All Bills - Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB329
Introduced
1/22/24
Refer
1/22/24
Amend KRS 15.440, relating to eligibility for Law Enforcement Foundation Program funds to require law enforcement agencies to have a written policy related to police officer mental health programs that allows officers to receive additional leave time to attend mental health treatment, require supervisors to receive specialized training on supporting officers with mental health needs, provide workplace protections for officers who receive mental health treatment, and allows officers to receive reimbursement for the cost of mental health treatment as funding becomes available.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB33
Introduced
1/2/24
Refer
1/2/24
Refer
2/9/24
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 277 to require a crew of at least two persons during the operation of a train; provide exceptions; amend KRS 277.990 to include penalties for crews of less than two persons.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB330
Introduced
1/22/24
Refer
1/22/24
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 210 to define "sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts," "mental health professional," and "public funds"; prohibit mental health professionals from engaging in sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts with a person under 18 years of age, a person who is 18 years or older who is an adult as defined in KRS 209.020, or a ward as defined in KRS 387.510; require violations to be subject to board discipline; prohibit public funds from being used for sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to require the Department for Public Health and the Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities to develop, produce, and disseminate educational materials regarding sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts; permit the cabinet to contract for the educational materials; cite as the Youth Mental Health Protection Act; EMERGENCY.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB331
Introduced
1/22/24
Refer
1/22/24
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to define terms; allow law enforcement officers to petition a court to issue an extreme risk protection order when a respondent poses a present danger of causing serious physical injury to themselves or others through purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm; establish procedures for the filing, review, hearing, termination, or renewal of the petition and orders; provide court processes and evidentiary standards; allow entry of the orders into law enforcement systems; prescribe issuance and service procedures for resulting protection orders; establish procedures for the surrender, storage, transfer, and return of firearms; establish penalties; create new sections of KRS Chapter 16 to direct the Kentucky State Police to establish the Kentucky Voluntary Do Not Sell Firearms List to prohibit the possession, sale, or transfer of firearms to individuals who voluntarily request to be added the list; prescribe procedures for application for entry and removal from the list; establish penalties; amend KRS 16.220 to direct proceeds of an auctioned firearm confiscated pursuant to a protective order to go to the firearm owner; amend KRS 237.110 to exclude persons subject to an extreme risk protection order from eligibility for a license to carry a concealed weapon; amend KRS 431.015 to allow warrantless arrest for violation of an extreme risk protection order; amend KRS 431.076 to allow expungement of records of dismissed petitions.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB332
Introduced
1/22/24
Refer
1/22/24
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to define terms; provide that an earned wage advance transaction shall not be deemed a loan; establish maximum consideration for earned wage advance transactions; prohibit soliciting or accepting any gift or gratuity in connection with an earned wage advance transaction; make violation an unfair, false, misleading, or deceptive trade practice in violation of KRS 367.170; establish remedies; authorize enforcement by the Attorney General; authorize the Attorney General to promulgate administrative regulations.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB333
Introduced
1/22/24
Refer
1/22/24
Refer
1/30/24
Report Pass
2/7/24
Engrossed
2/12/24
Refer
2/12/24
Refer
3/1/24
Report Pass
3/12/24
Enrolled
3/28/24
Enrolled
3/28/24
Chaptered
4/9/24
Passed
4/9/24
Amends KRS 69.210 to establish that any prosecution by attorneys for the Cabinet for Health and Family Services under KRS Chapter 620 shall occur only upon written consent of the county attorney and presiding judge.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB334
Introduced
1/22/24
Refer
1/22/24
Create a new section of KRS 186.400 to 186.640 to establish a limited minor's farm operator's license for minors who reside on a farm and are at least 14 years old and under 16 years old; set forth requirements and issuance procedures; amend KRS 186.410 to establish that holders of a limited minor's farm operator's license are not required to enroll in a driving training program; amend KRS 186.450 to establish that holders of a limited minor's farm operator's license are not required to obtain an instruction permit unless the person has been issued certain citations; amend KRS 186.531 to set forth fees for a limited minor's farm operator's license; amend KRS 186.401, 186.403, 186.440, 186.452, 186.635, and 189A.005 to conform.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB335
Introduced
1/22/24
Refer
1/22/24
Refer
3/5/24
Report Pass
3/13/24
Engrossed
3/22/24
Refer
3/22/24
Refer
3/25/24
Report Pass
3/26/24
Enrolled
3/28/24
Enrolled
3/28/24
Chaptered
4/9/24
Passed
4/9/24
Amends KRS 258.335 to make unlawful the misrepresentation of a dog as an assistance dog to obtain public accommodation; amends KRS 258.500 to define “person” as a person who has an ongoing therapeutic relationship with a health care provider and to stipulate who can be a health care provider under the definition, to define additional terms, to exclude from therapeutic relationship fee-based transactions for disability documentation absent a face-to-face consultation with a health care provider, to establish requirements for an assistance dog to be granted public accommodation, to provide that emotional support animals are not required to be admitted where assistance dog are not allowed, to provide that the rights, privileges, and exemptions afforded to assistance dogs do not extend to emotional support animals, to affirm certain rights and privileges of public establishments as nondiscriminatory, and to allow additional rights for those providing accommodation in situations of tenancy; amends KRS 258.991 to set the penalty for interference with use of an assistance dog at $500 to $1,000 and to delete jail time, to make the misrepresentation of a dog as an assistance dog to obtain public accommodations unlawful, and to provide for a fine of up to $1,000; and amends KRS 525.010 to redefine “assistance dog.”
