All Bills - Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB150
Introduced
2/26/24
Refer
2/26/24
Refer
2/28/24
Amend KRS 164.7879 to establish new award grade point average qualifications and amounts for the Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship beginning with the 2024-2025 school year.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB151
Introduced
1/30/24
Refer
1/30/24
Refer
2/1/24
Report Pass
2/6/24
Engrossed
2/9/24
Refer
2/9/24
Refer
2/23/24
Report Pass
2/29/24
Refer
3/25/24
Enrolled
3/27/24
Enrolled
3/27/24
Chaptered
4/5/24
Passed
4/5/24
Amends KRS 620.140 to allow a child to submit to the District Court the names of possible relative or fictive kin caregivers with whom the child could be placed if the court removes the child from his or her home; and amends KRS 620.142 to establish when a relative or fictive kin caregiver can apply to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to be certified as a child-specific foster home.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB152
Introduced
1/30/24
Refer
1/30/24
Refer
2/1/24
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to abolish the death penalty and replace it with life imprisonment without parole for inmates presently sentenced to death; amend KRS 532.030 to remove the death penalty; amend KRS 640.040 to prohibit life imprisonment without benefit of parole for a juvenile offender convicted of a capital offense; amend KRS 640.010 to define "serious intellectual disability" and "significant subaverage general intellectual functioning"; amend KRS 422.285, 532.050, 532.100, and 533.010 to conform; repeal KRS 431.213, 431.2135, 431.218, 431.220, 431.223, 431.224, 431.240, 431.250, 431.260, 431.270, 507A.060, 532.025, 532.075, 532.130, 532.135, 532.140, 532.300, 532.305, and 532.309.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB153
Introduced
1/30/24
Refer
1/30/24
Refer
2/1/24
Report Pass
2/29/24
Engrossed
3/11/24
Refer
3/11/24
Refer
3/21/24
Amend KRS 29A.080 to allow an individual age 70 or older to elect to be permanently excused from jury service; require this option to be prominently displayed at the top of the juror qualification form; require a prospective juror age 70 or older to complete only the entries for name, address, and date of birth on the juror qualification form; amend KRS 29A.090 to allow an automatic and permanent exemption from jury service for individuals age 70 or older.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB154
Introduced
1/31/24
Refer
1/31/24
Refer
2/2/24
Amend KRS 311B.050 to require the Kentucky Board for Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy to create and enforce policies and procedures that ensure a patient's right to record any procedure performed by an individual who is licensed by the board; amend KRS 311B.110 to require practitioners licensed as an advanced imaging professional, a medical imaging technologist, a radiographer, a radiation therapist, a nuclear medicine technologist, or a limited X-ray machine operator to allow a patient to record any procedure performed upon the patient.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB155
Introduced
1/31/24
Refer
1/31/24
Refer
2/2/24
Report Pass
2/15/24
Engrossed
2/23/24
Refer
2/23/24
Refer
3/12/24
Report Pass
3/13/24
Enrolled
3/22/24
Enrolled
3/22/24
Passed
3/26/24
Amends sections of Articles 1, 2, 2A, 3, 5, 7, 8, and 9 of KRS Chapter 355 to make definitional revisions and conforming amendments; amends sections of Articles 2, 2A, 4A, and 9 of KRS Chapter 355 to remove writing requirements; repeals and reenacts KRS 355.2-102 to establish transactions subject to provisions of article; amends KRS 355.2A-102 to establish when article applies to hybrid leases; amends definition of “negotiable instrument” in KRS 355.3-104; amends KRS 355.3-105 and 355.3-604 to accommodate electronic transactions; amends KRS 355.3-417 and 355.4-208 to specify that expenses include reasonable attorney’s fees; amends KRS 355.4A-201 to modify security procedure requirements relating to funds transfers; amends KRS 355.5-116 to establish governing law standards for letters of credit; amends KRS 355.7-106 and 355.8-106, repeals and reenacts KRS 355.9-105, and creates new sections of Article 9 of KRS Chapter 355, to establish control requirements for electronic documents of title, security entitlements, records evidencing chattel paper, electronic money, controllable electronic records, controllable accounts, and controllable payment intangibles; amends governing law standards for certain securities transactions in KRS 355.8-110; creates new sections of Article 9 of KRS Chapter 355 to establish certain perfection and priority jurisdictional rules for chattel paper, controllable electronic records, controllable accounts, and controllable payment intangibles; amends KRS 355.9-104 to expand when a secured party has control of a deposit account; amends KRS 355.9-203, 355.9-207, 355.9-208, 355.9-209, 355.9-310, 355.9-312, 355.9-314, 355.9-316, 355.9-317, 355.9-330, 355.9-331, 355.9-332, 355.9-406, 355.9-408, 355.9-605, and 355.9-628, and creates new sections of Article 9 of KRS Chapter 355, to govern security interests in controllable electronic records, electronic money, controllable accounts, controllable payment intangibles, electronic documents, and chattel paper; amends KRS 355.9-204 to establish exception to after-acquired property clause limitation; amends governing law standards for banks and securities and commodity entities in KRS 355.9-304 and 355.9-305; amends KRS 355.9-323 to remove exception for buyers and lessees in the ordinary course of business relating to certain future advances clauses; amends notification of disposition of collateral requirements in KRS 355.9-613 and 355.9-614; creates new sections of Article 11 of KRS Chapter 355, titled “Transitional Provisions for Uniform Commercial Code Amendments (2022),” which establishes definitions and transitional provisions for transactions, liens, and interests entered, created, or acquired before the effective date of this Act; establishes a new Article 12 of KRS Chapter 355, titled “Controllable Electronic Records,” which establishes definitions, scope, purchaser rights, control requirements, debtor discharge obligations, and jurisdictional rules relating to controllable electronic records, controllable accounts, and controllable payment intangibles; amends KRS 367.976 and 369.116 to conform; makes technical corrections; and provides a construction clause relating to a national digital currency; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2025.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB156
