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SB91PassDelete original provisions; amend enacted 2024 RS HB 1, HB 6, and HB 265 to provide additional appropriations and provisions for various programs and projects; make stand-alone supplemental appropriations; establish various conditions for supplementa...
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2024-04-27
became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 223)
HB580PassAmends KRS 116.112 to allow the Secretary of State to enter into agreements on behalf of the State Board of Elections to further voter list maintenance practices, and to require that a voter confirm that his or her residence has changed; amends KRS 1...
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2024-04-27
became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 224)
HB147PassAmends KRS 132.017 to define “next regular election,” as it pertains to placing on the ballot the question of whether a local property tax rate shall be levied, to specify that the election may occur in the same or a subsequent calendar year as t...
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2024-04-27
became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 225)
HB244PassAmends KRS 401.020 to require a court to conduct a hearing and consider the best interests of a child when one parent refuses or is unable to execute a petition for a name change for a minor child; creates a new section of KRS Chapter 403 to define t...
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2024-04-19
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 219)
SJR179PassDirects the Kentucky Community and Technical College System to report findings and present action steps on improving and advancing the system to the Legislative Research Commission by December 10, 2024.
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2024-04-19
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 216)
HB387PassCreates a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to allow the Kentucky Department of Education to enter into an agreement with any building and construction trade organization to develop a training program for school counselors on building and construction t...
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2024-04-19
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 221)
HB484PassCreates a new section of KRS Chapter 311A to establish the emergency medical services education grant program under the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services to be used for student tuition support, agency support, and emergency medical service...
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2024-04-19
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 217)
HB162PassAmends KRS 158.791 to specify the role of the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) in assisting local school districts with mathematics instruction, supports, and interventions and to require KDE to collaborate with designated agencies on mathemati...
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2024-04-19
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 222)
HB459PassAmends KRS 311.844 to require that physician assistants complete continuing education courses on treating Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia, and to allow graduating physician assistants to submit course curriculum on Alzheimer’s dis...
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2024-04-19
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 218)
SJR58PassDirects the Transportation Cabinet to designate memorial highways and bridges throughout the state and erect appropriate signage; and directs the Transportation Cabinet to honor individuals with signs on the Country Music Highway, United States Route...
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2024-04-19
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 220)
HB779PassAmends KRS 117.055, 117.0551, 117.0552, and 117.0557 to update terminology for precinct boundaries from a physical map to a digital file requirement.
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2024-04-18
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 212)
HB40PassCreates a combined Kentucky Board of Certification of Water and Wastewater System Operators; provides for board duties and membership; requires that on or before December 31, 2024, the board, in conjunction with the Drinking Water Advisory Workgroup ...
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2024-04-18
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 206)
HB354PassAmends KRS 61.637 and 78.5540 to require the Department of Education to pay to the Kentucky Public Pensions Authority (KPPA) the health insurance premium reimbursements required for retirees who participated in a hazardous position prior to July 1, 2...
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2024-04-18
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 214)
HB169PassAmends KRS 158.162 to require that local boards of education maintain a portable automated external defibrillator in a public, readily accessible, well-marked location in all school buildings, including elementary school buildings, and at school-sanc...
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2024-04-18
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 208)
HB657PassCreates a new section of KRS Chapter 382 to require that an owner of land comprising a subdivision in a county which has not adopted regulations under KRS Chapter 100, relating to planning and zoning, for the subdivision of land within its boundaries...
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2024-04-18
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 205)
HB499PassRepeals and reenacts KRS 157.069 to define terms, to require the Office of Career and Technical Education (CTE) within the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) to identify CTE programs or pathways as high cost or general cost, to provide for a fund...
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2024-04-18
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 210)
HB214PassCreates a new section of KRS Chapter 210 to define “developmental disabilities,” to state legislative findings for the rights of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and to provide that the Act may be cited as the Frank H...
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2024-04-18
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 211)
SB74PassAmends KRS 18A.225 and 164.2871 to require the state employee health plan and self-insured state postsecondary education institution group health plans to comply with special enrollment and maternity coverage requirements; creates a new section of KR...
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2024-04-18
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 207)
SJR176VetoEstablish the Workforce Attraction and Retention Task Force; list duties and members of the task force; require the task force to meet monthly during the 2024 Interim of the General Assembly; require the Cabinet for Economic Development to hire the c...
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2024-04-18
Vetoed and delivered with Veto Message to Secretary of State
HB449PassAmends KRS 160.170 to amend the oath of office for local board of education members to be consistent with the requirements set forth in KRS 160.180; amends KRS 160.180 to provide alternative methods for a candidate for a board of education to evidenc...
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2024-04-18
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 215)
SB28VetoAmend KRS 311.380 to add definitions; amend KRS 311.400 to add the scope of practice for podiatric residents and podiatric assistants; amend KRS 311.420 to add qualifications to acquire a podiatry license; and amend KRS 311.480 to include podiatric r...
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2024-04-18
Vetoed and delivered with Veto Message to Secretary of State
HB300PassAmends KRS 161.120 to establish the process and procedures for the Education Professional Standards Board to receive and process a complaint against a certificate holder, to establish a specific timeline, to establish specific actions the board may t...
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2024-04-18
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 209)
HB190PassAmends 2024 Ky. Acts. ch. 104, sec. 3 (2024 RS SB 188/GA, sec. 3) to define “national average drug acquisition cost,” to temporarily exempt retail chain pharmacies from minimum drug reimbursement requirement, and to make technical amendment; EFFE...
