All Bills - Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB397
Introduced
2/21/23
Refer
2/21/23
Failed
3/29/23
Amend KRS 96.172 to include gender-neutral language.
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB398
Introduced
2/21/23
Refer
2/21/23
Failed
3/29/23
Amend KRS 189A.010 to provide that a third or subsequent offense of driving under the influence within a 10-year period is a Class D felony; provide that if a person is convicted of a third or subsequent offense of driving under the influence the minimum term of imprisonment shall be 120 days; amend KRS 189A.110 to require a person arrested for a violation of driving under the influence to remain in custody for at least 8 hours prior to release; amend KRS 189A.040, 189A.200, 189A.240, and 281A.2102 to conform; provide the Act may be cited as Lily's Law; EMERGENCY.
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB399
Introduced
2/21/23
Refer
2/21/23
Amend KRS 16.170 to permit officers and individuals employed as a Trooper R Class or CVE R Class to participate in political activities while off duty; define what constitutes a political activity; establish guidelines for participation; amend KRS 16.195 to conform.
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB4
Introduced
2/10/23
Refer
2/10/23
Refer
2/15/23
Report Pass
2/21/23
Engrossed
2/24/23
Refer
2/24/23
Refer
3/1/23
Report Pass
3/14/23
Refer
3/15/23
Enrolled
3/16/23
Enrolled
3/16/23
Vetoed
3/24/23
Refer
3/29/23
Override
3/29/23
Refer
3/29/23
Override
3/29/23
Enrolled
3/29/23
Enrolled
3/30/23
Chaptered
3/30/23
Passed
3/30/23
Amend KRS 278.702 to provide that the terms of service for the ad hoc members of the Kentucky State Board on Electric Generation and Transmission Siting end when the merchant electric generating facility for which they were appointed has been constructed and has begun generating electricity for sale or its construction certificate expires; amend KRS 278.704 to lengthen the period of time that a construction certificate for a merchant electric generating facility is valid from 2 years to 3 years; include decommissioning requirements within the requirements over which local planning and zoning requirements shall have primacy; remove outdated language; amend KRS 278.706 to require that a decommissioning plan be included in an application for construction of a merchant electric generating facility; establish minimum requirements for a decommissioning plan; require as part of a decommission plan that a bond or similar security be secured to assure that the decommissioning plan is accomplished; establish requirements for how the bond is set and how the beneficiaries of the bond are to be determined; require that certain components of the decommissioning plan be incorporated into the construction certificate applicant's leases with landowners; amend KRS 278.708 to reference the transfer of the enforcement authority for mitigation measures that are conditions of application approval from the board to the Energy and Environment Cabinet; amend KRS 278.710 to include whether the decommissioning plan is complete and complies with the requirements of the Act in the criteria for approval of a construction certificate for a merchant electric generating facility; require a person that has received a construction certificate for a merchant electric generating facility file with the Energy and Environment Cabinet the copy of the bond or similar security no later than the date that construction commences for the facility; require that an updated copy of the bond or similar security be refiled at least once every 5 years thereafter; require notice to be filed with the Energy and Environment Cabinet when the construction of the merchant electric generating facility is complete and has begun producing electricity for sale; require that notice be given of any transaction involving the sale or transfer of ownership of the facility to the Energy and Environment Cabinet and local officials within 10 days of finalizing the transaction; require a person who has acquired a merchant electric generating facility to file with the Energy and Environment Cabinet written consent to assume the obligations in the decommissioning plan for the facility and to adopt or replace the required decommissioning bond; provide that the transferor of control of a merchant electric generating facility remain liable for its decommissioning obligations until the transferee completes the documentation required by the Act and the secretary of the Energy and Environment cabinet accepts it as complete; provide that application approval conditions that require approval of transfer of control shall be void and unenforceable, subject to the requirements of the section; provide that after the application for a construction certificate for a merchant electric generating facility has been approved, the bond required by the