All Bills - Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB464
Introduced
2/21/23
Refer
2/21/23
Refer
2/28/23
Report Pass
3/2/23
Engrossed
3/8/23
Refer
3/8/23
Refer
3/10/23
Amend KRS 171.394 to require that matching non-state funds from nonprofit organizations be dollar for dollar for Civil War sites and one dollar to each three dollars for Revolutionary War sites in order to receive funds from the Kentucky battlefield preservation fund; require approval of the state historic preservation officer for grants exceeding 50% of the appraised value of the land or permanent protective interests.
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB465
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 HB466
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 HB467
Introduced
2/21/23
Refer
2/21/23
Amend KRS 533.220 to include gender-neutral language.
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB468
Introduced
2/21/23
Refer
2/21/23
Amend KRS 533.220 to include gender-neutral language.
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB469
Introduced
2/21/23
Refer
2/21/23
Amend KRS 630.030 to include gender-neutral language.
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB47
Introduced
1/3/23
Refer
1/3/23
Refer
2/23/23
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to make possession of a personal use quantity of cannabis exempt from civil or criminal penalty; amend KRS 218A.010 to define "cannabis," "personal use quantity of cannabis," and "cannabis accessory"; amend KRS 218A.1422 regarding cannabis possession to conform; amend KRS 218A.1423 regarding cannabis cultivation to conform; amend KRS 218A.500 regarding drug paraphernalia to exempt personal use cannabis accessories; amend KRS 218A.1421 on cannabis trafficking to exempt personal use quantities; amend KRS 138.872 to exclude personal use quantities from cannabis stamp tax; amend KRS 218A.410 and 533.030 to conform; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to allow expungement of certain convictions relating to cannabis; apply Section 10 retroactively.
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB470
Introduced
2/21/23
Refer
2/21/23
Refer
2/21/23
Report Pass
3/2/23
Engrossed
3/3/23
Refer
3/3/23
Refer
3/13/23
Report Pass
3/14/23
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to define terms; state that the provision of gender transition services to a person under the age of 18 years by a health care provider or mental health care provider is unethical and unprofessional conduct; require an investigation of any report of provision of gender transition services to a person under the age of 18 years; require revocation of the provider's license if confirmed and termination of public funding for a public employee; require that providers be jointly and severally liable for all damages and costs sustained for providing gender transition services or aiding and assisting a person under the age of 18 years to consider or to obtain gender transition services; provide defense to providers refusing to provide services; make failure to report provision of gender transition services a crime; permit an action on a violation to be taken by the parent or guardian of a person before the person attains the age of 18 years and by the person within 30 years of the person attaining the age of 18 years, with exceptions under which the time may be longer; require conditions for actions and damages; prohibit use of public funds for gender transition services; prohibit a provider employed by a public agency to provide include gender transition procedures; permit the Attorney General to bring action to enforce provisions; permit intervention as a matter of right if these provisions are challenged; prohibit a public provider from intervening in a legal proceeding in defense of the provision of gender transition services; create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to prohibit Medicaid coverage of gender transition procedures for a person under age 18 years; create a new section of Subtitle12 of KRS Chapter 304 to establish liability provisions if an insurer elects to cover gender transition services; amend KRS 18A.225 to prohibit a fully insured benefit plan or self-insured plan for public employees from covering gender transition services for a person under the age of 18 years; amend KRS 454.210 to add to court permission to exercise personal jurisdiction over a person who acts directly or by an agent, as to a claim arising from the person's engaging in the provision of gender transition services to a person under the age of 18 years; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to prohibit a public school counselor, school-based mental health services provider, or other public employee from aiding or assisting in the provision of gender transition services for a person under the age of 18 years; establish liability provisions; require school notification of parents of child's expression of sex or gender inconsistency with exceptions; amend KRS 141.039 to require that corporate income relating to the provision of gender transition services to a person under age 18 years be added to net income; amend KRS 213.121 to prohibit a registered certificate or report from being amended if the purpose is to assist with a social or physical gender transition; amend KRS 401.020 to prohibit a court to order a name change if the purpose is to assist with a social or physical gender transition; create a new section of KRS Chapter 600 to prohibit the Department of Juvenile Justice from classifying a detainee by a sex that is inconsistent with defined sex; allow the Act to be cited as the Do No Harm Act; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2024.
