[
{"bill_id":346182,"bill_number":"HB1","title":"AN ACT relating to redistricting and declaring an emergency.","description":"(H0956B01) Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 5 to divide the Commonwealth into the following representative districts: DISTRICT 1 - Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman, McCracken (part); DISTRICT 2 - Graves, McCracken (part); DISTRICT 3 - McCracken (part); DISTRICT 4 - Caldwell, Crittenden, Livingston, McCracken (part); DISTRICT 5 - Calloway, Trigg (part); DISTRICT 6 - Lyon, Marshall, McCracken (part); DISTRICT 7 - Daviess (part), Henderson (part), Union; DISTRICT 8 - Christian (part), Trigg (part); DISTRICT 9 - Christian (part); DISTRICT 10 - Hopkins (part); DISTRICT 11 - Henderson (part); DISTRICT 12 - Daviess (part), Hopkins (part), McLean, Webster; DISTRICT 13 - Daviess (part); DISTRICT 14 - Daviess (part), Ohio; DISTRICT 15 - Christian (part), Hopkins (part), Muhlenberg; DISTRICT 16 - Logan, Todd; DISTRICT 17 - Butler, Grayson, Hardin (part); DISTRICT 18 - Breckinridge, Bullitt (part), Daviess (part), Hancock, Hardin (part); DISTRICT 19 - Edmonson, Hart, Larue; DISTRICT 20 - Warren (part); DISTRICT 21 - Warren (part); DISTRICT 22 - Allen, Simpson, Warren (part); DISTRICT 23 - Barren, Warren (part); DISTRICT 24 - Casey, Marion, Pulaski (part); DISTRICT 25 - Hardin (part); DISTRICT 26 - Hardin (part); DISTRICT 27 - Bullitt (part), Hardin (part), Meade; DISTRICT 28 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 29 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 30 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 31 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 32 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 33 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 34 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 35 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 36 - Garrard, Madison (part); DISTRICT 37 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 38 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 39 - Fayette (part), Jessamine; DISTRICT 40 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 41 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 42 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 43 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 44 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 45 - Fayette (part); DISTRICT 46 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 47 - Carroll, Henry, Oldham (part), Trimble; DISTRICT 48 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 49 - Bullitt (part); DISTRICT 50 - Bullitt (part), Nelson, Spencer (part); DISTRICT 51 - Adair, Taylor; DISTRICT 52 - McCreary, Pulaski (part), Wayne; DISTRICT 53 - Cumberland, Green, Metcalfe, Monroe; DISTRICT 54 - Boyle, Washington; DISTRICT 55 - Anderson, Mercer, Spencer (part); DISTRICT 56 - Fayette (part), Franklin (part), Woodford; DISTRICT 57 - Franklin (part); DISTRICT 58 - Shelby, Spencer (part); DISTRICT 59 - Jefferson County (part), Oldham (part); DISTRICT 60 - Boone (part); DISTRICT 61 - Gallatin, Grant, Owen; DISTRICT 62 - Fayette (part), Scott; DISTRICT 63 - Kenton (part); DISTRICT 64 - Kenton (part); DISTRICT 65 - Kenton (part); DISTRICT 66 - Boone (part); DISTRICT 67 - Campbell (part); DISTRICT 68 - Campbell (part); DISTRICT 69 - Boone (part), Campbell (part), Kenton (part); DISTRICT 70 - Bracken, Fleming, Mason; DISTRICT 71 - Menifee, Morgan, Rowan (part), Wolfe (part); DISTRICT 72 - Bath, Bourbon, Fayette (part), Nicholas; DISTRICT 73 - Clark, Madison (part); DISTRICT 74 - Montgomery, Powell, Wolfe (part); DISTRICT 75 - Fayette (part); DISTRICT 76 - Fayette (part); DISTRICT 77 - Fayette (part); DISTRICT 78 - Campbell (part), Harrison, Pendleton, Robertson; DISTRICT 79 - Fayette (part); DISTRICT 80 - Lincoln, Pulaski (part), Rockcastle; DISTRICT 81 - Madison (part); DISTRICT 82 - Laurel (part), Whitley; DISTRICT 83 - Clinton, Pulaski (part), Russell; DISTRICT 84 - Harlan (part), Perry; DISTRICT 85 - Laurel (part), Pulaski (part); DISTRICT 86 - Knox, Laurel (part); DISTRICT 87 - Bell, Harlan (part); DISTRICT 88 - Fayette (part); DISTRICT 89 - Jackson, Laurel (part), Owsley; DISTRICT 90 - Clay, Harlan (part), Leslie; DISTRICT 91 - Breathitt, Estill, Lee; DISTRICT 92 - Knott, Letcher (part), Magoffin; DISTRICT 93 - Pike (part); DISTRICT 94 - Harlan (part), Letcher (part), Pike (part); DISTRICT 95 - Floyd (part); DISTRICT 96 - Carter, Lewis; DISTRICT 97 - Floyd (part), Johnson, Martin, Pike (part); DISTRICT 98 - Boyd (part), Greenup;DISTRICT 99 - Boyd (part), Elliott, Lawrence, Rowan (part); DISTRICT 100 - Boyd (part); PLAN INTEGRITY VERIFIED; (S0956B01) Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 5 to divide the Commonwealth into the following senatorial districts: DISTRICT 1 - Calloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Lyon, Trigg; DISTRICT 2 - Ballard, Marshall, McCracken; DISTRICT 3 - Christian, Logan, Todd; DISTRICT 4 - Caldwell, Crittenden, Henderson, Livingston, Union, Webster; DISTRICT 5 - Breckinridge, Grayson, Hancock, Hart, Larue, Meade; DISTRICT 6 - Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Ohio; DISTRICT 7 - Anderson, Fayette (part), Franklin, Woodford; DISTRICT 8 - Daviess, McLean; DISTRICT 9 - Allen, Barren, Edmonson, Green, Metcalfe, Simpson; DISTRICT 10 - Hardin, Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 11 - Boone, Gallatin, Kenton (part); DISTRICT 12 - Fayette (part); DISTRICT 13 - Fayette (part); DISTRICT 14 - Marion, Mercer, Nelson, Taylor, Washington; DISTRICT 15 - Adair, Casey, Pulaski, Russell; DISTRICT 16 - Clinton, Cumberland, McCreary, Monroe, Wayne, Whitley; DISTRICT 17 - Grant, Kenton (part), Owen, Scott; DISTRICT 18 - Bracken, Carter, Greenup, Lewis, Mason, Robertson; DISTRICT 19 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 20 - Bullitt, Shelby, Spencer; DISTRICT 21 - Estill, Jackson, Laurel, Menifee, Powell; DISTRICT 22 - Boyle, Fayette (part), Garrard, Jessamine; DISTRICT 23 - Kenton (part); DISTRICT 24 - Campbell, Pendleton; DISTRICT 25 - Clay, Knox, Lee, Magoffin, Morgan, Owsley, Wolfe; DISTRICT 26 - Carroll, Henry, Jefferson County (part), Oldham, Trimble; DISTRICT 27 - Boyd, Elliott, Fleming, Lawrence, Rowan; DISTRICT 28 - Bath, Bourbon, Clark, Harrison, Montgomery, Nicholas; DISTRICT 29 - Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Letcher; DISTRICT 30 - Bell, Harlan, Leslie, Perry; DISTRICT 31 - Johnson, Martin, Pike; DISTRICT 32 - Butler, Warren; DISTRICT 33 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 34 - Lincoln, Madison, Rockcastle; DISTRICT 35 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 36 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 37 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 38 - Jefferson County (part); PLAN INTEGRITY VERIFIED; (J0956B01) Amend KRS 21A.010 to divide the Commonwealth into the following Supreme Court districts: DISTRICT 1 - Allen, Ballard, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden, Fulton, Graves, Henderson, Hickman, Hopkins, Livingston, Logan, Lyon, Marshall, McCracken, McLean, Muhlenberg, Ohio, Simpson, Todd, Trigg, Union, Webster; DISTRICT 2 - Barren, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Daviess, Edmonson, Grayson, Hancock, Hardin, Hart, Larue, Meade, Metcalfe, Monroe, Spencer, Warren; DISTRICT 3 - Adair, Bell, Boyle, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Garrard, Green, Jessamine, Knox, Laurel, Lincoln, Marion, McCreary, Mercer, Nelson, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Russell, Taylor, Washington, Wayne, Whitley; DISTRICT 4 - Jefferson County; DISTRICT 5 - Anderson, Clark, Fayette, Franklin, Madison, Scott, Shelby, Woodford; DISTRICT 6 - Boone, Bourbon, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Harrison, Henry, Kenton, Mason, Nicholas, Oldham, Owen, Pendleton, Robertson, Trimble; DISTRICT 7 - Bath, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay, Elliott, Estill, Fleming, Floyd, Greenup, Harlan, Jackson, Johnson, Knott, Lawrence, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Lewis, Magoffin, Martin, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Owsley, Perry, Pike, Powell, Rowan, Wolfe; PLAN INTEGRITY VERIFIED; specify that precinct names may be shortened to accommodate formatting requirements of the bill drafting system and that the precinct names will be provided in full in codification; specify how county and precinct names are to be displayed depending on whether the territory of the county or precinct is included in a particular legislative district in its entirety or in part and direct how those items will be displayed in codification; direct county boards of elections to change precinct boundaries to conform to representative and senatorial district boundaries; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-01-20","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 1)","last_action_date":"2012-01-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB1/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB1.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346187,"bill_number":"HB2","title":"AN ACT relating to redistricting and declaring an emergency.","description":"(C0957B01) Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 118B to divide the Commonwealth into the following congressional districts: DISTRICT 1 - Allen (part), Ballard, Breckinridge, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden, Daviess, Fulton, Graves, Hancock, Henderson, Hickman, Hopkins, Livingston, Logan, Lyon, Marshall, McCracken, McLean, Muhlenberg, Ohio, Simpson, Todd, Trigg, Union, Webster; DISTRICT 2 - Adair, Allen (part), Barren, Boyle, Bullitt (part), Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Edmonson, Garrard, Grayson, Green, Hardin, Hart, Jessamine (part), Larue, Lincoln, McCreary, Meade, Metcalfe, Monroe, Pulaski (part), Rockcastle, Russell, Taylor, Warren, Wayne, Whitley (part); DISTRICT 3 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 4 - Boone, Bracken, Bullitt (part), Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Henry, Jefferson County (part), Kenton, Lewis, Mason, Nelson, Oldham, Owen, Pendleton, Robertson, Scott (part), Shelby, Spencer, Trimble; DISTRICT 5 - Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay, Elliott, Estill, Fleming, Floyd, Greenup, Harlan, Jackson, Johnson, Knott, Knox, Laurel, Lawrence, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Magoffin, Martin, Menifee, Morgan, Owsley, Perry, Pike, Pulaski (part), Rowan, Whitley (part), Wolfe; DISTRICT 6 - Anderson, Bath, Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Franklin, Harrison, Jessamine (part), Madison, Marion, Mercer, Montgomery, Nicholas, Powell, Scott (part), Washington, Woodford; PLAN INTEGRITY VERIFIED; specify that precinct names may be shortened to accommodate formatting requirements of the bill drafting system and that the precinct names will be provided in full in codification; specify how county and precinct names are to be displayed depending on whether the territory of the county or precinct is included in a particular legislative district in its entirety or in part and direct how those items will be displayed in codification; direct county boards of elections to change precinct boundaries to conform to representative and senatorial district boundaries; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-01-30","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 2)","last_action_date":"2012-01-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB2/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB2.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346190,"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 provide a nonrefundable income tax credit for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2013, for taxpayers who contract with a resident nonprofit organization for services performed by individuals who are legally blind or severely disabled; amend KRS 141.0205 to provide the order in which the credit may be claimed.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-13","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-15","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB10/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB10.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346196,"bill_number":"HB21","title":"AN ACT relating to out-of-state durable medical equipment providers.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate an administrative regulation requiring a provider of durable medical equipment located in another state to maintain an office or place of business in Kentucky if that state requires durable medical equipment providers with a principal place of business in Kentucky to maintain an office or place of business within that state.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-01-24","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2012-01-26","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB21/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB21.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346199,"bill_number":"HB22","title":"AN ACT relating to the promotion of organ and tissue donation.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish the employers' organ and bone marrow donation tax credit; amend KRS 141.0205 to provide the ordering of the credit; declare short title to be the Living Organ and Bone Marrow Donor Assistance Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB22/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB22.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346204,"bill_number":"HB23","title":"AN ACT relating to judicial sales.","description":"Amend KRS 426.200 and 426.520 to require that in judicially ordered land sales that any appraisals of the land made pursuant to the court ordered sale process be publicly available prior to the sale of the land.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 39)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB23/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB23.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346209,"bill_number":"HB24","title":"AN ACT relating to taxation.","description":"Amend KRS 132.020 to reflect the most recent tax rate for real property, provide that all tangible personal property owned by a veterans' organization exempt from income taxation under 501(c)(19) of the Internal Revenue Code shall be taxed at $0.001 upon each $100 of value, and make other technical changes for ease of reading; amend KRS 132.200 to exempt from local taxation all tangible personal property owned by a veterans' organization that has qualified for exemption for income taxation under 501(c)(19) of the Internal Revenue Code and the property is directly used in the organization's exempt activities; amend KRS 139.495 to exempt from sales and use tax sales of tangible personal property, digital property, or services to a veterans' organization that has qualified for exemption under 501(c)(19) of the Internal Revenue Code if the tangible personal property, digital property, or service is used in the organization's exempt activities, and exempts from sales and use tax sales of tangible personal property by the organization; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2012, and January 1, 2013.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB24/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB24.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346212,"bill_number":"HB25","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 if the offense is committed against an operator or passenger of a taxi, bus, or other passenger vehicle for hire.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB25/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB25.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346218,"bill_number":"HB26","title":"AN ACT relating to eligibility for public assistance.","description":"Amend KRS 205.200 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS) to implement a substance abuse screening program for applicants and recipients of public assistance; permit the CHFS to design the program and utilize testing of blood or urine or other reliable methods of substance abuse detection; state conditions under which an adult person is ineligible for public assistance; permit substance abuse testing to occur only when a caseworker suspects substance abuse at the initial interview or at any other occasion when the caseworker comes to suspect that the recipient is abusing controlled substances; require the CHFS to promulgate regulations governing the program and testing including requirements that applicants pay for all substance abuse screening costs and receive a later reimbursement if the test is passed; grant the right to additional screenings for applicants that fail a test; require both parents in two-parent families to comply with screening requirements; require that an individual who fails a test receive a list of licensed substance abuse treatment providers in his or her area; require passage of a drug test before receiving benefits; permit parents or guardians who fail a test to designate another individual to receive benefits for the parent's minor children; require designated individuals to pass substance abuse screenings; create a 60-day grace period to enter a treatment program after the initial positive test; require individuals to pay for a test at the end of the 60-day grace period, and provide that, if they pass that test they must pass two additional randomized testings during the next 24 months, or if an individual tests positive for a controlled substance after the 60-day grace period, they must show evidence of having entered a substance abuse treatment program within 14 days, during which time, benefits may be suspended and only be payable for the benefit of any children in that recipient's home.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"floor amendment (2) filed","last_action_date":"2012-03-09","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB26/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB26.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346221,"bill_number":"HB27","title":"AN ACT relating to children.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 17 to require a parent, guardian, or person exercising custody and control of a child twelve years of age or younger to report to law enforcement or a 911 public safety answering point within twelve hours after the child has been discovered missing; amend KRS 17.990 to make failure to report a missing child within the specified time period a Class D felony; name the act \"Caylee's Law.\"","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-01-23","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB27/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB27.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346226,"bill_number":"HB28","title":"AN ACT relating to career and technical education, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 158.812 to express legislative goals for career and technical education; amend KRS 158.810 to define terms related to career and technical education; create a new section to KRS Chapter 156 to require the Department of Education to issue core content standards, assess student progress, and develop new courses relevant to college and career readiness; create a new section to KRS Chapter 158 providing for the creation and use of evidence-based models assessing the needs of at-risk students; create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to define terms related to career and technical education and to establish a career and technical education accessibility fund; amend KRS 158.814 to address unmet needs for career and technical education; amend KRS 158.816 to add criteria to the assessment of technical education students; amend KRS 18A.010 to exempt technology center employees from the count of full-time executive branch employees; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB28/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB28.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346229,"bill_number":"HB29","title":"AN ACT relating to children.","description":"Amend KRS 72.992 relating to failing to report a death to increase penalty to a Class D felony if the deceased is a child eight years of age or younger; create a new section of KRS Chapter 17 to require a parent, guardian, or person exercising custody and control of a child eight years of age or younger to report to law enforcement or a 911 public safety answering point within twenty-four hours after the child has been discovered missing; amend KRS 17.990 to make failure to report a missing child within the specified time period a Class D felony.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB29/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB29.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346235,"bill_number":"HB30","title":"AN ACT relating to optional school bus advertising.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to allow a local school board to sell advertising on school buses; prohibit certain types of advertising; identify annual reporting requirements.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-01-19","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2012-01-24","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB30/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB30.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346240,"bill_number":"HB31","title":"AN ACT relating to naming of public properties.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to set forth the criteria for the naming of public property owned, maintained, operated, utilized, or leased by the state or any of its political subdivisions, including school districts; amend KRS 177.074 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB31/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB31.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346243,"bill_number":"HB32","title":"AN ACT relating to qualifications for military service.","description":"Amend KRS 211.760 to require tattoo facilities to conspicuously display a notice in a prominent place easily seen by patrons; set minimum dimensions of notice sign at 11 by 14 inches with 1 inch letters; direct the cabinet to supply the sign to the tattoo facilities; require the notice to warn that any tattoo on the neck, forearm, or lower leg automatically disqualifies the wearer from military service in the United States Armed Forces.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-23","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB32/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB32.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346249,"bill_number":"HB33","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 2012-2013 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 receipt; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB33/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB33.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346252,"bill_number":"HB34","title":"AN ACT relating to traffic control devices.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to require local governments that have installed speed bumps or speed humps on a roadway under its jurisdiction to denote the speed bumps or speed humps using a road sign or paint them so that they are clearly visible to persons traveling the roadway.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB34/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB34.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346257,"bill_number":"HB35","title":"AN ACT relating to domestic relations.","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; set forth restrictions.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-23","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-26","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB35/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB35.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346261,"bill_number":"HB36","title":"AN ACT relating to a high school technology diploma.","description":"Amend KRS 156.160 to require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations for a high school technology diploma; amend KRS 158.7603, 158.140, and 313.040 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB36/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB36.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346267,"bill_number":"HB37","title":"AN ACT relating to districts of innovation.