Kentucky 2025 Regular Session All Bills
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB680
Introduced
2/18/25
Refer
2/18/25
Refer
2/26/25
Establish Subtitle 13 of KRS Chapter 286, and create new sections thereof, to define terms; establish exemptions; require certain commercial financing providers to register with the commissioner of the Department of Financial Institutions to engage in business; establish commercial financing trade practice standards and disclosure requirements for commercial financing transactions; establish penalties and exclusive enforcement by the financial institutions commissioner; provide that Subtitle 13 of KRS Chapter 286 may be cited as the Kentucky Commercial Financing Disclosure Law; direct that the provisions apply to contracts entered on or after January 1, 2026; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2026.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB681
Introduced
2/18/25
Refer
2/18/25
Refer
2/26/25
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to allow a law enforcement officer to enter vacant and abandoned property to remove any person unlawfully occupying the property; specify when property shall be presumed vacant and abandoned; provide criminal and civil immunity to a law enforcement officer acting in good faith.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB682
Introduced
2/18/25
Refer
2/18/25
Refer
2/20/25
Report Pass
2/25/25
Engrossed
2/28/25
Refer
2/28/25
Refer
3/4/25
Report Pass
3/12/25
Refer
3/14/25
Enrolled
3/14/25
Enrolled
3/14/25
Chaptered
3/24/25
Passed
3/24/25
Create new sections of KRS Chapters 175, 175.B, and 177 to afford cable operator and broadband providers the same rights as public utilities to reimbursement for the costs associated with relocation of their facilities in connection with a turnpike project or projects with public highways.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB683
Introduced
2/18/25
Refer
2/18/25
Refer
2/26/25
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for FDA-approved prescription drugs for the treatment of postpartum mood disorders; allow the suspension of the coverage requirement for FDA-approved prescription drugs for the treatment of postpartum mood disorders under qualified health plans if cost defrayment required by the state; amend KRS 205.522, 205.6485, 18A.225, and 164.2871 to require Medicaid, Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program, the state health employee health plan, and a self-insured employer group health plan provided by a state postsecondary education institution to its employees to comply; direct that provisions apply to health benefit plans issued on or after January 1, 2026; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2026.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB684
Introduced
2/18/25
Refer
2/18/25
Refer
2/26/25
Report Pass
2/27/25
Engrossed
3/7/25
Refer
3/7/25
Refer
3/11/25
Report Pass
3/12/25
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
3/28/25
Enrolled
3/28/25
Chaptered
3/28/25
Passed
3/28/25
Amend KRS 117.045 to allow a lesser number of precinct officers when the State Board of Elections has approved a county board of elections' precinct consolidation plan; amend KRS 117.065 to require the county board of elections to notify local boards of education of its intent to use school buildings as voting places by December 1 of each year; require the county board of elections to specify which school buildings will be used; amend KRS 117.066 to conform; allow a county board of elections to request an amendment to its previously submitted precinct consolidation plan if it is at least 56 days before a special election; amend KRS 117.076 to allow caregivers of voters qualified to cast an excused in-person absentee ballot due to age, disability, or illness to cast an excused in-person absentee ballot; amend KRS 117.085 to allow the county clerk to issue voters a mail-in absentee ballot; allow county clerks to issue another mail-in absentee ballot to voters; amend KRS 117.086 to allow the county clerk to dispose of video surveillance of ballot drop-boxes or receptacles after 60 days, upon compliance with the Kentucky Open Records Act, or the completion of an investigation or pending litigation; amend KRS 117.255 to remove the requirement that the county board of elections make the determination of whether a voter requires permanent voting assistance; require that voters requesting assistance on a permanent basis swear an oath; amend KRS 117.265 to change the deadline to file to run as a write-in candidate to the same deadline as the certification of candidates; prohibit certified lists of write-in candidates from being posted; allow voters to review a copy of the certified list of write-in candidates; amend KRS 117.275 to remove language regarding voting equipment that is no longer in use; amend KRS 117.355 to conform; amend KRS 117.383 to allow the video surveillance of hand-to-eye audits to be disposed after 60 days, upon compliance with the Kentucky Open Records Act, or the completion of an investigation or pending litigation; amend KRS 118.125 to require that the two voters signing a candidate's notification and declaration are of the same party and from the same district or jurisdiction as the candidate at the time of signing; amend KRS 118.165 to clarify when candidates shall file nomination papers; amend KRS 118.205 to require that a candidate's district number be listed with the Secretary of State rather than his or her residence; amend KRS 118.212 to conform; amend KRS 118.215 to require that a candidate's office and district number be provided to the county clerks rather than his or her residence; amend KRS 118.315 to clarify that a petitioner for the nomination of a candidate can sign more than one nominating form for the same office; amend KRS 118.387 to require the county clerk and Secretary of State to display a candidate's office and district number rather than his or her residence on their website; clarify that political affiliations shall only be listed online for partisan candidates; amend KRS 118.425 to establish the deadline for the certification of the total number of votes to the Secretary of State following the hand-to-eye audit; amend KRS 118A.140 to require the Secretary of State to record a candidate's office and district number rather than his or her residence; amend KRS 119.165 to clarify that any person who has been convicted of a felony and knowingly votes or attempts to vote shall be guilty of a Class D felony; amend KRS 158.070 to establish that school districts are not required to close if school buildings are used as voting places.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB685
Introduced
2/18/25
Refer
2/18/25
Refer
2/26/25
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216 to define terms; require nonprofit hospitals to submit a 340B Drug Pricing Program report to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services by July 1, 2026, and annually thereafter; direct the Personnel Cabinet to submit a report to the Legislative Research Commission on the impact of the 340B Drug Pricing Program on the Kentucky Employee Health Plan no later than December 1, 2025; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to submit a report to the Legislative Research Commission on the impact of the 340B Drug Pricing Program on Medicaid no later than December 1, 2025.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB686
