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Administrative Office of the Courts, alternative sentencing of primary caretakers

Administrative Office of the Courts, data, petition for order of protection, coercive control

Advisory Redistricting Commission, establishment

Affordable Housing Trust Fund, increasing and modifying fees, adjusting distribution

Air pollution control boards, air quality monitoring, data collection standards

Alcohol and drug counselors, position of authority, inclusion

Alternative treatments, chronic pain treatments, coverage

animal control officers, recognition of child abuse, training programs, Kyan's Law

Animal seizure, cost of care petition

Assault in the third degree, offense against a justice or judge

Assault in the third degree, offense against drivers of public transportation

Assualt in the third degree

Automated license plate reader, permitted uses, data usage

Background checks, private firearms sales and transfers

Bench warrants, limitation, expiration

Benefits for workers displaced by domestic or dating violence and abuse, sexual assault, or stalking

Blood donations, testing

Board of Election, e-poll books, data provisions

Buildings used as temporary shelters in emergencies

Burial grounds, proper care, requirement

Burial or cremation of a dead body, facilitation

Cabinet for Economic Development, ownership of real property, regulation

Cabinet for Health and Family Services, ambulance services, complaints

Cabinet for Health and Family Services, pperinatal palliative care, programs and services, list

Campaign finance prohibition

Cannabis, constitutional amendment, guarantee of rights, establishment

Cannabis possession, personal use quantity, removal of penalties

Cannabis, right to possess, use, or buy

Casino gaming, fantasy contest, regulation, Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation

Centralized reporting, collection, and distribution system or occupational license fees

Certified living wage, establishment

Cities, chickens, residential property, regulation

Civil action, judiciasl officers, protected information, disclosure, prohibition

Code enforcement officers, hazardous duty retirement

Code of ethics order, appeal to Circuit Court

Consolidated local governments, creation of elected office

Constitiional amendment, limits on taxation and spending, ballot language

Constitutional amendment, ballot initiatives, establishment of right of the people to propose

Constitutional amendment, child pornography and racketeering, prohibition, creation

Constitutional amendment, eligibility to vote, mentally incompetent, ballot language

Constitutional amendment, excise, sales, or use tax exemption ballot language

Constitutional amendment, pardons and commutations, Governor's ability, limitation

Constitutional amendment, pardons and commutations, limitation, ballot language

Constitutional amendment, preconviction pardons, limitation, ballot language

Constitutional amendment, property tax exemption, active-duty military and veterans

Constitutional amendment, property tax exemption, homeowners 65 years of older, ballot language

Constitutional amendment, property tax exemption, veterans and first responders, ballot language

Constitutional amendment, slavery and involuntary servitude, prohibition, ballot inclusion

Constitutional amendment, slavery and involuntary servitude, prohibition, ballot language

Constitutional amendment, term limits of members, ballot language

Conversion therapy, minors, public funding, prohibition, licensees, disciplinary action

Coverage for tests to detect COVID-19

Crisis aversion and rights retention order, law enforcement systems, information entry

Cruelty to animals in the first degree, additional elements, forfeiture of animals

Cultured animal tissue, meat, meat product, prohibition

Damage resulting from defective roadway, local government liability

Dental services, insurance, assignment of benefits

Department for Local Government, coroner and duty coroner, compensation requirements

Department of Revenue, certificates of delinquency sale, tax delinquency diversion program

Department of Vehicle Regulation, accessible online insurance verification system, effectuation

Development in traditional single-family zones, additional requirements

Diego's Law

Diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, prohibition, enforcement and remedies, state and local

Dog bite or dog attack damages, written request, insurance disclosures

Domestic abuse convictions, firearms surrender, procedures

Domestic violence and abuse, definition, protective order, petition, fling

Dream Big Burnside Development Authority, county, participation

Driver licensing, regional offices, location

Driveway authority, driveway plate, fees, Transportation Cabinet

Driving under the influence, driving on a suspended license, aggravating circumstance

Driving under the influence, third or subsequent offense, penalty enhancement, Class D felony

