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2025 Regular Session

SB84

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AN ACT relating to judicial review of state agency action.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 446 to establish the legal standard for judicial review of agency action; amend KRS 13B.150 to conform.

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Introduced: February 4, 2025

Last action: March 27, 2025

Delivered To Secretary Of State (Acts Ch. 112)
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This bill sets the legal standard that Kentucky courts must use when reviewing actions taken by state government agencies. It establishes rules for how much weight judges should give to an agency's interpretation of laws and regulations when those decisions are challenged in court. This matters to Kentuckians because it shapes how disputes between individuals or businesses and state agencies are resolved in the court system. Who it may affect: people or businesses that challenge state agency decisions in court, as well as the agencies themselves.

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Legislative History

Feb 4, 2025 · Senate
Introduced In Senate
Feb 4, 2025 · Senate
To Committee On Committees (S)
Feb 6, 2025 · Senate
To Judiciary (S)
Feb 13, 2025 · Senate
Reported Favorably, 1st Reading, To Calendar
Feb 14, 2025 · Senate
2nd Reading, To Rules (clerical)
Feb 14, 2025 · Senate
Floor Amendment (1) Filed (clerical)
Feb 14, 2025 · Senate
Posted For Passage In The Regular Orders Of The Day For Tuesday, February 18, 2025 (clerical)
Feb 18, 2025 · Senate
3rd Reading (clerical)

Primary Sponsor

Portrait of Steve Rawlings
Steve Rawlings

Senator · Senate District 11

Primary sponsor
steve.rawlings@kylegislature.gov
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Co-sponsors (5)

Portrait of Shelley Frommeyer
Shelley Frommeyer

Senator · Senate District 24

Co-sponsor
shelley.funkefrommeyer@kylegislature.gov
Portrait of Matt Nunn
Matt Nunn

Senator · Senate District 17

Co-sponsor
matt.nunn@kylegislature.gov
Portrait of Aaron Reed
Aaron Reed

Senator · Senate District 07

Co-sponsor
aaron.reed@kylegislature.gov
Portrait of Lindsey Tichenor
Lindsey Tichenor

Senator · Senate District 06

Co-sponsor
lindsey.tichenor@kylegislature.gov
Portrait of Phillip Wheeler
Phillip Wheeler

Senator · Senate District 31

Co-sponsor
Phillip.Wheeler@kylegislature.gov

Roll calls

February 18, 2025

Senate: Passed 28-6

Yea: 28
Nay: 6
Absent: 4
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March 11, 2025

House: 3rd reading, passed 80-19 with Committee Substitute (1)

Yea: 80
Nay: 19
Absent: 1
March 12, 2025

Senate: Passed 32-6 with Committee Substitute (1)

Yea: 32
Nay: 6
March 27, 2025

Senate: Passed 32-6 with Committee Substitute (1)

Yea: 32
Nay: 6
March 27, 2025

House floor vote

Yea: 74
Nay: 18
Absent: 8

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