AN ACT relating to disposition of property. [HB-720]
[Real Estate ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 394 to enact the Uniform Electronic Wills Act; define terms; establish the applicability of electronic wills; address the effect of a will electronically executed in another jurisdiction; establish requirements for executing and revoking an electronic will; address records that are not executed in compliance with the requirements for an electronic will; provide requirements for an electronic will to be self-proving; allow for certified paper copies of an electronic will; create new sections of KRS Chapter 394 to
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HB-720: AN ACT relating to disposition of property.
Sponsored by: Rep. Matt Lockett
To Judiciary (h) on 02/27/2025
AN ACT relating to review of financial incentives. [HB-243]
[Finance ]
[Taxes ]
[Economic Development ]
[Agriculture ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Tourism ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 7A to establish the Financial Incentive Review Committee; define terms; specify committee membership, authority, powers and duties; establish requirements for meetings; establish requirements for how the General Assembly shall enact new financial incentives; require agencies to assign a unique identification number for purposes of reporting financial incentives; amend KRS 11.068 to require the annual production of a detailed estimate of the revenue loss resulting from each tax expenditure from the general fund
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HB-243: AN ACT relating to review of financial incentives.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Fleming
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/07/2025
AN ACT relating to inheritance tax. [HB-264]
[Taxes ]
[Children and Youth ]
Amend KRS 140.070 and 140.080 to include a foster child as a Class A beneficiary and to delete language that only applies to deaths occurring prior to July 1, 1995, or between July 1, 1995, and June 30, 1998; apply to estates of decedents who die on or after July 1, 2025.
HB-264: AN ACT relating to inheritance tax.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Grossl
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/07/2025
AN ACT relating to inheritance tax. [HB-785]
[Taxes ]
[Children and Youth ]
Amend KRS 140.070 and 140.080 to include a foster child as a Class A beneficiary and to delete language that only applies to deaths occurring prior to July 1, 1995, or between July 1, 1995, and June 30, 1998.
HB-785: AN ACT relating to inheritance tax.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ruth Palumbo
Introduced In House on 02/26/2024
AN ACT relating to trusts. [HB-771]
[Consumer Protection ]
Amend KRS 386B.1-010 to add definitions; create new sections of Subchapter 5 of KRS Chapter 386B to permit the establishment of spendthrift trusts; establish rules for spendthrift trusts; amend KRS 386B.1-030, 386B.4-110, 386.175, 390.320, 394.035, and 394.640 to conform; repeal KRS 386B.5-010 to 386B.5-060.
HB-771: AN ACT relating to trusts.
Sponsored by: Rep. Matt Lockett
Delivered To Secretary Of State on 04/15/2024
AN ACT relating to inheritance and estate taxes. [HB-308]
[Taxes ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 140 to limit inheritance and estate taxes to deaths occurring before August 1, 2024; amend various sections of KRS Chapter 140 to include a sunset clause for taxes and deductions imposed within the chapter; repeal KRS 140.130 and 140.140, relating to levy and payment of estate tax.
HB-308: AN ACT relating to inheritance and estate taxes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Introduced In House on 01/18/2024
AN ACT relating to revenue and declaring an emergency. [HB-122]
[Taxes ]
[Property Tax ]
[Energy ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Inflation ]
Amends KRS 132.010 and 136.010, relating to certain property taxes, to include certain mains, pipes, pipelines, and conduits in the definition of “real property”; amends KRS 132.590 to declare that property valuation administrators (PVAs) are officers whose jurisdiction and duties are coextensive to that of the Commonwealth as stated in Section 246 of the Constitution of Kentucky, to update the PVA salary schedule, to prohibit PVA salaries from exceeding limits in the Constitution and adjusted for inflation by statute, and to provide that certain
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HB-122: AN ACT relating to revenue and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samara Heavrin
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 200) on 04/17/2024
AN ACT relating to the administration of estates and creating an emergency. [HB-50]
[Real Estate ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Taxes ]
[Property Tax ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 391 to establish the Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act to codify provisions for the creation, administration, modification, termination, and validity of transfer on death deeds; define terms; specify that a transfer on death deed is revocable and shall be nontestmentary; establish requirements for a transfer on death deed and specify the process of recording a transfer on death deed; specify that a transfer on death deed is effective without notice to or acceptance by the beneficiary during the transferor’s
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HB-50: AN ACT relating to the administration of estates and creating an emergency.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Bratcher
2nd Reading, To Rules on 01/25/2024
AN ACT relating to economic fiscal matters. [HB-58]
[Finance ]
[Taxes ]
[Economic Development ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 7A to establish the Tax Expenditure and Economic Development Incentive Review Board and specify the board's membership, authority, powers and duties; establish requirements for board meetings; establish requirements for when the General Assembly enacts new tax expenditures or economic development incentives; require agencies to assign taxpayers a unique number for purposes of reporting tax expenditures and economic development incentives; amend KRS 11.068 to require the annual production of a detailed estimate
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HB-58: AN ACT relating to economic fiscal matters.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Fleming
To Economic Development & Workforce Investment (h) on 01/17/2024
AN ACT relating to taxation and declaring an emergency. [SB-21]
[Taxes ]
[Property Tax ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Amend KRS 132.810 to remove the requirement that totally disabled persons filing for the homestead exemption apply annually and only require a person to reapply if the disability status of the person changes; create a new section of KRS Chapter 140 to sunset inheritance and estate taxes; repeal KRS 140.130 and 140.140 to conform; EMERGENCY.
