Kentucky 2024 Regular Session All Bills (Page 14)
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB275
Introduced
1/16/24
Refer
1/16/24
Refer
1/18/24
Report Pass
1/23/24
Engrossed
2/9/24
Refer
2/9/24
Refer
3/1/24
Report Pass
3/21/24
Refer
3/27/24
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to prohibit a public school district or public charter school from entering a nondisclosure agreement relating to misconduct involving a minor or student; amend KRS 160.380 to define "abusive conduct"; require school district applicants to disclose being the subject of any allegations or investigations in the previous 12 months and consent to a reference check; require school districts to conduct reference checks; require nonpublic and public school districts to disclose any allegations or investigations related to abusive conduct of applicants; revise indemnification language to grant immunity for disclosures made about school employee conduct; require school districts to request all related information from public and nonpublic schools and the Education Professional Standards Board and require the schools and EPSB to provide the records; require requests for information to be satisfied in 10 working days instead of 10 days; require all public school personnel to submit to a state criminal background check every five years; require all school district applicants to list all schools of previous and current employment on the application; require a school district to internally report and investigate to completion all allegations of abusive conduct; require all records relating to an allegation of abusive conduct to be retained in an employee's personnel file unless the allegation is proven false; amend KRS 156.160 to direct the Kentucky Board of Education to include employment standards in the voluntary certification standards for private schools; make technical corrections; amend KRS 160.151 to define "certified nonpublic school"; require employees of certified nonpublic schools to submit to a national and state criminal background check and a CA/N check; require certified nonpublic school personnel to have a state criminal background check every five years; prohibit a certified nonpublic school from hiring a violent or felony sex crime offender; require a certified nonpublic school to conduct reference checks on all applicants; prohibit a certified nonpublic school from entering into a nondisclosure agreement related to misconduct involving a minor or student; amend KRS 156.095 to require the Kentucky Department of Education to develop a training related to sexual misconduct for employees to undergo every five years; make technical corrections; amend KRS 161.151 to conform.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB276
Introduced
1/16/24
Refer
1/16/24
Amend KRS 139.010 to define "menstrual discharge collection devices"; amend KRS 139.480 to exempt from sales and use tax the sale or purchase of menstrual discharge collection devices; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2024.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB277
Introduced
1/16/24
Refer
1/16/24
Refer
2/6/24
Report Pass
2/8/24
Report Pass
2/27/24
Engrossed
2/29/24
Refer
2/29/24
Refer
3/4/24
Report Pass
3/14/24
Enrolled
3/28/24
Enrolled
3/28/24
Chaptered
4/9/24
Passed
4/9/24
Amends KRS 15A.020 to add new divisions to the organization of the Department of Public Advocacy (DPA); amends KRS 18A.115 to transfer the employees of the Louisville and Jefferson County Public Defender Corporation (Louisville Metro Public Defender) to the state personnel system; creates a new section of KRS Chapter 31 to transfer employees of Louisville Metro Public Defender to DPA on July 1, 2024, to provide employment and retirement benefits to the transferred employees based on their employment date with the Louisville Metro Public Defender, to define “membership date” for Louisville Metro Public Defender employees transferring to the Kentucky Employees Retirement System (KERS), to transfer leases and contracts in the name of the Louisville Metro Public Defender to DPA, and to waive liability of DPA under any legal theory or for any act, omission, or negligence by or on behalf of the Louisville Metro Public Defender; amends KRS 61.510 to change the definition of “membership date” in KERS as applied to Louisville Metro Public Defender employees transferring to DPA; and provides that the Act be RETROACTIVE to employees of the Louisville Metro Public Defender hired to leadership or supervisory roles within DPA between October 1, 2023, and July 1, 2024; EMERGENCY.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB278
Introduced
1/16/24
Refer
1/16/24
Refer
2/6/24
Report Pass
2/14/24
Engrossed
2/27/24
Refer
2/27/24
Refer
3/8/24
Report Pass
3/21/24
Refer
3/28/24
Enrolled
3/28/24
Enrolled
3/28/24
Chaptered
4/5/24
Passed
4/5/24
Amends KRS 15A.190 to require that the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet include crimes involving childhood sexual assault or abuse on the JC-3 form; amends KRS 160.380 to provide that a superintendent shall not employ any person who has been convicted of an offense that would classify the person as a violent offender, a sex crime, or a misdemeanor offense under KRS Chapter 510, or who is required to register as a sex offender; amends KRS 413.249 to provide that a civil action arising from childhood sexual assault or abuse shall be brought within 10 years of the victim attaining the age of 18 years; creates new sections of KRS Chapter 436 to declare legislative findings relating to pornography, to define terms, to establish a civil cause of action against any commercial entity that publishes matter harmful to minors on the internet without obtaining age verification, to require removal of personal data following review for access, to