Kentucky 2022 Regular Session All Bills
KY
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB194
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Refer
1/8/22
Report Pass
1/11/22
Engrossed
1/27/22
Refer
1/27/22
Refer
1/31/22
Report Pass
3/10/22
Enrolled
3/25/22
Enrolled
3/25/22
Chaptered
4/1/22
Passed
4/1/22
Amend KRS 158.143 to provide that a student enrolled in a district-operated alternative education program shall be eligible to seek attainment of a High School Equivalency Diploma under certain conditions.
KY
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB195
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Refer
1/12/22
Report Pass
1/13/22
Engrossed
1/31/22
Refer
1/31/22
Refer
2/1/22
Report Pass
2/23/22
Enrolled
3/29/22
Enrolled
3/29/22
Chaptered
3/31/22
Passed
3/31/22
Create a new section of KRS 100.273 to 100.292 to define "natural gas transmission pipeline," "operator", and "person"; limit the application of the section to cities and counties that have adopted the provisions of KRS Chapter 100 and to preliminary development plans filed on or after the effective date of the Act; establish notification requirements for developers that are locating developments within 660 feet of natural gas transmission pipelines; require a notified pipeline operator to provide pipeline location information to the developer; require the developer to include language on the final plat filed with the planning commission stating that the developer has utilized reasonable means to notify the pipeline operator and verify the pipeline location; require planning commissions to gather raw National Pipeline Mapping System geospatial data within 60 days of the effective date of the Act; exempt planning commissions from liability for development approval if it is based on the geospatial information they obtain; require pipeline operators to file the names of their registered agents with planning commissions of jurisdiction no later than August 15, 2022; prohibit planning commissions from issuing final approval for developments until the requirements of the Act have been satisfied; exempt planning commissions from liability for development approval if it is based on the information required to be submitted under the Act; provide that the Act shall not exempt developers or operators from the requirements of the Underground Facility Damage Protection Act of 1994, KRS 367.4901 to 367.4917.
KY
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB196
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Refer
2/3/22
Report Pass
2/8/22
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 212 to define terms; establish requirements for residential swimming pool barriers, gates, and covers; establish exemptions of the residential swimming pool requirements; amend KRS 212.990 create penalties for violation of residential swimming pool requirement; provide that the Act may be cited as the Ava Grace Jenkins Law.
KY
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB197
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Refer
3/4/22
Report Pass
3/8/22
Engrossed
3/15/22
Refer
3/15/22
Refer
3/16/22
Amend KRS 186.412 to require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to establish procedures and forms to allow an individual without a fixed, permanent address to submit a form signed by a shelter, health care facility, or other social service agency attesting to the applicant's residence for the purpose of issuance of a renewal operator's license or an initial or renewal personal ID card; amend KRS 186.4122 to allow a homeless minor over the age of 16 to apply for a personal identification card without a parent or guardian signature, and extend the term of a personal ID issued to any homeless individual who is a citizen or permanent resident from one to three years; amend KRS 186.4123 to conform; amend KRS 186.531 to set the price of a personal identification card for an individual without a fixed, permanent address at $5, allow the Transportation Cabinet to enter into billing arrangements with social service agencies for payment of client's fees.
KY
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB198
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 337 to define "COVID-19," "medical practitioner," and "retaliate against"; require employers to permit employees to opt out of a COVID-19 vaccination policy based on categories of individual exemptions; create exemption eligibility requirements; create a civil cause of action; EMERGENCY.
KY
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB199
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 438 to define terms; prohibit indoor smoking in businesses, places of employment, and other listed public places; exempt private residences, unless used for child care or adult day care; permit smoking in designated nonenclosed areas; require posting of "no smoking" signs at specified locations; permit local governments to adopt stricter regulations by ordinance; provide for enforcement by all peace officers and designated health department and local government employees; provide for the issuance of uniform citations for violations; prohibit employers and others from discriminating against persons who report violations; provide for fines for violations that go to the agency whose employee issued the citation; provide that no court costs or other fees be charged for violations; exempt certain research and manufacturing laboratories and agricultural buildings; amend KRS 344.040, relating to unlawful practices by an employer, to add references to state law, local ordinance, or local board of health regulation relating to smoking; amend KRS 431.450, relating to uniform citations, to provide for issuing citation forms to health departments; authorize the Department of Kentucky State Police to create and issue uniform smoking violation citations; repeal various statutes permitting smoking in public buildings; provide short title of the Smokefree Kentucky Act.
