2025 KY Scorecard

Bill Bill Name Progress Action Date Votes Vote Rating Categories Comments
HB160 Mobile Home Zoning Protections Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/01/2025 3 0 Constitutional Gov't
A bill to ban local governments from discriminating against mobile homes in zoning regulations.
HB2 Gold and Silver Taxation Accountability Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/27/2025 4 0 Economy
This bill allows people to collect interest, attorney fees and $1000/day damages for tax collections on gold and silver after the tax was repealed along with holding government entities and employees liable for collecting the tax.
HB211 Stops Cigar Bar Ban Dead 03/06/2025 1 0 Constitutional Gov't
This bill stops the ban on cigar bars in Louisville by establishing clear cigar bar definitions.
HB340 Eroding Privacy Rights Dead 03/13/2025 1 0 Civil Liberties
This bill empowers the federal government to access and centralize personal information on citizens eroding privacy rights.
HB371 Increase Regulation on Waste Disposal Dead 03/05/2025 1 0 Constitutional Gov't
A bill to increase regulation on solid waste facilities.
HB398 House Floor Amendment 2 - Workplace Self Representation Rights Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/27/2025 9 0 Constitutional Gov't
This amendment removes "qualified" allowing people to represent themselves in a workplace OSHA-style matters.
HB399 Anti Free Speech Bill Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/28/2025 4 0 Civil Liberties
A bill making it a felony to "disrupt" a legislative proceeding.
HB4 Bans Discriminatory DEI Policies Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/28/2025 8 0 Education
This law bans discriminating based on an individual's perceived or actual religion, race, sex, color, or national origin in higher education institutions.
HB424 Public School Performance Evaluations Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/27/2025 4 0 Education
A bill mandating the performance of public postsecondary Presidents and faculty cutting down on bureaucratic rot.
HB465 Vehicle Forfeiture Dead 03/14/2025 1 0 Civil Liberties
This bill allows the government to seize your vehicle to destroy or sell it for street racing.
HB493 Towing Regulation Bill Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/01/2025 3 0 Constitutional Gov't
The bill institutes a private towing business certificate and rate reporting requirements with rigid adherence interfering in the private market.
HB520 Removes Transparency in Public Records Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/27/2025 2 0 Civil Liberties
An anti-transparency bill to allow police to keep records from the public if they "could" pose a risk of investigation rather than the current law stating it "would" harm an investigation.
HB6 KY REINS Act Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/27/2025 4 0 Constitutional Gov't
A REINs Act bill which prohibits regulators from putting in rules if the rules have an economic impact or implementation and compliance costs $500,000 which means it would require legislative action with some exceptions.
HB606 Crony Spending Tax District Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/02/2025 4 0 Economy
This bill creates a special taxing district to raise money to spend taxpayer dollars on crony businesses for private gain.
HB664 Speed Cameras Instituted Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/04/2025 3 0 Civil Liberties
A bill to create a speed camera program to issue speeding tickets.
HB695 Medicaid Work Requirements Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/27/2025 6 0 Healthcare
This law requires able-bodied adults without dependents to work in order to get Medicaid.
HB85 Fee-for-Service Sanitation Dead 03/12/2025 1 0 Economy
A fee-for-service bill which only allows sanitation district to charge for properties that use the service or are slated to use the service.
SB1 Hollywood Film Subsidies Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/26/2025 3 0 Constitutional Gov't
This bill creates a new government program using taxpayer funds to promote and subsidize the film industry.
SB100 Tobacco, Nicotine, and Vapor Product Licensing Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/24/2025 3 0 Constitutional Gov't
A 23-page bill of regulations creating a tobacco, nicotine, or vapor product license charging $500 per retailer, $1 million in total fees to sell the products.
SB120 House Floor Amendment #1 - Homeschoolers Play Public School Sports Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/24/2025 5 0 Education
This amendment allowed homeschool students to participate in extracurricular activities at local public schools.
SB129 Violates Property Rights Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/24/2025 3 0 Constitutional Gov't
This bill bans leasing or occupation of mother-in-law type units on single-family lots in single-family zones that are not owner occupied.
SB2 Ban Taxpayer Funded Prisoner Gender Changes Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/27/2025 3 0 Healthcare
A bill banning public funds to not be directly or indirectly used for inmate gender changes in a correctional facility.
SB25 House Floor Amendment #3 - KY DOGE Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/21/2025 7 0
An amendment to require reporting by departments to communicate cuts for wasteful spending.
SB38 School Bus Traffic Camera Surveillance Dead 03/27/2025 2 0 Civil Liberties
This bill expands government surveillance by installing camera monitoring systems on school buses, disregarding due process for traffic violations.
SB4 AI Generation Reporting Required Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/24/2025 3 0 Constitutional Gov't
A bill requiring disclosure if an elected official whose appearance, action, or speech is altered through the use of synthetic media.
SB75 Firearm Carry Age Reduced to 18 y.o. Dead 03/15/2025 1 0 Civil Liberties
This bill would drop the firearm carry age to 18 y.o. from the current 21 y.o..
SB84 No Administrative Deference, Court Review Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/27/2025 5 0 Constitutional Gov't
A Chevron Deference type bill stating administrative bodies shall not get deference of statutory interpretation requiring full court review.