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to define \"district of innovation\" and related terms; authorize the Kentucky Board of Education to approve districts of innovation, not to exceed five (5) districts per year; limit initial approval and subsequent renewals to five year periods; direct the board to promulgate administrative regulations to prescribe the conditions and procedures to be used by a local board of education to be approved as a district of innovation; specify what the administrative regulations shall address; create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to describe the requirements for a district to be an applicant as a district of innovation; prescribe the statutory requirements with which schools of innovation within districts of innovation must comply; require 70% of eligible employees in a school to vote in favor of becoming a school of innovation before the school is eligible to be a participant; describe the conditions under which a school may be exempt from KRS 160.345 or sections thereof; and identify areas in which districts may request approval of practices that are different than current statutory requirements.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 40)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB37/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB37.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346271,"bill_number":"HB38","title":"AN ACT relating to safety inspections for official vehicles.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186 to require an annual safety inspection for vehicles owned or leased by the state, public postsecondary institutions, local governments, boards of education, ambulance services organized by units of government within the state, and volunteer fire department vehicles; require that the inspection be done by a mechanic with A S E certification; require affected entities to present proof of inspection before December 31, 2013, and annually thereafter; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations regarding inspection standards and out-of-service criteria for publicly owned vehicles; grant Transportation Cabinet the authority to suspend the registration for any vehicle which does not pass inspection or for which proof of inspection is not provided; provide for no fee to reinstate a registration on a vehicle whose registration was suspended under the provisions of this section; Amend KRS 186.065, 186.060, and 181.061 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB38/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB38.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346275,"bill_number":"HB39","title":"AN ACT relating to the accreditation of health departments and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to create the Kentucky Commission on Public Health within the Public Health Leadership Institute at the University of Kentucky; 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, 2020; require the commission to submit an annual report; appropriate $500,000 to operate the commission.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB39/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB39.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346280,"bill_number":"HB40","title":"AN ACT relating to educator evaluation.","description":"Amend KRS 156.557 to require the Kentucky Board of Education to establish a statewide system of evaluation for all certified personnel; require the Department of Education, in partnership with professional organizations, to develop the system prior to the 2013-2014 school year; require the board to establish the weights to be applied to each performance criteria; delete three-phase alternative evaluation plan; allow waiver of evaluation plan under certain conditions.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-01-23","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2012-01-24","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB40/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB40.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346283,"bill_number":"HB41","title":"AN ACT relating to utility franchises.","description":"Amend KRS 96.010 to prohibit bidders for city utility franchises from recovering the franchise fee from ratepayers through fees or surcharges on their bills.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Tourism Development & Energy (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Tourism Development and Energy","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB41/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB41.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346289,"bill_number":"HB42","title":"AN ACT relating to motor vehicle personal injury reparation benefits.","description":"Amend KRS 304.39-241 to authorize an insured to direct the payment of motor vehicle reparation benefits for medical expenses arising from a covered loss to a health benefit plan, Medicaid, Medicare, a Medicare supplement provider, or any other provider that has paid related medical expenses.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 41)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB42/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB42.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346293,"bill_number":"HB43","title":"AN ACT relating to special license plates.","description":"Amend KRS 186.162 to establish a Gold Star Sibling special license plate and set forth required fees; provide Disabled Veterans license plates at no charge to veterans with a 50% or greater service-connected disability; amend KRS 186.166 to provide for perpetual production of the Gold Star Sibling special license plates; amend KRS 186.164 to require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate regulations outlining documentation required to receive a Gold Star Sibling special license plate; limit eligibility for a Gold Star Sibling special license plate to siblings of service members whose mothers are eligible for membership in the Gold Star Mothers of America; delay effective date until January 1, 2013.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-27","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB43/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB43.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346297,"bill_number":"HB44","title":"AN ACT relating to the duty to report a dead body.","description":"Amend KRS 72.020 relating to reporting of deaths to require reporting of knowledge of a death as well as possession of a dead body as reportable and add the Department of Kentucky State Police as an agency to which the report may be made; amend KRS 72.990 relating to penalties to add interfering with a peace officer in a death investigation as an offense and increase the penalty for failure to report or interfering with a coroner or peace officer to a Class D felony.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB44/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB44.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346301,"bill_number":"HB45","title":"AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky and to amend Section 226 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to gaming.","description":"Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky and to amend Section 226 of the Constitution of Kentucky to authorize the General Assembly to provide a means whereby the sense of the people of any county may be taken as to whether casinos, including the operation of gaming at horse racing tracks, will be permitted in the county; submit to the voters for ratification or rejection; include ballot language.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-02-29","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB45/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB45.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346306,"bill_number":"HB46","title":"AN ACT relating to the provision for and control of casino gaming and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Establish KRS Chapter 239 and create new sections to define \"authorizing county or counties,\" \"casino,\" \"commission,\" \"county legislative body,\" \"department,\" \"electronic gaming device,\" \"full casino,\" \"gross gaming revenue,\" \"handle,\" \"licensee,\" and \"limited casino\"; create the Kentucky Gaming Commission, assign powers and duties to the commission; establish executive director position; make commission, the executive director, and employees subject to executive branch code of ethics; require county election to authorize licensing of casino within county; require sheriff to advertise local option election for gaming; provide for procedures on local option elections for gaming not held on primary and regular election days; require the county board of elections to certify the results; establish commission as agency to solicit bids for casino gaming licenses and provide criteria for advertising the bid; establish procedure for evaluating bids for full casinos; provide bidding rights for racing associations; specify licensing requirements for full casinos, manufacturers, and suppliers; prohibit selling, leasing, or otherwise furnishing gaming supplies without a license; provide the option of limited casinos for racing associations; specify licensing requirements for limited casinos; prohibit any one under 21 years of age from placing a wager at a casino or being permitted access to a casino; provide for occupational licenses; grant the commission authority to initiate disciplinary action; provide grievance procedure; exempt licensed gaming devices from federal restrictions; grant the commission the authority to define and limit permissible games; provide for the exclusion of certain persons from casinos; require the commission to develop programs for education and treatment of problem gamblers; define \"cheat\" and provide penalties for cheating; amend KRS 15.380 to establish gaming commission employees as peace officers; create a new section of KRS Chapter 138 to establish a wagering and an admissions tax; amend KRS 243.500 to exempt licensed casino gaming; amend KRS 243.505 to include licensed casino gaming; amend KRS 372.005 to include KRS Chapter 239; amend KRS 525.090 to exempt casino gaming; amend KRS 528.010 to gaming licensed under KRS Chapter 239; amend KRS 528.020 to exempt gambling devices operated under KRS Chapter 239; amend KRS 528.070 to exempt licensed gambling activity; amend KRS 528.080 to exempt those with a license issued under KRS Chapter 239; amend KRS Chapter 528.100 to exempt authorized casino gaming.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Licensing & Occupations (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Licensing and Occupations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB46/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB46.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346311,"bill_number":"HB47","title":"AN ACT relating to public financing for judicial campaigns.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 118A to establish the clean judicial elections fund; define terms; establish fund to distribute transfers to certified judicial candidates; provide that the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance administer the fund and promulgate necessary administrative regulations; designate that moneys in the fund be invested in accordance with administrative regulations developed by the State Investment Commission; require the registry to publish information about campaign expenditures in the judicial campaigns of the previous year; establish requirements to be designated a certified judicial candidate and gain access to the fund; provide guidelines for distribution of funds to certified judicial candidates; direct that judicial review of any final action of the registry be expedited by the court; provide for a civil penalty up to $10,000 for an actual violation of these provisions, and a Class D felony for any knowing violation of these provisions; provide that a person entitled to a state tax refund may designate on their income tax return an amount to be credited to the fund; permit the Supreme Court to require members of the Kentucky Bar Association to submit an annual fixed amount not to exceed $25 to be dedicated to the clean judicial elections fund; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2012-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB47/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB47.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346314,"bill_number":"HB48","title":"AN ACT relating to property tax.","description":"Amend KRS 132.010 to change the definition of \"compensating tax rate\", and to add definitions for \"Four (4%) rate\", and \"Taxing district\"; amend KRS 132.017 and 132.0225 to conform; amend KRS 132.023 to require all taxing districts to calculate separate real and personal property tax rates; amend KRS 68.245, 157.440, 160.470, 210.480, 212.755, 65.125, 67.934, 67.938, 67A.850, 67C,125, 67C.147, 78.530, 132.012, 132.028, and 342.240 to conform; create a new section of KRS Chapter 173 to require the Department of Libraries and Archives to calculate tax rates for library taxing districts; repeal KRS 132.018, 132.024, 132.025, 132.029, 68.248 and 160.473; provide that the Act applies beginning January 1, 2013.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB48/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB48.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346320,"bill_number":"HB49","title":"AN ACT relating to the Veterans' Personal Loan Program and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Appropriate $5 million during fiscal year 2012-2013 from the General Fund for the Veterans' Personal Loan Program.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Safety (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB49/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB49.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346324,"bill_number":"HB50","title":"AN ACT relating to refunding transactions.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 56 to define terms and to require that savings generated from reduced debt service payments due to a refunding transaction be deposited in the budget reserve trust fund account.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 42)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB50/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB50.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346328,"bill_number":"HB51","title":"AN ACT relating to false claims.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 205 to establish a civil mechanism for the recovery of false or fraudulent claims made against the Commonwealth's Medicaid System; increase damages and civil penalties against wrongdoers; delineate mandatory and discretionary activities of the Attorney General; authorize private litigants to bring claims in the name of the state against wrongdoers; establish procedural mechanisms for handling civil actions of this type in the courts; prohibit retaliation against employees who assist in suits of this type; establish time limitations for the filing of these suits; amend KRS 205.8467 to provide that false claims act liability takes priority and offsets liability imposed by that section.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-04","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-05","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB51/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB51.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346332,"bill_number":"HB52","title":"AN ACT relating to civil actions.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to specify procedures for handling comparative fault actions relating to adding parties and answers to complaints.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB52/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB52.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346336,"bill_number":"HB53","title":"AN ACT relating to claims against the Commonwealth.","description":"Amend KRS 41.370 to require the state treasurer to present stale checks to the General Assembly for consideration in each annual regular session, and to repeal the check reissuance fee.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-02-10","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB53/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB53.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346341,"bill_number":"HB54","title":"AN ACT relating to mental health.","description":"Amend KRS 202A.410 to add judges and witnesses to the list of persons to be notified upon the release or escape of an involuntarily committed person.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-23","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 156)","last_action_date":"2012-04-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB54/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB54.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346346,"bill_number":"HB55","title":"AN ACT relating to the Colon Cancer Screening Program and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 214.542 to require the Department for Public Health to adopt a schedule of income-based fees to be charged for colon cancer screening; APPROPRIATION","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-17","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB55/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB55.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346351,"bill_number":"HB56","title":"AN ACT relating to economic development.","description":"Amends KRS 154.32-090 to allow for a local jurisdiction that imposes an occupational license fee to request a waiver from the KY Economic Development Finance Authority to offer alternative inducements.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 43)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB56/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB56.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346356,"bill_number":"HB57","title":"AN ACT relating to the sale of copper scrap in the Commonwealth.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 433 to define \"nonferrous metal\" and \"secondary metals recycler\"; prohibit a secondary metals recycler from purchasing copper from any person except a licensed heating, ventilation, and air conditioning contractor, electrical contractor, plumber, homebuilder, remodeler, or public or private utility; require secondary metals recycler to report at end of each business day any copper transaction to sheriff and local police department; prohibit an unauthorized person from selling or attempting to sell copper to a secondary metals recycler; establish penalties up to a Class D felony for unlawful purchase or disposition of copper; create a new section of KRS Chapter 512 to establish the crime of unlawful acts relating to acquiring metals; institute penalties up to a Class D felony depending on value of and damage to property; amend KRS 15.232 and 65.871 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Safety (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB57/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB57.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346360,"bill_number":"HB58","title":"AN ACT relating to unauthorized aliens.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 45A to require contractors who have public contracts to use E-verify and prohibit the hiring of unauthorized aliens for work on a public contract; permit civil enforcement and cancellation of contracts and injunctions, and impose a five year ban if the provisions are violated; create new sections of KRS Chapter 337 to require employers with eleven or more employees to register and use E-verify and abide by federal law prohibiting the hiring of unauthorized aliens; require violators to lose tax incentives and credits, to repay grants, loans, and taxes that have been forgiven; recoup unemployment insurance benefits paid to unauthorized aliens; suspend or deny licenses; require the Attorney General to collect and maintain a database with the employers using E-verify; create new sections of KRS Chapters 139, 141, 148, 154 subtitle 20, 335B, and 341, and amend KRS 141.010 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Labor & Industry (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Labor and Industry","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB58/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB58.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346364,"bill_number":"HB59","title":"AN ACT relating to the employment of public school teachers.","description":"Amend KRS 160.345 to require teacher vacancies to be filled by qualified teachers certified through a regular certification program before considering applicants certified through an alternative certification program.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB59/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB59.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346368,"bill_number":"HB60","title":"AN ACT relating to the distribution of coal severance tax revenues.","description":"Amend KRS 342.122 to delete language requiring the transfer of funds from coal severance tax receipts to the benefit reserve fund of the Kentucky Worker's Compensation Funding Commission; amend KRS 42.4582, 42.4585, 164.7891, and 164.7890 to conform; repeal KRS 48.112.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB60/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB60.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346372,"bill_number":"HB61","title":"AN ACT relating to status offenders.","description":"Amend KRS 630.050 to require that persons filing juvenile status offense complaints provide specified supporting documentation for inclusion and presentation to the court; create a new section of KRS Chapter 630 to establish time frames for the expiration of valid court orders; amend KRS 610.265 and 630.010 to restrict the secure detention of status offenders; amend KRS 630.080 to clarify the contents necessary in dispositional reports; create a new section of KRS Chapter 600 and amend KRS 610.020 to incorporate federal requirements for the release of educational records to the juvenile justice system; amend KRS 610.030 and 610.060 to conform.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-01-30","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB61/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB61.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346378,"bill_number":"HB62","title":"AN ACT relating to filing deeds in lieu of foreclosure in the county clerk's office.","description":"Amend KRS 382.110, relating to the recording of deeds and instruments, to require a mortgage holder to file a deed in lieu of foreclosure with the county clerk within 30 days of the execution of the instrument's execution; amend KRS 382.990 to assess a penalty in the form of a violation of law for any mortgage holder who fails to file a deed in lieu of foreclosure pursuant to Section 1 of the Act; amend KRS 142.050, relating to the assessment of a transfer tax on property, to exempt filing deeds in lieu of foreclosure filed pursuant to Section 1 of this Act from the transfer tax.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 44)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB62/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB62.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346381,"bill_number":"HB63","title":"AN ACT relating to the distribution of unsolicited advertising on private property.","description":"Amend KRS 512.070 to include within the offense of criminal littering a business or organization which causes any unsolicited advertising or materials to be placed on the lawn, walkway or driveway of privately owned property, or placed in a manner which permits the elements to deposit the unsolicited advertising or material onto a lawn, walkway, or driveway; permit a local government to enact ordinances that affect unsolicited advertising or materials within its jurisdiction.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-03-08","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB63/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB63.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346386,"bill_number":"HB64","title":"AN ACT relating to driving under the influence and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 189A.005 to expand the types of allowable ignition interlock devices; amend KRS 189A.010 to include driving the wrong way on a four-lane highway in the list of aggravating circumstances for DUI; amend KRS 189A.070 relating to license revocations to provide for new license revocations periods subject to conditional reinstatement if the offender participates in the ignition interlock program; amend KRS 189A.085 to require license plate impoundment only during the period that a person's license is revoked; amend KRS 189A.340 to specify the circumstances and timelines during which a license may be conditionally reinstated contingent upon interlock usage and to delineate the terms, conditions, and operation of the ignition interlock program; amend KRS 189A.345 to provide the penalty for operating a vehicle without an interlock when one is required; create a new section of KRS Chapter 189A to establish an ignition interlock assistance fund operated by the Transportation Cabinet for indigent offenders; create a new section of KRS Chapter 189A to allow the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate regulations related to the bill; create a new section of KRS Chapter 189A to allow offenders committing an offense prior to the effective date of the bill to opt to be governed by the bill's provisions; amend KRS 189A.410 to limit the availability of hardship licenses to persons committing offenses prior to the effective date of the bill; amend KRS 186.572 to require the imposition of sufficient points to prohibit full re-licensure with the points being removed only after the offender has been fully compliant with ignition interlock usage for a full 120 day period; amend KRS 189A.090 to conform; 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":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB64/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB64.