Kentucky 2025 Regular Session All Bills
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB423
Introduced
2/11/25
Refer
2/11/25
Refer
2/14/25
Report Pass
2/19/25
Engrossed
2/25/25
Refer
2/25/25
Refer
2/27/25
Report Pass
3/4/25
Create new sections of KRS 304.17A-600 to 304.17A-633 to define terms; prohibit insurers of health benefit plans from requiring prior authorization for a health care service for which the provider has an exemption; require insurers of health benefit plans to establish a program under which participating providers may qualify for exemptions from prior authorization; establish mandatory and permitted provisions of an insurer's prior authorization exemption program; establish requirements for sending forms and notices; require the commissioner of the Department of Insurance to submit an annual report relating to prior authorization, provide a detailed briefing upon request, and promulgate administrative regulations; amend KRS 304.17A-605 to conform; amend KRS 304.17A-611 to prohibit conducting a retrospective review that is based solely on a participating provider having a prior authorization exemption; provide that certain utilization review timeframes do not apply to retrospective reviews conducted for the purposes of determining eligibility for a prior authorization exemption; create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the commissioner of the Department for Medicaid Services to submit an annual report relating to prior authorization, provide a detailed briefing upon request, and promulgate administrative regulations; apply the provisions to contracts delivered, entered, renewed, extended, or amended on or after January 1, 2027; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2026, and January 1, 2027.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB424
Introduced
2/11/25
Refer
2/11/25
Refer
2/14/25
Report Pass
2/18/25
Engrossed
2/27/25
Refer
2/27/25
Refer
3/4/25
Report Pass
3/11/25
Enrolled
3/14/25
Enrolled
3/14/25
Vetoed
3/25/25
Refer
3/27/25
Override
3/27/25
Refer
3/27/25
Override
3/27/25
Enrolled
3/27/25
Enrolled
3/27/25
Chaptered
3/27/25
Passed
3/27/25
Amend KRS 164.360, 164.230, and 164.830 to require the boards of each state university and the Kentucky Community and Technical College System to approve a performance and productivity evaluation process for presidents and all faculty members by January 1, 2026; require faculty evaluations to be completed at least once every four years; permit removal of certain employees for failure to meet performance and productivity requirements regardless of status; permit a board to delegate appointment and removal of faculty to the college or university president; require that each board of regents of the six state comprehensive universities appoint a university president; specify employment contract duration limits for employees of comprehensive universities and the Kentucky Community and Technical College System.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB425
Introduced
2/11/25
Refer
2/11/25
Refer
2/14/25
Amend KRS 141.020 to change the individual income tax rates for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2026.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB426
Introduced
2/11/25
Refer
2/11/25
Refer
2/14/25
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 210 to define terms; prohibit mental health professionals from engaging in sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts with a person under 18 years of age, a person who is 18 years or older who is an adult as defined in KRS 209.020, or a ward as defined in KRS 387.510; require violations to be subject to board discipline; prohibit public funds from being used for sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to require the Department for Public Health and the Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities to develop, produce, and disseminate educational materials regarding sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts; permit the cabinet to contract for the educational materials; provide that the Act may be cited as the Youth Mental Health Protection Act; EMERGENCY.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB427
Introduced
2/11/25
Refer
2/11/25
Refer
2/14/25
Report Pass
2/18/25
Engrossed
2/21/25
Refer
2/21/25
Refer
2/26/25
Amend KRS 164.2951 to require the Council on Postsecondary Education to create statewide transfer pathways between the public postsecondary institutions in the high-demand baccalaureate programs; require the council to define, identify, and publish on its website a list of the high-demand baccalaureate programs and the available transfer pathways; require the council to maintain transfer pathways once created; require postsecondary institutions to accept transfer credit, earned or accepted at the prior institution within pathways as general education or program general education credit before applying credit as elective.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB428
Introduced
2/11/25
Refer
2/11/25
Refer
2/14/25
Amend KRS 177.420 to prohibit the Transportation Cabinet or any county or city that maintains a limited access facility from requiring a property owner to pay compensation for any increase in property value attributable to the new access as a condition of allowing a property owner access.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB429
Introduced
2/11/25
Refer
2/11/25
Refer
2/14/25
Amend KRS 6.691 to allow Legislative Ethics Commission to increase the potential penalty imposed from $2,000 to $10,000.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB43
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Refer
2/4/25
Amend KRS 211.680 to expand the scope of the legislative intent and findings; create new sections of KRS Chapter 211 to define terms; require licensed health facilities under KRS Chapter 216B to provide each patient with written information regarding the patient's rights and implement an evidence-based maternal health disparities program for all health providers involved in the perinatal care of patients within those facilities; require the Department for Public Health to track data on pregnancy-related and severe morbidity.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB430
Introduced
2/11/25
Refer
2/11/25
Refer
2/14/25
Report Pass
2/26/25
Engrossed
3/6/25
Refer
3/6/25
Refer
3/7/25
Report Pass
3/13/25
Refer
3/27/25
Enrolled
3/28/25
Enrolled
3/28/25
Chaptered
4/1/25
Passed
4/1/25
Amend KRS 189.540 to authorize the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations to require regular instruction of pupils in school bus safety; allow a school district to obtain an exemption from any school bus safety instruction requirement if the district transports 48 or fewer pupils in the district's gross average daily attendance of transported pupils; require exempted districts to develop and implement a school bus safety instruction policy.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB431
Introduced
2/12/25
Refer
2/12/25
Refer
2/14/25
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to require the Transportation Cabinet conduct a quality assurance test six months after each highway pavement marking or other highway paint application; require the Transportation Cabinet repair or reapply the highway pavement markings within 30 days of a failed quality assurance test.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB432
Introduced
2/12/25
Refer
2/12/25
Refer
2/14/25
Amend KRS 72.425 to require the state medical examiner to perform an autopsy on a decedent when the death of the person is not a coroner's case if a request is made by written consent by the decedent's spouse, the next of kin, or the person who assumes the responsibility to dispose of the body, as applicable; amend KRS 72.460 to specify who pays for an autopsy.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB433
Introduced
2/12/25
Refer
2/12/25
Refer
2/14/25
Report Pass
2/26/25
Engrossed
3/5/25
Refer
3/5/25
Refer
3/7/25
Amend KRS 158.447 to require local school boards to consult with the Center for School Safety when constructing or renovating school buildings.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB434
Introduced
2/12/25
Refer
2/12/25
Refer
2/14/25
Amend KRS 164.020 to prohibit the Council on Postsecondary Education from raising tuition for a postsecondary education institution more than 5% a year for Kentucky resident students and 7% a year for non-Kentucky resident students; provide a 4-year tuition freeze for an enrolled Kentucky resident student; require an institution to notify a student before expiration of a tuition freeze; require any increase in tuition or fees to be approved before March 1; amend KRS 164.7874 to require a private postsecondary institution to have a voting student member on its governing board in order to be a participating institution for purposes of KEES eligibility; provide that the Act may be cited as the Kentucky Student Tuition Protection and Accountability Act; EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2029.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB435
Introduced
2/12/25
Refer
2/12/25
Refer
2/14/25
Amend KRS 158.060 to require teachers to be compensated for noninstructional planning time within their school day during which they are required to supervise or instruct students.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB436
Introduced
2/12/25
Refer
2/12/25
Refer
2/14/25
Amend KRS 281A.170 to allow a holder of a CDL who is under the age of 21 to receive a hazardous materials endorsement to transport hazardous materials in intrastate commerce.