All Bills - Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB178
Introduced
2/6/24
Refer
2/6/24
Refer
2/8/24
Amend KRS 16.220 to permit the destruction of confiscated firearms; require destruction if the firearm was used in the commission of a violent offense; amend KRS 500.090 and 500.093 to conform.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB179
Introduced
2/6/24
Refer
2/6/24
Refer
2/8/24
Create new section of KRS Chapter 411 to create a cause of action for introduction of an identification device.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB18
Introduced
1/2/24
Refer
1/2/24
Refer
1/3/24
Report Pass
2/1/24
Engrossed
2/7/24
Refer
2/7/24
Refer
2/29/24
Report Pass
3/5/24
Enrolled
3/26/24
Enrolled
3/26/24
Passed
3/29/24
Amends KRS 156.153 to require that the standards and specifications for accessory equipment and supplies and replacement equipment shall be based on federal safety standards and shall not discriminate among manufacturers unless there is evidence that a specific manufacturer’s product is defective or dangerous to use, to require that the Kentucky Department of Education provide the list of standards and specifications for accessory equipment and supplies and replacement equipment to the Finance and Administration Cabinet for the purpose of maintaining a list of price contracts, and to create a section of KRS Chapter 45A requiring the cabinet to maintain a list of price contracts for procurement of those items.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB180
Introduced
2/6/24
Refer
2/6/24
Refer
2/8/24
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 454 to restrict use of facial recognition technology and biometric identifiers; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to create a cause of action for use of facial recognition technology or biometric identifiers; create new sections of KRS Chapters 6, 13B, 23A, 24A, and 29A to prohibit use of facial recognition technology as evidence; propose a new section of the Kentucky Rules of Evidence to make evidence gained from use of facial recognition inadmissible.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB181
Introduced
2/6/24
Refer
2/6/24
Refer
2/8/24
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 531 to establish the crime of sexual extortion as a felony; provide for enhancements to penalties; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to establish a civil cause of action for sexual extortion; amend KRS 17.500 to include sexual extortion in the definition of "sex crime"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require superintendents of local school districts to notify students in grades 4 and above and parents and guardians of all students of the crime of sexual extortion; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require local school boards to display posters in schools with the definition of sexual extortion and contact information for entities offering assistance to victims; amend KRS 164.2518 to require postsecondary institutions to display posters with the definition of sexual extortion and contact information for entities offering assistance to victims in residence halls, classroom buildings, and student centers.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB182
Introduced
2/6/24
Refer
2/6/24
Refer
2/8/24
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 344 to require employers that mandate employee immunization to allow exceptions based on religious belief or medical contraindication; provide sample form for employee affirmation; establish which health care providers can support a medical exemption; require notice of exemptions; establish civil cause of action for violations and a claim under workers' compensation; amend KRS 344.040 to make it an unlawful practice for employers to require immunizations as a condition of employment from employees who hold sincere religious beliefs against immunization or for whom immunization would be harmful to his or her health; make technical corrections.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB183
Introduced
2/7/24
Refer
2/7/24
Refer
2/9/24
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 338 to define terms; require employers who provide services in agriculture, construction, landscaping, and transportation to maintain a written heat illness prevention plan informing employees of policies and procedures to be followed when an employee is suffering from a heat illness; establish a penalty for a violation.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB184
Introduced
2/7/24
Refer
2/7/24
Refer
2/9/24
Amend KRS 336.130 to delete references restricting rights of public employees to organize, associate collectively, or strike; amend KRS 336.180 to redefine "labor organization" and delete definitions of "candidate," "committee," "contributing organization," "contribution," "election," "electioneering communications," "employer," "fundraiser," "independent expenditure," "political activities," "public employee," "slate of candidates," and "testimonial affair"; amend KRS 336.990 to conform; amend KRS 67A.6904 to allow urban-county governments to make an agreement with a labor organization to require membership in the organization as a condition of employment; amend KRS 67C.406 to allow consolidated local governments to make an agreement with a labor organization to require membership in the organization as a condition of employment; amend KRS 70.262, 78.470, and 78.480 to remove exceptions; amend KRS 345.050 to allow public employers to make an agreement with a labor organization to require membership in the organization as a condition of employment; amend KRS 336.1341 and 336.135 to conform; repeal KRS 65.016, 336.132, and 336.134.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB185
Introduced
2/7/24
Refer
2/7/24
Refer
2/9/24
