Kentucky 2024 Regular Session All Bills
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB815
Introduced
2/26/24
Refer
2/26/24
Refer
3/5/24
Amend KRS 138.510 to allocate moneys to a newly created fund from the pari-mutuel racing tax distribution; create a new section of KRS Chapter 230 to establish a fund relating to local governments and administered by the Department for Local Government; and amend KRS 131.190 to allow the Department of Revenue to share information relating to the calculation of the new fund's distribution; APPROPRIATION.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB816
Introduced
2/26/24
Refer
2/26/24
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 230 to require tracks licensed by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission to implement programs that promote responsible gambling.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB817
Introduced
2/26/24
Refer
2/26/24
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 171 establishing the Kids Love to Read Program; specify the program is for kindergarten through grade five children; require books be sent to children's homes; require the Department for Libraries and Archives to promulgate administrative regulations necessary to administer the program; appropriate $500,000 for fiscal years 2024-2025 and 2025-2026; APPROPRIATION.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB818
Introduced
2/26/24
Refer
2/26/24
Amend KRS 343.090 to make technical corrections.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB819
Introduced
2/26/24
Refer
2/26/24
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 6 to allow members and members-elect of the General Assembly to prefile bills and resolutions for introduction at the next succeeding regular legislative session; require the prefiled bills and resolutions to be published on the Legislative Research Commission's website.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB82
Introduced
1/2/24
Refer
1/2/24
Amend KRS 531.300 to include any computer-generated image, picture, or motion picture in the definition of "matter"; make technical corrections.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB820
Introduced
2/26/24
Refer
2/26/24
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 27A to define terms; require the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) to develop and maintain a statewide database and searchable public website that contains information on state and local fines and fees assessed in criminal cases and civil enforcement actions; require governmental entities to submit an annual report to the AOC on fines and fees assessed; require the director of the AOC to publish an annual report and submit the report to the Legislative Research Commission, Attorney General, and Governor by November 30 of each year; provide penalties for a governmental entity that does not submit the information required to the AOC; allow the Auditor of Public Accounts to perform a financial audit of records related to revenue assessed and collected through fines and fees and require a copy of the audit report to be submitted to the Legislative Research Commission, Attorney General, Governor, and director of AOC; provide that data and reports compiled under the Act are subject to public inspection under the Kentucky Open Records Act; provide that the Act may be cited as the Fines and Fees Reporting Act; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2026.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB821
Introduced
2/26/24
Refer
2/26/24
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 6 providing for the selection and oversight of Article V commissioners if an Article V Convention is called and the Commonwealth is a participant; define terms; require the General Assembly to pass a resolution naming five commissioners to represent the Commonwealth in the convention; include in the resolution the commission, limitations, and allow the General Assembly to provide additional instructions; direct requirements for the commissioners; require the commissioners to execute an oath and the oath be filed with the Secretary of State; provide that a commissioner may be recalled or removed at any time for any reason by a joint resolution of the General Assembly, or if the General Assembly is not in session, recalled or suspended by the advisory committee; provide that a commissioner vacancy shall be filled by the advisory committee's selection of an interim commissioner until such time as a vote by the General Assembly shall select a permanent replacement; provide for commissioner allowances, compensation, and gift limitations; provide the duties and responsibilities of the delegation; provide quorum requirements and votes required for a decision of the delegation; establish an advisory committee; provide for membership and administration of the advisory committee; permit a commissioner to consult with the advisory committee the impact of prospective actions; require the advisory committee to respond to requests for advice by a commissioner; require the advisory committee to notify the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate if it has reason to believe that a commissioner has exceeded the scope of his or her authority; require the advisory committee to notify the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate, if it recalls or suspends a commissioner.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB822
Introduced
2/26/24
Refer
2/26/24
Amend KRS 65.8835 and 100.991 to state that a local government shall possess a lien on property of a person found by a final order to have committed a violation of an ordinance created under KRS Chapter 100.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB823
Introduced
2/26/24
Refer
2/26/24
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 194A to establish the Kentucky Prescription Drug Affordability Board; establish the duties and membership of the board; provide that the board be a budgetary unit of the Office of Data Analytics; authorize the board to promulgate administrative regulations; establish conflict of interest requirements for board members, staff, and third-party contractors; create the Kentucky Prescription Drug Affordability Board fund; require the Office of Data Analytics to assess and collect an annual fee from manufacturers and wholesale distributors of prescription drugs, pharmacy benefit managers, health insurers, and any other administrator of pharmacy benefits; require the board to conduct annual affordability reviews of prescription drugs and establish criteria relating to the review; require the board to submit an annual report related to prescription drug pricing; amend KRS 304.2-100 to require the commissioner of insurance to assist the Office of Data Analytics in carrying out the provisions of the Act; require the board to submit a report relating to setting upper payment limits on purchases and payor reimbursements of prescriptions drugs; establish requirements for appointments to the board; require the board's first meeting to take place within 30 days of the appointment of all members.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB824
