HB558 (BR1890) - R. Mills
AN ACT relating to notification of the expiration date of an instruction permit, operator's license, or personal identification card.
Create a new section of KRS 186.400 to 186.640 to require the Transportation Cabinet to notify holders of operator's licenses, instruction permits, and personal ID cards of the impending expiration of these documents 45 days prior to their expiration; allow notice by electronic or postal mail; allow license, permit, and ID card holders to provide electronic mail addresses for notification or opt out of notification; clarify that nonreceipt of a notice shall not constitute a defense to any offense regarding an expired permit or license.
Feb 27, 2018 - introduced in House
Mar 01, 2018 - to Transportation (H)
Mar 02, 2018 - posted in committee
HB559 (BR1632)/LM - B. Linder
AN ACT relating to 911 emergency service and declaring an emergency.
Amend KRS 65.7621 to remove the Lifeline service charge from the definition of CMRS service charges; remove Lifeline providers from the definition of "prepaid wireless telecommunications service"; amend KRS 65.7627 to remove the references to the Lifeline service charge being deposited into the CMRS fund; amend KRS 65.7630 to remove the requirement that CMRS providers include the number of Lifeline customers they serve each month in their annual report to the 911 Services Board; remove Lifeline end users from the definition of "active CMRS connection"; amend KRS 65.7636 to specify that the Federal Communications Commission can deem a CMRS provider a Lifeline provider; delete all language relating to the levying, collection, and remittance of a Lifeline provider service charge; specify that Lifeline providers shall not be liable for the postpaid or prepaid CMRS service charge; amend KRS 139.470 to remove the Lifeline service charge sales tax exemption; EMERGENCY.
Feb 27, 2018 - introduced in House
Mar 01, 2018 - to Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (H)
Mar 05, 2018 - posted in committee
HB560 (BR1778) - K. Upchurch
AN ACT relating to transportation.
Amend KRS 186.020, 189.125, and 281A.080 to make technical corrections.
Feb 27, 2018 - introduced in House
Mar 01, 2018 - to Transportation (H)
Mar 08, 2018 - posted in committee
HB561 (BR1997) - K. Upchurch
AN ACT relating to the appointment of counsel.
Amend KRS 620.100 to make the fee for court-appointed counsel in dependency, neglect, and abuse cases the same in District Court as in Family Court.
Feb 27, 2018 - introduced in House
Mar 01, 2018 - to Judiciary (H)
HB562 (BR1779) - K. Upchurch
AN ACT relating to transportation.
Amend KRS 186.020, 189.125, and 281A.080 to make technical corrections.
Feb 27, 2018 - introduced in House
Mar 01, 2018 - to Transportation (H)
HB563 (BR1706)/LM - M. Prunty, W. Stone
AN ACT relating to highways.
Amend KRS 189.222 to extend to county roads the current allowance for state highways as roads where trucks carrying agricultural products, livestock, and forest products may operate at weights up to 80,000 pounds, subject to certain restrictions.
Feb 27, 2018 - introduced in House
Mar 01, 2018 - to Transportation (H)
HB564 (BR1897) - R. Huff
AN ACT relating to minimum staff-to-child ratios for family child-care homes.
Create a new section of KRS 199.892 to 199.896 to permit family child-care homes to group children birth to 24 months of age and children 12 to 36 months of age together in a defined area unique to the group; require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations for staff-to-child ratios based on the youngest child in the group.
Feb 27, 2018 - introduced in House
Mar 01, 2018 - to Health and Family Services (H)
HB565 (BR1811) - K. Imes
AN ACT relating to elections.
Amend KRS 117.235, 117.375, 118.015, 118.035, 118.405, 118A.010, 119.005, and 120.005 to make technical corrections.
Feb 27, 2018 - introduced in House
Mar 01, 2018 - to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
HB566 (BR1812) - K. Imes
AN ACT relating to elections.
Amend KRS 83A.170 and 83A.175 to include references to KRS 83A.045.