KY
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB2
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Report Pass
1/5/22
Engrossed
1/6/22
Refer
1/6/22
Report Pass
1/8/22
Enrolled
1/8/22
Enrolled
1/8/22
Vetoed
1/19/22
Refer
1/20/22
Override
1/20/22
Refer
1/20/22
Override
1/20/22
Enrolled
1/20/22
Enrolled
1/20/22
Chaptered
1/20/22
Passed
1/20/22
(H1315B04) Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 5 to divide the Commonwealth into the following representative districts: DISTRICT 1 - Ballard KY, Carlisle KY, Fulton KY, Hickman KY, McCracken KY (part); DISTRICT 2 - Graves KY, McCracken KY (part); DISTRICT 3 - Livingston KY, McCracken KY (part); DISTRICT 4 - Hopkins KY; DISTRICT 5 - Calloway KY, Trigg KY (part); DISTRICT 6 - Lyon KY, Marshall KY, McCracken KY (part); DISTRICT 7 - Daviess KY (part); DISTRICT 8 - Caldwell KY, Christian KY (part), Trigg KY (part); DISTRICT 9 - Christian KY (part); DISTRICT 10 - Breckinridge KY, Hardin KY (part); DISTRICT 11 - Henderson KY; DISTRICT 12 - Crittenden KY, McLean KY, Union KY, Webster KY; DISTRICT 13 - Daviess KY (part); DISTRICT 14 - Daviess KY (part), Hancock KY, Ohio KY; DISTRICT 15 - Butler KY, Muhlenberg KY; DISTRICT 16 - Christian KY (part), Logan KY, Todd KY; DISTRICT 17 - Warren KY (part); DISTRICT 18 - Grayson KY, Hardin KY (part); DISTRICT 19 - Edmonson KY, Warren KY (part); DISTRICT 20 - Warren KY (part); DISTRICT 21 - Adair KY, Cumberland KY, Metcalfe KY, Monroe KY; DISTRICT 22 - Allen KY, Simpson KY, Warren KY (part); DISTRICT 23 - Barren KY; DISTRICT 24 - Green KY, Hart KY, Larue KY; DISTRICT 25 - Hardin KY (part); DISTRICT 26 - Bullitt KY (part), Hardin KY (part); DISTRICT 27 - Hardin KY (part), Meade KY; DISTRICT 28 - Jefferson KY (part); DISTRICT 29 - Jefferson KY (part); DISTRICT 30 - Jefferson KY (part); DISTRICT 31 - Jefferson KY (part); DISTRICT 32 - Jefferson KY (part); DISTRICT 33 - Jefferson KY (part), Oldham KY (part), Shelby KY (part); DISTRICT 34 - Jefferson KY (part); DISTRICT 35 - Jefferson KY (part); DISTRICT 36 - Jefferson KY (part); DISTRICT 37 - Bullitt KY (part), Jefferson KY (part); DISTRICT 38 - Jefferson KY (part); DISTRICT 39 - Fayette KY (part), Jessamine KY (part); DISTRICT 40 - Jefferson KY (part); DISTRICT 41 - Jefferson KY (part); DISTRICT 42 - Jefferson KY (part); DISTRICT 43 - Jefferson KY (part); DISTRICT 44 - Jefferson KY (part); DISTRICT 45 - Fayette KY (part), Jessamine KY (part); DISTRICT 46 - Jefferson KY (part); DISTRICT 47 - Carroll KY, Henry KY, Owen KY, Trimble KY; DISTRICT 48 - Jefferson KY (part), Oldham KY (part); DISTRICT 49 - Bullitt KY (part); DISTRICT 50 - Nelson KY; DISTRICT 51 - Marion KY, Taylor KY; DISTRICT 52 - McCreary KY, Pulaski KY (part), Wayne KY; DISTRICT 53 - Anderson KY, Spencer KY; DISTRICT 54 - Boyle KY, Casey KY; DISTRICT 55 - Jessamine KY (part), Mercer KY, Washington KY; DISTRICT 56 - Franklin KY (part), Jessamine