Kentucky 2024 Regular Session All Bills
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB153
Introduced
1/4/24
Refer
1/4/24
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 118 to set forth the agreement among the states to elect the president by national popular vote; establish Article I to allow any state and D.C. to be a member of the agreement; establish Article II to provide that member states shall conduct a statewide popular vote for election of President and Vice President; establish Article III to specify the manner of appointing presidential electors in member states; establish Article IV to provide that the compact shall take effect when states cumulatively possessing a majority of the electoral votes enact the agreement and allow a state to withdraw from the agreement; establish Article V to set forth definitions of the compact.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB154
Introduced
1/4/24
Refer
1/4/24
Amend KRS 338.991 to increase the civil penalties for employers who have violated any provision of KRS Chapter 338, received a citation for a violation of the requirements of KRS Chapter 338, or failed to correct a violation for which a citation has been issued; require the secretary for the Education and Labor Cabinet to annually adjust the maximum civil penalties beginning in 2024 by the percentage increase, if any, in the United State Average Consumer Price Index for all Urban Customers (CPI-U); direct the secretary to begin a three year phase-in for penalty adjustments beginning August 1, 2024.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB155
Introduced
1/4/24
Refer
1/4/24
Refer
1/12/24
Report Pass
1/17/24
Engrossed
2/6/24
Refer
2/6/24
Refer
2/26/24
Report Pass
2/29/24
Amend KRS 403.190 to state that criminal misconduct against the other spouse may be considered in the disposition of marital property; provide that a spouse who is convicted of committing a felony against the other spouse shall not be entitled to claim retirement or life insurance as marital property; EMERGENCY.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB156
Introduced
1/4/24
Refer
1/4/24
Refer
1/18/24
Report Pass
1/23/24
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to require all vehicles operating on a highway with an iron, steel, or wooden wheel to be equipped with a rubberized strip on the portion of the wheel that is in contact with the highway; amend KRS 189.990 to set penalty for violation at $20 to $100 for each offense.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB157
Introduced
1/4/24
Refer
1/4/24
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 610 to define terms; prohibit a child from being interrogated using deceptive methods; create a new rule of evidence to limit the admissibility of statements made in the interrogation of a child in violation of statute.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB158
Introduced
1/4/24
Refer
1/4/24
Amend KRS 158.307 to require rather than allow local boards of education to develop policy on dyslexia; require rather than allow the policy to include listed items; amend KRS 164.304 to require postsecondary institutions offering teacher preparation programs to include instruction on dyslexia by the 2025-2026 school year, rather than the instruction being contingent on funding availability.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB159
Introduced
1/4/24
Refer
1/4/24
Refer
1/30/24
Report Pass
1/31/24
Engrossed
2/9/24
Refer
2/9/24
Refer
2/16/24
Report Pass
2/29/24
Enrolled
3/25/24
Enrolled
3/25/24
Passed
3/26/24
Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to define “health care provider” and “health services,” and to establish that health care providers providing health services are immune from criminal liability for harm arising from a health services-related act or omission other than gross negligence or wanton, willful, malicious, or intentional misconduct.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB16
Introduced
1/2/24
Refer
1/2/24
Amend KRS 217C.030, 217C.040, 217C.050, 217C.060, 217C.070, 217C.090, and 260.840 to move the Milk Safety Branch from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to the Kentucky Department of Agriculture and to conform; direct that all staff, personnel, records, files, equipment, resources, funding, and administrative functions of the Milk Safety Branch be transferred to the Kentucky Department of Agriculture.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB160
Introduced
1/4/24
Refer
1/4/24
Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to guarantee the right of an individual 21 years of age or older to possess, use, buy, or sell one ounce or less of cannabis and to cultivate, harvest, and store up to five cannabis plants for personal use; and for the production, processing, and sale of cannabis and cannabis-derived products to be controlled by the General Assembly; specify the question to be printed on the ballot; direct the Secretary of State to publish the proposed amendment in a newspaper of general circulation; direct the Secretary of State to certify the proposed amendment to the county clerk of each county.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB161
Introduced
1/4/24
Refer
1/4/24
Refer
1/5/24
Report Pass
1/8/24
Engrossed
1/9/24
Refer
1/9/24
Refer
1/9/24
Report Pass
1/10/24
Enrolled
1/12/24
Enrolled
1/12/24
Chaptered
1/18/24
Passed
1/18/24
Establishes that a candidate who has filed nomination papers on or before January 5, 2024, and whose precinct name or number has changed since November 8, 2023, due to reapportionment and precinct establishment shall not be disqualified based solely on precinct name or number designation; RETROACTIVE to November 8, 2023; EMERGENCY.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB162
Introduced
1/5/24
Refer
1/5/24
Refer
1/17/24
Report Pass
2/13/24
Report Pass
2/27/24
Engrossed
2/29/24
Refer
2/29/24
Refer
3/8/24
Report Pass
3/14/24
