Kentucky 2025 Regular Session All Bills
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB259
Introduced
2/18/25
Refer
2/18/25
Refer
2/20/25
Amend KRS 224.10-225 to make grammatical correction and gender conformity.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB26
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Refer
1/9/25
Report Pass
2/6/25
Engrossed
2/14/25
Refer
2/14/25
Refer
2/25/25
Report Pass
2/27/25
Enrolled
3/11/25
Enrolled
3/11/25
Chaptered
3/18/25
Passed
3/18/25
Amend KRS 199.011 to define "disability"; amend KRS 199.471 to establish that no petition for placement or adoption of children shall be denied on the sole basis of a disability of the adoptive applicant and enhance procedures for determination of placement or adoption; amend KRS 199.473 to require the secretary review any refusal of a placement of a child due to a disability; that targeted adaptive or support services be offered; and that the cabinet retain all documentation for two years; amend KRS 625.050 to establish that no petition for involuntary termination of parental rights shall be ordered on the sole basis of a disability of the parent; amend KRS 625.090 regarding procedures for an involuntary termination of parental rights involving a parent with a disability.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB260
Introduced
2/18/25
Refer
2/18/25
Refer
2/20/25
Amend KRS 39G.030 to require the executive director of the Office of Homeland Security to submit monthly reports to the Legislative Research Commission and the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB261
Introduced
2/18/25
Refer
2/18/25
Refer
2/20/25
Failed
3/13/25
Amend KRS 532.045, relating to defendants prohibited from probation, to include alcohol and drug counselors licensed or certified under KRS Chapter 309 in the definition of "position of authority."
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB262
Introduced
2/18/25
Refer
2/18/25
Refer
2/20/25
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 411 to establish a cause of action for a person who was wrongfully convicted of a felony in the Commonwealth; specify amounts of damages that may be awarded to claimants; establish the wrongful conviction compensation fund.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB263
Introduced
2/18/25
Refer
2/18/25
Refer
2/20/25
Amend KRS 341.350, relating to unemployment insurance benefits, to reduce the required weekly work search activites from five to three and to state that applications to and interviews with different locations of the same franchise constitute separate work searches.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB264
Introduced
2/18/25
Refer
2/18/25
Refer
2/20/25
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 610 to define terms; prohibit a child from being interrogated using deceptive methods; create a new rule of evidence to limit the admissibility of statements made in the interrogation of a child in violation of statute.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB265
Introduced
2/18/25
Refer
2/18/25
Refer
2/20/25
Amend KRS 317.410 to define "mobile barber shop"; amend KRS 317.420 to restrict a person from operating a mobile barber shop without being licensed by the Kentucky Board of Barbering; amend KRS 317.430 to authorize the board to govern mobile barber shops; amend KRS 317.440 to direct the board to promulgate administrative regulations governing the location and housing of mobile barber shops, requirements regarding its operation, and inspection criteria for mobile barber shops; direct the board to establish on its website a system that allows licensees to report the location or change in location of a mobile barber shop; amend KRS 317.450 to require the board to issue a license to operate a mobile barber shop to any barber who is licensed under KRS Chapter 317 and meets the requirements of administrative regulations promulgated by the board; amend KRS 317.580 to require a mobile barber shop to have a sink with hot and cold running water; amend KRS 317A.010 to define "mobile beauty salon," "mobile esthetic salon," "mobile nail salon," and "mobile limited beauty salon"; amend KRS 317A.020 to prohibit a person from operating a mobile salon without a license issued by the board; direct the board to establish on its website a system that allows licensees to report the location or change in location of a mobile mobile salon; amend KRS 317A.030 to authorize the Board of Cosmetology to regulate mobile salons; amend KRS 317A.050 to authorize the board to issue licenses to operate mobile salons; amend KRS 317A.060 to require the board to promulgate administrative regulations to establish standards for the location and housing of mobile salons; establish sanitation and inspection criteria for mobile salons.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB266
Introduced
2/18/25
Refer
2/18/25
Refer
2/20/25
Report Pass
3/4/25
Engrossed
3/6/25
Refer
3/6/25
Amend KRS 16.060 to allow the commissioner of the Department of Kentucky State police to authorize officers of the department to engage in law enforcement-related off-duty employment; require the commissioner to establish policies and procedures for off-duty employment; amend KRS 16.070 to require the commissioner of the Department of Kentucky State Police to establish policies and procedures related to the use of uniforms, equipment, and facilities for off-duty employment; amend KRS 44.045 to allow officers of the Department of Kentucky State Police to use motor vehicles with regular license plates for off-duty employment.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB267
