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{"bill_id":28069,"bill_number":"HB1","title":"AN ACT relating to the use of global positioning monitoring systems including monitoring-related restrictions and sanctions in domestic violence cases.","description":"Amend KRS 403.720 relating to domestic violence definitions to define \"global positioning monitoring system\"; amend KRS 403.740 relating to emergency protective orders to permit a court to restrain a respondent from going to or near specified locations; amend KRS 403.750 relating to domestic violence orders to permit a court to restrain a respondent from going to or near specified locations; create a new section of KRS Chapter 403 to permit the petitioner in a domestic violence order case to inform the court of places the petitioner does not want the respondent to go into or near; create a new section of KRS Chapter 403 to require the court to assess the respondent's dangerousness; create a new section of KRS Chapter 403 to a permit court, as part of a domestic violence order, to order a respondent to wear or carry global monitoring system device and permit a petitioner to carry a device notifying the petitioner that the respondent is nearby; require the court to notify the petitioner of the operation and limitations of global positioning monitoring system devices, and provide a penalty for removing or tampering with the device; create a new section of KRS Chapter 403 to require the Department of Corrections to contract with entities providing global positioning system monitoring services to provide services meeting the requirements of the statutes; name act the Amanda Ross Domestic Violence Prevention Act.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-26","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 170)","last_action_date":"2010-04-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB1/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB1.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28070,"bill_number":"HB10","title":"AN ACT relating to tax credits for hiring legally blind or severely disabled individuals.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to create a community rehabilitation nonrefundable tax credit; provide limitations on the amount of credit available and allow credit to be carried forward for two consecutive years; amend KRS 141.0205 to establish the order in which the credit may be taken.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-16","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-17","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB10/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB10.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28071,"bill_number":"HB11","title":"AN ACT relating to insurance licensing.","description":"Amend KRS 304.3-180 to reduce the number of consecutive years from seven to five that an insurer may use the same lead or coordinating audit partner of an accountant firm for preparing the audited financial statement, effective beginning with the year 2010 statutory audits; amend KRS 304.9-020 to define \"rental vehicle insurance,\" \"rental vehicle agent\" and \"rental vehicle agent managing employee\"; amend KRS 304.9-133 to delete the requirement that business entities file an annual report of all designated individuals who were not terminated on or prior to December 31; amend 304.9-150 to remove the requirement that a business entity applicant file with its application a certificate issued by the Kentucky Secretary of State demonstrating that it can do business in Kentucky and a copy of its assumed name certificate; provide that a business entity applicant or licensee shall not use a name which is the same or deceptively similar to another business entity licensee; amend KRS 304.9-230 to add rental vehicle as a limited line of authority subject to the general licensing requires for all general agents; amend KRS 304.9-505, 304.9-507, and 304.9-509 to conform; repeal KRS 304.9-485, 304.9-501, 304.9-503, and 304.9-513.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-05","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB11/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB11.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28072,"bill_number":"HB12","title":"","description":null,"status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":null,"last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2010-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB12/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB12.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28073,"bill_number":"HB13","title":"AN ACT relating to taxation and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 141.020 to increase the tax rate on income over $75,000; amend KRS 141.066 to establish a refundable earned income tax credit at 15 percent of the federal credit; amend KRS 140.130 to decouple from the federal estate tax phase-out; amend KRS 139.010, 139.200, and 139.480 to make selected services subject to sales tax; amend KRS 141.0205 to recognize changes to income tax credits; make income tax provisions apply to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2010, make estate tax provisions effective for deaths on or after August 1, 2010; make sales tax provisions effective July 1, 2010.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"floor amendment (1) filed","last_action_date":"2010-02-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB13/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB13.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28074,"bill_number":"HB14","title":"AN ACT relating to Kentucky State Parks.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 148 to provide qualified Kentucky residents who are permanently and totally disabled veterans an exemption from the relevant overnight accommodations rate at any Kentucky State Park; require the exemption to apply to a maximum of three overnight stays per calendar year at lodge rooms and campsites at any Kentucky State Park, with each stay limited to a maximum of three days; require the exemption to be subject to space availability; limit reservations during peak months to Sunday through Thursday; require that administrative regulations shall be promulgated to define peak periods, establish a ten day reservation window, define applicable lodging, and regulations relating to the proof of eligibility for persons entitled to the exemption.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-02-18","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 3)","last_action_date":"2010-02-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB14/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB14.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28075,"bill_number":"HB15","title":"AN ACT relating to shock probation.","description":"Amend KRS 439.265 to prohibit shock probation until either service of one year of imprisonment or completion of a comprehensive substance abuse treatment with supplemental character and education components; amend to allow victim's next-of-kin to consent in writing to granting shock probation to the defendant; provide for short title, \"The Kentuckians against Drunk Driving Act.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-05","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB15/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB15.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28076,"bill_number":"HB16","title":"AN ACT relating to mental illness.","description":"Amend KRS 532.130 to define severe mental illness; amend KRS 532.135 to include a severely mentally ill defendant; amend KRS 532.140 to include severely mentally ill offender and to establish effective date.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-03-01","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB16/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB16.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28077,"bill_number":"HB17","title":"AN ACT proposing to repeal Section 233A of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to marriage.","description":"Propose to amend the Constitution of Kentucky to repeal the definition of marriage; submit to voters for approval or disapproval.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-05","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB17/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB17.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28078,"bill_number":"HB18","title":"AN ACT relating to the Education Professional Standards Board.","description":"Amend KRS 161.028 to add the chairpersons of the Interim Joint Committee on Education as ex officio members of the Education Professional Standards Board.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB18/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB18.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28079,"bill_number":"HB19","title":"AN ACT relating to military affairs.","description":"Amend KRS 36.450 relating to extension of various licenses for military personnel to provide that a concealed deadly weapon license issued pursuant to KRS 237.110 is not subject to extension but may be renewed early and by mail; allow military personnel whose license expired while on active duty to renew the license within 90 days after the end of deployment with no late fees or other penalties.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-03-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 12)","last_action_date":"2010-03-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB19/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB19.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28080,"bill_number":"HB20","title":"AN ACT relating to investment of the Local Government Economic Assistance Fund balances.","description":"Amend KRS 42.450 to eliminate the requirement that balances in the Local Government Economic Assistance Fund be invested in United States Government Securities maturing not later than one year from the date of investment and require that investment of the fund balances be governed by KRS 42.500.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-12","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 115)","last_action_date":"2010-04-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB20/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB20.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28081,"bill_number":"HB21","title":"AN ACT relating to charter schools.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 160 to describe the intent of the General Assembly and the purposes of authorizing public charter schools; define terms; outline the requirements and limitations on the establishment of charter schools; describe local board of education's roles and responsibilities; describe exemptions from law and required compliance areas for charter schools; describe the application, approval, and renewal processes; describe process and application process for existing schools to convert to charter schools; create new sections of KRS Chapter 156 to list the Kentucky Department of Education's and the Kentucky Board of Education's roles and responsibilities relating to charter school; require the Kentucky Board of Education to establish a Kentucky Charter School Advisory Committee for reviewing charter school applications; create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to direct how state, local, and federal funds shall be used to support charter schools; amend KRS 156.074, 156.255, 156.265, and 156.480 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB21/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB21.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28082,"bill_number":"HB22","title":"AN ACT relating to school attendance.","description":"Amend KRS 158.070 to allow students to be counted present at school when participating in school-sponsored regional or state sports competitions sanctioned by the Kentucky Board of Education or its designated agency if the competition occurs on a regularly scheduled school day; require students to make up any missed assignments; amend KRS 158.649 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-25","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB22/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB22.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28083,"bill_number":"HB23","title":"AN ACT relating to the gross revenues and excise tax fund and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 136.650 to increase the \"hold-harmless amount\" for fiscal year 2010-2011 and every fiscal year thereafter; amend KRS 136.654 to require the Department of Revenue to determine if it is necessary for a participating political subdivision to certify its total tax receipts; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-05","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB23/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB23.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28084,"bill_number":"HB24","title":"AN ACT relating to highway signs.","description":"Amend KRS 177.078 to permit an applicant approved for a limited supplemental guide sign to have the option to reimburse the Transportation Cabinet in full for the sign and its installation or to amortize the reimbursement costs for a period not to exceed 10 years.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-03-25","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 30)","last_action_date":"2010-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB24/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB24.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28085,"bill_number":"HB25","title":"AN ACT relating to dating violence.","description":"Amend KRS 403.720 to include dating partners among the class of persons allowed to obtain domestic violence protective orders; amend KRS 431.005 to reference the definition of \"unmarried couple\" in KRS 403.720.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-02-01","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB25/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB25.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28086,"bill_number":"HB26","title":"AN ACT relating to open records.","description":"Amend KRS 61.870 to include in the definition of public agency those bodies that participate in the state retirement systems.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-01-12","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB26/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB26.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28087,"bill_number":"HB27","title":"AN ACT relating to personal communication devices.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to prohibit the use of a personal communication device for any person under the age of 18 while operating a motor vehicle; provide for exclusions; create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to prohibit text messaging while operating a motor vehicle; provide for certain exclusions; amend KRS 189.990 to set penalties for violations for this Act; provide for a probationary period ending November 1, 2010, where courtesy warnings will be issued; set a fine of $50 for each offense after the probationary period; exempt fines from court costs.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-05","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB27/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB27.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28088,"bill_number":"HB28","title":"AN ACT relating to water transportation and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 174 to establish the Water Transportation Advisory Board as an advisory body to the executive and legislative branches of government; provide for members, terms, and administrative procedures; specify duties; create a riverport marketing assistance trust fund to be administered by the Cabinet for Economic Development; provide for grants of up to $15,000 per project or $30,000 per applicant annually for specified marketing activities; create a riverport financial assistance trust fund to be administered by the Transportation Cabinet; provide for financial assistance for new construction and major replacement or repair projects for Kentucky's riverports; provide for matching grants.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-06","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 56)","last_action_date":"2010-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB28/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB28.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28089,"bill_number":"HB29","title":"AN ACT relating to criminal record expungement.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to allow a person convicted of one Class D felony or a series of Class D felonies arising out of a single event to petition to have the felony record expunged under specified circumstances; amend KRS 431.078, relating to misdemeanor expungements, to begin the five-year waiting period from the date of adjudication of the offense; amend KRS 527.040, relating to possession of a firearm by a felon, to exempt individuals who have had their felony records expunged; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to require the Administrative Office of the Courts to keep a confidential index of expungement orders for utilization in the preparation of presentence investigations.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-02-12","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB29/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB29.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28090,"bill_number":"HB30","title":"AN ACT relating to dating violence.","description":"Amend KRS 403.720 relating to domestic violence orders to include dating partners among the class of persons allowed to obtain domestic violence protective orders; amend KRS 431.005 relating to arrests by peace officers to reference the definition of \"unmarried couple\" including dating partners in KRS 403.720.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-02-01","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB30/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB30.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28091,"bill_number":"HB31","title":"AN ACT relating to public safety.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 177 to require the department of highways to inspect all public railroad grade crossings with an average daily traffic count of 700 vehicles or more at least 2 times per year; require results of inspection to be kept on file for 5 years; require the department to promulgate administrative regulations to establish standards for railroad grade crossings; specify that within 30 days of being notified that a crossing is substandard that the railroad company submit plans for improvement; permit the department to issue an order to the railroad company to make improvement to a railroad grade crossing pursuant to the procedures set forth in KRS 177.150 through 177.210.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-05","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB31/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB31.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28092,"bill_number":"HB32","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky educator award and recognition fund and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS chapter 156 to establish the Kentucky educator award and recognition fund to provide matching funds for schools that have state and national award winning educators who received cash awards or an equivalent benefit; require the Kentucky Department of Education to administer the fund.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB32/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB32.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28093,"bill_number":"HB33","title":"AN ACT relating to the Department of Corrections.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 197 to prohibit any privatized inmate food service in the state's prisons.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-01","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB33/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB33.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28094,"bill_number":"HB34","title":"AN ACT relating to inmates.","description":"Amend KRS 196.180 to require wardens to expunge dismissed or voided inmate disciplinary reports.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-05","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB34/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB34.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28095,"bill_number":"HB35","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend KRS 532.356 to remove the provisions requiring the withdrawal of driving privileges for persons convicted of a theft offense who have not paid court ordered restitution; include non-codified transitional provisions for persons whose driving privileges had been previously removed.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-03-30","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 38)","last_action_date":"2010-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB35/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB35.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28096,"bill_number":"HB36","title":"AN ACT proposing to amend Section 228 of the Constitution of Kentucky.","description":"Propose to amend Section 228 of the Constitution of Kentucky to delete language regarding duels; submit to the voters for approval or disapproval.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-25","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB36/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB36.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28097,"bill_number":"HB37","title":"AN ACT relating to controlled substances.","description":"Amend KRS 218A.202 to allow a person to request a report relating to that person's own records generated within the electronic controlled substance reporting database except where the request for the record is being compelled within the context of a civil, criminal, or administrative proceeding.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-05","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB37/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB37.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28098,"bill_number":"HB38","title":"AN ACT relating to the American Medical Association's \"Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment.\"","description":"Amend KRS 342.0011, 342.315, 342.316, 342.730, and 342.7305 to require use of the fifth edition of AMA guides in disability determinations; amend KRS 67A.460 to conform; repeal 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 89.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-08","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 90)","last_action_date":"2010-04-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB38/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB38.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28099,"bill_number":"HB39","title":"AN ACT relating to postsecondary educational institution capital projects to be financed by university restricted funds.","description":"Create new section of KRS Chapter 164A to provide an interim process for approval of certain cash-funded capital projects, subject to approval by the governing board and the Council on Postsecondary Education and other restrictions; provide procedures to comply with LRC v. Brown.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-11","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-16","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB39/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB39.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28100,"bill_number":"HB40","title":"AN ACT relating to special license plates.","description":"Amend KRS 186.164 to clarify procedures to follow when the Transportation Cabinet denies a group's application for a special license plate.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-03-30","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 40)","last_action_date":"2010-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB40/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB40.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28101,"bill_number":"HB41","title":"AN ACT relating to continuity of health care.","description":"Amend KRS 304.17A-500 to define \"acute-care hospital\" for health insurance purposes; amend KRS 304.17A-527 to require that an agreement between a managed care plan and an acute-care hospital shall include provisions for a term of not less than 3 years, a 6-month notice to the plan and the executive director of the department of insurance by the acute-care hospital prior to termination or nonrenewal, procedures to ensure continuity of care for covered persons not less than 30 days prior to termination, no less than 20 days notice prior to termination by the managed care plan to the covered person of the procedures to follow for continuity of care including an expedited internal appeal process and an expedited external appeal if necessary, and a provision requiring mediation or binding arbitration between the managed care plan and the acute-care hospital for any dispute regarding a covered person's access to continuity of care in the event of termination or nonrenewal of the provider agreement; amend KRS 304.17B-001 to confirm.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-01-26","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (S)","last_action_date":"2010-01-28","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB41/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB41.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28102,"bill_number":"HB42","title":"AN ACT relating to postsecondary institution debt.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapters 48 and 164A to provide a process for postsecondary institutions to issue agency bonds upon authorization by the General Assembly; amend KRS 48.180 to conform.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-12","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-16","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB42/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB42.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28103,"bill_number":"HB43","title":"AN ACT relating to personal communication devices.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to define \"personal communication device\"; prohibit text messaging while operating a motor vehicle; provide for specific exclusions; amend KRS 189.990 to set penalties; provide for a probationary period ending January 1, 2011, during which courtesy warnings will be issued; set fine for violation at $20 to $100 for each offense after the probationary period; exclude court costs.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-05","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-08","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB43/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB43.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28104,"bill_number":"HB44","title":"AN ACT relating to mold remediation standards.","description":"Create new sections of Subchapter 20 of KRS Chapter 224 to state the General Assembly's finding that reasonable standards for the remediation of mold in private and public settings should be maintained; define \"customer,\" \"department,\" \"mold,\" \"mold remediation,\" and \"mold remediation company\"; establish the basis for minimum mold remediation standards; provide that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall adopt administrative regulations relating to mold remediation standards; require complaints about mold remediation companies to be directed to the Attorney General; establish that the Attorney General has jurisdiction to enforce the mold remediation provisions and the ability to recover litigation costs.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-08","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 89)","last_action_date":"2010-04-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB44/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB44.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28105,"bill_number":"HB45","title":"AN ACT relating to the abolition of the death penalty.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to abolish the death penalty and require the court with jurisdiction over a person sentenced to death to sentence the person to imprisonment for life without benefit of probation or parole; amend KRS 24A.110, 27A.430, 431.060, 431.215, 431.510, 439.265, 506.010, 506.030, 506.040, 506.080, 507.020, 509.040, 520.120, 527.200, 532.030, 532.040, 532.050, 532.100, 532.140, 533.010, 610.265, 635.020, 635.090, 640.040, 17.176, 507A.020, and 422.285 to conform; repeal KRS 422.287, 431.213, 431.2135, 431.218, 431.220, 431.223, 431.224, 431.240, 431.250, 431.260, 431.270, 507A.060, 532.025, 532.075, 532.300, 532.305, and 532.309, relating to the death penalty.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-05","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB45/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB45.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28106,"bill_number":"HB46","title":"AN ACT relating to sales and use tax holidays and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS chapter 139 to establish a 3 day sales and use tax holiday the first weekend in August each year to exempt clothing, school supplies, school art supplies, computers, and school computer supplies; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-05","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB46/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB46.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28107,"bill_number":"HB47","title":"AN ACT relating to school district vehicles and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 160 to prohibit local school boards from providing a district employee the use of a district-owned or leased vehicle, except for buses and maintenance vehicles; allow a district employee to be reimbursed for mileage when using a personal vehicle for school or district business outside the school district boundaries.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB47/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB47.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28108,"bill_number":"HB48","title":"AN ACT relating to the care of individuals with mental retardation or other developmental disorders.","description":"Repeal and reenact KRS 202B.070, relating to the duty of individuals with direct care responsibility for residents of ICF/MR to meet specific needs, including supervision; name the statute \"Deron's Law\"; amend KRS 202B.070 to delete the word \"intentionally\" in reference to the failure to provide supervision of a resident by an individual who has direct care responsibility.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-01-27","last_action":"reassigned to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-23","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB48/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB48.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28109,"bill_number":"HB49","title":"AN ACT relating to child custody.","description":"Amend KRS 620.090 to provide that children who are in temporary custody for a period not exceeding 45 days from the date of the removal from his home may be in the custody of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or with another appropriate person or agency.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-01-28","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-02","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB49/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB49.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28110,"bill_number":"HB50","title":"AN ACT relating to digital citizenship.","description":"Amend KRS 156.660 to define \"digital citizenship\" as a set of characteristics that conceptualize the rewards as well as risks facing all technology users; set forth the characteristics; amend KRS 156.675 to require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate an administrative regulation to require that each local school board shall implement an acceptable use policy that requires all school district employees who use technology to comply with the policy which shall include the characteristics of digital citizenship; amend KRS 156.095 to include technology and the characteristics of digital citizenship in the professional development activities which shall be provided for teachers; and amend KRS 158.148 to require local school districts to include in their student behavior codes behavior as it relates to being a good digital citizen.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-04","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-08","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB50/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB50.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28111,"bill_number":"HB51","title":"AN ACT relating to suicide prevention training.","description":"Amend KRS 156.095 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to post suicide prevention awareness and training information on its Web page by August 1, 2010; require every public middle and high school administrator to disseminate suicide prevention awareness information to all middle and high school students by September 1, 2010, and September 1 of each year thereafter.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-03-04","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 6)","last_action_date":"2010-03-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB51/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB51.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28112,"bill_number":"HB52","title":"AN ACT relating to physical activity designed to reduce obesity and improve body mass index in children.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to require the Kentucky Department of Education to identify and disseminate model resources for integrating physical activity during the school day; encourage schools to utilize certified physical education teachers in the development of physical activity plans; develop a reporting mechanism for schools containing grades K-5 to report physical activity, aggregate body mass index, and wellness program data; require the Department of Education to report no later than November 1 of each year to the Interim Joint Committee on Education and the Interim Joint Committee on Health and Welfare; require the Department of Education to share data with the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to assist in planning improvements in health services for children; amend KRS 160.345 to require that school council wellness policies provide for at least 30 minutes of structured moderate to vigorous physical activity, 150 minutes per week, or the equivalent per month; require school councils to report progress data; require that structured physical activity be considered part of the instructional day; prohibit exclusion from structured physical activity as a form of discipline; encourage schools with grades 6-8 to adopt similar policies; amend KRS 158.6453 to require inclusion of physical activity and wellness data in school report card; cite the Act as the Healthy Kids Act.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"floor amendment (2) filed","last_action_date":"2010-03-09","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB52/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB52.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28113,"bill_number":"HB54","title":"AN ACT relating to retirement.","description":"Amend KRS 6.505 to close the Legislators' Retirement Plan to legislators who have not previously participated in the plan and who begin their first term of office on or after July 1, 2011; create new sections of KRS Chapter 6 to establish the Legislators' Defined Contribution Plan for legislators who begin their first term of office on or after July 1, 2011; provide that the plan shall be administered by the Kentucky Deferred Compensation Authority; allow the authority to utilize plans already established or to establish new plans to administer the Legislators' Defined Contribution Plan; provide an employer match of up to 5 percent of the legislator's wages; provide that a legislator participating in the plan shall be vested for employer contributions on a sliding scale that fully vests the legislator for the employer contributions at five years; provide that the benefits provided by the Legislators' Defined Contribution Plan shall not constitute an inviolable contract of the Commonwealth; amend KRS 18A.245 to establish responsibilities of the board of the Kentucky Deferred Compensation Authority to administer the Legislators' Defined Contribution Plan; amend KRS 61.680 and 161.607, governing the Kentucky Retirement Systems and the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System, to clarify that a legislator who begin his or her first term of office on or after July 1, 2011, shall not participate in these plans as a result of service in the General Assembly; provide that the service earned in the Legislators' Defined Contribution Plan may be used for purposes of determining eligibility for retirement in the state-administered retirement systems, but not the amount of benefits; require the board of the Legislators' Defined Contribution Plan to provide an update on the development of the plan, including any state or federal law issues that need to be resolved, to the Interim Joint Committee on State Government by October 31, 2010.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-05","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB54/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB54.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28114,"bill_number":"HB55","title":"AN ACT relating to college student financial awareness.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to require public postsecondary institutions to provide new undergraduates with information regarding credit cards and debt management and encourage them to conduct informational sessions; encourage nonpublic postsecondary institutions to provide new undergraduates with information regarding credit cards and debt management and to conduct informational sessions; permit institutions to utilize existing debt education materials from nonprofit entities; and require the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to assist institutions in identifying appropriate materials and curricula.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-11","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-16","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB55/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB55.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28115,"bill_number":"HB56","title":"AN ACT designating burgoo as the state dish.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 naming and designating burgoo as the state dish.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-25","last_action":"to Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-01","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism & Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB56/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB56.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28116,"bill_number":"HB57","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 531 to prohibit a person under 18 years of age from transmitting a nude image of himself or herself or another person under 18 years of age to another person by computer or electronic means as a violation for the first offense and a Class B misdemeanor for each subsequent offense; provide for juvenile court jurisdiction; prohibit requiring registration as sex offender; create new section of KRS Chapter 531 to prohibit possession of a nude image of a person under 18 years of age as a violation for the first offense and a Class B misdemeanor for each subsequent offense; provide for juvenile court jurisdiction for person under 18 at time of commission of offense and District Court jurisdiction for persons over 18; prohibit requiring registration as sex offender.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-05","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB57/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB57.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28117,"bill_number":"HB58","title":"AN ACT relating to driving under the influence.","description":"Amend KRS 189A.005 to expand the definition of \"ignition interlock device\"; amend KRS 189A.010 to include driving the wrong way on a four-lane highway among the list of factors for triggering aggravated DUI penalties; amend KRS 189A.070 to provide that a reduction in the time period of a license revocation does not lessen the time required for ignition interlock usage; amend KRS 189A.085 to run the period of a license plate impoundment from the date of sentencing to the day the offender is authorized to resume driving; amend KRS 189A.340 to require ignition interlock usage beginning with the first DUI offense and to remove an offender's ability to drive a non-interlock-equipped work vehicle; amend KRS 189A.410 to require ignition interlock usage while an offender is driving on a hardship license.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-19","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-22","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB58/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB58.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28118,"bill_number":"HB59","title":"AN ACT relating to live organ donation.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to provide a tax credit for individuals who donate live organs in the amount of the lesser of actual expenses or $10,000; define \"live organ donation expenses\"; amend KRS 141.0205 to conform; create a new section of KRS Chapter 18A to provide that state employees who donate a live organ are entitled to 30 days paid leave; provide that Sections 1 and 3 of the Act shall be known as \"Beth's Bill.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-05","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB59/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB59.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28119,"bill_number":"HB60","title":"AN ACT relating to public safety.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 17 to provide a registration system for persons convicted of murder, define \"registrant,\" and \"murder,\" establish period of registration, and establish penalties for failure to register.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-05","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB60/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB60.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28120,"bill_number":"HB61","title":"AN ACT relating to sales tax on alcohol.","description":"Amend KRS 139.470 to exempt gross receipts from the sale of distilled spirits, wine, and malt beverages, not consumed on the premises, from sales and use tax; effective August 1, 2010.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-05","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB61/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB61.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28121,"bill_number":"HB62","title":"AN ACT relating to the alcoholic beverage wholesale sales tax and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 243.882 to make technical corrections to defined terms; amend KRS 243.884 to reduce the tax rate on gross receipts from wholesale sales of malt beverages, wine, and distilled spirits to 5.5% for sales made on or after July 1, 2010, and to provide that the tax shall not apply to sales made on or after July 1, 2011; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-05","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB62/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB62.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28122,"bill_number":"HB63","title":"AN ACT relating to public school academies.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 160 to describe the intent of the General Assembly and the purposes of authorizing public school academies; define terms; outline the requirements and limitations on the establishment of public school academies including which agencies may sponsor an academy; describe a sponsor's roles and responsibilities; describe exemptions from law and required compliance areas for public school academies; describe the application, approval, and renewal processes; describe application process for existing schools to convert to public school academies; create new sections of KRS Chapter 156 to list the Kentucky Department of Education's and the Kentucky Board of Education's roles and responsibilities relating to public school academies; require the Kentucky Board of Education to establish a Kentucky Public School Academy Commission for reviewing and approving public school academy applications; identify the academy commission membership, members' terms of office, and payment for members' services; create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to direct how state, local, and federal funds shall be used to support public school academies; amend KRS 157.370 to allow a public school academy to receive transportation funds; create a new section of KRS 160 to provide that professional negotiated contracts cannot override provisions for public school academies; amend KRS 156.704, 156.255, 156.265, and 156.480 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB63/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB63.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28123,"bill_number":"HB64","title":"AN ACT relating to criminal gangs.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 17 to permit named agencies to operate a criminal gang database and share the information with named agencies; define which information may be included in a criminal gang database; specify which local, state, and federal agencies may access information in a criminal gang database on a need to know basis; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to permit crime victims to sue persons convicted of criminal gang activity for treble damages; permit a person who is the victim of criminal gang activity to bring court action to enjoin criminal gang activity; create a new section of KRS Chapter 506 to define what constitutes a criminal gang and other terms related to criminal gangs; create the crimes of criminal gang recruitment in the first degree and criminal gang recruitment in the second degree; provide for seizure of money or property used in or the proceeds of criminal gang related activity; amend KRS 506.150 relating to establishing the existence of a criminal gang to reduce from 5 to 3 the number of persons involved in the activity; repeal KRS 506.140 relating to definitions for the chapter.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-05","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB64/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB64.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28124,"bill_number":"HB65","title":"AN ACT relating to acupuncture.","description":"Amend various sections of KRS 311.671 to 311.686 to change acupuncture from a certified to a licensed profession; amend KRS 311.676 to increase penalty for practicing acupuncture without a license to a Class D felony; amend KRS 311.680 to clarify the definition of potentially serious disorders or conditions.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-01-25","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-15","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB65/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB65.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28125,"bill_number":"HB66","title":"AN ACT relating to administrative regulations and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 13A.338 to declare any administrative regulation found deficient since March 27, 2009, to be null, void, and unenforceable; prohibit the administrative agencies from promulgating administrative regulations identical to or substantially the same as that administrative regulation for a specified period of time; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-02-16","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB66/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB66.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28126,"bill_number":"HB67","title":"AN ACT relating to sales tax.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 139 to establish a refund program for new small businesses; EFFECTIVE October 1, 2010.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-05","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB67/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB67.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28127,"bill_number":"HB68","title":"AN ACT relating to the individual income tax.","description":"Create a new section in KRS Chapter 141 to exclude from individual income tax for eight consecutive calendar quarters the amount of wages paid by a qualifying small business that has no more than five employees and registers with the department; amend KRS 141.010 and 141.310 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-05","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB68/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB68.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28128,"bill_number":"HB69","title":"","description":null,"status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":null,"last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2010-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB69/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB69.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28129,"bill_number":"HB70","title":"AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to persons entitled to vote.","description":"Propose to amend Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky to exclude a convicted felon from the right to vote only until expiration of probation, final discharge from parole, or maximum expiration of sentence; submit to the voters for ratification or rejection.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-11","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-16","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB70/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB70.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28130,"bill_number":"HB71","title":"AN ACT relating to the initial removal of dead human bodies.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 316 to provide for who shall apply for a permit, and who shall be exempt from the permit requirements; establish conditions of eligibility for a permit; indicate permit fees and when a permit expires; establish guidelines relating to the use of a vehicle; require the board to promulgate administrative regulations relating to the application procedures and the initial removal of dead human bodies; authorize the board to punish permit holders for violations, and persons engaging in the initial removal without a permit; require permit holders to complete a course on blood borne diseases required by the board and approved by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services before functioning on behalf of an entity regulated by this chapter; amend KRS 316.010 to define \"initial removal of dead human bodies\"; amend KRS 316.125 to establish who may supervise and engage in the initial removal of dead human bodies including when supervision is required.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-01-25","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB71/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB71.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28131,"bill_number":"HB72","title":"AN ACT relating to the Colon Cancer Screening Program, and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 214.542 to permit the Department for Public Health to adopt a schedule of income-based fees to be charged for colon cancer screenings; require that the fee schedule be such that the screenings are available to the largest number of people; create a new section of KRS 214.540 to 214.544 to create the Kentucky Colon Cancer Screening Program fund and establish the parameters of the fund; require moneys in the fund to be used by the department to administer KRS 214.540 to 214.544; provide that moneys remaining in the fund at the end of the fiscal year will carry forward into the succeeding fiscal year interest earned on moneys in the fund will accrue to the account; provide that moneys are appropriated for purposes set forth in KRS 214.540 to 214.544; appropriate $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2010-2011 and $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2011-2012 to the department for deposit in the Kentucky Colon Cancer Screening Program fund.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-26","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 168)","last_action_date":"2010-04-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB72/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB72.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28132,"bill_number":"HB73","title":"AN ACT relating to domestic violence.","description":"Amend KRS 403.725 to prohibit joint mediation, conciliation, or counseling requirements within an emergency protective order or a domestic violence order; amend KRS 403.740 to allow an emergency protective order to remain in effect until the domestic violence hearing, with only the summons needing to be reissued in the event of a lack of service upon the adverse party; amend KRS 403.750 to require counseling in all cases for persons against whom a domestic violence order is entered; amend KRS 403.7505 to recognize batterer intervention services within the scope of certifies counseling services; amend KRS 403.763 to increase the penalty for a third or subsequent violation of an emergency protective order or a domestic violence order to a Class D felony; create a new section of KRS Chapter 511 to create the crime of domestic violence shelter trespass.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-02-01","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB73/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB73.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28133,"bill_number":"HB74","title":"AN ACT relating to encouraging health lifestyles.","description":"Create new sections in KRS Chapter 141 to establish a wellness project credit; create a new section in KRS Chapter 131 to require the department to report data annually to the Legislative Research Commission; amend KRS 141.0205 to place the new credit within the credit-ordering statute; create a new section in KRS Chapter 194A to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to develop an employer wellness project model and require a certification process for all employer-provided programs.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-05","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB74/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB74.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28134,"bill_number":"HB75","title":"AN ACT relating to honoring military service.","description":"Amend KRS 18A.150 to require that an employing state agency offer an interview to all finalists entitled to preference points if there are fewer than five finalists, and to no fewer than five if there are five or more; amend to clarify veteran eligibility.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-02-18","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 4)","last_action_date":"2010-02-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB75/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB75.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28135,"bill_number":"HB76","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend KRS 500.080 to include loss of consciousness within the definition of physical injury; amend KRS 508.020 to include intentionally or wantonly causing physical injury by means of strangulation within the offense of assault in the second degree.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-02-01","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB76/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB76.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28136,"bill_number":"HB77","title":"AN ACT relating to the Special Needs Alternative Education and Welfare Program.","description":"Add new sections to KRS Chapter 157 to create the Students with Special Needs Scholarship Program; define terminology regarding participation; describe the process for the Kentucky Department of Education to receive student applications and to allocate scholarship funding; require a resident school district to provide annual notice of the program to parents, transfer school records, provide transportation, and permit a student to participate in the state assessment if requested; describe the requirements of a participating school application; describe parent, student, and local district responsibilities; clarify the requirements for a proportionate share of federal funds for parentally placed students with disabilities; amend KRS 157.196, KRS 159.030, and KRS 605.115 to conform with the definition of \"individualized education program\" in the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; direct the Office of Education Accountability to monitor and report on implementation of the program; name the act the \"Special Needs Alternative Education and Welfare Act of 2010\".","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB77/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB77.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28137,"bill_number":"HB78","title":"AN ACT relating to taxation and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 139 to expand the sales and use tax base to include certain services, rental of commercial real estate, and the sale, rental, or lease of shelf space or any other area to display a product; repeal certain exemptions and lower the sales and use tax rate from 6% to 5.5%; create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to apply the provisions of that chapter to taxable years beginning before January 1, 2011; amend KRS 141.020, 141.040, and 141.0401 to make the individual income tax, corporation income tax, and the limited liability entity tax effective for taxable years beginning before January 1, 2011; amend KRS 138.358 and various sections of KRS Chapter 139 to conform; repeal KRS 139.486; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2010, EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-05","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB78/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB78.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28138,"bill_number":"HB79","title":"AN ACT relating to the operation of golf carts on public roads.","description":"Amend KRS 189.286, relating to the ability of local governments to allow operation of golf cart on roads under their control, to expand the allowable distance from a golf course from five miles to seven miles.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-03-31","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 53)","last_action_date":"2010-03-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB79/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB79.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28139,"bill_number":"HB80","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Licensed Practical Nurses Organization.","description":"Amend KRS 314.121 to change the licensed practical nurse organization with the authority to nominate Board of Nursing members to the current LPN organization in Kentucky.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-03-25","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 29)","last_action_date":"2010-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB80/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB80.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28140,"bill_number":"HB81","title":"AN ACT relating to charitable gaming.","description":"Amend KRS 238.540 to require that charitable gaming be conducted only by officers, members, and employees of the licensed charitable organization; require mandatory training for chief executive officers, chief financial officers, and chairpersons of charitable organizations before being issued a license and at other times prescribed by administrative regulation and other times prescribed by administrative regulation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Licensing & Occupations (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-05","committee":"Licensing and Occupations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB81/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB81.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28141,"bill_number":"HB82","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend KRS 508.025 relating to third degree assault to include an assault on an operator or passenger of a taxi, bus, or other passenger vehicle for hire within that offense; amend KRS 508.050 and 525.060 relating to menacing and disorderly conduct to increase the penalty for those offenses where the offense is committed against an operator or passenger of a taxi, bus, or other passenger vehicle for hire.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-05","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB82/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB82.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28142,"bill_number":"HB83","title":"AN ACT relating to the reporting of stolen items with vehicle identification numbers.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186 to require a law enforcement agency to enter a stolen item with a vehicle identification number into the NCIC database.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-04","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-08","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB83/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB83.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28143,"bill_number":"HB84","title":"AN ACT relating to tuition for foster children.","description":"Amend KRS 164.2847 to permit tuition and fee waivers for foster children taking dual credit or dual enrollment courses in high school.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-08","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-10","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB84/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB84.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28144,"bill_number":"HB85","title":"AN ACT relating to the limited sale of alcoholic beverages by the drink at designated state parks.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 242 and 243 to permit the limited sale of distilled spirits, wine, and malt beverages at state resort parks, and qualified state recreational parks; allow a local option election for state resort parks and qualified state recreational parks in dry territory; establish the conditions under which the election will be held; set forth what a state resort park license or qualified state recreational park license entitles the holder to do; amend KRS 243.030 to establish the licensing fee; amend KRS 243.050 to permit the office to establish the hours and days when a supplemental licensee shall be open; amend KRS 243.115 to permit patrons in a dining room in a state resort park to remove one container of partially consumed wine; amend KRS 243.117 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Licensing & Occupations (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-05","committee":"Licensing and Occupations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB85/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB85.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28145,"bill_number":"HB86","title":"AN ACT relating to the Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 387 to enact the Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act, as recommended to the states by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State laws, to govern jurisdictional questions and disputes between states in regard to cases concerning guardians and conservators; amend KRS 387.520 to conform.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-11","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-16","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB86/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB86.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28146,"bill_number":"HB87","title":"AN ACT relating to firearms, including ammunition and accessories for firearms.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237, relating to firearms, firearm accessories and ammunition that are made in Kentucky, marked made in Kentucky, and used in Kentucky, to specify that these items are exempt from federal law; provide that the exemption does not include machine guns, silencers, exploding ammunition, or firearms with a bore over one and one-half inches name the new sections the \"Kentucky Firearms Freedom Act.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"discharge petition filed","last_action_date":"2010-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB87/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB87.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28147,"bill_number":"HB88","title":"AN ACT relating to campaign finance reports.","description":"Amend KRS 121.180, relating to campaign finance reports, to allow a filer to designate an entry reading \"No change since last report\" if the filer has received or spent nothing since the date of the filer's last report; if entry is designated, require the filer to specify only the balance carried forward from the last report.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-08","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 88)","last_action_date":"2010-04-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB88/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB88.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28148,"bill_number":"HB89","title":"AN ACT relating to the definition of \"American Indian.\"","description":"Amend KRS 446.010 to define \"American Indian\" to mean a person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America and who maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment to the tribe of origin; make conforming amendments.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-01-22","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2010-01-25","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB89/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB89.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28149,"bill_number":"HB90","title":"AN ACT relating to recognition of American Indian tribes.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 171 to allow a group desiring to be formally recognized as an American Indian tribe to submit a petition to the Kentucky Native American Heritage Commission; provide criteria that must be met to be recognized as an American Indian tribe; authorize the Kentucky Native American Heritage Commission to approve petitions submitted for recognition, provide approved petitions to the Governor and, if the Governor accepts the recommendation, provide for issuance of an executive order recognizing the approved group; require the Kentucky Native American Heritage Commission to promulgate administrative regulations identifying the procedures to be followed in submitting a petition and appealing a decision of the commission.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-01-22","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2010-01-25","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB90/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB90.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28150,"bill_number":"HB91","title":"AN ACT relating to human remains and burial objects.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 171 to require persons excavating archaeological sites on private property to obtain a permit from the Kentucky Heritage Council; establish a process by which the landowner shall provide reasonable access to the cemeteries to the descendants and relatives of those buried within; place responsibility on the landowner to maintain the cemetery's integrity; make denial of access to the cemetery a violation; set out a process by which the state shall dispose of human remains within its custody and control; permit a legally recognized tribal government to conduct reinterment ceremonies for Native Americans; require a person who encounters or accidentally disturbs human remains to immediately cease disturbing the ground in the area of the human remains; place responsibility of encountered or accidentally discovered human remains on the cemetery owner or the state and require responsible party to dispose of; require persons wishing to possess human remains or burial objects to obtain a permit from the Vital Statistics Branch of the Department for Public Health and limit possession to teaching, medical, scientific, or training purposes; make unlawful possession of human remains or burial objects a Class A misdemeanor for the first offense and a Class D felony for each subsequent offense; require a person who unlawfully possesses human remains or burial objects to reimburse the state for the cost of properly disposing of the remains and objects; prohibit the excavation of human remains and burial objects; amend KRS 525.105 to delete the requirement that desecration of a venerated object is shown only when one's purpose is commercial gain or exploitation; require that the tools, implements, or vehicles used in desecrating human objects be seized and sold with profits from such sale going to the council; require a violator to reimburse the Commonwealth for its costs in properly disposing of the human remains and the landowner for damage to the property; amend KRS 525.120 to increase penalty for abuse of a corpse from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class D felony; require human remains possessed or so used to be seized and forfeited to the state; require the violator to reimburse the Commonwealth for the cost of properly disposing of the human remains.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-05","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB91/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB91.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28151,"bill_number":"HB92","title":"AN ACT relating to historic preservation.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 381 relating to the disposition of historic or prehistoric human remains; declare public policy of the Commonwealth regarding historic or prehistoric human remains; define terms relating to the disposition of historic or prehistoric human remains; establish property confirmation process by which property owners or developers verify whether property contains known human remains; authorize the Kentucky Heritage Council to promulgate administrative regulations related to the disposition of historic and prehistoric human remains; prohibit the issuance of building permits under KRS Chapter 198B until the property owner or developer has completed the preconditions relating to human remains; formulate the procedures and requirements for a human remains outcome review; prescribe the procedures and requirements for an adverse effects determination; list prohibited actions subject to the penalties prescribed in KRS 381.990 regarding the disposition of human remains; establish the procedures and requirements for a human remains disposition agreement between the Kentucky Heritage Council and a property owner or developer; authorize the Kentucky Heritage Council to establish a plan for the disposition of human remains if a human remains disposition agreement cannot be reached; create an emergency inspection process for unforeseen human remains or unforeseen adverse effects on human remains; allow property owners or developers to appeal in specified ways when aggrieved by decisions of the Kentucky Heritage Council; exempt from human remains disposition process actions taken under KRS 381.755 or KRS Chapter 72, surface coal mining conducted in accordance with a permit issued under KRS Chapter 350, archaeological investigations and data recovery projects conducted under relevant portions of the federal National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, and archaeological surveys; amend KRS 381.990 to create the offense of intentional desecration of human remains; levy fines of not less than $1,000 and not more than $2,000 for each act of intentional desecration of human remains; declare that intentional desecration of human remains is a Class A misdemeanor for the first offense and a Class D felony for each subsequent offense; amend KRS 164.715 to state that no person shall willfully injure, destroy, or deface any human remains found on any property when protected under this Act; make technical corrections to conform; amend KRS 171.313 to require the Kentucky Historical Society to cooperate in the processes established under this Act; make technical corrections to conform; amend KRS 171.381 to require the Kentucky Heritage Council to develop and control the system for the disposition of human remains under this Act; make technical corrections; require the state historic preservation officer to coordinate and administer the system for the disposition of historic and prehistoric human remains established under this Act; make technical corrections to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-05","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB92/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB92.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28152,"bill_number":"HB93","title":"AN ACT relating to recycling.","description":"Amend KRS 224.10-650 to require agencies of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of state government and all state-supported institutions of higher education to report estimated waste recycled during the prior fiscal year; delete requirement to report recycled aluminum; allow state agencies in Franklin County that participate in the State Office Paper Recycling Program to utilize an alternative to reporting quantities in pounds.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-02-17","committee":"Natural Resources and Environment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB93/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB93.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28153,"bill_number":"HB94","title":"AN ACT relating to compulsory school age.","description":"Amend KRS 159.010 to provide that effective July 1, 2011, compulsory school attendance shall be between the ages of six and seventeen; provide that effective July 1, 2012, compulsory school attendance shall be between the ages of six and eighteen; permit parents to withdraw a child older than the required age after a counseling session with a school counselor; amend KRS 159.020 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB94/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB94.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28154,"bill_number":"HB95","title":"AN ACT relating to the lottery.","description":"Amend KRS 154A.020 to allow government programs and services to be mentioned in advertising or promoting a lottery; amend KRS 154A.050 to allow the Lottery Board, in its advertising and promoting of the lottery, to describe government programs and services that benefit from and are supported by lottery proceeds.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-02-23","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB95/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB95.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28155,"bill_number":"HB96","title":"AN ACT relating to special license plates.","description":"Amend KRS 186.041 to permit the surviving spouse of a Purple Heart recipient to keep special license plate assigned to that recipient.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-03-17","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 14)","last_action_date":"2010-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB96/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB96.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28156,"bill_number":"HB97","title":"AN ACT relating to elections.","description":"Amend KRS 118.176 to add candidates for special elections to current definitions; amend KRS 118.315, 118.365, 118.367, and 118.770 to include political organization or political group candidates as candidates required to file nomination papers for a regular election; amend KRS 118.375 to change from 106 days to three months as the minimum amount of time that certain candidates may file petitions for a vacant elective office; amend KRS 118.760 to state the procedures to be followed for the nomination of independent, political organization, or political group candidates for a special election; amend KRS 118A.100 to establish petition standards for candidates for an unexpired term of a judicial office; amend KRS 118A.190 to establish for the board of elections of each county a certification deadline to the Secretary of State following primary or regular election.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-12","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 123)","last_action_date":"2010-04-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB97/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB97.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28157,"bill_number":"HB98","title":"AN ACT relating to inspections of manufactured homes.","description":"Amend KRS 227.570 to establish a fee not to exceed $150 for inspection of new manufactured home installations; allow the Manufactured Home Certification and Licensure Board to set the fee through administrative regulation; allow the board to increase the fee by no more than ten percent year, with the limit still set at $150 total after any increases; deposit fee proceeds in the trust and agency fund.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-03-25","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 31)","last_action_date":"2010-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB98/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB98.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28158,"bill_number":"HB99","title":"AN ACT relating to Personnel Board elections and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 18A.0551 to change the Personnel Board election dates and related deadlines; substitute a unique personal identification number for social security numbers; delete requirements for mailing ballots and double envelopes and substitute notification requirement; provide for delivery of ballots to board by any means; allow state employees to use state materials or equipment except for state-paid first class postage to vote; allow the board to promulgate administrative regulations to set out methods and procedures for notifying merit employees of the candidates and instructions for voting; and declare an emergency.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-04","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-08","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB99/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB99.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28159,"bill_number":"HB100","title":"AN ACT relating to motor vehicle license plates.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186 to establish an \"In God We Trust\" license plate as an alternate standard-issue license plate; set forth design characteristics and eligibility standards; amend KRS 186.240 to conform; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2011.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-02","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-04","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB100/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB100.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28160,"bill_number":"HB101","title":"AN ACT relating to county ordinances.","description":"Amend KRS 67.077, relating to treatment of proposed ordinances and amendments, to incorporate related sections, along with provision for suspension of requirement of the second reading and for publication in summary form.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-23","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-24","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB101/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB101.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28161,"bill_number":"HB102","title":"AN ACT relating to sales tax on alcohol.","description":"Amend KRS 139.470 to exempt gross receipts from the sale of distilled spirits, wine, and malt beverages, not consumed on the premises, from sales and use tax, effective August 1, 2010.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-05","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB102/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB102.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28162,"bill_number":"HB103","title":"AN ACT relating to jurisdictional limits for Kentucky courts","description":"Amend KRS 24A.120 to increase the jurisdictional limit of civil actions in the District Court from $4,000 to $10,000; amend KRS 24A.230 and 24A.290 to increase the jurisdictional limit of the small claims division of the District Court from $1,500 to $5,000 for both claims and counterclaims.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-02-22","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB103/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB103.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28163,"bill_number":"HB104","title":"AN ACT designating the Corvette as the official state sports car of Kentucky.","description":"Designate the Corvette as the official state sports car of Kentucky.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-26","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 174)","last_action_date":"2010-04-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB104/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB104.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28164,"bill_number":"HB105","title":"AN ACT changing the classification of the City of Taylorsville, in Spencer County.","description":"Reclassify Taylorsville in Spencer County, population 1,232, from a city of the fifth class to a city of the fourth class. As provided in Section 156A of the Kentucky Constitution, the population requirements for the classification established by the former Section 156 of the Kentucky Constitution remain in effect until changed by law. Therefore, classification of a city of the fourth class requires a population of 3,000 to 7,999.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-01-22","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB105/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB105.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28165,"bill_number":"HB106","title":"AN ACT relating to veterans' discharge papers.","description":"Amend KRS 422.090 to delete the right of veterans and specified individuals to inspect discharge papers on file with Kentucky county clerks; provide that county clerks shall provide a copy, certified copy, or an attested copy of discharge papers to veterans and specified individuals; require the Kentucky Department of Veterans' Affairs to send a reminder of the provisions of this statute to Kentucky county clerks annually.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-03-18","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 20)","last_action_date":"2010-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB106/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB106.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28166,"bill_number":"HB107","title":"AN ACT relating to protection of private information.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 65.003 to 65.158 to require that any local governmental entity shall safeguard the records of any individual or other taxpayer in a manner consistent with federal law relating to the protection and destruction of documents.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-02-05","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB107/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB107.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28167,"bill_number":"HB108","title":"AN ACT relating to taxation of mortgage debt forgiveness.","description":"Amend KRS 141.010 to exclude certain mortgage debt forgiveness from individual income tax.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-05","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB108/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB108.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28168,"bill_number":"HB109","title":"AN ACT relating to early education assessment and intervention.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define \"aphasia,\" dyscalculia,\" \"dysgraphia,\" \"dyslexia,\" \"phonemic awareness,\" and \"scientifically based research\"; require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations to implement district-wide use of K-3 response-to-intervention system in reading by August 1, 2011, in mathematics by August 1, 2012, and behavior by August 1, 2013; require the Department of Education, on or before January 1, 2011, to make available technical assistance, training and a Web-based resource to assist all local school districts in the implementation of the system and instructional tools based on scientifically based research; require the department to collaborate with other state agencies and organizations; require conformity with 20 U.S.C. 1414(a)(1)(E) for initial evaluations of students with suspected disabilities; require the department to report to the Interim Joint Committee on Education on implementation by November 30, 2011, and annually thereafter; amend KRS 157.200 to conform with the federal definition of a \"specific learning disability.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-04","last_action":"received in House","last_action_date":"2010-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB109/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB109.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28169,"bill_number":"HB110","title":"AN ACT relating to professional engineers and land surveyors.","description":"Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 322 to make technical corrections to the employee and subordinate exemption and manufacturer's exemption; add language to ensure that the exemption does not extend to site-specific engineering work; require English competency for all applicants; redefine the felony conviction resulting in ineligibility for licensure as any felony involving sexual misconduct, violence, fraud, or deceit; clarify that if a business entity has a physical location within the Commonwealth, the permitted entity's engineer in responsible charge must be located at that main office, rather than at each branch office as long as he or she maintains direct supervisory control; remove the requirement for references for business entities; change the responsible-charge requirement for an owner or officer of a business entity and exclude sole proprietors from the business entity provisions; remove the requirement for inclusion of proof of English proficiency with applications; require references and employment verifications to remain confidential; change the term licensure by reciprocity to \"licensure by endorsement\"; remove language requiring mailing as the only method for providing notice; clarify that the licensee is responsible for renewal; remove moral turpitude language and leave any felony as grounds for disciplinary action; delete outdated language on a surety bond for the secretary-treasurer; permit roster information in electronic form; require direct supervision of construction only if the professional is contracted to provide that service; remove language for bond execution; update language regarding buildings requiring the services of an engineer or architect to make it consistent with KRS 323.033; repeal KRS 322.015, 322.200, and 322.310.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-18","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-22","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB110/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB110.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28170,"bill_number":"HB111","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Board of Barbering.","description":"Amend KRS 317.470 to require that a licensed barber serve as the administrator of the Kentucky Board of Barbering.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"recommitted to Licensing & Occupations (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-18","committee":"Licensing and Occupations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB111/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB111.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28171,"bill_number":"HB112","title":"AN ACT relating to local taxation of business.","description":"Amend KRS 67.750 to exempt any proceeds derived by a business entity from the transfer or sale of business property from the definition of \"gross receipts\" and \"net profit\" for purposes of local net profits, gross receipts, and occupational license taxes; amend KRS 67.758 to require that any overpayments of local net profits, gross receipts, or occupational license taxes shall be applied to any past deficiencies or nonpayment remaining due, prior to being provided as a refund of the current year tax due, and to clarify that the business entity has the option of applying any refund to future payments of estimated tax; amend KRS 67.760 to make technical corrections clarifying that for purposes of the local taxes on business, computations of gross income, gross receipts, and accounting procedures shall be as nearly identical as is possible to the requirements of the federal income tax laws and to require that the same calendar or fiscal year used for federal tax purposes shall be used for local purposes; amend KRS 67.768 to eliminate the requirement that business entities must submit copies of their federal income tax return with their local returns, and allow any local tax district to compel the business entity to provide any portion of the federal return if necessary to audit the local return; amend KRS 67.770 to require that a local tax district must grant a filing extension to a business entity that has been granted an extension for federal tax purposes by the Internal Revenue Service; amend KRS 67.790 to require a local tax district to waive all penalties assessed against a business entity if it is ultimately determined that the entity owes no tax, and to eliminate the minimum penalty provisions for failure to file a return or timely pay tax; create a new section of KRS 67.750 to 67.790 to require that for an individual who must pay a local tax as a business entity, and who for federal tax purposes reports income on one or more schedules of a single federal return, that all income and expenses subject to tax by a local tax district shall be combined to calculate one amount of net profit or gross receipts on which to levy the tax due; create a new section of KRS 67.750 to 67.790 to declare the purpose and intent of KRS 67.750 to 67.790; repeal KRS 67.765.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Local Government (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-05","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB112/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB112.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28172,"bill_number":"HB113","title":"AN ACT relating to transportation.","description":"Amend KRS 189.030 to require the illumination of headlights during any period of precipitation that necessitates the use of windshield wipers by motorists.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-05","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB113/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB113.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28173,"bill_number":"HB114","title":"AN ACT relating to the name of the Pine Mountain Trail State Park.","description":"Amend KRS 148.870, 148.872, 148.874, 148.880, and 148.892 to rename the \"Pine Mountain Trail State Park\" the \"Pine Mountain State Scenic Trail\".","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-08","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 87)","last_action_date":"2010-04-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB114/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB114.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28174,"bill_number":"HB115","title":"AN ACT relating to domestic relations and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 403.200, relating to temporary orders, to permit a court to provide for wage assignment and automatic electronic transfer of funds for payment of spousal maintenance; amend KRS 403.270, relating to custodial issues, to add the promotion of a healthy relationship between the child and other custodian or parent as a factor for the consideration of awarding custody of children; amend KRS 530.050, relating to nonsupport and flagrant nonsupport, to add spouse and former spouse; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-08","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-10","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB115/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB115.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28175,"bill_number":"HB116","title":"AN ACT relating to electronic warrants.","description":"Amend KRS 17.131 to require all criminal justice system participants, certain state agencies, the Court of Justice, and the Administrative Office of the Courts to participate in the state-wide electronic warrant (e-warrant) system; provide that any entity failing to cooperate and participate shall be denied access to state and federal grants; provide that the e-warrant system is to be maintained by the Kentucky Department of State Police.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"posting waived","last_action_date":"2010-01-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB116/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB116.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28176,"bill_number":"HB117","title":"AN ACT relating to civil rights.","description":"Amend KRS 344.010 to include definitions for \"sexual orientation\" and \"gender identity\"; amend KRS 344.020, relating to the purpose of the Kentucky's civil rights chapter, to include a prohibition on discrimination because of sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.040, 344.050, 344.060, 344.070, and 344.080, relating to prohibited discrimination in various labor and employment practices, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.025, 344.100, 344.110, and 18A.095 to conform; amend KRS 344.120 and 342.140, relating to prohibited discrimination in places of public accommodation and advertisements therefor, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.170, 344.180, 344.190, 344.300, and 344.310, relating to the state and local human rights commissions, to include prohibition of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in the scope of their powers and duties; amend KRS 344.360, 344.680, 344.370, and 344.380, relating to prohibited discrimination in certain housing, real estate, and other financial transactions, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.367, relating to prohibited discrimination in certain insurance sales, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.400, relating to prohibited discrimination in certain credit transactions, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; make various technical amendments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-05","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB117/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB117.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28177,"bill_number":"HB118","title":"AN ACT relating to a health facility patient's visitation rights.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to allow a patient of a health facility who is 18 years of age or older to designate, in writing, an individual not legally related by marriage or blood, who the patient wishes to have visitation rights; require the health facility to note this designation in the patient's permanent medical records; provide that the patient may rescind the designation at any time, in writing.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-01-28","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-02","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB118/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB118.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28178,"bill_number":"HB119","title":"AN ACT relating to public health.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require science-based content and age appropriate and medically accurate standards for human sexuality education, provide that a parent or guardian may excuse a child from the educational program and permit the parent or guardian to review instructional material upon request, and specify that nothing requires a school district, public school, or family resource and youth services center to offer human sexuality education; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to permit the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to refuse federal funding for abstinence-only education, require science-based content if state funds are received by the cabinet or subcontractor for human sexuality education or teen pregnancy prevention, permit cabinet to promulgate an administrative regulation to specify instructional content, and require an entity that receives state funding and offers human sexuality education or teen pregnancy prevention to adopt science-based content.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB119/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB119.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28179,"bill_number":"HB120","title":"AN ACT relating to public assistance.","description":"Amend KRS 205.200 to create a substance abuse screening program for adult recipients of public assistance, food stamps, and state medical assistance.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-01-25","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB120/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB120.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28180,"bill_number":"HB121","title":"AN ACT relating to driving under the influence.","description":"Amend various sections in KRS Chapter 189A, relating to driving under the influence, to restructure the existing penalties from a four-tiered structure to a three-tiered structure; expand the five year look back window for prior offenses from 5 years to 10 years, and to allow forfeiture of motor vehicles used in a DUI if the operator's license had been previously suspended; amend KRS 281A.2102 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-05","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB121/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB121.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28181,"bill_number":"HB122","title":"AN ACT relating to wages and hours.","description":"Amend KRS 337.010 to establish that any employee employed by an organized nonprofit camp, religious, or nonprofit educational conference center that during the preceding calendar year had average receipts for any six months of that year that were not more than of one-third of its average receipts for the other six months of that year is not included in the definition of \"employee.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2010-02-09","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB122/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB122.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28182,"bill_number":"HB123","title":"AN ACT relating to contracts.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to require that consumer contracts with an automatic renewal clause have the clause conspicuously displayed in the contract; require that notice of an upcoming renewal period be sent to the consumer; provide enforcement by the Attorney General.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-18","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-22","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB123/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB123.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28183,"bill_number":"HB124","title":"AN ACT relating to petroleum storage tanks.","description":"Extend deadline to register petroleum storage tanks and submit affidavits and applications relevant to current petroleum storage tank accounts pursuant to KRS 224.60-142 to July 15, 2015; amend KRS 224.60-130 to extend the performance date for reimbursement to July 15, 2018; extend small operator assistance account and small operator tank removal account established under KRS 224.60-130 to July 15, 2015.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-03-30","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 47)","last_action_date":"2010-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB124/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB124.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28184,"bill_number":"HB125","title":"AN ACT relating to motor vehicles.","description":"Amend KRS 186A.340 to specify that appeals of motor vehicle titling actions may be taken to the District Court.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"posting waived","last_action_date":"2010-01-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB125/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB125.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28185,"bill_number":"HB126","title":"AN ACT relating to the financial examination of insurers.","description":"Amend KRS 304.2-210 to authorize the examination of each domestic insurer once every five years, rather than every three years; amend KRS 304.2-320 to require entities seeking a merger, acquisition, or other change of control to bear the cost of the public hearing notice; KRS 304.3-180 to prohibit a property and casualty insurer from using the same accountant for preparation of its audited financial statement for more than five consecutive years; amend KRS 304.3-242 to require insurers file an actuarial opinion summary in addition to the statement of actuarial opinion.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-03-25","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 25)","last_action_date":"2010-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB126/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB126.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28186,"bill_number":"HB127","title":"AN ACT relating to expungement of criminal records.","description":"Amend KRS 431.076 which provides for expungement of record of person found not guilty or against whom charges have been dismissed at defendant's request to require that the record be automatically expunged without a request from the defendant; expand expungement to convictions reversed on appeal when retrial is prohibited or not contemplated; permit defendant to waive automatic expungement; specify expungement procedures; retroactive.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-05","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB127/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB127.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28187,"bill_number":"HB128","title":"AN ACT relating to public records.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 7 to require the Legislative Research Commission to create a Web site to provide certain information on the expenditure of state funds; create a new section of KRS Chapter 26A to require the Chief Justice to create a Web site to provide certain information on the expenditure of state funds; create a new section of KRS Chapter 42 to require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to create a Web site to provide certain information on the expenditure of state funds; create a new section of KRS Chapter 42 to require all executive branch agencies to make financial data available to the Finance and Administration Cabinet, and to require the cabinet to give the Legislative Research Commission and the Court of Justice control over their expenditure data by January 1, 2011; amend KRS 164A.565 to require the governing boards of each postsecondary educational institution to make financial data available to the Finance and Administration Cabinet; and provide that the Act shall be known as the \"Taxpayer Transparency Act of 2010\".","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"reassigned to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-14","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB128/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB128.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28188,"bill_number":"HB129","title":"AN ACT relating to individual income tax.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to allow the loan forgiveness tax credit if there are insufficient funds available to the Higher Education Assistance Authority for certain loan forgiveness programs; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the credit; amend KRS 164.7531 to require certification of the credit.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-24","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB129/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB129.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28189,"bill_number":"HB130","title":"AN ACT relating to probate fees.","description":"Amend KRS 61.315 to exempt the estate of anyone who is eligible for state death gratuity benefits, and the estate of any regular member of the Armed Forces, from probate fees.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-01-19","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-01-20","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB130/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB130.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28190,"bill_number":"HB131","title":"AN ACT relating to the operation of a motor vehicle and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186 to require the Transportation Cabinet to issue every holder of an instructional permit two decals; require every holder of an instructional permit to, when operating a motor vehicle, affix decals issued to the vehicle; require Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to prescribe the manner the decals are to be displayed; amend KRS 186.450 to require that holders of instructional permits display decals when operating a motor vehicle; establish a delayed effective date of January 1, 2011.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-01","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-03","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB131/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB131.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28191,"bill_number":"HB132","title":"AN ACT relating to annuity nonforfeiture provisions.","description":"Amend KRS 304.15-365 to prohibit surrender charges beyond the maturity date of an annuity except for annuity contracts with one or more renewable periods with an interest rate in excess of the minimum rate included in the contract if the surrender charge is zero, the contract provides for continuation of the contract without surrender charges unless a new guaranteed period with a new surrender charge schedule is elected, and the renewal period does not exceed ten years and complies with maturity date provisions of this section; allow an annuity contract that provides flexible considerations to have a separate surrender charges schedule; provide that the tenth anniversary of the contract shall be used for determining the maturity date and shall be determined separately for each consideration.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-05","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB132/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB132.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28192,"bill_number":"HB133","title":"AN ACT relating to wage discrimination.","description":"Define \"comparable worth\" and use term to prohibit wage discrimination against a person of the opposite sex who is paid less for doing a job of comparable worth.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-04","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-08","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB133/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB133.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28193,"bill_number":"HB134","title":"AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to persons entitled to vote.","description":"Propose to amend Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky to exclude a convicted felon from the right to vote for certain crimes; exclude other convicted felons from the right to vote until expiration of probation or final discharge from parole or maximum expiration of sentence; submit to the voters for ratification or rejection.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-05","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB134/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB134.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28194,"bill_number":"HB135","title":"AN ACT relating to delayed birth certificates.","description":"Amend KRS 213.056 to allow applicants for a delayed birth certificate to complete the required forms in legible, handwritten print; allow vital records to be used to complete missing information in the application for a delayed birth certificate; require that the cabinet list information required to apply for a delayed birth certificate in administrative regulation form; limit the requirement to include Social Security numbers for parents on birth certificates to children born after 1950; require that the cabinet provide written information to applicants for delayed birth certificates that would include assistance in locating required documents; require the cabinet to work with the Administrative Office of the Courts to formulate standard court procedures and forms to be used to establish a delayed birth certificate; amend KRS 213.121 to allow the State Registrar to correct obvious errors on a birth certificate upon request of a parent, legal guardian, individual responsible for filing the birth certificate, or a child born before 1950; define \"obvious errors.\"","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-01-25","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB135/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB135.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28195,"bill_number":"HB136","title":"AN ACT relating to substance endangerment of a child prior to birth.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 530 relating to family offenses, to create the crime of substance endangerment of a child prior to birth when a mother's use of alcohol or controlled substances prior to birth results in the birth of a child with substance abuse problems or serious physical injury.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-05","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB136/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB136.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28196,"bill_number":"HB137","title":"AN ACT relating to retirement.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 6.500 to 6.577 to establish an excess benefit plan for the Legislators' Retirement Plan in order to provide for payment of retirement benefits that are limited by 26 U.S.C. sec. 415.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-05","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB137/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB137.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28197,"bill_number":"HB138","title":"AN ACT relating to motor vehicle registration.","description":"Amend KRS 186.180 to clarify that the $20 reinstatement fee applies to an individual who had his or her vehicle's registration revoked for not having motor vehicle insurance under the provisions of KRS 186A.040.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-04","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-08","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB138/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB138.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28198,"bill_number":"HB139","title":"AN ACT relating to compensation of county officers and employees.","description":"Amend KRS 64.530 to provide for the reasonable compensation of county officers, employees, deputies, and assistants as fixed by the fiscal court.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-26","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 175)","last_action_date":"2010-04-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB139/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB139.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28199,"bill_number":"HB140","title":"AN ACT relating to compulsory school.","description":"Amend KRS 159.010 to provide that effective July 1, 2012, compulsory school attendance shall be between the ages of six and 17; provide that effective July 1, 2013, compulsory school attendance shall be between the ages of six and 18; amend KRS 159.020 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB140/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB140.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28200,"bill_number":"HB141","title":"AN ACT relating to the taking of black bears.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 150 to allow an authorized person to take a black bear that threatens human safety within 30 yards of an occupied dwelling.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-01-27","committee":"Natural Resources and Environment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB141/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB141.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28201,"bill_number":"HB142","title":"AN ACT relating to classified school employees.","description":"Amend KRS 161.011 to allow a local board of education to seek a waiver from the Kentucky Board of Education to employ in a classified position a person without a high school diploma or GED certificate.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-02","last_action":"2nd reading","last_action_date":"2010-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB142/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB142.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28202,"bill_number":"HB143","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 531 to prohibit a person under 18 years of age from transmitting a nude image of himself or herself or another person under 18 years of age to another person by computer or electronic means as a violation for the first offense and a Class B misdemeanor for each subsequent offense; provide for juvenile court jurisdiction; prohibit requiring registration as sex offender; create new section of KRS Chapter 531 to prohibit possession of a nude image of a person under 18 years of age as a violation for the first offense and a Class B misdemeanor for each subsequent offense; provide for juvenile court jurisdiction for person under 18 at time of commission of offense and District Court jurisdiction for persons over 18; prohibit requiring registration as sex offender.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-04","last_action":"recommitted to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-24","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB143/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB143.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28203,"bill_number":"HB144","title":"AN ACT relating to the transfer of undergraduate college credits.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to require university acceptance of transfer credits earned by students in dual enrollment programs, the Kentucky Community and Technical College System, and other public colleges and universities; prohibit universities from requiring transfer students to repeat or incur costs for courses they have already passed at another institution; direct the Council on Postsecondary Education to facilitate development of a statewide agreement for alignment of lower-division coursework and acceptance of credit for comparable coursework; direct the council to develop a system that includes statewide course numbering, common college transcripts, uniform data collection, reporting, and monitoring, and an appeals process; provide priority university admission to graduates with Kentucky earned associate degrees; amend KRS 164.020 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB144/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB144.