Kentucky 2025 Regular Session All Bills
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB518
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
Refer
2/21/25
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186 to require the Transportation Cabinet to expand driver licensing services in each county by setting up a system between the Transportation Cabinet and the circuit clerks for issuance of operator's licenses and personal identification cards; amend KRS 186.531 to conform; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2026.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB519
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
Refer
2/21/25
Report Pass
2/27/25
Amend KRS 278.264 to prohibit the Public Service Commission from authorizing any decommissioning surcharge or recovery of any retirement or stranded asset costs through rates for a utility that has received approval from the commission to retire a fossil fuel-fired electric generating unit in which the utility has any undepreciated investment.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB52
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Refer
2/4/25
Amend KRS 132.810 to increase the frequency of the property tax homestead exemption cost of living adjustment to annually instead of biennially.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB520
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
Refer
2/21/25
Report Pass
2/27/25
Engrossed
3/5/25
Refer
3/5/25
Refer
3/7/25
Report Pass
3/13/25
Enrolled
3/14/25
Enrolled
3/14/25
Chaptered
3/27/25
Passed
3/27/25
Amend KRS 61.878, relating to open records, to provide that law enforcement records shall be exempt from public inspection if the disclosure of the information could pose an articulable risk of harm to the law enforcement agency or its investigtion by revealing the identity of informants or witnesses not otherwise known.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB521
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
Refer
2/21/25
Amend KRS 286.3-380 to include gender-neutral language.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB522
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
Refer
2/21/25
Amend KRS 304.5-150 to include gender-neutral language.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB523
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
Refer
2/21/25
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 507, relating to criminal homicide, to allow a prosecution where the victim is an unborn child; provide exceptions for spontaneous miscarriages and lawful medical procedures; amend KRS 507.010 to define terms; create new sections of KRS Chapter 508, relating to assault, to define terms; allow a prosecution where the victim is an unborn child; provide exceptions for spontaneous miscarriages and lawful medical procedures; amend KRS 501.090 to allow the defense of duress in a prosecution of intentional homicide where the victim is an unborn child and the defendant is the child's mother; create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to give the Attorney General concurrent jurisdiction with Commonwealth's and county attorneys; repeal KRS 507A.010, 507A.020, 507A.030, 507A.040, 507A.050, and 507A.060, relating to fetal homicide; amend KRS 311.732, 402.205, and 439.265 to conform; provide that the Act may be cited as the Prenatal Equal Protection Act.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB524
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
Refer
2/21/25
Report Pass
3/5/25
Engrossed
3/7/25
Refer
3/7/25
Refer
3/11/25
Report Pass
3/27/25
Enrolled
3/28/25
Enrolled
3/28/25
Chaptered
3/31/25
Passed
3/31/25
Amend KRS 56.065, 56.070, 56.095, 56.100, 56.110, 56.120, 56.140, 56.150, 56.160, and 56.180 to rename the state fire and tornado insurance fund to the Commonwealth's property and casualty insurance fund and make technical corrections; to extend the reinsurance requirements for the Commonwealth's property and casualty insurance fund; amend KRS 42.0651 and 164A.577 to conform; EMERGENCY.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB525
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
Refer
2/21/25
Amend KRS 15.530 to define terms; amend KRS 15.552 to remove hiring date restriction and allow a fully-trained part-time telecommunicator credit toward the full-time training academy if conditions are met; amend KRS 15.560 to require all part-time telecommunicators to complete telecommunicator overview training within 12 months of the hire date; EFFECTIVE, in part, July 1, 2026.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB526
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
Refer
2/21/25
Amend KRS 156.690 to insert gender-neutral language.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB527
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
Refer
2/21/25
Report Pass
3/5/25
Engrossed
3/12/25
Refer
3/12/25
Amend KRS 258.005 to define "veterinarian" and "veterinary technician"; amend KRS 258.015 to authorize a Kentucky-licensed veterinary technician to vaccinate a dog, cat, or ferret against rabies; require that a Kentucky-licensed veterinary technician authorized to vaccinate a dog, cat, or ferret against rabies be under the direct supervision of a veterinarian that is located on the premises of the facility.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB528
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
Refer
2/21/25
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms; require the Kentucky Department of Education to establish an approved list of reading curriculum that does not use a three-cueing system; prohibit school districts from using any curriculum that employs a three-cueing system; prohibit the use of a three-cueing system in teacher professional development; require the Educational Professional Standards Board to promulgate administrative regulations establishing curriculum for each approved educator preparation program; amend KRS 164.306 to specify that educator preparation programs shall use evidence-based reading instruction and intervention programs and shall not provide instruction on a three-cueing system; amend KRS 161.028 to require the board to include in the standards set for teacher preparation programs that the programs shall use evidence-based reading instruction and intervention programs and shall not provide instruction on a three-cueing system.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB529
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
Refer
2/21/25
Amend KRS 164.787 to define "adjusted gross income" and limit eligibility for the Work Ready Kentucky Scholarship Program to a workforce student with an adjusted gross income of less than 250% of the median household income in Kentucky.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB53
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Refer
2/4/25
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 512 to create the offense of unlawful release of balloons.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB530
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
Refer
2/21/25
Amend KRS 158.060 to remove language that allows for half-day kindergarten programs; amend KRS 157.320 and 157.360 to remove references to kindergarten full-time equivalent pupils in average daily attendance for program base funding purposes; amend KRS 158.030 to conform; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2026.