Kentucky Bills

passed · Kentucky · Senate Mar 27, 2025

SR 255: A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Scottie Bryant.

This is a ceremonial resolution (SR 255), not a legislative bill with policy changes. It honors Scottie Bryant, a Kentucky coal miner, Deacon, and community member who died in February 2025, by directing the Kentucky Senate to adjourn in his memory. The resolution expresses the Senate's sympathy for his family and directs the Clerk to send a copy to his relatives. As a memorial resolution, it has no policy impact or direct effect on any laws or people beyond this symbolic gesture.

in committee · Kentucky · Senate Mar 27, 2025

SR 129: A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Kevin Nolan to the Energy Planning and Inventory Commission.

This resolution confirms Kevin Nolan's appointment to Kentucky's Energy Planning and Inventory Commission, a body that advises on energy policy and infrastructure. It directly affects Nolan (a residential electricity consumer representative) and the Commission by formally approving his 2024 gubernatorial appointment for a term ending July 1, 2026. The bill has no policy changes - it is purely procedural, following state law requiring Senate confirmation of the Governor's appointment.

in committee · Kentucky · Senate Mar 27, 2025

SR 122: A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Mark Gooch to the Energy Planning and Inventory Commission.

This resolution confirms Governor Beshear's appointment of Mark Gooch to the Energy Planning and Inventory Commission for a term ending July 1, 2026. It directly affects Mark Gooch (a Pikeville resident with experience in investment banking or utility finance) and the Commission, which advises on energy planning. The resolution serves as the required Senate confirmation for this appointment under Kentucky law.

signed · Kentucky · Senate Mar 27, 2025

SB 136: AN ACT relating to transportation and declaring an emergency.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186A to allow for an electronic record of a motor vehicle title to be stored in AVIS without the production of a paper copy of the title; provide that titles held in the system electronically have the same legal status as paper titles; allow a titled holder to request a paper title at any time; exempt from fees the first paper title for a vehicle if the title was held electronically; amend KRS 186A.035 to outline procedures and forms for transfers of vehicles held in joint ownership; amend KRS 186A.115 to allow a person presenting a vehicle for inspection to present a current operator's license from Kentucky or another state; amend KRS 186A.190 to establish procedures for electronic submission of liens, security interests and satisfactions; allow use of electronic signatures; provide for holding titles in AVIS and not producing paper titles for vehicles for which liens have been filed electronically; allow the Transportation Cabinet to remove any lien from the certificate of title in AVIS if the lien expiries and is not renewed; amend KRS 186A.195 to allow the use of electronic signatures on title lien statements; amend KRS 186A.145 to exempt from the prohibition against transferring a vehicle in cases involving delinquent ad valorem taxes transfers between individuals when the delinquent taxes are owed by a previous owner not party to the transaction; amend KRS 186A.100 to allow the use a temporary motor vehicle tags on vehicles sold in Kentucky that are being transported to another state for registration; allow county clerks to keep an electronic record of temporary tags; amend KRS 186A.017 to set time frames for county clerk processing of title applications filed through the electronic system; amend KRS 186A.220 to allow motor vehicle dealers to dealer assign all-terrain vehicles; amend KRS 235.130 to allow a county clerk to accept an affidavit of ownership to process the application of a boat title; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2027.

signed · Kentucky · Senate Mar 27, 2025

SB 65: AN ACT relating to deficient administrative regulations and declaring an emergency.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 13A to nullify two administrative regulations relating to Medicaid services after those administrative regulations were found deficient during the 2024 legislative interim; EMERGENCY.

Topics ✓ Healthcare

signed · Kentucky · House Mar 27, 2025

HB 241: AN ACT relating to education and declaring an emergency.

Allow local school districts to make up days missed by adding instructional time to student attendance days; notwithstand the requirement for the student instructional year to have 170 student attendance days; allow waiver of up to five student attendance days if a school district is unable to provide the required 1,062 hours of instruction by June 4, 2025; require local boards of education seeking to revise its calendar to submit a plan for approval to the Department of Education; allow instructional time made up and days waived to count as employee contracted days; EMERGENCY.

signed · Kentucky · House Mar 27, 2025

HJR 15: A JOINT RESOLUTION to return for permanent display on the New State Capitol grounds the granite Ten Commandments monument given to the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1971 by the Fraternal Order of Eagles.

Direct the Historic Properties Advisory Commission to return to permanent display on the New State Capitol grounds the granite Ten Commandments monument given to the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1971 by the Fraternal Order of Eagles.

signed · Kentucky · House Mar 27, 2025

HB 775: AN ACT relating to fiscal matters.

Amend KRS 65.490 to remove the minimum square-mile requirement for a development area; amend KRS 65.494 to define "existing development area" and "new development area"; allow certain new development areas to be created within an existing development area.

signed · Kentucky · Senate Mar 27, 2025

SB 84: AN ACT relating to judicial review of state agency action.

SB 84 changes how Kentucky courts review decisions made by state agencies. It requires courts to review all legal questions "from scratch" (de novo) instead of deferring to agency interpretations of laws or regulations. Courts must also resolve any remaining ambiguities in favor of limiting agency authority. This directly affects state agencies (like health or education departments) and the courts that review their actions under Kentucky law. The bill modifies existing judicial review procedures without creating new agency policies.

signed · Kentucky · Senate Mar 27, 2025

SB 19: AN ACT relating to permitted uses of time during the school day.

SB 19 requires all Kentucky public elementary and secondary schools to observe a one- to two-minute silent reflection period at the start of each school day. This applies to every public school in the state, with participation strictly voluntary for students who may choose to meditate, pray, or engage in any silent activity. The policy mandates that teachers cannot instruct students on what to do during this time and requires schools to notify parents about the practice. It amends existing law to formalize this daily reflection period while maintaining neutrality about individual student choices.

signed · Kentucky · House Mar 27, 2025

HB 6: AN ACT relating to administrative regulations and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 13A.010 to redefine "major economic impact"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 13A to establish limitations on the authority of an administrative body to promulgate administrative regulations; amend various sections of KRS Chapter 13A to conform; EMERGENCY; EFFECTIVE March 31, 2025.

signed · Kentucky · House Mar 27, 2025

HB 240: AN ACT relating to primary school.

Amend KRS 158.305 to require kindergarten students to be given a universal screener within the final 10 instructional days of the school year; beginning with the 2025-2026 school year require that a student remain in kindergarten for an additional year if he or she did not make adequate progress in kindergarten; prohibit a school from requiring a student who turns seven by August 1 to remain in kindergarten; require the school to reevaluate the reading improvement plan of any student remaining in kindergarten; allow a student provided an additional year in kindergarten to advance through the primary program when it is determined to be in the student's best interest.

Topics ✓ Education

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