Tuesday, 24 February 2026 08:32
2009 House Bills filed of Interest to Law Enforcement
Michael Bischoff, Executive Director, KACP
HB 2/LM (BR 17) - J. Arnold Jr., M. Cherry
AN ACT relating to the operation of vehicles on a highway.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to define the term "mini-truck" and add mini-trucks to the definition of "motor vehicle"; permit the operation of mini-trucks on highways other than interstate highways; require operators of mini-trucks to comply with the same insurance, title, and registration requirements as a motor vehicle; amend KRS 186.010 to define the term "mini-truck" and include mini-trucks under the definition of "motor vehicle."
Jan 6-introduced in House
AN ACT relating to motor vehicles.
Amend KRS 186.010 to define "low-speed electric vehicle" and amend the definition of "motor vehicle" to include a low-speed electric vehicle; amend definition of "motorcycle" to exclude vehicles that are 3-wheeled and meet all the requirements of a low-speed electric vehicle; create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to allow the use of low-speed electric vehicles on highways with a posted speed limit of 35 miles per hour or less; require low-speed electric vehicles operated on a highway to be insured in compliance with KRS 304.39-080, titled in accordance with Chapter 186A, and registered as a motor vehicle in accordance with KRS 186.050(3)(a); permit low-speed electric vehicles to cross a roadway with a posted speed limit of more than 35 miles per hour if the intersection is equipped with an electric traffic signal.
Sep 24-To: Interim Joint Committee on Transportation
Jan 6-introduced in House
Jan 7-to Transportation (H)
HB 32/LM/CI (BR 73) - T. Burch
AN ACT relating to video lottery terminals, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 154A to establish video lottery terminals at licensed racetracks and in each county that authorizes video lottery terminals by a vote of the people of the county; direct the Lottery Corporation to purchase any video lottery terminals utilized in Kentucky; require that persons wishing to operate video lottery games allotted to counties obtain a contract from the Lottery Corporation after having acquired prior approval from the local governing board where the terminals will be located; place the oversight of the games under the jurisdiction of the Lottery Corporation; limit the number of video lottery terminals to 25 at any one premises unless the premises is a racetrack or a qualifying hotel; set qualifying hotels as those within five miles of a convention center or facility that seats 2,000 or more people; allow these hotels to operate up to 75 video lottery terminals; establish that the three types of video lottery terminal allocation are racetracks, uniform county allotment, and county allotment based on population; limit racetrack allocation to a set formula, uniform county allotment to 50 per county, and a total county population allotment to 6,000 video lottery terminals distributed to the counties proportionate to population; establish the duties and responsibilities of the corporation, its agents, and its employees; prohibit ex parte communications between lottery board members and contract holders, licensees, and applicants for such contracts or licenses; allocate a base number of 500 video lottery terminals to each licensed racetrack; grant additional video lottery terminals to each track based on the number of days of live racing held at the track; set additional allotment at 15 video lottery terminals for each race day run beyond 30 and up to 50 race days, with an additional 10 video lottery terminals for each race day beyond 50 race days; prohibit operation of video lottery terminals on race days at the track where the live racing is being conducted from 30 minutes before the post time of the first race of the day until after the last race of the day has been run; allow a track to lease its machines to another track located in the same county; require tracks to run the same number of race days as in 2008 to remain eligible for video lottery terminals, with exemptions for extreme circumstances; prohibit any person less than 21 years of age from being on the premises or any portion of the premises where video lottery games are conducted; establish qualifications and responsibilities of video lottery retailers and licensees; list grounds by which a video lottery retailer or applicant may have his or her contract rescinded, revoked, suspended, or not renewed; permit the corporation to issue temporary licenses; prohibit the transfer of licenses without obtaining prior approval from the corporation; create an exemption to allow facilities developed for video lottery gaming activities to be considered permitted uses for zoning purposes; maintain other applicable zoning and building codes; specify how the moneys earned from the conduct of video lottery games are expended; cap the amount the corporation may spend on administrative and operating expenses to no more than seven percent of net terminal income; pay the lesser of 0.25% or $2,000,000 to the compulsive gamblers' assistance fund, and the lesser of 0.4% or $3,000,000 to develop testing methods to detect growth hormones and performance-enhancing or illegal drugs in racehorses; allot the lesser of 0.3% or $3,000,000 of the net terminal income from racetracks to conduct post-race testing of racehorses for illegal drugs; devote remaining moneys to education, Medicaid matches, prescription drug program for seniors, equine industry program, video lottery retailers, budget reserve fund, and county governments where video lottery games are located; require the Auditor of Public Accounts to conduct an annual audit of the corporation's disbursements and expenditures; create a committee to conduct a study on video lottery games operating in the state and their impact on the economy; indicate the committee's membership; direct each county to conduct a local option election on video lottery terminals at the next general election that occurs more than 90 days after video lottery terminals are authorized generally; allow for subsequent elections on the issue after at least three years have passed since the last referendum; make racetrack employee collective bargaining agreements for nonsupervisory employees applicable to the track's video lottery terminal employees; generate a list by which undesirables may be ejected or excluded from any premises where video lottery games are being conducted; set out criteria to be used in making a determination as to whether or not such persons should be excluded or ejected; allow an individual to have himself or herself voluntarily added to the exclusion list; require the commission to notify a person placed on the exclusion or ejection list; establish a procedure by which a person ejected or excluded may appeal the decision to eject him or her; define the term "cheat" and establish penalties for persons who cheat; create the compulsive gamblers assistance fund; determine how expenditures from the compulsive gamblers assistance fund will be utilized; require the commission to prepare an annual report detailing activities and expenditures of the compulsive gamblers assistance fund; encourage video lottery retailers to cooperate with local business and community organizations to stimulate the economy through tourism; make the Lottery Corporation's board members, executive director, and employees subject to the executive branch code of ethics; amend KRS 154A.010; 154A.030, 154A.040, 154A.050, 154A.060, 154A.063, 154A.070, 154A.080, 154A.090, 154A.110, 154A.130, 154A.400, 154A.420, 154A.650, 230.357, 230.550, 243.500, 243.505, 525.090, 528.010, 528.100, 154A.990, and 15.380 to conform; EMERGENCY.
Jan 6-introduced in House
Jan 7-to Licensing & Occupations (H)
AN ACT relating to sexual offenders.
Amend KRS 17.545 to prohibit a person required to register as a sexual offender, for an offense committed against a victim who was a minor, from residing in specified areas and from participating in any Halloween activity with a minor.
Jan 6-introduced in House
Jan 7-to Judiciary (H)
AN ACT relating to motor vehicle operator's licenses.
Create a new section of KRS 186.400 to 186.650 to exempt 17-year olds who have enlisted in the military from the requirement to obtain an intermediate license; amend KRS 186.412, 186.450, 186.452, and 186.454 to conform and to clarify that individuals over the age of 18 are exempt from graduated driver's licensing provisions.
Jan 6-introduced in House
Jan 7-to Seniors, Military Affairs, & Public Safety (H)
HB 41/LM (BR 135) - D. Floyd, T. Burch
AN ACT relating to the operation of a motor vehicle.