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB336
Introduced
1/22/24
Refer
1/22/24
Propose to amend Section 29 of the Constitution of Kentucky to establish the initiative power of the people to propose laws and to enact or reject proposed initiatives at an election; establish procedures for initiatives, effect of adopted initiatives, and parameters for the subject of any initiative; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB337
Introduced
1/22/24
Refer
1/22/24
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 82 to define "city," "project labor agreement," and "public construction project"; permit a city to establish a mandatory preference for awarding public construction project contracts to unions through a negotiated project labor agreement; permit cities to negotiate wages that are higher than the state or federal minimum wage as a condition of the project labor agreement; create a new section in KRS Chapter 337 to define "city," "prevailing wage," "prevailing wage rate," and "public works project"; permit a city to enact prevailing wage ordinances; amend KRS 65.016 to grant local governments the authority to adopt and enforce ordinances that require employers in their jurisdiction to provide leave to employees and set a higher minimum wage than state and federal rates; amend KRS 65.870 to remove state preemption of local firearms regulations and allow local governments to enact ordinances regulating firearms; amend KRS 237.115 to conform; amend KRS 383.210 and 383.215, relating to forcible entry and detainer, to allow a local government to set an alternative time period from the date of the service of the warrant and the date of the hearing to more than the minimum of three days; require the local government to notify the sheriff, the court of jurisdiction, and the administrative office of the courts of that action; and amend KRS 65.1591 to conform.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB338
Introduced
1/22/24
Refer
1/22/24
Amend KRS 100.987 to require planning commissions to receive complaints regarding a public nuisance located at a cellular antenna tower site; require planning commission to hold a public meeting, require owners of a cellular antenna to attend the public meeting and take all necessary actions to address the public nuisance.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB339
Introduced
1/22/24
Refer
1/22/24
Amend KRS 304.17A-600 to define terms; create a new section of KRS 304.17A-660 to 304.17A-665 to define terms; require certain health plans to provide coverage for medically necessary treatment of mental health and substance use disorder; establish requirements relating to mental health and substance use disorder benefits and utilization review; amend KRS 304.17A-661 to require the commissioner of insurance to enforce the federal Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act; make conforming amendments; amend KRS 304.17A-665 to require the commissioner of insurance to provide and publish a report on mental health parity; create new sections of KRS 304.17A-660 to 304.17A-665 to establish requirements for certain health plans with respect to prescriptions drugs for the treatment of substance use disorder; require mental health and substance use disorder benefits to be classified as emergency benefits when provided by mental health and substance use disorder emergency practitioners; require certain health plans to provide coverage for an annual comprehensive mental health wellness examination provided by a mental health professional in accordance with nationally recognized clinical practice guidelines; establish requirements for the mental health wellness examination coverage; create a new section of Subtitle 99 of KRS Chapter 304 to establish penalties; amend KRS 304.17A-265 to conform; amend KRS 164.2871, 205.522, 205.6485, and 18A.225 to require self-insured employer group health plans provided by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution, Medicaid, the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program, and the state employee health plan to comply with certain sections; make technical amendments; repeal KRS 304.17A-669; direct that provisions apply to health plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2026; require the Department of Insurance to seek a waiver of cost defrayal requirements, if applicable; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to seek federal approval if they determine that such approval is necessary; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2026.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB34
Introduced
1/2/24
Refer
1/2/24
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 335B to allow universal recognition of occupational licenses and government certifications; include work experience as a basis for licensure or certification; explicity include military personnel and their spouses; provide that the Act may be cited as the Universal Recognition of Occupational Licenses Act.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB340
Introduced
1/22/24
Refer
1/22/24
Amend KRS 139.010 to define "breast pump," "breast pump collection and storage supplies," "breast pump kit," "children's diapers," "clothing," "diaper," "feminine hygiene product," "incontinence product", "incontinence underpad" and "pad, liner, and booster pad"; amend KRS 139.480 to exempt from sales and use tax the sale or purchase of baby bottles, baby wipes, breast pumps, breast pump collection and storage supplies, breast pump kits, diapers, feminine hygiene products, and incontinence products; apply to sales or purchases made on or after August 1, 2024, but before August 1, 2028; require the Department of Revenue to report annually to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue the total exemptions claimed for the previous fiscal year on September 1; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the Department of Revenue to report to the Legislative Research Commission; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2024.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB341
Introduced
1/22/24
Refer
1/22/24
Refer
1/24/24
Report Pass
1/25/24
Engrossed
1/31/24
Refer
1/31/24
Refer
2/9/24
Propose to amend Sections 145 and 155 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prohibit persons who are not citizens of the United States from being allowed to vote in the Commonwealth of Kentucky; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.