AN ACT relating to parental rights. [SB-26]
Amend KRS 199.011 to define "disability"; amend KRS 199.471 to establish that no petition for placement or adoption of children shall be denied on the sole basis of a disability of the adoptive applicant and enhance procedures for determination of placement or adoption; amend KRS 199.473 to require the secretary review any refusal of a placement of a child due to a disability; that targeted adaptive or support services be offered; and that the cabinet retain all documentation for two years; amend KRS 625.050 to establish that no petition for involuntary
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SB-26: AN ACT relating to parental rights.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 26) on 03/18/2025
AN ACT relating to health care. [SB-27]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 214 to define terms; establish the Kentucky Parkinson's Disease Research Registry within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; direct the secretary of the cabinet to establish the Kentucky Parkinson's Disease Research Registry Advisory Committee and make appointments; require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to designate Parkinson's disease and the identified Parkinsonisms as diseases that are required to be reported to the cabinet, establish a system of collection and dissemination of
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SB-27: AN ACT relating to health care.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Mills
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 85) on 03/25/2025
AN ACT relating to administrative regulations and declaring an emergency. [SB-23]
Amend KRS 13A.010 to define "full review"; amend KRS 13A.030, 13A.270, 13A.280, 13A.290, and 13A.300 to establish the procedures for the informational review of an administrative regulation by the Administrative Regulation Review Subcommittee or any other legislative committee; make separate processes for full reviews compared to informational reviews; require promulgating agencies to be present and cooperate with informational reviews; allow deferrals of informational reviews under designated circumstances; amend KRS 13A.335 and 67.767 to conform;
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SB-23: AN ACT relating to administrative regulations and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Mills
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 2) on 02/25/2025
SJR-25: A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Department of Revenue to evaluate and report on the cost of production of agricultural tax exemption number cards.
Sponsored by: Sen. Steve West
Received In House on 02/25/2025
You have voted SJR-25: A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Department of Revenue to evaluate and report on the cost of production of agricultural tax exemption number cards..
AN ACT relating to education. [SB-77]
Amend KRS 161.028 to allow for a designee of the chief academic officer of an independent not-for-profit college or university to serve as a member of the Education Professional Standards Board.
SB-77: AN ACT relating to education.
Sponsored by: Sen. Matthew Deneen
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 33) on 03/19/2025
AN ACT relating to cremation of dead bodies. [SB-37]
Amend KRS 72.450 to allow a coroner who is in possession of an unclaimed dead body to have the body buried or cremated; direct that the decision between burial or cremation be made by the governmental entity bearing the expense.
SB-37: AN ACT relating to cremation of dead bodies.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Mills
Received In House on 02/12/2025
AN ACT relating to sexual extortion. [SB-73]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 531 to establish the crime of sexual extortion as a felony; provide for enhancements to penalties; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to establish a civil cause of action for sexual extortion; amend KRS 17.500 to include sexual extortion in the definition of "sex crime"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require superintendents of local school districts to notify students in grades four and above and parents and guardians of all students of the crime of sexual extortion; create a new section of KRS
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SB-73: AN ACT relating to sexual extortion.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 9) on 03/12/2025