Create a new section of KRS 189 to define terms; prohibit the use of a personal communication device without the use of a hands-free device by the operator of a motor vehicle, and provide limited exceptions; amend KRS 189.990 to provide for period ending January 1, 2026 during which courtesy warnings will be issued for a violation of Section 1 and set a fine of between $20 and $100 for a violation of Section 1 on or after January 1, 2010.
Jan 6-introduced in House
Jan 7-to Transportation (H)
AN ACT relating to the titling and registration of mopeds.
Amend KRS 186A.010 to define "motor vehicle" for KRS Chapter 186A to include mopeds; add mopeds to the automatic motor vehicle titling and registration system; amend KRS 186.010 to include mopeds in the definition of "motor vehicle" as used in KRS 186.020 to 186.260 to provide for the registration of mopeds; specify minimum cylinder capacity within the definition of "motorcycle"; amend KRS 186A.080 to remove title and registration exemptions for mopeds; amend KRS 186.050 to set the annual registration fee for a moped; amend KRS 304-39.020 to include mopeds within the definition of "motor vehicle" for Subtitle 39 of KRS Chapter 304.
Jan 6-introduced in House
Jan 7-to Transportation (H)
AN ACT relating to personal communication devices.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 prohibiting the use of a personal communication device by an operator of a motor vehicle, motorcycle, or moped that is under the age of 18; provide a grace period during which a warning will be issued until January 1, 2010; provide that after January 1, 2010, a fine will be imposed for violation.
Jan 6-introduced in House
Jan 7-to Transportation (H)
HB 48/LM/CI (BR 218) - J. Jenkins
AN ACT relating to dating violence.
Amend KRS 403.720 to include dating partners among the class of persons allowed to obtain domestic violence protective orders; amend KRS 431.005 to reference the definition of "unmarried couple" in KRS 403.720.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 6-introduced in House
Jan 7-to Judiciary (H)
HB 53 (BR 55) - T. Edmonds
AN ACT relating to the titling of all-terrrain vehicles.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186A to require the titling of all-terrain vehicles to be administered through the automated motor vehicle and titling registration system; establish that procedures for titling all-terrain vehicles be consistent with motor vehicle titling; establish guidelines for promulgation of regulations relating to titling of all-terrain vehicles; ensure the capability of receiving and discharging liens; amend KRS 186A.070 to require any state resident who purchases a new all-terrain vehicle or creates a security interest in an all-terrain vehicle after January 1, 2010, to apply for a certificate of title; prohibit the operation of an all-terrain vehicle on the roadway, except as provided by KRS 189.515.
Jan 6-introduced in House
Jan 7-to Transportation (H)
HB 55 (BR 263) - R. Damron, C. Embry Jr.
AN ACT relating to firearms certification.
Amend KRS 237.140, relating to federal Law Enforcement Officer Safety Act certification and recertification of active and retired peace officers, to permit any peace officer who has successfully completed a Kentucky Law Enforcement Council approved firearms instructor course to certify persons under KRS 15.383 and 237.140.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 6-introduced in House
Jan 7-to Local Government (H)
Feb 3-posting waived
AN ACT relating to motor vehicles.
Amend KRS 186.010 to define "low-speed electric vehicle" and amend the definition of "motor vehicle" to include a low-speed electric vehicle; create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to allow the use of low-speed electric vehicles on highways with a posted speed limit of 45 miles per hour or less; require low-speed electric vehicles operated on a highway to be insured in compliance with KRS 304.39-080, titled in accordance with KRS 186.020, and registered as a motor vehicle in accordance with KRS 186.050(3)(a); permit low-speed electric vehicles to cross a roadway with a posted speed limit of more than 45 miles per hour if the intersection is equipped with an electric traffic signal.
Jan 6-introduced in House
Jan 7-to Transportation (H)
AN ACT relating to bicycle and pedestrian safety.
Amend KRS 189.010 to define bicycle and to explicitly exclude bicycle in the definition of motor vehicle; create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to establish the offense of vehicular assault of a bicyclist or pedestrian; amend KRS 189.300 to detail right side travel requirements for bicycles; amend KRS 189.990 to establish penalties for vehicular assault of a bicyclist or pedestrian; amend KRS 431.005 to provide that an officer can arrest without a warrant when the officer is not present to witness vehicular assault of a pedestrian or bicyclist; amend KRS 431.015 to allow a physical arrest under the conditions described in the amendment to KRS 431.005.
Jan 6-introduced in House
Jan 7-to Judiciary (H)
AN ACT relating to emergency notification systems.
Amend KRS 65.7625 to require the state administrator for the Commercial Mobile Radio Service Emergency Telecommunications Board to implement compliance with a statewide wireless phone emergency notification system designed to assist the state's deaf and hard-of-hearing community; amend KRS 65.7629 to authorize the board to develop and maintain the system with the cooperation and input of the Kentucky Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing; mandate that the emergency notification system provide maximum statewide coverage, with separate administration and coordination within each area development district; allow the board to promulgate administrative regulations to shift existing grants and other board money to fund the system; delete outdated cost study language; amend KRS 65.7631 to authorize the board to use administrative funds to cover its expenses incurred due to the emergency notification system; permit the use of grants or matching money to implement the system; amend KRS 65.7633 to require the board to promulgate administrative regulations establishing procedures and guidelines for implementing and funding the emergency notification system.
Jan 6-introduced in House
Jan 7-to Seniors, Military Affairs, & Public Safety (H)
AN ACT relating to minors soliciting contributions on highways.
Amend KRS 189.570 to require direct adult supervision of minors under the age of 14 who are soliciting contributions on highways.
Jan 6-introduced in House
Jan 7-to Transportation (H)
HB 107/LM/CI (BR 350) - S. Riggs
AN ACT relating to peace officers.
Amend KRS 61.365, relating to Kentucky peace officer status for federal officers, to add United States Postal Inspection Service Postal Inspectors.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 6-introduced in House
Jan 7-to State Government (H)
Feb 3-posted in committee
HB 192/LM (BR 1230) - T. Riner
AN ACT relating to shock probation.
Amend KRS 439.265 to prohibit shock probation if the defendant has been convicted of both DUI and of violating KRS 507.040 or 507.050; provide for short title, "The Kentuckians against Drunk Driving Act."
Feb 3-introduced in House
AN ACT relating to public performances.
Create new section of KRS Chapter 518 to prohibit the audio or visual recording of public performances; provide notice and create exception.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
HB 113/LM (BR 381) - L. Belcher
AN ACT relating to the reporting of stolen items with vehicle identification numbers.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186 to require a law enforcement agency to enter information on a stolen item with a vehicle identification number into the NCIC database.
Jan 6-introduced in House
Jan 7-to Transportation (H)
AN ACT relating to consumer protection.
Create a new section of KRS 367.110 to 367.300 defining novelty lighters; prohibit the sale of novelty lighters within the Commonwealth; establish a civil penalty for a violation.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 6-introduced in House
Jan 7-to Labor & Industry (H)
HB 128/LM (BR 248) - A. Simpson
AN ACT relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages on election days.
