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signed · Kentucky · House Apr 1, 2025

HB 441: AN ACT relating to reemployment after retirement in the Teachers' Retirement System.

Amend KRS 161.605, relating to the Teachers' Retirement System, to remove language requiring superintendents to make every reasonable effort to hire qualified applicants for teaching and nonteaching positions, increase the percentage of retired members that an employer can employ full-time from three percent to 10 percent, increase the number of retired members that a local school district may employ under the critical shortage provision from one percent of total active members employed by the school district or two members to 10 percent or four members, remove Kentucky Virtual High School the list of schools the Department of Education operates, remove the pension waiver program, and make technical changes; amend KRS 156.106 to remove language requiring superintendents to make every reasonable effort to hire qualified applicants for critical shortage areas; direct that current participants in the pension waiver program may continue to participate.
Topics ✓ EducationSupports EducationBill increases retired teacher employment limits (3%→10%) and critical shortage hiring, aiding school staffing in shortages, supporting teacher retention within education system.75% confidence
Beverly Chester-Burton (D) Daniel Grossberg (D) James Tipton (R)
signed · Kentucky · House Apr 1, 2025

HB 48: AN ACT relating to education.

Amend KRS 156.557 to increase the time period between mandatory summative evaluations for tenured certified school staff from once every three years to once every five years; provide that additional summative evaluations may be performed at the discretion of the individual's immediate supervisor but shall not be imposed as a uniform requirement across the system; amend KRS 158.060 to provide teachers access to their employment contract upon request; amend KRS 156.095 to require the Department of Education to create and local school districts to implement a four year recurring professional development training schedule that includes all required professional development trainings; provide that all certified school employees shall complete designated trainings within 12 months of initial hire and at least once every four years thereafter; consolidate state-required certified school personnel trainings; create new sections of KRS Chapter 158 to relocate language currently contained in KRS 158.060 related to the display of designated hotline information and the publication of and school lessons on evidence-based suicide prevention awareness information; amend KRS 158.070 to remove language regarding professional development trainings consolidated elsewhere; amend KRS 160.346 to prohibit the Department of Education from requiring comprehensive school improvement plans and comprehensive district improvement plans not expressly required by federal law; amend KRS 156.492, 157.360, and 158.4416 to conform; amend KRS 161.031 to remove the mandate for an induction program for new teachers; require a report identifying school districts that do not implement an induction program for new teachers; require the Department of Education to conduct a review of the reporting requirements imposed upon public schools and public school districts; eliminate all reporting requirements not expressly required by state statute or federal law; submit a report on the remaining reporting requirements; provide that the Act may be cited as the Red Tape Reduction Act.
Topics ✓ EducationSupports EducationExtends teacher evaluation period from 3 to 5 years and grants contract access, reducing administrative burden and increasing transparency for educators.90% confidence
Kevin Jackson (R) Aaron Thompson (R) Jennifer Decker (R) Shane Baker (R) Shawn McPherson (R)
signed · Kentucky · House Apr 1, 2025

HB 305: AN ACT relating to health care.

Amend KRS 164.0401 to add physician assistant license, dietitian license, and nutritionist certificate to the definition of "eligible healthcare credential"; amend KRS 164.0403 to limit healthcare training scholarship awards to applicants enrolled in a state registered nursing aide training and competency evaluation program; prohibit employment restrictions in healthcare training scholarships awarded to applicants enrolled in a state registered nursing aide training and competency evaluation program.
Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareAdds physician assistants, dietitians, and nutritionists to healthcare credentials and prohibits employment restrictions for scholarship recipients, expanding provider access and workforce development.95% confidence
Ken Fleming (R)
signed · Kentucky · House Apr 1, 2025

HB 430: AN ACT relating to school transportation and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 189.540 to authorize the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations to require regular instruction of pupils in school bus safety; allow a school district to obtain an exemption from any school bus safety instruction requirement if the district transports 48 or fewer pupils in the district's gross average daily attendance of transported pupils; require exempted districts to develop and implement a school bus safety instruction policy.
Topics ✓ EducationSupports EducationMandates school bus safety instruction to protect students, aligning with educational safety standards within school transportation operations.75% confidence ✓ TransportationSupports TransportationMandates school bus safety instruction and policies, enhancing transportation safety standards within school transportation.95% confidence
Kim Banta (R) Mike Clines (R) Beverly Chester-Burton (D) Daniel Grossberg (D)
signed · Kentucky · House Apr 1, 2025

HB 210: AN ACT relating to dental benefit plans.