KY (part), Woodford KY; DISTRICT 57 - Franklin KY (part); DISTRICT 58 - Shelby KY (part); DISTRICT 59 - Oldham KY (part); DISTRICT 60 - Boone KY (part); DISTRICT 61 - Boone KY (part), Gallatin KY, Grant KY, Kenton KY (part); DISTRICT 62 - Scott KY (part); DISTRICT 63 - Boone KY (part), Kenton KY (part); DISTRICT 64 - Kenton KY (part); DISTRICT 65 - Kenton KY (part); DISTRICT 66 - Boone KY (part); DISTRICT 67 - Campbell KY (part); DISTRICT 68 - Campbell KY (part); DISTRICT 69 - Boone KY (part), Kenton KY (part); DISTRICT 70 - Bracken KY, Harrison KY, Mason KY, Robertson KY; DISTRICT 71 - Laurel KY (part), Madison KY (part), Pulaski KY (part), Rockcastle KY; DISTRICT 72 - Bourbon KY, Fleming KY, Nicholas KY; DISTRICT 73 - Clark KY, Fayette KY (part); DISTRICT 74 - Bath KY, Menifee KY, Montgomery KY; DISTRICT 75 - Fayette KY (part); DISTRICT 76 - Fayette KY (part); DISTRICT 77 - Fayette KY (part); DISTRICT 78 - Boone KY (part), Campbell KY (part), Kenton KY (part), Pendleton KY; DISTRICT 79 - Fayette KY (part); DISTRICT 80 - Garrard KY, Lincoln KY, Pulaski KY (part); DISTRICT 81 - Madison KY (part); DISTRICT 82 - Laurel KY (part), Whitley KY; DISTRICT 83 - Clinton KY, Pulaski KY (part), Russell KY; DISTRICT 84 - Breathitt KY, Owsley KY, Perry KY; DISTRICT 85 - Laurel KY (part), Pulaski KY (part); DISTRICT 86 - Knox KY, Laurel KY (part); DISTRICT 87 - Bell KY, Harlan KY (part); DISTRICT 88 - Fayette KY (part), Scott KY (part); DISTRICT 89 - Jackson KY, Laurel KY (part), Lee KY, Madison KY (part), Wolfe KY; DISTRICT 90 - Clay KY, Laurel KY (part), Leslie KY; DISTRICT 91 - Estill KY, Madison KY (part), Powell KY; DISTRICT 92 - Knott KY, Magoffin KY, Pike KY (part); DISTRICT 93 - Fayette KY (part); DISTRICT 94 - Harlan KY (part), Letcher KY, Pike KY (part); DISTRICT 95 - Floyd KY, Pike KY (part); DISTRICT 96 - Boyd KY (part), Carter KY, Lewis KY; DISTRICT 97 - Johnson KY, Martin KY, Pike KY (part); DISTRICT 98 - Boyd KY (part), Greenup KY; DISTRICT 99 - Elliott KY, Morgan KY, Rowan KY; DISTRICT 100 - Boyd KY (part), Lawrence KY; PLAN INTEGRITY VERIFIED; amend KRS 5.010 to change dates and conform; extend the primary filing deadline to January 25, 2022, for the 2022 primary and for no other election; permit the Secretary of State or county clerk, for the 2022 primary and for no other election, to determine when the drawing for ballot positions for candidates will be held and when the certification will be determined; grant the Speaker of the House, on behalf of the House of Representatives, standing to defend any legal challenge to this Act; specify how county and precinct names are to be displayed depending on whether the territory of the county or precinct is included in a particular legislative district in its entirety or in part; direct the county boards of elections to change precinct boundaries to conform to representative district boundaries; EMERGENCY.