Introduced
2/18/25
Refer
2/18/25
Refer
2/20/25
Amend KRS 16.170 to permit officers and individuals employed as a Trooper R Class or CVE R Class to participate in political activities while off duty; define what constitutes a political activity; establish guidelines for participation; amend KRS 16.195 and 16.070 to conform.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB268
Introduced
2/18/25
Refer
2/18/25
Refer
2/19/25
Report Pass
2/27/25
Prohibit the commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Education, the Kentucky Board of Education, and the Kentucky Department of Education from establishing or implementing, or requiring a school district to implement, any cap, limitation, or restriction on enrollment for a virtual program; prohibit the Kentucky Department of Education and the Kentucky Board of Education from reducing or withholding any funds due to a school district from the fund to Support Education Excellence in Kentucky based on the district's operation of a virtual program; sunset prohibitions on June 30, 2026.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB269
Introduced
2/18/25
Refer
2/18/25
Refer
2/20/25
Suspend KRS 241.060, 438.305, 438.306, 438.307, 438.308, 438.309, 438.310, 438.312, 438.313, 438.316, and 438.331 that were enacted in 2024 Ky. Acts ch. 111 until April 15, 2026; RETROACTIVE to January 1, 2025; EMERGENCY.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB27
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Refer
1/9/25
Report Pass
2/26/25
Engrossed
3/4/25
Refer
3/4/25
Refer
3/11/25
Report Pass
3/12/25
Refer
3/14/25
Enrolled
3/14/25
Enrolled
3/14/25
Chaptered
3/25/25
Passed
3/25/25
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 214 to define terms; establish the Kentucky Parkinson's Disease Research Registry within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; direct the secretary of the cabinet to establish the Kentucky Parkinson's Disease Research Registry Advisory Committee and make appointments; require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to designate Parkinson's disease and the identified Parkinsonisms as diseases that are required to be reported to the cabinet, establish a system of collection and dissemination of information on the incidence and prevalence of Parkinson's disease in Kentucky through the registry, identify data points to be collected, establish a coding system to safeguard patients' privacy, and develop guidelines for sharing registry data for research purposes; require the cabinet to collect and receive data for the registry; authorize the cabinet to enter into data-sharing contracts; require all health facilities and licensed health care providers to submit Parkinson's disease reports to the cabinet beginning on January 1, 2026; require facilities and providers to provide patients with notice of the submission of data to the registry and an opportunity to opt out of having their information shared; require the cabinet to make the registry data available to researchers in compliance with the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects and other federal and state privacy laws and regulations; authorize the sharing of data with other registries, agencies, and officers if confidentiality requirements are followed; provide that sharing of information in accordance with security and privacy requirements does not expose a person to liability; direct the cabinet to maintain an accurate record of all persons who have been granted access to registry data and make the record available to the public; state that nothing compels an individual to submit to any medical examination; prohibit researchers from contacting a patient or patient's family unless the cabinet has first obtained the patient's permission; require the cabinet to submit a yearly program summary update to the Interim Joint Committee on Health Services and establish a registry website where the public can access the report and other information on Parkinson's disease.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB28
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Refer
1/9/25
Report Pass
2/18/25
Engrossed
2/21/25
Refer
2/21/25
Refer
2/25/25
Report Pass
3/11/25
Refer
3/13/25
Enrolled
3/13/25
Enrolled
3/13/25
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
3/28/25
Chaptered
3/28/25
Passed
3/28/25
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 246 to create a new agricultural economic development program within the Department of Agriculture; establish the agricultural economic development board; create the agricultural economic development fund; EMERGENCY.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB29
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Refer
1/9/25
Engrossed
3/27/25
Refer
3/27/25
Amend KRS 6.072 to require witnesses appearing before a committee, interim committee, statutory committee, subcommittee, commission, or task force of the General Assembly to take an oath prior to giving testimony.