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Bill #SummaryBill SponsorFinal VersionLast ActionUpdated04/16/2024
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HB 18Create new sections of KRS Chapter 65 to prohibit local governments from adopting or enforcing ordinances that prohibit owners of housing accommodations from refusing to lease or rent the housing accommodation to a person when the person's source of income to pay rent includes funding from a federal housing assistance program; prohibit local governments from requiring an owner of property occupied by an individual other than the owner to pay an emergency response fee that arises out of the actions of another over which the owner has no control; EMERGENCY.R. Dotson, D. Hale, M. Lockett, S. Rawlings, J. Tipton, B. Wesleyhttps://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb18/bill.pdf03/06/24: veto overriden and delivered to Secretary of State
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HB 100Amend KRS 213.141 to establish that a homeless individual as defined in KRS 198A.700 or a homeless individual under the age of 25 does not have to pay a fee to get a copy of his or her birth certificate.S. Witten, S. Stalker + 15 additional co-sponsorshttps://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb100/bill.pdf04/05/24: signed by Governor
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HB 8In part: amend KRS 186.531 to eliminate fees for obtaining a personal identification cardJ. Petrie, S. Rudy, J. Brayhttps://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb8/bill.pdf04/12/24: filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
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HB 388In part: prohibit consolidated local governments from amending their land development code zoning classifications from the effective date of the Act and prior to April 15, 2025 and require the mayor of consolidated local governments to conduct a review of planning and zoning statutes relative to consolidated local governments and the governments' needs relative to housing and its land development code and report to the Legislative Research CommissionJ. Nemes, K. Fleming, J. Bauman, K. Bratcher, E. Callaway, J. Hodgson, S. Wittenhttps://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb388/bill.pdf04/12/24: delivered to Secretary of State
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HB 5Omnibus Crime Bill - Homeless and Housing Sections: defines and bans "street camping," vehicles allowed provided parked legally and no longer than 12 hours; Criminal penalties:
1st offense - violation - $250 fine
2nd+ offense - Class B misdemeanor - $250 fine
Up to 90 days in jail
Restricts state funding to permanent supportive housing initiatives that facilitate access to behavioral health and substance use treatment and prohibit illicit activity while carving out domestic violence shelters and statutorily-authorized housing programs; authorizes local governments to create a designated camping zone with potable water and portable toilets but provides no funding to do so; would require local governments to explicitly enforce this law and the Attorney General could bring suit if they did not; does not prohibit local governments from enacting local diversion policies; expands the Stand Your Ground components of Kentucky law to include people unlawfully street camping as a justifiable defense for violence; allows residential renters to be charged with criminal mischief in the 1st or 2nd degree if damages >$500.		Rep. Bauman + 51 co-sponsorshttps://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb5/bill.pdf04/12/24: delivered to Secretary of StateCriminalize homelessness - further criminalizes residential rental damages - allows local governments to create state-sanctioned camps - allow for enforcement by Attorney General - expansion of Stand Your Ground to include justifiable violence against people experiencing homelessness
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HB 256Create a new section of Subtitle 2 of KRS Chapter 304 to establish the Strengthen Kentucky Homes Program; establish purpose; create the Strengthen Kentucky Homes Program fund; require the commissioner of insurance to promulgate administrative regulations to implement and administer program; create new sections of Subtitle 13 of KRS Chapter 304 to require property insurance companies to provide a premium discount or rate reduction for properties that have received a qualifying certificate of compliance under certain circumstances; permit the insurance commissioner to promulgate administrative regulations to establish standard discount amounts, targets, or benchmarks for coverage; require property insurance companies to offer an optional rider, endorsement, or supplemental policy provision to upgrade non-FORTIFIED single-family dwellings under certain circumstances; provide that Sections 2 and 3 of Act apply to insurance policies and contracts issued or renewed on or after March 1, 2026; provide when submissions are required for premium discounts or rate reductions and the optional rider, endorsement, or supplemental policy provision under Sections 2 and 3 of this Act; provide that the Act may be cited as the Strengthen Kentucky Homes Act; APPROPRIATION.M. Pollockhttps://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/HB256/HCS1.pdf04/05/24: signed by Governor
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SB 71Create a new section of KRS Chapter 222 to define "voluntarily"; require treatment centers or programs licensed as a chemical dependency treatment service to provide transportation services to residents who wish to voluntarily leave the program if the resident's family, guardian, or emergency contact does not agree to transport them; outline transportation service responsibilities; prohibit facilities and law enforcement officers from taking the residents to any location other than public transportation locations, locations to meet the driver of a ride-sharing service, or the resident's home; require that the facilities conduct a search of any outstanding warrants; exempt all chemical dependency treatment service facilities holding a license issued in accordance with KRS 216B.042; require the facility to notify family members, the county attorney, local law enforcement, and the court that a resident left the treatment facility in violation of a court order; and allow a peace officer or a probation officer to arrest a resident without a warrant for violating the terms of the resident's conditional discharge or court order.P. Wheeler, J. Higdonhttps://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/sb71/bill.pdf04/04/24: signed by Governor
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HB 443Create a new section of KRS Chapter 100 to require that local laws dealing with subdivision plats and development plans are to be set out by objective standards and applied ministerially; set out conditions for application of discretion; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2025.S. Rudyhttps://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb443/orig_bill.pdf04/04/24: signed by Governor
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HB 462Amend KRS 222.500 to define terms related to recovery residences; amend KRS 222.502 to permit a recovery residence that provides on-site clinical services or access to on-site clinical services to continue to operate without certification from a certifying organization until December 31, 2024; amend KRS 222.504 to authorize the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and local governments to impose civil fines on uncertified recovery residences; amend KRS 222.506 to establish the conditions under which a recovery residence may provide on-site clinical services or access to on-site clinical services.S. Bratcher, S. Heavrinhttps://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb462/orig_bill.pdf04/09/24: signed by Governor
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