| KY | SJR170 | Pass | Direct the Council on Postsecondary Education to conduct a study on expanding postbaccalaureate program offerings at comprehensive universities; consult with each president of a comprehensive university to consider a regional economic development or ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-17
signed by Governor |
| KY | SB191 | Pass | Amend KRS 164.092 to define "nontraditional age students"; include nontraditional age students in the goal of closing achievement gaps; increase the percentage of public university funding based on student success outcomes produced from 35 to 40 perc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-17
signed by Governor |
| KY | SJR132 | Pass | Direct the Council on Postsecondary Education to conduct a study on transforming the Hazard Community and Technical College into a four-year, residential university; require the results of the study to be submitted to the Legislative Research Commiss...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-16
signed by Governor |
| KY | HB162 | Enroll
75% | 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,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-15
delivered to Governor |
| KY | HB190 | Enroll
75% | Amend KRS 304.17A-164 to prohibit insurers, pharmacy benefit managers, and other pharmacy benefit administrators from requiring or incentivizing the use of a mail-order pharmaceutical distributor; amend KRS 304.17C-125, 304.38A-115, 18A.225, and 164....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-15
delivered to Governor |
| KY | SJR179 | Enroll
75% | Direct the Kentucky Community and Technical College System to report findings and present action steps on improving and advancing the system to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2024.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-15
delivered to Governor |
| KY | SR236 | Intro
25% | Confirm the appointment of Candace McGraw to the Kentucky Community and Technical College System Board of Regents for a term expiring July 21, 2029.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-15
adopted 38-0 |
| KY | SR237 | Intro
25% | Confirm the reappointment of Ashley Flaugher Himes to the Northern Kentucky University Board of Regents for a term expiring June 30, 2029.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-15
adopted 38-0 |
| KY | SR229 | Intro
25% | Confirm the appointment of Rhonda Jennings Blackburn to the Morehead State University Board of Regents for a term expiring June 30, 2028.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-15
adopted 38-0 |
| KY | SR282 | Intro
25% | Confirm the appointment of Alex Boone to the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees for a term expiring June 30, 2029.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-15
adopted 38-0 |
| KY | SR274 | Intro
25% | Confirm the appointment of Janie Greer to the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees for a term expiring June 30, 2029.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-15
adopted 38-0 |
| KY | SR273 | Pass | Urge the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville to schedule men's and women's basketball games at the arenas of Kentucky's other NCAA Division I schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-15
adopted by voice vote |
| KY | SR276 | Intro
25% | Confirm the appointment of Cynthia Jean Nichols to the Western Kentucky University Board of Regents for a term expiring July 9, 2029.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-15
adopted 38-0 |
| KY | SR380 | Intro
25% | Confirm the appointment of John L. Holbrook to the Morehead State University Board of Regents for a term expiring July 9, 2029.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-15
adopted 38-0 |
| KY | SR357 | Intro
25% | Confirm the appointment of Matthew Edwin Price to the Murray State University Board of Regents for a term expiring June 30, 2027.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-15
adopted 38-0 |
| KY | SR356 | Intro
25% | Confirm the appointment of G.L. Ovey to the Murray State University Board of Regents for a term expiring July 9, 2029.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-15
adopted 38-0 |
| KY | SR329 | Intro
25% | Confirm the appointment of Elizabeth Griffin McCoy to the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees for a term expiring June 30, 2028.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-15
adopted 38-0 |
| KY | SR304 | Intro
25% | Confirm the appointment of Andrew Belcher to the Governor's Postsecondary Education Nominating Committee for a term expiring April 14, 2026.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-15
adopted 38-0 |
| 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 | HB319 | Engross
50% | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 164 to establish the Kentucky Cybersecurity (KentuckyCYBER) Program and governing board within the Council on Postsecondary Education; establish the purpose and duties of KentuckyCYBER Governing Board; create the Ke...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-12
To Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | HB6 | Veto | The State/Executive Branch Budget: Detail Part I, Operating Budget; detail Part II, Capital Projects Budget; detail Part III, General Provisions; detail Part IV, State Salary/Compensation, Benefit, and Employment Policy; detail Part V, Funds Transfer...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-12
delivered to Secretary of State |
| KY | SB198 | Pass | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to establish the Kentucky Nuclear Energy Development Authority; declare that the mission of the authority is to serve as the nonregulatory, trusted state government agency on nuclear energy issues and to suppor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-12
delivered to Secretary of State |
| KY | SR258 | Pass | Honor and recognize Dr. Donna Hedgepath for her career and commitment to furthering education at Campbellsville University and throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-12
adopted by voice vote |
| KY | HB553 | Pass | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to define terms; establish the Kentucky Rural Veterinary Medicine Student Loan Repayment Program for an eligible livestock practitioner who engages in veterinary medicine in an underserved rural area or veterin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10
became law without Governor's Signature |
| KY | HB377 | Pass | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 164 to establish the Teacher Recruitment Student Loan Forgiveness Pilot Program; define eligibility for the program; direct the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to administer the program; provide monet...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
signed by Governor |
| KY | HB444 | Pass | Amend KRS 227A.060 to modify experience and education requirements for an electrician or master electrician license; require an electrician applicant or master electrician applicant to have 8,000 hours or 16,000 hours of verifiable experience, respec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
