Create new sections of KRS Chapter 15 to require the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council (KLEC) to approve and certify within 90 days of submission an 80 hour basic training course for constables and deputy constables, and topics for in-service training for constables by the Kentucky Constables Association, Inc., require KLEC to promulgate administrative regulations allowing the association to provide basic training courses and in-service training courses for constable and deputy constable certification; provide that a constable or deputy constable that has taken the basic training course or who is certified under KRS 15.380 to 15.404 is certified and has peace officer powers; require 40 hours of in-service training to maintain certification; require instructors to be certified by KLEC; grandfather constables serving in office on the effective date of the Act who have been continually in office since December 31, 2022; require KLEC to track certification; establish the peace officer powers of certified constables; allow for extensions of training time and establish consequences for failing to meet training standards; set out certification categories; amend KRS 70.325 to specify powers of constables who have not completed the training; amend KRS 15.856 to allow constables in all counties to serve process related to child support actions; create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to provide for the conditions of revocation of constable's peace officer powers; amend KRS 15.310 to include constables and deputy constables within the definition of "law enforcement officers" amend KRS 15.315 to add a constable to the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council; amend KRS 17.190 to add constables to the list of law enforcement agencies allowed to make emergency requests for call location information; amend KRS 70.310 to remove the sufficiency standards for constables' bonds exercised by the county level government; amend KRS 15.404 to specify that the executive director of the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council is responsible for certain program aspects; allow constables to apply for admission to a basic training course as established by KRS 15.440 at a school certified or recognized by an association representing constables, the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council, or the Department for Criminal Justice Training; remove requirement that the constable bear the costs of precertification and training as well as precertification; provide that if space is not available upon request, the constable or deputy constable possessing peace officer powers at the time of application continue to possess those powers until training is made available to them and they are able to complete the training; amend KRS 446.010 to include certified constables and deputy constables in the definition of "peace officers"; amend KRS 180.910 to include within the definition as an "emergency vehicle" a vehicle being used for official law enforcement purposes by a constable or deputy constable possessing the powers of a peace officer; amend KRS 189.910 to inlcude vehicles commandeered by peace officers, rather than police officers within the meaning of emergency vehicles, and include constables' and deputy constables' vehicles within the meaning of an emergency vehicle when the officers possess peace officer powers and are using the vehicles for law enforcement; amend KRS 189.950 to allow constables without the powers of peace officers to equip their vehicles with blue lights and a siren with fiscal court approval; allow constables possessing the powers of a peace officer to equip their vehicle with blue lights and a siren without fiscal court approval; direct that the act be cited as the Richard Lee VanHoose Act; EMERGENCY.

Barbers And Cosmetologists - Shop training program, apprentices Licensing - Barbers, apprentices, shop training program, requirements Occupations And Professions - Barbers, apprentices, shop training program, requirements

Court Of Appeals - Judges, compensation, General Assembly, provision Court, Supreme - Justices, compensation, General Assembly, provision General Assembly - Court of Appeals, judges, compensation, provision General Assembly - Supreme Court Justices, compensation, provision

Amend KRS 158.162 to define "critical incident," require investigations in emergency plans for critical incidents and state the goals of the investigations; amend KRS 158.4410 to task the state school security marshal with investigating serious physical injury or death incidents that occur on school property, at school-sanctioned events, or during interscholastic athletic events; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to outline the parameters of the investigation, require referral of potential criminal charges, and require necessary administrative regulations; amend KRS 72.025 to require the coroner conduct an autopsy in deaths occurring on public or nonpublic school property or during a school-sanctioned event.

Amend KRS 132.4851 to exempt motor vehicles assessed under KRS 132.485 from state property taxes beginning on or after January 1, 2027; amend KRS 132.020 to conform.

