Rep. Daniel Grossberg

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.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the Department for Medicaid Services to submit a Medicaid preprint to establish a supplemental payment program for public ground ambulance providers.

Amend KRS 186A.100, 186A.105, and 186A.110 to amend the processes for motor vehicle dealers' applications for and use of temporary tags for motor vehicles sold by the dealer; allow county clerks to keep logs of temporary tags in electronic format; enumerate prohibited activities on the part of a dealer in relation to the application and issuance of temporary tags; amend KRS 186A.990 to set the penalty for theft, fraudulent production or copying, or improper use of a temporary tag at a Class D felony; subject motor vehicle dealers, salespersons, and agents who violate the laws governing temporary tags to additional penalties in KRS 190.990; amend KRS 190.990 to establish penalties for motor vehicle dealers, salespersons, and agents; amend KRS 189.990 to expressly include temporary tags under the penalties for using stolen registration plates.

Amend KRS 121.015, relating to campaign finance, to define terms; create new sections of KRS Chapter 121 to establish reporting and record retention requirements for political issues committees and persons making independent expenditures; prohibit political issues committees from knowingly and willfully soliciting or accepting contributions from prohibited sources; establish certification requirements for treasurers of political issues committees and donors making contributions and independent expenditures; define activity that creates a presumption of a violation; prohibit foreign nationals from making a donation, contribution, or expenditure, soliciting another person to make a donation, contribution, or expenditure, or participating in another person's decision to influence a ballot measure; establish a cause of action for accepting or soliciting contributions from prohibited sources and failing to certify, report, or retain records; establish a right of privacy in donations to tax-exempt organizations; establish a penalty for a state or local governmental entity, court, or officer of the court that violates the right of privacy; amend KRS 121.190 to require a "paid for by" disclosure for advertisements advocating or opposing a ballot measure.

Amend KRS 164.773, relating to the Student Teacher Stipend Program, to specify that an eligible student is a Kentucky resident as determined by the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority (authority) and is student teaching at a Kentucky public school or certified nonpublic school; specify that the authority shall disburse stipend funds to eligible students directly or through the participating institution; allow the authority to establish criteria for an eligible student who is student teaching outside of Kentucky but is otherwise eligible.

Maddy summaryHB 132 allows students admitted to inpatient medical facilities (like hospitals) to begin receiving home or hospital instruction on the day they are admitted, rather than waiting for administrative processing. This directly affects students with medical conditions requiring inpatient care and their school districts, ensuring they can start receiving educational support immediately upon admission. The bill maintains existing requirements, such as needing a doctor's statement and meeting minimum instructional standards (two sessions weekly, one hour each, by a certified teacher). It also clarifies that students receiving this instruction count toward school attendance requirements under state law. The change streamlines access to education during medical treatment without altering disability-specific placement procedures.

Amend KRS 95.500 to allow, absent a collective bargaining agreement, specified fire personnel to have schedules consisting of 48 hours on duty followed by 96 hours of off duty time; specify that collective bargaining agreements maintained by a city or urban-county government may control work hours in lieu of the specified schedules.

Maddy summaryHB 164, known as Braylon's Law, allows Kentucky courts to finalize adoptions after a child's death during placement in the adoptive home. It applies to pending adoption cases where the child dies while living with the petitioner, requiring the court to review a guardian's report, hold a hearing, and confirm the adoption meets standard legal requirements. The law enables adoptive parents to legally complete the adoption process even after the child's passing, with the same legal effect as a standard adoption. This change directly affects prospective adoptive parents and courts handling ongoing adoption proceedings. The bill was enacted into law on March 15, 2025.

Amend KRS 367.620 to define terms; amend KRS 367.622 to establish right to cancel a real estate goods or services contract within five business days after an insurer's notice of noncoverage; amend KRS 367.624 to establish notice requirements for real estate goods or services contracts; amend KRS 367.626 to establish cancellation and other requirements for real estate goods or services contracts; amend KRS 367.627 and 367.628 to establish penalties and requirements relating to real estate goods or services trade practices associated with property and casualty insurance; provide that the Act applies to contracts entered on or after the effective date of the Act.

Amend KRS 217.187 to increase the yearly yield of pure and unadultered Kentucky honey sold from 150 gallons to 500 gallons before requiring a person to process the honey in a certified honey house or seek a permit from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.