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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

Kentucky Senate Bill SB195

Introduced
2/18/25  
Refer
2/18/25  
Amend KRS 218B.020 to remove the requirement that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services collaborate with the University of Kentucky College of Medicine and the Kentucky Center for Cannabis in compiling an annual medicinal cannabis report.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB684

Introduced
2/18/25  
Refer
2/18/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
2/27/25  
Engrossed
3/7/25  
Refer
3/7/25  
Refer
3/11/25  
Report Pass
3/12/25  
Enrolled
3/14/25  
Enrolled
3/14/25  
Vetoed
3/25/25  
Refer
3/27/25  
Override
3/27/25  
Refer
3/27/25  
Override
3/27/25  
Enrolled
3/28/25  
Enrolled
3/28/25  
Chaptered
3/28/25  
Amend KRS 117.045 to allow a lesser number of precinct officers when the State Board of Elections has approved a county board of elections' precinct consolidation plan; amend KRS 117.065 to require the county board of elections to notify local boards of education of its intent to use school buildings as voting places by December 1 of each year; require the county board of elections to specify which school buildings will be used; amend KRS 117.066 to conform; allow a county board of elections to request an amendment to its previously submitted precinct consolidation plan if it is at least 56 days before a special election; amend KRS 117.076 to allow caregivers of voters qualified to cast an excused in-person absentee ballot due to age, disability, or illness to cast an excused in-person absentee ballot; amend KRS 117.085 to allow the county clerk to issue voters a mail-in absentee ballot; allow county clerks to issue another mail-in absentee ballot to voters; amend KRS 117.086 to allow the county clerk to dispose of video surveillance of ballot drop-boxes or receptacles after 60 days, upon compliance with the Kentucky Open Records Act, or the completion of an investigation or pending litigation; amend KRS 117.255 to remove the requirement that the county board of elections make the determination of whether a voter requires permanent voting assistance; require that voters requesting assistance on a permanent basis swear an oath; amend KRS 117.265 to change the deadline to file to run as a write-in candidate to the same deadline as the certification of candidates; prohibit certified lists of write-in candidates from being posted; allow voters to review a copy of the certified list of write-in candidates; amend KRS 117.275 to remove language regarding voting equipment that is no longer in use; amend KRS 117.355 to conform; amend KRS 117.383 to allow the video surveillance of hand-to-eye audits to be disposed after 60 days, upon compliance with the Kentucky Open Records Act, or the completion of an investigation or pending litigation; amend KRS 118.125 to require that the two voters signing a candidate's notification and declaration are of the same party and from the same district or jurisdiction as the candidate at the time of signing; amend KRS 118.165 to clarify when candidates shall file nomination papers; amend KRS 118.205 to require that a candidate's district number be listed with the Secretary of State rather than his or her residence; amend KRS 118.212 to conform; amend KRS 118.215 to require that a candidate's office and district number be provided to the county clerks rather than his or her residence; amend KRS 118.315 to clarify that a petitioner for the nomination of a candidate can sign more than one nominating form for the same office; amend KRS 118.387 to require the county clerk and Secretary of State to display a candidate's office and district number rather than his or her residence on their website; clarify that political affiliations shall only be listed online for partisan candidates; amend KRS 118.425 to establish the deadline for the certification of the total number of votes to the Secretary of State following the hand-to-eye audit; amend KRS 118A.140 to require the Secretary of State to record a candidate's office and district number rather than his or her residence; amend KRS 119.165 to clarify that any person who has been convicted of a felony and knowingly votes or attempts to vote shall be guilty of a Class D felony; amend KRS 158.070 to establish that school districts are not required to close if school buildings are used as voting places.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB638

Introduced
2/18/25  
Refer
2/18/25  
Amend KRS 161.220 to add certain employees of WeLeadCS to the definition of "member"; allow the Teachers' Retirement System (TRS) to promulgate administrative regulations to facilitate payment and collection for purchased service credit, and make technical changes; amend KRS 161.230 to allow TRS to establish a title holding company for certain investments; amend KRS 161.250 to specify the deadline for a written appeal of a TRS decision is not subject to the jurisdiction of any court or appeal process; amend KRS 161.430 to allow agreements for commingled investments or real property to be made in or governed by laws outside of the Commonwealth; amend KRS 161.470 to cease interest accrual on the retirement account of members convicted of a felony related to employment after the date of conviction; amend KRS 161.585 to allow a member appealing denial of disability and the member's legal counsel to have access to all written material submitted by the medical review committee to TRS and make technical changes; amend KRS 161.600 to specify the deadline for changes to a member's retirement application is not subject to the jurisdiction of any court or appeal process; amend KRS 161.624 to add filing and other deadlines for information the member or beneficiary is responsible for obtaining; amend KRS 161.630 to specify the deadline for electing a new optional plan of payment or for a change of beneficiary shall not be subject to the jurisdiction of any court or appeal process; amend KRS 161.635 to make a technical change; amend KRS 161.636 to make a technical change; amend KRS 161.661 to clarify the deadline for filing an application for disability benefits is not subject to the jurisdiction of any court or appeal process, that failure to provide income and employment verification documentation or submission of false or fraudulent documentation will result in suspension or disqualification from disability benefits, to allow a member and the member's counsel to be entitled to all written recommendations and reports submitted by the medical review committee, and make technical changes; amend KRS 161.680 to allow determination of errors resulting in over or underpayment to be determined by the TRS board or staff; repeal KRS 161.553, relating to the funding of past statutory benefits; amend KRS 56.8605, 58.868, and 161.550 to conform.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

Kentucky Senate Bill SB220

Introduced
2/18/25  
Refer
2/18/25  
Amend KRS 236.097 to make technical changes.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB637

