| KY | SB91 | Veto | Create new sections of KRS 186.400 to 186.640 to: require the Transportation Cabinet to establish a driver licensing regional office in each senatorial district; allow third-party entities to apply to the Transportation Cabinet to be approved to acce...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19
line items vetoed |
| KY | SB167 | Pass | Amend KRS 156.160 to require cursive writing to be included as a course of study in all elementary schools beginning in the 2025-2026 school year; create new sections of KRS Chapter 158 to establish a public high school graduation requirement that a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-17
signed by Governor |
| KY | SB285 | Pass | Amend KRS 154.50-323 to include gender-neutral language.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-16
signed by Governor |
| KY | SB6 | Engross
50% | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to define terms; provide that a student or employee of a public postsecondary education institution shall not be penalized, discriminated against, or receive any adverse treatment due to the individual's refusa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-12
posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) |
| KY | SB349 | Pass | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to make findings and declarations; define terms; establish the Energy Planning and Inventory Commission and administratively attach it to the University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research (UK CAER);...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-12
delivered to Secretary of State |
| KY | SB20 | Pass | Amend KRS 439.3401 to include in the definition of "violent offender" a person who has been convicted of burglary in the first degree as described in KRS 511.020(1)(a), assault in the second degree as described in KRS 508.020(1)(b) or (c), and wanton...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10
became law without Governor's Signature |
| KY | SB2 | Pass | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms; establish a framework for employment of Kentucky guardians in schools; specify qualifications of a guardian; specify that a local board of education may not be held liable for a guardian acting...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10
became law without Governor's Signature |
| KY | SB215 | Pass | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 77 to prohibit the Transportation Cabinet or any other state agency, department, or political subdivision from adopting or enforcing emissions standards on new motor vehicles, or from requiring purchase or sale of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-07
became law without Governor's Signature |
| KY | SB151 | Pass | Amend KRS 600.020 to define "child-specific foster home"; amend KRS 620.140 to allow a child to submit to the District Court the names of possible relative or fictive kin caregivers whom the child could be placed with if the court removes the child f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-05
signed by Governor |
| KY | SB188 | Pass | Create new sections of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define terms for pharmacy-related insurance practices; require insurers, pharmacy benefit managers, and other pharmacy benefits administrators to establish reasonably adequate and accessible p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-05
signed by Governor |
| KY | SB14 | Pass | Amend KRS 317A.030 to add a licensed nail technician and one additional citizen at large member to the board; direct board to collect and retain statistical data on its applicants and licensees; amend KRS 317A.120 to require the board give written te...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-29
signed by Governor |
| KY | SB153 | Engross
50% | Amend KRS 29A.080 to allow an individual age 70 or older to elect to be permanently excused from jury service; require this option to be prominently displayed at the top of the juror qualification form; require a prospective juror age 70 or older to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
To House Judiciary Committee |
| KY | SB147 | Engross
50% | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 231 to express the findings of the General Assembly relating to adult-oriented businesses and the need for regulation; define terms; establish distance parameters for the location of adult-oriented businesses in pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
To House Rules Committee |
| KY | SB295 | Engross
50% | 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, emplo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | SB143 | Enroll
75% | Propose to amend Sections 145 and 155 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prohibit persons who are not citizens of the United States from being allowed to vote in the Commonwealth of Kentucky; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
delivered to Secretary of State |
| KY | SB81 | Pass | Amend KRS 164.746 to modify the membership of the governing board of the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority; amend KRS 164A.050 to modify the membership of the governing board of the Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corporation; ame...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
signed by Governor |
| KY | SB130 | Engross
50% | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 344 to make it unlawful for a state agency to discriminate against a person based on his or her access to electronic means to obtain benefits or gain access to public buildings; provide that the Act may be cited as...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-11
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | SB8 | Engross
50% | Amend KRS 156.029 to provide that all 14 voting members of the Kentucky Board of Education are to be elected; create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to establish the process by which members of the Kentucky Board of Education are elected, including ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-08
To House Education Committee |
| KY | SB5 | Pass | Amend KRS 150.170 to remove the requirement that resident owners of farmlands must own five or more acres of land in order to be exempt from sport hunting and sport fishing license requirements when hunting or fishing on their own farmlands.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 2) |
| KY | SB286 | Intro
25% | Amend KRS 154.10-040 to add gender-neutral language.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
To Senate Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor Committee |
| KY | SB284 | Intro
25% | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 381 to define terms; prohibit a foreign principal from acquiring or owning agricultural land; require a foreign principal that owns or acquires agricultural land before the effective date of this Act to register the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
To Senate Agriculture Committee |
| KY | SB7 | Engross
50% | 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 elig...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-22
To House Education Committee |
| KY | SB189 | Intro
25% | Amend KRS 164.295 to permit Murray State University to offer doctor's degrees required for professional practice and licensure in veterinary medicine.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-20
To Senate Education Committee |
| KY | SB205 | Intro
25% | Amend KRS 161.155 to provide 20 maternity days to district employees who give birth; establish the terms and conditions for use of maternity days.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-15
To Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | SB201 | Intro
25% | Amend KRS 164.295 to permit a comprehensive university to offer certain research doctoral degree programs upon fulfilling requirements promulgated by the Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE); permit a comprehensive university to describe itself a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14
To Senate Education Committee |
| KY | SB192 | Intro
25% | Repeal and reenact KRS 157.069 to define terms; require the Office of Career and Technical Education within the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) to identify career and technical education programs or pathways as high cost or general cost; provi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To Senate Education Committee |
| KY | SB168 | Intro
25% | Amend KRS 160.345 to remove reference minority members of school councils; change the parent membership of the council from two to three; specify that council members are subject to KRS Chapter 45A as officers of an agency; establish an election comm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06
To Senate Education Committee |
| KY | SB75 | Engross
50% | Amend KRS 56.580 to prohibit closing portions of Capital Avenue in Frankfort; provide exceptions for emergency personnel.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-30
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | SB129 | Intro
25% | Amend KRS 154.30-010 to allow modified new revenues for income tax to be used for calendar years beginning on or after January 1, 2023.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | SB113 | Intro
25% | Create a new section of KRS 335.300 to 335.399 to authorize the board to grant licensure to an applicant who holds an active license from another state to practice as an independent marriage and family therapist.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-22
To Senate Licensing and Occupations Committee |
| KY | SB10 | Engross
50% | Propose to amend Section 95 of the Constitution of Kentucky to hold the election of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Treasurer, Auditor of Public Accounts, Attorney General, Secretary of State, and Commissioner of Agriculture, Labor and Statistics ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-18
To House Committee On Committees |
| KY | SB55 | Intro
25% | Amend KRS 150.170 to allow a bona fide resident landowner and other authorized persons to take fish from any lake or pond located on the owner's property without procuring a sport fishing license.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-03
To Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee |
