All Bills - Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB340
Introduced
2/28/24
Refer
2/28/24
Refer
3/1/24
Amend KRS 353.804 and 353.812 to make grammatical and technical corrections.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB341
Introduced
2/28/24
Refer
2/28/24
Refer
3/1/24
Amend KRS 224.10-225 to make grammatical correction and gender conformity.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB342
Introduced
2/28/24
Refer
2/28/24
Refer
3/1/24
Amend KRS 31.140 to include gender-neutral language.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB343
Introduced
2/28/24
Refer
2/28/24
Refer
3/1/24
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 15A to require the Department of Juvenile Justice to establish a local juvenile restorative justice advisory committee in each county; set committee membership; require committees to develop and implement local juvenile restorative justice programs.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB344
Introduced
2/28/24
Refer
2/28/24
Refer
3/1/24
Report Pass
3/5/24
Engrossed
3/22/24
Refer
3/22/24
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 438 to define terms; establish the creation and enforcement provisions of a vapor product and vapor product manufacturer list; create a restricted fund from the funds collected in for enforcement of the vapor product and vapor product manufacturing list; establish fees and penalties.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB345
Introduced
2/28/24
Refer
2/28/24
Refer
3/1/24
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 367 to define terms; require covered entities to complete Data protection impact assessments before releasing new products or services; require covered entities to make Data protection impact assessments available to the Attorney General upon request; require covered entities to configure default privacy settings for children at a high level of privacy; require covered entities to provide tools for parents and guardians to exercise privacy and report concerns; prohibit covered entities from using a child's personal information in a way that the covered entity knows is likely to result in high risk; prohibit covered entities from unnecessarily profiling children; prohibit covered entities from collecting, retaining, processing, or disclosing personal information of a child in a manner that has been identified as high risk through a Data protection impact assessment; prohibit covered entities from unnecessarily collecting, selling, processing, or retaining a child's precise geolocation data; provide penalties for violations.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB346
Introduced
2/28/24
Refer
2/28/24
Refer
3/1/24
Amend KRS 14.250 to require the Secretary of State (SOS) to develop, operate, and maintain the Kentucky One-Stop Business Portal (Portal) to facilitate interaction among businesses and governmental agencies in the Commonwealth; mandate that certain elements be included in the development of the Portal; require the framework and informational exchange process to be updated by January 1, 2025; provide for the information and capabilities of the Portal and require the SOS to make the Portal available for public use no later than January 1, 2026; require the SOS to establish a system of universal industry codes to match businesses with their regulatory agencies; require that executive branch agencies integrate licensing and regulatory compliance with the Portal no later than January 1, 2026; require the SOS to establish a call center to provide user services related to the Portal; require the SOS to report to the Legislative Research Commission on the progress of the Portal before June 30, 2026 and each year thereafter; provide that the SOS may adopt administrative regulations to implement the Portal; amend KRS 14.255 to require the SOS to establish a unique Commonwealth business identification number for filings and services; require state agencies integrated with the Portal to use Commonwealth business identification numbers no later than January 1, 2026; amend KRS 11.202 and 147A.032 to conform.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB347
Introduced
2/28/24
Refer
2/28/24
Refer
3/1/24
Report Pass
3/7/24
Amend KRS 533.270 to define terms; amend KRS 533.274 to remove a misdemeanor as a disqualifying offense; require an assessment of a homeless defendant for a behavioral health disorder and establish preference for participation in the program if an eligible defendant; amend KRS 533.286 to remove the requirement that the initial vocational screening be conducted in person.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB348
Introduced
2/28/24
Refer
2/28/24
Refer
3/1/24
Amend KRS 237.140 to require retired peace officers to complete the firearms qualification to a carry a concealed deadly weapon once every five years.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB349
Introduced
2/28/24
Refer
2/28/24
Refer
3/1/24
Report Pass
3/6/24
Engrossed
3/13/24
Refer
3/13/24
Refer
3/14/24
Report Pass
3/21/24
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
Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to make findings and declarations; defines terms; establishes the Energy Planning and Inventory Commission and administratively attaches it to the University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research (UK CAER); provides for membership of the commission board and executive committee; provides for gubernatorial appointments of members of the commission board and executive committee and requires Senate confirmation of those appointments; requires the election of two of the executive committee members by the commission board from the board membership; provides for commission and executive committee terms; prohibits the compensation of members; makes members subject to the requirements of the executive branch code of ethics; provides for the election of the commission chair and vice chair; allows the executive committee to adopt bylaws governing the conduct of the commission’s business; prohibits direct financial relationship between a member of the executive committee and a utility; prohibits a member from serving if it would cause a conflict with or result in the disclosure of confidential information relating to any research projects at UK CAER; requires recusal and replacement of an executive committee member to prevent disclosure of confidential information; prohibits the Governor from reorganizing the commission or executive committee; allows the commission to employ an executive director, subject to confirmation by the Senate; provides for the duties of the commission, which