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346391,"bill_number":"HB65","title":"AN ACT relating to retirement.","description":"Amend KRS 6.525 to prohibit salary earned in another state administered system from being used to determine benefits in the Legislators' Retirement Plan if the member does not have service in the other state-administered retirement systems prior to August 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB65/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB65.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346395,"bill_number":"HB66","title":"AN ACT relating to the Great Schools Tax Credit Program.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a Great Schools Tax Credit Program; provide a nonrefundable credit against the income tax imposed under KRS 141.020 or 141.040, and the limited liability entity tax imposed under KRS 141.0401, for contributions made to a scholarship organization that is organized solely for the purpose of receiving and distributing cash contributions to provide educational scholarships to eligible students at qualified schools; amend KRS 141.010 to exclude from the definition of \"adjusted gross income\" the amount received by an eligible student or by an individual on behalf of an eligible student as an educational scholarship under the program; amend KRS 141.0205 to provide the order in which the credit may be claimed.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB66/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB66.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346399,"bill_number":"HB67","title":"AN ACT relating to Kentucky educational excellence scholarship awards and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 164.7879 to raise the KEES minimum base award GPA from 2.5 to 3.0 for students who enter ninth grade during the 2012-2013 school year and thereafter; raise from 15 to 18 the minimum ACT score for a supplemental KEES award and raise the supplemental award amount for students who enter ninth grade during the 2012-2013 school year and thereafter; and amend KRS 164.7874, KRS 164.7881, and KRS 164.7885 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB67/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB67.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346404,"bill_number":"HB68","title":"AN ACT relating to obesity in school children.","description":"Amend KRS 158.856 to clarify that school physical activity assessment tools shall generate: data","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-02-02","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB68/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB68.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346410,"bill_number":"HB69","title":"AN ACT relating to early education assessment and intervention.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define \"aphasia,\" \"dyscalculia,\" dyslexia,\" \"phonemic awareness,\" and \"scientifically based research\"; require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations for district-wide reporting on the use of K-3 response-to-intervention implementation in reading by August 1, 2013, in mathematics by August 1, 2014, and behavior by August 1, 2015; require the Department of Education 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. sec. 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, 2013, and annually thereafter; amend KRS 157.200 to conform with the federal definition of a \"specific learning disability.\"","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 45)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB69/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB69.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346413,"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 allow persons convicted of a felony other than treason, intentional killing, a sex crime, or bribery the right to vote after 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":"2012-02-21","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-23","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB70/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB70.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346418,"bill_number":"HB71","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":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 46)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB71/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB71.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346422,"bill_number":"HB72","title":"AN ACT relating to concealed deadly weapons.","description":"Amend KRS 237.138 to delete reference to the 2004 version of the federal Law Enforcement Officer Safety Act, retain reference to the Law Enforcement Officer Safety Act; require Department of Kentucky State Police to promulgate administrative regulations.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-04","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 18)","last_action_date":"2012-04-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB72/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB72.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346426,"bill_number":"HB73","title":"AN ACT relating to promotional increments for state employees.","description":"Amend KRS 18A.110 to allow the secretary of the Personnel Cabinet to approve the salary of a full-time state employee with status who is promoted or reclassified to a higher pay grade to the same salary level that would be available to new appointments in that grade.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-01","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-06","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB73/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB73.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346432,"bill_number":"HB74","title":"AN ACT relating to incestuous relationships.","description":"Amend KRS 530.020 relating to incest to include step-grandparent and step-grandchild within the prohibited relationships.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-23","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-27","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB74/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB74.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346435,"bill_number":"HB75","title":"AN ACT relating to career and technical education, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 158.812 to express legislative goals for career and technical education; amend KRS 158.810 to define terms related to career and technical education; create a new section to KRS Chapter 156 to require the Department of Education to issue core content standards, assess student progress, and develop new courses relevant to college and career readiness; create a new section to KRS Chapter 158 to provide for the creation and use of evidence-based models assessing the needs of at-risk students; create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to define terms related to career and technical education and to establish a career and technical education accessibility fund; amend KRS 158.814 to address unmet needs for career and technical education; amend KRS 158.816 to add criteria to the assessment of technical education students; amend KRS 18A.010 to exempt technology center employees from the count of full-time executive branch employees; provide short title; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-02","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB75/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB75.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346441,"bill_number":"HB76","title":"AN ACT relating to paternity.","description":"Amend KRS 406.005 to define a child born out of wedlock to include a child born to a married woman by a man other than her husband; amend KRS 406.011 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB76/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB76.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346444,"bill_number":"HB77","title":"AN ACT relating to charter schools and making an appropriation therefor.","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; establish the Kentucky Public Charter School Commission and identify membership selection and responsibilities of members; outline the requirements and limitations on the establishment of charter schools including identification of charter school authorizers; describe responsibilities of authorizers; describe charter school application, renewal, and revocation processes; establish the Kentucky Public Charter School Commission trust fund and identify uses of the fund; require the commissioner of education to distribute charter school information to potential authorizers; create a new section of KRS Chapter 159 to identify student enrollment and withdrawal requirements to be followed by a charter school; create a new section of KRS Chapter 161 to identify employment conditions for charter school staff; create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to require local, state, and federal funds to be distributed to charter schools using formulas and allocation processes used in noncharter schools; amend KRS 161.220 to include a teacher employed by a board of directors of a public charter school as a member within the state retirement system; amend KRS 161.220 to include employees of boards of directors of public charter schools in the state-sponsored retirement system; amend KRS 78.510 to include noncertified employees of public charter schools in the state-sponsored retirement system.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-02-02","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB77/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB77.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346450,"bill_number":"HB78","title":"AN ACT relating to the federal \"Secure Communities\" program.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 17 to require all state and local law enforcement agencies and all state correctional facilities and jails to participate in the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement \"Secure Communities\" program; prohibit state or local officials from restricting use of the program.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB78/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB78.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346453,"bill_number":"HB79","title":"AN ACT relating to drugs.","description":"Amend KRS 217.015 to include drugs containing non-liquid ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine within the definition of a legend drug; amend KRS 217.182 to limit the amount of ephedrine-, pseudoephedrine-, or phenylpropanolamine-based legend drugs available within any one-month period and to exempt drug products obtained lawfully elsewhere within certain limits; amend KRS 218A.202 to include ephedrine-, pseudoephedrine-, or phenylpropanolamine-based legend drugs within the coverage of Kentucky's prescription monitoring system; sunset provisions on the effective date for legislation enacted by the 2015 General Assembly.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB79/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB79.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346458,"bill_number":"HB80","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 either offenses in KRS Chapter 218A relating to methamphetamine or any crimes relating to the theft of anhydrous ammonia to the Office of Drug Control Policy; create a new section of KRS Chapter 15A 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 before a prima facia case is created; create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to permit persons prohibited from purchasing methamphetamine precursors to possess them under a prescription; amend KRS 218A.1446 to encourage retail dispensers to post signage warning of prohibitions relating to ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine and to create a yearly 60 gram cap for the purchase of these products; amend KRS 218A.1438 to add an affirmative defense and make a technical correction; 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; provide that the act may be known as the Cheyenne Albro Combat Methamphetamine Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB80/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB80.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346464,"bill_number":"HB81","title":"AN ACT relating to legislative procedures for state fiscal measures.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 6 to require roll call votes on any appropriation or revenue raising measure voted upon in the Senate or House or a committee thereof; require identification of appropriation or revenue measures as state fiscal measures by the Director of the Legislative Research Commission, or upon a determination by the Senate or House or a committee of either; require separate votes for appropriations or revenue measures; require committees to vote on appropriation and revenue measures by roll call votes.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB81/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB81.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346467,"bill_number":"HB82","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 the KLEFP 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":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Safety (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB82/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB82.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346472,"bill_number":"HB83","title":"AN ACT relating to biomass industries.","description":"Amend KRS 42.4592 to delete transfers to the secondary wood products development fund; amend KRS 1154.20-170 to make internal reference correction; amend KRS 154.47-005 to define \"cabinet\" as the Cabinet for Economic Development and strike references to the Kentucky Wood Products Competitiveness Corporation and its board; amend KRS 154.47-040 to delete all references to the Kentucky Wood Products Competitiveness Corporation and to require information regarding secondary wood products for state capital construction be maintained by the Cabinet for Finance and Administration; delete requirement that the board review any capital construction applications for secondary wood products; amend KRS 154.47-050 to delete references to the Kentucky Wood Products Competitiveness Corporation developing a workforce training curricula and place that function in the Department of Workforce Investment in the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet; amend KRS 154.47-060 to make permissive the University of Kentucky's contracting for use of the Quicksand Wood Utilization Center as a secondary wood products training center and delete contracting for the center by the Kentucky Wood Products Competitiveness Corporation; amend KRS 154.47-065 to permit the cabinet to work with the Division of Forestry to establish benchmarks for Kentucky forest industries; amend KRS 154.47-075 to delete the board from working to implement a program of training assistance; 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 all records, documents, assets, and liabilities to the Cabinet for Economic Development.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-27","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-29","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB83/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB83.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346475,"bill_number":"HB84","title":"AN ACT relating to elections.","description":"Amend KRS 117.085 to allow precinct election officers and alternate precinct election officers to vote by mail-in absentee ballot and to vote on a voting machine in the county clerk's office or other place designated by the county board of elections and approved by the State Board of Elections up to the close of normal business hours on the day before the election.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-02-23","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB84/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB84.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346481,"bill_number":"HB85","title":"AN ACT relating to confederate pensions.","description":"Repeal KRS Chapter 206 relating to Confederate pensions.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 47)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB85/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB85.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346484,"bill_number":"HB86","title":"AN ACT relating to motor vehicles.","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 public roadways with a posted speed limit of 45 miles per hour or less; 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":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB86/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB86.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346489,"bill_number":"HB87","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; amend the level of continuing education from 6 to 12 to reflect the change to the biennial renewal; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2013.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-01-20","committee":"Labor and Industry","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB87/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB87.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346494,"bill_number":"HB88","title":"AN ACT relating to arbitration.","description":"Amend KRS 417.050, relating to arbitration, to expand the circumstances under which an arbitration agreement may be invalid or inapplicable.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-15","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-21","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB88/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB88.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346497,"bill_number":"HB89","title":"AN ACT relating to school-based decision making and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 160.345 to require at least one parent representative of the school council to reside within the boundaries of the local school district; prohibit nontenured teachers from serving on school councils unless no tenured teachers are willing or are available to serve; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-01-25","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2012-01-27","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB89/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB89.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346503,"bill_number":"HB90","title":"AN ACT relating to election reports.","description":"Amend KRS 121.120 to require electronic filing of election finance reports for all candidates and slates of candidates running for statewide office, and for the campaign committees of those candidates and slates, beginning with the elections in 2015; allow electronic filing on the Internet or on optical or magnetic disk; amend KRS 121.180 to require the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance, if funds are available, to offer the option of electronic reporting to all candidates, committees, fundraisers, and persons making independent expenditures.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 48)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB90/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB90.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346506,"bill_number":"HB91","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 administrative regulations to require that each local school board 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":"2012-01-18","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-01-19","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB91/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB91.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346511,"bill_number":"HB92","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","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB92/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB92.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346516,"bill_number":"HB93","title":"AN ACT relating to personal watercraft.","description":"Amend KRS 235.285 to clarify that the Rules of the Road for personal watercraft are part of the Inland Navigation Rules and provide specific citation for those rules.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-03-28","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 6)","last_action_date":"2012-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB93/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB93.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346520,"bill_number":"HB94","title":"AN ACT relating to training about complex regional pain syndrome.","description":"Amend KRS 314.073 to require all nurses who are licensed and practicing on the effective date of this Act to receive one hour of training concerning the recognition and treatment of complex regional pain syndrome, also known as reflex sympathetic dystrophy by December 31, 2014; require all nurses licensed after the effective date of this Act to complete training concerning complex regional pain syndrome within their first three years of practice.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"posting withdrawn","last_action_date":"2012-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB94/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB94.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346526,"bill_number":"HB95","title":"AN ACT authorizing a veteran designation on operator's licenses and personal identification cards.","description":"Amend KRS 186.412 to permit a veteran to request, at the time of application, that a personal identification card or an operator's license issued under KRS 186.412 bear a designation denoting the applicant's status as a veteran.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Safety (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB95/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB95.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346529,"bill_number":"HB96","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 three 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":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB96/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB96.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346535,"bill_number":"HB97","title":"AN ACT related to sales tax on direct mail delivery charges.","description":"Amend KRS 139.010 to exclude from the definition of \"gross receipts\" and \"sales price\" delivery charges for direct mail. EFFECTIVE August 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB97/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB97.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346538,"bill_number":"HB98","title":"AN ACT relating to dental care benefit plans.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 17C of KRS Chapter 304 to define \"covered services\" and \"dental plan\"; provide that a dental plan shall not require a participating dentist to provide noncovered services at a fee set by or subject to the dental plan; provide that a third-party administrator for a dental plan shall not make available any providers in its dentist network that sets dental fees for any noncovered services; provide that the penalties in KRS 304.99-010 shall apply to any violation of this section.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-01-20","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB98/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB98.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346543,"bill_number":"HB99","title":"AN ACT relating to tuition for foster children.","description":"Amend KRS 164.2847 to permit tuition waivers for a high school student enrolled in a dual credit or dual enrollment course in high school.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-10","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-14","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB99/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB99.