Introduced
2/18/25  
Refer
2/18/25  
Amend KRS 156.690 to insert gender-neutral language.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

Kentucky Senate Bill SB202

Introduced
2/18/25  
Refer
2/18/25  
Refer
2/20/25  
Report Pass
3/6/25  
Engrossed
3/7/25  
Refer
3/7/25  
Refer
3/7/25  
Report Pass
3/12/25  
Refer
3/12/25  
Enrolled
3/13/25  
Enrolled
3/13/25  
Chaptered
3/25/25  
Amend KRS 13A.220 to make technical corrections.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB630

Introduced
2/18/25  
Refer
2/18/25  
Create a new section of KRS 262.900 to 262.920 to prohibit the taking of property subject to an agricultural conservation easement by eminent domain; allow public hearing on a proposed taking of property subject to an agricultural conservation easement before the local soil and water conservation district board of supervisors; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to allow an owner of property adjoining a property condemned by eminent domain to bring a civil action against the condemnor for damages to property; create a new section of KRS Chapter 413 to establish a five-year statute of limitations for actions by adjoining property owners against condemnors; create a new section of KRS Chapter 416 to prohibit land condemned by eminent domain from being used for the construction of solar energy facilities; amend KRS 262.850 to prohibit the taking of property within the boundaries of an agricultural district by eminent domain; require condemnors to provide a written report at public hearing justifying condemnation due to lack of feasible alternative locations; amend KRS 382.850 to prohibit the taking of property subject to a conservation easement by eminent domain; allow an owner of property subject to a conservation easement who has been served with a summons of condemnation proceedings to request a public hearing before the local soil and water conservation district board of supervisors; require condemnors to provide a written report at public hearing justifying condemnation due to lack of feasible alternative locations; amend KRS 416.550 to require that prior to filing a petition to initiate condemnation proceedings with regard to private property, the condemnor shall engage in good-faith negotiations with the property owner, seek written consent from the property owner to make an audio or video recording of the good-faith negotiations and to submit the recording to the Attorney General, refrain from making any materially false or misleading statements, and not enter into any legally binding agreement with the property owner until a survey of the property has been completed at the expense of the condemnor; provide that the recording of negotiations is subject to public inspection under the Kentucky Open Records Act; amend KRS 416.560 to specify requirements for contents of notice of entry to owners of property; establish penalty for failure to give notice; amend KRS 416.570 to require a petition for condemnation proceedings to contain statements that the property is not subject to an easement that prohibits taking by eminent domain, that there are no reasonable alternate locations or routes for the proposed project, that good-faith negotiations have occurred as prescribed, that no materially false or misleading statements were made to a property owner, and that an audio or video recording of the negotiations has been taken and submitted to the Attorney General or waived by the property owner; amend KRS 416.580 to require the appointment of a certified independent real estate appraiser to the group of commissioners who establish the value of condemned property; amend KRS 416.610 to require the condemnor to pay expenses and reasonable attorney's fees in a condemnation proceeding; amend KRS 416.620 to require the condemnor to pay expenses and reasonable attorney's fees in a condemnation proceeding; amend KRS 416.660 to establish a highest and best use valuation for condemned property; establish the payment of a premium of 125% for any condemned property used for conservation, farm, or agricultural purposes; amend KRS 416.675 to define "private owner."
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HJR33

Introduced
2/18/25  
Refer
2/18/25  
Refer
2/20/25  
Report Pass
3/11/25  
Engrossed
3/11/25  
Refer
3/11/25  
Declare that the General Assembly does not authorize the contingent appropriation moneys to establish an Innovations in Early Childhood Education Delivery Grant Program.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB596

Introduced
2/18/25  
Refer
2/18/25  
Amend KRS 403.725 and 456.030 to require the court of justice to create protocols to allow law enforcement officers to assist victims in filing a petition for an order of protection.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB763

Introduced
2/19/25  
Refer
2/19/25  
Amend KRS 502.010 to insert gender-neutral language.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB792

Introduced
2/19/25  
Refer
2/19/25  
Amend KRS 605.120 to require the report by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services that tracks and analyzes data on relative and fictive kin caregiver placement be done annually and posted to the cabinet website for public access.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB718

Introduced
2/19/25  
Refer
2/19/25  
Amend KRS 620.140 to expand the ability for a dependent, neglected, or abused youth to request to have his or her commitment extended or reinstated beyond the age of 18.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB705

Introduced
2/19/25  
Refer
2/19/25  
Amend KRS 403.725 and 456.030 to require the court of justice to create protocols to allow law enforcement officers to assist victims in filing a petition for an order of protection; amend KRS 403.720 to expand the definition of "domestic violence and abuse"; amend KRS 456.010 to expand the definition of dating violence and abuse; amend KRS 403.270, 403.280, 403.315, 403.220, and 403.340 to remove the presumption in favor of joint custody and equal parenting time; create new sections of KRS Chapter 454 to provide definitions and establish procedures for courts to dismiss civil actions that are determined to be harassing and malicious; allow court costs and attorney fees to be awarded to the prevailing party; allow courts to impose filing restrictions upon any plaintiff found to be an abusive civil action plaintiff; establish procedures to allow abusive civil action plaintiffs to file suit; allow for an immediate appeal as a matter of right.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB760

Introduced
2/19/25  
Refer
2/19/25  
Amend KRS 45A.110 to require the bidder or offeror to attest to not receiving two or more civil penalties under KRS Chapter 337, 338, 339, or 341 in order to be eligible to receive the written determination of responsibility.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB710

Introduced
2/19/25  
Refer
2/19/25  
Refer
2/27/25  
Report Pass
3/5/25  
Engrossed
3/6/25  
Amend KRS 311.586 to insert gender-neutral language.