Kentucky 2024 Regular Session All Bills
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB64
Introduced
1/4/24
Refer
1/4/24
Refer
1/12/24
Amend KRS 121.015 to add that the definition of "contribution" shall not be construed to include news stories, commentary, or editorials by a person or group of persons.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB65
Introduced
1/5/24
Refer
1/5/24
Refer
1/8/24
Report Pass
2/14/24
Engrossed
2/22/24
Refer
2/22/24
Refer
3/12/24
Report Pass
3/13/24
Refer
3/25/24
Enrolled
3/27/24
Enrolled
3/27/24
Vetoed
4/4/24
Refer
4/12/24
Override
4/12/24
Refer
4/12/24
Override
4/12/24
Enrolled
4/12/24
Enrolled
4/12/24
Chaptered
4/12/24
Passed
4/12/24
Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 13A to nullify three emergency administrative regulations relating to Medicaid services after those administrative regulations were found deficient during the 2023 legislative interim; and creates a new section of KRS Chapter 13A to nullify 201 KAR 23:170, relating to social workers, after that administrative regulation was found deficient during the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly; EMERGENCY.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB66
Introduced
1/4/24
Refer
1/4/24
Refer
1/12/24
Repeal KRS 237.115, which interprets the application of the license to carry concealed deadly weapon statute as permitting postsecondary facilities and state and local governments to limit concealed carry in governmental buildings; amend KRS 150.172, 237.110, and 527.020 to conform.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB67
Introduced
1/4/24
Refer
1/4/24
Refer
1/8/24
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 403 to require a guardian ad litem that is appointed for any minor child in certain enumerated court proceedings covered in KRS Chapter 403 to receive a reasonable fee to be fixed by the court and paid by the Finance and Administration Cabinet; create a new section of KRS Chapter 456 to require a guardian ad litem appointed for any minor child in any court proceeding covered in KRS Chapter 456 to receive a reasonable fee to be fixed by the court and paid by the Finance and Administration Cabinet.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB68
Introduced
1/4/24
Refer
1/4/24
Refer
1/8/24
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.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB69
Introduced
1/4/24
Refer
1/4/24
Refer
1/8/24
Repeal and reenact KRS 132.017 to require the portion of a property tax rate which will produce revenue from real property, exclusive of revenue from new property, more than four percent over the amount of revenue produced by the compensating tax rate to be subject to recall by the voters of the district; establish requirements for the ballot question, notifying the public, the election process, and recalling the rate; allow the cancellation of the election; disallow local, state, and federal tax dollars to be used to advocate for the rate; amend various statutes to conform; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2025.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB7
Introduced
1/4/24
Refer
1/4/24
Refer
1/8/24
Report Pass
1/18/24
Engrossed
1/24/24
Refer
1/24/24
Refer
2/22/24
Amend KRS 164.7874 to include an equivalent score on the Classic Learning Test as a KEES supplemental amount; define "eligible noncertified school graduate"; amend definitions of "KEES award," "KEES award maximum," and " KEES base amount" for an eligible noncertified school graduate; amend KRS 164.7879 to establish an equivalent grade point average for eligible noncertified school graduates based on the graduate's ACT score; amend KRS 164.7884 to conform.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB70
Introduced
1/4/24
Refer
1/4/24
Refer
1/8/24
Report Pass
2/1/24
Engrossed
2/6/24
Refer
2/6/24
Refer
3/5/24
Report Pass
3/6/24
Enrolled
3/28/24
Enrolled
3/28/24
Chaptered
4/9/24
Passed
4/9/24
Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 273 to define terms, to establish that charitable organizations that accept contributions pursuant to an endowment agreement must abide by the terms of the agreement, to establish that a donor or a donor’s legal representative may bring a civil action against a charitable organization that violates the terms of the agreement, to limit relief to declaratory and injunctive, and to prohibit seeking a judgment awarding monetary damages.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB71
Introduced
1/5/24
Refer
1/5/24
Refer
1/8/24
Report Pass
2/21/24
Engrossed
2/28/24
Refer
2/28/24
Refer
3/7/24
Report Pass
3/14/24
Refer
3/25/24
Enrolled
3/27/24
Enrolled
3/27/24
Chaptered
4/4/24
Passed
4/4/24
Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 31 to define “alternative sentencing worker,” “qualified treatment program,” and “treatment program,” to allow a court to issue an order for pretrial release pending an assessment for a mental health or substance use disorder and to allow the prosecution to object, to require that a needs assessment be conducted within 48 hours and to establish who may conduct the assessment, to require that a treatment plan be developed by a qualified health professional who is employed by a treatment program, to allow a court to approve the treatment plan without a hearing or allow the court to schedule a hearing, to allow the court to put conditions on pretrial release, to require that the Department of Public Advocacy and defense counsel consider all appropriate and competent facilities and not discriminate