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346547,"bill_number":"HB100","title":"AN ACT relating to postsecondary education tuition and fee waivers for families of veterans.","description":"Amend KRS 164.507 to clarify that family members of deceased veterans are eligible for postsecondary education tuition and fee waivers for a period not to exceed 45 consecutive or nonconsecutive months until completion of the first bachelor's degree; amend KRS 164.515 to clarify that family members of permanently or totally disabled veterans are eligible for postsecondary education tuition and fee waivers for a period not to exceed 45 consecutive or nonconsecutive months until completion of the first bachelor's degree.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-02-23","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB100/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB100.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346551,"bill_number":"HB101","title":"AN ACT relating to sales and use tax holidays and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 139 to provide a sales and use tax holiday for the last weekend in July to exempt the sale or purchase of clothing with a sales price of less than $150 per item, computers with a sales price of less than $1,000 per item, school supplies, school art supplies, and school computer supplies; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB101/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB101.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346557,"bill_number":"HB102","title":"AN ACT relating to educational requirements for state employees.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 18A to establish the sufficiency of a high school diploma or its equivalent when graduation from high school is a condition for promotion in the state service, regardless of whether an employee attended an accredited secondary school or a nonaccredited secondary school.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB102/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB102.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346560,"bill_number":"HB103","title":"AN ACT relating to research and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 48.705 to annually remove one percent of the balance in the budget reserve trust fund to be divided equally between the Kentucky alternative fuel and renewable energy fund, the rural development fund, and the water quality account of the infrastructure revolving fund, to be used for research and development; create a new section of KRS 152.00-710 to 152.00-725 to establish the alternative fuel research trust fund; amend KRS 224.1-200 to establish the water quality account; amend KRS 248.655 to establish the agricultural production research account.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Tourism Development & Energy (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Tourism Development and Energy","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB103/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB103.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346565,"bill_number":"HB104","title":"AN ACT relating to Purple Heart motor vehicle license plates.","description":"Amend KRS 186.166 to require the design of the Purple Heart license plate include a picture of the Purple Heart medal and the words \"Combat Wounded\"; specify that the design changes take effect at the next replating of the Purple Heart plate.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-20","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-22","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB104/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB104.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346568,"bill_number":"HB105","title":"AN ACT relating to fraud prevention in the use of food stamps.","description":"Amend KRS 205.200 to require that an applicant for benefits under the food stamp program show a government-issued photo ID card at the initial interview to determine eligibility; create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require retail establishments to require a government-issued photo ID card before accepting payment from a food stamp enrollee using a food stamp card; create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require retail establishments to display a sign containing the address and phone number of the fraud abuse hotline; amend KRS 205.990 to require that retail establishments that fail to comply with the requirement to request ID shall be fined $500 for the first offense and $1,000 for each subsequent offense; create a fine for retail establishments that fail to display the fraud abuse hotline of $100 for the first offense and $250 for each subsequent offense; give the Cabinet for Health and Family Services authority to revoke the food stamp privileges of retail establishments that do not comply.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB105/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB105.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346574,"bill_number":"HB106","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; require any person selling a product containing dextromethorphan to require that prospective buyers show a photo ID and sign a document stating the customer is older than 18 before purchase; create an affirmative defense for the retailer if a minor utilizes a fraudulent ID; prohibit individuals younger than 18 from possessing a product that contains dextromethorphan as the only active ingredient; prohibit individuals younger than 18 from misrepresenting their age and from utilizing a fraudulent ID to purchase or obtain dextromethorphan; establish penalties for violation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB106/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB106.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346578,"bill_number":"HB107","title":"AN ACT relating to coroners.","description":"Amend KRS 72.450 to allow a coroner in any county who is in possession of an unclaimed body to elect to cremate certain unclaimed bodies, in lieu of burial, provided no inquest has been held or is intended to be held or there is no reason to believe the body will be needed as evidence in any criminal matter.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-10","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-14","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB107/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB107.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346582,"bill_number":"HB108","title":"AN ACT proposing to amend Sections 50 and 256 of the Constitution of Kentucky, and to repeal Sections 48 and 49 of the Constitution.","description":"Propose to amend Sections 50 and 256 of the Constitution of Kentucky to provide limitations on the issuance of appropriations-supported debt and to repeal Sections 48 and 49 of the Constitution of Kentucky.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB108/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB108.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346586,"bill_number":"HB109","title":"AN ACT relating to elections.","description":"Amend KRS 118.127 to permit a slate of candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor to appear on the ballot only in the general election, not in the primary; require a party's nominee for Governor to designate his or her nominee for Lieutenant Governor no later than the fourth Tuesday following the primary; if this designation is not filed, require the governing authority of the party to name the candidate for Lieutenant Governor; set forth the oath to be sworn by a slate of candidates; create a new section of KRS Chapter 118 to allow a candidate for Governor to designate a replacement if the candidate for Lieutenant Governor dies, is disqualified, or is disabled; amend KRS 121.015 to redefine \"slate of candidates\"; amend KRS 6.811, relating to legislative ethics, to prohibit legislative agents from making campaign contributions to candidates or slates of candidates for Governor or Lieutenant Governor or to the campaign committees of these candidates; amend KRS 121.150 to prohibit candidates and slates of candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor and the campaign committees of these candidates from accepting contributions from legislative agents; amend KRS 117.275, 118.025, 118.105, 118.125, 118.245, 120.055, 120.095, and 121.170 to conform; repeal KRS 118.227.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-01-20","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB109/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB109.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346591,"bill_number":"HB110","title":"AN ACT relating to fiscal responsibility of state officials.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 12 to require audits of state agencies to be sent to the Kentucky Personnel Board and reports of improper financial handling to be made to various state agencies; create a new section of KRS Chapter 18A to require the Kentucky Personnel Board to review audits of state agencies, hold a hearing concerning improper audit findings, and remove certain unclassified employees; amend KRS 18A.005 to define \"significant audit finding\"; amend KRS 18A.075 to require the Kentucky Personnel Board to determine if certain unclassified employees should be terminated under the provisions of the Act; amend KRS 18A.115 to prohibit re-employment of certain unclassified employees if terminated by the Kentucky Personnel Board under the provisions of the Act; amend KRS 43.050 to require the State Auditor to transmit certain audits of state agencies to the Kentucky Personnel Board; amend KRS 164.001 to define \"significant audit finding\"; amend KRS 164.131 to allow the Governor to remove University of Kentucky board members upon receipt of an audit of the university with significant audit findings; amend KRS 164.321 to allow the Governor to remove board members of any of the state universities upon receipt of an audit of a university with significant audit findings; amend KRS 164.821 to allow the Governor to remove University of Louisville board members upon receipt of an audit of the university with significant audit findings; and amend KRS 164A.570 to require copies of all internal audits relating to a state university to be sent to various state officials.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB110/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB110.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346596,"bill_number":"HB111","title":"AN ACT relating to a power of attorney.","description":"Amend KRS 386.093 to provide that an attorney in fact, appointed under a power of attorney, shall not have the right to waive the principal's civil or constitutional rights or restrict the principal's freedom.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB111/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB111.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346600,"bill_number":"HB112","title":"AN ACT relating to the minimum age requirements for mayors and members of local legislative bodies and councils.","description":"Amend KRS 67C.103, 67C.105, and 83A.040 to lower the age at which a person is eligible to hold the office of council member or mayor to 18 years of age.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 49)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB112/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB112.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346605,"bill_number":"HB113","title":"AN ACT relating to the angel investor tax credit.","description":"Create new sections of Subchapter 20 of KRS Chapter 154 to establish the angel investor tax credit program for certain investments in small businesses; define terms; state act title and purposes; list requirements for small businesses and investors to qualify for participation; require the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority to establish the application process; cap the total amount of angel investor and Kentucky Investment Fund Act tax credits available in all years at $40,000,000; require KEDFA to maintain a Web site listing all businesses and investors certified and all credits awarded; require small businesses to report annually and allow for tax credit recapture in certain circumstances; amend KRS 152.20-255 to provide that the total amount of tax credits available in the Kentucky Investment Fund Act program and the angel investor program is $40,000,000 in all years; create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish the credit; amend KRS 141.0205 to provide the ordering of the credit.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-02-24","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB113/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB113.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346610,"bill_number":"HB114","title":"AN ACT relating to slow-moving vehicles.","description":"Amend KRS 189.050 to provide an alternate lighting system for motorless vehicle operated on a highway at night; amend KRS 189.820 to provide for an alternative means of marking motorless, slow-moving vehicles with reflective tape rather than using the slow-moving vehicle emblem; amend KRS 189.830 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB114/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB114.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346614,"bill_number":"HB115","title":"AN ACT relating to catfish.","description":"Create new sections of KRS 217.005 to 217.215 to define \"catfish\" and \"retail food establishment\"; to require retail food establishments to notify consumers of the country of origin of catfish sold in their establishments by means of a label, menu, or other sign; to require retail food establishments that advertise the sale of catfish to notify consumers of the country of origin of the catfish in the advertisement; to require retail food establishments to maintain records of the country of origin of catfish sold by the establishment; to permit the cabinet to inspect the sales and purchase records of catfish, and to take samples of catfish to verify the species of catfish; amend KRS 217.992 to provide penalties for violating the Act.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-02","last_action":"to Agriculture (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"Agriculture","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB115/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB115.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346618,"bill_number":"HB116","title":"AN ACT relating to interpharmacy medication exchange.","description":"Amend KRS 315.191 to define terms; to permit an interpharmacy medication exchange provided that there is a demonstrated immediate business need; and exclude interpharmacy medication exchanges from the definitions for \"wholesale distribution\" and \"wholesale distributor\"; amend KRS 315.400 to exclude \"interpharmacy medication exchange\" from the definition of or \"wholesale distributor\".","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-01-27","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB116/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB116.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346622,"bill_number":"HB117","title":"AN ACT relating to retirement.","description":"Amend KRS 6.525 to prohibit members of the Legislators' Retirement Plan, who begin contributing on or after the effective date of the Act, from using salary earned in another state-administered retirement system or plan to calculate benefits in the Legislators' Retirement Plan.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB117/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB117.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346628,"bill_number":"HB118","title":"AN ACT relating to employers.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 335B to define terms; require a state or local government agency, board, or commission that issues a license, credential, or permit that is a prerequisite to a person engaging in an occupation or business to suspend or refuse to issue or renew the license, credential, or permit of a person who hires an unauthorized alien; deny or suspend the license for six months for each unauthorized alien employed; require the Labor Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to ensure uniform enforcement.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Labor & Industry (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Labor and Industry","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB118/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB118.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346633,"bill_number":"HB119","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend KRS 346.165 relating to the profits of crime to be sent to the Crime Victims Compensation Board to include money or anything of value and to define \"profits from a crime\" as including property or income generated from the commission of the crime, property obtained from the sale of proceeds from the crime, and any property which the defendant obtained from the crime or unique knowledge of the crime.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-01-30","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB119/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB119.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346637,"bill_number":"HB120","title":"AN ACT relating to taxation.","description":"Amend KRS 138.4602 to make the trade-in allowance permanent for motor vehicles purchased on or after October 1, 2012; amend various sections of KRS Chapter 139 to expand the sales and use tax base to include selected services and lower the tax rate; amend various sections of KRS Chapter 141 to apply the corporation income tax only to taxable years beginning before January 1, 2013; expand the base and lower the tax rate for individual income tax; tax all pass-through entity income at a flat rate of 2.5%; modify the tax rates for the limited liability entity tax; amend KRS 243.884 to decrease the rate for the wholesale alcohol tax to 5.5% from the current rate of 11%; and repeal various sections in KRS Chapter 139 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB120/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB120.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346642,"bill_number":"HB121","title":"AN ACT relating to POW/MIA flags.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to define \"Prisoner of War and Missing in Action flag,\" and require that any such flag either purchased or displayed by a public institution be manufactured in the United States.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-03-02","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 4)","last_action_date":"2012-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB121/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB121.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346646,"bill_number":"HB122","title":"AN ACT relating to local ordinances concerning residential care facilities.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to prevent local governments from imposing additional licensing or other requirements on private agencies that receive public funding or government agencies, which provide group home services for the disabled.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 55)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB122/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB122.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346650,"bill_number":"HB123","title":"AN ACT relating to boards of zoning adjustment.","description":"Amend KRS 100.217 to allow a city of the second class within a county containing a consolidated local government to establish an independent board of zoning adjustment with exclusive jurisdiction within the city's territorial jurisdiction.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 56)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB123/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB123.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346654,"bill_number":"HB124","title":"AN ACT relating to airport noise overlays.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 100 to allow a planning unit to incorporate airport noise overlay districts within its zoning texts and maps; allow the planning unit to incorporate guidelines on building techniques and materials that are designed to provide acoustical insulation benefits to structures within the overlay.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-27","last_action":"to Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-29","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism & Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB124/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB124.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346658,"bill_number":"HB125","title":"AN ACT relating to missing persons.","description":"Amend KRS 39F.010 relating to rescue squads to define \"developmental disability\" and \"impaired person\"; amend KRS 39F.020 relating to rescue squad searches for lost persons to include all impaired persons, not only adults, and provide for media notification about the lost person; amend KRS 39F.180 relating to reporting of lost or missing persons to the Division of Emergency Management to require a search for a missing person who is known or reported to have a developmental disability to be reported to the Division of Emergency Management and the Department of Kentucky State Police immediately, term the search a \"Chase Alert,\" provide that the local emergency management director or other persons conducting the search report relevant information to the local news media, and permit all searches for lost persons with developmental disabilities to be reported to the news media; create a new section of KRS Chapter 39F to require that the Division of Emergency Management provide not less than 30 minutes of instruction in each basic search and rescue course relating to searching for persons with developmental disabilities; require each search management course to include not less than 60 minutes of instruction relating to searching for persons with developmental disabilities; provide for consultation with named organizations in the development of course curricula on this subject; provide for promulgation of administrative regulations relating to course content and duration.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-23","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB125/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB125.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346664,"bill_number":"HB126","title":"AN ACT relating to child pornography.","description":"Amend KRS 531.335 to criminalize the intentional viewing of child pornography.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-23","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-27","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB126/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB126.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346668,"bill_number":"HB127","title":"AN ACT relating to taxation.","description":"Amend KRS 140.130 to decouple from changes to the federal estate tax since 2003; amend KRS 141.010 to provide for a phase-out of the pension exclusion; amend KRS 141.020 to provide for changes to income tax rates and to impose the tax on adjusted gross income; amend KRS 141.081 to conform; amend KRS 141.066 to provide for a refundable earned income credit; amend KRS 141.0205 to recognize changes in income tax credits; amend KRS 139.200 to impose sales tax on selected services; amend KRS 141.383, 148.544, and 148.546 to make the film industry tax credit nonrefundable and nontransferable; provide that income tax provisions apply for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2012, estate tax provisions apply for deaths occurring on or after August 1, 2012, and sales tax provisions apply for periods beginning on or after July 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB127/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB127.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346672,"bill_number":"HB128","title":"AN ACT relating to bed and breakfast establishments.","description":"Amend KRS 219.011 to define \"bed and breakfast establishment,\" \"bed and breakfast home,\" \"bed and breakfast inn,\" and \"farmstay\"; amend KRS 247.4015 to include farmstays as farm animal activity sponsors.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 57)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB128/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB128.