Feb 27, 2018 - introduced in House
Mar 01, 2018 - to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
HB567 (BR1979) - J. Kay
AN ACT relating to educational programs.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 243 to allow an accredited college or university to conduct alcoholic beverage sampling as a part of an educational program; exempt the educational program from sampling license requirements; define "educational program"; prohibit the retail sale of alcoholic beverages in connection with an educational program; require the college or university to include the educational program as part of an established curriculum emphasizing areas such as business and finance, hospitality, tourism and event management, or other aspects of alcoholic beverages; direct the curriculum to clearly state which classes include the sampling of alcoholic beverages; set handling, storage, and reporting requirements for alcoholic beverages; require STAR training for educational program instructors who serve or dispense alcoholic beverages for sampling; limit sampling to students or other persons who are 21 or older on the first day of a sampling class; set daily per-person sampling limits for distilled spirits, wine, and malt beverages; require an educational program to purchase all of its alcoholic beverages from a quota retail package licensee; state that an alcoholic beverage license shall not be required to conduct sampling through an educational program.
Feb 27, 2018 - introduced in House
Mar 01, 2018 - to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)
HB568 (BR1978) - J. Kay
AN ACT relating to special license plates and making an appropriation therefor.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 creating the Kentucky Community and Technical College System special license plate fund; amend KRS 186.162 to establish a Kentucky Community and Technical College System special license plate; set fees; amend KRS 186.166 to update the list of plates to be perpetually produced; APPROPRIATION.
Feb 27, 2018 - introduced in House
Mar 01, 2018 - to Transportation (H)
HB569 (BR1488) - K. Sinnette
AN ACT relating to sales and use tax.
Amend KRS 139.200 to increase the sales tax rate to seven percent effective October 1, 2018; amend KRS 139.310 to increase the use tax rate to seven percent effective October 1, 2018, amend KRS 139.470 to eliminate exemptions for sales made through vending machines, sales to state and local government agencies, sales of residential sewer services, sales of water and fuel for residential uses, sales to out-of-state state agencies, organizations or institutions exempt form sales and use tax in its state of residence, sales of industrial supplies and industrial tools used in manufacturing or industrial processing, the Kentucky River Authority water use fee, sales of water used in raising equine, amounts received from a tobacco buydown, sales of semi-trailers and trailers, and the first $50,000 in sales of admissions to county fairs; amend KRS 139.471 to provide that certain contracts and lease or rental agreements entered into on or before the effective date of this Act shall be excluded from the rate increases; amend KRS 139.472 to eliminate exemptions for colostomy, urostomy, or ileostomy supplies, prosthetic devices, mobility enhancing equipment, and durable medical equipment; amend KRS 139.531 to eliminate exemption for breeding stock and horses less than two years of age; amend KRS 139.010, 132.200, 138.358, 139.340, 139.778, 139.990, 143A.030, 148.546, 154.12-223, 154.27-070, 154.27-100, 154.27-110, 154.27-120, and 154.27-130 to conform; repeal KRS 139.480, 139.482, 139.483, 139.484, 139.495, 139.496, 139.497, 139.505, 139.518, 139.533, 139.534, 139.537, and 139.538; EFFECTIVE October 1, 2018.
Feb 27, 2018 - introduced in House
Mar 01, 2018 - to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
HB570 (BR462) - B. Rowland
AN ACT relating to insurance.
Amend KRS 304.12-230 to replace "person" with "insurer"; prohibit third-party claims against a casualty insurer; amend KRS 304.45.110 to conform; repeal KRS 304.12-220, relating to the definition of "person."
Feb 27, 2018 - introduced in House
Mar 01, 2018 - to Banking & Insurance (H)
HB571 (BR1987)/LM - M. Marzian, J. Wayne
AN ACT proposing to amend Section 29 of the Constitution of Kentucky to abolish the House of Representatives and the Senate and vest all legislative power in ALEC, the Koch Brothers, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, and to repeal Sections 30 through 35 of the Constitution of Kentucky, and create a new section to conform.
Propose to amend Section 29 of the Constitution of Kentucky to vest legislative power in ALEC, the Koch Brothers, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce; propose to repeal Sections 30 through 35 of the Constitution of Kentucky; create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to conform.
