Kentucky 2024 Regular Session All Bills
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB248
Introduced
1/11/24
Refer
1/11/24
Refer
2/1/24
Report Pass
2/13/24
Engrossed
2/28/24
Refer
2/28/24
Refer
3/11/24
Report Pass
3/21/24
Enrolled
3/28/24
Enrolled
3/28/24
Chaptered
4/5/24
Passed
4/5/24
Amends KRS 95.440 to remove the requirement that a person shall be eligible for reinstatement to a police or fire department only within one year following separation from employment.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB249
Introduced
1/11/24
Refer
1/11/24
Refer
2/2/24
Report Pass
2/6/24
Engrossed
2/23/24
Refer
2/23/24
Refer
3/25/24
Amend KRS 189.282, regarding low-speed vehicles, to expressly exempt low-speed vehicles which meet the standards of 49 C.F.R. sec. 571.500 from any other federal motor vehicle safety standards or any of the equipment provisions of KRS Chapter 189 that are not applicable; EMERGENCY.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB25
Introduced
1/2/24
Refer
1/2/24
Amend KRS 17.500 to include distribution of matter portraying a sexual performamce by a minor in the definition of "sex crime"; amend KRS 439.3401 to include possession or viewing of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor and distribution of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor in the definition of "violent offender"; amend KRS 532.060 to require a person who has been convicted of a violation of KRS 529.100, 529.110, 531.320, 531.335, or 531.340 to serve five years of postincarceration supervision; amend KRS 532.200 to redefine "violent felony offense" as an offense that would classify a person as a violent offender under KRS 439.3401.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB250
Introduced
1/11/24
Refer
1/11/24
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186 to require the Transportation Cabinet to expand driver licensing services by either setting up a system where a county clerk issues operators licenses and personal identification cards, or maintain a permanent full-time driver licensing office in each county; allow county clerks to retain a $10 fee for each document processed; amend KRS 186.531 to conform.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB251
Introduced
1/11/24
Refer
1/11/24
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 277 to require a crew of at least two persons during operation of a train or light engine; amend KRS 277.990 to include penalties for crews of less than two persons.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB252
Introduced
1/11/24
Refer
1/11/24
Refer
1/17/24
Report Pass
3/14/24
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216 to prohibit a health care provider from performing a pelvic, rectal, or prostate examination without the informed consent of the patient or the person authorized to make health care decisions for the patient; provide for certain exceptions including a court order; require violators to be subject to discipline by the appropriate professional licensing board or accrediting agency.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB253
Introduced
1/12/24
Refer
1/12/24
Create a new section of KRS 258.095 to 258.500 to require animal control officers to receive training on recognizing child abuse; amend KRS 620.030 to add animal control officers to the list of people with a duty to report dependency, neglect, or abuse of a child; provide that the Act may be cited as Kyan's Law.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB254
Introduced
1/12/24
Refer
1/12/24
Refer
3/5/24
Report Pass
3/6/24
Amend KRS 18A.115 to exclude attorneys in the Department of Public Advocacy from classified service; amend KRS 31.010 to delete references to legal representation for persons with disabilities and make technical corrections; provide that the Department of Public Advocacy is an independent agency that is administratively attached to the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet; create a new section of KRS Chapter 31 to establish an independent division of the Department of Public Advocacy, the Division of Protection and Advocacy, to provide the protection of rights for persons with disabilities; amend KRS 31.020 to provide that the compensation of attorneys employed by Department of Public Advocacy shall be set by the public advocate; amend KRS 31.030 to require the departmant to provide assistance and education to attorneys representing indigent persons under KRS Chapter 31; delete the requirement that the department shall submit information regarding funding to the Legislative Research Commission; amend KRS 31.211 to provide that all attorneys providing representation under KRS Chapter 31 shall forward all information that indicates payment or reimbursement for legal assistance to the public advocate; amend KRS 31.215 to prohibit any attorney providing representation under KRS Chapter 31 from accepting any compensation except unsolicited gifts of de minimis value; amend to a Class A misdemeanor; amend KRS 31.219 to provide that any attorney providing representation under KRS Chapter 31 shall file a notice of appeal unless the appeal would be frivolous.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB255
