HB 90
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT relating to nuclear power. Amend KRS 278.600 to define "plan for storage of high-level nuclear waste," "storage," and "low-level nuclear waste"; amend KRS 278.610 to allow certification if the facility and its plans for waste storage are approved by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; eliminate requirement that facility have a plan for disposal of high-level nuclear waste; eliminate requirement that cost of waste disposal be known; eliminate requirement that facility have adequate capacity to contain waste; give the Public Service Commission authority to hire consultant to perform duties relating to nuclear facility certification; prohibit construction of low-level nuclear waste disposal sites in Kentucky. except as provided in KRS 211.852; repeal KRS 278.605, relating to construction of nuclear power facilities; direct the Energy and Environment Cabinet to review regulations required for permitting nuclear facilities and report to LRC.
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Dec 08 2016 |
To Natural Resources & Energy (H)
Jan 03 2017
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HB 92
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT relating to juvenile responsibility. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 610 to establish 11 years of age as the minimum age of criminal responsibility; amend KRS 600.020 to conform.
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Dec 09 2016 |
To Judiciary (H)
Jan 03 2017
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HB 69
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 341 to define a "seasonal/on recall employee" and require certification by an employer; amend KRS 341.350 to exempt seasonal/on recall employees from the waiting week and reemployment requirements.
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Dec 02 2016 |
To Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
Jan 03 2017
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HB 94
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT relating to motor vehicle insurance. Amend KRS 186A.040, regarding maintenance of motor vehicle insurance, to change from three to one the number of times a person may have his or her vehicle registration revoked for not maintaining insurance, before the revocation constitutes a violation of KRS 304.39-080; provide that notice of a violation be sent to the sheriff; amend KRS 186.180 to set the reinstatement fee for a revoked registration at $20.
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Dec 08 2016 |
To Transportation (H)
Jan 03 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 86
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT relating to expungement. Amend KRS 431.073 to make additional offenses eligible for expungement; reduce filing fee for felony expungement from $500 to $200; amend KRS 431.076 to allow expungement of charges dismissed without prejudice; amend KRS 431.078 to require certain records to be expunged if the law specifies a period for enhancement and that period has expired; amend KRS 431.079 to limit requirement of certification to convictions which have not been pardoned.
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Dec 09 2016 |
To Judiciary (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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HB 10
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT relating to public postsecondary education governance and declaring an emergency. Amend KRS 164.821 to reduce the number of members on the University of Louisville board of trustees from 17 to ten; identify those members; set qualifications and conditions for membership; set initial terms for members; specify how to determine proportional minority representation on the board; provide procedures for vacancies; amend KRS 164.830 to define a quorum for the transaction of business; prohibit compensation and provide for reimbursement; abolish the prior board and transfer all authority, functions, and responsibilities to the newly constituted board; specify that members appointed to serve pursuant to Executive Orders 2016-391 and 2016-512 shall continue to serve on the board as constituted under this Act; confirm Executive Order 2016-338 dated June 17, 2016; confirm Executive Order 2016-391 dated June 29, 2016; confirm Executive Order 2016-512 dated July 12, 2016; EMERGENCY.
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Jan 03 2017 |
Posting Waived
Jan 03 2017
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HB 62
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT relating to Kentucky educational excellence scholarships and declaring an emergency. Create a new section of KRS 164.7871 to 164.7885 to provide KEES scholarships to students enrolled in a registered apprenticeship program; define student eligibility; direct the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to promulgate regulations for awarding the scholarships; EMERGENCY.
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Oct 26 2016 |
To Education (H)
Jan 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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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 91
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT relating to ownership of real and personal property by aliens. Amend KRS 381.290, relating to right of an alien intending to be naturalized to own real or personal property in Kentucky, to delete original provisions and replace them with a provision permitting aliens, both resident and nonresident, to own real and personal property in Kentucky in the same manner as a citizen, except as otherwise provided by an applicable statute or treaty; repeal KRS 381.300, 381.310, 381.320, 381.330, and 381.340, which restrict the rights of aliens to own property in Kentucky.
