Kentucky 2022 Regular Session All Bills
KY
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB289
Introduced
1/13/22
Refer
1/13/22
The Judicial Branch Budget: Detail Part I, Operating Budget; appropriate to Court of Justice: 2021-2022: $11,765,500, 2022-2023: $489,784,300, 2023-2024: $495,509,400; appropriate to Judicial Retirement System: 2021-2022: $18,800, 2022-2023: $5,699,300, 2023-2024: $6,027,300; detail Part II, Capital Projects Budget; detail Part III, General Provisions; detail Part IV, Budget Reduction or Surplus Expenditure Plan; APPROPRIATION.
KY
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB29
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Refer
2/24/22
Report Pass
3/1/22
Engrossed
3/11/22
Refer
3/11/22
Refer
3/15/22
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to prohibit identified entities from enforcing federal firearm bans; prohibit identified entities from adopting rules, regulations, or ordinances that require enforcement of federal firearm bans; and prohibit identified entities from allocating public resources or moneys in the enforcement of federal firearm bans; EMERGENCY.
KY
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB290
Introduced
1/13/22
Refer
1/13/22
Refer
2/15/22
Report Pass
2/16/22
Engrossed
3/15/22
Refer
3/15/22
Refer
3/17/22
Report Pass
3/29/22
Enrolled
3/30/22
Enrolled
3/30/22
Chaptered
4/8/22
Passed
4/8/22
Amend KRS 164.370 to define terms; require a governing board of a public postsecondary education institution to adopt a code for student conduct, establish minimum procedural requirements for a nonacademic violation when the violation is punishable by a suspension, expulsion, or termination of student housing, including a presumption of innocence, written notice, maintenance of an administrative file, the right to be present and participate meaningfully, the right to fair and impartial treatment, and the ability to bring a support person; establish enhanced minimum procedural requirements for a nonacademic violation when the violation is punishable by a suspension of 3 days or more, expulsion, or termination of student housing, including the right to be represented by counsel, to present relevant hearing evidence, and to cross-examine hearing testimony; provide a respondent that is suspended for 3 days or more, expelled, or has their campus housing terminated the right to appeal the results of a disciplinary hearing; provide that a participant has the right to appeal a Title IX allegation that does not result in a finding of a violation; provide a respondent or designated complainant shall have the right to appeal a final order of the governing board in Circuit Court; provide that nothing in the section shall be interpreted to impede or delay law enforcement, impair an institution's ability to take reasonable interim measures in a student discipline matter, impair an institution's ability to effectuate a valid judicial order, impair an institution's ability to terminate a student's residence in campus housing for any other reason than a student disciplinary matter, or limit any addition rights afforded under Federal law; create a new section of KRS 164 to require a public postsecondary education institution to publish a report on student discipline every three years; establish the required contents of the report; permit a postsecondary education institution to apply to the Attorney General for an exemption when the institution maintains that required data cannot be adequately deidentified to conform to Federal Law; provide that the Act may be cited as the Kentucky Campus Due Process Protection Act.
KY
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB291
Introduced
1/13/22
Refer
1/13/22
Refer
2/14/22
Report Pass
3/1/22
Engrossed
3/10/22
Refer
3/10/22
Refer
3/16/22
Report Pass
3/29/22
Refer
3/30/22
Enrolled
4/13/22
Enrolled
4/13/22
Vetoed
4/19/22
Amend and repeal various sections of KRS to modify requirements for various state agencies to report to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue.
KY
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB292
Introduced
1/13/22
Refer
1/13/22
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to make it a crime to unlawfully store a firearm; establish elements of the crime for recklessly allowing access to an unsecured firearm by a minor; establish the crime as a Class B misdemeanor unless a physical injury or death results, in which case it is a Class A misdemeanor; establish the short title of Baby Dre Gun Safety Act.
KY
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB293
Introduced
1/13/22
Refer
1/13/22
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 344 to prohibit employers from considering or requiring disclosure of prior criminal history as part of the initial job application; title the Act "Ban the Box - The Criminal Record Employment Discrimination Act."
KY
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB294
Introduced
1/13/22
Refer
1/13/22
Refer
1/25/22
Report Pass
2/2/22
Amend KRS 154.15-010 to add definitions for "broadband service," "eligible entity," "unserved area," and "wholesale network access"; amend KRS 154.15-020 to require the Kentucky Communications Network Authority to offer eligible entities wholesale network access to the excess capacity on KentuckyWired only in unserved areas.