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28204,"bill_number":"HB145","title":"AN ACT relating to retirement.","description":"Amend KRS 18A.205 to provide that a retiree who has been reemployed in a full-time position within state government on or after September 1, 2008, shall be eligible for life insurance benefits; amend KRS 61.510 and 78.510 to provide that the retirement systems shall add one or more fiscal years to the final compensation calculation for employees participating in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System or the County Employees Retirement System on or after September 1, 2008, if the member does not have five complete fiscal years of service upon retirement; amend KRS 61.637 to make technical changes.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-02-04","last_action":"reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute","last_action_date":"2010-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB145/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB145.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28205,"bill_number":"HB146","title":"AN ACT relating to retirement.","description":"Amend KRS 61.645 to require that two of the three members appointed by the Governor to the Kentucky Retirement Systems board of trustees possess ten years of investment experience and to define investment experience; amend KRS 61.650 to establish a five-member investment committee for the Kentucky Retirement Systems comprised of the two gubernatorial appointees with investment experience and three trustees appointed by the board chair; limit the amount of assets managed by a single external investment manager to no more than 15 percent of the systems' portfolio; amend KRS 16.642 and 78.790 to clarify that the investment committee established by KRS 61.650 is the investment committee for the State Police Retirement System and the County Employees Retirement System; limit the amount of assets managed by a single external investment manager to no more than 15 percent of the systems' portfolio.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-12","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 127)","last_action_date":"2010-04-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB146/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB146.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28206,"bill_number":"HB147","title":"AN ACT relating to governmental ethics.","description":"Amend KRS 65.003 to include property valuation administrators within local governments' codes of ethics; require codes of ethics to include policy on employment of members of families of property valuation administrators, with exemption as to employees hired prior to effective date of Act; amend KRS 132.370 to provide that property valuation administrators are subject only to local governments' codes of ethics.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"recommitted to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-20","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB147/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB147.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28207,"bill_number":"HB148","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization.","description":"Amend KRS 15.010, relating to organizational units within the Department of Law, to create an Office of Criminal Appeals, Office of Consumer Protection, Department of Criminal Investigations, Office of Special Prosecutions, Office of Prosecutors Advisory Council, Office of Medicaid Fraud and Abuse Control, Office of Civil and Environmental Law, Office of Victims' Advocacy, and Office of Administrative Services, and abolish the Child Support Enforcement Commission, Administrative Hearings Division, and Financial Integrity Enforcement Division; amend various other statutes to conform; repeal KRS 15.055 and 15.290; confirm Attorney General Executive Order AG 09-01, dated May 4, 2009.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-18","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-22","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB148/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB148.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28208,"bill_number":"HB149","title":"AN ACT relating to executive branch employees and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 18A.005 to clarify the definitions of \"penalization,\" \"promotion,\" \"reclassification,\" reinstatement,\" and \"status,\" and to define \"qualifying\" and \"re-entrance\"; amend KRS 18A.030 to require the secretary of the Personnel Cabinet to propose selection method changes to the Personnel Board for review and comment and to set a time frame for the board to approve or reject the proposed change; amend KRS 18A.040 to provide that the secretary, not the commissioner; and the board shall ensure Federal Compliance, where applicable; amend KRS 18A.045 to include personnel board members to those covered by portions of the Executive Branch Code of Ethics; amend KRS 18A.050 to allow elected members to serve for successive terms on the board; amend KRS 18A.0551 to change dates and procedures related to the board election and replace references to an employee's Social Security number with the employee's unique personal identification number; amend KRS 18A.075 to clarify when the board may hear appeals; require the annual report of the Personnel Board be sent to the co-chairs of the Interim Joint Committee on State Government prior to October 1; specify the content of the report; require the Personnel Board to review and comment on all proposed selection method change requests from the secretary of the Personnel Cabinet; amend KRS 18A.095 to allow an appointing authority to suspend an employee, with pay, from the time that the employee has received an intent to dismiss letter and prior to the agency's final action; require final actions of the board be posted on a Web site; make technical corrections; amend KRS 18A.111 require former unclassified employees to serve an initial probationary period of 12 months if the employee is appointed to a position in the classified service, unless he or she has prior status within the system or had been separated from his or her unclassified position at least 180 days; amend KRS 18A.140 to allow for employees to seek nonpartisan elected office if there is no perception of a conflict of office and full disclosure of intent to run for the office is made to the employer of the prospective candidate; amend KRS 18A.195 to limit the amount of compensatory leave block payments for certain unclassified employees and clarify that compensatory leave payments are limited to 240 hours for any employee who leaves state service; amend KRS 61.373 to clarify that upon release from a period of active duty or training, state employees in the National Guard or reserve Armed Forces have the right to return to employment and may appeal dismissal; and EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 153)","last_action_date":"2010-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB149/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB149.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28209,"bill_number":"HB150","title":"AN ACT relating to state employee health insurance.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 18A.225 to 18A.2287 to require the Personnel Cabinet to establish a pilot program to improve the health and wellness outcomes of state employees; require the pilot program to provide a reduced monthly cost for a fully insured health benefit plan or self-insured plan offered by the Public Employee Health Insurance Program to an employee who participates in wellness activities; require the wellness activities to be approved by the cabinet; require the cabinet to determine the amount of the reduced monthly cost and the level of participation required to qualify for the reduced cost; establish that the pilot program is to be in effect January 1, 2011, to December 31, 2014; require the cabinet to submit an annual report on the results of the pilot program on or before December 1.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-03-02","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB150/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB150.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28210,"bill_number":"HB151","title":"AN ACT relating to campaign finance.","description":"Delete KRS 121.180(11) to remove campaign finance reporting requirement for newspaper or magazine publishers, or owners or lessors of billboards, or radio or television stations or networks, or other persons or business entities that receive funds for advertising services or materials to support or oppose a slate of candidates for election to the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-12","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 124)","last_action_date":"2010-04-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB151/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB151.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28211,"bill_number":"HB152","title":"AN ACT relating to elections.","description":"Amend KRS 116.055 to permit members of political organizations and political groups to vote in primaries for nonpartisan races; amend KRS 117.035 to establish a process to select temporary replacements for a member of a county board of elections if a member is prohibited from serving, chooses not to serve, or cannot serve due to illness, injury, or other disability; amend KRS 117.045 to prohibit an election officer from being a candidate while serving as an election officer or from being an election officer in a precinct where the election officer has family members on the ballot; amend KRS 117.075 to give the clerk a three-day period to mail a requested absentee ballot to a voter; amend KRS 117.085 to clarify the procedures relating to absentee ballots; amend KRS 117.187 to require a county board of elections to include the elections and voting equipment security plan in the training provided to election officers and extend the training to special elections; amend KRS 117.265 to clarify the time for filing a declaration of intent; amend KRS 117.275 to specify procedures for handling return sheets and the records of voting equipment; amend KRS 117.295 to require that ballot boxes remain locked after voting; amend KRS 117.315 to add special elections to procedures relating to election challengers; amend KRS 117.355 to conform; amend KRS 118.425 to establish that the State Board of Elections count and tabulate the votes certified to the Secretary of State no later than the third Monday after the election; repeal KRS 117.285.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-26","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 176)","last_action_date":"2010-04-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB152/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB152.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28212,"bill_number":"HB153","title":"AN ACT relating to in-the-line-of-duty death benefits.","description":"Amend KRS 61.315 to add that the spouse or dependents of an emergency responder volunteering for or employed by a licensed ambulance service under KRS Chapter 311A are eligible for a state death benefit when the emergency responder dies in the line of duty; requires the Board of Emergency Medical Services to promulgate administrative regulations to carry out the provisions of the statute; clarify \"federal active duty\".","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-05","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB153/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB153.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28213,"bill_number":"HB154","title":"AN ACT relating to the establishment of a grant program for expanded learning time, making an appropriation therefor and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to establish a grant program for expanded learning time in the school year of 300 additional hours; provide exploratory planning grants for 2010 in selected schools and implementation 3-year grants based on criteria specified, beginning in spring 2011; require annual progress reports; require the Kentucky Department of Education to administer the program and provide technical assistance to schools and districts upon request; permit the department to use up to 5% of the funds for administering and evaluating the program; require the Interim Joint Committee on Education or another committee as determined by the Legislative Research Commission to evaluate the program in the 2016 Interim and make recommendations for whether the program should be expanded, maintained, discontinued, or modified; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-02","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-04","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB154/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB154.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28214,"bill_number":"HB155","title":"AN ACT creating the Kentucky Family Trust Program.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 194A to establish the Kentucky Family Trust Program, which would operate a special needs or supplemental needs trust that allows family and friends to place money into trust for the supplemental care of persons with disabilities without endangering the beneficiary's eligibility for public benefits.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-05","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB155/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB155.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28215,"bill_number":"HB156","title":"AN ACT relating to long-term care facilities.","description":"Amend KRS 216.543 to require every long-term care facility to post in a conspicuous place, accessible to residents, employees, and visitors the star quality rating assigned to the facility by the CMS Five-Star Quality Rating System for Nursing Homes.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-05","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB156/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB156.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28216,"bill_number":"HB157","title":"AN ACT relating to minimum staffing requirements for long-term care facilities.","description":"Create new sections of KRS 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 the mentally retarded, institutions for the treatment of mental illnesses, personal care homes, and family care homes from the minimum staffing requirements; create a 19-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.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"reassigned to Health & Welfare (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-06","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB157/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB157.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28217,"bill_number":"HB158","title":"AN ACT relating to a city official's training program.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 64 to define terms concerning a city officers training program; create a new section of KRS Chapter 64 to permit a city to pass an ordinance creating a city officers training program and set out requirements for the ordinance; create a new section of KRS Chapter 64 to provide for the designation of an administrator of the city officers training program for the city, set out the qualifications and duties of the administrator, and provide penalties for unlawful acts; create a new section of KRS Chapter 64 to provide for ceasing participation in the program, disqualifying incentive payments from the program as being part of pay for retirement, the setting or raising of compensation, or for maximum compensation purposes; clarify that the provisions of the Act do not prohibit a city from creating alternative incentives for the training and educating of its officers and employees; create a new section of KRS Chapter 147A to provide that the Governor's Office for Local Development is to establish a list of approved administrators and set the process for doing so; provide that the office may deem itself an approved administrator; amend KRS 78.510 to conform; amend KRS 64.990 to specify Class D felony penalty for unlawful act.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-04","last_action":"to Rules (H)","last_action_date":"2010-04-14","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB158/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB158.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28218,"bill_number":"HB159","title":"AN ACT relating to behavioral disorders.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 319 to define terms relating to the practice of applied behavior analysis and licensure by the Kentucky Board of Examiners of Psychology; authorize the Board of Examiners of Psychology to promulgate administrative regulations relating to licensure of behavior analysts and assistant behavior analysts and to appoint two (2) behavior analysts to advise the board on matters relating to regulation and licensure of behavior analysts; require licensure to practice applied behavior analysis in the state, to establish licensure requirements, and to prohibit the practice of applied behavior analysis in the state without a license; require the Board of Examiners of Psychology to promulgate administrative regulations governing licensure of practitioners of applied behavior analysis and to annually publish a current directory of licensed practitioners of applied behavior analysis; require the board to issue a license to persons holding a valid license in another state or a person who was educated in another country, under specified conditions; require any practitioner or employer of practitioners of applied behavior analysis to report specified inappropriate behavior to the board; require the board, after due notice and an administrative hearing conducted in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B, to refuse to issue or to take specified actions against an existing license or license holder, and establish the actions that may be the subject of disciplinary action by the board; authorize the board to reinstate a license that has lapsed or been revoked and to authorize persons aggrieved by a final order of the board to appeal to the Franklin Circuit Court; provide that all fees received by the board for licensure of practitioners of applied behavior analysis, or penalties assessed by the board for violating provisions of Sections 1 to 10 of the Act shall be deposited to a trust and agency fund to be used by the Board without reversion to the general fund, and authorize the board to employ personnel and purchase necessary materials and supplies; to establish the appropriate use of telehealth for practitioners of applied behavior analysis and authorize the board to promulgate necessary administrative regulations; establish penalties for any person practicing applied behavior analysis without a license; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define terms relating to applied behavior analysis and autism spectrum disorders; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require that a large group health benefit plan provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders for individuals between the ages of one and 21, including coverage in the annual amount of $50,000 for individuals who are ages one through six, and coverage in the annual amount of $12,000 for individuals who are ages seven through 21 and specify treatments covered; amend KRS 304.17A-143 to require that individual and small group market health benefit plans provide coverage for autism spectrum disorders in the amount of $1000 per month for pharmacy care, psychiatric care, psychological care, therapeutic care, applied behavior analysis and rehabilitative care for the treatment of autism spectrum disorders, and delete the provisions which established the requirements for coverage of autism; amend KRS 18A.225 to require that the state employee health benefit plan provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders consistent with the requirement for coverage under large group health benefit plans; specify that provisions requiring health insurance coverage for autism spectrum disorders take effect January 1, 2011.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 150)","last_action_date":"2010-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB159/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB159.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28219,"bill_number":"HB160","title":"AN ACT relating to the establishment of common undergraduate college course credits for transfer and the awarding of degrees.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to limit bachelor degree programs to 120 credit hours and associate degree programs to 60 credit hours beginning with the 2012-2013 academic year; permit the Council on Postsecondary education to approve exceptions for specialized programs; direct the council to develop a statewide agreement for lower division learning outcomes course numbering and coursework credits; to standardize credit-by-exam equivalencies; develop statewide articulation and transfer procedures; monitor and collect compliance data; provide priority admission of associate degree program graduates to state public universities; create common public college transcript; encourage private college collaboration in transfer agreements; establish appeals process; amend KRS 164.020 to conform; amend KRS 164.001 to include definition of \"learning outcomes.\"","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-12","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 108)","last_action_date":"2010-04-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB160/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB160.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28220,"bill_number":"HB161","title":"AN ACT relating to sexual abuse.","description":"Amend KRS 510.110, relating to sexual abuse in the first degree, to prohibit law enforcement personnel and certain persons employed by or associated with an agency or facility responsible for detention or treatment of offenders from having sexual contact, sexual intercourse, or deviate sexual intercourse with persons incarcerated, supervised, evaluated, or treated by those agencies; amend KRS 510.120 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-05","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB161/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB161.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28221,"bill_number":"HB162","title":"AN ACT relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages.","description":"Amend KRS 242.100 to permit the sale of alcoholic beverages on local option election days under specified circumstances; amend KRS 244.290 to permit a premises that is licensed to sell distilled spirits or wine at retail to remain open on election days under specified circumstances; amend KRS 244.480 to permit malt beverage retailers to sell, give away, or deliver malt beverages on election days under specified circumstances; amend KRS 119.215, 243.0305, and to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-25","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB162/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB162.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28222,"bill_number":"HB163","title":"AN ACT relating to loan forgiveness, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 164.769 to delete priority for loan forgiveness from the teacher scholarship program for teachers who have outstanding loan balances for \"Best in Class for Teachers\" loans issued prior to June 30, 2008; amend KRS 164.7531 to require that, beginning with fiscal year 2010-2011, the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority provide, to the extent funds are available, up to $3,000 per year for up to ten years, not to exceed $30,000 cumulative benefit, for loan forgiveness to persons who had \"Best in Class for Teachers, \" \"Best in Care for Nurses, \" and \"Best in Law for Public Service Attorneys\" loans issued prior to June 30, 2008; require loan recipients to continue to make all required payments; permit the authority to use other sources of income to provide loan forgiveness; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB163/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB163.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28223,"bill_number":"HB164","title":"AN ACT relating to the transfer of faculty and staff providing educational services to Department of Corrections' inmates and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 196 to provide for the transfer of employees, funds, equipment, and supplies engaged in providing educational services and support to inmates from the Kentucky Community and Technical College System to the Department of Corrections, effective July 1, 2010; provide employees two benefit options and require them to choose an option by June 15, 2010, after counseling with the Department of Personnel, KCTCS, and applicable retirement systems; amend KRS 61.510 to define the membership date for former KCTCS employees who were participating in a qualified 403(b) defined contribution plan; amend KRS 61.592 to include positions filled by former KCTCS employees who choose to be employed by the department under the provisions of KRS Chapter 18A in the definition of \"hazardous position\"; exempt the department from the requirement of requesting hazardous duty coverage for those employees; amend KRS 161.220 to include former KCTCS employees who choose to retain their KCTCS benefits in the definition of \"member\"; provide that hazardous duty coverage, contributions, and benefits for employees who choose to be employed by the department under KRS Chapter 18A shall begin July 1, 2010, and continue while the employee is in a position providing educational service and support to inmates; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-08","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 104)","last_action_date":"2010-04-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB164/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB164.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28224,"bill_number":"HB165","title":"AN ACT relating to Kentucky Access.","description":"Amend KRS 304.17B-015 to require Kentucky residency for eligibility in Kentucky Access, clarify that eligible individuals cannot be eligible for other group health insurance coverage but may be eligible for individual coverage, to provide that dependents shall not be eligible for Kentucky Access if group coverage has been waived, and to clarify by listing related individuals who are permitted to pay a member's premium; amend KRS 304.17B-019 to delete the requirements that one offered plan shall be the standard benefit plan; amend KRS 344.040 to allow employers to charge smokers a higher rate for an employer-sponsored health plan and to offer incentives for smoking cessation.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-12","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 126)","last_action_date":"2010-04-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB165/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB165.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28225,"bill_number":"HB166","title":"AN ACT relating to debt adjusting.","description":"Amend KRS 380.010 to define \"debt adjuster,\" \"debtor,\" \"personal information,\" and \"additional interested party,\" and amend definition of \"debt adjusting\"; create new sections of KRS Chapter 380 to set forth requirements regarding debt-adjusting contracts, including the requirement that contracts be in writing and signed and dated by the debtor; provide a debtor's right to cancel and set forth provisions relating to cancellation; prohibit the waiver of a debtor's rights; provide for a private right of action for persons entering into debt-adjusting transactions who have suffered loss of money or property, including the right to punitive damages and attorney's fees and costs; require debt adjusters to adhere to stated information security standards; prohibit the sale of debtor's personal information except under permitted circumstances; amend KRS 380.040 to prohibit a debt adjuster from accepting a fee, contribution, or other consideration in advance of complete performance of promised services, to require debt adjuster's to maintain insurance for violations KRS Chapter 380, and to require debt adjusters to maintain a bond or irrevocable letter of credit in the amount of $25,000 in favor of the Attorney General for the benefit of the Commonwealth or any person suffering injury or loss by reason of a violationof KRS Chapter 380; amend KRS 380.990 to allow for imposition of a $5,000 civil penalty for violation of KRS 380.040 and stipulate that violations of KRS Chapter 380 are unfair, false, misleading, or deceptive trade practices, including the ramifications thereof; amend KRS 380.030 to clarify that attorneys admitted to the practice of law in this state by the Kentucky Supreme Court are not to be considered debt adjusters.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-08","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 86)","last_action_date":"2010-04-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB166/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB166.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28226,"bill_number":"HB167","title":"AN ACT relating to promotional sampling of distilled spirits and wine.","description":"Amend KRS 243.0305 to make the hours and days of operation for a souvenir retail liquor licensee subject to local ordinance; amend KRS 243.130, 243.154, and 243.170 to allow manufacturers, small farm winery wholesalers, and wholesalers to distribute wine or distilled spirits under a sampling license; amend KRS 244.050 to allow retail drink, retail package, and souvenir retail liquor licensees to give a customer 3 distilled spirit samples per day rather than 2 samples under a sampling license; permit a licensed distiller, wholesaler, small farm winery, or small farm winery wholesaler to acquire a sampling license; limit these sampling licensees to providing the standard size and number of complimentary samples of distilled spirits or wine per day to each customer during regular business hours at a retailer's licensed premises; authorize the sampling licensee or its agents, servants, or employees to address the customer and pour and serve samples at the retailer's premises; require retail licensees to sell the distilled spirits used for a complimentary sampling event at no more than the retail licensee's normal selling price; permit the retail licensee to bill on a per-event basis in the usual course of business; forbid a distiller from using its sampling license on its distillery premises unless it also holds a souvenir retail liquor license; prohibit a wholesaler, small farm winery, or small farm winery wholesaler from using its sampling license at its business premises if the premises is located in dry territory; preclude a distiller, wholesaler, small farm winery, or small farm winery wholesaler sampling licensee from concurrently holding a distilled spirits sampling event and a wine sampling event at the same premises unless the Office for Alcoholic Beverage Control has approved the event in advance; authorize distiller licensees to give a consumer who is touring the distillery for educational purposes one complimentary sample of up to 1/2 ounce of un-aged product manufactured at the distillery premises; enable distiller, wholesaler, small farm winery, or small farm winery wholesaler sampling licensees to offer consumers branded nonalcoholic promotional items of nominal value in conjunction with a distillery or winery tour or a complimentary sampling event; prohibit the use of caffeinated alcoholic beverages as samples or promotional items either offered or provided to customers or consumers under a sampling license.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Licensing & Occupations (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-05","committee":"Licensing and Occupations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB167/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB167.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28227,"bill_number":"HB168","title":"AN ACT relating to support education excellence in Kentucky funding and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 157.360 to provide that a district board of education that levies a tax that is less than the maximum tax rate in a specific year as permitted shall receive a reduced share of any additional support education excellence in Kentucky funds based on the rate in that year.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-02-25","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB168/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB168.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28228,"bill_number":"HB169","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishment.","description":"Amend KRS 525.125, relating to cruelty to animals in the first degree, to provide that causing any animal, not just a four-legged animal, to fight is a Class D felony; amend KRS 525.130, relating to cruelty to animals in the second degree, to provide that a person is guilty of cruelty to animals in the second degree if he is a spectator at any animal fight, not just a four-legged animal fight, possesses an animal for fighting, possesses a device used for animal fighting, or administers a drug to an animal for the purpose of fighting.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-05","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB169/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB169.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28229,"bill_number":"HB170","title":"AN ACT relating to the Commission on Fire Protection Personnel Standards and Education and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 95A.020 to require regular meetings of the Commission on Fire Protection Personnel Standards and Education; provide that a member who misses three or more regular meetings in a year is deemed to have resigned; require the Governor to fill any vacancy within 90 days; amend KRS 95A 030 to specify that the commission elects officers yearly; amend KRS 95A.040 to allow the commission to support training and certification of professional firefighters.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-12","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 125)","last_action_date":"2010-04-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB170/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB170.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28230,"bill_number":"HB171","title":"AN ACT relating to deeds.","description":"Amend KRS 382.135 to make a technical correction to an internal reference to specify the tax address is not necessary in deeds making certain types of conveyances.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-03-25","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 32)","last_action_date":"2010-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB171/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB171.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28231,"bill_number":"HB172","title":"AN ACT changing the classification of the City of Cadiz, in Trigg County.","description":"Reclassify the City of Cadiz in Trigg County, population 2,563, from a city of the fifth class to a city of the fourth class. As provided in Section 156A of the Kentucky Constitution, the population requirements for the classification of cities established by the former Section 156 of the Constitution remain in effect until changed by law. Therefore, classification as a city of the fourth class requires a population of 3,000 to 7,999.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-12","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 131)","last_action_date":"2010-04-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB172/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB172.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28232,"bill_number":"HB173","title":"AN ACT relating to establishing programs for gaining access into Kentucky's state-owned and state-managed recreational lands and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 148.795 by expanding the powers and duties of the Kentucky Recreational Trails Authority (KRTA) to plan, coordinate, and implement the \"Gaining Access Into Nature\" or GAIN program; establish the KRTA as a separate administrative agency of state government; require the KRTA to prepare a statewide recreational trail plan; require the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet to provide administrative, legal, and other types of staff support to the KRTA; establish the Kentucky Recreational Trails Authority fund as a restricted fund and a separate account in the fund as the GAIN account; direct land agreement fees and GAIN program fees into the fund; authorize KRTA to coordinate a statewide system for recreational trails on public lands and authorize KRTA and state agencies owning or managing recreational land to charge fees for access; require preparation of agency plans for implementing the GAIN program on state-owned or state -managed recreational lands; amend KRS 56.00 to prohibit state agencies which own recreational land to restrict public access to the land without advance notice to the local area residents.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2010-03-23","last_action":"reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)","last_action_date":"2010-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB173/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB173.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28233,"bill_number":"HB174","title":"AN ACT relating to 911 emergency services.","description":"Amend and create various sections of KRS Chapter 65 to add definitions; create the Kentucky 911 Oversight Board; change duties of the state administrator of 911 emergency telecommunications to include next generation 911 and reflect other technical changes; establish Kentucky 911 fund; change the duties of the board to reflect needs of next generation 911 system; include new items to be implemented by administrative regulation by the board; require the board to gather information to be used to set statewide 911 service charge; provide process by which the board will establish a statewide 911 service charge by administrative regulation; provide for the establishment and collection of the prepaid wireless 911 service charge; include provisions by which the collection of the CMRS service charge shall end; include provisions by which the distributions from the CMRS fund will end; provide a distribution formula for funds from the 911 fund; make technical changes required by the transition to a 911 board that collects the 911 service charge from all communication devices; make technical changes required by the transition to a next generation 911 system; include provisions by which the imposition of any special tax, license, or fee by a local government on landlines for the funding of 911 emergency services will end; amend KRS 39G.040 to conform; create new sections of KRS Chapter 142 to provide for the collection and remittance of the 911 service charge and prepaid wireless 911 service charge to the Department of Revenue; amend KRS 136.660 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2010-02-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB174/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB174.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28234,"bill_number":"HB175","title":"AN ACT relating to reclamation.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 350 to declare the importance of supporting pollinator habitats on reclamation sites to speed up revegetation and improve soil and hydrologic stability; amend KRS 350.113 to include pollinator colonies in the planting reports; amend KRS 350.435 to include pollinator habitats when dealing with introduced species on reclamation sites; create a noncodified section to request the interim joint committee with jurisdiction over mine reclamation to examine the issue of pollinator habitats and ways to support beekeeping on mine reclamation sites.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-03-18","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 19)","last_action_date":"2010-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB175/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB175.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28235,"bill_number":"HB176","title":"AN ACT relating to persistently low-achieving schools and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 160.346 to define \"persistently low-achieving school\" and other terms; set forth intervention options; specify responsibilities of audit teams; specify timelines for the commissioner of education to act upon audit teams' recommendations; direct the Kentucky Board of Education to schedule a special meeting to act upon any appeal of an action by the commissioner of education; require each persistently low-achieving school to engage in one of the established intervention options or other model recognized in the federal No Child Left Behind Act, or its successor; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-01-14","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 1)","last_action_date":"2010-01-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB176/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB176.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28236,"bill_number":"HB178","title":"AN ACT relating to the new home tax credit and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 141.388 to allow the new home tax credit to apply to homes built on a taxpayer's property and to modify the credit based on federal actions; apply retroactively to June 26, 2009; EMERGENCY","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-06","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB178/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB178.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28237,"bill_number":"HB179","title":"AN ACT relating to nurses.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 314 to provide immunity to persons and agencies that file a complaint, provide sworn or written statements, or otherwise participate in an investigation or administrative proceeding; require a licensee, credentialed holder, privilege holder, or applicant who is the subject of an investigation by the Board of Nursing to cooperate fully with the investigation; provide that Board of Nursing members and employees of the board shall have deliberative privilege and are not subject to deposition or subpoena regarding cases processed before them; provide that investigative information in possession of the board or employees relating to licenser or applicant discipline are privileged and confidential and not subject to discovery, subpoena, or other means of legal compulsion for release; permit the board to share information with other authorized public agencies pursuant to subpoena or with the licensee or applicant under investigation; amend KRS 156.070, 156.160, 156.4975, 156.502, 159.030, 186.042, 194A.454, 202A.161, 205.560, 205.5636, 211.395, 212.275, 216.370, 216B.175, 216B.176, 217.015, 218A.010, 218A.202, 281.873, 304.17-312, 304.17A-005, 304.17A-575, 304.17A-578, 311.669, 311A.170, and to change the terminology from advanced registered nurse practitioner to advanced practice registered nurse; amend KRS 314.011 to define the terms \"population focus,\" and \"conviction\" and amend the definitions of \"advanced practice registered nurse\" and \"advanced practice registered nursing\"; amend KRS 314.042 to change the terminology from registration and designation to licensure; require applicants for licensure as advanced practice registered nurses to be certified in at least one population focus; amend 314.031 to require reporting of any nurse who violates patient confidentiality; amend KRS 314.043 to change the terminology from registration and designation to licensure; amend KRS 314.071 to delete the requirement for the board to verify the accuracy of an application upon receipt of the application and fee and issue an license upon verification; renewal notices be sent to the licensee's address of record; amend KRS 314.073 to update termininology to conform; amend KRS 314.091 to delete the term \"conviction\"; amend KRS 314.013 to add nurse and dialysis technician to those who the board is permitted to require a fingerprint check as part of a criminal background check; amend KRS 314.108 to require an applicant for licensure to notify the board in writing if any professional or business license issued to the applicant by any agency of the Commonwealth or another jurisdiction is surrendered or terminated, refused, suspended, revoked, or denied renewal; amend KRS 314.109 to update terminology to conform; require the applicant to submit a certified copy of the order and a letter of explanation with the application; amend KRS 314.111 to require the board to set standards for nursing education programs that prepare advanced practice registered nurses, and approve programs that meet the standards, provide that a school which has failed to correct deficiencies to the satisfaction of the board shall be subject to an administrative hearing to determine whether it shall be closed; amend KRS 314.121 to update terminology to conform; amend KRS 314.171 to require the board to disclose a nurse's participation in the alternative to discipline program to the public and limit the content of the disclosure; amend KRS 314.193 to change the name of the Advanced Registered Nurse Practice Council to the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Council; change the requirement that any additional education recommended by the council be recognized jointly by the nursing and medical professions to recognition by the nursing profession; delete the prohibition on members serving more than two consecutive terms; amend KRS 314.195 and 315.040 to update terminology to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-08","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 85)","last_action_date":"2010-04-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB179/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB179.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28238,"bill_number":"HB180","title":"AN ACT relating to massage therapy.","description":"Amend KRS 309.350 to define \"compensation\"; amend KRS 309.352 to specify; amend KRS 309.353 to delete reference to repealed statute, and prohibit knowingly allowing, aiding, or abetting a person to practice massage therapy without a license; amend KRS 309.3535 to specify penalties for violations of licensure requirements; amend KRS 309.354 to specify residency requirements for board members; amend KRS 309.355 to require the board to create standards of educational program curriculum and instructor qualifications and provide for injunctive relief; amend KRS 309.357 to establish fees; amend KRS 309.358 to make technical correction and allow other examinations approved by the board; amend KRS 309.363 to specify a fee and require instructors to have specific education and experience; create a new section of KRS Chapter 309.350 to 309.364 to require entities offering instruction in massage therapy to maintain a certificate of good standing; repeal KRS 309.360.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-12","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 112)","last_action_date":"2010-04-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB180/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB180.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28239,"bill_number":"HB181","title":"AN ACT relating to railroad employees.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 281 to define the terms \"railroad employee contract carrier\" and \"on-duty time\"; establish oversight of contract carriers; establish standards for drivers of contract carriers; establish vehicle inspection, vehicle maintenance, and repair program requirements for contract carriers; establish recordkeeping requirements for contract carriers; require contract carriers to obtain and maintain $5,000,000 liability insurance for each motor vehicle; establish civil penalties for violations; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-06","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB181/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB181.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28240,"bill_number":"HB182","title":"AN ACT relating to retirement.","description":"Amend KRS 21.540 to permit the Judicial Form Retirement System board of trustees to promulgate administrative regulations to conform with federal statutes and regulations and to meet the qualification requirements under 26 U.S.C. Section 401(a).","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 132)","last_action_date":"2010-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB182/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB182.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28241,"bill_number":"HB183","title":"AN ACT relating to tax credits for noise abatement.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a tax credit for noise insulation installed in a residential structure that is located within a designated airport noise contour; amend KRS 141.0205 to recognize credits.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-06","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB183/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB183.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28242,"bill_number":"HB184","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend KRS 532.080 to limit the usage of persistent felony offender sentencing if the defendant's potential sentence has already been enhanced due to the offense being a second or subsequent offense.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-06","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-07","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB184/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB184.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28243,"bill_number":"HB185","title":"AN ACT relating to public employees.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to require public employers to post a notice of public employee rights under the \"whistleblower\" statutes; amend KRS 61.102 to include supervisors within employing agencies to the list of entities employees can report to; include other types of violations that may be reported and restrict reprisal or discrimination against employees who refuse to participate in employer practices which may violate a law or regulation; amend KRS 61.103 to extend from 90 days to 180 days the amount of time an employee has to bring a civil action for injunctive relief or punitive damages after an alleged violation; amend KRS 61.101 and 61.990 to conform.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-02-04","last_action":"reported favorably, to Rules as a Consent Bill","last_action_date":"2010-03-24","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB185/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB185.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28244,"bill_number":"HB186","title":"AN ACT relating to motor vehicle repair claims.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 12 of KRS Chapter 304 to define \"claimant,\" \"deceptive referral,\" \"request or require,\" and \"free market rate\"; require an insurer to inform a claimant upon initial notification of a claim that the claimant has the right to choose the repair facility for repair of a damaged vehicle; prohibit an insurer from steering a claimant to use a specific person or business for motor vehicle repairs; prohibit an insurer from engaging in deceptive referral practices; prohibit an insurer or appraiser from steering a claimant to use a specified facility for appraisals or repairs; require all appraisals to contain a notice regarding the provisions of this section; require evidence of proof of financial responsibility or security regarding motor vehicles to contain a statement regarding an insured's right to choose a repair facility; require appraisers of motor vehicle damage claims to conduct a physical visual inspection of the vehicle and to leave an estimate of the damages with the repair facility; prohibit the alteration of an estimate of physical repair damage other than by an original appraiser; require the labor rate for damages paid to be based on the free market rate; require all claims to be paid within 30 days of notice of the claim and establish penalties for violations of this requirement; amend KRS 304.99-110 to establish a penalty for a violation of the section's provisions.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-06","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB186/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB186.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28245,"bill_number":"HB187","title":"AN ACT relating to land use.","description":"Amend KRS 65.003 to define \"local government\"; include board members and employees of planning units within the purview of ethics codes; require joint codes of ethics for joint planning units, but do not require planning commissioners or boards of zoning adjustment members to disclose finances; include all forms of local governments within ethics requirements; amend KRS 100.167 to require a record of each planning commissioner's vote; amend KRS 100.221 to require a record of each member's vote of the board of zoning adjustment; amend KRS 100.183 to require consultation with certain entities in the preparation of comprehensive plans, amendments, and updates when the county containing all or a part of the planning unit has 40,000 or more residents; amend KRS 100.187 to extend and use plan element forecasts for at least 20 years; amend KRS 100.191 to extend research, analysis, and projections of element forecasts for at least 20 years; amend KRS 100.193 and 100.197 to conform.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-01-28","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-02","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB187/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB187.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28246,"bill_number":"HB188","title":"AN ACT relating to trusts and estates.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 381 to establish new standards and requirements relating to the rule against perpetuities in Kentucky; amend KRS 386.185 to increase to $50,000 the cap on the size of a trust which may be terminated and distributed upon court order; amend KRS 386.450 to modify the definition of district court approval \"and define notice\"; amend KRS 386.454 to add additional considerations for a fiduciary in considering potential adjustments between principal and income; amend KRS 386.480 to address allocations of payments made from a separate fund; amend KRS 386.715 to delineate to whom a trustee's duties are owed while a trust is still revocable; amend KRS 391.030 to increase to $2,500 the amount of a money a surviving spouse may initially withdraw from estate funds prior to administration and to establish a structure for the initial $15,000 estate set aside where the decedent dies testate; amend KRS 392.080 to set out the form to be used by a surviving spouse in renouncing a will; amend KRS 286.3-219, 381.223, and 386.478 to conform; repeal KRS 381.215, 381.216, and 381.217.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-03-18","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 21)","last_action_date":"2010-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB188/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB188.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28247,"bill_number":"HB189","title":"AN ACT relating to domestic violence.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 26A to require the reporting of specified criminal offenses relating to domestic violence; create a new section of KRS Chapter 403 to require basic and in-service domestic violence training for law enforcement officers.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-18","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-22","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB189/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB189.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28248,"bill_number":"HB190","title":"AN ACT relating to preschool education grants and making an appropriation theref","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 157 to establish the Strong Start Kentucky Program as a grant program administered by the Early Childhood Development Authority to develop collaborative models of preschool education for unserved three-and-four year-old children living at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level; require collaboration among all community providers; require administrative regulations to define the eligible applicants; require the authority to study the long-term need and projected cost of serving all three-and four-year-old children by the 2014-2015 school year and report its findings to the Legislative Research Commission prior to January 1, 2011; establish the strong start kentucky restricted fund to be administered by the Early Childhood Development Authority to allot grants to provide collaborative models of community-based preschool for unserved children.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-04","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-08","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB190/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB190.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28249,"bill_number":"HB191","title":"AN ACT related to voting.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 117 to establish a pilot program to conduct primaries and elections by mail, to create definitions, to require the Secretary of State to promulgate administrative regulations and confer with the county board of elections, to require the county board of elections to make a report to and to the Secretary of State; delay effective date until November 3, 2010.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-06","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB191/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB191.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28250,"bill_number":"HB192","title":"AN ACT relating to public information in child fatality cases.","description":"Amend KRS 620.050 to require, rather than permit, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to publicly disclose information related to child fatalities.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"floor amendment (3) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (4-title) filed","last_action_date":"2010-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB192/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB192.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28251,"bill_number":"HB193","title":"AN ACT relating to Supports for Community Living, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend 142.363 to require that administrative regulations promulgated provide for an annual cost of living increase in accordance with the consumer price index for providers of supports for community living services; require a 7.8% rate increase for providers of supports for community living services to recruit and retain staff; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2010.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-01","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB193/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB193.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28252,"bill_number":"HB194","title":"AN ACT relating to the Court of Justice.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 21A relating to the Supreme Court to request the Supreme Court to create a pilot project for a limited opening of courts in three to seven jurisdictions when handling dependency, needy, neglect, and abuse cases involving children and termination of parental rights, to set parameters, and require reporting to the Interim Joint Committees on Health and Welfare and Judiciary; create a new section of KRS Chapter 615 relating to juvenile procedure to permit project courts to open proceedings which otherwise would be closed.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-06","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB194/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB194.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28253,"bill_number":"HB195","title":"AN ACT relating to adoption.","description":"Amend KRS 199.011 to establish that the definition for stepparent means the spouse of the legal parent of the child to be adopted, or any non-relative adult person who, upon the petition for adoption with the written consent of the legal parent of the child to be adopted, the court finds acts in a parental role to the child; and amend KRS 199.520 to establish that biological parent rights still exist after the adoption of a child by a stepparent.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-01-25","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB195/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB195.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28254,"bill_number":"HB196","title":"AN ACT relating to disarming a peace officer.","description":"Amend KRS 508.160, relating to disarming a peace officer, to add electronic weapons, electro-muscular disruption devices, pepper spray, and tear gas spray to an officer's protected devices.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-06","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB196/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB196.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28255,"bill_number":"HB197","title":"AN ACT relating to waste tires.","description":"Amend KRS 224.50-868 to extend the waste tire fee for six years; amend KRS 224.50-872 to extend the waste tire fee for six years.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"floor amendment (3) withdrawn","last_action_date":"2010-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB197/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB197.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28256,"bill_number":"HB198","title":"AN ACT relating to Multiple Sclerosis research, education, awareness, treatment, and funding through an income tax checkoff program, and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to permit an income tax refund check-off for multiple sclerosis; create three new sections of KRS Chapter 211 to establish the multiple sclerosis research and education trust fund; establish the board of directors, their duties and responsibilities; to require a plan for the expenditure of the accumulated trust funds.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-06","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-07","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB198/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB198.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28257,"bill_number":"HB199","title":"AN ACT relating to motor vehicle license plates.","description":"Amend KRS 186.041 to allow the purchase of an unlimited number of special military-related license plates; allow persons to purchase additional Gold Star Mothers or Gold Star Spouses special license plates beyond the two currently exempted from fees; amend KRS 186.162 to establish fees for additional Gold Star Mothers or Gold Star Spouses special license plates.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-12","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 113)","last_action_date":"2010-04-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB199/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB199.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28258,"bill_number":"HB200","title":"AN ACT relating to electricians.","description":"Amend KRS 227A.100 to require biennial rather than annual renewal of electrician and electrical contractor licenses; establish biennial license renewal on or before the last day of the licensee's birth month in each odd-numbered year; increase level of continuing education from 6 to 12 hours to reflect change to biennial renewal; make effective January 1, 2011.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-01-06","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-01-14","committee":"Labor and Industry","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB200/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB200.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28259,"bill_number":"HB201","title":"AN ACT relating to water districts.","description":"Amend KRS 74.020 to allow removal of water district commissioners as prescribed under KRS 74.455; allow the Public Service Commission to fill vacancies resulting from death, resignation, or removal of the commissioner; extend authority to promulgate administrative regulations to implement the training program; required newly appointed commissioners to have 12 hours of annual training; allow the commission to recover the cost of the training program; allow entities other than the commission to provide training; provide dates certain for completed training and allow for forfeiture of office for failure to complete training; allow commissioners to be reimbursed for training fees from water district budget; prescribe method for reporting vacancies and filling vacancies; amend KRS 74.363 to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-03-18","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 18)","last_action_date":"2010-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB201/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB201.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28260,"bill_number":"HB202","title":"AN ACT relating to deferred compensation.","description":"Amend KRS 18A.230 to define \"authority\" as the \"Kentucky Public Employees' Deferred Compensation Authority\"; amend KRS 18A.250 and 18A.255 to allow state employees to use electronic records, signatures, or contracts in transactions with the Kentucky Public Employees' Deferred Compensation Authority; amend KRS 18A.270 to allow employees of a city, county, or other political subdivision to use electronic records, signature, or contracts in transactions with their deferred compensation program.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-12","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 122)","last_action_date":"2010-04-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB202/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB202.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28261,"bill_number":"HB204","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization.","description":"Amend various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to rename the Governor's Office of Local Development the Department for Local Government; confirm Executive Order 2009-540.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-12","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 117)","last_action_date":"2010-04-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB204/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB204.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28262,"bill_number":"HB205","title":"AN ACT relating to domestic violence.","description":"Amend KRS 403.750 relating to domestic violence orders, to order respondent to surrender all firearms possessed to the sheriff of the county in which the respondent resides for the duration of the domestic violence order, prohibit possession of firearms by respondent while domestic violence order is in effect, permit respondent to transfer firearms to another prior to issuance of domestic violence order; create a new section of KRS Chapter 70 to require each sheriff to have secure storage area for firearms surrendered during the period a domestic violence order is in effect; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to prohibit possession of a firearm or ammunition by a person convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence as a Class D felony; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to make possession of a firearm or ammunition while subject to a domestic violence order a Class D felony.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-06","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-07","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB205/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB205.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28263,"bill_number":"HB206","title":"AN ACT relating to surcharges on organized events held at private entertainment facilities.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 67 to allow the fiscal court in a county with a population of less than 10,000 that contains a private entertainment facility to levy a ticket surcharge not to exceed three percent, require fiscal court to compensate the private owner or operator for collecting and remitting the surcharge in a timely manner, require the fiscal court to use the surcharges collected to defray the costs of providing additional services due to the location of the private entertainment facility in the county; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2010.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-06","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-25","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB206/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB206.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28264,"bill_number":"HB207","title":"AN ACT relating to the crime of failure to return to custody.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 520 to create the criminal offense of failure to return to custody; set the penalty at a Class A misdemeanor if the person is charged with or has been convicted of a misdemeanor or a Class D felony if the person is charged with or has been convicted of a felony; amend KRS 520.030 and 520.040, relating to escape, to conform.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-05","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB207/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB207.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28265,"bill_number":"HB208","title":"AN ACT relating to civil liability for emergency care.","description":"Amend KRS 411.148, relating to the \"Good Samaritain\" law and nonliability for emergency care, to apply the law to all persons rendering care without remuneration, rather than to named persons; repeal KRS 311A.150.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-07","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-11","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB208/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB208.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28266,"bill_number":"HB209","title":"AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 170 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to property exempt from taxation.","description":"Propose an amendment to Section 170 of the Constitution of Kentucky to increase the homestead exemption for property tax purposes for disabled veterans 65 or older of the United States Armed Forces; submit question to voters for approval or disapproval; to apply to property assessed after approval.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-07","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-11","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB209/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB209.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28267,"bill_number":"HB210","title":"AN ACT relating to disabled veterans' license plates.","description":"Amend KRS 186.162 to eliminate all registration and clerk fees for disabled veterans’ license plates.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-07","last_action":"to Military Affairs & Public Safety (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-11","committee":"Military Affairs and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB210/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB210.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28268,"bill_number":"HB211","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky educational excellence scholarship program.","description":"Amend KRS 164.7883 to permit an eligible postsecondary education student to use his or her scholarship award at any out-of-state institution that is located within fifteen miles of the Kentucky state border.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-07","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-11","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB211/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB211.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28269,"bill_number":"HB212","title":"AN ACT relating to instruction in voting.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require secondary schools to provide information to twelfth-grade students on how to register to vote, vote in an election using a ballot, and vote using an absentee ballot; recommend instructional methods.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-11","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-16","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB212/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB212.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28270,"bill_number":"HB213","title":"AN ACT relating to the capture and transportation of carbon dioxide.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 154 to allow transmission pipeline companies to condemn for lands and materials needed to construct, operate, and maintain a carbon dioxide transmission pipelines; require the proceedings be the same as under the Eminent Domain Act of Kentucky; declare that the pipeline is a public use; amend KRS 154.27.010 to include transmission pipeline under the definition of \"eligible project\" and define \"transmission pipeline\"; amend KRS 154.27-020 to require a transmission pipeline to have a capital investment of $50,000,000 to qualify for energy independence incentives; and amend KRS 353.500 to include transmission of carbon dioxide for enhanced oil recovery, sequestration, or other carbon management under the jurisdiction of the state for purposes of regulation.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-22","last_action":"to Rules (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-26","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB213/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB213.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28271,"bill_number":"HB214","title":"AN ACT relating to campaign finance.","description":"Amend KRS 121.015 to define \"personal funds\" and include the payment of personal funds in the definition of \"contribution.\"","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-03","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-05","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB214/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB214.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28272,"bill_number":"HB215","title":"AN ACT relating to nature preserves.","description":"Amend KRS 146.415 to correct a technical error in a definition.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-12","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 114)","last_action_date":"2010-04-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB215/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB215.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28273,"bill_number":"HB216","title":"AN ACT relating to special Fraternal Order of Police license plates.","description":"Amend KRS 186.162 to establish an extra fee of $5 initial and $10 renewal for special Fraternal Order of Police license plates; direct that the extra fee benefit the Fraternal Order of Police Death Benefit Fund.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-12","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 129)","last_action_date":"2010-04-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB216/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB216.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28274,"bill_number":"HB217","title":"AN ACT relating to location of car dealerships.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 190 to prohibit the granting of a license for a new motor vehicle dealership, or the relocation of an existing new motor vehicle dealership, within a ten-mile radius of a former dealership whose franchise was revoked by the manufacturer for grounds other than those provided in KRS 190.040(1); allow the granting of a license for a dealership within that ten-mile radius if the manufacturer can show proof that the franchise was offered to the original franchisee and the original franchisee refused the offer.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-08","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 84)","last_action_date":"2010-04-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB217/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB217.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28275,"bill_number":"HB218","title":"AN ACT relating to breast-feeding.","description":"Amend KRS 211.990 to establish a fine of $500 for the first offense and $1,000 for each subsequent penalty for any person who violates any provision of KRS 211.755, which establishes that breast-feeding is permitted by a mother in any location, public or private, where the mother is otherwise authorized to be.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-01-28","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-02","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB218/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB218.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28276,"bill_number":"HB219","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend KRS 514.040 relating to theft by deception to include the issuance of a check with knowledge that it will not be honored by the drawee for the lease, rent, or purchase of property, or for payment to an auction escrow account.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-01","last_action":"to Rules (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-26","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB219/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB219.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28277,"bill_number":"HB220","title":"AN ACT relating to certification of fire sprinkler inspectors.","description":"Creat new sections of KRS Chapter 198B, relating to annual and renewal certification requirements and fees for fire sprinkler inspectors; provide for grandfather, waiver (reciprocity), inactive status, continuing education, administrative regulations, inspection standards, disciplinary, and certification revocation procedures.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-12","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 116)","last_action_date":"2010-04-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB220/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB220.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28278,"bill_number":"HB221","title":"AN ACT relating to wastewater.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 65 to express the findings of the General Assembly regarding wastewater and regional wastewater commissions; establish definitions for \"commission,\" \"member entity,\" \"organizing official,\" \"wastewater,\" and \"sources of collected wastewater\"; permit two or more member entities owning wastewater systems to acquire, construct, operate, and improve those systems; establish a method for member entities to form a regional wastewater commission and appoint commissioners; require no less than three commissioners; set the terms for the commissioners at four years; allow the commission to appoint a chair and other officers; allow member entities to join existing commissions at any time; fix compensation for commissioners and allow the commission to set salaries for other officers and employees; allow the commission's funds to pay expenses of commissioners and employees; require bonding for commissioners and other minor officials; provide that bonds be paid by the commission fund; establish the commission as a public body corporate and politic; exempt the commission from taxation; subject commission meetings and records to meet public meeting and open records requirements; exempt the commission from regulation by the Public Service Commission; allow the commission to set its own rates and terms through contracts with member entities, other parties, and neighboring states; establish minimum contract requirements; require a vote by the commission for rate changes and adjustments and notice requirements prior to rate changes; allow removal of a commissioner for cause; establish a method for a member entity to withdraw from an existing commission; establish the powers of the commission, including powers granted under KRS Chapters 58 and 224A; allow conveyance of public works of a member entity without election or voter approval; permit the commission to establish standards for receiving wastewater and formal procurement of services, construction of facilities, and conveyance of handling of wastewater; amend KRS 58.010 to include regional wastewater commissions in the definition of \"governmental agency\"; amend KRS 65.067 to conform; amend KRS 224A.011 to include regional wastewater commissions in the definition of \"governmental agency\" and revise the definition of \"infrastructure project\" and \"water resources project\" to include facilities related to the collection, transportation, and treatment of wastewater; amend KRS 278.010 to exclude regional wastewater commissions from the definition of \"public utility.\"","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-03","last_action":"returned to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-23","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB221/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB221.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28279,"bill_number":"HB222","title":"AN ACT relating to domestic relations.","description":"Amend KRS 403.135 to permit the inclusion of a minor child's name in a domestic relations proceeding.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-02","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-04","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB222/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB222.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28280,"bill_number":"HB223","title":"AN ACT relating to weights and measures.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 363.510 to 363.850 to allow the promulgation of administrative regulations relating to tobacco moisture testing devices; amend KRS 363.510 to include instruments to measure internal moisture or density of unprocessed bulk tobacco in the \"weights and measures\" definition.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-01-25","last_action":"to Agriculture (S)","last_action_date":"2010-01-26","committee":"Agriculture","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB223/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB223.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28281,"bill_number":"HB224","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Sports Authority.","description":"Amend KRS 148.590 to change meeting schedule and clarify statutory mission of the Kentucky Sports Authority.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-03-30","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 44)","last_action_date":"2010-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB224/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB224.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28282,"bill_number":"HB225","title":"AN ACT relating to animals.","description":"Amend KRS 525.125, 525.130, and 525.135 to forfeit ownership of animals involved in cruelty and torture cases and prohibit ownership or possession of animals of the same species for two years.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-08","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-11","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB225/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB225.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28283,"bill_number":"HB226","title":"AN ACT relating to unemployment compensation","description":"Amend KRS 341.370 to prohibit disqualification for unemployment benefits for a worker who leaves a job to follow a military spouse who has been reassigned to another military base or duty location that is 100 miles or more from the worker’s home.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-01-11","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-01-14","committee":"Labor and Industry","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB226/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB226.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28284,"bill_number":"HB227","title":"AN ACT relating to training for emergency personnel.","description":"Amend KRS 95A.260 to make emergency medical technicians and paramedics in cities of the first class or in a consolidated local government eligible for supplemental distributions from the Professional Firefighters Foundation Program fund; amend KRS 311A.020 to provide for the certification and recertification of emergency medical technicians based on the requirements of the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians; amend KRS 95A.250 to conform.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-01-11","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-01-22","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB227/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB227.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28285,"bill_number":"HB228","title":"AN ACT relating to the taxation of the distilled spirits industry.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to provide the distilled spirits credit in an amount equal to the distilled spirits ad valorem tax assessed and timely paid to the Commonwealth as provided by KRS 132.160; amend KRS 141.0205 to place the credit in the applicable order.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-11","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-13","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB228/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB228.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28286,"bill_number":"HB229","title":"AN ACT relating to TVA in-lieu-of-tax payments.","description":"Amend KRS 96.895 to distribute payments made by TVA in lieu of tax; base counties' share on power purchased for that county, rather than according to the location of TVA assets.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-11","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-13","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB229/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB229.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28287,"bill_number":"HB230","title":"","description":null,"status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":null,"last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2010-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB230/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB230.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28288,"bill_number":"HB231","title":"AN ACT relating to specialty residential treatment centers.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to establish specialty residential treatment centers; define terms; require the centers to be licensed in accordance with KRS 216B.105 and to meet certificate of need requirements; provide for the requirements of the centers; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations to implement the establishment and licensing of the treatment centers; require an annual report to be provided to the Interim Joint Committee on Health and Welfare; amend KRS 216B.455 to delete the provisions that create psychiatric residential treatment facility districts.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-03-04","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 7)","last_action_date":"2010-03-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB231/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB231.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28289,"bill_number":"HB232","title":"AN ACT relating to the operation of a motor vehicle.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to define terms, including \"personal communication device\"; prohibit the use of a personal communication device to send or receive verbal or text communications by the operator of a motor vehicle; provide limited exceptions; amend KRS 189.990 to provide for a warning for the first violationa fine between $20 and $100 for subsequent violations.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-01-11","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-01-22","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB232/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB232.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28290,"bill_number":"HB233","title":"AN ACT relating to insurance licensing.","description":"Amend KRS 304.9-020 to move the definitions for \"rental vehicle agent\" and \"rental vehicle agent managing employee\" from KRS 304.9-501 to the subtitle definitions statute; update the definitions of \"public adjuster,\" \"independent\" and \"staff adjuster\" to reflect the new uniform definitions; amend the definition of \"negotiate\" to adopt the definition in the NAIC Producer Model Act; amend KRS 304.9-105 to clarify that a license will \"terminate\" rather than be revoked if a producer fails to provide proof of financial responsibility; amend KRS 304.9-130 and 304.9-133 to remove the requirement that licensed business entities file an annual report of all designated individuals not terminated on or prior to December 31; amend KRS 304.9-150 to prohibit authorization of entity with same or similar name as licensee already authorized; amend KRS 304.9-230 to add rental vehicle insurance as a limited line of authority; amend KRS 304.9-260 to clarify that a penalty for failure to comply with the renewal procedures will be assessed from the first day after expiration, clarify that the producer will have 60 day grace period before the license will expire to provide continuing education compliance documentation, renewal fee, and penalty fee; amend KRS 304.9-280 to clarify termination-without-cause provisions; amend KRS 304.9-295 to clarify that a license will expire rather than terminate for noncompliance with the continuing education requirements; amend KRS 304.9-421 and 304.9-425 to adopt language from the NAIC Producer Licensing Model Act to expand the scope to all licensees; remove the requirement that an individual receiving override commissions be licensed; amend KRS 304.9-430 and 304.9-432 and create new sections of Subtitle 9 of KRS Chapter 304 to adopt the NAIC Adjuster Model Act; amend KRS 304.9-505, 304.9-436, 304.9-507, and 304.9-509 to provide conforming changes that rental vehicle insurance will now be governed by general statutes related to limited lines of authority; amend KRS 304.12-100 to conform; repeal KRS 304.9-070, 304.9-485, 304.9-501, 304.9-503, and 304.9-513.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-08","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 83)","last_action_date":"2010-04-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB233/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB233.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28291,"bill_number":"HB234","title":"AN ACT relating to stockyards.","description":"Amend KRS 261.240 to require stockyards to provide buyers of livestock with sales receipts showing the names and counties of sellers; require the sales receipt to show the state of the seller if the livestock are from out of state; make technical corrections.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-11","last_action":"to Agriculture & Small Business (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-13","committee":"Agriculture and Small Business","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB234/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB234.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28292,"bill_number":"HB235","title":"AN ACT relating to inheritance tax.","description":"Amend KRS 140.070 to include great-grandchildren as Class A beneficiaries.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-11","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-13","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB235/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB235.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28293,"bill_number":"HB236","title":"AN ACT relating to sales representatives' contracts.","description":"Amend KRS 371.370 to delete situs restrictions contained in the definition of \"principal.\"","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-01-14","committee":"Labor and Industry","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB236/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB236.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28294,"bill_number":"HB237","title":"AN ACT relating to coordinated benefits for Kentucky National Guard members returning from deployment and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 38.030 to permit the Governor to authorize active duty pay for National Guard members injured while on state active duty rather than for members injured during the 2009 winter storm; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-03-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 13)","last_action_date":"2010-03-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB237/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB237.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28295,"bill_number":"HB238","title":"AN ACT relating to veterinarians.","description":"Amend KRS 321.185 to provide immunity from civil or criminal actions to veterinarians who, in good faith, report suspected incidents of animal abuse or torture to the proper authorities.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-18","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-22","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB238/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB238.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28296,"bill_number":"HB239","title":"AN ACT relating to literacy.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to designate the last Wednesday in August as Kentucky Literacy Day to be observed by all public schools in the state.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2010-02-11","last_action":"posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title), floor amendment (1) for Monday, March 29, 2010","last_action_date":"2010-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB239/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB239.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28297,"bill_number":"HB240","title":"AN ACT relating to the promotion of the efficient use of energy, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Repeal and reenact KRS 56.770 relating to definitions; repeal and reenact KRS 56.775 relating to construction or renovation of public buildings; repeal and reenact KRS 56.777 relating to the High-Performance Buildings Advisory Committee; repeal and reenact KRS 56.782 relating to reporting requirements; repeal and reenact KRS 141.435 relating to definitions; repeal and reenact KRS 141.436 relating to income tax credits for energy-efficient products; repeal and reenact KRS 141.437 relating to income tax credits for ENERGY STAR homes, and ENERGY STAR manufactured homes; repeal and reenact KRS 141.0205 relating to credit ordering; repeal and reenact KRS 151.720 relating to hydroelectric generating units; repeal and reenact KRS 160.325 relating to Kentucky Energy Efficiency Program; repeal and reenact KRS 278.285 relating to residential utility meters; repeal and reenact KRS 158.808 relating to energy technology career track programs; repeal and reenact KRS 152.713 relating to the creation of the Center for Renewable Energy Research and Environmental Stewardship; repeal and reenact KRS 56.772, 56.774, 56.776, 56.778, 56.783, and 56.784 relating to conforming changes; repeal and reenact KRS 42.580, 42.582, 42.584, 42.586, and 42.588 relating to the Kentucky bluegrass turns green programs; reaffirm bond authorizations contained in 2008 Regular Session HB2/EN and amend the bond authorization to fiscal year 2010-2011 for the bluegrass turns green program for private and public demand side management projects; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-02-25","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 5)","last_action_date":"2010-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB240/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB240.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28298,"bill_number":"HB241","title":"AN ACT relating to captive insurers.","description":"Amend KRS 304.49010 to expand the definitions of \"captive insurer,\" \"consortium,\" \"consortium captive insurer,\" and \"controlled unaffiliated business'; amend KRS 304.49-020 to authorize the executive director to provide retention risk group confidential application and examination information to NAIC representatives for accreditation review if the NAIC agrees in writing to maintain confidentiality of the information; amend KRS 304.49-040 to require that a consortium, sponsored, or agency captive insurer maintain unimpaired paid-in capital and surplus of not less than $500,000; to decrease the minimum free surplus for a captive insurer organized as a reciprocal insurer from $1 million to $500,000; and to authorize the executive director to approve a surplus note for capital and surplus requirements; amend KRS 304.40-050 to authorize the executive director to rescind approval and require repayment of captive insurer dividend payments made in excess of the approved amount; amend KRS 304.49-060 to provide that all captives may be formed as an LLC, LLP, or statutory trust, in accordance with the 2007 amendments to the state corporations, nonprofit, partnership, limited partnership, and business trust laws; amend KRS 304.49-070 to incorporate various minor changes for streamlining financial filings and clarifying optional filing and report requirements for captives with nontraditional fiscal year accounting schedules; amend KRS 304.49-100 to consolidate investment requirements for all captive insurers, except an industrial insured captive insurer, by requiring all captive insurers to establish, monitor, and control their investment strategy, which shall not be subject to limitations contained in Subtitle 7 of KRS Chapter 304; authorize the executive director to prohibit or limit any investment that threatens the company's solvency or liquidity and to delete the separate restrictions; delete the separate provisions for investment requirements for the various captive insurers; amend KRS 304.49-110 to clarify the requirements for a captive insurer to provide reinsurance on risks ceded by another insurer or captive; amend KRS 304.49-130 to clarify that in the normal course of business this section does not prohibit captive insurers from entering into reinsurance or pooling transactions; amend KRS 304.49-170 to authorize, rather than require, the executive director to promulgate administrative regulations establishing standards for risk management functions of any controlled unaffiliated business insured by a pure captive insurer; authorize the executive director to approve the coverage of such risks; amend KRS 304.49-140 to include other legal or statutory entities which may be converted or merged with and into a reciprocal insurer; amend KRS 304.49-220 to add self-insurers to the exemption from the reinsurance premium tax; amend KRS 304.49-222 to require a captive insurer's manager to be approved by the executive director and delete the requirement that the manager be a resident of Kentucky; amend KRS 304.49-226 to clarify that the executive director shall be notified of any change in the operations of the captive insurer's financial condition or management by the management, the insurer, or the manager; require a captive insurer to notify the executive director of any changes in the officers, directors, owners, captive manager, actuary, or auditor; and authorize a captive insurer to make loans to its parent company or affiliate with approval of the executive director and evidenced by a note.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-08","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 91)","last_action_date":"2010-04-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB241/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB241.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28299,"bill_number":"HB242","title":"AN ACT relating to unemployment compensation.","description":"Amend KRS 341.415 relating to recovery and recoupment of unemployment benefits to require repayment of benefits if employee is convicted of embezzling funds.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-12","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-25","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB242/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB242.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28300,"bill_number":"HB243","title":"AN ACT relating to suicide prevention training.","description":"Amend KRS 156.095 to require the Kentucky Department of Education to develop and distribute to schools guidelines for training in suicide prevention; allow school staff to participate in training; award professional development credit to staff who participate in training; cite this as \"The Jason Flatt Act.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-19","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB243/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB243.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28301,"bill_number":"HB244","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend KRS 532.356 to make the loss of a driver's license for a theft offender who has not paid their restitution discretionary with the court rather than mandatory.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"posting waived","last_action_date":"2010-01-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB244/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB244.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28302,"bill_number":"HB245","title":"AN ACT relating to debt buyers.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to define debt buyers; prohibit debt buyers from engaging in unfair, false, misleading, or deceptive acts or practices; establish requirements for legal complaints filed by debt buyers in the course of debt collection; establish requirements for entry of default judgments against debtors when the complaint is initiated by a debt buyer; set forth liability for debt buyers for violations of this Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-19","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB245/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB245.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28303,"bill_number":"HB246","title":"AN ACT relating to restaurant display of caloric information.","description":"Create new section of KRS 217.280 to 217.390 to define \"food facility,\" \"nutrient content disclosure statement,\" \"drive-through,\" \"menu board,\" \"point of sale,\" and \"standard menu item\"; require food service establishments identified with chain restaurants and having 20 or more locations in the United States to provide a nutrient content disclosure statement for all food and drink items sold on menus and menu boards; permit food service establishments to provide additional nutrition information; amend KRS 217.990 to establish that violators shall be fined no less than $100 and no more than $1,000 for each violation; establish a delayed effective date of July 1, 2011.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-02-01","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB246/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB246.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28304,"bill_number":"HB247","title":"AN ACT relating to gubernatorial elections.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 118 to require a candidate for Governor to select a running mate in a slate of candidates after filing a certificate or petition of nomination and not later than the second Tuesday in August preceding the regular election for the office of Governor; establish a procedure to follow if a vacancy occurs in a candidacy for the office of Lieutenant Governor; amend KRS 121.015 to redefine \"slate of candidates\"; amend KRS 117.275, 118.025, 118.125,118.245, 120.055, 120.095, and 121.170 to conform; repeal KRS 118.127 and 118.227.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-25","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB247/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB247.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28305,"bill_number":"HB248","title":"AN ACT relating to group life insurance.","description":"Amend KRS 304.16-030 to allow payments for group life insurance to be paid entirely from funds contributed by insured employees; create a new section of Subtitle 16 of KRS Chapter 304 to establish new definitions for group coverage and discretionary groups; allow the commissioner to disapprove a proposed group if the group is not in the best interests of the public, would not result in economies of acquisition or administration, or the benefits of the policy are not reasonable in relation to the premiums charged; amend KRS 304.16-085 to define dependent to include children age 18 to 25 who meet certain requirements and an insured's mentally or physically handicapped child regardless of age; amend KRS 304.16-090 regarding credit union groups to clarify that payments for group life insurance may be paid either wholly from the credit union's funds or partly from the credit union's funds and partly from funds contributed by the insured members.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-25","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-01","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB248/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB248.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28306,"bill_number":"HB249","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend KRS 508.030 relating to assault in the fourth degree to provide that if the act was intentional and the relationship between the perpetrator and the victim meets the definition of family member or member of an unmarried couple then the offense shall constitute a high misdemeanor under Sections 145 and 150 of the Constitution of Kentucky prohibiting persons convicted of a high misdemeanor from voting or holding public office unless granted a restoration of rights by the Governor.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-02-01","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB249/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB249.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28307,"bill_number":"HB250","title":"AN ACT relating to the protection of adults.","description":"Amend KRS 216.712 to prohibit personal service providers from accepting gifts or gratuities of $100 or more if the services are provided in the home of a disabled senior citizen's home; amend KRS 216.714 to establish a fine for the offense; provide a short title of, \"The Carl Everett Pendelton, Sr. Adult Protection Act of 2010.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2010-02-09","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB250/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB250.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28308,"bill_number":"HB251","title":"AN ACT relating to stray equines.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 259 to define \"local government\" and \"stray equine\"; amend KRS 259.110 to specify when a stray equine may be taken up and posted; amend KRS 259.120 to remove some restrictions on when a stray equine may be taken up; remove the fee to be paid to the justice of the peace for posting the stray; require the record of the posting to be displayed in the sheriff's office instead of on the courthouse door; remove the requirement that a record of the posting be published pursuant to KRS Chapter 424; remove the distinction between strays younger than 2 years old and older than 2 years old; allow the taker-up to recover the actual costs incurred for keeping the stray equine and having it gelded from the true owner; amend KRS 259.130 to apply only to stray equines; shorten the period for absolute title to the stray equine to vest in the taker-up from 2 years to 90 days; remove reference to stray cattle; amend KRS 259.140 to allow the taker-up to sell the stray equine; allow the true owner to claim the proceeds from the sale less the costs for keeping the stray; provide civil and criminal immunity for local government employees acting in good faith in discharging their duties under the Act; amend KRS 259.990 to remove penalties that no longer apply to certain sections of the chapter; repeal KRS 259.150, 259.160, 259.170, 259.180, and 259.190.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-08","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 92)","last_action_date":"2010-04-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB251/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB251.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28309,"bill_number":"HB252","title":"AN ACT relating to reflex sympathetic dystrophy.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 214 to require that applicants for medical licenses under KRS Chapters 311, 311A, and 314 have completed appropriate educational courses on the recognition and treatment of reflex sympathetic dystrophy; require continuing education concerning the recognition and treatment of reflex sympathetic dystrophy once every 10 years for current medical professionals; require license or certificate holders to submit a cabinet-approved form confirming completion of course by August 31, 2014.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-19","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB252/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB252.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28310,"bill_number":"HB253","title":"AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky, adopting a 21st Century Bill of Rights.","description":"Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to require the Kentucky General Assembly to provide a reasonable period of time for public review and comment prior to the final enactment of any appropriation or revenue measure; require city, county, and state governmental and quasi-governmental agencies to use technology and make public information accessible via electronic media; declare no law or rule shall compel any person, employer, or health care provider to participate in any health care system; declare no law or rule shall compel any person, employer, or health care provider to provide abortion services; declare that no law or rule shall prevent the severing of coal and require city, county, and state governmental agencies to assist in the advancement of energy policy, science, technology, and innovation using Kentucky coal and other Kentucky-based energy resources; declare no law or rule shall prevent any person, employer, teacher, or city, county, or state government official from posting the Ten Commandments as part of a display of historic documents; declare no law or rule shall compel any law-abiding person to surrender firearms or infringe upon the lawful possession and use of firearms; and to claim sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the Constitution of the United States for the people of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-19","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB253/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB253.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28311,"bill_number":"HB254","title":"AN ACT relating to health insurance.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to provide that no individual nor any business entity domiciled in Kentucky shall be required to purchase health insurance coverage, notwithstanding any federal mandate, fines, taxes or penalties; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define terms relating to foreign health insurers; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to authorize foreign health insurers to offer and provide individual or small group health benefit plans to Kentucky residents; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to establish requirements for a foreign health insurer to obtain a certificate of authority to do business in Kentucky; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to establish disclosure requirements regarding plan differences for individual and small group health benefit plans provided by foreign insurers in Kentucky and which state's laws will govern issuance and requirements of the plan; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to authorize the executive director of the office of insurance to deny, revoke or suspend a foreign health insurer's certificate of authority, establish fair marketing standards for foreign health insurers to be applied in a nondiscriminatory manner, and to require a foreign health insurer to establish an internal and external review process for an adverse determination or notice of a coverage denial, to comply with Kentucky's unfair trade practices and frauds requirements, to participate in the Kentucky Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association, and to comply with the reserve requirements for foreign insurers; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to authorize the executive director of the office of insurance to promulgate necessary regulations to effectuate the provisions of this Act relating to foreign health insurers; amend KRS 304.5-160 to require all foreign health insurers selling health insurance in Kentucky to comply with the prohibition on providing coverage for abortions, except by an optional rider and payment of an additional premium for the rider; amend KRS 304.9-010 to exempt foreign health insurers from Kentucky insurance licensure requirements; and, amend KRS 304.11-045 to exempt foreign insurers from the jurisdiction of the office of insurance, except to the extent provided by this Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-19","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB254/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB254.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28312,"bill_number":"HB255","title":"AN ACT relating to bicycles.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to prohibit the operation of a bicycle on a state-maintained highway while transporting a person under the age of 18 years in an attached trailer or other apparatus.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-19","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB255/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB255.