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; provide that the Act may be cited as the Education for Healthy Youth Act.
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Maddy summaryHB 803 repeals Kentucky Revised Statute 338.062, which previously set occupational safety standards capped at federal levels and exempted public employees from certain state regulations. This bill directly affects how Kentucky enforces workplace safety rules, removing the federal cap on state standards and ending the specific exemption for public employees. The repeal is procedural, with no new standards or mechanisms added - only the removal of the existing statutory language. The bill is currently in committee review after its February 2025 introduction.
Amend KRS 424.145 to remove the population restriction and make the alternative publication procedure available to all local governments as defined; stipulate that the local government must submit the advertisement to the newspaper in a timely manner for publication within the prescribed limits; make technical corrections.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 337 to require the Office of Kentucky Center for Statistics to establish a certified living wage based on occupation type and geographic area utilizing data from the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics if the employer receives certain financial incentives from local, state, or federal agencies; amend KRS 151B.133 to require the Office of Kentucky Center for Statistics to establish a certified living wage by July 1 and every year thereafter; amend KRS 337.990 to establish civil penalties.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to define terms; establish the future Kentucky teacher scholarship; define eligibility for the program; direct the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to administer the program; provide monetary awards for student loan repayment for eligible students who complete qualified teaching service; establish the future Kentucky teacher scholarship fund.
Amend KRS 6.072 to require witnesses appearing before a committee, interim committee, statutory committee, subcommittee, commission, or task force of the General Assembly to take an oath prior to giving testimony and that any oath administered is video recorded.
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for FDA-approved prescription drugs for the treatment of postpartum mood disorders; allow the suspension of the coverage requirement for FDA-approved prescription drugs for the treatment of postpartum mood disorders under qualified health plans if cost defrayment required by the state; amend KRS 205.522, 205.6485, 18A.225, and 164.2871 to require Medicaid, Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program, the state health employee health plan, and a self-insured employer group health plan provided by a state postsecondary education institution to its employees to comply; direct that provisions apply to health benefit plans issued on or after January 1, 2026; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2026.
Maddy summaryHB 656 adds "weight" as a protected characteristic under Kentucky's employment discrimination law, prohibiting employers from discriminating against job applicants or employees based on body size in hiring, firing, compensation, or workplace conditions. It updates existing law to include weight alongside categories like race, sex, and disability, while clarifying that employers must provide reasonable accommodations for pregnancy-related needs (e.g., breastfeeding breaks) without requiring unpaid leave. The bill also requires employers to provide written notices about these protections to new hires and post them visibly, and specifies that health plan differences based on smoking status remain legal. This directly affects all Kentucky employers and employees covered by state anti-discrimination laws.
Maddy summaryHB 563 amends Kentucky's veterans' benefits statute (KRS 40.050) to replace gendered language like "his or her" with gender-neutral terms. This change directly affects all veterans and their beneficiaries receiving payments under this law, ensuring inclusive language in eligibility and payment provisions. The bill does not alter benefit amounts ($9/month for domestic service, $15/month for overseas service, or $300/$500 caps), only updating the statutory language to be inclusive. It is a procedural update to align the law with modern inclusive terminology.
Maddy summaryHJR 60 is a symbolic resolution designating a specific segment of Kentucky Route 150 in Jefferson County (from mile point 1 to 3) as the "Mae Street Kidd Memorial Highway." It directs the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet to erect signage within 30 days of the resolution's effective date. The bill honors Mae Street Kidd, a pioneering Black legislator who served in the Kentucky House from 1968 to 1984, sponsored key housing legislation, and was instrumental in ratifying constitutional amendments. This is a commemorative measure with no policy changes or direct impacts on constituents. The resolution is currently pending in the House Transportation Committee.