establish civil causes of action for violations, and to establish limitations on applicability and liability; amends KRS 510.050 and 510.080 to provide an enhanced penalty when the defendant is a person in a position of authority or position of special trust; amends KRS 510.155 to enhance the penalty of unlawful use of electronic means to induce a minor to a Class C felony, and to enhance the penalty to a Class B felony if the minor or perceived minor is under 12 years old, the offender is a person is in a position of authority or position of special trust, the offender is a registered sex offender, a person travels into the Commonwealth for the purpose of procuring or promoting the use of a minor, or the child procured or promoted is for human trafficking where the offense involves commercial sexual activity; amends KRS 529.100 to enhance the penalty for human trafficking to a Class B felony, unless the victim is a minor, in which case it is a Class A felony; amends KRS 529.110 to enhance the penalty for promoting human trafficking to a Class C felony unless the victim is a minor, in which case it is a Class B felony; amends KRS 531.340 to enhance the penalty for distribution of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor to a Class C felony if the victim is under 18 years old and a Class B felony if the victim is under 12 years old, and to provide that any person convicted of distribution of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor shall not be released on probation or parole without serving 85 percent of the sentence imposed; amends KRS 532.060 to require a person who has been convicted of a violation of KRS 529.100, 529.110, 531.320, 531.335, or 531.340 to serve five years of postincarceration supervision; and amends KRS 532.200 to redefine “violent felony offense” as an offense that would classify a person as a violent offender under KRS 439.3401.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB279
Introduced
1/16/24
Refer
1/16/24
Amend KRS 158.060 to remove language that allows for half-day kindergarten programs; amend KRS 157.320 and 157.360 to remove references to kindergarten full-time equivalent pupils in average daily attendance for program base funding purposes; amend KRS 158.030 to conform; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2025.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB28
Introduced
1/2/24
Refer
1/2/24
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to define "pharmaceutical company" and "advertisment" and prohibit all advertisements for pharmaceuticals to the general public; amend KRS 367.990 to establish a penalty for a violation.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB280
Introduced
1/17/24
Refer
1/17/24
Refer
2/6/24
Report Pass
2/7/24
Engrossed
2/20/24
Refer
2/20/24
Refer
2/22/24
Report Pass
3/5/24
Enrolled
3/25/24
Enrolled
3/25/24
Passed
3/26/24
Creates a new section of Subtitle 39 of KRS Chapter 304 to establish certain rights of insurers relating to injury or losses that occur during a delivery available period or delivery service period; creates a range of sections in KRS Chapter 365 to establish definitions, to establish insurance requirements for delivery network companies and delivery network drivers during delivery available periods and delivery service periods, to establish disclosure requirements for delivery network companies, and to establish construction clauses relating to existing insurance laws and delivery or transport of goods laws; and provides that the Act applies to policies issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2025; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2025.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB281
Introduced
1/17/24
Refer
1/17/24
Refer
1/29/24
Report Pass
1/31/24
Engrossed
2/13/24
Refer
2/13/24
Refer
2/20/24
Report Pass
2/27/24
Enrolled
3/13/24
Enrolled
3/13/24
Chaptered
3/21/24
Passed
3/21/24
Amends KRS 12.020 to add the Division of Compliance and the Division of Sports Wagering to the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission and to remove compliance from the duties of the Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering; and amends KRS 12.252 to make a technical correction.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB282
Introduced
1/17/24
Refer
1/17/24
Create new sections of KRS Chapters 508, 509, 510, 520, and 525 to provide that any person convicted of an offense under those chapters, who was armed with a firearm during the commission of the offense and in furtherance of the offense, shall be subject to an enhanced penalty; amend KRS 519.055 to provide for an enhanced penalty when the person was armed with a firearm at the time of the commission of the offense; amend KRS 520.050 to provide for an enhanced penalty when the dangerous contraband is a deadly weapon; amend KRS 527.110 to provide an enhanced penalty; amend KRS 439.3401 to expand the definition of "violent offender" to include a Class B or Class C felony where the offender was armed with a firearm during the commission of the offense and in furtherance of the offense, impersonating a peace officer where the offender was armed with a firearm, promoting contraband in the first degree where the dangerous contraband is a deadly weapon, and unlawfully providing a handgun to a juvenile; provide that offenders convicted of a Class B or Class C felony where the offender was armed with a firearm during the commission of the offense and in furtherance of the offense, impersonating a peace officer where the offender was armed with a firearm, promoting contraband in the first degree where the dangerous contraband is a deadly weapon, and unlawfully providing a handgun to a juvenile shall not be released on probation or parole until he or she has served at least 85% of the sentence imposed.
