Kentucky 2025 Regular Session All Bills
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB383
Introduced
2/6/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
2/12/25
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish the accessible housing income tax credit for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2026, but before January 1, 2030; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the credit; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the Department of Revenue to report on the credit.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB384
Introduced
2/6/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
2/12/25
Amend KRS 158.832 to include intranasal epinephrine to list of medications used to treat anaphylaxis; amend KRS 158.836 to include intranasal epinephrine as permissible for schools to keep.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB385
Introduced
2/6/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
2/12/25
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to name and designate as the official pets of Kentucky domestic cats and dogs that reside in or have been adopted from Kentucky animal shelters or rescue organizations.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB386
Introduced
2/6/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
2/12/25
Amend KRS 424.260 to make a technical correction and to increase the expenditure threshold for the advertising requirement from $40,000 to $60,000; exempt vehicles and installed vehicle equipment from the bidding requirement; allow an alternative publication procedure for the advertisement; amend KRS 424.145 to remove the population restriction and allow any city, special district, school district, or special purpose governmental entity to use the alternative publication procedures.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB387
Introduced
2/6/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
2/12/25
Report Pass
2/27/25
Engrossed
3/6/25
Refer
3/6/25
Refer
3/11/25
Amend KRS 76.090 to define "CPI"; require that any time a metropolitan sewer district proposes any change to its rates, rentals, or charges that would in aggregate generate revenue in excess of the percent increase in the CPI over the two most recent calendar years, the legislative body of the city or consolidated local government containing the district must approve of the change before it can go into effect; prohibit the expenditure of metropolitan sewer district funds for certain purposes.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB388
Introduced
2/6/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
2/12/25
Amend KRS 271B.8-300 to define terms; provide that the business judgment rule shall not be an affirmative defense where the alleged damages suffered by the corporation are the result of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives or environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing; provide that a director shall not be considered to be acting in good faith if he or she takes any action to implement or maintain DEI initiatives or ESG investing; provide that actions taken as a director, or failure to take action as a director, regarding the implementation or maintenance of DEI initiatives or ESG investing may provide the basis for monetary damages or injunctive relief; amend KRS 271B.7-400 to require the court to award attorney's fees, costs, and expert witness fees and expenses to a plaintiff who prevails in a derivative action where the damages suffered by the corporation were the result of DEI initiatives or ESG investing; allow the court to award compensatory and punitive damages.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB389
Introduced
2/6/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
2/12/25
Report Pass
2/27/25
Engrossed
3/7/25
Refer
3/7/25
Refer
3/11/25
Report Pass
3/12/25
Amend KRS 205.529, 218A.172, 218A.205, and 304.17A.165 to remove references to a Schedule III controlled substance containing hydrocodone; amend KRS 218A.010 to add optometrist and physician assistant to the definition of "practitioner" licensed in other states; amend KRS 218A.182 to exempt charitable health care practitioners from electronic prescription requirement; amend KRS 218A.202 to require an active account with the electronic monitoring system be maintained by practitioners or pharmacists prescribing or dispensing Schedule II, III, IV, or V controlled substances; amend KRS 218A.245 to permit the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to enter reciprocal agreements or contracts with any federal agency of the United States or its territories.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB39
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Refer
2/4/25
Report Pass
2/19/25
Engrossed
2/26/25
Refer
2/26/25
Refer
2/28/25
Report Pass
3/11/25
Amend KRS 309.312 to allow an interpreter in a K-12 classroom setting with a score of 4.0 or above on the Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment (EIPA) and passage of the EIPA written test to meet certification requirements.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB390
Introduced
2/6/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
2/12/25
Report Pass
2/19/25
Engrossed
2/26/25
Refer
2/26/25
Refer
2/28/25
Report Pass
3/4/25
Refer
3/11/25
Enrolled
3/13/25
Enrolled
3/13/25
Chaptered
3/19/25
Passed
3/19/25
