Kentucky
General Assembly

02/18/25	introduced in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)
02/20/25	to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
02/26/25	taken from Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) 1st reading returned to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
02/27/25	reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 28, 2025
02/28/25	3rd reading, passed 34-0 with Committee Substitute (1)
03/04/25	received in House to Committee on Committees (H) taken from Committee on Committees (H) 1st reading returned to Committee on Committees (H) to Local Government (H)
03/11/25	reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
03/13/25	reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) taken from Rules placed in the Orders of the Day floor amendments (1) and (2) filed to Committee Substitute

Amendment	Senate Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Retain original provisions, except delete the section that amended KRS 100.347 to limit who can appeal a final action concerning planning and zoning to owners of real property contiguous to a property status that would be changed as a result of the final action.
Index Headings	Housing, Building, and Construction - Industrial revenue bonds, multifamily housing, permission Local Government - Industrial revenue bonds, multifamily housing, permission Bonds, Public - Industrial revenue bonds, multifamily housing, permission

Amendment	House Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Retain original provisions; create new sections of KRS Chapter 7A to define terms; establish the Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board of the Kentucky General Assembly to review, analyze, study, evaluate, provide legislative oversight, and make recommendations to the General Assembly regarding any aspect of the Kentucky Medicaid program; establish board membership, authority, and duties; amend KRS 7A.010, 7A.140, 7A.150, and 7A.180 to conform; create a new section of KRS 227.200 to 227.400 to allow for the creation of a local appeals board to hear appeals from final orders of fire chiefs and state fire marshals; establish membership, procedures, and jurisdiction when no local appeals board is established; provide for appeal to Circuit Court of jurisdiction; amend KRS 227.200 to define terms; amend KRS 227.335, 227.380, and 227.390 to conform; amend KRS 43.010 to define "deputy auditor" and "ombudsman"; amend KRS 43.030 to replace references to "assistant auditor" with "deputy auditor"; amend KRS 43.035 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to provide information on contacting the Commonwealth Office of the Ombudsman at all Department for Community Based Services offices; require ombudsman to maintain confidentiality; authorize the ombudsman to promulgate administrative regulations; establish that expenses incurred by ombudsman shall be charged to the entity that is the subject of the ombudsman's work; amend KRS 43.040 to replace references to "assistant auditor" with "deputy auditor"; amend KRS 43.080 to make technical correction; require all state agencies to provide the Auditor of Public Accounts with access software; amend KRS 43.090 to establish ombudsman's reporting and recommendation requirements, require the Auditor to maintain confidentiality; amend KRS 43.990 to make technical corrections; create new sections of KRS Chapter 43 to establish the organizational structure of the Auditor's office; require employees and contract staff of the Auditor to submit to state and federal criminal background checks; permit the Auditor to enroll employees and contract staff in the rap back system; create a new section of KRS Chapter 194A to require the cabinet to provide contact information of the ombudsman on its website; require the cabinet to provide the ombudsman with read-only access to group email inboxes; amend KRS 620.050 to authorize the ombudsman to receive reports of suspected child abuse, neglect, or dependency from the cabinet; permit disclosure of files, reports, and other documents used by a children's advocacy center to the ombudsman; permit the ombudsman to report de-identified data otherwise required to be made confidential; require the cabinet to transfer control of a specific phone number to the ombudsman and to bear all costs associated with the transfer; create a new section of KRS Chapter 11 to require that the Governor maintains an office for the receipt of bills that is open during certain times and within certain locations; provide alternative delivery methods if the Governor does not maintain that office; create a new section of KRS Chapter 27A to establish the Court of Justice reserve account in the State Treasury; require certain Restricted Funds in fiscal year 2024-2025 to be transferred to the Court of Justice Reserve Account; appropriate $3,200,000 in fiscal year 2024-2025 from the Court of Justice Reserve Account; amend KRS 45.812 to require an agency, corporation, or school district that is authorized to issue a general obligation bond by an appropriation of the General Assembly, or by or on behalf of any Kentucky school district, to report the costs associated with the issuance of the bond to the Capital Projects and Bond Oversight Committee and the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue; amend 2024 Ky. Acts ch. 173, sec. 1 and the State/Executive Branch biennial budget and capital projects to revise and provide funding for various programs and projects and establish conditions for state government agencies, institutions, and programs receiving funding; appropriate $750,000 in General Fund moneys in fiscal year 2024-2025 to the Auditor of Public Accounts budget unit for the purpose of conducting a special audit of the Kentucky Communications Network Authority and the Kentucky Wired Network; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
