Repeals and reenacts KRS 6.948 to establish a process for health mandate impact statements, federal cost defrayal impact statements, and state employee health plan impact statements to be completed and transmitted; amends KRS 194A.099 to conform; and creates a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to suspend provisions of the Insurance Code that result, or would result, in the state being required to defray the cost of the provision under federal law, to set forth requirements for calculating and making cost defrayal payments, to require that qualified health plan issuers use payments received from the state to provide a rebate or reduce premiums to insureds, and to require that the commissioner of the Department of Insurance promulgate administrative regulations to enforce and effectuate the section; EMERGENCY.

Permit the Kentucky Public Pensions Authority to lease office space in Louisville Metro for its Office of Investments for up to five years with the option to renew up to maximum term of 20 years without being subject to the requirements of the Finance and Administration Cabinet; EMERGENCY.

Create new sections of KRS Chapters 158 and 164 to require public schools, public charter schools, and public postsecondary institutions to provide reasonable accommodations to a lactating student; set forth the minimum requirements for those reasonable accommodations; require public schools, public charter schools, and public postsecondary institutions to provide lactating students a reasonable amount of time to express breast milk or breastfeed without incurring an academic penalty.

Amend KRS 416.580 and 416.660 to require property owners who are required to relocate as result of a condemnation to be compensated for discount points necessary to maintain interest rate.

Amend KRS 439.3401 to amend the definition of "violent offender" to include the attempted commission of any offense listed, a felony involving the death of the victim or serious physical injury to a victim, burglary in the first degree as described in KRS 511.020 if a person other than a participant in the crime was present in the building during the commission of the offense, burglary in the second degree as described in KRS 511.030 if a person other than participant in the crime was present in the dwelling during the commission of the offense, robbery in the second degree as described in KRS 515.030, arson in the first degree, arson in the second degree, and strangulation in the first degree; provide that a violent offender shall serve at least 85 percent of the sentence imposed before probation, shock probation, parole, conditional discharge, or other form of early release is permitted; provide that a violent offender shall only recieve credit on their sentence for time spent in custody prior to the commencement of the sentence; amend KRS 525.045 to conform.

Amend KRS 141.0401 to prevent entities doing business in Kentucky with gross receipts of less than $100,000 from paying the limited liability entity tax for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 278 to create winter and summer temperature standards for disconnection of service by retail electric and gas utilities; allow resumption of disconnection only after a 72-hour period during which the temperature standard is exceeded; establish a certificate of need for persons who are at risk if utility service is disconnected that can be provided by a physician, physician assistant, community-based service organization, or faith-based service organization; prohibit disconnection of service on holidays and weekends and before 8 a.m. and after 5 p.m. on weekdays; allow for reconnection of service for partial payment with a payment plan; require waiver of termination fees, reconnection fees, and late fees for customers having obtained a certificate of need; require utility to make reasonable effort towards reestablishing service for a customer terminated after having obtained a certificate of need but no more than 24 hours after repayment is commenced; require separate, written notice 14 days prior to a disconnection to residential household; require that notice be distinguishable from the regular billing notices; establish font size and typeset for material to be printed on the notice; require a hardship reconnection order for persons at risk who have had service terminated by the utility after meeting specific repayment requirements; require the Public Service Commission to issue an order setting forth any applicable rules and procedures.

Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to define terms, to establish lifeguard requirements for Class A and Class B pools, to allow swimming coaches or instructors providing instruction to count as lifeguards, to allow Class A and Class B pools to submit an alternative lifeguard staffing plan, to require that all Class A and Class B pools be equipped with an emergency shut-off switch that is accessible to lifeguards and other pool staff, to exempt single-family residences not used in connection with a home occupation or business, and to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations; EMERGENCY.

Amend KRS 121.015 to add that the definition of "contribution" shall not be construed to include news stories, commentary, or editorials by a person or group of persons.

Amend KRS 532.080 to provide that a jury may fix an enhanced term of imprisonment when they find a defendant to be a persistent felony offender; provide that persistent felony offender in the first degree and second degree only applies to offenders who are convicted of a felony within the same KRS Chapter as the one previously committed; RETROACTIVE.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 38 to restrict the use of the Kentucky National Guard outside of state active duty unless Congress officially declares war or has taken official action pursuant to the United States Constitution and has satisfied any outstanding balance to the Kentucky National Guard; provide that the Act may be cited as the Defend the Guard Act.

Amends KRS 164.746 to modify the membership of the governing board of the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority; amends KRS 164A.050 to modify the membership of the governing board of the Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corporation (KHESLC); and amends KRS 164A.055 to authorize the Asset Resolution Corporation to engage in student loan activities and to remove references to administration by KHESLC; EMERGENCY.

Adjourn in honor and loving memory of H. Douglas Rouse.

Repeal KRS 237.115, which interprets the application of the license to carry concealed deadly weapon statute as permitting postsecondary facilities and state and local governments to limit concealed carry in governmental buildings; amend KRS 150.172, 237.110, and 527.020 to conform.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to provide taxpayers the option of having all or a portion of their income tax refund be contributed to the Greater Kentucky and Southern Indiana Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association, effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025; direct the commissioner of the Department of Revenue to transfer the funds by July 1, 2026, and by July 1 of each year thereafter to the Greater Kentucky and Southern Indiana Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association.