All Bills - Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
KY
Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB42
Introduced
1/5/23
Refer
1/5/23
Refer
2/7/23
Report Pass
2/22/23
Engrossed
3/3/23
Refer
3/3/23
Refer
3/7/23
Report Pass
3/9/23
Enrolled
3/16/23
Enrolled
3/16/23
Chaptered
3/22/23
Passed
3/22/23
Amend KRS 18A.2258 to require the secretary of the Finance Cabinet to contract with an independent entity to monitor all Public Employee Health Insurance health care service benefit claims; allow the contract to include pharmacy benefits claims monitoring if used in lieu of the contract to monitor pharmacy benefit claims; exclude health care benefits for Medicare eligible retirees from the purview of the monitoring entity.
KY
Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB43
Introduced
1/5/23
Refer
1/5/23
Refer
2/7/23
Report Pass
2/22/23
Engrossed
3/3/23
Refer
3/3/23
Refer
3/10/23
Report Pass
3/14/23
Refer
3/16/23
Enrolled
3/16/23
Enrolled
3/16/23
Chaptered
3/22/23
Passed
3/22/23
Amend KRS 216.505 to include communicable disease outbreaks and resident communicable disease status to exemptions for essential personal care visitors; EMERGENCY.
KY
Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB44
Introduced
1/5/23
Refer
1/5/23
Refer
2/7/23
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 243 to authorize wine corkage in conjunction with a meal by a limited restaurant or NQ2 retail drink licensee; establish conditions to remove a bottle of opened wine from the premises; amend KRS 242.260 to exempt corkage from dry and moist territory violations; amend KRS 243.020, 243.034, and 243.084 to conform.
KY
Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB45
Introduced
1/5/23
Refer
1/5/23
Refer
2/7/23
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to abolish the death penalty and replace it with life imprisonment without parole for inmates presently sentenced to death; amend KRS 532.030 to remove the death penalty; amend KRS 640.040 to prohibit life imprisonment without benefit of parole for a juvenile offender convicted of a capital offense; amend KRS 422.285, 532.050, 532.100, and 533.010 to conform; repeal KRS 431.213, 431.2135, 431.218, 431.220, 431.223, 431.224, 431.240, 431.250, 431.260, 431.270, 507A.060, 532.025, 532.075, 532.130, 532.135, 532.140, 532.300, 532.305, and 532.309.
KY
Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB46
Introduced
1/5/23
Refer
1/5/23
Refer
2/7/23
Report Pass
2/21/23
Engrossed
2/28/23
Refer
2/28/23
Refer
3/2/23
Report Pass
3/8/23
Enrolled
3/15/23
Enrolled
3/15/23
Chaptered
3/17/23
Passed
3/17/23
Amend KRS 246.030 to change the Office of State Veterinarian's Division of Animal Health to the Division of Regulatory Field Services, change the Division of Producer Services to the Division of Animal Health Programs, and establish the Division of Emergency Preparedness and Response; amend KRS 257.330, 257.350, 257.370, 257.380, 257.390, 257.400, 257.410, 257.420, 257.440, 257.450, 257.470, and 321.200 to conform.
KY
Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB47
Introduced
1/5/23
Refer
1/5/23
Refer
3/1/23
Report Pass
3/14/23
Engrossed
3/16/23
Refer
3/16/23
Refer
3/29/23
Report Pass
3/30/23
Enrolled
3/30/23
Enrolled
3/30/23
Chaptered
3/31/23
Passed
3/31/23
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 218A to define terms and establish a medicinal cannabis program; amend KRS 342.815 to establish that the Employer’s Mutual Insurance Authority shall not be required to provide coverage to an employer if doing so would subject the authority to a violation of state or federal law; amend KRS 216B.402 to require hospital emergency departments to report cases of cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Control; amend KRS 218A.010, 218A.1421, 218A.1422, 218A.1423, and 218A.500 to conform; amend KRS 12.020, 12.252, 15.300, 15.380, 15.398, 15.420, 15A.340, 61.592, 62.160, 131.1815, 211.285, 241.010, 241.015, 241.030, 243.025, 243.0307, 243.038, 243.090, 243.360, 438.310, 438.311, 438.313, 438.315, 438.317, 438.320, 438.325, 438.330, 438.337, and 438.340 to change the name of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Control; some sections EFFECTIVE July 1, 2024.