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28313,"bill_number":"HB256","title":"AN ACT relating to dentistry.","description":"Repeal and reenact KRS 313.010 to 313.130, regarding the licensing and regulation of dentists and dental specialists to define chapter terms; establish the Kentucky Board of Dentistry and its appointment and meeting procedures; establish duties of the board; require the board to administer and enforce the provisions of the chapter and to promulgate administrative regulations to establish requirements for students, education, licensure or registration, and license renewal; direct the board to establish and oversee the Office of the Kentucky Board of Dentistry for the provision of administrative services, establish committees and subcommittees, including the Law Enforcement Committee and Well-being Committee; affiliate with the American Association of Dental Boards; require the board to employ and fix the compensation for an executive director and attorney; mandate the development of a biennial budget; direct the board to promulgate administrative regulations to establish a schedule of reasonable fees not to exceed the national average of other state dental boards; direct the credit and disbursement of funds; establish biennial period of renewal and application process; require licensee to produce license or registration upon demand and to post in conspicuous location at place of employment; require the board to promulgate administrative regulations relating to dentists which may include classification of and licensure, student and faculty limited licenses, retirement or reinstatement of a license, charity licenses, and sedation and anesthesia permits; exempt licensees from civil damages when rendering emergency care; grant dentists prescriptive authority and ability to sign death certificates; require the board to promulgate administrative regulations relating to dental hygienists which may include minimum classification of and licensure requirements, general supervision privileges, and anesthesia registration; establish conditions under which a dental hygienist may practice independently, in a volunteer community health setting; prohibit a dental hygienist from examining or providing dental health services to a patient who has not been seen by the supervising dentist within the previous seven months; establish conditions for public health hygienist; require the board to promulgate administrative regulations to define registration requirements, duties, training, and standards of practice for dental assistants; require dental assistant to practice under order and control of a licensed dentist; establish conditions for coronal polishing in list of services; list services prohibited for dental assistants; authorize procedures for auxiliary personnel; establish dental practice requirements; require dental practitioners and surgeons to practice under own name; establish contractual requirements for continuing operations of a deceased or incapacitated dentist's practice; direct dentist utilizing telehealth to ensure patient's informed consent and confidentiality; permit licensed dentist to delegate use of block and infiltration anesthesia and nitrous oxide analgesia to dental hygienist; prohibit persons not licensed or registered under this Act from practicing as a dentist, dental assistant, or dental hygienist; allow students to perform dental work; grant jurisdiction to Circuit Court of the county in which an alleged offense occurred; establish restrictions on and prohibited activities for persons not licensed or registered with the board; establish penalties and disciplinary actions; permit the Law Enforcement Committee to issue emergency orders; establish hearing process and make appeals to Circuit Court of the county in which the licensee resides; establish requirements for complaints, investigations, notification, preliminary inquiry, hearing, order, appeals, and discipline; impose sanctions and disciplinary actions for violations; permit the board to require mental or physical examinations for cause; establish and oversee the Well-being Committee to promote early identification, intervention, treatment, and rehabilitation of impaired licensees; require confidentiality and conditions for the disclosure of information; amend KRS 48.315, 214.615, 214.620, and 311.668 to conform; repealedKRS 313.140 to 313.990.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2010-03-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB256/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB256.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28314,"bill_number":"HB257","title":"AN ACT relating to a residential option for substance abusers.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 222 to permit the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, subject to available funding, to contract with an agency to operate a therapeutic home as a residential option for substance abuse treatment for adults; require access to services related to treatment, job training, and life skills; permit homes to operate as business training schools; permit the cabinet to promulgate regulations establishing requirements for the operation of the home and business training schools; permit admission to be an alternative to incarceration as appropriate.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-18","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-22","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB257/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB257.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28315,"bill_number":"HB258","title":"AN ACT relating to the accreditation of health departments and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 194A to create to Kentucky Commission on Public Health within the Finance Administration Cabinet; establish membership and duties of the commission including that all health departments achieve national accreditation and maintain accreditation by the national Public Health Accreditation Board, by December 31, 2019; require the commission to submit an annual report; appropriate $500,000 to operate the commission.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-11","last_action":"recommitted to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-24","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB258/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB258.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28316,"bill_number":"HB259","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Hemophilia and Blood Disorder Program.","description":"Create new section of KRS Chapter 214 to establish the Kentucky Hemophilia and Blood Disorder Program in the Department for Public Health; require the program to assist in the development and expansion of programs for the diagnosis and treatment of hemophilia and blood disorders, provide health benefit plan insurance coverage case management, make referrals to Kentucky Access, evaluate other funding sources, pay medical insurance premiums unless prohibited by law, provide for community educational programs, conduct educational programs; set eligibility requirements; require the program to provide services to the extent funding is available; create a new section of KRS Chapter 214 to establish the Kentucky Hemophilia and Blood Disorder Board; establish membership of the board; repeal KRS 200.550 and 200.560; amend KRS 211.015 to conform.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-18","last_action":"reassigned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-25","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB259/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB259.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28317,"bill_number":"HB260","title":"AN ACT relating to children in the custody of the state.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 610 to require the Court of Justice to establish rules of administrative procedure relating to juvenile and child protection and permanency cases; amend KRS 620.020 to define court proceeding; amend KRS 620.060 to require notice of right to counsel and appointment of counsel; add provision encouraging courts to establish local rules or procedures to appoint counsel at the earliest possible opportunity; amend KRS 620.070 to require summons to contain notice of right to counsel; amend KRS 620.080 to require time for counsel to consult with parent and child if appropriate, require appointment of counsel and guardian ad litem prior to temporary removal hearing and specify appointment includes actions through the first annual permanency review unless court replaces appointment, require a hearing if more than one guardian ad litem is appointed for a case, and require service to all parties including Finance and Administration Cabinet; create a new section of KRS Chapter 620 to require court to inform parent orally and with written materials about court procedures and specify conduct of temporary removal hearing and rights if further proceedings are required; amend KRS 620.100 to delete duplicative language; delete all language regarding payment and amount of fees for appointed attorneys; create a new section of KRS Chapter 620 to require payment to appointed attorneys based on the hourly rate established for legal services contracts with maximum payments for each phase of a case, and permit recovery of specified expenses upon approval of the court; require promulgation of administrative regulations by Finance and Administration Cabinet; set court fees for appeals not to exceed $500; amend KRS 31.215, 202B.210, 625.0405, 625.041, and 625.080 to conform; amend KRS 625.110 to require appointment of an attorney for an appeal of a termination of parental rights order for an indigent parent.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-14","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-19","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB260/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB260.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28318,"bill_number":"HB261","title":"AN ACT relating to special Gold Star Fathers license plates.","description":"Amend KRS 186.162 to create a Gold Star Father's license plate with the same fees as the Gold Star Mothers plate; amend KRS 186.041 to allow two Gold Star Fathers license plates per eligible recipient; amend KRS 186.164 to set forth eligibility requirements.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-03-25","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 33)","last_action_date":"2010-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB261/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB261.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28319,"bill_number":"HB262","title":"AN ACT relating to inspections of commercial motor vehicles.","description":"Amend KRS 189.227 to change references to \"weighmasters\" to \"commercial motor vehicle inspectors\"; transfer employment of commercial motor vehicle inspectors from the Transportation Cabinet to the State Police; make technical corrections.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-08","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 93)","last_action_date":"2010-04-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB262/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB262.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28320,"bill_number":"HB263","title":"AN ACT relating to the prevention of opioid drug overdose.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 218A to define terms and create the Opioid Drug Overdose Prevention Program within the Department for Public Health to include projects to encourage 911 calls when overdoses are observed; programs to increase awareness of opioid antidotes among those unlikely to overdose on opiates, overdose prevention; recognition and response education in drug treatment centers, outreach programs, and other organizations working with drug users and their families and communities; overdose recognition and response training in drug treatment centers; producing and distributing targeted or mass media materials on opioid drug overdose prevention and response; collaboration among health-care providers to promote the prescribing, dispensing, and distributing of opioid antidote; preparation of curricula for groups interested in the prevention of opioid drug overdose; coordinating education and training on opioid drug overdose response and treatment for certain groups; coordinating parent, family, and survivor education groups to prevent death from overdose; require health-care providers to ensure patient education on use of opioid antidote; prohibit disciplinary or other adverse action under relevant statutes for health-care providers that dispense opioid antidote in good faith to patients; permit those that have received patient information and believe in good faith that a person is experiencing a drug overdose to administer the opioid antidote; direct the Department for Public Health to promulgate administrative regulations to implement the drug overdose program; extend civil immunity under this section to licensed physicians, nurses, pharmacists, paramedics, and physician assistants involved with training, prescribing, or dispensing the opioid antidote; create a new section of KRS Chapter 311A to authorize emergency medical technicians and paramedics to administer the opioid antidote to any person that the EMT or paramedic has been called to attend that is exhibiting symptoms consistent with opioid drug overdose; require every ambulance provider in Kentucky to keep an adequate supply of opioid antidote and the necessary equipment to administer it; require every ambulance provider to establish medical protocols to be used by EMT providers and paramedics in assessing an individual's overdosing on opioid drugs, determining correct dosages of opioid drugs, and the methods for administration; amend KRS 15A.342 to extend the Office of Drug Control Policy's authority to include the drug overdose prevention program created by this Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-14","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-26","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB263/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB263.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28321,"bill_number":"HB264","title":"AN ACT relating to financial institutions.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 134 to authorize a person who holds a recorded mortgage on real property or a perfected security interest in real or personal property, which is subject to state property taxes, to register the mortgage or security interest with the Department of Revenue, require the department to notify the sheriff of the appropriate taxing jurisdiction, and if the taxpayer fails to pay the taxes when due after the registration, require the sheriff to mail notice to the registrant mortgagee or holder of a perfected security interest of the right to pay the taxes as a as a transferee in accordance with KRS 134.121; amend KRS 160.570 to authorize a depository appointed by a local board of education to provide collateral in accordance with KRS 41.240, rather than execute a performance bond; create a new section of Subtitle 2 of KRS Chapter 286 to authorize that a fee be paid to a financial institution by state or local governments when the financial institution is required to assemble or provide financial records pertaining to a customer, except records required by the department to administer and enforce KRS Chapters 286 and 292; require the executive director of the Office of Financial Institutions to promulgate regulations to establish the purposes for which the fee may be charged and the reasonable and necessary amount of the fee; amend KRS 283.3-030 to authorize the executive director to allow a state or national bank to use a different name for a branch bank to avoid customer confusion; amend KRS 382.270 to delete the date restriction prior to July 12, 2006 for recording a deed or mortgages to constitute constructive notice of the contents if the instrument is not acknowledged or proved according to law; amend KRS 382.430 to clarify that the no note or other evidence of indebtedness lodged for record with a county clerk shall be recorded unless the address of the person or the address of the principal place of business of a corporation that owns or holds the evidence of indebtedness is contained in the note or other evidence of indebtedness; amend KRS 425.126 to update terms to include security entitlement and securities intermediary, in addition to security, in accordance with KRS 355.8-102(1) and 355.8-201, and specify the requirements to be contained in the order relating to a security, an option or right to acquire a security and a security entitlement to be valid against any securities intermediary or nominee or agent of either, and to establish the requirements for a good faith written request for information regarding possession, custody or control of a security, option or right to acquire a security or entitlement and to require provision of the statement within ten (10) days of the request; amend KRS 427.150 to limit the exemption of retirement funds as property from an estate for the purposes of 11 U.S.C. sec. 522(b)(3) in a federal bankruptcy proceeding to the extent allowed by applicable federal law, to disallow the exemption for amounts contributed to a retirement account within 120 days of filing for bankruptcy or before the entry of judgment or other ruling against the debtor or the issuance of a levy, attachment, garnishment, or other execution or order if the exemption is being applied in other than a federal bankruptcy proceeding; amend KRS 427.160 to limit the $1,000 general real or personal property exemption to federal bankruptcy proceedings to the extent allowed by federal law; and amend KRS 427.170 to limit the exemptions provided by the 11 U.S.C. sec. 522(b)(2) for debtors domiciled in Kentucky to property of the debtor's bankruptcy estate in a federal bankruptcy proceeding.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 155)","last_action_date":"2010-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB264/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB264.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28322,"bill_number":"HB265","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 218A to prohibit possession of, trafficking in, and cultivation of salvia and impose penalties; amend KRS 218A.010 to define \"salvia\"; amend KRS 218A.050 to include salvia as a Schedule I controlled substance; amend KRS 217.065, relating to misbranded drug or device, to include salvia; amend KRS 218A.141 relating to additional penalties for trafficking, to include trafficking in salvia; amend KRS 218A.1411, relating to trafficking in a controlled substance in or near school, to exclude offenses relating to salvia; amend KRS 218A.276, relating to a rehabilitation program for possessors of marijuana, to include possessors of salvia; amend KRS 218A.410, relating to property subject to forfeiture, to exclude misdemeanor offenses relating to salvia in certain circumstances; amend KRS 218A.500 to include in the definition of \"drug paraphernalia\" certain items used with salvia; amend KRS 218A.992, relating to enhancement of penalty for drug offense when in possession of a firearm, to exclude offenses involving salvia; amend KRS 530.064, relating to unlawful transaction with a minor in the first degree, to exclude activity involving salvia; amend various other sections to conform; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 149)","last_action_date":"2010-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB265/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB265.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28323,"bill_number":"HB266","title":"AN ACT relating to personal identification for prescription drugs.","description":"Amend KRS 218A.202 to allow a patient filling a prescription for a Schedule II, III, IV, or V controlled substance to use the patient's Social Security number, driver's license number, or number appearing on an identification card issued under KRS 186.412 as the patient identifier.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-01-14","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-02-16","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB266/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB266.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28324,"bill_number":"HB267","title":"AN ACT relating to economic development and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 138.4602 to clarify the trade-in allowance for the purchase of new vehicles and the $25 million cap on tax receipts related to the trade-in allowance; amend KRS 141.415 to clarify the computation of the tax credit; amend KRS 154.30-052 to clarify which economic development projects qualify for the loan support program; create a new section of Subchapter 31 of KRS Chapter 154 to name the subchapter the Kentucky Enterprise Initiative Act; amend KRS 154.32-010 to clarify the term of the projects; amend KRS 154.60-010 to clarify definitions; amend KRS 154.60-020 to clarify the time frame for using the first applicable tax credit; apply sections retroactively; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-04","last_action":"returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-25","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB267/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB267.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28325,"bill_number":"HB268","title":"AN ACT relating to blasting.","description":"Amend KRS 351.315 to require at least eight hours of annual training during the preceding three years for the renewal of a Kentucky blaster's license and allow that no more than 4 hours of that training be attributed to attending a conference unless the department approves the additional hours.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-08","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 94)","last_action_date":"2010-04-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB268/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB268.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28326,"bill_number":"HB269","title":"AN ACT relating to urban-county boards of health.","description":"Amend KRS 212.638 to allow expenditures by urban-county boards of health up to $20,000 for purchases to be made without a contract.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-04","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-08","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB269/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB269.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28327,"bill_number":"HB270","title":"AN ACT relating to the homestead exemption provisions of the Constitution.","description":"Amend KRS 132.810 to double the homestead exemption for property tax purposes in certain circumstances if a Constitutional amendment is enacted by the General Assembly and approved by the voters in the November 2010 general election.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-15","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-19","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB270/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB270.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28328,"bill_number":"HB271","title":"AN ACT relating to postsecondary course credit.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to require the president of the Council of Postsecondary Education to convene working groups representing community and technical colleges and four-year postsecondary institutions to develop curriculum content and competencies; clarify which course credits shall transfer and whether they shall be accepted in degree programs; require all public postsecondary institutions to utilize a common course numbering system for courses with the same content and competencies; require the council to coordinate procedures to ensure that public postsecondary institutions inform students about which credits earned at technical and community colleges will transfer and how the credits will be applied at four-year institutions; require dissemination of career pathway advising guides to assist students in technical programs to obtain a bachelor's degree; require the council to make a recommendation to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education of the Interim Joint Committee on Education on whether there should be a cap on credit hours for associate and bachelor's degrees.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-15","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-19","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB271/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB271.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28329,"bill_number":"HB272","title":"AN ACT relating to peace officers.","description":"Amend KRS 61.365 relating to federal peace officers who have been granted Kentucky peace officer powers to add the United States Mint Police and restrict jurisdiction.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-15","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-25","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB272/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB272.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28330,"bill_number":"HB273","title":"AN ACT relating to the legislative branch budget and declaring an emergency.","description":"Provide that to the extent that cuts are made in fiscal year 2009-2010 to the executive branch's budget, the director of the Legislative Research Commission shall make equal percentage reductions to the legislative budget's operating budget; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-15","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-19","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB273/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB273.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28331,"bill_number":"HB274","title":"AN ACT relating to fiscal analysis of proposed legislation.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 6 to define \"fiscal note\" for purposes of the Act, and to require a fiscal note to be prepared for any proposed legislation that would impact state revenues or expenditures; make provisions effective on January 1, 2011.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-15","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-19","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB274/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB274.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28332,"bill_number":"HB275","title":"AN ACT relating to employer tax credits.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to allow a job stimulus tax credit equal to the amount of tax deducted and withheld from wages paid by an employer to a qualifying employee; amend KRS 141.0205 to place the tax credit within the applicable order.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-15","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-19","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB275/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB275.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28333,"bill_number":"HB276","title":"AN ACT relating to boards and commissions.","description":"Create a new section of Subchapter 10 of KRS Chapter 224 to establish a procedure for small independent occupational or professional boards and commissions to utilize the administrative services of the Division of Occupations and Professions; make any new independent occupational or professional boards use the division's services unless the board or commission can demonstrate to the division that it will regulate more than 100 persons; require that both new and existing independent occupational and professional boards submit a report to the division and to the Licensing and Occupations Committee if the board fails to regulate at least 100 persons for two consecutive fiscal years; include the number of persons regulated and a detailed financial accounting for the board for each of the two fiscal years in the report; direct the board to either outline its plan to increase its regulated community alone or through merger with another state board or entity to meet the 100 person threshold or allow the division to assume its administrative duties; direct a board or commission that fails to regulate 100 persons for five consecutive fiscal years to either allow the division to assume its administrative duties or submit a report to the division and to the Licensing and Occupations Committee stating whether or not the board wishes to be disbanded and have its enabling statutes repealed; give the board the burden of proving why it should not be disbanded after the five-year review; amend KRS 224.10-052 to expand the administrative services provided by the Division of Occupations and Professions to include those brought about by the two-year and five-year independent board and commission threshold analysis.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-03-18","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 15)","last_action_date":"2010-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB276/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB276.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28334,"bill_number":"HB277","title":"","description":null,"status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":null,"last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2010-01-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB277/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB277.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28335,"bill_number":"HB278","title":"AN ACT relating to local government premium taxes.","description":"Amend KRS 91A.0804 to make a technical correction; amend KRS 304.10-180 to require each broker to pay the local government premium tax pursuant to KRS 91A.0810 rather than KRS 91A.0808; amend KRS 91A.0810 to clarify that specified documents for newly issued policies and renewed policies include the premium charge for the tax period and taxing jurisdiction information; amend KRS 91A.080, 91A.0806, and 91A.0810 to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-26","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 165)","last_action_date":"2010-04-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB278/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB278.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28336,"bill_number":"HB280","title":"AN ACT relating to economic development.","description":"Amend KRS 154.12-207 to increase the maximum amount of grants-in-aid to $500,000; amend KRS 154.12-2084 to remove the requirement that an employee shall have been employed for the last 12 months preceding filing of an application for skills training; remove the requirement that a full-time employee shall have been employed by a qualified company for more than 250 work days; amend KRS 154.12-2088 to require the Bluegrass State Skills Corporation to establish employee retention requirements for skills training investment credits; amend KRS 141.405 and 154.12-2086 to conform.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-04","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-15","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB280/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB280.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28337,"bill_number":"HB281","title":"AN ACT relating to civil immunity.","description":"Amend KRS 411.148 to provide that persons who have received wilderness rescue training, inclusive of a first aid component, and who maintain current certification in that training, shall be immune from civil liability for care provided at the scene of an emergency absent willful or wanton misconduct.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-19","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-21","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB281/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB281.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28338,"bill_number":"HB282","title":"AN ACT relating to consumer protection.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 367, relating to consumer protection, to prohibit business solicitation within thirty days following accidents; amend KRS 367.990 to establish penalty.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-11","last_action":"returned to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-23","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB282/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB282.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28339,"bill_number":"HB283","title":"AN ACT relating to coal mining permits.","description":"Increase surface coal mining permit fee and permit renewal fee as set forth in KRS 350.060(11) and (13); increase surface coal mining permit amendment fee and permit revision fees as set forth in KRS 350.070(2) and (4); increase surface coal mining permit transfer fee as set forth in KRS 350.135(1); allocate permit fees collected under KRS 350.060(11) and (13), KRS 350.060(2) and (4), and KRS 350.135(1) to county fiscal courts, and retain the balance within the Division of Mine Permits.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-08","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 103)","last_action_date":"2010-04-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB283/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB283.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28340,"bill_number":"HB284","title":"AN ACT relating to insurance.","description":"Amend KRS 304.11-020 to clarify that the statute does apply to exempt commercial insurance policyholders; amend KRS 304.13-053 to repeal obsolete provisions regarding mandated workers' compensation rate adjustments; amend KRS 304.14-435 to clarify that all forms, not just applications, can be filed in a language other than English; amend 304.14-545, KRS 304.14-622, and KRS 304.17-415 to clarify that group policies that are individually marketed are subject to return of unearned premiums; amend KRS 304.14-615 to add the inadvertently omitted word \"costs\" in the disclosure requirements; amend KRS 304.15-350 to correct a cross reference within the insurance code; amend KRS 304.15-717 to clarify that an antifraud plan is required, rather than permitted, to be filed with the Department of Insurance; repeal KRS 304.17A-071 to delete provisions regarding the dissolved Kentucky Health Purchasing Alliance which are now obsolete; amend KRS 304.33-430 to make a technical correction to the statute; amend KRS 304.39-060 to remove the requirement to file a no-fault rejection form with each policy offered to a prospective applicant; amend KRS 304.40-075 to require requests for medical malpractice premium reimbursements to be submitted no later than one year from the expiration of the policy for which the reimbursement is being requested; amend KRS 304.45-050 to correct a technical reference; amend KRS 304.47-020 to raise the felony amount for insurance fraud from $300 to $500; repeal KRS 304.17A regarding obsolete provisions of the dissolved Kentucky Health Purchasing Alliance.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-26","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 166)","last_action_date":"2010-04-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB284/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB284.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28341,"bill_number":"HB285","title":"AN ACT relating to pediatric abusive head trauma.","description":"Provide noncodified language to acknowledge a current pilot project designed to educate parents about pediatric abusive head trauma at three Norton Healthcare hospitals and request that preliminary results be shared with the Interim Joint Committee on Health and Welfare by November 2010; create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to define terms; amend KRS 15.334 to include the dynamics of pediatric abusive head trauma and model protocols to address pediatric abusive head trauma as mandatory training subjects for law enforcement officers; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require inclusion of a segment on pediatric abusive head trauma in health education curriculum in Kentucky high schools; create a new section of KRS Chapter 197 to require that a course covering the prevention and recognition of pediatric abusive head trauma be made available to inmates in state penitentiaries, and encourage local jailers to include a similar course; create a new section of KRS Chapter 199 to require that practicing guardian ad litem attorneys receive 1.5 hours of training in the prevention and recognition of pediatric abusive head trauma at least once every five years as part of their continuing legal education; amend KRS 199.472 to require all prospective adoptive parents to take a 1.5 hour course in the prevention of pediatric abusive head trauma; amend KRS 199.896 to require employees and owners of child-care centers to take a 1.5 hour course once every 5 years as a part of their continuing education requirements and covering the prevention and recognition of pediatric abusive head trauma; amend KRS 211.690 to require the HANDS program to include an educational component on the recognition and prevention of pediatric abusive head trauma; create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to require all health care professionals practicing in urgent care facilities to complete approved continuing education covering the recognition and prevention of pediatric abusive head trauma; amend KRS 311.601 to require practicing pediatricians, radiologists, family practitioners, trauma physicians, and emergency medicine physicians to complete 1.5 hours of continuing medical education once by December 31, 2013, and to require new specialists to complete the 1.5 hour training course once; amend KRS 311.844 to require physician's assistants to complete 1.5 hours of continuing education covering the recognition and prevention of pediatric abusive head trauma once by December 31, 2013; create a new section of KRS Chapter 311A to require paramedics to complete 1.5 hours of continuing education covering the recognition and prevention of pediatric abusive head trauma at least once every five years; amend KRS 311A.120 to require emergency medical technicians or first responders to complete 1.5 hours of continuing education covering the recognition and prevention of pediatric abusive head trauma at least once every five years; amend KRS 314.073 to require nurses to complete 1.5 hours of continuing competency requirements covering the recognition and prevention of pediatric abusive head trauma at once by December 31, 2013; amend KRS 335.130 to require licensed social workers and licensed clinical social workers to complete 1.5 hours of continuing education covering the recognition and prevention of pediatric abusive head trauma at least once every six years; amend KRS 620.360 to require foster parents that receive placements of children under the age of five to attend a continuing education session covering the prevention and recognition of pediatric abusive head trauma; amend KRS 194A.545 to encourage the cabinet's training academy to include training covering the recognition and prevention of pediatric abusive head trauma for front-line child protection staff.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-26","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 171)","last_action_date":"2010-04-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB285/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB285.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28342,"bill_number":"HB286","title":"AN ACT relating to geologists.","description":"Amend KRS 322A.060 to extend renewal and time period for revocation of certificate of registration from annual to biennial; authorize the board to require continuing education as a condition of registration renewal or reinstatement; amend KRS 322A.080 to remove exemption from registration for individuals performing geological work at both the state and local levels; amend KRS 322A.100 to permit the board to impose a $1,000 fine for violation of chapter by a registered geologist.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-09","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-11","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB286/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB286.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28343,"bill_number":"HB287","title":"AN ACT relating to economic development.","description":"Amend KRS 154.22-050 to allow an existing tax incentive agreement under the Kentucky Rural Economic Development Act program to be extended from 15 years to up to 25 years under specified conditions.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 152)","last_action_date":"2010-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB287/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB287.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28344,"bill_number":"HB288","title":"AN ACT relating to campaign finance.","description":"Amend KRS 121.120 to exempt audits for candidates and slates of candidates that receive or spend less than the threshhold amount; allow Registry of Election Finance to develop system that provides for submission of reports on-line or electronically with security procedures; amend KRS 121.150 to allow acceptance of contributions after date of primary or election to retire debts and to provide period to refund prohibited funds; amend KRS 121.180 to increase campaign finance reporting exemptions; amend to remove certain media from reporting certain contributions; amend supplemental reporting dates, and allow permissive electronic reporting; create a new section of KRS Chapter 121 to allow credit card, debit card, electronic transfer, and other electronic transactions for campaign purposes, and require the registry to adopt reporting forms and promulgate administrative regulations to implement; create a new section of KRS Chapter 121 to require the registry to promulgate administrative regulations to allow minor reporting discrepancies to not require an amended report until the next regularly scheduled reporting date.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-04","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-26","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB288/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB288.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28345,"bill_number":"HB289","title":"AN ACT relating to retirement.","description":"Amend KRS 6.525, 16.645, 61.690, 78.545 161.700, and 21.540 to require the Kentucky Employees Retirement System, the County Employees Retirement System, the State Police Retirement System, the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System, the Legislators' Retirement Plan, and the Judicial Retirement Plan to honor qualified domestic relations orders if the orders meet the requirements established by the retirement systems or plan and by these sections; amend KRS 16.505, 61.510, 78.510, 161.220, and 21.540 to define a qualified domestic relations order as any judgment, decree, or order issued by a court or administrative agency which relates to the provision of child support, alimony payments, or marital property rights to an alternate payee and to define an alternate payee as a former spouse, child, or other dependent of a member or retired member of the retirement systems; amend KRS 161.620 to clarify that the minimum benefit payment will not apply if the order reduces the member's payment below the minimum; amend KRS 161.585 to provide procedures for responding to and providing testimony when an employee of the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System is subpoenaed; amend KRS 161.700 to conform to KRS 403.190(4); amend KRS 21.540 to provide authorization for the Judicial Form Retirement System to promulgate administrative regulations.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 148)","last_action_date":"2010-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB289/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB289.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28346,"bill_number":"HB290","title":"AN ACT relating to appropriations and revenue measures providing financing and conditions for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and its various officers, cabinets, departments, boards, commissions, institutions, subdivisions, agencies, and other state-supported activities.","description":"The State/Executive Branch Budget: appropriate from the General Fund (Tobacco), General Fund, Restricted Funds, Federal Funds, Road Fund, Bond Funds, Highway Bonds, Agency Bonds, Capital Construction Surplus, Investment Income, and other funds, $62,948,700 in fiscal year 2009-2010, $31,164,689,400 in fiscal year 2010-2011, and $28,560,719,700 in fiscal year 2011-2012, as follows:","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-03-11","last_action":"Free Conference Committee appointed in House","last_action_date":"2010-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB290/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB290.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28347,"bill_number":"HB291","title":"AN ACT relating to appropriations providing financing and conditions for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the Transportation Cabinet of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","description":"The Transportation Cabinet Budget: appropriate from the General Fund, Restricted Funds, Federal Funds, Road Fund, and Highway Bonds $2,252,590,300 in fiscal year 2010-2011 and $2,385,691,000 in fiscal year 2011-2012 for operating costs; appropriate from Bond Funds, Road Fund, and Investment Income for various capital projects; require the Secretary of the Transportation Cabinet to produce a document detailing the 2010-2012 Biennial Highway Construction Program and the Highway Preconstruction Program; provide debt service to the General Administration and Support budget unit; allow the Transportation Cabinet to receive funds and services for the Adopt-A-Highway Litter Program; provide funds for Aviation's operational costs; provide debt service to the Aviation budget unit; provide funds for Economic Development Road lease-rental payments; provide for excess lease-rental payments; provide that no portion of the revenues to the state Road Fund accrue to the Debt Payment Acceleration Fund account; provide debt service for Grant Anticipation Revenue Vehicle (GARVEE) Bonds; provide funds for the State Supported Construction Program; provide for Economic Development Road Bonds; authorize projects in the 2008-2010 Biennial Highway Construction Plan to continue into the 2010-2012 biennium; provide funds for the Kentucky Transportation Center and new highway equipment purchases; authorize the Transportation Cabinet to match federal highway moneys; prioritize projects should any additional federal highway moneys become available; authorize the Transportation Cabinet to continue the Cash Management Plan and to make programmatic adjustments; provide for carry forward of any unexpended Road Fund appropriations in the Highways budget unit for various programs; provide debt service for Wetland Restoration; provide for the transfer of Road Fund resources for judgments; authorize the Transportation Cabinet to maximize the use of Toll Credits; provide funds for nonpublic school transportation; provide funds for the County Road Aid Program, the Rural Secondary Program, the Municipal Road Aid Program, and the Energy Recovery Road Fund; provide debt service to the Vehicle Regulation budget unit; provide for Capital Construction Fund appropriations and reauthorizations; provide for the expiration of existing line-item capital construction projects; detail bond proceeds investment income; provide for the payments of Wetland Restoration; and authorize various capital projects.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-03-10","last_action":"reported favorably, to Rules as a Consent bill with Committee Substitute","last_action_date":"2010-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB291/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB291.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28348,"bill_number":"HB292","title":"AN ACT relating to road projects and declaring an emergency.","description":"Sets out the FY 2010-2012 Biennial Highway Construction Plan; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-03-10","last_action":"posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (2), committee amendment (1) for Tuesday, March 23, 2010","last_action_date":"2010-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB292/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB292.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28349,"bill_number":"HB293","title":"AN ACT making appropriations for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the Judicial Branch of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and its various officers, boards, commissions, subdivisions, and other state-supported activities.","description":"The Judicial Branch Budget: appropriate $346,004,900 in fiscal year 2010-2011 and $374,010,600 in fiscal year 2011-2012 from the General Fund, Restricted Funds, and Federal Funds; declare that defined calculations, including annual salary increments, are not included in this Act; provide General Fund moneys to restore funding in each fiscal year to the Court Operations and Administration appropriation unit and to replace Restricted Funds; provide that funds in the Court Operations and Administration appropriation unit carry forward; provide that if the Supreme Court retains the 2008 increase in civil filing fees, the additional income, not to exceed $5,000,000 in each fiscal year, shall be deposited in a trust and agency account for court operations; provide funds to compensate local units of government for providing court space and for costs incurred in the development of local court facilities; provide that funds in the Local Facilities Fund carry forward; provide that the use allowance for the Fayette County Courthouse is contingent upon Short Street in Lexington remaining open to traffic; provide that funds in the Local Facilities Use Allowance Contingency Fund carry forward; provide funds for actuarial assessed judicial retirement benefits; authorize a telecommunication equipment capital project; clarify that nothing in this Act shall reduce funding of court facility projects authorized by the General Assembly; provide that if a court facility project is occupied and use allowance funding is insufficient that use allowance payments must be approved from the Local Facilities Use Allowance Contingency Fund; provide that if funding is not available in the Local Facilities Use Allowance Contingency Fund then the use allowance payments are deemed a necessary government expense; authorize leases; provide the Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts with expenditure authority; provide for severability of budget provisions, duplicate appropriations, and priority of individual appropriations; provide that any unexpended balance remaining in the Court's Restricted Funds or Federal Funds accounts carry forward; provide for the final budget document; provide for transferability of funds; provide for appropriations revisions; include funds for trial commissioner salaries as provided for in the Judicial Branch Budget Recommendation; provide for participation in any Budget Reduction Plan or Surplus Expenditure Plan.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 154)","last_action_date":"2010-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB293/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB293.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28350,"bill_number":"HB294","title":"AN ACT relating to sex offenders.","description":"Amend KRS 17.545 to add publicly owned parks to the list of sex-offender-restricted areas.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-20","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-21","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB294/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB294.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28351,"bill_number":"HB295","title":"AN ACT relating to the Building Inspectors' Financial Incentive Training Program Fund.","description":"Amend KRS 198B.095 to change the annual funding for the Building Inspectors' Financial Incentive Training Program from $150,000 to $125,000; require that if the fund reaches a balance exceeding $125,000, funds annually resulting from plan review fees in excess of $125,000 shall be used solely for the operating costs of the Office of Housing, Buildings, and Construction's building inspection program; require that any interest earnings of the trust fund shall become a part of the fund and shall not lapse.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-26","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 167)","last_action_date":"2010-04-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB295/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB295.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28352,"bill_number":"HB296","title":"AN ACT relating to smokeless tobacco.","description":"Amend KRS 138.130 to redefine \"other tobacco products\" to include moist snuff; amend KRS 138.140 to lower the excise tax rate on other tobacco products to 12.1 percent; amend KRS 138.195 to make technical corrections; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2010.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-01-20","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-02-05","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB296/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB296.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28353,"bill_number":"HB297","title":"AN ACT relating to nonprofit motor vehicle dealers.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 190.010 to 190.080 to require a nonprofit motor vehicle dealer to be licensed by the Motor Vehicle Commission; require a nonprofit motor vehicle dealer to comply with the provisions of KRS Chapter 190, with certain exceptions; restrict a nonprofit motor vehicle dealer to selling vehicles only to clients of the organization, other individuals referred to the organization by other nonprofit or governmental agencies, or other dealers; require the Motor Vehicle Commission to promulgate administrative regulations to set forth procedures for license application; amend KRS 190.010 to define the term \"nonprofit motor vehicles dealer\"; amend KRS 190.030 to exempt employees of nonprofit motor vehicle dealers who facilitate the sales of vehicles from the requirement to obtain a salesperson's license; exempt nonprofit motor vehicle dealers from the requirements to have a lot or permanent building and operate from a fixed address; set the fee for a nonprofit motor vehicle dealer license at $100; amend KRS 190.035 to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-03-30","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 43)","last_action_date":"2010-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB297/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB297.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28354,"bill_number":"HB298","title":"AN ACT relating to the collection of property taxes.","description":"Amend KRS 134.010 to define \"priority certificate of delinquency\"; amend KRS 134.119 to clarify responsibility for the processing of payments received by the sheriff after certificates of delinquency have been transferred to the county clerk, and to require the sheriff to provide updated address information to the property valuation administrator; amend KRS 134.121 to provide that a transferee shall not be entitled to collect legal fees or expenses incurred in pursuing collection of a certificate of delinquency; amend KRS 134.122 to require the clerk to return a certificate of delinquency to the sheriff upon request so the sheriff can process payment, and to require the clerk to provide any updated address information to the property valuation administrator; amend KRS 134.125 to clarify how interest is calculated on certificates of delinquency; amend KRS 134.127 to delete provisions prohibiting the sale of certificates of delinquency relating to unmined coal, oil or gas reserves or other mineral or energy resources; amend KRS 134.128 to correct a drafting error, and to require personal property certificates of delinquency to be advertised; amend KRS 134.128 to require that a date be set for the sale of priority certificates of delinquency and to require that a process be established for county clerks to identify, verify, and sell priority certificates of delinquency; amend KRS 134.490 to provide that third parties holding unmined minerals certificates shall obtain updated address information from the Department of Revenue to permit the department to charge up to $2 for providing the information; and to provide that third party purchasers offering installment payment plans may not charge, assess, or collect from the taxpayer any fees, charges, interest or other amounts in excess of what is permitted by KRS Chapter 134; amend KRS 134.504 to require at least 20 days between the two notices sent from the county attorney to the delinquent taxpayer, and to address how partial payments should be handled if a payment plan is in default; amend KRS 134.546 to allow the Department to provide unmined minerals information to third-party purchasers upon a court order; amend KRS 134.990 to allow as an additional penalty the nullification of any purchases of certificates of delinquency made in violation of the requirements established by KRS 134.128; amend KRS 132.180 to correct an erroneous reference; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the department to provide unmined minerals information to third-party purchases upon a court order, and to allow the department to charge a fee for such information not to exceed the greater of the actual cost of providing the information or $10; amend KRS 134.126 to conform; provide that the fee structure established by Section 2 of the Act (KRS 134.119) shall apply for calendar year 2009.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-07","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 75)","last_action_date":"2010-04-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB298/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB298.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28355,"bill_number":"HB299","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Lottery, directing the use of proceeds therefrom, including using the proceeds therefrom to accommodate various tax relief measures, and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 154A to set forth legislative findings, amend KRS 154A.010 to define \"approved track,\" \"authority,\" \"gross terminal revenue,\" \"licensee,\" \"manufacturer,\" \"net terminal revenue,\" \"video lottery games,\" \"video lottery terminals,\" \"racetrack\"; amend KRS 154A.030 to restrict lottery directors from holding financial interest in licensee; amend KRS 154A.040 to conform; amend KRS 154A.050 to designate lottery board as board of appeals in licensing; amend KRS 154A.060 to require financial reporting on video lottery terminal revenue; amend KRS 154A.063 to exempt video lottery games approved by the corporation; amend KRS 154A.070 establishing lottery president's responsibilities; amend KRS 154A.080 to limit lottery employees' relationship with licensees; amend KRS 154A.090 to provide appeal rights; amend KRS 154A.110 to include unclaimed lottery prize money and restrict members of the lottery corporation from playing video lottery games; amend KRS 154A.130 to exempt video lottery revenues from deposit into corporate operating account; amend KRS 154A.420 to include proceeds of video lottery terminal game in lottery proceeds held by lottery retailers; create new sections of KRS Chapter 154A to restrict access to video lottery terminals to individuals over 21 years of age; specify powers of the corporation relating to conduct and operation of video lottery games; limit ex parte communication between board members and applicant or licensee; limit video lottery terminal operators to horse racing tracks and specify operating requirements of tracks; specify track licensing requirements and fee; specify occupational license requirements; specify technical requirements for video lottery terminals; create the video lottery distribution trust fund; create the problem gamblers awareness and treatment trust fund; assign Cabinet for Health and Family Services responsibility to problem gamblers awareness and treatment fund; provide for distribution of video lottery terminal net revenue; create the regional tourism and infrastructure development fund; provide for distribution of track video lottery net terminal revenue; create the Kentucky Equine Breed Authority, provide its funding, and establish funding parameters; provide that operation of video lottery games other than those authorized by this Act is gambling; define \"cheat\"; amend KRS 230.210 to specify track requirements; amend KRS 230.300 to specify that no new track shall be located within sixty miles of an existing track, nor shall there be more than nine tracks approved; amend KRS 243.500 and 243.505 to exempt video lottery games; amend KRS 525.090 to exempt video lottery games from loitering provision; amend KRS 528.010 to exempt video lottery games from gambling definition; amend KRS 154A.990 to provide penalties; amend KRS 68.180, 68.197, and 91.200 to exempt net terminal revenue from license tax; amend KRS 92.281 to prohibit assessing licensing fees on video lottery terminal receipts; amend KRS 92.300 to exempt video lottery terminal revenue from local license tax; amend KRS 132. 208 to exempt video lottery terminals and video lottery games from state and local ad valorem taxes; create a new section of KRS Chapter 137 to exempt video lottery terminal revenues from license, excise, special, or franchise taxes; amend KRS 139.531 and 139.470 to exempt sales tax on select items related to equine farming; create a new section of KRS Chapter 154A to provide an exemption from federal statutes prohibiting shipment of gambling devices; amend KRS 154A.650 to require criminal background checks by the lottery; provide legislative intent to use a portion of the proceeds of this Act to fund education programs; create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 and amend KRS 141.0205 to provide an income tax credit; create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to provide an earned income tax credit; amend KRS 141.0401 to exempt net terminal revenue from limited liability entity tax; provide that final judgments overturning Sections 20, 21, 32, or 33 shall render Sections 58, 59, 63, 64, 65 and 66 void; Sections 58 and 59 to take effect January 1, 2012; declare an emergency for sections other than 58 and 59.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-20","last_action":"to Licensing & Occupations (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-21","committee":"Licensing and Occupations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB299/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB299.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28356,"bill_number":"HB300","title":"AN ACT relating to emergency authority for pharmacists.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 315 to authorize the Governor during a declared state of emergency to grant to pharmacists the emergency authority to dispense up to a 30 day supply of medication, administer immunizations to children, operate temporarily a pharmacy in an area not designated on the pharmacy permit, and dispense drugs as needed to treat or prevent the ailment that caused the emergency; create a new section of KRS Chapter 315 to permit the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy to promulgate administrative regulations; amend KRS 39A.100 to permit the Governor to grant emergency authority to pharmacists; amend KRS 217.215 to permit pharmacist to administer up to a 30 day supply of maintenance medication; amend KRS 315.010 to include the administration of immunizations of children during a declared state of emergency in the definition of \"practice of pharmacy\"; amend KRS 315.035 to authorize pharmacists to temporarily operate a pharmacy in an area not designated on the pharmacy permit; amend KRS 315.121 to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-03-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 22)","last_action_date":"2010-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB300/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB300.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28357,"bill_number":"HB301","title":"AN ACT relating to compulsory school attendance.","description":"Amend KRS 159.010 to require students entering the 9th grade after July 1, 2014 to attend school until their 17th birthday or receive a high school diploma; to require students entering the 9th grade after July 1, 2015 to attend school until their 18th birthday or receive a high school diploma; to continue dropout conferences for students between the ages of 17 and 18 until July 1, 2015 school year; to make technical corrections; amend KRS 159.020 to conform; amend KRS 158.146 to remove priority of awarding dropout prevention grants to districts with 3 year average dropout rate exceeding 5%; remove provision directing 75% of funds to elementary and middle schools and 25% to high schools; add use of funds to support statewide strategies and grants to districts to support replicable promising practices; encourage General Assembly to consider increasing funding to support dropout prevention programming if funds become available.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-05","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2010-04-14","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB301/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB301.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28358,"bill_number":"HB302","title":"AN ACT relating to Bluegrass Station, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Appropriate debt service and authorize agency bonds for the Department of Military Affairs to construct a hangar at Bluegrass Station; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-02-08","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 2)","last_action_date":"2010-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB302/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB302.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28359,"bill_number":"HB303","title":"AN ACT relating to public employees.","description":"Amend KRS 161.155 to allow the statewide transfer of sick leave among school district employees.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-21","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-26","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB303/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB303.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28360,"bill_number":"HB304","title":"AN ACT relating to stockyards.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 261 that would require owners of stockyards to maintain the stockyards in a sanitary manner; require the stockyards to be disinfected every six months and notify the department when the disinfecting would take place; require the department to provide the disinfectant.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-21","last_action":"to Agriculture & Small Business (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-26","committee":"Agriculture and Small Business","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB304/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB304.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28361,"bill_number":"HB305","title":"AN ACT relating to fees in public universities and colleges.","description":"Amend KRS 164.400 to permit the boards of regents and boards of trustees of the public universities and colleges to establish fees sufficient for the payment of instructional and operational expenses consistent with the recommendations of the Council on Postsecondary Education; clarify the types of fees that boards may require payment of; prohibit mandatory athletic or meal fees for nonresident or commuter students, delete section referencing incidental fees.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-21","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-26","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB305/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB305.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28362,"bill_number":"HB306","title":"AN ACT relating to vehicle accident reports.","description":"Amend KRS 189.635 to exempt accident reports filed with the Department of Kentucky State Police from being an open record under KRS 61.872 to KRS 61.884, except in limited circumstances.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-01-21","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-02-04","committee":"Military Affairs and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB306/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB306.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28363,"bill_number":"HB307","title":"AN ACT relating to health care coverage.","description":"Create new sections of Subtitle 17 of KRS Chapter 304 to establish definitions for \"direct purchase\", \"health care system\", and \"penalties and fines\"; to prohibit the General Assembly from requiring any individual to participate in any health care system or plan, or to impose a penalty or fine regarding participation; permit an individual or an employer to pay directly for health care services and a health care provider to accept direct payment without penalties or fines, and to direct the Attorney General to undertake and initiate all necessary legal proceedings to protect and defend Kentuckians' rights as set forth in this Act; to prohibit the Governor, the Personnel Cabinet, and state agencies from participating in or complying with any federal law, regulation, or policy that would compromise the freedom of choice in the health care decisions of any resident of Kentucky.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-21","last_action":"discharge petition filed","last_action_date":"2010-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB307/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB307.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28364,"bill_number":"HB308","title":"AN ACT relating to forest health and agricultural forest products.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 149 to establish a Forest Health Board; amend KRS 149.336 to include forest fire prevention as part of the Division of Forestry's education program curriculum.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-11","last_action":"recommitted to Natural Resources and Energy (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-24","committee":"Natural Resources and Energy","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB308/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB308.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28365,"bill_number":"HB309","title":"AN ACT relating to the abolishment of the Kentucky Wood Products Competitiveness Corporation.","description":"Amend KRS 42.4592 to delete a reference to the secondary wood products development fund; amend KRS 154.20-170 to make a conforming change; amend KRS 154.47-005 to define \"cabinet\" as the Cabinet for Economic Development; delete the definitions for \"board\" and \"corporation\"; amend KRS 154.47-040 to delete references to the Kentucky Wood Products Competitiveness Corporation and require information on secondary wood products for state capital renovation projects be maintained by the Finance and Administration Cabinet's Department for Facilities and Support Services; require the Cabinet for Economic Development approve or disapprove applications by secondary wood products businesses for economic development business incentives, loans, or grants without approval by the board of the Kentucky Wood Products Competitiveness Corporation; amend KRS 154.47-050 to require with the Department of Parks, rather than the corporation, make secondary wood products available in state park facilities and showrooms; amend KRS 154.47-055 to place secondary wood product manufacturing training under the Department of Workforce Investment rather than the corporation and delete all references to the corporation; amend KRS 154.47-060 to delete the Kentucky Wood Products Competitiveness Corporations contractual use of the Quicksand Wood Utilization Center for secondary wood products training and make use of it for that function permissive under the authority of the University of Kentucky; delete all references to the corporation and to the secondary wood products training programs and seminars offered under the aegis of the corporation; allow the Economic Development Cabinet rather than the corporation to conduct demonstration projects at the center; amend KRS 154.47-065 to require the Economic Development Cabinet rather than the corporation work with the Kentucky Division of Forestry to establish performance benchmarks for the forest industry and secondary wood products manufactures; amend KRS 154.47-075 to conform; repeal KRS 42.4586, 154.47-015, 154.47-020, 154.47-025, 154.47-030, 154.47-035, 154.47-045 and 154.47-070; abolish the Kentucky Wood Products Competitiveness Corporation and transfer any records, documents, assets and outstanding liabilities to the Cabinet for Economic Development.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-22","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-25","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB309/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB309.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28366,"bill_number":"HB310","title":"AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to appropriations and revenue.","description":"Propose to create a section of the Constitution of Kentucky to increase the sales and uses tax rate by three-eighths of one percent for a period of time from July 1, 2011, until June 30, 2034; to establish an outdoor heritage fund, a parks and trails fund, a clean water fund and a sustainable drinking water account, and an arts and cultural heritage fund in the state treasury; to dedicate certain percentages of the sales and uses tax increase to these various funds; to clarify that these dedicated moneys are supplemental and not to be used as a substitute; to mandate that land acquired with money from the outdoor heritage fund be open to the public for hunting and fishing; to permit an adjustment by law if the sales and uses tax rate changes; to submit to the voters for approval or disapproval.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-22","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-26","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB310/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB310.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28367,"bill_number":"HB311","title":"AN ACT relating to insurance payments for firefighters permanently and totally disabled in the line of duty.","description":"Amend KRS 95A.070 to provide a consumer price index adjustment to the health and life insurance supplement that the state makes to firefighters, as defined in KRS 61.315, who are permanently and totally disabled in the line of duty.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-02-11","last_action":"reported favorably, to Rules as a Consent Bill","last_action_date":"2010-03-25","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB311/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB311.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28368,"bill_number":"HCR7","title":"Direct the Legislative Research Commission to study whether counties should be offered the option of conducting elections in centralized voting centers rather than in voting precincts.","description":"Direct the Legislative Research Commission to study whether counties should be offered the option of conducting elections in centralized voting centers rather than in voting precincts.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-01","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-03","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR7/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HC7.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28369,"bill_number":"HCR10","title":"Declare state sovereignty over powers not given to the federal government by the U. S. Constitution; demand the federal government to cease mandates beyond constitutionally delegated powers; prohibit federal legislation requiring state passage of laws under threat of penalties or sanctions; direct the Clerk to distribute copies of the Resolution.","description":"Declare state sovereignty over powers not given to the federal government by the U. S. Constitution; demand the federal government to cease mandates beyond constitutionally delegated powers; prohibit federal legislation requiring state passage of laws under threat of penalties or sanctions; direct the Clerk to distribute copies of the Resolution.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"discharge petition filed","last_action_date":"2010-03-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR10/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HC10.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28370,"bill_number":"HCR11","title":"Reaffirm the principles of government expressed by Thomas Jefferson in a resolution written for the Kentucky legislature in 1798; declare that the nation represents a compact among the states, and that the federal government possesses only the powers delegated to it by the United States Constitution; describe the limits of federal power under the Ninth and Tenth Amendments to the United States Constitution; determine a method for communicating these principles to other states; declare that any act of the federal Congress, executive order of the President of the United States, or judicial order of the federal court that assumes a power not delegated to the United States government will constitute a nullification of the United States Constitution; declare that, upon such a nullification, all powers previously delegated to the United States will revert to the several states individually; list some federal actions that would bring about such a nullification; declare that any future government of the United States would require ratification by three-quarters of the states.","description":"Reaffirm the principles of government expressed by Thomas Jefferson in a resolution written for the Kentucky legislature in 1798; declare that the nation represents a compact among the states, and that the federal government possesses only the powers delegated to it by the United States Constitution; describe the limits of federal power under the Ninth and Tenth Amendments to the United States Constitution; determine a method for communicating these principles to other states; declare that any act of the federal Congress, executive order of the President of the United States, or judicial order of the federal court that assumes a power not delegated to the United States government will constitute a nullification of the United States Constitution; declare that, upon such a nullification, all powers previously delegated to the United States will revert to the several states individually; list some federal actions that would bring about such a nullification; declare that any future government of the United States would require ratification by three-quarters of the states.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-05","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR11/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HC11.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28371,"bill_number":"HCR12","title":"Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish a legislative task force to establish a strategy to provide home laptop computers for middle school students; establish task force by August 1, 2010; report findings to appropriate committee or committees no later than December 1, 2010.","description":"Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish a legislative task force to establish a strategy to provide home laptop computers for middle school students; establish task force by August 1, 2010; report findings to appropriate committee or committees no later than December 1, 2010.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-18","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-22","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR12/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HC12.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28372,"bill_number":"HCR13","title":"Urge support for the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution; urge Congress not to enact any law that infringes on the right to bear arms under the Constitution of Kentucky.","description":"Urge support for the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution; urge Congress not to enact any law that infringes on the right to bear arms under the Constitution of Kentucky.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-05","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR13/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HC13.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28373,"bill_number":"HCR15","title":"Designate March 2010 as Kidney Cancer Awareness Month in Kentucky.","description":"Designate March 2010 as Kidney Cancer Awareness Month in Kentucky.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-03-18","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 17)","last_action_date":"2010-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR15/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HC15.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28374,"bill_number":"HCR19","title":"Urge the.United States Congress to grant licensed insurance agents and brokers the right to enroll individuals and employers under any national health insurance plan.","description":"Urge the.United States Congress to grant licensed insurance agents and brokers the right to enroll individuals and employers under any national health insurance plan.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-05","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR19/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HC19.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28375,"bill_number":"HCR21","title":"Urge the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame to enshrine Coach Joe B. Hall among its inductees.","description":"Urge the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame to enshrine Coach Joe B. Hall among its inductees.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-09","last_action":"recommitted to Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-24","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism & Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR21/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HC21.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28376,"bill_number":"HCR23","title":"Reauthorize the Poverty Task Force; require a report by December 31, 2010; EMERGENCY.","description":"Reauthorize the Poverty Task Force; require a report by December 31, 2010; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-11","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-16","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR23/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HC23.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28377,"bill_number":"HCR39","title":"Urge Congress to appoint an independent counsel to investigate the issue of American prisoners of war and those missing in action.","description":"Urge Congress to appoint an independent counsel to investigate the issue of American prisoners of war and those missing in action.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-07","last_action":"to Military Affairs & Public Safety (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-11","committee":"Military Affairs and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR39/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HC39.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28378,"bill_number":"HCR43","title":"Honor pregnancy resource centers; encourage Congress to grant centers assistance for medical equipment and abstinence education.","description":"Honor pregnancy resource centers; encourage Congress to grant centers assistance for medical equipment and abstinence education.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-07","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-11","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR43/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HC43.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28379,"bill_number":"HCR47","title":"Urge members of Congress to oppose legislation that interferes with states' abilities to direct the transport or processing of horses and to support horse processing facilities.","description":"Urge members of Congress to oppose legislation that interferes with states' abilities to direct the transport or processing of horses and to support horse processing facilities.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-11","last_action":"to Agriculture & Small Business (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-13","committee":"Agriculture and Small Business","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR47/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HC47.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28380,"bill_number":"HCR63","title":"Urge Congress and the President of the United States to continue using POW/MIA designation instead of DUSTWUN.","description":"Urge Congress and the President of the United States to continue using POW/MIA designation instead of DUSTWUN.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-19","last_action":"to Military Affairs & Public Safety (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-21","committee":"Military Affairs and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR63/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HC63.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28381,"bill_number":"HCR72","title":"Direct the staff of the Legislative Research Commission to study the scope of practice for pharmacists; require results to be submitted by December 1, 2010.","description":"Direct the staff of the Legislative Research Commission to study the scope of practice for pharmacists; require results to be submitted by December 1, 2010.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-19","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-22","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR72/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HC72.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28382,"bill_number":"SB1","title":"AN ACT relating to primary stroke center certification.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to require the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to designate as a primary stroke center any acute care hospital which has received a primary stroke center certification from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO); suspend or revoke a designation if certification is withdrawn; promulgate administrative regulations to establish criteria for designation.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-07","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 67)","last_action_date":"2010-04-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB1/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB1.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28383,"bill_number":"SB2","title":"AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky.","description":"Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to define \"expansion of gambling\" and mandate that the expansion of gambling requires an amendment to the Constitution of Kentucky; submit to the voters for approval or disapproval.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-01-11","last_action":"3rd reading, defeated 21-16 with Committee Substitute","last_action_date":"2010-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB2/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB2.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28384,"bill_number":"SB3","title":"AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky, adopting a 21st Century Bill of Rights.","description":"Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky, adopting a 21st Century Bill of Rights; claim sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States; establish that no law or rule shall compel certain persons to participate in health care systems, provide abortion services, surrender their firearms, or prevent the severing of coal, or the posting of the Ten Commandments, or actions motivated by a sincerely held religious belief; establish that governmental agencies should promote the use of Kentucky coal and make public information available on the Internet, and that the General Assembly provide a reasonable period of time for public review and comment on any appropriation or revenue measure.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2010-01-19","last_action":"3rd reading, defeated 21-0-16 with floor amendments (1) and (2)","last_action_date":"2010-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB3/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB3.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28385,"bill_number":"SB5","title":"AN ACT relating to motor vehicle repair claims.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 12 of KRS Chapter 304 to define \"claimant,\" \"deceptive referral,\" \"request or require,\" and \"free market rate\"; require an insurer to inform a claimant upon initial notification of a claim that the claimant has the right to choose the repair facility for repair of a damaged vehicle; prohibit an insurer from steering a claimant to use a specific person or business for motor vehicle repairs; prohibit an insurer from engaging in deceptive referral practices; prohibit an insurer or appraiser from steering a claimant to use a specified facility for appraisals or repairs; require all appraisals to contain a notice regarding the provisions of this section; require evidence of proof of financial responsibility or security regarding motor vehicles to contain a statement regarding an insured's right to choose a repair facility; require appraisers of motor vehicle damage claims to conduct a physical visual inspection of the vehicle and to leave an estimate of the damages with the repair facility; prohibit the alteration of an estimate of physical repair damage other than by an original appraiser; require the labor rate for damages paid to be based on the free market rate; require all claims to be paid within 30 days of notice of the claim and establish penalties for violations of this requirement; amend KRS 304.99-110 to establish a penalty for a violation of the section's provisions.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-19","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-22","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB5/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB5.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28386,"bill_number":"SB6","title":"AN ACT relating to metal detectors in state parks.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 148 to define \"metal detector\" and \"unimproved area\", and to limit the use of metal detectors in state parks to unimproved areas; and amend KRS 148.991 to provide a penalty for violation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"returned to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-03","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB6/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB6.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28387,"bill_number":"SB7","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Fund.","description":"Amend KRS 304.42-030 to exclude from coverage Medicare Part C and Part D benefits, increase coverage limits with respect to any one life: for health insurance benefits from $100, 000 to $500,000, limit disability and long term care insurance to $300,000, increase limit from $100,000 to $250,000, for annuity benefits, increase benefits of any one owner of multiple non-group life insurance policies from $1,000,000 to $5,000,000.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-03-30","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 49)","last_action_date":"2010-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB7/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB7.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28388,"bill_number":"SB8","title":"AN ACT relating to commercial driver's licenses.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 281A to establish standards for the waiver of the driving skills test by applicants with military service who have experience operating commercial-sized motor vehicles; specify that applicants are still required to take the knowledge test and pay the application fee; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to create a waiver form; amend KRS 281A.130, relating to requirements for issuance of commercial driver's licenses, to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2010-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB8/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB8.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28389,"bill_number":"SB9","title":"AN ACT relating to college admission standards and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to prohibit the use of ACT assessment scores and subscores by public colleges and universities for the mandatory placement of first-time students in developmental or credit-bearing courses; permit the Council on Postsecondary Education to promulgate an administrative regulation including ACT scores as a component in college readiness and admission standards after the Kentucky Board of Education has adopted revised high school content standards; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2010-01-06","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB9/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB9.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28390,"bill_number":"SB10","title":"AN ACT relating to childhood hearing loss.","description":"Amend KRS 211.645 to amend the definition of \"Auditory screening report\"; delete the definition of \"Infant at high risk for late onset, progressive hearing loss, or both.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-10","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB10/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB10.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28391,"bill_number":"SB11","title":"AN ACT relating to smoking cessation.","description":"Amend KRS 205.560 to require smoking cessation programs or treatment interventions for pregnant smokers to be in accordance with protocols and guidelines recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-10","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB11/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB11.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28392,"bill_number":"SB12","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Board of Examiners of Psychology.","description":"Amend KRS 319.010 to define \"IPC\"; amend definition of \"practice of psychology\"; amend KRS 319.015 to clarify restrictions on teachers of psychology, psychological researchers, provider of consultation services, or expert testimony and to clarify permitted usages of written or computerized interpretations of psychological testing by clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists, professional art therapists, advanced registered nurse practitioners, physicians, or occupational therapists, and to allow temporarily employed nonresidents to practice for a limited time; amend KRS 319.032 to increase continuing education hours for license renewal; amend KRS 319.050 to require applicants to pass national EPPP examination, require applicants to pass ethical examination, and empower board of psychology to assess acceptability of doctoral degrees in psychology before admittance to practice; modify responsibilities and requirements for \"Health Service Providers\"; amend KRS 319.053 to allow board of psychology to establish written test for applicants on psychological practice, ethical principles, and the law.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-10","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB12/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB12.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28393,"bill_number":"SB13","title":"AN ACT relating to health insurance.","description":"Create a new section of subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define applied behavior analysis,\" \"autism services provider,\" \"autism spectrum disorder,\" \"diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders,\" \"habilitative or rehabilitative care,\" \"medically necessary,\" \"pharmacy care,\" \"psychiatric care,\" \"psychological care,\" \"therapeutic care,\" and \"treatment for autism spectrum disorders\"; create new section of subtitle 17A of KRS 304 that requires health policies covered in this subtitle to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders and their related conditions; prohibit insurance policies from limiting the number of visits an insured may make for such services; allow services provided by this section to be subject to copayment, deductible, and coinsurance provisions; give insurers the right to request a review of treatment not more than once every 12 months unless the insured's physician or psychologist agrees that a more frequent review is necessary; amend KRS 18A.225 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2010-01-06","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB13/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB13.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28394,"bill_number":"SB14","title":"AN ACT relating to industrial hemp.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 260 to define \"department,\" \"industrial hemp,\" and \"THC\"; require persons wanting to grow or process industrial hemp to be licensed by the Department of Agriculture; require criminal history checks by local sheriff; require the Department of Agriculture to promulgate administrative regulations to carry out the provisions of the Act; require sheriff to monitor and randomly test industrial hemp fields; assess a fee of $5 per acre for every acre of industrial hemp grown, with a minimum fee of $150, to be divided equally between the Department of Agriculture and the appropriate sheriff's department; require licensees to provide the Department of Agriculture with names and addresses of any grower or buyer of industrial hemp and copies of any contracts the licensee may have entered into relating to the industrial hemp; clarify that the Act does not authorize any person to violate federal law.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Agriculture (S)","last_action_date":"2010-01-06","committee":"Agriculture","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB14/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB14.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28395,"bill_number":"SB15","title":"AN ACT relating to personal identification cards.","description":"Amend KRS 186.412 to allow holders of personal ID cards who have been diagnosed with autism to receive a sticker identifying that condition to place on the ID card.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"returned to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-10","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB15/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB15.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28396,"bill_number":"SB17","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend KRS 510.110, relating to sexual abuse in the first degree, to prohibit certain persons employed by or associated with an agency or facility responsible for detention or treatment from having sexual contact with persons incarcerated, supervised, evaluated, or treated by those agencies; amend KRS 510.120 to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-03-25","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 26)","last_action_date":"2010-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB17/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB17.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28397,"bill_number":"SB18","title":"AN ACT relating to health care services provided in clinical trials for the treatment of cancer.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to prohibit a health benefit plan from excluding coverage for routine patient healthcare costs that are incurred in the course of a cancer clinical trial if the health benefit plan would provide coverage for the routine patient healthcare cost had it not been incurred in a cancer clinical trial; provide that nothing in this section requires a policy to offer, nor prohibit a policy from offering, cancer clinical trial services by a participating provider; provide that nothing in this section requires services that are performed in a cancer clinical trial by a non-participating provider of a policy to be reimbursed at the same rate as those performed by a participating provider of the policy.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-03-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 23)","last_action_date":"2010-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB18/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB18.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28398,"bill_number":"SB19","title":"AN ACT relating to pharmacy technicians.","description":"Amend KRS 315.136 to waive the application fee for pharmacy technicians who serve on a voluntary basis with a pharmacy operated by a charitable organization as defined in KRS 142.301(2).","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-03-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 11)","last_action_date":"2010-03-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB19/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB19.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28399,"bill_number":"SB20","title":"AN ACT relating to public records.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 65.750 to 65.760 to restrict the availability of recordings of 911 communications to releases by court order; permit release of written transcripts of 911 communications; permit the person who made communication and person who is the subject of communication to permit release of the communication without a court order; permit acquisition of recorded copy in criminal, civil, or administrative proceedings; provide that any person may listen to, but shall not make any recordings of, 911 communications; allow written notes of the contents of the communication; prohibit making any audio recording of actual communication when authorized to make notes about the communication; establish penalty.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-01-06","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB20/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB20.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28400,"bill_number":"SB21","title":"AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky and amending a section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to the Kentucky state lottery.","description":"Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky section to permit the General Assembly to authorize by general law video lottery terminals in counties that have existing horse racing tracks upon voter approval in each of those counties; provide that the operation of video lottery terminals shall be part of the Kentucky State Lottery; create the equine excellence fund and the building Kentucky's future fund and provide that money generated by the revenue from and licensing of video lottery terminals go to those funds; propose to amend Section 226 of the Constitution of Kentucky to conform; submit to voters; provide ballot language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"returned to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2010-01-12","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB21/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB21.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28401,"bill_number":"SB22","title":"AN ACT relating to denture identification.","description":"Create new section of KRS Chapter 313 to require a removable prosthetic denture constructed, altered, repaired, or duplicated by a licensed dentist or under a written laboratory procedure work order to be marked with the name of the patient for whom the denture is intended.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2010-01-06","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB22/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB22.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28402,"bill_number":"SB23","title":"AN ACT relating to personal communication devices.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to prohibit text messaging, instant messaging, and e-mailing while operating a motor vehicle; define \"personal communication device\"; provide for specific exclusions; amend KRS 189.990 to set penalties; provide for a probationary period ending November 1, 2010, during which courtesy warnings will be issued; set fine for violation at $100 for the first offense and not less than $100 nor more than $300 for each subsequent offense after the probationary period; set fine at not less than $200 nor more than $600 if the violation caused a motor vehicle accident.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-24","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-25","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB23/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB23.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28403,"bill_number":"SB24","title":"AN ACT relating to the limited sale of alcoholic beverages by the drink at designated state parks.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 242 and 243 to permit the limited sale of distilled spirits, wine, and malt beverages at state resort parks, and qualified state recreational parks; allow a local option election for state resort parks and qualified state recreational parks in dry territory; establish the conditions under which the election will be held; set forth what a state resort park license or qualified state recreational park license entitles the holder to do; amend KRS 243.030 to establish the licensing fee; amend KRS 243.050 to permit the office to establish the hours and days when a supplemental licensee shall be open; amend KRS 243.115 to permit patrons in a dining room in a state resort park to remove one container of partially consumed wine; amend KRS 243.117 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2010-01-06","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB24/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB24.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28404,"bill_number":"SB25","title":"AN ACT relating to campaign finance.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 121 to define \"political organization 527 committee\"; require such a committee to register with and report to the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance if it spends more than $5,000 to influence the selection of a candidate or slate of candidates for public office in Kentucky, other than in a federal election, or if it spends more than $5,000 on a ballot question to amend the Constitution of Kentucky; state that this legislation shall be cited as the 527 Campaign Fund Disclosure and Transparency Act of 2010.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-19","last_action":"returned to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-18","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB25/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB25.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28405,"bill_number":"SB26","title":"AN ACT relating to nuclear power.","description":"Amend KRS 278.600 to define \"storage\" and amend a definition to require that nuclear power facilities have a plan for the storage of nuclear waste rather than a means for permanent disposal; amend KRS 278.610 to delete the requirement that the Public Service Commission certify the facility as having a means for disposal of high-level nuclear waste; change all references to the disposal of nuclear waste to the storage of nuclear waste; prohibit construction of low-level waste disposal sites in the Commonwealth except as provided in KRS 211.852; require the Public Service Commission to determine whether the construction or operation of a nuclear power facility, including ones constructed by entities regulated under KRS Chapter 96, would create low-level nuclear waste or mixed wastes that would be required to be disposed of in low-level nuclear waste disposal sites in the Commonwealth; repeal KRS 278.605.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-01-21","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-26","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB26/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB26.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28406,"bill_number":"SB27","title":"AN ACT relating to certified police officers.","description":"Amend KRS 15.520 to define \"police officer,\" as used in the Police Officer's Bill of Rights, to include all paid, full-time officers required to be certified pursuant to KRS 15.380; make technical corrections.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-01-06","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB27/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB27.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28407,"bill_number":"SB28","title":"AN ACT relating to career and technical education, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 158.810 to define terms relating to career and technical education; amend KRS 158.812 to specify the intent of the General Assembly and to clarify purposes of career and technical education and legislative beliefs; create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to require communication of the minimum college and career-readiness standards to all local school districts prior to the beginning of the 2011-2012 school year; require the Department of Education to develop enhanced courses in English, reading, and mathematics for at-risk students in grades 9, 10, 11, and 12; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require the Kentucky Department of Education, if funds are appropriated for that purpose, to recommend evidence-based instructional models to schools to help at-risk students; require all career and technical education teachers to receive training in how to embed reading, mathematics, and science knowledge and skills in specific career and technical education programs; create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to establish a career and technical education accessibility fund for matching grants to local school districts to be administered by the Kentucky Department of Education and require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations for implementing the grant program; create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to define \"career guidance coach\" and to create a career guidance fund for matching grants to local school districts to be administered by the Kentucky Department of Education and require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations for implementing the grant program; amend KRS 158.814 to require that the Kentucky Department of Education and the Office of Career and Technical Education to determine the statewide unmet needs for career and technical education capital projects; create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to provide a tax credit for a financial gift or in-kind contribution to the career and technical education accessibility fund; amend KRS 141.0205 to conform; amend KRS 158.816 to complete data analysis and reporting of the attainment of skills and educational credentials by technical education students; amend KRS 18A.010 to exempt teachers, guidance coaches and counselors, and school administrators employed in state-operated area technology centers from the executive branch employee cap; name the Act the \"Career Pathways Act of 2010\"; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-18","last_action":"posting waived","last_action_date":"2010-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB28/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB28.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28408,"bill_number":"SB29","title":"AN ACT relating to honoring military service.","description":"Amend KRS 18A.150 to expand the state hiring preference honoring military service; require the adding of five or ten preference points to a military-connected individual's examination score used for state hiring in classified positions; permit the total of an examination score and preference points to exceed 100; require that a register certificate of finalists for a state job identify all finalists entitled to preference points, whether or not an examination is actually a part of the selection method; require that an employing state agency offer an interview to all finalists entitled to preference points unless five or more of the finalists are entitled preference points, in which case, the employing state agency shall offer an interview to no fewer than five.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-01-21","last_action":"to Military Affairs & Public Safety (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-26","committee":"Military Affairs and Public Safety","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB29/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB29.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28409,"bill_number":"SB30","title":"AN ACT relating to the military family assistance trust fund.","description":"Amend KRS 36.474 to make military personnel and their family eligible for military family assistance trust grants for 180 rather than 90 days after the end of deployment, and to provide for grants for a demonstrated need for a group of several members of the military or their families if approved by a majority of the military family assistance trust fund board; require regulations be drafted to implement the changes.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 138)","last_action_date":"2010-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB30/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB30.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28410,"bill_number":"SB31","title":"AN ACT relating to veterans' affairs.","description":"Amend KRS 216B.015 to define \"medical foster home\"; amend KRS 216B.020 to exempt medical foster homes from certificate of need requirements.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2010-01-21","last_action":"3rd reading, passed 64-33 with floor amendments (2) and (3-title)","last_action_date":"2010-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB31/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB31.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28411,"bill_number":"SB32","title":"AN ACT relating to inmate civil actions.","description":"Amend KRS 454.400, 454.405, and 454.415 to require that certain civil actions filed by an inmate against the Department of Corrections, a Department of Corrections contract facility, or a local correctional facility be dismissed if the inmate fails to exhaust that facility's administrative remedies; provide notice of the dismissal to the facility and to all party defendants named in the civil action; permit a court, upon dismissal of the action, to assess reasonable costs against the inmate.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-03-30","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 46)","last_action_date":"2010-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB32/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB32.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28412,"bill_number":"SB33","title":"AN ACT relating to former legislators.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 6 to prevent a former legislator from accepting any position within the executive branch, save elective office, for two years after leaving office; amend KRS 6.757 to prevent a legislator from becoming a legislative agent for an executive branch agency for two years after leaving office.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2010-01-06","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB33/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB33.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28413,"bill_number":"SB34","title":"AN ACT relating to public recreational water facilities.","description":"Amend KRS 211.180 to require that any administrative regulation promulgated by the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services relating to public swimming pool safety and sanitation include a description of the permitted uses of interactive water features; define \"interactive water feature\" to mean a structure designed to allow for recreational activities with recirculated, filtered, and treated water, but having minimal standing water; mandate that regulation of interactive water features include permitted types, size and use limits, supervision and safety, operational requirements, water filtration, recirculation, and disinfection, and materials and components; direct the secretary of the cabinet to promulgate or revise administrative regulations relating to interactive water features within six months; require the secretary to review and publicly recommend revisions to the public swimming pool safety and sanitation code at least once every five years.