AN ACT relating to civil rights.

Create a new section of KRS 344.010 to 344.025 to define terms; set standards for determinations of impairments; amend KRS 344.010 to define "major life activities," "regarded as having such an impairment," and "transitory impairment"; amend KRS 344.020 to provide for execution of the policies embodied in the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008; amend KRS 344.030 to provide that "qualified individual with a disability" is to be interpreted consistently with the Americans…

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This bill updates Kentucky's civil rights law to more closely align the state's definition of disability with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act as updated in 2008. It also changes how discrimination complaints are handled by shifting adjudicative authority away from the Kentucky Human Rights Commission, allowing individuals to file civil lawsuits in court without first going through the commission, and guaranteeing the right to a jury trial in those cases. People who believe they…

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