The 2025 session of the Kentucky General Assembly gets underway on January 7, but legislators across the state are already contemplating what bills they might file when it convenes.
That includes locally, where Representative Myron Dossett says he intends to file a bill increases the tax exemption amount for the Homestead Act to $60,000—a move that would be a big help to those living on a fixed income.
This may be Senator-Elect Craig Richardson’s first legislative session since being elected, but he’s not dragging his feet—he’s interested in filing legislation that would ensure that Kentuckians are being charged the same amount for medicine and pharmaceuticals as the rest of the nation.
Representative Walker Thomas says he’ll be looking to file legislation that would help out smaller boards and committees across the commonwealth, by hopefully limiting the number of times they would have to get an audit by extending the thresholds they have to meet before an audit is required. Thomas says finding auditors can be both tricky and costly.
There will be plenty for legislators to consider upon their return to Frankfort, including lowering the income tax down to 3.5 percent, establishing a school of veterinary medicine at Murray State University and much more.