Kentucky Bills

in committee · Kentucky · House Mar 4, 2025

HB 280: AN ACT relating to information technology systems and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 7A.180 to rename the Investments in Information Technology Improvement and Modernization Projects Oversight Board to the Information Technology Oversight Committee; define "application," "cybersecurity system," and "legacy system"; amend KRS 7A.185 to conform; amend KRS 7A.190 to require state agencies to report on information technology systems or applications not later than July 15, 2025, and not later than April 15, 2027, and biennially thereafter; EMERGENCY.

in committee · Kentucky · House Mar 4, 2025

HB 500: AN ACT relating to administrative regulations.

HB 500 amends Kentucky's KRS 13A.350 to make technical corrections to the state's administrative regulations statute. It clarifies that all administrative regulations must conform to this chapter and repeals any existing laws or grants of authority that conflict with it. This affects state agencies and departments that create regulations, ensuring their rules align with current statutory requirements. The bill makes no substantive policy changes - only correcting technical inconsistencies in existing law.

in committee · Kentucky · House Mar 4, 2025

HB 8: AN ACT relating to education.

Amend KRS 158.645 to modify language on core capacities, specify the intent of K-5 education, and define terms; amend KRS 156.070 to give the state board the responsibility for adopting or rejecting the state academic standards, adopting or rejecting instructional materials collections, setting a timeline for adoption updates, and ensuring alignment of academics across the state; create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to require the Kentucky Department of Education to deconstruct the approved academic standards and provide free guides to districts with sample curricula; amend KRS 156.395 to define "instructional materials collections"; amend KRS 156.405 to change the State Textbook Commission into the State Instructional Materials Council, require the State Instructional Materials Council to recommend instructional materials collections to the state board for adoption; amend KRS 156.415 to conform; amend KRS 156.433 to require school districts to utilize instructional materials collections from list approved by the state board; amend KRS 156.474, 156.407, 156.410, 156.420, and 156.425 to conform; amend KRS 156.435 to require the State Instructional Materials Council and Kentucky Department of Education to publish the approved instructional materials collections list on its website; amend KRS 156.437, 156.438, 156.439, 156.440, 156.445, 156.460, 156.465, 156.470, and 156.476 to conform; amend KRS 158.6452 to modify membership of the School Curriculum, Assessment, and Accountability Council, and require biennial report on membership and meetings by commissioner; amend KRS 158.6453 to require the School Curriculum, Assessment, and Accountability Council recommend academic standards to the state board for adoption, specify adoption update timeline; require Education Professional Standards Board to require alignment with academic standards as condition of educator preparation program approval; amend KRS 7.410 to conform; amend KRS 157.360 to remove school-based decision making council ability to waive class size maximums in kindergarten through grade one; amend KRS 157.195 and 158.6450 to conform.

Topics ✗ Education

in committee · Kentucky · Senate Feb 28, 2025

SB 5: AN ACT relating to public schools.

Amend KRS 160.346 to include identification as a state intervention school when a school enters comprehensive support and improvement status and does not make annual improvement for two years or does not exit the status after three years; create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to define "state intervention school"; require the identification of state intervention schools with the 2027-2028 school year; establish the procedures for identification; require the commissioner of education to take management of the state intervention school and develop an intervention plan to the Kentucky Board of Education for approval; establish the authorities of the commissioner of education over the state intervention school; establish the criteria for a school to exit status as an state intervention school; create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to establish a procedure for a local board of education to submit a waiver request to the Kentucky Board of Education to waive a statute or administrative regulation; set the terms and limitations of a waivers; authorize the identification of schools of innovation and establish parameters for the status; establish procedures for the renewal of approved waivers; provide the conditions and procedure for rescinding waivers by the state board; authorize the promulgation of administrative regulations to adopt necessary forms and procedures to process waiver requests; amend various sections to conform; repeal KRS 156.108 and 160.107; provide that the Act may be cited as the School Improvement and Innovation Act.

in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 28, 2025

HB 519: AN ACT relating to the retirement of fossil fuel-fired electric generating units.

Amend KRS 278.264 to prohibit the Public Service Commission from authorizing any decommissioning surcharge or recovery of any retirement or stranded asset costs through rates for a utility that has received approval from the commission to retire a fossil fuel-fired electric generating unit in which the utility has any undepreciated investment.

Topics ✗ Energy

in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 28, 2025

HB 490: AN ACT relating to local transient room taxes.

