All Bills - Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB286
Introduced
2/26/24
Refer
2/26/24
Refer
2/28/24
Amend KRS 154.10-040 to add gender-neutral language.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB287
Introduced
2/26/24
Refer
2/26/24
Refer
2/28/24
Amend KRS 48.100, relating to branch budget recommendations, to specify that the Governor shall submit a separate recommendation for the Transportation Cabinet.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB288
Introduced
2/26/24
Refer
2/26/24
Refer
2/28/24
Amend KRS 48.030, relating to branch budget recommendations, to make a technical correction.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB289
Introduced
2/26/24
Refer
2/26/24
Refer
2/28/24
Amend KRS 48.311, relating to branch budget bills, to make a technical correction.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB29
Introduced
1/2/24
Refer
1/2/24
Refer
1/3/24
Report Pass
2/13/24
Engrossed
2/20/24
Refer
2/20/24
Refer
2/20/24
Report Pass
2/21/24
Refer
3/25/24
Enrolled
3/27/24
Enrolled
3/27/24
Passed
4/2/24
Creates a new section of Subtitle 20 of KRS Chapter 304 to prohibit assignments under a property or casualty insurance policy; amends KRS 304.14-250 to conform; amends KRS 304.20-060 to insert definitions, to modify coverage required for the repair or replacement of damaged motor vehicle glass, and to prohibit requiring an insured’s use of a particular motor vehicle glass repair shop; amends KRS 304.39-320 to modify the credit that an underinsured motorist insurer is entitled to when providing underinsured motorist coverage; creates a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to regulate motor vehicle glass repair shop trade practices relating to motor vehicle insurance claims, to establish remedies for violation of the section, and to authorize enforcement of the section by the Attorney General; and provides that this Act applies to insurance policies issued or renewed on or after the effective date of the Act; EMERGENCY.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB290
Introduced
2/26/24
Refer
2/26/24
Refer
2/28/24
Report Pass
3/6/24
Engrossed
3/11/24
Refer
3/11/24
Refer
3/22/24
Report Pass
3/26/24
Amend KRS 18A.050 to require a member of the Personnel Board to vacate his or her position or have the board terminate his or her position if he or she separates from the classified service; amend KRS 18A.110 to allow the secretary of the Personnel Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to implement scholarship programs, internship programs, education programs, educational assistance programs for employees, and interview preferences for applicants who complete an executive branch internship program; allow the secretary of the Personnel Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations for the classified service governing layoffs, furloughs, and reduction of hours to include, but not be limited to reemployment of laid-off employees; amend KRS 18A.115 to permit members and employees of boards and commissions exempt from the classified service to employ staff subject to the provisions of KRS 18A.005 to 18A.200; exempt juvenile facility managers from the classified service; amend KRS 18A.125 to require all agencies and employees for which the Personnel Cabinet administers payroll to comply with the secretary's payroll administration; prohibit an executive branch agency for which the cabinet administers payroll from authorizing work performance outside of the Commonwealth without approval from the secretary; allow an agency to request the secretary deduct certain items from an employee's final paycheck so long as the deduction is expressly authorized in writing and does not reduce the employee's pay below the federal minimum wage; amend KRS 18A.005, 18A.035, 18A.0751, 18A.095, 18A.100, 18A.113, 18A.355, 132.370, and 163.032 to confom and make technical corrections.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB291
Introduced
2/26/24
Refer
2/26/24
Amend KRS 344.010 to provide definitions of "protective hairstyle" and "race" that include traits historically associated with race; amend KRS 344.020 to provide that nothing in the chapter shall be construed to prohibit reasonable workplace policies; amend KRS 158.148 to provide that school disciplinary codes shall prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, but shall not be interpreted to restrict the adoption of reasonable school safety policies; make technical corrections; provide that the Act may be cited as the C.R.O.W.N. Act.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB292
Introduced
2/26/24
Refer
2/26/24
Refer
2/28/24
Amend KRS 117.085 to provide convenience of the voter as a basis for absentee voting; amend KRS 117.076 to permit any qualified voter the ability to vote in-person absentee during normal business hours on any of the 12 working days and two Saturdays before an election; amend KRS 117.066 to require that each county board of elections petition for and use a vote center on election day.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB293
Introduced
2/26/24
Refer
2/26/24
Refer
2/28/24
Repeal and reenact KRS 532.031 to define "gender identity or expression"; list the actions that qualify as hate crimes; list the actual or perceived characteristics a person must have in order to qualify as a victim of a hate crime; outline penalties for a person guilty of a hate crime; set forth criteria for seeking an enhanced sentence; amend KRS 15.334 and to add characteristics of a victim to be considered when determining the cause of a crime; add requirement that officers receive training on hate crimes; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to permit a civil action where the victim of a hate crime suffers damages regardless of the outcome of any criminal proceeding; establish recovery for the victim; amend KRS 17.1523 to add characteristics of a victim to be considered when determining the cause of a crime; amend KRS 15.440 to require that a unit of government shall possess a written policy and procedures manual related to hate crimes in order to receive funds from the Law Enforcement Foundation Program fund; repeal KRS 49.320 relating to victim of hate crime deemed victim of criminally injurious conduct.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB294
Introduced
2/26/24
Refer
2/26/24
Refer
2/28/24
Amend KRS 131.1817 to remove the possible suspension of an operator's license for a person found to be a delinquent taxpayer; amend KRS 186.444 to create a medical review board for the purpose of considering a person's ability to drive due to a physical or mental disability; establish the number and qualifications of members; establish who may report persons to the medical review board; amend KRS 186.570 to conform.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB295
Introduced
2/27/24
Refer
2/27/24
Refer
2/29/24
Report Pass
3/22/24
Engrossed
3/26/24
Refer