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2010-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB34/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB34.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28414,"bill_number":"SB35","title":"AN ACT relating to the necessary information to be provided to the county clerks to maintain a roster of voters who are eligible to vote in city and school board elections.","description":"Amend KRS 116.200 to establish a deadline of January 1, 2011, for cities and school boards to submit to the county clerk a list of properties and boundaries and changes to boundaries; permit electronic transmission of information, including maps; prohibit county clerks from charging a fee to cities or school boards; permit county clerks to request more information if necessary in order to maintain the voting roster; amend KRS 81A.470 to eliminate the requirement that certain documents be filed in the Governor's Office for Local Development; amend KRS 81A.475 to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-03-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 10)","last_action_date":"2010-03-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB35/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB35.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28415,"bill_number":"SB36","title":"AN ACT relating to motor vehicle license plates.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186 to establish an In God We Trust license plate as an alternate standard issue license plate; set forth design characteristics and eligibility standards; amend KRS 186.240 to conform; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2011.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2010-01-06","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB36/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB36.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28416,"bill_number":"SB37","title":"AN ACT relating to prisoners.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapters 197 and 441 to provide for pre-release mental health evaluation of prisoners on psychotropic medication, and to provide 3 day supply of psychotropic medication, upon release, if deemed medically appropriate.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-01-06","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB37/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB37.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28417,"bill_number":"SB38","title":"AN ACT relating to full disclosure in public safety.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to specify how the phrase \"individual, private setting\" shall be interpreted in informed consent situations; create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to require an ultrasound prior to an abortion; amend KRS 311.990 to provide a criminal penalty.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-01-26","last_action":"discharge petition filed","last_action_date":"2010-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB38/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB38.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28418,"bill_number":"SB39","title":"AN ACT relating to consumer protection.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 367.110 to 367.360 to define \"person\" and to require that any business that assesses a late penalty or fee against a consumer be required, when a refund is due to a consumer, to make the refund within the same time parameter used in assessing the penalty or pay the consumer a penalty or fee in the same amount; amend KRS 367.990 to establish a criminal penalty and permit the Attorney General to seek a civil penalty.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-01-06","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB39/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB39.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28419,"bill_number":"SB40","title":"AN ACT relating to public records.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 7 to require the Legislative Research Commission to create a Web site to provide certain information on the expenditure of state funds; create a new section of KRS Chapter 26A to require the Chief Justice to create a Web site to provide certain information on the expenditure of state funds; create a new section of KRS Chapter 42 to require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to create a Web site to provide certain information on the expenditure of state funds; create a new section of KRS Chapter 42 to require all executive branch agencies to make financial data available to the Finance and Administration Cabinet, and to require the cabinet to give the Legislative Research Commission and the Court of Justice control over their expenditure data by January 1, 2011; amend KRS 164A.565 to require the governing boards of each postsecondary educational institution to make financial data available to the Finance and Administration Cabinet; and provide that the Act shall be known as the \"Taxpayer Transparency Act of 2010\".","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-03","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-08","committee":"State Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB40/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB40.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28420,"bill_number":"SB41","title":"AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverage control.","description":"Amend KRS 241.010, 241.060, 241.080, 243.090, 243.100, 243.200, 243.390, 243.440, 243.450, 243.500, 243.510, 243.520, 243.530, 243.620, 243.630, 243.640, 243.650, 243.660, 243.670, 244.030, 244.060, 244.070, 244.090, 244.130, 244.150, and 244.240 to encompass all licenses issued under KRS Chapters 241 to 244; redefine \"small farm winery\" to prohibit a small farm winery from manufacturing or producing brandies or cordials; include limited partnership, limited liability, company, and any other business entity created by law in the definition of \"caterer\"; amend KRS 242.100 to narrow local option election alcohol sales restrictions to the affected territory rather than the entire county and for only the time that the polls are open; amend KRS 243.031 to make language regarding small farm wineries fit the current terminology; allow license expiration and renewal after notification by the Office of Alcoholic Beverage Control; amend KRS 243.100, 243.110, 243.360, 243.390,243.540, 243.640 and 244.990 to include limited liability companies, limited partnerships, and other business entities created by law in corporate licensing statutes; amend KRS 243.100 and 243.390 to prohibit a misdemeanor or violation under any part of KRS Chapter 218A, relating to controlled substances, rather than only citing specific sections in that chapter; amend KRS 243.155 to prohibit a small farm winery from manufacturing or producing brandies or cordials; amend KRS 243.160 to remove outdated references to \"consumer's spirits stamps\"; amend KRS 243.220 to delete outdated requirements and exemptions regarding retail licensee premises and entrance location and configuration; amend KRS 243.360 to add hotel in-room licenses and sampling licenses to the list of licenses that do not require advertising the intent to seek the license; amend KRS 243.500 to unify the office's prohibitions and procedures dealing with license revocation and suspension; allow license revocation or suspension for violating the alcohol ordinances, administrative regulations, or statutes of a local alcohol beverage authority, the office, or the federal government; permit license revocation or suspension for offenses relating to the trafficking or possession of controlled or illegal substances, knowing receipt of stolen property, illegal gambling activities, tax offenses, or any cause which the board deems sufficient; authorize the payment of fines or attendance at alcoholic beverage server training in lieu of part or all of the days of a license suspension period; deposit any state-level payments in the State Treasury credited to the general fund, and any local payments in the same manner as local alcoholic beverage license tax receipts; make appeals from orders of suspension and any resulting procedures the same as those for orders of revocation under KRS Chapter 13B; amend KRS 244.083 to increase the fine for designated underage alcohol possession and related crimes from $100 to $250; amend KRS 244.290, 244.295, and 244.480 to include local option elections within the election day alcohol sales prohibition; make technical corrections; repeal KRS 243.480 and 243.490.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-10","last_action":"received in Senate","last_action_date":"2010-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB41/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB41.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28421,"bill_number":"SB42","title":"AN ACT relating to procurement.","description":"Amend KRS 45A.470 to require all governmental bodies and political subdivisions to give second preference to the Kentucky Industries for the Blind, Incorporated and other nonprofit corporations for services.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2010-01-06","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB42/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB42.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28422,"bill_number":"SB43","title":"AN ACT relating to the education of students with special needs.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 157 to establish the Students with Special Needs Scholarship Program; define terminology regarding participation; describe the process for the Kentucky Department of Education to receive student applications and to allocate scholarship funding; require a resident school district to provide annual notice of the scholarship program to parents, transfer school records, and provide transportation; permit a student to participate in the state assessment if requested; describe the requirements for a nonpublic school to become a participating school; describe parent, student, and local district responsibilities; clarify the requirements for a proportionate share of federal funds for parentally placed students with disabilities; amend KRS 157.196, KRS 159.030, and KRS 605.115 to conform with the definition of \"individualized education program\" in the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; cite the act as the \"Special Needs Alternative Education and Welfare Act of 2010\".","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2010-01-06","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB43/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB43.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28423,"bill_number":"SB44","title":"AN ACT relating to college completion.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to require public colleges and universities to submit a plan to the Council on Postsecondary Education to increase the number of students who graduate with a bachelor's degree within four years of initial enrollment; require the council to develop a multifaceted tracking process capable of following cohorts of students throughout the public postsecondary system, collect student data, and report to the Legislative Research commission annually on the number of students, number on track to graduate, number who graduate within four years or within five years if in a specialty program; require boards of regents or trustees to include progress on these measures in the annual evaluation of the president of the institution beginning in 2014.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"returned to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-10","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB44/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB44.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28424,"bill_number":"SB45","title":"AN ACT relating to state contracting practices.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 45A to give preference to Kentucky resident bidders in state construction contracts; require this preference to apply against a nonresident bidder registered in any state that gives or requires a preference to bidders from that state; specify that this preference is equal to the preference given or required by the state of the non resident bidder; include determination of the amount of the preference; define \"resident bidder\"; require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations on the process for establishing residency and listing states with a bid preference in place, including the amount of that preference; amend KRS 45A.070 to redefine \"best value\" to include the requirement to communicate the preference in the invitation for bids; amend KRS 45A.085, 45A.090, 45A.180, and 45A.182 to conform; amend KRS 162.070 to include the preference for a resident bidder in accepting bids for secondary school construction contracts; amend KRS 164A.575 to add that \"best value\" shall be determined in accordance with KRS 45A.070 for postsecondary school capital construction contracts.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-26","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 162)","last_action_date":"2010-04-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB45/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB45.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28425,"bill_number":"SB46","title":"AN ACT relating to geologists.","description":"Amend KRS 322A.060 to extend renewal and time period for revocation of certificate of registration from annual to biennial; authorize the board to require continuing education as a condition of registration renewal or reinstatement; amend KRS 322A.080 to remove exemption from registration for individuals performing geological work at both the state and local levels; amend KRS 322A.100 to permit the board to impose a $1,000 fine for violation of chapter by a registered geologist.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"returned to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-10","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB46/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB46.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28426,"bill_number":"SB47","title":"AN ACT relating to state prisoners.","description":"Amend KRS 441.045, relating to county jail fees, to permit a county jail to charge a medical copayment fee to state prisoners using local jail medical facilities; amend KRS 197.020, relating to state prisoner copayment fees for using state medical facilities, to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-03-04","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 8)","last_action_date":"2010-03-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB47/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB47.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28427,"bill_number":"SB48","title":"AN ACT relating to contracts.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to require that consumer contracts with an automatic renewal clause have the clause conspicuously displayed in the contract and to require that notice of an upcoming renewal period be sent to the consumer, with provisions for enforcement by the Attorney General.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-01-06","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB48/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB48.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28428,"bill_number":"SB49","title":"AN ACT relating to identification cards for people experiencing homelessness.","description":"Amend KRS 186.531 to establish a $2.00 charge for an original, renewal, or first duplicate personal indentification card issued to a person without a fixed, permanent address.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"returned to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-10","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB49/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB49.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28429,"bill_number":"SB50","title":"AN ACT relating to automated or recorded political telephone messages.","description":"Amend KRS 367.46951 to define \"prerecorded political message\"; amend KRS 367.46955 to prohibit the delivery of prerecorded political messages to telephone numbers on the national Do Not Call Registry.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2010-01-06","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB50/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB50.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28430,"bill_number":"SB51","title":"AN ACT relating to retirement and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 6.525, relating to legislative retirement, to prevent members of the General Assembly from consolidating their accounts under various retirement systems for the purpose of determining benefits.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-01-14","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-20","committee":"State Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB51/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB51.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28431,"bill_number":"SB53","title":"AN ACT relating to primaries.","description":"Amend KRS 116.055 to permit a registered independent to vote in the primary of one party for each primary; amend KRS 118.125 to provide that a primary candidate shall not be a registered independent; amend KRS 117.125 to provide that electronic voting machines be reprogrammed to allow a registered independent to vote for a party's candidates in a primary.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-02-03","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-03-04","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB53/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB53.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28432,"bill_number":"SB54","title":"AN ACT related to uniforms acquired by and on behalf of public employers.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 45A to prohibit public employers in the Commonwealth from purchasing, acquiring, furnishing, or requiring an employee to purchase or acquire uniforms, wearing apparel, safety equipment, or protective accessories not manufactured in the United States of America, unless such items are not manufactured or available for purchase in the United States of America.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-01","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-29","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB54/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB54.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28433,"bill_number":"SB55","title":"AN ACT relating to administrative regulations and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 13A.338 to declare any administrative regulation found deficient since March 27, 2009, to be null, void, and unenforceable; prohibit the administrative agencies from promulgating administrative regulations identical to or substantially the same as that administrative regulation for a specified period of time; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-26","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-04","committee":"State Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB55/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB55.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28434,"bill_number":"SB56","title":"AN ACT relating to environmental protection.","description":"Amend KRS 224.01-530 to require use of Regional Screening Level Table for US EPA Region 3 rather than Region 9 and the guidance in the Risk-Based Concentration Table User's Guide rather than the Region 9 Preliminary Remediation Goals.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2010-02-24","last_action":"floor amendments (3) and (4-title) filed","last_action_date":"2010-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB56/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB56.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28435,"bill_number":"SB59","title":"AN ACT relating to prescription drugs.","description":"Amend KRS 315.400 to exempt blood banks from the definition of wholesale distribution; amend KRS 315.406 to provide exemptions from the pedigree requirements for prescription drugs.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-01","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-29","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB59/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB59.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28436,"bill_number":"SB60","title":"AN ACT relating to prosthetics, orthotics, and pedorthics.","description":"Establish and create new sections of KRS Chapter 319B, regarding the licensing and regulation of practitioners of prosthetics, orthotics, and pedorthics; define terms for the chapter; establish the Kentucky Board of Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Pedorthics and its appointment and meeting procedures; clarify board liability to include requirement that current or former board members or affiliated persons act with ordinary care; delineate the duties of the board; require the board to administer and enforce the provisions of the chapter and to promulgate administrative regulations to establish factors for licensure of prosthetists, orthotists, pedorthists, and orthotic fitters; state additional powers of the board, including the authority to employ needed personnel and contract with the Division of Occupations and Professions for the provision of administrative services; declare rules for actual physical licenses, practice authorization, and scope of practice; set a July 1, 2011, deadline for practice under prior certification, and a January 1, 2013, deadline for practicing without a license from the board; clarify that both major certifying boards for pedorthists are considered equivalent for pedorthist certification and standards of practice until superseded by the board's standards on July 1, 2011; indicate that care or services eligible for reimbursement by Medicare, Medicaid, or health insurance may only be provided pursuant to an order from a licensed physician or advanced registered nurse practitioner; exempt individuals engaging in their profession from the authority of Chapter 319B, including licensed health care practitioners or providers, physical therapists, occupational therapists, physicians, chiropractors, pharmacists, and other specified individuals; exclude application of the chapter to the practice of prosthetics, orthotics, or pedorthics by licensed physicians, federal employees, designated students, or defined orthosis manufacturer employees; forbid any person from practicing as or professing to be any of the licensed professionals in the chapter without a valid current license; establish license expiration and renewal dates and procedures; authorize the board to grant reciprocity with other jurisdictions, discipline licensees or deny applicants for unprofessional conduct, and set fees within specified limits; list penalties for violations of provisions of the chapter after January 1, 2013, as a Class A misdemeanor and a maximum $5,000 fine per violation; exempt the initial prosthetist, orthotist, and pedorthist appointments to the board from the licensing requirement; make all subsequent practitioner appointments to the board comply with the standard licensing requirements; name KRS Chapter 319B the \"Henry Brown Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Pedorthics Act.\"","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-03","last_action":"received in Senate","last_action_date":"2010-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB60/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB60.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28437,"bill_number":"SB61","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization.","description":"Confirm Executive Order 2009-536 , which reorganizes various offices and divisions in the Department of Education","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-07","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 70)","last_action_date":"2010-04-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB61/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB61.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28438,"bill_number":"SB62","title":"AN ACT relating to establishing Mesothelioma Awareness Day.","description":"Designate September 26 of each year as \"Mesothelioma Awareness Day\" and require Governor to issue proclamation.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 137)","last_action_date":"2010-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB62/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB62.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28439,"bill_number":"SB63","title":"AN ACT relating to mine subsidence insurance.","description":"Amend KRS 304.44-030 to increase reinsurance from $100,000 to $300,000 of insured value; extend coverage for up to $25,000 of additional living expenses; amend KRS 304.44-050 to increase ceding authority under reinsurance agreement from $100,000 to $300,000.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to Natural Resources and Energy (S)","last_action_date":"2010-01-06","committee":"Natural Resources and Energy","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB63/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB63.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28440,"bill_number":"SB64","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources.","description":"Amend KRS 150.022 to subject appointments to the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission to confirmation by the Senate; permit reappointment to the commission one time; prohibit appointment to the commission if convicted of a Class A misdemeanor or felony game law violation in any state or any jurisdiction; require the Governor to remove any commissioner if he or she was convicted of a Class A misdemeanor or felony game law violation in any state or any jurisdiction; remove eligibility of resident motorboat owners to vote for a commissioner in sportsmen's district election; amend KRS 150.150 to prohibit commingling of moneys in the Fish and Game Fund and require moneys be kept according to generally accepted accounting principles; amend KRS 150.061 to delete the indefinite term of employment and require a defined contract term of employment for the commissioner of Fish and Wildlife which is subject to removal or reappointment by the commission; require the commission to approve compensation, duties and terms of employment of the commission's employees; amend KRS 150.090 to require conservation officers to have full peace officer powers with restrictions to enforce fish and game laws only, except when there is a written request for assistance by another law enforcement agency and the commissioner has determined the fiscal impact on the department' resources or if there is an immediate life-threatening situation; restrict conservation officers service of process unrelated to enforcement of fish and game laws; require requests for assistance for periods longer than thirty days to have the approval of the commission and for assistance with commission approval to have a limited duration of thirty days; amend KRS 235.330 to require moneys collected under the boating chapters to be kept under different accounts in the Fish and Game Fund and not to be commingled with other funds; delete use of general fund appropriations for the Division of Law Enforcement.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 158)","last_action_date":"2010-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB64/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB64.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28441,"bill_number":"SB65","title":"AN ACT relating to suicide prevention training.","description":"Amend KRS 158.070 to require principals, guidance counselors, and teachers to complete a minimum of two hours of instruction in suicide prevention each school year.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 136)","last_action_date":"2010-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB65/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB65.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28442,"bill_number":"SB66","title":"AN ACT relating to real estate appraisal management companies.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 324A to define terms related to real estate appraisal management companies; require registration of real estate appraisal management companies with the board and provide qualifications and limitations on registration; establish a filing fee of not more than $5,000 and require surety bond; provide requirements for registered companies and their employees, directors, officers, and agents; require executive director of the board to maintain a register of all applicants; grant board the authority to penalize registrants for specified offenses; exempt specified parties from provisions of the Act; specify that the Act shall be known as the Kentucky Appraisal Management Company Registration Act.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-16","last_action":"posting waived","last_action_date":"2010-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB66/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB66.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28443,"bill_number":"SB67","title":"AN ACT relating to early high school graduation and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to be numbered KRS 158.142 to establish an option for early high school graduation beginning in the 2011-2012 school year; define the curriculum requirements for early graduation and unconditional admission into a Kentucky public two-year community and technical college and the requirements for conditional admission into a four-year public college; establish the Early Graduation Scholarship Certificate and the processes for awarding it and using it; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to create the early graduation scholarship fund to be administered by the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority; amend KRS 157.360 to describe how state funds from the SEEK appropriation will be transferred to the scholarship fund to support early high school graduates; amend KRS 157.420 to conform; amend KRS 158.140 to limit the powers of the Kentucky Board of Education or a local board from imposing graduation requirements that would prohibit a student from pursuing an early graduation program; amend KRS 164.7879 to prescribe how an early graduate would qualify for a KEES award; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-02-10","last_action":"3rd reading, defeated 38-59 with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1)","last_action_date":"2010-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB67/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB67.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28444,"bill_number":"SB68","title":"AN ACT relating to selection of school personnel.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 156 to require the Kentucky Department of Education to develop a teacher selection training module; require the department to provide training on the use of the module to all principals; establish requirements for all principals to complete the initial training module; require the department to develop a training module update and make available to principals who have completed the initial training; allow principals to be awarded credit for hours spent completing initial and update training.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-03","last_action":"received in Senate","last_action_date":"2010-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB68/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB68.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28445,"bill_number":"SB69","title":"AN ACT relating to incentives for teachers and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to require local school districts, under certain conditions, to provide a salary supplement, beginning in the 2010-2011 school year and thereafter to teachers of chemistry, physics, or mathematics and to teachers of chemistry, physics, or mathematics employed in schools with a high concentration of students eligible for free or reduced lunch; require the Education Professional Standards Board to promulgate administrative regulations; establish that the monetary awards for teachers shall not be used in the calculation for contributions for KTRS; amend KRS 164.757 to include elementary teachers enrolled in postsecondary education mathematics classes as eligible recipients of the teacher certification loan fund; require the Education Professional Standards Board to establish an accelerated certification program for certified teachers to obtain additional certification in physics, chemistry, or mathematics; and allow teachers enrolled in accelerated certification program to be exempt from repayment of loans.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-06","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2010-01-07","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB69/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB69.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28446,"bill_number":"SB70","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization.","description":"Amend KRS 12.020 and 12.023 to move the Council on Postsecondary Education from the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet to the Governor's Office for administrative purposes; amend KRS 151B.020 and 151B.130 to conform; confirm Executive Order 2009-539.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-06","last_action":"recommitted to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-09","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB70/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB70.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28447,"bill_number":"SB71","title":"AN ACT relating to special license plates.","description":"Amend KRS 186.162 to create a special license plate for recipients of the Silver Star Medal or the Bronze Star Medal awarded for valor; amend KRS 186.164 to direct the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations regarding the documentation required to show proof of being a recipient of the Silver Star Medal or Bronze Star Medal awarded for valor; amend KRS 186.166 to require that Silver Star Medal and Bronze Star Medal license plates be perpetually produced.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-07","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 72)","last_action_date":"2010-04-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB71/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB71.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28448,"bill_number":"SB72","title":"AN ACT relating to medium farm wineries.","description":"Amend KRS 241.010 to create license category and definition for medium farm winery; change definition of \"winery\" to include a medium farm winery; amend KRS 243.030 to create licensing fees and categories for a medium farm winery, off-premise retail location, and a medium farm winery wholesaler; create a new section of KRS Chapter 243 to establish actions authorized by a medium farm winery wholesaler license; permit a medium farm winery wholesaler to have its licensed premise on or in the licensed premise of a medium farm winery; amend KRS 243.155 to include the medium farm winery in provisions regulating small farm wineries including eligibility and application process; scope of business authorized by license; tasting rooms and off-site retail premises, and shipping and transport; local option election; other permitted licenses including restaurant wine license and retail malt beverage license; amend KRS 243.730 to mandate that a medium farm winery pay and report excise tax on quarterly basis; amend KRS 243.882 to conform.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-01-06","last_action":"taken from Committee, placed in the Orders of the Day","last_action_date":"2010-04-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB72/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB72.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28449,"bill_number":"SB73","title":"AN ACT relating to the use of juries in competency hearings conducted in guardianship proceedings.","description":"Amend KRS 387.570 and 387.580 to allow a bench trial when the parties agree, there is no objection from interested parties, and the judge finds no cause to require a jury trial.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-06","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-01-07","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB73/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB73.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28450,"bill_number":"SB74","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend KRS 532.356 to make the loss of a driver's license for a theft offender who has not paid their restitution discretionary with the court rather than mandatory.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-06","last_action":"returned to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-10","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB74/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB74.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28451,"bill_number":"SB75","title":"AN ACT relating to nursing.","description":"Amend KRS 314.011 to delete the requirement that the Board of Nursing establish limits for specific controlled substances through administrative regulations but leave in place their authority to do so; delete language creating the Controlled Substances Formulary Development Committee; amend KRS 314.042 to delete the requirement for an advanced registered nurse practitioner prescribing or dispensing nonscheduled legend drugs to enter into a collaborative agreement with a physician; authorize an advanced registered nurse practitioner prescribing controlled substances to prescribe without a collaborative agreement if certain requirements are met; provide that any law or regulation that requires a doctor's signature is satisfied by the signature of an advanced registered nurse practitioner.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-06","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2010-01-07","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB75/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB75.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28452,"bill_number":"SB76","title":"AN ACT relating to management of institutional funds.","description":"Adopt modern standards of prudent investment and modernize the responsibilities of fiduciaries in the management of the institutional funds of charitable organizations as contained in the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act; Repeal Uniform Management of Institutional Funds Act, KRS Sections 273.510 to 273.590.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-03-25","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 34)","last_action_date":"2010-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB76/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB76.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28453,"bill_number":"SB77","title":"AN ACT relating to self-insurance groups.","description":"Amend KRS 304.33-020 to clarify that liability self-insurance groups are subject to the insurance code rehabilitation and liquidation statutes, rather than bankruptcy proceedings; amend KRS 304.48-090 to specify the authorized investments for liability self-insurance groups; amend KRS 304.48-140 to require a liability self-insurance group board of trustees to establish a formal conflict-of-interest or code-of-conduct policy applicable to the board of trustees; remove the exemption for governmental entity self-insurance groups from board of trustee membership restrictions; amend KRS 304.48-170 to require liability self-insurance groups to file quarterly financial statements with the executive director of the Office of Insurance and require a self insured group to make the statement of financial condition available to a group member upon request; amend KRS 304.48-180 to clarify that the rates, underwriting guidelines, and evidences of coverage of a liability self-insurance group are to be filed with the executive director and reviewed and approved in the same manner as private insurers; amend KRS 304.48-240 to clarify that liability self-insurance groups are subject to the unfair trade practices provisions of Subtitle 12 of KRS Chapter 304; amend KRS 304.48-250 to provide that if a liability self-insurance group fails to make an assessment levied against it by the executive director for insufficient assets, it may be placed in delinquency proceedings pursuant to Subtitle 33 of KRS Chapter 304; amend KRS 304.48-260 to authorize the executive director to suspend or revoke the certificate of filing of a liability self-insurance group or impose a civil penalty for violation of the unfair trade practices provisions of Subtitle 12 of KRS Chapter 304 and administrative regulations promulgated pursuant thereto; create a new section of Subtitle 48 of KRS Chapter 304 to clarify that liability self-insurance groups are subject to the unfair trade practices provisions of Subtitle 12 of KRS Chapter 304 and the administrative hearing requirements contained in KRS 304.2-310 to 304.2-370; amend KRS 304.50-155 to clarify that workers' compensation self-insured groups are subject to the unfair trade practice provisions contained in Subtitle 12 of KRS Chapter 304.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-03-30","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 48)","last_action_date":"2010-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB77/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB77.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28454,"bill_number":"SB78","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Department of Veterans' Affairs acting as a fiduciary.","description":"Amend KRS 40.310 to require the Department of Veterans' Affairs to promulgate administrative regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act; amend KRS 388.190 to include the department in the definition of \"person\"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 388 to permit the department to act as a guardian or a conservator for a disabled veteran or the minor child of a veteran; amend KRS 388.220 and 388.230 to conform; amend KRS 388.270 to provide that a bond shall not be required when the department acts as a guardian or conservator; amend KRS 388.300 to require that the department receive compensation as a guardian or conservator consistent with the federal guidelines; prohibit the department from receiving compensation in excess of that allowed under state law.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-07","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)","last_action_date":"2010-01-11","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB78/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB78.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28455,"bill_number":"SB79","title":"AN ACT relating to the State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors.","description":"Make a one-time board term of three years for one land surveyor who is appointed under KRS 322.230 to fill a position on the State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors after the previous term for that position has expired on December 31, 2010; revert the term of this board position back to four years for any subsequent appointments.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-26","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 163)","last_action_date":"2010-04-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB79/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB79.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28456,"bill_number":"SB80","title":"AN ACT relating to the duties and powers of the mayor of a consolidated local government.","description":"Create a new Section of KRS Chapter 67C defining mayor's powers and duties, create requirement to submit annual revenue and financial, require submission of capital projects plan, define capital projects, require creation of surplus funds account in general fund, define surplus funds account, submit an annual budget, with both a surplus expenditure and budget reduction plan, list requirements for surplus expenditure plan, and alternatives to expending surplus funds, define the terms of a budget reduction plan, place limits on the use of certain budget reduction strategies, make any employee lay-off subject to any civil service ordinances or collective bargaining agreements, create a requirement for mayor to inform agencies and metro council of the status of the budget in regards to surplus or deficit, require the mayor to implement budget reduction plan once certain thresholds reached, create standards for the restoration of reduced services, require the mayor to designate an agency or contracted individual with the mission to track actual and projected revenues with the budget plan adopted, require the designated individual or agency to inform the mayor and metro council monthly of past months revenues, require the designated agency or individual to report quarterly on actual revenues, versus forecast revenues, and to forecast future revenues versus budget forecasts; to amend KRS 67C.105 make certain contracts, agreements, and obligations subject to metro council approval; and amend KRS 67C.139 to conform.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-03","last_action":"to Local Government (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-08","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB80/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB80.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28457,"bill_number":"SB81","title":"AN ACT relating to professional engineers and land surveyors.","description":"Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 322 to make technical corrections to the employee and subordinate exemption and manufacturer's exemption; add language to ensure that the exemption does not extend to site-specific engineering work; require English competency for all applicants; redefine the felony conviction resulting in ineligibility for licensure as any felony involving sexual misconduct, violence, fraud, or deceit; clarify that if a business entity has a physical location within the Commonwealth, the permitted entity's engineer in responsible charge must be located at that main office, rather than at each branch office as long as he or she maintains direct supervisory control; remove the requirement for references for business entities; change the responsible-charge requirement for an owner or officer of a business entity and exclude sole proprietors from the business entity provisions; remove the requirement for inclusion of proof of English proficiency with applications; require references and employment verifications to remain confidential; change the term licensure by reciprocity to \"licensure by endorsement\"; remove language requiring mailing as the only method for providing notice; clarify that the licensee is responsible for renewal; remove moral turpitude language and leave any felony as grounds for disciplinary action; delete outdated language on a surety bond for the secretary-treasurer; permit roster information in electronic form; require direct supervision of construction only if the professional is contracted to provide that service; remove language for bond execution; update language regarding buildings requiring the services of an engineer or architect to make it consistent with KRS 323.033; repeal KRS 322.015, 322.200, and 322.310.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-07","last_action":"recommitted to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-01","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB81/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB81.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28458,"bill_number":"SB82","title":"AN ACT relating to executive branch ethics.","description":"Amend KRS 11A.010 to include in the definition of \"officer\" board members and persons that perform functions of major management positions through contractual employment arrangements; define \"state agency\" instead of \"agency\"; add definitions for \"person,\" \"matter,\" and \"board member\"; amend KRS 11A.020 to prohibit a public servant from using his or her official position to use or misuse state property and resources or to solicit, sell, or engage in a financial transaction with a subordinate or a person the public servant supervises or is doing business with or is regulated by the state agency that employs the public servant; amend KRS 11A.040 to prohibit a public servant from employment negotiations with a person or business that does business with or is regulated by the state agency for which he or she works or supervises; amend KRS 11A.045 to prohibit a public servant, his or her spouse or dependent child, or a board member from accepting any gift up to $50 per year from a lobbyist, employer, or real party in interest; require a public servant to disclose to the commission the existence of a legal defense fund established for the public servant, and report donations to the legal defense fund by filing quarterly reports with the commission; prohibit donations to the legal defense fund from certain specified persons; amend KRS 11A.050 to require an officer or public servant to file a statement of financial disclosure within 90, rather than 30, daysafter leaving his or her position; require disclosure of additional information relating to nature of businesses; amend KRS 11A.060 to add the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, and the Auditor of Public Accounts as officials who submit nominees to the Governor for appointment to the Executive Branch Ethics Commission; create a new section of KRS Chapter 11A to prohibit a board member who owns or controls an interest of more than five percent in a business to undertake, execute, hold, or enjoy any gain granted by the board of which he or she is a member; require that a board member disclose in writing to the other members of the board his or her direct or indirect interest in any undertaking that puts the member’s personal interest in conflict with that of the board, require a board member to abstain from all decisions regarding such interests; amend KRS 11A.990 to require that persons who fail to file a statement of financial disclosure by a date specified have his or her salary withheld from the sixteenth day of noncompliance until he or she complies; amend KRS 61.102 to extend protections for employees that report or disclose actual or suspected wrongdoing to the Executive Branch Ethics Commission; amend KRS 61.103 to change the time period from 90 days to one year for an employee to bring a civil action alleging a violation of KRS 61.102; amend KRS 11A.015 and 11A.130 to conform.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-04","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-08","committee":"State Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB82/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB82.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28459,"bill_number":"SB83","title":"AN ACT relating to gift cards.","description":"Amend KRS 367.890 to delete gift cards distributed by an issuer as an award, loyalty, or promotional program from the minimum one year expiration requirement.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-01","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 54)","last_action_date":"2010-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB83/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB83.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28460,"bill_number":"SB84","title":"AN ACT relating to health care programs for prisoners.","description":"Amend KRS 441.053, relating to jail health care operations, to allow jails that contract for comprehensive health care services from a private provider to not utilize the Department of Corrections' pharmacy services plan; prohibit an entity that provides medical, dental, psychological, or pharmacy services to the Department of Corrections and local jails from also providing claims management or plan evaluation services.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-06","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 64)","last_action_date":"2010-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB84/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB84.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28461,"bill_number":"SB85","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Milk Commission.","description":"Amend KRS 260.662 to add three nonvoting members to the Kentucky Milk Commission; confirm Executive Order 2009-754.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-03-25","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 27)","last_action_date":"2010-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB85/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB85.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28462,"bill_number":"SB86","title":"AN ACT relating to restaurant display of caloric information.","description":"Create new section of KRS 217.280 to 217.390 to define \"food facility,\" \"nutrient content disclosure statement,\" \"drive-through,\" \"menu board,\" \"point of sale,\" and \"standard menu item\"; require food service establishments identified with chain restaurants and having 20 or more locations in the United States to provide a nutrient content disclosure statement for all food and drink items sold on menus and menu boards; permit food service establishments to provide additional nutrition information; amend KRS 217.990 to establish that violators shall be fined no less than $100 and no more than $1,000 for each violation; establish a delayed effective date July, 1 2011.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-13","last_action":"to Agriculture (S)","last_action_date":"2010-01-14","committee":"Agriculture","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB86/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB86.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28463,"bill_number":"SB87","title":"AN ACT relating to quasi-governmental agencies selling insurance products.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 3 of KRS Chapter 304 to define \"quasi-governmental agency\" and to require each quasi-governmental agency to be subject to KRS 61.872 to 61.884, provide a Web site to allow citizens Internet access to financial data relating to the quasi-governmental agency, have an annual audit of the quasi-governmental agency conducted, and post the annual audit on the Web site each year beginning January 1, 2011.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-03","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-29","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB87/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB87.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28464,"bill_number":"SB88","title":"AN ACT relating to urban-county boards of health.","description":"Amend KRS 212.638 to allow expenditures by urban-county boards of health of up to $20,000 to be made without a contract.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-07","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 76)","last_action_date":"2010-04-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB88/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB88.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28465,"bill_number":"SB89","title":"AN ACT relating to national board-certified teachers.","description":"Amend KRS 157.395 to provide salary supplements to national board-certified teachers employed in Kentucky Tech schools operated by the Cabinet for Education and Workforce Development; amend KRS 161.133 to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-03-30","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 39)","last_action_date":"2010-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB89/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB89.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28466,"bill_number":"SB90","title":"AN ACT relating to the recording of instruments by county clerks.","description":"Amend KRS 382.335 to require that certain filings include certification that they contain no Social Security numbers; hold clerks harmless from liability if an instrument not in compliance is filed.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-14","last_action":"recommitted to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-25","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB90/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB90.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28467,"bill_number":"SB91","title":"AN ACT relating to preschool.","description":"Amend KRS 157.226 relating to preschool for children with disabilities to fund the program based on the average of a child-count taken on December 1 and March 1 of the prior year; remove the negative adjustment for programs that lose enrollment.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-15","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2010-01-19","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB91/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB91.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28468,"bill_number":"SB92","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Lottery.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 154A to set forth legislative findings;","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-19","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2010-01-20","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB92/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB92.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28469,"bill_number":"SB93","title":"AN ACT relating to veterans affairs.","description":"Rename the Veterans Administration of the United States as the United States Department of Veterans Affairs throughout the Kentucky Revised Statutes.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2010-02-10","last_action":"3rd reading, passed 66-31 with floor amendments (2) and (3-title)","last_action_date":"2010-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB93/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB93.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28470,"bill_number":"SB94","title":"AN ACT relating to summer learning camps and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 158 to outline rationale for summer learning camps; define terms; encourage the establishment of summer learning camps for students who are identified for Title I services that meet certain minimum requirements and that include innovative instruction in the core academic areas and enrichment activities; create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to describe how funding may be provided; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2010-02-12","last_action":"3rd reading, passed 63-34 with floor amendments (2-title) and (4)","last_action_date":"2010-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB94/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB94.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28471,"bill_number":"SB95","title":"AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 36 of the Constitution of Kentucky, relating to sessions of the General Assembly.","description":"Propose to amend Section 36 of the Kentucky Constitution to limit odd-year sessions to revenue and appropriation bills, other subjects that may be proposed by the Governor through the filing of a proclamation, and two subjects proposed for consideration by the Senate President and House Speaker and agreed to by both of them, drafted into bills and filed in the appropriate House; permit statutory committees to meet during odd-year sessions; restrict action upon revenue and appropriation bills in even-year sessions to a three-fifths vote; provide schedule for effectiveness of amendment; submit to voters.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-20","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2010-01-21","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB95/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB95.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28472,"bill_number":"SB96","title":"AN ACT relating to real estate licensure.","description":"Amend KRS 324.045 to deny licensure for applicants convicted of a sex crime; amend KRS 324.160 to revoke the license of person convicted of a sex crime.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-21","last_action":"returned to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-10","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB96/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB96.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28473,"bill_number":"SB97","title":"AN ACT relating to state troopers.","description":"Amend KRS 16.198 to allow retired state troopers who are re-hired under the Trooper R Class program to retain training credit and certifications held by the officer at the time of retirement; include non-codified provision applying the bill's provisions to troopers previously hired under the Trooper R program.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-21","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2010-01-25","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB97/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB97.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28474,"bill_number":"SB98","title":"AN ACT relating to the towing and storage of vehicles.","description":"Amend KRS 376.268 to define the term \"contents\"; amend KRS 376.275 regarding towing and storage liens on motor vehicles, to allow the sale of a vehicle's contents to satisfy a lien for towing and storage charges.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-22","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2010-01-25","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB98/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB98.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28475,"bill_number":"SB99","title":"AN ACT relating to quality assurance in pharmacies.","description":"Amend KRS 315.010 to define \"quality assurance program\"; amend KRS 315.035 to prohibit the renewal or issuance of pharmacy licenses unless the applicant makes an affirmative statement that a system is in place to identify, evaluate, and respond to medication errors; amend KRS 315.0351 to prohibit the renewal or issuance of pharmacy licenses to out-of-state pharmacies unless the applicant makes an affirmative statement that a system is in place to identify, evaluate, and respond to medication errors; amend KRS 315.121 to clarify that the act of making a medication error does not, without proof of gross negligence or willful disregard for the safety of the patient, constitute unprofessional or unethical conduct for pharmacists and pharmacist interns; create a new section of KRS Chapter 315 to require every pharmacy to establish a quality assurance program that, at a minimum documents medical errors attributable to the pharmacy or its personnel; clarify that documents generated by a quality assurance program are peer review documents not subject to discovery, except by the board of pharmacy or government agencies with jurisdiction over the pharmacy; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2011.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-22","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2010-01-25","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB99/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB99.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28476,"bill_number":"SCR22","title":"Reauthorize the Poverty Task Force; require a report by December 31, 2010; EMERGENCY.","description":"Reauthorize the Poverty Task Force; require a report by December 31, 2010; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-05","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2010-01-06","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SCR22/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SC22.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":28477,"bill_number":"SCR43","title":"Declare state sovereignty over powers not given to the federal government by the United States Constitution; demand that the federal government cease mandates beyond constitutionally delegated powers; prohibit federal legislation requiring state passage of laws under threat of penalties or sanctions; directdistribution of the Resolution.","description":"Declare state sovereignty over powers not given to the federal government by the United States Constitution; demand that the federal government cease mandates beyond constitutionally delegated powers; prohibit federal legislation requiring state passage of laws under threat of penalties or sanctions; directdistribution of the Resolution.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-11","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2010-01-12","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SCR43/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SC43.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":45467,"bill_number":"HB312","title":"AN ACT relating to equine heritage and state recreation land.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 146 to ensure that the Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet and the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet protect and promote equine travel on state recreation land; define equine; define state recreation land; require these cabinets to notify the public if the agency plans to prohibit equine travel on state recreation land on which foot travel is allowed; establish conditions under which agencies can prohibit equine travel; require an implementation report on equine travel on state recreation land from the Energy and Environment Cabinet and the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinets; amend KRS 146.55 to recognize the significance of equine travel on state recreation land, including those purchased with moneys from the Kentucky Heritage Land Conservation Fund.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-01-25","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-02-02","committee":"Tourism Development and Energy","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB312/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB312.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":45468,"bill_number":"HB313","title":"AN ACT relating to records relating to juveniles who commit criminal offenses.","description":"Amend KRS 610.345 relating to juvenile records to be provided to schools to include misdemeanor records under KRS Chapter 510 relating to sexual offenses; amend KRS 158.155 relating to use of juvenile records by schools to include misdemeanor records relating to sexual offenses; amend KRS 159.170 relating to records to be transferred to a new school when child changes schools to include juvenile records involving criminal offenses.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-01-25","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-03-01","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB313/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB313.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":45469,"bill_number":"HB314","title":"AN ACT relating to hiring unauthorized aliens.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 337 to provide definitions for provisions relating to the hiring of unauthorized aliens; prohibit persons transacting business with state or local governments and government agencies from hiring unauthorized aliens; provide for civil action by Attorney General, county attorney, or private citizen to enforce the provisions of the Act in Circuit Court and provide that violators be banned from contracting with public agencies for 5 years for violating the provisions of the Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-25","last_action":"to Labor & Industry (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-26","committee":"Labor and Industry","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB314/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB314.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":45470,"bill_number":"HB315","title":"AN ACT relating to pawnbrokers.","description":"Amend KRS 226.010 to define pledgor; amend KRS 226.040 to expand registry requirements associated with pawn transactions, prohibit pawn transactions with persons unwilling or unable to provide required identification, and require submission of information to the Department of Kentucky State Police or contracted vendor; create a new section of KRS Chapter 17 to require the Department of Kentucky State Police to establish or contract for the provision of a pawn database services.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-25","last_action":"posting withdrawn","last_action_date":"2010-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB315/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB315.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":45471,"bill_number":"HB316","title":"AN ACT relating to oaths.","description":"Amend KRS 62.020 relating to who may administer an oath to include retired and senior status justices and judges.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-12","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 128)","last_action_date":"2010-04-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB316/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB316.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":45472,"bill_number":"HB317","title":"AN ACT relating to the retainage in construction contracts.","description":"Amend KRS 371.410 to decrease the percentage of retainage held from ten percent to five percent; require retainage to be held in escrow; require a 30-day time period for release after final completion; clarify required documentation; amend KRS 371.415 to create a rebuttable presumption of bad faith for failure to timely pay owed retainage.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-25","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2010-02-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB317/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB317.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":45473,"bill_number":"HB318","title":"AN ACT relating to agricultural districts.","description":"Amend KRS 262.850 to define \"Agricultural land,\" \"Agriculture,\" \"Horticulture,\" \"Aquaculture,\" \"Livestock,\" and \"Poultry\"; include local Comprehensive Plans and 401 Facilities Plans when considering the formation of an agricultural district; require agricultural land to be used for agriculture for at least one year before being eligible to be in an agricultural district; require agricultural districts of less than 10 acres to have annual reviews and to comply with any necessary conservation plans; require the board to inform all members of agricultural districts that they must comply with KRS Chapter 132 in order to get an agricultural assessment on their property; make technical corrections.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-04","last_action":"returned to Agriculture (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-17","committee":"Agriculture","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB318/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB318.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":45474,"bill_number":"HB319","title":"AN ACT relating to taxation.","description":"Amend KRS 131.010 to add definitions; create a new section of KRS Chapter 131 to establish a centralized statute for the administration of electronically filed returns and to require that returns filed by a specified tax return preparer shall be electronically filed; amend KRS 131.155 to establish a centralized statute for the administration of electronic fund transfers; amend KRS 131.990 to add a penalty for failing or refusing to electronically file a return as required; make conforming changes; repeal KRS 160.6145.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 147)","last_action_date":"2010-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB319/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB319.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":45475,"bill_number":"HB320","title":"AN ACT relating to retirement.","description":"Amend KRS 61.592 to add positions in juvenile facilities in the Department of Juvenile Justice that require routine face-to-face contact with juvenile offenders to the definition of hazardous duty for retirement purposes; create a new Section of KRS Chapter 15A.200 to 15A.245 to require the Justice Cabinet to request hazardous duty retirement coverage and to pay the hazardous duty employer contributions for those positions in juvenile facilities in the Department of Juvenile Justice that require routine face-to-face contact with juvenile offenders.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-01-26","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-03-23","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB320/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB320.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":45476,"bill_number":"HB321","title":"AN ACT relating to hiring unauthorized aliens.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to create define terms relating to bill; create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 relating to public agencies to require use of federal employment verification programs and prohibit hiring unauthorized aliens; create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to require all contractors and subcontractors with public agencies to use federal employment verification programs, not hire unauthorized aliens, and provide sworn affidavits of compliance; create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to provide for civil enforcement and canceling of contracts; permit courts to enjoin violations; require suspension from further public agency contracts for 5 years if employer is found to have hired unauthorized aliens.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-11","last_action":"2nd reading, to Rules","last_action_date":"2010-03-29","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB321/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB321.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":45477,"bill_number":"HB322","title":"AN ACT relating to principal selection.","description":"Amend KRS 160.345 to permit the superintendent to fill a principal vacancy in a school after consultation with the school council; require the superintendent to provide additional personnel applicants to the principal upon request; amend to conform.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-01-26","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-02-25","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB322/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB322.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":45478,"bill_number":"HB323","title":"AN ACT relating to charter county governments.","description":"Amend KRS 132.010 to define \"county,\" \"fiscal court,\" and \"county judge/executive\" to also mean charter county government, the legislative body of a charter county government, and the chief executive officer of a charter county government, respectively; create a new section of KRS 67.825 to 67.875 to clarify that charter county government taxes are subject to recall when the tax rates would produce revenue in excess of 4 percent of the previous year's revenue; create a new section of KRS Chapter 68 relating to county finance to define \"county,\" \"fiscal court,\" and \"county judge/executive\" to also mean charter county government, the legislative body of a charter county government, and the chief executive officer of a charter county government, respectively; amend KRS 133.010 to define \"county,\" \"fiscal court\" and \"county judge/executive\" to also mean charter county government, the legislative body of a charter county government, and the chief executive officer of a charter county government, respectively.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-08","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 95)","last_action_date":"2010-04-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB323/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB323.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":45479,"bill_number":"HB324","title":"AN ACT relating to administrative hearings.","description":"Amend KRS 13B.080 to permit a labor organization or designee to assist an employee in a personnel hearing or proceeding under KRS Chapter 18A.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-11","last_action":"to Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-16","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism & Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB324/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB324.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":45480,"bill_number":"HB325","title":"AN ACT relating to entities that represent a statewide association of local governments.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 65 to define \"public entity\" as any organization that represents a statewide association of local government, whose members are city or county governments, and in which a majority of the governing body are mayors, county judges/executive, or other elected officials; define \"affiliated organization\" as any incorporated or unincorporated organization staffed, managed, or administered by a public entity; establish fiduciary and internal operations requirements for public entities; require entities and affiliated organizations to adopt a code of ethics and set minimum requirements for the code; require that public entities and affiliated organizations comply with open records and meeting laws; require a public entity and affiliated organization to employ a CPA or the Auditor of Public Accounts to perform a required audit; specify requirements for the audit conducted by a CPA; set powers of the Auditor of Public Accounts relative to auditing public entities.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-16","last_action":"received in Senate","last_action_date":"2010-04-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB325/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB325.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":45481,"bill_number":"HB326","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority.","description":"Amend KRS 224A.100, relating to Kentucky Infrastructure Authority assistance agreements, to establish a process in which a governmental agency may ask for the reallocation of appropriated funds, if at least $25,000 or greater, to another infrastructure project should the project either no longer be active or be completed; make the provision retroactive.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-26","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-28","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB326/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB326.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":45482,"bill_number":"HB327","title":"AN ACT relating to high school athletics.","description":"Amend 156.070 to require the Kentucky Board of Education or any agency designated by the state board to manage interscholastic athletics to promulgate administrative regulations that permit the hiring of a nonteaching or noncertified person in a coaching position; specify the qualifications necessary for a person to be employed in a coaching position; require the regulations to specify the post-hire requirements for a nonteaching or noncertified coach; allow a local school board to specify additional post-hire requirements for a coach.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 146)","last_action_date":"2010-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB327/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB327.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":45483,"bill_number":"HB328","title":"AN ACT relating to social service workers and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 194A.564 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to report on and update progress of November 15, 2007, study recommendations by November 15, 2010; require the commissioner of the Department for Community Based Services to consult with personnel providing public assistance services; amend KRS 199.461 to amend the definition of \"active case,\" and add definitions of \"caseload,\" \"child with special therapeutic needs,\" \"and managerial and \"supervisory staff\"; reduce the maximum caseload from 25 to 18 active cases; set the maximum caseload for a child with special therapeutic needs to 8 active cases; require the department to examine manager and supervisor to social worker ratios; amend KRS 205.010 to add the definition of \"case weight\"; create new a section of KRS Chapter 205 to require a maximum case weight for a family support worker of 750 cases; create a new section of KRS Chapter 6 to establish a Social Service Worker Oversight and Advisory Committee; amend KRS 194A.560 to conform; set membership of the committee; state intention for the use of appropriated funds; appropriate to the Department for Community Base Services in fiscal year 2010-2011 General Fund moneys of $3 million to fill front line staff positions and $1 million for safety provisions.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-27","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-09","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB328/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB328.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":45484,"bill_number":"HB329","title":"AN ACT relating to retirement.","description":"Amend KRS 61.542 to provide that members of the Kentucky Employees Retirement System, the County Employees Retirement System, and the State Police Retirement System cannot change their beneficiary designation for their retirement allowance on or after the first day of the month in which the member receives his or her first payment rather than on or after the date the State Treasurer issues the first payment; make technical amendments; amend KRS 61.590 to provide that a member or beneficiary of a member of the Kentucky Employees Retirement System, the County Employees Retirement System, and the State Police Retirement System cannot change their payment option for their retirement allowance on or after the first day of the month in which the member receives his or her first payment rather than on or after the date the State Treasurer issues the first payment; amend KRS 16.578, 61.630, and 61.640 to conform and to make technical amendments; amend KRS 16.642, 61.650, and 78.790 to provide that the Kentucky Retirement Systems investment committee shall have authority to implement the investment policies adopted by the board rather than providing the committee with the authority to implement investment policies; authorize the change in registration of securities to be completed in accordance with written policies adopted by the Kentucky Retirement System's board rather than upon the signature of the board chair and executive director.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-26","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 173)","last_action_date":"2010-04-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB329/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB329.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":45485,"bill_number":"HB330","title":"AN ACT relating to outdoor advertising devices.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 177.830 to 177.890 to allow the erection of electronic multiple message signs in areas where billboards are permitted; set conditions for minimum length of message and time for message change; prohibit moving or flashing text or pictures, with certain exceptions; require sign owners to correct concerns regarding an electronic multiple message sign raised by the cabinet within 48 hours; set out procedures for dealing with signs that are deemed in violation of the statute; amend KRS 177.863 to conform; amend KRS 177.860 to require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to set standards for electronic multiple message signs.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-27","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-28","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB330/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB330.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":45486,"bill_number":"HB331","title":"AN ACT relating to insurance loss run statements.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 20 of KRS Chapter 304 to define \"commercial property and casually\" and \"loss run statement\"; require an insurer to provide a loss run statement within ten days of a written request from another insurer; require the receiving insurer to provide the statement to the insured within five calendar days of receipt; provide that a loss run statement shall be for a five-year loss run history or a complete history of the insured if less than five years; prohibit the receiving insurance agent from divulging confidential consumer information to a third person; prohibit an insurer from charging a fee for preparing and furnishing a loss run statement; create a new section of Subtitle 99 of KRS Chapter 304 to provide that an agent who fails to provide a loss run statement as requested within the specified time frame to another insurer or an insured shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $250 for each day the agent fails to provide the statement.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-15","last_action":"enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House","last_action_date":"2010-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB331/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB331.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":45487,"bill_number":"HB332","title":"AN ACT relating to the reporting of excess levels of lead in blood.","description":"Amend KRS 211.902 to make technical corrections.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-18","last_action":"recommitted to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-01","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB332/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB332.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":45488,"bill_number":"HB333","title":"AN ACT relating to alcohol sales to minors.","description":"Amend KRS 241.010 to define alcoholic beverages with special appeal to minors; create new section of KRS Chapter 244 to establish restrictions on the placement of alcoholic beverages with special appeal to minors.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-27","last_action":"to Licensing & Occupations (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-28","committee":"Licensing and Occupations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB333/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB333.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":45489,"bill_number":"HB334","title":"AN ACT relating to alcohol sales to minors.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 244 to include a sticker requirement for an alcoholic beverage with special appeal to minors; assign responsibility for the placement of the sticker to the wholesaler and distributor; amend KRS 241.010 to define \"alcoholic beverage with special appeal to minors.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-27","last_action":"posting waived","last_action_date":"2010-02-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB334/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB334.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":45490,"bill_number":"HB335","title":"AN ACT relating to the reporting of tax inducements.","description":"Amend KRS 48.010 to add definitions related to the economic development and tourism project expenditure report; make conforming changes; create a new section in KRS Chapter 48 to require, no later than October 15, 2011, and annually thereafter, the publication of a state economic development and tourism project expenditure report by the Office of State Budget Director and the submission of that report to the Legislative Research Commission; create a new section in KRS Chapter 131 to require the Department of Revenue to provide data to the Office of State Budget Director on development tax expenditures and tax expenditures annually; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the department to disclose the information; create a new section in Subchapter 12 of KRS Chapter 154 to require the submission of data by Cabinet for Economic Development to the Office of State Budget Director; create a new section in KRS Chapter 148 to require the submission of data by the Commerce Cabinet to the Office of State Budget Director.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-01-27","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-02-19","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB335/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB335.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":45491,"bill_number":"HB336","title":"AN ACT relating to the sunsetting of tax inducement programs.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 6 to require a systematic review by the Program Review and Investigations Committee of the Legislative Research Commission, with the assistance of the Commerce Cabinet, the Cabinet for Economic Development, and the Department of Revenue, of each tax increment financing, tourism development, and economic development program one year prior to its expiration as scheduled; amend KRS 131.190 to mandate that limited LRC staff, but not General Assembly members, have access to confidential state tax return data to perform the review and subject LRC staff to penalties for improper browsing or dissemination of confidential data.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-01-27","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-02-19","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB336/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB336.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":45492,"bill_number":"HB337","title":"AN ACT relating to motor vehicle insurance.","description":"Amend KRS 186A.040 to lower from three to one the number of times a vehicle owner's registration is revoked for not providing proof of insurance before it is considered a violation of KRS 304.39-080 and prosecution for that violation is begun.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-27","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-28","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB337/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB337.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":45493,"bill_number":"HCR84","title":"Establish the Kentucky Natural Resources Caucus to support the coal, oil, and natural gas industries.","description":"Establish the Kentucky Natural Resources Caucus to support the coal, oil, and natural gas industries.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-11","last_action":"2nd reading, to Rules","last_action_date":"2010-03-26","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR84/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HC84.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":45494,"bill_number":"HCR109","title":"Urge the next mayor of Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Government to appoint a study group to evaluate the effectiveness of consolidated local government in promoting efficiency in government; require the study group, if appointed, to report its findings no later than December 1, 2011.","description":"Urge the next mayor of Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Government to appoint a study group to evaluate the effectiveness of consolidated local government in promoting efficiency in government; require the study group, if appointed, to report its findings no later than December 1, 2011.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-11","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-16","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR109/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HC109.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":45495,"bill_number":"HCR110","title":"Require the Legislative Research Commission to direct the 2010 Interim Joint Committee on Education or Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue to study the funding requirements for participation in the Support Education Excellence in Kentucky program and the current funding distribution of local and state funding which comprises basic per pupil funding among Kentucky's 174 school districts; require a draft report by October 15, 2010, and a formal discussion at the November 2010 regular meeting; require that the report include recommendations for statutory change if the findings indicate funding inequity is occurring.","description":"Require the Legislative Research Commission to direct the 2010 Interim Joint Committee on Education or Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue to study the funding requirements for participation in the Support Education Excellence in Kentucky program and the current funding distribution of local and state funding which comprises basic per pupil funding among Kentucky's 174 school districts; require a draft report by October 15, 2010, and a formal discussion at the November 2010 regular meeting; require that the report include recommendations for statutory change if the findings indicate funding inequity is occurring.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-27","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2010-01-28","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR110/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HC110.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":45496,"bill_number":"SB100","title":"AN ACT relating to the approval of a capital project, appropriating funds therefor, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Authorize $4,000,000 capital project for the Department of Military Affairs at Bluegrass Station and appropriate debt service therefor; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-25","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2010-01-26","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB100/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB100.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":45497,"bill_number":"SB101","title":"AN ACT relating to students.","description":"Amend KRS 164.370 to permit a representative committee of designated faculty, staff and students to suspend or expel any student for disobedience to its rules, or for any other contumacy, insubordination or immoral conduct.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-07","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 77)","last_action_date":"2010-04-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB101/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB101.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":45498,"bill_number":"SB102","title":"AN ACT relating to the civil rights of deaf and hard of hearing persons.","description":"Amend KRS 344.120 to require movie theaters with five or more screens to provide closed captioning for deaf and hard of hearing persons; amend KRS 344.190 to require the Commission on Human Rights to review and approve available closed captioning technologies and set the minimum numbers of closed captioned showings of a movie which must be offered at each covered theater.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-25","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-01-26","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB102/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB102.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":45499,"bill_number":"SB103","title":"AN ACT relating to bed and breakfast inns.","description":"Amend KRS 219.011 to define \"bed and breakfast inn\" and \"farmstay\"; create a new section of KRS 219.011 to 219.081 to specify the business functions permitted at bed and breakfast inns and farmstays; amend KRS 247.4015 to include farmstays as farm animal activity sponsors.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-25","last_action":"to Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2010-01-26","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism & Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB103/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB103.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":45500,"bill_number":"SB104","title":"AN ACT relating to agriculture.","description":"Amend KRS 150.740 to require that reports be sent to both the Interim Joint Committee on Agriculture and the Interim Joint Committee on Natural Resources and Environment; amend KRS 151.7282 to require that reports be sent to the Interim Joint Committee on Natural Resources and Environment; amend KRS 224.10-660 to require that reports be sent to the Interim Joint Committee on Natural Resources and Environment; amend KRS 224.43-080 to remove obsolete reporting requirements; amend KRS 247.220 to make technical corrections concerning the Interim Joint Committee on Agriculture; amend KRS 248.709 to require that reports be sent to the Interim Joint Committee on Agriculture; amend KRS 260.032 to require that reports be sent to the Interim Joint Committee on Agriculture; amend KRS 260.853 to require that reports be sent to both the Interim Joint Committee on Agriculture and the Interim Joint Committee on Natural Resources and Environment; amend KRS 260.863 to require that reports be sent to both the Interim Joint Committee on Agriculture and the Interim Joint Committee on Natural Resources and Environment; amend KRS 351.1055 to require that reports be sent to the Interim Joint Committee on Natural Resources and Environment; amend KRS 363.9055 to remove obsolete reporting requirements.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 135)","last_action_date":"2010-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB104/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB104.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":45501,"bill_number":"SB105","title":"AN ACT relating to agriculture.","description":"Amend KRS 257.010 to define \"Commission\"; create new sections of KRS Chapter 257 to create the Kentucky Livestock Care Standards Commission; to name the members of the commission; to establish the terms of the members; to prohibit the commission from abrogating the regulatory authority of the Kentucky Horse Racing Authority or the Kentucky Board of Veterinary Examiners; to prohibit local governments from having livestock or poultry standards that exceed the standards of the commission.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-02-12","last_action":"Members appointed to pending conference committee","last_action_date":"2010-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB105/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB105.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":45502,"bill_number":"SB106","title":"AN ACT relating to Medicaid coverage.","description":"Amend KRS 205.560 to delete the list of metabolic or genetic disorder conditions and specify that the conditions covered are those included in KRS 214.155.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2010-02-17","last_action":"floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute","last_action_date":"2010-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB106/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB106.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":45503,"bill_number":"SB107","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 218A to prohibit possession of, trafficking in, and cultivation of salvia and impose penalties; amend KRS 218A.010 to define \"salvia\"; amend KRS 218A.050 to include salvia as a Schedule I controlled substance; amend KRS 217.065, relating to misbranded drug or device, to include salvia; amend KRS 218A.141 relating to additional penalties for trafficking, to include trafficking in salvia; amend KRS 218A.1411, relating to trafficking in a controlled substance in or near school, to exclude offenses relating to salvia; amend KRS 218A.276, relating to a rehabilitation program for possessors of marijuana, to include possessors of salvia; amend KRS 218A.410, relating to property subject to forfeiture, to exclude misdemeanor offenses relating to salvia in certain circumstances; amend KRS 218A.500 to include in the definition of \"drug paraphernalia\" certain items used with salvia; amend KRS 218A.992, relating to enhancement of penalty for drug offense when in possession of a firearm, to exclude offenses involving salvia; amend KRS 530.064, relating to unlawful transaction with a minor in the first degree, to exclude activity involving salvia; amend various other sections to conform; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-26","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 160)","last_action_date":"2010-04-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB107/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB107.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":45504,"bill_number":"SB108","title":"AN ACT relating to retirement.","description":"Create new sections of KRS 6.500 to 6.577 and 21.345 to 21.570 to suspend the retirement allowance of a retired member of the Legislators' Retirement Plan or Judicial Retirement Plan if he or she retired on or after August 1, 2010, and returned to work for an agency that participates in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System, the State Police Retirement System, the Judicial Retirement Plan, or the Legislators' Retirement Plan; amend KRS 61.637 to suspend the retirement allowance of a retired member of the Kentucky Employees Retirement System or the State Police Retirement System if he or she retired on or after August 1, 2010, and returned to work for an agency that participates in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System, the State Police Retirement System, the Judicial Retirement Plan, or the Legislators' Retirement Plan, unless employed as a Trooper R class under KRS 16.196 to 16.199, or to an elected officer; amend KRS 61.661 to authorize the release of employment and retirement benefit information for retirees who are receiving a benefit from the Kentucky Employees Retirement System, the County Employees Retirement System, and the State Police Retirement System if they have been reemployed with an agency participating in the systems.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-26","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2010-02-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB108/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB108.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":45505,"bill_number":"SB109","title":"AN ACT relating to dating violence.","description":"Amend KRS 403.720 relating to domestic violence orders to include dating partners among the class of persons allowed to obtain domestic violence protective orders; amend KRS 431.005 relating to arrests by peace officers to reference the definition of \"unmarried couple\" including dating partners in KRS 403.720.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-26","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-01-27","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB109/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB109.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":45506,"bill_number":"SB110","title":"AN ACT relating to child booster seats.","description":"Amend KRS 189.125 to apply the child booster seat requirement to children who are both under the age of 8 years and shorter than 57 inches in height.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-27","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2010-01-28","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB110/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB110.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":45507,"bill_number":"SB111","title":"AN ACT designating the Corvette as the official state sports car of Kentucky.","description":"Designate the Corvette as the official state sports car of Kentucky.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-27","last_action":"recommitted to Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-24","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism & Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB111/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB111.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":45508,"bill_number":"SB112","title":"AN ACT relating to a residential option for substance abusers.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 222 to permit the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, subject to available funding, to contract with an agency to operate a therapeutic home as a residential option for substance abuse treatment for adults; require access to services related to treatment, job training, and life skills; permit homes to operate as business training schools; permit the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations establishing requirements for the operation of the home and business training schools; permit admission to be an option to incarceration as appropriate.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-27","last_action":"reassigned to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-04","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB112/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB112.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":45509,"bill_number":"SB113","title":"AN ACT relating to coal mining.","description":"Amend KRS 350.130 to allow notices of noncompliance of a coal mining violation to be sent by electronic mail to the permittee; declare service of notice effective upon delivery of the notice to the recipient's inbox by electronic mail.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-27","last_action":"to Natural Resources and Energy (S)","last_action_date":"2010-01-28","committee":"Natural Resources and Energy","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB113/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB113.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":45510,"bill_number":"HB338","title":"AN ACT relating to military affairs.","description":"Amend KRS 36.050 to add gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-28","last_action":"to Military Affairs & Public Safety (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-01","committee":"Military Affairs and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB338/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB338.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":45511,"bill_number":"HB339","title":"AN ACT relating to military affairs, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 171 to create the Commonwealth of Kentucky War or 1812 Commission; provide for membership, terms, organization and duties; provide that the commission shall expire December 31, 2015; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-07","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 68)","last_action_date":"2010-04-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB339/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB339.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":45512,"bill_number":"HB340","title":"AN ACT relating to inmate recidivism reduction.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 197 relating to prisons, to permit the Department of Corrections to operate a Prison Industries Enhancement (PIE) program in which the labor of prisoners is leased to private entities to make products and provide services for private employers which shall be in compliance with federal law; create a commission to oversee the program; provide that the program is temporary and shall expire ten years after the first program begins reauthorized by the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-28","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-25","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB340/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB340.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":45513,"bill_number":"HB341","title":"AN ACT relating to inventories of state equipment.","description":"Amend KRS 45.313 to increase from $500 to $1,000 the minimum original cost of equipment required to be inventoried by state agencies.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-18","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-22","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB341/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB341.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":45514,"bill_number":"HB342","title":"AN ACT relating to taxation and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 133.220 to allow collection of property taxes to begin October 1 of each year instead of the current requirement of September 15; amend KRS 138.210 to define terms related to gasoline; amend KRS 141.390 to add provisions for how pass-through entities apply or distribute the recycling and composting tax credit; amend KRS 141.428 to establish a filing deadline for the clean coal tax credit; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-18","last_action":"returned to Rules","last_action_date":"2010-04-14","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB342/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB342.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":45515,"bill_number":"HB343","title":"AN ACT relating to driving under the influence.","description":"Amend KRS 189A.050 to require a person convicted of DUI to pay the cost of drawing blood for testing; amend KRS 189A.103 to provide that a DUI suspect shall bear the cost of any additional testing done of the suspect's blood, breath, or urine if the additional testing is done at the request of the suspect and after the testing directed by the arresting officer.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-28","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-25","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB343/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB343.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":45516,"bill_number":"HCR115","title":"Honor and commend Pikeville Medical Center upon being named Hospital of the Year by the American Alliance of Healthcare Providers.","description":"Honor and commend Pikeville Medical Center upon being named Hospital of the Year by the American Alliance of Healthcare Providers.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-06","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 62)","last_action_date":"2010-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR115/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HC115.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":45517,"bill_number":"SB114","title":"AN ACT relating to school facilities.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 162, notwithstanding any other statute or administrative regulation to the contrary, to permit any nonprofit finance corporation formed under KRS 162.385 to lease land from any government entity or agency for the purposes of constructing a school building site; the lease shall be for 1 year but may be extended from year to year for a minimum of 50 years.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-07","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 69)","last_action_date":"2010-04-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB114/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB114.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":45518,"bill_number":"SB115","title":"AN ACT relating to elevator safety and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create new sections of KRS 198B.400 to 198B.540, relating to elevator safety, to allow only a licensed elevator mechanic working under the general supervision of an elevator contractor to install or work on elevators and fixed guideway systems; form the Elevator Advisory Committee within the Office of Housing, Buildings and Construction; establish committee membership and meeting rules; require licensure from the office to work as an elevator mechanic or elevator contractor; set licensure qualifications and application requirements; allow for annual license renewal; permit the office to issue emergency and temporary licenses; mandate 8 hours of continuing education for each elevator contractor and mechanic license renewal; require various types of insurance coverage for elevator contractors; allow elevator contractors and mechanics with 3 years of verifiable experience to practice without meeting the license requirements if they apply before January 1, 2012; disclaim any effect on the liability of any persons or the Commonwealth as a result of KRS 198B.400 to 198B.540; list reasons for licensee discipline and establish related hearing and appellate procedures; establish the elevator safety program trust fund as a separate revolving fund to be administered by the office; amend KRS 198B.400 to define terms; amend KRS 198B.410 and 198B.420 to include fixed guideway systems within the coverage of the safety act; allow any person to request and the office to conduct an investigation of an alleged violation of the safety act; amend KRS 198B.450 to clarify that the $1 certificate replacement fee applies only to elevator inspectors; amend KRS 198B.460 to relieve elevator or fixed guideway system owners or lessees from the requirement to provide registration information if the office already has the information in its possession; require elevators and fixed guideway systems for which construction has begun after January 1, 2011, to be registered at the time they are completed and placed in service; amend KRS 198B.470 to exempt listed types of devices from the annual inspection requirements, including material lifts, grain elevators, mine elevators, and freight elevators at a licensed distillery; amend KRS 198B.480 to require office approval for elevator or fixed guideway system changes or repairs; amend KRS 198B.490 to allow the office to consult with engineering authorities and organizations on safety standards; list national standards for the office to follow or modify when promulgating administrative regulations related to safety standards; mandate that any office standards be consistent with the Kentucky standards of safety and the uniform state building code; amend KRS 198B.510 to require that new elevator and fixed guideway system installations be performed by a licensed elevator contractor; mandate an inspection of all new elevators, platform lifts, and stairway chairlifts in private residences; permit future inspection of devices at private residences at the request of the owner, with the inspection fee payable by the owner; require the office to set fees for inspections at private residences; amend KRS 198B.520 to set out circumstances where a construction or repair permit may be revoked or expired; amend KRS 198B.530 to make all elevator fees and fines payable to the elevator safety program trust fund; amend KRS 198B.990 to increase the penalty for violations from a maximum fine of $500 to a minimum of $500 with a maximum fine of $3,000; make technical corrections; name KRS 198B.400 to 198B.540 the \"Kentucky Elevator Safety Act\"; EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2011; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-28","last_action":"reassigned to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-16","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB115/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB115.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":45519,"bill_number":"SB116","title":"AN ACT relating to the civil enforcement of planning and zoning violations.","description":"Amend KRS 100.991 to increase the fines for violations of KRS 100.201 to 100.347 a minimum of $100 and a maximum of $1,000; allow local governments to classify violations of KRS 100.201 to 100.347 as civil offenses and pursue them through code enforcement boards under KRS 65.8801 to 65.8839; amend KRS 65.8808 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-28","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-02","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB116/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB116.