Amend KRS 244.290, 244.480, and 242.100 to prohibit the retail sale of alcoholic beverages during the hours the polls are open on any primary or regular election day unless a locality's governing board enacts an ordinance permitting or limiting the hours of the sale; amend to prohibit the retail sale of alcoholic beverages in the county on the day a local option election is held unless the affected locality enacts an ordinance permitting or limiting the hours of the sale.
Jan 6-introduced in House
HB 129 (BR 384) - S. Westrom
AN ACT relating to the sale of alcohol to minors.
Amend KRS 244.080 to restrict licensee's agent, servant, or employee from improper distribution of alcoholic beverages and prohibit possession by minor; amend KRS 244.085 to restrict attendance of minors at concerts where alcoholic beverages are sold.
Jan 6-introduced in House
HB 130/LM/CI (BR 130) - J. Fischer
AN ACT relating to capital punishment.
Amend KRS 532.025 to expand the permissible use of capital punishment to cases where the victim was under 12 years of age and had been previously abused by the defendant.
Jan 6-introduced in House
AN ACT relating to motor vehicles.
Amend KRS 186.010 to define the term "low-speed vehicle" and amend the definition of "motor vehicle" to include a low-speed vehicle; create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to allow the use of low-speed vehicles on highways with a posted speed limit of 45 miles per hour or less; require low-speed vehicles operated on a highway to be insured in compliance with KRS 304.39-080, titled in accordance with KRS 186.020, and registered as a motor vehicle in accordance with KRS 186.050(3)(a); permit low-speed vehicles to cross a roadway with a posted speed limit of more than 45 miles per hour if the intersection is equipped with an electric traffic signal.
Jan 7-introduced in House
HB 137/LM (BR 219) - J. Jenkins
AN ACT relating to cruelty to animals.
Amend KRS 525.130, relating to cruelty to animals, to define "shelter" and establish shelter and shade requirements for dogs.
Jan 7-introduced in House
HB 138/LM (BR 192) - J. Jenkins, A. Webb-Edgington
AN ACT relating to electronic warrants.
Amend KRS 17.131 to require all criminal justice system participants, certain state agencies, the Courts of Justice, and the Administrative Office of the Courts to participate in the state wide e-warrant system; provide that any entity failing to cooperate and participate shall be denied access to state and federal grants; provide that the e-warrant system is to be maintained by the Department of Kentucky State Police.
Jan 7-introduced in House
AN ACT relating to emergency protective orders.
Amend KRS 403.740 to require that, in granting temporary custody under an emergency protective order, a court may only deny visitation to a parent if no other reasonable alternative exists to prevent future domestic violence during the time the order is in place.
Jan 8-introduced in House
HB 150/LM (BR 246) - M. Cherry
AN ACT relating to firefighters.
Amend KRS 95A.040 to require the fire commission to establish a physical agility test for professional firefighters.
Jan 8-introduced in House
HB 151/LM (BR 291) - G. Stumbo
AN ACT relating to temporary accessible parking placards.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to allow pregnant women and parents of children under one year of age to receive temporary accessible parking placards; set forth requirements and term of placards; set out procedures for use; allow the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to carry out the provisions of the section; amend KRS 189.459 to include placards issued under Section 1 of the Act under violation provisions.
Jan 8-introduced in House
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky lottery and making an appropriation therefor.
Create new section of KRS Chapter 154A to set forth legislative findings; amend KRS 154A.010 to define "approved track," "authority," "gross terminal revenue," "licensee," "net terminal revenue," "video lottery games," "video lottery terminals," "principal," and "racetrack"; amend KRS 154A.030 to restrict lottery directors from holding financial interests in licensees; amend KRS 154A.040 to conform; amend KRS 154A. 050 lottery board to serve as board of appeals in licensing; amend KRS 154A.060 to require financial reporting on video lottery terminal revenue; amend KRS 154A.063 to exempt video lottery games approved by the corporation; amend KRS 154A.070 establishing lottery president's responsibilities; amend KRS 154A.080 to limit lottery employees' relationship with licensees; amend KRS 154A.090 to provide appeal rights; amend KRS 154A.110 to include unclaimed video lottery prize money and restrict members of the lottery corporation from playing video lottery games; amend KRS 154A.130 to exempt video lottery revenues from deposit into the corporate operating account; amend KRS 154A.420 to include proceeds of video lottery terminal games in lottery proceeds held by lottery retailers; create new sections of KRS Chapter 154A to restrict access to video lottery terminals to individuals over 21 years of age; specify powers of corporation relating to conduct and operation of video lottery games; limit ex parte communication between board of directors and applicant or licensee; limit video lottery terminal operators to horse racing tracks and specify operating requirements of tracks; specify track licensing requirements; specify supplier license requirements; specify occupational license requirements; specify technical requirements for video lottery terminals; create the video lottery distribution trust fund; create the problem gamblers awareness and treatment fund; create the drug and alcohol addiction rehabilitation trust fund; assign Cabinet for Health and Family Services responsibility to regulate problem gamblers awareness and treatment fund; provide for the distribution of video lottery terminal net revenue; create the county jail assistance trust fund; provide distribution of track video lottery terminal net revenue; provide that operation of video lottery games other than those authorized by this Act is gambling; eliminate ad valorem tax for state purposes on motor vehicles and motorboats; amend KRS 134.800 and 134.805 to eliminate county clerk's fee for collecting state motor vehicle ad valorem tax; amend KRS 134.810 to state portion of ad valorem tax on motor vehicles and vehicles held for sale by dealer; amend KRS 134.815 to eliminate requirement for county clerk to deposit state collections on motor vehicle ad valorem taxes; amend KRS 134.820, 186.020, 186A.035, and 235.066 to conform; amend KRS 243.500 and 243.505 to exempt video lottery games; amend KRS 525.090 to exempt video lottery games from loitering provision; amend KRS 528.010 to exempt video lottery games from gambling definition; amend KRS 154A.990 to provide penalties; amend KRS 68.180, 68.197, and 91.200 to exempt net terminal revenue from license tax; amend KRS 92.281 to prohibit assessing licensing fees on video lottery terminal receipts; amend KRS 92.300 to exempt video lottery terminal revenue from local license tax; amend KRS 132.208 to exempt video lottery terminals and video lottery games from state and local ad valorem taxes; create a new section KRS Chapter 137 to exempt video lottery terminal revenues from license, excise, special, or franchise taxes.
Jan 9-introduced in House
HB 164/LM (BR 481) - A. Koenig, A. Simpson
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Law Enforcement Foundation Program fund.
Amend KRS 15.460 and 15.470 to provide that police officers receiving KLEPF fund salary supplements shall continue to receive the supplement when called to active duty with the United States Armed Forces.
Jan 9-introduced in House
HB 176/CI (BR 844) - D. Osborne
AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.
Amend KRS 514.040, relating to theft by deception, to include the issuance of a check with knowledge that it will not be honored by the drawee for the lease, rent, or purchase of property, or for payment to an auction escrow account.
Jan 9-introduced in House
AN ACT relating to driving under the influence.
