HB 13
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT relating to veterans centers, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. Authorize to the Department of Veterans' Affairs federal funds and bond funds in fiscal year 2016-2017 for the construction of the Bowling Green Veterans Center nursing home; establish conditions; provide that if debt service is required it shall be a necessary government expense to be paid from the general fund surplus account or the budget reserve trust fund; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
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Jun 28 2016 |
(Acts, Ch. 194)
Apr 11 2017
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HB 14
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT relating to hate crimes. Amend KRS 532.031, relating to an offense committed as a result of a hate crime, to include offenses committed against an individual because of the individual's actual or perceived employment as a city, county, state, or federal peace officer, member of an organized fire department, emergency medical services personnel; provide that "emergency medical services personnel" is defined as in KRS 311A.010; enumerate that members of an organized fire department or emergency medical services personnel includes volunteer members if the violation occurs while the volunteer is performing duties with an organized fire department or emergency medical services personnel.
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Jul 06 2016 |
Signed By Governor (Acts, Ch. 27)
Mar 20 2017
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HB 12
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT relating to credit freezes for consumers. Create a new section of KRS 367.363 to 367.365 to define "protected person," "record," "representative," and "sufficient proof of authority"; require a consumer reporting agency to place a security freeze on a protected person's record or report upon proper request by a representative; require the freeze to be placed within 30 days of receiving the request; set forth when the credit reporting agency is required to remove the freeze; allow the credit reporting agency to charge a fee under certain circumstances; establish penalties for violations.
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Jul 13 2016 |
Recommitted To Banking & Insurance (H)
Mar 03 2017
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HB 15
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT relating to a tax credit for volunteer firefighters. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a $1,000 refundable income tax credit for certain volunteer firefighters; declare the purpose of the credit; require annual reporting to the Legislative Research Commission to evaluate the impact of the credit; amend KRS 141.0205 to provide the ordering of the credit and to make technical corrections.
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Jul 15 2016 |
To Appropriations & Revenue (H)
Jan 03 2017
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SB 13
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT relating to the Bowling Green Veterans Center, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. Authorize to the Department of Veterans' Affairs Federal Funds and Bond Funds in fiscal year 2016-2017 for the construction of the Bowling Green Veterans Center nursing home; establish conditions; provide that if debt service is required it shall be a necessary government expense to be paid from the General Fund Surplus Account or the Budget Reserve Trust Fund Account; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
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Jul 15 2016 |
Returned To Appropriations & Revenue (H)
Mar 07 2017
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HB 16
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT relating to family member visitation rights. Repeal and reenact KRS 405.021 to grant visitation to family members if it is in the child's best interest based on listed factors.
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Jul 19 2016 |
To Judiciary (H)
Jan 03 2017
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HB 17
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT relating to expungement. Amend KRS 431.073 to reduce filing fee for felony expungement from $500 to $200.
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Jul 26 2016 |
To Judiciary (H)
Jan 03 2017
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HB 19
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT relating to prescriptive authority for physician assistants. Amend KRS 311.856 and 311.858 to permit physician assistants to prescribe and dispense controlled substances.
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Aug 01 2016 |
To Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)
Jan 03 2017
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HB 20
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky educational excellence scholarship. Amend KRS 164.7871 to name the Kentucky educational excellence scholarship the "Arch Gleason Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship"; amend KRS 164.7874 to conform.
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Aug 02 2016 |
To Education (H)
Jan 03 2017
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SB 22
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT relating to general principles of justification. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 503 to incorporate the "no duty to retreat" provisions elsewhere in the chapter; amend KRS 503.050, 503.055, 503.070, and 503.080 to require a reasonable belief that defensive force is necessary before it is justified; change the term "great bodily harm" to "serious physical injury" as used throughout the Penal Code; amend KRS 503.060 to require an initial aggressor to retreat before the use of force can be justified; repeal KRS 503.120.
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Aug 03 2016 |
To Judiciary (S)
Jan 07 2017
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SB 23
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT relating to oaths. Amend KRS 6.072 to require witnesses appearing before a committee, subcommittee, or task force of the General Assembly to take an oath prior to giving testimony.