Introduced
2/18/25
Refer
2/18/25
Refer
2/26/25
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237, relating to firearms, to define terms; provide that firearm suppressors manufactured in Kentucky shall not be subject to federal law or regulation; require firearm suppressors manufactured and sold in Kentucky to have the words "Made in Kentucky" clearly stamped on them; prohibit the state and local enforcement of a federal statute, order, rule, or regulation that does not exist under state law and that purports to regulate a firearm suppressor; allow citizens to report evidence of specified state and local entities' noncompliance to the Office of the Attorney General; require the Office of the Attorney General to investigate; prohibit specified entities from receiving state grant funds if found noncompliant; allow the Office of the Attorney General to file a petition for a writ of mandamus or apply for other appropriate equitable relief to compel compliance; provide that the Act applies to firearm suppressors that are manufactured on or after the effective date of the Act; provide that the Act may be cited as the Second Amendment Restoration Act.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB687
Introduced
2/18/25
Refer
2/18/25
Refer
2/26/25
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to define terms; establish payment and response requirements for third-party payors; amend KRS 205.623 to require third-party payors to respond within 60 days of certain health care claim inquiries from the Department for Medicaid Services; create a new section of KRS Chapter 18A, and amend KRS 205.532 and 304.12-255, to require the state employee health plan, affiliated and associated entities of Medicaid managed care organizations, and health insurers to comply with third-party payor requirements.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB688
Introduced
2/18/25
Refer
2/18/25
Refer
2/19/25
Report Pass
2/20/25
Engrossed
2/27/25
Refer
2/27/25
Refer
3/4/25
Report Pass
3/11/25
Amend KRS 314.041, relating to registered nurse licensure, and KRS 314.051, relating to licensed practical nurse licensure, to permit rather than require the board to issue credentials; amend KRS 314.042 to require physicians collaborating with an advanced practice registered nurse to have an active and unrestricted license in Kentucky; amend KRS 314.109 to reduce the time from 90 to 30 days for a person under the jurisdiction of the board to notify the board of a conviction of certain misdemeanors or felonies; amend KRS 209.032, relating to employees of vulnerable adult service providers, to permit a state licensing board to query the cabinet for a validated substantiated finding of adult abuse, neglect, or exploitation against an individual under that licensing board's jurisdiction; create a new section of KRS 158.830 to 158.838 to define terms; permit health care practitioners to prescribe and dispense undesignated glucagon in the name of a school or to a trained individual; permit trained individuals to receive, possess, and administer undesignated glucagon during diabetic medical emergencies; permit schools to stock undesignated glucagon; provide for immunity from civil liability for any personal injury resulting from good faith actions to use undesignated glucagon to treat diabetic medical emergencies; amend KRS 158.832 to add medical conditions and medications to the definition of "medications"; amend KRS 158.834 to add medical conditions and medications that may be self-administered in schools with parental authorization and a prescription; amend KRS 158.836 to require students to permit bronchodilator rescue inhalers, nebulizers, glucagon, Solu-Cortef, or other prescribed medications in their possession or in the possession of school personnel; encourage schools to stock undesignated glucagon; and require policies and Good Samaritan protection for the good faith administration of glucagon, Solu-Cortef or other prescribed medications for authorized school employees.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB689
Introduced
2/18/25
Refer
2/18/25
Refer
2/26/25
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 335B to create the offense of holding oneself out to be a member of a licensed or certified profession and set a penalty.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB69
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Refer
2/4/25
Amend KRS 258.005 to define "veterinarian" and "veterinary technician"; amend KRS 258.015 to 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 HB690
Introduced
2/19/25
Refer
2/19/25
Refer
2/26/25
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 336 to define "covenant not to compete" and "covered employee"; provide that an employer shall not require a covered employee to enter into a covenant not to compete; set forth civil remedy, damages that can be recovered, and limitations to bring claim; provide that the provisions must be posted by the employer; indicate that an employer shall not retaliate against an employee for bringing a civil action; establish application of provisions; amend KRS 336.990 to provide civil penalties.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB691
Introduced
2/19/25
Refer
2/19/25
Refer
2/26/25
Amend KRS 304.17A-258 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for certain formulas; to suspend the the coverage requirement for certain formulas as applied to qualified health plans if cost defrayment required by the state; amend KRS 304.17A-145 to require coverage for breastfeeding and lactation services without a prescription and in conjunction with the birth of each child; amend KRS 205.522 to require Medicaid to comply with the coverage requirements for formulas and breastfeeding support and equipment; amend KRS 205.560 to conform; amend KRS 205.6485, 164.2871, and 18A.225 to require KCHIP, self-insured employer group health plans provided by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution, and the state employee health plan to comply with the coverage requirements for formulas and breastfeeding support and equipment; provide that certain provisions apply to health benefit plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2026; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or the Department for Medicaid Services to seek federal approval, if necessary, and to comply with notice requirements; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2026.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB692
Introduced
2/19/25
Refer
2/19/25
Refer
2/26/25
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 337 to define terms and make the termination of employment without cause unlawful; establish amount that may be recovered for wrongful discharge; specify when the employers' internal procedures are to be used.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB693
Introduced
2/19/25
Refer
2/19/25
Refer
2/27/25
Amend KRS 116.035 to provide that a voter shall be deemed a resident of a city within the county of his or her habitation if the voter has at least a 50 percent ownership in a property located within the city precinct.