All Bills - Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB231
Introduced
2/20/24
Refer
2/20/24
Refer
2/22/24
Propose to amend Section 25 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude in all circumstances; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB232
Introduced
2/20/24
Refer
2/20/24
Refer
2/22/24
Report Pass
3/7/24
Engrossed
3/12/24
Refer
3/12/24
Refer
3/15/24
Repeal and reenact KRS 162.060 to establish that local boards of education shall submit all plans for new public school buildings or additions or alterations of old buildings to the chief state school officer, but prohibit the Kentucky Department of Education from requiring prior approval of the district's plans; amend KRS 156.160 to provide for the approval and appeal process for a district's purchase or disposal of real property; amend KRS 157.420 conform; establish the requirements for a district facilities plan; amend KRS 157.440, 157.615, 157.620, 157.621, 157.622, 158.814, and 160.105 to conform; amend KRS 160.160 to allow use of estimates of the cost of a project by licensed architects or engineers for establishing the financing; remove the requirement for a district to obtain prior approval from the department for a mortgage or lien on a school building or for leasing a building; amend KRS 158.102 to remove minimum requirements for a school librarian; amend KRS 199.882 to include an employer directly paying for the child-care facilities and facility maintenance on behalf of a child-care provider in the definition of "contribution"; allow for the renewal of an emergency teaching certificate for the 2024-2025 school year; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2024; EMERGENCY.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB233
Introduced
2/20/24
Refer
2/20/24
Refer
3/22/24
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 96 to define terms; prohibit any utility operating under the chapter from constructing a facility that generates electricity using solar energy if constructing the facility would result in more than one percent of the total land area of any county where the proposed construction is to be located being occupied by solar electric generating facilities; amend KRS 278.020 to prohibit the Public Service Commission from granting an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for a facility that uses solar energy to produce electricity if constructing the facility would result in more than one percent of the total land area of any county where the proposed construction is to be located being occupied by solar electric generating facilities; define terms; amend KRS 278.706 to require that as part of its construction certificate application to the siting board, a merchant electric generating facility owner shall certify that no portion of the proposed construction site will be located on land that was acquired through eminent domain and that the proposed site would not result in more than one percent of the total land area of any county where the proposed construction is to be located being occupied by solar electric generating facilities; define terms; create a new section of KRS Chapter 416 to prohibit the construction of any facility that generates electricity using solar energy on any land that was acquired by eminent domain; amend KRS 416.570 to require that as part of the verified petition required to be filed prior to an exercise of eminent domain, a condemnor shall certify that the proposed condemnation will not violate the prohibition on constructing solar electric generating facilities on condemned land.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB234
Introduced
2/20/24
Refer
2/20/24
Refer
2/28/24
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 100 to define terms related to short-term rentals; make owner-occupied short-term rentals a permitted residential use; permit non-owner-occupied short-term rentals to be subject to a conditional use permit or variance; permit regulation of short-term rentals in certain circumstances if enforcement is in the same manner as other properties; allow planning unit to require permitting for the operation of short-term rentals and enumerate the contents of a permit application, procedures for application, revocation of a permit, benefits of permit, and penalties for operating without a permit when planning unit has adopted a permitting ordinance; state that the Act shall not be construed to affect regulations of a homeowner's association or other similar property owner association; state that any ordinance that conflicts with provisions of the Act is unenforceable; provide that the Act may be cited as the Kentucky Short-Term Rental Regulation Act.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB235
Introduced
2/20/24
Refer
2/20/24
Refer
2/22/24
Amend KRS 620.030 to establish requirements for reports of alleged child dependency, abuse, or neglect.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB236
Introduced
2/20/24
Refer
2/20/24
Refer
2/22/24
Amend KRS 199.896 to establish licensure requirements for child-care centers; amend KRS 199.8962 to establish operational standards for child-care centers.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB237
Introduced
2/20/24
Refer
2/20/24
Refer
2/22/24
Amend KRS 317.410 to define "mobile barber shop"; amend KRS 317.420 to restrict a person from operating a mobile barber shop without being licensed by the Kentucky Board of Barbering; amend KRS 317.430 to authorize the board to govern mobile barber shops; amend KRS 317.440 to direct the board to promulgate administrative regulations governing the location and housing of mobile barber shops, requirements regarding its operation, and inspection criteria for mobile barber shops; direct the board to establish on its website a system that allows licensees to report the location or change in location of a mobile barber shop; amend KRS 317.450 to require the board to issue a license to operate a mobile barber shop to any barber licensed under KRS Chapter 317 and meets the requirements of administrative regulations promulgated by the board; amend KRS 317.580 to require a mobile barber shop to have a sink with hot and cold running water.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB238
