SB67 (BR844)/FN - C. McDaniel
AN ACT relating to taxation.
Amends KRS 131.020 to make a technical correction.
Jan 04, 2018 - introduced in Senate
Jan 05, 2018 - to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
SB68 (BR905)/FN - M. McGarvey, J. Adams, R. Alvarado, D. Carroll, R. Girdler, D. Harper Angel, W. Schroder, R. Webb, S. West, W. Westerfield
AN ACT relating to dissolution of marriage.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 403 to clarify that a victim of domestic violence is not required to pay the legal fees of the abusive spouse in a divorce action when the spouse is incarcerated for crimes against the petitioner.
SB68 - AMENDMENTS
SFA1(M. McGarvey) - Add noncodified section creating short title "Jeanette's Law."
Jan 05, 2018 - introduced in Senate
Jan 08, 2018 - to Judiciary (S)
Jan 25, 2018 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Jan 26, 2018 - 2nd reading, to Rules
Jan 29, 2018 - posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, January 31, 2018; floor amendment (1) filed
Jan 31, 2018 - 3rd reading, passed 37-0 with floor amendment (1)
Feb 01, 2018 - received in House
Feb 05, 2018 - to Judiciary (H)
Feb 12, 2018 - posted in committee
Feb 28, 2018 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Mar 01, 2018 - 2nd reading, to Rules; recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
Mar 13, 2018 - taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H); to Rules (H); posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 14, 2018
Mar 14, 2018 - 3rd reading, passed 86-0
Mar 15, 2018 - received in Senate; enrolled, signed by President of the Senate; enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House; delivered to Governor
Mar 27, 2018 - signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 27)
SB69 (BR889) - S. West, D. Givens, R. Alvarado, D. Carroll, M. Wise
AN ACT relating to educators.
Amend KRS 161.770 to specify that a board of education must comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, and any other applicable federal law in placing a teacher or superintendent on leave due to a physical or mental disability; prohibit a board from requesting unnecessary medical information or disclosing any medical information; amend KRS 161.790 to clarify the causes for which a contract of a teacher may be terminated; require an attorney to serve as hearing officer and chairman of the tribunal; remove the lay person from the tribunal; establish selection and training requirements for hearing officers; establish a prehearing conference for motions and mediation; establish tribunal's decision as a recommended order and allow parties to file exceptions to recommended order; allow hearing officer to respond to exceptions by entering original recommended order or an amended order as a final order; limit decisions to upholding or overturning the decision of the superintendent.
SB69 - AMENDMENTS
SFA1(S. West) - Amend to clarify that a recommended order shall only uphold or overturn the superintendent's decision; amend to limit the final order to either upholding the recommended order if there is no settlement or approve the settlement if one exists.
Jan 05, 2018 - introduced in Senate
Jan 08, 2018 - to Education (S)
Feb 01, 2018 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 02, 2018 - 2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 22, 2018 - floor amendment (1) filed
Mar 06, 2018 - taken from Rules (S); recommitted to Education (S)
SB70 (BR452)/FN - C. McDaniel
AN ACT authorizing a University of Louisville capital project, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.
Authorize and appropriate $8,000,000 for the construction of a television broadcast/production studio at the University of Louisville; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
Jan 08, 2018 - introduced in Senate; to Appropriations & Revenue (S); taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S); 1st reading; returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
Jan 09, 2018 - reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules
Jan 10, 2018 - posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, January 11, 2018
Jan 11, 2018 - 3rd reading, passed 34-0
Jan 16, 2018 - received in House
Jan 18, 2018 - to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
Jan 19, 2018 - posted in committee
Jan 23, 2018 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Jan 24, 2018 - 2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, January 25, 2018
Jan 25, 2018 - 3rd reading, passed 86-4
Jan 26, 2018 - received in Senate; enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
Jan 29, 2018 - enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House; delivered to Governor
Feb 09, 2018 - filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
Feb 10, 2018 - became law without Governor's Signature (Acts, ch. 2)
SB71 (BR981) - S. Meredith, D. Carroll, C. Embry Jr., R. Girdler, M. Wilson
AN ACT relating to health education.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require inclusion of abstinence education in any human sexuality or sexually transmitted diseases curriculum.
SB71 - AMENDMENTS
SFA1(A. Kerr) - Require inclusion in sex education of information regarding the recognition of child physical, sexual, and emotional abuse and how to report.
SFA2(D. Harper Angel) - Replace content listed with content based on the National Health Education Standards.
SFA3(G. Neal) - Make abstinence content optional.
HCS1 - Retain original provisions but delete references to marriage.
HFA1(M. Marzian) - Amend to permit a parent or guardian to opt-out of abstinence instruction.
