Kentucky 2024 Regular Session All Bills (Page 16)
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB301
Introduced
1/18/24
Refer
1/18/24
Amend KRS 160.345 to require a school council to adopt a policy requiring students to be assigned a lunch period of at least 30 minutes in length; amend KRS 158.153 to conform.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB302
Introduced
1/18/24
Refer
1/18/24
Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to establish a right of the people to have a healthy environment, including a right to clean air, pure water, and ecologically healthy habitats; declare the Commonwealth's natural resources, among them its air, water, flora, fauna, climate, and public lands, are the common property of all people, including generations yet to come; establish that as trustee of the environment and its natural resources, the Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all people; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB303
Introduced
1/18/24
Refer
1/18/24
Set out the Governor's recommended 2024-2026 Biennial Highway Construction Plan; EMERGENCY.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB304
Introduced
1/18/24
Refer
1/18/24
Refer
1/25/24
Amend KRS 158.191 to ensure parental rights and involvement by requiring notification within two business days of specific events; require a district to adopt procedures that both encourage students to speak with parents and require facilitation of the discussion with parents; forbid a district or school from adopting policies that keep any student information confidential from parents or refuse information requested by a parent with specific exceptions; forbid a district from requiring school personnel or students to use nonconforming pronouns for any individual instead of just students, establish the type of mental health services that the section does not prohibit a district from seeking for students; amend KRS 158.1415 to prohibit a child in any grade level from receiving instruction on a specific topic a parent has provided written notice to the school asserting an objection due to religious or moral beliefs; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to establish a cause of action for violations; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to prohibit a disciplinary action or adverse employment action for an employee informing a parent of specific information about a student or declining to use a pronoun or title inconsistent with the individual's biological sex; amend KRS 158.193 to establish that a school employee may participate in voluntary, student-initiated, student-led prayer when invited to do so; EMERGENCY.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB305
Introduced
1/18/24
Refer
1/18/24
Amend KRS 198B.130 to establish criteria for a violation for deviation from the Uniform State Building Code.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB306
Introduced
1/18/24
Refer
1/18/24
Amend KRS 211.680 to expand the scope of the legislative intent and findings; create new sections of KRS Chapter 211 to define terms; require licensed health facilities under KRS Chapter 216B to provide each patient with written information regarding the patient's rights and implement an evidence-based maternal health disparities program for all health providers involved in the perinatal care of patients within those facilities; require the Department for Public Health to track data on maternal death and severe morbidity.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB307
Introduced
1/18/24
Refer
1/18/24
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the Department for Medicaid Services and any managed care organization with which the department contracts for the delivery of Medicaid services to provide coverage for doula services; establish training and education requirements for doulas; permit the department to promulgate administrative regulations; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or the Department for Medicaid Services to seek federal approval if they determine that such approval is necessary.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB308
Introduced
1/18/24
Refer
1/18/24
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 140 to limit inheritance and estate taxes to deaths occurring before August 1, 2024; amend various sections of KRS Chapter 140 to include a sunset clause for taxes and deductions imposed within the chapter; repeal KRS 140.130 and 140.140, relating to levy and payment of estate tax.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB309
Introduced
1/18/24
Refer
1/18/24
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 48 to prohibit a public agency or any other entity created by an act of the General Assembly from using public funds for lobbying activity or to employ or enter into a contract with a lobbyist; define terms; exempt public agency employees who perform lobbying activities as part of their fiduciary duties; create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to prohibit a public agency from using public funds for lobbying activity or to employ or contract with a lobbyist; define terms; exempt public agency employees who perform lobbying activities as part of their fiduciary duties; create new sections of KRS 6.601 to 6.849 to permit a person to file a complaint with the Legislative Ethics Commission if a public agency or entity created by an act of the General Assembly is using public funds to hire a lobbyist or for lobbying activity; require the commission to transfer a complaint to the Executive Branch Ethics Commission if the alleged violator is an employee of the executive branch of state government; require a public agency to report to the Legislative Ethics Commission if the agency procures a contract with a legislative agent to engage in federal lobbying or uses federal funds to employ or procure a contract with a legislative agent or as part of compensation or salary of an employee to engage in lobbying activity on behalf of the agency; require the report to be filed within 30 days of the decision to engage in federal lobbying activity or use federal funds to engage in lobbying activity; require all public agencies to submit to the Auditor of Public Accounts and State Treasurer a list of all contracts they have procured with a legislative agency for all types of lobbying activity, regardless of the source of