Index Headings	Courts, Circuit - Fire prevention and protection decisions, local appeals board, appeals Effective Dates, Emergency - Auditor of Public Accounts, Office of the Ombudsman Effective Dates, Emergency - Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board of the General Assembly, establishment Fire Prevention - Fire chief and state fire marshal final orders, appeals to Circuit Court Firefighters and Fire Departments - Fire chief and state fire marshal final orders, appeals to Circuit Court General Assembly - Governor, office location, Regular or Extraordinary Session General Assembly - Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board of the General Assembly, establishment Governor - Office location, Regular or Extraordinary Session Housing, Building, and Construction - Fire prevention and protection decisions, local appeals board, appeals Housing, Building, and Construction - Industrial revenue bonds, multifamily housing, permission Legislative Research Commission - Governor, office location, Regular or Extraordinary Session Legislative Research Commission - Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board of the General Assembly, establishment Local Government - Fire prevention and protection decisions, local appeals board, establishment Local Government - Industrial revenue bonds, multifamily housing, permission Public Medical Assistance - Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board of the General Assembly, establishment State Agencies - Auditor of Public Accounts, Commonwealth ombudsman, powers and duties, establishment State Agencies - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board, establishment State Agencies - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, transfer of resources, Commonwealth ombudsman, requirement State Agencies - Office of the State Budget Director, Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board, establishment Medicaid - Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board of the General Assembly, establishment Appropriations - Court of Justice, Court of Justice reserve account Appropriations - Duplicated appropriation, elimination Appropriations - State government agencies, institutions, and programs Auditor of Public Accounts - Appropriation, audit Auditor of Public Accounts - Employees and contract staff, background check, requirement Auditor of Public Accounts - Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board of the General Assembly, establishment Auditor of Public Accounts - Office of the Auditor of Public Accounts, organizational structure, establishment Bonds, Public - General obligation bonds, reporting requirements Bonds, Public - Industrial revenue bonds, multifamily housing, permission Children and Minors - Commonwealth Office of the Ombudsman, authority and powers, duties Cities - Fire prevention and protection decisions, local appeals board, establishment Civil Procedure - Fire prevention and protection, local appeals board decisions, appeals Counties - Fire prevention and protection, local appeals board, establishment Boards and Commissions - Fire prevention and protection, local appeals board, creation Boards and Commissions - Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board of the General Assembly, establishment Advisory Boards, Commissions, and Committees - Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board of the General Assembly, establishment Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Department of Law, Ombudsman office, authority Technical Corrections - SB 25/HCS 1

Amendment	House Committee Amendment 1
Sponsor	J. Petrie
Summary	Make title amendment.
Index Headings	Title Amendments - SB 25/GA

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	J. Petrie
Summary	Require members of the Senate appointed to the Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board to serve a term of two years.
Index Headings	Advisory Boards, Commissions, and Committees - Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board, membership, terms, establishment Medicaid - Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board, membership, terms, establishment Public Assistance - Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board, membership, terms, establishment Public Medical Assistance - Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board, membership, terms, establishment

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 2
Sponsor	J. Petrie
Summary	Amend to establish that the Department for Local Government distribute funding to the Center for Rural Development and to correct the minimum investment for economic development growth projects from $2,000,000 to $2,000,000,000.
Index Headings	Economic Development - Growth projects investment State Agencies - Department for Local Government, Center for Rural Development collaboration State Agencies - Economic Development, growth projects investment Budget and Financial Administration - Department for Local Government, Center for Rural Development Budget and Financial Administration - Economic Development, growth projects investment