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David Yates
(D) - Kentucky
Kentucky Senate District 37
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SB136 AN ACT relating to transportation and declaring an emergency. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186A to allow for an electronic record of a motor vehicle title to be stored in AVIS without the production of a paper copy of the title; provide that titles held in the system electronically have the same legal status as paper titles; allow a titled holder to request a paper title at any time; exempt from fees the first paper title for a vehicle if the title was held electronically; amend KRS 186A.035 to outline procedures and forms for transfers of vehicles held in joint ownership; amend KRS 186A.115 to allow a person presenting a vehicle for inspection to present a current operator's license from Kentucky or another state; amend KRS 186A.190 to establish procedures for electronic submission of liens, security interests and satisfactions; allow use of electronic signatures; provide for holding titles in AVIS and not producing paper titles for vehicles for which liens have been filed electronically; allow the Transportation Cabinet to remove any lien from the certificate of title in AVIS if the lien expiries and is not renewed; amend KRS 186A.195 to allow the use of electronic signatures on title lien statements; amend KRS 186A.145 to exempt from the prohibition against transferring a vehicle in cases involving delinquent ad valorem taxes transfers between individuals when the delinquent taxes are owed by a previous owner not party to the transaction; amend KRS 186A.100 to allow the use a temporary motor vehicle tags on vehicles sold in Kentucky that are being transported to another state for registration; allow county clerks to keep an electronic record of temporary tags; amend KRS 186A.017 to set time frames for county clerk processing of title applications filed through the electronic system; amend KRS 186A.220 to allow motor vehicle dealers to dealer assign all-terrain vehicles; amend KRS 235.130 to allow a county clerk to accept an affidavit of ownership to process the application of a boat title; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2027. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB1 AN ACT relating to the film industry. Create new sections of subchapter 12 of KRS Chapter 154 to establish the Kentucky Film Office within the Cabinet for Economic Development for administrative purposes only; establish duties of the office; establish the Kentucky Film Leadership Council to be administratively attached to the Kentucky Film Office; establish duties and membership of the council; amend KRS 12.020 to conform; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2025. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB179 AN ACT relating to nuclear energy development, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to establish the Nuclear Energy Development Grant Program to be administered by the Kentucky Nuclear Energy Development Authority; establish the nuclear energy development grant administration subcommittee and provide for its duties; limit individual grant awards from the Nuclear Energy Development Grant Program to $2,000,000 per grant; amend KRS 164.2802 to require the director of the Kentucky Nuclear Energy Development Authority to publicize and encourage application to the Nuclear Energy Development Grant Program; require the evaluations and scores of grant applications and grant awards made from the program to be included in the annual report that the Kentucky Nuclear Energy Development Authority submits to the Legislative Research Commission; amend 2024 Kentucky Acts Chapter 173, Section 1, (207), at page 1766, to allow $10,000,000 of the amount appropriated to the University of Kentucky budget unit for the Center of Applied Energy Research's administration and support of the Kentucky Nuclear Energy Authority and the Energy Planning and Inventory Commission for fiscal year 2025-2026 to be used for the Nuclear Energy Development Grant Program; repeal KRS 154.12-340; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB120 AN ACT relating to education. Amend KRS 156.070 to require child dependency, neglect, and abuse information to be included in any interscholastic athletics participation consent form; require any training for interscholastic athletics administrators and coaches to include information about mandatory reporting duties for child dependency, neglect, and abuse. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB129 AN ACT relating to property. Amend KRS 99.727 to define "diverted tax delinquency purchaser" and "third-party purchaser"; require a certificate of delinquency related to property remaining in a tax delinquency diversion program at the expiration of the program's five year period to be made available for purchase by third-party purchasers; allow diverted tax delinquency purchasers to purchase certificates of delinquency related to property included in a tax delinquency diversion program during the program's five year period; set requirements for the county attorney related to the sale of the certificates of delinquency; set requirements for a third-party purchaser registering as a diverted tax delinquency purchaser; require the Department of Revenue to promulgate administrative regulations for the purchase and sale of the certificates of delinquency; amend KRS 134.128 to conform. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB22 AN ACT relating to licensed professionals. Amend KRS 317.570 and 317A.120 to allow barber and cosmetology license applicants to retake the failed portion of an examination one month after receiving actual notice of the failure; enable cosmetologist and esthetician applicants to retake any examination an unlimited number of times; amend KRS 317A.020 to allow a penalty more severe than a warning notice to be issued if a licensee knowingly employs or utilizes an unlicensed nail technician; amend KRS 317A.040 to remove the requirement that a licensed cosmetologist serve as the executive director of the Kentucky Board of Cosmetology; amend KRS 317A.100 to allow reciprocal licensure for an applicant from a United States territory. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB133 AN ACT relating to sanctioning bodies for boxing and wrestling exhibitions. Amend KRS 229.011 to redefine "exhibition"; amend KRS 229.045 to require sanctioning bodies to provide notice to the Boxing and Wrestling Commission of all combat sports exhibitions not covered under this chapter. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB64 AN ACT relating to key infrastructure assets and declaring an emergency. Amend KRS 511.100 to include cable, telephone, and broadband facilities; amend KRS 512.020 to include damaging or taking possession of a key infrastructure asset. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB26 AN ACT relating to parental rights. 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 termination of parental rights shall be ordered on the sole basis of a disability of the parent; amend KRS 625.090 regarding procedures for an involuntary termination of parental rights involving a parent with a disability. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SCR43 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION expressing Kentucky's support for the Crisis Recovery Support Network coordinated by the Southern Regional Education Board, expressing support for Kentucky's participation in the network, and recognizing the network as a trusted support for Kentucky schools, districts, and postsecondary institutions to know they may call upon if the need arises. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION expressing Kentucky's support for the Crisis Recovery Support Network coordinated by the Southern Regional Education Board, expressing support for Kentucky's participation in the network, and recognizing the network as a trusted support for Kentucky schools, districts, and postsecondary institutions to know they may call upon if the need arises. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SR80 A RESOLUTION honoring Brandon Malone for his heroic actions on January 16, 2025, at McNeely Lake. A RESOLUTION honoring Brandon Malone for his heroic actions on January 16, 2025, at McNeely Lake. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SR237 A RESOLUTION urging the Council on Postsecondary Education and the Kentucky Department of Education, in partnership with the Secretary of State and education entities, to develop strategies and a timeline for improving Kentucky students’ knowledge and understanding of the constitutional republic of the United States of America and the democratic processes specified in the United States Constitution. A RESOLUTION urging the Council on Postsecondary Education and the Kentucky Department of Education, in partnership with the Secretary of State and education entities, to develop strategies and a timeline for improving Kentucky students’ knowledge and understanding of the constitutional republic of the United States of America and the democratic processes specified in the United States Constitution. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SR241 A RESOLUTION congratulating University of Louisville men's basketball coach Pat Kelsey, 2025 Atlantic Coast Conference Coach of the Year. A RESOLUTION congratulating University of Louisville men's basketball coach Pat Kelsey, 2025 Atlantic Coast Conference Coach of the Year. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SR56 A RESOLUTION recognizing and honoring Dung Tran for converting his business into a warming shelter during the winter storms. A RESOLUTION recognizing and honoring Dung Tran for converting his business into a warming shelter during the winter storms. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB261 AN ACT relating to alcohol and drug counselors. Amend KRS 532.045, relating to defendants prohibited from probation, to include alcohol and drug counselors licensed or certified under KRS Chapter 309 in the definition of "position of authority." Dead
SB93 AN ACT relating to coverage for hearing loss. Amend KRS 304.17A-132 to modify coverage requirements for hearing aids and related services; amend KRS 304.17A-131 to modify coverage requirements for cochlear implants; amend KRS 205.522, 205.6485, 164.2871, and 18A.225 to require Medicaid, KCHIP, self-insured employer group plans provided by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution, and the state employee health plan to comply with the coverage requirements for hearing aids and related services and cochlear implants; provide that various sections apply to health benefit plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2026; establish construction of certain provisions for purposes of federal law and require state officials to comply; require the Department of Insurance to determine whether the coverage requirements for hearing aids and related services or cochlear implants would be in addition to essential health benefits required under federal law; require the Department of Insurance and the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to obtain federal waivers or approval, if necessary; EFFECTIVE, January 1, 2026. Dead
SB117 AN ACT relating to city government. Amend KRS 64.5277 to define "excess credit hours"; amend KRS 64.5278 to allow a city to establish different base incentive amounts for different types of city officers by ordinance, remove minimum and maximum payment amounts. Dead
SB73 AN ACT relating to sexual extortion. 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 Chapter 158 to require local school boards to display posters in schools with the definition of sexual extortion and contact information for entities offering assistance to victims; amend KRS 164.2518 to require postsecondary institutions to display posters with the definition of sexual extortion and contact information for entities offering assistance to victims in residential facilities and buildings containing instructional spaces, student services, or academic support services. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB144 AN ACT relating to confiscated firearms. Amend KRS 16.220, relating to firearms confiscated by law enforcement, to provide that firearms which were used in a homicide be destroyed; provide that firearms in the possession of the Department of Kentucky State Police may be destroyed if they have been defaced, are contaminated by hazardous material, unsafe to discharge, or upon request of an innocent owner; amend KRS 500.090, relating to forfeiture of property in criminal cases, to require local law enforcement agencies to destroy firearms that have been used in a homicide; require that all firearms that are transferred to the Department of Kentucky State Police not be intentionally damaged, modified, or disabled by the agency having custody, except as may be necessary for forensic testing; amend KRS 15.440, to require law enforcement agencies to have a written policy and procedures manual relating to the destruction of firearms used in homicides by January 1, 2026. Dead
SB266 AN ACT relating to the Department of Kentucky State Police. Amend KRS 16.060 to allow the commissioner of the Department of Kentucky State police to authorize officers of the department to engage in law enforcement-related off-duty employment; require the commissioner to establish policies and procedures for off-duty employment; amend KRS 16.070 to require the commissioner of the Department of Kentucky State Police to establish policies and procedures related to the use of uniforms, equipment, and facilities for off-duty employment; amend KRS 44.045 to allow officers of the Department of Kentucky State Police to use motor vehicles with regular license plates for off-duty employment. Dead