HFA2/P(M. Marzian) - Delete all provisions; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 requiring the State Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations regarding human sexuality education; require implementation of a Department of Education-approved plan during the 2019-2020 school year; set the minimum instructional requirements for grades four through12; require instruction by a certified teacher.
Jan 08, 2018 - introduced in Senate
Jan 09, 2018 - taken from Committee on Committees (S); 1st reading; returned to Committee on Committees (S); to Education (S)
Jan 10, 2018 - taken from Education (S); 2nd reading; returned to Education (S)
Jan 11, 2018 - reported favorably, to Rules
Jan 16, 2018 - floor amendment (1) filed
Jan 18, 2018 - floor amendment (2) filed
Jan 22, 2018 - floor amendment (1) withdrawn
Jan 24, 2018 - posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, January 24, 2018; 3rd reading; floor amendment (2) defeated; passed 32-5; floor amendment (3) filed
Jan 25, 2018 - received in House
Jan 29, 2018 - to Education (H)
Feb 23, 2018 - posted in committee
Mar 16, 2018 - posted in committee
Mar 20, 2018 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute; floor amendments (1) and (2) filed to Committee Substitute
Mar 21, 2018 - 2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 22, 2018
Mar 27, 2018 - 3rd reading; floor amendment (1) defeated; passed 77-14 with Committee Substitute
SB72 (BR1012) - S. West, R. Alvarado, C. Embry Jr., S. Meredith, W. Schroder, M. Wise
AN ACT relating to the naming of state properties, highways, bridges, and programs.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 56 to prohibit the naming of any state building or property in honor of any living statewide current or former constitutional officer, member of the General Assembly, Justice or Judge of the Court of Justice, or state employee; create a new section of KRS Chapter 12 to place the same restrictions on the naming of state programs or initiatives; amend KRS 177.074 to place the same restrictions upon the naming of state highways and bridges.
SB72 - AMENDMENTS
SCS1 - Retain original provisions; add employees of the postsecondary education system as defined in KRS 164.001 to the restriction on the naming of state buildings, properties, programs, initiatives, highways, or bridges.
SCS2 - Retain original provisions; add university employees to the restriction on the naming of state buildings, properties, programs, initiatives, highways, or bridges; exclude certain transfers to an institution in the postsecondary education system from the restrictions relating to the naming of state buildings, property, initiatives, and programs.
Jan 08, 2018 - introduced in Senate
Jan 09, 2018 - to State & Local Government (S)
Jan 24, 2018 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
Jan 25, 2018 - 2nd reading, to Rules
Jan 26, 2018 - posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, January 29, 2018
Jan 29, 2018 - passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
Jan 30, 2018 - recommitted to State & Local Government (S)
Jan 31, 2018 - reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (2); posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 1, 2018
Feb 01, 2018 - 3rd reading; Committee Substitute (1) withdrawn; passed 35-3 with Committee Substitute (2)
Feb 02, 2018 - received in House
Feb 06, 2018 - to State Government (H)
Mar 15, 2018 - taken from State Government (H); 1st reading; returned to State Government (H)
Mar 16, 2018 - taken from State Government (H); 2nd reading; returned to State Government (H)
Mar 27, 2018 - posting waived
SB73 (BR478) - D. Givens, D. Carroll, M. Wilson
AN ACT relating to school districts.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to establish a pilot program for performance-based professional development projects; require the local board of education to determine the parameters for the pilot program; require the Kentucky Department of Education to study the completed pilot projects and report its findings by August 1, 2022; amend KRS 158.070 to sunset the granting of nontraditional instruction days after the 2020-2021 year.
SB73 - AMENDMENTS
SFA1(J. Turner) - Amend the requirements for the school district calendar committee to allow for additional members.
HCS1 - Retain original provisions except delete sunset of nontraditional instruction days; amend KRS 158.070 to allow additional membership on the school district calendar committee; require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate regulations to prescribe the conditions and procedures for the nontraditional instruction program.
Jan 09, 2018 - introduced in Senate
Jan 10, 2018 - to Education (S)
Jan 18, 2018 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar; floor amendment (1) filed
Jan 19, 2018 - 2nd reading, to Rules
Jan 22, 2018 - posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, January 22, 2018; floor amendment (1) withdrawn; 3rd reading, passed 36-0
Jan 23, 2018 - received in House
Jan 25, 2018 - to Education (H)
Feb 15, 2018 - posted in committee
Feb 20, 2018 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
Feb 21, 2018 - 2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 27, 2018 - posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Mar 22, 2018 - 3rd reading, passed 86-8 with Committee Substitute; received in Senate
Mar 27, 2018 - posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) on Tuesday, March 27, 2018; Senate refused to concur in House Committee Substitute (1); received in House; to Rules (H)
SB74 (BR1001) - D. Carroll, M. Wilson
AN ACT relating to the maintenance of teacher certification.
