRS Chapter 75A to define "premises"; allow a consolidated emergency services district board to assess a fee against a premises for the costs of maintaining necessary fire protection measures; establish billing
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HB-608: AN ACT relating to property fees.
Sponsored by: Rep. Candy D. Massaroni
To Local Government (h) on 02/26/2025
AN ACT relating to campaign finance. [SB-206]
[Elections ]
[Finance ]
[Voting Rights ]
Amend KRS 121.015, relating to campaign finance, to define terms; create new sections of KRS Chapter 121 to establish reporting and record retention requirements for political issues committees and persons making independent expenditures; prohibit political issues committees from knowingly and willfully soliciting or accepting contributions from prohibited sources; establish certification requirements for treasurers of political issues committees and donors making contributions and independent expenditures; define activity that creates a presumption
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SB-206: AN ACT relating to campaign finance.
Sponsored by: Sen. Steve Rawlings
To State & Local Government (s) on 02/20/2025
AN ACT relating to coverage for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders screenings. [HB-627]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to allow perinatal mood and anxiety disorders screenings to be claimed as a service for the child as part of the early and periodic, diagnostic and treatment benefit; amend KRS 205.6497 to require the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program to cover perinatal mood and anxiety disorders screenings; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require a health plan to cover perinatal mood and anxiety disorders screenings as part of a well-child or well-baby visit; to suspend the coverage requirement
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HB-627: AN ACT relating to coverage for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders screenings.
Sponsored by: Rep. Chad Aull
To Banking & Insurance (h) on 02/26/2025
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AN ACT relating to the film industry. [SB-1]
[Film Production ]
[Economic Development ]
[Arts and Culture ]
Create new sections of subchapter 12 of KRS Chapter 154 to establish the Kentucky Film Office within the Cabinet for Economic Development for administrative purposes only; establish duties of the office; establish the Kentucky Film Leadership Council to be administratively attached to the Kentucky Film Office; establish duties and membership of the council; amend KRS 12.020 to conform; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2025.
SB-1: AN ACT relating to the film industry.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald A. Neal
Signed By Governor on 03/26/2025
A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to evaluate and report on the repair or replacement of the Great Crossing Dam and declaring an emergency. [HJR-51]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
Direct the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to delay the demolition of the Great Crossing Dam in Georgetown, Kentucky, until after December 31, 2027; direct the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to hold periodic meetings regarding the demolition, repair, or reconstruction of the Great Crossing Dam; direct the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to conduct a study on the repair or reconstruction of the Great Crossing Dam; require a report to be submitted to the Scott County Fiscal Court, the Georgetown City Council, the Interim
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HJR-51: A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to evaluate and report on the repair or replacement of the Great Crossing Dam and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Grossl
To Tourism & Outdoor Recreation (h) on 02/27/2025
You have voted HJR-51: A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to evaluate and report on the repair or replacement of the Great Crossing Dam and declaring an emergency..
AN ACT relating to teachers. [HB-655]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to define terms; establish the future Kentucky teacher scholarship; define eligibility for the program; direct the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to administer the program; provide monetary awards for student loan repayment for eligible students who complete qualified teaching service; establish the future Kentucky teacher scholarship fund.
HB-655: AN ACT relating to teachers.
Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown
To Postsecondary Education (h) on 02/26/2025
AN ACT relating to invasive plant species. [HB-640]
[Environmental ]
[Agriculture ]
[Science ]
[Energy ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
Amend KRS 224.10-100 to authorize the Energy and Environment Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to prevent the spread of invasive, non-native plant species.
HB-640: AN ACT relating to invasive plant species.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jim Gooch
3rd Reading, Passed 97-0 on 03/12/2025
AN ACT relating to wrongful conviction compensation. [SB-262]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Funding ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 411 to establish a cause of action for a person who was wrongfully convicted of a felony in the Commonwealth; specify amounts of damages that may be awarded to claimants; establish the wrongful conviction compensation fund.
SB-262: AN ACT relating to wrongful conviction compensation.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald A. Neal
To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 02/20/2025
AN ACT relating to the Public Service Commission. [SB-8]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 278 to establish the membership of the Public Service Commission; provide for the appointment, confirmation, and replacement of commissioners; establish the qualifications of the commissioners; set the terms and term limits for commissioners; amend KRS 278.040 to provide that the commission is an independent department of state government that is administratively attached to the Energy and Environment Cabinet only for the limited functions and purposes that the commission requests; allow the commission, in its
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SB-8: AN ACT relating to the Public Service Commission.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Stivers
Taken From Natural Resources & Energy (s) on 02/21/2025
You have voted HB-600: AN ACT relating to the Support Education Excellence in Kentucky Program, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency..
AN ACT relating to elections. [SB-233]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Amend KRS 117.020 to allow the State Board of Elections to declare a county a preclearance county if there is a repeated administration of elections in a manner that jeopardizes the free and equal exercise of the franchise; amend KRS 117.022 to require an election manager receive a paid salary; clarify that an election manager shall not be incompatible with any other elected office or employment within the Commonwealth; amend KRS 117.155 to require the county clerk to verify that e-poll books received all data reflecting a registered voter's voting
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SB-233: AN ACT relating to elections.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Yates
To State & Local Government (s) on 02/20/2025
AN ACT relating to medical products. [HB-646]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216 to define "medical product"; prohibit any a public or government entity or any agency or division thereof, from requiring an individual to take, receive, or disclose whether a medical product has been taken or received, unless the manufacturer of the product is liable for any death or injury caused by the product.
HB-646: AN ACT relating to medical products.
Sponsored by: Rep. Savannah Maddox
To Health Services (h) on 02/26/2025
AN ACT relating to recyclers. [HB-663]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
Repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 177.905, 177.910, 177.912, 177.915, 177.920, 177.925, 177.395, 177.940, and 177.950 as new sections of KRS Chapter 190 to place the licensing of recyclers under the Motor Vehicle Commission.
HB-663: AN ACT relating to recyclers.
Sponsored by: Rep. John C. Blanton
To Transportation (h) on 02/26/2025