Kentucky 2025 Regular Session All Bills
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB176
Introduced
2/14/25
Refer
2/14/25
Refer
2/19/25
Report Pass
2/26/25
Engrossed
3/4/25
Refer
3/4/25
Refer
3/11/25
Report Pass
3/12/25
Refer
3/13/25
Enrolled
3/13/25
Enrolled
3/13/25
Chaptered
3/19/25
Passed
3/19/25
Amend KRS 6.905, 7.200, 7A.110, 7A.185, 7A.220, 13A.020, 15A.063, 45.790, 45A.705, 158.647, and 248.723 to require statutory committee membership appointments be made in January of each odd-numbered year; require vacancies to be filled within 30 days; and require the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House to appoint co-chairs; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2027.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB177
Introduced
2/14/25
Refer
2/14/25
Refer
2/19/25
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 214 to prohibit a requirement for any individual to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, modified ribonucleic acid (modRNA) vaccine, or messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccine for the purposes of student enrollment, employment, or medical treatment in the Commonwealth; prohibit any COVID-19 vaccine, modified ribonucleic acid (modRNA) vaccine, or messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccine to be administered in the Commonwealth to a minor child under the age of 18 years; sunset the provisions that relate to a minor child on July 1, 2035, unless extended by the General Assembly:
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB178
Introduced
2/14/25
Refer
2/14/25
Refer
2/19/25
Report Pass
2/20/25
Engrossed
2/26/25
Refer
2/26/25
Refer
3/11/25
Report Pass
3/12/25
Enrolled
3/13/25
Enrolled
3/13/25
Chaptered
3/18/25
Passed
3/18/25
Amend KRS 151B.015 to establish the Division of Program Policy and Support within the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation; establish the Department for Disability Determination Services and its divisions in the Education and Labor Cabinet; establish the Office of Industry and Apprenticeship Services and the Division of Workforce Talent within the Department of Workforce Development; amend KRS 151B.017, 151B.185, and 12.020 to conform.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB179
Introduced
2/14/25
Refer
2/14/25
Refer
2/18/25
Report Pass
2/19/25
Engrossed
2/25/25
Refer
2/25/25
Refer
3/6/25
Report Pass
3/13/25
Refer
3/13/25
Enrolled
3/14/25
Enrolled
3/14/25
Chaptered
3/24/25
Passed
3/24/25
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to establish the Nuclear Energy Development Grant Program to be administered by the Kentucky Nuclear Energy Development Authority; establish the nuclear energy development grant administration subcommittee and provide for its duties; limit individual grant awards from the Nuclear Energy Development Grant Program to $2,000,000 per grant; amend KRS 164.2802 to require the director of the Kentucky Nuclear Energy Development Authority to publicize and encourage application to the Nuclear Energy Development Grant Program; require the evaluations and scores of grant applications and grant awards made from the program to be included in the annual report that the Kentucky Nuclear Energy Development Authority submits to the Legislative Research Commission; amend 2024 Kentucky Acts Chapter 173, Section 1, (207), at page 1766, to allow $10,000,000 of the amount appropriated to the University of Kentucky budget unit for the Center of Applied Energy Research's administration and support of the Kentucky Nuclear Energy Authority and the Energy Planning and Inventory Commission for fiscal year 2025-2026 to be used for the Nuclear Energy Development Grant Program; repeal KRS 154.12-340; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB18
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Refer
1/9/25
Report Pass
2/11/25
Engrossed
2/19/25
Refer
2/19/25
Refer
2/28/25
Report Pass
3/5/25
Enrolled
3/12/25
Enrolled
3/12/25
Chaptered
3/15/25
Passed
3/15/25
Amend KRS 190.033 to allow indemnifying bonds or insurance policies for certain vehicle business licensees to be issued by a nonadmitted insurer in accordance with the requirements of Subtitle 10 of KRS Chapter 304; make technical amendments.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB180
Introduced
2/14/25
Refer
2/14/25
Refer
2/19/25
Amend KRS 211.190 to make water fluoridation programs optional; allow the governing bodies of water systems subject to regulation by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to decide whether they participate in water fluoridation programs; provide that a water fluoridation program in place on the effective date of the Act continues until action is taken by its governing body to end its participation; provide that any decision regarding participation in a water fluoridation program made by the governing body of a water system shall be binding on all water systems it supplies.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB181
Introduced
2/14/25
Refer
2/14/25
Refer
2/19/25
Report Pass
3/4/25
Engrossed
3/6/25
Refer
3/6/25
Refer
3/27/25
Report Pass
3/27/25
Refer
3/28/25
Enrolled
3/28/25
Enrolled
3/28/25
Chaptered
4/1/25
Passed
4/1/25