KY
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB295
Introduced
1/13/22
Refer
1/13/22
Create new sections of Subchapter 43 of KRS Chapter 224 to create a beverage container refundable deposit fee program; define terms; require beverage containers sold or offered for sale in the Commonwealth to have minimum refundable values of 10 cents; require that distributors only sell beverage containers in the Commonwealth that bear the minimum refundable value; require distributors to collect the minimum refundable value from the retailer at the time of sale; require retailers to include the minimum refundable value for a beverage container at the time of sale; exclude the minimum refundable value from local occupational and gross receipts tax; require retailers to provide or contract to provide redemption centers to collect beverage containers and redeem minimum refundable values; require that at least quarterly, distributors refund retailers or redemption operators for the amount of each minimum refundable deposit refunded and pay an additional 2-cent handling fee per beverage container; prohibit redemption centers from paying minimum refundable values for empty beverage containers that have already been redeemed, have been imported from another state, or do not bear the minimum refundable value; allow redemption centers to refuse to accept and pay minimum refundable deposits for containers that do not bear the minimum refundable deposit value or that have already been redeemed; allow redemption centers to refuse to accept and pay minimum refundable deposits for containers that are broken, dirty, or contain other substances; allow on-site redemption centers to refuse to accept more than 144 beverage containers per person per 24-hour period; allow off-site redemption centers to refuse to accept more than 288 beverage containers per person per 24-hour period; require the Energy and Environment Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations that set forth the operating and reporting requirements for redemption centers; every February 1, require distributors to pay unrefunded deposit amounts from the previous year to the Energy and Environment Cabinet for deposit in the Kentucky pride fund; allow redemption centers and distributors to retain any scrap value they receive for beverage containers they collect; amend KRS 67.750 and 139.470 to conform; amend KRS 224.43-505 to provide that the Kentucky pride fund receive excess unrefunded deposit amounts; provide that the unrefunded deposit amounts be used first for the implementation and administrative costs of Sections 1 to 4 of the Act, with excess amounts to be used by the Kentucky pride fund; direct the Energy and Environment Cabinet to submit a study of the feasibility of implementing a minimum recycled content requirement for certain single-use plastic products to the Legislative Research Commission and the Interim Joint Committee on Natural Resources and Environment on or before November 1, 2022; APPROPRIATION.
KY
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB296
Introduced
1/13/22
Refer
1/13/22
Failed
1/24/22
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to establish the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to study the provision of emergency medical services and medical transportation; repeal, reenact, and amend sections of KRS Chapter 311A relating to the Board of Emergency Medical Services as new sections of KRS Chapter 216B to abolish the Board of Emergency Medical Services and transfer responsibilities to the Office of the Inspector General in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; establish a maximum response time of 60 minutes for a ground ambulance provider; require the office to revise the current classification system for ambulance providers by administrative regulation; repeal and reenact KRS 311A. 027, 311A.150, and 311A.195 as new sections of KRS Chapter 216B with no amendments; make conforming amendments in various statutes; require existing administrative regulations promulgated by the board to remain in effect until the office amends or repeals after review; conclude all affairs of the Board of Emergency Medicine and transfer all responsibilities to the office; repeal KRS 311A.015, 311A.040, 311A.055, 311A.070, and 311A.075; EMERGENCY.
KY
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB297
Introduced
1/13/22
Refer
1/13/22
Refer
1/26/22
Report Pass
2/10/22
Engrossed
2/18/22
Refer
2/18/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
3/16/22
Refer
3/29/22
Enrolled
3/30/22
Enrolled
3/30/22
Vetoed
4/11/22
Refer
4/13/22
Override
4/13/22
Refer
4/13/22
Override
4/13/22
Enrolled
4/14/22
Enrolled
4/14/22
Chaptered
4/14/22
Passed
4/14/22
Amend KRS 16.582 to clarify that standards for "total and permanent disability" relate to hazardous disability only and make technical changes; amend KRS 61.505 to expand the administrative actions that the Kentucky Public Pensions Authority (KPPA) may take on behalf of the Kentucky Retirement Systems (KRS) and the County Employees Retirement System (CERS), authorize the KPPA to employ no more than 8 unclassified employees to the Office of Investments whose positions are exempt from the personnel system's classified service and related salary limitations, and make technical changes; amend KRS 61.510 to define "instructional staff" for state colleges and universities and define "objective medical evidence" to exclude the testimonial evidence of a person applying for disability benefits; amend KRS 61.520 to reference definition of "instructional staff"; amend KRS 61.565 to add an effective date of July 1, 2022, for shifting to the executive branch the employer's share of the Kentucky Employees Retirement System nonhazardous plan's unfunded liability for contract employees at mental health facilities; amend KRS 61.590, 61.610, 61.615, and 61.665 to allow KPPA the option to send notices and other forms to members on disability retirement using electronic mail or other electronic means; amend KRS 61.610 to allow KPPA to hire or contract for the services of more than one disability fraud investigator; amend KRS 61.615 to allow members in hybrid cash balance plan who are discontinued from disability to apply for reinstatement; amend KRS 61.635 to make technical change; amend KRS 61.637 to specify the circumstances under which an elected official who is reelected but takes office after retirement is deemed as having a prearranged agreement that would void his or her retirement; amend KRS 61.645 to exempt invalid addresses from ballot distribution for trustee elections, specify single certified public accountant to audit KRS and CERS financial reports, and make technical changes; amend KRS 61.661 to make technical changes; amend KRS 61.665 to permit the KPPA to contract for the services of medical examiners, eliminate the requirement that a person applying for disability retirement produce evidence of a request for reasonable accommodation, delete language permitting KRS to order a disabled employee to enroll in vocational rehabilitation, and conform to legislative changes made in 2021; amend KRS 61.702 and 78.5536 to require KRS and CERS to provide health insurance coverage through the Kentucky Employees Health Plan (KEHP) to reemployed retirees over the age of 65 who are Medicare-eligible but impacted by the federal Medicare Secondary Payer Act; amend KRS 61.703 to make technical change; amend KRS 78.510 to define "objective medical evidence" to exclude the testimonial evidence of a person applying for disability benefits and make the definitions of "act in line of duty" and "dependent child" conform with other provisions as the result of legislative changes made in 2021; amend KRS 78.5524 to clarify that standards for "total and permanent disability" relate to hazardous disability only and to conform to other provisions as the result of legislative changes made in 2021; amend KRS 78.5526 and 78.5530 to conform with other provisions as the result of legislative changes made in 2021; amend KRS 78.5540 to specify the circumstances under which an elected official who is reelected but takes office after retirement is deemed as having a prearranged agreement that would void his or her retirement; and amend KRS 78.782 to exempt invalid addresses from ballot distribution for trustee elections, specify single certified public accountant to audit KRS and CERS financial reports, and make technical changes; and make technical changes and conforming amendments as a result of legislative changes made in 2021.
KY
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB298
Introduced
1/13/22
Refer
1/13/22
Amend KRS 157.3175 to require school districts to provide full-day preschool; require that all four-year-olds residing in the school district and qualified three-year-olds be eligible; amend KRS 158.060 to remove half-day allowance for kindergarten; amend KRS 157.320 to remove "kindergarten full-time equivalent" definition; amend KRS 157.360 and 158.030 to conform.
KY
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB299
Introduced
1/13/22
Refer
1/13/22
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for long-acting reversible contraception administered during a postpartum hospital stay; prohibit cost sharing; create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to apply for a Medicaid waiver to offer family planning services to certain low-income individuals; require the cabinet to report annually; amend KRS 164.2871 to require state postsecondary self-insured employer group plans to comply with the new section on long-acting reversible contraceptive coverage; amend KRS 205.522 to require Medicaid to comply with new section on long-acting reversible contraception coverage; amend KRS 205.6485 to require the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program to comply with the new section on long-acting reversible contraception coverage; amend KRS 18A.225 to require the state employee health plan to comply with the new section on long-acting reversible contraception coverage; amend KRS 446.350 to provide that nothing in the new section on long-acting reversible contraceptive coverage shall be construed to violate section; require insurers of health benefit plans to submit information relating to contraceptive coverage to the insurance commissioner; require the commissioner to report information relating to contraceptive coverage to the Legislative Research Commission; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to seek approval if they determine that such approval is necessary; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2023.
