Local Mandate


988 suicide and crisis lifeline fund, establish

Abortion, constitutional amendment, no protected right

Abortion, incompatible with life outside the womb, decriminalization

Abortion services, government payments to entities referring or counseling, removal of prohibition

Adult performance, compliance requirements

Adult-oriented business, restrictions, location requirements

Animal control and assistance dogs

Animal cruelty, penalties, enhancement

Assault, enhancement of penalties

Assault on a service animal, definition

Assault on a service animal, self-defense

Attorney General, independent inquiry requirements, hand-to-eye recount

Auto recyclers, standards

Autonomous vehicles, authority and regulatory framework

Baby Dre Gun Safety Act

Bereavement, vacation and sick leave, death of a child

Biosolids, administrative regulations, conformance with federal requirements

Board of Elections

Board of Elections, precinct consolidation, requirements

Board of Elections, voting systems, education programs, requirements

Burial grounds, proper care, requirement

Cabinet for Economic Development, incentive programs, requirements, modification

Cabinet for Health and Family Services, prosecution of cases under KRS Chapter 620, notice

Candidates for office, partisan requirement for office sought

Cannabis

Cannabis, constitutional amendment, legalization, medical purposes

Cannabis possession, personal use quantity, removal of penalties

Certificate of need, nonsubstantive review

Certification of election results, procedures

Child abuse, mandatory reporting

Child sex dolls, prohibition

Childhood Protection in Education Act

City legislative body, prohibition on using electric utility revenues, board supervision

City meetings, agendas

City officials, nonpartisan elections, redistricting

City officials, nonpartisan elections, redistricting, subpoena powers restrictions

Consolidated local government, county clerk, fee collection authority

Constables, fees for services, establishment

Constables, powers, duties, privileges, fees

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

Constitutional amendment, felon restoration of voting rights

Constitutional amendment, restoration of voting rights, proposal

Contracts, Kentucky Buy American Act, compliance

County tax information, confidentiality requirements, taxing jurisdiction audits, exemption

Deadly weapons, concealed carry in buildings, repeal

DEadly weapons, concealed carry, state and local agencies

Department of Corrections, jail staff, age minimums

Department of Juvenile Justice, performance review audit

Department of Juvenile Justice, reorganization

Department of Juvenile Justice requirements

Distilled spirits tax, license fee levy, distilled spirits premises, authorization

Diversion for minors, Jefferson County Youth Detention Center, renovation

Domestic violence orders, prohibition on possession and order of surrender of firearms

Driving under the influence, minimum time held after arrest

Driving under the influence, third or subsequent offense, penalty enhancement

Driving under the influence under the age of 21, penalties, enhancement

Driving under the influence, vehicular homicide

Earned paid sick leave provided by employers, requirement

Election recount, bond, procedure

Elections, procedure, requirements

Electronic gaming devices, regulation

Emotional support animals, assistance dog rights and privileges, exclusion

Employee benefits, unpaid family care leave

EMS special license plate, establishment

Fantasy contests, sports wagering, online poker

Federal firearm ban, state and local government, enforcement provision

Federal firearm laws, enforcement prohibition, state and local government

Fees, specialty courts, collection designation, supervision status

Film industry tax credit, continuous film productions

Firearm ban, enforcement by state and local government, prohibition

Firearms, comprehensive regulation

Firefighters Foundation Program, setting of maximum hours of training required

Fiscal matters, income tax credit, distilled spirits ad valorem tax, pass-through entity taxation

Gaming commission fund

Gender transition procedures, children, prohibition

Gender transition services

Governmental agencies, acceptance of cash for payment of fees

Harm reduction centers, establishment of program

Hate crime, enhanced term of imprisionment

Hate crime, enhanced term of imprisionment, local jailers

Hazing, criminal offense, elements

Heirs property, partition, county clerk fee increase

Historical overlay districts, ordinance requirements

Homestead exemption increase, proposed constitutional amendment

Incest, familial relationship, first cousin, deletion

Incest, penalty enhancement

Intoxicating hemp products, driving under the influence, prohibition

Judgment liens, terms of expiration

Kentucky all-payer claims database, reporting requirements

Kentucky Center for Cannabis, dispensing of medicinal cannabis permitted in certain cases

Kentucky Child Mental Health Services Access Program, establishment

Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act

Kentucky Reinvestment Act Program, tax incentive, reinvestment agreement, wage assessment

Kentucky Voluntary Do Not Sell Firearms List, prohibition of firearms sales or transfers

Law enforcement, wellness program, establishment, authorization

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

License to carry concealed deadly weapons, age requirement

Liens, leased premises, prohibition in lease

Local government procurement, competitive bidding exceptions

Local ordinances on wages and benefits

Marijuana intoxication, per se limit, create

Marijuana intoxication, per se limit, creation

Marijuana-related offenses, expungement

Master commissioner sale, state of occupancy requirements, violation, fine

Medicinal cannabis program, establishment

Metropolitan correctional services department, employment protections

Minimum wage, authority to establish

Minimum wage for all employees, regulations

Motor vehicle usage tax, recreational vehicles

Motor vehicles, administrative requirements

Multilingual voter ballots, voter materials and hotline established, requirements prescribed

