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KYSB11Enroll
75%
Amend KRS 610.345 to require notice to schools prior to filing of a public offense petition against a child in certain cases.
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2024-03-27
enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
KYHB100Engross
50%
Amend KRS 213.141 to establish that a homeless individual as defined in KRS 198A.700 or a homeless individual under the age of 25 does not have to pay a fee to get a copy of his or her birth certificate.
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2024-03-27
passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day
KYHB169Engross
50%
Amend KRS 158.162 to require local boards of education to maintain a portable automated external defibrillator in a public, readily accessible, well-marked location in all school buildings, including elementary school buildings, and at school-sanctio...
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2024-03-27
To Senate Education Committee
KYHB271Engross
50%
Amend KRS 620.030 to allow a person to make a written report of dependency, neglect, or abuse of a child.
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2024-03-27
passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day
KYHB436Engross
50%
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 456 to require appointment of a guardian ad litem for any unrepresented minor who is a party to the action or on behalf of whom a petition for an interpersonal protective order has been filed; create a new section ...
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2024-03-27
passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day
KYSB20Engross
50%
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...
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2024-03-26
To Senate Rules Committee
KYHB142Engross
50%
Create a new section of KRS 438.305 to 438.340 to require the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to establish a vapor retail license and require retailers to have a retail license to sell vapor products; amend KRS 438.310 to increase penalties ...
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2024-03-26
passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
KYHB162Engross
50%
Amend KRS 158.791 to specify the role of Department of Education in assisting local school districts with mathematics instruction, supports, and interventions; require the department to collaborate with designated agencies on mathematics programming,...
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2024-03-26
passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
KYHB206Engross
50%
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 403 to enact the Uniform Collaborative Law Act on the recommendation of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws; regulate the use of collaborative law participation agreements as a voluntary f...
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2024-03-26
To Senate Judiciary Committee
KYHB179Engross
50%
Amend KRS 304.3-110 to authorize life and health insurers to transact disability income and paid family leave insurance; make technical corrections; create new sections of Subtitle 5 of KRS Chapter 304 to define "disability income insurance" and "pai...
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2024-03-26
passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
KYHB200Engross
50%
Amend KRS 40.010 to include the United States Space Force in the definition of "Armed Forces"; amend KRS 40.400, relating to the bonus for Vietnam veterans, to include the United States Space Force in the definition of "Armed Forces"; amend KRS 156.7...
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2024-03-26
passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day
KYHB244Engross
50%
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 403 to define terms; establish procedures; and establish parenting time credit; amend KRS 403.211 to establish which parent owes the initial $250 in medical expenses; amend KRS 403.090, 403.212, 403.740, 405.430, a...
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2024-03-26
To Senate Judiciary Committee
KYHB272Engross
50%
Amend KRS 405.075 to change the definition of "newborn safety device" related to the continuous staffing requirement.
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2024-03-26
To Senate Rules Committee
KYHB274PassAmend KRS 315.010 and 315.205 to permit pharmacists to administer vaccines to children three years of age or older pursuant to prescriber-approved protocols with the consent of a parent or guardian.
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2024-03-26
signed by Governor
KYHB255Engross
50%
Amend KRS 339.230 to prohibit the Department of Workplace Standards from promulgating regulations on child labor that are more restrictive than those promulgated by the United States Secretary of Labor.
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2024-03-26
To Senate Rules Committee
KYHB278Engross
50%
Amend KRS 15A.190 to require the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to include crimes involving childhood sexual assault or abuse in the JC-3 form; amend KRS 17.500 to include distribution of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor in the de...
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2024-03-26
passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
KYHB293Engross
50%
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 217 to define terms related to kratom; direct the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to license and regulate processors and retailers of kratom products; charge kratom processors an annual licensing fee of $1,...
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2024-03-26
To House Rules Committee
KYHB333Engross
50%
Amend KRS 69.210 to establish that any prosecution by the attorneys for the Cabinet for Health and Family Services under KRS Chapter 620 shall occur only upon written consent of the county attorney and presiding judge.
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2024-03-26
passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day
KYHCR51Engross
50%
Establish the Autism in Education Task Force; establish duties and membership; direct the task force to study autism supports and services provided to K-12 students by Kentucky public schools.
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2024-03-26
To Senate Committee on Committees
KYSB111Engross
50%
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health insurance coverage for speech therapy as a treatment for stuttering; amend KRS 304.17C-125, 205.522, 205.6485, 164.2871, and 18A.225 to require limited health service benefit p...
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2024-03-26
posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1)
KYSB128Engross
50%
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 339 to allow a nonprofit organization to create a work program for minors 12 or 13 years of age; require the program to exist to provide minors with life skills and employment skills; require that the primary benef...
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2024-03-26
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 27, 2024
KYSB147Engross
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...
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2024-03-26
To House Rules Committee
KYSB151Engross
50%
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...
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2024-03-26
posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1)
KYSB158Enroll
75%
Amend KRS 387.278, relating to certain settlements with minors, to establish provisions relating to the opening of restricted accounts and issuance of annuities on behalf of minors entering into settlements; EMERGENCY.
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2024-03-26
delivered to Governor
KYHB453Engross
50%
Amend KRS 620.040 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to determine the military status of any parent or guardian subject to an investigation and to notify a Department of Defense family advocacy program of an investigation involving...
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2024-03-26
passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day
KYHB471Engross
50%
Amend KRS 159.075 to allow the use of military orders as proof of residency for enrollment or course registration in a school and prohibit in-person enrollment or course registration when prevented due to official military duties.
