Kentucky

Kentucky Law Joining Federal School Scholarship Tax Credit Program

This law makes Kentucky join a federal program that gives tax breaks to people who donate money to organizations providing school scholarships.

Executive Branch Rules, Legal Settlements, and Employee Probation

This law requires Attorney General approval for large legal settlements before a new governor takes office, provides immunity rules for people reporting illegal conduct during government transitions, defines cabinet leadership roles, and changes probation periods for certain state employees.

HB100: Increase Property Tax Exemption for Homes

This bill asks voters to change the Kentucky Constitution to raise the property tax exemption on homes from $6,500 to $100,000 and adjust that amount each year.

Sales and Use Tax Exemption for Religious Institutions

This bill creates a new rule so that qualified nonprofit religious institutions do not have to pay sales tax on purchases or collect it on certain sales made within Kentucky.

HB102: Rules on Misconduct and Hiring in Kentucky Schools

This bill stops schools from hiding reports of student misconduct, sets rules for hiring staff to prevent conflicts with relatives or past bad behavior, and defines how job openings must be filled.

HB103: Water Fluoridation Programs

This bill gives the Cabinet for Health and Family Services authority to manage optional water fluoridation programs, requires local governing bodies to decide on participation, and provides legal immunity for officials making these decisions.

School Cooperation with Patriotic Organizations Act

This law requires school superintendents in Kentucky to allow certain patriotic youth groups recognized by federal law to share information about their programs on school property at least once each year.

AN ACT relating to property tax rates for emergency services.

Kentucky Emergency Medical Services Support Act

This law creates a new state fund to help pay for mental health treatment costs related to work trauma and sets rules that ambulance services must follow, including training requirements.

HB107: Rules for Doctors in Hospital Emergency Rooms

This bill creates a new rule requiring hospitals with emergency departments to have at least one qualified physician on site and on duty whenever the department is open.

HB108: Rules for Approving Solid Waste Facilities

This bill requires that permits to build or expand solid waste facilities match local and state plans before they can be approved.

Waiting Period for Divorce Cases with Children

This bill requires courts to wait at least 60 days before hearing testimony in divorce cases involving minor children, unless the parties have finished specific settlement processes.

HB11: Dividing Persistently Underperforming School Districts

This bill creates a process for local governments to propose splitting school districts where more than half of the schools need improvement into two or more new independent districts if voters approve.

AN ACT relating to adoption.

AN ACT relating to adoption.

On-Farm Animal Health Act

This law states that farmers and owners of livestock or poultry in Kentucky make the final decisions about animal health care on their farms.

Proposal to Ban Slavery and Forced Labor Completely

This bill asks voters to change Kentucky's Constitution so that slavery and forced labor are banned in all situations, including as a punishment for crimes.

Baby Dre Gun Safety Act

This law makes it a crime for adults to recklessly store firearms in Kentucky where minors can access them without permission.

Sales Tax Exemptions for Baby and Personal Care Products

This bill defines specific terms like diapers, breast pumps, and related supplies in Kentucky law to support sales tax exemptions.

AN ACT relating to sales and use tax exemptions for menstrual discharge collection devices.

HB116: New Rules for Firearms and Safety

This bill defines specific firearms as 'assault weapons,' requires background checks for most private sales, mandates reporting of lost or stolen guns within 24 hours, sets safe storage rules, and establishes a licensing system for handgun possession.

HB117: Updates on Discrimination Definitions and School Bullying Rules

This bill updates state laws to include hair texture and protective hairstyles in the definition of race, clarifies terms for housing and credit discrimination, defines bullying in schools, and requires the Department of Education to create student discipline guidelines.

HB118: State Holidays Update

This bill lists specific state holidays and allows public offices to close on those days.

Designating Black History Season in Kentucky

This bill designates January 15 through April 4 each year as Black History Season throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Privacy Protection for Kentucky Lawmakers and Judges

This law requires government agencies to remove private contact details of lawmakers, judges, and their immediate family members from public records within 72 hours if those individuals submit a written request.

HB120: Updates to Cosmetology Definitions and Licensing Rules

This bill updates the legal definitions for cosmetology, esthetics, nail technology, natural hair braiding, and related services in Kentucky.

HB121: Rules for Destroying Confiscated Firearms

This bill changes state law to require that confiscated firearms not returned to owners or kept for official use be destroyed instead of sold at auction.

AN ACT relating to historical instruction.

AN ACT relating to historical instruction.

Ban the Box: Rules for Asking About Job Applicants' Criminal Records

This law makes it illegal for most employers to ask about criminal records until after an applicant is selected for an interview or receives a conditional job offer.

AN ACT relating to a living wage.

AN ACT relating to a living wage.

HB125: Rules on Firearms for Domestic Abusers

This bill makes it a Class C felony for people convicted of domestic abuse offenses or those under specific protective orders to possess firearms and sets rules for turning guns over to law enforcement.

HB126: Background Checks for Private Gun Sales

This bill requires most private sales and transfers of firearms in Kentucky to include a background check conducted by a consenting licensed dealer.

Rules for Issuing ID Cards and Driver's Licenses to Released Offenders

This law requires the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet to issue personal identification cards or driver's licenses to eligible felony offenders who are released from prison, on parole, under probation supervision, or participating in work release programs.

AN ACT relating to the regulation of recovery residences and declaring an emergency.

AN ACT relating to the regulation of recovery residences and declaring an emergency.

AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to voting rights.

AN ACT relating to the individual income tax rate.

AN ACT relating to the individual income tax rate.

AN ACT relating to scholarships.

AN ACT relating to a tax credit for Kentucky Educational Savings Plan Trust account contributions.

AN ACT relating to economic development.

AN ACT relating to severance taxes.

AN ACT relating to sexual assault nurse examiners.

AN ACT relating to coverage for breast examinations.

AN ACT relating to campaign finance.

AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to property exempt from taxation.

AN ACT relating to the compensation of coroners.

AN ACT relating to elections and declaring an emergency.

AN ACT relating to the rural hospital operations and facilities revolving loan fund, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.

AN ACT relating to the rural hospital operations and facilities revolving loan fund, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.

AN ACT relating to highway pavement markings.

AN ACT relating to Type 1 diabetes.

AN ACT relating to depredating wildlife and declaring an emergency.

AN ACT relating to fiduciary bonds.

AN ACT relating to motor vehicle titles.

AN ACT relating to state personnel.

AN ACT relating to qualifications of victim advocates.

AN ACT relating to inheritance and estate tax.

AN ACT relating to the use of sick leave by school district personnel.

AN ACT relating to trade practices.

AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to Medicaid expansion.

AN ACT relating to roofing contractors.

AN ACT relating to licensed and certified professions.

AN ACT relating to the individual income tax rate.