Feb 27, 2018 - introduced in House
Mar 01, 2018 - to State Government (H)
HB572 (BR826) - J. Wayne, P. Moffett, M. Cantrell, J. Donohue, A. Gentry, D. Graham, C. Harris, D. Horlander, J. Jenkins, M. Marzian, R. Meeks, C. Miller, J. Nemes, D. Owens, S. Riggs, A. Scott
AN ACT relating to the Louisville Arena.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 148 to define terms; establish the Louisville Arena Authority, Inc.; subject the authority to the Kentucky Model Procurement Code and open records and meetings requirements; subject board members and officers to the Executive Branch Code of Ethics; provide membership requirements and organizational requirements; provide for the appointment of the chair and functions of the authority; direct the use of revenues; require an annual audit; amend KRS 12.020 to abolish the Division of the Louisville Arena within Kentucky State Fair Board; establish the Louisville Arena in the Tourism Arts and Heritage Cabinet.
Feb 27, 2018 - introduced in House
Mar 01, 2018 - to State Government (H)
HB573 (BR897) - R. Nelson
AN ACT relating to minimum staffing requirements for long-term care facilities.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 216B to require staff-to-resident ratios in long-term care facilities as a condition of licensure or relicensure; establish minimum staffing requirements; prohibit long-term care facilities from admitting new residents if the facility fails to comply with the minimum staffing requirements, beginning on the second day of noncompliance and continuing until six days after the required staffing is achieved, with exceptions allowed for weather emergencies and other similar events; require additional staffing based on the needs of the residents; exempt intermediate-care facilities for persons with intellectual disabilities, institutions for the treatment of mental illnesses, personal care homes, and family care homes from the minimum staffing requirements; create a 17-member board to review staffing requirements on an annual basis; establish a civil fine of no more than $1,000 for each day that the staffing requirements are not maintained.
Feb 27, 2018 - introduced in House
Mar 01, 2018 - to Health and Family Services (H)
HB574 (BR272) - C. Harris
AN ACT relating to homeschools.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 159 to require parents of homeschool students to submit an affidavit attesting a homeschool student received 1,062 hours of instruction and a portfolio of student work to the Kentucky Department of Education annually; require the Kentucky Department of Education to review the portfolio to determine whether the student has achieved adequate academic growth; require implementation of a remediation plan if a student has not achieved adequate academic growth; establish an administrative procedure for terminating a student’s enrollment in a homeschool if the student has not achieved adequate academic growth after 24 months on the remediation plan; prohibit the enrollment of a habitual truant in a homeschool without approval of written curricula by the Kentucky Department of Education; permit the Kentucky Department of Education to promulgate necessary regulations.
Feb 27, 2018 - introduced in House
Mar 01, 2018 - to Education (H)
HB575 (BR297) - S. Wells, S. Overly
AN ACT designating the Kentucky Spring Seat Saddle as the official saddle of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to designate the Kentucky Spring Seat Saddle as the official saddle of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
HB575 - AMENDMENTS
HCS1 - Retain provisions of the original; make technical corrections.
HCA1(T. Turner) - Make title amendment.
Feb 27, 2018 - introduced in House
Mar 01, 2018 - to Tourism & Outdoor Recreation (H)
Mar 12, 2018 - posted in committee
Mar 15, 2018 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute & committee amendment (1-title)
Mar 16, 2018 - 2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 19, 2018 - posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Mar 20, 2018 - 3rd reading, passed 97-0 with Committee Substitute and committee amendment (1-title)
Mar 21, 2018 - received in Senate
Mar 22, 2018 - to State & Local Government (S)
HB576 (BR1666)/HM - S. Overly, K. Flood
AN ACT relating to health insurance.
Amend KRS 304.17A-580 to prohibit an insurer from denying coverage for emergency services in a concurrent or retrospective review based on the final diagnosis of the insured; establish time frame for prior authorization of poststabilization treatment; allow for a hospital providing emergency services to be paid at a negotiated rate; repeal KRS 304.17A-640, 304.17A-641, and 304.17A-649.
Feb 27, 2018 - introduced in House
Mar 01, 2018 - to Banking & Insurance (H)
HB577 (BR1980) - J. Kay, J. Richards
AN ACT relating to leaves of absence.
