Kentucky 2022 Regular Session All Bills
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB177
Introduced
2/16/22
Refer
2/16/22
Refer
2/18/22
Amend KRS 75.015 and 75.040 to allow property owners to opt out of the portion of a fire district's tax rate that is above ten cents when the city or county provides an emergency ambulance service; require the fire district to advertise a property owner's option to opt out of the tax rate; direct the property owner to contact the county clerk to opt out of the tax rate; allow fire districts to charge a fee to property owners who opt out of the tax and use the fire district's emergency ambulance service; require the county clerk to provide fire districts a list of property owners that opt out of the tax rate; require the county clerk to maintain boundary records.
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB178
Introduced
2/16/22
Refer
2/16/22
Refer
2/18/22
Report Pass
3/2/22
Engrossed
3/4/22
Refer
3/4/22
Refer
3/23/22
Report Pass
3/24/22
Refer
4/13/22
Enrolled
4/14/22
Enrolled
4/14/22
Chaptered
4/20/22
Passed
4/20/22
Amend KRS 309.0834 to require the Kentucky Board of Alcohol and Drug Counselors to promulgate administrative regulations to exempt applicants for certification as clinical supervisors from meeting certain requirements for a limited amount of time if the applicants were licensed and approved on March 24, 2021; permits applicants granted certification to supervise immediately; requires applicants after the limited time period to meet all requirements for certification; EMERGENCY.
KY
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB179
Introduced
2/16/22
Refer
2/16/22
Refer
2/18/22
Report Pass
3/3/22
Engrossed
3/8/22
Refer
3/8/22
Refer
3/22/22
Report Pass
3/23/22
Refer
3/29/22
Enrolled
3/30/22
Enrolled
3/30/22
Chaptered
4/8/22
Passed
4/8/22
Amend KRS 500.080 to define "natural or man-made disaster"; amend KRS 508.025, 511.020, 511.030, 511.040, 511.060, 511.070, 511.080, 512.020, 512.030, 512.040, 514.110 and 515.020 to provide an enhanced penalty if the offense occurred during a declared emergency arising from a natural or man-made disaster and within the area covered by the emergency declaration; amend KRS 514.030 to provide that any classification of theft by unlawful taking or disposition shall be charged one level higher if the offense occurred during a declared emergency arising from a natural or man-made disaster and within the area covered by the emergency declaration; amend KRS 514.040 to provide that any classification of theft by deception shall be charged one level higher if the offense occurred during a declared emergency arising from a natural or man-made disaster and within the area covered by the emergency declaration; amend various statutes to conform.
KY
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB18
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Amend KRS 311A.090 to require a convicted felon licensed or certified by the Board of Emergency Medical Services to notify the board within 30 days of his or her release about the charges of which he or she was convicted and the terms of release; amend KRS 311A.200 to require an incarcerated felon with a limited certification as a first responder or emergency medical technician or limited license as a paramedic, who wishes to continue to be licensed, to apply to the board.
KY
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB180
Introduced
2/16/22
Refer
2/16/22
Refer
2/18/22
Report Pass
3/1/22
Engrossed
3/4/22
Refer
3/4/22
Refer
3/21/22
Report Pass
3/24/22
Enrolled
4/14/22
Enrolled
4/14/22
Chaptered
4/20/22
Passed
4/20/22
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 151B to establish the Education and Labor Cabinet and move all divisions and offices of the existing Education and Workforce Development Cabinet and the Labor Cabinet to the Education and Labor Cabinet; establish the duties, responsibilities, powers, and authority of the secretary of the Education and Labor Cabinet; provide that the Education and Labor Cabinet shall exercise all administrative functions of the state concerning employer-employee relationships, including the safety of workers and workers' compensation; require a national and state background check for prospective and current employees of the Education and Labor Cabinet with access to or use of federal tax information; amend various Kentucky Revised Statutes to conform with the creation of the Education and Labor Cabinet; repeal KRS 151B.020, 151B.022, 151B.225, 151B.280, 336.015, 336.020, 336.030, 336.040, 336.050, 336.060, and 336.125.
KY
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB181
Introduced
2/16/22
Refer
2/16/22
Refer
2/18/22
Creates a new section of KRS 304.40-250 to 304.40-320 to require the commissioner of the Department of Insurance to annually report information regarding the claims experience of medical malpractice insurers to the General Assembly; permit the commissioner to promulgate regulations to require medical malpractice insurers to report information necessary to comply with the reporting requirement.
KY
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB182
Introduced
2/17/22
Refer
2/17/22
Refer
2/22/22
Amend KRS 431.073, 431.078, and 431.079 to allow court to waive expungement fees on a finding of indigence.
KY
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB183
Introduced
2/17/22
Refer
2/17/22
Refer
2/22/22
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 139, to define terms for the section; allow certain state agencies to receive a sales tax rebate of up to 100% of sales tax generated by the sales of tangible personal property at a public facility.