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":45520,"bill_number":"SB117","title":"AN ACT relating to financial services.","description":"Amend KRS 286.2-685 to prohibit the use of banking-related terms or characters in the name, stationery, or advertising of any entity that is not authorized to conduct banking activities in this state; create a new section of Subtitle 3 of KRS Chapter 286 to require applications for a bank or trust company charter to be approved by the executive director and stipulate requirements for approval of a charter and actions to be taken before an institution may commence business under the charter; create a new section of Subtitle 3 of KRS Chapter 286 to prohibit an institution from transacting any business, other than business that is incidental to its organization, prior to being granted a charter; amend KRS 286.3-030 to permit, upon written request and approval by the executive director, the use of different name at branch offices in this state; amend KRS 286.3-040 to specify that persons means 5 or more natural persons who may organize a bank or trust company; amend KRS 286.3-050 to delete specific investigatory requirements of the executive director prior to the filing of articles of incorporation of a bank or trust company; amend KRS 286.3-060 to modify directors' oaths of office; amend KRS 286.3-070 to change the minimum capital stock of a bank or trust company from $2,500,000 to $5,000,000; amend KRS 286.3-090 to disallow the executive director from reducing the amount of capital stock below $2,500,000; amend KRS 286.3-100 to prohibit a bank from holding for more than 1 year, unless otherwise approved by the executive director, any assets taken as security for debts previously contracted in the ordinary course of business; amend KRS 286.3-102 to update reference to CAMELS rating rather than CAMEL rating; amend KRS 286.3-172 to delete requirement for plans of conversion or merger to be filed with the clerk of the county in which the principal office of the bank is located; amend KRS 286.3-180 to allow a bank to acquire, rather than just establish, a branch office and to specify that consolidation of 2 or more branch offices in the same neighborhood shall not be considered a branch closure; amend KRS 286.3-185 to provide that the relocation of a branch within the same neighborhood shall not be considered a branch closure; amend KRS 286.3-280 to require, when computing the total capital stock and surplus, the negative balance of a bank's undivided profits account to be deducted; amend KRS 286.3-290 to create an additional exception to the maximum debt that may be owed to a bank to except from the total amount of the debt deposit secured loans; amend KRS 286.3-630 to require notice to be provided to all stockholders when a bank is required to transfer assets and liabilities; amend KRS 286.3-915 to delete requirements pertaining to the board of directors of a combined bank; amend KRS 387.111 to limit the compensation of guardians, limited guardians, and conservators; amend KRS 387.760 to limit compensation to guardians, limited guardians, limited conservators, and conservators to a commission of 6% of the income collected by the fiduciary, an annual commission of 0.3% of the fair market value of the real and personal property in the care of the fiduciary, or an annual commission of not more than 6% of the fair market value of the principal distributed by the fiduciary, except the court may allow the fiduciary additional compensation as is fair and reasonable if proof is submitted that additional services which are unusual or extraordinary and not normally incidental to the management of a similar estate have been performed; amend KRS 286.4-533 to allow creditors to charge for expenses incurred for UCC filings; repeal KRS 286.3-420 regarding publication of financial statements.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-03-25","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 28)","last_action_date":"2010-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB117/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB117.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":45521,"bill_number":"SB118","title":"AN ACT relating to a civil claim against the Commonwealth for wrongful imprisonment.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 44 to permit convicted felons who were wrongfully incarcerated to bring a claim with the Board of Claims for wrongful incarceration; place limits on damage awards.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-28","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-02","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB118/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB118.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":45522,"bill_number":"SB119","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend KRS 431.015, relating to arrests by peace officers, to require peace officers to issue citations rather than making an arrest for selected Class A and Class B misdemeanors; exempt arrests for assault offenses under KRS Chapter 508, sexual offenses under KRS Chapter 510, and firearms or weapons offenses under KRS Chapter 527.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-28","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-02","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB119/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB119.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":45523,"bill_number":"SB120","title":"AN ACT relating to motor vehicles.","description":"Amend KRS 186A.340 to specify the District Court as a court of competent jurisdiction for appeal of cases involving motor vehicle titles.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-01-28","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-02","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB120/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB120.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":46393,"bill_number":"HB344","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization.","description":"Amend various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes, relating to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, to create the Office of Policy and Budget; rename the Office of Legislative and Public Affairs to the Office of Communications and Administrative Review; create the Office of Administrative and Technology Services; abolish the Office of Fiscal Services and move responsibilities to the newly created Office of Administrative and Technology Services; abolish the Office of Technology and move responsibilities to the newly created Office of Administrative and Technology Services; create the Department for Income Support; abolish the Department for Disability Determination Services and move responsibilities to the newly created Department for Income Support; rename the Department for Mental Health and Mental Retardation Services to the Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities; rename the Department for Human Support Services to the Department for Family Resource Centers and Volunteer Services; abolish the Office of Contract Oversight and move responsibilities to the newly created Office of Policy and Budget; abolish the Governor's Office of Wellness and Physical Activity and move responsibilities to the Department for Public Health; move the responsibilities of the Governor's Office of Wellness and Physical Activity to the Department for Public Health; change the title of the Division of Child Support to the Department for Income Support; reassign certain functions of the Department for Mental Health and Mental Retardation Services to the Department for Aging and Independent Living; establish the Governor's Office of Electronic Health Information; establish the responsibilities of the Office of the Ombudsman and the Office of Electronic Health Information under the Office of the Secretary; change the title of the Division of Women's Physical and Mental Health to the Division of Women's Health; establish responsibilities of the Office of Policy and Budget and the Department for Income Support change the title of the Division of Child Abuse and Domestic Violence Services to the Division of Violence Prevention Resources; change the title of Chief information officer within the Office of Administrative and Technology Services to executive director; change the title of the Division of Adult and Child Health Improvement to the Division of Maternal and Child Health; add two members to the State Interagency Council for Services to Children with and Emotional Disability; change the title of the Division of Health Care Facilities and Services in the office of the Inspector General to the Division of Health Care; change the title of the Division of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services to the Division of Behavioral Health; establish that the cabinet may transfer or designate as surplus real property that it owns for child-care centers and senior citizens centers; repeal KRS 194.210 and 194A.085; confirm Executive Orders 2009-513, 2009-541, 2009-661, and 2009-770 to the extent not otherwise confirmed or superseded by this Act.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-18","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-22","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB344/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB344.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":46394,"bill_number":"HB345","title":"AN ACT relating to the election of local board of education members.","description":"Amend KRS 160.120 to provide that in county school districts the board of education members shall be elected from divisions within the county by qualified voters of the county at large, except in counties that contain a city of first class, in which case, the qualified voters residing in the respective divisions elect the board members.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-02-01","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-02-17","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB345/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB345.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":46395,"bill_number":"HB346","title":"AN ACT relating to motor homes.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 186.010 to 186.640 to require that motor homes manufactured from component parts be identified, for titling and registration purposes, by the vehicle identification number stamped or affixed by the final-stage manufacturer; require the seller to provide a written disclosure statement to buyers identifying the year of manufacture of every major component part of the motor home; require the written disclosure statement be filed with the application for title or registration; allow buyers of motor homes prior to the effective date of this Act to apply for an amended certificate of title to reflect the vehicle identification number placed on the vehicle by the final-stage manufacturer; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations establishing uniform forms for disclosure.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-12","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-16","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB346/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB346.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":46396,"bill_number":"HB347","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky quarter horse, appaloosa, and Arabian development fund and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 138.510 to establish the Kentucky standardbred development fund and provide funding to the Kentucky quarter horse, appaloosa, and Arabian development fund; amend KRS 230.3771 to include quarter horse, appaloosa, and Arabian horse racing in simulcast provisions and provide funding to the Kentucky quarter horse, appaloosa, and Arabian development fund; amend KRS 230.770 to conform and amend deadline for registering standardbred stallions to February 1 of each year; create a new section of KRS Chapter 230 to create the Kentucky quarter horse, appaloosa, and Arabian development fund, establish its uses, and assign the Kentucky Horse Racing Authority responsibility for its administration.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-06","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 57)","last_action_date":"2010-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB347/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB347.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":46397,"bill_number":"HB348","title":"AN ACT relating to comprehensive plans.","description":"Amend KRS 100.111 to define \"comprehensive environmental status review\" (CESR); amend KRS 100.182 to require a planning unit to complete a CESR for comprehensive planning, regulation, or zoning change purposes; require a CESR by planning unit despite any failure by environmental agencies to complete required studies or regulations; amend KRS 100.183 to specify that a comprehensive plan may not violate any relevant pollution or pollution control requirements; amend KRS 100.187 to require a CESR for a comprehensive plan and to require a CESR to identify solutions to pollution within a development; amend KRS 100.191 to require a planning unit to perform an analysis of the impact of pollution and growth on areas, in light of environmental law, and to require the development of a remediation plan for any development and require examination of watershed pollution and development of a remediation plan; amend KRS 100.197 to require a planning unit to perform a CESR to protect natural resources and environments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-01","last_action":"to Local Government (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-02","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB348/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB348.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":46398,"bill_number":"HB349","title":"AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance.","description":"Amend sections of KRS Chapter 341 to adopt recommendations of the UI Task Force; amend 341.030 to increase the taxable wage base to $9,000 on January 1, 2012 and increase by $300 each year to 2022, not to exceed $12,000; amend KRS 341.096 to revise definition of rate of \"insured unemployment rate\" by basing it on the weekly average number of weeks claimed for regular benefits; amend KRS 341.270 to require calculation of the unemployment insurance trust fund balance on September 30 rather than December 31 of each year; modify the tax schedule trigger amounts; change the computation date of an employer's reserve ratio and reserve account balance from September 30 to June 30; change the computation date applicable to effective date of rates from October 31 to July 31 of each year; amend KRS 341.275 and 341.277 to impose interest or amounts billed reimbursing employees; amend KRS 341.350 to impose a one week waiting period before benefits payments begin; limit the waiting week period to one per benefit year; make the waiting week compensable at end of the claim; amend KRS 341.380 to provide that on January 1, 2012, the weekly benefit rate shall be 1.1923% of total base period wages; retain and revise limitations on annual benefit increases; amend KRS 341.530 to permit an employer with a negative reserve account balance to make voluntary payments every other year.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-09","last_action":"returned to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-24","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB349/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB349.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":46399,"bill_number":"HB350","title":"AN ACT relating to human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome training for medical and social work professionals.","description":"Declare that the General Assembly recognizes the importance of HIV education and training and that this training has been incorporated into health education literature and training courses; amend KRS 311.450, 311.571, 311.601, 311.674, 311.844, 311.901, 312.085, 312.175, 313.040, 313.080, 313.290, 313.305, 314.041, 314.042, 314.051, 314.073, 315.050, 315.065, 320.250, 320.280, 327.050, 327.060, 333.100, 333.190, 335.080, 335.090, 335.100, and 335.150 to remove the requirements that podiatrists, physicians, acupuncturists, physician's assistants, athletic trainers, chiropractors, dentists, dental hygienists, registered nurses, advanced registered nurse practitioners, licensed practical nurses, pharmacists, optometrists, physical therapists, laboratory personnel, and social workers complete HIV/AIDS education and training as a condition of licensure or practice in the Commonwealth; repeal KRS 214.610, 214.615, 214.620, 311A.115, 311A.120.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-01","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-02","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB350/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB350.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":46400,"bill_number":"HB351","title":"AN ACT relating to leaves of absence for teachers.","description":"Amend KRS 161.770 to permit a local board of education to grant a leave of absence for reasons deemed appropriate or necessary.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-02-01","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-02-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB351/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB351.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":46401,"bill_number":"HB352","title":"AN ACT relating to highway work zones.","description":"Amend KRS 189.2325, relating to highway work zones, to set forth signage requirements; amend KRS 189.394, relating to speeding, to specify that double fines in work zones are only applicable when required signs are posted and workers are physically present in the work zone.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-18","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-22","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB352/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB352.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":46402,"bill_number":"HB353","title":"AN ACT relating to centralized revenue collection.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 131 to require the Department of Revenue to establish a centralized collection process for local occupational license taxes and fees.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-01","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-02","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB353/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB353.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":46403,"bill_number":"SB121","title":"AN ACT relating to student financial aid and making an appropriation thereof.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to establish the Shared Funding Scholarship Grant Program for undergraduate junior students on track to graduate within two years and undergraduate senior students on track to graduate within one year; require the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority in collaboration with the Council on Postsecondary Education to promulgate an administrative regulation outlining the program to be implemented by academic year 2011-2012; amend KRS 154A.130 to change the distribution percentages of the state lottery funds, beginning in 2011-2012 for the KEES Program, the College Access Program and the Kentucky Tuition Grants Program, and the Shared Funding Scholarship Grant Program; require that by fiscal year 2013-2014 all unclaimed lottery prizes be credited to the Shared Funding Scholarship Grant Program; amend KRS 164.7879 to require a high school student, beginning in academic year 2011-2012 to attain a grade point average of at least 3.0 on a 4-point scale to qualify for a KEES base award and a 22 on the ACT to qualify for an ACT supplement.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-01","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-03","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB121/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB121.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":46404,"bill_number":"SB122","title":"AN ACT relating to firearms, including ammunition and accessories for firearms.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 relating to firearms, ammunition, and firearms accessories made in Kentucky, marked \"made in Kentucky,\" and used in Kentucky to specify that these items, with specified exceptions, are exempt from federal law; name law the \"Kentucky Firearms Freedom Act.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-01","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-03","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB122/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB122.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":46405,"bill_number":"SB123","title":"AN ACT relating to pawnbrokers.","description":"Amend KRS 226.010 to define pledgor; amend KRS 226.040 to expand registry requirements associated with pawn transactions, prohibit pawn transactions with persons unwilling or unable to provide required identification, and require submission of information to the Department of Kentucky State Police or contracted vendor; create a new section of KRS Chapter 17 to require the Department of Kentucky State Police to establish or contract for the provision of a pawn database services.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-03","last_action":"received in Senate","last_action_date":"2010-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB123/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB123.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":46406,"bill_number":"SB124","title":"AN ACT relating to local government participation in the state health plans.","description":"Amend KRS 78.530 to allow agencies who are established by a merger or interlocal agreement consisting or at least one agency who participated in the County Employees Retirement System (CERS) on or before April 9, 2002, to be exempt from the requirement of signing a contract for employee health insurance with the Personnel Cabinet as a condition of participation in CERS and to apply the provisions to existing agencies established before the effective date of the Act.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-02","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-29","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB124/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB124.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":46407,"bill_number":"SB125","title":"AN ACT relating to school facilities.","description":"Amend KRS 157.420 to prohibit the Department of Education from modifying the designation or classification of a school facility while the facility is being remodeled or renovated.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-03-04","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-03-19","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB125/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB125.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":46408,"bill_number":"SB126","title":"AN ACT relating to the natural resources severance and processing tax.","description":"Amend KRS 143A.010 to expand the definition of \"processing\" to include unloading or loading natural resources that have not been severed in Kentucky; amend KRS 143A.035 to allow a tax credit against the tax imposed on limestone when a similar tax has been paid to another state for that limestone and to make technical corrections; provide effective date of August 1, 2010.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-01","last_action":"returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-10","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB126/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB126.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":46409,"bill_number":"SB127","title":"AN ACT relating to advance practice doctoral programs in nursing.","description":"Amend KRS 165.295 to require the six comprehensive universities to provide advanced practice doctoral programs in nursing upon approval of the Council on Postsecondary Education.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-07","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 80)","last_action_date":"2010-04-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB127/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB127.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":46410,"bill_number":"SB128","title":"AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to persons entitled to vote.","description":"Propose to amend Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky to exclude a convicted felon from the right to vote only until expiration of probation, final discharge from parole, or maximum expiration of sentence; submit to the voters for ratification or rejection.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-01","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-03","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB128/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB128.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":46627,"bill_number":"HB354","title":"AN ACT relating to bed and breakfast inns.","description":"Amend KRS 219.011 to define \"bed and breakfast inn\" and \"farmstay\"; create a new section of KRS 219.011 to 219.081 to specify the business functions permitted at bed and breakfast inns and farmstays; amend KRS 247.4015 to include farmstays as farm animal activity sponsors.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-24","last_action":"to Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-01","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism & Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB354/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB354.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":46628,"bill_number":"HB355","title":"AN ACT relating to the operation of a motor vehicle bearing dealer's plates.","description":"Amend KRS 186.070 to allow spouses of dealers, salespeople, or employees to operate a motor vehicle bearing a dealer's plate.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-02","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-03","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB355/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB355.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":46629,"bill_number":"HB356","title":"AN ACT relating to real estate brokers and salesmen.","description":"Amend KRS 324.090 to require annual license renewal on a date specified by the commission through administrative regulation; amend KRS 324.112 to increase from 50 to 100 miles the radius outside of which a principal broker is required to have a broker managing a branch office; permit a sales associate with 2 years experience to manage a branch office within 100 mile radius of the main office; amend KRS 324.330 to direct the commission to require licensees to provide a telephone number and email address, or both, at annual renewal; amend KRS 324.410 to increase from 60 to 120 days after the end of the fiscal year the time frame within the commission shall make public income and expenses from the real estate education, research, and recovery fund.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-12","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 130)","last_action_date":"2010-04-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB356/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB356.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":46630,"bill_number":"HB357","title":"AN ACT relating to real estate compensation.","description":"Amend KRS 324.010 to exempt employees of builders or developers who receive bonuses for sale of property and employees of property managers who receive bonuses for property management from the definition of \"regular employee\"; amend KRS 324.360 to expand forms of compensation that would require a seller to issue a seller's disclosure of conditions form.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-02","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2010-02-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB357/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB357.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":46631,"bill_number":"HB358","title":"AN ACT relating to physician assistants.","description":"Create new sections of KRS 311.840 TO 311.862 to establish the acts constituting false representation as a physician assistant, permit physician assistants to prescribe all legend drugs and Schedule II to V controlled substances, require the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure to establish an impaired physician assistant program, establish the requirements for a physician assistant and supervising physician while rendering emergency medical assistance, exempt physician assistants and supervising physicians from civil damages for acts rendered while administering medical assistance and the parameters for exemption; amend KRS 311.840 to make a technical change, to defined \"legend drug\" and change the definition of \"supervision\"; amend KRS 311.842 to delete the provision that licensure is not required of a physician assistant student or a physician assistant employment by the federal government while performing duties relating to that employed; amend KRS 311.844 to establish the requirements for licensure as a physician assistant; amend KRS 311.845 to permit temporary licensure of a physician assistant, establish the requirements for physician assistant to place a license on inactive status, and delete various provisions for the granting of a temporary license; amend KRS 311.850 to establish the conditions under which a physician assistant's license may be revoked, suspended, denied, limited, or restricted or cause a physician assistant to be placed on probation; amend KRS 311.854 to delete the provision establishing the limits on the number of supervision agreements a physician may have; amend KRS 311.856 to delete various provisions including restriction of a physician assistant to services within the supervising physician's scope of practice, prohibiting a physician assistant from prescribing and dispensing controlled substances, informing a patient of a physician assistant's status, requiring records of service by a physician assistant to be signed in a timely manner, and requiring reevaluation of a physician assistant every two years; amend KRS 311.858 to add provisions for duties and services a supervising physician may delegate to a physician assistant including ordering, prescribing, dispensing, and administering drugs and medical devices, providing medical services within the supervising physician's scope of practice as previously provided in KRS 311.856, authenticating signatures, ordering diagnostic, therapeutic, and other medical services, require a physician assistant to make his or her license available for inspection at all times and identify himself or herself as a physician assistant when engaged in professional activity, and delete the provision prohibiting a physician assistant from practicing medicine or osteopathy without supervision; amend KRS 311.860 to change the term \"nonseparate location\" to \"physician's primary practice\"; amend KRS 311.862 to require that a physician assistant practicing as a anesthesiology assistant prior to July 15, 2002, be a graduate of an approved program accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant; amend KRS 311.990 to establish the penalties for false representation as a physician assistant.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-02","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-25","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB358/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB358.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":46632,"bill_number":"HB359","title":"AN ACT relating to parole.","description":"Amend KRS 439.3405 to establish the procedure for the recommendation of medical parole and associated Parole Board hearings.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-04","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-08","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB359/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB359.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":46633,"bill_number":"HB360","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization.","description":"Amend KRS 12.020 to reorganize various entities within the Personnel Cabinet; rename the Department for Personnel Administration the Department of Human Resources Administration; rename the Office of Government Training the Governmental Services Center; rename the Department for Employee Insurance the Department of Employee Insurance; create the Office of Diversity and Equality within the Office of the Secretary; create the Center for Strategic Innovation within the Office of the Secretary; amend KRS 18A.025 to create the Division of Technology Services within the Department of Human Resources Administration; abolish the Division of Employee Benefits and transfer responsibilities to the Office of Employee Relations; abolish the Division of Communications and Recognition and transfer all duties to the Office of Employee Relations; rename the Division of Staffing Services the Division of Career Opportunities; amend various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to conform; confirm Executive Order 2009-542.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-18","last_action":"2nd reading, to Rules","last_action_date":"2010-03-26","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB360/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB360.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":46634,"bill_number":"HB361","title":"AN ACT relating to alcohol sales.","description":"Amend KRS 241.160 to require fifth class cities that serve as a county seat to create an office of alcoholic beverage control administrator if the city imposes license fees for the privilege of trafficking alcoholic beverages or regulatory license fees on gross receipts of alcohol sales; amend KRS 242.127 to allow fifth class cities that serve as a county seat to hold a local option election for the sale of distilled spirits or wine by the drink; amend KRS 242.185 to allow fifth class cities that serve as a county seat or any county containing a fifth class city that is the county seat in which prohibition is not in effect to declare economic hardship and approve sale of alcoholic beverages by the drink at certain establishments by ordinance; amend KRS 243.030 to create state licenses for distilled spirits and wine for counties containing fifth class cities that serve as the county seat; amend 243.070 to create licenses and fees for the privilege of manufacturing or trafficking in alcoholic beverages in counties containing a city of the fifth class that serves as the county seat; amend KRS 243.075 to allow fifth class cities that serve as a county seat to impose a regulatory license fee upon gross receipts of each establishment licensed to sell alcoholic beverages; amend KRS 243.230 to allow fifth class cities that serve as a county seat to be issued license for distilled spirits and wine by the drink.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-02","last_action":"to Licensing & Occupations (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-03","committee":"Licensing and Occupations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB361/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB361.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":46635,"bill_number":"HB362","title":"AN ACT relating to the ENERGY STAR home or ENERGY STAR manufactured home tax credit and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 141.0205 to establish the order for the ENERGY STAR tax credit for individual income tax; amend KRS 141.437 to allow the ENERGY STAR credit to apply to individual income tax; apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2008; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-02","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-03","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB362/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB362.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":46636,"bill_number":"HB363","title":"AN ACT relating to the Transportation Cabinet.","description":"Amend KRS 446.010 to define \"AVIS\"; amend KRS 186A.170 to eliminate the requirement that title information records be kept on microfilm, and instead allow for other methods of storage; amend KRS 186.050 to eliminate the registration fee for motorcycle sidecars; amend KRS 186.535 to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-06","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 61)","last_action_date":"2010-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB363/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB363.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":46637,"bill_number":"SB129","title":"AN ACT relating to absentee voting.","description":"Amend KRS 117.079, 117.085, and 117.086 to require the State Board of Elections to promulgate administrative regulation to establish ballot security requirements and procedures, to create a privacy waiver for overseas Kentucky residents who choose to submit an electronic or facsimile ballot, and to incorporate electronic signatures when applicable.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-02","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-04","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB129/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB129.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":46638,"bill_number":"SB130","title":"AN ACT relating to securities and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 292.310 to modify definitions of \"agent,\" \"broker-dealer,\" \"investment adviser,\" \"covered security,\" \"investment adviser representative,\" and to add \"sign\" as a defined term; amend KRS 292.330 to add exemptions from registration for broker-dealers, agents, investment advisers, and investment adviser representatives and to delete exemptions from investment adviser registration and covered adviser notice filing for registered broker-dealers; create new sections of KRS Chapter 292 to clarify the registration process for broker-dealers, agents, investment advisers, and investment adviser representatives and for notice filing as a covered adviser; to provide a procedure for successor registration of broker-dealers and investment advisers; to provide for termination or withdrawal of registrations and temporary registrations; to set forth registration fees for broker-dealers, investment advisers, agents, and representatives; to set forth recordkeeping requirements for registrants and to delete the requirement for registrants to file annual reports; to clarify the circumstances under which the executive director may deny, suspend, revoke, restrict, or limit a registration or take disciplinary action against a registrant; amend KRS 292.380 to require renewal filings for registrations by notification, coordination, or qualification; amend KRS 292.410 to clarify that all investors must receive material information in connection with the purchase of a security and to allow a commission to be paid to a registered broker-dealer in a transaction exempted by this section; amend KRS 292.480 to provide a private right of action for fraudulent investment advice; amend KRS 292.500 to allow the executive director to accept electronic filings of documents; amend KRS 292.530 to broaden the protections of the chapter to all investors rather than only to Kentucky investors; amend KRS 292.313 to conform; create a new section of KRS 292 to establish the securities fraud prosecution and prevention fund; amend KRS 292.991 to increase criminal penalties for repeat criminal violations of the chapter; amend KRS 304.37-530 to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-07","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 82)","last_action_date":"2010-04-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB130/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB130.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":57336,"bill_number":"HB364","title":"AN ACT relating to veterans' affairs.","description":"Amend KRS 40.305 to add gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-16","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-17","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB364/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB364.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":57337,"bill_number":"HB365","title":"AN ACT relating to jurisdictional limits for Kentucky courts.","description":"Amend KRS 24A.230 and 24A.290 to increase the jurisdictional limit of the small claims division of the District Court from $1,500 to $2,500, for both claims and counterclaims.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-02-03","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-02-22","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB365/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB365.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":57338,"bill_number":"HB366","title":"AN ACT relating to crime victims.","description":"Amend KRS 346.020, regarding definitions for the compensation of crime victims, to include a member of the victim's family in the definition of \"claimant\"; amend KRS 346.050, relating to eligibility for benefits, to include a member of the victim's family and a person legally responsible for eligible expenses of a victim; amend KRS 346.100 to make discretionary, rather than mandatory, the board's decision to deny claims to victims who fail to take timely steps in perfecting their claims; amend KRS 346.130 to include payment of mental health counseling for two cumulative years and replacement of eyeglasses if they were stolen or destroyed; provide that awards shall be equal to net earnings; amend KRS 346.140, relating to the receipt of funds from other sources and the reduction of awards, to include contributions or monetary gifts made to or on behalf of the victim for expenses and bill adjustments made by a service provider or vendor.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-04","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-08","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB366/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB366.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":57339,"bill_number":"HB367","title":"AN ACT relating to school-sponsored media in public high schools.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to define the terms \"school-sponsored media,\" \"student journalist,\" and \"student media adviser\"; require a board of education with a public high school within its district to adopt a policy which includes reasonable provisions for distribution and dissemination of school-sponsored media student content responsibility student media adviser rights and protections criteria for responsible journalism; and clarification that student expression is not an expression of school policy","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-03","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-08","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB367/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB367.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":57340,"bill_number":"HB368","title":"AN ACT relating to the taxation of secondary pari-mutuel organizations and making an appropriation.","description":"Amend KRS 138.511 to define \"advance deposit account wagering,\" \"dark day,\" \"handle,\" \"Kentucky resident,\" \"pari-mutuel wager,\" \"race meeting footprint,\" \"secondary pari-mutuel organization,\" and \"takeout\"; create a new section of KRS 138.510 to 138.550 to require an SPMO to pay a tax in the amount of one and one-half percent on each wager placed by a Kentucky resident; require the tax be reported and paid in accordance with KRS 138.530; amend KRS 138.530 to establish time period for remittance of tax; require a SPMO to file a return and to keep books and records in which Kentucky residents and amounts wagered are easily determined and verified; subject all books and records to inspection by the department and authority; direct the distribution of revenue; permit the suspension, revocation, or denial of renewal of an SPMO's license for failing to comply with this Act.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-01","last_action":"to Rules (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-26","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB368/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB368.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":57341,"bill_number":"HB369","title":"AN ACT relating to civil actions.","description":"Amend KRS 413.125 to provide for a two-year statute of limitations for civil actions relating to wrongful termination or wrongful discharge, and provide for limited tolling of the period of limitation an administrative hearing.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-08","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB369/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB369.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":57342,"bill_number":"HB370","title":"AN ACT relating to economic development.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 141 to establish the New Markets Development Program and provide tax credits under the program; amend KRS 141.0205 to recognize and establish the ordering of the credits.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-09","last_action":"returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-25","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB370/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB370.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":57343,"bill_number":"HB371","title":"AN ACT relating to low-profit limited liability companies.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 275 to allow a limited liability company to be organized and operated as a low-profit limited liability company or a \"L3C\" if certain charitable or educational criteria are met; amend KRS 275.015, 275.025, and 275.100 to conform.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-02-03","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-02-12","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB371/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB371.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":57344,"bill_number":"HB372","title":"AN ACT relating to jury service.","description":"Amend KRS 29A.040 to allow a person who has reached the age of 70 to have his or her name removed from the master list of prospective jurors; amend KRS 29A.090 to allow automatic exemption from jury service for a prospective juror who has reached age 70 and who has elected to have his or her name removed from the master list of prospective jurors.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-22","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-24","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB372/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB372.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":57345,"bill_number":"HB373","title":"AN ACT relating to full disclosure in public safety.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to specify how the phrase \"individual, private setting\" shall be interpreted in informed consent situations; create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to require an ultrasound prior to an abortion; amend KRS 311.990 to provide a criminal penalty.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-02-03","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-02-23","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB373/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB373.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":57346,"bill_number":"HB374","title":"AN ACT relating to election of faculty representative to boards of regents.","description":"Amend KRS 164.321 to permit an instructor to vote and to be selected as a representative to a board of regents in one of the comprehensive universities.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-03-30","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 41)","last_action_date":"2010-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB374/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB374.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":57347,"bill_number":"HB375","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program.","description":"Amend KRS 205.6485 to delete the requirement for a premium payment for insurance coverage under the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Programs and permit the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to establish premium payments by administrative regulation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-03","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2010-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB375/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB375.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":57348,"bill_number":"HB376","title":"AN ACT relating to speech-language pathologists and audiologists, and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to provide an annual salary supplement for speech-language pathologists and audiologists holding a certificate of clinical competence from the American Speech-Language Hearing Association or the American Board of Audiology; require, as a condition of receiving the supplement, that a speech-language pathologist or audiologist be employed by a local board of education to provide or coordinate speech-language pathology or audiology for students and hold credentials from the Education Professional Standards Board or a license issued by the Kentucky Board of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology; require, as a condition of allocation, that the supplement only be paid if appropriated for that purpose, require that the salary supplement be equivalent to the stipend paid to teachers who have attained National Board of Professional Teaching Standards certification; require that the salary supplement be considered if the speech-language pathologist or audiologist is employed in another capacity in which the provision of the language pathology or audiology is secondary to that person's other teaching or administrative duties; direct the board of education to request reimbursement from the fund to support educational excellence.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-12","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 109)","last_action_date":"2010-04-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB376/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB376.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":57349,"bill_number":"SB131","title":"AN ACT relating to the Department of Juvenile Justice.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 15A to restrict access to Department of Juvenile Justice records if a release of the record would present a threat to the security of a juvenile, juvenile facility, or other person; provide that the department is not required to comply with a record request from a juvenile within the facility unless the record contains a specific reference to that individual; allow persons to challenge denial of a record request pursuant to KRS 61.880(2).","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-07","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 74)","last_action_date":"2010-04-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB131/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB131.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":57782,"bill_number":"HB377","title":"AN ACT relating to pretrial services.","description":"Amend KRS 431.515 to require pretrial investigations and services to ask whether an individual has been in combat and, if so, provide contact information to services available for combat veterans.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 145)","last_action_date":"2010-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB377/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB377.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":57783,"bill_number":"HB378","title":"AN ACT relating to underground storage tanks.","description":"Amend KRS 224.60-130 to prohibit the petroleum storage tank environmental assurance fund from placing a tank-number limit on owners or operators in order to qualify for reimbursement of the cost of tank removal from the small operators' tank removal account (SOTRA).","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-06","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 59)","last_action_date":"2010-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB378/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB378.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":57784,"bill_number":"HB379","title":"AN ACT relating to honoring military service through education benefits and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 164.515 to delete the age restriction (age 26) for family members of certain members of the military who desire to enroll in college or vocational school to be eligible for tuition benefits and increase the time allowed for obtaining a diploma from 45 months to 48 months; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-04","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2010-03-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB379/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB379.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":57785,"bill_number":"HB380","title":"AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Bill of Rights of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to assertion of the rights of Kentuckians under the 9th and 10th Amendments to the Constitution of the United States of America.","description":"Propose to create a new section of the Bill of Rights of the Constitution of Kentucky incorporating the Ninth and Tenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States into the Constitution of Kentucky, declare that any usurpations of these rights or powers, including any declaration of emergency or martial law or otherwise, by federal, state, or local governments or any subdivisions thereof, or by any supra-national entity, shall be defended against by this Commonwealth or its people using all lawful means.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-04","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-08","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB380/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB380.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":57786,"bill_number":"HB381","title":"AN ACT relating to deferred deposit transactions.","description":"Amend KRS 286.9-010 to define \"annual percentage rate,\" \"consideration,\" and \"interest\"; amend KRS 286.9-100 to delete the service fee of $15 per $100 loan and establish a maximum annual percentage rate of thirty-six percent (36%); provide that making a deferred deposit transaction in violation of the maximum interest provisions of this Act is an unfair, false, misleading, and deceptive practice in violation of the Consumer Protection Act and subject to its rights and remedies; prohibit a licensee from engaging in deceptive practices to evade the requirements of Subtitle 9 of KRS Chapter 286; amend KRS 286.9-102 to require a licensee to conspicuously display interest charges for services; create a new section of Subtitle 9 of KRS Chapter 286 to provide that knowing violation of the maximum allowable interest rate provisions of this Act shall be deemed a forfeiture of the entire interest for the transaction or, if already paid, the person who paid the interest, or his or her legal representative, may recover twice the amount paid in an action against the lender if commenced within two (2) years of the deferred deposit transaction.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-04","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-08","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB381/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB381.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":57787,"bill_number":"HB382","title":"AN ACT relating to primaries.","description":"Amend KRS 116.055 to permit a registered independent who is registered as an independent on December 31 immediately preceding the primary, to vote in the primary of one party; amend KRS 118.125 to provide that a primary candidate shall not be a registered independent; amend KRS 117.125 to provide that electronic voting machines be reprogrammed to allow a registered independent to vote for a party's candidates in a primary.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-02-04","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-03-04","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB382/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB382.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":57788,"bill_number":"HB383","title":"AN ACT relating to income taxation.","description":"Amend KRS 141.010 to change the Internal Revenue Code reference date to December 31, 2009; apply to tax years beginning after December 31, 2009.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-04","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-08","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB383/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB383.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":57789,"bill_number":"HB384","title":"AN ACT relating to licensure of certified public accountants.","description":"Amend KRS 325.261 to impose a time limit of five years after examination to complete the experience requirement; amend KRS 325.270 to cancel examination scores if the new time limit exceeded; amend KRS 325.330 establish dates for license expiration and provide requirements for license renewal.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-25","last_action":"recommitted to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-24","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB384/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB384.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":57790,"bill_number":"HB385","title":"AN ACT relating to constable fees.","description":"Amend KRS 64.190 to remove references to outdated constable services and fees.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-04","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2010-02-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB385/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB385.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":57791,"bill_number":"HB386","title":"AN ACT relating to fireworks and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Repeal and reenact KRS 227.700 to 227.750 regarding fireworks to define terms; require permit to manufacture, sell, offer for sale, ship, or receive fireworks; prohibit consumer purchase of fireworks by mail order; prohibit issuance of permit to person under 18; establish $1,000 annual permit fee for manufacturer, distributor, retailer, wholesaler, and exhibitor, and $100 fee for seasonal retailer; authorize conduct of business associated with each permit; direct permit fees collected as expendable receipts of the fire prevention division; charge the state fire marshal with enforcement of chapter and grant authority to designate deputy fire marshal as fireworks enforcement officer; require the fire marshal to assign a number to each permit; require a permit holder to affix the number to all orders and invoices; require a consignee to a hold permit before shipping or delivering fireworks; authorize purchases only from a seller holding a permit; require a distributor, manufacturer, and wholesaler to keep accurate record of sales; direct that requests for retailer's or seasonal retailer's permits be accompanied by a statement that the sale of fireworks is permissible in the city, county, or other local jurisdiction; grant localities authority to restrict sale of fireworks by ordinance; permit the fire marshal to inspect the location for each permit and to revoke permits for violation of the chapter; direct that permits do not replace privilege licenses and the county clerk must require proof of a permit issued by state fire marshal prior to issuance of a state or county license; authorize permissible fireworks including those classified as D.O.T. Class C common fireworks and items that comply with construction, chemical composition, and labeling regulations of the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission and those permitted for use by the general public; establish conditions of sale and use of permissible fireworks; list exemptions to definition of fireworks; establish requirements for storage, location, and display of fireworks; require protection of fuses; create new sections of KRS Chapter 227 to forbid the retail sale of Class C fireworks to intoxicated person or persons under the age of 16; prohibit exploding or igniting fireworks from within a moving vehicle, within 600 feet of a church, hospital, asylum, or public school, or within 200 feet of a location where fireworks are stored or sold; prohibit the manufacture, possession, shipment, sale, and use of \"illegal ground salutes\"; establish conditions for seizure of fireworks as contraband and the process required prior to destroying; list exceptions to application of chapter; grant local governments control of sale and use of fireworks within their jurisdictions; require an exhibitor's license to perform outdoor fireworks display, proximate pyrotechnic display, or indoor or outdoor display using flame effects; establish conditions and application requirements for issuance of a permit and renewal; establish penalties and conditions for denial, suspension, revocation, or refusal to renew exhibitor's license or certification; direct the fire marshal to establish a program of certification for an outdoor fireworks display operator, proximate pyrotechnic display operator, and flame effect display operator; direct the fire marshal to promulgate administrative regulations to establish scope and type of required examinations; allow for reciprocity; prohibit anyone other than a certified operator to perform an outdoor display using display or 1.4G fireworks; require a certified operator to be present during preparation for a display; prohibit an exhibitor or certified operator from performing outdoor fireworks display, proximate pyrotechnic display, or flame effect display except in accordance with NFPA regulations and administrative regulations promulgated by the state fire marshal; exempt individuals and organizations using Class C common fireworks for personal or display use; establish requirements for public displays, including permit application process; require fire personnel and extinguishers at each event; require the fire marshal to collect a permit fee from the sponsor for each event; require Class B fireworks to be stored in accordance with NFPA regulations and federal, state, and local laws; charge the fire marshal with the administration and enforcement of this chapter; direct the fire marshal to promulgate administrative regulations relating to licensing of exhibitors, certification of operators, training, examinations, manufacture, handling, and standards for storage and use, and the code for fireworks display; grant control of the legal sale and use of fireworks to local jurisdictions; create a fireworks advisory council, establish membership and duties; establish penalties for violation of fireworks section of chapter.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-02-04","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-03-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB386/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB386.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":57792,"bill_number":"HB387","title":"AN ACT relating to state agencies and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 18A.030 to require the secretary of the Personnel Cabinet to report the number of state employees to the Legislative Research Commission within fifteen (15) days after the effective date of the Act and quarterly thereafter; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-05","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 55)","last_action_date":"2010-04-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB387/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB387.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":57793,"bill_number":"HB388","title":"AN ACT relating to charitable gaming.","description":"Amend KRS 238.545 to permit a licensed charitable organization to use an automatic charity ticket dispenser at the facility where it conducts charitable gaming during the hours its licensed facility is open if the facility is owned by the charity and is not used by any other licensed organization to conduct charitable gaming; require that the automatic dispenser be placed in the line of sight of an officer or bona fide employee at all times.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-04","last_action":"to Licensing & Occupations (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-08","committee":"Licensing and Occupations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB388/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB388.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":57794,"bill_number":"HB389","title":"AN ACT relating to trespass on retail or commercial premises.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 511 to establish the crime of trespassing on retail and commercial premises when a person enters a driveway or parking lot of a business without conducting business, or in violation of posted signs specifying property regulations; specify exemptions; classify as a violation punishable by a fine of $20-$100.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-04","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-08","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB389/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB389.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":57795,"bill_number":"HCR130","title":"Urge the United States Department of Transportation or Congress to enhance commercial driver's license agricultural exemptions.","description":"Urge the United States Department of Transportation or Congress to enhance commercial driver's license agricultural exemptions.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-04","last_action":"returned to Agriculture (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-17","committee":"Agriculture","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR130/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HC130.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":57796,"bill_number":"SB132","title":"AN ACT relating to efficient design in school buildings and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 157 to support and encourage the construction and renovation of school buildings using efficient design concepts; establish a Kentucky efficient school design trust fund; require the Department of Education to develop and publish guidelines for efficient school design; require the Department of Education to provide annual reports.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 134)","last_action_date":"2010-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB132/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB132.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":57797,"bill_number":"SB133","title":"AN ACT relating to advertising devices.","description":"Amend KRS 177.830 to define \"advertising device viewing zone,\" \"cabinet,\" \"view permit,\" \"repair permit,\" \"trim or prune,\" \"routine maintenance,\" \"destroyed,\" and \"routine change of message\"; amend KRS 177.863 to make technical corrections; create new sections of KRS 177.830 to 177.890 to allow the owner of legally erected advertising device to apply to the Transportation Cabinet for a vegetation control permit; set forth components of permit application; set forth a $200 nonrefundable application fee; establish standards for approval of a vegetation control permit; establish the procedures for applicants who were denied a permit or issued a restricted permit to submit an amended application for a vegetation control permit; allow applicant that was issued a restricted permit or denied a permit based on an amended application to petition the Franklin County Circuit Court to determine whether denial or restrictions were appropriate; require a billboard owner with a valid application in force to secure a view permit each time prior to trimming or pruning vegetation; set fee for each view permit at $150; require $2,500 performance bond prior to issuance of a view permit; make view permits valid until work is completed or 180 days, whichever is shorter; require the cabinet to monitor work done on a view permit; require trimming and pruning done under a view permit to be supervised by a certified arborist; establish procedures for repair permits on nonconforming advertising devices similar to the procedure for view permits; amend KRS 177.860 to require the cabinet to establish standards and routine maintenance and routine change of messages on advertising devices; create new sections of KRS 177.830 to 177.890 to establish a penalty of $100 per day for each day an illegal advertising device is in violation of the new requirements; waive fine if corrected within 30 days; clarify that nothing in KRS 177.830 to 177.890 may be construed as to permit activity which is in conflict with the Federal Highway Beautification Act or any agreement entered into between the Federal Highway Administration and the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-04","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2010-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB133/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB133.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":57798,"bill_number":"SB134","title":"AN ACT relating to retirement.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 18A.005 to 18A.200 to require executive branch agencies to reduce the compensation of current unclassified employees and all employees hired on or after August 1, 2010, by the amount of retirement benefit received by the Kentucky Employees Retirement System, the State Police Retirement System, the Judicial Retirement Plan, or the Legislators' Retirement Plan if they have retired and returned to work with the executive branch; exempt individuals employed as a Trooper R Class from the reduction requirement; amend KRS 61.661 to authorize the release of employment and retirement benefit information for retirees who are receiving a benefit from the Kentucky Employees Retirement System, the County Employees Retirement System, or the State Police Retirement System if they are reemployed with an agency participating in the systems.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-04","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2010-02-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB134/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB134.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":57799,"bill_number":"SB135","title":"AN ACT relating to crime victims.","description":"Amend KRS 216B.400, relating to examination services for victims of sexual offenses, to include a qualified medical professional as a person qualified to be on call and examine victims of sexual offenses and gather samples from the victims; require the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet in consultation with the Sexual Assault Response Team Advisory Committee to promulgate regulations for a medical forensic protocol; permit a disabled person to consent to an examination without the required consent of the parent or legal guardian of the individual; add specified medical professionals and entities to parties eligible for reimbursement by the Crime Victims' Compensation Board; provide each victim seeking an examination the right to determine whether to report the offense to law enforcement except in specified circumstances; require the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet in consultation with the Sexual Assault Response Team Advisory Committee to promulgate administrative regulations for the storage, release, or destruction of samples collected during an examination when the victim has not chosen to report to law enforcement; specify that no hospital, sexual assault examination facility, or designated storage facility shall be liable for destruction of samples after the required storage period has expired; amend KRS 314.011 and 403.707 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-04","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-08","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB135/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB135.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":57800,"bill_number":"SB136","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend KRS 17.165 to prohibit persons convicted of a criminal offense against a victim who is a minor from being employed at a child-care center; amend KRS 17.500 to modify the definitions used in the sex offender registration system, including the list of triggering offenses and identifying information required of a registrant; amend KRS 17.510 to modify the timelines and process for updating a sex offender's registration information; amend KRS 17.520 to increase the minimum registration period to 25 years; amend KRS 17.545 to modify the measurement process for sex offender residences in relation to playgrounds and day care centers; amend KRS 17.580 to modify the categories of sex offender information that is displayed on the sex offender website; amend KRS 17.990 and 160.151 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-04","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-08","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB136/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB136.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":57801,"bill_number":"SB137","title":"AN ACT relating to eyewitness identification.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 421, relating to witnesses, to regulate the conduct of lineups by law enforcement agencies; provide instructions for witnesses; provide for suppression of evidence in cases in which the policies are violated; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-04","last_action":"returned to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-10","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB137/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB137.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":57802,"bill_number":"SB138","title":"AN ACT relating to civil rights.","description":"Amend KRS 344.010 to include definitions for \"sexual orientation\" and \"gender identity\"; amend KRS 344.020, relating to the purpose of the Kentucky's civil rights chapter, to include a prohibition on discrimination because of sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.040, 344.050, 344.060, 344.070, and 344.080, relating to prohibited discrimination in various labor and employment practices, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.025, 344.100, 344.110, and KRS 18A.095, relating to the same, to conform; amend KRS 344.120 and 342.140, relating to prohibited discrimination in places of public accommodation and advertisements therefor, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.170, 344.180, 344.190, 344.300, and 344.310, relating to the state and local human rights commissions, to include prohibition of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in the scope of their powers and duties; amend KRS 344.360, 344.680, 344.370, and 344.380, relating to prohibited discrimination in certain housing, real estate, and other financial transactions, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.367, relating to prohibited discrimination in certain insurance sales, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.400, relating to prohibited discrimination in certain credit transactions, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; and make various technical amendments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-04","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-08","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB138/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB138.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":57803,"bill_number":"SB139","title":"AN ACT relating to surface mining.","description":"Amend KRS 350.450 to require when conducting mountain top removal or approximate original contour mining that overburden be returned to mined areas to the extent possible; require remaining overburden to be disposed of in a permitted area or on a area under the abandoned mine land program if approved as a disposal site or transported and placed in specially constructed lifts; prohibit overburden from being placed in intermittent, perennial, or ephemeral streams or other water of the Commonwealth; make requirements on overburden placement mandatory for permits that specify a post-mine land use; amend KRS 350.440 to require that any spoil material not be disposed of in intermittent, perennial, or ephemeral streams and that spoil not returned to the mine area be disposed of by placing in a site eligible under the abandoned mine land program or in specially constructed lifts; amend KRS 350.410 to prescribe that restoration to approximate original contour include both the configuration of the site and the elevation of the site prior to the coal removal and to prohibit spoil from being placed in streams and require placement in either a disposal site on lands under the abandoned mine land program or in specially constructed fills.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-04","last_action":"to Natural Resources and Energy (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-08","committee":"Natural Resources and Energy","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB139/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB139.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":57804,"bill_number":"SB140","title":"AN ACT relating to public health.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require science-based content and age appropriate and medically accurate standards for human sexuality education; provide that a parent or guardian may excuse a child from the educational program and permit the parent or guardian to review instructional material upon request; specify that nothing requires a school district, public school, or family resource and youth services center to offer human sexuality education; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to permit the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to refuse federal funding for abstinence-only education; require science-based content if state funds are received by the cabinet or subcontractor for human sexuality education or teen pregnancy prevention; permit the cabinet to promulgate an administrative regulation to specify instructional content; and require an entity that receives state funding and offers human sexuality education or teen pregnancy prevention to adopt science-based content.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-04","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-08","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB140/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB140.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":57805,"bill_number":"SB141","title":"AN ACT relating to persistant felony offenders.","description":"Repeal KRS 210.360, relating to a mandatory mental examination of persistent felony offenders.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-03-30","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 45)","last_action_date":"2010-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB141/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB141.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":57907,"bill_number":"HB390","title":"AN ACT relating to jury service.","description":"Amend KRS 29A.040 to allow a person who has reached the age of 72 to have his or her name removed from the master list of prospective jurors; amend KRS 29A.090 to allow automatic exemption from jury service for a prospective juror who has reached age 72 and who has elected to have his or her name removed from the master list of prospective jurors.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-05","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-08","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB390/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB390.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":57908,"bill_number":"HB391","title":"AN ACT relating to condominiums.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 381, relating to condominiums and the Uniform Condominium Act; define relevant terms; provide requirements and procedures for establishment of associations and for the conduct of business; establish rights and responsibilities of unit owners; provide criteria related to the sale of units by unit owners and collection of delinquent fees and assessments; establish procedure for distribution of proceeds as related to common elements; provide for the short title, \"Kentucky Condominium Act\"; provide that this Act becomes effective January 1, 2011.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-08","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 97)","last_action_date":"2010-04-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB391/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB391.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":57909,"bill_number":"HB392","title":"AN ACT relating to liability for taxes.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 138 to assign individual liability to officers and responsible persons of a corporation or limited liability entity for taxes imposed by KRS 138.463 and 138.660.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-18","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-22","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB392/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB392.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":57910,"bill_number":"HB393","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization.","description":"Amend and create various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to abolish the Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet; create the Public Protection Cabinet, the Labor Cabinet, and the Energy and Environment Cabinet; establish in the Public Protection Cabinet the Office of the Secretary, containing the Office of Communications and Public Outreach and the Office of Legal Services; establish within the Public Protection Cabinet the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction, containing the Division of Fire Prevention, the Division of Plumbing, the Division of Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning, and the Division of Building Code Enforcement; establish within the Public Protection Cabinet the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, containing the Division of Distilled Spirits, the Division of Malt Beverages, and the Division of Enforcement; establish within the Public Protection Cabinet the Department of Financial Institutions, containing the Division of Depository Institutions, the Division of Non-Depository Institutions, and the Division of Securities; establish within the Public Protection Cabinet the Department of Charitable Gaming, containing the Division of Licensing and Compliance and the Division of Enforcement; establish within the Public Protection Cabinet the Department of Insurance, containing the Property and Casualty Division, the Health and Life Division, the Division of Financial Standards and Examination, the Division of Agent Licensing, the Division of Insurance Fraud Investigation, the Consumer Protection Division, and the Division of Kentucky Access; establish within the Public Protection Cabinet the Office of Occupations and Professions; abolish the Division of Administrative Services in the former Department of Public Protection; attach to the Public Protection Cabinet, for administrative purposes, the Board of Claims, the Crime Victims Compensation Board, the Board of Tax Appeals, the Boxing and Wrestling Authority, and the Horse Racing Commission; abolish the Horse Racing Authority; create the Energy and Environment Cabinet; establish within the Energy and Environment Cabinet the Office of the Secretary, containing the Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs, the Office of Administrative Hearings, and the Office of General Counsel; establish within the Energy and Environment Cabinet the Department for Environmental Protection, containing the Division for Air Quality, the Division of Water, the Division of Waste Management, the Division of Enforcement, the Division of Environmental Program Support, and the Division of Compliance Assistance; establish within the Energy and Environment Cabinet the Department for Natural Resources, containing the Division of Technical and Administrative Support, the Division of Mine Permits, the Division of Mine Reclamation and Enforcement, the Division of Abandoned Mine Lands, the Office of Mine Safety and Licensing, the Division of Forestry, the Division of Oil and Gas, and the Division of Conservation; establish within the Energy and Environment Cabinet the Department for Energy Development and Independence, containing the Division of Efficiency and Conservation, the Division of Energy Generation Transmission and Distribution, the Division of Renewable Energy, the Division of Biofuels, the Division of Carbon Management, and the Division of Fossil Energy Development; abolish the Governor's Office for Energy Policy and transfer its duties to the Department for Energy Development and Independence; attach to the Office of the Secretary of the Energy and Environment Cabinet, for administrative purposes, the Mine Safety Review Commission, the Nature Preserves Commission, the Environmental Quality Commission, and the Public Service Commission; create the Labor Cabinet; establish within the Labor Cabinet the Office of the Secretary; attach the Division of Management Services and the Office of General Counsel for the Labor Cabinet to the Office of the Secretary of the Labor Cabinet; establish within the Labor Cabinet the Department of Workplace Standards, containing the Division of Employment Standards, Apprenticeship, and Mediation, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health Compliance, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health Education and Training, and the Division of Workers' Compensation Funds; establish within the Labor Cabinet the Department of Workers' Claims, containing the Office of General Counsel for Workers' Claims, the Office of Administrative Law Judges, the Division of Claims Processing, the Division of Security and Compliance, the Division of Information and Research, and the Division of Ombudsman and Workers' Compensation Specialist Services; abolish the Kentucky Employees' Insurance Association; attach to the Labor Cabinet, for administrative purposes, the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, the Workers' Compensation Funding Commission, the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board, the Labor-Management Advisory Council, the State Labor Relations Board, the Prevailing Wage Review Board, the Apprenticeship and Training Council, and the Employers' Mutual Insurance Authority; attach to the Labor Cabinet, for the purpose of providing services to multiple cabinets, the Office of Inspector General for Shared Services and the Office of General Administration and Program Support for Shared Services, which contains the Division of Human Resource Management, the Division of Fiscal Management, the Division of Budgets, and the Division of Information Services; attach to the Department of Workers' Claims, for administrative purposes, the Workers' Compensation Board, the Workers' Compensation Advisory Council, and the Workers' Compensation Nominating Commission; repeal KRS 56.790, 152.725, 216A.045, 224.10-025, 224.10-103, 342.495, 342.500, 342.505, 342.510, 342.515, 342.520, 342.525, 342.530, 342.535, 342.540, 342.545, 342.550, and 342.555; confirm Executive Orders 2009-535, 2009-537, 2009-538, and 2009-1086.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-03-25","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 24)","last_action_date":"2010-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB393/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB393.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":57911,"bill_number":"HB394","title":"AN ACT relating to the new home tax credit for income tax purposes and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 141.388 to lower the new home tax credit cap to $15 million and allow certain purchases qualifying for the federal first-time home buyer tax credit to also receive the Kentucky new home tax credit; apply the amended new home tax credit cap to all purchases of qualified principal residences within the approved time; apply the expansion of the new home tax credit to purchases of qualified principal residences after November 6, 2009; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-09","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-10","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB394/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB394.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":57912,"bill_number":"SB142","title":"AN ACT relating to Bible literacy courses in the public schools.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations to establish an elective social studies course on the Hebrew Scriptures, Old Testament of the Bible, the New Testament, or a combination of the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament of the Bible; require that the course provide students knowledge of biblical content, characters, poetry, and narratives that are prerequisites to understanding contemporary society and culture, including literature, art, music, mores, oratory, and public policy; permit students to use various translations of the Bible for the course; amend KRS 158.197 to permit a school council to offer an elective social studies course on the Hebrew Scriptures, Old Testament of the Bible, the New Testament, or a combination of the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament of the Bible.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-26","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-02","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB142/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB142.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":57913,"bill_number":"SB143","title":"AN ACT relating to personal-care homes.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 216 to define the terms \"activities of daily living,\" \"ambulatory,\" \"cabinet,\" \"department,\" \"Level I personal-care-home,\" \"Level II personal-care home,\" \"mobile nonambulatory,\" \"nonambulatory,\" \"nonmobile,\" \"personal-care home,\" and \"secretary\"; provide that only personal-care homes meeting standards for certification will be granted a certificate; require the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations; require the Department for Aging and Independent Living to administer the certification requirements; create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of providing Medicaid payments for care provided by personal-care homes and to require the study results to be reported by August 1, 2010, permit the cabinet to submit a waiver by October 30, 2010, to allow Medicaid reimbursement for services provided by personal-care homes depending on the results of the study, and provide that upon approval of the waiver Medicaid payments are to be based on level of care with Level I personal-care homes reimbursed at the rate for nursing home care in effect January 1, 2010, with a rate increase by July 1, 2011, and July 1 of each year by the percentage increase in the annual average rate of the consumer price index for medical services and Level II personal-care homes reimbursed at the payment rate for nursing home care in effect January 1, 2010, and then increased to reflect budget provider profiles and level of patient acuity with a rate increase by July 1, 2011, and July 1 of each year by the percentage increase in the annual average rate of the consumer price index for medical services; create new sections of KRS Chapter 194A to establish the Office on Personal-Care Homes within the Department for Aging and Independent Living, specify the duties of the office; establish the Personal-Care Homes Advisory Council and specify the membership and terms of the members.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-05","last_action":"returned to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-10","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB143/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB143.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":57914,"bill_number":"SB144","title":"AN ACT relating to driving under the influence.","description":"Amend KRS 189A.010 to establish a per se violation of the DUI statute if the driver has at least a certain amount of a controlled substance in the blood; provide that test results may be excluded under certain conditions; reduce the required alcohol concentration for an aggravating circumstance from 0.18 to 0.15; amend KRS 189A.105 to lower the alcohol percentage from 0.18 to 0.15 for increased penalties; amend various other sections to conform.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-19","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-29","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB144/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB144.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":57915,"bill_number":"SCR110","title":"Direct the Legislative Research Commission to create a task force to study the needs of grandparents raising their grandchildren and to develop an action plan to address their needs; require report on findings and recommendations no later than December 15, 2010.","description":"Direct the Legislative Research Commission to create a task force to study the needs of grandparents raising their grandchildren and to develop an action plan to address their needs; require report on findings and recommendations no later than December 15, 2010.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-05","last_action":"returned to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-10","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SCR110/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SC110.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":57998,"bill_number":"HB395","title":"AN ACT relating to the Workers' Compensation Funding Commission.","description":"Amend KRS 342.122 to extend the payoff date for the workers' compensation special fund to 2029.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-06","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 58)","last_action_date":"2010-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB395/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB395.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":57999,"bill_number":"HB396","title":"AN ACT relating to surface mining.","description":"Amend KRS 350.450 to require when conducting mountain top removal or approximate original contour mining that overburden be returned to mined areas to extend possible; require remaining overburden be disposed of in permitted area or on area under the abandoned mine land program if approved as a disposal site or transported and placed in specially constructed lifts; prohibit overburden from being placed in intermittent, perennial or ephemeral streams or other water of the Commonwealth; make requirements on overburden placement mandatory for permits that specify a post-mine land use; amend KRS 350.440 to require any spoil material not be disposed of in intermittent, perennial or ephemeral streams and that spoil not returned to the mine area be disposed of by placing in a site eligible under abandoned mine land or in specially constructed lifts; amend KRS 350.410 to prescribe that restoration to approximate original contour include both the configuration of the site and the elevation of the site prior to the coal removal and to prohibit spoil from being placed in streams and require placement in either a disposal site on lands under the abandoned mine land program or in specially constructed fills.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-08","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Environment (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-10","committee":"Natural Resources and Environment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB396/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB396.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":58000,"bill_number":"HB397","title":"AN ACT relating to science education and intellectual freedom.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to encourage local district teachers and administrators to foster an environment promoting objective discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of scientific theories; allow teachers to use, as permitted by the local board of education, materials in addition to state-approved texts and instructional materials for discussion of scientific theories including evolution, the origins of life, global warming, and human cloning; clarify that provisions do not promote religious doctrine or discrimination; provide that the section may be cited as the Kentucky Science Education and Intellectual Freedom Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-08","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-10","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB397/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB397.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":58001,"bill_number":"HB398","title":"AN ACT relating to equines.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 230 to establish the Kentucky Equine Health and Welfare Board; define \"board\" and \"equine\"; attach the board to the Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet; specify board membership and terms of service; set out duties and functions of the board; require annual reporting; establish the equine health and welfare fund.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-12","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 106)","last_action_date":"2010-04-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB398/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB398.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":58002,"bill_number":"HB399","title":"AN ACT relating to domestic relations.","description":"Amend KRS 406.011 to establish that the presumption of paternity is a rebuttable presumption, to permit an evidentiary showing of paternity, and prohibit establishment of paternity by a man who has been convicted of a sex offense against a married woman; amend KRS 406.021 to clarify how paternity may be determined, to add references to Family Court, and to permit either parent to petition the court for a parentage determination; amend KRS 406.035 relating to written paternity orders, to include references to Family Court judges; amend KRS 406.051 to include references to Family Court and clarify how an appeal is to be made; amend KRS 406.151 to include the county where the child resides as an appropriate venue in paternity cases.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-08","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-10","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB399/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB399.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":58003,"bill_number":"HB400","title":"AN ACT relating to the regulation of physician profiling programs.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define \"physician profiling program\"; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to prohibit disclosure of the results of a physician profiling program to the public unless the program complies with Sections 1 to 3 of this Act and has been approved by an independent oversight entity; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to authorize the Office of Insurance to promulgate regulations to ensure that physician profiling programs include specified requirements; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to provide that Sections 1 to 3 of this Act shall not prohibit or limit a cause of action against a person or entity for a violation; provide that a person who publicly discloses or uses for network or reimbursement purposes any profiling results in violation of this Act or any regulations promulgated pursuant thereto shall be liable to the physician or the physician's group for treble damages, attorney's fees, and any other appropriate relief.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-08","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-10","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB400/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB400.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":58004,"bill_number":"HB401","title":"AN ACT relating to right-of-way permits.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 177 to provide that right-of-way permits authorized by the Department of Highways shall contain provisions allowing for the cessation of work, following a KRS Chapter 13B hearing, if the permit is not substantially complied with; require the Department of Highways to promulgate administrative regulations to implement the section.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-26","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-01","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB401/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB401.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":58005,"bill_number":"SB145","title":"AN ACT relating to emergency vehicles.","description":"Amend KRS 189.920 relating to lights on emergency vehicles to permit publicly owned jail vehicles used for emergency purposes to use blue lights but not sirens; permit elected jailer or chief administrator of a jail without a jailer to use blue lights on one personal vehicle.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2010-02-08","last_action":"floor amendment (1) filed","last_action_date":"2010-03-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB145/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB145.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":58006,"bill_number":"SB146","title":"AN ACT relating to concealed deadly weapons.","description":"Amend KRS 527.020 relating to carrying concealed deadly weapons to add domestic relations commissioners, master commissioners, and trial commissioners of the Court of Justice to persons who, if licensed to carry a concealed deadly weapon, may carry them at all locations within the Commonwealth except as specifically provided therein.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2010-03-02","last_action":"floor amendment (5) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (6-title) filed","last_action_date":"2010-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB146/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB146.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":58007,"bill_number":"SB147","title":"AN ACT relating to parole and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 439.344 to provide that the credit granted toward time served while on parole shall be lost or withheld upon the occurrence of specified events; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-08","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-10","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB147/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB147.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":58008,"bill_number":"SB148","title":"AN ACT relating to nonrecourse civil litigation funding providers.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 367, relating to consumer protection, to regulate the business of nonrecourse civil litigation funding where funds are provided to a civil litigant and repaid only out of the proceeds of the lawsuit; include provisions that address required contractual disclosures and terms, prohibited activities by funding companies, registration of funding companies with the Attorney General, and enforcement authority within the Attorney General's office.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-08","last_action":"recommitted to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-22","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB148/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB148.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":58009,"bill_number":"SB149","title":"AN ACT changing the classification of the City of Wurtland, in Greenup County.","description":"Reclassify the City of Wurtland in Greenup County, population 1,047, from a city of the sixth class to a city of the fifth class. As provided in Section 156A of the Kentucky Constitution, the population requirements for the classification of cities established by the former Section 156 of the Constitution remain in effect until changed by law. Therefore, classification as a city of the fifth class requires a population of 1,000 to 2,999.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-08","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-10","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB149/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB149.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":58010,"bill_number":"SB150","title":"AN ACT relating to business entities.","description":"Create and amend various KRS sections relating to corporations, partnerships, and LLCs to provide that limited liability provisions with those sections assign all personal responsibility for a person's negligent or other wrongful acts to the person; clarify filing requirements and due dates for annual reports and business dissolutions; provide greater specificity as to the listing of corporate officers; allow court-ordered meetings of a board of directors; allow conversion of a PSC to a business corporation; create greater consistency of a disinterestedness requirement in certain votes in an LLC; create greater consistency of the rights of the holder of a charging order; create greater consistency of the rights of the holder of a charging order; establish a consistent address for mailing notices of administrative dissolution or the revocation of a certificate of authority, provide clarification as to the effect of a merger involving an LLC; address the ability of a member in a member-managed LLC to resign and thereby on a prospective basis terminate fiduciary obligations; repeal KRS 275.340.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 133)","last_action_date":"2010-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB150/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB150.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":58011,"bill_number":"SB151","title":"AN ACT relating to business entities.","description":"Create various new sections of new KRS Chapter 14A to create the Kentucky Business Entity Filing Act to establish uniform filing standards and procedures for business corporations, nonprofit corporations, various forms of partnerships, limited liability companies, and business trusts, with conforming amendments made to various sections located in the chapters governing the various forms of business entities; repeal various sections in KRS Chapters 271B, 272, 273, 274, 275, 279, 362, 362.1, 362.2, and 386.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 151)","last_action_date":"2010-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB151/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB151.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":58012,"bill_number":"SB152","title":"AN ACT relating to business entities.","description":"Reenact the provisions of 2007 HB 334/GA and SCA #1 as passed and enacted into law which contained provisions to create and amend various statutes relating to business entities to accomplish the following: make consistent the provisions of the corporate and other business organization acts regarding business entity names such that equivalent rules will govern the names of business corporations, nonprofit corporations, cooperatives, associations, partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability companies, and business trusts; modify procedural rules across the various business entity acts such that they will contain equivalent if not identical provisions; update provisions of KRS Chapter 271B to reflect the more current provisions of the Model Business Corporation Act; allow limited liability companies to enter into a share exchange with a corporation, be created by conversion from a corporation, have statutory rules governing nonprofit status, and to provide for their existence after the death or other termination of their members; provide rules for business trusts to create uniformity in regard to other forms of business organizations; allow dentists to practice dentistry within a business organized as a limited liability company; revive several sections of KRS Chapter 362 that were repealed with a delayed effective date in 2006 Ky. Acts. Chapter 149; amend KRS 45.560 to include the definition of \"equal employment opportunity job categories\"; amend KRS 45.570 to clarify the classes protected against discrimination by state contractors; amend KRS 45.590 to increase the dollar amount of exempted contracts or subcontracts from $250,000 to $500,000; allow the Finance and Administration Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to establish additional exemptions; amend KRS 45.600 to allow the contracting agency rather than the cabinet to set the time period for submitting statements and information required by the statute; set out the information to be reported by the bidding party regarding its workforce; require the bidding party to submit a breakdown of subcontracts over $500,000; include a determination by the cabinet that the percentage of women in the bidding party's workforce reflects the percentage of available women in the area from which the bidding party's workforce is drawn and to use this determination in the cabinet's existing affirmative action process; amend KRS 45.610 to include women in the affirmative action requirements for state contractors and allow the cabinet to investigate the employment practices of any contractor or subcontractor to determine if they have violated any provision of KRS 45.560 to 45.640; create a new section of KRS 45.560 to 45.640 to allow the Finance and Administration Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to carry out the provisions of KRS 45.560 to 45.640; confirm amendments to certain statutes whose effectiveness was made contingent upon the approval by the voters of proposed constitutional changes in 2002; amend various sections to conform; repeal KRS 274.087, 362.495, 362.497, 362.499, 362.501, 362.503, 362. 505, 362.507, 362.509, and 362.585.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-03-30","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 51)","last_action_date":"2010-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB152/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB152.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":58646,"bill_number":"HB402","title":"AN ACT relating to employee rights.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 336 to provide that an employee shall have a right to carry pepper spray on their person for self protection and provide an exception for correctional facility employers.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-09","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2010-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB402/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB402.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":58647,"bill_number":"HB403","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization.","description":"Confirm Auditor of Public Accounts reorganization Executive Order #09-01, signed by the Secretary of State on May 5, 2009; create the Office of Financial Audits; abolish the Division of Financial Audit and transfer its duties; create the Office of Legal and Records Services; abolish the Office of Quality Assurance and Consultation and transfer its duties; create the Office of Technology and Special Audits; abolish the Division of Performance Audit and transfer its duties; and abolish the Division of Examination and Information Technology and transfer its duties.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-25","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-01","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB403/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB403.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":58648,"bill_number":"HB404","title":"AN ACT relating to restraining orders upon conviction of a sexual offense.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 510, relating to sex offenses, to provide that a conviction of a felony offense under the chapter operates as an application for a restraining order prohibiting contact with the victim, unless the victim requests otherwise; provide the defendant notice of right to request a hearing on the restraining order; provide for time of hearing, contents of order, modification of order upon petition of victim or defendant, and modification hearing; require entering of the order into KSP LINK computer system; provide civil and criminal immunity for law enforcement officers acting in good faith in enforcing an order; require nondisclosure of victim's personal information; provide that violation of an order is Class A misdemeanor.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-09","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-10","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB404/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB404.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":58649,"bill_number":"HB405","title":"AN ACT designating September 26 as Mesothelioma Awareness Day.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to make findings and declarations; designate September 26 of each year as Mesothelioma Awareness Day.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-25","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-01","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB405/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB405.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":58650,"bill_number":"HB406","title":"AN ACT relating to the Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children.","description":"Repeal and reenact KRS 615.030 to replace the existing interstate compact relating to the child placement with the new Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children; provide that this Act is effective when the 35th state ratifies the compact or upon July 1, 2010, whichever is later; amend KRS 615.040 to conform.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-02-25","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-01","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB406/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB406.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":58651,"bill_number":"HB407","title":"AN ACT relating to the Court of Justice.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 21A relating to the Supreme Court to request the Supreme Court to create a pilot project for a limited opening of courts in three to seven jurisdictions when handling dependency, needy, neglect, and abuse cases involving children and termination of parental rights, set parameters, and require reporting to the Legislative Research Commission and the Interim Joint Committees on Health and Welfare and Judiciary; create a new section of KRS Chapter 610 relating to juvenile procedure to permit pilot project courts to open proceedings which otherwise would be closed.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-02","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-04","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB407/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB407.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":58652,"bill_number":"HB408","title":"AN ACT relating to energy.