Kentucky 2024 Regular Session All Bills
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB164
Introduced
2/1/24
Refer
2/1/24
Refer
2/5/24
Report Pass
3/5/24
Engrossed
3/8/24
Refer
3/8/24
Refer
3/12/24
Report Pass
3/13/24
Enrolled
3/26/24
Enrolled
3/26/24
Passed
3/29/24
Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 198B to allow articulation agreements between licensed proprietary schools and public school districts or state area technology centers to establish academic or training equivalencies needed to obtain licensure, and to require that the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction recognize and honor the articulation agreements toward licensure in the professions regulated by the department, including electricians, plumbers, and HVAC.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB165
Introduced
2/2/24
Refer
2/2/24
Refer
2/7/24
Amend various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to remove requirements for using a Social Security number as an identifier.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB166
Introduced
2/2/24
Refer
2/2/24
Refer
2/6/24
Create new sections of KRS Chapters 156 and 164 to forbid the involvement of government-organized nongovernmental organizations based in the People's Republic of China in education in Kentucky.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB167
Introduced
2/2/24
Refer
2/2/24
Refer
2/6/24
Report Pass
2/29/24
Engrossed
3/6/24
Refer
3/6/24
Refer
3/8/24
Report Pass
3/21/24
Enrolled
4/12/24
Enrolled
4/12/24
Chaptered
4/17/24
Passed
4/17/24
Amends KRS 156.160 to require that cursive writing be included as a course of study in all elementary schools beginning in the 2025-2026 school year; and amends KRS 158.6453 to distinguish basic handwriting or penmanship from the definition of “writing."
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB168
Introduced
2/2/24
Refer
2/2/24
Refer
2/6/24
Amend KRS 160.345 to remove reference minority members of school councils; change the parent membership of the council from two to three; specify that council members are subject to KRS Chapter 45A as officers of an agency; establish an election committee for conducting parent member school council elections; establish the procedures for the parent member election; establish how to fill a vacancy of a parent member of the council; provide that curriculum, textbooks, and instructional material piloted shall be subject to the reasonable review and response period for stakeholders.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB169
Introduced
2/2/24
Refer
2/2/24
Refer
2/6/24
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 160 to establish a process to recall a member of a local board of education; amend KRS 160.190 to conform.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB17
Introduced
1/2/24
Refer
1/2/24
Refer
1/3/24
Report Pass
1/10/24
Engrossed
1/17/24
Refer
1/17/24
Refer
3/6/24
Report Pass
3/7/24
Refer
3/26/24
Enrolled
3/26/24
Enrolled
3/26/24
Chaptered
4/5/24
Passed
4/5/24
Amends KRS 213.076 to provide that a coroner shall complete a medical certification within five working days after receiving the results of an inquiry required by KRS 72.400 to 72.475 or when the cause of death is unknown or under investigation; and makes technical corrections.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB170
Introduced
2/2/24
Refer
2/2/24
Refer
2/6/24
Amend 160.210 to establish new numbers for membership of a local board of education based on district enrollment; require the Kentucky Board of Education to determine the required number of members every 10 years; provide for the election of additional members and for the reduction of membership; require local boards of education to report new electoral divisions to the Kentucky Board of Education and the Legislative Research Commission; amend KRS 160.160 to establish a one year term for chair and vice chair of the local board of education; require superintendents to submit reports on closed personnel investigations to the local board of education for the purposes of policy oversight and evaluation of the superintendent's performance; amend KRS 160.180 to require open records and open meetings training for local board members and make conforming changes, permit the hiring of relatives of a local board member; amend KRS amend KRS 160.190, 160.200, 160.380, 116.200, and 160.042 to conform; require the Kentucky Board of Education to implement Section 1 of this Act by December 31, 2024; require superintendents to submit reports on previous personnel investigations closed during the superintendent's contract to the local board of education within 30 days of the effective date of this Act.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB171
Introduced
2/2/24
Refer
2/2/24
Refer
2/6/24
Amend KRS 160.350 to require a majority plus one vote instead of a four-fifths vote of board members to remove the superintendent, delete requirements for approval from the commissioner of education to remove a superintendent; provide an appeal process for the superintendent; amend KRS 160.380 to forbid a superintendent from employing persons convicted of certain sex crimes classified as a misdemeanor.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB172
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Refer
2/7/24
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 337 relating to voting leave for employees; define terms; require employers to grant employees reasonable leave from work to vote; prohibit employers from discriminating against employees who request leave to vote; require employers to post relevant provisions of this Act on workplace premises; permit a person or class of persons to bring a civil action for violations of this Act; amend KRS 337.990 to establish penalties for violations; amend KRS 118.015 to define terms; amend KRS 118.995 to establish penalties for violations.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB173
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Refer
2/7/24