Nonmotorized vehicle, registration requirement

Occupational license fee, population and rate limit, mandatory provisions

Off-highway vehicles, titling and registration

Office of State Treasurer, abolishment

Open Records training, official custodians and employees, requirement

Orders of protection, conviction for qualifying offense, issuance, duration

Paid parental leave for employees, employers with 50 or more employees

Parental rights, education and care of child

Parental rights of public school students, Board of Education

Parental rights, public schools

Pari-mutuel racing tax distribution, local government fund, establishment

Parking authorities in urban-counties, approvals of budgets, budget amendments, fees, and rates

Persistent felony offender, jury discretion for an enhanced penalty

Persistent felony offender, violent act against a person, removal of definition

Personal communication device, use by driver, prohibition

Personal data protection, prescription drug monitoring programs, exemptions

Personalized license plates, partial fee refund

PFAS chemicals, drinking water and discharge limits, administrative regulation, establishment 8860

Pilot program, behavioral health disorder, treatment providers

Planned communities, rights and responsibilities

Police officer mental health program, policies and procedures

Power to arrest, peace officer certification, requirement

Pregnant inmates, midwifery or doula services

Prevailing wage for public works, creating

Promoting contraband, fentanyl, penalty enhancement

Property tax, federally documented boats, tax exemption

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

Property tax, insurance premium surcharge, disabled veteran exemption

Property taxes, installment payment program

Property taxes, motor vehicle exemption

Proposed constitutional amendment, educational costs outside public schools

Proposed constitutional amendment, healthy environment, preservation

Psychological injuries for educators, workers' compensation

Public agencies, public funds, lobbying, prohibition

Public employees, labor organizations, authorization required to withhold dues or fees from earnings

Public employees, labor organizations, prohibitions

Public libraries, sale of electronic literary products by publishers, contract terms

Publicly owned wastewater treatment works, sewage sludge, biosolids, administrative regulations

Rape and incest, exceptions to abortion bans

Rape, Sodomy, third degree, additional element

Recreational vehicles, personalized license plates

Registry of Election Finance, campaign consultant, registration, procedure

Required publication, alternative Internet notice

Restaurant tax, uses of revenue

Restoration of voting rights and civil rights, automatic, consitutional requirements

Safe at Home Program

School property, transfer or sale to state agency, authorize

Seized animal, cost of care petition

Seized or recovered firearms, reporting procedures

Self-insured group health plans, positron emission tomography, coverage requirement

Sex crimes, penalty enhancement

SEx offenders, loitering, assault in the third degree

Sex offenders, swimming pools and splash pads, prohibition of loitering

Sex offenses, definition of sexual contact

Sexual contact, reasonable person standard

Sexual orientation and gender identity, prohibition of discrimination

Sodomy in the fourth degree, repeal

Soil and water conservation, supervisor, age requirement

Sporting events, gaming and wagering

Sports officials, intimidation, creation of offense

State Board of Elections, ranked-choice voting, certain candidates for elected office

State pension public employees, labor organizations, dues wage withhold, prohibition

State-administered retirement systems, beneficiary and payment option forms, spousal acknowledgement

Telecommunications, procedures

Telework, prohibition

Theft of services, rental agreements, property

Tik Tok app, state officers and employees, prohibition on use

Torture of dog or cat, penalty, increase

Transient room tax, houseboat rentals, exemption

Travel in left-most lane of a imited access highway, restrictions

Unemployment insurance, domestic or dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking

Unemployment insurance, duration of benefits, notice, suitable work, state average unemployment rate

Unemployment insurance, effective July 1, 2023

Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act, adoption

Unlawful storage of a firearm, prohibition

Urban-county Policer and Fire Retirement Fund, increase to minimum annuity

Usage tax, purchases by military and National Guard members from Kentucky motor dealers, exemption

Usage tax, vehicle purchased by National Guard members from Kentucky motor dealers, exemption

Use of tracking device, criminalization

Use of tracking device, criminalization, exception

Utility disconnection requirements, electric and gas utilities

Vacancies, special elections

Vacancies, special elections in consolidated local governments

Veterans' benefits and services poster

Veterans with 50% service-connected disability, license plate fee exemption

Veterinary practice, licensing and regulation

Vicious animal ownership, increased penalty, animal control and care fund

Violent felony offenses by minors, detention, no confidentiality requirement

Violent felony offenses, detention, no confidentiality requirement

Volunteer firefighters, unemployment insurance, reimbursments, exclusion from

Voter registration, deadline

Voting rights for felons, constitutional amendment

Voting rights for felons, constitutional amendment to provide

Workers' compensation, emergency medical services, police, firefighters


Last updated: 11/9/2023 3:03 PM (EST)