Amend KRS 189A.005 to expand the definition of ignition interlock device; amend KRS 189A.070 to provide that a reduction in the time period of a license revocation does not lessen the time required for ignition interlock usage; amend KRS 189A.085 to run the period of a license plate impoundment from the date of sentencing to the day the offender is authorized to resume driving; amend KRS 189A.340 to require ignition interlock usage beginning with the first DUI offense and to remove an offender's ability to drive a non-interlock equipped work vehicle; amend KRS 189A.410 to require ignition interlock usage while an offender is driving on a hardship license.
Feb 3-introduced in House
HB 183 (BR 1219) - J. Fischer
AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.
Amend KRS 439.3401 to include commission or attempted commission of a felony sexual offense during a burglary within the definition of a violent offender.
Feb 3-introduced in House
HB 188/LM (BR 944) - J. Richards
AN ACT relating to criminal gangs.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 16 to permit the Department of Kentucky State Police to operate a criminal gang database and share the information in the database with other specified agencies; create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to permit local police departments, sheriff's offices, jails, and other named state agencies to operate criminal gang databases and share the information with specified agencies; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to permit victims of criminal gang activity to sue convicted defendants and recover treble damages and punitive damages; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to permit victims of criminal gang activity to sue to enjoin future criminal gang activity against them; create a new section of KRS Chapter 506 to provide definitions for criminal gang statutes; create a new section of KRS Chapter 506 to provide for enhancement of misdemeanor and felony offenses by one degree and specify mandated minimum term of incarceration when the offense is committed in furtherance of criminal gang activity; create a new section of KRS Chapter 506 to create the offense of criminal gang recruitment in the first degree; create a new section of KRS Chapter 506 to create the offense of criminal gang recruitment in the second degree; create a new section of KRS Chapter 506 to provide for forfeiture of proceeds and other items involved in criminal gang activity; amend KRS 506.150 relating to defenses to criminal gang recruitment charges to conform; amend KRS 431.4505 relating to uniform citations to suspected criminal gang members; repeal KRS 506.140 relating to criminal gang recruitment and definitions.
Feb 3-introduced in House
HB 192/LM (BR 1230) - T. Riner
AN ACT relating to shock probation.
Amend KRS 439.265 to prohibit shock probation if the defendant has been convicted of both DUI and of violating KRS 507.040 or 507.050; provide for short title, "The Kentuckians against Drunk Driving Act."
Feb 3-introduced in House
AN ACT relating to the justice system and declaring an emergency.
Repeal and reenact KRS 439.320, relating to parole board membership; KRS 439.340, relating to parole of prisoners; KRS 23A.2065 and 24A.1765, relating to additional fees for criminal cases in Circuit Court and District Court; KRS 64.005, relating to the clerk's fee for filing bond or release on recognizance; 189A.050, relating to DUI service fee and the use of revenue from fees collected; KRS 431.078, relating to the expungement of misdemeanor and violation conviction records; and KRS 532.200, relating to home incarceration; EMERGENCY.
Feb 3-introduced in House
HB 212/LM (BR 1042) - M. Denham
AN ACT relating to retirement.
Amend KRS 61.637 to exempt employers participating in the County Employees Retirement System from paying employer contributions and reimbursements for retiree health care paid by the systems for retirees reemployed on or after September 1, 2008.
Feb 3-introduced in House
AN ACT relating to hardship driver's licenses.
Create various new sections of KRS 186.400 to 186.640, relating to driver licensing, to allow a District Court to issue a person a hardship driver's license for violating general traffic laws that have caused a person's driver's license to be suspended; pattern the license after the provisions currently in place for a DUI hardship license.
Feb 3-introduced in House
HB 214/LM (BR 1025) - K. Flood, A. Wuchner
AN ACT relating to breast-feeding.
Amend KRS 211.990 to establish a fine of $500 for the first offense and $1,000 for each subsequent offense for any person who violates of KRS 211.755, which permits breast-feeding by a mother in any location, public or private, where the mother is otherwise authorized to be.
Feb 3-introduced in House
HB 221 (BR 1053) - T. Thompson
AN ACT relating to motor vehicle accidents.
Repeal and reenact KRS 189.990; increase the penalty to a Class D felony for leaving the scene of an accident if the defendant knew or should have known that death or serious physical injury is involved.
Feb 3-introduced in House
HB 228/LM (BR 855) - W. Coursey, G. Stumbo
AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments and declaring an emergency.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 218A to prohibit possession of, trafficking in, and cultivation of salvia and impose penalties; amend KRS 218A.010 to define "salvia"; amend 218A.050 to include salvia as a Schedule I controlled substance; amend 217.065, relating to misbranded drug or device, to include salvia; amend KRS 218A.141, relating to additional penalties for trafficking, to include trafficking in salvia; amend KRS 218A.1411, relating to trafficking in a controlled substance in or near school, to exclude offenses relating to salvia; amend KRS 218A.276, relating to a rehabilitation program for possessors of marijuana, to include possessors of salvia; amend 218A.410, relating to property subject to forfeiture, to exclude misdemeanor offenses relating to salvia in certain circumstances; amend 218A.500 to include in the definition of "drug paraphernalia" certain items used with salvia; amend KRS 530.064, relating to unlawful transaction with a minor in the first degree, to exclude activity involving salvia; amend KRS 530.065, relating to unlawful transaction with a minor in the second degree, to include activity involving salvia; amend various other sections to conform; EMERGENCY.
Feb 3-introduced in House
AN ACT relating to prisoner community-service-related projects.
Amend KRS 441.125 to require a jailer or detention facility director to establish a written policy governing community-service-related projects performed by prisoners and submission to local legislative body for approval; provide for notice of the policy to service organizations; establish penalty for violation of policy.
Feb 4-introduced in House
AN ACT relating to body modifications and making an appropriation therefor.
Establish KRS Chapter 317C to create new sections thereof to require persons engaging in the practices of tattooing or body piercing or operating a body piercing or tattoo studio to obtain a license under the chapter; set out exemptions; prohibit a licensed tattoo artist from giving laser treatment, injecting Botox, and from performing permanent cosmetic tattoos; create board; establish membership; attach board for administrative purposes to the Division of Occupations and Professions; establish board duties; promulgate administrative regulations to ensure public safety and competence of the practitioners; require the board to promulgate administrative regulations relating to the training of persons licensed; establish qualifications for licensing as a tattoo artist, tattoo studio, tattoo instructor, body piercing technician, and body piercing studio; establish procedures for issuance and renewal of licenses; establish board's authority to impose disciplinary actions and the grounds upon which the actions may be taken; require that the provisions of this chapter supersede local government ordinances, except for those relating to occupational license fees and zoning requirements; create a revolving account; limit use of moneys in revolving account to administration of chapter; repeal KRS 211.760 and amend KRS 211.990 to conform.
Feb 4-introduced in House
HB 246/CI (BR 487) - A. Koenig
AN ACT relating to electioneering.