Duty to intervene, reporting requirements, legal and administrative protections

Earned paid sick leave provided by employers, requirement

Earned wage access services, regulatory requirements

Emergency ground ambulance services, coverage and payment requirements

Emergency shelter operation, requirement

Employees, schedules

Employer vaccine mandate, medical or religious exception, notice of exemptions

EMS Professionals Foundation Program fund, creation

Epinephrine devices, coverage requirement

Essential employees, minimum wage

Feeding or eating disorders, coverage requirements

Fees for lodging state prisoners in jails

Finance and Administration Cabinet, Jefferson County Youth Detention Center transfer, requirement

Firearm ban, enforcement by state and local government, prohibition

Firearm storage, requirement

Firearm theft, reporting requirement

Firearms, ammunition capacity, possession

Firearms, federal regulation, limitation

Firearms, local regulation

Firearms, transaction waiting period

Fraudulent sale or lease of real property, creation of offense

Gender transition services, KCHIP payment or coverage, prohibition

Government services, use of the word, "free," prohibition

Grant database, requirements

Hate crime, enhanced term of imprisonment, hate symbols to intimidate, creation of offense

Health plan, breastfeeding support and equipment, coverage requirement

Health plan, contraceptive coverage

Health plan, perinatal mood and anxiety disorders screenings, coverate requirement

Health plan, perinatal mood and anxsiety disorders screenings, coverage requirement

Health plan, prescription drug coverage, cost-sharing and rebate requirements

Health plan, prescription drugs, postpartum mood disorders, coverage requirement

Health plan, prior authorization, exemption program

Health plan, substance use disorder treatment, coverage requirement

Hearing loss, coverage requirements

Heat illness prevention, outdoor employees

Heirs property research fund, county clerk fee increase, recording and indexing

Housing

Illegal alien, compensation with state tax dollars, prohibition

Immigration law compliance, requirement

Independent school district, board of education, establishment

Industrial revenue bonds, multifamily housing, permission

Insurance fraud, prohibited acts

Interference with a legislative proceeding, arrest requirement

Interrogation of children, requirements

Investor-owned electric utilities

Kentucky Child Mental Health Services Access Program, establishment

Kentucky Emergency Volunteer Corps, use during emergencies, authorizing

Kentucky Law Enforcement Council, peace officer revocation, nonfeasance and malfeasance, procedure

Kentucky Public Pensions Authority, CERS retiree health subsidies and contribution rates, increase

Kentucky Women's Bill of Rights

Knowingly recording or disclosing grand jury information, crime, establishment

Law enforcement agency, policy and procedure, firearm destruction

Law enforcement records, exception, risk of harm to the agency or investigation

Leave from employment for court appearances

Leave from employment for court appearances, requirements for employer and employee

Legislative council members and candidates for legislative office, employment, protection

License to carry concealed deadly weapons, age requirement

Local boards of education, candidates for office, partisan requirement for office sought

Local government insurance premium tax, group health insurance, exemption

Local planning and zoning officers, training

Local regulation of accessory dwelling units, restrictions

Local regulation of duplexes, restrictions

Local regulation of multi-units and mixed and mixed-use developments, restrictions

Local transient room taxes, electronic payment and filing, standard form

Manufactured housing, zoning regulation, restrictions

Manufacturing, preferences for materials made in the United States

Marijuana intoxication, per se limit, creation

Marketable title, mineral interests

Marriage licenses and applications, county clerks, authority to correct

Master's commissioner's sale, counties with land bank authority, requirements, establishment

Medical debt, maximum rate of interest

Medical treatment, discrimination, acts of conscience

Mental health care service, discrimination, protected counseling services

Minimum wage, authority to establish, state minimum wage increase

Minimun wae for all employees, workers with a disability

Money bail, restriction to certain high-risk defendants

Motor vehicle racing, enhanced penalties

Motor vehicle registration, certain members of the Armed Forces, National Guard, or Reserves

Motor vehicle usage tax, purchases by military and Natonal Guard members, exemption

Motor vehicle usage, vehicles purchased by active duty service members, exemption