SB198 AN ACT relating to the protection of veterans' benefits. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 40 to impose restrictions on persons seeking to receive compensation for advising or assisting with veterans' benefits claims; provide that attorneys and law firms seeking to receive compensation shall be governed by 38 C.F.R. sec.14.636. Dead
SB112 AN ACT relating to fishing in privately owned lakes and ponds. Amend KRS 150.170 to allow a bona fide resident landowner and other authorized persons to take fish from any lake or pond located on the owner's property without procuring a sport fishing license; exempt the resident landowner and other authorized persons from certain statutory and regulatory limits, restrictions, and requirement relating to fish and fishing. Dead
SJR25 A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Department of Revenue to evaluate and report on the cost of production of agricultural tax exemption number cards. A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Department of Revenue to evaluate and report on the cost of production of agricultural tax exemption number cards. Dead
SB67 AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to property exempt from taxation. Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to exempt for homeowners who are 65 years of age or older any increase in the valuation of their permanent residence and contiguous real property that is assessed after the later of the year the homeowner turned 65 or the year the homeowner purchased the property; require the exemption to be in addition to the exemption provided in Section 170 of the Constitution of Kentucky and notwithstanding Sections 171, 172, and 174 of the Constitution of Kentucky; apply the exemption to increases in valuation that occur after the date the amendment is ratified by the voters; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection. Dead
SB227 AN ACT relating to highway work zones. Create new sections of KRS Chapter 189 to define "automated speed enforcement device," "owner," "program," and "recorded images"; direct the Transportation Cabinet to establish a pilot program for automated speed enforcement in highway work zones and issue a civil citation to an operator of a motor vehicle traveling more than 10 miles per hour over the posted speed limit when a bona fide worker is present; establish procedures for citation issuance; direct the Transportation Cabinet to install signage and to promulgate administrative regulations to implement the program; establish civil fines for violations issued under the program; specify that all fines and penalties assessed be deposited into the automated speed enforcement fund; require the Transportation Cabinet to annually report to the Legislative Research Commission the status of the program; establish the automated speed enforcement fund; specify that moneys collected be used to defray the costs of administering the program; specify that any moneys collected in excess of program costs be deposited into the highway work zone safety fund and used for the purposes of that fund; provide that effective July 1, 2029. Dead
SB233 AN ACT relating to elections. Amend KRS 117.020 to allow the State Board of Elections to declare a county a preclearance county if there is a repeated administration of elections in a manner that jeopardizes the free and equal exercise of the franchise; amend KRS 117.022 to require an election manager receive a paid salary; clarify that an election manager shall not be incompatible with any other elected office or employment within the Commonwealth; amend KRS 117.155 to require the county clerk to verify that e-poll books received all data reflecting a registered voter's voting status at the end of each day in-person absentee voting is conducted; require the State Board of Elections to promulgate administrative regulations to establish e-poll book data necessary to determine voting status. Dead
SB199 AN ACT relating to loss of consortium. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to establish a civil cause of action for loss of consortium by a child when the negligent or wrongful act of a third person caused the death or total and permanent disability of a parent. Dead
SB235 AN ACT relating to crisis aversion and rights retention orders. Establish KRS Chapter 202D and create new sections thereof relating to crisis aversion and rights retention orders; provide limitations on interpretation of the Act; define terms; allow law enforcement officers to petition a court to issue orders when a respondent presents an immediate and present danger of causing serious physical injury to themselves or others through purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm; establish procedures for the filing, review, hearing, service of process, termination, or renewal of the petition and orders; provide court processes and evidentiary standards; allow entry of the orders into law enforcement systems; prescribe issuance and service procedures for additional proceedings; establish procedures for the surrender, storage, transfer, and return of firearms; establish penalties for violations; allow for recognition and enforcement of foreign orders; amend KRS 431.076 to conform. Dead
SB231 AN ACT relating to codes of ethics for local governments. Amend KRS 65.003 to state that an appeal from a final order issued by a person or group responsible for enforcement of a code of ethics may be taken to the Circuit Court of the county in which that person or group is located; amend KRS 65.8831 to conform. Dead
SB230 AN ACT relating to driving under the influence of marijuana. Amend KRS 189A.010 to create a per se limit for a blood level of tetrahydrocannabinol signifying intoxication; amend various sections of the KRS to conform. Dead
SB232 AN ACT relating to insurance disclosures to dog bite and dog attack victims. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 258 to require insurance disclosures by dog owners, other persons, and insurers to persons alleging entitlement to damages resulting from a dog bite or dog attack; establish procedures for requesting additional information and amending disclosures; provide that disclosures shall not be construed as a waiver of certain rights or acceptance of liability; create a new section of Subtitle 12 of KRS Chapter 304 to require insurers and other persons subject to regulation under the Insurance Code to comply with insurance disclosure requirements. Dead
SB229 AN ACT relating to buildings serving as temporary shelters in times of emergencies. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to allow owners of buildings to offer temporary shelter in times of emergency; require local governments to put notification procedures in place. Dead
SB228 AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 244 to require retail licensees to purchase liquor liability insurance. Dead