against any facility based on religious content, and to allow that facilities or programs be recommended if they are consistent with a client’s personal religious belief; amends KRS 31.030 to require that the Department of Public Advocacy submit a report, and to require that alternative sentencing workers complete continuing education related to substance use disorder and comply with kickback provisions; amends KRS 202A.011 to define “contract mental health evaluator”; amends KRS 202A.041 to replace “qualified mental health professional” with “contract mental health evaluator” and to set forth state compensation requirements when a sheriff or other peace officer must remain with a person after requesting evaluation by a contract mental health evaluator; amends KRS 205.200, relating to residency requirements for Medicaid, to prohibit relocation to Kentucky solely for receiving medical services using Medicaid, and to allow an individual to submit proof of residency; creates a new section of KRS Chapter 222 to require any substance use disorder program authorized or regulated under the chapter, or substance use disorder program that holds a chemical dependency treatment services license under KRS 222.231 that was issued in accordance with KRS 216B.042, or recovery residence as defined in KRS 222.500 to obtain agreement from the resident’s family member, guardian, or emergency contact to personally transport the resident or make available transportation services for any resident who wishes to leave the treatment program, except where prohibited by federal law; creates a new section of KRS Chapter 222 to outline transportation service responsibilities; creates a new section of KRS Chapter 222 to allow treatment facilities to notify the court, Commonwealth’s attorney, county attorney, local law enforcement, emergency contact, or court-designated individual if a resident leaves a facility prior to court approval or prior to completing the conditions of the court order if permitted by state and federal law; creates a new section of KRS Chapter 222 to require the facilities to provide full disclosure of the services they provide to potential patients and in any advertisements or other solicitations; creates a new section of KRS Chapter 222 to prohibit substance use disorder facilities or recovery residences from knowingly recruiting into their facilities any out-of-state resident who is enrolled in Medicaid, or recruiting with the purpose of enrolling the out-of-state resident in Medicaid in Kentucky to the extent allowed by federal law; creates new sections of KRS Chapter 222 to require that the facilities submit to the Department for Medicaid Services a recipient’s proof of Kentucky residency when submitting an initial request for Medicaid reimbursement if the facilities are aware that the recipient resided in another state within the past month, to establish fines for facilities to the extent allowed by federal law, to require that any out-of-state resident found to be ineligible for Medicaid in Kentucky reimburse the Department for Medicaid Services any fees paid by Medicaid if the out-of-state resident fails to establish Kentucky residency, and to allow the Office of the Attorney General to enforce actions for fines assessed; creates a new section of KRS Chapter 222 to define “department,” “qualified treatment program,” and “treatment program,” to require that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services publish a list of all qualified treatment programs, post the list on its website, and send the list to the Department of Public Advocacy and the Administrative Office of the Courts, to require that state employees who make recommendations to a court for an alternative sentence prioritize referrals to qualified treatment programs, and to require that the cabinet promulgate administrative regulations; creates a new section of KRS Chapter 222 to prohibit any person from receiving kickbacks for referrals into treatment facilities; establishes protections, exemptions, and penalties; and includes a severability clause.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB72
Introduced
1/5/24
Refer
1/5/24
Refer
1/8/24
Amend KRS 189A.010 to prohibit driving under the influence of intoxicating hemp products.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB73
Introduced
1/5/24
Refer
1/5/24
Refer
1/8/24
Amend KRS 218A.1421, 218A.1422, and 218A.1423 to remove penalties for possession, cultivation, or trafficking of up to eight ounces, or five plants, of marijuana; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to allow expungement of certain convictions relating to cannabis; amend KRS 218A.276 to conform; RETROACTIVE; EFFECTIVE, in part; January 1, 2025.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB74
Introduced
1/5/24
Refer
1/5/24
Refer
1/8/24
Report Pass
1/30/24
Report Pass
2/20/24
Engrossed
2/23/24
Refer
2/23/24
Refer
3/1/24
Report Pass
3/7/24
Refer
4/15/24
Enrolled
4/15/24
Enrolled
4/15/24
Chaptered
4/18/24
Passed
4/18/24