KY
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB184
Introduced
2/17/22
Refer
2/17/22
Refer
2/22/22
Amend KRS 72.450 to allow a coroner who is in possession of an unclaimed body to elect to cremate certain unclaimed bodies, in lieu of burial, and either offer the cremains to specified individuals, or inter the cremains provided no inquest has been held or is intended to be held and there is no reason to believe the body will be needed as evidence in any criminal matter or cremation is or may be inconsistent with the decedent's personal wishes or cultural or religious beliefs.
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB185
Introduced
2/17/22
Refer
2/17/22
Refer
2/22/22
Amend KRS 186A.040 to require that an individual's registration must be revoked two times within a 12 month period before the revocations constitute a violation of KRS 304.39-080 and the individual is referred to the County Attorney for prosecution; set forth when a person without proof of insurance may instead present an affidavit to the county clerk; require license plate seizure be handled in accordance with KRS 186.181; provide reinstatement fee; amend KRS 186.180 to delete the fee when the vehicle's registration is revoked under KRS 186.290 and remove out dated language.
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB186
Introduced
2/17/22
Refer
2/17/22
Refer
2/22/22
Establish KRS Chapter 245, relating to cannabis, to administer its cultivation, processing, transportation, sale, use, taxation, and licensing; define terms; establish the Cannabis Control Board and its membership, procedures, powers, and duties; direct the board to promulgate administrative regulations for the administration and enforcement of the chapter; set up advisory committees appointed by the board; create the Department of Cannabis Control within the Public Protection Cabinet for the daily oversight of cannabis operations and to provide administrative support for the board; establish various one-year business licenses under the chapter; grant administrative hearings under KRS Chapter 13B to appeal a license denial or revocation; forbid an employer from discriminating against applicants or employees who use cannabis outside of working hours as long as the use does not affect job performance; prohibit a person under 21 from purchasing, possessing, consuming, or using cannabis; establish a revolving account called the "cannabis fund" to collect cannabis licensing fees, fines, excise taxes, and any other funds; form the Social Impact Council as a public agency authorized to distribute moneys from the cannabis fund; set council membership, procedures, powers, and duties; create new sections of KRS Chapter 138 to define terms; impose an excise tax set by the Cannabis Control Board on the first sale or transfer of harvested cannabis; establish excise tax reporting, collection, and liability; amend KRS 139.472 to exempt medical cannabis and accessories from sales and use taxes; create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to authorize local governments to levy up to a 5% license fee on the gross receipts of a retailer or microbusiness; allow overlapping local governments to agree to levy a combined license fee, with set fee amounts absent an agreement; amend KRS 2.015 to require a person to be 21 or older to purchase cannabis and its products and accessories; create new sections of KRS 218A and amend KRS 218A.1421, 218A.1422, 218A.1423, and 218A.500 to exempt licensed cannabis activities from criminal marijuana offenses; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to allow a person to petition the court to expunge the person's misdemeanor marijuana offenses; amend KRS 431.079 to exclude the expungement petition from the certification of eligibility requirement; amend KRS 131.1815 to notify the Cannabis Control Board if a cannabis licensee is a delinquent taxpayer; amend KRS 600.020 to include cannabis offenses in the list of juvenile status offenses; amend KRS 12.020 to add the governmental entities created in KRS Chapter 245 to the list of executive branch government bodies; set initial terms for members of the Cannabis Control Board and Social Impact Council; apply the excise tax beginning on July 1, 2023, and allow cannabis sales beginning on July 1, 2024; Section 31 of Act RETROACTIVE; APPROPRIATION.
KY
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB187
Introduced
2/18/22
Refer
2/18/22
Refer
2/22/22
Amend KRS 158.100 to require high school service be provided to exceptional children and youth through the end of the school year during which they reach the age of 21; amend KRS 157.200, KRS 159.150, and KRS 159.990 to conform; provide a second supplemental school year to an exceptional child or youth who participates in a supplemental school year and reaches the age of 21 during the 2021-2022 school year.
KY
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB188
Introduced
2/18/22
Refer
2/18/22
Refer
2/22/22
Amend KRS 18A.035 to add gender-neutral language.
KY
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB189
Introduced
2/18/22
Refer
2/18/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
3/3/22
Engrossed
3/8/22
Refer
3/8/22
Refer
3/11/22
Report Pass
3/15/22
Enrolled
3/24/22
Enrolled
3/24/22
Chaptered
3/30/22
Passed
3/30/22
Amend KRS 95A.520 and 95A.540 to apply existing provisions of law to departments that merge prior to the effective date of the Act; create a new section of KRS Chapter 95A to allow departments merging after the effective date of the Act to retain all qualified shares of aid that each merging department would have received prior to merger.
KY
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB19
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 189 to define the terms "agency," "owner," "recorded images," and "traffic control signal monitoring system"; establish a civil penalty of $50 if a motor vehicle is recorded failing to obey the instructions of a traffic control device; set forth forms and procedures; outline defenses for citations for failing to obey a traffic control device; mandate that a person who refuses to pay the civil penalty and does not appear to contest the citation shall have the vehicle's registration suspended and to mandate that civil penalties shall not result in points against the violator's driving record; amend KRS 189.231 and KRS 189.990 to conform; APPROPRIATION.