All Bills - Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB14
Introduced
1/3/23
Refer
1/3/23
Refer
3/9/23
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186 to create an EMS special license plate; limit eligibility to certain licensed EMS personnel or retirees with 20 years of service; specify that the EMS plate requires no minimum number of applications prior to production; amend KRS 186.162 to establish the fees for the EMS special license plate, including an additional contribution to the Kentucky EMS Memorial Foundation; amend KRS 186.166 to update the list of special license plates to be perpetually produced; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2024.
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB140
Introduced
1/6/23
Refer
1/6/23
Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to establish a right of the people to have a healthy environment, including a right to clean air, pure water, and ecologically healthy habitats; declare the Commonwealth's natural resources, among them its air, water, flora, fauna, climate, and public lands, are the common property of all people, including generations yet to come; establish that as trustee of the environment and its natural resources, the Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all people; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB141
Introduced
1/6/23
Refer
1/6/23
Create various new sections of KRS Chapter 211 to define terms; establish the Urgent-Need Insulin Program and the Continuing Access to Insulin Program; establish eligibility guidelines; establish the application process; establish the process by which insulin is dispensed to eligible individuals; establish the responsibilities of insulin manufacturers; establish the responsibilities of the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy for administering the program; require manufacturers to annually report certain information to the board; require the board to report certain information to the General Assembly upon request; establish penalties; EMERGENCY.
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB142
Introduced
2/7/23
Refer
2/7/23
Refer
2/23/23
Amend KRS 139.010 to define "feminine hygiene products"; amend KRS 139.480 to exempt from sales and use tax the sale or purchase of feminine hygiene products; apply to sales or purchases made on or after July 1, 2023, but before July 1, 2027; require the Department of Revenue to report annually to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue the total exemptions claimed for the previous fiscal year on September 1; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the Department of Revenue to report to the Legislative Research Commission.
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB143
Introduced
2/7/23
Refer
2/7/23
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 244 to define terms; establish pre-employment requirements for bouncers; create bouncer training standards; establish agency oversight; amend KRS 244.120 to prohibit consumption of alcohol by a bouncer during work hours; amend KRS 243.500 to allow revocation or suspension of a license for failure to comply with bouncer restrictions; cite this Act as Christopher's Law; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2024.
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB144
Introduced
2/7/23
Refer
2/7/23
Refer
2/14/23
Report Pass
3/3/23
Engrossed
3/8/23
Refer
3/8/23
Refer
3/10/23
Report Pass
3/16/23
Enrolled
3/16/23
Enrolled
3/16/23
Chaptered
3/29/23
Passed
3/29/23
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to define terms; provide protections from in-person access to private open land by law enforcement; require law enforcement to utilize body-worn cameras and audio devices while on private open land; provide exceptions.
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB145
Introduced
2/7/23
Refer
2/7/23
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to establish the Commonwealth Education Continuum; specify the membership of the continuum; establish the terms of members; require the Council on Postsecondary Education to act as the administrative body for the continuum; establish reporting requirements to the Interim Joint Committee on Education.
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB146
Introduced
2/7/23
Refer
2/7/23
Refer
2/10/23
Report Pass
2/16/23
Engrossed
2/22/23
Refer
2/22/23
Refer
2/24/23
Report Pass
3/2/23
Refer
3/8/23
Enrolled
3/14/23
Enrolled
3/14/23
Chaptered
3/23/23
Passed
3/23/23
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 341 to require the Office of Unemployment Insurance to advise a claimant approved for benefits of additional benefits, training opportunities, and financial aid resources available; amend KRS 341.005 to add training provided under the Trade Act of 1974 to the definition of approved training, and add disaster unemployment assistance and trade readjustment allowances to the programs not considered as enhanced benefits; amend KRS 341.100 create comprehensive list of conditions the secretary shall take into consideration when determining if work is suitable; amend KRS 341.385 to change the minimum state average unemployment rate from less than or equal to 4.5% to 6.5% and the minimum weeks of benefits available from 12 weeks to 16 weeks; remove claimants from the classification system with a definite return to work date or recall to work within a period of 16 weeks from the date of filing the initial or reopened claim, and removes extended benefits from benefits that shall not be affected by the classification system; amend KRS 341.375 to provide that notice the claimant declined to accept suitable work, or has failed to attend the first interview may not be the principal factor when determining ineligibility for benefits; amend KRS 341.4169 to provide workers shall not be denied shared work benefits if otherwise eligible when participating in training funded by the Workforce Innovation Act.
