2025 KY Scorecard
| Bill | Bill Name | Progress | Action Date | Votes | Vote Rating | Categories | Comments |
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| 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.
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| 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to collect interest, attorney fees and $1000/day damages for tax collections on gold and silver after the tax was repealed along with holding government entities and employees liable for collecting the tax.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| HB371 | Increase Regulation on Waste Disposal | Dead | 03/05/2025 | 1 | 0 | Constitutional Gov't |
A bill to increase regulation on solid waste facilities.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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..
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| 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.
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