SB234 AN ACT relating to non-compete clauses. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to define terms; make non-compete clauses unenforceable, and provide notice requirements. Dead
SB182 AN ACT relating to liability for injury or damage caused by the underage consumption of intoxicating substances. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to allow a person injured due to the negligence of an intoxicated minor to bring a civil action against a person who knew or should have known that the minor consumed alcohol or a controlled substance in the person's home or on property under the person's control, and against any person, other than the minor's parent, who provided the alcohol or controlled substance to the minor. Dead
SB154 AN ACT relating to employment. Amend KRS 336.130 to delete references restricting rights of public employees to organize, associate collectively, or strike; amend KRS 336.180 to redefine "labor organization" and delete definitions of "candidate," "committee," "contributing organization," "contribution," "election," "electioneering communications," "employer," "fundraiser," "independent expenditure," "political activities," "public employee," "slate of candidates," and "testimonial affair"; amend KRS 336.990 to conform; amend KRS 67A.6904 to allow urban-county governments to make an agreement with a labor organization to require membership in the organization as a condition of employment; amend KRS 67C.406 to allow consolidated local governments to make an agreement with a labor organization to require membership in the organization as a condition of employment; amend KRS 70.262, 78.470, and 78.480 to remove exceptions; amend KRS 345.050 to allow public employers to make an agreement with a labor organization to require membership in the organization as a condition of employment; amend KRS 336.1341 and 336.135 to conform; repeal KRS 65.016, 336.132, and 336.134. Dead
SB241 AN ACT relating to autonomous vehicles. Amend KRS 186.763 to extend the requirement for a human driver on a fully autonomous commercial vehicle in excess of 62,000 pounds from July 31, 2026 to July 31, 2031; prohibit school districts from using fully autonomous vehicles as school buses or to transport students; amend KRS 186.779 to allow units of local government to impose conditions on autonomous vehicle operation within their jurisdictions; amend KRS 186.766 and 281.655 to increase all insurance minimum requirement amounts from $1 million to $5 million for both personal and commercial vehicles. Dead
SB146 AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 32 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to terms of members of the General Assembly. Propose to amend Section 32 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prevent members of the Senate from serving more than four terms of office, not including partial terms of two years or less, and to prevent members of the House of Representatives from serving more than eight terms of office, not including partial terms of two years or less, beginning with those elected in November 2028; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection. Dead
SR39 A RESOLUTION recognizing February 14, 2025, as Wear Green for Gastroparesis Day. A RESOLUTION recognizing February 14, 2025, as Wear Green for Gastroparesis Day. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB135 AN ACT relating to hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Amend KRS 217.934 to include a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder as an eligible condition for hyperbaric oxygen therapy; amend KRS 217.936 to include post-traumatic stress disorder to the hyperbaric oxygen therapy written informed consent requirements. Dead
SB134 AN ACT relating to comprehensive universities. Amend KRS 164.295 to permit Eastern Kentucky University to offer doctor of osteopathic medicine degrees required for professional practice and licensure in osteopathic medicine; permit Murray State University to offer doctor's degrees required for professional practice and licensure in veterinary medicine; permit Western Kentucky University to offer up to five research doctoral degree programs. Dead
SB113 AN ACT relating to a veterinary medicine program at Murray State University. Amend KRS 164.295 to permit Murray State University to offer doctor's degrees required for professional practice and licensure in veterinary medicine. Dead
SB109 AN ACT relating to state holidays and declaring an emergency. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to designate June 19 to July 4 as "Civic Season" in the Commonwealth; amend KRS 2.110 to add the nineteenth day of June as a state holiday commemorating Juneteenth National Freedom Day; EMERGENCY. Dead
SB78 AN ACT relating to a sales and use tax exemption for diapers. Amend KRS 139.010 to define "diaper"; amend KRS 139.480 to exempt all diapers from the sales and use tax. Dead
SB97 AN ACT relating to human trafficking. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to define terms; provide a nonprofit human trafficking victim service provider with standing to pursue a civil action against a trafficker; establish notice requirements; delineate damages that may be sought; provide for distribution of any award received. Dead
SB96 AN ACT relating to motor vehicle racing. Amend KRS 189.505, relating to motor vehicle racing, to prohibit knowingly promoting, organizing, or facilitating a motor vehicle race upon any street or highway; amend KRS 189.993 to establish enhanced penalties for a violation of KRS 189.505, including vehicle impoundment, driver's license suspension, and forfeiture of a motor vehicle; amend KRS 186.560, relating to driver's license suspension for violations of various penal and traffic laws, to provide that a person with a second or subsequent violation of KRS 189.505 shall be subject to suspension of his or her driver's license. Dead
SB98 AN ACT relating to the abolition of the death penalty. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to abolish the death penalty and replace it with life imprisonment without parole for inmates presently sentenced to death; amend KRS 532.030 to remove the death penalty; amend KRS 640.040 to prohibit life imprisonment without benefit of parole for a juvenile offender convicted of a capital offense; amend KRS 640.010 to define "serious intellectual disability" and "significant subaverage general intellectual functioning"; amend KRS 422.285, 532.050, 532.100, and 533.010 to conform; repeal KRS 431.213, 431.2135, 431.218, 431.220, 431.223, 431.224, 431.240, 431.250, 431.260, 431.270, 507A.060, 532.025, 532.075, 532.130, 532.135, 532.140, 532.300, 532.305, and 532.309. Dead
