Kentucky 2025 Regular Session All Bills
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB315
Introduced
2/5/25
Refer
2/5/25
Refer
2/7/25
Report Pass
2/26/25
Engrossed
3/4/25
Refer
3/4/25
Refer
3/6/25
Report Pass
3/11/25
Refer
3/14/25
Enrolled
3/14/25
Enrolled
3/14/25
Chaptered
3/25/25
Passed
3/25/25
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 247 to define terms; prohibit a nonresident alien, foreign business, foreign agent, trustee, or fiduciary associated with the government of any proscribed country referenced in 22 C.F.R. sec. 126.1 from the purchase, lease, or acquisition of agricultural land in Kentucky or participation in programs administered by the Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Development Board, and Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corporation; allow a nonresident alien, foreign business, foreign agent, trustee, or fiduciary to own, purchase, hold, or develop agricultural land for nonagricultural use provided that the development is completed within five years of acquiring the land; require that a copy of the report required under the provisions of the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act be filed with the Department of Agriculture; require the Department of Agriculture to report evidence of noncompliance to the Office of the Attorney General; require the Office of the Attorney General to investigate the evidence; allow the Office of the Attorney General to enforce provisions; require that agricultural land found in violation be escheated to the state and be subject to judicial foreclosure; set requirements for disbursement of proceeds of the sale.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB316
Introduced
2/5/25
Refer
2/5/25
Refer
2/7/25
Amend KRS 311.772, relating to the intentional termination of life of an unborn human being, to define terms; establish criminal penalties and fines for a foreign sender who provides an abortifacient or abortion-inducing drug; establish a civil cause of action that is available to a woman who receives an abortifacient; establish available relief; amend KRS 218A.100 to include abortifacients and abortion-inducing drugs as Schedule IV controlled substance.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB317
Introduced
2/5/25
Refer
2/5/25
Refer
2/7/25
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 11 to require the Governor to request permission from the State Treasurer to use tax dollars for international travel; prohibit the use of tax dollars for international travel by the Governor without approval.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB318
Introduced
2/5/25
Refer
2/5/25
Refer
2/7/25
Amend KRS 61.848 to establish that any formal action of a public agency is voidable by a court if there was not substantial compliance with statutes regarding video teleconferencing of meetings, recording of minutes, and conditions for attendance.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB319
Introduced
2/5/25
Refer
2/5/25
Refer
2/7/25
Propose to amend Section 25 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude in all circumstances, including as punishment for a crime; provide that nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a person convicted of a felony and sentenced to imprisonment from being employed as described in Section 253 of the Constitution of Kentucky or otherwise provided by law; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB32
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Refer
2/4/25
Create a new section of subchapter 12 of KRS Chapter 154 to establish the Office of Outdoor Recreation Industry within the Cabinet for Economic Development; establish the office duties and responsiblities; amend KRS 12.020 to conform.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB320
Introduced
2/5/25
Refer
2/5/25
Refer
2/7/25
Create new section of KRS Chapter 218A to create a criminal offense of trafficking a controlled substance on hospital property as a Class D felony unless a higher penalty applies; amend KRS 218A.1415 to establish possession of a controlled substance on hospital property is a Class D felony unless a higher penalty applies.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB321
Introduced
2/5/25
Refer
2/5/25
Refer
2/7/25
Report Pass
2/25/25
Engrossed
3/5/25
Refer
3/5/25
Refer
3/7/25
Report Pass
3/13/25
Refer
3/14/25
Enrolled
3/14/25
Enrolled
3/14/25
Chaptered
3/25/25
Passed
3/25/25
Repeal, reenact and amend KRS 147A.027 as a new section of KRS Chapter 100 to require the initial orientation training that planning commissioners and board of adjustment members take to occur between one year prior to appointment and one year following appointment and include at least one hour of training on the impact of planning and zoning policies and procedures on housing supply and accessibility; require planning professionals, zoning administrators, administrative officials, and each planning professional's deputies and assistants to take at least one hour of the same initial orientation training relating to housing; require all officials to report that orientation training within 30 days of completion; require planning commissioners, board of adjustment members and planning professionals, zoning administrators, administrative officials, and each planning professional's deputies and assistants to take one hour of continuing education each cycle relating to housing; require all officials to report that continuing education training within 30 days of completion.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB322
Introduced
2/5/25
Refer
2/5/25
Refer
2/7/25
Amend KRS 164.2841 to include tuition benefits for spouses and children of emergency medical services personnel who have died in the course of their duties on or after July 1, 2000; amend KRS 164.2842 to include tuition benefits for spouses and children of emergency medical services personnel who have been totally and permanently disabled in the course of their duties, specify that the beneficiary is eligible for up to a maximum of 128 credit hours of undergraduate instruction.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB323
Introduced
2/5/25
Refer
2/5/25
Refer
2/7/25
Amend KRS 61.315 to make a technical correction and include additional cancers which, when they are the cause of death of a firefighter, would make the firefighter eligible for death benefits.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB324
Introduced
2/5/25
Refer
2/5/25
Refer
2/7/25
Report Pass
3/5/25
Engrossed
3/12/25
Refer
3/12/25
Amend KRS 160.160 to authorize a local board of education to establish minimum score requirements for certified positions within the district on specific assessments related to content knowledge, competency in educational practices, or both; require the district include minimum score information in any posts or notices for a related certified vacancy; amend KRS 161.030 to remove successful completion of assessments prior to receiving a teacher certification; amend KRS 161.048, 161.010, and 161.053 to conform.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB325
Introduced
2/5/25
Refer
2/5/25
Refer
2/7/25
Amend KRS 405.020 to add gender-neutral language.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB326
Introduced
2/5/25
Refer
2/5/25
Refer
2/7/25
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 278 to create winter and summer temperature standards for disconnection of service by retail electric and gas utilities; allow resumption of disconnection only after a 72-hour period during which the temperature standard is exceeded; establish a certificate of need for persons who are at risk if utility service is disconnected that can be provided by a physician, physician assistant, community-based service organization, or faith-based service organization; prohibit disconnection of service on holidays and weekends, including Friday, and before 8 a.m. and after 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday; allow for reconnection of service for partial payment with a payment plan; require waiver of termination fees, reconnection fees, and late fees for customers having obtained a certificate of need; require utility to make reasonable effort towards reestablishing service for a customer terminated after having obtained a certificate of need but no more than 24 hours after repayment is commenced; require separate, written notice 14 days prior to a disconnection to residential household; require that notice be distinguishable from the regular billing notices; establish font size and typeset for material to be printed on the notice; require a hardship reconnection order for persons at risk who have had service terminated by the utility after meeting specific repayment requirements; require the Public Service Commission to promulgate administrative regulations and issue an order setting forth any applicable rules and procedures.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB327
Introduced
2/5/25
Refer
2/5/25
Refer
2/7/25
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 278 to require retail electric suppliers to file monthly disconnection reports with the Public Service Commission; identify the contents of the monthly disconnection reports; and make those reports available to the public on the Public Service Commission's website.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB328
Introduced
2/5/25
Refer
2/5/25
Refer
2/7/25
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 150 to define "state historic battlefield site" and to prohibit hunting on state historic battlefield sites unless approved by the Department of Parks and authorized by the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission in order to meet specific goals of a wildlife management plan for the area; amend KRS 150.990 to establish penalties.