funds, by June 30 each year; allow the Attorney General, Commonwealth's attorney, county attorney, or their designee to investigate violations; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to prohibit public postsecondary education institutions from employing or contracting with a lobbyist or using public funds to employ or contract with a lobbyist; allow a president of the public postsecondary institution to lobby on behalf of the institution in his or her fiduciary capacity; amend KRS 6.611 to include as lobbying any public agency to hire or procure a contract with a public relations, media, or social media company to indirectly promote, advocate, or oppose passage of any legislation or action taken by the General Assembly, the Governor, the secretary of any cabinet or any staff members; amend KRS 6.691 to allow the Legislative Ethics Commission to issue a fine of not less than $2,000 but not more than $10,000 to any public agency that uses public funds for lobbying purposes; amend KRS 6.945 to provide that the lobbying restrictions are not affected by the requirements of Section 1 or 2 of this Act; amend KRS 61.990 to provide that an officer or employee of a public agency who intentionally violates the lobbying restrictions shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for the first offense, and a Class D felony for any subsequent offenses; amend KRS 11A.201 to conform; provide that the Act may be cited as the Bye Bye BULL Act.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB31
Introduced
1/2/24
Refer
1/2/24
Refer
1/24/24
Report Pass
1/25/24
Engrossed
1/30/24
Refer
1/30/24
Refer
2/12/24
Report Pass
3/13/24
Enrolled
3/27/24
Enrolled
3/27/24
Chaptered
4/4/24
Passed
4/4/24
Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the Department for Medicaid Services and any managed care organization contracted for the delivery of Medicaid services to provide coverage and reimbursement for at-home prothrombin time or international normalized ratio (INR) testing, including but not limited to coverage and reimbursement for education and training, INR monitors or testing devices, and all necessary testing supplies; authorizes the department to promulgate administrative regulations; requires the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or the department to seek federal approval if it is determined that such approval is necessary; and requires the cabinet to comply with KRS 205.525.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB310
Introduced
1/19/24
Refer
1/19/24
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to define "health service" and "seeking, obtaining, providing, or facilitating a health service"; provide exemption from civil liability, criminal liability, or administrative investigation for seeking, obtaining, providing, or facilitating a health service that is provided outside of Kentucky to a patient who resides in Kentucky and the health service is lawful in the state in which it is to be provided; include any health service that occurs in Kentucky as a result of a patient's use of a drug provided the patient received the drug outside of Kentucky for the patient's personal and sole use, and the patient personally transported the drug into Kentucky for the patient's sole use; prohibit any record created regarding any protected action from being disclosed or sold; prohibit disciplinary action for a physician, health care provider, or other professional licensed in Kentucky for taking protected actions; prohibit a public agency or employee, representative, or agent of a public agency from taking action against the ability of a person to travel across a state line to obtain a health service that is lawful in the state in which the service is to be provided or to assist another person traveling for this purpose; prohibit any protected action by itself from being a violation of KRS 529.100 or KRS 529.110 relating to human trafficking; prohibit construing that any right to the performance of a health service in Kentucky that is prohibited by law.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB311
Introduced
1/19/24
Refer
1/19/24
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to define "passenger compartment"; provide civil immunity for damaging a car or truck if a person enters it with a reasonable, good faith belief that a dog or cat is in imminent danger of death if not removed.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB312
Introduced
1/19/24
Refer
1/19/24
Create a new section in KRS Chapter 336 to prohibit an employer from conditioning employment or employment benefits on an employee signing types of nondisclosure agreements related to unlawful acts in the workplace; clarify statutory construction; create a new section of KRS Chapter 372 to prohibit nondisclosure clauses related to harassment in settlement agreements in civil and administrative actions with exceptions.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB313
Introduced
1/19/24
Refer
1/19/24
Failed
2/6/24
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 258 to define "animal shelter," "breeder," "broker," "publicly accessible space," and "retail pet shop"; prohibit retail pet shops from selling dogs, cats, or rabbits; allow retail pet shops to collaborate with animal shelters to showcase dogs, cats, or rabbits; require retail pet shops to maintain records documenting the source of each dog, cat, or rabbit it sells for at least one year; prohibit the sale or transfer of ownership of a dog, cat, or rabbit in a publicly accessible space; amend KRS 258.990 to include a penalty for retail pet shop operators who violate this Act.
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB314
Introduced
1/19/24
Refer
1/19/24
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish the community restoration tax credit for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, but before January 1, 2029, for financial institutions making loans to a community development financial institution; establish the annual credit cap at $20 million; require the Department of Revenue to report tax credit data to the Legislative Research Commission and the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the credit; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the Legislative Research Commission to receive confidential data about the community restoration tax credit from the Department of Revenue.