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State Legislature US Congress

All 14,689 Active 326 In committee 5,859 Passed 4,038 Signed 1,952 Failed 158

signed · Kentucky · Senate Mar 20, 2023

SB 213: AN ACT relating to biosolids.

Create a new section of Subchapter 50 of KRS Chapter 224 to require the Energy and Environment Cabinet to promulgate new administrative regulations to regulate biosolids from wastewater treatment at a publicly owned treatment works in conformity with and no more stringent than federal standards under 40 C.F.R. pt. 503.

signed · Kentucky · Senate Mar 20, 2023

SB 112: AN ACT relating to the confidentiality of tax information.

Amend KRS 67.790 to allow counties to divulge tax information to taxing jurisdictions when requested for audit purposes; make technical changes.

signed · Kentucky · House Mar 20, 2023

HB 587: AN ACT relating to internal audit functions at public pension funds.

Amend KRS 61.505 to require the Kentucky Public Pensions Authority to appoint or contract for the services of an Internal Auditor to perform internal audit functions as directed by the Authority; provide that the Internal Auditor shall not be subject to the hiring/employment provisions of KRS Chapter 18A, Chapter 45A, and 64.640, shall be authorized by the Authority to appoint employees under his or her direct supervision, and shall have an annual performance review.

signed · Kentucky · Senate Mar 20, 2023

SB 120: AN ACT relating to residential communities.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 381 to define terms related to planned communities; require newly organized planned communities to file a declaration in the office of the county clerk or clerks where the planned community is located; provide how an association shall be organized by declaration accompanied by bylaws that organize a board of directors and day to day functions of the board; provide the time period for periods of declarant control of the associations; provide for the duties and responsibilities of associations and their boards; provide for a process to amend declarations; provide requirements for declarations or bylaws of associations and for their board meetings; provide for rights and responsibilities of associations; require associations to keep certain financial records; provide owners the right to examine and copy certain records of associations; allow associations to assess lot owners for certain expenses; provide for annual assessments of each lot unless established otherwise in the declaration or the governing documents of the association and for an annual budget to be adopted by the association's board; require all owners, residents, tenants, and other persons to comply with any covenants, conditions, and restrictions of planned communities and associations; provide for associations to have a continuing lien for non-payment of levied assessments; provide that an association shall not prohibit the outdoor display of political yard signs from 30 days before any primary; regular election, or special election until seven days after that election; provide that the Act may be cited as the Planned Community Act.

signed · Kentucky · House Mar 20, 2023

HB 433: AN ACT relating to financial institutions.

Amend KRS 286.9-080 to establish the dates for renewal and reinstatement of deferred deposit service business and check cashing licenses; allow the commissioner to modify dates when necessary to implement uniform national licensing procedures or to facilitate common practices and procedures among the states.

signed · Kentucky · House Mar 20, 2023

HB 241: AN ACT relating to compulsory attendance.

Amend KRS 159.030 to clarify the evidence requirements for exemption from compulsory attendance due to physical or mental conditions.

signed · Kentucky · House Mar 20, 2023

HB 75: AN ACT relating to hospital rate improvement programs and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 205.6405, relating to hospital rate improvement programs, to redefine "managed care gap" and "qualifying hospital"; amend KRS 205.6406, relating to hospital rate improvement programs, to add inpatient services and include add-on amounts to the calculation of payments; modify the formula for the calculation of payments; provide that certain payments made under the programs do not count against any spending or appropriation limits; permit the Department for Medicaid Services to create a program to increase outpatient reimbursement within the Medicaid fee-for-service program; direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to request any necessary state plan amendment, waiver, or other authorization from a federal agency; RETROACTIVE; EMERGENCY.

signed · Kentucky · House Mar 20, 2023

HB 534: AN ACT relating to required publications.

Amend KRS 424.120 to allow legally required notices in a publication area to be published on a digital newspapers website if that digital newspaper meets certain qualifications; amend KRS 424.145 to allow a local government to publish an advertisement directing the public to its notice website on a digital newspaper website.

signed · Kentucky · House Mar 20, 2023

HB 442: AN ACT relating to authorizing the payment of certain claims against the state which have been duly audited and approved according to law and have not been paid because of the lapsing or insufficiency of former appropriations against which the claims were chargeable or the lack of an appropriate procurement document in place, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.

Appropriate funds for the payment of claims against the Commonwealth; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.

signed · Kentucky · Senate Mar 20, 2023

SB 153: AN ACT relating to state government.

Amend KRS 18A.070 to make a technical correction.

signed · Kentucky · House Mar 20, 2023

HB 287: AN ACT relating to charitable gaming.

Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 238; adjust membership of the Charitable Gaming Advisory Commission and direct semiannual meetings rather than quarterly; remove fingerprint requirements for license applicants; require manufacturer and distributor applicants to disclose on application any criminal, administrative, or civil action against them in any jurisdiction; enable a licensed charitable organization to maintain its license across county lines; delete obsolete language regarding charitable organizations registered with a county clerk on or before March 31, 1992; increase bingo session payout limit from $5,000 to $10,000; exempt designated licensed charitable organizations from the two-day deposit requirement and allow weekly deposits instead; limit the deposit exemption to weeks in which the organization's deposits of gross receipts and adjusted gross receipts total less than $2,500 in the week prior to the deposit.

signed · Kentucky · House Mar 20, 2023

HB 170: AN ACT relating to coverage for medical services.

Create new sections of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health insurance coverage for oocyte and sperm preservation services and medical services related to testicular and other urological cancers; create new sections of Subtitles 17C and 38A of KRS Chapter 304 to require limited health service benefit plans and limited health service organizations to comply with coverage requirements for medical services related to testicular and other urological cancers; amend KRS 18A.225 and 164.2871 to require the state employee health plan and state postsecondary education institutions to comply with coverage requirements for oocyte and sperm preservation services and medical services related to testicular and other urological cancers; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2024.