KY
Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB48
Introduced
1/6/23
Refer
1/6/23
Refer
2/7/23
Report Pass
2/14/23
Engrossed
2/23/23
Refer
2/23/23
Refer
3/3/23
Report Pass
3/9/23
Refer
3/15/23
Enrolled
3/16/23
Enrolled
3/16/23
Chaptered
3/29/23
Passed
3/29/23
Amend KRS 12.020 to remove the Office of the Ombudsman and Administrative Review and the Office of the Inspector from the Office of the Secretary and place them in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services as individual agencies; dissolve the Department for Income Support, the Department for Family Resource Centers and Volunteer Services, and the Office for Children with Special Health Care Needs; and place the Disability Determination Services program and Serve Kentucky within the Education and Labor Cabinet; amend KRS 13B.020 to remove disability determination hearings from the Department for Income Support and give the responsibility of disability determination hearings to the Education and Labor Cabinet; amend KRS 15.055 to remove the Cabinet for Health and Family Services from promulgating administrative regulations in this section and designating the Office of the Attorney General as the agency in charge of promulgating administrative regulations and publication of delinquent child support obligors; amend KRS 194A.030 to remove the Office of the Ombudsman and Administrative Review the Office of Inspector General from the Office of the Secretary, establish them each as their own entity within the Cabinet, and list their duties; place the Office for Children with Special Health Care Needs within the Department for Public Health; dissolve the Department for Family Resource Centers and Volunteer Services and place that jurisdiction within the Department for Community Based Services; dissolve the Department for Income Support; remove guardian services from the Department for Aging and Independent Living and place those services within the Department for Community Based Services; amend KRS 197.105 to remove the Cabinet from receiving deducted wages from child support and allow the Office of Attorney General to be paid those wages; amend KRS 194A.120 to remove the Office for Children with Special Health Care Needs; amend KRS 194A.624 to remove a representative from the Office for Children with Special Health Care Needs from the advisory council on Autism Spectrum Disorders; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 205.710 as a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to change definitions to remove the Cabinet from being in charge of administering the child support program and give that responsibility to the Attorney General; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 205.712 as a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to remove the jurisdiction of child support enforcement from the Department for Income Support and give that jurisdiction and responsibility to the Office of the Attorney General; repeal, reenact, and amend the following statutes as new sections in KRS Chapter 15: KRS 205.713, 205.720, 205.721, 205.725, 205.730, 205.735, 205,745, 205.750, 205.752, 205.755, 205.765, 205.767, 205.768, 205.7685, 205.769, 205.7695, 205.770, 205.772, 205.774, 205.776, 205.778, 205.7785, 205.780, 205.785, 205.792, 205.793, 205.795, 205.796, 205.7965, 205.798, 205.800, 205.802, 341.412, 405.411, 405.430, 405.435, 405.450, 405.460, 405.463, 405.465, 405.467, 405.480, 405.490, 405.520, 407.5102, 402.5201, 407.5308, 407.5310, 407.5602, 407.5703, 407.5704, 407.5705, and 407.5708 to conform; repeal and reenact KRS 205.715, 205.732, 205.766, 205.782, and 205.790 as new sections of KRS Chapter 15; amend KRS 151B.015 to place the Disability Determination Services program and Serve Kentucky under the jurisdiction of the Education and Labor Cabinet; amend KRS 151B.212 to remove a representative from the Department for Income Support from the Employment First Council and add to the council a representative from the Education and Labor Cabinet; amend KRS 207.200 to conform; repeal KRS 194A. 570 and reenact as a new section of KRS Chapter 151B and amend to establish Serve Kentucky in the Education and Labor Cabinet and to remove Serve Kentucky from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; repeal and reenact 194A.572, 194A.575, and 194A.578 as a new chapter of KRS 151B; amend KRS 403.212, 405.405, 407.5201, 45A.550, 314.077, 403.090, 405.500, 205.172, 205.173, 205.191, 405.470, 131.672, 205.990, 70.325, 205.992 to conform; require the CHFS task force to continue through the interim of 2023; require the Department for Medicaid Services, Aging and Independent Living, and Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities to work together to identify and eliminate redundancies and barriers to administering Medicaid waivers; require the Office of Human Resource Management and the Personnel Cabinet to work together to identify systemic barriers; remove the Disability Determination Services program from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and place it within the Education and Labor Cabinet; remove the Division of Adult Guardianship from the Department for Aging and Independent Living and place it within the Department for Community Based Services.
