Amend KRS 158.150 to permit a teacher to remove from the classroom a student that violates a school behavior policy and is disruptive to the classroom environment and education process; require teacher and principal or assistant principal agreement before student may return to the classroom on the same school day as removal.
Amend KRS 189A.010, relating to driving under the influence, to provide that a third or subsequent offense within a 10-year period is a Class D felony; provide that if a person is convicted of a third or subsequent offense the minimum term of imprisonment shall be 120 days; establish enhanced penalties for a person under the age of 21 who operates a motor vehicle with an alcohol concentration of 0.02 or more; allow a violation of KRS 189A.010 by a person under the age of 21 who operates a motor vehicle with an alcohol concentration of 0.02 or more to be included as a prior offense for enhancement purposes; amend KRS 189A.070 to create enhanced periods of license suspension for a person under the age of 21 who operates a motor vehicle with an alcohol concentration of 0.02 or more; amend various KRS sections to conform.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to ensure that privacy exists in public building multi-occupancy private spaces; identify consequences for using multi-occupancy private spaces designated for the opposite biological sex; identify exceptions for using multi-occupancy private space designated for the opposite biological sex; create cause of action for discrimination and retaliation against a person who makes a good-faith report.
Maddy summaryHB 742 amends Kentucky law to replace gendered language (like "his or her") with gender-neutral terms in descriptions of park ranger employment under the Department of Parks. This change directly affects how the Department of Parks refers to park rangers in official statutes, ensuring inclusive language in job-related policies. The bill updates KRS 148.056 to remove gendered pronouns while keeping all existing duties, powers, and requirements for park rangers unchanged. The bill is currently in committee review and has not yet become law.
Maddy summaryHB 743 updates existing provisions in Kentucky law regarding district boards of directors that oversee outdoor recreation planning. It clarifies how these boards organize advisory committees, requires them to include open space and recreation in development plans, and specifies formal cooperation with two regional recreation authorities (Kentucky Mountain Regional and Kentucky Ohio River Regional). The bill makes technical changes to the current legal framework but does not create new programs or funding, directly affecting local district boards and their planning processes.
Amend KRS 189.920 to allow wreckers to be equipped with a flashing, rotating, or oscillating blue light, to be used only when the wrecker is stationary and while removing a vehicle or debris from the highway; prohibit a wrecker from using a blue light when towing a vehicle; this Act may be cited as Troy's Law.
Create a new section of KRS 258.095 to 258.500 to require animal control officers to receive training on recognizing child abuse; provide that the Act may be cited as Kyan's Law.
Amend KRS 235.240 to require that when a motorboat or vessel is involved in an accident that results in a fatality or serious physical injury, the investigating law enforcement officer shall seek a search warrant for blood testing of the operator of the motorboat or vessel unless the test has already been done by consent; apply the penalties for driving under the influence to boating under the influence; require that in addition to all other penalties, a person found guilty of boating under the influence shall complete a safe-boating course and pay $100 to the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to cover the costs of materials and instruction for the course; amend KRS 235.990 to conform; create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to require a public safety telecommunicator who receives a report of an accident involving a motorboat or vessel on any waters of the Commonwealth to report the accident to the Kentucky State Police post covering where the accident occurred; provide that the Act may be cited as Keegan's Law.
Amend KRS 218A.100 to place an abortion-inducing drug in Schedule IV; amend KRS 218A.1413 to include an abortion-inducing drug in the offense of trafficking in a controlled substance in the second degree; amend KRS 218A.1415 to include an abortion-inducing drug in the offense of possession of a controlled substance in the first degree, except when in the possession of a pregnant woman for her own personal use; create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to establish the offense of importing an abortion-inducing drug amend KRS 216.302 to include providing any drug, medication, or other substance as a means of assisting another person to commit or attempt to commit suicide; increase the penalty from a Class D felony to a Class B felony when the act is done knowingly by force or duress and from a Class C to a Class B felony when a person knowingly or intentionally provides the physical means or participates in a physical act by which another person commits or attempts suicide; create a new section of KRS 216.300 to 216.308 to establish the offense of medically assisted aid in dying as a Class B felony; amend KRS 216.308 to provide for the revocation of a license upon a criminal conviction or plea of guilty of assisted suicide or medically assisted aid in dying; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to provide a civil cause of action for any person who sustains damages resulting from receiving an abortion-inducing drug; create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to require the distribution of specified information to any patient who a physician or other healthcare provider believes is experiencing a complication as a result of taking an abortion-inducing drug; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to make specified information available on its website.
Amend KRS 230.210 to redefine "sports wagering"; amend KRS 230.805 to change the age of access to sports wagering from 18 to 21; prohibit sports wagering licensees or service providers from offering proposition bets; amend KRS 2.015 to conform.