Introduced
1/16/24
Refer
1/16/24
Refer
1/26/24
Report Pass
2/15/24
Engrossed
2/23/24
Refer
2/23/24
Refer
2/28/24
Report Pass
3/21/24
Amend KRS 339.230 to prohibit the Department of Workplace Standards from promulgating regulations on child labor that are more restrictive than those promulgated by the United States Secretary of Labor.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB256
Introduced
1/16/24
Refer
1/16/24
Refer
1/23/24
Report Pass
1/31/24
Report Pass
3/5/24
Engrossed
3/8/24
Refer
3/8/24
Refer
3/13/24
Report Pass
3/21/24
Enrolled
3/28/24
Enrolled
3/28/24
Chaptered
4/5/24
Passed
4/5/24
Creates a new section of Subtitle 2 of KRS Chapter 304 to establish the Strengthen Kentucky Homes Program, to establish purpose, to create the Strengthen Kentucky Homes Program fund, and to require that the commissioner of insurance promulgate administrative regulations to implement and administer program; creates new sections of Subtitle 13 of KRS Chapter 304 to require that property insurance companies provide a premium discount or rate reduction for properties that that have been certified as complying with any applicable FORTIFIED Home or FORTIFIED multifamily construction standards under certain circumstances, to permit the insurance commissioner to promulgate administrative regulations to establish standard discount amounts, targets, or benchmarks for coverage, to require property insurance companies to offer an optional rider, endorsement, or supplemental policy provision to upgrade non-FORTIFIED single-family dwellings under certain circumstances, to provide that Sections 2 and 3 of the Act apply to insurance policies and contracts issued or renewed on or after March 1, 2026, to provide when submissions are required for premium discounts or rate reductions and the optional rider, endorsement, or supplemental policy provision under Sections 2 and 3 of the Act, and to provide that the Act may be cited as the Strengthen Kentucky Homes Act; APPROPRIATION.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB257
Introduced
1/16/24
Refer
1/16/24
Amend KRS 164.020 to abolish the Council on Postsecondary Education and transfer authorities and duties to the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority; amend KRS 164.746 to add three student members to the board of the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority; amend various sections of KRS Chapters 164, 164A, 165, 165A, 168, 171, 183, 200, 210, 214, 309, 367, 11A, 12, 18A, 42, 56, 61, 63, 64, 138, 151B, 154, 156, 157,158, 160, and 161 to conform; repeal KRS 164.011, which created and established the Council on Postsecondary Education; dissolve the Council on Postsecondary Education and transfer personnel, records, files, equipment, and funds to the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority; make technical corrections.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB258
Introduced
1/16/24
Refer
1/16/24
Refer
2/16/24
Report Pass
2/21/24
Engrossed
3/5/24
Refer
3/5/24
Refer
3/7/24
Report Pass
3/14/24
Enrolled
3/27/24
Enrolled
3/27/24
Chaptered
4/4/24
Passed
4/4/24
Amends KRS 525.135 to define “serious physical injury or infirmity” and to redefine “torture,” to provide that torture of a dog or cat is a Class D felony in every instance and that each act may constitute a separate offense, and to provide what does not constitute torture of a dog or cat.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB259
Introduced
1/16/24
Refer
1/16/24
Amend KRS 237.109 to lower the age requirement for carrying a concealed and deadly weapon from 21 to 18; amend KRS 237.110 to conform and make technical corrections.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB26
Introduced
1/2/24
Refer
1/2/24
Amend KRS 341.030 to provide that reimbursements paid to volunteer firefighters for traveling to respond to emergencies or for the use of his or her personal vehicle or other equipment in responding to emergencies, shall not be considered wages for purposes of unemployment insurance; RETROACTIVE to March 6, 2020; EMERGENCY.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB260
Introduced
1/16/24
Refer
1/16/24
The LRC Director's recommended Legislative Branch Budget: Detail Part I, Operating Budget; detail Part II, General Provisions; detail Part III, Budget Reduction or Surplus Expenditure Plan; APPROPRIATION.