Amend KRS 186A.040 to define terms; require the Department of Vehicle Regulation to establish an accessible online insurance verification system; establish requirements and timelines for making the system accessible and promulgating administrative regulations; establish requirements and guidelines for the department and the system; establish requirements for insurers to cooperate with the department and to submit insurance information relating to personal motor vehicles; provide option for insurers to submit insurance status information for commercial motor vehicles; create a technical advisory committee to make recommendations to department; establish duties and other requirements for the committee; require the department to submit certain drafts to the committee and to publish a final detailed guide; prohibit civil or administrative liability for insurers complying with information submission and access requirements; require the department to make certain notifications and to revoke an owner's motor vehicle registration if proof of insurance is not indicated; establish requirements for submitting proof of insurance to the department; amend confidentiality requirements for information obtained by the department; require the Commonwealth Office of Technology and the Department of Insurance to provide support and assistance to the department; amend KRS 186.040 to apply motor vehicle registration reinstatement fee to revocations by the department for failure to maintain insurance; direct reinstatement fee for failure to maintain insurance into an agency fund for accessible online insurance verification system; amend KRS 186.180 to make technical amendments and conform; provide that a revoked registration for failure to maintain insurance may be reinstated if the owner pays reinstatement fee and submits proof of insurance; amend KRS 304.39-117 to make technical amendments and conform; require insurance cards for commercial motor vehicles to clearly indicate commercial or fleet coverage; amend KRS 304.39-087 to conform; provide for expiration of existing reporting system for personal motor vehicles; amend KRS 186A.042, 186A.100, 186.021, 186.190, 186.990, and 304.39-085 to conform and make technical amendments; establish requirements for the Department of Insurance and the Department of Vehicle Regulation relating to technical advisory committee appointments and first meeting; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2027.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB391
Introduced
2/6/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
2/12/25
Report Pass
2/19/25
Engrossed
2/26/25
Refer
2/26/25
Refer
2/28/25
Report Pass
3/4/25
Enrolled
3/7/25
Enrolled
3/7/25
Chaptered
3/15/25
Passed
3/15/25
Amend KRS 217.187 to increase the yearly yield of pure and unadultered Kentucky honey sold from 150 gallons to 500 gallons before requiring a person to process the honey in a certified honey house or seek a permit from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB392
Introduced
2/6/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
2/12/25
Report Pass
2/20/25
Engrossed
2/27/25
Refer
2/27/25
Refer
3/4/25
Report Pass
3/12/25
Refer
3/14/25
Amend KRS 210.040 to replace the term "institutions" with "facilities"; establish that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services is responsible to provide care that includes emergency and other medical care provided outside of a state facility for patients in state-operated mental health facilities.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB393
Introduced
2/6/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
2/12/25
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 381, relating to real property, to define terms; prohibit foreign principals from owning real property in the Commonwealth of Kentucky; provide exceptions; require foreign principals to register any ownership interest acquired before the effective date of this Act with the Cabinet for Economic Development; allow persons 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; establish penalties for violations; amend KRS 381.320 to conform.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB394
Introduced
2/6/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
2/12/25
Propose to amend Section 77 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prohibit the Governor from pardoning persons that have not been convicted of a crime, unless the person is currently being investigated or prosecuted in connection to a crime; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB395
Introduced
2/6/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
2/12/25
Amend KRS 199.570 to allow the names of adopted parents and deceased biological parents to appear on a new birth certificate issued upon adoption if it is requested by the court, adopted parents, or adopted child; direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to create a birth certificate form that complies with this section through the promulgation of administrative regulations.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB396
Introduced
2/6/25
Refer
2/6/25
Refer
2/12/25
Amend KRS 401.010 to allow a family member of a deceased person to posthumously change the deceased person's name if the name is the result of marriage to a person arrested for or charged with committing an offense intentionally, knowingly, or wantonly, which resulted in the death of the deceased; provide that the order of priority of family members is the same as in KRS 367.93117.