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to establish the right of a parent, guardian, or limited guardian to install video recording devices in the private residential room of an individual who is receiving residential services under a federally approved 1915(c) home and community-based services waiver program.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB174
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Refer
2/7/24
Report Pass
2/15/24
Engrossed
2/28/24
Refer
2/28/24
Refer
3/1/24
Report Pass
3/6/24
Enrolled
3/26/24
Enrolled
3/26/24
Passed
3/29/24
Amends KRS 367.4903 to add definitions for “communications network,” “communications service provider,” and “communications terminal”; amends KRS 367.4909 to require that if damage is done to an underground gas or hazardous liquid facility and no attempt to locate the underground facility was made, the operator shall include in its report to the Public Service Commission the distance from the communications terminal that the damage occurred, and to require that the Public Service Commission submit a report to the Legislative Research Commission on or before December 1, 2025, detailing the number of damage reports from communications service providers that occurred in the area where they are allowed to use nonintrusive excavation; and amends KRS 367.4915 to exempt from the underground facility damage prevention requirements nonintrusive excavating of a depth not greater than 12 inches and within 12 inches of a communication service provider’s own communications network.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB175
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Refer
2/7/24
Amend KRS 16.505, 61.510, and 78.510 to define "special needs trust" (SNT) for purposes of the State Police Retirement System, Kentucky Employees Retirement System, and County Employees Retirement System; amend the definition of "person" to include a SNT, and amend the definition of "beneficiary" to exclude sole beneficiary of a SNT; amend KRS 16.578 to allow a SNT to receive a lifetime retirement benefit; amend KRS 61.623 to allow a trustee to receive checks on behalf of a SNT; amend KRS 61.635 to allow a person who is the beneficiary of a SNT to be designated as the beneficiary of a lifetime retirement benefit; require the trustee of a SNT to notify the Kentucky Public Pensions Authority (KPPA) upon the death of the beneficiary of a SNT and repay any payment not properly payable to the SNT; allow KPPA to promulgate administrative regulations to administer the SNT provisions; amend KRS 61.640 to allow a SNT to receive a lifetime retirement payment if a member dies before retirement; amend KRS 78.5532 to allow a SNT to receive a lifetime retirement benefit if a member dies before retirement; amend KRS 161.525, relating to the Teachers' Retirement System (TRS) to allow a SNT to receive a lifetime annuity if a member dies before retirement; amend KRS 161.640 to allow checks to be sent by mail to the trustee of a SNT; require the trustee to notify the TRS upon the death of the beneficiary; require any payments not properly payable to the SNT to be repaid to TRS; allow TRS to promulgate administrative regulations to administer the SNT provisions; amend KRS 161.700 to require TRS to assign annuity payments to a SNT, issue payments to the trustee, and prevent annuity payments from being used to reimburse any state for any Medicaid benefits paid on behalf of the beneficiary of a SNT; amend KRS 21.420 , relating to the Judicial Retirement Plan, to allow for a SNT to be selected as a beneficiary, and define "special needs trust"; amend KRS 21.425 to allow a member to designate a SNT to receive lifetime survivorship benefits on behalf of a surviving spouse, dependent child, or disabled child.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB176
Introduced
2/6/24
Refer
2/6/24
Refer
2/8/24
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 337 to define terms; establish a procedure for classifying workers as employees or independent contractors; amend KRS 337.990 to establish penalties for violations; amend KRS 45A.145 to prohibit contractors with multiple violations from contracting with the state for five years; create new sections of KRS Chapters 341 and 342, and amend KRS 131.190, to require the Department of Revenue, Office of Unemployment Insurance, and the Department of Workers' Claims to provide one another with any assessment or orders arising out of the misclassification of an employee; create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to require the secretary of the Education and Labor Cabinet to develop a training program relating to employee misclassification; provide that Sections 1 to 10, 14 and 15 of this Act may be cited as the Kentucky Workers Fairness Act; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2025.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB177
Introduced
2/6/24
Refer
2/6/24
Refer
2/8/24
Amend KRS 189.010 to define "super speeder"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to assess a fee of $200 to any person convicted as a super speeder; assess a fee of $50 and require the suspension of driving privileges for not making a timely payment of fee imposed; require that money from fees be deposited into the Kentucky trauma care system fund, the emergency medical services education grant fund, and the Bentley rural hospital preservation fund; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations relating to the fees; create a new section of KRS Chapter 311A to establish an emergency medical services education grant fund and program; allow the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services to promulgate administrative regulations relating to the grant fund; amend KRS 211.496 to set forth disbursements from the trauma care system fund; amend KRS 154.20-190 to rename the rural hospital operations and facilities revolving loan fund the Bentley rural hospital preservation fund and require priority be given to providing loans to hospitals in counties that lack a rural hospital; amend KRS 186.440 and 189.394 to conform; APPROPRIATION.