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346677,"bill_number":"HB129","title":"AN ACT relating to harassing communications.","description":"Amend KRS 525.080 relating to harassing communications to expand the acts which create a violation of the offense and expand the means of communication; increase the penalty for a second or subsequent offense from a Class B misdemeanor to a Class A misdemeanor.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB129/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB129.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346681,"bill_number":"HB130","title":"AN ACT relating to Medicaid.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to permit an enrollee in a home and community based services waiver program to make a direct purchase of all necessary medical devices, equipment, and supplies; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate an administrative regulation to implement the section.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB130/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB130.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346686,"bill_number":"HB131","title":"AN ACT relating to administrative regulations.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 13A to delay the effective date of administrative regulations with a major economic impact until the effective date of legislation ratifying the administrative regulation; amend KRS 13A.010 to define major economic impact; amend KRS 13A.250 to require the fiscal note to include a cost analysis of the administrative regulation's effect on regulated entities and a determination by the promulgating administrative body as to the overall economic impact of the administrative regulation; amend KRS 13A.230, 13A.330, and 13A.331 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB131/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB131.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346689,"bill_number":"HB132","title":"AN ACT relating to certified mail.","description":"Amend KRS 446.010 to define \"certified mail.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB132/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB132.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346696,"bill_number":"HB133","title":"AN ACT relating to slow-moving vehicles.","description":"Amend KRS 189.820 to provide for an alternative means of marking motorless, slow-moving vehicles with reflective tape rather than using the slow-moving vehicle emblem; amend KRS 189.830 to conform.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-29","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB133/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB133.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346699,"bill_number":"HB134","title":"AN ACT relating to the State Board of Medical Licensure.","description":"Amend KRS 311.530 to require geographical representation among the licensed physicians serving on the board of medical licensure.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-01-20","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB134/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB134.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346704,"bill_number":"HB135","title":"AN ACT relating to unclaimed life insurance benefits.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 15 of KRS Chapter 304 requiring insurers to compare in-force life insurance policies against the Death Master File to determine potential matches of their insureds; require escheat of policy proceeds after the expiration of the fee statutory time period only if no claim for the policy's proceeds has been made and if good faith efforts to contact the retained asset holder and any beneficiary are unsuccessful.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 58)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB135/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB135.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346708,"bill_number":"HB136","title":"AN ACT relating to sales and use tax.","description":"Amend KRS 139.480 to exempt bees used in a commercial enterprise for the production of honey or wax for sale and certain items used in that pursuit; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB136/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB136.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346712,"bill_number":"HB137","title":"AN ACT relating to the licensure of health care professionals who use radiation for imaging and therapy and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create KRS Chapter 311B, a new chapter relating to the licensure of medical imaging technologists and radiation therapists; establish legislative policy favoring regulation by a licensing board; define terms; create the Kentucky Board for Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy to license and regulate advanced practice professionals, medical imaging technologists, radiographers, radiation therapists, nuclear medicine technologists, and limited X-ray machine operators; set up board membership, meeting, and other procedural requirements; establish board powers and duties generally, including promulgating administrative regulations to administer and enforce the chapter, setting licensing requirements, and hiring an executive director and other board administrative staff; set minimum qualifications and powers of the executive director; require the board to recognize and enforce the standards of the national organizations for the medical imaging and radiation therapy professions; forbid practice of the regulated professions without a license from the board; exempt practitioners of the healing arts, students, and federal government employees from the chapter; list those professions requiring a license from the board; authorize the board to establish the qualifications for acquiring and maintaining licensure, with the power to identify other specialties or categories of duties consistent with KRS Chapter 311B; direct the board to promulgate administrative regulations to set licensing fees; establish a trust and agency fund from licensing and other fees for use by the board; waive fees and set special procedures for licensees serving in the United States Armed Forces; permit claiming to be a licensee, employing an imaging or radiation professional, or manipulating ionizing radiation equipment or administering radiopharmaceuticals only if the person is licensed under the chapter; require any person to alert the board when a licensee has committed certain acts or has become unfit or incompetent to practice; list reasons the board may deny, revoke, or suspend a license; describe procedures for administrative hearings for licensee discipline; define conditions for instituting civil penalties; authorize the board to set reasonable fines through the promulgation of administrative regulations; repeal KRS 211.870, 211.890, and 211.993; set procedures for initial board appointments.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 50)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB137/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB137.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346718,"bill_number":"HB138","title":"AN ACT relating to criminal record expungement.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to allow a felony record to be expunged under specified circumstances; amend KRS 431.078, relating to misdemeanor expungement, 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 the preparation of presentence investigations.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB138/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB138.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346721,"bill_number":"HB139","title":"AN ACT relating to sales and use tax and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 139.496, relating to sales and use taxes, to exempt the first $20,000 in sales made in any calendar year by nonprofit, civic, governmental, or other nonprofit organizations, effective May 1, 2010; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB139/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB139.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346726,"bill_number":"HB140","title":"AN ACT relating to the expansion of gaming 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 \"authorizing county,\" \"casino,\" \"casino gaming,\" \"county,\" \"county legislative body,\" \"department,\" \"full casino gaming,\" \"gaming licensee,\" \"gross gaming revenue,\" \"handle,\" \"licensee,\" \"limited casino gaming,\" and \"principal\"; amend KRS 154A.030 to increase the board to twelve members, including the executive director of the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission and the Auditor of Public Accounts and prohibit directors or their family members from holding significant interest in a gaming licensee; amend KRS 154A.040 to exempt trade secrets of a licensee; amend KRS 154A.063 to conform; create new sections of KRS Chapter 154A to require local option elections for the approval of casino gaming in counties with a population in excess of 90,000 or in cities of the fourth class or greater with a horse racing track; specify procedure for petition of election; specify that the corporation is the only government agency authorized to solicit bids for casino licensure and provide requirements for invitations to bid; specify factors to be considered when considering a bid; specify initial licensing fee and annual licensing fee; stipulate requirements for licensing of horse racing tracks for casino gaming; require tracks with a casino license to continue to run at least as many live races as were run in 2011, and provide exemptions; establish requirements and procedures for applying for supplier's licenses; prohibit any unlicensed person from furnishing gaming supplies and equipment; prohibit anyone under 21 years of age from participating in casino gaming; establish procedure for licensing of occupations related to casino gaming; grant the corporation the authority to initiate disciplinary action; establish procedure for review and appeal of actions by the corporation; establish problem gamblers awareness and treatment trust fund; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate regulations to address the expenditure of funds from the problem gamblers awareness and treatment trust fund and require an annual report on expenditures; establish 31% tax on gross gaming revenue, allow the corporation to recoup operating costs from tax for first 24 months, and cap corporation's deduction at $2 million per year thereafter; require 15% of each gaming licensee's revenue to be paid to the Kentucky equine industry enhancement fund; impose admission tax of $3 per person and dedicate funds to the regional tourism and infrastructure development fund; establish gaming revenue distribution trust fund; establish the Kentucky equine industry enhancement trust fund and stipulate uses for funds; create the regional tourism and infrastructure development fund and specify uses for funds; create the childhood education excellence development fund; create the Kentucky job creation development fund; allocate funds paid from the tax on gross gaming revenue to trust funds established by the bill; exempt gaming devices in compliance with the chapter from the provisions of 15 U.S.C. sec. 1172 and exempt shipments to Kentucky gaming licensees from 15 U.S.C. secs. 1173 and 1174; require the corporation to promulgate administrative regulations to define the types of games and the method of operation; permit the exclusion of certain persons from licensed casinos, exclusion may not be based on race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, or the amount won at a casino; define \"cheat\" and provide penalties for violation; amend KRS 243.500 to exempt the conduct and operation of authorized casino gaming; amend KRS 243.505 to exempt the operation of casino gaming licensed under this Act; amend KRS 525.090 to exempt those engaged in casino gamine licensed under KRS Chapter 154A; amend KRS 528.010 to exempt activities or devices licensed under this Act; amend KRS 528.020 to exempt those licensed under this Act; amend KRS 528.070 to exempt those licensed under this Act; amend KRS 528.080 to exempt those licensed under this act; amend KRS 528.100 to exempt casino gaming as defined under Section 2 of the Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Licensing & Occupations (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Licensing and Occupations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB140/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB140.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346729,"bill_number":"HB141","title":"AN ACT relating to presidential elections.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 118 to set forth the agreement among the states to elect the President by national popular vote; create Article I to allow any state and the District of Columbia to be a member of the agreement; create Article II to provide that member states shall conduct a statewide popular vote for the election of President and Vice President; create Article III to specify the manner of appointing presidential electors in member states; create Article IV to provide that the compact shall take effect when states cumulatively possessing a majority of the electoral votes enact the agreement and allow a state to withdraw from the agreement; create Article V to set forth definitions of the compact.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-01-26","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB141/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB141.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346735,"bill_number":"HB142","title":"AN ACT relating to limitation of actions.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 426 to provide that actions to recover deficiency judgments resulting from foreclosure proceedings must be brought within 2 years of the foreclosure sale and establish procedure for determining fair market value of property; amend KRS 413.120 to include actions to recover monetary obligations arising from consumer loans, excluding loans secured by real property and loans for educational expenses; amend KRS 413.090 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB142/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB142.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346738,"bill_number":"HB143","title":"AN ACT relating to the establishment of an age for criminal responsibility.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to establish a minimum age of criminal responsibility and provide alternative treatment; amend KRS 500.040, 501.030, and 610.010 to establish a minimum age of criminal responsibility and provide alternative treatment; amend KRS 600.020 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB143/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB143.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346743,"bill_number":"HB144","title":"AN ACT relating to tourism development.","description":"Amend KRS 148.853 to add employment and wage requirements for tourism projects.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Economic Development (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Economic Development","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB144/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB144.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346749,"bill_number":"HB145","title":"AN ACT relating to mental illness.","description":"Amend KRS 532.130, relating to definitions for criminal case defenses, to define \"severely mentally ill defendant\"; amend KRS 532.135, relating to defenses in criminal cases, to include a severely mentally ill defendant; amend KRS 532.140, relating to the prohibition against executing a seriously mentally retarded defendant, to prohibit the execution of a severely mentally ill defendant after the effective date of this Act.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB145/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB145.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346752,"bill_number":"HB146","title":"AN ACT relating to green cleaning products in schools.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 162 to provide rationale for the use of green cleaning products in schools; define \"cleaning product\" and \"green cleaning products\"; require the Kentucky Department of Education to consult with the Department for Environmental Protection and the Kentucky Chapter of the U. S. Green Building Council in promoting green cleaning programs in schools; specify information to be disseminated to school districts; require publication of lists of districts implementing green cleaning programs; name the section the \"Green Cleaning Schools Act.\"","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-01","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-06","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB146/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB146.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346757,"bill_number":"HB147","title":"AN ACT relating to high school diplomas for students demonstrating advanced academic achievement.","description":"Amend KRS 156.160 to direct the Kentucky Board of Education to create an advanced academic achievement diploma for high school students and define the requirements for receiving the diploma; amend KRS 164.7879 to provide a supplemental KEES award for students earning the advanced academic achievement diploma; amend various other sections to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB147/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB147.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346760,"bill_number":"HB148","title":"AN ACT relating to gas pipeline safety.","description":"Amend KRS 278.992 to delete the $25,000 maximum penalty and replace with civil penalties contained in federal code; make technical corrections.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-03-28","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 5)","last_action_date":"2012-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB148/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB148.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346766,"bill_number":"HB149","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 August 1, 2012; amend KRS 6.525 to prohibit salary earned in another state-administered system from being used to determine benefits in the Legislators' Retirement Plan if the member does not have service in the other state-administered retirement systems prior to August 1, 2012; 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 August 1, 2012; 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 five 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 six years; provide that the benefits under 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 61.510, governing the Kentucky Retirement Systems, to clarify that a legislator who begin his or her first term of office on or after August 1, 2012, shall not participate in these plans as a result of service in the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB149/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB149.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346771,"bill_number":"HB150","title":"AN ACT relating to income tax.","description":"Amend KRS 141.010 and create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to provide a deduction to health care providers for charitable health care services.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB150/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB150.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346774,"bill_number":"HB151","title":"AN ACT relating to the Code of Legislative Ethics.","description":"Amend KRS 6.611, relating to the Kentucky Code of Legislative Ethics, to include the cost of attendance, food, and beverages at out-of-state events in the definition of \"anything of value\"; define \"in-state\" to mean \"within the borders of Kentucky or outside Kentucky in a county that is contiguous with the border of Kentucky\"; define \"employer\" as \"any person who engages a legislative agent and for whose legislative interest the agent is lobbying\"; change the definition of \"legislative agent\" to exclude legislative liaisons; amend KRS 6.661 to prohibit a member of the staff of the Legislative Ethics Commission from serving as a fundraiser for, or contributing to, a candidate or slate of candidates for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Auditor, or the General Assembly; amend KRS 6.686 to delete the restriction preventing the commission from investigating a violation until a complaint is filed; allow the commission to impose only administrative penalties in the absence of a complaint; permit the commission to dismiss a complaint without prejudice if the complainant publicly discloses or comments on the existence of the complaint; amend KRS 6.711 and 6.716 to change the duration of courses for legislators from three hours to two hours; create a new section of KRS 6.731 to 6.780 to prohibit a legislator from sending a mass mailing at public expense 60 days or less before a regular election; amend KRS 6.747 to prohibit a legislative agent or employer from furnishing out-of-state transportation or lodging for a legislator; amend KRS 6.767 to prohibit a legislator, legislative candidate, or campaign committee from accepting a campaign contribution from an employer or a permanent committee during a regular session of the General Assembly; allow a legislator, candidate, or committee to return a contribution within 30 days, rather than 14, of receipt; amend KRS 6.807 to deem an updated registration statement to be filed in a timely manner if it is postmarked on or before the last day for filing; amend KRS 6.811 to prohibit a legislative agent or employer from giving anything of value to a legislative candidate or to a candidate's spouse or child; prohibit a legislative agent from soliciting, controlling, or delivering a campaign contribution for a candidate or legislator; prohibit an employer from making a campaign contribution to a legislator, candidate, or campaign committee during a regular session; prohibit an employer from knowingly employing an immediate family member of a legislator as a legislative agent; amend KRS 6.821 to change the requirements for a statement of expenditures filed by a legislative agent or employer; amend KRS 11A.010 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB151/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB151.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346779,"bill_number":"HB152","title":"AN ACT relating to postsecondary education affordability.","description":"Amend KRS 164.001 to define \"affordability,\" as it relates to the attainment of a postsecondary undergraduate degree by Kentucky students; amend KRS 164.020 to require the Council on Postsecondary Education to include an assessment of affordability in its annual status report; amend KRS 15.257, 164.2843, and 164.465 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB152/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB152.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346783,"bill_number":"HB153","title":"AN ACT relating to motor vehicle insurance.","description":"Amend KRS 186A.040, regarding maintenance of motor vehicle insurance, to change from three to one as the number of times a person may have their vehicle registration revoked for not maintaining insurance, before the revocation constitutes a violation of KRS 304.39-080; amend KRS 186.180 to set the reinstatement fee for a revoked license at $20.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB153/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB153.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346789,"bill_number":"HB154","title":"AN ACT relating to the taxation of watercraft and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 136.1802 to allow for an alternative apportionment method if the statutory method does not adequately reflect the use of watercraft by a company in this state.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-02-10","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB154/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB154.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346792,"bill_number":"HB155","title":"AN ACT relating to the creation and administration of trusts and estates.","description":"Amend KRS 386.454 relating to the Kentucky Principal and Income Act to permit a trustee to reallocate principal to income without court approval under named circumstances; amend KRS 386.450 to define \"unitrust\"; create new sections and amend sections of KRS Chapter 386 to create Kentucky \"decanting\" statutes to permit creation of a new trust; amend KRS 386.502 to clarify the effective date of the Kentucky Uniform Principal and Income Act; amend KRS 386.810 and 395.195 to permit trustee to deal with Medicare surtax issues; amend KRS 381.180 relating to spendthrift trusts to deal with Federal income tax and related issues; create new sections of KRS Chapter 387 to create a self-settled special needs \"Pay Back\" trust.