KY
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB283
Introduced
1/17/24
Refer
1/17/24
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 351 to require any owner, operator, lessee, or licensee of a coal mine holding a license under KRS 337.200 that has been doing business in the Commonwealth for fewer than five consecutive years to submit a certification from the commissioner of the Department of Workplace Standards that the licensee is compliant with or exempt from the performance bonding requirements of KRS 337.200; amend KRS 351.175 to require any coal mine licensee applicant to submit a certification from the commissioner of the Department of Workplace Standards that the applicant is compliant with or exempt from the performance bonding requirement of KRS 337.200; require the department to revoke any license if the department receives notification that the licensee is neither compliant nor exempt from the performance bonding requirements of KRS 337.200; amend KRS 337.200 to require the commissioner of the Department of Workplace Standards to notify the Department for Natural Resources of any employer engaged in the severance, preparation, or transportation of minerals that is not compliant with the performance bonding requirements; amend KRS 337.994 to require that all penalties collected for violations of KRS 337.200 be paid to employees injured by the employer's failure to post the performance bond; APPROPRIATION.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB284
Introduced
1/17/24
Refer
1/17/24
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 514 to prohibit theft of wages; define terms and establish penalties; amend KRS 336.080 to permit the secretary to enter places of employment without unreasonable delay; amend KRS 337.020 to allow the commissioner to charge and collect past due wages; amend KRS 337.070 to require certain employers to include rate of pay, number of hours worked, the total amount of gross pay earned on wage statements provided to employees; amend KRS 337.320 to require employers to keep certain records for three years; create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to require employers to provide to an employee a written notice at the time of hire that sets forth employment terms; amend KRS 337.990 to include a civil penalty for failure to provide the written notice to employee and maintain a copy of the signed notice.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB285
Introduced
1/17/24
Refer
1/17/24
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to define terms; establish a qualified terminally ill individual's right to voluntarily request medication to self-administer to cause death; require conditions for making the request; permit individual to rescind the request at any time; permit an attending health care provider to provide medication; establish requirements for the attending health care provider to inform individuals and document request; require disposal of unused medications; establish residency requirements for qualified individuals; require a report by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; establish provisions for contracts, insurance policies, and beneficiaries; state that a health care provider is not required to provide medication to a qualified individual; permit health care providers to prohibit persons or entities from participating in a qualified individual's request during or on the premises of employment; prohibit reporting a health care provider to a licensing board for participating in a qualified individual's request; state that actions do not constitute suicide or homicide; create a form for a qualified individual to make a request; create a new section of Subtitle 12 of KRS Chapter 304 to establish provisions for insurance policies and beneficiaries of qualified individuals; amend KRS 507.020 and 507.030 to create an affirmative defense to a charge of murder and manslaughter in the first degree; provide a severability clause; provide that the Act may be cited as the Kentucky Our Care, Our Options Act.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB286
Introduced
1/17/24
Refer
1/17/24
Refer
3/5/24
Amend KRS 17.169 to include local law enforcement as persons authorized to collect DNA samples; define "rapid DNA instruments"; amend KRS 17.170 to provide for the collection of DNA samples at arrest or initial appearance from all persons charged with a felony offense; allow for collection of a second DNA sample by approved local governments to be processed via rapid DNA instruments; amend KRS 17.175 to provide that a person may request expungement of the record of his or her DNA in certain enumerated circumstances; amend KRS 64.060 to establish a $5 payment from the State Treasury to the collecting agency for each DNA sample collected; APPROPRIATION.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB287
Introduced
1/17/24
Refer
1/17/24
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to define terms; allow enumerated persons to petition a District Court to issue an order prohibiting a person from purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm if the person is or has been diagnosed with or treated for a mental condition that causes or is likely to cause impairment in judgment, perception, or impulse control to an extent that presents an unreasonable risk to public health, safety, or welfare if the person were in possession or control of a firearm; establish that a violation of an order is a Class A misdemeanor; amend KRS 237.104 to conform.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB288
Introduced
1/17/24
Refer
1/17/24
Repeal KRS 237.115, which interprets the application of the license to carry concealed deadly weapon statute as permitting postsecondary facilities, local governments, and units of state government to limit concealed carry in governmental buildings; amend KRS 150.172, 237.110, and 527.020 to conform; amend KRS 237.110 to no longer prohibit the carrying of concealed deadly weapons in schools and specify that the prohibition of carrying concealed deadly weapons in airports is limited to areas controlled by the Transportation Security Administration and make technical corrections; amend KRS 527.070 to add persons with valid licenses to carry concealed deadly weapons to the list of those permitted to possess weapons in schools.