Amend KRS 158.162 to define "critical incident," require investigations in emergency plans for critical incidents, and state the goals of the investigations; amend KRS 158.4410 to task the state school security marshal with investigating serious physical injury or death incidents that occur on school property, at school-sanctioned events, or during interscholastic athletic events; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to outline the parameters of the investigation, require referral of potential criminal charges, and require necessary administrative regulations; amend KRS 72.025 to require the coroner conduct an autopsy in deaths occuring on public or nonpublic school property or during a school-sanctioned event.
Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a memorial highway in Pulaski County in honor of fallen officers John Coomer, Hiram Gregory, Charlie Wright, and George Prentice Southwood.
Amend KRS 217.186 to require each public postsecondary educational institution to provide access to opioid antagonists on campus; permit access to be provided by emergency opioid antagonist cabinets; permit application for funds from the opioid abatement trust fund and other available sources to coordinate, maintain, and supply the opioid antagonists; amend KRS 15.291 to add providing access to opioid antagonists on the campuses of public postsecondary educational institutions to the list of projects that may be provided with funding from the opioid abatement trust fund.
Amend KRS 218B.010 to add additional qualifying medical conditions for the use of medicinal cannabis; amend KRS 218B.025 to exempt medicinal cannabis resulting from at-home cultivation activities from possession limits and from the requirement that medicinal cannabis be kept in the original container received from a dispensary; amend KRS 218B.030 to conform; amend KRS 218B.035 to permit the use or consumption of medicinal cannabis by smoking while located on private property owned by the cardholder; amend KRS 218B.080 to conform; amend KRS 218B.140 to remove the requirement that raw plant packaged or sold in the state be marked or labeled as "not intended for consumption by smoking"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 218B to permit registered qualified patients who are at least 18 years of age and designated caregivers to possess, cultivate, and harvest up to three mature medicinal cannabis plants and three seedlings on private property owned by the cardholder.
HJR 38 is a symbolic resolution naming a specific bridge on U.S. Highway 31E in Nelson County, Kentucky (Bridge ID #090B00113N over Beech Fork River) as the "Nelson County Veterans Bridge." It requires the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet to install signs identifying the bridge within 30 days of the resolution taking effect. The bill directly honors veterans from Nelson County who served in the U.S. Armed Forces, with no new policies, funding, or legal obligations beyond the naming and signage. This is a commemorative action with no substantive policy changes.
Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate the Tompkinsville Bypass on Kentucky Route 163 in Monroe County as the Doctor William Lynwood Montell Memorial Highway.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 171 to establish the Kids Love to Read Program; specify the program is for children in kindergarten through grade five; require books to be sent to children's homes; require the Department for Libraries and Archives to promulgate administrative regulations necessary to administer the program; appropriate $500,000 in fiscal year 2025-2026 to support the program; APPROPRIATION.
HJR 47 designates a specific section of Kentucky Route 80 in Leslie County (from Daisy Lane to Pool Drive intersection) as the "Venita Caldwell Memorial Highway" to honor her 40-year career teaching at Hazard Community College. The resolution requires the Transportation Cabinet to install appropriate signage within 30 days of the resolution taking effect. This is a commemorative measure with no new policy or funding impacts.
Amend KRS 342.610 to remove the presumption that the use of an illegal substance prior to an accident caused the injury; provide that the use of an illegal substance shall be the proximate cause of the injury.
Amend KRS 18A.225, 78.510, 156.095, 157.063 158.038, 158.189, 158.196, 158.305, 158.4416, 158.4433, 158.8402, 158.843, 160.152, 160.153, 161.164, 161.220, and 218B.045 to remove references to public charter schools; repeal KRS 160.1590, 160.1591, 160.15911, 160.1592, 160.1593, 160.1594, 160.1595, 160.1596, 160.1597, 160.1598, 160.1599, and 161.141 relating to public charter schools.
HB 558 extends the eligibility period for Kentucky's Educational Excellence Scholarships (KEES) from five to eight years after high school graduation. This change directly affects current KEES recipients, allowing them more time to complete their undergraduate studies at participating Kentucky colleges or universities. The bill amends two sections of Kentucky law (KRS 164.7881 and 164.7884) to update the timeframe, while maintaining existing requirements like maintaining a minimum 2.5 GPA to continue receiving benefits. Students who need to pause studies due to serious illness may also qualify for additional extensions under the new provisions. The policy change focuses on providing greater flexibility for scholarship recipients without altering award amounts or academic standards.
Amend KRS 222.504 and 222.506 to require that recovery residences be inspected at least annually by state or local officials capable of ensuring compliance with all state and local zoning, building code, and fire safety laws, administrative regulations, and ordinances and establish maximum occupancy standards for recovery residences; amend KRS 222.510 to permit local governments to require an individual or entity seeking to establish a recovery residence to provide notice up to six months in advance to all property owners within 1,000 feet of the property on which the recovery residence will be located; EMERGENCY.