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 59)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB155/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB155.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346797,"bill_number":"HB156","title":"AN ACT relating to probate.","description":"Amend KRS 395.605 to permit periodic settlement of informal estates.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 60)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB156/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB156.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346803,"bill_number":"HB157","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Computer Decency Act.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 369 to define \"interactive computer service\" and specify which Internet services the Act does not apply to; specify that contracts between persons in Kentucky and an interactive computer service doing business in Kentucky provide that any action against the computer service be tried in Kentucky courts and that Kentucky has jurisdiction over such contracts and any conflicting contract or warranty is null and void; specify the required registration information when a person contracts with an interactive computer service, including name, address, and Internet protocol address; prohibit use of a fictitious or \"screen\" name; prohibit anonymous postings on an interactive computer service by a person located in Kentucky; specify that an anonymous or false name posting is a Class A misdemeanor; give the Attorney General of Kentucky primary enforcement authority for the Act and the power to enjoin violations of the Act by an interactive computer service and to seek forfeiture of the Internet Web site and Internet domain name of the interactive computer service; name the bill the \"Kentucky Computer Decency Act.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB157/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB157.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346806,"bill_number":"HB158","title":"AN ACT relating to gubernatorial elections.","description":"Create new sections in 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":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB158/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB158.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346811,"bill_number":"HB159","title":"AN ACT relating to pawnbrokers.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 226 to require pawnbrokers to create and maintain a register when acquiring precious metals or gemstones; to establish timeframes for holding precious metals and gemstones before such item may be sold, altered, or otherwise disposed of; require criminal background check of persons selling or pawning precious metals or gemstones; and require pawnbrokers to establish a publicly accessible website and post pictures of precious metal or gemstones acquired; amend KRS 226.030 to prohibit a pawnbroker from acquiring precious metals or gemstones from convicted felons; amend KRS 226.990 to provide that, in addition to other penalties, a pawnbroker who acquires or disposes of precious metals or gemstones in violation of KRS Chapter 226 shall be liable to the rightful owner of precious metals or gemstones that have been timely reported as being stolen.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-23","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB159/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB159.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346814,"bill_number":"HB160","title":"AN ACT relating to the protection of disabled children.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 382 to allow a homeowner to alter or construct a structure on his or her property for the accommodation or therapy of a disabled child, notwithstanding any private property restrictions to the contrary, if the construction or alteration is made upon the advice of a physician and otherwise complies with local, state, and federal law; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-23","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB160/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB160.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346820,"bill_number":"HB161","title":"AN ACT relating to incompatible offices.","description":"Amend KRS 61.080 to make membership on a governing body of certain districts, local ethics bodies, and planning units, incompatible offices with other such positions within a county, grandfather current elective or appointed officers, establish after the effective date, reappointment or election to an incompatible office shall vacate all other incompatible offices held.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2012-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB161/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB161.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346824,"bill_number":"HB162","title":"AN ACT relating to corporation income tax.","description":"Amend KRS 141.200 to require a separate corporation income tax return unless the affiliated group files an election for a consolidated income tax return, apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2011.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-04","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB162/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB162.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346828,"bill_number":"HB163","title":"AN ACT relating to wrongful death actions.","description":"Amend KRS 411.130 relating to wrongful death actions to cover the deaths of unborn children from fertilization onward; amend KRS 411.135 to conform; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to exempt physicians and pregnant women from liability under certain circumstances.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-04","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB163/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB163.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346832,"bill_number":"HB164","title":"AN ACT relating to unborn children.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 311.710 to 311.820 to regulate abortions in relation to the detection of a fetal heartbeat; amend KRS 311.597 to provide for professional physician discipline relative to abortions performed in violation in section 1 of the bill; amend KRS 311.720 to define terms.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-03-14","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB164/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB164.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346836,"bill_number":"HB165","title":"AN ACT relating to transportation.","description":"Amend KRS 189.030 to require illumination of headlights during any period of precipitation that necessitates the use of windshield wipers by motorists.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-23","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-26","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB165/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB165.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346842,"bill_number":"HB166","title":"AN ACT relating to the dispensing of pseudoephedrine and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 218A.1446 to prevent pharmacy technicians from dispensing products containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, phenylpropanolamine or related salts; require CHFS to promulgate, within 30 days, administrative regulations to implement the new restrictions; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-04","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB166/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB166.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346845,"bill_number":"HB167","title":"AN ACT relating to energy.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapters 278 and 96 to encourage greater energy efficiency, conservation, and the use of renewable resources in order to promote energy independence and security by diversifying the portfolio of energy sources used for generating electricity for Kentucky retail electric customers; stabilize long-term energy prices and encourage economic growth; create high-quality jobs, training, business, and investment opportunities in the Kentucky energy sector; delineate the various energy forms and sources that qualify as renewable energy; set specific obligations to achieve specified increases in the applications of various renewable energy forms; set specific obligations to increase the efficiency of electric usage through targeted low-income weatherization programs and Kentucky state energy programs; provide for alternative plans for public utilities and city-owned or city-controlled electric generating facilities by offsetting reductions in energy use and increased efficiency of use; provide for Public Service Commission denial of issuance of certificates for public convenience and necessity for new or expanded conventional generating capacity for utilities that fail to fulfill their obligations to diversify energy sources and increase efficient use of energy; specify reporting requirements and intervals to the PSC regarding progress in diversifying energy sources and increasing efficient use of energy.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-03-19","committee":"Tourism Development and Energy","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB167/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB167.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346850,"bill_number":"HB168","title":"AN ACT relating to school district superintendents.","description":"Amend KRS 160.380 to prohibit a superintendent from assigning an employee to an alternative education program in the disposition of any disciplinary action involving the employee.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 61)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB168/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB168.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346856,"bill_number":"HB169","title":"AN ACT relating to electric personal assistive mobility devices.","description":"Amend KRS 189.010 to define \"electric personal assistive mobility device (EPAMD)\"; exempt EPAMDs from the definition of \"motor vehicle\"; add the operator of an EPAMD to the definition of \"pedestrian\"; amend KRS 189.570, regarding the rights and duties of pedestrians, to conform the operation of EPAMDs to that section; create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to enumerate the specific requirements of a pedestrian operating an EPAMD, including place of operation, limits on speed, prohibition against being towed while riding, helmet use of persons under the age of 16, and required lights and reflectors; clarify that EPAMDs are exempt from titling, registration, and motor vehicle insurance requirements; amend KRS 189.990 to set forth penalties for violations of these restrictions at a fine of $20 to $100; allow for the impoundment of an EPAMD if the operator is convicted of three or more violations; amend KRS 186.010 to define \"electric personal assistive mobility device (EPAMD)\" and exempt EPAMDs from the definition of \"motor vehicle\"; amend KRS186A.080 to include EPAMDs among the vehicles exempt from the requirements for titling and registration; amend KRS 304.39-020, regarding definitions for the motor vehicle insurance requirements, to define \"electric personal assistive mobility device (EPAMD)\"; exempt EPAMDs from the definition of \"motor vehicle.\"","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-05","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-07","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB169/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB169.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346860,"bill_number":"HB170","title":"AN ACT relating to adoption.","description":"Amend KRS 199.500 to require the submission of a personal health history and other nonidentifying background information by parents in cases of adoptions.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-04","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB170/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB170.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346864,"bill_number":"HB171","title":"AN ACT relating to deadly weapons.","description":"Amend KRS 527.020, relating to concealed deadly weapons, to permit a retired Commonwealth's or county attorney and retired assistant Commonwealth's or county attorneys to carry a concealed deadly weapon statewide with a concealed deadly weapon license.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 62)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB171/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB171.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346868,"bill_number":"HB172","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization.","description":"Amend KRS 39G.010 to designate the Office of Homeland Security as administrator of the Kentucky Fusion Center as described in Subtitle B of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007, Pub. L. No. 110-53; amend KRS 61.878 to change the name of the Office for Security Coordination to the Office of Homeland Security; confirm Executive Order No. 2011-384 to the extent not otherwise confirmed or superseded by this Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2012-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB172/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB172.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346875,"bill_number":"HB173","title":"AN ACT relating to the regulation of annuities.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 12 of KRS Chapter 304 to authorize the commissioner of insurance to promulgate regulations relating to annuities, including adoption of senior investor protections pursuant to 12 U.S.C. sec. 5537; define \"annuities.\"","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-08","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-10","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB173/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB173.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346878,"bill_number":"HB174","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization.","description":"Amend KRS 15.010, relating to the Department of Law, to rename various units within the department and abolish the Child Support Enforcement Commission; repeal KRS 15.290; amend various other statutes to conform; confirm Attorney General Executive Order 11-01, dated April 12, 2011.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-01","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-06","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB174/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB174.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346883,"bill_number":"HB175","title":"AN ACT relating to trespass.","description":"Amend KRS 381.230 to established a simplified method for elderly or vulnerable adults to petition for an order to prevent or restrain other persons from trespassing onto the petitioner's residence.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-04","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB175/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB175.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346887,"bill_number":"HB176","title":"AN ACT relating to controlled substances and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 218A.010 relating to controlled substances definitions to expand the definitions of \"synthetic cannabinoids or piperazines\" and \"synthetic cathinones\"; amend various sections of KRS Chapter 218A to conform; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-04","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB176/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB176.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346892,"bill_number":"HB177","title":"AN ACT relating to sexual offenses.","description":"Amend KRS 510.320 to require that a defendant, after a finding of probable cause or the issuance of an indictment for a sexual offense and upon the request of the victim of the offense or parent or guardian of the victim, shall be compelled to undergo a human immunodeficiency virus test no later than 48 hours after the request; provide for follow-up testing.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-04","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB177/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB177.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346896,"bill_number":"HB178","title":"AN ACT relating to DNA.","description":"Amend KRS 422.285 and 17.176 to expand the availability of post-conviction DNA testing.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-08","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB178/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB178.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346900,"bill_number":"HB179","title":"AN ACT relating to domestic relations.","description":"Amend KRS 403.750 to allow a domestic violence order to require that additional services be provided to a child exposed to domestic violence; amend KRS 600.020 to include live-in romantic partners who exercise control over a child in the home; amend KRS 620.020 to provide additional criteria within the definition of \"reasonable efforts.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-04","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB179/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB179.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346904,"bill_number":"HB180","title":"AN ACT relating to home improvement.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 434 relating to offenses against property by fraud to create definitions for home improvement contracts, set requirements for home improvement contracts, require home improvement contracts for $100 or more to be in writing, prohibit various practices relating to home improvement contracts, create civil and criminal remedies for violation of laws relating to home improvement contracts.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-03-08","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB180/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB180.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346910,"bill_number":"HB181","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, including Central America, and who maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment to the tribe of origin or to the community of original peoples.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-02","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-07","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB181/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB181.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346914,"bill_number":"HB182","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":"2012-02-01","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-06","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB182/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB182.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346918,"bill_number":"HB183","title":"AN ACT relating to late enrollment in high school.","description":"Amend KRS 158.100 to permit local boards of education to enroll refugees and legal aliens in four year high school programs even if their age will exceed 21 upon graduation; amend KRS 157.360 to adjust SEEK base funding for students refugees or legal aliens over 21 years of age who complete their 4 year high school program.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-20","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-22","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB183/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB183.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346922,"bill_number":"HB184","title":"AN ACT relating to instruction permit and intermediate license holders.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186 to require the Transportation Cabinet to forward a copy of all uniform traffic citations issued to drivers under the age of 18, to the parent or guardian who accepted liability for the minor under KRS 186.590; cite this legislation as \"the Denzel Steward Act of 2012.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-04","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB184/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB184.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346927,"bill_number":"HB185","title":"AN ACT relating to controlled substances and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 218A.010 relating to controlled substances definitions to expand the definitions of \"synthetic cannabinoids or piperazines\" and \"synthetic cathinones\"; amend various sections of KRS Chapter 218A to conform; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-04","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB185/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB185.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346931,"bill_number":"HB186","title":"AN ACT relating to domestic violence.","description":"Amend KRS 403.720, relating to domestic violence orders, to include dating partners who are 18 years of age or older among the class of persons allowed to obtain domestic violence protective orders.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-03-08","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB186/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB186.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346935,"bill_number":"HB187","title":"AN ACT relating to net metering.","description":"Amend KRS 278.465 to expand eligibility requirements for net metering.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"floor amendment (1) filed","last_action_date":"2012-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB187/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB187.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346940,"bill_number":"HB188","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 against discrimination because of sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.025, 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 344.100 and 344.110 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 344.680, 344.370, 344.380, and 344.360, 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; amend KRS 18A.095 to conform.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-03-08","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB188/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB188.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346943,"bill_number":"HB189","title":"AN ACT relating to merged governments.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 67 to establish criteria for the filing of a petition for a charter county commission, including committee membership, criteria of affidavit, clerk's obligations for petition committee, sufficiency of petition, number of signatures, and clerk's requirements for determining and reporting sufficiency or insufficiency; establish procedures for amendment to a petition in the event of insufficient signatures; make final determination of sufficiency the purview of Circuit Court; require the continued honoring of any contracts, franchises, obligations, or bonds, to include collective bargaining, by a charter county government; require any conflicts to be resolved in a manner that does not impair any rights of parties to contracts; amend KRS 67.825 to prevent a vote to adopt a charter county government in a county containing a unified local government; amend KRS 67.830 to establish petition requirements; establish that elected or appointed officials may serve and vote on charter commission; allow mayors, subject to legislative approval, to make appointments to charter commission; require procedures for dissolution in the plan of the charter county government; prohibit dissolution for a period of at least five years; require that any charter plan be presented within four years; provide that the commission may be extended for six months, if two-thirds of members agree; allow any city whose voters do not approve of the plan to opt out of any charter county government; require that no plan may be presented for five years after the failure of a charter county plan; amend KRS 67.845 to clarify that certain provisions apply only to participating cities; amend KRS 67.855 to clarify that certain provisions apply to only participating cities; amend publication requirements to conform to the provisions of KRS 424.120; amend KRS 67.910 to require unification plan to include procedures for dissolution of plan; establish some requirements for dissolution plan; establish no dissolution for a period of five years; amend KRS 67.918 to prevent the inclusion of any city which voted against unification plan from being included in the unified local government; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2013.