Act has been posted, the facility has been constructed, and it has begun generating electricity for sale, the secretary of the Energy and Environment Cabinet shall ensure the facility's ongoing compliance with the requirements of KRS 278.700 to 278.716 and the conditions of its construction certificate approval, including updating its decommissioning plan and bond amounts at least once every 5 years; transfer the enforcement authority for mitigation measures that are conditions of application approval from the board to the Energy and Environment Cabinet once the facility is constructed and begins generating electricity for sale; require that while the electric merchant generating facility is operational, if solar panels are removed and discarded, the discarded solar panels be removed from the site within 90 days of the completion of the work; amend KRS 278.718 to provide that an ordinance, permit, or license issued by a local government shall have primacy over the requirements of KRS 278.700 and Sections 2, 3, and 4 of this Act; amend KRS 224.10-100 to authorize the Energy and Environment Cabinet to monitor and enforce compliance of merchant electric generating entities with the requirements of the Act; authorize the Energy and Environment Cabinet to draw upon a decommissioning bond or other similar security for which it is named a beneficiary to complete an approved decommissioning plan; amend KRS 224.99-010 to give jurisdiction to the Circuit Court in any county where a merchant electric generating facility is located for actions arising from or related to certain provisions of the Act; allow for a civil penalty not to exceed $2,500 per day to be imposed for violation of the bonding and bond transfer requirements in the Act; allow for the suspension of a merchant electric generating facility's operations for failing to pay civil penalties or complying with the bonding transfer requirements of the Act; allow for the decommissioning of the facility if it is still noncompliant after 90 days of suspension of its operation; create a new section of Subchapter 10 of KRS Chapter 224 to require that if a merchant electric facility fails to complete its decommissioning plan within 18 months of ceasing to produce electricity for sale, then the cabinet shall draw upon the decommissioning bond and implement the decommissioning plan; require the Energy and Environment Cabinet within 90 days of the effective date of the Act to promulgate administrative regulations to establish the monitoring and enforcement of the bonding and bond transfer requirements of the Act; allow the Energy and Environment Cabinet to establish a fee structure to cover the costs of its enforcement responsibilities; establish the merchant electric generating facility monitoring and enforcement fund to receive the fees and penalties collected by the Energy and Environment Cabinet pursuant to their monitoring and enforcement responsibilities under the Act; require that the funds collected only be used to defray the Energy and Environment Cabinet's costs related to their monitoring and enforcement responsibilities under the Act; require that all expenses for the determination of the bond amount and for the procurement of decommissioning services by the Energy and Environment be paid by the owner of the merchant electric generating facility; APPROPRIATION.
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB40
Introduced
1/3/23
Refer
1/3/23
Refer
2/9/23
Report Pass
2/23/23
Amend KRS 13A.330, relating to administrative regulation deficiency findings, to grant an administrative body 10 days to appeal a legislative committee's deficiency finding to the Attorney General; allow the Attorney General 20 days after receipt of the appeal to uphold or overrule the deficiency finding; withdraw or nullify a regulation automatically if the appeal is not filed or the deficiency finding is upheld; authorize the Governor to act on the regulation if the deficiency finding is overruled; prohibit an administrative body from promulgating an identical or substantially similar regulation for at least one year after a deficiency finding was upheld; amend KRS 13A.190, 13A.315, 13A.335, 13A.336, and 15.020 to conform; EMERGENCY.
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB400
Introduced
2/21/23
Refer
2/21/23
Amend KRS 189A.010 to create enhanced penalties for a person under the age of 21 who operates a motor vehicle with an alcohol concentration of 0.02 or more; allow a violation of KRS 189A.010 by a person under the age of 21 who operates a motor vehicle with an alcohol concentration of 0.02 or more to be included as a prior offense for enhancement purposes; amend KRS 189A.070 to create enhanced periods of license suspenion for a person under the age of 21 who operates a motor vehicle with an alcohol concentration of 0.02 or more; amend KRS 189A.340 and 189A.040 to conform.