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Dec 08 2016 |
To Judiciary (H)
Jan 03 2017
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HB 63
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT relating to competency hearings conducted in guardianship proceedings. Amend KRS 387.570 to allow a bench trial in a disability hearing when the parties agree, there is no objection from interested parties, and the judge finds no cause to require a jury trial; amend KRS 387.580 to conform.
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Dec 09 2016 |
To Judiciary (H)
Jan 03 2017
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HB 79
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT relating to court-ordered outpatient mental health treatment and making an appropriation therefor. Amend KRS 202A.081 to require that an attorney be present for a patient agreed order and allow a peer support specialist to be present; require the court to appoint an outpatient provider agency recognized by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to assemble a multi-disciplinary team to develop a treatment plan, monitor treatment adherence, and report to the court; require that crisis services are available 24/7; provide that failure to abide by the order may result in rehospitalization provided that the criteria are met, procedures are initiated via affidavit by the multi-disciplinary team, and mental health examinations take place at community mental health centers; permit additional orders with due process; require that patient agreed order services are covered by Medicaid; require that courts report such orders to the Kentucky Commission on Services and Supports for Individuals with Mental Illness, Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Disorders, and Dual Diagnoses; and rename this commitment process a patient agreed order; amend KRS 202A.261 to exempt certain hospitals from being required to provide particular services; amend KRS 202A.271 to require certain hospitals to be paid for services performed under portions of this Act at the same rates the hospital negotiates for other services; create new sections of KRS Chapter 202A to create a process for District Courts to order assisted outpatient mental health treatment; provide for transportation processes for the purposes of a mental health examination; establish eligibility and court proceedings; require a mental health examination and the development of a treatment plan; establish the process for hearings; require the court to appoint an outpatient provider agency to monitor and report on the person under order; authorize 72-hour emergency admission for failure to comply with orders; provide for the right to stay, vacate, or modify orders; provide for a process to change a treatment plan; permit an additional period of treatment to be ordered provided certain criteria are met; require that assisted outpatient treatment services are covered by Medicaid; make the implementation of all newly created sections of KRS Chapter 202A contingent on funding; name these new sections of the bill "Tim's Law"; APPROPRIATION.
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Nov 23 2016 |
To Judiciary (H)
Jan 03 2017
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HB 85
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT relating to the overtaking of bicycles on a roadway. Amend KRS 189.300 to provide that the operator of any vehicle moving upon a highway is to keep to the right unless signage or markings indicate otherwise; amend KRS 189.340 to require vehicles overtaking bicycles to pass at a distance of at least three feet; specify when a motor vehicle may pass a bicycle to the left of the center of a roadway.
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Dec 06 2016 |
To Transportation (H)
Jan 03 2017
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HB 71
(2017 Regular Session)
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 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.
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Nov 04 2016 |
To Transportation (H)
Jan 03 2017
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HB 55
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT relating to railroad companies and making an appropriation therefor. Amend KRS 277.990 to increase the fine for a violation of KRS 277.200, relating to a railroad company obstructing a highway, street, or navigable stream to $5,000 for each offense; transfer 50 percent of each fine collected to the law enforcement agency that issued the citation.
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Oct 13 2016 |
To Transportation (H)
Jan 03 2017
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HB 80
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT relating to criminal attempted murder. Amend KRS 439.3401 to make criminal attempt to commit murder of a peace officer or a firefighter an offense for which at least 85 percent of the sentence must be served before probation or parole.
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Dec 02 2016 |
To Judiciary (H)
Jan 03 2017
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HB 47
(2017 Regular Session)
AN ACT relating to child abuse and neglect. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 199 to establish the central registry for child abuse and neglect; establish definitions; establish requirements for operation of the registry; provide that the Act be known as Sophie's law.
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Sep 23 2016 |
To Health And Family Services (H)
Jan 03 2017
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HB 44
(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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Sep 19 2016 |
To Appropriations & Revenue (H)
Jan 03 2017
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