Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the Department for Medicaid Services and any managed care organization with which the department contracts for the delivery of Medicaid services to provide coverage for doula services; establish training and education requirements for doulas; require the department to promulgate administrative regulations; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or the Department for Medicaid Services to seek federal approval if they determine that such approval is necessary and comply with KRS 205.525.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to define "pregnancy resource center"; require pregnancy resource centers to be licensed; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations to establish licensure standards for pregnancy resource centers; provide that operation or advertisement of a pregnancy resource center without a license is a Class A misdemeanor; provide that a pregnancy resource center's or health care provider's liability is neither limited nor expanded by the licensure requirement; amend KRS 216B.990 to establish penalties for violations by pregnancy resource centers.
Repeal and reenact KRS 158.1415 to require each school district to provide healthy relationship education instruction to all public school students; establish minimum requirements for the instruction; establish minimum requirements for the healthy relationship curricula and instructional materials; prohibit a school or school district from restricting the ability of an instructor to answer a question related to the instruction; require that a school make the healthy relationship curricula and instructional materials available upon the request of a parent or guardian and establish a procedure for a parent or guardian to opt a student out of the instruction; require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations necessary to implement, administer, and enforce this section; require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations requiring that each school district submit a report on healthy relationship instruction in the district biennially; require the Kentucky Department of Education to maintain a list of recommended healthy relationship curricula and instructional materials; permit a parent or guardian to file an enforcement action in Circuit Court; provide that the Act may be cited as the Education for Healthy Youth Act.
HB 765 amends Kentucky's intoxication defense statute (KRS 501.080) to replace gendered terms like "his or her" with gender-neutral language. This is a technical correction updating the statute's wording without changing the legal standard for intoxication defenses. The bill directly affects how the law is written but does not alter who may use intoxication as a defense or the conditions under which it applies. It has been introduced in the House and referred to the Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection Committee.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to define terms; establish the School Supplies for Kentucky Teachers Program to provide eligible classroom teachers with financial and technical support in purchasing school supplies; authorize the Kentucky Board of Education to adopt policies and promulgate administrative regulations necessary to administer the program; require the Kentucky Department of Education to enter into contracts for an online commerce platform and to identify online school supplies vendors for the program; provide that the Act may be cited as the School Supplies for Kentucky Teachers Act.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 230 to authorize the corporation to regulate the conduct of fantasy contest operators; require the use of geolocation technology; require fantasy contest operators to implement procedures to prevent fraud, abuse, and money laundering; require notification to the corporation for a confirmed breach of a sport's governing body's internal rules and codes of conduct, conduct that corrupts any outcome, and confirmed illegal activities; establish licensing requirements for a fantasy contest operator; allow the corporation to promulgate administrative regulations to establish additional qualifications and requirements for licensing to preserve the integrity and security of fantasy contests; prohibit a license from being issued to a person that has been convicted of a felony, crime involving illegal gaming or gambling, or any crime involving theft or fraud; require a fantasy contest operator to conduct an independent audit; require a fantasy contest operator to be at least 18 years old; require the corporation to investigate all reasonable allegations of prohibited conduct; require each fantasy contest operator to include a statement regarding obtaining assistance with real-money gaming problems on the operator's website or mobile application; prohibit a fantasy contest operator from paying any price or award to a person who is on the self-exclusion list; create a new section of KRS Chapter 230 to establish the fantasy contest administration fund from fantasy contest taxes and fees; create a new section of KRS Chapter 138 to define "adjusted gross fantasy contest receipts" and impose a tax on fantasy contests; amend KRS 243.500, 525.090, 528.010, 528.070 to exempt fantasy contests; amend KRS 68.182, 91.202, 92.282, 230.215, 230.225, 230.232, 230.260 to conform; provide that the Act may be cited as the Fantasy Sports Consumer Protection Act; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2025.
Amend KRS 337.010 to remove exemptions in definition of "employee" for agricultural workers and domestic service workers; amend KRS 342.630 to indicate that agricultural employers are subject to KRS Chapter 342; amend KRS 342.650 to remove exemptions for domestic service employees and agricultural employees from coverage under KRS Chapter 342; amend various other sections to conform.
Kentucky's HCR 44 is a concurrent resolution urging the U.S. Congress to pass the federal AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2025. It directly supports rural Kentucky residents and the agriculture industry, which rely on AM radio for critical updates on weather, markets, and emergencies, especially where internet access is limited. The resolution expresses Kentucky's position that maintaining AM radio in all vehicles is essential for public safety, rural communication, and preserving a longstanding information source. It does not create new law but formally requests federal action to ensure AM radio accessibility in vehicles nationwide. The resolution was introduced in the Kentucky House on February 18, 2025, and referred to the Transportation Committee.
This bill (HJR 70) names a specific bridge on Kentucky Route 582 over Bates Branch in Knott County as the "BB and Larry King Memorial Bridge." It directs the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet to install a commemorative sign at the bridge within 30 days of the resolution taking effect. The resolution honors BB King (a former high school basketball coach and local pillar who died in 2022) and his brother Larry King (who died in 2023), recognizing their community contributions through this permanent designation.
Appropriate necessary funds from the Budget Reserve Trust Fund to the WKSAFE Fund to be distributed to the Graves County Fiscal Court to support the replacement of the Graves County Jail; stipulate that the funding shall be reimbursed to the Commonwealth should the recipient receive moneys from any other source; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 216 to define terms; require staff-to-resident ratios in long-term care facilities as a condition of licensure or relicensure; establish minimum staffing requirements; prohibit long-term care facilities from admitting new residents if the facility fails to comply with the minimum staffing requirements, beginning on the second day of noncompliance and continuing until six days after the required staffing is achieved, with exceptions allowed for weather emergencies and other similar events; require additional staffing based on the needs of the residents; exempt intermediate-care facilities for persons with intellectual disabilities, institutions for the treatment of mental illnesses, personal care homes, and family care homes from the minimum staffing requirements; create the Long-Term-Care Minimum Staffing Committee to review staffing requirements on an annual basis; establish duties and membership; establish a civil fine of no more than $1,000 for each day that the staffing requirements are not maintained.
HB 743 would amend Kentucky law to create a state program helping certified teachers buy personal computers. The bill directs the Kentucky Board of Education to secure competitive pricing for computers through bidding and arrange vendor-provided training for teachers. This program would directly affect all certified teachers in Kentucky public schools by providing cost-saving purchasing options and technical support. The bill is currently in the House committee stage (introduced February 19, 2025) and has not yet been voted on. (Note: The bill's official abstract incorrectly references "gender-neutral language"; the actual text modifies a computer purchase program, not language provisions.)