Introduced
2/20/24
Refer
2/20/24
Refer
2/22/24
Amend KRS 158.1415 to remove provisions related to parental rights and courses, curriculums, or programs on human sexuality; provide for a process for parents to opt out of their child receiving instruction on the subject of human sexuality; amend KRS 158.191 to remove language limiting Kentucky Board of Education or Department of Education policies regarding student confidential information and the use of pronouns; require a local school district to use pronouns for students upon a request from a parent along with a note from a medical provider diagnosing the child with gender dysphoria; remove language concerning parental consent for well-being questionnaires or assessments or a health screening; amend KRS 158.189 to make findings about children and young adults desiring individual privacy; require a school to provide an accommodation to any student who requests an area of individual privacy in restrooms, locker rooms, and shower rooms, regardless of biological sex or gender identity; require school officials to provide an accommodation for individual privacy for children whose gender is different from his or her biological sex and who have a note from a medical provider diagnosing the child with gender dysphoria; permit alternate accommodations upon the parent's request; amend KRS 311.372 to prohibit surgical or medical treatment of a child under the age of 18 years for gender dysphoria, and any nonsurgical medical treatment without the consent of the child's parent or legal guardian; require that the provision of nonsurgical medical treatment to a child under the age of 18 years apply only to a child with a medical diagnosis from a mental health care provider and by a trained and experienced health care provider in collaboration with a clinical psychologist or psychiatrist using only appropriate nonsurgical medical treatments approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for adolescents and that meet evidence-based medical standards.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB239
Introduced
2/21/24
Refer
2/21/24
Refer
2/26/24
Report Pass
3/13/24
Engrossed
3/22/24
Refer
3/22/24
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 344 to ensure federal law relating to emergency medical treatment and the collection of evidence is not overridden; define terms; prohibit discrimination against medical care providers who decline to perform procedures that violate their conscience; grant providers the right not to participate in or pay for services that violate their conscience; exempt providers from liability for exercising these rights; prohibit the State Board of Medical Licensure from reprimanding medical practitioners and require the board to provide complaints it has received to medical practitioners; establish a civil cause of action for persons injured by violations; provide that the Act may be cited as the Healthcare Heroes Recruitment and Retention Act; EMERGENCY.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB24
Introduced
1/2/24
Refer
1/2/24
Refer
1/5/24
Report Pass
1/10/24
Engrossed
1/17/24
Refer
1/17/24
Refer
3/6/24
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to limit the number of managed care organizations contracted by the Department for Medicaid Services to no more than three; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2025.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB240
Introduced
2/21/24
Refer
2/21/24
Refer
2/23/24
Report Pass
3/5/24
Engrossed
3/8/24
Refer
3/8/24
Refer
3/12/24
Report Pass
3/14/24
Enrolled
3/26/24
Enrolled
3/26/24
Chaptered
4/5/24
Passed
4/5/24
Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 199.892 to 199.896 to allow the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to give child-care benefits to foster parents who work outside the home or telework inside the home, and to require the cabinet to apply for a waiver if deemed necessary by the cabinet.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB241
Introduced
2/21/24
Refer
2/21/24
Refer
2/28/24
Amend KRS 186.230 and 186.120 to conform to gender-neutral language.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB242
Introduced
2/21/24
Refer
2/21/24
Refer
2/28/24
Report Pass
3/15/24
Engrossed
3/25/24
Refer
3/25/24
Refer
3/25/24
Report Pass
3/27/24
Amend KRS 216.525, relating to health services, to add gender-neutral language.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB243
Introduced
2/21/24
Refer
2/21/24
Refer
2/23/24
Amend KRS 525.125 to define "animal fight"; provide that a person is guilty of cruelty to animals in the first degree when he or she knowingly causes an animal to engage in an animal fight, participates in the organization or operation of an animal fight, is present at an animal fight, or allows a minor to attend an animal fight; provide that falconry authorized by a valid permit and hunting license shall not constitute a violation of this section; provide that cruelty to animals in the first degree is a Class A misdemeanor if a person is present at an animal fight or allows a minor to attend an animal fight; require the court to forfeit the animal that is the subject of the violation, terminate or limit a person's ability possess animals, and transfer the animal to the original owner or the county animal control officer; amend KRS 515.130 and 436.610 to conform.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB244
Introduced
2/21/24
Refer
2/21/24
Refer
2/23/24
Report Pass
2/28/24
Engrossed
3/5/24
Refer
3/5/24
Amend KRS 118.225 to require that the ballot position for all statewide office candidates or slates of candidates be determined by lot for each congressional district.