Kentucky 2025 Regular Session All Bills
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB112
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Refer
2/4/25
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 177 to define "acknowledgment sign" and "sponsorship agreement"; allow the Transportation Cabinet to enter into sponsorship agreements with private entities to sponsor welcome centers and rest areas on the interstate and state highway system; direct that all contributions shall be used on maintenance and upkeep of the welcome center or rest area; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to establish a sponsorship policy and process to enter into sponsorship agreements.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB113
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Refer
2/4/25
Amend KRS 138.470 to exempt from motor vehicle usage tax any vehicle purchase outside the state by a veteran or member of the United States Armed Forces while that person was on active duty.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB114
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Refer
2/4/25
Report Pass
2/27/25
Engrossed
3/7/25
Refer
3/7/25
Refer
3/11/25
Report Pass
3/13/25
Enrolled
3/28/25
Enrolled
3/28/25
Chaptered
3/31/25
Passed
3/31/25
Amend KRS 150.645, relating to landowner liability, to provide that an owner, lessee, or occupant of premises who gives permission to another person to rock climb, boulder, or rappel on the premises shall not be liable for any injury to any person or property caused by the negligent acts of any person to whom permission is granted except for willful and malicious failure on behalf of the owner, lessee, or occupant; amend KRS 411.190, relating to obligations of owner to persons using land for recreation, to include rocks, boulders, and cliffs in the definition of "land" and rock climbing, bouldering, and rappelling in the definition of "recreational purpose."
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB115
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Refer
2/4/25
Amend KRS 189.920, to allow wreckers to be equipped with a flashing, rotating, or oscillating blue light, to be used only when removing a vehicle or debris from the highway; prohibit a wrecker from using a blue light when towing a vehicle.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB116
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Refer
2/4/25
Amend KRS 158.195 to allow the reading or posting of the Ten Commandments in a public school building, classroom, or event.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB117
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Failed
2/4/25
Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 327, relating to the practice and regulation of physical therapy, to state legislative findings; allow a physical therapist to refer a patient for tests or examination; require a practitioner or employer to report a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant who has been convicted of a misdemeanor; require potential board members to not have been under any disciplinary action in the past five years; permit the Board of Physical Therapy to purchase professional liability insurance; authorize the board to convene committees and task forces to review and advise the board on pertinent issues; authorize the board to promulgate administrative regulations to establish fee amounts, issue advisory opinions and declaratory rulings related to this chapter, and issue a license to a physical therapist assistant applicant; prohibit physical therapists and physical therapist assistants from engaging in sexual contact with any active patient of record or parent or legal guardian of the active patient of record; require the board to develop guidelines to follow upon receipt of an allegation of sexual misconduct by a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant; allow the board to receive periodic education on issues affecting the practice of physical therapy and public protection; allow the board to determine which disciplinary records may be expunged; authorize the board to establish the amounts, limits, or ranges for any fines imposed; repeal and reenact KRS 327.010 to define terms; repeal and reenact KRS 327.080 to deposit to the credit of a revolving fund for the use of the board; require all expenses of the board to be paid from the revolving fund.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB118
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Refer
2/4/25
Amend KRS 164.295 to permit Western Kentucky University to offer up to five research doctoral degree programs.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB119
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Refer
2/4/25
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require African history instruction in certain middle and high school world history and civilization courses; require Native American history instruction in certain middle and high school United States history courses; require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations establishing academic standards for the required historical instructions; require superintendents to adopt curricula for required instruction; require the Department of Education to collaborate with the Kentucky Center for African-American Heritage and the Kentucky Native American Heritage Commission to develop recommended curricula and instruction guidelines for the required historical instruction, elective high school course offerings in African history and Native American history, and relevant professional development materials.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB12
Introduced
2/19/25
Refer
2/19/25
Refer
2/25/25
