Kentucky 2025 Regular Session All Bills
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB83
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/4/25
Refer
2/6/25
Report Pass
2/20/25
Engrossed
2/26/25
Refer
2/26/25
Amend KRS 164.7874 to include an equivalent score on the Classic Learning Test as a KEES supplemental amount; define "eligible noncertified school graduate"; amend definitions of "KEES award," "KEES award maximum," and " KEES base amount" for an eligible noncertified school graduate; amend KRS 164.7879 to establish an equivalent grade point average for eligible noncertified school graduates based on the graduate's ACT score; amend KRS 164.7881 and 164.7884 to conform.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB84
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/4/25
Refer
2/6/25
Report Pass
2/13/25
Engrossed
2/19/25
Refer
2/19/25
Refer
2/28/25
Report Pass
3/5/25
Refer
3/11/25
Enrolled
3/12/25
Enrolled
3/13/25
Vetoed
3/24/25
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
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 446 to establish the legal standard for judicial review of agency action; amend KRS 13B.150 to conform.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB85
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/4/25
Refer
2/6/25
Report Pass
2/11/25
Engrossed
2/14/25
Refer
2/14/25
Refer
2/26/25
Report Pass
2/27/25
Amend KRS 43.010 to define "deputy auditor" and "ombudsman"; amend KRS 43.030 to replace references to "assistant auditor" with "deputy auditor"; amend KRS 43.035 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to provide information on contacting the Commonwealth Office of the Ombudsman at all Department for Community Based Services offices; require ombudsman to maintain confidentiality; authorize the ombudsman to promulgate administrative regulations; establish that expenses incurred by ombudsman shall be charged to the entity that is the subject of the ombudsman's work; amend KRS 43.040 to replace references to "assistant auditor" with "deputy auditor"; amend KRS 43.080 to make technical correction; require all state agencies to provide the Auditor of Public Accounts with access software; amend KRS 43.090 to establish ombudsman's reporting and recommendation requirements, require the Auditor to maintain confidentiality; amend KRS 43.990 to make technical corrections; create new sections of KRS Chapter 43 to establish the organizational structure of the Auditor's office; require employees and contract staff of the Auditor to submit to state and federal criminal background checks; permit the Auditor to enroll employees and contract staff in the rap back system; create a new section of KRS Chapter 194A to require the cabinet to provide contact information of the ombudsman on its website; require the cabinet to provide the ombudsman with read-only access to group email inboxes; amend KRS 620.050 to authorize the ombudsman to receive reports of suspected child abuse, neglect, or dependency from the cabinet; permit disclosure of files, reports, and other documents used by a children's advocacy center to the ombudsman; permit the ombudsman to report de-identified data otherwise required to be made confidential; require the cabinet to transfer control of a specific phone number to the ombudsman and to bear all costs associated with the transfer; EMERGENCY.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB86
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/4/25
Refer
2/6/25
Amend KRS 224.50-854 to remove the exemption for a person who stores waste tires for resale from the requirements of the waste tire program; amend KRS 224.50-856 to allow a person making retail sales of used motor vehicles tires to be eligible for the same accumulator registration exemption as sellers of new motor vehicle tires; amend KRS 224.50-858 to require nonexempt sellers of new or used motor vehicle tires to register and be subject to the requirements of the waste tire program.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB87
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/4/25
Refer
2/11/25
Report Pass
2/19/25
Engrossed
2/25/25
Refer
2/25/25
Refer
2/26/25
Report Pass
3/4/25
Enrolled
3/11/25
Enrolled
3/11/25
Chaptered
3/14/25
Passed
3/14/25
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 183 to allow an air board that operates a commercial airport serving more than 1,000,000 passengers annually to utilize small purchase procedures established by the Federal Aviation Administration for purchases that do not exceed the simplified acquisition threshold identified in 2 C.F.R. sec. 200.88 and to purchase goods and services directly from vendors who maintain agreements with the General Services Administration; exempt these transactions from the requirements of KRS 45A.345 to 45A.460 and 424.260; amend KRS 82.084 to conform; amend KRS 183.525, regarding the Kentucky aviation economic development fund, to allow commercial airports to receive awards from the fund and require the Transportation Cabinet to report annually to the General Assembly through the Legislative Research Commission on expenditures from the fund; amend KRS 189.990 to increase monetary penalties for violations of the chapter; amend KRS 183.011, 183.012, and 183.120 to make technical corrections; repeal KRS 183.085, regarding an unmanned aviation facility map for commercial airports.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB88
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/4/25
Refer
2/6/25
Amend KRS 311.840 to define terms; amend KRS 311.842, 311.848, 311.850 311.862, 202A.011, 202C.010, 216B.175, and 600.020 to change references to "supervising physician" to "collaborating physician" to conform; amend KRS 311.858 to list the services a physician assistant may provide, and require a physician assistant to consult and collaborate with or refer a patient to an appropriate licensed physician as indicated by the patient's condition and the standard of care; create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to establish requirements for a collaboration agreement between a collaborating physician and a physician assistant; amend KRS 218A.202 to conform; repeal KRS 311.854, 311.856, and 311.860, relating to supervising physicians.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB89
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/4/25
Refer
2/6/25
Report Pass
2/12/25
Engrossed
2/18/25
Refer
2/18/25
Refer
2/25/25
Report Pass
3/12/25
Refer
3/12/25
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
Amend KRS 224.1-010 to change the definition of "water" or "waters of the Commonwealth"; amend KRS 224.1-300 to provide that the definitions contained therein only apply to KRS 224.1-300 and 224.1-310; amend KRS 350.010 to define "long-term treatment"; amend KRS 350.060 to establish the means of calculating the additional bond amount required for a permit or permit increment for which the Energy and Environment Cabinet determines long-term treatment is required; EMERGENCY.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB9
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
Refer
3/11/25
Report Pass
3/12/25
Refer
3/28/25
Enrolled
3/28/25
Enrolled
3/28/25
Chaptered
3/31/25
Passed
3/31/25