SB34 AN ACT relating to tax credits for support provided to victims of domestic violence. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish an income tax credit for qualified contributions made to a domestic violence shelter or rape crisis center in this state; amend KRS 141.019 and 141.039 to disallow the deduction for charitable contributions if the income tax credit is claimed; create new sections of KRS Chapter 141 to establish an income tax credit for a taxpayer that rents a residential unit to a protected tenant and allow an income tax credit for the conversion of condemned property into a domestic violence shelter; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the credits; and amend KRS 131.190 to allow the Department of Revenue to report on the credits. Dead
SCR23 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging Kentucky's congressional delegation to support amending the Gun Control Act of 1968 to allow users of medical cannabis to exercise their Second Amendment right to bear arms. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging Kentucky's congressional delegation to support amending the Gun Control Act of 1968 to allow users of medical cannabis to exercise their Second Amendment right to bear arms. Dead
SB74 AN ACT relating to coverage of annual mental health wellness examinations. Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define terms; require certain health insurance policies to provide coverage for an annual mental health wellness examination; require the coverage to be no less extensive than coverage for medical and surgical benefits, comply with the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008, and not to be subject to any cost-sharing requirements; amend KRS 164.2871, 205.522, 205.6485, and 18A.225 to require self-insured employer group health plans provided by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution, Medicaid, the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program, and the state employee health plan to comply with the mental health coverage requirement; amend KRS 304.17C-125 to apply the mental health wellness examination requirement to limited health service contracts; state purpose of the Act; direct that provisions apply to health plans issued or renewed on or after the effective date of the section; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to seek federal approval if it determines that such approval is necessary; provide that Section 1 may be cited as the Kentucky Act in Support of Annual Mental Health Wellness Exams; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2026. Dead
SB47 AN ACT relating to the Kentucky child credit. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a refundable Kentucky child credit for taxpayers with qualifying children under the age of six; authorize a maximum credit of $1,000 per qualifying child for individuals with income below $50,000 for single taxpayers and $100,000 for married taxpayers filing jointly; provide that individuals with incomes above the specified thresholds may be eligible for a reduced child credit; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the credit; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the Department of Revenue to report on the credit. Dead
SB49 AN ACT relating to heat injury prevention. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 338 to define terms; require employers who provide services in agriculture, construction, landscaping, and transportation to maintain a written heat illness prevention plan informing employees of policies and procedures to be followed when an employee is suffering from a heat illness; establish a penalty for a violation. Dead
SB33 AN ACT relating to marijuana. Amend KRS 218A.1421, 218A.1422, and 218A.1423 to remove penalties for possession, cultivation, or trafficking of up to eight ounces or five plants of marijuana; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to allow expungement of certain convictions relating to cannabis; amend KRS 218A.276 to conform; RETROACTIVE, in part. Dead
SB31 AN ACT relating to bus safety. Amend KRS 156.153 to define "danger zone"; direct the Department of Education to consider requiring the installation of school bus sensors and interior cameras on new school buses purchased on or after July 1, 2026; direct the department to promulgate administrative regulations; require the department to submit a report on the availability and effectiveness of school bus sensors to the Legislative Research Commission by June 30, 2026; amend KRS 156.990, 160.380, and 189.540 to conform; amend KRS 281.635 to encourage cities to install safety sensors in city buses; provide that part of the Act may be cited as Ally's Law. Dead
SB36 AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to the possession of cannabis. Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to guarantee the right of an individual 21 years of age or older to possess, use, buy, or sell one ounce or less of cannabis and to cultivate, harvest, and store up to five cannabis plants for personal use; for the production, processing, and sale of cannabis and cannabis-derived products to be controlled by the General Assembly; specify the question to be printed on the ballot; direct the Secretary of State to publish the proposed amendment in a newspaper of general circulation; direct the Secretary of State to certify the proposed amendment to the county clerk of each county. Dead
SB32 AN ACT relating to veterans. Amend KRS 154.12-330 to give preference to veterans in the issuance of small business loans; create a new section of KRS Chapter 151B to require monthly veteran workforce reports; create new sections of Subchapter 12 of KRS Chapter 154 to require annual job training reports by the Kentucky Commission on Military Affairs; require a report on occupational licenses by the Kentucky Commission on Military Affairs; create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to require the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure to review licensing practices for nurses and physicians assistants for military reciprocity through promulgation of administrative regulations; create new sections of KRS Chapter 164 to grant college credit to certain veterans; provide additional flexibility in college scheduling and registration to veterans; amend KRS 40.317 to expand the Kentucky Department of Veterans' Affairs' assistance to veterans in navigating healthcare; create new sections of KRS Chapter 40 to direct the Kentucky Department of Veterans' Affairs to increase access to healthcare for veterans; ensure veterans have access to mental health care; direct the Kentucky Department of Veterans' Affairs to end veteran homelessness. Dead
SB11 AN ACT relating to wages. Amend KRS 337.010 to increase the applicable threshold of employees of retail stores and service industries from $95,000 to $500,000 average annual gross volume of sales for the employer; amend KRS 337.275 to incrementally raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour; include anti-preemption language permitting local governments to establish minimum wage ordinances in excess of the state minimum wage. Dead
