All Bills - Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB220
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Refer
1/24/24
Report Pass
1/31/24
Engrossed
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Refer
2/22/24
Report Pass
2/27/24
Enrolled
3/8/24
Enrolled
3/8/24
Chaptered
3/14/24
Passed
3/14/24
Amends KRS 304.17A-163 to permit insurers to require insureds to try biosimilar biological products prior to providing coverage for the equivalent branded prescription drug under certain circumstances; and makes findings and establishes intent of Act.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB221
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Refer
2/15/24
Report Pass
2/20/24
Amend KRS 164.746 to modify the membership of the governing board of the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority; amend KRS 164A.050 to modify the membership of the governing board of the Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corporation; amend KRS 164A.055 to authorize the Asset Resolution Corporation to engage in student loan activities; remove references to administration by the Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corporation; EMERGENCY.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB222
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Create a new section in KRS Chapter 141 to define terms; establish a tax deduction for contributions made to an eligible savings account by a first-time home buyer and allow an exclusion from income for any interest earned from an eligible savings account of a first-time home buyer effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, but before January 1, 2035; require the Department of Revenue to report to the Legislative Research Commission and the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue; amend KRS 141.019 and 131.190 to conform.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB223
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Amend KRS 413.249 to remove the statute of limitations for civil actions arising from childhood sexual assault or abuse; require every civil action arising from childhood sexual assault or abuse to be accompanied by a motion to seal the record.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB224
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Amend KRS 164.348 to define "institution," "public," and "staff"; require an institution to adopt a policy to not restrict off-campus speech; extend free speech protections to the public; provide that student religious and political organizations shall be afforded equal access to facilities; provide that authority vested with a student organization to distribute student organization funding shall be contingent on viewpoint-neutral distribution of those funds; reduce institution's authority to establish permit requirements; specify how an institution defines student-on-student harassment; waive immunity for claims brought under the Act; permit disciplinary action against a faculty member or administrator that knowingly and intentionally restricts the protected speech of another; suspend the distribution authority of a student organization that does not distribute student organization funding in accordance with the Act; prohibit retaliation against campus community members; require Council on Postsecondary Education to develop free speech instructional materials and model trainings for institutions; require institutions to present free speech instructional materials and trainings to designated individuals; require institutions to publish semiannual student organization funding reports; designate the required contents of the semiannual student organization funding report; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to limit the jurisdiction of an institution over associations, groups, or organizations not affiliated with the institutions.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB225
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Refer
1/17/24
Report Pass
3/12/24
Amend KRS 158.645 to change the required learning capacities of Kentucky public school students; amend KRS 158.6451 to provide that schools shall expect a high level of academic achievement and shall develop students' ability to think critically and independently; amend KRS 156.010 to include career and technical education; amend KRS 160.345 to remove the reporting requirement relating to physical activity of students; amend KRS 157.065 to remove the reporting requirement relating to participation in breakfast programs; amend KRS 424.250 to reflect that school boards are tax levying authorities and do not file budgets with the county clerk; require district budgets to be published in the same manner as school financial reports; repeal KRS 157.061 and 158.856.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB226
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Amend KRS 150.170 to exempt any current member of the Armed Forces of the United States from paying the nonresident fee for hunting and fishing licenses.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB227
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Refer
1/17/24
Report Pass
2/27/24
Engrossed
3/6/24
Refer
3/6/24
Refer
3/8/24
Amend KRS 160.041 to provide a merger process for contiguous school districts; require the Kentucky Board of Education to determine the terms of merger for an insolvent district if no agreement between the school districts can be reached; require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate regulations regarding mergers due to insolvency.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB228
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Refer
1/17/24
Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 164 to require the boards of each state university and the Kentucky Technical and Community College System to approve a performance and productivity evaluation process for all faculty members by January 1, 2025; require faculty evaluations be completed at least once every four years; permit removal of faculty for failure to meet performance and productivity requirements, regardless of status; permit a board to delegate appointment and removal of faculty to the college or university president; require that each board of regents of the six state comprehensive universities appoint a university president.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB229
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Create a new section of KRS 217.005 to 217.215, the Kentucky Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, to define terms; require products that are known to be or could act as gene therapy to be labeled with the words "Potential Gene Therapy Product" or "Gene Therapy Product"; require any entity in the state that produces, sells, or distributes a product in this state with the capacity to infect an individual with a disease or to expose an individual with genetically modified material to provide information upon request on how individuals may be exposed; require informed consent before any entity makes available a product in this state that would act as a medical intervention, vaccine, drug, or genetic modification.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB23
Introduced
1/2/24
Refer
1/2/24
Refer
1/9/24
Report Pass
1/17/24
Engrossed
2/21/24
Refer
2/21/24
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 227 to require a working smoke detector be present in any residence sold; direct seller to attest to the presence and functioning of the required smoke detector in signed affidavit given to buyer at closing.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB230
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Amend KRS 158.060 to require teachers to be compensated for noninstructional planning time within their school day during which they are required to supervise or instruct students; amend KRS 164.787 to expand the program eligibility of the Work Ready Kentucky Scholarship Program to include a program that leads to a bachelor's degree in education in a critical shortage area.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB231
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Amend KRS 164.020 to prohibit the Council on Postsecondary Education from raising tuition for a postsecondary education institution more than 5% a year for resident students and 7% a year for nonresident students; provide a four-year tuition freeze for an enrolled resident student; require an institution to notify a student before expiration of a tuition freeze; require any increase in tuition or fees to be approved before March 1; amend KRS 164.131 to add two additional full-time student members to the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees, including one graduate student; remove language regarding initial appointments; amend KRS 164.821 to add two additional full-time student members to the University of Louisville Board of Trustees, including one graduate student; remove language regarding initial appointments; amend KRS 164.321 to add two additional full-time student members to the boards of regents, including one full-time graduate student; remove language regarding initial appointments; amend KRS 164.7874 to require a private postsecondary institution to have a voting student member on its governing board in order to be a participating institution for purposes of KEES eligibility; provide that the Act may be cited as the Kentucky Student Tuition Protection and Accountability Act; EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2028.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB232
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Amend KRS 344.010 to provide definitions of "protective hairstyle" and "race" that include traits historically associated with race; amend KRS 158.148 to provide that school disciplinary codes shall prohibit discrimination on the basis of race; provide that the Act may be cited as the C.R.O.W.N. Act.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB233
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require African history instruction in certain middle and high school world history and civilization courses; require Native American history instruction in certain middle and high school United States history courses; require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations establishing academic standards for the required historical instructions; require superintendents to adopt curricula for required instruction; require the Department of Education to collaborate with the Kentucky Center for African American Heritage and the Kentucky Native American Heritage Commission to develop recommended curricula and instruction guidelines for the required historical instruction, elective high school course offerings in African history and Native American history, and relevant professional development materials.