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 278 to define renewable forms of energy that may be used to satisfy requirements of a renewable energy portfolio standard and alternatives in the form of comprehensive low-income residential energy efficiency programs; set specific achievement goals for Kentucky retail electric service providers and city-owned or city-controlled municipal electric providers, beginning in calendar year 2012 at two percent of Kentucky retail sales or city-owned or city-controlled retail electric sales, and continuing to increase the required percentages of renewable energy or achieve incremental and cumulative electric energy savings from efficiency improvements every three years thereafter; beginning on January 1, 2013; require baseline and annual reports on the progress achieved in complying with the renewable energy portfolio standards or progress in complying with alternative requirements for comprehensive low-income residential energy efficiency programs from regulated retail electric service providers to the Public Service Commission; require similar baseline and annual reports from city-owned or city-controlled electric generators to the Environment and Public Protection Cabinet, beginning on January 1, 2013; provide for full cost recovery of renewable energy and energy efficiency programs, subject to the commission's review and approval or; require retail electric providers and city-owned or city-controlled electric service providers to post the annual progress reports on their websites; require retail electric service providers to file renewable energy and energy efficiency implementation plans with the Public Service Commission by January 1, 2011, and biennially thereafter; require city-owned or city-controlled electric service providers to file renewable energy and energy efficiency implementation plans with the Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet; beginning September 1, 2018 and every fifth year thereafter, require the commission to file a summary report on the status and extent of implementation of renewable energy and energy efficiency programs with the Legislative Research Commission; beginning September 1, 2018, and every fifth year thereafter, require the PSC to produce, file, and present to a meeting of the Interim Joint Special Subcommittee on Energy a report describing the status of renewable energy in Kentucky, whether the renewable energy and energy programs have been cost-effective, the impact the programs have had on employment in Kentucky, and the impact of the programs on the cost of electricity in the state; require all retail electric suppliers to revise filed tariffs to incorporate the installation of load interrupters as a term of service for existing and new residential customers that utilize central air conditioning systems; require each retail electric supplier to report annually to the commission and to residential customers regarding the number of days during the previous year for which load interruption was utilized in order to moderate peak demand, the duration of each load interruption, and the avoided costs attributable to the management of peak demand by load interruption.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-09","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Environment (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-10","committee":"Natural Resources and Environment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB408/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB408.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":58653,"bill_number":"HB409","title":"AN ACT relating to overweight and overdimensional vehicles.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to allow overweight and overdimensional vehicle permit holders to unload cargo while stopped on a public roadway for a period not to exceed 60 minutes without an additional permit, and up to four hours if issued by permit by the Transportation Cabinet; permit the operation of driveable cargo from the loading point to the destination point on a public roadway; allow a public roadway to be covered in order to prevent any damage to the roadway during the unloading process or the operation of the cargo on a public roadway; direct the Transportation Cabinet to prescribe administrative regulations to implement the unloading provisions; amend KRS 189.990 to establish a penalty for violating the time limits; amend KRS 189.450 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-09","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2010-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB409/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB409.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":58654,"bill_number":"HB410","title":"AN ACT relating to motor vehicle usage tax.","description":"Amend KRS 138.450 to make permanent the allowance of trade in credit when determining the motor vehicle usage tax on new vehicles; amend KRS 138.460 and 138.4605 to conform; repeal KRS 138.4602.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-09","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-10","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB410/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB410.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":59298,"bill_number":"HB411","title":"AN ACT relating to Alzheimer's research, education, awareness, treatment, and funding through an income tax refund check-off program, and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to provide an income tax refund checkoff for Alzheimer's research; create a new section of KRS Chapter 194A to create the Alzheimer's research and education trust fund, provide for use of funds; amend KRS 194A.603 to provide for administration of the trust fund.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-10","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-12","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB411/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB411.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":59299,"bill_number":"HB412","title":"AN ACT relating to alternative education programs.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require the Education Assessment and Accountability Review Subcommittee to review alternative education programs; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to direct the Kentucky Board of Education, with the assistance of the Department of Juvenile Justice and the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, to promulgate an administrative regulation to create a classification and data collection system for students in alternative education programs designed to provide services to at-risk populations with unique needs; the classification and data collection system shall be to collect accurate enrollment data, retention patterns, fiscal efficacy, teacher quality, and other necessary data for program evaluation; require the administrative regulation to be reviewed by the Education Assessment and Accountability Review Subcommittee; require a data analysis be submitted to the subcommittee annually; amend KRS 158.6455 to require the statewide accountability system to include student assessment results for students in alternative education programs; direct the Education Professional Standards Board to review issues related to teachers and staff in alternative education programs and report its findings and recommendations to the subcommittee prior to November 1, 2011; amend KRS 158.647 to conform.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2010-02-10","last_action":"floor amendments (2) and (3) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendments (4) and (5-title) filed","last_action_date":"2010-03-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB412/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB412.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":59300,"bill_number":"HB413","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend KRS 510.140 relating to sexual misconduct to define \"sexually oriented business,\" an \"employee\" thereof, \"nudity;\" \"semi-nudity,\" \"operator,\" and \"premises\"; prohibit an employee of a sexually oriented business, while in a state of semi-nudity, to be within 6 feet of a patron.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-10","last_action":"to Licensing & Occupations (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-12","committee":"Licensing and Occupations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB413/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB413.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":59301,"bill_number":"HB414","title":"AN ACT relating to child support enforcement.","description":"Amend KRS 205.712 to change requirements for financial institution data match systems; amend KRS 205.778 to change provisions related to data matches for child support arrearages; amend KRS 205.792 to make citation correction; amend KRS 405.465 to delete requirement for a certified copy of an order by the court to be sent to an employer; amend KRS 405.467 to delete requirement that a copy of an order for withholding be sent by certified mail.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-10","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2010-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB414/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB414.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":59302,"bill_number":"HB415","title":"AN ACT relating to public safety.","description":"Amend KRS 216.712 to require personal services agencies to have a policy that addresses the acceptance of gifts, gratuities, and loans from clients to agencies and their employees; state that this Act may be cited as \"The Kentucky Adult Protection Act.\"","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-12","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 110)","last_action_date":"2010-04-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB415/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB415.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":59303,"bill_number":"HB416","title":"AN ACT relating to surface mining.","description":"Amend KRS 350.450 to require when conducting mountain top removal or approximate original contour mining that overburden be returned to mined areas to the extent possible; require remaining overburden to be disposed of in permitted area or in an area under the abandoned mine land program if approved as a disposal site, or transported and placed in specially constructed lifts; prohibit overburden from being placed in intermittent, perennial, or ephemeral streams or other water of the Commonwealth; make requirements on overburden placement mandatory for permits that specify a post-mine land use; amend KRS 350.440 to require any spoil material not be disposed of in intermittent, perennial, or ephemeral streams and that spoil not returned to the mine area be disposed of by placing in a site eligible under the abandoned mine land program or in specially constructed lifts; amend KRS 350.410 to prescribe that restoration to approximate original contour include both the configuration of the site and the elevation of the site prior to the coal removal and to prohibit spoil from being placed in streams and require placement in either a disposal site on lands under the abandoned mine land program or in specially constructed fills.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-10","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Environment (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-12","committee":"Natural Resources and Environment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB416/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB416.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":59304,"bill_number":"HB417","title":"AN ACT relating to substance abuse screening pilot programs for public assistance recipients.","description":"Amend KRS 205.200 to create two pilot substance abuse screening programs for recipients of public assistance.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-10","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-12","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB417/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB417.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":59305,"bill_number":"HB418","title":"AN ACT relating to the Auditor of Public Accounts.","description":"Amend KRS 43.050 to permit the Auditor of Public Accounts to investigate and examine all special districts and associations or organizations located in the Commonwealth if they are funded, in whole or in part, with federal or state moneys.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-11","last_action":"2nd reading, to Rules","last_action_date":"2010-03-26","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB418/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB418.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":59306,"bill_number":"HB419","title":"AN ACT relating to land conservation and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 146 to establish the Kentucky land stewardship and conservation fund; amend KRS 146.560 to add the director of the Division of Forestry or designee to the Kentucky Heritage Land Conservation Fund Board; add one gubernatorial appointee nominated by the Kentucky Land Trusts Coalition to the board; amend KRS 146.570 to allow the board to allocate funds to private, nonprofit land conservation organizations; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2010-03-05","last_action":"floor amendment (1) filed","last_action_date":"2010-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB419/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB419.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":59307,"bill_number":"HB420","title":"AN ACT relating to mining disasters, recognizing lives lost in the Hurricane Creek coal mine disaster.","description":"Designate the Hurricane Creek mine site in Leslie County, at which 38 miners lost their lives in 1970, as a state historic site; memorialize the lives of the miners with a monument, parking area for visitors to the site, and informational materials; require the Governor to issue a proclamation recognizing the fortieth anniversary of the mining disaster, prior to December 30, 2010; require the Kentucky Heritage Council, the Kentucky Historical Society, the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet, the Office of Mine Safety and the Mining Board, within the limits of funds available, to prepare and distribute information about the mining disaster and the advances in mine safety since the disaster.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-08","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 96)","last_action_date":"2010-04-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB420/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB420.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":59308,"bill_number":"HCR148","title":"Direct the Legislative Research Commission to create the Task Force on Children Exposed to and Affected by Domestic Violence; require the task force to assess state and local response and services to children exposed to domestic violence; study strategies to identify children; study initiatives to reduce the negative effects on children; state the objectives of the task force; state the desired outcomes of the task force; establish membership of the task force; require monthly meetings during the 2010 interim; require a report to be submitted to LRC by December 31, 2010.","description":"Direct the Legislative Research Commission to create the Task Force on Children Exposed to and Affected by Domestic Violence; require the task force to assess state and local response and services to children exposed to domestic violence; study strategies to identify children; study initiatives to reduce the negative effects on children; state the objectives of the task force; state the desired outcomes of the task force; establish membership of the task force; require monthly meetings during the 2010 interim; require a report to be submitted to LRC by December 31, 2010.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-04","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-08","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR148/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HC148.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":59859,"bill_number":"HB421","title":"AN ACT relating to the operation of vehicles on a highway.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to define the term \"mini-truck\" and add mini-trucks to the definition of \"motor vehicle\"; permit the operation of mini-trucks on highways other than interstate highways and highways with a speed limit greater than 55 mph; require operators of mini-trucks to comply with the same insurance, title, registration, and usage tax requirements as a motor vehicle; amend KRS 186.010 to define the term \"mini-truck\" and include mini-trucks under the definition of \"motor vehicle\"; amend KRS 190.010 to exclude dealers of mini-trucks from the requirement they be a licensed motor vehicle dealer.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-04","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-08","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB421/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB421.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":59860,"bill_number":"HB422","title":"AN ACT relating to the 21st Century Education Enterprise.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to create the 21st Century Education Enterprise at Morehead State University; describe purposes; require appointment of board of directors and specify membership representation.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-02-11","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-02-26","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB422/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB422.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":59861,"bill_number":"HB423","title":"AN ACT relating to occasional sales.","description":"Amend KRS 139.010 to exclude recreational vehicles from the definition of occasional sales which are exempt from sales tax; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2010.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-11","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-12","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB423/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB423.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":59862,"bill_number":"HB424","title":"AN ACT authorizing the payment of certain claims against the state which have been duly audited and approved according to law, and have not been paid because of the lapsing or insufficiency of former appropriations against which the claims were chargeable, or the lack of an appropriate procurement document in place, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Appropriate funds for the payment of claims against the Commonwealth; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 144)","last_action_date":"2010-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB424/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB424.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":59863,"bill_number":"SB153","title":"AN ACT relating to TVA peace officers.","description":"Amend KRS 61.886, 61.887, 61.888, and 61.889 to provide that commissions appointing Tennessee Valley Authority police officers as Kentucky peace officers, and associated security bonds, are to be recorded in the Office of the Secretary of State; that Tennessee Valley Authority officers commissioned as peace officers shall have authority throughout any county in which the Tennessee Valley Authority has property or leaseholds and while protecting employees or contractors, or where conducting events.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-03-12","last_action":"Conference Committee appointed in House","last_action_date":"2010-04-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB153/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB153.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":59864,"bill_number":"SB154","title":"AN ACT relating to health benefit plan coverage for acquired brain injuries.","description":"Create new sections of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require insurers issuing large group health benefit plans in the state to provide specified coverage for acquired brain injuries; prohibit a lifetime limit on benefits; subject coverage to deductibles, copayments, and coinsurance for treatment, include periodic reevaluation coverage; require an expedited utilization review or an internal appeal based on an allegation of medical necessity for individuals with an acquired brain injury; Prohibit denial of coverage for services provided at a skilled nursing facility for treatment for an acquired brain injury; require the executive director of the Office of Insurance to promulgate administrative regulations in consultation with the Kentucky Traumatic Brain Injury Trust Fund Board to implement the new sections, including training requirements and notice requirements which shall be promulgated; require adequate training for an insurer's personnel responsible for preauthorization of coverage or utilization review to prevent denial of coverage and avoid confusion of medical benefits with mental health benefits; require an annual notification by the plan to an employee of the covered benefits, including a statement, that hospitalization is not required for treatment of an acquired brain injury, and that treatment may be provided by a hospital or skilled nursing facility.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-11","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-16","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB154/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB154.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":63537,"bill_number":"HB425","title":"AN ACT relating to dental services.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 17C of KRS Chapter 304 to provide that contracts between limited health service benefit plans and dentists may not set fees unless the fees pertain to covered services under the plan; define covered services.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-12","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2010-04-14","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB425/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB425.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":63538,"bill_number":"HB426","title":"AN ACT relating to retirement.","description":"Amend KRS 61.645 and 161.250 to require the boards of the Kentucky Retirement Systems and the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System to establish a securities litigation policy; require the policy to include: processes for identifying and assessing the value of claims, guidelines for evaluating whether the systems should pursue litigation including establishing a working group comprised of the Attorney General and representatives from the systems to evaluate and make recommendations on potential claims to the board, authority for the Attorney General to submit a separate recommendation to the boards, procedures for selecting an evaluation counsel and a litigation counsel to review and litigate cases, authorization for the working group to establish policies to deal with potential conflicts of interest, processes for sharing information on securities litigation with the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System; exempt the working group meetings from open meetings laws; require the boards to review potential conflicts of interest that may involve a member of the working group and a potential vendor; amend KRS 11A.010 to add members of the working group to the definition of an \"officer\" under the Executive Branch Code of Ethics if the members are employees of an agency subject to the Executive Branch Code of Ethics.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-09","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-10","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB426/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB426.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":63539,"bill_number":"HB427","title":"AN ACT relating to pharmacist administration of immunizations.","description":"Amend KRS 315.010 to add administration of immunizations to individuals ages 14 to 17 years by pharmacists with parental consent to the definition of the \"practice of pharmacy.\"","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-03-30","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 37)","last_action_date":"2010-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB427/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB427.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":63540,"bill_number":"HB428","title":"AN ACT relating to felony offenders.","description":"Amend KRS 186.412 to specify the required documentation for issuing operators' licenses and personal identification cards to felony offenders.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-08","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 98)","last_action_date":"2010-04-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB428/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB428.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":63541,"bill_number":"HB429","title":"AN ACT relating to criminal and regulatory matters under the jurisdiction of the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources including the management and enforcement thereof.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 150 relating to fish and wildlife to require the law enforcement director and conservation officers to be certified peace officers; provide full peace officer powers while on department property and limit peace officer powers to enforcement of KRS Chapters 150 and 235 when not on department property; provide that appointments to the Fish and Wildlife Commission are subject to confirmation by the Senate; provide that no person who has been convicted of a fish and wildlife violation be appointed to the commission; require that the department hold hearings on proposed administrative regulations affecting persons surrounding department property in the vicinity of the property; permit a person to kill an animal in self-defense or defense of another or during a survival or disaster situation; create a new section of KRS Chapter 150 to create a no-net-loss-for-hunting policy; create a new section of KRS Chapter 150 to penalize hunting game with a firearm which cannot be hunted with a firearm during bow season; amend numerous sections of KRS Chapter 150 creating fish and wildlife offenses to require a culpable mental state of \"knowingly\" for the violations; amend KRS 150.395 relating to spotlighting to expand legitimate uses of lights in the field at night; amend KRS 235.010 relating to boating to specify that a person must be navigating a vessel to be operating a vessel; amend numerous sections of KRS Chapter 235 to establish a culpable mental state of \"knowingly\" for the violations.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-16","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-17","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB429/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB429.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":63542,"bill_number":"HB430","title":"AN ACT relating to alcohol and substance abuse treatment for pregnant and post-partum women.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 222 to express intent of the General Assembly; amend KRS 214.160 to permit the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to provide notification of a possible violation; amend KRS 222.037 to permit the cabinet to establish pilot projects for treatment; create new sections of KRS Chapter 222 to create the offense of alcohol or controlled substance endangerment of a child prior to birth; permit a court to order a toxicology test with probable cause; establish penalties and conditions for sentencing to treatment.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-02-12","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-03-02","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB430/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB430.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":63543,"bill_number":"HB431","title":"AN ACT relating to the civil enforcement of planning and zoning violations.","description":"Amend KRS 100.991 to increase the fines for violations of KRS 100.201 to 100.347 a minimum of $100 and a maximum of $1,000; allow local governments to classify violations of KRS 100.201 to 100.347 as civil offenses and pursue them through code enforcement boards under KRS 65.8801 to 65.8839; amend KRS 65.8808 to conform.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-16","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-17","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB431/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB431.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":63544,"bill_number":"SB155","title":"AN ACT relating to consumer protection and nondiscrimination in health insurance.","description":"Create new sections of Subtitle 12 of KRS Chapter 304 to define terms relating to the use of genetic information by insurers; prohibit adjustment of premium or contribution amount based on genetic information; prohibit an insurer from requesting or requiring a genetic test of a member unless made pursuant to federal regulation; prohibit use of genetic information for underwriting purposes; prohibit the request, requirement, or purchase of genetic information by an insurer prior to an individual's enrollment under a plan; preclude insurers from requiring genetic information for eligibility for health insurance in the individual market, prohibit the use of genetic information for the purpose of imposing any pre-existing condition exclusion; amend KRS 304.12-085, 304.17-042, 304.17A-0952, 304.17A-0954, 304.17A-139, 304.17A-145, 304.17A-200, 304.17A-230, 304.18-032, 304.32-153, and 304.38-199 to conform; amend KRS 304.17A-220 to add KCHIP or Medicaid as a qualifying event for enrollment in a group health plan with a period of 60 days to request special enrollment; amend KRS 304.17A-250 to provide that the requirement for hospice care coverage is subject to exceptions provided by federal law; amend 304.17-310 to allow individuals to have a break in full-time student status for medical leave and retain their dependent status under a family expense health insurance policy; amend KRS 304.17A-256 to allow individuals to have a break in full-time student status for medical leave and retain their dependent status under a group health benefit plan which provides dependent benefits; create new sections of Subtitle 18 of KRS Chapter 304 to define terms relating to mental health and substance use disorder benefits for large group health insurance policies; prohibit large group health insurance policies from placing greater restrictions on mental health or substance use disorder benefits than are placed on medical or surgical benefits; provide that the restrictions apply to aggregate lifetime limits, annual limits, financial requirements and treatment limitations for in-network and out-of-network benefits; require health insurers to disclose the availability of the criteria for medical necessity determinations with respect to mental health or substance use disorder benefits; amend KRS 304.17A-505, 304.17A-607, 304.18-036, 304.32-165, and 304.38-193 to conform; create a new section of Subtitle 99 of KRS Chapter 304 to provide that if a health insurer or agent violates the genetic information requirements of new sections created in this Act the executive director of the Office of Insurance may suspend, revoke, or refuse to continue a health insurer's certificate of authority or an agent's license, impose a fine, or both; repeal KRS 304.17A-660, 304.17A-661, 304.17A-665, 304.17A-669, 304.18-130, 304.18-140, 304.18-150, 304.18-170, 304.18-180, 304.32-158, and 304.38-197.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-12","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-16","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB155/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB155.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":69444,"bill_number":"HB432","title":"AN ACT relating to employee safety.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 281 to establish safety requirements for railroad employee contract carriers; define \"railroad employee contract carrier\" as a passenger vehicle that transports 8 or less railroad employees; require contract carrier to maintain a driver qualification file, including physical examination and physical ability of driver, review of driving record, record of traffic violations, application for employment, and driver's license; require disqualification of driver with 2 or more serious traffic violations within a 3 year period; establish a rail carrier driver's maximum hours of service; require prescreening of rail carrier driver for drugs and alcohol and post-accident testing; require inspection, maintenance, and retention of records related to inspection, maintenance, and repair of vehicle; authorize access by Transportation Cabinet to facility and records to determine compliance; require contract carrier to maintain insurance policy of $5 million; establish maximum penalty of $1,000 for violation; provide appeal procedure including a hearing under KRS Chapter 13B; permit a railroad to rely on a rail carrier's certification that it complies with the requirements of the Act without further inquiry.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-16","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-25","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB432/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB432.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":69445,"bill_number":"HB433","title":"AN ACT relating to stream maintenance.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 150 to authorize counties to designate an agent responsible for maintenance and clean up of debris from streams; include within county jurisdiction lands within the county owned by the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources; prohibit the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources from interfering with county stream maintenance or clean up needed to repair impeded water flow; allow the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to perform clean up and maintenance on department lands within the county jurisdiction upon approval of the county; prohibit the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources from spending funds from state, local, or federal sources on activities other than clean up or maintenance of streams; allow the county to take legal action to restrain the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources from preventing stream maintenance or clean up on department-owned lands which would restore water flow downstream.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-16","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-17","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB433/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB433.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":69446,"bill_number":"HB434","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Commission on Military Affairs.","description":"Amend KRS 154.12-203 to place the secretary of the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet on the Kentucky Commission on Military Affairs; update the designations of cabinet secretaries in the list of commission members; alter the list of nonvoting, ex officio members of the commission to include the commander of the U.S. Army Accessions Command and the commander of any organization with a major military mission in the Commonwealth; remove the commander of the Naval Surface Warfare Center from the commission.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-03-18","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 16)","last_action_date":"2010-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB434/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB434.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":69447,"bill_number":"HB435","title":"AN ACT relating to safety violations.","description":"Amend KRS 342.165 to require employers who have contracted for services be liable to employees for the payment of an increased award due to the safety violation of another entity who contracted with the employer for services; amend KRS 342.990 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-16","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-25","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB435/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB435.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":69448,"bill_number":"HB436","title":"AN ACT relating to the School Nurse Pilot Program and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to establish the School Nurse Pilot Program to employ licensed nurses in public elementary schools; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to administer the pilot program; establish the purpose of the pilot program; provide that pilot program funds may be allocated to schools; establish the requirements for allocation of pilot program funds to schools and the purposes for which the funds may be used by schools and that the funding will not reduce the amount schools receive for family resource and youth centers; establish that the pilot program is a three year program and require that a school appropriated funds under the pilot program for the first year is to be granted continuation funding in each year of the 2012-2014 budget biennium; establish the eligibility requirements that schools must meet to receive a grant from the pilot program; require the cabinet to issue a request for proposals by October 1, 2010, to school districts and set forth the criteria and application process for a pilot program grant; require a proposal to be submitted by a school district or group of schools; require the cabinet to establish a due date for proposals and to announce grant awards by March 1, 2011; establish the requirements for the request for proposals; require the cabinet to consult with the Department of Education and the Office of Education Accountability to develop and implement a program evaluation structure for the pilot program and establish the requirements for the evaluation to include the collection of baseline data, a progress report, and annual reports; require the cabinet to submit progress reports and annual reports to the Governor, the Interim Joint Committee on Health and Welfare, and the Board of Education; require the cabinet to work with school districts, Medicaid managed care providers, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to identify and to overcome barriers for school districts to receive Medicaid reimbursement for school-based health services; permit the cabinet to expend funds to administer and evaluate the pilot program; appropriate $3,000,000 to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services in fiscal year 2011-2012 the supplemental grant program under KRS 156.4977 to support the pilot program.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-18","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-22","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB436/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB436.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":69449,"bill_number":"HB437","title":"AN ACT relating to correctional and detention facilities.","description":"Amend KRS 67B.050 to allow private entities to provide food, medical and maintenance services to correctional facilities; amend KRS 67C.101 to prevent the consolidated local government from entering into agreements with private entities to operate correctional facilities.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-02-16","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-02-19","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB437/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB437.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":69450,"bill_number":"HB438","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Law Enforcement Foundation Program fund.","description":"Amend KRS 15.740 to provide that police officers receiving the KLEPF fund salary supplement shall continue to receive the supplement when called to active duty with the United States Armed Forces.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-16","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-04","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB438/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB438.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":69451,"bill_number":"HB439","title":"AN ACT relating to the civil rights of deaf and hard of hearing persons.","description":"Amend KRS 344.120 to require movie theaters with five or more screens to provide access to captioned movies for deaf and hard of hearing persons; amend KRS 344.190 to require the Commission on Human Rights to review and approve available captioning technologies and set the minimum numbers of captioned showings of a movie which must be offered at each covered theater.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-16","last_action":"2nd reading, to Rules","last_action_date":"2010-03-24","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB439/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB439.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":69452,"bill_number":"HB440","title":"AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to religious freedom.","description":"Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky that prohibits the Commonwealth from burdening freedom of religion for persons or religious organizations; provide that the right to act or refuse to act in a manner motivated by sincere religious belief shall not be burdened unless the Commonwealth demonstrates it has a compelling governmental interest in so doing; define \"burden\" for the purposes of this section.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-16","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-18","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB440/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB440.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":69453,"bill_number":"HB441","title":"AN ACT relating to fees for courthouse construction management.","description":"Amend KRS 26A.160 to require that construction management fees for courthouse construction be determined by competitive bidding.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-16","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2010-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB441/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB441.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":69454,"bill_number":"HB442","title":"AN ACT relating to elevator safety and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create new sections of KRS 198B.400 to 198B.540, relating to elevator safety, to allow only a licensed elevator mechanic working under the general supervision of an elevator contractor to install or work on elevators and fixed guideway systems; form the Elevator Advisory Committee within the Office of Housing, Buildings and Construction; establish committee membership and meeting rules; require licensure from the office to work as an elevator mechanic or elevator contractor; set licensure qualifications and application requirements; allow for annual license renewal; permit the office to issue emergency and temporary licenses; mandate 8 hours of continuing education for each elevator contractor and mechanic license renewal; require various types of insurance coverage for elevator contractors; direct elevator contractors to provide proof of insurance based on an insurance policy issued by an insurance company or other legal entity permitted to transact insurance business in Kentucky; allow elevator contractors and mechanics with 3 years of verifiable experience to practice without meeting the license requirements if they apply before January 1, 2012; disclaim any effect on the liability of any persons or the Commonwealth as a result of KRS 198B.400 to 198B.540; list reasons for licensee discipline and establish related hearing and appellate procedures; establish the elevator safety program trust fund as a separate revolving fund to be administered by the office; amend KRS 198B.400 to define terms; amend KRS 198B.410 and 198B.420 to include fixed guideway systems within the coverage of the safety act; allow any person to request and the office to conduct an investigation of an alleged violation of the safety act; amend KRS 198B.450 to clarify that the $1 certificate replacement fee applies only to elevator inspectors; amend KRS 198B.460 to relieve elevator or fixed guideway system owners or lessees from the requirement to provide registration information if the office already has the information in its possession; require elevators and fixed guideway systems for which construction has begun after January 1, 2011, to be registered at the time they are completed and placed in service; amend KRS 198B.470 to exempt listed types of devices from the annual inspection requirements, including material lifts, grain elevators, mine elevators, and freight elevators at a licensed distillery; amend KRS 198B.480 to require office approval for elevator or fixed guideway system changes or repairs; amend KRS 198B.490 to allow the office to consult with engineering authorities and organizations on safety standards; list national standards for the office to follow or modify when promulgating administrative regulations related to safety standards; mandate that any office standards be consistent with the Kentucky standards of safety and the uniform state building code; amend KRS 198B.510 to require that new elevator and fixed guideway system installations be performed by a licensed elevator contractor; mandate an inspection of all new elevators, platform lifts, and stairway chairlifts in private residences; permit future inspection of devices at private residences at the request of the owner, with the inspection fee payable by the owner; require the office to set fees for inspections at private residences; amend KRS 198B.520 to set out circumstances where a construction or repair permit may be revoked or expired; amend KRS 198B.530 to make all elevator fees and fines payable to the elevator safety program trust fund; amend KRS 198B.990 to increase the penalty for violations from a maximum fine of $500 to a minimum of $500 with a maximum fine of $3,000; make technical corrections; name KRS 198B.400 to 198B.540 the \"Kentucky Elevator Safety Act\"; EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2011; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-16","last_action":"to Licensing & Occupations (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-17","committee":"Licensing and Occupations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB442/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB442.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":69455,"bill_number":"HB443","title":"AN ACT relating to energy drinks.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 217 to prohibit sale of energy drinks to children under 18 years of age; amend 217.015 to define the term \"energy drink.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-16","last_action":"to Military Affairs & Public Safety (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-17","committee":"Military Affairs and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB443/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB443.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":69456,"bill_number":"HB444","title":"AN ACT relating to assisted-living communities.","description":"Amend KRS 194A.700 to add definitions of \"assistance with activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living,\" \"plan of correction,\" \"temporary condition,\" \"statement of danger,\" and \"statement of noncompliance\"; amend definitions of \"assistance with self-administration of medication,\" \"assisted-living community,\" and \"client\"; amend KRS 194A.703 to reference the building code or life safety code authority with jurisdiction; amend KRS 194A.705 to modify procedures related to moving in and out of an assisted-living community; amend KRS 194A.707 to set requirements for on-site visits by the Department for Aging and Independent Living; require certification to market service as an assisted-living community; require the department to make certification review findings public; add statement that noncompliance with policies, practices, and procedures is not noncompliance with KRS 194A.700 to 194A.729; amend KRS 194A.709 to set requirements of recordkeeping of alleged or actual cases of abuse, neglect, or exploitation; amend KRS 194A.711 to delete reference to health services; amend KRS 194A.713 to open list of client data in a lease agreement; amend KRS 194A.715 to require assisted-living communities to provide copies of statutes and administrative regulations; amend KRS 194A.717 to state staffing needs; amend KRS 194A.719 to add education requirements; amend KRS 194A.723 to delete fine for providing service without a current application; create new section of KRS Chapter 194A.700 to 194A.729 to set fine for statements of danger.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-03-30","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 36)","last_action_date":"2010-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB444/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB444.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":69457,"bill_number":"HCR171","title":"Commend the work of the Executive Task Force on Biomass and Biofuels to address the energy needs of the Commonwealth, and urge that support for the biomass and biofuels industry to continue in Kentucky.","description":"Commend the work of the Executive Task Force on Biomass and Biofuels to address the energy needs of the Commonwealth, and urge that support for the biomass and biofuels industry to continue in Kentucky.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-09","last_action":"to Natural Resources and Energy (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-10","committee":"Natural Resources and Energy","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR171/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HC171.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":69458,"bill_number":"SB156","title":"AN ACT relating to horses.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 436 to ban the act of soring horses; define \"horse\", \"management\", and \"sore\" or \"soring\"; establish the crime of soring and establish penalties; list venues or activities from which offenders shall be banned; specify violations for hiding or destroying evidence that a horse is sore; list duties of management of a horse show, exhibition, sale, or auction; require that management shall have reporting responsibilities to a peace officer; specify the enforcement duties of a peace officer; establish exceptions; repeal KRS 436.185.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-16","last_action":"to Agriculture (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-18","committee":"Agriculture","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB156/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB156.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":69459,"bill_number":"SB157","title":"AN ACT relating to chiropractic.","description":"Create new sections of Subtitles 17A, 17B, and 17C of KRS Chapter 304 to require that specified health benefit plans and health insurance provide reimbursement for any service which is within the lawful scope of practice of a licensed doctor of chiropractic; define \"doctor of chiropractic,\" \"insurer,\" \"nonroutine office visit,\" and \"routine office visit\"; require that individual procedures performed by a doctor of chiropractic be treated as separate and distinct treatments and not be combined into payment for an office visit or other outpatient visit for specified treatment; provide that only one evaluation and management procedure performed on the same date by the same provider shall be reimbursed; prohibit imposition upon the insured for more than one coinsurance or copayment for each routine or nonroutine office visit to a doctor of chiropractic; require reimbursement at not less than reimbursement rates in effect on October 15, 2008; require insurers to report fee methodology to providers; require that a contract between an insurer and a doctor of chiropractic comply with the new sections.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-17","last_action":"returned to Health & Welfare (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-24","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB157/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB157.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":69460,"bill_number":"SB158","title":"AN ACT relating to powers and duties of the Department of Revenue.","description":"Amend KRS 131.130 to allow the Department of Revenue to include examples as part of an administrative regulation, and to allow those examples to include demonstrative, non-exclusive lists.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-07","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 81)","last_action_date":"2010-04-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB158/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB158.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":69780,"bill_number":"HB445","title":"AN ACT relating to government contracts.","description":"Amend various sections in KRS Chapter 45A to expand and refine the list of entities included in definition of \"contracting body\"; allow committee to determine the definition of \"governmental emergency\"; refine the definition of memorandum of agreement (MOA) to eliminate exemptions for agreements between state agencies as required by federal or state law and agreements between state agencies and state universities and include grant and research agreements; correct references to universities and colleges and institutions of higher education; require reporting of federal grant and research projects; refine the definition of \"personal service contract\" (PSC) to eliminate professional skill or judgment requirement and specifically include contracts for personal or professional services and group health care for public employees; allow the committee to establish reporting schedule for exempt PSC's; exempt health maintenance organization or Medicaid-managed health care service contracts with the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, but require reporting of such contracts; exempt contracts between postsecondary institutions and health care providers, but require reporting of such contracts; exempt PSC's of postsecondary institutions for federal grant and research projects, but require reporting of such contracts; exempt contracts $40,000 and under from request for proposals process, but require three quotes when feasible, and determination of unfeasibility may be reviewed by the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet or the committee; exempt contracts $40,000 and under from routine review process, but require filing within 30 days for informational purposes; prohibit delegation of decision-making authority by secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet, except with respect to institutions of higher education that have elected to implement procurement procedures in accordance with statutory authority; delete requirement for annual reports; delineate powers of the committee; specify that competitive bids may not be required for authorized contracts with risk-bearing organizations responsible for Medicaid-managed health care services.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-04","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-08","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB445/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB445.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":69781,"bill_number":"HB446","title":"AN ACT relating to prisoners.","description":"Amend KRS 197.045 to expand the educational good time award to 90 days and to authorize a good time credit for successful completion of a substance abuse program; amend KRS 439.3401 to allow a violent offender to accumulate good time, but only allow educational, substance abuse treatment, or meritorious service good time awards to reduce the prisoner's required time of incarceration below the 85% level.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-17","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-18","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB446/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB446.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":69782,"bill_number":"HB447","title":"AN ACT relating to private, parochial, and church schools.","description":"Amend KRS 160.151 to permit private, parochial, and church schools to require a national and state criminal background check on each certified teacher once every five years of employment after the initial check.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-12","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 111)","last_action_date":"2010-04-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB447/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB447.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":69783,"bill_number":"HB448","title":"AN ACT relating to workers' compensation for volunteer firefighters.","description":"Create a new section for KRS Chapter 342 to increase income benefits for volunteer firefighters to 100% of their regular wages; apply the provision retroactively for all injuries beginning on January 1, 2009; permit claimants to reopen claims to increase income benefits for injuries arising from January 1, 2009 through the effective date of this Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-17","last_action":"to Labor & Industry (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-18","committee":"Labor and Industry","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB448/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB448.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":69784,"bill_number":"HB449","title":"AN ACT relating to certified surgical assistants.","description":"Amend KRS 311.878 to specify requirements for certification as a surgical assistant; create a new section of KRS 311.864 to 311.890 to authorize the issuance of temporary certificates to practice surgical assisting.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-17","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-18","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB449/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB449.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":69785,"bill_number":"HB450","title":"AN ACT relating to extended unemployment benefits.","description":"Amend KRS 341.094 and 341.730 to add the total unemployment rate as a trigger for an extended benefit period.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-08","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 99)","last_action_date":"2010-04-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB450/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB450.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":69786,"bill_number":"HB451","title":"AN ACT relating to safety and security officers at institutions of postsecondary education.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 164 to define \"institution of postsecondary education,\" \"institution,\" \"security guard,\" and \"security officer\"; establish requirements for a police officer employed by a private institution of postsecondary education; permit a governing board of a private institution of postsecondary education to establish a security department and employ security guards or security officers; amend KRS 15.380 to require police officers employed by private institutions of postsecondary education to be certified; amend KRS 61.360 to prohibit new appointments of special local peace officers for the protection of private property; amend KRS 164.955 to set forth the requirements for police, rather than security officers, at institutions of postsecondary education; amend KRS 164.950, 164.960,164.965, 164.970, 164.975, 164.980 to conform.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-02-17","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-03-03","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB451/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB451.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":69787,"bill_number":"HB452","title":"AN ACT relating to property tax.","description":"Amend KRS 132.810 to provide that a totally disabled individual with an irreversible disability may report the disability only upon the initial application for the homestead exemption; apply to property assessed on or after January 1, 2011.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-09","last_action":"2nd reading, to Rules","last_action_date":"2010-03-24","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB452/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB452.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":69788,"bill_number":"SB159","title":"AN ACT relating to firefighters and police officers.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 95 to permit collective bargaining for police officers and firefighters in second and third class of the cities.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-17","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2010-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB159/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB159.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":69789,"bill_number":"SB160","title":"AN ACT relating to electronic scrap recycling and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create new sections of subchapter 43 of KRS Chapter 224 to establish an electronic scrap recycling program; state the purpose of the television recycling program; define terms; establish manufacturers' responsibilities for television recycling; prohibit the sale of unbranded televisions in the Commonwealth; establish the Department of Environmental Protection's responsibilities for television recycling; require the department to promulgate administrative regulations relating to minimum television recycling standards; establish the Kentucky television recycling fund; define terms relating to covered electronic device recycling; establish manufacturer and department responsibilities for covered electronic device recycling; establish the Kentucky covered electronic device recycling fund; amend KRS 224.99-010 to provide for penalties for violations of the Act; require the Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet to establish a working group to study nonconsumer electronic scrap recycling and the effects of a landfill ban on electronic scrap in the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-17","last_action":"returned to Natural Resources and Energy (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-10","committee":"Natural Resources and Energy","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB160/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB160.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":69790,"bill_number":"SCR151","title":"Direct the Legislative Research Commission to study the advantages and disadvantages of reducing the case loads of speech language pathologists.","description":"Direct the Legislative Research Commission to study the advantages and disadvantages of reducing the case loads of speech language pathologists.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-25","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-26","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SCR151/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SC151.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":70495,"bill_number":"HB453","title":"AN ACT relating to concealed deadly weapons.","description":"Amend KRS 527.020 relating to carrying concealed deadly weapons to permit carrying a loaded or unloaded firearm or other deadly weapon in any container, compartment, or storage space originally installed by the motor vehicle manufacturer.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-16","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-17","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB453/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB453.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":70496,"bill_number":"HB454","title":"AN ACT relating to liens.","description":"Create new sections of KRS 376 to authorize utilities that provide gas, electric, sewer or water service to retail business customers to impose a lien on their property for any outstanding charges and fees when utility bill is in arrears in excess of $50,000; allow the lien to take priority over a mortgage, contract lien, or bona fide conveyance under specific conditions; prescribe the contents of the statement of lien; prescribe the method of recording the lien and the duties of the county clerk in recording the lien; permit the clerk to receive a fee for compensation for recording the lien; prescribe a method of enforcing the lien; identify the parties to an equitable proceeding to enforce the lien and the duties of the master commissioner; allow the owner or claimant of property to file a bond for double the amount of the lien to discharge the lien; and define \"retail business ratepayer,\" \"charges,\" \"service\" and \"utility.\"","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-26","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 169)","last_action_date":"2010-04-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB454/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB454.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":70497,"bill_number":"HB455","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky National Guard.","description":"Amend KRS 36.110 to specify that the Governor's aides-de-camp be commissioned officers from the Kentucky National Guard.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-18","last_action":"to Military Affairs & Public Safety (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-22","committee":"Military Affairs and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB455/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB455.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":70498,"bill_number":"HB456","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Department of Travel.","description":"Amend various KRS sections to rename the Kentucky Department of Travel as the Kentucky Department of Travel and Tourism.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-07","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 65)","last_action_date":"2010-04-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB456/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB456.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":70499,"bill_number":"HB457","title":"AN ACT relating to the collection of school taxes.","description":"Amend KRS 160.648 to require that any person, individual, or corporation that fails to pay school taxes pay the school board's court costs and attorney's fees that are incurred as a result of trying to collect the taxes.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-02-18","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-02-26","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB457/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB457.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":70500,"bill_number":"HB458","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend KRS 17.165 to prohibit persons convicted of a criminal offense against a victim who is a minor from being employed at a child-care center; amend KRS 17.500 to modify the definitions used in the sex offender registration system, including the list of triggering offenses and identifying information required of a registrant; amend KRS 17.510 to modify the timelines and process for updating a sex offender's registration information; amend KRS 17.520 to increase the minimum registration period to 25 years; amend KRS 17.545 to modify the measurement process for sex offender residences in relation to playgrounds and day care centers; amend KRS 17.580 to modify the categories of sex offender information that is displayed on the sex offender Web site; amend KRS 17.990 and 160.151 to conform.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-18","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-22","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB458/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB458.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":70501,"bill_number":"HB459","title":"AN ACT relating to Medicaid and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 205.6320 to define the term \"primary care case management,\"; require existing regional Medicaid managed care partnerships to develop and establish an enhanced Primary Care Case Management (PCCM) Program by July 1, 2010, to replace the existing KenPAC program for at least 30 percent of all Medicaid recipients for whom services are provided under the existing KenPAC program in geographic areas to be identified by the regional Medicaid managed care partnerships; permit existing Medicaid managed care partnerships to subcontract with other entities to provide primary care case management services; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to provide a quarterly report on the implementation of the enhanced PCCM Program; require the cabinet to submit an application for a waiver if necessary; require the managed care organization to use the existing provider network of the Department for Medicaid Services and to meet the standards for access and quality; delete the provisions for an oversight and education program in the KenPAC system and a review of the feasibility of a demonstration project to allow health maintenance organizations to bid on the provision of services to KenPAC participants; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-18","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-22","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB459/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB459.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":70502,"bill_number":"HB460","title":"AN ACT relating to cancer chemotherapy treatment.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304.17A to require coverage of oral anti-cancer medication, or the same basis as intravenously administered or injected cancer medications.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-02-18","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-03-15","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB460/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB460.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":70503,"bill_number":"HCR180","title":"Urge the General Assembly, if it chooses to address expanded gambling, to follow the Kentucky Constitution by submitting an amendment to the Kentucky Constitution to the voters of the Commonwealth for their ratification or rejection.","description":"Urge the General Assembly, if it chooses to address expanded gambling, to follow the Kentucky Constitution by submitting an amendment to the Kentucky Constitution to the voters of the Commonwealth for their ratification or rejection.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-18","last_action":"to Licensing & Occupations (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-22","committee":"Licensing and Occupations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR180/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HC180.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":70617,"bill_number":"HB461","title":"AN ACT relating to an income tax deduction for teachers.","description":"Amend KRS 141.010 to provide a deduction for the cost of tuition to a masters level program for teachers; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2011.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-19","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-22","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB461/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB461.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":70618,"bill_number":"HB462","title":"AN ACT relating to 911 emergency services and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend and create various sections of KRS Chapter 65 to add definitions; create the Kentucky 911 Emergency Communications Authority; establish a board of directors to manage the authority; establish an executive director of 911 emergency communications and expand duties to include next generation 911 and reflect other technical changes; give the authority the ability to issue bonds; establish the Kentucky 911 fund; change the duties of the board to reflect needs of next generation 911 system; include new items to be implemented by administrative regulation by the board; require the board to gather information to recommend an equitable 911 funding procedure on or before July 1, 2011; establish a 911 service charge; amend the distribution formula for the 911 fund to allow the servicing of debt from bonds issued by the authority; make technical changes required by the transition to a next generation 911 system; include regulations that local governments must follow with regard to use of 911 funds collected under KRS 65.760; amend KRS 39G.040 to conform.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-23","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-24","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB462/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB462.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":70619,"bill_number":"HB463","title":"AN ACT relating to child welfare.","description":"Amend KRS 600.020 to establish a new definition for \"independent living\" as it relates to a child committed to the custody of the Commonwealth; amend KRS 620.140 to establish that a child committed to the custody of the Commonwealth may request, no later than 12 months after attaining the age of 18 years, to extend or reinstate the commitment; amend KRS 620.250 to allow local foster care review boards to have access to the educational records of children committed to the custody of the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-19","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-25","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB463/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB463.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":70620,"bill_number":"HB464","title":"AN ACT relating to trusts.","description":"Amend KRS 386.185 to increase the amount in a trust that is eligible for distribution upon petition of the fiduciary from $25,000 or less, to $100,000 or less.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-19","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-22","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB464/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB464.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":70621,"bill_number":"HB465","title":"AN ACT relating to residential property.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 82, relating to cities, to require a creditor to register vacant residential property with the local government in which the property is located; create penalty for failure to comply.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-02-19","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-03-01","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB465/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB465.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":70622,"bill_number":"HB466","title":"AN ACT relating to preference for Kentucky business.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 45A to require preference for Kentucky contractors and vendors on state contracts for construction and nonprofessional services and commodities; define resident as a business or individual that has paid unemployment and income taxes during 12 months preceding submission of a bid, has a business address in the commonwealth, and claims residence in the commonwealth.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-19","last_action":"recommitted to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-02","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB466/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB466.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":70623,"bill_number":"HB467","title":"AN ACT relating to water heaters.","description":"Amend KRS 318.134 to clarify that plumbing installation permits and state inspections are not required for the installation of a new water heater or the replacement of a water heater by a homeowner for residential purposes; amend KRS 318.200 to exempt from the term \"purchasers\" a homeowner purchasing a water heater for installations in his or her personal residence.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-02-19","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-02-22","committee":"Labor and Industry","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB467/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB467.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":70624,"bill_number":"HB468","title":"AN ACT relating to children with chronic health conditions in school.","description":"Amend KRS 156.501 to direct the Kentucky Department of Education to recommend procedures for routine and emergency situations in which a child with a chronic health conditions such as diabetes, asthma, severe allergies, and epilepsy, experiences a health episode that necessitates leaving the classroom or other school setting to obtain treatment; require school staff to ensure adult escort to a school office for treatment.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-19","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-29","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB468/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB468.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":70625,"bill_number":"SB161","title":"AN ACT relating to the regulation of nonprofit health maintenance organizations by the Office of Insurance.","description":"Amend KRS 304.38-070 to define \"nonprofit health maintenance organization\" as a nonprofit formed solely by a nonprofit or nonprofits to manage care and process health care claims pursuant to a contract with the Cabinet for Health and Family Services for Medicaid-eligible enrollees, the Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plan, and the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program; establish the risk-based capital requirements for a nonprofit health maintenance organization; define \"excess capital and surplus\" and authorize proportionate distribution of any initial or subsequent investment only from excess capital and surplus to any nonprofit entity or entities that formed the nonprofit health maintenance organization; require that any subsequent return of accumulated capital and surplus, above the risk-based capital requirements and return of investment to the forming nonprofit entity or entities, be made to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services upon request of the cabinet on a form prescribed by the executive director of the Office of Insurance and subject to prior approval by the office; require the annual report required by KRS 304.38-090 to include amounts distributed by a nonprofit health maintenance organization to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; amend KRS 304.38-090 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-19","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-22","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB161/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB161.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":70626,"bill_number":"SB162","title":"AN ACT relating to fire protection subdistricts.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 75 to allow for the dissolution of fire protection subdistricts.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-19","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-22","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB162/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB162.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72076,"bill_number":"HB469","title":"AN ACT relating to the children's health advisory council.","description":"Amend KRS 205.6491 to name the existing advisory council relating to the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program as the children's health advisory council; establish responsibilities for the council; establish that the members shall now be appointed by the Governor.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-22","last_action":"recommitted to Health & Welfare (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-11","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB469/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB469.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72077,"bill_number":"HB470","title":"AN ACT relating to motor vehicles.","description":"Amend KRS 186.190 to have a license plate of a transferred motor vehicle stay with the original owner to be placed on a subsequent vehicle purchase, set forth procedures to require that plates not immediately placed on another vehicle be held by the plate owner, keep the plate valid for the period of current registration, after which time the plate is canceled; exempt dealer transfers; amend KRS 186.045 to set forth procedures for repossessed vehicles; amend KRS 186A.100 to conform; effective January 1, 2013.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2010-03-05","last_action":"floor amendment (1) filed","last_action_date":"2010-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB470/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB470.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72078,"bill_number":"HB471","title":"AN ACT relating to notaries.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 423 to specify the elements of a notary's official signature and seal; amend KRS 423.010 to require the certificate of a notary public to state the serial number; amend KRS 423.160 to require serial numbers for notaries.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-22","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-24","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB471/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB471.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72079,"bill_number":"HB472","title":"AN ACT relating to courthouse construction management.","description":"Amend KRS 26A.160 to require that construction management fees for courthouse construction be determined by competitive bidding, with the fees capped at 5 percent of the construction contract price; prohibit a construction manager from bidding on, or having a financial interest in, subcontracts on the project for which the construction manager is performing construction management services unless there are no other responsive or responsible bidders for the subcontract.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-22","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-24","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB472/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB472.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72080,"bill_number":"HB473","title":"AN ACT related to annuity guaranteed living benefits.","description":"Amend KRS 304.15-020 to define \"guaranteed living benefits\"; and create a new section of KRS 304.15-180 to 304.15-250 to provide that an annuity contract, rider, endorsement or amendment which contains a provision for guaranteed living benefits shall include a provision for a minimum guarantee under specified conditions for periodic withdrawal, the annuitization amount, and related annual income amount or the account value after a specified period of time, and shall include a provision that benefits are assignable and shall not be terminated if the contract is sold, transferred, or assigned; opt out of Interstate Insurance Regulation Compact regulation of minimum guarantee and assignability of guaranteed health benefits; amend KRS 304.15-702 and 304.15-717 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-22","last_action":"recommitted to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-23","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB473/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB473.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72081,"bill_number":"HB474","title":"AN ACT relating to underground facility damage prevention.","description":"Amend various sections of KRS 367.4903 to 367.4917 to update definitions and provisions; define \"critical service,\" \"critical service provider,\" \"nonintrusive excavation,\" \"one-call center,\" and \"commission\"; require critical service providers and operators not providing a critical service to comply with new provisions no later than December 1, 2012; provide for Public Service Commission determination of terms for exemption for noncompliance; provide for waiver of any operator's right to recover damages to an underground facility, loss of product or service, or damages from excavation as a result of failing to comply with requirements; require that all newly established underground facilities installed after January 1, 2011, shall be installed to include a means to accurately identify and locate underground facilities from the surface, not including the repair of existing underground facilities; provide for excavators to contact the one-call center as satisfactory for notification of planned excavation or demolition work no more than ten business days prior to commencing work; require that each excavator who conducts or is responsible for any excavation or demolition that results in underground facility damage notify the one-call center of the location and nature of the underground facility damage; require each protection notification center to provide promptly to each of its affected operator members the excavator information required by KRS 367.4911(2) after receiving an excavation or demolition work notification from an excavator; provide for a seven-member elected board of directors composed of member operators to govern the one-call center; require that a minimum of one representative from natural gas distribution, electric distribution, water, sewer, or sanitation, gas or petroleum transmission pipelines, telephone, cable, and municipal or government sectors be elected to the board; provide for the one-call board to establish the method to calculate the cost of each locate request transmitted to member operators; prohibit the board from establishing rates or other charges that require payments from any member operator who receives fewer than 100 telephone calls in the calendar year; provide for Kentucky Underground Protection, Inc., which operates the one-call center, to provide service to all Kentucky counties; provide that the requirements of KRS 367.4905 to 367.4917 shall not apply to excavation by hand probing to determine the extent of leak migration or any hand digging performed by an operator to locate the operator's underground utility lines in response to a notice of excavation from the notification center if all reasonable precaution has been taken to protect the underground utility lines.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-02-22","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-03-10","committee":"Military Affairs and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB474/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB474.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72082,"bill_number":"HB475","title":"AN ACT relating to motor vehicle usage tax.","description":"Amend KRS 138.470 to exempt a disability-equipped vehicle purchased by a church on or after September 1, 2010, from motor vehicle use tax.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-22","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-24","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB475/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB475.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72083,"bill_number":"SB163","title":"AN ACT relating to adolescent reading skills.","description":"Amend KRS 158.791 to express the General Assembly's intent relating to reading in middle and high schools; direct the Department of Education to provide assistance in teaching strategies to help teachers improve reading skills necessary to comprehend subject area concepts and content; amend KRS 158.840 to direct the department and others to identify and align student reading skills to meet state content standards under KRS 158.6453; encourage the development of comprehensive middle and high school adolescent reading plans; amend KRS 164.0207 to add a duty to the Collaborative Center for Literacy Development to assist middle and high schools in the development of comprehensive adolescent reading plans and maintaining a repository of instructional materials.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-03-30","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 42)","last_action_date":"2010-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB163/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB163.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72084,"bill_number":"SB164","title":"AN ACT relating to child welfare.","description":"Amend KRS 600.020 to establish a new definition for \"independent living\" as it relates to a child committed to the custody of the Commonwealth; amend KRS 620.140 to establish that a child committed to the custody of the Commonwealth may request, no later than 12 months after attaining the age of 18 years, to extend or reinstate the commitment; amend KRS 620.250 to allow local foster care review boards to have access to the educational records of children committed to the custody of the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-22","last_action":"returned to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-10","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB164/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB164.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72085,"bill_number":"SB165","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Law Enforcement Foundation Program fund.","description":"Amend KRS 15.460 and 15.470 to provide that police officers receiving KLEPF fund salary supplements shall continue to receive the supplement when called to active duty with the United States Armed Forces.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-04","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-18","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB165/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB165.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72086,"bill_number":"SB166","title":"AN ACT relating to controlled substances.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to define the terms \"controlled substance\" and \"department\"; require the Department for Public Health to develop and implement by January 1, 2011, a three-year pilot program subject to the availability of sufficient funding for the safe disposal of unused or partially used controlled substances by an ultimate user through delivery to a designated facility; permit ultimate users to dispose of controlled substances through persons or entities other than law enforcement personnel or persons or entities as designated by law enforcement personnel; require the department to incorporate environmentally sound practices for the disposal of controlled substances; permit the department to use disposal methods such as incineration or the use of reverse distributors; require the department to coordinate with local and state law enforcement agencies, local health departments, local governments, health facilities, pharmacists, health care providers, and other agencies, facilities, departments, or entities deemed appropriate by the department to establish and maintain the pilot program; require the department to request any necessary waivers of federal law or regulations; permit the department to accept any grant or award of funds from federal or private sources to implement the pilot program; require the department to promulgate administrative regulations; require the department to provide a report on the pilot program by July 1, 2011, and quarterly thereafter to the Legislative Research Commission, the Interim Joint Committee on Health and Welfare, the Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary, the Office of Drug Control Policy, the secretary of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, the commissioner of the Department for Public Health, and the Secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-22","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-24","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB166/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB166.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72154,"bill_number":"HB476","title":"AN ACT relating to personal-care homes.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 216 to define the terms \"activities of daily living,\" \"ambulatory,\" \"cabinet,\" \"department,\" \"Level I personal-care-home,\" \"Level II personal-care home,\" \"mobile nonambulatory,\" \"nonambulatory,\" \"nonmobile,\" \"personal-care home,\" and \"secretary\"; provide that only personal-care homes meeting standards for certification will be granted a certificate; require the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations; require the Department for Aging and Independent Living to administer the certification requirements; create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of providing Medicaid payments for care provided by personal-care homes and to require the study results to be reported by August 1, 2010, permit the cabinet to submit a waiver by October 30, 2010, to allow Medicaid reimbursement for services provided by personal-care homes depending on the results of the study, and provide that upon approval of the waiver Medicaid payments are to be based on level of care with Level I personal-care homes reimbursed at the rate for nursing home care in effect January 1, 2010, with a rate increase by July 1, 2011, and July 1 of each year by the percentage increase in the annual average rate of the consumer price index for medical services and Level II personal-care homes reimbursed at the payment rate for nursing home care in effect January 1, 2010, and then increased to reflect budget provider profiles and level of patient acuity with a rate increase by July 1, 2011, and July 1 of each year by the percentage increase in the annual average rate of the consumer price index for medical services; create new sections of KRS Chapter 194A to establish the Office on Personal-Care Homes within the Department for Aging and Independent Living, specify the duties of the office; establish the Personal-Care Homes Advisory Council and specify the membership and terms of the members.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2010-02-23","last_action":"floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute","last_action_date":"2010-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB476/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB476.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72155,"bill_number":"HB477","title":"AN ACT relating to peace officers.","description":"Amend KRS 15.400 to increase from 60 to 90 the numbers of days a peace officer previously grandfathered into the peace officer certification program may be unemployed prior to losing their certification.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-23","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2010-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB477/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB477.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72156,"bill_number":"HB478","title":"AN ACT relating to methamphetamine precursors.","description":"Amend KRS 218A.1437 to provide that the possession of a drug product or combination of drug products containing more than 6 grams rather than 9 grams of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine, within any 30 day period constitutes prima facie evidence of the intent to use the drug product or combination of drug products as a precursor to methamphetamine or other controlled substance; amend KRS 218A.1446 to provide that no person shall purchase, receive, or otherwise acquire 6 grams rather than 9 grams of these chemicals.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-23","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-25","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB478/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB478.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72157,"bill_number":"HB479","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend KRS 439.320 to modify the background requirements for the membership on the Parole Board and change the composition of the panels of the board that hear cases; amend KRS 439.330 to specify venue for judicial actions concerning Parole Board decisions; amend KRS 439.340 to require disclosure of ex parte communication made to Parole Board members and modify the standards and criteria utilized by the board in determining whether to grant parole; amend KRS 439.430 to require the Parole Board to utilize a progressive sanctioning scheme for parole violators who are not convicted of new criminal offenses; include noncodified transitional provisions relating to prisoners who may request a reconsideration of parole under the new standards of the bill and relating to future Parole Board appointments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-23","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-24","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB479/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB479.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72158,"bill_number":"HB480","title":"AN ACT relating to juries.","description":"Amend KRS 29A.170 to increase the amount of compensation and reimbursement of expenses for jurors; EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2011.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-23","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-24","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB480/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB480.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72159,"bill_number":"HB481","title":"AN ACT relating to environmental stewardship tax credits and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 154.48-025 to allow the agreement term to be extended from ten to fifteen years; amend KRS 141.430 to amend the credit calculation formula; provide that the changes have retroactive effect; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-23","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-24","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB481/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB481.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72160,"bill_number":"HB482","title":"AN ACT relating to the Facilities Support Program of Kentucky.","description":"Amend KRS 157.621 to delete the June 30, 2025, sunset date for equalization funds; permit equalization funds to be available to a local school district until the bonds supported by the equalization funding are retired.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-18","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-22","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB482/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB482.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72161,"bill_number":"HB483","title":"AN ACT relating to employee incentives for legislative branch employees.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 7 to implement a suggestion system for legislative branch employees.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-23","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2010-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB483/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB483.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72162,"bill_number":"HB484","title":"AN ACT relating to electrical inspectors.","description":"Amend KRS 227A.100 to exempt from inactive license and renewal fees an electrical inspector employed full-time by and conducting electrical inspections on behalf of a city, county, urban-county, charter county, or consolidated local government.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-23","last_action":"to Labor & Industry (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-24","committee":"Labor and Industry","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB484/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB484.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72163,"bill_number":"HB485","title":"AN ACT relating to utility services in consolidated local governments.","description":"Amend KRS 67C.103 to require approval of certain utility rate schedules and planning unit appeals; amend KRS 76.080 to require municipal sewer districts in a consolidated local government to submit rate schedules for legislative approval; amend KRS 76.090 to require board of sewer districts in consolidated local governments to file rate schedules with the legislative body of the consolidated local government; amend KRS 96.260 requiring the board of a water company to submit rate schedules to the legislative body of the consolidated local government for approval; amend KRS 96.310 to require the board to submit a rate schedule for approval; amend KRS 100.324 to require certain public utilities to be subject to local planning and zoning, and establish an appeal process for landowners aggrieved by decisions.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-02-23","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-03-03","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB485/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB485.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72164,"bill_number":"HB486","title":"AN ACT relating to agriculture.","description":"Amend KRS 413.072 to include the practice of sustainable agriculture within the definition of \"agricultural operation\".","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-08","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 100)","last_action_date":"2010-04-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB486/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB486.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72165,"bill_number":"HB487","title":"AN ACT relating to school calendars and declaring an emergency.","description":"Allow a local board of education in a district that missed 20 or more instructional days during the 2009-2010 school year to request the commissioner of education to waive the makeup of instructional days missed beyond 20 days, up to a maximum of 10 days, including waiver of makeup days beyond 20 days scheduled in the district's approved calendar; require the commissioner to approve the request; require all staff to make up waived days; identify activities to be used by staff to make up days. EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-03-18","last_action":"Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate","last_action_date":"2010-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB487/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB487.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72166,"bill_number":"HB488","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Board of Examiners of Psychology.","description":"Amend KRS 319.010 to define \"IPC\"; amend definition of \"practice of psychology\"; amend KRS 319.015 to clarify restrictions on teachers of psychology, psychological researchers, provider of consultation services, or expert testimony and to clarify permitted usages of written or computerized interpretations of psychological testing by clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists, professional art therapists, advanced registered nurse practitioners, physicians, or occupational therapists, and to allow temporarily employed nonresidents to practice for a limited time; amend KRS 319.032 to increase continuing education hours for license renewal; amend KRS 319.050 to require applicants to pass national EPPP examination, require applicants to pass ethical examination, and empower board of psychology to assess acceptability of doctoral degrees in psychology before admittance to practice; modify responsibilities and requirements for \"Health Service Providers\"; amend KRS 319.053 to allow board of psychology to establish written test for applicants on psychological practice, ethical principles, and the law.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-03-30","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 50)","last_action_date":"2010-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB488/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB488.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72167,"bill_number":"HB489","title":"AN ACT relating to motor vehicle registrations.","description":"Amend KRS 186.050, to require that voluntary donations for the agricultural program trust fund accompanying farm vehicle registrations be listed separately on any notices and that the voluntary contribution not be automatically added to the cost of registration; amend KRS 186.164 to require that voluntary donations accompanying any special license plate be listed separately on any notices and that the voluntary contribution not be automatically added to the cost of registration.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-09","last_action":"recommitted to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-25","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB489/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB489.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72168,"bill_number":"HB490","title":"AN ACT relating to the practice of diabetes education and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 309 to define \"diabetes education\" and \"licensed diabetes educator\"; exempt specified health care professionals from licensing restrictions; create the Kentucky Board of Licensed Diabetes Educators and enumerate the powers and duties of the board; establish a revolving fund for fees and other moneys; establish requirements for licensure and set fees; require continuing education for license renewal; establish provisions for penalties and license denial, suspension, or revocation; require administrative hearings conducted under KRS Chapter 13B.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-18","last_action":"2nd reading, to Rules","last_action_date":"2010-03-25","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB490/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB490.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72169,"bill_number":"HB491","title":"AN ACT relating to carbon management and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 353 declaring carbon dioxide management and storage to be important goals; declare certain geologic strata to be the property of the Commonwealth; direct the Division of Oil and Gas Conservation to develop a regulatory plan for development of geologic carbon dioxide storage including condemnation powers; provide minimum requirements for permitting; create an assessment against carbon dioxide generators per ton of carbon dioxide stored; direct the secretary of the Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet to negotiate with bordering states to resolve issues of geologic carbon storage; create the Kentucky Carbon Storage Authority to take ownership of closed and stable carbon storage facilities; create the Kentucky carbon storage fund for management and liability of closed carbon storage facilities; create mechanism for assessment fee to be adjusted.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-02-23","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-03-02","committee":"Natural Resources and Environment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB491/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB491.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72170,"bill_number":"HB492","title":"AN ACT relating to public records.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 7 requiring the Legislative Research Commission to provide public access to legislative branch financial information; create a new section of KRS Chapter 26A requiring the Administrative Office of the Courts to provide public access to judicial branch financial information; create a new section of KRS Chapter 42 to require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to provide public access to executive branch financial information; amend KRS 164A.565 to require the governing boards of each postsecondary educational institution to make budget, financial statements, and governing board meeting records available on each institution's Web site; direct the staff of the Legislative Research Commission to study the use of the Internet by local governments to provide citizen access to their financial and other information.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-23","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-25","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB492/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB492.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72171,"bill_number":"HCR186","title":"Urge the Kentucky Department of Veterans' Affairs to offer admission to Kentucky veterans' nursing homes to Kentucky Medal of Honor recipients at no cost, and to expedite their admission.","description":"Urge the Kentucky Department of Veterans' Affairs to offer admission to Kentucky veterans' nursing homes to Kentucky Medal of Honor recipients at no cost, and to expedite their admission.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-23","last_action":"to Military Affairs & Public Safety (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-24","committee":"Military Affairs and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR186/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HC186.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72172,"bill_number":"SB167","title":"AN ACT relating to the provision of water and sewer services.","description":"Amend KRS 74.020 to allow increased membership on boards governing water districts, to include city and county representatives and ensure an add number of members; amend KRS 96.130 to allow cities receiving water or sewer services from another city's plant to appoint members to the authority governing the plant providing the services; amend KRS 96.172 to require combined plant boards to have members from cities or counties receiving sewer or water services; amend KRS 220.140 to require boards governing sanitation districts to have members from each city receiving services from the sanitation district.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-23","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-25","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB167/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB167.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72173,"bill_number":"SB168","title":"AN ACT relating to courthouses.","description":"Amend KRS 29A.150 which requires jurors to be present in the courthouse to include within the definition of \"courthouse\" and facility where court is in session.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-23","last_action":"returned to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-12","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB168/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB168.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72174,"bill_number":"SB169","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend KRS 432.590 relating to the diversion of state or federally donated food commodities to change the existing penalty to a Class B misdemeanor.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-23","last_action":"returned to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-12","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB169/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB169.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72175,"bill_number":"SB170","title":"AN ACT relating to civil actions.","description":"Amend KRS 454.110 clarify language relating to the ability of an infant to vacate a judgment after the person reaches the age of majority.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-23","last_action":"returned to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-12","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB170/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB170.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72176,"bill_number":"SB171","title":"AN ACT relating to motor vehicle manufacturers and distributors.","description":"Amend KRS 190.030 to increase fees for initial or renewal licenses for motor vehicle manufacturers or distributors from $100 to $300.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-23","last_action":"1st reading","last_action_date":"2010-03-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB171/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB171.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72177,"bill_number":"SB172","title":"AN ACT relating to motor vehicle dealers.","description":"Amend KRS 190.030 to increase fees for initial motor vehicle dealer's licenses from $100 to $300.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-23","last_action":"1st reading","last_action_date":"2010-03-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB172/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB172.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72178,"bill_number":"SB173","title":"AN ACT relating to the protection of adults.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 209 to define the terms \"adult\" and \"cabinet\"; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to establish a registry of persons found to have abused, neglected, or exploited an adult; require an appeal process for persons against whom allegations have been substantiated by the cabinet, and prohibit a licensed or certified facility or program from employing a person on the registry; create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to prohibit health care facilities and services licensed under KRS Chapter 216B from employing, contracting with, or accepting volunteer services from a person whose name appears on the registry; amend KRS 205.5606 to prohibit persons who provide services or supports from employing, contracting with, or accepting volunteer services from a person whose name appears on the registry; amend KRS 210.795 to prohibit an individual whose name appears on the registry from being a provider and to prohibit a provider from employing, contracting with, or accepting volunteer services from a person whose name appears on the registry.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-23","last_action":"returned to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-10","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB173/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB173.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72179,"bill_number":"SB174","title":"AN ACT relating to motor vehicle registrations.","description":"Amend KRS 186.050, to require that voluntary donations for the agricultural program trust fund accompanying farm vehicle registrations be listed separately on any notices and that the voluntary contribution not be automatically added to the cost of registration; amend KRS 186.164 to require that voluntary donations accompanying any special license plate be listed separately on any notices and that the voluntary contribution not be automatically added to the cost of registration.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-23","last_action":"to Agriculture (S)","last_action_date":"2010-02-25","committee":"Agriculture","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB174/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB174.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72297,"bill_number":"HB493","title":"AN ACT relating to collective bargaining for public employees and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create an omnibus collective bargaining bill for public employees.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-24","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-25","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB493/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB493.