KY
Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB49
Introduced
1/6/23
Refer
1/6/23
Refer
2/7/23
Report Pass
2/9/23
Engrossed
2/15/23
Refer
2/15/23
Refer
3/2/23
Report Pass
3/7/23
Refer
3/13/23
Enrolled
3/16/23
Enrolled
3/16/23
Chaptered
3/22/23
Passed
3/22/23
Amend KRS 161.048, relating to alternative methods of teacher certification, to change the provisional certification period from two to four years for Option 6 and Option 7 for a total of five years; EMERGENCY.
KY
Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB5
Introduced
2/7/23
Refer
2/7/23
Refer
2/9/23
Report Pass
2/23/23
Engrossed
2/24/23
Refer
2/24/23
Refer
3/2/23
Report Pass
3/13/23
Enrolled
3/16/23
Enrolled
3/16/23
Chaptered
3/29/23
Passed
3/29/23
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define "harmful to minors"; require local boards of education to adopt a complaint resolution policy to address parent complaints about materials that are harmful to minors; require the school to ensure that a student whose parent has filed a complaint does not have access to the material; require the Kentucky Department of Education to promulgate model complaint resolution policy; EMERGENCY.
KY
Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB50
Introduced
1/3/23
Refer
1/3/23
Refer
1/5/23
Amend KRS 67.060 to require the office of county commissioner to have a partisan primary or partisan election; amend KRS 83A.040 to require the office of mayor and legislative body members to have a partisan primary or partisan election; amend KRS 83A.045 to require all city offices to have a partisan primary or partisan election; amend KRS 83A.100 to require the city ward to have a partisan primary or partisan election; amend KRS 160.200 to require the offices of boards of education to have a partisan primary or partisan election; amend KRS 160.210 to require school board candidates to have emblems of political party affiliation presented on the ballot; amend KRS 262.210 to require the offices of soil and water conservation officers to have a partisan primary or partisan election; amend various KRS sections to conform; and repeal KRS 83A.047, 83A.050, 83A.170, 83A.175, 160.250, and 160.260.
KY
Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB51
Introduced
1/6/23
Refer
1/6/23
Refer
3/1/23
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 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 the age of 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 at a rate 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 years of age 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, 2024, and allow cannabis sales beginning on July 1, 2025; Section 31 of Act RETROACTIVE; APPROPRIATION.
KY
Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB52
Introduced
1/6/23
Refer
1/6/23
Refer
2/7/23
Report Pass
2/15/23
Engrossed
2/22/23
Refer
2/22/23
Refer
3/9/23
Report Pass
3/15/23
Enrolled
3/30/23
Enrolled
3/30/23
Chaptered
4/11/23
Passed
4/11/23
Amend KRS 64.012 to require the document storage fee to be held in a separate fund by the county clerk in a county containing a consolidated local government; specify uses for the fee revenue; and require reporting; amend KRS 137.115 to require in a county with a consolidated local government that specific license fees be payable to an agency of the consolidated local government as designated by its council.
KY
Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB53
Introduced
1/6/23
Refer
1/6/23
Refer
2/7/23
Amend KRS 311A.025 to remove emergency medical dispatcher, emergency medical dispatch instructor, emergency medical dispatch instructor trainer, and emergency medical dispatch center or public safety answering point from the authority of the Kentucky Emergency Services Medical Board's certification or licensure authority.
KY
Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB54
Introduced
1/6/23
Refer
1/6/23
Refer
2/7/23
Report Pass
2/23/23
Engrossed
2/28/23
Refer
2/28/23
Refer
3/2/23
Report Pass
3/7/23
Refer
3/13/23
Enrolled
3/16/23
Enrolled
3/16/23
Chaptered
3/22/23
Passed
3/22/23
Amend KRS 164.7884 to define "proprietary school" and "qualified proprietary school program" and allow use of KEES funds for enrollment in a qualified proprietary school program; amend KRS 165.7879 to allow a student who attends an out-of-state high school or Department of Defense school due to a parent's military transfer to earn a KEES award if the student earned a base amount in a previous year at a Kentucky high school.
KY
Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB55
Introduced
1/6/23
Refer
1/6/23
Refer
2/14/23
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require each public school that includes any of grades four through 12 to provide free feminine hygiene products to female students; require each local board of education to adopt policies for the distribution of free feminine hygiene products; define feminine hygiene products.