Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to allow perinatal mood and anxiety disorders screenings to be claimed as a service for the child as part of the early and periodic, diagnostic and treatment benefit; amend KRS 205.6497 to require the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program to cover perinatal mood and anxiety disorders screenings; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require a health plan to cover perinatal mood and anxiety disorders screenings as part of a well-child or well-baby visit; amend KRS 164.2871 and 18A.225 to require self-insured employer group health plans offered by a state postsecondary education institution and the state employee health plan to cover perinatal mood and anxiety disorders screenings; direct that certain provisions apply to health plans issued or renewed on after January 1, 2025; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or the Department for Medicaid Services to request federal authorization, if necessary, and report on requests; require the Department of Insurance to request a federal waiver under certain circumstances; provide that provisions are severable; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2025.

Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Kentucky Housing Task Force to study, review, and provide policy recommendations on how to address the housing shortage in the Commonwealth; require the task force to meet at least monthly during the 2024 Interim; outline task force membership; require the task force to submit its findings and recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2024.

Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to establish the endowed research fund to be administered by the Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE) for the purposes of funding research consortiums between two or more public universities; provides that the fund shall consist of appropriations, federal funds, and other proceeds made available to the fund; provides that the funds shall not lapse; provides that there shall be five consortium accounts within the fund that shall each be assigned to a unique research consortium selected by CPE; provides that CPE shall solicit, accept, and review applications from research consortiums between two or more public universities to determine five research consortiums eligible to receive seed funding for a term of five years; creates a review process to determine eligibility for funding through the fund; directs CPE to fill vacancies when a research consortium is no longer eligible to receive funding through the fund; directs CPE to promulgate administrative regulations to administer this section; and directs CPE to select the Kentucky Spinal Cord and Head Injury Research Trust as one of the initial five research consortiums by February 1, 2025; APPROPRIATION.

Create a new section of KRS 186.400 to 186.640 to define "identity document" and "third-party entity"; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to establish procedures to allow third-party entities to apply to the Transportation Cabinet to be approved to accept applications for certain identity documents; set forth minimum standards for third-party issuance; and allow third-party entities to charge a fee for services provided.

Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 311A to establish the emergency medical services education grant program under the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services to be used for student tuition support, agency support, and emergency medical services training or educational institution support.

Recognize April 2024 as Autism Acceptance and Awareness Month.

Repeal and reenact KRS 157.069 to define terms; require the Office of Career and Technical Education within the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) to identify career and technical education programs or pathways as high cost or general cost; provide for a funding calculation from general fund appropriations for career and technical education based 60% upon weighted full-time equivalents enrollment and 40% upon specified incentives; provide for state-operated area technology center operating costs to be funded by the general fund appropriation to KDE; allow funds to be used for career and technical education programming for students in grades 5-8; disburse 75% of administrative operating funds previously designated to state-operated facility administrative costs that were converted to locally operated facilities to the locally operated facility and 25% to the career and technical education innovation and support fund for innovation and support of career and technical programs; create the career and technical education support fund; require the Office of Career and Technical Education to provide oversight of fund usage by recipients; require promulgation of necessary administrative regulations by Kentucky Board of Education; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2024; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.

Amend KRS 156.690 to insert gender-neutral language.

Amend KRS 529.160 to allow a conviction to be vacated when a person's participation in the offense is determined to be the result of being a victim of human trafficking; RETROACTIVE.

Urge the General Assembly to oppose the adoption of a "Red Flag" law or other legislation infringing upon the right to keep and bear arms.

Direct the creation of the Homestead Exemption Task Force to study the expansion of the homestead exemption; outline task force duties and members; require the task force to meet monthly during the 2024 Interim and to submit findings and recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2024; require the executive branch to assist the task force.

Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Jeannie Hensley George.

Designate the New Hope Veterans Memorial Bridge in Nelson County.

Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 198B to allow articulation agreements between licensed proprietary schools and public school districts or state area technology centers to establish academic or training equivalencies needed to obtain licensure, and to require that the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction recognize and honor the articulation agreements toward licensure in the professions regulated by the department, including electricians, plumbers, and HVAC.

Honor George Smith on being named pastor emeritus of First Baptist Church in Leitchfield.