Amend KRS 117.235 to allow a person to present evidence of electioneering by a candidate to a law enforcement officer or county attorney for prosecution under KRS 117.995 and to require prosecution; amend KRS 117.995 to make a candidate who knowingly and willfully violates the electioneering prohibitions guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for a first offense and a class D felony for each subsequent offense.
Feb 4-introduced in House
AN ACT relating to peace officers.
Amend KRS 61.365 relating to federal peace officers who have been granted Kentucky peace officer powers to add the United States Mint Police.
Feb 4-introduced in House
AN ACT relating to civil liability for emergency care.
Amend KRS 411.148 relating to nonliability for emergency care, the "Good Samaritan" law, to apply the law to all persons rendering care without remuneration rather than to named persons.
Feb 4-introduced in House
HB 267 (BR 1003) - T. Burch, R. Meeks
AN ACT relating to motor vehicle operator's licenses.
Amend KRS 186.450 to prohibit any person under 18 with a instruction permit from using a personal telecommunication device while operating a motor vehicle, motorcycle, or moped except to summon medical or other emergency help; require the cabinet to provide a decal to be affixed to a vehicle identifying that the operator is in possession of an instruction permit; amend KRS 186.452 to prohibit any person under 18 with a intermediate driver's license from using a personal telecommunication device while operating a motor vehicle, motorcycle, or moped; require the cabinet to provide a decal to be affixed to a vehicle identifying that the operator is in possession of an intermediate driver's license; amend KS 186.454 and 186.990 to conform.
Feb 4-introduced in House
HB 282 (BR 1239) - E. Ballard
AN ACT relating to trespass on retail or commercial premises.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 511 to establish the crime of trespassing on retail and commercial premises when a person enters a driveway or parking lot of a business without conducting business, or in violation of posted signs specifying property regulations; specify exemptions; classify as a violation punishable by a fine of $20-$100.
Feb 5-introduced in House
HB 287/LM (BR 447) - S. Santoro, G. Stumbo
AN ACT relating to a drug service fee, including the distribution thereof.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to assess a drug service fee of $85 on each conviction for violation of KRS Chapter 218A and provide for the distribution of the fee.
Feb 5-introduced in House
HB 288 (BR 1259) - M. Marzian
AN ACT relating to physician assistants.
Amend KRS 311.856 to delete the prohibition against physician assistants prescribing controlled substances; amend KRS 311.858 to allow physician assistants to prescribe Schedules II through V controlled substances if delegated to do so by their supervising physicians; require that prescriptions for Schedule II controlled substances be limited to a 72-hour supply with no refills; require that prescriptions for Schedule III controlled substances be limited to a 30-day supply with no refills; require that prescriptions for Schedules IV and V controlled substances be limited to the original prescription and refills not to exceed a six month supply; require the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure, on the recommendations of the Physician Assistant Advisory Committee, to limit the prescribing of specific controlled substances that have been identified as having the greatest potential for abuse and diversion; establish eligibility requirements for physician assistants who are given prescriptive authority; and amend KRS 218A.010 to include a physician assistant in the definition of "practitioner."
Feb 5-introduced in House
HB 301/LM (BR 1177) - T. Turner, J. Bell, R. Adkins, D. Butler, L. Clark, H. Collins, W. Coursey, J. Gooch Jr., K. Hall, J. Hoover, B. Housman, R. Nelson, S. Rudy, J. Stacy, G. Stumbo, R. Webb
AN ACT relating to animal protection.
Create a new section of KRS 258 to prohibit the removal of a domesticated animal identification or tracking device without permission; establish exceptions; set out penalties for a violation.
Feb 5-introduced in House
HB 308 (BR 468) - L. Clark, D. Keene, D. Floyd, D. Horlander, D. Osborne, S. Santoro, A. Simpson, D. Watkins
AN ACT relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages at state parks.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 242 and 243 to permit the limited sale of distilled spirits, wine, and malt beverages at state resort parks and qualified state recreational parks; allow a local option election for state resort and qualified state recreational parks in a dry territory; establish the conditions under which the election will be held; set forth what a state resort park license or qualified state recreational park license entitles the holder to do; amend KRS 243.030 to establish the licensing fee; amend KRS 243.050 to permit the office to establish the hours and days when a supplemental licensee shall be open; amend KRS 243.115 to permit patrons in a dining room in a state resort park to remove one container of partially consumed wine; amend KRS 243.117 to conform.
Feb 5-introduced in House
HB 311/CI (BR 1056) - W. Stone
AN ACT relating to sexual abuse in the first degree.
Amend KRS 510.110 relating to sexual abuse in the first degree to include persons operating confinement and treatment facilities who have been subjected to sexual contact by those operating or managing the facility, or contractors or volunteers at the facility.
Feb 5-introduced in House
HB 315/LM/CI (BR 1347) - J. Bell, W. Stone, R. Adams, H. Collins, L. Combs, T. Edmonds, K. Flood, K. Hall, J. Jenkins, D. Keene, T. McKee, R. Meeks, B. Montell, F. Nesler, J. Richards, C. Rollins II, A. Simpson, A. Smith, G. Stumbo, T. Turner, D. Watkins, S. Westrom
AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.
Amend KRS 510.155 to allow certain acts to constitute prima facie evidence under that section and to include communications that may originate or terminate outside of the Commonwealth; amend KRS 508.130 to include the use of communication devices as means by which stalking may be done; amend KRS 531.010 and 531.300 to include live images transmitted over the Internet within the coverage of the obscenity statutes; create a new section of KRS chapter 17 to prohibit sex offenders from using social networking websites; amend KRS 17.510 to require sex offenders to disclose their Internet communications identities; amend KRS 17.580 to allow the state's sex offender registration website to be accessed to ascertain if an Internet communications identity is associated with a registered sex offender; create a new section of KRS chapter 500 to provide a forfeiture scheme for personal property used in connection with various sexual and exploitative offenses; amend KRS 16.210 and 500.090 to conform to the new forfeiture provision; create a new section of KRS Chapter 500 to allow the Attorney General to issue a subpoena to obtain delineated Internet information related to internet accounts for which there is reasonable cause to believe that the account has been used in the exploitation of children; create a new section of KRS Chapter 434 to criminalize the offense of phising, where one uses the internet to induce another to divulge personal information by impersonating a third party.
Feb 6-introduced in House
AN ACT relating to gambling.
Amend KRS 2328.510 to extend enforcement powers of charitable gaming investigators to all provisions of KRS Chapter 528.
Feb 6-introduced in House
HB 321/LM/CI (BR 259) - R. Meeks
AN ACT relating to the collection, storage, and use of DNA samples.
Repeal and reenact KRS 17.169 relating to DNA definitions; repeal, amend, and reenact KRS 17.170 relating to convicted felons from whom DNA is to be taken, change taking DNA from Juveniles 13 and over to juveniles convicted as youthful offenders; repeal, amend, and reenact KRS 17.175 relating to the centralized DNA database; repeal and reenact KRS 17.500 to require DNA to be taken from registered sex offenders; repeal and reenact KRS 17.510 to require registered sex offenders who do not have a DNA sample on file to provide a sample upon reregistration; amend KRS 17.580 relating to the Department of Kentucky State Police registered sex offender website to exclude DNA information; repeal KRS 17.171 relating to DNA evidence in cases involving minors; repeal KRS 171.172 relating to DNA evidence in burglary cases; repeal KRS 17.173 relating to DNA evidence in capital cases and certain felony cases; repeal KRS 17.174 relating to DNA evidence from public offenders; repeal KRS 17.177 relating to implementation dates for DNA testing.