Introduced
1/31/24
Refer
1/31/24
Refer
2/2/24
Amend KRS 217.125 to exempt poultry producers that slaughter and process less than 20,000 birds per year from permit and processing requirements.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB157
Introduced
1/31/24
Refer
1/31/24
Refer
2/5/24
Report Pass
2/13/24
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 258 to define terms; prohibit retail pet shops from selling dogs or cats unless the animal was obtained from an animal shelter or qualified breeder; prohibit retail pet shops from selling a dog or cat that is less than eight weeks old, or selling a dog or cat to anyone under the age of eighteen; prohibit local governments from passing ordinances that conflict with this Act; amend KRS 258.990 to establish a penalty for a violation.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB158
Introduced
2/1/24
Refer
2/1/24
Refer
2/5/24
Report Pass
2/13/24
Engrossed
2/16/24
Refer
2/16/24
Refer
2/27/24
Report Pass
2/28/24
Enrolled
3/26/24
Enrolled
3/26/24
Passed
3/29/24
Amends KRS 387.278, relating to certain settlements with minors, to establish provisions relating to the opening of restricted accounts and issuance of annuities on behalf of minors entering into settlements; EMERGENCY.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB159
Introduced
2/1/24
Refer
2/1/24
Refer
2/5/24
Create a new section of KRS 95A.200 to 95A.300 to establish a voluntary PFAS blood test reimbursement program using moneys from the Firefighters Foundation Program fund and operated by the Kentucky Fire Commission; allow for reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses for PFAS blood testing for firefighters; amend KRS 95A.210 to define "PFAS chemicals" or "PFAS"; amend KRS 95A.262 to include a program for PFAS blood testing as a permissible use of funds; amend KRS 337.010 to conform.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB16
Introduced
1/2/24
Refer
1/2/24
Refer
1/3/24
Report Pass
2/13/24
Engrossed
2/16/24
Refer
2/16/24
Refer
2/27/24
Report Pass
3/6/24
Refer
3/26/24
Enrolled
3/27/24
Enrolled
3/28/24
Vetoed
4/9/24
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
Amends KRS 511.100 to add commercial food manufacturing or processing facility, animal feeding operation, and concentrated animal feeding operation to the definition of “key infrastructure assets,” to penalize those who operate an unmanned aircraft system, video recording device, audio recording device, or photography equipment on or above the assets without consent, to penalize those who record or distribute unauthorized images or material of a concentrated animal feeding operation, animal feeding operation, or commercial food manufacturing or processing facility, and to allow a federal, state, or local government law enforcement, regulatory officer or employee, or electric, water, or natural gas utility company to operate any unmanned aircraft system, video or audio recording device, or photography equipment on or above a concentrated animal feeding operation, animal feeding operation, or commercial food manufacturing or processing facility without consent of the owner or authorized representative of the facility for legitimate business purposes; and establishes a Class B misdemeanor for violations.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB160
Introduced
2/1/24
Refer
2/1/24
Refer
2/7/24
Amend KRS 186.010 to define "Electronic Verification of Vital Events system"; amend KRS 186.412 to require the Transportation Cabinet to electronically verify birth certificates which are presented as part of an operator's license application with states participating in the system; provide authority for Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to assist applicants; create a new section of KRS Chapter 213 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to maintain a digital archive of all certificates dated on or after January 1, 1947, in possession of the state registrar.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB161
Introduced
2/1/24
Refer
2/1/24
Refer
2/6/24
Amend KRS 100.987 to prohibit a planning unit, legislative body, or fiscal court that has adopted planning and zoning regulations from approving the siting of a cellular antenna tower capable of providing fifth generation mobile communications service if it is within 1,640 feet of any inhabitable building or any outdoor space where 10 or more people gather; amend KRS 278.650 to prohibit the commission from approving the siting of a cellular antenna tower capable of providing fifth generation mobile communication service if it is within 1,640 feet of any inhabitable building or any outdoor space where 10 or more people gather.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB162
Introduced
2/1/24
Refer
2/1/24
Refer
2/6/24
Report Pass
2/14/24
Engrossed
2/22/24
Refer
2/22/24
Refer
3/1/24
Report Pass
3/6/24
Enrolled
3/26/24
Enrolled
3/26/24
Passed
3/29/24
Amends KRS 189.635 to define “law enforcement agency” and “department,” to allow law enforcement agencies to retain copies of accident reports filed with the Kentucky State Police, to allow law enforcement agencies access to vehicle accident reports and to contract with third parties to provide the reports to other entities that are eligible to receive them under the statute, and to specify that vehicle accident reports held by law enforcement agencies are exempt from the provisions of KRS 61.870 to 61.884, the Open Records Act, but are subject to the provisions of KRS 189.635; amends KRS 61.870 to conform; and makes technical corrections.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB163
Introduced
2/1/24
Refer
2/1/24
Refer
2/5/24
Report Pass
2/14/24
Engrossed
2/22/24
Refer
2/22/24
Refer
3/12/24
Report Pass
3/13/24
Amend KRS 72.450 to allow a coroner who is in possession of a dead body to have the body buried or cremated; direct that the decision between burial or cremation be made by the governmental entity bearing the expense.