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.
HB-657: AN ACT relating to the Honor and Remember flag.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Bratcher
To State Government (h) on 02/26/2025
AN ACT relating to a property tax homestead exemption for disabled veterans. [HB-639]
[Property Tax ]
[Veterans ]
[Housing ]
[Taxes ]
[Real Estate ]
[Disabilities ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 132, relating to state and local property taxes, to establish a new homestead exemption for veterans with a service-connected disability; establish requirements for the exemption; allow the permanent residence of a veteran's surviving spouse to continue to receive the exemption; require the Department of Revenue to prescribe forms and an application process for the exemption; apply the exemption to state, county, city, and special district taxes; allow mobile homes, manufactured houses, recreational homes, and
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HB-639: AN ACT relating to a property tax homestead exemption for disabled veterans.
Sponsored by: Rep. Emily Callaway
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/21/2025
AN ACT relating to the protection of veterans' benefits. [SB-198]
[Veterans ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 40 to impose restrictions on persons seeking to receive compensation for advising or assisting with veterans' benefits claims; provide that attorneys and law firms seeking to receive compensation shall be governed by 38 C.F.R. sec.14.636.
SB-198: AN ACT relating to the protection of veterans' benefits.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Yates
2nd Reading, To Rules on 02/28/2025
AN ACT relating to military-connected educational benefits. [HB-560]
[Veterans ]
[Education ]
[Military ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
Amend KRS 164.507 to remove degree-seeking requirement for nonremarried spouse and children of a deceased veteran when utilizing educational benefits; require students to use federal grant funds toward tuition prior to the use of the waiver; amend KRS 164.515 to expand educational benefit to include service members with a disability rating of 50% or higher; remove degree-seeking requirement; require students to use federal grant funds toward tuition prior to the use of the waiver.
HB-560: AN ACT relating to military-connected educational benefits.
Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (h) on 02/25/2025
AN ACT relating to the posting of veterans' benefits and services. [HB-551]
[Veterans ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Services ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to require the Kentucky Department of Veterans' Affairs to create and distribute a veterans' benefits and services document to employers and require employers to keep copies of a veterans' benefits and services document in a conspicuous and accessible place.
HB-551: AN ACT relating to the posting of veterans' benefits and services.
Sponsored by: Rep. Rachel Roarx
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (h) on 02/25/2025
AN ACT relating to state benefits for veterans. [HB-565]
[Veterans ]
[Human Rights ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Amend KRS 12.245, 12.354, 14A.1-070, 16.040, 40.010, 40.310, 40.650, 42.0146, 148.0211, 158.105, 158.140, 161.048, 164.512, 164.515, 186.041, 186.163, and 186.416 to make certain LGBTQ and qualifying veterans, as defined, eligible for state veterans' benefits.
HB-565: AN ACT relating to state benefits for veterans.
Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (h) on 02/25/2025
AN ACT relating to the Veteran-Owned Small Business and Entrepreneur Loan Program. [HB-505]
[Veterans ]
[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Create a new section of Subchapter 12 of KRS Chapter 154 to create the Veteran-Owned Small Business and Entrepreneur Loan Program to be administered by the Office of Entrepreneurship; establish requirements and program details; create the Veteran-Owned Small Business and Entrepreneur Loan Program fund from which the office provides loans to qualified veterans of not more than $50,000.
HB-505: AN ACT relating to the Veteran-Owned Small Business and Entrepreneur Loan Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Chad Aull
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (h) on 02/21/2025
AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to property exempt from taxation. [HB-503]
[Taxes ]
[Veterans ]
[Property Tax ]
[Military ]
Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to exempt from state and local property taxes real property maintained as the permanent residence of an owner who is an active-duty member or honorably discharged veteran of the United States Armed Forces, the United States Reserve Forces, or the Kentucky National Guard; require the owner to file paperwork with the local assessor to receive the exemption; provide that the exemptions supersede contrary provisions of Sections 170, 171, 172, and 174 of the Constitution of Kentucky; apply
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HB-503: AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to property exempt from taxation.
Sponsored by: Rep. William Lee Lawrence
To Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (h) on 02/21/2025
AN ACT relating to the Green Star flag. [HB-468]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to adopt the Green Star flag as the Commonwealth's symbol of continued awareness of military service member and veteran suicide, commitment to recognize and resolve military service member and veteran suicide, and remembrance and honor for the service of those who have died by suicide and their families.
HB-468: AN ACT relating to the Green Star flag.
Sponsored by: Rep. Peyton Griffee
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (h) on 02/14/2025
AN ACT relating to hyperbaric oxygen therapy. [SB-135]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Veterans ]
Amend KRS 217.934 to include a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder as an eligible condition for hyperbaric oxygen therapy; amend KRS 217.936 to include post-traumatic stress disorder to the hyperbaric oxygen therapy written informed consent requirements.
SB-135: AN ACT relating to hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Yates
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (s) on 02/13/2025