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 63)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB189/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB189.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346949,"bill_number":"HB190","title":"AN ACT relating to merger of local governments.","description":"Amend KRS 67.830 to require inclusion of procedures for the dissolution of the charter county government and to require that any city that did not vote in favor of the charter county plan be exempted from the charter plan; amend KRS 67.910 to require inclusion of procedures for the dissolution of the unified local government; amend KRS 67.918 to require that any city that did not vote in favor of the unified local government plan be exempted from the unified local government.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-01-19","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2012-01-24","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB190/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB190.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346953,"bill_number":"HB191","title":"AN ACT relating to city classification.","description":"Reclassify the City of Taylorsville, in Spencer County, population 763, 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 Kentucky 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":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Local Government (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-04","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB191/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB191.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346958,"bill_number":"HB192","title":"AN ACT relating to tax credits for noise abatement costs.","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; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-04","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB192/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB192.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346962,"bill_number":"HB193","title":"AN ACT relating to a tax credit for volunteer firefighters.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 and amend KRS 141.0205 to allow a refundable income tax credit for volunteer firefighters.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-04","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB193/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB193.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346967,"bill_number":"HB194","title":"AN ACT relating to operator's licenses.","description":"Amend KRS 186.412 to permit a veteran to request at the time of application or renewal, that a personal identification card or an operator's license bear a designation denoting the applicant's status as a veteran.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-04","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Safety (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-05","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB194/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB194.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346972,"bill_number":"HB195","title":"AN ACT relating to motor vehicle titling and registration.","description":"Amend KRS 186.020 and 186A.060 to require that an applicant for initial title and registration of a motor vehicle present a valid Kentucky operator's license or personal ID card, or present other proof of U.S. citizenship or legal presence in the United States.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-04","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-05","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB195/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB195.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346975,"bill_number":"HB196","title":"AN ACT relating to cellular antenna towers.","description":"Create new sections of KRS 100.985 to 100.987 and 278.650 to 278.665 to require cellular telecommunications service providers to file reports with either the planning commission or Public Service Commission, depending on the location of the cellular antenna towers, detailing a plan to provide on-site backup power in cases of power failures, natural disasters, or other events; authorize penalties for violations.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-04","last_action":"to Tourism Development & Energy (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-05","committee":"Tourism Development and Energy","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB196/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB196.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346981,"bill_number":"HB197","title":"AN ACT relating to special license plates and declaring an emergency.","description":"Establish a new effective date for 2011 Ky. Acts ch. 10, relating to the creation of an I Support Veterans special license plate, by requiring manufacturing to begin no later than June 1, 2012; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-01-19","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2012-01-24","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB197/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB197.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346985,"bill_number":"HB198","title":"AN ACT relating to controlled substances and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 218A.010 relating to controlled substances definitions to expand the definitions of \"synthetic cannabinoids or piperazines\" and \"synthetic cathinones\"; amend various sections of KRS Chapter 218A to conform; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-04","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-05","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB198/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB198.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346989,"bill_number":"HB199","title":"AN ACT relating to disabled parking placards.","description":"Amend KRS 189.456 to require that the information contained on disabled parking placards is written on a tamper evident sticker that is color coded based upon the year in which the placard expires; amend KRS 189.990 to require that 75% of the fines and costs collected for a violation of KRS 189.459 be forwarded to the personal care assistance program and 25% of the fine collected be returned to the law enforcement agencies in the county where the violation occurred.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-04","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-05","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB199/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB199.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346994,"bill_number":"HB200","title":"AN ACT relating to the external statewide child fatality and near fatality review panel.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 620 to establish a statewide child fatality and near fatality external review panel and set out its membership and duties; amend KRS 620.020 to define \"fatality,\" \"near fatality,\" and \"preventable fatality or near fatality\"; amend KRS 620.050 to require data or information concerning reports and investigations concerning a child fatality or near fatality be made available to the public; establish parameters for the release of information; require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to carry out the provisions related to the release of public information.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-14","last_action":"returned to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-28","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB200/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB200.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":346997,"bill_number":"HB201","title":"AN ACT relating to military service.","description":"Amend KRS 40.353 to broaden the eligibility criteria for the Kentucky Medal for Freedom to include service members who were born in Kentucky or have a spouse or parent who is a Kentucky resident at the time of the member's death; designate the Act as \"Staff Sergeant James Hunter Act.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-04","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-27","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB201/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB201.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347003,"bill_number":"HB202","title":"AN ACT relating to chiropractic.","description":"Create new sections of Subtitles 17A and 17C of KRS Chapter 304 to require a health benefit plan or limited health benefit plan that provides coverage for chiropractic services and procedures to clearly state the availability of chiropractic coverage in the plan and all limitations, conditions and exclusions; provide that chiropractic services and procedures may be made subject to a deductible, copayment, or coinsurance, shall not impose cost-sharing or copayment in excess of 50 percent of the reimbursable amount for any single covered service, and shall not require more than one coinsurance or copayment per date of service; require the plan to reimburse a doctor of chiropractic for services and procedures within the doctor's scope of practice if duly licensed, the services and procedures are covered under the plan, and the services and procedures are performed by the doctor of chiropractic or by another licensed health care provider who provides the services under the direction and supervision of the doctor of chiropractic; amend KRS 304.17A-150 to provide that a provider contract or agreement with a doctor of chiropractic which restricts, reduces, or negates benefits otherwise covered under the plan or denies payment of benefits directly to the provider upon receipt of a duly executed assignment of benefits with a participating doctor of chiropractic is an unfair trade practice; except an insurer performing a utilization review; amend KRS 304.17A-527 and 304.17C-060 to require managed care plans and limited health benefit plans that provide chiropractic services coverage to file sample copies with the commissioner of insurance that include a clause stating that chiropractic services within a health benefit plan or limited health benefit plan shall be reimbursed at no less than the current fee established by the Workers' Compensation Medical Fee Schedule for physicians, or the actual fee whichever is less; provide that if the Workers' Compensation Medical Fee Schedule for Physicians does not include reimbursement for chiropractic services, the reimbursement shall be no less than the amount provided in the most recent Workers' Compensation Medical Fee Schedule for Physicians that included reimbursement for chiropractic services.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-02","last_action":"reassigned to Banking & Insurance (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-16","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB202/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB202.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347006,"bill_number":"HB203","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; amend KRS 18A.025 to create the Division of Insurance Administration within the Department of Employee Insurance; amend KRS 18A.025 to create the Division of Financial and Data Services within 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; and confirm Executive Order 2011-352.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-03-28","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 10)","last_action_date":"2012-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB203/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB203.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347011,"bill_number":"HB204","title":"AN ACT relating to voluntary unification of counties.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 67 to establish a new procedure for the optional consolidation of counties; exclude consolidated local governments, charter county governments, urban-county governments, and unified local governments from the procedures; permit two or more counties to consolidate with such action initiated by public petition or local ordinance; require signatures of 20% or more of the number of persons voting in last presidential election for initiation petition; provide for the contents and certification of petitions as prescribed; require the county judge/executive in the initiating county within 10 days to notify the other local governments and their citizens of the proposal as prescribed; require responding action in adjoining counties within 120 days or initial action becomes void; require a special election within 90 days if adjoining counties enter the process; require approval in each county for consolidation to become effective; prescribe the language for the ballot, other election procedures, and advertisement of the election by the sheriff; require a simple majority of those voting in each county for approval; require all election costs to be paid for by the state, and prohibit any organizational changes in a newly consolidated county for 10 years; prohibit any new county from becoming effective until the end of terms of current officeholders and require new officers to be elected in the same manner and at same time as other county officials; require the county judge/executive in each county to appoint 6 citizens to a transition committee as prescribed; require transition committee to divide county into 3-8 magisterial districts and to select 2-5 names for the new county to be decided by the voters; require final report of the transition committee as prescribed; provide for a gubernatorial appointee to break tie vote on questions relating the name of the new county, the formation of magisterial districts, or other issues on ballot; require all taxes from immediate year to remain in effect until changed by the new county; require the creation of a special taxing district for repayment of prior financial obligations in previously existing counties as prescribed; require surplus funds to be spent in the areas where funds were raised as prescribed; permit voters to determine the location of new county seat from previously existing locations; require county seat to remain at that location for not less than 10 years; require other remaining county buildings to be maintained as branch offices for 10 years as prescribed; require the Department for Local Government to promulgate administrative regulations awarding preference points on community development block grant applications and provide technical and advisory assistance to consolidated counties; require, upon consolidation, all appointments to boards of special districts to remain in effect until the expiration of the term, at which point the appropriate appointing authority shall make new appointments; amend KRS 567.280 to provide for federal and state election districts as prescribed; repeal KRS 67.190, 67.200, 67.210, 67.220, 67.230, 67.240, 67.250, 67.260, 67.270, 67.290, and 67.310.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-04","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-23","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB204/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB204.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347014,"bill_number":"HB205","title":"AN ACT relating to sales and use taxes.","description":"Amend KRS 139.531 to exempt from sales and use tax sales of machinery, machinery attachments, repair parts, replacement parts, feed and feed additives, water, farm chemicals, on-farm equine facilities, fuel to operate machinery, seed and commercial fertilizer, if the property is purchased by a person regularly engaged in the occupation of breeding, raising, training, racing, or exhibiting equine as a business and the property is exclusively and directly used in that occupation; amend KRS 139.470 to conform. EFFECTIVE August 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-04","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-05","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB205/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB205.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347020,"bill_number":"HCR8","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":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR8/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HC8.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347025,"bill_number":"HCR10","title":"Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish a Timber Theft and Trespass Reduction Task Force; provide that the purpose of the task force is to study issues regarding timber theft and trespass and to develop consensus recommendations to address those issues; name the membership of the task force; require the task force to meet three times before submitting its final report; require its final report to be submitted to the Legislative Research Commission by December 7, 2012; and provide that the Legislative Research Commission has authority to alternatively assign the issues identified in the Resolution to interim joint committees or subcommittees thereof.","description":"Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish a Timber Theft and Trespass Reduction Task Force; provide that the purpose of the task force is to study issues regarding timber theft and trespass and to develop consensus recommendations to address those issues; name the membership of the task force; require the task force to meet three times before submitting its final report; require its final report to be submitted to the Legislative Research Commission by December 7, 2012; and provide that the Legislative Research Commission has authority to alternatively assign the issues identified in the Resolution to interim joint committees or subcommittees thereof.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2012-01-09","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR10/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HC10.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347028,"bill_number":"HCR12","title":"Express concern about the scope, justification and substance of the United States Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement's stream protection rule; recommend that the agency provide objective and scientific data to determine whether regulatory changes are necessary; urge the Representatives and Senators representing Kentucky in the U.S. Congress to withhold funds from the agency enforcing the stream protection rule until justification is provided.","description":"Express concern about the scope, justification and substance of the United States Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement's stream protection rule; recommend that the agency provide objective and scientific data to determine whether regulatory changes are necessary; urge the Representatives and Senators representing Kentucky in the U.S. Congress to withhold funds from the agency enforcing the stream protection rule until justification is provided.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-01-09","committee":"Natural Resources and Environment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR12/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HC12.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347034,"bill_number":"HCR24","title":"Establish the Kentucky Cancer Survivors and Friends Caucus to address quality-of-life issues for cancer survivors.","description":"Establish the Kentucky Cancer Survivors and Friends Caucus to address quality-of-life issues for cancer survivors.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-01-23","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2012-01-24","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR24/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HC24.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347037,"bill_number":"HCR29","title":"Establish a Kentucky Children's Outdoor Bill of Rights and declare it to be the public policy of the Commonwealth..","description":null,"status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 35)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR29/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HC29.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347043,"bill_number":"HCR38","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 2012 interim; require a report to be submitted to LRC by December 31, 2012.","description":null,"status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-01-19","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-01-24","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR38/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HC38.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347046,"bill_number":"SB21","title":"AN ACT relating to the school calendar and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 158.070 to reiterate school closure on the day of a Presidential election; permit a school district to adjust its calendar to keep schools open on the days of a regular election, a special election, and a primary election if no school in the district is used as a polling place; allow a district to schedule election days as instructional days or make-up days for purposes of recouping instructional time missed due to weather-related, safety, or health emergencies or other disasters; direct the Department of Education to approve school calendars amended pursuant to this Act for the 2011-2012 school year; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-06","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-07","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB21/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB21.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347052,"bill_number":"SB22","title":"AN ACT proposing to amend Sections 36 and 42 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to even-year sessions of the General Assembly.","description":"Propose to amend Sections 36 and 42 of the Constitution of Kentucky to limit even-year sessions to 30 days.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB22/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB22.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347057,"bill_number":"SB23","title":"AN ACT relating to substance abuse screening for vocational education recipients.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 151B to establish a substance abuse screening program for adult persons receiving vocational education training, permit the use of blood or urine testing or written questionnaires in the substance abuse screening, require testing as a condition precedent to the receipt of training, prohibit receipt of training for 90 days following the first positive test, and for one year after each subsequent positive test, require the executive director to promulgate administrative regulations and grant permissive authority to require additional randomized testing and to charge a fee to cover the expenses of implementing the program.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB23/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB23.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347060,"bill_number":"SB24","title":"AN ACT relating to school entrance age.","description":"Amend KRS 158.030 to require a child to be six years of age by August 1 rather than October 1 to enter a public school; permit a child who is five years of age by August 1 rather than October 1 to enter a primary school program.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 123)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB24/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB24.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347067,"bill_number":"SB26","title":"AN ACT relating to retirement.","description":"Amend KRS 6.525 to prohibit salary earned in another state administered system from being used to determine benefits in the Legislators' Retirement Plan if the member does not have service in the other state-administered retirement systems prior to December 31, 2014.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"returned to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB26/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB26.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347073,"bill_number":"SB27","title":"AN ACT relating to retirement and declaring an emergency.","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, 2012; 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, 2012; 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 five 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 six 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 61.510 governing the Kentucky Retirement Systems to clarify that a legislator who begin his or her first term of office on or after July 1, 2012, shall not participate in these plans as a result of service in the General Assembly; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"returned to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB27/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB27.