SR22 A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of former President Jimmy Carter. A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of former President Jimmy Carter. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB48 AN ACT relating to school meals at low-income schools. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms; establish the Kentucky Proud School Match Program fund; establish the Kentucky Proud School Match Program; direct the Department of Education to reimburse an eligible school district $0.33 for every meal reimbursed by the community eligibility provision at the paid rate; require a school district that receives a reimbursement to develop and implement a Kentucky Proud school plan to identify and purchase available Kentucky-grown agricultural products and to optimize food usage; direct the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations necessary to carry out this section; provide that the section shall be null and void if the community eligibility provision is terminated by the United States Department of Agriculture; provide that the Act may be cited as the Kentucky Proud School Match Act. Dead
SB45 AN ACT relating to Kentucky educational excellence scholarships. Amend KRS 164.7879 to increase the Kentucky educational excellence scholarship base amount for each eligible grade point average; increase the supplemental award amounts; require a supplemental award for eligible Cambridge Advanced International scores; amend KRS 164.7882 to increase the award amount for an eligible student enrolled in a comprehensive transition and postsecondary program; amend KRS 164.7874, 164.7881, 164.7884, and 164.7885 to conform; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2025. Dead
SB46 AN ACT relating to protective orders. Amend KRS 403.730, relating to petitions for orders of protection, to allow for service in accordance with Rule 4.05 of the Kentucky Rules of Civil Procedure in addition to personal service; amend KRS 403.745, relating to the effective date of protective orders, to allow for service in accordance with Rule 4.05 of the Kentucky Rules of Civil Procedure in addition to personal service; amend KRS 453.060 to direct that attorney's fees for a warning order attorney shall be paid by the Finance and Administration Cabinet; amend KRS 456.040, relating to petitions for interpersonal protective orders, to allow for service in accordance with Rule 4.05 of the Kentucky Rules of Civil Procedure in addition to personal service; amend KRS 456.070, relating to the effective date of interpersonal protective orders, to allow for service in accordance with Rule 4.05 of the Kentucky Rules of Civil Procedure in addition to personal service. Dead
SB35 AN ACT relating to exceptions to restrictions on maternal healthcare. Amend KRS 311.720, 311.7701, 311.781, and 311.787 to define terms; amend KRS 311.723, 311.727, 311.732, 311.735, 311.7706, and 311.782 to allow an abortion when there is a lethal fetal anomaly or the fetus is incompatible with sustained life outside the womb, or when the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest and the fetus has not reached viability as determined in the good-faith medical judgment of the physician; amend KRS 311.782 to establish a rebuttable presumption that the physician complied with the requirements of the section; amend KRS 311.7735 to provide an exception to the time requirement for consent when the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest; amend KRS 216B.400 to provide an exception for abortion counseling when the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest; amend KRS 311.715 to authorize the use of public funds for abortion when the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest; amend KRS 213.101, 311.725, 311.760, 311.7706, 311.772, 311.7735, 311.780, 311.783, 311.787, and 311.800 to conform; make technical corrections; provide that the Act may be cited as Hadley's Law. Dead
Bill Bill Name Motion Vote Date Vote
HB72 AN ACT relating to limited X-ray machine operators. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3679 03/28/2025 Yea
HB114 AN ACT relating to landowner liability for recreational use permission. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3682 03/28/2025 Yea
HB190 AN ACT relating to advanced educational opportunities. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3678 03/28/2025 Yea
HB210 AN ACT relating to dental benefit plans. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3680 03/28/2025 Yea
HB304 AN ACT relating to soybean assessments. Senate: Third Reading W/sfa2 scta1 RSN# 3672 03/28/2025 Yea
HCR22 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION declaring that nuclear power generation is a clean and dispatchable means of providing baseload electricity to the residents and businesses of the Commonwealth. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3676 03/28/2025 Yea
HB421 AN ACT relating to colorectal cancer screenings. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3675 03/28/2025 Yea
HB444 AN ACT relating to commercial driver's licenses. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3683 03/28/2025 Yea
HB462 AN ACT relating to the correction of marriage documents. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3681 03/28/2025 Yea
HB524 AN ACT relating to the Commonwealth's property and casualty insurance fund and declaring an emergency. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3684 03/28/2025 Yea
HB501 AN ACT relating to pharmaceutical drugs. Senate: Third Reading W/sfa2 sfta1 RSN# 3674 03/28/2025 Yea
SB181 AN ACT relating to children. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3685 03/28/2025 Yea
HB664 AN ACT relating to the operation of a motor vehicle and declaring an emergency. Senate: Third Reading W/scs1 sfa2 sfta2 RSN# 3673 03/28/2025 Yea
HB622 AN ACT relating to fiscal matters and declaring an emergency. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3671 03/28/2025 Yea
HB606 AN ACT relating to economic development. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3670 03/28/2025 Yea
HB618 AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages. Senate: Third Reading W/scs1 RSN# 3677 03/28/2025 Yea
SB9 AN ACT relating to teacher benefit provisions and declaring an emergency. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3730 03/28/2025 Yea
SR110 A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Sharon Porter Robinson to the Kentucky Board of Education. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3686 03/28/2025 Yea
SR201 A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Jonathan Rabinowitz to the Kentucky State University Board of Regents. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3705 03/28/2025 Yea
SR195 A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Matthew Carrico to the Board of Physicians and Advisors. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3699 03/28/2025 Yea