Feb 6-introduced in House
HB 323/LM/AA (BR 405) - M. Cherry
AN ACT relating to retirement.
Amend KRS 18A.205 to provide that a retiree who has been reemployed in a full-time position within state government on or after September 1, 2026 shall be eligible for life insurance benefits; amend KRS 61.637 to make technical changes; and amend KRS 78.510 to provide that the retirement systems shall add one or more fiscal years to the final compensation calculation for classified school board employees participating in the County Employees Retirement System on or after September 1, 2008, if the five fiscal years prior to retirement do not include sixty months.
Feb 6-introduced in House
HB 353/LM (BR 1561) - D. Horlander
AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.
Amend KRS 508.025 relating to third degree assault to include an assault on an operator or passenger of a taxi, bus, or other passenger vehicle for hire within that offense; amend KRS 508.050 (menacing) and KRS 525.060 relating to disorderly conduct, to increase the penalty for those offenses where the offense is committed against an operator or passenger of a taxi, bus, or other passenger vehicle for hire.
Feb 9-introduced in House
Feb 10-to Judiciary (H)
HB 360/LM/CI (BR 1376) - T. Thompson, J. Glenn
AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 533 to provide that a court cannot grant probation, shock probation, conditional discharge, pretrial diversion, or other nonimposition of sentence to persons who violate KRS 514.030 by stealing named emergency supplies during a declared disaster or declared emergency; apply the same restrictions to persons guilty of possession of emergency supplies under KRS 514.110 if those supplies were stolen during a declared disaster or emergency.
Feb 9-introduced in House
Feb 10-to Judiciary (H)
HB 365/LM (BR 1320) - D. Horlander
AN ACT relating to driving under the influence.
Amend various statutes in KRS Chapter 189A to increase the use of ignition interlocks as a sanction for driving while impaired; lower the blood alcohol level used in finding an aggravating factor in the offense from 0.18 to 0.15; alter the timelines for license revocation under that chapter; and expand the existing prohibitions that apply to circumventing an installed ignition interlock device.
Feb 9-introduced in House
Feb 10-to Judiciary (H)
HB 369/LM (BR 1498) - J. Tilley
AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.
Amend KRS 514.030, relating to theft by unlawful taking, 514.040, relating to theft by deception, 514.050, relating to theft of property lost or mislaid or delivered by mistake, KRS 514.070, relating to theft by failure to make required disposition of property, KRS 514.080, relating to theft by extortion, KRS 514.110, relating to receiving stolen property, and KRS 514.120, relating to obscuring the identity of a machine to increase penalties to a Class A misdemeanor for property less than $500, Class D felony for property between $500 and $10,000, Class C felony for property between $10,000 and $60,000, and Class B felony $60,000 or more, Class D felony for theft of firearm valued at less than $500; amend KRS 514.060, relating to theft of services, and KRS 514.090, relating to theft of labor already rendered, to provide the same penalties, excluding the references to firearms.
Feb 10-introduced in House
HB 377/LM (BR 1388) - M. Dossett, M. Marzian
AN ACT relating to police forces.
Amend KRS 95.019 to expand the jurisdiction of the chief and officers of a police department in cities of the sixth class from within the city limits to countywide.
Feb 10-introduced in House
HB 380/AA (BR 406) - M. Cherry
AN ACT relating to retirement.
Amend KRS 61.645 to require that two of the three Governor appointees to the Kentucky Retirement Systems board of trustees possess ten years of investment experience and to define investment experience, and to prohibit systems' employees from serving as a member of the board, amend KRS 61.650 to establish a five member investment committee for the Kentucky Retirement Systems composed of the two Governor appointees with investment experience, and three trustees appointed by the board chair, and to limit the amount of assets managed by a single external investment manager to no more than fifteen percent of the systems' portfolio; amend KRS 16.642 and 78.790 to clarify that the investment committee established by amendments to KRS 61.650 is the investment committee for the State Police Retirement System and the County Employees Retirement System and to limit the amount of assets managed by a single external investment manager.
Feb 10-introduced in House
HB 382 (BR 1659) - M. Marzian
AN ACT relating to consortium.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 relating to loss of consortium to include actions by the surviving spouse; provide that the consortium claim may be brought as part of the wrongful death action and not as a separate lawsuit; provide that the damages recoverable are separate from other damages and payable only to the surviving spouse.
Feb 10-introduced in House
AN ACT relating to charitable gaming.
Amend KRS 238.554 to reorganize content for clarity; require mandatory training for officers and chairpersons of charitable organizations before being issued a license.
Feb 10-introduced in House
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky State Police.
Amend KRS 16.040 to broaden the scope of prior work experience a person may use to meet the minimum qualifications to apply for a position as a state trooper.
Feb 10-introduced in House
AN ACT relating to eyewitness identification.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 421, relating to witnesses, to regulate the conduct of lineups by law enforcement agencies; provide instructions for witnesses; provide for suppression of evidence in cases in which the policies are violated; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2010.
Feb 10-introduced in House
AN ACT relating to constables.
Amend KRS 16.220, relating to providing protective vests, tasers, and other items to police departments under the Kentucky State Police program, to add constables as eligible participants.
Feb 10-introduced in House
HB 400 (BR 1457) - C. Miller, C. Siler, D. Butler, C. Hoffman, D. Horlander, J. Richards
AN ACT relating to highway work zones.
Amend KRS 189.2325, relating to highway work zones, to set forth signage requirements for a work zone where the fine for speeding is doubled when workers are physically present; amend KRS 189.394, relating to speeding, to specify that double fines in work zones are only applicable when the work zone is properly signaled and workers are physically present in the work zone.
Feb 10-introduced in House
HB 410 (BR 429) - M. Cherry, A. Webb-Edgington
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky State Police.
Amend KRS 16.010 to establish this section as the definitions section of a potential new KRS chapter as established by Sections 12 to 15 of the bill; define trooper R class as retired troopers who have been reemployed by the Dept. of the Kentucky State Police on an at-will basis, and make technical amendments; amend KRS 16.040, 16.060, 16.070, 16.080, 16.100, 16.100, 16.140, 16.170, and 16.185 to provide for the physical requirements, duties, clothing and equipment, training, discipline, reimbursements for, and indemnification of, individuals employed as Trooper R class; amend KRS 16.055 to modify the scoring of promotions for officers within the Dept. of the Kentucky State Police; establish new KRS sections to provide the commissioner of the Kentucky State Police with the authority to hire up to 100 retired troopers as Trooper R Class on an at-will basis; provide that the number of individuals employed as Trooper R Class will not count against the employee cap for the department; establish the requirements of individuals employed as Trooper R Class; provide that individuals employed as Trooper R Class shall be compensated according to administrative regulations promulgated by the commissioner; provide that individuals employed as Trooper R Class shall be subject to removal without cause by the commissioner; provide that individuals employed as Trooper R Class shall continue to be eligible for pension and retiree health benefits provided by the retirement systems; provide that individuals employed as Trooper R Class shall not participate in the retirement systems or the state health plan as employees during their reemployment; require that individuals employed as Trooper R Class shall adhere to agency standards of conduct; provide that any person may present charges against any individual employed as Trooper R Class by filing charges with the Office of Internal Affairs.