Amend KRS 91A.390 to require a quarterly filing of local transient room taxes for a person that facilitates the rental of the accommodations by brokering, coordinating, or in any other way arranging for the rental; create new section of KRS Chapter 91A.345 to 91A.394 to require local governing bodies who assess various local transient room taxes to provide information to the Secretary of State regarding those taxes and require the Secretary of State to develop a standard return, methods for electronic filing and payment, and publish contact information for local taxing districts; amend KRS 91A.392, 153.440, and 153.450 to conform; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2025.

in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 28, 2025

HB 169: AN ACT relating to school board elections.

Amend KRS 160.200 to require the offices of boards of education to have a partisan primary or partisan election; amend KRS 160.210 to require school board candidates to have emblems of political party affiliation presented on the ballot; amend various KRS sections to conform; and repeal KRS 160.250 and 160.260, relating to election of local board of education members.

in committee · Kentucky · Senate Feb 28, 2025

SCR 61: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Make America Healthy Again Kentucky Task Force to explore ways to integrate the principles of the Make America Healthy Again movement to improve health outcomes of Kentuckians.

State the General Assembly's support for the goals of the Make America Healthy Again movement; establish the Make America Healthy Again Kentucky Task Force to integrate the principles of the Make America Healthy Again movement; establish task force membership; require the task force to submit a report with recommendations to the Governor and the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2025.

in committee · Kentucky · Senate Feb 28, 2025

SB 236: AN ACT relating to bench warrants.

SB 236 limits the duration of bench warrants for misdemeanor or violation cases where a person failed to appear in court after proper notice. The bill requires such warrants to expire one year after issuance unless the court renews them following proof that law enforcement attempted service. This directly affects individuals charged with minor offenses who miss court dates, changing how long authorities can seek their arrest for non-appearance. The key provision replaces indefinite warrant validity with a fixed one-year term, aiming to reduce outdated or unnecessary active warrants.

Topics ✓ Criminal Justice

in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 28, 2025

HB 731: AN ACT relating to legislative ethics.

Create new section of KRS 6.601 to 6.849 to prohibit sexual harassment by any legislator or legislative agent to a legislator, legislative, or legislative branch employee; define "sexual harassment."

Topics ✓ Labor & Employment

in committee · Kentucky · Senate Feb 28, 2025

SB 171: AN ACT relating to eminent domain.

Create a new section of KRS 262.900 to 262.920 to prohibit the taking of property subject to an agricultural conservation easement by eminent domain; allow public hearing on a proposed taking of property subject to an agricultural conservation easement before the local soil and water conservation district board of supervisors; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to allow an owner of property adjoining a property condemned by eminent domain to bring a civil action against the condemnor for damages to property; create a new section of KRS Chapter 413 to establish a five-year statute of limitations for actions by adjoining property owners against condemnors; create a new section of KRS Chapter 416 to prohibit land condemned by eminent domain from being used for the construction of solar energy facilities; amend KRS 262.850 to prohibit the taking of property within the boundaries of an agricultural district by eminent domain; require condemnors to provide a written report at public hearing justifying condemnation due to lack of feasible alternative locations; amend KRS 382.850 to prohibit the taking of property subject to a conservation easement by eminent domain; allow an owner of property subject to a conservation easement who has been served with a summons of condemnation proceedings to request a public hearing before the local soil and water conservation district board of supervisors; require condemnors to provide a written report at public hearing justifying condemnation due to lack of feasible alternative locations; amend KRS 416.560 to specify requirements for contents of notice of entry to owners of property; establish penalty for failure to give notice; amend KRS 416.570 to require a petition for condemnation proceedings to contain statements that the property is not subject to an easement that prohibits taking by eminent domain and that there are no reasonable alternate locations or routes for the proposed project; amend KRS 416.580 to require the appointment of a certified independent real estate appraiser to the group of commissioners who establish the value of condemned property; amend KRS 416.610 to require the condemnor to pay expenses and reasonable attorney's fees in a condemnation proceeding; amend KRS 416.620 to require the condemnor to pay expenses and reasonable attorney's fees in a condemnation proceeding; amend KRS 416.660 to establish a highest and best use valuation for condemned property; establish the payment of a premium of 125% for any condemned property used for conservation, farm, or agricultural purposes; amend KRS 416.675 to define "private owner."

Topics ✓ Environment

in committee · Kentucky · Senate Feb 28, 2025

SB 198: AN ACT relating to the protection of veterans' benefits.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 40 to impose restrictions on persons seeking to receive compensation for advising or assisting with veterans' benefits claims; provide that attorneys and law firms seeking to receive compensation shall be governed by 38 C.F.R. sec.14.636.

Topics ✓ Veterans

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