Barbering in Kentucky is getting a major upgrade. Gov. Andy Beshear signed Senate Bill 22, allowing mobile barbershops and salons to operate across the state. Sign up for our Newsletters "We've been trying to push it for years.
Election integrity advocates are applauding a new Kentucky law that bans foreign money from promoting ballot measures in the state. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear signed House Bill 45 into law this week.
The GOP supermajority state legislature voted to override more than 20 vetoes with ease on Thursday. Here's a roundup of some of the new laws that will soon be enacted in the commonwealth.
A controversial bill that would significantly roll back Kentucky’s ability to regulate water pollution will become law after the GOP-controlled legislature on Thursday overrode its veto by Democratic Gov.
Friday marked the last day of the Kentucky legislative session. This session was 30 days, and lawmakers stayed busy. "It's been a very long, short session," said Sen. David Yates, a Democrat from Louisville and the Senate Minority Whip. "We've gone through a lot of different bills. There's been some heartache, but some wins."
The Kentucky legislature could still move some of these 13 bills and resolutions in its final two days of session. But they wouldn’t withstand a veto from Gov. Andy Beshear.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Senate President Robert Stivers said he believes this was one of the more successful sessions of his tenure. Hundreds of bills were filed during the session with nearly 30 of them being vetoed by Governor Andy Beshear. With the veto period in the rearview, the legislature now has the opportunity to override vetoes.
The governor vetoed that bill last week, but just hours after the rally, the House voted to override the veto 78-20. At around 4:30 p.m., the Senate also voted to override the veto of House Bill 495 by a vote of 31 to 6.
Senate Bill 130 was signed into law by Gov. Andy Beshear after passing unanimously in both the House and Senate.