Offender employment and licensure, requirements

Office of Safer Communities, establishment

Orders of protection, repeated violations, penalty, enhancement

Paid parental leave for employees

Parentage fraud, Class B misdemeanor, elements

Peace officer certification, minimum qualifications, physical agility test

Perinatal depression, coverage requirement, January 1, 2026

PFAS chemicals, reporting requirements

Possession or viewing of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor, parole eligibility

Postincarceration supervision, attempted sex crimes, child pornography, human trafficking

Pregnant inmates, midwifery or doula services

Prescription drug coverage, cost-sharing and rebate requirements

Primary caretaker, dependent child, alternative to confinement

Property tax, assessment or reassessment moratorium expansion, proposed constitutional amendment

Property tax, emergency services, rate increases

Property tax, exemption, homeowners 65 years old or older, proposed constitutional amendment

Property tax, federally documented boats, exemption

Property tax, homestead exemption, disabled veterans

Property tax, homestead exemption, owners who are 65 or older, proposed constitutional amendment

Property tax, motor vehicles, state rate reduction and exemption

Property tax, motor vehicles, state tax exemption

Proposed constitutional amendment, healthy environment, inherent and inalienable right

Protective order, petition, filing

Psychiatric collaborative care model, coverage requirement

Psychological injuries for educators, workers' compensation

Rapid whole genome sequencing, Kentucky Employee Health Plan, coverage requirement

Real estate, marketable title, protected exceptions, establishment

Religious institutions, development of affordable housing

Rental property registry by local government, prohibition

Replacement of roofing materials, uniformity of appearance, insurance coverage

Residual waste facilities, environmental remediation fee, allowable uses

Restoration of voting rights and civil rights, automatic, constitutional amendment

Retirement, legislatively authorized of funded raises from pension spiking provisions, exemption

Sancturay policies, prohibition

School bus stop cameras, placement and use

School district establishment, merger, transfer, redivision, financial oversight, taxation, appeals

Schools, concealed deadly weapons

Seized or recovered firearms, reporting procedures

Self-insured employer group health plan, mental health wellness examination, coverage requirement

Sepatate facilities, by sex

Serious Physical Injury or Death

Sex offender registry, registration requirements and restrictions

Sex offenders, participation in Halloween-related activity involving minors, prohibition

Sex offenders, residing within 3,000 feet of specific locations, prohibitions

Sexual extortion, class C felony, elements, notice to students

Sexual extortion, Class C felony, elements, notice to students

Sexual offenses

Sexual orientation and gender identity, prohibition of discrimination

Short-term rental restrictions, prohibition

Slavery and involuntary servitude, prohibition, constitutional amendment

Small farms, home-based processors, rules, regulations, laws, exemption

Smoke, CO1, gas detectors in all existing sold and leased residences, requirement

Smoking, cigar bars, local government regulation, limitation

Solid waste management plans, residual waste generators

Squatters

Squatters, removal from premises, damages

State and local compliance with federal request for background checks

State and local governmental entities, annual report

State Employee Health Plan

State historic battlefield sites, hunting, prohibition, exception

State minimum wage, increase

Street-legal special purpose vehicle, requirements to operate on a highway, registration requirement

Target shooting, requirements, Class A misdemeanor for violation

Telephone and broadband facilities, key infrastructure asset, inclusion

Temporary governmental structures, building code compliance, six month inspection

Temporary minimum dispensing fee

Temporary tags, motor vehicle dealers, application procedures

Theft of services, rental agreements, property

Third-party payors, payment and response requirements

Title theft provisions

Traveling into the Commonwealth to commit a sexual offense, creation of offense

Uniform financial information report, publication, requirement

Unlawful storage of a firearm, prohibition

Unlawful storage of a firearm, prohibition, affirmative defense

Violent offender, conviction of kidnapping

Wages, requirement to pay living wage

Workers' compensation, illegal substances, proximate cause of injury

Wrongful discharge, collection of lost wages


Last updated: 2/21/2025 4:29 PM (EST)