KY
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB20
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Refer
3/1/22
Report Pass
3/2/22
Amend KRS 525.135, relating to torture of a dog or cat, to add specific acts to definition of torture; make all violations a Class D felony; make each act of torture prosecutable as a separate offense; make the exemptions applicable only where there is no intent to cause, increase, or prolong the pain and suffering of the dog or cat.
KY
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB200
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Amend KRS 281.605 to exempt motor vehicles used in the transportation of persons 18 years of age or older from the provisions of KRS Chapter 281 relating to the regulation of motor carriers, if the motor vehicle is owned or being used on behalf of a nonprofit organization that is exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
KY
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB201
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Amend KRS 132.020 to freeze the state property tax rate and eliminate the tax rate reduction for qualified heavy equipment; amend KRS 136.291, 136.500, 136.505, and 136.506 to reinstate the bank franchise tax and exempt financial institutions from corporation income tax and LLET; amend KRS 138.130 to define vapor products and include vapor products in the definition of tobacco products; amend KRS 138.132, 138.135, 138.195, and 138.197 to remove references to vapor products; amend KRS 138.140 to increase the tax on cigarettes, snuff, chewing tobacco, and tobacco products; to remove the vapor products tax; to remove the discount for modified-risk tobacco products; amend KRS 138.143 to require a floor stock tax; amend KRS 138.510 to impose specific surtax amounts on horse racing wagers and to require the revenue generated from the surtaxes to be deposited into the general fund; amend KRS 139.010 to remove boat ramp fees from the list of fees not considered to be taxable admissions; amend KRS 139.200 to remove the tax on small animal veterinary services and to make other various services taxable; amend KRS 139.470 to remove the exemption of gross receipts from the sale of semi-trailers and trailers and to include the new taxable services in the de minimis rule; amend KRS 139.480 to remove the exemption for various types of properties; amend KRS 140.130 to impose an estate tax; amend KRS 141.010 to define married and unmarried individuals and allow a single column return and a single calculation of adjusted gross income with differing thresholds for married and unmarried individuals; amend KRS 141.019 to require a dollar-for-dollar reduction to the retirement income exclusion; to limit the itemized deduction amount for all itemized deductions except for the charitable contribution deduction; to ignore the special rules for capital gains invested in opportunity zones; amend KRS 141.020 to establish graduated tax rate brackets and a phase-out based on income level; amend KRS 141.081 to increase the standard deduction; amend KRS 141.066 to expand the family size tax credit; amend KRS 141.040 to increase the tax rate to 7%; amend KRS 141.0401 to lower the threshold amounts for determining the tax amount owed; amend KRS 141.120 to reinstate the three-factor apportionment formula and include a throw-back rule; amend KRS 141.039 to eliminate the deferred tax deduction; amend KRS 141.201 to sunset the election for consolidated reporting; amend KRS 141.202 to alter the filing requirement basis from waters-edge to world-wide; amend KRS 141.383 to reduce the annual cap; amend KRS 141.433 to sunset the new markets tax credit; amend KRS 142.303 to eliminate the cap on calculation of gross receipts; amend KRS 138.146, 139.260, and 154.61-020 to conform.
KY
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB202
Introduced
1/5/22
Refer
1/5/22
Refer
2/3/22
Report Pass
2/8/22
Engrossed
2/11/22
Refer
2/11/22
Refer
2/14/22
Amend KRS 186.174 to allow personalized vehicle license plates to be issued to recreational vehicles registered under KRS 186.050(11); amend KRS 186.162 to set fees for such licenses.