Amend KRS 161.095 to prohibit the Education Professional Standards Board (EPSB) from imposing conditions for a teacher to maintain his or her certification; amend KRS 161.1211 to prohibit the EPSB from requiring a Rank III teacher to obtain a Rank II or Rank I to maintain his or her certificate; amend KRS 161.020 and 156.553 to conform.
Jan 09, 2018 - introduced in Senate
Jan 10, 2018 - to Education (S)
SB76 (BR943)/FN - W. Schroder
AN ACT relating to the Department of the Treasury and declaring an emergency.
Amend KRS 393.250 to allow all expenses for the operation of the Treasury Department to be paid out of the abandoned property fund; EMERGENCY.
Jan 09, 2018 - introduced in Senate
Jan 10, 2018 - to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
SB77 (BR1030)/LM - D. Ridley
AN ACT relating to workers' compensation for rescue squad employees.
Amend KRS 39F.170 to require that rescue squad members be covered under workers' compensation when rendering first aid because the rescue squad members are required by the authorizing statute to provide such aid.
Jan 10, 2018 - introduced in Senate
Jan 11, 2018 - to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S)
SB78 (BR94) - W. Westerfield
AN ACT relating to electricians.
Amend KRS 227A.060 to require the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction to administer its electrician licensing examination; allow an applicant to sit for the electrician licensing examination if the applicant has four years of experience or two years of experience plus an acceptable training course in electrical work; create a nonrenewable two-year provisional electrician license; require an applicant for a provisional license to have at least six years of verifiable experience since age 16; establish how a provisional license holder may become a licensed electrician; allow a former provisional license holder to apply for regular licensure as an electrician.
SB78 - AMENDMENTS
SFA1(W. Westerfield) - Make a provisional electrician's license valid for one year; state that lapsed electrician licenses originally issued under KRS 227A.080 before the repeal of that statute are authorized to be reissued; require passing the relevant examination and paying a $100 fee before reissuance of the license; end reissuance after July 31, 2020.
HCS1 - Retain original provisions; allow an applicant to sit for the electrician licensing examination if the applicant has completed two years of experience plus two years of a minimum four-year training course in electrical work acceptable to the department; require completion of the remaining two years of the training course within four years after becoming a licensed electrician; revoke the license of any electrician who fails to complete the training course; limit provisional licenses to Kentucky residents; require an applicant for a provisional license to have at least six years of verifiable experience with 2,080 annual work hours since age 16.
HFA1(J. Miller) - Clarify that at least four years of experience, or a combined four years of both education and experience, are required for electrician licensure.
HFA2(J. Miller) - Clarify that at least four years of experience, or a combined four years of both education and experience, are required for electrician licensure.
HFA3(J. Miller) - Clarify that at least four years of experience, or a combined four years of both education and experience, are required for electrician licensure.
HFA4(J. Miller) - Clarify that at least four years of experience, or a combined four years of both education and experience, are required for electrician licensure.
Jan 11, 2018 - introduced in Senate
Jan 16, 2018 - to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)
Jan 23, 2018 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar; floor amendment (1) filed
Jan 24, 2018 - 2nd reading, to Rules
Jan 25, 2018 - posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, January 25, 2018; 3rd reading, passed 26-10 with floor amendment (1)
Jan 26, 2018 - received in House
Jan 30, 2018 - to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)
Mar 02, 2018 - posted in committee
Mar 21, 2018 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute; floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (1) filed to Bill
Mar 22, 2018 - 2nd reading, to Rules; floor amendments (1) and (2) withdrawn; floor amendment (3) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (4) filed to Bill
SB79 (BR894)/HM - R. Alvarado, T. Buford
AN ACT relating to surprise billing.
Amend KRS 304.17A-005 to define "balance billing," "cost sharing," "emergency health care services," "emergency medical condition," "health care service," "insured, maximum allowable cost," and "usual and customary rate"; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require the commissioner of insurance to collect information from insurers regarding billed charges, and either to select a nonprofit to distribute the information to or to publish the information annually on its Web site; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define unanticipated out-of-network care, and to require an insurer to reimburse for unanticipated out-of-network care at the usual and customary rate for the service; prohibit any lower reimbursement; prohibit balance billing from a provider who has been reimbursed in accordance with this section; allow a provider to bill for any applicable cost-sharing requirements owed by the insured; amend KRS 304.17A-096, 304.17A-430, 304.17B-001, 304.17B-015, 304.17B-033, 304.17C-010, 304.18-114, 304.38A-010, and 304.39-241 to conform; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2019.
Jan 11, 2018 - introduced in Senate
Jan 16, 2018 - to Banking & Insurance (S)
SB80 (BR906)/CI/LM - D. Seum, P. Clark
AN ACT relating to the regulation of cannabis.