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72298,"bill_number":"HB494","title":"AN ACT relating to radon professionals and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 198B regarding the certification and regulation of radon measurement professionals, mitigation professionals, and radon laboratories; define terms; establish the Kentucky Board of Radon Professionals and its appointment and meeting procedures; delineate the powers and duties of the board; require the board to promulgate administrative regulations to administer and enforce the provisions of law including continuing education and examination requirements; require the board to promulgate administrative regulations for a quality assurance plan, mitigation, and measurement protocols; state additional powers of the board; include who is exempt from certification requirements; establish certification requirements for measurement professionals, mitigation professionals, and radon laboratories including the responsibilities of each certificate holder; require mitigation and measurement professionals to maintain general liability insurance coverage in the amount of $500,000; require mitigation and measurement professionals to maintain a license and permit bond during the term of certification in an amount of $10,000; include requirements for the display and advertising of a measurement or mitigation professional's certification number; require a person certified as both a measurement and mitigation professional who conducts post mitigation measurement on a building to recommend to the customer to have an independent evaluation; require a business entity to have an owner or employer associated with the business entity certified as a measurement or mitigation professional; establish requirements for annual renewal of certification; require board to promulgate administrative regulations for establishing an inactive certification status; authorize the board to grant reciprocity with other jurisdictions; discipline certificate holders for unprofessional conduct including a fine not to exceed $500; permit the board to institute proceedings in the Circuit Court of the county where the person resides for an injunction; provide a right of appeal in the Circuit Court of the county where the person resides in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B; require the board to maintain a registration program for all mitigation systems installations including the fee for these installations; include reporting requirements for measurement and mitigation professionals with times and format of reports to be promulgated by administrative regulation; establish a revolving fund to be used by the board for administrative and other purposes; amend KRS 211.855 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promote the control of radon in the Commonwealth and to design and administer, or participate in the design and administration of, education and research programs to ensure citizens are informed about the health risks associated with radon; repeal KRS 211.856, 211.857, and 211.858.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-22","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-24","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB494/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB494.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72299,"bill_number":"HB495","title":"AN ACT relating to informed consent in an individual, private setting.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to specify how the phrase \"individual, private setting\" shall be interpreted in informed consent situations.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-24","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-26","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB495/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB495.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72300,"bill_number":"HB496","title":"AN ACT relating to judgment liens.","description":"Amend KRS 426.720 relating to judgment liens on real property to provide that where the real property is under joint ownership, that the lien shall not extend beyond the interest held by the debtor.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-22","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-24","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB496/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB496.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72301,"bill_number":"HB497","title":"AN ACT relating to prescription drugs.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to make pseudoephedrine, ephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine prescription substances and establish penalties for prohibited conduct; amend KRS 218A.1446, relating to the recording of pseudoephedrine transactions, to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-24","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-02","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB497/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB497.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72302,"bill_number":"HB498","title":"AN ACT relating to public safety of passenger rail transportation.","description":"Create new Sections of KRS Chapter 174 to create a Passenger Rail Transportation Advisory Board to advise the executive and legislative branches of government on matters pertaining to passenger rail transportation; provide for appointment of members and for terms of office; prohibit payment for board members and for reimbursement of expenses; provide for a chair and vice chair appointed by the members; provide for quarterly meetings and attach to the Transportation Cabinet for administrative purposes; prescribe duties for the board; provide for initial terms of office.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-16","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-17","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB498/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB498.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72303,"bill_number":"HB499","title":"AN ACT relating to firearms.","description":"Amend KRS 527.020 to expand the class of persons whose firearms concealed carry licenses allow carrying in all places within the Commonwealth to include master commissioners, trial commissioners, and domestic relations commissioners.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-24","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-26","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB499/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB499.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72304,"bill_number":"HB500","title":"AN ACT relating to crime victims.","description":"Amend KRS 216B.400, relating to examination services for victims of sexual offenses, to include a qualified medical professional as a person qualified to be on call and examine victims of sexual offenses and gather samples from the victims; require the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet in consultation with the Sexual Assault Response Team Advisory Committee to promulgate regulations for a medical forensic protocol; permit a disabled person to consent to an examination without the required consent of the parent or legal guardian of the individual; add specified medical professionals and entities to parties eligible for reimbursement by the Crime Victims' Compensation Board; provide each victim seeking an examination the right to determine whether to report the offense to law enforcement except in specified circumstances; require the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet in consultation with the Sexual Assault Response Team Advisory Committee to promulgate administrative regulations for the storage, release, or destruction of samples collected during an examination when the victim has not chosen to report to law enforcement; specify that no hospital, sexual assault examination facility, or designated storage facility shall be liable for destruction of samples after the required storage period has expired; amend KRS 314.011 and 403.707 to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-08","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 101)","last_action_date":"2010-04-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB500/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB500.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72305,"bill_number":"HB501","title":"AN ACT relating to electrical inspections.","description":"Amend KRS 198B.060, 227.480, 227.487, 227.491, and 227.492 to clarify the requirements for local government to employ or engage a certified electrical inspector; include express reference to plan reviews and required electrical permits; require proof of electrical contractor being authorized to act; require local governments, by ordinance, to fix reasonable fees; modify reporting requirements for electrical inspections and extend reporting beyond residential and single-family dwellings; delete requirement that a copy of the inspection report be sent to the Office of Housing, Buildings and Construction; cap inspection fee at cost of inspection services provided; prohibit undue influence by an electrical inspector; provide for a written request to initiate an investigation for 13B hearing, and imposition of specific disciplinary actions; subject electrical inspector to applicable code of ethics.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-09","last_action":"recommitted to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-24","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB501/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB501.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72306,"bill_number":"HB502","title":"AN ACT relating to the environment.","description":"Create new section of KRS 224.43 to define \"public agency\"; amend KRS 224.43-610 to prohibit a public agency from mandating use of compact fluorescent light bulbs to promote energy savings absent a method of safe disposal; require the method be disclosed in the solid waste management plan where the waste is generated and disposed of; amend 224.43-710 to make assistance to cities, counties, and waste management districts for determining a method of safe disposal of compact fluorescent light bulbs; amend 224.43-730 to allow applicants of solid waste management studies to include studies of proper disposal of compact fluorescent light bulbs.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-24","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-25","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB502/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB502.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72307,"bill_number":"SB175","title":"AN ACT relating to government contracts.","description":"Amend various sections of KRS 45A.690 to 45A.725 to expand and refine list of entities included in definition of \"contracting body\"; allow the committee to determine definition of \"governmental emergency\"; refine definition of \"memorandum of agreement\" (MOA) and remove exemptions from committee review; correct references to universities and colleges and institutions of higher education; refine and expand definition of \"personal service contract\" (PSC) to eliminate include all contracts for personal services and remove exemptions from committee review; prohibit work from beginning on a PSC or MOA, until notification is filed with the committee; prohibit payment on a PSC, MOA, or tax incentive agreement after committee disapproval; refine provisions for overidding committee disapproval of a PSC, MOA, or tax incentive agreement; require committee review of every PSC or MOA of $1,000,000 or more; refine committee disapproval notification process; require the suspension of any PSC, MOA, or tax incentive agreement upon committee disapproval and prohibit further payments; require the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, or the governing board of a postsecondary institution to make a written determination whether to override the disapproval of a PSC, MOA, or tax incentive agreement within ten days of committee action; prohibit delegation of the decision-making authority; delineate the powers of the committee.","status_desc":"Vetoed","status_date":"2010-04-26","last_action":"vetoed","last_action_date":"2010-04-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB175/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB175.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72308,"bill_number":"SB176","title":"AN ACT relating to reverse auctions in government purchasing.","description":"Amend KRS 45A.035 to require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to adopt regulations governing use of reverse auctions; amend KRS 45A.070 to define \"reverse auction\"; amend KRS 45A.080, 45A.085, 45A.100, and 45A.180 to allow the use of reverse auctions in various procurement methods; amend KRS 45A.345 to define \"reverse auction\"; amend KRS 45A.365, and 45A.370 to allow the use of reverse auction in various procurement methods; amend KRS 45A.690 to define \"reverse auction; amend KRS 45A.695 to allow the use of reverse auction in soliciting personal service contracts and memoranda of agreement; amend KRS 56.440 to define \"reverse auction\"; amend KRS 56.803 to allow use of reverse auctions in procuring government leases; amend KRS 65.025 to define \"reverse auction\" and allow local governments to use reverse auctions in procurement procedures; amend KRS 160.290 to allow the use of reverse auctions in local boards of education procurement procedures; amend KRS 162.070 to allow local boards of education to use reverse auctions in procuring construction contracts; amend KRS 164A.575 to allow the governing boards of higher education institutions to use reverse auctions in their procurement procedures; amend KRS 164A.585 to allow governing boards of higher education institutions to use reverse auctions in procuring construction contracts; amend KRS 176.080 to allow the Department of Highways to use reverse auctions in its procurement procedures; amend KRS 178.140 to allow fiscal courts to use reverse auctions in their procurement procedures; amend KRS 180.060 to allow the Department of Highways to use reverse auctions in its procurement procedures for bridge construction; amend KRS 220.290 to allow sanitation district boards to use reverse auctions in their procurement procedures; and amend KRS 267.240 and 268.520 to allow county boards of drainage commissioners to use reverse auctions in their procurement procedures.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-06","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 63)","last_action_date":"2010-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB176/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB176.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72490,"bill_number":"HB503","title":"AN ACT relating to state employee health insurance.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 18A to require the Personnel Cabinet to develop a tiered system based on salary for state employee premiums for dependent coverage; require the cabinet to ensure single coverage is not affected; require the cabinet to report to the Legislative Research Commission by October 1, 2010; require the cabinet to implement tiers beginning January 1, 2011.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-25","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-26","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB503/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB503.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72491,"bill_number":"HB504","title":"AN ACT relating to wet weather discharges from sanitary sewers.","description":"Create a new section of subchapter 16 of KRS Chapter 224 to require, to the extent allowable, the Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet to consider affordability, flexibility in implementation schedules, and other factors when issuing wet weather discharge permits under KRS 224.16-050.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 143)","last_action_date":"2010-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB504/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB504.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72492,"bill_number":"HB505","title":"AN ACT relating to corrections.","description":"Amend KRS 197.180 to include female prisoners within the coverage of the statute.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-25","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-26","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB505/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB505.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72493,"bill_number":"HB506","title":"AN ACT relating to civil actions.","description":"Amend KRS 454.145 relating to the appointment of persons to serve process to clarify the responsibilities of those persons.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-25","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-26","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB506/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB506.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72494,"bill_number":"HB507","title":"AN ACT relating to corrections.","description":"Amend KRS 196.120 relating to prison farms to make the terminology relating to administrative regulations pertaining to the farms consistent with the requirements of KRS Chapter 13A.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-02-25","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-02-26","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB507/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB507.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72495,"bill_number":"HB508","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend KRS 421.990 to make the offense of evading process a Class B misdemeanor.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-02-25","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-02-26","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB508/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB508.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72496,"bill_number":"HB509","title":"AN ACT relating to civil actions.","description":"Amend KRS 383.275 relating to waste to authorize enforcement by use of the court's contempt power.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-02-25","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-02-26","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB509/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB509.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72497,"bill_number":"HB510","title":"AN ACT relating to civil actions.","description":"Amend KRS 413.080 relating to action upon equity of redemption in personal property to provide for gender neutrality.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-25","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-26","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB510/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB510.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72498,"bill_number":"HB511","title":"AN ACT making appropriations for the operations, maintenance, and support of the Legislative Branch of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","description":"The Legislative Branch Budget: appropriate from the General Fund $51,658,700 for fiscal year 2010-2011 and $54,343,500 for fiscal year 2011-2012; appropriate from Restricted Funds $53,000 for fiscal year 2010-2011 and $119,300 for fiscal year 2011-2012;","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 156)","last_action_date":"2010-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB511/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB511.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72499,"bill_number":"HB512","title":"AN ACT relating to parental rights of service members.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 403.270 to 403.350 to provide direction for child custody issues when a service member is away on deployment, mobilization, or temporary duty.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-02-25","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-03-08","committee":"Military Affairs and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB512/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB512.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72500,"bill_number":"HB513","title":"AN ACT relating to books for preschool children and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 171 to establish the \"Books for Brains Program\" to promote the development of a comprehensive statewide program for encouraging preschool children to develop an appreciation of books; attach the program to the Department for Libraries and Archives for administrative purposes; establish a governing board of 7 members appointed by the Governor for staggered 4 year terms; establish the \"Books for Brains Program\" trust fund to consist of funds collected through state appropriations, gifts, grants, and any other funds from the public and private sectors; direct the foundation to promulgate administrative regulations to establish the procedures for working with local partners to provide books for registered children; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-16","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-17","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB513/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB513.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72501,"bill_number":"HB514","title":"AN ACT relating to airborne contaminants.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 411 to establish procedures for civil actions arising from exposure to silica; define related terms; require that a physical impairment be an essential element in a civil action based on exposure to silica; require a prima facie showing of a physical impairment before bringing or maintaining a civil action; provide for dismissal of civil actions for failure to establish a prima facie showing of a physical impairment resulting from exposure to silica; toll the statute of limitations on claims not barred by the effective date until such time as an individual discovers or should have discovered a physical impairment; distinguish claims for nonmalignant conditions from claims for silica-related cancer; establish requirements for wrongful death claims; exempt a premises owner from liability unless the individual's exposure occurred while on the property of the owner, and extend liability exemption relating to invitees and contractors hired before January 1, 1972; exempt a premises owner from liability for exposure occurring after January 1, 1972 unless it can be shown that the premises owner intentionally violated a safety standard; provide that civil actions resulting from exposure to silica shall not affect the rights of any party involved in bankruptcy proceedings, or workers' compensation or veteran's benefit programs; require the plaintiff in a civil action to show that a particular defendant's conduct was a substantial factor in causing the alleged injury or loss; make provisions applicable to any civil action pending on the effective date of the Act and to claims filed on or after the effective date of the Act; provide conditions for recovery of costs and fees to prevailing party; create a new section of KRS Chapter 224, Subpart 10, establishing an Airborne Contaminant Claim Review Board and establish membership and duties; include noncodified provision requesting the Supreme Court to adopt and revise rules relating to venue and consolidation of claims arising from exposure to silica; delay effective date until January 1, 2011.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-25","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-02","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB514/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB514.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72502,"bill_number":"HB515","title":"AN ACT relating to charitable gaming.","description":"Amend KRS 238.540 to allow up to 8 persons engaged in the conduct and administration of charitable gaming to receive compensation of up to $10 per hour for a maximum of $80 per charitable gaming session per person; limit total aggregate compensation for all persons to $640 per session; permit an individual's compensation to be applied toward his or her school tuition; require each eligible person to register with the Office of Charitable Gaming; direct the office to promulgate administrative regulations to determine the manner of registration; prohibit payment of compensation out of the net receipts from charitable gaming; amend KRS 238.536 and 238.550 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-25","last_action":"posting waived","last_action_date":"2010-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB515/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB515.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72503,"bill_number":"HB516","title":"AN ACT relating to student postsecondary financial aid.","description":"Amend KRS 164.7881 to clarify that participating postsecondary education institutions are required to submit annual certification of KEES recipients who have a grade point average between 2.5 and 3.0 and are on track to graduate to the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority; clarify that Kentucky Tuition Grant calculations are based on full-time enrollment in four-year postsecondary education institutions.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-02-25","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-03-04","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB516/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB516.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72504,"bill_number":"HB517","title":"AN ACT relating to animal impoundment.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 258 define \"animal control officer,\" \"humanely destroy,\" and \"reasonable expenses\"; allow animal control officers and agents of humane societies to take physical custody of any animal if they have a warrant or if they have reasonable cause to believe an animal is in imminent harm, cruelly treated, or tortured; allow governmental animal control agencies to file a petition with the court to request the owner or owners to appear in court; permit animal control officers and agents of humane societies to euthanize the animal if it is deemed by a licensed veterinarian to be past recovery; require the court to issue an order placing seized animals in the temporary care and custody of a public or private agency pending a hearing of the petition; require the courts to hold a hearing within 14 days of the order being issued; require 48 hours prior to the hearing that orders be served and notices be posted and published; require the owner or owners of animals seized by court order to either relinquish ownership temporarily or post a bond; define bond's sufficiency to secure payment of all reasonable expenses, with the agency or person with whom the animal's temporary care and custody was placed; allow the bond requirement to be waived if the owner is indigent; allow the court to either order ownership of the animal be placed with any public or private agency or be returned to the owner or owners; provide for full or partial refund of the bond based on final disposition of the case; amend KRS 258.505 to clarify that the prohibition against gunshot in animal shelter euthanasia does not apply to peace officers or animal control officers outside animal shelter situations.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-25","last_action":"to Agriculture & Small Business (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-26","committee":"Agriculture and Small Business","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB517/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB517.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72505,"bill_number":"HB518","title":"AN ACT relating to Medicaid.","description":"Amend KRS 205.639 to change the definition of \"private psychiatric hospital\"; amend KRS 205.640 to provide that the disproportionate share program shall be established by administrative regulations; require one of the three pools for distribution of disproportionate share funds to be the percentage allowable by federal law up to 19.08 percent for private psychiatric hospitals and state mental hospitals; require any remaining disproportionate share funds from private psychiatric care hospitals and state mental to be distributed between acute care hospitals and university hospitals; include state mental hospitals in the Medical Assistance Revolving Trust Fund; provide that a hospital will receive distributions for indigent care if the hospital meets the requirements of administrative regulations promulgated by the cabinet; require the Department for Medicaid Services to make a final determination of each hospital's annual payment amount upon notification through the Federal Register of the annual federal disproportionate share hospital allotment for the state; require the department to issue to each hospital either a lump-sum payment or divide the lump-sum payment into multiple distribution payments if fiscally necessary; require hospitals to submit any supporting documentation to substantiate compliance with the audit requirements as established by federal regulations; make technical changes.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 142)","last_action_date":"2010-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB518/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB518.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72506,"bill_number":"HB519","title":"AN ACT relating to motor vehicle usage tax.","description":"Amend KRS 138.470 to clarify the exemption allowed for transfers involving the change in legal form of a business entity, and to provide exemptions from the motor vehicle usage tax for certain transfers between a grantor, a trust, trust beneficiaries, and other persons; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2010.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-25","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-26","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB519/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB519.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72507,"bill_number":"HB520","title":"AN ACT relating to the protection of adults.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 209 to define the terms \"adult\" and \"cabinet\"; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to establish a registry of persons found to have abused, neglected, or exploited an adult; require an appeal process for persons against whom allegations have been substantiated by the cabinet, and prohibit a licensed or certified facility or program from employing a person on the registry; create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to prohibit health care facilities and services licensed under KRS Chapter 216B from employing, contracting with, or accepting volunteer services from a person whose name appears on the registry; amend KRS 205.5606 to prohibit persons who provide services or supports from employing, contracting with, or accepting volunteer services from a person whose name appears on the registry; amend KRS 210.795 to prohibit an individual whose name appears on the registry from being a provider and to prohibit a provider from employing, contracting with, or accepting volunteer services from a person whose name appears on the registry.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-25","last_action":"recommitted to Health & Welfare (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-10","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB520/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB520.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72508,"bill_number":"HB521","title":"AN ACT relating to Kentucky's military heritage and tourism opportunities.","description":"Amend KRS 171.780 to define of \"military heritage site\" to include active United States Army museums; amend KRS 171.782 to include the director of the Patton Museum as a member of the Kentucky Military Heritage Commission and allow the Commission to include educational and tourism programs about military heritage sites among its responsibilities; amend KRS 171.786 to establish that the Commission does not have responsibility for regulatory programs for military heritage sites within the national museum system of the U.S. Army Center of Military History; amend KRS 171.788 to provide that the Commission does not have enforcement responsibility for protection and enforcement programs at military heritage sites within the national museum system of the U.S. Army Center of Military History.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-25","last_action":"to Military Affairs & Public Safety (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-26","committee":"Military Affairs and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB521/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB521.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72509,"bill_number":"HB522","title":"AN ACT relating to fish and wildlife.","description":"Amend KRS 150.170 to exempt servicepersons from having to obtain fishing and hunting licenses for the next two years; and make technical corrections.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-25","last_action":"to Military Affairs & Public Safety (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-26","committee":"Military Affairs and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB522/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB522.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72510,"bill_number":"HB523","title":"AN ACT relating to obesity in school children.","description":"Create a new section of Chapter 156 directing the Kentucky Board of Education to require a physical fitness test to be given at the beginning and end of each school year; require that the test include a measure of body mass index; provide information that may be used by the student and parents at home, and provide school councils fitness information about the student body; require schools to annually report the name of the test used and the percentage of the student body showing improvement; require 60 to 90 minutes of activity in kindergarten through grade 5; require 30 to 45 minutes of activity in half-day kindergarten; encourage regular activity opportunities for students in grades 6 through 12; require schools to disseminate information on childhood diabetes and obesity in collaboration with parent and health organizations; encourage designation of physical education teachers as school fitness leaders; make available Web-based resources, including fitness tests, program information, and activity guides.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-25","last_action":"posting waived","last_action_date":"2010-03-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB523/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB523.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72511,"bill_number":"HB524","title":"AN ACT relating to deaths in the line of duty.","description":"Amend KRS 95.860 relating to retirement benefits for a surviving spouse, minor children, and parents of a police officer or firefighter who dies due to occupational causes to increase benefit for surviving spouse from 25% to 50% of the deceased member's salary and increase benefit from 75% to 100% of deceased member's salary for combined payments to the surviving spouse and surviving minor children; increase benefit from 25% to 50% of member's last rate of salary for a parent if there are no other eligible survivors, or 755 for two parents if there are no other eligible survivors.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-25","last_action":"to Military Affairs & Public Safety (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-26","committee":"Military Affairs and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB524/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB524.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72512,"bill_number":"HB525","title":"AN ACT relating to dower and curtesy.","description":"Amend KRS 392.100 to broaden the bigamy citation to include reference to bigamy laws of other states.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-25","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-26","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB525/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB525.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72513,"bill_number":"HB526","title":"AN ACT relating to civil actions.","description":"Amend KRS 425.012 relating to writs of possession to provide that the prior demand requirements shall be met prior to further action on the case.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-25","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-26","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB526/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB526.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72514,"bill_number":"HB527","title":"AN ACT relating to civil actions.","description":"Amend KRS 401.020 relating to name changes for a minor child to include female children.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-25","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-26","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB527/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB527.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72515,"bill_number":"HB528","title":"AN ACT relating to civil actions.","description":"Amend KRS 425.600 relating to receivers to allow for gender neutrality.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2010-02-25","last_action":"floor amendment (1-title) filed","last_action_date":"2010-03-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB528/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB528.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72516,"bill_number":"HB529","title":"AN ACT relating to waste tires and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create new section of subchapter 50 of KRS Chapter to establish a five-member Waste Tire Working Group within the Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet; require the group to meet semiannually; specify the group's duties; require the group to monitor the effectiveness of and make recommendations for improvement in the distributions to counties from the waste tire fund; amend KRS 224.50-868 to extend the waste tire fee for three years; amend KRS 224.50-872 to require the cabinet to report to the Interim Joint Committee on Natural Resources and Environment by January 15, 2011, and every two years thereafter and include in the report an analysis of the effectiveness and sufficiency of the direct funding to counties for clean up of waste tires and whether the waste tire fee should be extended after the program expires in 2014; amend KRS 224.50-876 to allow use of apportioned funds for crumb rubber grants, tire-derived fuel, and tire amnesties to be used to reimburse federal, state, or local agencies that implement part of the waste tire program if funds are available; amend KRS 224.50-878 to allow money in the fund apportioned for crumb rubber grants, tire-derived fuel, and tire amnesties to be used to make grants for to a person or project under the waste tire program; amend KRS 224.50-880 to apportion the waste tire fund so that 30 percent of the funds are returned to counties for clean up, processing, and disposal of waste tires, 30 percent of the funds are retained by the Division of Waste Management for the crumb rubber grants and the tire-derived fuel programs, 30 percent of the funds are for tire amnesties and the remaining 10 percent is retained by the division for administration of the program.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-02-25","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-03-02","committee":"Natural Resources and Environment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB529/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB529.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72517,"bill_number":"HB530","title":"AN ACT relating to fiscal matters and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 138.4602 to clarify the trade-in allowance for the purchase of new vehicles and the $25 million cap on tax receipts related to the trade-in allowance; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-03-05","last_action":"Conference Committee appointed in House","last_action_date":"2010-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB530/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB530.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72518,"bill_number":"HB531","title":"AN ACT relating to the sale, issuance, approval, and status of funding notes with respect to the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions.","description":"Amend KRS 56.8605 to include a state medical insurance fund stabilization contribution in the definitions of \"financing agreement\" and \"funding notes\"; amend KRS 56.868 to permit the Kentucky Asset Liability Commission to issue and sell funding notes to fund state medical insurance fund stabilization contributions; permit the refinancing of these contributions.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-26","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 172)","last_action_date":"2010-04-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB531/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB531.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72519,"bill_number":"HB532","title":"AN ACT relating to the protection of adults.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 209 to define the terms \"adult\" and \"cabinet\"; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to establish a registry of persons found to have abused, neglected, or exploited an adult; require an appeal process for persons against whom allegations have been substantiated by the cabinet, and prohibit a licensed or certified facility or program from employing a person on the registry; create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to prohibit health care facilities and services licensed under KRS Chapter 216B from employing, contracting with, or accepting volunteer services from a person whose name appears on the registry; amend KRS 205.5606 to prohibit persons who provide services or supports from employing, contracting with, or accepting volunteer services from a person whose name appears on the registry; amend KRS 210.795 to prohibit an individual whose name appears on the registry from being a provider and to prohibit a provider from employing, contracting with, or accepting volunteer services from a person whose name appears on the registry.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-25","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-26","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB532/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB532.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72520,"bill_number":"HB533","title":"AN ACT relating to tax credits for the retrofit of diesel engines to reduce air pollutants.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to provide for taxable years beginning on or after December 31, 2011, a tax credit for taxpayers who retrofit existing diesel engines to control pollution; amend KRS 141.0205 to establish the order the credit may be taken.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-25","last_action":"reassigned to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-18","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB533/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB533.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72521,"bill_number":"HB534","title":"AN ACT relating to school construction and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 157.620 to require the Board of Education to promulgate regulations to establish criteria by which the physical condition of all local school district education facilities are to be categorized, to require the development of a list by category to be submitted to the School Facilities Construction Commission and the Legislative Research Commission; authorize the issuance of bonds in 2010-2011, the proceeds of which shall be used to renovate or replace category 5 local school facilities, and which may be used, if funds remain, to renovate or replace category 4 local school facilities; appropriate debt service to support the authorized bonds.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-25","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2010-02-26","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB534/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB534.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72522,"bill_number":"HB535","title":"AN ACT relating to the emergency ambulance services provided by fire protection districts.","description":"Amend KRS 75.040 to permit fire protection districts located within the territorial boundaries of a consolidated local government to operate an emergency ambulance service; amend KRS 216B.020 to exclude emergency ambulance services operated by fire protection districts located within the territorial boundaries of a consolidated local government from the certificate of need process.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-25","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2010-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB535/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB535.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72523,"bill_number":"HCR198","title":"Direct the staff of the Legislative Research Commission to study the scope of practice for paramedics; require results to be submitted by December 1, 2010.","description":"Direct the staff of the Legislative Research Commission to study the scope of practice for paramedics; require results to be submitted by December 1, 2010.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-02-25","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-03-04","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR198/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HC198.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72524,"bill_number":"SB177","title":"AN ACT relating to tobacco products.","description":"Create a new section in KRS Chapter 365 to require cash on delivery in tobacco wholesaler-retailer transactions; set out ways cash payments may be made.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-25","last_action":"to Agriculture (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-01","committee":"Agriculture","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB177/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB177.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72525,"bill_number":"SB178","title":"AN ACT relating to evaluation of superintendents of schools.","description":"Amend KRS 156.557 to clarify the evaluation requirements for the local superintendent; require that the summative evaluation be discussed and adopted in an open meeting of the local board of education and reflected in the minutes; specify that if the local policy requires a written evaluation that it shall be made available to the public upon request; and require that preliminary discussions relating to the evaluation of the superintendent by the board or between the board and the superintendent prior to the summative evaluation be conducted in closed session.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 157)","last_action_date":"2010-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB178/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB178.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72526,"bill_number":"SCR171","title":"Require the Legislative Research Commission to direct the 2010 Interim Joint Committee on Education or the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue to study the funding requirements for participation in the Support Education Excellence in Kentucky program and the current funding distribution of local and state funding which comprises basic per pupil funding among Kentucky's 174 school districts; require a draft report by October 15, 2010, and a formal discussion at the November 2010 regular meeting of the Interim Joint Committee; require that the report include recommendations for statutory change if the findings indicate funding inequity is occurring.","description":"Require the Legislative Research Commission to direct the 2010 Interim Joint Committee on Education or the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue to study the funding requirements for participation in the Support Education Excellence in Kentucky program and the current funding distribution of local and state funding which comprises basic per pupil funding among Kentucky's 174 school districts; require a draft report by October 15, 2010, and a formal discussion at the November 2010 regular meeting of the Interim Joint Committee; require that the report include recommendations for statutory change if the findings indicate funding inequity is occurring.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-25","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-01","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SCR171/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SC171.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72596,"bill_number":"HB536","title":"AN ACT relating to outdoor advertising devices.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 177.830 to 177.890 to exempt certain billboards carrying noncommercial messages to be exempt from state permitting authority; set standards for qualifying for exemption; amend KRS 177.990 to make a technical correction.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-03-23","last_action":"reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute","last_action_date":"2010-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB536/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB536.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72597,"bill_number":"HB537","title":"AN ACT relating to state health insurance.","description":"Amend KRS 18A.225 to require that policies provided to state employees or their dependents provide coverage for convergence insufficiency, oculomotor dysfunction pursuit, and strabismus intermittent; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require that all health benefit plans provide coverage for convergence insufficiency, oculomotor dysfunction pursuit, and strabismus intermittent.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-26","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-02","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB537/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB537.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72598,"bill_number":"HB538","title":"AN ACT relating to local government personnel.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 67 to require counties, charter counties, and unified local governments to create a civil service commission by ordinance; amend various sections of KRS Chapter 90 to require cities of the second through sixth class that have one or more full-time employees to create a civil service commission by ordinance; amend KRS 95.442 and 96.530 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-26","last_action":"to Local Government (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-02","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB538/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB538.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72599,"bill_number":"HB539","title":"AN ACT relating to educator evaluation.","description":"Amend KRS 156.557 to require the Kentucky Board of Education, by January 1, 2011, to review and revise its administrative regulations on personnel evaluation to promote continuous professional growth and development of skills for teachers and education leaders; require the Kentucky Department of Education and selected groups to develop a local evaluation system prior to the beginning of the 2012-2013 school year.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-26","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-02","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB539/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB539.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72600,"bill_number":"HB540","title":"AN ACT relating to teachers' retirement, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 161.220 to 161.716 to create the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System insurance trust fund under U.S.C. sec. 115 to supplement the current 26 U.S.C. sec. 401 (h) medical insurance trust fund; specify that the trust fund assets shall be dedicated to health benefits; amend KRS 161.420 to describe the contributions that would be made to the medical insurance fund; specify that the KTRS board of trustees shall take all necessary steps to maintain the status of the medical insurance fund; amend KRS 161.540 to establish a graduated schedule of additional contributions that shall be required from each active member of KTRS for the medical insurance fund, beginning in July 1, 2010 and capping July 1, 2015 for a member who first became a member of the retirement system before July 1, 2008 and a graduated schedule for each member who first became a member of the retirement system after July 1, 2008; cap the additional contribution at 3.75%, which is in addition to existing contributions to the retirement system; require the actuarial equivalent contribution for those KTRS employees in universities and other agencies; provide that the additional contributions be decreased, suspended or terminated upon the recommendation of the KTRS actuary when the medical insurance fund achieves a sufficient prefunded status; amend KRS 161.550 to permit the KTRS board of trustees to establish a medical insurance fund under 26 U.S.C. sec. 115; require the state to pay the cost of participation in the Kentucky Employees Health Plan (KEHP) for those KTRS members who retire on or after July 1, 2010 who are ineligible for Medicare; provide that payments shall be made directly to the Personnel Cabinet's Department of Employee Insurance and shall be less the amounts that are otherwise required to be paid by participants in the KEHP and the amount to be paid by retirees; require all individual employers of KTRS members to begin making contributions to the medical insurance fund July 1, 2010 and cap July 1, 2015 at a rate of 3.0% of payroll of those active employees; provide that employer contributions be decreased, suspended, or terminated upon the recommendation of the KTRS actuary when the medical insurance fund achieves a sufficient prefunded status; amend KRS 161.675 to specify that the KTRS board of trustees may authorize participation in KEHP only for retirees under age 65 who first retired prior to July 1, 2010; provide that only those retired members who are eligible for Medicare or who retired prior to July 1, 2010 shall be eligible to receive a health insurance supplement paid by KTRS; require that the state pay a percentage of the health insurance supplement based on age and years of service equal to the percentage established by the KTRS board of trustees for eligible annuitants; prove that KTRS provide to the state and the Personnel Cabinet the same administrative services for members who retire on or after July 1, 2010 and who are not Medicare eligible as it does for eligible annuitants of KTRS; require that members who are not yet eligible for Medicare pay on a graduated scale over a 3-year period, an amount equal to the Standard Medicare Part B premium for the cost of their medical insurance; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 159)","last_action_date":"2010-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB540/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB540.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72601,"bill_number":"HB541","title":"AN ACT relating to the operation of vehicles on a highway.","description":"Amend KRS 189.030 to require that headlamps on a vehicle shall be illuminated whenever the vehicle is being operated on a highway.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-26","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-02","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB541/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB541.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72602,"bill_number":"HB542","title":"AN ACT relating to voter registration.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 116 to direct the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to incorporate an application for voter registration with a hunting license or permit.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-18","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-22","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB542/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB542.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72603,"bill_number":"HB543","title":"AN ACT relating to the disposal of pharmaceuticals.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A.600 to 218A.650 to define terms; create a new section of KRS 218A.600 to 218A.650 to prohibit the discharging, disposal, flushing, pouring or emptying into public wastewater systems or septic systems of unused medications in solid form, and to establish a $500 fine for each violation; provide that the funds collected are to be forwarded to the environmental trust fund established in KRS 224.01-200; create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A.600 to 218A.650 to require nursing homes, residential health care facilities, home health care agencies, hospice programs, institutions, facilities or agencies providing services to persons with mental illnesses, and institutions, facilities, or agencies providing services to persons with developmental disabilities to modify their written medication protocols; create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A.600 to 218A.650 to require agencies with regulatory oversight for certain health care institutions to be responsible for ensuring those institutions' compliance; create a new section of noncodified language to cite this Act as the \"Safe Pharmaceutical Disposal Act\".","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-02-26","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-03-17","committee":"Military Affairs and Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB543/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB543.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72604,"bill_number":"HB544","title":"AN ACT relating to professional stages for teachers.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 161 to direct the Kentucky Department of Education to convene a group of representatives to develop a professional stages for Kentucky's outstanding teachers and provide them the opportunity for recognition and monetary rewards while remaining as classroom teachers; specify that the professional stages shall be in addition to an adequate base salary schedule for all teachers and shall have four levels; require the plan for the professional stages to be submitted to the Kentucky Board of Education prior to submission to the Interim Joint Committee on Education and the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue by July 1, 2011.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-26","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-02","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB544/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB544.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72605,"bill_number":"HB545","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky teachers' retirement system and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 161.220 to 161.716 to establish a medical insurance trust fund under Section 115 of the Internal Revenue Code to supplement the current Section 401(h) medical insurance trust fund; amend KRS 161.155 to clarify when paid sick leave is used for retirement calculation purposes; amend KRS 161.220 to clarify that retirement system membership is determined by the job classification, not by an individual position; amend KRS 161.340 to specifically reference commodities as those goods and services for which the board may contract; amend KRS 161.480 to provide that in the event of marriage, the member's spouse, not the estate by default, will be the beneficiary for receipt of any refund of the member's account in the event of the member's death; provide that marriage will terminate the designation of a trust as beneficiary; amend KRS 161.540 to replace reference to university faculty with reference to university employees who participate in the system; amend KRS 161.553 to update the funding schedule; amend KRS 161.585 to provide exception for the system to release information in response to a lawfully issued subpoena or order issued by a court of law; amend KRS 161.605 to replace the current floor daily wage threshold which is equivalent to the base contract salary for a beginning teacher on the salary schedule with a base of $170 per day; delete the provision that allows the Kentucky Department of Education to employ retirees under the critical shortage program to provide technical assistance to schools and districts required under federal law; amend KRS 161.620 to clarify that the 3% factor is available to individuals who became members on or after July 1, 2008 only under the conditions as it is available to those individuals who became members before July 1, 2008; amend KRS 161.630 to eliminate the description \"option\" from the reference to \"life annuity with refundable balance option\"; amend KRS 161.655 to provide that marriage will terminate the designation of a trust as beneficiary; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-26","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 164)","last_action_date":"2010-04-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB545/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB545.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72606,"bill_number":"HB546","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 218A to prohibit possession of, trafficking in, and cultivation of synthetic cannabinoid agonists or piperazines and impose penalties; amend KRS 218A.010 to define \"synthetic cannabinoid agonists or piperazines\"; amend KRS 218A.050 to include synthetic cannabinoid agonists or piperazines as a Schedule I controlled substance; amend KRS 217.065, relating to misbranded drug or device, to include synthetic cannabinoid agonists or piperazines; amend KRS 218A.141 relating to additional penalties for trafficking, to include trafficking in synthetic cannabinoid agonists or piperazines; amend KRS 218A.1411, relating to trafficking in a controlled substance in or near school, to exclude offenses relating to synthetic cannabinoid agonists or piperazines; amend KRS 218A.276, relating to a rehabilitation program for possessors or marijuana, to include possessors of synthetic cannabinoid agonists or piperazines; amend KRS 218A.410, relating to property subject to forfeiture, to exclude misdemeanor offenses relating to synthetic cannabinoid agonists or piperazines in certain circumstances; amend KRS 218A.992, relating to enhancement of penalty for drug offense when in possession of a firearm, to exclude offenses involving synthetic cannabinoid agonists or piperazines; amend KRS 530.064, relating to unlawful transaction with a minor in the first degree, to exclude activity involving synthetic cannabinoid agonists or piperazines; amend various other sections to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-02-26","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-02","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB546/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB546.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72607,"bill_number":"HB547","title":"AN ACT relating to publications of state agencies.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 57 to prohibit any agency of the state executive or legislative branch from mailing an unsolicited publication to any person who has not requested a copy, unless the mailing is determined to be essential by the Governor or by the General Assembly; require state agencies to submit annual and biennial reports to the General Assembly or the Legislative Research Commission online rather than on paper; amend KRS 12.110 to conform.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-16","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-17","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB547/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB547.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72608,"bill_number":"SB4","title":"AN ACT relating to anatomical gifts.","description":"Create, amend, and repeal various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statues, relating to anatomical gifts, to enact the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act and make consistent the provisions relating to organ donation across the states; clarify certain provisions of earlier uniform acts; apply provisions to donations from deceased donors as a result of gifts made before or after their deaths; establish the manner of making an anatomical gift before the donor's death, the procedure for amending or revoking an anatomical gift before the donor's death, the procedure for refusing to make an anatomical gift and the effect of that refusal, and the preclusive effect of an anatomical gift, amendment, or revocation; set forth who may make an anatomical gift of the decedent's body or part and the manner of making, amending, or revoking an anatomical gift of the decedent's body or part; list persons that may receive an anatomical gift and the purpose of the anatomical gift; require search by law enforcement and hospital for document of gift; provide that the delivery of document of gift is not required during donor's life and create the right to examine the document; establish the rights and duties of procurement organization and others; require coordination of procurement and use; prohibit the sale or purchase of parts; provide immunity for certain parties; clarify the law governing validity, choice of law as to execution of document of gift, and presumption of validity; set forth the effect of an anatomical gift on advance health-care directive; require cooperation between coroners, medical examiners, and procurement organizations; cite need for uniformity of application and construction; clarify relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act; amend and repeal various sections to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-26","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 161)","last_action_date":"2010-04-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB4/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB4.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72609,"bill_number":"SB179","title":"AN ACT relating to veterans.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 6 to create the Kentucky General Assembly Veterans Hall of Fame; establish guidelines for introductions; provide for an executive committee and establish membership, terms of appointment, and duties.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-03-10","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-03-17","committee":"Military Affairs and Public Safety","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB179/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB179.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":72610,"bill_number":"SB180","title":"AN ACT relating to alternative certification for Teach for America participants.","description":"Amend KRS 161.048 to establish an alternative teacher certification option for Teach for America participants under certain conditions; provide that this option shall be considered a pilot program and an option during the time period from the effective date of this Act until the Race to the Top funding program under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 is completed; permit the option to continue by promulgation of an administrative regulation by the Education Professional Standards Board.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-07","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 79)","last_action_date":"2010-04-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB180/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB180.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":74881,"bill_number":"HB548","title":"AN ACT relating to identification for food stamp users.","description":"Amend KRS 205.200 to require two forms of identification, one of which must be a government-issued photo ID card at the initial interview to determine food stamp eligibility; create a new section of KRS chapter 205 to require cashiers at retail establishments to request two forms of identification, one of which must be a government-issued photo ID, before accepting payment from a food stamp enrollee, require cashiers to request two forms of reasonable identification for the food stamp enrollee from another individual attempting to use a food stamp enrollee's card; amend KRS 205.990 to require that retail establishments that fail to comply shall to be fined $100 for the first offense and $250 for each subsequent offense.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-01","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-02","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB548/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB548.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":74882,"bill_number":"HB549","title":"AN ACT proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Kentucky relating to abortion.","description":"Propose to amend the Constitution of Kentucky by creating a new section to clarify that no right to abortion exists and that the General Assembly has the authority to protect human life; provide for submission to voters.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-01","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-02","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB549/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB549.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":74883,"bill_number":"HB550","title":"AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 54 of the Constitution of Kentucky.","description":"Propose amendment to Section 54 of the Constitution of Kentucky to allow the General Assembly the power to limit damages for injuries resulting in death, or for injuries to persons or property; submit to voters.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-01","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-02","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB550/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB550.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":74884,"bill_number":"HB551","title":"AN ACT relating to real property.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 382 related to the assignment, mortgage, or pledge of rents or profits from real property, the recording of a security interest thereon, and exemptions; amend KRS 382.520 to clarify that an security interest in real property continues to exist, even after the loan is paid in its entirety, unless the terms of the mortgage contract indicate otherwise or until the mortgagor requests a release or partial release of the security interest.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-01","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-02","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB551/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB551.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":74885,"bill_number":"HB552","title":"AN ACT relating to alternative fuels.","description":"Amend KRS 154.27-010 to define \"energy-efficient alternative fuels\" and \"energy-efficient alternative fuel facility\"; amend KRS 154.27-020 to expand incentives provided for production of alternative energy to include the production of energy-efficient alternative fuels.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-06","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 60)","last_action_date":"2010-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB552/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB552.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":74886,"bill_number":"HB553","title":"AN ACT relating to economic development and making an appropriation.","description":"Create a new section of subchapter 20 of KRS Chapter 154 to establish the construction loan guarantee program; apply to commercial building construction projects; allow agency to issue loan guarantees of up to 25% of loan principal; require consideration of impact on economic development, credit-worthiness of borrower, and other factors; require application and approval process and set other standards; allow sales tax on purchases related to the project to be used to fund loan program; sunset program in 2015; create a new section of subchapter 20 of KRS 154 to establish the construction loan guarantee account to fund the loan guarantee program; provide for reporting and disposition of funds; make appropriation; provide definitions.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-01","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-15","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB553/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB553.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":74887,"bill_number":"HB554","title":"AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to the salaries of state officials and to amend Sections 120 and 246 of the Constitution of Kentucky to conform.","description":"Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky establishing an independent commission to set salaries of members of the General Assembly, judges, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Treasurer, the Auditor of Public Accounts, the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, and the Commissioner of Agriculture; require the General Assembly to enact laws creating this commission; require the commission periodically to file salary schedules with the Secretary of State; allow voter referendum on a salary schedule after the filing of a petition signed by five percent of the number of voters who participated in the most recent election for Governor; require salaries in effect on November 2, 2010, to remain in effect until altered by the commission; propose to amend Sections 120 and 246 of the Constitution of Kentucky to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-01","last_action":"recommitted to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-23","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB554/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB554.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":74888,"bill_number":"HB555","title":"AN ACT relating to public safety.","description":"Create new section of KRS Chapter 198B to require installation of carbon monoxide alarms in the sleeping areas of all single-family dwellings and multifamily dwellings; EFFECTIVE January 2, 2011.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-03-01","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-03-04","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB555/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB555.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":74889,"bill_number":"HB556","title":"AN ACT relating to nursing.","description":"Amend KRS 314.042 to delete the requirement for an advanced registered nurse practitioner prescribing or dispensing nonscheduled legend drugs to enter into a collaborative agreement with a physician; amend KRS 18A.197 to allow an advanced registered nurse practitioner to certify an employee's need for absence and use of sick leave from the sick leave sharing program; amend KRS 158.035 to permit a child eligible to enroll as a student in any public or private elementary school to enroll if the child presents an immunization certificate from either a physician or an advanced registered nurse practitioner; amend KRS 163.525 to enable a person to obtain certification as deaf, hard of hearing, or severely speech impaired from an advanced registered nurse practitioner in order to be eligible for a telecommunication device for the deaf; amend KRS 199.8982 to include a statement from an advanced registered nurse practitioner that the applicant for a family child-care home is in good health; amend KRS 214.010 to require an advanced registered nurse practitioner to report communicable diseases; amend KRS 214.181 to permit an HIV test to be ordered by an advanced registered nurse practitioner; amend KRS 214.625 to include an advanced registered nurse practitioner as being able to order HIV tests, inform the patients of the results, provide information and counseling, or refer the patient for treatment and counseling; amend KRS 214.645 to require an advanced registered nurse practitioner that receives a positive report of an HIV test to report; amend KRS 216.935 to include advanced registered nurse practitioners in the definition of a home health aide that assists with medication ordered by a physician.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2010-03-01","last_action":"floor amendments (5) and (6-title) withdrawn","last_action_date":"2010-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB556/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB556.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":74890,"bill_number":"HB557","title":"AN ACT relating to agriculture.","description":"Amend KRS 253.010 by deleting definition of \"animal\"; amplify definition of \"livestock\"; make technical corrections to subsequent sections of KRS Chapter 253.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-01","last_action":"to Agriculture & Small Business (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-02","committee":"Agriculture and Small Business","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB557/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB557.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":74891,"bill_number":"HB558","title":"AN ACT relating to intellectual disabilities.","description":"Create a new section of noncodified language to state the intention of the General Assembly to utilize language that references, but does not equate, an individual to a disability; amend KRS 17.150 change \"retarded\" to \"intellectually disabled\"; amend KRS 43.050 to change \"mentally retarded\" to \"intellectually disabled\"; amend KRS 43.080 to change \"mentally retarded\" to \"intellectually disabled\"; amend KRS 43.990 to change \"mentally retarded\" to \"intellectually disabled\"; amend KRS 61.165 to change \"mentally retarded\" to \"intellectually disabled\"; amend KRS 158.135 to change \"mentally retarded\" to \"intellectually disabled\"; amend KRS 164.2865 to change \"mental retardation\" to \"intellectual disability\"; amend KRS 194A.010 to change \"mental retardation\" to \"intellectual disability\"; amend KRS 194A.735 to change the name of the \"Kentucky Commission on Services and Supports for Individuals with Mental Retardation and other Developmental Disabilities\" to the \"Kentucky Commission on Services and Supports for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability and Other Developmental Disabilities\"; amend KRS 205.470 to change \"mental retardation\" to \"an intellectual disability\"; amend KRS 205.560 to change \"mentally retarded\" to \"intellectually disabled\"; amend KRS 205.6317 to change \"mental retardation\" to \"an intellectual disability\"; change the name of the \"Kentucky Commission on Services and Supports for Individuals with Mental Retardation and other Developmental Disabilities\" to the \"Kentucky Commission on Services and Supports for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability and Other Developmental Disabilities\"; amend KRS 210.040 to change \"mental retardation\" to \"an intellectual disability\"; amend KRS 210.045 to change \"mental retardation\" to either \"intellectual disability\" or \"an intellectual disability\" as the context requires, change \"mentally retarded persons\" to \"individuals with an intellectual disability\"; amend KRS 210.047 to change \"mental retardation\" to \"an intellectual disability\"; amend KRS 210.055 to change \"mentally retarded persons\" to \"individuals with an intellectual disability\"; amend KRS 210.270 to change \"mental retardation\" to \"an intellectual disability\"; amend 210.271 to change \"mentally retarded\" to \"intellectually disabled\"; amend KRS 210.410 to change \"mental retardation\" to \"intellectual disability,\" \"mental retardation services\" to \"services for individuals with an intellectual disability,\" and \"the mentally retarded\" to \"individuals with an intellectual disability\"; amend KRS 210.570 to change \"mental retardation\" to \"an intellectual disability\"; amend KRS 210.575 to change the name of the \"Kentucky Commission on Services and Supports for Individuals with Mental Retardation and other Developmental Disabilities\" to the \"Kentucky Commission on Services and Supports for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability and Other Developmental Disabilities\"; change \"mental retardation\" to \"an intellectual disability\"; amend KRS 210.577 to change \"mental retardation\" to \"intellectual disability\" or \"an intellectual disability\" as the context requires; amend KRS 210.580 to change the name of the \"Kentucky Commission on Services and Supports for Individuals with Mental Retardation and other Developmental Disabilities\" to the \"Kentucky Commission on Services and Supports for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability and Other Developmental Disabilities\"; amend KRS 216.510 to change \"mentally retarded\" to \"intellectually disabled\"; amend KRS 216.535 to change \"mentally retarded\" to \"intellectually disabled\"; amend KRS 304.17-310 to change \"mental retardation\" to \"an intellectual disability\"; amend KRS 387.540 to change \"mental retardation\" to \"an intellectual disability.\"","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 141)","last_action_date":"2010-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB558/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB558.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":74892,"bill_number":"HB559","title":"AN ACT relating to child support.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 403 to establish conditions for adjusting the presumptive child support award under the child support guidelines table on the basis of a shared parenting order for physical custody of a child; exempt children receiving public assistance; and amend KRS 403.212 to establish new amounts in the child support guidelines table and delete the old amounts.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-01","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-02","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB559/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB559.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":74893,"bill_number":"HB560","title":"AN ACT relating to tax credits for solar photovoltaic systems installed in public buildings in the Commonwealth.","description":"Create a new section in KRS Chapter 141 to create a nonrefundable tax credit for taxpayers who sell or lease solar photovoltaic system to be installed in public buildings in the Commonwealth; amend KRS 141.0205 to establish the order in which the credit may be taken; EFFECTIVE for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2010.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-01","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-02","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB560/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB560.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":74894,"bill_number":"HB561","title":"AN ACT relating to motor carrier transportation contracts.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 281 to define the terms \"motor carrier transportation contract\" and \"promisee\"; establish that indemnification clauses in motor carrier transportation contracts are void and unenforceable; establish that this section shall not apply to the Uniform Intermodal Interchange and Facilities Access Agreement.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-03-01","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-03-04","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB561/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB561.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":74895,"bill_number":"HB562","title":"AN ACT relating to distributed generation of electricity.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 278 to create feed-in tariffs, set by the Public Service Commission, for sources of renewable electric generation; direct the commission to set a standard rate for each source of renewable electricity; amend KRS 278.465 and 278.466 to increase the allowable capacity of a customer generation unit from 30 kilowatts to 50 kilowatts and to raise the amount of net-metering permissible for each retail electric supplier before it can petition the commission to limit new net metering.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-16","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-17","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB562/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB562.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":74896,"bill_number":"HB563","title":"AN ACT relating to peace officers.","description":"Amend KRS 61.365, relating to Kentucky peace officer status for federal officers, to add United States Postal Inspection Service Postal Inspectors.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-16","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-17","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB563/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB563.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":74897,"bill_number":"HB564","title":"AN ACT relating to the justice system and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 31.015 relating to the membership of the Public Advocacy Commission; amend KRS 196.180 to require wardens at Department of Corrections facilities to expunge an inmate disciplinary report upon it being dismissed or otherwise voided; amend KRS 196.702 to make conforming amendments; amend KRS 197.048 relating to inmate credits to increase good time and educational credits upon specified conditions; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 439.320 relating to the Parole Board to establish membership educational and experience requirements, provide that a member serving in capacity of chairperson does so at the pleasure of the Governor, and eliminate part-time positions at conclusion of current appointments; repeal and reenact KRS 439.340 relating to parole; amend KRS 439.344 to deny credit for time on parole when returned as a parole violator under specific situations with some exceptions; amend KRS 441.064, 441.075, and 441.105 to provide that communications and notices between the Department of Corrections and county jailers and fiscal courts may be in electronic format; repeal and reenact KRS 532.200 relating to home incarceration and approved monitoring devices; amend KRS 532.260 to permit the Department of Corrections to release an inmate on home incarceration during the inmate's final 180 days of sentence; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-12","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 107)","last_action_date":"2010-04-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB564/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB564.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":74898,"bill_number":"HB565","title":"AN ACT relating to transportation.","description":"Amend KRS 186A.170 to eliminate the requirement that copies of title records be kept in microfilm format.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-01","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-02","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB565/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB565.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":74899,"bill_number":"HB566","title":"AN ACT relating to milk.","description":"Amend KRS 260.664 to require the Kentucky Milk Commission to coordinate with the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to increase awareness among consumers regarding where dairy products are produced; coordinate with the Cabinet for Economic Development to explore incentives that would sustain Kentucky's dairy industry; develop and administer a program of minimum milk pricing for dairy farmers if the federal milk marketing order system is abolished.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 140)","last_action_date":"2010-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB566/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB566.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":74900,"bill_number":"HB567","title":"AN ACT to promote utility-assisted improvements in energy efficiency, programs for home energy assistance, and combined heat and power facilities.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 278 to define and require adoption by the Public Service Commission of ten Federal energy regulatory standards regarding energy efficiency, conservation, and demand-side management measures, diversity of fuel sources, improvements in energy efficiency, programs for home energy assistance, integrated resource planning, combined heat and power facilities, net metering, interconnection, rate design modifications to promote energy efficiency investments in power generation and supply, and investments in conservation and load management; repeal KRS 278.285.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-01","last_action":"to Tourism Development & Energy (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-02","committee":"Tourism Development and Energy","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB567/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB567.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":74901,"bill_number":"HB568","title":"AN ACT relating to juvenile justice.","description":"Amend KRS 600.020 to define \"valid court order\" as one that is effective for a period of no more than 12 months; amend KRS 610.265, 630.010, and 630.080 to clarify that status offenders may only be securely detained for a period of 24 hours, exclusive of weekends and holidays, prior to their first court appearance and may not be securely detained thereafter unless following an adjudication hearing for contempt; amend KRS 630.050 and 630.060 to require inclusion of assessment, counseling, and treatment documentation when a person files a beyond-control, runaway, or truancy complaint.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-01","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-02","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB568/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB568.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":74902,"bill_number":"HB569","title":"AN ACT relating to the recording of deeds.","description":"Amend KRS 382.300 to require all deeds filed after the effective date of the Act to include the map index number from the PVA.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-01","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-02","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB569/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB569.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":74903,"bill_number":"HCR207","title":"Urge the United States Department of Agriculture to evaluate the efficiency of the formula used to establish milk prices paid to farmers and determine if that formula puts Kentucky dairy farmers at a competitive disadvantage.","description":"Urge the United States Department of Agriculture to evaluate the efficiency of the formula used to establish milk prices paid to farmers and determine if that formula puts Kentucky dairy farmers at a competitive disadvantage.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-12","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 119)","last_action_date":"2010-04-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR207/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HC207.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":74904,"bill_number":"SB181","title":"AN ACT relating to public safety personnel, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 15 to add designated law enforcement officers into the Kentucky Law Enforcement Foundation Program fund; increase the annual supplement to $3,100; prohibit moneys in the fund from lapsing; permit the secretary of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to withhold or terminate payments to any police officer that does not comply with the requirements of eligibility of the fund and provide for appeal; make conforming amendments; amend KRS 95A.220 and 95A.250, relating to the Firefighters Foundation Program fund to increase the annual supplement to firefighters to $3,100; prohibit moneys in the fund from lapsing; make conforming amendments; amend KRS 42.190 to conform; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-01","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-03","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB181/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB181.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75001,"bill_number":"HB3","title":"AN ACT relating to the advancement of clean energy use and production.","description":"Create new sections of KRS chapter 278 to define renewable energy resources and energy efficiency measures; set benchmarks for usage of efficiency measures, renewables and low-carbon resources; establish a market for clean energy certificates; permit deviation from the benchmarks under some circumstances; amend sections of KRS Chapter 42 to include renewable energy projects in the Bluegrass Turns Green program; amend sections of KRS chapter 154 to make energy storage and energy efficiency technology projects eligible to participate in Kentucky Alternative Fuel and Renewable Energy Fund Program; amend sections of KRS Chapter 154 to make facilities that make components or systems used in alternative fuel, gasification, renewable energy, or energy storage eligible to participate in the Incentives for Energy Independence Act; amend KRS 152.715 to include natural gas-derived liquid fuels in the definition of \"alternative transportation fuels\"; amend KRS 154.27-010, 154.27-020, and 154.27-060 to include natural gas or natural gas liquids as a permissible feedstock for an alternative transportation facility, and to establish a minimum investment level of $1,000,000 for such facilities; create a new section of KRS Chapter 143A to allow a severance tax credit for natural gas or natural gas liquids used as feedstock at an alternative transportation facility.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-02","last_action":"returned to Natural Resources & Environment (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-17","committee":"Natural Resources and Environment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB3/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB3.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75002,"bill_number":"HB570","title":"AN ACT relating to dextromethorphan abuse.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 218A to prohibit any person from possessing one gram or more of pure dextromethorphan or dextromethorphan that has been extracted from solid or liquid form; prohibit sale of products containing dextromethorphan as the only active ingredient to individuals younger than 18; from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. require retail establishments to show a photo ID and sign a document stating the customer is older than 18 before purchase; after 10:00 p.m. and until 7:00 am require retail establishments to secure products such that only a supervisory person may access them; require a person to request the product, show a photo ID, and sign a document stating the customer is older than 18; establish penalties for violation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-02","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-04","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB570/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB570.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75003,"bill_number":"HB571","title":"AN ACT relating to the State Board of Agriculture.","description":"Amend KRS 246.120 to change the membership of the State Board of Agriculture; create a noncodified section to specify how to carry out the changes to the board.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-03-02","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-03-05","committee":"Agriculture and Small Business","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB571/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB571.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75004,"bill_number":"HB572","title":"AN ACT relating to the boundary between Boyle County and Lincoln County.","description":"Recognize Boyle Circuit Court Final Judgment and survey attached thereto in Civil Action No. 85-CI-00161 as the official boundary line between Boyle County and Lincoln County.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-02","last_action":"to Local Government (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-04","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB572/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB572.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75005,"bill_number":"HB573","title":"AN ACT relating to public protection in an individual, private setting.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to specify how the phrase \"individual, private setting\" shall be interpreted in informed consent situations.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-02","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-04","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB573/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB573.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75006,"bill_number":"HB574","title":"AN ACT relating to pawnbrokers.","description":"Amend KRS 226.050 to allow a pawnbroker to sell an article after the expiration of 30 days rather than 60 days.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-03-02","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-03-05","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB574/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB574.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75007,"bill_number":"HB575","title":"AN ACT relating to solid waste.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 224.43-310 to 224.43-380 to define \"displace\", \"displacement\" and \"local government,\" establish a procedure that local governments must follow in order to discontinue the services of a private solid waste collector or recycler and directly assume the collection or recycling of solid waste.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-23","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-24","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB575/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB575.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75008,"bill_number":"HB576","title":"AN ACT relating to compulsive gambling and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 222 to create the compulsive gamblers awareness and treatment fund; limit administrative costs to $50,000 per year and total expenditures to the amount received; establish the Gamblers Awareness and Treatment Fund Advisory Council; establish limits on funding amounts per fiscal year; require the director of the Division of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, in collaboration with the advisory council, to develop standards, evaluate request for funding, recommend payment mechanisms, certify disbursement of funds, and report annually; amend KRS 238.570 to provide funding from a percentage of the fee imposed on charitable gaming; amend KRS 222.001 and 222.003 to define terms and to conform.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-03-02","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-03-19","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB576/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB576.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75009,"bill_number":"HB577","title":"AN ACT relating to the development of highly effective teachers and school leaders.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to establish the roles of the Kentucky Board of Education, the Kentucky Department of Education, the Council on Postsecondary Education, the Education Professional Standards Board, and local school districts in providing a comprehensive statewide program of professional development for teachers and education leaders; amend KRS 156.095 to require that the Department of Education maintain an electronic consumer bulletin board to post information related to professional development providers including a design that allows a user of a professional development provider to post his or her review of the experience and allows others to read the review; require by September 1, 2010, that the Kentucky Department of Education convene a group of representatives of selected agencies and organizations to determine how effective professional learning communities can be integrated into Kentucky schools; require that, by December 1, 2010, the study group report its findings to the Kentucky Board of Education which shall make recommendations to the General Assembly for consideration during the 2011 session.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-02","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-04","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB577/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB577.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75010,"bill_number":"HB579","title":"AN ACT relating to tobacco products.","description":"Amend KRS 138.146 to allow the Department of Revenue to sell tax evidence on a 30-day deferred payment basis to a resident wholesaler for a 10-month period; require a financial instrument to be filed with surety; amend KRS 138.195 to increase the license fee for an unclassified acquirer to $500; allow the Department of Revenue to be capable of accepting cigarette tax information and reports electronically by facsimile; allow a licensee to sell or to purchase from any other licensee untax-paid cigarettes; require the department to file administrative regulations within 90 days of the effective date of the Act setting forth requirements for the untax-paid cigarette transfer; create a new section of KRS 138.130 to 138.205 to prohibit the department from issuing licenses to convicted felons or to persons who have had any license issued under KRS 139.195 or any other statute relating to the regulation of the manufacture, sale, or transportation of cigarettes, other tobacco products, cigarette papers, or snuff revoked for cause or has been convicted of a violation of any of those statutes, or to an individual who is not a citizen of the United States; amend KRS 365.270 to include unclassified acquirer in the definition of \"wholesaler\"; amend KRS 365.270 to increase the presumed cost of doing business by a wholesaler to 3.25 percent; amend KRS 365.390 to require an unclassified acquirer to pay the enforcement and administration fee on cigarettes; amend various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to conform; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2010.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-02","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-04","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB579/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB579.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75011,"bill_number":"HB580","title":"AN ACT relating to bids on highway projects.","description":"Amend KRS 176.080, relating to bids on highway projects, to require the Transportation Cabinet to receive a minimum of two bids before awarding a construction project; require the project to be in three consecutive lettings in an attempt to receive at least two bids; provide that if the minimum number of bids has not been achieved after three lettings for the project it shall be awarded to the lowest and best bidder from the three lettings.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-02","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-04","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB580/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB580.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75012,"bill_number":"HB581","title":"AN ACT relating to consumer protection.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 367 to create definitions related to identity theft; restrict certain uses by businesses of a consumer's Social Security number subject to certain exceptions, and to make a violation subject to the same remedies, duties, powers, and penalties as violations of the Consumer Protection Act; require a business to give specified notice to a person whose personal information was acquired in a security breach subject to certain exceptions, to make a waiver void and unenforceable, and to declare that a violation is subject to the same remedies, duties, powers, and penalties as violations of the Consumer Protection Act; declare that the provisions regarding business use of Social Security numbers and security breach notices do not limit the power to enforce criminal or civil statutes or the right to bring civil actions, and to provide venue for civil actions brought by the Attorney General regarding violations; amend KRS 365.725 to require a business disposing of records to destroy any record with personally identifiable information.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-02","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-04","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB581/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB581.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75013,"bill_number":"HB582","title":"AN ACT relating to tax credits to promote quality education in Kentucky.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a tuition assistance tax credit and an innovative education tax credit; amend KRS 141.010 to exclude from any amount received as tuition assistance from the definition of \"adjusted gross income\"; amend KRS 141.0205 to establish the order in which the credits may be taken; create a new section of KRS 135.500 to 136.575 to allow financial institutions to take the tuition assistance tax credit and the innovative education tax credit against the bank franchise tax.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-03-02","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-03-12","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB582/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB582.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75014,"bill_number":"HB583","title":"AN ACT relating to charter schools.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 160 to describe the intent of the General Assembly and the purposes of authorizing charter schools; define terms; outline the requirements and limitations on the establishment of charter school including authorizers to be local boards of education, boards of trustees of state research universities, or boards of regents of state comprehensive universities; describe authorizer's roles and responsibilities; describe exemptions from law and required compliance areas for charter schools; and describe the application, approval, and renewal processes for charter schools; describe application process for existing schools to convert to charter schools; require state, federal, and local funds to be distributed to a charter school using formulas and allocation processes used in any other school; and provide that the Act shall be know as \"The Francene Cucunillo Act\".","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-02","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-04","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB583/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB583.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75015,"bill_number":"HB584","title":"AN ACT relating to petitions for local option elections.","description":"Amend KRS 242.020 to permit a qualified voter to request a public hearing prior to the filing of a petition for local option election; establish a prefiling period of 14 days from receipt of petition by the county clerk; require notice to be given pursuant to KRS Chapter 424; require petition to be filed after 14 days if no hearing is requested; permit signer to request removal of his or name from petition if the name was placed on petition by means of deception or under false pretenses; require county/judge executive to remove name by order if signer proves name was placed on petition without his or her authority.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-02","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-25","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB584/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB584.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75016,"bill_number":"HB585","title":"AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to health care.","description":"Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to declare that a law or rule shall not compel any person, employer, or health care provider to participate in any health care system; that a person or employer may pay directly for lawful health care services and shall not be required to pay penalties or fines for direct payment for health care services; that a health care provider may accept direct payment for lawful health care services and shall not be required to pay penalties or fines; and that the purchase or sale of health insurance in private health care systems shall not be prohibited by law or rule. This section does affect which health care services a health care provider or hospital is required to provide or which health care services are permitted by law, affect laws or rules in effect as of January 1, 2010, affect terms or conditions of any health care system, or prohibit care provided pursuant to workers' compensation statutes; define terms for the purposes of the proposed amendment.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-02","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-04","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB585/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB585.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75017,"bill_number":"HB586","title":"AN ACT relating to the spouse abuse shelter fund and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 209.160 to increase the amount collected for the spouse abuse shelter fund each month from the issuance of marriage licenses to $15 from each $30.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-02","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-04","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB586/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB586.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75018,"bill_number":"HB587","title":"AN ACT relating to fiscal matters.","description":"Amend KRS 139.480 to exempt from sales and use tax the purchase of Kentucky coffee trees; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2010.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-02","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-04","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB587/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB587.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75019,"bill_number":"HB588","title":"AN ACT relating to incentives for carbon capture and storage.","description":"Create a new section of Subchapter 27 of KRS Chapter 154 to authorize tax incentives under the Incentives for Energy Independence Act to be awarded to certain carbon capture and storage projects that have received incentives from the United States Department of Energy.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-02","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-25","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB588/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB588.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75020,"bill_number":"HB589","title":"AN ACT relating to tax credits for alternative transportation fuels.","description":"Amend KRS 153.715 to include natural gas-derived liquid fuels in the definition of \"alternative transportation fuels\"; amend KRS 154.27-010, 154.27-020, and 154.27-060 to include natural gas or natural gas liquids as a permissible feedstock for an alternative transportation facility, and to establish a minimum investment level of $1,000,000 for such facilities; create a new section of KRS Chapter 143A to allow a severance tax credit for natural gas or natural gas liquids used as feedstock at an alternative transportation facility.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 139)","last_action_date":"2010-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB589/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB589.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75021,"bill_number":"HB590","title":"AN ACT relating to the sale of crime memorabilia.","description":"Amend KRS 346.165 to require a portion of the proceeds from the sale of crime memorabilia to be paid to the Crime Victims' Compensation Board.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-02","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-04","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB590/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB590.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75022,"bill_number":"HB591","title":"AN ACT relating to historic properties.","description":"Amend KRS 11.026 to increase the membership of the Historic Properties Advisory Commission from 14 to 18; add the First Lady of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the spouse of the Lieutenant Governor as ex officio members of the commission; amend KRS 42.019 to include education and experience requirements to the position of director of the Division of Historic Properties/state curator; list the responsibilities of the state curator.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-03-02","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-03-09","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB591/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB591.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75023,"bill_number":"HB592","title":"AN ACT relating to a legislative time-out prior to voting on a floor amendment or a free conference report related to an appropriation measure or a revenue measure.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 6 to require a three-day waiting period prior to a vote on an appropriation or revenue bill or amendment.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-02","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-04","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB592/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB592.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75024,"bill_number":"HB593","title":"AN ACT relating to prevailing wage.","description":"Amend KRS 337.010 to raise the threshold exemption for public works projects from $250,000 to $1,000,000 when requiring payment of prevailing wages and exempt all construction projects in elementary, secondary, and post-secondary buildings and facilities from the prevailing wage requirements.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-02","last_action":"to Labor & Industry (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-04","committee":"Labor and Industry","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB593/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB593.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75025,"bill_number":"HB594","title":"AN ACT relating to the sustainability of Kentucky dairy farms and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend and create sections of KRS 260.660 to 260.665 to establish the Dairy Producer Incentive Program; provide for subsidies and a low-interest loan program to support dairy producers who agree to comply with quality and production requirements established by the Kentucky Milk Commission; fund the program through the imposition of a fee on the sale of gallons and half-gallons of milk at retail, which will be collected by the Department of Revenue; set forth the duties of the Kentucky Milk Commission regarding administration of the dairy industry fund and the Dairy Producer Incentive Program; create a new section of KRS 247.940 to 247.978 to establish a low-interest loan program for dairy producers participating in the Dairy Producer Incentive Program; amend KRS 131.183 to conform.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-24","last_action":"to Agriculture (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-25","committee":"Agriculture","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB594/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB594.