Kentucky 2025 Regular Session All Bills (Page 46)
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB741
Introduced
2/19/25
Refer
2/19/25
Refer
2/27/25
Report Pass
3/11/25
Engrossed
3/11/25
Refer
3/11/25
Refer
3/11/25
Amend KRS 224A.320 to require that eligible funding recipients for the Kentucky Water and Wastewater Assistance for Troubled or Economically Restrained Systems (WWATERS) Program meet three or more of the eligibility criteria instead of one; require that a funding application for a capital construction project include cost and timeline estimates prepared and signed by a licensed professional engineer; allow the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority board to evaluate and score funding applications for proposed projects in phases; remove the funding evaluation criteria categories of current accounts payable turnover ratio and current days' sales in accounts receivable ratio; remove the requirement from the evaluation criteria that the applicant's receipt of a notice of violation of drinking water or other water quality standards occur in the past year; add to the funding evaluation criteria that the funding applicant previously received funding through the program for a prior phase of the proposed project.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB780
Introduced
2/19/25
Refer
2/19/25
Refer
2/27/25
Amend KRS 337.010 to remove exemptions in definition of "employee" for agricultural workers and domestic service workers; amend KRS 342.630 to indicate that agricultural employers are subject to KRS Chapter 342; amend KRS 342.650 to remove exemptions for domestic service employees and agricultural employees from coverage under KRS Chapter 342; amend various other sections to conform.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB704
Introduced
2/19/25
Refer
2/19/25
Refer
2/27/25
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 454 to provide definitions and establish procedures for courts to dismiss civil actions that are determined to be harassing and malicious; allow for court costs and attorney fees to be awarded to the prevailing party; allow courts to impose filing restrictions upon any plaintiff found to be an abusive civil action plaintiff; establish procedures to allow abusive civil action plaintiffs to file suit; allow for an immediate appeal as a matter of right.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB690
Introduced
2/19/25
Refer
2/19/25
Refer
2/26/25
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 336 to define "covenant not to compete" and "covered employee"; provide that an employer shall not require a covered employee to enter into a covenant not to compete; set forth civil remedy, damages that can be recovered, and limitations to bring claim; provide that the provisions must be posted by the employer; indicate that an employer shall not retaliate against an employee for bringing a civil action; establish application of provisions; amend KRS 336.990 to provide civil penalties.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB779
Introduced
2/19/25
Refer
2/19/25
Refer
2/27/25
Amend KRS 161.155 to require school districts to provide a teacher or other employee leave with no loss of income or benefits for 60 school days following an assault against the teacher or employee that results in a physical injury; specify the terms of the leave; require the school district to pay for mental health services of the teacher or employee's choosing during the leave period; amend KRS 158.150 to require a local board of education to adopt a policy requiring expulsion when a student physically assaults or batters school personnel; provide that the policy may permit case-by-case modifications with the consent of the victim; permit the safety of school personnel to be a factor in issuing suspensions and expulsions of primary school students; amend KRS 158.155 to require school employees to report threats or plans of violence towards school personnel; include battery and abuse resulting in injury as acts to be reported; remove the requirement that a physical injury be serious to be reported; remove penalties; amend KRS 158.990 to provide penalties for intentional violations of KRS 158.155.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB716
Introduced
2/19/25
Refer
2/19/25
Refer
2/27/25
