Education, Elementary And Secondary - Local school districts, disaster relief student attendance days, allowance State Agencies - Kentucky Department of Education, disaster relief student attendance days, allowance State Agencies - Kentucky Department of Education, local boards, school calendar Effective Dates, Emergency - Local school districts, disaster relief student attendance days, allowance

Administrative Regulations And Proceedings - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, poultry sales Agriculture - Poultry, exemptions, farmers, sales, farmers markets, farm Animals, Livestock, And Poultry - Poultry, exemptions, farmers, sales, farmers markets, farm Cities - Poultry sales, additional certification or inspection, prohibition Commerce - Poultry, exemptions, farmers, sales, farmers markets, farm Counties - Poultry sales, additional certification or inspection, prohibition Federal Laws And Regulations - Poultry, exemptions, farmers, sales, Poultry Products Inspection Act Local Government - Poultry sales, additional certification or inspection, prohibition State Agencies - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, poultry sales

State Agencies - Department of Revenue, technical correction Taxation - Technical correction Technical Corrections - Department of Revenue

Boards And Commissions - Local boards of education, school calendar amendment, permitted Boards And Commissions - Local boards of education, student attendance days, waiver Children And Minors - Student attendance days, school calendar amendment, waiver Education, Elementary And Secondary - Student attendance days, school calendar amendment, waiver Effective Dates, Emergency - Student attendance days, school calendar amendment, waiver State Agencies - Kentucky Department of Education, local boards of education, school calendar amendment Teachers - Teacher contract days, school calendar amendment, waiver

Environment And Conservation - State trees, designation, Kentucky coffeetree State Symbols And Emblems - State trees, designation, Kentucky coffeetree

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 100 to define "qualifying planning unit," "qualifying residential development," "small lot," "service document," and "transitional buffer"; prohibit a qualifying planning unit from establishing certain restrictions on a qualifying residential development or small lot; allow a qualifying planning unit to adopt generally applicable regulations related to specified environmental features, and other matters for which a planning unit is authorized to regulate; establish that there is no effect on property owner's associations; establish a cause of action and recovery costs and awarding of attorney's fees if successful; establish limitations on when a qualifying planning unit may deny a development; allow a developer to modify and resubmit development plans after a denial; require a qualifying planning unit alleging substantial negative impacts to articulate those impacts and demonstrate them under clear and convincing evidentiary standard; establish a cause of action by a developer to bring suit for a development plan denial; permit a local government to require a transitional buffer between existing development and a qualifying residential development; create a new section of KRS Chapter 100 to prohibit a planning unit from adopting certain space requirements for parking; direct that the prohibition does not alleviate responsibility to provide accessible parking; allow a planning unit to deny a development if there would be substantial negative impacts; allow a developer to modify and resubmit plans to remediate negative impacts; require a planning unit alleging substantial negative impacts to articulate those impacts and demonstrate them under clear and convincing evidentiary standard; establish a cause of action by a developer for a denial due to a substantial negative impact; create a new section of KRS Chapter 100 to define "mixed-use residential development," "multifamily residential development," and "qualifying planning unit"; direct that in a qualifying planning unit mixed-use and multifamily developments are permitted use in commercial zones; prohibit a qualifying planning unit from imposing requirements on those developments more restrictive than other uses in the zone or to have certain parking requirements; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2027.

Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define terms; require health plans to provide coverage for an annual mental health wellness examination provided by a mental health professional; require the coverage to be no less extensive than coverage for medical and surgical benefits, comply with the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008, and not be subject to any cost-sharing requirements; amend KRS 304.17C-125, 164.2871, and 18A.225 to require limited health service benefit plans, self-insured employer group health plans provided by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution, and the state employee health plan to comply with the mental health wellness examination coverage requirement; state purpose of the Act; direct that provisions apply to health plans issued or renewed on or after the effective date of the Act; provide that Section 1 of the Act may be cited as the Kentucky Mental Health Wellness Act; EFFECTIVE, January 1, 2027.

Animals, Livestock, And Poultry - Domestic animal in danger, removal from vehicle, immunity Civil Actions - Immunity, vehicle damage, domestic animal in danger, removal from vehicle Civil Procedure - Immunity, vehicle damage, domestic animal in danger, removal from vehicle Motor Vehicles - Domestic animal in danger, removal from vehicle, vehicle damage, immunity Safety - Domestic animal in danger, removal from vehicle, immunity

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 17 to define terms; require the Department of Kentucky State Police to develop and operate an animal abuse offender registry; require offenders to register for 2 years for a first offense and 5 years for subsequent offenses; require offenders to pay a $100 registration fee and $100 every year the offender is registered; establish that a violation of registration requirements and providing false information to the registry are Class A misdemeanors; establish the animal abuse offender registry fund; create a new section of KRS Chapter 620 to require Cabinet for Health and Family Services employees to report animal abuse; amend KRS 321.188 to require veterinarians to report animal abuse.

Create a new section of KRS 100.401 to 100.419 to specify that if a land use development plan or subdivision plan is for a proposed development adjacent to a county not part of the planning unit and the development would have a substantial impact on the infrastructure of that county, then the planning unit shall require as a binding element of the plan application an agreement from the other county approving the plan.

Amend KRS 75.031 to require all trustees of a fire district to personally reside in the fire district and declare a vacancy if a trustee moves outside the district during his or her term; amend KRS 273.207 to require all board members of a fire department organized under KRS Chapter 273 to be residents of the area served by the corporation and declare a vacancy if the member moves outside the geographic area during his or her term; declare a vacancy to exist for board members who do not reside in the district or area in the effective date of the Act; provide a method to fill the vacancy; EMERGENCY.

Budget And Financial Administration - Branch budget bills, technical correction Technical Corrections - Branch budget bills, technical correction

Technical Corrections - Taxation, gender-neutral language

Coal - Carbon sequestration, Class VI permit, regulatory and permitting Energy - Carbon sequestration, Class VI permit, regulatory and permitting Environment And Conservation - Carbon sequestration, Class VI permit, regulatory and permitting Fuel - Carbon sequestration, Class VI permit, regulatory and permitting Minerals And Mining - Carbon sequestration, Class VI permit, regulatory and permitting Oil And Natural Gas - Carbon sequestration, Class VI permit, regulatory and permitting Pollution - Carbon sequestration, Class VI permit, regulatory and permitting Reports Mandated - Energy and Enviroment Cabinet, carbon sequestration, Class VI permit, regulatory and permitting

Administrative Regulations And Proceedings - Regional marketing and matching funds program, tourism regions Administrative Regulations And Proceedings - Tourism regional, committees, establishment to qualify for matching funds Advertising - Regional marketing and matching funds program, tourism regions Boards And Commissions - Tourism regional, committees, establishment to qualify for matching funds Effective Dates, Emergency - Regional marketing and matching funds program, tourism regions Funds - Regional marketing and matching funds program, distribution of moneys Parks And Shrines - State parks, occupancy rates, reporting requirement Reports Mandated - Department of State Parks, occupancy rates report Reports Mandated - Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet, tourism regions, strategic plan report State Agencies - Department of State Parks, occupancy rates reporting requirement State Agencies - Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet, regional marketing and matching funds program Tourism - Regional marketing and matching funds program, tourism regions Tourism - Tourism regions, establishment, marketing and matching Funds program