SB-21: AN ACT relating to taxation and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Meredith
To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 01/03/2024
AN ACT relating to the transfer of property on death. [HB-72]
[Real Estate ]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 394 to establish the Kentucky Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act to codify provisions for the creation, administration, modification, termination, and validity of transfer on death deeds; define terms; specify that a transfer on death deed is not an inter vivos transfer and that transfer occurs at the time of the transferor’s death; specify that the transferor retains the power to revoke a transfer on death deed; enumerate that a transfer on deed is nontestmentary; establish requirements for a transfer
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HB-72: AN ACT relating to the transfer of property on death.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Banta
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/23/2023
AN ACT relating to economic fiscal matters. [HB-45]
[Finance ]
[Taxes ]
[Economic Development ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 7A to establish the Tax Expenditure and Economic Development Incentive Review Board and specify the board's membership, authority, powers and duties; establish requirements for board meetings; establish requirements for when the General Assembly enacts new tax expenditures or economic development incentives; require agencies to assign taxpayers a unique number for purposes of reporting tax expenditures and economic development incentives; amend KRS 11.068 to require the annual production of a detailed estimate
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HB-45: AN ACT relating to economic fiscal matters.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Fleming
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/23/2023
AN ACT relating to taxation. [HB-201]
[Taxes ]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Gaming ]
[Finance ]
[Small Business ]
Amend KRS 132.020 to freeze the state property tax rate and eliminate the tax rate reduction for qualified heavy equipment; amend KRS 136.291, 136.500, 136.505, and 136.506 to reinstate the bank franchise tax and exempt financial institutions from corporation income tax and LLET; amend KRS 138.130 to define vapor products and include vapor products in the definition of tobacco products; amend KRS 138.132, 138.135, 138.195, and 138.197 to remove references to vapor products; amend KRS 138.140 to increase the tax on cigarettes, snuff, chewing tobacco,
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HB-201: AN ACT relating to taxation.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/04/2022
AN ACT relating to economic fiscal matters. [HB-143]
[Finance ]
[Taxes ]
[Economic Development ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 7A to establish the Tax Expenditure and Economic Development Incentive Review Board and specify the board's membership, authority, powers and duties; establish requirements for board meetings; establish requirements for when the General Assembly enacts new tax expenditures or economic development incentives; require agencies to assign taxpayers a unique number for purposes of reporting tax expenditures and economic development incentives; amend KRS 11.068 to require the annual production of a detailed estimate
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HB-143: AN ACT relating to economic fiscal matters.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Fleming
Introduced In House on 01/04/2022
AN ACT relating to tax amnesty and declaring an emergency. [HB-176]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Amend KRS 131.400 to allow federal taxes, penalties, fees, or interest referred to the department from the federal government for collection purposes to be included within the tax amnesty program set to begin on October 1, 2022, and end on November 29, 2022; amend KRS 131.410, 131.420, 131.425, 131.440, and 131.445 to conform; amend KRS 131.435 to require the department and the Finance and Administration Cabinet to procure services necessary to implement the tax amnesty program as directed; repeal KRS 131.430; EMERGENCY.
HB-176: AN ACT relating to tax amnesty and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Fleming
Taken From Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 03/14/2022
AN ACT relating to tax expenditures. [HB-575]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Amend various sections in KRS Chapters 132, 138, 139, 140, 141, 143A, 151B, 154, and 243 to eliminate various tax expenditures; repeal various sections in KRS Chapters 138, 139, 140, 143, 143A, 154, 234, and 224 to eliminate various tax expenditures.
HB-575: AN ACT relating to tax expenditures.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Fleming
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/24/2021
AN ACT relating to taxation. [HB-356]
[Taxes ]
[Finance ]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Gaming ]
[Small Business ]
[Property Tax ]
Amend KRS 132.020 to freeze the state property tax rate and eliminate the tax rate reduction for qualified heavy equipment; amend KRS 136.291, 136.505, and 136.506 to reinstate the bank franchise tax and exempt financial institutions from corporation income tax and LLET; amend KRS 138.130 to define vapor products and include vapor products in the definition of tobacco products; amend KRS 138.132, 138.135, 138.195, and 138.197 to remove references to vapor products; amend KRS 138.140 to increase the tax on cigarettes, snuff, chewing tobacco, and
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HB-356: AN ACT relating to taxation.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 02/03/2021
AN ACT relating to tax expenditures. [HB-292]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 7A to establish the Tax Expenditure Oversight Board; amend KRS 11.068 to require the annual production of a detailed estimate of the revenue loss resulting from each tax expenditure from the general fund and road fund; amend KRS 48.111 to require the Governor to include within the executive branch budget recommendation and in the draft budget bill for the executive branch a detailed account of each tax expenditure in addition to the office estimate provided by the consensus forecasting group; amend KRS 131.020
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HB-292: AN ACT relating to tax expenditures.
Sponsored by: Rep. Diane St Onge
Posted In Committee on 02/27/2019
AN ACT relating to taxation. [HB-416]
[Taxes ]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Gaming ]
[Healthcare ]
[Finance ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Small Business ]
[Property Tax ]
Amend KRS 132.020 to freeze the state property tax rate and eliminate the tax rate reduction for qualified heavy equipment; amend KRS 138.130 to define vapor products and include vapor products in the definition of tobacco products; amend KRS 138.140 to increase the tax on cigarettes, snuff, chewing tobacco, and tobacco products; and to remove the discount for modified risk tobacco products; amend KRS 138.143 to require a floor stock tax; amend KRS 138.510 to impose specific surtax amounts on horse racing wagers and to require the revenue generated
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HB-416: AN ACT relating to taxation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/14/2020