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB147
Introduced
2/7/23
Refer
2/7/23
Amend KRS 337.415, relating to court-ordered appearances by employees, to define terms; 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; amend KRS 337.990 to establish penalties in the case of violation by employer.
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB148
Introduced
2/7/23
Refer
2/7/23
Refer
2/22/23
Report Pass
3/1/23
Engrossed
3/7/23
Refer
3/7/23
Refer
3/9/23
Report Pass
3/14/23
Enrolled
3/16/23
Enrolled
3/16/23
Chaptered
3/24/23
Passed
3/24/23
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to provide for the written assignment of substance abuse or mental health treatment benefits to a substance abuse and mental health facility or other health care provider located in this state that provides both substance abuse and mental health treatment services to the public; amend KRS 304.14-250, 304.17-130, and 304.18-090 to conform; create a new section of Subtitle 38A of KRS Chapter 304 to require limited health service organizations to comply with assignment provisions; amend KRS 18A.225 and 164.2871 to require the state employee health plan and the state postsecondary education institutions, respectively, to comply with assignment provisions; apply assignment provisions to both insurance policies in effect and insurance policies issued, delivered, or renewed on or after effective date.
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB149
Introduced
2/7/23
Refer
2/7/23
Refer
2/16/23
Amend KRS 189.340, regarding passing and overtaking of vehicles on the roadway, to prohibit traveling in the left-most lane of an interstate or limited access highway with multiple lanes of travel in each direction at a speed lower than the posted maximum speed limit; provide exceptions; amend KRS 189.990 to set a fine of $25 for a violation; make fine prepayable; exempt violations from the payment of court costs or other fees imposed under KRS Chapter 24A.
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB15
Introduced
1/3/23
Refer
1/3/23
Amend KRS 337.010 to define "family care leave," "family member," "health care provider," "same employer," and "serious health condition"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to prohibit employers from refusing to grant a qualified an employee family care leave; entitle an employee to family care leave for the birth of a child or to take care of a family member and establish parameters.
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB150
Introduced
2/7/23
Refer
2/7/23
Refer
2/9/23
Report Pass
2/21/23
Engrossed
2/28/23
Refer
2/28/23
Refer
3/2/23
Report Pass
3/8/23
Enrolled
3/13/23
Enrolled
3/13/23
Chaptered
3/16/23
Passed
3/16/23
Amend KRS 190.010 to amend the definition of "franchise" to include any agreements related to or dependent on an original franchise agreement addendum to the franchise agreement; amend KRS 190.042 to permit a new motor vehicle dealer to propose a successor agreement; amend KRS 190.045 to increase the time allowed for a dealer to respond to notice of cancellation from 15 days to 30 days; amend KRS 190.046 to limit audit and document retention requirements on recall work, and allow a manufacturer to audit a motor dealer if the manufacturer reasonably suspects fraud; amend KRS 190.070 to prohibit manufacturers and other licensees from requiring remodeling of a dealership within 10 years of a previously required improvement, using motor vehicles in transit in any sales formula to the detriment of the dealer, offering the sale of new motor vehicles outside a franchised dealer, or failing to assign reservations and purchase requests received by a manufacturer to a dealer.
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB151
Introduced
2/7/23
Refer
2/7/23
Refer
2/9/23
Report Pass
2/15/23
Amend KRS 322.045 to allow a person to qualify for licensure as a land surveyor if he or she has graduated from a two-year board-approved program and has obtained a minimum of six years of progressive experience in land surveying, with four of those years under the direct supervision of a practicing land surveyor; allow graduates of two-year board-approved programs to be eligible to take the Fundamentals of Land Surveying Examination after two years of progressive experience in land surveying; allow graduates of two-year board-approved programs to be eligible to take the Principles and Practice of Land Surveying Examination after six years of progressive experience in land surveying; and eliminate the board's responsibility to promulgate administrative regulations that establish requirements for consideration of experience gained before entering the graduate programs approved by the board.
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB152
Introduced
2/7/23
Refer
2/7/23
Refer
2/28/23
Create a new section of Subchapter 20 of KRS Chapter 154 to establish the Taxpayer Transplant Program to recruit remote workers and employees to the Commonwealth; establish program guidelines and require the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority to issue a request for proposal for the contracted company to invest in the program and recruit, market, and offer incentive grants to attract qualified employees; create a new section of KRS Chapter 131 to authorize the Department of Revenue to issue annual disbursements to the contracted company based upon the qualified employees, wages, and county of location; require the Department of Revenue to report to the Interim Joint Committees on Appropriations on the program; require the authority to issue the request for proposal within 90 days of the effective date of the Act to avoid a ten percent reduction in the Economic Development budget unit in the next biennium.