SR175 A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Garth Bustle to the Eastern Kentucky University Board of Regents. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3687 03/28/2025 Yea
SR206 A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Wesley Cate to the Energy Planning and Inventory Commission. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3710 03/28/2025 Yea
SR200 A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Sara Ferguson to the Board of Nursing. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3704 03/28/2025 Yea
SR196 A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of David Bryan Sloan to the Mine Safety Review Commission. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3700 03/28/2025 Yea
SR221 A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Matthew Partymiller to the Energy Planning and Inventory Commission. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3725 03/28/2025 Yea
SR203 A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Edward Holmes to the Energy Planning and Inventory Commission Executive Committee. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3707 03/28/2025 Yea
SR219 A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Leigh Amber Snell to the Education Professional Standards Board. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3723 03/28/2025 Yea
SR199 A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Alisha Clemons to the Board of Nursing. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3703 03/28/2025 Yea
SR213 A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Jonathan R. VanHoose to the Standards and Assessments Process Review Committee. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3717 03/28/2025 Yea
SR186 A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Laura Sanderfur to the Kentucky Agricultural Development Board. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3690 03/28/2025 Yea
SR204 A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Jana Bailey to the Board of Nursing. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3708 03/28/2025 Yea
SR215 A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Jodi Wojcik to the Board of Physicians and Advisors. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3719 03/28/2025 Yea
SR211 A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Phillip Ryan Prokes to the Standards and Assessments Process Review Committee. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3715 03/28/2025 Yea
SR193 A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Brian Weisker to the Energy Planning and Inventory Commission. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3697 03/28/2025 Yea
SR205 A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Joshua Cummins to the Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3709 03/28/2025 Yea
SR184 A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Frederick A. Higdon as a member and the chairperson of the Board of Tax Appeals. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3688 03/28/2025 Yea
SR214 A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Thomas Colley to the Board of Physicians and Advisors. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3718 03/28/2025 Yea
SR197 A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Lisa Haydon to the Personnel Board. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3701 03/28/2025 Yea
SR198 A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Krissie Coe Fields to the Parole Board. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3702 03/28/2025 Yea
SR218 A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Kevin Wayne Weaver to the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3722 03/28/2025 Yea
SR222 A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Grace-Nicole Danielle Burke to the Standards and Assessments Process Review Committee. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3726 03/28/2025 Yea
SR185 A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Darrell "Neil" Denton to the Kentucky Agricultural Development Board. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3689 03/28/2025 Yea
SR212 A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Robb W. Adams to the Kentucky Housing Corporation Board of Directors. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3716 03/28/2025 Yea
SR220 A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Courtney French Bourne to the Governor's Postsecondary Education Nominating Committee. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3724 03/28/2025 Yea
SR216 A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Andrew Daniel Belcher to the Murray State University Board of Regents. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3720 03/28/2025 Yea
SR217 A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Kenneth Christopher LeMonds to the Standards and Assessments Process Review Committee. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3721 03/28/2025 Yea
SR189 A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Cathy Hinko to the Kentucky Housing Corporation Board of Directors. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3693 03/28/2025 Yea
SR208 A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Hans G. Poppe to the Kentucky State Fair Board. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3712 03/28/2025 Yea
SR192 A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Michelle Snodgrass-Deimling to the Personnel Board. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3696 03/28/2025 Yea
SR207 A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Heather Graham to the Kentucky Agricultural Development Board. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3711 03/28/2025 Yea
SR187 A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Cammie D. Grant to the Kentucky Lottery Corporation Board of Directors. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3691 03/28/2025 Yea
SR191 A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of William Jones to the Kentucky Housing Corporation Board of Directors. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3695 03/28/2025 Yea
SR202 A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of James Dale Sights to the Board of Claims. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3706 03/28/2025 Yea
SR209 A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Mike S. Stacy to the Standards and Assessments Process Review Committee. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3713 03/28/2025 Yea
SR188 A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Mitchel B. Denham Jr. to the Kentucky Housing Corporation Board of Directors. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3692 03/28/2025 Yea
SR194 A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Lori Cooksey to the Eastern Kentucky University Board of Regents. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3698 03/28/2025 Yea