Feb 11-introduced in House
HB 411 (BR 428) - M. Cherry, S. Santoro
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky State Police.
Create KRS Chapter 16A to establish the minimum requirements, powers and duties, promotion procedures, disciplinary actions and procedures, appeal processes for disciplinary actions, and other personnel matters for commercial vehicle enforcement officers, arson investigator officers, hazardous device investigator officers, and facilities security officers within the department of State Police; amend KRS 12.020 and 15A.020 to eliminate the Department of Kentucky Vehicle Enforcement and transfer its functions and personnel to a newly created Division of Commercial Vehicle Enforcement within the Department of Kentucky State Police; amend KRS 281.600 to transfer motor carrier safety audit program responsibility to the Department of Kentucky State Police; amend KRS 15A.075, 18A.005, 18A.095, 281.755, 281.880, 281.883, 281A.090, and 431.105 to conform; repeal KRS 15A.370, 15A.371, and 15A.372; confirm executive order 2008-707.
Feb 11-introduced in House
HB 412 (BR 1517) - J. Gooch Jr.
AN ACT relating to consumer protection.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 367 relating to consumer protection to prohibit business solicitation within thirty days following accidents, provide exception, and establish penalty.
Feb 11-introduced in House
HB 415/LM (BR 1175) - R. Damron
AN ACT relating to benefits for families of persons killed in the line of duty.
Amend KRS 61.315 relating to benefits for line-of-duty deaths for peace officers, firefighters, and National Guard and reserve component personnel to add emergency medical services personnel and volunteers, rescue squad personnel and volunteers, and emergency management personnel and volunteers; amend KRS 164.2842 which provides free tuition at state universities for children of peace officers and firefighters permanently disabled in the line of duty, to add National Guard and reserve component personnel, emergency medical services personnel and volunteers, rescue squad personnel and volunteers, and emergency management personnel and volunteers.
Feb 11-introduced in House
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HB 419/LM (BR 1412) - R. Damron
AN ACT relating to deadly weapons.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 150, relating to fish and wildlife, to permit carrying firearms and deadly weapons for self-defense and defense of others while, hunting, fishing, trapping, and engaging in other activity; permit killing animals in self-defense, in defense of others, and for humane purposes; restrict arrest powers in such cases; prohibit the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources from promulgating any administrative regulations restricting any right provided by the section.
Feb 11-introduced in House
HB 421 (BR 1352) - J. Jenkins
AN ACT relating to retirement.
Amend KRS 61.635 to authorize the Kentucky Retirement Systems board of trustees to develop and establish a Deferred Retirement Option Program (DROP) for hazardous duty employees of a consolidated local government; provide minimum requirements for the program.
Feb 11-introduced in House
HB 426/LM (BR 1035) - K. Sinnette
AN ACT relating to deaths in the line of duty.
Amend KRS 95.860 relating to retirement benefits for a surviving spouse, minor children, and parents of a police officer or firefighter who dies due to occupational causes to increase benefit for surviving spouse from 25% to 50% of the deceased member's salary and increase benefit from 75% to 100% of deceased member's salary for combined payments to the surviving spouse and surviving minor children; increase benefit from 25% to 50% of member's last rate of salary for a parent if there are no other eligible survivors, or 755 for two parents if there are no other eligible survivors.
Feb 12-introduced in House
HB 428/LM (BR 1463) - S. Westrom
AN ACT relating to animals.
Amend KRS 436.610 to specify responsibility for the care of animals seized as a result of violations of the state's animal cruelty statutes.
Feb 12-introduced in House
AN ACT relating to local government participation in the state health plans.
Same as BR 1637.
Feb 12-introduced in House
HB 434 (BR 1686) - B. Yonts, S. Brinkman, E. Ballard, R. Crimm, B. DeWeese, J. Greer, R. Henderson, T. McKee, C. Miller, D. Pasley, D. Watkins
AN ACT relating to civil actions.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 39A to provide Good Samaritan protection for all persons rendering emergency services or medical care during a declared emergency.
Feb 12-introduced in House
HB 440/LM (BR 961) - R. Nelson, R. Damron
AN ACT relating to homeland security.
Repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 514.160 relating to identity theft to increase the number of pieces of identifying information and add to elements of offense; create a new section of KRS Chapter 441 to require pretrial release officers to obtain citizenship information and report information to the Office of Homeland Security and the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet; create a new section of KRS 39G to expand duties of Kentucky Office of Homeland Security with regard to immigration, customs, and other homeland security matters; create a new section of KRS 15.380 to 15.404 to permit local law enforcement agencies to enter into agreements with the federal government for enforcement of immigration and customs laws; create new sections of KRS Chapter 337 to require employers who do business with the state to utilize federal employment verification programs and prohibit hiring of unauthorized aliens starting on January 1, 2010; require Department of Revenue to give notification to employers on or before October 1, 2009; create a new section of KRS Chapter 39 to promulgate administrative regulations to permit early parole of nonviolent alien prisoners convicted of Class D and Class C felonies who are accepted into the federal alien rapid repatriation program; create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to require all local governments and local agencies to comply with federal immigration law and to share citizenship and immigration information as required by law and prohibit local ordinances and other actions that violate the law; amend KRS 514.070 to conform; prohibit a court from granting pretrial release to a prisoner with a detainer lodged against the prisoner, whose name has been reported to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for verification of status, or who has failed to give residence and citizenship information to jail officials.
Feb 12-introduced in House
HB 441/LM (BR 1616) - R. Nelson, R. Damron
AN ACT relating to hiring unauthorized aliens.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to create definitions relating to bill; create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 relating public agencies to require use of federal employment verification programs and prohibit hiring unauthorized aliens; create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to require all contractors and subcontractors with public agencies to use federal employment verification programs and not hire unauthorized aliens and provide sworn affidavits of compliance; create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to provide for civil enforcement and canceling of contracts by county attorneys and Attorney General, permit courts to enjoin violations, require suspension from further public agency contracts for 5 years if employer is found to have hired unauthorized aliens.
Feb 12-introduced in House
HB 443/LM (BR 1162) - M. Denham
AN ACT relating to commercial driver's licenses.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 281A, relating to commercial driver's licenses, to require employers of persons possessing a commercial driver's license to report results of positive drug and alcohol screening tests to the Transportation Cabinet within three business days of receiving the results; establish the same requirements for a medical review officer acting on behalf of a Kentucky motor carrier; require the Transportation Cabinet to establish a commercial driver drug and alcohol testing database; establish procedures for requesting and receiving reports from the database; establish penalties for failure to check applicants against the database or failure to report positive drug or alcohol screening tests; amend KRS 281A.010 to define "medical review officer"; amend KRS 281A.220 to establish that applicants and employees applying for a safety sensitive transportation job who possess a commercial driver's license are deemed to have given consent to testing; amend KRS 281.755 to conform; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2010.