Amend KRS 161.155 to require school districts to establish a policy by July 1, 2030, to provide up to 30 days maternity leave to each teacher and employee who gives birth; require school districts to pay the actuarial costs of sick leave to the Teachers' Retirement System (TRS) for future sick leave accruals in excess of 12 days each year; provide that the state will pay the actuarial costs for sick leave accrued as of June 30, 2025, plus up to 12 days accrued each year after June 30, 2025; provide that actuarial costs for sick leave for associations and agencies listed under KRS 161.220(4)(d) and (f) will be paid by the employer rather than the state; require each school district to annually report sick leave balances to TRS beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and specify contents of the report; amend KRS 161.400 to require TRS to annually report in the annual actuarial valuation the total liabilities and costs of the sick leave program created by KRS 161.155 and the annual leave program created by KRS 161.540(1)(f); amend KRS 161.643 to include new sick leave reporting requirements in the annual statutory reporting requirements for TRS employers; provide that the Auditor of Public Accounts shall perform a special audit of the sick leave program to ensure sick leave balances and costs are being reported correctly for the TRS, to determine if any entities are being provided retirement coverage in the system through participating employers listed in statute, and to require the system to pay the costs of the audit; EMERGENCY.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB90
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/4/25
Refer
2/6/25
Amend KRS 158.1415 to remove provisions related to parental rights and courses, curriculums, or programs on human sexuality; provide for a process for parents to opt out of their child receiving instruction on the subject of human sexuality; amend KRS 158.191 to remove language limiting Kentucky Board of Education or Department of Education policies regarding student confidential information and the use of pronouns; require a local school district to use pronouns for students upon a request from a parent along with a note from a medical provider diagnosing the child with gender dysphoria; remove language concerning parental consent for well-being questionnaires or assessments or a health screening; amend KRS 158.189 to make findings about children and young adults desiring individual privacy; require a school to provide an accommodation to any student who requests an area of individual privacy in restrooms, locker rooms, and shower rooms, regardless of biological sex or gender identity; require school officials to provide an accommodation for individual privacy for children whose gender is different from his or her biological sex and who have a note from a medical provider diagnosing the child with gender dysphoria; permit alternate accommodations upon the parent's request; amend KRS 311.372 to prohibit surgical or medical treatment of a child under the age of 18 years for gender dysphoria, and any nonsurgical medical treatment without the consent of the child's parent or legal guardian; require that the provision of nonsurgical medical treatment to a child under the age of 18 years apply only to a child with a medical diagnosis from a mental health care provider and by a trained and experienced health care provider in collaboration with a clinical psychologist or psychiatrist using only appropriate nonsurgical medical treatments approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for adolescents and that meet evidence-based medical standards.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB91
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/4/25
Refer
2/6/25
Amend KRS 15.334 to require law enforcement training on suicide prevention and intervention.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB92
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/4/25
Refer
2/6/25
Amend KRS 16.220 to permit the destruction of confiscated firearms; require destruction if the firearm was used in the commission of a violent offense; amend KRS 500.090 and 500.093 to conform.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB93
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/4/25
Refer
2/6/25
Report Pass
2/26/25
Engrossed
3/6/25
Refer
3/6/25
Refer
3/11/25
Report Pass
3/12/25
Amend KRS 304.17A-132 to modify coverage requirements for hearing aids and related services; amend KRS 304.17A-131 to modify coverage requirements for cochlear implants; amend KRS 205.522, 205.6485, 164.2871, and 18A.225 to require Medicaid, KCHIP, self-insured employer group 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 hearing aids and related services and cochlear implants; provide that various sections apply to health benefit plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2026; establish construction of certain provisions for purposes of federal law and require state officials to comply; require the Department of Insurance to determine whether the coverage requirements for hearing aids and related services or cochlear implants would be in addition to essential health benefits required under federal law; require the Department of Insurance and the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to obtain federal waivers or approval, if necessary; EFFECTIVE, January 1, 2026.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB94
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/4/25
Refer
2/6/25
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216 to define terms; direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services (cabinet) to prohibit the direct or indirect use of state and federal funds for the practice of conversion therapy on minors; require state agencies to report providers engaged in conversion therapy efforts with a minor to the appropriate professional certification or licensing board; require the cabinet to update relevant policies and procedures to reflect the prohibition of conversion therapy on minors and to convey the dangers of conversion therapy to minors; require state agencies that regulate or pay for medical and mental health services to explore actions they can take to protect minors from conversion therapy; allow professional certification and licensing boards to discipline practitioners that engage in or refer minors for conversion therapy.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB95
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/4/25
Refer
2/6/25
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to require law enforcement agencies to transmit information to national law enforcement databases about firearms collected during criminal investigations.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB96
Introduced
2/4/25
Refer
2/4/25
Refer
2/6/25
Amend KRS 189.505, relating to motor vehicle racing, to prohibit knowingly promoting, organizing, or facilitating a motor vehicle race upon any street or highway; amend KRS 189.993 to establish enhanced penalties for a violation of KRS 189.505, including vehicle impoundment, driver's license suspension, and forfeiture of a motor vehicle; amend KRS 186.560, relating to driver's license suspension for violations of various penal and traffic laws, to provide that a person with a second or subsequent violation of KRS 189.505 shall be subject to suspension of his or her driver's license.