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 367 to define terms; prohibit a minor under 14 years old from contracting with a social media platform to become an account holder; require social media platforms to terminate any account held by an account holder younger than 14 years old; prohibit minors who are 14 or 15 years old from contracting with a social media platform to become an account holder without parental consent; require social media platforms to terminate the account of any minor under 15 years old if requested by a parent or the minor account holder; provide that if a court enjoins the parental consent requirement for account holders who are 14 or 15 years old, that provision is severable and a provision that requires social media platforms to prohibit minors who are 14 or 15 years old from creating or maintaining an account shall instead apply; require social media platforms to permanently delete all personal information related to a terminated account; require app store providers to verify user ages, obtain parental consent for minor accounts, notify users and parents of significant changes, share age and consent data with developers, and protect age verification data; prohibit app store providers from misrepresenting parental consent disclosures; require developers to verify age and consent status through app stores and notify app stores of significant changes; prohibit developers from misrepresenting parental consent disclosures; require the Office of Consumer Protection within the Office of the Attorney General to promulgate administrative regulations to establish standards for age verification methods; provide that violations are a deceptive act or practice in the conduct of trade or commerce under KRS 367.170; provide that a parent or guardian has a private right of action for violations; provide a safe harbor for compliant developers.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB120
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Refer
2/4/25
Amend KRS 527.010 to define "securely locked container" and make technical corrections; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to prohibit unlawful storage of a firearm; establish elements of the crime as recklessly allowing access to an unsecured firearm by a minor; establish the crime as a Class B misdemeanor unless a physical injury or death results, in which case it is a Class A misdemeanor; provide that an affirmative defense exists if a minor obtained the firearm through the minor's unlawful entry; provide that the Act may be cited as the Baby Dre Gun Safety Act.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB121
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Refer
2/4/25
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 ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB122
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Refer
2/4/25
Amend KRS 139.010, relating to the sales and use taxes, to define terms; amend KRS 139.480 to exempt from sales and use tax the sale or purchase of baby bottles, baby wipes, breast pumps, breast pump collection and storage supplies, breast pump kits, diapers, menstrual discharge collection devices, and incontinence products; apply to sales or purchases made on or after July 1, 2025, but before July 1, 2029; require the Department of Revenue to report annually to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue the total exemptions claimed for the previous fiscal year; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the Department of Revenue to report to the Legislative Research Commission.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB123
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Refer
2/4/25
Amend KRS 139.010, relating to the sales and use taxes, to define "menstrual discharge collection devices"; amend KRS 139.480 to exempt from sales and use tax the sale or purchase of menstrual discharge collection devices; apply to sales or purchases made on or after July 1, 2025, but before July 1, 2029; require the Department of Revenue to report annually to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue the total exemptions claimed for the previous fiscal year; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the Department of Revenue to report to the Legislative Research Commission.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB124
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Refer
2/4/25
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to define "assault weapon," "large capacity ammunition feeding device," and "seller of ammunition"; require background checks for private firearms sales; require reporting to law enforcement of firearm and ammunition thefts and losses; require the safe storage of firearms; require the Department of Kentucky State Police to promulgate administrative regulations relating to the licensing of persons to possess handguns and assault weapons, the registration of handguns and assault weapons, and the logging of firearms and ammunition sales effective January 1, 2026; amend KRS 237.990 to establish penalties; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to create the offense of criminal purchase or disposal of a weapon; amend KRS 395.250 to require an estate's inventory to list each firearm; amend KRS 403.735 to require judges, when issuing an order of protection, to consider whether a person against whom the order is entered should be prohibited from possessing an firearm; amend KRS 504.030 to require judges in criminal cases where a person is found not guilty by reason of insanity to demand the surrender of the defendant's firearms; amend KRS 506.080 to add that the offense of facilitation includes assistance in providing firearms; amend KRS 508.020 to include physical injury to a minor by virtue of the intentional discharge of a firearm within the offense of assault in the second degree; amend KRS 527.040 to require that the sentence for a felon in possession of a firearm be served consecutively to any other felony sentence; amend KRS 527.070 to include postsecondary education facilities within the existing ban on firearms in schools; amend KRS 532.030 to require the judge pronouncing a defendant guilty but mentally ill to demand the surrender of the person's firearms; amend KRS 65.1591, 237.104, 237.115, and 532.025 to conform; repeal KRS 65.870, relating to the prohibition of local firearm control ordinances; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2026; EMERGENCY.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB125
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Refer
2/4/25
Amend KRS 344.010 to provide definitions of "protective hairstyle" and "race" that include traits historically associated with race; amend KRS 158.148 to provide that school disciplinary codes shall prohibit discrimination on the basis of race; provide that the Act may be cited as the C.R.O.W.N. Act.