Administrative Regulations And Proceedings - Fiscal note, rename Budget And Financial Administration - Fiscal note, requirements Financial Responsibility - Fiscal note, requirements General Assembly - Fiscal note, requirements Legislative Research Commission - Fiscal note, requirements

Economic Development - High-growth loan program, creation Funds - High-growth loan fund, creation Small Business - High-growth loan program, creation State Agencies - Cabinet for Economic Development, high-growth loan program, creation

Contracts - State agencies, small purchase authority, annual limit, increasing Public Procurement - Finance and Administration Cabinet, small purchase authority, annual limit, increasing State Agencies - Finance and Administration Cabinet, small purchase authority, annual limits, recommendations State Agencies - Small purchase authority, annual limit, increasing

Appropriations - Title of acts of the General Assembly, appropriation, inclusion, effect Effective Dates, Emergency - Title of acts of the General Assembly, emergency inclusion, effect General Assembly - Title of acts, declaration, effect

Administrative Regulations And Proceedings - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, social service workers, body-worn cameras Children And Minors - Dependency, neglect, and abuse, removal from home, clear and convincing evidence Children And Minors - Social service workers, investigations, body-worn cameras Children And Minors - Unified Juvenile Code, interpretation Civil Actions - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, violation of rights, establishment Civil Procedure - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, violation of rights, qualified immunity waiver Courts - Unified Juvenile Code, interpretation Courts - Unified Juvenile Code, standard of review Courts, Circuit - Termination of parental rights, reasonable efforts, requirement Courts, District - Dependency, neglect, and abuse actions, placement not with relatives or fictive kin, explanation Courts, District - Dependency, neglect, and abuse actions, removal from home, clear and convincing evidence Courts, District - Dependency, neglect, and abuse actions, removal order, appeal Courts, District - Dependency, neglect, and abuse hearings, audio and video recording Courts, Family - Dependency, neglect, and abuse actions, placement not with relatives or fictive kin, explanation Courts, Family - Dependency, neglect, and abuse actions, removal from home, clear and convincing evidence Courts, Family - Dependency, neglect, and abuse actions, removal order, appeal Courts, Family - Dependency, neglect, and abuse hearings, audio and video recording Effective Dates, Delayed - Dependency, neglect, and abuse, January 1, 2027 Funds - Family preservation fund, establishment Parental Rights - Termination, prohibition Reports Mandated - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, removal of children from home Reports Mandated - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, social service worker caseloads Short Titles And Popular Names - Protection of the Children Act

Cannabis - Beverages, concentration of intoxicating substances Drugs And Medicines - Cannabis-infused beverages, concentration of intoxicating substances Foods And Beverages - Cannabis-infused beverages, concentration of intoxicating substances Substance Use - Cannabis-infused beverages, concentration of intoxicating substances

Courts, Circuit - Termination of parental rights, hearing, jury trial, election Courts, Family - Termination of parental rights, hearing, jury trial, election Domestic Relations - Termination of parental rights, hearing, jury trial, election Parental Rights - Termination of parental rights, hearing, jury trial, election

Boats And Boating - Fish and wildlife boating enforcement officers, private open land, entry or access, requirements Fish And Wildlife - Game wardens, private open land, entry or access, requirements Hunting And Fishing - Game wardens, private open land, entry or access, requirements Peace Officers And Law Enforcement - Game wardens, private open land, entry or access, requirements Property - Game wardens, private open land, entry or access, requirements State Agencies - Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, game wardens, private open land, entry requirements

Amend KRS 26A.090 to define terms; remove the definition for the court facilities standards committee; amend KRS 26A.107 to establish the duties of the Administrative Office of the Courts relating to assessments of court facilities and construction; create a new section of KRS Chapter 26A to establish the Court Facilities Construction Standards Board; establish the membership and duties of the board; establish a Local Project Development Board; establish the membership and duties of the board; establish the duties and responsibilities of all state and local parties related to construction of court facilities; create a new section of KRS Chapter 26A to establish payment of debt service on bonds issued by a local government for the construction of a court facility and payment of operational costs; create a new section of KRS Chapter 26A to establish duties of a local government for maintenance of new court facilities; establish duties of the Administrative Office of the Courts for reporting of maintenance activity and facility conditions; amend various sections of KRS Chapter 26A to establish the applicability of the duties and requirements related to court facilities projects under construction or for which authority has been given by the General Assembly prior to and on or after the effective date of the Act, and to conform; provide that provisions of this Act applying to new projects shall only apply to all projects authorized after the effective date of the Act, and do not affect, impair, or modify existing projects; EMERGENCY; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2026.

Elections And Voting - Right to vote, dispute, procedure, technical corrections Technical Corrections - Right to vote, dispute, procedure, technical corrections