Amend KRS 381.800 to establish that the provisions apply to all planned communities and any provision in an existing document to the contrary is void.
Rep. Matt Lockett
Sponsored bills
Amend KRS 514.060, relating to theft of services, to include the conduct of a person holding the property of another under a rental agreement longer than the period agreed upon and depriving the owner of its use for future rentals.
Amend KRS 500.130 to define terms; provide that the use of an unmanned aircraft system is not prohibited in the case of recreational or professional use if there is not intent to conduct surveillance on private property and there is no unauthorized use or publication of images of individuals or areas of private property, or in the case of an insurance company for purposes of underwriting a risk or investigating damage; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to establish a civil action; create a new section of KRS Chapter 413 to establish a statute of limitations for the civil action.
Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Kentucky Discipline of Government Efficiency (KY DOGE) Task Force to study Executive Branch expenditures and provide recommendations for efficiency in government operations; require the task force to meet monthly during the 2025 Interim, and submit its findings and recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2025.
Amend KRS 304.39-020 to modify requirements for medical expenses submitted pursuant to the Motor Vehicle Reparations Act; amend KRS 304.39-210 to establish requirements for reparations obligors paying medical expenses and persons submitting and collecting on medical expenses.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 367 to define terms; prohibit a minor under 14 years old from contracting with a social media platform to become an account holder; require social media platforms to terminate any account held by an account holder younger than 14 years old; prohibit minors who are 14 or 15 years old from contracting with a social media platform to become an account holder without parental consent; require social media platforms to terminate the account of any minor under 15 years old if requested by a parent or the minor account holder; provide that if a court enjoins the parental consent requirement for account holders who are 14 or 15 years old, that provision is severable and a provision that requires social media platforms to prohibit minors who are 14 or 15 years old from creating or maintaining an account shall instead apply; require social media platforms to permanently delete all personal information related to a terminated account; require app store providers to verify user ages, obtain parental consent for minor accounts, notify users and parents of significant changes, share age and consent data with developers, and protect age verification data; prohibit app store providers from misrepresenting parental consent disclosures; require developers to verify age and consent status through app stores and notify app stores of significant changes; prohibit developers from misrepresenting parental consent disclosures; require the Office of Consumer Protection within the Office of the Attorney General to promulgate administrative regulations to establish standards for age verification methods; provide that violations are a deceptive act or practice in the conduct of trade or commerce under KRS 367.170; provide that a parent or guardian has a private right of action for violations; provide a safe harbor for compliant developers.
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.
Amend KRS 211.190 to make water fluoridation programs optional; allow the governing bodies of water systems subject to regulation by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to decide whether they participate in water fluoridation programs; provide that a water fluoridation program in place on the effective date of the Act continues until action is taken by its governing body to end its participation; provide that any decision regarding participation in a water fluoridation program made by the governing body of a water system shall be binding on all water systems it supplies.
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.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 394 to enact the Uniform Electronic Wills Act; define terms; establish the applicability of electronic wills; address the effect of a will electronically executed in another jurisdiction; establish requirements for executing and revoking an electronic will; address records that are not executed in compliance with the requirements for an electronic will; provide requirements for an electronic will to be self-proving; allow for certified paper copies of an electronic will; create new sections of KRS Chapter 394 to enact the Uniform Electronic Estate Planning Documents Act; define terms; establish that a non-testamentary estate planning document or a signature on a non-testamentary estate planning document may not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because it is in electronic form; provide that an electronic record of a document satisfies a requirement for a non-testamentary estate planning document to be in writing; establish notarization, acknowledgment, and verification requirements; create new sections of KRS Chapter 386 to enact the Kentucky Qualified Dispositions in Trust Act; define terms; establish requirements for qualified affidavit; prohibit claims by creditors against property subject to a qualified disposition to a qualified trust except under limited circumstances; provide that limitations on actions by creditors do not apply to past due child support, past due maintenance to a spouse or former spouse, or a written agreement, judgment, or order of a court for division of marital property of a spouse or former spouse; limit powers and rights of transferor to those conferred by the qualified trust; establish rules for avoiding a qualified disposition to a qualified trust; address rights of trustee and beneficiary when a qualified disposition has been avoided; provide that a spendthrift provision acts as a restriction on the transferor's beneficial interest in the trust under law other than bankruptcy law; enumerate persons who may not act as a qualified trustee; allow a transferor to appoint trust advisors; provide for the appointment of a successor trustee in certain circumstances; provide that the inclusion of certain provisions in the qualified trust instrument does not deem the trust to be revocable; application to trusts and dispositions of property on or after effective date of Act; establish a new subchapter of KRS Chapter 386B and create new sections to enact the Uniform Directed Trust Act; define terms; establish that Act does not apply to powers of appointment; subject trust directors to same rules, liabilities, and fiduciary duties as trustees; enumerate powers of trust director and responsibilities of trustee in a trust under direction; provide for liability of trust director for breach of trust; time limitation for breach of trust action; require communication of information between trustees and trust directors; establish a new subchapter of KRS Chapter 386B and create new sections to enact the Uniform Trust Decanting Act; define terms; applicability of provisions; require fiduciaries to act in accordance with fiduciary duties in exercising trust decanting power; specify notice requirements prior to exercise of the decanting power; address authority to represent and bind or another person under a first-trust instrument; allow court intervention in disputes regarding the exercise of the decanting power; require an exercise of the decanting power to be made in a record signed by an authorized fiduciary; allow an authorized fiduciary with expanded distributive discretion over the principal of a first trust to exercise decanting power over the principal of the first trust; specify trust provisions and actions permissible when property is decanted to a second trust by such a fiduciary; allow an authorized fiduciary with limited distributive discretion over the principal of a first trust to exercising decanting power over the principal of the first rust; specify trust provisions and actions permissible when property is decanted to a second trust by such a fiduciary; establish rules for decanting to a special needs trust; establish rules to protect charitable trust interests; provide for limitations on decanting power through restrictions in a first-trust instrument; prohibit decanting to a second trust to increase fiduciary compensation unless beneficiaries of the second trust agree to the increase or it is approved by a court; address fiduciary compensation and liability in a second-trust instrument; provide for limitations on authority of authorized fiduciary to exercise decanting power to modify provisions relating to removal or replacement of the fiduciary; set limitations for exercise of the decanting power with respect to transfers of property affecting tax liability; specify requirements for duration of a second trust; allow authorized fiduciary to exercise decanting power regardless of whether the fiduciary could have made or would have been compelled to make a discretionary distribution under discretionary distribution standard of the first trust; provide for circumstances where decanting power is effective even if second trust does not comply in part with the provisions of the Act; provide for decanting powers to an animal trust; provide that a settlor of a first trust is deemed to be settlor of first trust; establish rules for disposition of later-discovered property; provide that obligations enforceable against first trust are enforceable to same extent against second trust; require provisions to be applied and construed so as to promote uniformity among states; conform to federal requirements related to electronic signatures and records; amend and repeal various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to conform; establish short titles.