Create various new sections of KRS 218A to define terms and establish a medicinal cannabis program; create a new section of KRS Chapter 138 to establish an excise tax on certain transfers of medicinal cannabis; amend KRS 139.470 to exempt the sale of medical cannabis from the state sales tax; amend KRS 138.870 to exempt medicinal cannabis from the excise tax on controlled substances; amend KRS 216B.402 to require hospital emergency departments to report cases of cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome to the Department for Public Health; amend KRS 218A.010, 218A.1421, 218A.1422, and 218A.1423 to conform; amend KRS 218A.202 to require the Department for Public Health to utilize the electronic system for monitoring controlled substances to monitor medicinal cannabis; amend 218A.500 to conform; amend KRS 342.815 to establish that the Employerâs Mutual Insurance Authority shall not be required to provide coverage to an employer if doing so would subject the authority to a violation of state or federal law; some sections EFFECTIVE July 1, 2023; APPROPRIATION.
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Amend KRS 530.020 to specify the family relationships covered in the statute; to specify that a person who does not consent to incest is a victim; make changes to the enhancement requirements.
Honor the Kentucky Historical Society.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 243 to authorize a retail food establishment wine and distilled spirits license; limit the license to the owner or lessee of a retail food store or combination retail food store and food service establishment; amend KRS 243.030, 243.060, and 243.070 to set a $500 annual state and local fee for a retail food establishment wine and distilled spirits license; amend KRS 243.0307 to allow a retail food establishment wine and distilled spirits license holder to also hold a sampling license.
Amend KRS 243.720 to increase the distilled spirits threshold to 14 percent or less of alcohol by volume to be taxed at a rate of 25 cents per gallon.
Amend KRS 156.690 to insert gender-neutral language.
Amend KRS 132.140 to make a technical correction to the Department of Revenue's name.
Amend KRS 154.1-740 to make technical corrections.
Condemning Russia's unprovoked military aggression and invasion of the sovereign state of Ukraine.
Amend KRS 118.651 to make technical corrections.