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2024-03-26
passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day
KYHB476Engross
50%
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 625 to allow a parent to voluntarily terminate his or her parental rights during the pendency of a proceeding under KRS Chapter 620, relating to dependency, neglect, and abuse actions, by signing a consent form pre...
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2024-03-26
passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day
KYSB167Engross
50%
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 ...
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2024-03-26
To House Rules Committee
KYHB491Engross
50%
Amend KRS 199.896 to change the requirements of when instructional programs for school-age children are exempt from all child-care licensure administrative regulations.
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2024-03-26
passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day
KYSB240Enroll
75%
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 199.892 to 199.896 to allow the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to give foster parents child-care benefits if the foster parent is working outside the home or teleworking inside the home; require the cabinet...
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2024-03-26
delivered to Governor
KYHB611Engross
50%
Amend KRS 159.140 to require a director of pupil personnel to file with the county attorney a complaint against a parent or guardian who has allowed a child in kindergarten to grade five to be absent without excuse for 15 or more days; allow the dire...
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2024-03-26
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
KYHB715Engross
50%
Amend KRS 36.474 to remove the post-deployment provision relating to eligibility for the military family assistance trust fund; make technical correction; amend KRS 36.477 to expand the Kentucky National Guard Adoption Assistance Program to include f...
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2024-03-26
To Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection Committee
KYHB695Engross
50%
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to make legislative findings and declarations; establish definitions for the section; establish the Adaptive Kindergarten Readiness Pilot Project; establish the duration and terms of the pilot project; require ...
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2024-03-26
To Senate Education Committee
KYHR141PassRecognize April 2024 as Child Abuse Prevention in Kentucky Month.
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2024-03-26
adopted by voice vote
KYHB87Engross
50%
Amend KRS 199.572 to permit the child, grandchild, or sibling of a deceased birth parent or deceased adoptee to be given the right to inspect adoption papers and records.
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2024-03-25
posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
KYHB447Engross
50%
Amend KRS 156.153 to permit school districts to use district-owned, leased, or contracted passenger transportation vehicles to transport students to and from school and approved school activities under an alternative transportation plan approved by t...
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2024-03-25
To House Rules Committee
KYHB561Engross
50%
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 199 to define terms; establish operations and requirements of a Certified Child Care Community Designation Program to be administered by the Cabinet for Economic Development for the purpose of creating new opportun...
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2024-03-25
posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
KYSB74Engross
50%
Amend KRS 211.684 to define "state child and maternal fatality review team"; require the Department for Public Health to establish a state child and maternal fatality review team; modify required annual reporting requirements; amend KRS 216.2929 to r...
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2024-03-22
floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
KYHB346Intro
25%
Amend KRS 158.1415 to require a school district to adopt health curricula that includes human growth and development instruction that meets specific criteria; set restrictions for the instruction that grants parents an opportunity to review materials...
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2024-03-22
To House Rules Committee
KYHB469Engross
50%
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to define "military-connected student" and "purple star school"; establish the Purple Star School Program and set requirements for eligibility; designate the Kentucky Commission on Military Affairs as the gover...
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2024-03-22
To Senate Committee on Committees
KYSB249Engross
50%
Create a new section of KRS 17.500 to 17.580 to define "social media platform"; require sex offenders who have committed a criminal offense against a victim who is a minor to display their full legal name on social media platforms; provide penalties.
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2024-03-22
To House Rules Committee
KYHB829Engross
50%
Amend KRS 218B.010 to revise the definition of "bona fide practitioner-patient relationship"; amend KRS 218B.020 to require the Board of Physicians and Advisors to assist the Cabinet for Health and Family Services in developing a Medicinal Cannabis A...
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2024-03-22
To Senate State & Local Government Committee
KYHB799Engross
50%
Amend KRS 158.033 to allow a student admitted to an inpatient facility to receive home and hospital services effective on the day of admittance.
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2024-03-22
To Senate Committee on Committees
KYHR123PassRecognize May 16, 2024, and October 31, 2024, as Take Your Child to Vote Day.
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2024-03-22
adopted by voice vote
KYHR144Intro
25%
Urge the Kentucky Department of Education to explore and implement flexibilities within the federal assessment and accountability requirements regarding English learners to improve circumstances for the students and schools.
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2024-03-22
To House Committee On Committees
KYHCR43Intro
25%
Reestablish the Early Childhood Education Task Force to study the complex issues relating to child care and early childhood education opportunities in the Commonwealth and the impacts of child care on children and families, workforce participation, a...
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2024-03-21
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 22, 2024
KYHB2Enroll
75%
Propose a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to authorize the General Assembly to provide for a financial support for the education of students outside of the public school system; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification o...
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2024-03-21
delivered to Secretary of State
KYHCR117Intro
25%
Establish the Kentucky Kinship Task Force to study, review, and make recommendations regarding the current and future policy needs of the state to address access and availability of kinship care to the citizens of the Kentucky; outline task force mem...
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2024-03-21
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 22, 2024
KYSB110Engross
50%
Amend KRS 403.211 to allow a child support action to be filed at any time following conception in the county where the mother resides.
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2024-03-15
To House Judiciary Committee
KYHB438Intro
25%
Amend KRS 158.832 to include a definition for "undesignated glucagon"; amend KRS 158.838 to allow health care practitioners to prescribe undesignated glucagon in the name of a school to be maintained for use by a school nurse or trained school employ...
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2024-03-15
To House Rules Committee
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