Kentucky Bills

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 4, 2022

HB 50: AN ACT relating to pari-mutuel tax.

Amend KRS 138.510 to impose a 1.5% surtax on historical horse races, on or after October 1, 2022; amend KRS 138.513 to impose a 2.5% surtax on advance deposit account wagers; amend KRS 138.530 and 230.750 to conform.

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 4, 2022

HB 37: AN ACT relating to implicit bias in perinatal care.

Amend KRS 211.680 to expand the scope of the legislative intent and findings; create new sections of KRS Chapter 211 to define terms; require licensed health facilities under KRS Chapter 216B to provide each patient with written information regarding the patient's rights and implement an evidence-based implicit bias program for all health providers involved in the perinatal care of patients within those facilities; require the Department for Public Health to track data on maternal death and severe morbidity.

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 4, 2022

HB 22: AN ACT relating to Women Veterans' Appreciation Day.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to designate June 12 as Women Veterans' Appreciation Day in the Commonwealth.

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 4, 2022

HB 60: AN ACT relating to health care to provide for an all-payer claims database and making an appropriation therefor.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 194A to require the executive director of the Office of Health Data and Analytics to establish an advisory committee to make recommendations regarding the creation and implementation of a Kentucky all-payer claims database; establish the Kentucky all-payer claims database fund; require the executive director to establish the database if certain conditions are met; set forth requirements for the database; amend KRS 304.2-100 to require the commissioner of the Department of Insurance to assist; create a new section of Subtitle 99 of KRS Chapter 304 to require the commissioner to promulgate administrative regulations designating the assessment of a fine for persons that do not comply with reporting requirements; establish short title; permit the executive director to make an application for a grant under 42 U.S.C. sec. 247d-11; APPROPRIATION.

in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 4, 2022

SB 21: AN ACT relating to the screening of tenants.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 383 to limit applicant screening charges for charges made within a 60 day period; prohibit landlords from charging screening fees without notice to the applicant; require screening criteria from landlords; require landlords to return charges if the dwelling is filled before the screening; disallow landlords from considering applicant's certain previous actions, arrests, or criminal charges; require landlords provide denied applicants with a written statement pursuant to specific criteria putting forth one or more reasons for the denial.

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 4, 2022

HB 150: AN ACT proposing an Amendment to Section 29 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to citizen ballot initiatives.

Propose to amend Section 29 of the Constitution of Kentucky to establish the initiative power of the people to propose laws and to enact or reject proposed initiatives at an election; establish procedures for initiatives, effect of adopted initiatives, and parameters for the subject of any initiative; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 4, 2022

HB 13: AN ACT relating to health education.

Repeal and reenact KRS 158.1415 to require each school district to provide healthy relationship education instruction to all public school students; establish minimum requirements for the instruction; establish minimum requirements for the healthy relationship curricula and instructional materials; prohibit a school or school district from restricting the ability of an instructor to answer a question related to the instruction; require that a school make the healthy relationship curricula and instructional materials available upon the request of a parent or guardian and establish a procedure for a parent or guardian to opt a student out of the instruction; require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations necessary to implement, administer, and enforce this section; require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations requiring that each school district submit a report on healthy relationship instruction in the district biennially; require the Kentucky Department of Education to maintain a list of recommended healthy relationship curricula and instructional materials; permit a parent or guardian to file an enforcement action in Circuit Court.

in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 4, 2022

SB 24: AN ACT relating to firearms.

Amend KRS 16.220 to require the destruction of confiscated firearms; amend various sections to conform.

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 4, 2022

HB 67: AN ACT relating to curriculum.

Amend KRS 156.160 to require public middle and high school curriculum to include instruction on the history of racism.

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 4, 2022

HB 119: AN ACT relating to corporal punishment in schools.

Create a new section of KRS 158.440 to 158.449 to define "corporal punishment"; prohibit a person employed by a school district from using corporal physical discipline; amend KRS 158.444 to remove corporal punishment as a form of discipline in a school; amend KRS 503.110 to remove the exception that permitted the use of physical force by a teacher against a minor.

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 4, 2022

HB 27: AN ACT relating to the taxation of feminine hygiene products.

Amend KRS 139.010 to define "feminine hygiene products"; amend KRS 139.480 to exempt from sales and use tax the sale or purchase of feminine hygiene products; apply to sales or purchases made on or after August 1, 2022.

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 4, 2022

HB 14: AN ACT relating to public education and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 158.183 to require a local board of education or board of a public charter school to ensure that no public school or public charter school offers any classroom instruction or discussion that incorporates designated concepts related to race, sex, and religion; provide that a school district employee that violates the prohibition is subject to disciplinary action; authorize the Attorney General to enforce the prohibition; authorize a penalty of $5,000 for each day a violation persists after the Attorney General issues notification that a violation has occurred; require the commissioner of education to deduct the penalty from funds distributed to a school district; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to provide that no student enrolled at a public postsecondary education institution shall be required to engage in any form of mandatory gender or sexual diversity training or counseling; title the Act the "Education Non-Discrimination Act"; EMERGENCY.

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