Amend KRS 17.500 to include various forms of identification in the definition of "registrant information"; amend KRS 17.510 to reduce the amount of time allowed for a registrant to notify probation and parole of a registrant's change of address from five days to three days; require a registrant to report to probation and parole in-person on a semiannual or quarterly basis; requires the Commonwealth to recognize offenses committed by a person in the District of Columbia or on land recognized as belonging to an Indian tribe; amend KRS 17.520 to include any degree of rape, any degree of sodomy, incest under KRS 530.020(b) or (c), sexual abuse in the first degree under KRS 510.110(1)(b)2., or felony attempt to commit, conspiracy to commit, or solicitation to commit any of those offenses as offenses that require lifetime registration; provide that all other registrants are required to register for 25 years; amend KRS 17.546 to provide that a registrant who is a minor may use electronic communications to communicate with or gather information about other minors under certain conditions; amend KRS 17.580 to require the Department of Kentucky State Police to display information regarding a registrant's employment and vehicle information on the sex offender registry website on or before January 1, 2027; make technical corrections.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB727
Introduced
2/19/25
Refer
2/19/25
Refer
2/27/25
Appropriate necessary funds from the Budget Reserve Trust Fund to the WKSAFE Fund to be distributed to the Graves County Fiscal Court to support the replacement of the Graves County Jail; stipulate that the funding shall be reimbursed to the Commonwealth should the recipient receive moneys from any other source; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB781
Introduced
2/19/25
Refer
2/19/25
Refer
2/27/25
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 230 to require tracks licensed by the Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation to implement programs that promote responsible gambling.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB742
Introduced
2/19/25
Refer
2/19/25
Refer
2/27/25
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 230 to authorize the corporation to regulate the conduct of fantasy contest operators; require the use of geolocation technology; require fantasy contest operators to implement procedures to prevent fraud, abuse, and money laundering; require notification to the corporation for a confirmed breach of a sport's governing body's internal rules and codes of conduct, conduct that corrupts any outcome, and confirmed illegal activities; establish licensing requirements for a fantasy contest operator; allow the corporation to promulgate administrative regulations to establish additional qualifications and requirements for licensing to preserve the integrity and security of fantasy contests; prohibit a license from being issued to a person that has been convicted of a felony, crime involving illegal gaming or gambling, or any crime involving theft or fraud; require a fantasy contest operator to conduct an independent audit; require a fantasy contest operator to be at least 18 years old; require the corporation to investigate all reasonable allegations of prohibited conduct; require each fantasy contest operator to include a statement regarding obtaining assistance with real-money gaming problems on the operator's website or mobile application; prohibit a fantasy contest operator from paying any price or award to a person who is on the self-exclusion list; create a new section of KRS Chapter 230 to establish the fantasy contest administration fund from fantasy contest taxes and fees; create a new section of KRS Chapter 138 to define "adjusted gross fantasy contest receipts" and impose a tax on fantasy contests; amend KRS 243.500, 525.090, 528.010, 528.070 to exempt fantasy contests; amend KRS 68.182, 91.202, 92.282, 230.215, 230.225, 230.232, 230.260 to conform; provide that the Act may be cited as the Fantasy Sports Consumer Protection Act; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2025.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB715
Introduced
2/19/25
Refer
2/19/25
Refer
2/27/25
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 prohibiting public entities from requiring, compelling, or incentivizing program participants to communicate with elected officials with a specific political message.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB11
Introduced
2/19/25
Refer
2/19/25
Refer
2/25/25
Amend KRS 156.690 to insert gender-neutral language.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HR66
Introduced
2/20/25
Refer
2/20/25
Refer
3/5/25
Passed
3/6/25
Recognize March 6, 2025, as Suits and Sneakers Day; honor those impacted by cancer.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HR65
Introduced
2/20/25
Refer
2/20/25
Refer
3/27/25
Passed
3/28/25
Recognize April 18, 2025, as National Lineman Appreciation Day.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SR85
Introduced
2/21/25
Refer
2/21/25
Refer
2/26/25
Passed
3/14/25
Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Ryan Lee Sammons.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HCR67
Introduced
2/21/25
Refer
2/21/25
Refer
2/27/25
Report Pass
3/6/25
Establish the Kentucky Restoration of Voting Rights Task Force to review, study, and recommend language for a constitutional amendment or statutory change to restore voting rights to individuals with felony convictions who have completed their sentences; establish task force membership; require the task force to submit a report with recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2025.