Amends KRS 18A.225 and 164.2871 to require the state employee health plan and self-insured state postsecondary education institution group health plans to comply with special enrollment and maternity coverage requirements; creates a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the Department for Medicaid Services and any managed care organization with which the department contracts for the delivery of Medicaid services to provide coverage for lactation consultation and breastfeeding equipment, to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to apply for a Medicaid waiver if potential cost defrayment or loss of federal funds is identified, and to require the cabinet to study doula certification programs nationally; amends new sections of KRS Chapter 205 and KRS 304.17A-145 to define “in-home program” and “telehealth” and to establish health insurance coverage for an in-home program and telehealth services; amends KRS 205.522 to require Medicaid coverage of maternity services; amends KRS 205.592 to allow that the Medicaid income limit for certain women and children be increased under certain circumstances; amends KRS 205.6485 to require that the Kentucky Children’s Health Insurance Program provide maternity coverage; creates a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to establish the Kentucky Maternal Psychiatry Access Program (also known as the Kentucky Lifeline for Moms), to establish duties and responsibilities of the program, and to direct that the program be operated by the Department for Public Health, Division of Maternal and Child Health; amends KRS 211.122 to rename the collaborative panel related to maternal and infant health as the Kentucky Maternal and Infant Health Collaborative, to establish formal membership of the collaborative, and to require that the collaborative annually review the operations of the new Kentucky Maternal Psychiatry Access Program; amends KRS 211.575 to change the date of the required annual report of the statewide system for stroke response and treatment to September 1 of each year; amends KRS 211.684 to delete the definitions of “local child and maternal fatality response team” and “state child and maternal fatality review team,” to permit the Department for Public Health to establish a separate state child fatality review team, to provide that the team may include representatives of law enforcement agencies with investigation responsibilities for child fatalities and the Commonwealth’s and county attorney offices, to permit rather than require the development of local child fatality response teams, to delete inclusion of “maternal” in local teams, to require that state review teams cooperate with the External Child Fatality and Near Fatality Review Panel, to require that the department establish a state maternal fatality review team, to provide that the state maternal fatality review team may include representatives of public health, social services, law enforcement, coroners, health care providers, and other agencies or professions deemed appropriate, to establish the duties of the state maternal fatality review team, to permit separate reports for the state child fatality review team and the state maternal fatality review team, and to add protections for proceedings, records, opinions, and deliberations of the state child fatality review team and the maternal fatality review team; amends KRS 211.686 to delete the inclusion of “maternal” in local teams, to require that the cabinet use health data collected pursuant to KRS 216.2920 to 216.2929 for annual delivery reports, and to permit the use of other sources if necessary; amends KRS 211.689 to change the definition of “home visitation” and “home visitation program,” and to make technical changes; amends KRS 211.690 to allow submission of an electronic agreement for the Health Access Nurturing Development Services (HANDS) program, to require that the program provide information related to lactation consultation, breastfeeding, and safe sleep for babies, and to establish that program participants shall participate in the home visitation program through in-person face-to-face methods or through teleservice delivery methods; amends KRS 213.046 to change the reference from “local registrar” to “state registrar” and to change a timeline for submission from 10 days to five days related to birth certificates; amends KRS 216.2929 to require that the cabinet report methods of delivery by hospital annually on its website beginning December 1, 2024; creates a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require that insurers and any exchange provide a special enrollment period for pregnant individuals, to specify requirements for the coverage, and to require that group plan insurers provide notice of special enrollment rights; amends KRS 304.17A-145 to require health benefit plans that provide coverage for dependents to provide coverage for maternity care; amends KRS 304.17A-220 and 194A.099 to conform with the special enrollment requirement; and amends KRS 387.540, related to individuals who compile an interdisciplinary report, to add an employee of the cabinet with relevant expertise; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2025.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB75
Introduced
1/4/24
Refer
1/4/24
Refer
1/8/24
Report Pass
1/24/24
Engrossed
1/30/24
Refer
1/30/24
Amend KRS 56.580 to prohibit closing portions of Capital Avenue in Frankfort; provide exceptions for emergency personnel.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB76
Introduced
1/5/24
Refer
1/5/24
Refer
1/8/24
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to prohibit local governments from adopting or enforcing an ordinance relating to landlord or tenant laws that is in conflict with the laws of this Commonwealth.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB77
Introduced
1/5/24
Refer
1/5/24
Refer
1/12/24
Amend KRS 117.275 to establish that a voter tally be conducted; include additional requirements for the certification of election results; amend KRS 117.066 and 117.355 to conform.