Introduced
2/26/24
Refer
2/26/24
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 337 to define terms related to employer requirements for victims of domestic violence; require employers to grant leave from work for employees who seek protection or treatment for themselves or a family member due to dating violence and abuse, domestic violence and abuse, human trafficking, sexual assault, or stalking; require that employees give their employers advance notice when feasible before taking leave or by the end of the first day in which the employee takes leave when advance notice is not feasible; permit an employer to request verification upon an employee requesting leave; provide how an employee may satisfy the verification requirement for leave; allow for the employee to decide whether to use the employee's paid time off or unpaid leave; require the employer to maintain confidentiality related to an employee's requested leave except under limited circumstances; require that an employer reinstate an employee who takes leave to the employee's exact or similar position the employee was in before the employee took the leave except under limited circumstances; require an employer to maintain health care coverage for an employer who takes leave; require an employer make reasonable safety accommodations requested by an employee who is a victim of dating violence and abuse, domestic violence and abuse, human trafficking, sexual assault, or stalking; permit an employer to request verification upon an employee requesting reasonable safety accommodations; provide how an employee may satisfy the verification requirement for reasonable safety accommodations; require the employer to maintain confidentiality related to an employee's request for reasonable safety accommodations, except under limited circumstances; prohibit employers from discriminating against employees or candidates who are actual or perceived victims of dating violence and abuse, domestic violence and abuse, human trafficking, sexual assault, or stalking; allow for a private right of action for violation of Sections 1 to 7 of this Act; amend KRS 337.990 to establish penalties for violations.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB825
Introduced
2/26/24
Refer
2/26/24
Refer
2/29/24
Report Pass
3/5/24
Engrossed
3/8/24
Refer
3/8/24
Refer
3/11/24
Report Pass
3/14/24
Enrolled
3/27/24
Enrolled
3/27/24
Chaptered
4/9/24
Passed
4/9/24
Requires the Office of the Auditor of Public Accounts to conduct a full fiscal controls and operational performance audit of the Kentucky Department of Education and to provide the report to the Interim Joint Committee on Education by July 1, 2025.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB826
Introduced
2/26/24
Refer
2/26/24
Refer
3/7/24
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to direct school districts and public schools to act to protect Jewish students from credible threats of violence or violence motivated by antisemitism; prohibit a school district, public school, or student organization from providing material support or resources to a designated terrorist organization; provide that if a school determines that an affiliated student organization has provided material support or resources, the school district shall notify law enforcement and defund and disband the student organization; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to direct public postsecondary education institutions to act to protect Jewish students from credible threats of violence or violence motivated by antisemitism; provide that an institution or a student or faculty organization registered or affiliated with the institution shall not provide material support or resources to a designated terrorist organization; provide that if an institution determines that an affiliated student or faculty organization has provided material support or resources, the school district shall notify law enforcement, defund the student or faculty organization, and terminate the student or faculty organization's registration or affiliation with the institution; provide that the General Assembly shall not appropriate public funds to an institution that has not acted to protect Jewish students; create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to provide that when there is an allegation that unlawful conduct is targeting an individual or group based on any actual or perceived connection to any aspect of Jewish identity, the relevant authorities shall also consider whether the alleged unlawful discriminatory conduct or practice was motivated by antisemitic intent; create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to provide that any foreign alien who endorses or espouses terrorist activity in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act shall be subject to immediate arrest and deportation.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB827
Introduced
2/26/24
Refer
2/26/24
Amend KRS 116.155 to add gender-neutral language.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB828
Introduced
2/26/24
Refer
2/26/24
Refer
3/8/24
Report Pass
3/12/24
Engrossed
3/22/24
Refer
3/22/24
Amend KRS 161.030 to specify that an individual who completes a preparation program and passes the required assessments shall receive a five year professional certificate; specify that an out-of-state teacher who passes the required assessments shall receive a five year professional certificate; remove the provisions for a teacher internship requirement; specify that teacher certification shall be awarded upon successful completion of an educator preparation program or alternative certification pathway and passing of the required assessment and shall not be dependent on employment; create a new section of KRS Chapter 161 creating a new teacher induction and mentor program; require the Education Professional Standards Board (EPSB) to develop standards and guidance for the program; require the EPSB to develop evaluations for new teachers; require the EPSB to submit and annual report to the Legislative Research Commission; amend various sections of KRS Chapter 161 to make conforming changes; repeal KRS 161.1222, relating to the pilot teacher internship program.