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB471
Introduced
2/21/23
Refer
2/21/23
Amend KRS 337.010 to change the definition of "employee", and add "worker with disability"; amend KRS 337.275 to require all employers pay all employees, including tipped employees, employees under 18 years old, and workers with a disability minimum wage, and increase minimum wage over the next three years, to $15 per hour by July 1, 2026; amend KRS 337.295 to remove learners, apprentices, workers with a disability, sheltered workshop employees, and students from regulations issued by the commissioner; amend KRS 154.22-040 to conform; establish short title.
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB472
Introduced
2/21/23
Refer
2/21/23
Propose to amend Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky to allow voting rights to persons convicted of certain felonies; replace the language that prohibits idiots and insane persons from voting with contemporary language that instead prohibits persons from voting who are determined to be mentally incompetent by a court of competent jurisdiction and such determination has not been set aside; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB473
Introduced
2/21/23
Refer
2/21/23
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to make it a crime to unlawfully store a firearm; establish elements of the crime as 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.
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB474
Introduced
2/21/23
Refer
2/21/23
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require African history instruction in certain middle and high school world history and civilization courses; require Native American history instruction in certain middle and high school United States history courses; require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations establishing academic standards for the required historical instructions; require superintendents to adopt curricula for required instruction; require the Department of Education to collaborate with the Kentucky Center for African American Heritage and the Kentucky Native American Heritage Commission to develop recommended curricula and instruction guidelines for the required historical instruction, elective high school course offerings in African history and Native American history, and relevant professional development materials.
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB475
Introduced
2/21/23
Refer
2/21/23
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to define "assault weapons," "large-capacity ammunition-feeding devices," and "ammunition sellers"; require background checks for private firearms sales; require reporting to law enforcement of firearm and ammunition thefts and losses; require the safe storage of firearms; amend KRS 395.250 to require an estate's inventory to list each firearm; amend KRS 403.735 to require judges, when issuing an order of protection, to consider whether a person against whom the order is entered should be prohibited from possessing an firearm; amend KRS 504.030 to require judges in criminal cases where a person is found not guilty by reason of insanity to demand the surrender of the defendant's firearms; amend KRS 506.080 to specify that the offense of facilitation includes assistance in providing firearms; amend KRS 508.020 to include physical injury to a minor by virtue of the intentional discharge of a firearm within the offense of assault in the second degree; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to create the offense of criminal purchase or disposal of a weapon; amend KRS 527.040 to require that the sentence for a felon in possession of a firearm be served subsequent to any other felony sentence; amend KRS 527.070 to include postsecondary education facilities within the existing ban on firearms in schools; amend KRS 532.030 to require the judge pronouncing a defendant guilty but mentally ill to demand the surrender of the person's firearms; create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to require the State Police to promulgate administrative regulations relating to the licensing of persons to possess handguns and assault weapons, the registration of handguns and assault weapons, and the logging of firearms and ammunition sales effective January 1, 2024; amend KRS 65.1591, 237.104, 237.115, and 532.025 to conform; repeal KRS 65.870, relating to the prohibition of local firearm control ordiances; EMERGENCY; some provisions EFFECTIVE January 1, 2024.
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB476
Introduced
2/21/23
Refer
2/21/23
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 436 to define terms; establish a cause of action against any commercial entity that publishes matter harmful to minors on the Internet without obtaining age verification; require removal of personal data following review for access; establish civil penalties for violations.
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB477
Introduced
2/21/23
Refer
2/21/23
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to provide an enhanced term of imprisonment for any defendant convicted of certain crimes when the defendant intentionally selected the person because of that person's actual or perceived race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, mental or physical disability, gender identity or expression, or sexual orientation; amend KRS 15.334 and 17.1523 to conform; create new section of KRS Chapter 508 to create the offense of using hate symbols to intimidate; repeal KRS 49.320 and 532.031.