signed by Governor |
| KY | SB127 | Pass | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 164 to define terms; establish the Kentucky Aerospace, Aviation, and Defense Investment Fund Advisory Committee; establish the membership of the committee; establish the Kentucky aerospace, aviation, and defense inv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-05
signed by Governor |
| KY | HB52 | Pass | Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define "cancer screeing, test, or procedure"; require coverage for screenings, tests, and procedures performed for the purpose of detecting cancer that occur prior to diagnosis; amend KRS 304...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
signed by Governor |
| KY | SB111 | Pass | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
signed by Governor |
| KY | HB554 | Pass | Create a new section of KRS 164A.555 to 164A.630 to permit governing boards of public supported postsecondary educational institutions to elect to terminate the institution's coverage through the state fire and tornado insurance fund and obtain the c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
signed by Governor |
| KY | SB1 | Pass | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to establish the endowed research fund to be administered by the Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE) for the purposes of funding research consortiums between two or more public universities; provide that t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
signed by Governor |
| KY | HB10 | Engross
50% | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to establish the Kentucky maternal psychiatry access program, also known as the Kentucky Lifeline for Moms; establish duties and responsibilities of the program; direct that the program shall be operated by the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To Senate Rules Committee |
| KY | HB467 | Intro
25% | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216 to require all hospitals offering obstetric services and alternative birthing centers to provide or make referrals for perinatal palliative care; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to requi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | SR241 | Pass | Recognize Tori Murden McClure for her exemplary accomplishments as an explorer, author, and the President of Spalding University and congratulate her on her retirement.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
adopted by voice vote |
| KY | HR145 | Pass | Recognize July 20, 2024, as Western Kentucky University Pershing Rifles and Rebelettes Day.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
adopted by voice vote |
| 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 | HB750 | Engross
50% | Amend KRS 45A.055 to add gender-neutral language.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
To Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | HCR79 | Intro
25% | Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Workforce Innovation Task Force to conduct a review of current education and workforce development programs and provide recommendations on how to provide effective workforce development to f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 22, 2024 |
| KY | HB700 | Intro
25% | Create a new section of Subtitle17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require insurers and any exchange to provide a special enrollment period for pregnant individuals; specify requirements for coverage; require group plan insurers to provide notice of special e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15
To House Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection Committee |
| 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 | HB612 | Engross
50% | Create a section of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms to be used in the section; require the Kentucky Department of Education to establish an approved list of reading curriculum that does not use a three-cueing system; require that school districts not...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12
To Senate Committee on Committees |
| KY | HB221 | Intro
25% | 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] | 2024-03-07
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | HR78 | Pass | Recognize October 10, 2024, as Higher Education Mental Health Day in Kentucky.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07
adopted by voice vote |
| KY | HB826 | Intro
25% | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to direct school districts and public schools to act to protect Jewish students from credible threats of violence or violence motivated by antisemitism; prohibit a school district, public school, or student org...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07
To House Education Committee |
| KY | HB734 | Intro
25% | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 205 to require the eligibility periods for all public assistance programs administered by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services be extended to the maximum period of eligibility permitted under federal law; proh...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-05
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | HB630 | Engross
50% | Amend KRS 164.295 to permit Western Kentucky University to offer up to five research doctoral degree programs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-01
To Senate Committee on Committees |
| KY | SB336 | Intro
25% | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 61 to define "boy," "equal," "female," "girl," "male," "man," "sex," and "woman"; prohibit any state or local law, regulation, ordinance, or policy from treating males or females unfairly from similiarly situated me...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-01
To Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection Committee |
| KY | SB315 | Intro
25% | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to direct school districts and public schools to act to protect Jewish students from credible threats of violence or violence motivated by antisemitism; prohibit a school district, public school, or student org...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
To Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection Committee |
| KY | SB150 | Intro
25% | Amend KRS 164.7879 to establish new award grade point average qualifications and amounts for the Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship beginning with the 2024-2025 school year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
To Senate Education Committee |
| KY | SB269 | Intro
25% | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to require public postsecondary institutions offering bachelor's degrees to include at least three credit hours related to the study of the government of the United States in any graduation requirements for tho...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
To Senate Education Committee |