Feb 12-introduced in House
HB 446 (BR 1360) - M. Marzian, J. Wayne, T. Burch, J. Crenshaw, C. Embry Jr., D. Floyd, R. Meeks, D. Owens, R. Webb, R. Weston
AN ACT relating to mental illness.
Amend KRS 532.130 define severe mental disorder or disability; amend KRS 532.135 to add severely mentally ill; amend KRS 532.140 to add severely mentally ill; add effective date of July 15, 2026 for trials involving severely mentally ill offenders.
Feb 12-introduced in House
HB 463 (BR 1036) - K. Sinnette
AN ACT relating to motorcycles.
Amend KRS 186.010 to define "autocycle" and amend the definition of "motorcycle" to include an autocycle; amend KRS 189.125 to require a person operating or riding in an autocycle to wear a seatbelt; amend KRS 189.285 to exclude a person operating or riding in an autocycle from protective headgear and eye-protective device requirements; amend KRS 224.20-710, 224.20-755, and 224.20-760 to conform.
Feb 13-introduced in House
HB 466/LM (BR 1553) - R. Webb, H. Moberly Jr., S. Riggs
AN ACT relating to funding to support public safety, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.
Amend KRS 15.310 to add a definition for "unit of government"; amend KRS 15.330 to allow the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council to approve the addition of new units of government for participation in the KLEFP Fund and to correct incorrect range reference citations; amend KRS 15.382 to correct incorrect range reference citations; amend KRS 15.410 to conform; amend KRS 15.420 to amend definitions; amend KRS 15.430 to clarify the intent of the General Assembly with regard to the use of KLEFP funds; amend KRS 15.440 to clarify participation requirements for various units of government; amend KRS 15.442 to correct incorrect range reference citations; amend KRS 15.450 to require the commissioner of DOCJT to administer the KLEFP fund and to recommend to the council new units of government for participation in the KLEFP fund; amend KRS 15.460 to increase the supplement for police officers on July 1, 2026 to $3,250, and to $3,500 beginning July 1, 2010, and to incorporate the provisions from KRS 15.500, which is repealed relating to distributions if funds are insufficient; amend KRS 15.470, 15.480, and 15.490 to conform; amend KRS 15.510 to establish an administrative hearing procedure under KRS Chapter 13B; amend KRS 15.515 to conform; amend KRS 42.190 to delete language no longer necessary; amend KRS 67A.6901, KRS 70.030 and KRS 70.290 to correct incorrect range reference citations; amend KRS 136.392 to conform, to correct incorrect range reference citations, and to delete language no longer necessary; amend KRS 95A.250 to increase the annual supplement for firefighters on July 1, 2026 to $3,250, and to $3,500 beginning July 1, 2010, and to add language relating to the distributions if funds are insufficient; amend KRS 95A.262 to increase the allotment to qualifying departments from $8,000 to $9,000 beginning July 1, 2009, and to $10,000 beginning July 1, 2010; repeal KRS 15.500; EMERGENCY.
Feb 13-introduced in House
AN ACT relating to loss of communications services in a declared state of emergency.
Amend KRS 278.030 to require the Kentucky Public Service Commission to promulgate administrative regulations to provide that, in the event of a declared state of emergency resulting from a natural or human caused disaster that results in the loss of land-line telephone or wireless communications capability to more than two (2) counties of the Commonwealth, telephone and wireless communications providers shall devise a schedule for the refund of any payments billed during the period of a declared state of emergency; require the PSC to promulgate administrative regulations requiring all wireless cellular transmission towers in the Commonwealth to be equipped with emergency backup generators within one (1) year of the effective date of this Act.
Feb 23-introduced in House
AN ACT relating to a residential option for substance abusers.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 222 to permit the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to contract with an agency to operate a therapeutic home as a residential option for substance abuse treatment for adults; require access to services related to treatment, job training, education, and life skills; permit homes to operate as business training schools; permit the cabinet to promulgate regulations establishing requirements for the operation of the home and business training schools; provide that a therapeutic home qualifies as a home for purposes of home incarceration.
Feb 23-introduced in House
AN ACT relating to fireworks.
Create new section of KRS 227.700 to 227.750 to require reporting on the storage of fireworks and permit inspection by the state fire marshall or local fire chief; amend KRS 227.700, 227.702, and 227.704 to define "consumer fireworks" and provide exceptions; amend KRS 227.706 to define "display fireworks"; amend KRS 227.710 to define "competent display operator" and provide requirements for display set-up and firing; amend KRS 227.715 to require a wholesale/retail permit and annual registration; and prohibit sales to individuals under eighteen years of age.
Feb 23-introduced in House
HB 501/LM (BR 1447) - T. Burch
AN ACT relating to motorcycle helmets.
Amend KRS 186.531 to require motorcycle operators wishing to operate without a helmet to pay a fee; require the proceeds from the fee be forwarded to the Wounded Soldier Program administered by the Traumatic Brain Injury Trust Program; amend KRS 186.020 to require operators to obtain a decal to place on motorcycle license plate; amend KRS 186.285 relating to whom may operate a motorcycle without protective headgear; amend KRS 189.990 to require violators to pay a fine; require the proceeds from the fine be forwarded to the Wounded Soldier Program administered by the Traumatic Brain Injury Trust Program.
Feb 23-introduced in House
HB 510 (BR 964) - D. Pasley, H. Moberly Jr.
AN ACT relating to alcopops.
Amend KRS 243.720 to define "alcopops" to include flavored malt beverages, beverages that contain wine to which fruit juice or other flavorings have been added, or beverages containing distilled spirits and added ingredients such as fruit juice and other flavorings; impose the tax on alcopops at the same rate as distilled spirits; define terms; amend KRS 243.884 to impose the 11% wholesale sales tax on alcopops; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2009.
Feb 23-introduced in House
AN ACT relating to alcohol sales to minors.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 244 to include a sticker requirement for an alcoholic beverage with special appeal to minors and to indicate who is responsible for the placement of the sticker; amend KRS 241.010 to provide a definition of an alcoholic beverage with special appeal to minors.
Feb 23-introduced in House
AN ACT relating to alcohol sales to minors.
Amend KRS 241.010 to define alcoholic beverages with special appeal to minors; create a new section of KRS Chapter 244 to establish restrictions on the placement of alcoholic beverages with special appeal to minors.
Feb 23-introduced in House
HB 534 (BR 1312) - K. Sinnette, A. Wuchner
AN ACT relating to hardship driver's licenses.
Amend KRS 186.560 to permit issuance of a hardship driver's license after a revocation for vehicular homicide; create a new section of KRS Chapter 186 to establish a minimum revocation period prior to the filing of a petition for a hardship license and establish requirements, penalties and fees.
Feb 23-introduced in House