Refer
3/27/24
Enrolled
4/15/24
Enrolled
4/15/24
Chaptered
4/19/24
Passed
4/19/24
Amends KRS 158.791 to specify the role of the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) in assisting local school districts with mathematics instruction, supports, and interventions and to require KDE to collaborate with designated agencies on mathematics programming, materials, and activities; amends KRS 158.840 to require students in kindergarten through grade three needing to make accelerated progress in mathematics to receive interventions and to require that the Council on Postsecondary Education submit an annual report on the compliance of teacher preparation programs to this Act; creates a new section of KRS 158.840 to 158.844 to require that KDE promulgate regulations defining and establishing a multitiered system of supports to include mathematics instruction, intervention, and instructional strategies for students through grade three, to require that KDE provide technical support to school districts, to require that school districts select a universal screener for mathematics by January 1, 2026, beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, to require that a universal screener be given to every student in kindergarten through grade three within 30 days of the start of the school year, to require the development of a mathematics improvement plan in the first 60 days for any student in kindergarten through grade three who is identified as needing interventions, to require that KDE report the status of implementation to the Legislative Research Commission (LRC) by November 1, 2027, to require that KDE provide resources to teachers on specific screeners and instructional resources, and to require that KDE establish reading teacher academies or coaching models for teachers of students in grades kindergarten through eight by September 1, 2025; creates a new section of KRS 158.840 to 158.844 to establish the Kentucky numeracy counts fund, to provide that moneys and interest in the fund shall not lapse, and to provide that the Act may be cited as the Kentucky Numeracy Counts Act; creates KRS 158.8401 to define new terms for KRS 158.840 to 158.844; amends KRS 158.842 to change the composition of the Committee for Mathematics Achievement and to require that the committee report activities and progress to LRC by May 1, 2025; creates KRS 164.3061 to require postsecondary institutions offering teacher preparation programs in elementary education to include evidence-based instructional strategies for kindergarten through grade three beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, to require that the Education Professional Standards Board (EPSB) develop and maintain a list of approved teacher preparation assessments, to require that the EPSB develop an evaluation rubric for teacher candidates, and to require that the EPSB report data to an external evaluator for analysis and report the results and all data to LRC; and appropriates General Fund moneys in the amount of $5 million in fiscal year 2024-2025 and $5 million in fiscal year 2025-2026 to the Kentucky numeracy counts fund; APPROPRIATION.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB163
Introduced
1/5/24
Refer
1/5/24
Amend KRS 214.450 to define "COVID-19 vaccine" or "mRNA vaccine"; amend KRS 214.452 to require blood establishments to test for COVID-19 antibodies, evidence of lipid nanoparticles, and spike protein; require the administrator of any blood establishment to inquire on the donor history questionnaire whether a donor has received a COVID-19 vaccine or mRNA vaccine; require a donor to provide the name of the manufacturer of the COVID-19 vaccine the donor received; establish deferral periods for donors who have received a live attenuated COVID-19 vaccine or for donors who do not know the manufacturer of the COVID-19 vaccine the donor received, and establish deferral periods for donors who have received a diagnosis of COVID-19 or are displaying symptoms of COVID-19; amend KRS 214.458 to require blood establishments to include on the label for blood collected the laboratory test results for COVID-19.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB164
Introduced
1/5/24
Refer
1/5/24
Refer
2/7/24
Report Pass
2/15/24
Engrossed
2/22/24
Refer
2/22/24
Refer
2/26/24
Amend KRS 16.601, 61.621, and 78.5534 to increase minimum line of duty death benefits to a non-spouse beneficiary of a Kentucky Employees Retirement System, County Employees Retirement System, or State Police Retirement System member who was working in an approved hazardous duty position or in a position that could be approved as hazardous duty for retirement purposes; specify the minimum payment to the non-spouse beneficiary shall only be payable if there is no surviving spouse beneficiary and shall be a minimum of a lump-sum payment equal to 36 months of the member's monthly rate of pay; provide that the non-spouse beneficiary may elect the minimum lump-sum payment or any other benefits the non-spouse beneficiary is eligible to receive upon the member's death, but not both.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB165
Introduced
1/5/24
Refer
1/5/24
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 244 to define terms; establish preemployment 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, 2025.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB166
Introduced
1/5/24
Refer
1/5/24
Refer
1/24/24
Report Pass
2/1/24
Engrossed
2/7/24
Refer
2/7/24
Refer
3/14/24
Report Pass
3/22/24
Enrolled
3/28/24
Enrolled
3/28/24
Chaptered
4/5/24
Passed
4/5/24
Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to define “SUDEP,” to update autopsy requirements, to require the Vital Statistics Branch to forward a copy of the death certificate to the North American SUDEP Registry if sudden unexpected death in epilepsy is found to be the cause or the suspected cause of death, and to provide that the Act may be cited as Jami’s Law.