(1) Cities and counties are authorized to adopt and enforce ordinances, orders, and
resolutions prohibiting all forms of discrimination, including discrimination on the
basis of race, color, religion, disability, familial status, or national origin, sex, or
age, and to prescribe penalties for violations thereof, such penalties being in
addition to the remedial orders and enforcement herein authorized.
(2) Cities and counties may adopt and enforce ordinances, orders, and resolutions
prohibiting discrimination; no ordinance, order or resolution shall attempt to
exempt more transactions from its coverage than are exempted by KRS 344.362 and
344.365.
Effective: July 14, 1992
History: Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 282, sec. 35, effective July 14, 1992. -- Amended
1976 Ky. Acts ch. 311, sec. 3. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 104, sec. 3. --
Amended 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 167, sec. 12. -- Created 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 2, Art. 7, sec.
701.
Notes of Decisions
Hyman v. City of Louisville (2001)
kywd · cites it 2×
“KRS § 344.300 states in relevant part: (1) Cities and counties are authorized to adopt and enforce ordinances, orders, and resolutions prohibiting all forms of discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, disability, familial status, or…”
Rogers v. Fiscal Court of Jefferson County (2001)
kyctapp · cites it 3×
“083(3) does not authorize counties to legislate in the area of civil rights and discrimination, and since KRS 344.300 authorizes both cities and counties equally to enact such legislation, it asserts *31 that KRS 67.”
Wells v. City of Bowling Green (2011)
kyctapp
“A year after retiring, Wells filed a verified complaint against the City alleging: 1) age discrimination because he was fifty-five years of age at the time of his appointment as interim chief and DeFebbo had said he would only consider candidates for the permanent police chief…”
Curtis Carter v. Lexington Fayette Urban County Government (2022)
kyctapp
“Appellants also argue that, unlike the Lexington Human Rights Commission, the Civil Service Commission lacks express written authority to hear claims of discrimination and retaliation under the KCRA, citing KRS 344.300 to KRS 344.320 and generally to LFUCG’s Code of Ordinances.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 344.300(1) — 1 case
Rogers v. Fiscal Court of Jefferson County (2001)
kyctapp
“083(3) does not authorize counties to legislate in the area of civil rights and discrimination, and since KRS 344.300 authorizes both cities and counties equally to enact such legislation, it asserts *31 that KRS 67.”
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