Establish and create new sections of KRS Chapter 245 to define terms, allow for possession, growth, use, processing, purchasing, transfer, and consumption of cannabis; establish limits for transfer; allow for purchasing and manufacture of cannabis accessories; authorize activities and operation of retail stores, consumption establishments, cultivation facilities, cannabis testing facilities, and product manufacturing facilities; prohibit smoking cannabis in public and establish a fine for violation; prohibit operation of motor vehicles while consuming cannabis and specify that existing intoxication laws are not superseded; prohibit state or local resources to be used to investigate violations of federal Controlled Substances Act that conflict with this KRS Chapter 245; specify that an employer is not required to allow consumption, workplace intoxication, possession, or transfer of cannabis; prohibit individuals under the age of 21 from entering cannabis establishments, purchasing, using, or misrepresenting his or her age; establish penalties for violation; establish a penalty for underage possession of cannabis; establish a penalty for underage cultivation of cannabis; establish requirements for personal cultivation; establish and direct the Department for Cannabis Enforcement to administrate KRS Chapter 245 and promulgate administrative regulations relating to all aspects of cannabis establishments, cannabis manufacturing, and transfer, cultivation, packaging, and health and safety requirements; restrictions on advertising, and restrictions on additives, pesticides, visitor logs, and sample testing; require promulgation of administrative regulations within 180 days; establish timeframes for the issuance of licenses; establish a licensure requirement and separate licenses; establish a license and renewal fee and license application form; establish an excise tax on cultivation facilities, processing facilities, or retail facilities; establish a trust and agency account; establish a cannabis regulation fund and recommend the direction of certain funds; establish a civil penalty for violating KRS Chapter 245, including for failing to keep written records and submitting required reports; establish a prioritization requirement for Kentucky residents; establish the legislative intent that cannabis or cannabis products not in conformity with KRS Chapter 245 are seizable as contraband; allow for local governments to prohibit the operation of cannabis businesses; establish a new section of KRS Chapter 138 to establish excise taxes; establish a new section of KRS Chapter 139 to direct the placement of excise taxes and sales taxes relating to cannabis; amend KRS 2.015 to make the cultivation, purchase, use, and possession of cannabis a higher age of majority activity; amend KRS 610.010 to make cannabis offenses under KRS Chapter 245 committed by minors under the authority of the juvenile session of the District Court; amend KRS 630.020 to grant a court jurisdiction over cannabis offenses committed by children; amend KRS 630.120 to prohibit commitment of children over a cannabis offense; amend KRS 218A.1422 to clarify that a person is guilty of possession of marijuana when he or she has more than the possession limit established in KRS Chapter 245, and to exempt a cannabis establishment; amend KRS 218A.1423 to prohibit cultivation of more than 5 marijuana plants and to exempt cannabis establishments; amend KRS 12.020 to reflect the establishment of the Department for Cannabis Enforcement; amend KRS 12.252 to reflect the establishment of the Department for Cannabis Enforcement; establish a short title.
Jan 17, 2018 - introduced in Senate
Jan 26, 2018 - to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
SB81 (BR881)/AA/FN - J. Turner
AN ACT relating to erroneous payments to the Kentucky Retirement Systems.
Amend KRS 16.543, 61.543, and 78.615 to provide that, if the Kentucky Retirement Systems determines that employee contributions were made in error more than five years following the date the contributions were first made, the systems shall pay the member interest on any refunded contributions at the actuarially assumed rate of return; amend KRS 61.685 to conform.
Jan 16, 2018 - introduced in Senate
Jan 17, 2018 - to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
SB82 (BR1124)/LM - M. Wilson
AN ACT relating to the use of and disposition of auxiliary containers.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 109 providing definitions of "auxiliary container" and "local government"; creates a new section of KRS Chapter 109 prohibiting local governments from adopting ordinances or regulations concerning the use, prohibition of, or taxes upon auxiliary containers; create a new section of KRS Chapter 109 exempting certain facilities and properties of local governments.
Jan 17, 2018 - introduced in Senate
Jan 18, 2018 - to State & Local Government (S)
Feb 22, 2018 - reassigned to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S)
SB83 (BR947) - D. Carroll
AN ACT relating to investigations of financial mismanagement.
Amend KRS 45.131 to require the Finance and Administration Cabinet, the Chief Justice, and the Legislative Research Commission to investigate any alleged mismanagment of any of the affairs of the state by any current or former officer, employee, or governing body responsible for carrying out any state function or the management of state funds; amend KRS 45.142 to add KRS Chapter 45A, the Model Procurement Code, to those chapters for which the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet, the Chief Justice, and the Legislative Research Commission, on behalf of their respective departments, shall have certain investigative powers to enforce.
Jan 17, 2018 - introduced in Senate
Jan 18, 2018 - to State & Local Government (S)
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