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347078,"bill_number":"SB28","title":"AN ACT relating to retirement.","description":"Amend KRS 6.505 to close the Legislators' Retirement Plan to new participants effective August 1, 2012; amend KRS 6.515 to increase the cost of purchasing active duty military service to the full actuarial cost in the Legislators' Retirement Plan, to prohibit service purchases made on or after August 1, 2012, from being used to vest for retiree health benefits in the Legislators' Retirement Plan, and to require service purchased on or after August 1, 2012, in the Legislators' Retirement Plan to assume the earliest retirement date and cost-of-living adjustments in determining the appropriate actuarial cost; amend KRS 6.525 to prohibit salary earned in another state administered system from being used to determine benefits in the Legislators' Retirement Plan if the member does not have service in the other state-administered retirement systems prior to August 1, 2012; amend KRS 61.680 to conform and to make technical amendments; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB28/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB28.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347082,"bill_number":"SB29","title":"AN ACT relating to shock probation.","description":"Amend KRS 439.265, relating to shock probation, to prohibit shock probation if a person is convicted of violating KRS 507.040, relating to manslaughter in the second degree, or KRS 507.050, relating to reckless homicide, and a violation of KRS 189A.010, relating to driving under the influence arising from the same incident; permit the victim's living next of kin to ask the court to permit shock probation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB29/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB29.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347088,"bill_number":"SB30","title":"AN ACT proposing to amend Section 99 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to the office of Constable.","description":"Propose to amend Section 99 of the Constitution of Kentucky to abolish the office of Constable; submit to the voters of the Commonwealth for approval or disapproval.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute","last_action_date":"2012-02-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB30/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB30.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347091,"bill_number":"SB31","title":"AN ACT relating to the use of credit history by insurers.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 12 of KRS Chapter 304 to prohibit the use of an insured's or applicant's credit history for actuarial purposes for all insurance policies, contracts, or plans; amend KRS 304.20-040 to conform; repeal KRS 304.20-042.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (S)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB31/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB31.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347096,"bill_number":"SB32","title":"AN ACT creating the Kentucky Blue Alert System.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 16 to require the Department of Kentucky State Police to operate a Kentucky Blue Alert Network to provide public notification through the use of the news media and highway signs when a peace officer is killed or seriously injured, and an offender who is being sought has been identified; designate as the Trooper Jonathan K. Leonard Kentucky Blue Alert System Act.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 124)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB32/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB32.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347099,"bill_number":"SB33","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 530 relating to family offenses, to create the crime of endangering the welfare of a minor in the first degree when a parent or person caring for a minor who is twelve years of age or younger who is missing fails to report to a local law enforcement agency, the Department of Kentucky State Police, or a 911 public safety answering point that the minor is missing within one hour after the minor is discovered missing as a Class D felony; amend KRS 530.060 relating to endangering the welfare of a minor to specify that it is in the second degree; amend KRS 600.020 relating to juvenile code definitions to conform; designate as Caylee's Law.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB33/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB33.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347105,"bill_number":"SB34","title":"AN ACT relating to recyclers and dealers in metal.","description":"Amend KRS 433.890 to provide for the identification of sellers of nonferrous metals and for the payment of nonferrous metal purchases.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Natural Resources and Energy (S)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Natural Resources and Energy","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB34/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB34.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347109,"bill_number":"SB35","title":"AN ACT relating to the employment of persons with criminal records in long-term care facilities, nursing facilities, and assisted living communities.","description":"Amend KRS 216.789 to prohibit employment by a long-term care facility, nursing facility, or an assisted living community of all persons convicted of a felony offense related to theft; abuse or sale of illegal drugs; abuse, neglect, or exploitation of an adult; or a sexual crime.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB35/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB35.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347113,"bill_number":"SB36","title":"AN ACT relating to children.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 17 to require a parent, guardian, or person exercising custody and control of a child twelve years of age or younger to report to law enforcement or a 911 public safety answering point within twelve hours after the child has been discovered missing; amend KRS 17.990 to make failure to report a missing child within the specified time period a Class D felony; name the act \"Caylee's Law.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB36/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB36.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347118,"bill_number":"SB37","title":"AN ACT relating to fingerprint background checks of long-term care employees.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 209 to define terms and require that adult institutional or community-based long-term care service providers conduct a fingerprint check before hiring an applicant.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB37/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB37.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347121,"bill_number":"SB38","title":"AN ACT relating to career pathways, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 158.812 to express legislative goals for career and technical education; amend KRS 158.810 to define terms related to career and technical education; create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to require the Department of Education to issue core content standards, assess student progress, and develop new courses relevant to college and career readiness; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 providing for the creation and use of evidence-based models assessing the needs of at-risk students; create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to define terms related to career and technical education and to establish a career and technical education accessibility fund; amend KRS 158.814 to address unmet needs for career and technical education; amend KRS 158.816 to add criteria to the assessment of technical education students; amend KRS 18A.010 to exempt technology center employees from the count of full-time executive branch employees; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-19","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 150)","last_action_date":"2012-04-19","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB38/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB38.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347128,"bill_number":"SB39","title":"AN ACT relating to school collection of data on body mass index, height, and weight.","description":"Amend KRS 156.160 to require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations to include the body mass index (BMI) percentile, height, and weight on preventative health care examination forms; require the data to be submitted to the Department of Education in a manner approved by the board that does not identify any individual student; require the department to share data only with the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; require that any use of the data abide by HIPPA privacy rules.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB39/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB39.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347131,"bill_number":"SB40","title":"AN ACT relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages at restaurants.","description":"Amend KRS 241.010 to specify that restaurants must receive at least fifty percent of their food and beverage income from the sale of food.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 125)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB40/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB40.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347136,"bill_number":"SB41","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 to promulgate administrative regulations to carry out the new sections; require the sheriff to monitor and randomly test industrial hemp fields; assess a fee of five dollars per acre for every acre of industrial hemp grown, with a minimum fee of 150 dollars, to be divided equally between the department and the appropriate sheriff's department; require licensees to provide the department 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; require Kentucky to adopt any federal rules or regulations relating to industrial hemp; amend KRS 218A.010 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Agriculture (S)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Agriculture","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB41/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB41.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347141,"bill_number":"SB42","title":"AN ACT relating to pain management facilities and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of Chapter KRS 311 to define \"board\", \"facility\", \"physician\", and \"pain management facility\" and to require that all pain management facilities be licensed; specify ownership requirements; specify employee requirements; require the State Board of Medical Licensure to promulgate administrative regulations related to pain management facilities; amend KRS 311.610 and 311.990 to conform; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"reassigned to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-01-18","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB42/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB42.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347145,"bill_number":"SB43","title":"AN ACT relating to an alternative high school diploma.","description":"Amend KRS 156.160 to require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations for an alternative high school diploma for students with disabilities completing a modified curriculum and an individualized course of study; amend KRS 158.140 to require local boards of education to award the diploma to eligible students; amend KRS 313.040 to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-06","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 27)","last_action_date":"2012-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB43/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB43.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347149,"bill_number":"SB44","title":"AN ACT relating to dating violence.","description":"Amend KRS 403.720 to include persons in dating relationships within the coverage of Kentucky's domestic violence laws.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB44/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB44.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347153,"bill_number":"SB45","title":"AN ACT relating to governance responsibilities in postsecondary education.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 164 to specify the common governance responsibilities of all boards of trustees and boards of regents of the Commonwealth's public postsecondary institutions; require each public university to submit to the Council on Postsecondary Education a plan to increase the number of students earning a bachelor's degree; require the council to collect specific data on each freshman and transfer student entering each university and thereafter track students until degree completion; report annually to the Legislative Research Commission on the number of students who complete bachelor's degrees and the average time to degree completion for full-time and part-time students; report to the Interim Joint Committee on Education annually on an institutional profile for each university and a composite system profile which provides current and six-year trends on a variety of student and institutional measures; require the board of trustees or regents of each public university to include bachelor's degree completion data trends as part of the annual evaluation of the institutional president; require the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville to play each other in football and men's basketball each year.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2012-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB45/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB45.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347159,"bill_number":"SB46","title":"AN ACT authorizing a veteran designation on operator's licenses and personal identification cards.","description":"Amend KRS 186.412 to permit a veteran to request at the time of application, that a personal identification card or an operator's license issued under KRS 186.412 bear a designation denoting the applicant's status as a veteran; amend KRS 186.531 to exempt operator's licenses and personal identification cards issued with a veterans designation from initial and renewal fees.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB46/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB46.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347163,"bill_number":"SB47","title":"AN ACT relating to livestock.","description":"Amend KRS 217C.030 to define \"permitted producer\" and \"raw milk\"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 217C to allow for the sale of raw milk at a farm site.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-13","last_action":"to Agriculture & Small Business (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-14","committee":"Agriculture and Small Business","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB47/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB47.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347167,"bill_number":"SB48","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":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB48/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB48.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347171,"bill_number":"SB49","title":"AN ACT relating to library district boards.","description":"Amend KRS 173.480, relating to public library districts' initial board appointments to allow a county judge/executive with the approval of the fiscal court to appoint the first members of the newly created library board when any of the prospective appointees presented to the judge, in the judge's opinion, are not suitable; amend KRS 173.490, relating to public library districts, to allow a county judge/executive with the approval of the fiscal court to appoint members or fill vacancies of the library board when any of the prospective appointees presented to the judge, in the judge's opinion, are not suitable; amend KRS 173.725, relating to library districts created by petitions' initial board appointments to allow a county judge/executive with the approval of the fiscal court to appoint the first members of the newly created library board when any of the prospective appointees presented to the judge, in the judge's opinion, are not suitable; amend KRS 173.730, relating to library districts created by petition, to allow a county judge/executive with the approval of the fiscal court to appoint members or fill vacancies of the library board when any of the prospective appointees presented to the judge, in the judge's opinion, are not suitable.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-01","last_action":"returned to Local Government (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-26","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB49/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB49.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347176,"bill_number":"SB50","title":"AN ACT relating to drugs.","description":"Amend KRS 217.015 to include drugs containing non-liquid ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine within the definition of a legend drug; amend KRS 217.182 to limit the amount of ephedrine-, pseudoephedrine-, or phenylpropanolamine-based legend drugs available within any one-month period and to exempt persons temporarily present in the Commonwealth in certain situations; amend KRS 218A.202 to include ephedrine-, pseudoephedrine-, or phenylpropanolamine-based legend drugs within the coverage of Kentucky's prescription monitoring system; repeal KRS 218A.1446.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2012-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB50/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB50.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347180,"bill_number":"SB51","title":"AN ACT proposing to amend Sections 53, 91, 93, 95, and 245 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to the Treasurer.","description":"Propose to amend Sections 53, 91, 93, 95, and 245 of the Constitution of Kentucky to abolish the office of Treasurer; submit to the voters for their approval or disapproval.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"recommitted to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-14","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB51/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB51.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347184,"bill_number":"SB52","title":"AN ACT relating to compulsory school age.","description":"Amend KRS 159.010 to provide that effective July 1, 2016, compulsory school attendance shall be between the ages of six and seventeen; provide that effective July 1, 2017, compulsory school attendance shall be between the ages of six and eighteen; until July 1, 2017, permit parents to withdraw from school a child under the age of eighteen, under certain conditions; amend KRS 159.020 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB52/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB52.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347188,"bill_number":"SB53","title":"AN ACT relating to special NASCAR license plates and making an appropriation.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186 to direct the Transportation Cabinet to establish Special NASCAR themed license plates; allow the Transportation Cabinet to enter into a licensing agreement with NASCAR or other authorized entity which supplies the plates; allow the licensing agreement entered into to provide for a payment of a licensing fee not to exceed 25 percent of the state fee for the NASCAR plate; direct the EF fee for NASCAR plates to be distributed to local health departments in accordance with the number of plates issued in each county; appropriate the funds for the purposes of providing public health services; provide that the printing of the NASCAR plate is not contingent on a minimum number of applications; amend KRS 186.162 to set the state fee of the NASCAR plate at $32 and the EF fee at $10.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB53/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB53.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347194,"bill_number":"SB54","title":"AN ACT relating to the security of vital records.","description":"Amend KRS 213.041 to require uniformity in documents; amend KRS 213.131 to require enhanced security features for the certified copies of vital records; amend KRS 213.136 to establish who may obtain a certified copy of a vital record.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-22","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB54/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB54.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347198,"bill_number":"SB55","title":"AN ACT relating to emergencies.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 39B to permit interstate mutual aid agreements for emergency responses; provide for the recognition of certain credentials of emergency responders from other states; provide for certain civil immunity.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 126)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB55/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB55.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347202,"bill_number":"SB56","title":"AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 50 of the Constitution of Kentucky, and repeal of Sections 48 and 49 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to debt.","description":"Propose an amendment to Section 50 of the Constitution of Kentucky and repeal of Sections 48 and 49 of the Constitution of Kentucky to limit the amount of debt that may be authorized by the General Assembly; submit to the voters for ratification or rejection.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-04","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2012-02-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB56/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB56.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347206,"bill_number":"SB57","title":"AN ACT relating to vital statistics.","description":"Amend KRS 213.116, relating to the collecting of data, to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to provide on their Web site downloadable forms pertaining to divorces.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 127)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB57/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB57.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347210,"bill_number":"SB58","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend KRS 431.005 relating to arrests to permit a peace officer to make an arrest or issue a citation for a violation of KRS 508.030, assault in the 4th degree, which is a misdemeanor, even when the officer did not view the commission of the offense if there is probable cause to make the arrest if the assault occurred in the emergency room of a hospital; define emergency room; amend KRS 431.015 mandating the use of a citation in lieu of arrest to exempt an arrest for 4th degree assault in a hospital emergency room.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 128)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB58/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB58.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347216,"bill_number":"SB59","title":"AN ACT relating to redistricting and declaring an emergency.","description":"(C0975B01) Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 118B to divide the Commonwealth into the following congressional districts: DISTRICT 1 - Adair, Allen, Ballard, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Casey, Christian, Clinton, Crittenden, Cumberland, Fulton, Graves, Henderson, Hickman, Hopkins, Lincoln (part), Livingston, Logan, Lyon, Marshall, McCracken, McLean, Metcalfe, Monroe, Muhlenberg, Ohio (part), Russell, Simpson, Todd, Trigg, Union, Webster; DISTRICT 2 - Barren, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Daviess, Edmonson, Grayson, Green, Hancock, Hardin, Hart, Jefferson County (part), Larue, Marion, Meade, Nelson, Ohio (part), Shelby, Spencer, Taylor, Warren, Washington; DISTRICT 3 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 4 - Bath (part), