Kentucky 2022 Regular Session All Bills
KY
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB478
Introduced
2/10/22
Refer
2/10/22
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 278 to create winter and summer temperature standards for disconnection of service by retail electric and gas utilities; require resumption of disconnection only after a 72-hour period from the temperature standard; establish a certificate of need for persons who are at risk if utility service is disconnected that can be provided by a physician, physician assistant, community-based service organization, or faith-based service organization; prohibit disconnection of service on holidays and weekends and before 8 am and after 5 pm on weekdays; allow for reconnection of service for partial payment with a payment plan; require waiver of termination fees, reconnection fees, and late fees for customers having obtained a certificate of need; require utility to make reasonable effort towards reestablishing service for a customer terminated after having obtained a certificate of need but no more than 24 hours after repayment is commenced; require separate, written notice 14 days prior to a disconnection to residential household; require that notice be distinguishable from the regular billing notices; establish font size and typeset for notice and other material to be printed on the notice; require a hardship reconnection order for persons at risk who have had service terminated by the utility after meeting specific repayment requirements; require the commission to issue an order setting forth any applicable rules and procedures.
KY
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB479
Introduced
2/10/22
Refer
2/10/22
Amend KRS 15.420 to delete reference to the payment made from the fish and game fund under definition of "police officer" for fish and wildlife conservation officers and make funding source the Kentucky Law Enforcement Foundation Program fund; amend KRS 15.460 to delete reference to the use of the fish and game fund for payment of training stipend under the supplemental funding from the Kentucky Law Enforcement Foundation Program Fund; amend KRS 150.150 to conform.
KY
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB48
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Refer
1/25/22
Report Pass
2/3/22
Engrossed
2/10/22
Refer
2/10/22
Refer
2/14/22
Report Pass
3/10/22
Refer
3/25/22
Enrolled
3/30/22
Enrolled
3/30/22
Chaptered
4/8/22
Passed
4/8/22
Amend KRS 519.010 to add definition of "emergency response"; amend KRS 519.040 to increase the penalties for falsely reporting an incident that results in an emergency response; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to provide for a civil cause of action for damages arising from the false reporting of an incident; amend KRS 134.127 to conform.
KY
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB480
Introduced
2/10/22
Refer
2/10/22
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 173 relating to public library districts to require the terms of library board members to expire as of January 1, 2023; establish requirements for new members; amend KRS 173.480, relating to public library districts' initial board appointments, to allow a county judge/executive with the approval of the fiscal court to appoint the first members of the newly created library board; amend KRS 173.490, relating to public library districts, to allow a county judge/executive with the approval of the fiscal court to appoint members or fill vacancies of the library board; amend KRS 173.520 to provide libraries the authority to lease and build to lease buildings for use by educational institutions; require unanimous vote of the board and fiscal court approval for leasing or constructing buildings for use by educational institutions and expenditures of capital projects over $500,000; define appropriate buildings for use by educational institutions; create a new section of KRS Chapter 173 relating to library districts formed by petition to require the terms of library board members to expire as of January 1, 2023, and establish requirements for new members; amend KRS 173.725, relating to petition-created library districts' initial board appointments, to allow a county judge/executive with the approval of the fiscal court to appoint the first members of the newly created library board; amend KRS 173.730, relating to library districts created by petition, to allow a county judge/executive with the approval of the fiscal court to appoint members or fill vacancies of the library board; amend KRS 173.745 to provide libraries the authority to lease buildings for use by educational institutions; require unanimous vote of the board and fiscal court approval for leasing buildings for use by educational institutions and expenditures of capital projects over $500,000; define appropriate buildings for use by educational institutions; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2023.
KY
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB481
Introduced
2/10/22
Refer
2/10/22
Amend KRS 45A.494 to include a bidding preference of five percent for bidders who certify that 25 percent of their workforce have completed or are in the process of completing a registered apprenticeship and to include a bidding preference of five percent for bidders who certify that 70 percent of their workforce resides either in Kentucky or within 50 miles of the work site; amend KRS 176.082 to conform; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to require the Kentucky Community and Technical College System to offer online courses to fulfill the technical education requirements of registered apprenticeship programs.
KY
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB482
Introduced
2/10/22
Refer
2/10/22
Refer
2/11/22
Report Pass
2/15/22
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
Chaptered
4/8/22
Passed
4/8/22
Amend KRS 147A.100 to require the Department for Local Government to allocate funds to the area development districts by a specific formula and allow a reduction in the allocation upon unanimous written direction of all area development districts; appropriate $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2023 and $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2024 from the general fund to the Department for Local Government to allocate to area development districts; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
KY
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB483
Introduced
2/10/22
Refer
2/10/22
Amend KRS 143A.010 to redefine "processing" to include the act of loading or unloading limestone that has not otherwise been severed or treated in the Commonwealth; amend KRS 143A.035 to allow a credit for substantially identical severance or processing taxes paid to another state or political subdivision thereof; provide that a taxpayer may not claim a total amount of credit that exceeds the taxpayer's tax liability; allow the Department of Revenue to report tax credit information to the Legislative Research Commission; amend KRS 131.190 to authorize the release of information from the Department of Revenue; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2022.
KY
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB484
Introduced
2/10/22
Refer
2/10/22
Amend KRS 199.894 to adjust statutory range; create a new section of KRS 199.892 to 199.8996 to require licensed child-care centers to be tested for radon at least once every five years as part of their initial licensure and license renewal; encourage that specific radon measurement devices be used when licensed child-care centers are tested for radon; require the most current report to be posted in a public place within the child-care center; amend KRS 211.9105 to establish new duties for the Radon Program Advisory Committee related to financial assistance for child-care centers and schools for radon testing and mitigation; amend KRS 211.9113 to require an insurance policy for a radon laboratory; amend KRS 211.9125 to establish when an administrative hearing is conducted related to radon testing and mitigation providers; amend KRS 211.9131 to specify licensure requirements for a radon laboratory; amend KRS 211.9133 to include grants and state and federal moneys as a part of the radon mitigation and control fund; APPROPRIATION.
KY
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB485
Introduced
2/11/22
Refer
2/11/22
Refer
3/17/22
Create new sections of KRS 278.010 to 278.450 to establish definitions; require electric utilities regulated by the Public Service Commission to have a vegetation management plan approved by the commission; require vegetation maintenance to be performed in conformance with ANSI standards endorsed by the International Society of Arboriculture; make exception for standards under declared emergency or in situation of cleanup from storm damage; require different notice requirements to the public and property owners; impose penalty for failure of a utility to comply with vegetation maintenance plan requirements; require public hearings; establish homeowner rights with respect to vegetation maintenance; require the utility develop a brochure for homeowner rights and have the information available on its Web site; allow for civil action for unauthorized tree pruning or removal; allow for damages for unauthorized tree removal or pruning; require written consent to remove more than 25 percent of tree canopy; allow for a temporary cessation of work if property owner objects to vegetation maintenance; and prescribe time frames for notice and response.
KY
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB486
Introduced
2/11/22
Refer
2/11/22
Refer
2/25/22
Create a new section of KRS 217.005 to 217.215 to allow certain USDA-exempted poultry processors to sell to end consumers on a farm, at a farmers market, or at a roadside stand.
KY
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB487
Introduced
2/11/22
Refer
2/11/22
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to direct that no school shall offer any classroom instruction, discussion, or instructional materials that promote bigotry, revisionist history, or critical social justice; provide that nothing in the section shall be interpreted to prohibit academic instruction on the historical existence of bigotry or revisionist views of history or to regulate the conduct or speech of students; provide that a teacher who chooses to discuss a current topic shall strive to explore the topic from diverse and contending perspectives; prohibit schools from awarding credit for designated political activities; prohibit schools from accepting private funds for curriculum development or choice of curricula or trainings; set forth the administrative procedures for specific violations; create a cause of action for students and parents that have exhausted the administrative remedies; waive civil immunity; provide for rewarding of costs and fees when a plaintiff is successful; establish a fine between $5,000 and $10,000 for frivolous lawsuits and permit the school district to recover costs and fees; provide that the Attorney General may bring an action to enforce this Act; require specific written notice of administrative and legal rights to students and parents; amend KRS 160.345 to require superintendents to determine curricula, textbooks, instructional materials, and student support services; require the determination of the superintendent to be consistent with this Act; require curriculum adopted to be accessible to parents and guardians of students through the Kentucky Department of Education's student information system; amend KRS 7.410 to require the Office of Education Accountability to conduct an annual digital survey of transparency and compliance and report designated findings to the specified legislative and executive entities; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to designate mandatory historical topics; create a new section of KRS Chapter 161 to provide that the Education Professional Standards Board (EPSB) shall discontinue approval of any teacher preparation program that promotes bigotry or revisionist history; require EPSB to promulgate administrative regulations defining procedures to report teacher preparation programs that violate the new requirements; establish minimum requirements for the procedures; require EPSB to regularly audit programs and investigate all credible reports of violations; waive civil immunity for claims against EPSB for failing to discontinue a program in accordance with the law or a college or university that violates the new requirements; provide that the Act shall be severable; EMERGENCY.
KY
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB488
Introduced
2/11/22
Refer
2/11/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
2/23/22
Engrossed
3/2/22
Refer
3/2/22
Refer
3/9/22
Amend KRS 403.763 and 456.180 to enhance a second or subsequent violation of an order of protection to a Class D felony.
KY
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB489
Introduced
2/11/22
Refer
2/11/22
Refer
3/8/22
Report Pass
3/9/22
Establish Subtitle 12 of KRS Chapter 286 and create sections thereof to define terms; prohibit engaging in the business of nonrecourse consumer legal funding transactions without a license; establish licensing requirements; provide that nonrecourse consumer legal funding transactions are not loans and exempt from statute relating to interest; establish requirements for nonrecourse consumer legal funding transaction contracts; prohibit certain actions by nonrecourse consumer legal funding companies; provide for attorney communications and responsibilities; establish penalties; provide that the new subtitle on nonrecourse consumer legal funding shall not restrict the powers or duties of the Attorney General; amend KRS 286.4-410, 360.010, and 372.060 to conform.
KY
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB49
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Refer
1/26/22
Report Pass
2/10/22
Engrossed
2/17/22
Refer
2/17/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
3/16/22
Enrolled
3/29/22
Enrolled
3/29/22
Chaptered
4/8/22
Passed
4/8/22
Amend KRS 61.598 to exempt from the anti-pension spiking provisions any overtime directly attributable to a local government emergency in which the Governor calls in the Kentucky National Guard; make amendments retroactive to May 30, 2020; EMERGENCY.
KY
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB490
Introduced
2/14/22
Refer
2/14/22
Refer
3/4/22
Report Pass
3/8/22
Engrossed
3/15/22
Refer
3/15/22
Refer
3/16/22
Report Pass
3/23/22
Report Pass
4/14/22
Refer
4/14/22
Enrolled
4/14/22
Enrolled
4/14/22
Chaptered
4/22/22
Passed
4/22/22
Amend KRS 434.415 to define the terms "airbag," "counterfeit supplemental restraint system component," "nonfunctional airbag," and "supplemental restraint system"; prohibit the use of counterfeit airbags or components; set forth penalities for the use of counterfeit airbags or components; set forth exception.