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Aug 03 2016 |
To State & Local Government (S)
Jan 07 2017
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HB 21
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT relating to promise zone tax incentives. Amend KRS 139.570 to allow additional compensation for sellers in the promise zone; create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to allow an income tax credit for qualified employees equal to the individual income tax on wages earned in the promise zone, not to exceed $2,400; allow an income tax credit for qualified employers in an amount equal to $100 for each employee working within the promise zone; require reporting by the Department of Revenue to the Legislative Research Commission; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the new tax credits; create a noncodified section to set forth the purpose of the Act and describe actions previously taken by the federal government.
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Aug 05 2016 |
To Appropriations & Revenue (H)
Jan 03 2017
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HB 22
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT relating to day reporting programs. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 533 to authorize the use of day reporting programs in criminal sentencing.
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Aug 08 2016 |
To Judiciary (H)
Jan 03 2017
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HB 23
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT relating to pawnbrokers. Amend KRS 226.040 to require pawnbrokers to record daily transaction information and also provide the information on an online service accessible by law enforcement agencies.
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Aug 12 2016 |
To Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)
Feb 27 2017
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HB 29
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT relating to railroads. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 277 to require two-person crews on trains or light engines used in connection with the movement of freight; establish civil penalties for failure to have a two-person crew.
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Aug 22 2016 |
To Transportation (H)
Jan 03 2017
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HB 30
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT relating to public procurement. Create new sections of KRS Chapter 45A to set forth findings of the General Assembly and establish policy of the Commonwealth of Kentucky to promote the Kentucky and United States economies by requiring a preference for iron, steel, and manufactured goods produced in Kentucky and the United States; define "manufactured in Kentucky," "manufactured in the United States," "Kentucky," and "United States"; require preference for iron, steel, and manufactured goods made in Kentucky in construction and maintenance contracts and subcontracts; provide for a waiver of the Kentucky preference requirement; require preference for iron, steel, and manufactured goods made in the United States if the Kentucky waiver is granted; provide for a waiver of the United States preference requirement; establish a short title of "Kentucky Buy American Act"; amend KRS 45A.343, 45A.352, 65.027, 162.070, 164A.575, 176.080, and 424.260 to require compliance with the Kentucky Buy American Act.
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Aug 22 2016 |
To State Government (H)
Jan 03 2017
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HB 32
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT relating to the Bowling Green Veterans Center, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. Authorize to the Department of Veterans' Affairs Federal Funds and Bond Funds in fiscal year 2016-2017 for the construction of the Bowling Green Veterans Center nursing home; establish conditions; provide that if debt service is required it shall be a necessary government expense to be paid from the General Fund Surplus Account or the Budget Reserve Trust Fund Account; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
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Aug 26 2016 |
To Veterans, Military Affairs, And Public Protection (H)
Jan 03 2017
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SB 24
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT relating to superintendent screening committee membership. Amend KRS 160.352 to require the appointment of a school equity council member to the superintendent screening committee, if an equity council exists; allow a board to add a high school student to the superintendent screening committee.
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Aug 26 2016 |
To Education (S)
Jan 07 2017
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HB 34
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 42 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to compensation for members of the General Assembly. Propose to amend Section 42 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prohibit members of the General Assembly from receiving legislative pay for a special session that has been called by the Governor because the General Assembly adjourned without passing a state budget; submit to the voters with ballot question.
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Aug 30 2016 |
To Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
Jan 03 2017
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SB 27
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT relating to a board of directors of a college within the Kentucky Community and Technical College System. Amend KRS 164.350 to require the board of directors of a community and technical college to approve biennial budget requests and to accept or reject donations of land or funds to the college; amend KRS 164.600 to change the terms of office for members of boards of directors; hold members of boards of directors harmless for proper actions and require that they be provided legal counsel upon request; require an outside agency or foundation associated with a college to notify the local board of directors of upcoming meetings, to conduct open meetings, to publicly disclose all financial documents, including donations and moneys raised and expended, and to prohibit the agency's or foundation's citizen members from having a conflict of interest or being a relative of a college employee.
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Aug 30 2016 |
To Education (S)
Jan 07 2017
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