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.
Feb 27, 2018 - introduced in House
Mar 01, 2018 - to Education (H)
HB578 (BR1623) - K. Bratcher
AN ACT relating to licensed occupations.
Amend KRS 314A.105, 315.030, 315.155, and 316.990 to make technical corrections.
Feb 27, 2018 - introduced in House
Mar 01, 2018 - to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)
Mar 09, 2018 - posted in committee
HB579 (BR1942)/LM - D. Meade
AN ACT relating to elections and declaring an emergency.
Amend KRS 117.025 governing the use of electronic poll books; amend KRS 117.375, 118.015, 118A.010, 119.005, and 120.005 to define "electronic poll book"; amend KRS 117.187 to conform; EMERGENCY.
Feb 27, 2018 - introduced in House
Mar 01, 2018 - to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
Mar 08, 2018 - posted in committee
HB580 (BR856)/CI/FN/LM - D. St. Onge, S. Santoro
AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 243 to establish an alcoholic beverages direct shipping license; create application requirements necessary to obtain a direct shipping license; establish shipping requirements for licensees and common carriers; prohibit licensees from shipping to addresses located in dry territories; amend KRS 241.010 to define “consumer,” “direct shipment," and “direct shipper”; amend KRS 242.280 to prohibit the receipt of alcoholic beverages in dry territories from a direct shipper; amend KRS 243.030 to establish a direct shipping license fee; amend KRS 243.0305 to allow a distiller to receive purchases over the phone or online; allow a distiller to ship packages to a consumer using a common carrier; amend KRS 243.200 to establish conditions under which a person with a transporter’s license can ship to a consumer; amend KRS 243.355 to allow a distilled spirits and wine storage license to be issued as a primary license or as a supplementary license to the holder of a direct shipping license; amend KRS 244.165 to allow a distiller from another state to ship spirits to a Kentucky resident; amend KRS 242.260 to exclude licensed common carriers from being liable for delivering alcoholic beverages in dry territories; amend KRS 242.270 to exclude licensed common carriers from being liable for delivering alcoholic beverages in dry territories; amend KRS 244.240 to prohibit a direct shipping licensing from being interested in any retailer business; amend KRS 243.130 to allow a distiller to sell souvenir packages at retail over the phone and Internet; amend KRS 243.034 and 243.0341 to conform; repeal KRS 243.886.
Feb 27, 2018 - introduced in House
Mar 01, 2018 - to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)
Mar 02, 2018 - posted in committee
HB581 (BR1443) - J. DuPlessis, J. Miller, J. Jenkins, A. Koenig, R. Rand, R. Rothenburger, A. Wuchner
AN ACT relating to area development districts.
Amend KRS 147A.004 to establish a formula for distribution of funds through the Joint Funding Administration Program; amend KRS 147A.050 to require the Interim Joint Committee on Local Government to realign the 15 area development districts into no more than 12 area development districts no later than July 1, 2020, based on both population and land mass and to continually realign those districts as new population projections are made by the Kentucky State Data Center.
Feb 27, 2018 - introduced in House
Mar 01, 2018 - to Local Government (H)
HB582 (BR1815)/HM - K. Moser, D. St. Onge
AN ACT relating to health insurance.
Amend KRS 304.17A-254 and 304.17A-527 to prohibit insurers from reducing a negotiated rate for evaluation and management services solely because the provider also billed for other services on the same day; amend KRS 304.17A-580 to prohibit an insurer from denying coverage for emergency services in a concurrent or retrospective review based on the final diagnosis of the insured; establish time frame for prior authorization of poststabilization treatment; allow for a hospital providing emergency services to be paid at a negotiated rate; repeal KRS 304.17A-640, 304.17A-641, and 304.17A-649; amend KRS 18A.225 to conform.
Feb 27, 2018 - introduced in House
Mar 01, 2018 - to Banking & Insurance (H)
HB583 (BR1745) - T. Moore
AN ACT relating to military affairs.
Amend KRS 36.392 to add gender-neutral language.