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2024-04-18
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 213)
SJR170PassDirects the Council on Postsecondary Education to conduct a study on expanding postbaccalaureate program offerings at comprehensive universities; and directs the council to consult with each president of a comprehensive university to consider a regio...
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2024-04-17
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 199)
SB297PassCreates a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to define “National Background Check Program” or “NBCP,” “PACE,” and “PACE service provider,” to exempt PACE service providers from obtaining a health facility license to provide PACE services...
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2024-04-17
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 201)
HB122PassAmends 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 off...
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2024-04-17
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 200)
SB107PassAmends KRS 186.040 to direct $30 of the registration fee for vehicles in excess of 44,000 pounds to the county clerk of the county in which the truck is registered; amends KRS 186.050 to set registration fees for vehicles in excess of 44,000 pounds; ...
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2024-04-17
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 198)
SB167PassAmends KRS 156.160 to require that cursive writing be included as a course of study in all elementary schools beginning in the 2025-2026 school year; and amends KRS 158.6453 to distinguish basic handwriting or penmanship from the definition of “wri...
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2024-04-17
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 203)
SB191PassAmends KRS 164.092 to define “nontraditional age students,” to remove all references to “minority,” to require that any formula not include race-based metrics or targets, to increase the percentage of public university funding based on studen...
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2024-04-17
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 196)
SB249PassCreates a new section of KRS 17.500 to 17.580 to define “social media platform,” to require sex offenders who have committed a criminal offense against a victim who is a minor to display their full legal name on social media platforms, and to pro...
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2024-04-17
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 204)
HB272PassAmends KRS 405.075 to change the definition of “newborn safety device” related to the continuous staffing requirement; and amends KRS 156.095 to require that information on the Safe Haven Baby Boxes Crisis Line be posted in public schools.
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2024-04-17
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 202)
HB829PassAmends KRS 12.020 and KRS 194A.030 to establish the Office of Medical Cannabis, the Division of Enforcement and Compliance, and the Division of Licensure and Access within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; amends KRS 218A.202 to make a tech...
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2024-04-17
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 195)
SB118PassAmends KRS 529.110 to allow notice of trespass to be given through the placement of identifying purple paint marks on property.
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2024-04-17
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 197)
HB469PassCreates a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to define “military-connected student” and “purple star school,” to establish the Purple Star School Program and set requirements for eligibility, and to designate the Kentucky Commission on Military A...
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2024-04-16
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 193)
SJR132PassDirects the Council on Postsecondary Education to conduct a study on transforming the Hazard Community and Technical College into a four-year, residential university; and requires that the results of the study be submitted to the Legislative Research...
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2024-04-16
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 192)
SB285PassAmends KRS 164.6945 to provide that specified subsections apply to name, image, and likeness agreement activities only to the extent that a national intercollegiate athletic association may lawfully regulate or restrict a student-athlete’s agreemen...
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2024-04-16
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 194)
HB13PassCreates a new section of subchapter 21 of KRS Chapter 154 to establish the Kentucky Product Development Initiative of 2024; amends KRS 154.21-015 to define “county population ranking,” “population density,” and “ten (10) year percentage cha...
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2024-04-16
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 191)
SR129Intro
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Confirm the appointment of Jeff Raymer to the Fish and Wildlife Commission for a term expiring on December 31, 2026.
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2024-04-15
adopted 37-0
SR224Intro
25%
Confirm the appointment of Phillipe W. Rich as an administrative law judge in the Department of Workers' Claims.
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2024-04-15
adopted 38-0
SR230Intro
25%
Confirm the reappointment of Scott M. Miller as a member of the Kentucky Workers' Compensation Board for a term expiring January 4, 2028.
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2024-04-15
adopted 38-0
SR236Intro
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Confirm the appointment of Candace McGraw to the Kentucky Community and Technical College System Board of Regents for a term expiring July 21, 2029.
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2024-04-15
adopted 38-0
SR2PassHonor the extraordinary service of Senator John Schickel to the Commonwealth of Kentucky upon his retirement from the General Assembly.
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2024-04-15
adopted by voice vote
SR280Intro
25%
Confirm the reappointment of Samuel T. Wright III to the Board of Claims for a term expiring June 29, 2027.
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2024-04-15
adopted 38-0
SR237Intro
25%
Confirm the reappointment of Ashley Flaugher Himes to the Northern Kentucky University Board of Regents for a term expiring June 30, 2029.
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2024-04-15
adopted 38-0
SR282Intro
25%
Confirm the appointment of Alex Boone to the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees for a term expiring June 30, 2029.
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2024-04-15
adopted 38-0
SR226Intro
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Confirm the reappointment of Marc Christopher Davis as administrative law judge in the Department of Workers' Claims for a term expiring December 31, 2027.
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2024-04-15
adopted 38-0
SR274Intro
25%
Confirm the appointment of Janie Greer to the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees for a term expiring June 30, 2029.
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2024-04-15
adopted 38-0
SR229Intro
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Confirm the appointment of Rhonda Jennings Blackburn to the Morehead State University Board of Regents for a term expiring June 30, 2028.
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2024-04-15
adopted 38-0
SR161PassHonor the Mayfield high School Cardinals, 2023 KHSAA Class 2A football champions.
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2024-04-15
adopted by voice vote
SR277Intro
25%
Confirm the appointment of Kathryn M. Thomas to the Board of Claims for a term expiring June 29, 2025.
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2024-04-15
adopted 38-0
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