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB401
Introduced
2/21/23
Refer
2/21/23
Refer
2/28/23
Report Pass
3/2/23
Engrossed
3/9/23
Refer
3/9/23
Refer
3/13/23
Report Pass
3/15/23
Enrolled
3/30/23
Enrolled
3/30/23
Chaptered
4/4/23
Passed
4/4/23
Amend KRS.12.020 and 15A.020 to add the Division of Records Management and rename the Division of Information Technology to the Division of Electronic Services within the Office of Technical Services within the Department of Kentucky State Police.
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB402
Introduced
2/21/23
Refer
2/21/23
Amend KRS 30A.010 to include gender-neutral language.
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB403
Introduced
2/21/23
Refer
2/21/23
Amend KRS 311A.030 to remove the classifications of ambulance services, mobile integrated healthcare programs, and medical first response providers; amend KRS 311A.142 to permit an emergency medical responder, emergency medical technician, advanced emergency medical technician, or paramedic in good standing in another state to be eligible for reciprocity at the same level of certification or licensure; amend KRS 142.301, 205.5602, 211.9523, 311A.010, 311A.170, and 405.075 to conform; repeal KRS 311A.185, relating to determination of death by a paramedic; EMERGENCY.
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB404
Introduced
2/21/23
Refer
2/21/23
Create new section of KRS Chapter 230 to direct premises licensed by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission to submit annual reports of criminal activity on their properties to the racing commission by March 1, of each year, beginning in 2024; direct the racing commission to submit annual reports based on this information from their licensees to the Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary by September 1 of each year beginning in 2024.
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB405
Introduced
2/21/23
Refer
2/21/23
Create a new section within KRS Chapter 335.010 to 335.170 to declare the purpose of the Social Work Licensure Compact; establish definitions; establish requirements for states that want to enter the compact; recognize a multistate licensure privilege to practice for regulated social workers; establish provisions for active duty military personnel or their spouses; recognize a multistate licensure privilege to practice for regulated social workers in any member state via telehealth; establish procedures for adverse actions a home and member state can take against a regulated social worker; create the Social Work Licensure Compact Commission; establish and elect an executive committee; provide immunity for party states, officers, employees, or representatives of the commission who act in accordance with the compact; require the commission to create, maintain, operate and use a coordinated database and reporting system containing licensure, adverse actions and investigative information on all licensed individuals in member states; establish procedures for rulemaking; authorize the commission to attempt to resolve disputes related to the compact that arise among member states and between member and non-member states; establish withdrawal procedures for a member state that withdraws from the compact; provide severability for any provision in the compact that is contrary to the constitution of any party state or of the United States or the applicability to any government, agency, person, or circumstance.
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB406
Introduced
2/21/23
Refer
2/21/23
Amend KRS 160.352 to provide that a parent member on a screening committee shall not be employed by the school district; require greater minority representation on a screening committee in a school district with a minority student population of 50 percent or greater.
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB407
Introduced
2/21/23
Refer
2/21/23
Amend KRS 164.507 to remove degree-seeking requirement for nonremarried spouse and children of a deceased veteran when utilizing educational benefits; require students to use federal grant funds toward tuition prior to the use of the waiver; amend KRS 164.515 to expand educational benefit to include service members with a disability rating of 50% or higher; remove degree-seeking requirement; require students to use federal grant funds toward tuition prior to the use of the waiver.
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB408
Introduced
2/21/23
Refer
2/21/23
Amend KRS 304.17A-258 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for certain formulas; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for breastfeeding support and equipment; amend KRS 205.522, 205.6485, 164.2871, and 18A.225 to require Medicaid, the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program, self-insured employer group health plans provided by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution, and the state employee health plan to comply with the coverage requirements for formulas and breastfeeding support and equipment; amend KRS 205.560 to conform; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to seek federal approval if they determine that such approval is necessary; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2024.
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB409
Introduced
2/21/23
Refer
2/21/23
Amend KRS 40.050 to include gender-neutral language.