SR190 A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Porter G. Peeples to the Kentucky Housing Corporation Board of Directors. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3694 03/28/2025 Yea
SR210 A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Talina Mathews to the Energy Planning and Inventory Commission. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3714 03/28/2025 Yea
SR251 A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Peter Naake as an administrative law judge in the Department of Workers' Claims. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3727 03/28/2025 Yea
SR269 A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Lu Settles Young to the Kentucky Board of Education. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3729 03/28/2025 Yea
SR265 A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Jimmy "Jay" Smith to the Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3728 03/28/2025 Yea
HB90 AN ACT relating to maternal health and declaring an emergency. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3665 03/27/2025 Nay
SB19 AN ACT relating to permitted uses of time during the school day. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3584 03/27/2025 Nay
SB28 AN ACT relating to agricultural economic development and declaring an emergency. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3586 03/27/2025 Nay
HJR5 A JOINT RESOLUTION designating names for various roads and bridges. Senate: Third Reading W/scs1 scta1 RSN# 3593 03/27/2025 Yea
HB136 AN ACT relating to corrections. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3666 03/27/2025 Nay
SB65 AN ACT relating to deficient administrative regulations and declaring an emergency. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3585 03/27/2025 Nay
HB216 AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Office of Agricultural Policy and declaring an emergency. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3601 03/27/2025 Nay
SB89 AN ACT relating to environmental protection and declaring an emergency. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3588 03/27/2025 Nay
HB240 AN ACT relating to primary school. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3602 03/27/2025 Yea
SB84 AN ACT relating to judicial review of state agency action. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3587 03/27/2025 Nay
HB346 AN ACT relating to air quality programs and declaring an emergency. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3603 03/27/2025 Nay
HB399 AN ACT relating to interference with a legislative proceeding. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3667 03/27/2025 Nay
HB398 AN ACT relating to occupational safety and health. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3604 03/27/2025 Nay
HB369 AN ACT relating to police department members. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3592 03/27/2025 Yea
HB424 AN ACT relating to employment at public postsecondary education institutions. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3616 03/27/2025 Nay
HB430 AN ACT relating to school transportation and declaring an emergency. Senate: Third Reading W/scs1 scta1 RSN# 3596 03/27/2025 Yea
HB495 AN ACT relating to healthcare services and declaring an emergency. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3598 03/27/2025 Nay
HB493 AN ACT relating to the towing and storage of motor vehicles. Senate: Third Reading W/scs1 RSN# 3594 03/27/2025 Yea
HB546 AN ACT relating to transportation, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3618 03/27/2025 Nay
SB183 AN ACT relating to the fiduciary duties owed to the state-administered retirement systems. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3589 03/27/2025 Nay
HB566 AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation and declaring an emergency. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3661 03/27/2025 Nay
HB552 AN ACT relating to economic development. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3617 03/27/2025 Yea
HB555 AN ACT relating to local government financial practices. Senate: Third Reading W/scs1 scta1 RSN# 3595 03/27/2025 Yea
HJR46 A JOINT RESOLUTION relating to road projects and declaring an emergency. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3660 03/27/2025 Nay
HJR30 A JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the release of funds. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3662 03/27/2025 Nay
HB684 AN ACT relating to elections. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3663 03/27/2025 Nay
SB207 AN ACT relating to education. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3590 03/27/2025 Nay
SB245 AN ACT relating to the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission and declaring an emergency. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3591 03/27/2025 Nay
SB25 AN ACT relating to oversight of government operations and declaring an emergency. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3583 03/27/2025 Nay
HJR32 A JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the release of funds. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3597 03/27/2025 Yea
HB695 AN ACT relating to the Medicaid program and declaring an emergency. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3605 03/27/2025 Nay
HB694 AN ACT relating to Teachers' Retirement System benefit funding. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3668 03/27/2025 Nay
SR114 A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Keith E. Hamilton to the Kentucky Community and Technical College System Board of Regents. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3614 03/27/2025 Yea
SR111 A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Larry M. Hayes to the University of Louisville Board of Trustees. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3611 03/27/2025 Yea
SR132 A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Laura Beasley as an administrative law judge in the Department of Workers' Claims. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3633 03/27/2025 Yea
SR123 A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Amanda Perkins as an administrative law judge in the Department of Workers' Claims. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3626 03/27/2025 Yea
SR115 A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Gregory Leist to the Parole Board. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3615 03/27/2025 Yea
SR130 A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Jeffrey Brock to the Energy Planning and Inventory Commission. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3632 03/27/2025 Yea
SR124 A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Thomas George Polites as an administrative law judge in the Department of Workers' Claims. Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3627 03/27/2025 Yea
State District Chamber Party Status Start Date End Date
KY Kentucky Senate District 37 Senate Democrat Out of Office 01/01/2021 10/10/2025