Feb 27, 2018 - introduced in House
Mar 01, 2018 - to Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (H)
Mar 05, 2018 - posted in committee
HB584 (BR1746) - T. Moore
AN ACT relating to public protection.
Amend KRS 227.250 to add gender-neutral language.
Feb 27, 2018 - introduced in House
Mar 01, 2018 - to Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (H)
Mar 05, 2018 - posted in committee
HB585 (BR1578) - T. Couch
AN ACT relating to tax expenditures and declaring an emergency.
Amend KRS 243.720 eliminate the reduced rate on low-volume distilled spirits and malt beverages; amend KRS 243.884 to equalize the tax rate among all alcoholic beverage taxes and impose the tax on sales made by a small farm winery or wholesaler of wine produced by a small farm winery; amend KRS 171.396 to lower the certified rehabilitation credit cap to $4 million; amend KRS 141.010 to sunset the domestic production activities deduction, to impose income tax on 50% of any dividend income classified as a patronage dividend, to include in net income any dividends-paid deduction of a real estate investment trust, and define the term "credit union"; amend KRS 141.040 to impose income tax on credit unions at reduced income tax rate bracket levels; amend KRS 243.720 to conform; amend KRS 141.422 to reduce the annual biodiesel and renewable diesel tax credit cap to $5 million, the annual cellulosic ethanol tax credit cap to $2.5 million, and the annual ethanol tax credit cap to $2.5 million; amend KRS 141.423 to reduce the amount certified as a tax credit to 50 cents per gallon of biodiesel produced; amend KRS 141.4242 to reduce the amount certified as a tax credit to 50 cents per gallon of ethanol produced; amend KRS 141.4244 to reduce the amount certified as a tax credit to 50 cents per gallon of cellulosic ethanol produced; amend KRS 141.389 to sunset the distilled spirits tax credit; amend KRS 154.32-070 to provide that 100% of the tax liability may be offset with the tax credit if the economic development project is within an enhanced incentive county, and 75% of the tax liability may be offset by the tax credit if the economic development project is outside an enhanced incentive county; amend KRS 141.385 and 141.386 to sunset the tax credits; amend KRS 141.390 to allow 40% of the installed cost of recycling equipment to qualify for the tax credit; amend KRS 138.270 to set the allowance for collecting and reporting the tax at 2%; amend KRS 141.0401 to apply the tax to personal service corporations; amend KRS 141.206 to conform; amend KRS 132.020 to set the state property tax rate for real property at 12.7 cents upon each $100 of assessed value, to increase the 4% ceiling on revenues to 5%, and to increase the rates for certain tangible personal property; amend KRS 139.010 to include the amount charged for labor or services rendered in installing or applying the tangible personal property sold; amend KRS 139.470 to include in gross receipts the sale of a semi-trailer and trailer; amend KRS 139.480 to include, within the definition of retail sale, locomotives or rolling stock, certain agricultural items, property certified as a pollution control facility, and aircraft, repair, and replacement parts therefor, and supplies; amend KRS 139.531 to include the sale of certain horses; amend various sections to conform; repeal KRS 139.483; EMERGENCY.
Feb 27, 2018 - introduced in House
Mar 01, 2018 - to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
HB586 (BR1930) - J. Tipton, J. Richards
AN ACT relating to the maintenance of teacher certification.
Amend KRS 161.095 to require the Education Professional Standards Board to extend the validity period of a certificate of a member of the Armed Forces of the United States of America by one year for each year the member is determined by the board to have been prohibited by military service or training from pursuing an advanced degree or completing professional development required to maintain certification; require the Education Professional Standards Board to promulgate administrative regulations to establish an application process and develop guidelines for the process by which education or professional development is considered to have been prohibited by military service.
Feb 27, 2018 - introduced in House
Mar 01, 2018 - to Education (H)
Mar 02, 2018 - posted in committee
Mar 06, 2018 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Mar 07, 2018 - 2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 08, 2018 - posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 9, 2018
Mar 09, 2018 - 3rd reading, passed 84-0
Mar 12, 2018 - received in Senate
Mar 13, 2018 - to Education (S)
Mar 22, 2018 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Mar 27, 2018 - 2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 29, 2018
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