shall include the examination and study of energy generation related topics and review of the decommissioning notices given by utilities as required by the Act; requires that the commission submit annual reports on December 1 to the Legislative Research Commission, the Governor, and the Public Service Commission to make recommendations based on the issues that the commission has examined; requires any utility seeking to retire any existing coal, oil, or natural gas-fired electric generating plant to give notice to the executive committee no later than 180 days before submitting a retirement application to the Public Service Commission as required under KRS 278.264; provides for the requirements of the notice; prohibits the disclosure of confidential information as part of the notice; requires that, within 90 days of receiving a notice, the commission hold a public hearing in the county where the retirement is proposed to occur; requires that, within 135 days of receiving notice and after the public hearing has occurred, the executive committee submit a final report with written findings and recommendations regarding the retirement to the Public Service Commission; provides for inclusion of the executive committee’s written report and any dissenting findings in any retirement application made to the Public Service Commission, which shall consider the findings before approving a retirement under KRS 278.264; requires that the executive committee or executive director, if authorized by the executive committee, have standing to intervene in any case or proceeding before the Public Service Commission; allows the executive committee to employ administrative staff or third-party consultants if funding is available; requires that the Energy Planning and Inventory Commission cease to exist on December 31, 2035; creates a new section of KRS 278.010 to 278.450 to require the Public Service Commission to issue final orders within eight months of the filing of an application by a utility; amends KRS 278.110 to require that final reports of investigations or special inquiries be filed within the public record for the case for which it was prepared; requires that the contracted person be subject to written information requests and cross-examination in any public hearing for the case in which the report was prepared; amends KRS 278.264 to require that an application for the retirement of an electric generating unit include a statement certifying compliance with the requirements of Section 1 of this Act; requires that the Public Service Commission find, in order to overcome the rebuttable presumption against the retirement, that a utility seeking to retire an electric generating unit will replace it with new electric generating capacity that has the same or higher capacity value and net capability, unless the utility can demonstrate that it is not necessary; requires that the Public Service Commission find, in order to overcome the rebuttable presumption against the retirement, that the retirement will not commence until the replacement generating capacity is fully constructed, permitted, and in operation, unless the utility can demonstrate that it is necessary to commence the retirement earlier; defines “dispatchable” and “intermittent”; and provides for the staggering of initial appointments to the Energy Planning and Inventory Commission; EMERGENCY.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB35
Introduced
1/2/24
Refer
1/2/24
Refer
1/5/24
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 148 to establish the Trail Town operations grant fund; require the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations; APPROPRIATION.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB350
Introduced
2/28/24
Refer
2/28/24
Refer
3/1/24
Amend KRS 6.190 to provide for annual salaries for members of the General Assembly; provide for annual supplements for members appointed as chair; require each member of the General Assembly to be paid on the first and fifteenth day of each month; direct that salaries and supplements be indexed to the consumer price index; amend KRS 6.211 to require expense allowances to be determined by the Legislative Research Commission; amend KRS 6.213 to grant each member of the House of Representatives a monthly expense allowance of $2,000; grant each member of the Senate a monthly expense allowance of $2,500; require the Legislative Research Commission adopt procedures to allow for adjustments in the monthly expense allowance; amend KRS 6.220 to require the stationery allowance for members of the General Assembly to be determined by the Legislative Research Commission; amend KRS 6.225 to allow reimbursement for travel expenses for the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives if engaged in their duties when the General Assembly is not in session; amend KRS 7.090 to require travel and expense guidelines to be set by the Legislative Research Commission; amend KRS 7.110 to allow members of the General Assembly receive the same travel allowance for attending interim meetings as they would during a regular or special session; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2025.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB351
Introduced
2/28/24
Refer
2/28/24
Refer
3/1/24
Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to exempt from property taxation the homesteads of veterans who were honorably discharged and certified as having a service-connected permanent and 100 percent total disability and the homesteads of the surviving spouses of Armed Forces' members who died from service-connected causes while on active duty; apply to real property assessed on or after January 1, 2025; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB352
Introduced
2/28/24
Refer
2/28/24
Refer
3/1/24
Amend KRS 432.280 to remove the provision permitting a court or judge to proceed against a person by indictment for libel or slander relating to judicial conduct in court.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB353
Introduced
2/28/24
Refer
2/28/24
Refer
3/1/24
Amend KRS 70.325 to allow constables an alternative training requirement to receive certification to exercise peace officer powers; amend KRS 189.950 to conform; amend KRS 15.340 to require the Department of Criminal Justice Training to accept qualified constables into the alternative training, but require constables to bear costs associated with the training; create a new section of KRS Chapter 15.380 to 15.404 allowing constables to apply for the alternative training and state that any constable that completes the alternative training and yearly in-service training shall be considered certified.