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to define terms; direct each local board of education to designate one or more programs or applications as a traceable communication system that shall be the exclusive means for school district employees and volunteers to communicate electronically with students; provide that a parent may submit written consent for a designated school district employee or volunteer to communicate electronically with a student outside of the traceable communication system; exclude communications between a parent that is a school district employee or volunteer and his or her own children; establish a mandatory duty to report violations for school employees and volunteers; require principals, superintendents, and the commissioner of education to notify parents of allegations of unauthorized electronic communication involving their children; require principals, superintendents, and the commissioner of education to report alleged violations to the Educational Professional Standards Board (EPSB); require principals, superintendents, the commissioner of education, and EPSB to investigate designated allegations of unauthorized electronic communication; establish the methods of disciplinary action for a violation; amend KRS 161.120 to provide that the identity of complainants alleging unauthorized electronic communication, sexual contact, or other sexual misconduct that are dismissed and minors invovled in the complaint to remain confidential; provide that EPSB will have 120 days to conduct the initial review of complaints alleging unauthorized electronic communication, sexual contact, or other sexual misconduct.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB182
Introduced
2/14/25
Refer
2/14/25
Refer
2/19/25
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to allow a person injured due to the negligence of an intoxicated minor to bring a civil action against a person who knew or should have known that the minor consumed alcohol or a controlled substance in the person's home or on property under the person's control, and against any person, other than the minor's parent, who provided the alcohol or controlled substance to the minor.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB183
Introduced
2/14/25
Refer
2/14/25
Refer
2/19/25
Report Pass
2/26/25
Engrossed
3/5/25
Refer
3/5/25
Refer
3/7/25
Report Pass
3/12/25
Enrolled
3/14/25
Enrolled
3/14/25
Vetoed
3/26/25
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 21.450, 61.650, 78.790, and 161.430 relating to the fiduciary duties owed to the state-administered retirement systems to define "shareholder-sponsored proposal" and "economic analysis"; require a proxy adviser under contract with a state-administered retirement system to conduct and document an economic analysis prior to voting on or recommending a vote on a shareholder-sponsored proposal that is inconsistent with the recommendation of the board of directors of the issuer of shares in order to demonstrate that a vote against management's recommendation is solely in the interest of the retirement plan members and beneficiaries; make technical corrections.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB184
Introduced
2/18/25
Refer
2/18/25
Refer
2/19/25
Amend KRS 214.630 to make a technical correction.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB185
Introduced
2/14/25
Refer
2/14/25
Refer
2/19/25
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to define terms; establish that automated license plate readers (ALPRs) shall only be used as set forth in this section; ALPRs may be deployed and maintained for the purposes of protecting public safety, conducting criminal investigations, ensuring compliance with law, regulating parking, controlling acess to secured areas, deterring crime and theft, and the Transportation Cabinet's toll collection activities; establish a 90-day data storage limit unless being used for criminal prosecutions or toll collection; prohibit the selling of data obtained by ALPRs and prohibit sharing of data except with law enforcement officers or agencies; require law enforcement agencies and neighborhood associations to adopt and publish a written policy for the use of ALPR systems; amend KRS 189.990 to add a penalty for improper use of an ALPR or captured license plate data.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB186
Introduced
2/14/25
Refer
2/14/25
Refer
2/19/25
Repeal and reenact KRS 132.017 to require the portion of a property tax rate which will produce revenue from real property, exclusive of revenue from new property, more than four percent over the amount of revenue produced by the compensating tax rate to be subject to recall by the voters of the district; establish requirements for the ballot question, notifying the public, the election process, and recalling the rate; allow the cancellation of the election; disallow local, state, and federal tax dollars to be used to advocate for the rate; amend various statutes to conform; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2026.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB187
Introduced
2/14/25
Refer
2/14/25
Refer
2/19/25
Amend KRS 61.530 to insert gender-neutral language.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB188
Introduced
2/14/25
Refer
2/14/25
Refer
2/19/25
Amend KRS 205.557 to make a technical correction.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB189
Introduced
2/14/25
Refer
2/14/25
Refer
2/19/25
Amend KRS 212.190 to make a technical correction.