Establish new sections of KRS Chapter 337 to create a prevailing wage law for all public works projects; amend KRS 12.020, 99.480, 227.487, 151B.015, 337.010, and 337.990 to conform.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB186
Introduced
2/8/24
Refer
2/8/24
Refer
2/12/24
Amend KRS 278.5462 to require broadband service providers to give their retail customers notification of planned or unplanned outages; require the broadband service provider notice to include an estimate of when service will be restored; prohibit notification being predicated on enrollment by the customer; require the notification provision be in all customer contracts and franchise agreements with local governments; place jurisdiction for resolving customer complaints regarding notifications with the Kentucky Public Service Commission.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB187
Introduced
2/8/24
Refer
2/8/24
Refer
2/16/24
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to define "modified weapon"; provide that a licensed dealer may not deliver a modified weapon until seven days have elapsed from the date of the purchase application; create new sections of KRS Chapter 527 to provide that a person shall not possess a modified weapon if the person is under 21 years old; provide that no person shall knowingly sell or transfer a modified weapon to a person who is under 21 years old; establish penalties.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB188
Introduced
2/8/24
Refer
2/8/24
Refer
2/12/24
Report Pass
3/14/24
Engrossed
3/26/24
Refer
3/26/24
Refer
3/26/24
Report Pass
3/27/24
Enrolled
3/28/24
Enrolled
3/28/24
Chaptered
4/5/24
Passed
4/5/24
Amends KRS 18A.2254 to require that the state employee health plan and state agencies comply with certain pharmacy-related insurance laws; creates new sections of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define terms for pharmacy-related insurance practices, to require that insurers, pharmacy benefit managers, and other pharmacy benefits administrators establish reasonably adequate and accessible pharmacy networks, to require the filing of an annual report, to require that the insurance commissioner review pharmacy networks, to provide that information and data acquired by the Department of Insurance be considered proprietary and not subject to disclosure under open records laws, to establish requirements for certain contracts between a pharmacy or pharmacist and an insurer, a pharmacy benefit manager, or any other pharmacy benefits administrator, to establish prohibited conduct and requirements for certain pharmacy-related insurance practices, and to establish a complaint process for insureds, pharmacies, and pharmacists impacted by a violation of certain pharmacy-related insurance laws; creates a new section of Subtitle 99 of KRS Chapter 304 to authorize the insurance commissioner to order reimbursement to persons who incurred a monetary loss as a result of a violation of certain pharmacy-related insurance laws; amends KRS 304.9-053 to require certain filings; amends KRS 304.9-054 to establish requirements for pharmacy benefit manager licensure; amends KRS 304.9-055 to require that the insurance commissioner promulgate certain administrative regulations relating to pharmacy benefit managers; amends KRS 304.14-120 to require that the insurance commissioner review certain health plan filings; amends KRS 304.17A-712 to conform; amends KRS 304.17C-125 to apply certain pharmacy-related insurance laws to limited health service benefit plans, including limited health service contracts; amends KRS 304.38A-115 to apply certain pharmacy-related insurance laws to limited health service organizations; repeals KRS 304.38A-120, relating to assignment of certain benefits under limited health service organization plans, to consolidate provisions; creates a new section of KRS Chapter 315 to require reporting by ambulatory pharmacies to the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy; amends KRS 367.828 to establish certain requirements for health discount plans relating to prescription drugs; makes technical corrections to existing statutes throughout; applies various sections to contracts issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2025; and requires the insurance commissioner and the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy to promulgate implementing administrative regulations by certain dates; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2025.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB189
Introduced
2/8/24
Refer
2/8/24
Refer
2/20/24
Amend KRS 164.295 to permit Murray State University to offer doctor's degrees required for professional practice and licensure in veterinary medicine.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB19
Introduced
1/2/24
Refer
1/2/24
Refer
1/5/24
Amend KRS 138.460 to provide a tax credit to active duty members of the Armed Forces for taxes paid to another state which are substantially identical to the taxes paid in this state, whether or not the other state grants a similar credit.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB190
Introduced
2/9/24
Refer
2/9/24
Refer
2/16/24
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to define terms; establish requirements for individuals to voluntarily request inclusion on a list that prohibits the purchase or possession of firearms for specified periods and to voluntarily commit their firearms to law enforcement for safe storage or permanent surrender; provide processes for individuals to be removed from the list upon request and to have a surrendered firearm returned; establish confidentiality requirements and the exclusion of list and surrender records from the Open Records Act; establish penalties for noncompliance; require the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet and the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to develop public awareness campaigns to inform the public and health care providers about the voluntary firearms restriction list.