Kentucky 2025 Regular Session All Bills
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB531
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
Refer
2/21/25
Amend KRS 216B.020 to exempt chemical dependency treatment facilities, chemical dependency services, and bed capacity of a chemical dependency treatment facility from obtaining a certificate of need; require applicable licensure.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB532
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
Refer
2/21/25
Amend KRS 167.017 to set timelines for appointment of a search committee for the superintendent of the Kentucky School for the Deaf and appointment of the superintendent; require prioritization of candidates that will be locally available and commit to full-time duties as superintendent; preclude Department of Education employees or Board of Education members from being appointed as superintendent within one year of employment or membership.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB533
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
Refer
2/21/25
Amend KRS 434.560 to define terms; create a new section of KRS 434.550 to 434.730 to establish the offense of tampering with a gift card; amend KRS 434.580 and 434.650 to prohibit theft, receipt and fraudulent use of a gift card.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB534
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
Refer
2/21/25
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 383 to provide automatic expungement of records upon dismissal of actions for forcible entry and detainer; amend KRS 383.250 to provide for sealing of records.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB535
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
Refer
2/21/25
Amend KRS 186.032 to define "communication disorder"; allow the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to identify other communication disorders; establish that information may be included in the Kentucky vehicle registration system database indicating that a regular passenger of the vehicle may be deaf or hard of hearing or have a communication disorder.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB536
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
Refer
2/21/25
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 338 to require employers to develop emergency action plans for the workplace; establish minimum requirements for the plans.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB537
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
Refer
2/21/25
Report Pass
3/4/25
Engrossed
3/6/25
Refer
3/6/25
Refer
3/7/25
Report Pass
3/11/25
Enrolled
3/14/25
Enrolled
3/14/25
Chaptered
3/24/25
Passed
3/24/25
Amend KRS 15.293 to include in the opioid abatement trust fund money received by order of a court in connection with any settlement, judgment, or bankruptcy against any entity engaged in the manufacturing or distribution of opioids; remove expired citation references to specific defendants; authorize the Attorney General to promulgate administrative regulations prescribing the mechanism for distribution of funds received under specified circumstances; amend KRS 15.291 to conform.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB538
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
Refer
2/21/25
Amend KRS 67C.111 to decrease the size requirement to establish a new city in a county containing a consolidated local government from 6,000 persons to 3,000 persons; amend KRS 65.003, relating to local ethics, to specify the composition of the commission in a consolidated local government; amend KRS 67C.103 to place controls on council district formation and redistricting and to require regulations issued by local health boards and local solid waste management boards operating under KRS Chapter 109 or 212 that apply to individuals residing or businesses operating within the jurisdiction of the consolidated local government to be approved by the consolidated local government council or otherwise expire after 30 days; create a new section of KRS Chapter 67C to require an office of internal audit to be created and be headed by a chief audit executive who is elected; outline the transition of presently serving ethics commission members; outline transition from the current chief audit executive to the elected position; EFFECTIVE, in part, November 1, 2027.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB539
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
Refer
2/21/25
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define terms; require certain health plans to provide coverage for comprehensive supervised substance use disorder treatment; amend KRS 304.17C-125, 18A.225, and 164.2871 to require limited health services benefit plans, the state employee health plan, and self-insured employer group plans provided by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution to comply with the coverage requirement; provide that Section 1 of the Act may be cited as Braxton's Law; provide that various sections apply to health plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2026; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2026.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB54
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Refer
2/4/25
Report Pass
2/12/25
Engrossed
2/25/25
Refer
2/25/25
Refer
2/27/25
Report Pass
3/6/25
Enrolled
3/12/25
Enrolled
3/12/25
Passed
3/19/25
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 198B to allow on-the-job training equivalencies of internship and cooperative placement hours to count toward those hours needed to obtain licensure; require that the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction recognize and honor the agreements toward licensure in the professions regulated by the department, including electricians, plumbers, and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB540
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
Refer
2/21/25
Create new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for polymerase chain reaction testing used to detect the COVID-19 virus; amend KRS 164.2871, 18A.225, 205.522, and 205.6485 to require self-insured employer group plans provided by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution, the state employee health plan, Medicaid, and KCHIP to comply with the coverage requirement for polymerase chain reaction testing used to detect the COVID-19 virus; provide that various sections apply to health benefit plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2026; require the Department for Medicaid Services or the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to obtain federal approval, if necessary, and comply with notice requirements; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2026.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB541
Introduced
2/14/25
Refer
2/14/25
Refer
2/25/25
Amend KRS 18A.225, 78.510, 156.095, 157.063 158.038, 158.189, 158.196, 158.305, 158.4416, 158.4433, 158.8402, 158.843, 160.152, 160.153, 161.164, 161.220, and 218B.045 to remove references to public charter schools; repeal KRS 160.1590, 160.1591, 160.15911, 160.1592, 160.1593, 160.1594, 160.1595, 160.1596, 160.1597, 160.1598, 160.1599, and 161.141 relating to public charter schools.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB542
Introduced
2/14/25
Refer
2/14/25
Refer
2/21/25
Amend KRS 48.165, relating to branch budget recommendations, to specify application on a fiscal year basis.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB543
Introduced
2/14/25
Refer
2/14/25
Refer
2/21/25
Amend KRS 48.160, relating to branch budget bills, to specify fiscal biennium.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB544
Introduced
2/14/25
Refer
2/14/25
Refer
2/21/25
Report Pass
3/11/25
Engrossed
3/11/25
Refer
3/11/25
Refer
3/11/25
Report Pass
3/12/25
Refer
3/14/25
Enrolled
3/28/25
Enrolled
3/28/25
Chaptered
3/31/25
Passed
3/31/25
Amend KRS 48.210, relating to branch budget bills, to require the Transportation Cabinet to provide assistance to the General Assembly during the budgeting process.