Create a new section of KRS 304.17C-130 to 304.17C-138 to establish requirements for insurers of dental benefit plans relating to assignment of benefits; require providers to comply with assignment provisions; amend KRS 304.14-250, 304.17-130, and 304.18-090 to conform; direct that provisions apply to policies, plans, and contracts issued or renewed on or after the effective date of the Act.
Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareEstablishes insurer requirements for dental benefits assignment, improving patient access to dental care under healthcare insurance coverage.90% confidence
Mike Clines (R) Sarge Pollock (R) Derek Lewis (R) Steve Riley (R) Robert Duvall (R)
signed · Kentucky · House Apr 1, 2025

HB 662: AN ACT relating to personally identifiable information.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to define terms; prohibit the disclosure of personally identifiable information of judicial officers or their immediate family members by a government agency if a written request not to disclose the information has been made; require a government agency to remove personally identifiable information of a judicial officer or immediate family member within 72 hours of receiving a written request for its removal; establish a civil cause of action for injunctive or declaratory relief for unauthorized disclosure.
John Blanton (R)
signed · Kentucky · House Apr 1, 2025

HB 160: AN ACT relating to manufactured housing.

Amend KRS 100.348 to prohibit a local government from adopting or enforcing zoning regulations that treat manufactured homes differently from single-family homes; allow only regulation of certain architectural features of manufactured homes and require that those same standards be applied to single family homes; permit placement of manufactured home with smaller dimensions if a larger manufactured home could not be situated on the lot; remove language regarding legislative purpose of statute; add noncodified statement of the intent of the General Assembly.
Topics ✓ HousingSupports HousingProhibits differential zoning for manufactured homes, increasing affordable housing options by removing barriers to placement and size flexibility.90% confidence
Joshua Watkins (D) T.J. Roberts (R) John Hodgson (R) Mike Clines (R) Chad Aull (D)
signed · Kentucky · House Apr 1, 2025

HJR 32: A JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the release of funds.

HJR 32 authorizes the release of state funds from the School Facility Assistance Fund to 13 specific Kentucky school districts for facility construction, repair, or renovation projects. The bill directs the Office of State Budget Director to release 50% of the cost difference (after accounting for local resources) for eligible schools meeting strict criteria, including being ranked Priority 1 or 2 in district plans and having a dedicated capital tax. It explicitly excludes athletic facilities and specifies that six districts were ineligible due to failing criteria or having sufficient local funding. The approved districts include Adair County Schools ($3.8M) and Harrison County Schools ($31.8M), among others, for fiscal year 2025-2026.
Topics ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesAuthorizes state funds release for school facility projects, directly increasing budget allocation for public education infrastructure.90% confidence ✓ EducationSupports EducationAuthorizes state funds for school facility construction/repair, directly increasing infrastructure funding for K-12 schools per education-focused bill subjects and summary.95% confidence
Jason Petrie (R) Josh Bray (R) Adam Bowling (R)
signed · Kentucky · House Mar 31, 2025

HB 524: AN ACT relating to the Commonwealth's property and casualty insurance fund and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 56.065, 56.070, 56.095, 56.100, 56.110, 56.120, 56.140, 56.150, 56.160, and 56.180 to rename the state fire and tornado insurance fund to the Commonwealth's property and casualty insurance fund and make technical corrections; to extend the reinsurance requirements for the Commonwealth's property and casualty insurance fund; amend KRS 42.0651 and 164A.577 to conform; EMERGENCY.
Aaron Thompson (R) David Hale (R) Michael Meredith (R)
signed · Kentucky · House Mar 31, 2025

HCR 22: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION declaring that nuclear power generation is a clean and dispatchable means of providing baseload electricity to the residents and businesses of the Commonwealth.

Declare that nuclear power generation is a clean and dispatchable means of providing baseload electricity to the residents and businesses of the Commonwealth.
Topics ✓ EnergySupports EnergyDeclares nuclear power clean/dispatchable baseload energy, aligning with clean energy promotion in energy policy per bill's explicit language and subjects.95% confidence ✓ EnvironmentSupports EnvironmentDeclares nuclear power 'clean' and 'dispatchable,' promoting low-carbon energy to reduce emissions and align with environmental protection goals.95% confidence
John Hodgson (R) Tom Smith (R) John Blanton (R) Vanessa Grossl (R) Randy Bridges (R)
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