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75026,"bill_number":"HB595","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Emergency Response Commission.","description":"Amend KRS 39E.010 to authorize the Kentucky Emergency Response Commission to appoint technical advisory boards for all hazards-related preparation, response, and recovery; create a new section of KRS Chapter 39E to direct the Kentucky Emergency Response Commission to create a cost-recovery program.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-16","last_action":"received in Senate","last_action_date":"2010-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB595/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB595.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75027,"bill_number":"HB596","title":"AN ACT relating to domestic relations.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 403 to establish conditions for adjusting the presumptive child support award under the child support guidelines table on the basis of a shared parenting order for physical custody of a child; amend KRS 403.270 to require a court when considering child custody to not exercise any bias or favoritism in favor a mother, father, or de facto custodian and to only award custody based upon objective criteria.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-02","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-04","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB596/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB596.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75028,"bill_number":"HB597","title":"AN ACT relating to public schools and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 156.095 to define \"professional development\" and \"professional learning,\" \"professional learning team, and \"school calendar\"; describe the technical assistance role of the Kentucky Department of Education for professional development; change the name of \"professional development coordinator\" to \"professional growth coordinator\"; identify the areas that local boards of education shall address in their policies on professional development; identify additional professional learning experiences; delete requirement for the Department of Education to maintain an electronic bulletin board that lists professional development providers and programs; amend KRS 158.070 to define terms relating to the school year for students and teachers; specify the instructional year as not less than 1050 instructional hours and not less than 163 student attendance days; delete the requirement that teachers be provided four days in the school calendar for professional development; add language that professional learning shall take place during the instructional year when teachers are not supervising students or delivering instruction and on teacher professional days when students are not in attendance; permit flexible professional development options for a local board, but delete specific requirements for what must be in the flexible arrangement; delete language that defines what each local board must display in the school calendar; delete the specific language relating to a year-round school program; change the reference from \"disaster\" to \"emergency\"; direct the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations relating to use of student attendance days as a result of emergencies and procedures for seeking waivers to adopt innovative calendars or in the case of extreme hardships; reorder existing language; make changes to conform; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-03-02","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-03-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB597/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB597.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75029,"bill_number":"HB598","title":"AN ACT relating to forestry.","description":"Amend KRS 149.344 to require loggers or operators engaged in timber harvesting operations to file notice of intent with the cabinet; to allow loggers or operators to cure failure to file notice and resume operations upon filing such notice; to classify loggers or operators who fail to submit a notice of intent two (2) or more times as bad actors; amend KRS 149.346 and 149.348 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-02","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Environment (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-04","committee":"Natural Resources and Environment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB598/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB598.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75030,"bill_number":"HB599","title":"AN ACT relating to revenue and taxation.","description":"Amend KRS 131.180 to clarify when an estimated tax penalty applies; amend KRS 141.985 to prohibit the imposition of interest on any estimated tax payment; amend KRS 141.990 to define terms and clarify the situations within which an estimated tax penalty applies.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-02","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-04","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB599/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB599.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75031,"bill_number":"HB600","title":"AN ACT relating to courts.","description":"Amend KRS 29A.160 relating to prohibiting an employer coercing an employee not to perform jury service to provide for gender equality.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-02","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-04","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB600/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB600.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75032,"bill_number":"HB601","title":"AN ACT relating to electronic games of skill, and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 230 to declare legislative findings; amend KRS 230.210 to limit the number of licensed tracks to nine, define \"electronic games of skill\", \"EGS\", \"retained EGS revenue\", \"net EGS revenue\", and \"corporation\"; create new sections of KRS Chapter 230 to permit licensing of electronic games of skill at tracks, prohibit anyone under 21 years of age from placing wagers; require payouts of at least 83%; specify information required for licensure; specify requirements for track facilities and minimum number of race days; specify requirements for the Kentucky lottery corporation; provide limitations on the acquisition of electronic games of skill, their placement at tracks, prohibit unlicensed persons from tampering with games, require adequate personnel, and require reporting of malfunctions; require financial records to be maintained and to allow the corporation reasonable access to financial records; limit location of electronic games of skill; provide for the distribution of revenue; specify that operation of electronic games of skill other than at a licensed track is gambling; provide for county level special election on the conduct of electronic games of skill at tracks in their jurisdictions; amend KRS 243.505 to include electronic games of skill; create a new section of KRS Chapter 230 to exempt revenue generated from electronic games of skill from local taxation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-02","last_action":"to Licensing & Occupations (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-04","committee":"Licensing and Occupations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB601/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB601.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75033,"bill_number":"HCR210","title":"Recognize the celebration of the Kentucky New State Capitol centennial; urge Kentuckians, and guests to Kentucky, to share stories about life, work, or visits to the Capitol through county cooperative extension offices; encourage participation in the Capitol Centennial celebration gala on June 4, 2010; encourage all citizens and visitors from around the nation to attend the Capitol Centennial celebration on Saturday, June 5, 2010.","description":"Recognize the celebration of the Kentucky New State Capitol centennial; urge Kentuckians, and guests to Kentucky, to share stories about life, work, or visits to the Capitol through county cooperative extension offices; encourage participation in the Capitol Centennial celebration gala on June 4, 2010; encourage all citizens and visitors from around the nation to attend the Capitol Centennial celebration on Saturday, June 5, 2010.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-12","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 118)","last_action_date":"2010-04-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR210/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HC210.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75034,"bill_number":"HCR214","title":"Urge Congress to protect citizens against anonymous defamation on the Internet.","description":"Urge Congress to protect citizens against anonymous defamation on the Internet.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-02","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-04","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR214/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HC214.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75035,"bill_number":"SB182","title":"AN ACT relating to local school board vacancies.","description":"Amend KRS 160.190 to provide for the establishment of a local screening committee to select nominees to fill a local school board vacancy that is composed of the chair of the local board, or vice chair if the chair is the position to be filled, the superintendent, and the president of the largest teachers' association in the district; specify committee procedures; require the committee to recommend three nominee's to the commissioner of education; and require the commissioner to fill the vacancy from the three nominees.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-02","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-04","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB182/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB182.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75036,"bill_number":"SB183","title":"AN ACT relating to the solicitation of accident and disaster victims.","description":"Repeal and reenact KRS 21A.300 as a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to prohibit the solicitation of disaster and accident victims for the first 30 days following the disaster or accident; repeal KRS 21A.310 and 21A.320.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-02","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-04","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB183/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB183.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75037,"bill_number":"SB184","title":"AN ACT to revise and correct the Kentucky Revised Statutes.","description":"Reviser's Bill for the 2010 Regular Session: Make legislative findings and declarations on the nature and reasons for the changes being made; repeal and reenact KRS 38.030 to ratify and confirm the General Assembly's action in enacting 2009 HB 541 without the required enacting clause; repeal and reenact and, in some cases, amend certain statutes in KRS Chapter 362, Subchapters 1 and 2, to renumber those statutes appropriately; amend various other KRS sections to conform with the renumbering of statutes in KRS Chapter 362, Subchapters 1 and 2; amend KRS 161.046, 218A.1438, and 248.725 to correct inadvertent drafting errors; repeal KRS 216B.0422, which is duplicative of KRS 216B.0445.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-02","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-04","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB184/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB184.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75143,"bill_number":"SB185","title":"AN ACT relating to radon testing.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 198B to define \"Zone 1,\" \"local government,\" and \"public building\"; require public buildings built on or after January 1, 2011, in Zone 1 counties to be tested for radon before a certificate of occupancy is issued; require test to be conducted by a radon professional certified by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; require radon kits and testing procedures to conform to Cabinet regulations; allow the Office of Housing, Buildings and Construction to promulgate regulations to establish procedures for verifying that the radon tests have been conducted.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-03","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-05","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB185/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB185.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75144,"bill_number":"SB186","title":"AN ACT relating to the individual income tax refund intercept program.","description":"Amend KRS 131.560 to direct that income tax refunds withheld to pay child support be paid to the requesting agency within ten days; amend KRS 205.769 to provide a method for payment of captured tax refunds to the custodial parent; provide for a release by an injured spouse.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-03","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-05","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB186/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB186.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75145,"bill_number":"SB187","title":"AN ACT relating to uniform application forms for health benefit plans.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require the executive director of the Office of Insurance to develop uniform application forms for individual, small group, and large group health benefit plans on or before August 1, 2010 in cooperation with the Health Insurance Advisory Council, and considering recommendations from insurers offering health benefit plans in the state; require that the uniform application forms be in plain language, include common demographic information to the class of health benefit plans, and be made available in a printed and electronic format; require the executive director to adopt the forms by promulgation of an administrative regulation; and require all health benefit plans to use the appropriate uniform application form on and after January 1, 2011.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-03","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-05","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB187/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB187.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75146,"bill_number":"SB188","title":"AN ACT relating to tax increment financing and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of Subchapter 30 of KRS Chapter 154 to place a moratorium on new tax increment financing agreements involving state participation; direct staff of the Legislative Research Commission to study the administration of tax increment financing agreements; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-03","last_action":"to Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-05","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism & Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB188/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB188.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75147,"bill_number":"SB189","title":"AN ACT relating to transportation.","description":"Amend KRS 186A.170 to eliminate the requirement that copies of title records be kept in microfilm format.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-03","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-05","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB189/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB189.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75148,"bill_number":"SB190","title":"AN ACT relating to unclaimed funds in the possession of jailers.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 441 to provide a process for the return of moneys remaining in an inmate account or prisoner canteen account after the release of a prisoner and provide that unclaimed moneys are turned over to the fiscal court after three years; amend KRS 393.010 to provide that unclaimed funds as set out in Section 1 of the Act are not under the provisions of KRS Chapter 393.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-24","last_action":"to Local Government (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-25","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB190/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB190.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75149,"bill_number":"SB191","title":"AN ACT relating to 911 emergency services and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 65.7621 to add new definitions; create new sections of KRS 65.7621 to 65.7643 to create the Kentucky 911 Emergency Communications Authority and establish the board of directors; amend KRS 65.7623 to provide the board of directors take over for the CMRS Board; amend KRS 65.7625 to establish an executive director of 911 emergency communications and provide that the director assist with the development of a next generation 911 strategy; amend KRS 65.7627 to establish the 911 fund to be made up of 911 service charges and prepaid wireless service charges; amend KRS 65.7629 to exempt from prepaid wireless services from the 911 service charge and make technical changes; amend KRS 65.7631 to make technical changes; amend KRS 65.7633 to require the board to establish procedures for the submission of a state 911 plan, including the development of a next generation 911 system; create a new section of KRS 65.7621 to 65.7643 requiring the board to recommend an equitable 911 funding procedure before July 1, 2011; amend KRS 65.7635 to conform; amend KRS 65.7635 to remove language relating to prepaid CMRS services, which will take effect on January 1, 2011; create a new section of KRS 65.7621 to 65.7643 to create definitions for this section, provide a mechanism for a 1.4% prepaid wireless service charge to be assessed at the point of sale of prepaid wireless telecommunications services; provide that sellers remit the prepaid wireless service charge to the Department of Revenue, which shall forward the funds to the Kentucky 911 Emergency Communications Authority; amend KRS 65.7639 and 65.7641 to conform; repeal KRS 39G.040; provide that Sections 11 and 12, relating to prepaid wireless service charges, are effective as of January 1, 2011.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-03","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-05","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB191/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB191.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75150,"bill_number":"SB192","title":"AN ACT relating to insurance coverage for diabetes.","description":"Amend KRS 304.17A-148 to require all health benefit plans to provide coverage for prescribed treatment of diabetic peripheral neuropathy and retinopathy.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-03","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-05","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB192/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB192.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75151,"bill_number":"SB193","title":"AN ACT relating to the interview of a minor in a criminal investigation.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 505 to restrict the interview or interrogation of a minor about their suspected involvement in criminal conduct.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-03","last_action":"returned to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-10","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB193/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB193.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75152,"bill_number":"SB194","title":"AN ACT relating to the placement of identification or tracking devices or marks in or upon human beings.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 344 to prohibit the involuntary implantation of tracking devices in humans; amend KRS 344.990 to set the penalty for violations identification or as a Class B misdemeanor.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-05","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB194/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB194.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75153,"bill_number":"SB195","title":"AN ACT proposing an amendment of the Constitution of Kentucky by adding a Section 77A to create a Kentucky Pardon Board and amending Sections 145, 150, and 240 of the Constitution of Kentucky to conform.","description":"Propose amending the Constitution of Kentucky to add a Section 77A to create the Kentucky Pardon Board and grant it the power to grant pardons and sentence commutations, lessen sentences, lessen fines, remit fines and forfeitures, and grant convicted persons the right to vote, the right to hold public office, and the right to own firearms; specify that the Kentucky Pardon Board and its actions are in addition to the power of the Governor to grant pardons and commutations and do not affect the right of the Governor to grant pardons and sentence commutations; amend Sections 145, 150, and 240 of the Constitution to conform; provide ballot language; provide for submission to the voters in the normal manner.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-03","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2010-03-08","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB195/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB195.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75154,"bill_number":"SCR192","title":"Create a task force of the Legislative Research Commission to study cost containment strategies for the Medicaid program; require a report by December 31, 2010; declare emergency.","description":null,"status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-07","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 73)","last_action_date":"2010-04-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SCR192/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SC192.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75284,"bill_number":"HCR223","title":"Urge the United States Congress to fully fund the Resource Conservation and Development Program at $50.73 million.","description":"Urge the United States Congress to fully fund the Resource Conservation and Development Program at $50.73 million.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-03-04","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2010-03-18","committee":"Natural Resources and Environment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR223/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HC223.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75285,"bill_number":"SB196","title":"AN ACT relating to fiscal matters.","description":"Amend KRS 131.650 and 131.652 to make technical corrections.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-04","last_action":"returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-08","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB196/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB196.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75286,"bill_number":"SB197","title":"AN ACT relating to agriculture.","description":"Amend KRS 262.778 to make technical and grammatical corrections.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-04","last_action":"returned to Agriculture (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-08","committee":"Agriculture","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB197/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB197.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75287,"bill_number":"SB198","title":"AN ACT relating to insurance.","description":"Amend KRS 304.9-410, relating to an the exchange of business by an agent with a life or health line of authority, to add \"or she\" to the exemption for an agent who may place insurance coverage with another insurer with whom he or she is not appointed as an agent.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-04","last_action":"returned to Banking & Insurance (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-08","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB198/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB198.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75288,"bill_number":"SB199","title":"AN ACT relating to economic development.","description":"Amend KRS 154.10-020 to use gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-04","last_action":"returned to Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-08","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism & Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB199/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB199.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75289,"bill_number":"SB200","title":"AN ACT relating to narcotic treatment centers.","description":"Amend KRS 222.231 to require narcotic treatment programs to submit a letter of intent to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services at least 90 days prior to submitting an application for licensure; establish the requirements for the letter of intent, including sociodemographic information about the geographic area to be served, estimates of existing opiate use and related issues, number of existing narcotic treatment centers and location, patient intake rate, crime and safety, and traffic impact study for the proposed site, financial statement, memorandum of agreement identifying the extent of support for the program and the nature and extent of the working relationship with various entities located in the service area of the proposed facility, and a resolution from the local governing body indicating support for the program; require applicants for licensure to submit to the cabinet a community integration plan; prohibit acceptance of an application for licensure without completion of a letter of intent; require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations; require existing narcotic treatment centers to comply with the licensure provisions within 90 days of enactment; require entities not in compliance to cease operation; establish that entities not in compliance shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-18","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-19","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB200/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB200.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75290,"bill_number":"SB201","title":"AN ACT relating to education.","description":"Delete reference to head teacher which is no longer a personnel designation in the public schools.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-04","last_action":"returned to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-08","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB201/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB201.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75291,"bill_number":"SB202","title":"AN ACT relating to Health and Welfare.","description":"Amend KRS 211.015 to move definitions related to KRS 200.560 and 200.550 to a new section of KRS Chapter 200.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-04","last_action":"returned to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-08","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB202/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB202.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75292,"bill_number":"SB203","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend KRS 501.020 relating to culpable mental state definitions to made technical corrections regarding gender equity.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-04","last_action":"returned to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-08","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB203/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB203.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75293,"bill_number":"SB204","title":"AN ACT relating to licensed occupations.","description":"Amend KRS 312.018, 312.035, and 315.020 to remove gender-specific language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-04","last_action":"returned to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-08","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB204/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB204.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75294,"bill_number":"SB205","title":"AN ACT relating to natural resources.","description":"Amend KRS 224A.020 to make technical corrections.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-04","last_action":"returned to Natural Resources and Energy (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-08","committee":"Natural Resources and Energy","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB205/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB205.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75295,"bill_number":"SB206","title":"AN ACT relating to state personnel.","description":"Amend KRS 18A.111, 18A.125, and 18A.130 to make references to state employees gender neutral.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-04","last_action":"returned to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-08","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB206/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB206.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75296,"bill_number":"SB207","title":"AN ACT relating to military affairs.","description":"Amend KRS 36.020 to provide for gender-neutral language for the Governor and Adjutant General.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-04","last_action":"returned to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-08","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB207/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB207.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75297,"bill_number":"SB208","title":"AN ACT relating to state agencies.","description":"Amend KRS 18A.030 to require the secretary of the Personnel Cabinet to report the number of state employees to the Legislative Research Commission within 15 days after the effective date of this Act and quarterly thereafter.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-04","last_action":"returned to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-08","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB208/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB208.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75298,"bill_number":"SB209","title":"AN ACT relating to local government.","description":"Amend KRS 65.925 to change the date that local governments have to report the uniform financial information report to the Governor's Office for Local Development and the Legislative Research Commission from September 30, 1992, to October 30, 2010.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-04","last_action":"returned to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-08","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB209/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB209.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75299,"bill_number":"SB210","title":"AN ACT relating to transportation.","description":"Amend KRS 186.020, regarding vehicle registration, KRS 186.160, regarding the requirement for a vehicle identification number, and KRS 189.233, regarding the regulation of traffic on the state highway system, to make technical corrections","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-04","last_action":"returned to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-08","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB210/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB210.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75300,"bill_number":"SB211","title":"AN ACT relating to controlled substances, including controlled substance precursors.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 27A to require the Administrative Office of the Courts to report information relating to defendants convicted of offenses in KRS Chapter 218A relating to controlled substances and thefts of anhydrous ammonia in KRS Chapter 514 and other specified violations to the Office of Drug Control Policy; create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to require the Office of Drug Control Policy to institute a Precursor Block List as a part of the Kentucky Electronic Methamphetamine Precursor Tracking system to prohibit persons convicted of offenses stated above from purchasing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine for not less than five years following conviction; amend KRS 218A.1437 relating to possession of methamphetamine precursors to reduce amount that may be possessed from 9 grams to 7 1/2 grams; amend KRS 218A.1438 to add an affirmative defense and make a technical correction; reduce amount of methamphetamine precursors that may be purchased from 9 grams to 7 1/2 grams; amend KRS 218A.1446 relating to the purchase of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine to block persons convicted of those offenses from purchasing or possessing these substances except by prescription and make these substances prescription drugs only for these persons; create a new section of KRS Chapter 439 to require the Parole Board to order the parolee to participate in the Precursor Block List and to refrain from purchasing methamphetamine precursors for five years after release from parole; create a new section of KRS Chapter 533 to place a defendant on probation, home incarceration, or conditional discharge on the Precursor Block List for five years; effective September 1, 2010.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-18","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-29","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB211/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB211.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75301,"bill_number":"SB212","title":"AN ACT relating to tax credits for solar photovoltaic sytems installed in public buildings in the Commonwealth.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to create a nonrefundable tax credit for taxpayers who sell or lease solar photovoltaic systems to be installed in public buildings in the Commonwealth; amend KRS 141.0205 to establish the order in which credit may be taken; apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2010.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-04","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-08","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB212/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB212.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75302,"bill_number":"SB213","title":"AN ACT relating to real estate.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 324, relating to real estate brokers and salesmen, to require a person who holds a real estate license to provide a prospective buyer with a copy of the Kentucky fence laws when the transaction involves the sale or purchase of real estate adjacent to agricultural land; amend KRS 324.160, 324.165, and 324.312 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-04","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-08","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB213/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB213.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75303,"bill_number":"SB214","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Employers' Mutual Insurance Authority.","description":"Create new sections of KRS 342.801 to 342.843 to require Kentucky Employers' Mutual Insurance to develop a special dividend distribution plan, subject to the approval of the executive director, and declare a special dividend; amend KRS 342.805 to define \"executive director\"; amend KRS 342.819 to require KEMI to declare an annual dividend.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-19","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-22","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB214/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB214.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75304,"bill_number":"SB215","title":"AN ACT relating to the licensure of court reporters and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Establish and create new sections of KRS Chapter 309, regarding the licensing and regulation of court reporters; define terms; prohibit a person from practicing court reporting unless licensed; clarify that a court reporter is not required for any court proceeding, administrative proceeding, deposition, or any other proceeding, but if a court reporter is retained for the proceeding the court reporter must be licensed; establish the Kentucky Board of Court Reporting and its appointment, member terms of office, and meeting procedures; delineate the duties of the board; require the board to administer and effectuate the purposes of Act and to promulgate administrative regulations; indicate the requirements that any applicant must meet to be licensed; limit the term of the license to two years from the date of issuance; authorize a court reporter to administer oaths to witnesses without being a notary; allow the board to enter into reciprocal agreements for licensure if the board finds that the state, agency, or other entity has the same or more stringent requirements as the board; include requirements that a nonresident must meet to be licensed; require the board to promulgate licensing fees in an administrative regulation; set fees within specified limits; require the board to promulgate by administrative regulation the specific continuing education required for license renewal; establish other renewal procedures; permit any person engaged in court reporting on the effective date of this Act to be licensed for an initial two year period if the person applies and certain requirements are met; permit any member of the Kentucky Court Reporters Association holding the certified court reporter designation on the effective date of this Act to apply and be licensed if certain requirements are met; permit any person engaged in court reporting and who holds the Registered Professional Reporter designation or higher to be licensed if certain requirements are met; allow temporary licensure including a limit on the number of temporary licenses issued; require the board to promulgate administrative regulations establishing an inactive status; enumerate grounds of disciplinary action by the board against a licensee; allow the board to impose a fine not to exceed $1,000 in lieu of or in addition to other penalties imposed by the board; add conditions for reinstatement of a license; authorize the board to conduct administrative hearings in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B; specify the investigation and complaint process; enable the board to seek remedies at law or equity in the Circuit Court of the county in which the licensee resides to restrain or enjoin unauthorized practice; grant right to an appeal of any final order of the board to the Circuit Court of the county in which the licensee resides; establish a Kentucky Board of Court Reporting Fund that shall not lapse for funding the board; include that any amount remaining at the close of the fiscal year not needed to defray expenses incurred by the board shall be transferred to the special account established by KRS 31.185(4) used to offset the costs of providing court reporting services to indigent parties in criminal cases and to assist indigent parties in obtaining transcripts as provided in KRS 31.185; name this Act the \"Kentucky Court Reporter Act of 2010\"; indicate the necessity for the licensure of court reporters.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-04","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-08","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB215/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB215.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75305,"bill_number":"SB216","title":"AN ACT relating to legal notices.","description":"Amend KRS 424.130 to extend the time period applicable for failing to comply with the publication requirement from 10 days to 15 days and to include ordinances and resolutions with the scope of the noncompliance period.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-04","last_action":"returned to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-10","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB216/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB216.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75306,"bill_number":"SB217","title":"AN ACT relating to the issuance of revenue bonds.","description":"Amend KRS 103.200, relating to revenue bonds, to expand the definition of \"building\" or \"industrial building\" to include uses relating to nonprofit entities' tax exempt purposes.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-04","last_action":"returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-10","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB217/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB217.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75307,"bill_number":"SB218","title":"AN ACT relating to advertisement of bids for bonds.","description":"Amend KRS 424.360 to change the minimum principal amount of bonds required to have the bids be advertised in bond buyer publications from ten million dollars to fifty million dollars.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-04","last_action":"returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-10","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB218/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB218.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75308,"bill_number":"SB219","title":"AN ACT relating to qualifications of school board members.","description":"Amend KRS 160.180 to require a candidate for school board to have a national and state criminal history background check by the Kentucky State Police and Federal Bureau of Investigation to confirm that the person does not have a record of a sex crime or criminal offense against a minor as defined in KRS 17.500, as a violent offender as defined in KRS 17.165, for an unlawful transaction with a minor as set forth in KRS 530.064, or as a convicted felon who has not had his or her civil rights restored; provide that the results of the criminal history background check shall be sent to the State Board of Elections, which shall notify the Attorney General of the Commonwealth if a criminal record is confirmed; provide that the Attorney General shall remove the person from office pursuant to KRS 415.050 and 415.060.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-04","last_action":"returned to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-10","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB219/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB219.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75309,"bill_number":"SB220","title":"AN ACT relating to workers' compensation.","description":"Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 342 regarding workers' compensation to limit income and medical benefits to age 70 or 5 years after injury, change time for reopenings, and increase attorney fees; modify the income benefits in KRS 342.730; allow retention for sitting board members; create study group for medical issues.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-04","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-08","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB220/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB220.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75310,"bill_number":"SB221","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Equine Breed Authority.","description":"Amend KRS 230.804 to assign administration of the Kentucky horse breeders incentive fund to the Kentucky equine breed authority; create a new section of KRS Chapter 230 to establish the Kentucky equine breed authority.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-04","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-08","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB221/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB221.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75311,"bill_number":"SB222","title":"AN ACT relating to charitable gaming and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 238 to extend the definition of \"charitable gaming\" to include slot machines and electronic, computer, or other technologic aids; delete the limited duration requirement for charity fundraising events; extend the definition of \"manufacturer\" to include bingo paper and charity gaming tickets and the provision of electronic and computer devices; authorize the Office of Charitable Gaming to establish and implement standards for electronic systems of accounting and recordkeeping; allow the office to approve all electronic, computer, or other technologic aids; direct the office to issue temporary licenses to charitable organizations that have been in existence at least 3 years; permit denial of a license for intentionally making false or misleading statements; grant employees of the office authority to inspect the books and records of a licensed manufacturer or distributor; require a charity to be located in the county, or a contiguous county to the county, in which charitable gaming is conducted; lower the minimum percentage of adjusted gross receipts that must be retained for net receipts from 40% to 20%, and lower the percentages leading to various forms of licensee discipline accordingly; exclude listed costs when calculating the net receipt percentage; prohibit inaccurate reporting of the financial records of charitable gaming events; permit advertisement of linked bingo prizes in excess of $5,000; require charitable organizations to obtain office approval prior to using any electronic, computer, or other technologic aid in the conduct of bingo; direct the office to promulgate administrative regulations concerning linked bingo games; limit carryover or progressive prizes in seal card games to no more than $7,500; modify the cash prize bingo limit from $5,000 per event to $5,000 per day; require records and books to be maintained in accordance with generally accepted standards of accounting and require a charity to maintain records for six years at its offices or at a location designated and approved by the office; require any charity participating in linked bingo games to use a point-of-sale system; permit the office to mandate electronically filed reports within six years; integrate any additional fees related to the operation of a charitable gaming facility into the basic licensing fee; prohibit certain activities by an owner, officer, or contractee of a licensed charitable gaming facility; forbid the receipt of a charitable gaming facility license unless the applicant has been in operation for at least the last 3 consecutive years; authorize penalties for making intentionally false or misleading financial statements; establish the racing charitable gaming fund as a trust and agency fund administered by the office; require a charitable gaming facility operated by a licensed racing association to remit 5% of its net receipts to the fund; distribute the fund moneys exclusively to licensed charitable organizations within six months after the end of each fiscal year, to be used solely for charitable purposes; direct the office to promulgate administrative regulations to determine the application process and method of distribution of payments from the fund; require that any examination and inspection of charitable gaming supplies and equipment take place away from the gaming floor to avoid the appearance of any form of harassment against game patrons; designate sanctions against individuals found to be the cause of one or more serious violations and define \"serious violation\"; establish requirements for appeals to administrative actions by the office; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-04","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-08","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB222/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB222.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75312,"bill_number":"SB223","title":"AN ACT relating to local occupational taxes.","description":"Amend KRS 68.197 to delete the 1 percent rate limitation for counties over 30,000 and to apply the provisions of KRS 68.197 to all counties regardless of population.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-04","last_action":"returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-10","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB223/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB223.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75313,"bill_number":"SB224","title":"AN ACT relating to electronic games of skill.","description":"Amend KRS 230.210 to limit the number of licensed tracks to nine, define \"electronic games of skill\", \"EGS\", and \"net EGS revenue\"; create a new sections of KRS Chapter 230 to declare legislative findings; permit licensing of electronic games of skill at tracks, prohibit anyone under 21 years of age from placing wagers; require payouts of at least 83%; specify information required for licensure; specify requirements for track facilities and minimum number of race days; specify requirements for the Kentucky Horse Racing Authority; provide limitations on the acquisition of electronic games of skill, their placement at tracks, prohibit unlicensed persons from tampering with games, require adequate personnel, and require reporting of malfunctions; require financial records to be maintained and to allow the authority reasonable access to financial records; limit location of electronic games of skill; provide for the distribution of revenue; specify that operation of electronic games of skill other than at a licensed track is gambling; grant local governments the authority to disallow electronic games of skill at tracks in their jurisdictions; amend KRS 243.505 to include electronic games of skill; create a new section of KRS Chapter 230 to exempt revenue generated from electronic games of skill from local taxation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-04","last_action":"returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-10","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB224/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB224.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75314,"bill_number":"SB225","title":"AN ACT relating to legislative ethics.","description":"Amend KRS 6.787 relating to legislative statements of financial disclosure to require the disclosure of names of clients or customers who generate $50,000 or more in income for the person filing the statement.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-04","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-08","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB225/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB225.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75315,"bill_number":"SB226","title":"AN ACT relating to criminal and regulatory matters under the jurisdiction of the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources including the management and enforcement thereof.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 150 relating to fish and wildlife to require conservation officers to be certified peace officers; provide full peace officer powers; provide that members of the Fish and Wildlife Commission are subject to KRS Chapter 11A; require that the department hold hearings on proposed administrative regulations affecting persons surrounding department property in the vicinity of the property; permit a person to kill an animal in self-defense or defense of another or during a survival or disaster situation; create a new section of KRS Chapter 150 to create a no-net-loss-for-hunting policy; create a new section of KRS Chapter 150 to penalize hunting game with a firearm which cannot be hunted with a firearm during bow season; amend numerous sections of KRS Chapter 150 creating fish and wildlife offenses to require a culpable mental state of \"knowingly\" for the violations; amend KRS 150.395 relating to spotlighting to expand legitimate uses of lights in the field at night; amend KRS 235.010 relating to boating to specify that a person must be navigating a vessel to be operating a vessel; amend numerous sections of KRS Chapter 235 to establish a culpable mental state of \"knowingly\" for the violations.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-04","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-08","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB226/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB226.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75316,"bill_number":"SB227","title":"AN ACT relating to philanthropy.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 147A to declare the title of the Act as the Endow Kentucky program; declare legislative purposes; define terms; establish the community endowment fund in the State Treasury; allow the Governor's Office for Local Development to establish grant programs related to the promotion of community foundations from out of the fund; provide for the certification of community foundations needed in order to receive grants from the fund; establish the Endow Kentucky Commission; create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish the Endow Kentucky tax credit; amend KRS 141.0205 to provide for the ordering of tax credits.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-07","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 71)","last_action_date":"2010-04-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB227/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB227.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75317,"bill_number":"SB228","title":"AN ACT relating to adoption records.","description":"Amend KRS 199.525 to require the Cabinet for Health and Services to establish procedures by which a biological parent, adult biological sibling of an adopted person, or a provider of medical services may provide updated health information to the cabinet; require the cabinet to provide information about the procedures for submitting health information to biological parents, when possible, and make the information about the procedures available on the cabinet's Web site.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-04","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-08","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB228/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB228.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75318,"bill_number":"SB229","title":"AN ACT relating to school calendars and declaring an emergency.","description":"Allow a local board of education in a district that missed 20 or more instructional days during the 2009-2010 school year to request the commissioner of education to waive the makeup of instructional days missed beyond 20 days, up to a maximum of 10 days, including waiver of makeup days beyond 20 days scheduled in the district's approved calendar; require the commissioner to approve the request; require all staff to make up waived days; identify activities to be used by staff to make up days. EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-04","last_action":"returned to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-12","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB229/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB229.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75319,"bill_number":"SB230","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Center for African-American Heritage.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 148 to create a Kentucky Center for African-American Heritage and governing board; provide for membership, terms, and organization; establish duties and objectives.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-04","last_action":"returned to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-10","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB230/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB230.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75320,"bill_number":"SB231","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization.","description":"Amend KRS 11.200 to reduce from 30 members of the Commission on Small Business Advocacy to 13 members appointed by the Governor, with two members representing each congressional district and one at-large member; attach the Commission on Small Business Advocacy to the Department for Business Development; amend KRS 12.020 to place the Office of Legal Services and the Office of Administrative Services within the Office of the Secretary, attach the Commission on Small Business Advocacy to the Department for Business Development, place the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority and the Bluegrass State Skills Corporation within the Department of Financial Incentives; amend various sections of KRS Chapter 154 to conform; repeal KRS 154.12-218, which establishes the Small Business Advisory Council; repeal KRS 154.12-222, which establishes the Office of Administration and Support; repeal KRS 154.12-225, which establishes the Department for New Business Development; confirm Resolution 09-01 of the Kentucky Economic Development Partnership, dated April 22, 2009.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-03-24","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-25","committee":"State Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB231/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB231.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75321,"bill_number":"SB232","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization.","description":"Amend KRS 42.724 to change the name of the Division of Software Engineering to the Division of Financial Information Technology and the Division of Consulting and Project Management to the Division of Agency Information Technology; amend KRS 42.726, 42.740, and 42.742 to change the name of the Kentucky Geospatial Board to the Geographic Information Advisory Council; transfer the functions, duties, and responsibilities of the weatherization program funded by the United States Department of Energy from the Department for Community Based Services, Cabinet for Health and Family Services, to the Finance and Administration Cabinet; amend KRS 44.020 to change the administration of claims by officials of the Court of Justice from the Governor's Office for Local Development to the Finance and Administration Cabinet; and amend KRS 56.065, 56.070, 56.080, 56.090, 56.095, 56.100, 56.110, 56.120, 56.150, 56.160, and 56.170 to change the administration of the purchase of, and claims against, insurance for state property from the Office of Insurance to the Office of the Controller, Finance and Administration Cabinet; confirm Executive Orders 2009-363 and 2009-772.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-04","last_action":"returned to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-19","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB232/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB232.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":75322,"bill_number":"SCR197","title":"Authorize and direct the Legislative Research Commission to hire a consultant to conduct a performance audit of the Kentucky Medicaid program; report initial findings to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2010, and final reports and recommendations by March 1, 2011.","description":"Authorize and direct the Legislative Research Commission to hire a consultant to conduct a performance audit of the Kentucky Medicaid program; report initial findings to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2010, and final reports and recommendations by March 1, 2011.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-04","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2010-03-08","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SCR197/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SC197.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":76427,"bill_number":"HCR234","title":"Direct the creation of a legislative task force to study means of preventing minors from accessing on-line pornography, with the task force composed of five senators appointed by the President and five representatives appointed by the Speaker, with a study completion date of December 1, 2010.","description":"Direct the creation of a legislative task force to study means of preventing minors from accessing on-line pornography, with the task force composed of five senators appointed by the President and five representatives appointed by the Speaker, with a study completion date of December 1, 2010.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-10","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-12","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR234/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HC234.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":76897,"bill_number":"HCR244","title":"Encourage an intensification of efforts to bolster the export of Kentucky-grown unmanufactured tobacco to foreign markets.","description":"Encourage an intensification of efforts to bolster the export of Kentucky-grown unmanufactured tobacco to foreign markets.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-03-15","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2010-03-29","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR244/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HC244.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":77266,"bill_number":"HCR250","title":"Create a Penal Code and Controlled Substances Drafting Group, set its membership, and define its duties; require report to LRC by November 1, 2010.","description":"Create a Penal Code and Controlled Substances Drafting Group, set its membership, and define its duties; require report to LRC by November 1, 2010.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-04-12","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 121)","last_action_date":"2010-04-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR250/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HC250.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":77792,"bill_number":"HB53","title":"","description":null,"status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":null,"last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2010-01-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB53/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB53.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":77793,"bill_number":"HB177","title":"","description":null,"status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":null,"last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2010-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB177/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB177.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":77794,"bill_number":"HB203","title":"","description":null,"status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":null,"last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2010-01-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB203/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB203.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":77795,"bill_number":"HB279","title":"","description":null,"status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":null,"last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2010-01-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB279/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB279.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":77796,"bill_number":"HB578","title":"","description":null,"status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":null,"last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2010-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB578/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB578.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":77797,"bill_number":"SB16","title":"","description":null,"status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":null,"last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2010-01-08","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB16/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB16.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":77798,"bill_number":"SB52","title":"","description":null,"status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":null,"last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2010-01-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB52/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB52.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":77799,"bill_number":"SB57","title":"","description":null,"status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":null,"last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2010-01-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB57/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB57.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":77800,"bill_number":"SB58","title":"","description":null,"status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":null,"last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2010-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB58/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB58.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":78239,"bill_number":"HCR283","title":"Provide that when the House of Representatives and Senate adjourn on April 1, 2010, they do so to convene again on April 14, 2010.","description":"Provide that when the House of Representatives and Senate adjourn on April 1, 2010, they do so to convene again on April 14, 2010.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2010-04-01","last_action":"received in House","last_action_date":"2010-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR283/2010","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HC283.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":415857,"bill_number":"HB1","title":"AN ACT relating to appropriations and revenue measures providing financing and conditions for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and its various officers, cabinets, departments, boards, commissions, institutions, subdivisions, agencies, and other state-supported activities.","description":"The State/Executive Branch Budget: appropriate from the General Fund (Tobacco), General Fund, Restricted Funds, Federal Funds, Road Fund, Bond Funds, Highway Bonds, Agency Bonds, Capital Construction Surplus, Investment Income, and other funds, $58,437,300 in fiscal year 2009-2010, $29,086,946,400 in fiscal year 2010-2011, and $25,258,797,100 in fiscal year 2011-2012, as follows:","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-06-04","last_action":"Nineteen (19) line items vetoed (Acts Chapter 1)","last_action_date":"2010-06-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB1/2010/X1","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10SS/HB1.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":415874,"bill_number":"HB2","title":"AN ACT relating to fiscal matters and declaring an emergency.","description":"Provide revenue measures for the Executive Branch Budget, including: amend KRS 45.777 to credit proceeds from sale of surplus property to the general fund; amend KRS 138.4602 to make technical corrections and extend the period within which the trade-in allowance applies to June 30, 2011; amend KRS 141.010 to modify the calculation of the domestic production activities deduction for income tax purposes; amend KRS 141.206 and create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to require every pass-through entity to make a declaration and payment of estimated tax for its partners, members, or shareholders in certain situations; amend KRS 141.388 to extend the time for purchases of new homes to December 31, 2010, modify the new home tax credit cap, and make technical corrections related to changes made for federal income tax purposes; amend KRS 148.546 to cap the film tax credit at $5 million for fiscal year 2010-2011 and $7.5 million for fiscal year 2011-2012; amend KRS 154.34-120 to require companies receiving preliminary approval on or after February 1, 2010, to limit the amount of tax credit taken to the lesser of the tax liability related to the reinvestment project or 20% of the total amount of the approved costs; create a new section of KRS Chapter 246 to allow the Department of Agriculture to promulgate administrative regulations establishing fees for the operation of the metrology lab; amend KRS 278.5499 to allow not more than two cents per access line per month be designated to fund the Telecommunications Access Program; provide, in noncodified sections to continue the new tire fee collection until June 30, 2012, to fund the waste tire program authorized by KRS Chapter 224; allow a one-half of one percent fee be paid to the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority for the administration of certain projects; allow certain abandoned property to be sold as determined by the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet; credit premium taxes and retaliatory taxes to the general fund; allow an exemption to the license fee or tax imposed under KRS 91A.080 for premiums paid to insurance companies by nonprofit self-insurance groups whose membership consists of cities, counties, charter county governments, urban-county governments, consolidated local governments, school districts, or any other political subdivisions of the Commonwealth until June 30, 2012; allow a company approved for the environmental stewardship act tax credit to determine the credit during state fiscal year 2011-2012 only by including a multiplier of 50%; allow an expedited protest resolution process for any tax assessment that, as of January 19, 2010, has been protested, not been the subject of a final ruling, and not the subject of certain enforced collections to be considered paid in full if the taxpayer pays the entire amount of tax on or after the effective date of this Act and before July 31, 2010; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-06-04","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Chapter 2)","last_action_date":"2010-06-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB2/2010/X1","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10SS/HB2.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":415891,"bill_number":"HB3","title":"AN ACT relating to appropriations providing financing and conditions for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the Transportation Cabinet of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","description":"The General Assembly shall enact a 2010-2012 Transportation Cabinet Budget.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-06-04","last_action":"Seven (7) line items vetoed (Acts Chapter 3)","last_action_date":"2010-06-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB3/2010/X1","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10SS/HB3.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":415906,"bill_number":"HB4","title":"AN ACT relating to road projects and declaring an emergency.","description":"The General Assembly shall adopt a 2010-2012 Biennial Highway Construction Plan; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-06-04","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Chapter 4)","last_action_date":"2010-06-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB4/2010/X1","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10SS/HB4.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":415923,"bill_number":"HB5","title":"AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance.","description":"Amend sections of KRS Chapter 341 to adopt recommendations of the UI Task Force; amend 341.030 to increase the taxable wage base to $9,000 on January 1, 2012 and increase by $300 each year to 2022, not to exceed $12,000; amend KRS 341.096 to revise definition of rate of \"insured unemployment rate\" by basing it on the weekly average number of weeks claimed for regular benefits; amend KRS 341.270 to require calculation of the unemployment insurance trust fund balance on September 30 rather than December 31 of each year; modify the tax schedule trigger amounts; change the computation date of an employer's reserve ratio and reserve account balance from September 30 to June 30; change the computation date applicable to effective date of rates from October 31 to July 31 of each year; amend KRS 341.275 and 341.277 to impose interest or amounts billed reimbursing employees; amend KRS 341.350 to impose a one week waiting period before benefits payments begin; limit the waiting week period to one per benefit year; make the waiting week compensable at end of the claim; amend KRS 341.380 to provide that on January 1, 2012, the weekly benefit rate shall be 1.1923% of total base period wages; retain and revise limitations on annual benefit increases; amend KRS 341.530 to permit an employer with a negative reserve account balance to make voluntary payments every other year.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-06-04","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Chapter 5)","last_action_date":"2010-06-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB5/2010/X1","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10SS/HB5.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":415938,"bill_number":"HB6","title":"AN ACT relating to promotional sampling of distilled spirits and wine and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 243.0305 to make the hours and days of operation for a souvenir retail liquor licensee subject to local ordinance; amend KRS 243.130, 243.154, and 243.170 to allow manufacturers, small farm winery wholesalers, and wholesalers to distribute wine or distilled spirits under a sampling license; amend KRS 244.050 to allow retail drink, retail package, and souvenir retail liquor licensees to give a customer 3 distilled spirit samples per day rather than 2 samples under a sampling license; permit a licensed distiller, wholesaler, small farm winery, or small farm winery wholesaler to acquire a sampling license; limit these sampling licensees to providing the standard size and number of complimentary samples of distilled spirits or wine per day to each customer during regular business hours at a retailer's licensed premises; authorize the sampling licensee or its agents, servants, or employees to address the customer and pour and serve samples at the retailer's premises; require retail licensees to sell the distilled spirits used for a complimentary sampling event at no more than the retail licensee's normal selling price; permit the retail licensee to bill on a per-event basis in the usual course of business; prohibit a distiller from using its sampling license on its distillery premises unless it also holds a souvenir retail liquor license; prohibit a wholesaler, small farm winery, or small farm winery wholesaler from using its sampling license at its business premises if the premises is located in a dry territory; preclude a distiller, wholesaler, small farm winery, or small farm winery wholesaler sampling licensee from concurrently holding a distilled spirits sampling event and a wine sampling event at the same premises unless the Department for Alcoholic Beverage Control has approved the event in advance; authorize distiller licensees to give a consumer who is touring the distillery for educational purposes one complimentary sample of up to 1/2 ounce of un-aged product manufactured at the distillery premises; enable distiller, wholesaler, small farm winery, or small farm winery wholesaler sampling licensees to offer consumers branded nonalcoholic promotional items of nominal value in conjunction with a distillery or winery tour or a complimentary sampling event; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2010-05-24","last_action":"floor amendment (8) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (7) filed","last_action_date":"2010-05-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB6/2010/X1","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10SS/HB6.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":415954,"bill_number":"HB7","title":"AN ACT relating to charter schools, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 160 to authorize the formation of charter schools within local school districts that are public schools converted from existing public schools; the formation of district charter schools that are career academies, early, or middle colleges in cooperation with public postsecondary education institutions; authorize the formation of a public statewide virtual charter school; define terms; provide that local school boards are the only authorizers of charter school and that the Kentucky Board of Education is the authorizer of a statewide virtual charter school, and the commissioner of education may approve a district charter school based on state board administrative regulations; define the components that must be in an application for a charter or district charter school for initial approval and for renewal; provide that charters may be approved for 3 year, 4 year, or 5 year contracts; require annual financial audits and performance reviews based on the contract; permit a charter to be revoked at any time or non-renewed for certain reasons; require charter schools to serve only students that reside in the district and those eligible to attend school in the district based on local board nonresident student contracts; require teachers in a charter school to meet Education Professional Standards Board certification requirements; define the role of the Department of Education; provide flexibility to charter schools to request waiver of selected statutory provisions and administrative regulations; establish new sections of KRS Chapter 156 to require the state board to promulgate administrative regulations to implement charter schools; create a new section of KRS 157 to describe how funds shall be distributed to a charter school; create a new section of KRS 161 to provide that teachers in charter schools continue in Kentucky Teachers' Retirement and enable them to earn continuing service status under KRS 161.740; APPROPRIATIONS; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-05-24","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2010-05-24","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB7/2010/X1","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10SS/HB7.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":415969,"bill_number":"HCR21","title":"Adjourn the 2010 Extraordinary Session of the General Assembly sine die.","description":"Adjourn the 2010 Extraordinary Session of the General Assembly sine die.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-05-28","last_action":"introduced in House","last_action_date":"2010-05-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR21/2010/X1","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10SS/HC21.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":415985,"bill_number":"HCR30","title":"Adjourn the 2010 Extraordinary Session of the General Assembly sine die.","description":"Adjourn the 2010 Extraordinary Session of the General Assembly sine die.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2010-05-29","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2010-05-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR30/2010/X1","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10SS/HC30.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":416001,"bill_number":"SB1","title":"AN ACT relating to appropriations and revenue measures providing financing and conditions for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and its various officers, cabinets, departments, boards, commissions, institutions, subdivisions, agencies, and other state-supported activities.","description":"The State/Executive Branch Budget: appropriate from the General Fund (Tobacco), General Fund, Restricted Funds, Federal Funds, Road Fund, Bond Funds, Highway Bonds, Agency Bonds, Capital Construction Surplus, Investment Income, and other funds, $58,437,300 in fiscal year 2009-2010, $31,257,446,100 in fiscal year 2010-2011, and $28,005,089,300 in fiscal year 2011-2012, as follows:General Government2009-2010 $140,6002010-2011 $1,080,667,0002011-2012 $1,018,819,200Economic Development Cabinet2010-2011 $25,791,8002011-2012 $31,885,600Department of Education2010-2011 $4,877,701,5002011-2012 $4,684,846,000Education and Workforce Development Cabinet2010-2011 $2,587,209,1002011-2012 $2,588,499,400Energy and Environment Cabinet2010-2011 $290,814,9002011-2012 $261,247,800Finance and Administration Cabinet2010-2011 $661,449,6002011-2012 $632,836,800Health and Family Services Cabinet2010-2011 $7,746,644,1002011-2012 $8,340,634,700Justice and Public Safety Cabinet2010-2011 $897,437,3002011-2012 $888,472,200Labor Cabinet2010-2011 $213,989,7002011-2012 $216,068,400Personnel Cabinet2010-2011 $94,368,0002011-2012 $119,266,000Postsecondary Education2010-2011 $5,776,127,8002011-2012 $5,935,438,200Public Protection Cabinet2010-2011 $110,754,3002011-2012 $109,264,700Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet2010-2011 $218,993,5002011-2012 $220,479,600Funds Transfer to General Fund2009-2010 $7,391,9002010-2011 $102,818,8002011-2012 $122,659,600Phase I Tobacco Settlement Funding Program2010-2011 $114,318,1002011-2012 $105,714,800Not included in the above appropriation amounts are capital project amounts as follows:Capital Projects2009-2010 $58,296,7002010-2011 $4,486,677,8002011-2012 $191,208,000provide funds for the Lieutenant Governor's housing allowance; authorize the Kentucky Veterans' Centers to continue weekend and holiday pay incentives; allow travel and per diem expenses for Congressional Medal of Honor recipients; provide funding for Veterans' Service Organization programs, Veterans' Cemetery Nursing Home, and debt service for Fourth State Veterans' Nursing Home; provide debt service to the Department of Veterans' Affairs; cap the amount of principal an applicant can owe the Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corporation; allow for the allocation of Tobacco Settlement Funds to county councils for administrative costs; provide General Fund (Tobacco) moneys for the Agricultural Development Fund's counties account; authorize an administrative fee on Infrastructure for Economic Development Fund projects; provide funds to support services to coal-producing counties; provide debt service to the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority; provide debt service for previously overprogrammed water and sewer infrastructure projects; provide that the Governor's call of the Kentucky National Guard to active duty is a necessary government expense; provide that disaster or emergency aid funds are necessary government expenses; provide debt service to the Department for Local Government; provide that General Fund moneys appropriated for the Local Government Economic Development Fund (LGEDF) are based on the State Budget Director's official estimates; declare that no General Fund appropriation is provided to the Kentucky Workers' Compensation Funding Commission; detail transfer of funds to the Osteopathic Medicine Scholarship Program; declare that no funds shall be transferred to the Pharmacy Scholarship Fund; provide that the quarterly calculation and transfer of moneys from the General Fund to LGEDF be made only after funds are appropriated for the Trover Clinic, Office of Mine Safety and Licensing, School Facilities Construction Commission, Water and Sewer Resources Development Fund for Coal-Producing Counties, KIA Infrastructure for Economic Development Fund for Coal-Producing Counties, Infrastructure for Economic Development Fund for Coal-Producing Counties, Read to Achieve, Robinson Scholars Program, Kentucky Infrastructure Authority, Department for Local Government, Mining Engineering Scholarship Program, and Operations and Support Services for school technology in coal counties; transfer funds from the LGEDF, Multi-County Fund, for KIA Infrastructure for Economic Development Fund for Coal-Producing Counties, Drug Courts, Operation Unite, and Energy Research and Development Fund; provide debt service for LGEDF; establish parameters for county flexibility with LGEDF allocations; declare that no funds shall be transferred to the Secondary Wood Products Development Fund; establish an appropriation limit for the Area Development Fund; allow Area Development District flexibility; allow Restricted Funds to be used for the continuation of current activities with the Office of the Secretary of State; establish that amounts above those appropriated to match Federal Funds for the Help America Vote Act are necessary government expenses; provide that the State Board of Elections shall set a rate for new voter registration fees and for expenses; establish that costs associated with special elections, additional precincts with a voting machine, additional registered voters, and new voters are necessary government expenses; establish that expert witnesses are necessary government expenses; provide annual and sick leave service credit for any former employee of the Unified Prosecutorial System; detail legal services contracts; establish that the Transportation Cabinet shall review the costs of distributing Child Sexual Abuse License Plates and that any revenue received from the plates be transferred to the Child Victims' Trust Fund; permit the Office of the Attorney General to recover reasonable costs of litigation; allow the Attorney General to suspend payment of 50 hour blocks of compensatory time for those attorneys who have accumulated 240 hours of compensatory time and instead convert those hours to sick leave; require the Prosecutors Advisory Council to approve compensation for employees of the Unified Prosecutorial System; provide for a recurring transfer from the Unclaimed Property Fund; allow the Purchase of Agriculture Conservation Easement (PACE) board to contract; allow the Department of Agriculture to receive funds from local and private sources to match Federal Funds for PACE; allow the Department of Agriculture to promulgate administrative regulations to establish fees to maintain a metrology lab; declare that no funds are provided for Auditor's Scholarships; require that the Auditor of Public Accounts be given first right of refusal for audits; allow the Auditor of Public Accounts to suspend payment of 50 hour blocks of compensatory time for those employees who have accumulated 240 hours of compensatory time and instead convert those hours to sick leave; establish Personnel Board operating and special assessments; provide dependent subsidy for retirees for the Kentucky Employees and County Employees Retirement System; provide that water withdrawal fees are tax-exempt; provide that Tier I water withdrawal fees shall be used to support the operations of the Kentucky River Authority and for contractual services for water supply and quality studies; provide debt service to the School Facilities Construction Commission (SFCC); establish the Urgent Need School Trust Fund; allow the SFCC to make additional offers of assistance; provide that moneys are appropriated to comply with the Teachers' Retirement System statutes; establish funds to be set aside for the administration of the Teachers' Retirement System; provide funds for the amortization of sick leave for teachers retiring during the biennium; provide State Medical Insurance Fund financing; provide dependent subsidy for teacher retirees under age 65; provide that salary supplements received by highly skilled educators not be included in the total salary compensation for any retirement benefits; provide funds for supplemental health insurance for retired teachers; provide for the payment of judgments; detail Appropriations Not Otherwise Classified; provide that the repayment of awards or judgments made by the Board of Claims come from the General Fund; provide funds for guardian ad litems appointed pursuant to KRS 311.732 and cap their fee at $500; establish reissuance of uncashed State Treasurer checks; appropriate funds for state and local police officers and firefighters; establish that interest income from and loan repayments received by the High-Tech Construction/Investment Pool be used to support the Department for Commercialization and Innovation; provide debt service for the Office of the Secretary in the Economic Development Cabinet; require the Cabinet for Economic Development to study the potential benefits of developing an angel investor program; provide debt service for Financial Incentives; provide for the carry forward of the General Fund appropriation balance for the Bluegrass State Skills Corporation; detail the employment of Department of Education personnel and leadership personnel; provide funds for the Coal County Computing Program and the Education Technology Program; establish funding for employer health and life insurance for employees of local school districts; provide that the Kentucky Schools for the Blind and Deaf are fully eligible to participate in the Kentucky Education Technology System; detail fund transfers for the Family Resource and Youth Services Centers; provide funds for employer contributions for health insurance and health reimbursement accounts for employees waiving coverage; provide school district flexibility; provide program flexibility for Professional Development, Extended School Services, Textbooks, and Safe Schools; require the publication of the school district's annual financial statement and report card; require that supplemental funding distribution include certain Category II and III programs; require coordination with Head Start; allow the Department of Education to expend moneys appropriated to the Highly Skilled Education Assistance Program in fiscal year 2010-2011 on intervention services as required by No Child Left Behind; provide that no funds are appropriated in fiscal year 2011-2012 for the Highly Skilled Education Assistance Program; authorize the Commissioner of Education to use the Commonwealth School Improvement Fund to meet the requirements of No Child Left Behind; allow a member of the State Advisory Council for Gifted and Talented Education to be reappointed but prohibit them from serving more than three consecutive terms; establish a member of the Kentucky Association for Gifted Education as a voting member of the council; provide for the allocation of safe school funds; provide funds for the Kentucky School for the Blind and the Kentucky School for the Deaf; provide funds for ACT and WorksKeys testing, Appalachian Learning Disabled Tutoring, Blind/Deaf Residential Travel Program, Collaborative Center for Literacy Development, Commonwealth Accountability Testing System Report Card, Commonwealth School Improvement Fund, Community Education Program, Dropout Prevention Program, Elementary Arts and Humanities Program, Every1 Reads Program, Extended School Services Program, Family Resource and Youth Services Centers Program, Georgia Chaffee Teenage Parent Program, Gifted and Talented Program, Highly Skilled Educator Program, Leadership and Mentor Fund, Local School District Life Insurance, Locally Operated Vocational Schools, Mathematics Achievement Fund, Middle School Academic Center, Partnership for Student Success Program, Preschool Program, Professional Development Program, Professional Growth Fund, Read to Achieve Program, Safe Schools Program, Save the Children/Rural Literacy Program, School Food Services, State Agency Children Program, Teacher Academies Program, Teacher Recruitment and Retention Program - Educator Quality and Diversity, Textbooks Program, Virtual Learning Program, and Writing Program; provide language for school calendars; provide for surplus property at the Kentucky School for the Blind and the Kentucky School for the Deaf; provide for the use of local district capital funds; provide for local district grant carry forward; provide for transfer of the Common School Fund; provide funds for the base SEEK Program, Tier I component, vocational transportation, secondary vocational education, Teachers' Retirement System employer match, and salary supplements for nationally certified teachers; provide for the allocation of SEEK funds; establish timeline for the final SEEK calculation; detail SEEK adjustment factors; provide funds for facilities equalization funding, growth levy equalization funding, retroactive equalized facility funding, and equalized facility funding; provide equalization funding for school districts that have Category 5 schools; require that the school term for this biennium include at least 177 six-hour instructional days; provide for the use of excess SEEK funds and SEEK funds; provide funds for the Governor's Scholars Program; provide funds for the Local Records Grant Program; require collaboration between the Department of Libraries and Archives and the state's public universities and libraries; reauire that Libraries and Archives distribute per capita grants within appropriated amounts; allow funds from the Unemployment Insurance Penalty and Interest Account to be used to operate employment training and unemployment insurance programs; provide for the total unemployment rate; provide matching funds for the WorkNow Kentucky program; provide that Area Vocational Education Centers are fully eligible to participate in the Kentucky Education Technology System; provide for the transfer of state-operated secondary vocational education and technology centers; detail employment of leadership personnel by the Education Professional Standards Board; require the Education Professional Standards Board to establish the minimum number of hours for teacher certification; declare that no funds are appropriated for the Kentucky Principal Internship Program; require the Education Professional Standards Board to extend by two years the length of time required for certified teachers to complete a planned fifth year program; provide debt service to the Office of the Secretary in the Energy and Environment Cabinet; declare that no funds are provided for full-time inspectors to each municipal solid waste landfill; provide debt service to Environmental Protection; require that the new tire fee continue to be collected until June 30, 2012; establish that the cost of emergency fire suppression exceeding $240,000 annually is a necessary government expense; provide funds for the Office of Mine Safety and Licensing; provide funds for conservation districts; provide for energy research and development; provide debt service for the Public Service Commission; provide that established amounts lapse to the General Fund; detail the Telecommunication Access Program funding mechanism; provide funds for small utilities assistance; provide for the State Motor Vehicle Fleet; require that the Finance and Administration Cabinet bear all necessary expenses of a gubernatorial transition and that up to $220,000 of these expenses shall be deemed a necessary government expense; provide that any expenditures required by the Social Security Contingent Liability Fund are necessary government expenses; provide that General Fund (Tobacco) moneys under the Finance and Administration Cabinet's Debt Service budget unit lapse; provide debt service for the Facilities and Support Services budget unit under the Finance and Administration Cabinet; provide for county costs; provide for computer services fund receipts; detail the insurance surcharge rate; provide that the Road Fund appropriation under the Revenue budget unit represents the cost of the Road Fund Compliance and Motor Vehicle Property Tax Programs; provide that funds may be expended for the operations of the Department of Revenue; provide debt service for the Department of Revenue; authorize property valuation administrators to manage expenditures; prohibit the Kentucky Works Program from participating in the Human Services Transportation Delivery Program or the Coordinated Transportation Advisory Committee; provide debt service to the General Administration and Program Support budget unit under the Health and Family Services Cabinet; provide for the transfer of funds between Health and Family Service Cabinet's budget units; authorize various departments to establish and fill positions that are 100 percent federally funded for salary and fringe benefits; provide General Fund (Tobacco) moneys for Universal Newborn Hearing Screening and Vision Screening; provide for transfer of excess administrative funds for Medicaid benefits; provide Medicaid service category expenditure information; provide funds to support additional Supports for Community Living slots; provide that any unexpended General Fund appropriation carry forward; define the parameters of the Disproportionate Share Hospital Program; prohibit hospitals from billing patients for services if services have been reported to the Cabinet and the hospital has received disproportionate share payments for specific services; require that any provider that publicizes that it has paid the provider tax also publicize the amount of payment received from the Department for Medicaid Services during the same period; prohibit hospitals from being reimbursed both from the Quality and Charity Trust Fund and the Disproportionate Share Hospital Program for the same service to the same patient; allow transfer of funds to the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program (KCHIP) to match Federal Funds; require that any funds received through an Intergovernmental Transfer (IGT) between the Department for Medicaid Services and other governmental entities be used through the provision of Medicaid benefits; require Medicaid budget analysis reports; provide for a Medicaid Benefit budget deficit and surplus; provide for transfer of Medicaid Benefits funds; prohibit acute care hospitals from converting to critical access hospitals unless certain requirements are met; allow Medicaid copayments; provide copayment guidelines for participating Medicaid pharmacies; suspend KCHIP premiums; provide funds for urban trauma center hospital; establish guidelines for appeals; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to conduct a study on the feasibility of pursuing a Medicaid waiver for personal care services; provide funds for a carry forward to support Medicaid benefits expenditures; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to conduct a study to identify measures that would ensure Medicaid recipients are properly identified with Medicaid providers; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to implement the Drug Management Review Advisory Board in accordance with the statutes and to develop a plan for evaluating Medicaid benefits and efficiencies and expanding the existing Medicaid Managed Care Organization currently serving Louisville; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to take necessary actions to establish programs or engage providers to assist with managing the Medicaid pharmacy program; provide that mental health disproportionate share funds are budgeted at maximum amounts; provide debt service for the Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities budget unit; provide General Fund (Tobacco) moneys for substance abuse prevention and treatment for pregnant women with a history of substance abuse; provide for the replacement of and rental payments for Eastern State Hospital; provide funds for regional Mental Health/Mental Retardation Boards retirement cost increases; provide General Fund (Tobacco) moneys for the Health Access Nurturing Development Services Program, Healthy Start initiatives, Universal Children's Immunizations, Folic Acid Program, Early Childhood Mental Health, Early Childhood Oral Health, Kentucky Early Intervention Services First Steps Program, Reach Out and Read Program, and Smoking Cessation; provide funds for local and district health departments' retirement cost increase; provide General Fund (Tobacco) moneys for the Early Childhood Development Program; provide funds for the Kentucky Sexual Assault Prevention program's retirement costs, Kentucky Domestic Violence Association program's retirement costs, child advocacy centers' retirement costs, and Family and Children's Place in Louisville; require that an entity contracting with the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to provide essential services provide local match equal to or greater than the amount in effect during fiscal year 2009-2010; provide funds for Drug Courts in Kentucky's coal-producing counties and Operation Unite; provide General Fund (Tobacco) moneys for the Office of Drug Control Policy; provide funds for the Kentucky Law Enforcement Foundation Program Fund, training incentive payments, and training incentive stipends; provide funding for the Mary Kendall Homes and Gateway Juvenile Diversion; provide that the Governor's call of the Kentucky State Police to extraordinary duty is a necessary government expense; provide funds for Kentucky State Police and Vehicle Enforcement personnel training incentives; provide funds to maintain the operations and administration of the Kentucky State Police; provide funds for an annual training stipend for dispatchers; provide debt service to the Corrections Management budget unit; allow the Department of Corrections to adjust appropriations between the Community Services and Local Facilities budget unit and the Adult Correctional Institutions budget unit; provide jailer mental health screening training; require the Department of Corrections to assess the nonviolent, nonsexual inmate population incarcerated for a Class C or B felony and to develop recommendations that will reduce their time of incarceration; provide for time credit for program completion, and meritorious credit; provide funds to the Adult Correctional Institutions budget unit for education programs at Department of Corrections facilities that had previously been funded by the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) budget unit; require the Department of Corrections to file semiannual reports on the Canteen Fund; require the warden of each Department of Corrections institution to expunge inmate prison disciplinary reports that have been dismissed or otherwise ordered void; require the Secretary of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to develop a plan for correctional facility expansion; provide language pertaining to placement of Class D felons; provide that state prisoners, excluding Class C and D felons qualifying to serve time in county jails, may be transferred to a state institution within 90 days of final sentencing if the county jail does not object; provide that all funds received by the Commonwealth as a result of damages caused by the inmate disturbance at Northpoint Training Center be deposited in the General Fund; provide that excess local jail per diem costs are necessary government expenses; provide funds for local jail funding; provide conditional parole for substance abuse and other programs; provide intermediate sanctions for technical parole violators; provide parole deferments; provide for home incarceration; provide funds for additional probation and parole officers as well as for community corrections services to assist parolees in reentering the community; provide funds for inmate medical care expenses and to provide a monthly payment to each county with a life safety jail or a closed jail; allow the Department of Public Advocacy to suspend payment of 50 hour blocks of compensatory time for those attorneys who have accumulated 240 hours of compensatory time and instead convert those hours to sick leave; declare that no General Fund moneys are appropriated to theKentucky Workers' Compensation Funding Commission; provide funds from the Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis Fund to support mine safety compliance, education, and training; provide debt service for the General Operations budget unit within the Personnel Cabinet; provide a pool of funds to be allocated and distributed to employers of members of the Kentucky Employees Retirement System and the State Police Retirement System to provide the General Fund portion of the increased employer contribution rates; provide a pool of funds to be allocated to the Executive Branch agencies that participate in the Public Employees Self-Insured Health Insurance Program to provide the General Fund portion of the increased cost of health insurance; provide funds to support a dependent subsidy for full-time employees of quasi-governmental employers, excluding state agencies, participating in the State Group Health Insurance Program; provide for the Adult Education and Literacy Funding Program and Science and Technology Funding Program to not lapse and to carry forward; provide for transfer of moneys from the Strategic Investment and Incentive Trust Fund; provide General Fund (Tobacco) moneys for the Ovarian Cancer Screening Outreach Program; provide for postsecondary education debt; provide funds for the Washington, D.C. Internship Program, the Kentucky Adult Education Funding Program, the Contract Spaces Program, and 164 veterinary slots; provide funds for the College Access Program, the Kentucky Tuition Grant Program, the Teacher Scholarship Program, the Kentucky National Guard Tuition Assistance Program, the Kentucky Education Excellence Scholarships (KEES), and Work Study; prescribe the use of excess lottery revenues; provide debt service for Kentucky State University, Morehead State University, Northern Kentucky University, the University of Kentucky, the University of Louisville, and Western Kentucky University; provide funds for the Breathitt Veterinary Center at Murray State University and provide that the appropriation cannot be reduced; provide funds for the Mining Engineering Scholarship Program and the Robinson Scholars program; provide funds for the diagnostic laboratories at the University of Kentucky and provide that the appropriation cannot be reduced; provide funds for the Quality and Charity Care Trust Agreement; provide funds for the Firefighters Foundation Program Fund and the Firefighters Training Center Fund; provide that the funding for education programs at Department of Corrections facilities is located in the Adult Correctional Institutions budget unit; provide for the conveyance of KCTCS property; address salary increases for employees of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System who are in the University of Kentucky personnel system; allow the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction funding flexibility; provide General Fund (Tobacco) moneys for the Kentucky Access Program; provide for an insurance license fee and tax; provide funds for various outdoor drama grants; provide funds for the Bluegrass State Games; provide that no transfer be made to the Parks Capital Maintenance and Renovation Fund; provide debt service to the Parks budget unit and the State Fair Board budget unit; provide that local art councils be exempt from open meetings and records laws; provide for Capital Construction Fund appropriations and reauthorizations; provide for the expiration of existing line-item capital construction projects; detail bond proceeds investment income; provide for appropriations for projects not line-itemized; provide for bond issues for tobacco and non-coal producing counties; provide that if funds from the Capital Construction and Equipment Purchase Contingency Account or Emergency Repair, Maintenance, and Replacement Account are not sufficient then expenditures of the fund are necessary government expenses; authorize and appropriate capital projects for various state agencies and universities; require the Secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet and the State Property and Buildings Commission to approve all economic development bonds before issuance, provide for the use of New Economy High-Tech Construction/Investment Pool funds; provide that funds for the Commonwealth Office of Technology's major equipment purchases shall be transferred from the Operating Budget as funds are available and needed; provide guidelines for agency bond-funded projects for postsecondary institutions; provide that, where applicable, authorization for a lease-purchase capital project for a public postsecondary institution is provided pursuant to KRS 45.763; provide that no public postsecondary instruction should base any decision to proceed with any capital project that is funded from Agency Bonds, Restricted Funds, or Other Funds on an expectation of General Fund moneys for the operations and maintenance of that facility in future bienniums; authorize and appropriate coal severance tax projects; provide for fund designations; provide for the expenditure of excess Restricted Funds or Federal Funds Receipts; provide for interim appropriation increases; provide that revision of appropriation allotments conform to statutory requirements; provide purpose and transfer restrictions for appropriations expenditure; outline permitted appropriation obligations; require that any General Fund or Road Fund appropriation made in anticipation of a lack, loss, or reduction of Federal Funds lapse to the General Fund or Road Fund Surplus Account; require a state agency entitled to Federal Funds to conform to statutory requirements; provide that any excess General Fund or Road Fund debt service shall lapse, unless directed otherwise by this bill; provide that all statutes and portions of statutes in conflict with this bill are suspended, unless otherwise provided by this bill; clarify the construction of budget provisions on statutory budget administration power and duties; provide that the Secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet shall interpret all questions arising from this bill; provide for the publication of this bill; require the State Budget Director to monitor and report on the Commonwealth's financial condition; authorize the Secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet to prorate administration costs; provide that no portion of this bill alone be construed to confirm or ratify an executive reorganization order; require the State Budget Director to provide a budget planning report and tax expenditure revenue loss estimates to each branch; provide that any duplicate appropriations be governed by the duplicate appropriation statute; provide for priority of individual appropriations and severability of budget provisions; provide that all unclaimed lottery prize money be credited to the Kentucky Education Excellence Scholarship Reserve; provide various Workers' Compensation requirements; provide for undesignated General Fund and Road Fund carry forward; provide for the adoption of budget reductions; provide for General Fund and Restricted Funds expenditure reductions; allow for the reallocation of appropriations among budget units; provide for lottery dividends; provide for the use of Road Fund resources; provide language to prohibit the Governor, all agency heads, and all other constitutional officers from expending more than 55 percent of the funds appropriated during the first half of fiscal year 2011-2012; provide a provision relating to Civil War reenactors; provide a language directive relating to budget implementation; provide a directive relating to information technology; provide a language directive related to equipment service contracts and energy efficiency measures; provide language pertaining to the sale of abandoned property by the Finance and Administration Cabinet, premium and retaliatory taxes, and proceeds from the sale of surplus property; establish the state salary/compensation, benefit, and employment policy, which includes a furlough policy; specify fund transfers; provide a General Fund Budget Reduction Plan and a General Fund Surplus Expenditure Plan; provide a Road Fund Budget Reduction Plan and a Road Fund Surplus Expenditure Plan; outline Phase I Tobacco Settlement Funds; provide a State/Executive Branch Budget Summary; establish the Insurance Coverage, Affordability, and Relief to Small Employers (ICARE) program; and provide a contingency plan for additional federal assistance for states.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-05-24","last_action":"returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2010-05-25","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB1/2010/X1","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10SS/SB1.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":416017,"bill_number":"SB2","title":"AN ACT relating to road projects and declaring an emergency.","description":"The General Assembly shall adopt a 2010-2012 Biennial Highway Construction Plan; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-05-24","last_action":"returned to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2010-05-25","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB2/2010/X1","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10SS/SB2.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":416032,"bill_number":"SB3","title":"AN ACT relating to appropriations providing financing and conditions for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the Transportation Cabinet of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","description":"The General Assembly shall enact a 2010-2012 Transportation Cabinet Budget.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-05-24","last_action":"returned to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2010-05-25","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB3/2010/X1","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10SS/SB3.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":416050,"bill_number":"SB4","title":"AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance.","description":"Establish short title for KRS Chapter 341.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-05-24","last_action":"returned to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2010-05-25","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB4/2010/X1","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10SS/SB4.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":416065,"bill_number":"SB5","title":"AN ACT relating to promotional sampling of distilled spirits and wine and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 243.0305, 243.130, and 243.170 to make technical corrections.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2010-06-04","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Chapter 6)","last_action_date":"2010-06-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB5/2010/X1","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10SS/SB5.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":416081,"bill_number":"SB6","title":"AN ACT relating to general government.","description":"Amend KRS 12.029, relating to advisory committees appointed by the Governor, to allow those committees to study the duties of state government.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-05-24","last_action":"2nd reading","last_action_date":"2010-05-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB6/2010/X1","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10SS/SB6.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":416097,"bill_number":"SB7","title":"AN ACT relating to general government.","description":"Amend KRS 12.040 to allow the head of a department of state government to exercise control over the equipment belonging to that department.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-05-24","last_action":"returned to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2010-05-25","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB7/2010/X1","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10SS/SB7.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":416113,"bill_number":"SB8","title":"AN ACT relating to general government.","description":"Amend KRS 12.015 to permit the Governor to assign a newly established administrative body to a branch of state government.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2010-05-24","last_action":"returned to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2010-05-25","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB8/2010/X1","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10SS/SB8.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":416125,"bill_number":"SJR3","title":"This Joint Resolution in conjunction with the 2010-2012 Biennial Highway Construction Plan shall constitute the Six Year Road Plan.","description":"This Joint Resolution in conjunction with the 2010-2012 Biennial Highway Construction Plan shall constitute the Six Year Road Plan.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2010-05-24","last_action":"returned to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2010-05-25","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR3/2010/X1","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10SS/SJ3.htm","sponsor":null}
]