3/26/24
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 214 to prohibit a requirement for any individual to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, modified ribonucleic acid (modRNA) vaccine, or messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccine for the purposes of student enrollment, employment, or medical treatment in the Commonwealth.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB296
Introduced
2/27/24
Refer
2/27/24
Refer
2/29/24
Amend KRS 342.0011 to define "medical professional"; amend KRS 342.020 to provide that failure to submit a statement for services within 45 days may render the statement for services ineligible and that denial of a claim shall toll the requirements to submit the statement for services; amend KRS 342.033 to delete "physician" and insert "medical professional" to allow medical professionals to provide direct testimony through a written medical report; amend KRS 342.125 to allow an administrative law judge to reopen and review any award or order for post-award request for vocational rehabilitation; amend KRS 342.140 to include unemployment benefits in the average weekly wage calculation; amend KRS 342.276 to require the commissioner to promulgate regulations requiring parties to demonstrate attempts have been made to reach a settlement and that mediation will be beneficial to resolve the issues; amend KRS 342.281 to provide that after an order of reconsideration has been rendered, subsequent petitions for reconsideration shall not toll the time to appeal unless the petition for reconsideration is filed to correct an order on reconsideration; amend KRS 342.310 to provide that if an administrative law judge determines a medical dispute was frivolously filed or filed for the purpose of harassment by an employer, its third-party administrator, or the responsible insurer, attorney's fees may be assessed; amend KRS 342.315 to add University of Pikeville to the medical schools that the commissioner shall contract with to evaluate workers, delete "physicians" and insert "medical professionals" qualified as "B" readers in cases involving coal workers' pneumoconiosis, delete "physicians" and insert "medical professionals" performing evaluations for injuries or occupational hearing loss; amend KRS 342.316 to delete "physician" and insert "medical professional" to provide at least one written medical report in filing occupational disease claims; amend KRS 342.320 to delete "physicians" and insert "medical professionals" fees which are subject to approval of an administrative law judge; amend KRS 342.794 to delete "physicians" and insert "medical providers" in the "B" reader list.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB297
Introduced
2/27/24
Refer
2/27/24
Refer
2/29/24
Report Pass
3/6/24
Engrossed
3/11/24
Refer
3/11/24
Refer
3/12/24
Report Pass
3/21/24
Enrolled
4/12/24
Enrolled
4/12/24
Chaptered
4/17/24
Passed
4/17/24
Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to define “National Background Check Program” or “NBCP,” “PACE,” and “PACE service provider,” to exempt PACE service providers from obtaining a health facility license to provide PACE services, and to provide that a PACE service provider shall be eligible to participate and enroll in the NBCP.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB298
Introduced
2/27/24
Refer
2/27/24
Refer
2/29/24
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 281 to establish that a transportation network company (TNC) is not liable for harm to persons or property unless there is direct negligence of the company or there is a contractual right of the company to control the manner and means of the work; declare that a TNC or TNC driver is not a common carrier.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB299
Introduced
2/27/24
Refer
2/27/24
Refer
2/29/24
Report Pass
3/26/24
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
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
Repeals and reenacts KRS 230.210, 230.225, 230.230, and 230.260 to replace the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission with the Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation, to establish definitions, to grant the corporation jurisdiction over all forms of horse racing, horse breed integrity, sports wagering, charitable gaming, and pari-mutuel wagering and exclude the state lottery established under KRS Chapter 154A, to set the corporation and president’s powers and duties, to direct the Governor to appoint the corporation president from a list of three names provided by the board, to abolish the racing commission and the Department of Charitable Gaming on July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025, respectively, and to transfer all personnel, equipment, and funding to the corporation; creates new sections of KRS Chapter 230 to provide that the president may establish offices run by office managers to address corporation topics, to establish a board of directors to administer the corporation, to set up board appointments and composition, to create the powers and duties of the board and its members, to require a criminal background check for board members and staff, to make the board, president, managers, and staff of the corporation subject to KRS Chapter 11A but exempt from KRS Chapters 18A and 64, and to maintain employee participation in state employee retirement, health insurance, life insurance, and deferred compensation; amends KRS 230.215 to establish a policy to strictly regulate charitable gaming; amends sections of KRS Chapters 138, 230, and 238 to conform with the transfer to the corporation; amends KRS 11A.010, 11A.040, 12.020, 12.252, 15.380, 15.728, 18A.115, 68.182, 91.202, 92.282, 137.170, 139.200, 243.262, 243.500, 247.220, 257.196, 257.472, 321.185, 528.010, and 528.110 to conform; repeals KRS 230.250; makes sections applying to the racing commission effective on July 1, 2024, and amendments related to charitable gaming effective on July 1, 2025; transfers records, files, and documents for racing and charitable gaming on those same dates; keeps the executive director of the racing commission serving on January 1, 2024, as the interim president of the corporation for two years starting on July 1, 2024; requires that the Public Protection Cabinet assist in the transitions of the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission and the Department of Charitable Gaming into parts of the Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation; establishes a charity game ticket moratorium from July 1, 2024, to July 1, 2025, that applies only to playing electronic charity game tickets at additional locations beyond a charity’s office, at licensed bingo locations, and at pre-approved charitable fundraising event locations; and prevents any changes to names of agencies and officers from voiding amendments in other bills enacted during the 2024 Regular Session; EMERGENCY.