AN ACT relating to individual income tax exclusions. [HB-26]
Amend KRS 141.010 to define "tips" and "overtime compensation"; amend KRS 141.019 to allow an exclusion from gross income for tax purposes for tips and overtime compensation; amend KRS 141.335 to include tips and overtime compensation amounts on employee withholding statement; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the Department of Revenue to report on the exclusions.
HB-26: AN ACT relating to individual income tax exclusions.
Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Huff
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/04/2025
AN ACT relating to deputy coroner training. [HB-403]
Amend KRS 72.415 to allow the commissioner of the Department of Criminal Justice Training or his or her designee, to grant an extension to a deputy coroner to complete the required training, specify when the extension begins to toll, specify consequences for failure to complete the training within the time period of the extension; delete existing provisions relating to reinstatement and pay modification of deputy coroners who fail to complete the required training.
HB-403: AN ACT relating to deputy coroner training.
Sponsored by: Rep. Deanna Frazier Gordon
Reported Favorably, 2nd Reading, To Rules on 03/13/2025
AN ACT relating to the licensing of professional engineers. [HB-306]
Amend KRS 322.040 to allow an individual to qualify for licensure as a professional engineer if he or she has graduated from a fire protection engineering technology program of four years or more accredited by the Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology.
HB-306: AN ACT relating to the licensing of professional engineers.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 60) on 03/24/2025
AN ACT relating to Medicaid copayments for nonemergent emergency room visits. [HB-461]
Amend KRS 205.6312 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to impose a cost sharing requirement on Medicaid beneficiaries for nonemergent services provided in a hospital emergency department; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or the Department for Medicaid Services to seek federal approval if they determine that such approval is necessary and comply with KRS 205.525.
HB-461: AN ACT relating to Medicaid copayments for nonemergent emergency room visits.
Sponsored by: Rep. Deanna Frazier Gordon
To Health Services (h) on 02/14/2025
AN ACT relating to school construction. [HB-433]
Amend KRS 158.447 to require local school boards to consult with the Center for School Safety when constructing or renovating school buildings.
HB-433: AN ACT relating to school construction.
Sponsored by: Rep. Deanna Frazier Gordon
To Education (s) on 03/07/2025
AN ACT relating to postsecondary funding. [HB-238]
Amend KRS 164.092 to remove the definition of "equilibrium" and all references to equilibrium; require that university resources shall be allocated without weighting; require the postsecondary working group to meet every odd year; make technical amendments.
HB-238: AN ACT relating to postsecondary funding.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Hale
To Postsecondary Education (h) on 02/07/2025
AN ACT relating to the establishment of a grant database. [HB-150]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 14 to define terms; require the Secretary of State to create a grant database that will be a central repository for information on all available state or local government grants; require state and local agencies to report grant opportunities to the Finance and Administration Cabinet for inclusion in the grant database.
HB-150: AN ACT relating to the establishment of a grant database.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
Withdrawn on 02/18/2025
AN ACT relating to the Work Ready Kentucky Scholarship Program. [HB-529]
Amend KRS 164.787 to define "adjusted gross income" and limit eligibility for the Work Ready Kentucky Scholarship Program to a workforce student with an adjusted gross income of less than 250% of the median household income in Kentucky.
HB-529: AN ACT relating to the Work Ready Kentucky Scholarship Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Tipton
To Postsecondary Education (h) on 02/21/2025
AN ACT relating to identity documents. [HB-161]
Create a new section of KRS 186.400 to 186.640 to define "identity document" and "third-party entity"; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to establish procedures to allow third-party entities to apply to the Transportation Cabinet to be approved to accept applications for certain identity documents; set forth minimum standards for third-party issuance; and allow third-party entities to charge a fee for services provided.
HB-161: AN ACT relating to identity documents.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Hale
2nd Reading, To Rules on 02/12/2025