KY
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB203
Introduced
1/5/22
Refer
1/5/22
Failed
2/7/22
Create new sections of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to establish definitions for pharmacy-related insurance practices; amend KRS 304.17A-164 to prohibit insurers, pharmacy benefit managers, and other administrators of pharmacy benefits from imposing certain requirements on health plan insureds; create new sections of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require pharmacy benefit managers to establish reasonably adequate and accessible pharmacy networks; require pharmacy benefit managers to file, and the insurance commissioner to review, an annual report describing pharmacy networks; provide that information and data acquired by the Department of Insurance shall be considered proprietary and not subject to disclosure under KRS 61.870 to 61.884; establish requirements for certain contracts between a pharmacy or pharmacist and a pharmacy benefit manager; establish prohibited practices for pharmacy benefit managers; establish certain requirements for insurers and pharmacy benefit managers contracting for the provision of pharmacy benefit management services; prohibit administrators from offering any incentive or discount for use of an affiliated pharmacy benefit manager; establish a Pharmacy Benefits Management Advisory Council; create a new section of Subtitle 99 of KRS Chapter 304 to authorize the insurance commissioner to order reimbursement to persons who incurred a monetary loss as a result of a violation of provisions of legislation; amend KRS 304.9-054 to make technical changes; authorize the promulgation of administrative regulations; require pharmacy benefit managers to report certain information to the insurance commissioner; provide that certain reported information shall not be subject to disclosure under KRS 61.870 to 61.884; amend KRS 304.17A-708, 304.17A-712, and 304.17A-714 to conform; create a new section of Subtitle 17C of KRS Chapter 304 to apply provisions of legislation to limited health service benefit plans, including limited health service contracts; create a new section of Subtitle 38A of KRS Chapter 304 to apply provisions of legislation to limited health service organizations; amend 18A.225 to require the state employee health plan to comply with provisions of legislation; amend KRS 367.828 to establish certain requirements for health discount plans that purport to offer discounts, or access to discounts, on prescription drugs; provide that provisions of this Act shall be severable; require the insurance commissioner to promulgate regulations to implement the Act on or before January 1, 2023; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2023.
KY
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB204
Introduced
1/5/22
Refer
1/5/22
Amend KRS 160.345 to specify that the superintendent instead of the council determines curriculum after consulting with the principal and school council; alter principal hiring process to require the principal to be selected by the superintendent after consultation with the school council; require the council to adopt policy consistent with board policy on the procedures for posting proposed new curriculum and providing results to the superintendent; allow the council to review no more than three principal candidates preferred by the superintendent; require the local board to adopt a policy on public notice of approved curriculum and a process for filing an educational grievance.
KY
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB205
Introduced
1/5/22
Refer
1/5/22
Amend KRS 337.415, relating to court-ordered appearances by employees, to prohibit employers from discharging or retaliating against an employee who is a crime victim when the employee takes leave to attend proceedings associated with a crime; require an employee to give an employer reasonable notice to take leave when practicable; provide guidelines for use of paid leave; require the employer to maintain confidentiality of records and communication with employee crime victim; create a private right of action for improper discharge, discrimination, retaliation, and failing to maintain confidentiality; define terms; amend KRS 337.990 to establish penalties in the case of violation by employer.
KY
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB206
Introduced
1/5/22
Refer
1/5/22
Refer
2/11/22
Report Pass
2/15/22
Engrossed
2/23/22
Refer
2/23/22
Refer
3/1/22
Report Pass
3/17/22
Enrolled
4/14/22
Enrolled
4/14/22
Chaptered
4/20/22
Passed
4/20/22
Amend KRS 15.382 to prohibit anyone who has been convicted of various misdemeanor offenses and inchoate offenses under KRS Chapter 510 from being certified as a peace officer; amend KRS 15.386 to prohibit peace officers who have been convicted of various misdemeanor offenses and inchoate offenses under KRS Chapter 510 from returing to active certification from inactive status; amend KRS 15.391 to provide that a peace officer's certification shall be revoked if he or she pleads guilty to, is convicted of, or enters an Alford plea to various misdemeanor offenses and inchoate offenses under KRS Chaper 510.