KY
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB3
Introduced
2/9/22
Refer
2/9/22
Refer
2/23/22
Report Pass
3/1/22
Engrossed
3/3/22
Refer
3/3/22
Refer
3/8/22
Report Pass
3/23/22
Refer
3/29/22
Enrolled
3/30/22
Enrolled
3/30/22
Vetoed
4/8/22
Refer
4/13/22
Override
4/13/22
Refer
4/13/22
Override
4/13/22
Enrolled
4/14/22
Enrolled
4/14/22
Chaptered
4/14/22
Passed
4/14/22
Amend KRS 311.732, relating to performance of an abortion upon a minor, to require the informed written consent of a parent or legal guardian to include a copy of that parent's or legal guardian's government-issued identification and parent's or legal guardian's documentation; require government-issued identification for the minor; require notification to other parent with joint or physical custody with exceptions; require the physician to keep a copy of the informed written consent for at least 7 years; require the physician to execute an affidavit; require additional criteria and standards for when a court determines whether to allow a minor to self-consent to an abortion; require the court hearing to remain confidential and be held in a private, informal setting within the courthouse; require, in the case of a medical emergency, for the physician to notify the parent or legal guardian within 24 hours of the abortion; require report to the cabinet; amend KRS 311.595 to allow the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure to suspend or revoke the license of any physician for violations; amend KRS 311.990 to establish criminal penalties for violations; establish penalties for a person who violates Section 5 to 11 of this Act; amend KRS 213.101 to expand the statistical reporting system for abortions; require the Vital Statistics Branch report to include verification of compliance with the certification requirement of KRS 311.727; add required reporting items; require the Inspector General, Cabinet for Health and Family Services, to audit reporting; prohibit the audit from including personally identifying information of any pregnant woman upon whom an abortion was performed or attempted; specify that any personally identifying information viewed or recorded by the Inspector General in conducting the audit is not subject to the Open Records Act; require an annual report to be submitted including findings from the audit and abortion facility inspections to the General Assembly and the Attorney General; require an annual in-person report to be presented to the Interim Joint Committee on Health, Welfare, and Family Services; create new sections of KRS 311.710 to 311.820 to define terms; prohibit abortion-inducing drugs from being provided outside of required procedures or by courier, delivery, or mail service; establish requirements for qualified physician providing abortion-inducing drugs; require informed consent by patient for being provided abortion-inducing drugs; list requirements for informed consent form; require each abortion-inducing drug provided to be reported to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services on a report form; list requirements for report form; require report to the cabinet of treatment for adverse event or complication related to a drug-induced abortion; list requirements for report; prohibit provisions from being construed as creating or recognizing a right to abortion, making lawful an abortion that is otherwise unlawful, or overriding any existing laws; prohibit the provision of abortion-inducing drugs in any school facility or on state grounds; provide additional remedies to comply with Sections 5 to 11 of this Act; create new sections of KRS Chapter 213 to require the cabinet to publish information about the potential ability to reverse the effects of abortion-inducing drugs; require the cabinet to create and distribute the consent forms and reporting forms for abortion-inducing drugs; require the cabinet to keep reported data confidential; require the cabinet to communicate reporting requirements to required reporters; create new sections of KRS Chapter 315 to require the Board of Pharmacy to create a certification program for the distribution of abortion-inducing drugs; require physicians, manufacturers, and distributors to be certified; establish requirements for certification; require the board to enforce certification requirements; require the board to develop a complaint portal for violations and review complaints; amend KRS 213.081 to include fetal remains and to prohibit simultaneous cremations of fetal remains; amend KRS 213.096 to include abortions on the combination birth-death certificate; create a new section of KRS 311.710 to 311.820 to define "fetal remains," require within 24 hours before a surgical or chemical abortion the health care facility or abortion clinic to inform the parents both orally and in writing of their rights to determine the final disposition of the fetal remains; if a chemically induced abortion, inform the mother she may expect to expel a fetus after leaving the facility and she may return the remains to the facility for final disposition; require the parents to inform the facility of their choice for the disposition of the fetal remains; amend KRS 367.97501 to exclude fetal remains from the definition of “pathological waste”; amend KRS 311.715 to provide that public agency funds shall not be paid to any entity, organization, or individual that performs, induces, refers for, or counsels in favor of abortions; establish exceptions; create new sections of KRS 311.710 to 311.820 to require reporting to the cabinet information about complications, medical treatment, or death related to an abortion; permit the General Assembly to appoint members who sponsored or cosponsored this Act to intervene in any case to which the constitutionality is challenged; require provisions of this Act to be severable; amend KRS 311.774 to reporting requirements for adverse events or complications; amend KRS 311.783 to add reporting requirement; amend KRS 315.990 to add penalty for violation of pharmacy certification program; establish short title; EMERGENCY.
KY
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB30
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Amend KRS 217.015 to add dried coffee and tea to the definition of home-based processor.
KY
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB300
Introduced
1/13/22
Refer
1/13/22
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define terms; require health benefit plans to provide coverage for contraception; set forth requirements for health benefit plans relating to contraceptive coverage; amend KRS 164.2871 to require self-insured employer group health plans provided by the governing board of a state postsecondary institution to its employees to comply with the new section on contraceptive coverage; amend KRS 205.522 to require Medicaid to comply with the new section on contraceptive coverage; amend KRS 205.6485 to require the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program to comply with the new section on contraceptive coverage; amend KRS 18A.225 to require the state employee health plan to comply with the new section on contraceptive coverage; amend KRS 446.350 to provide that nothing in the new section on contraceptive coverage shall be construed to violate section; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2023.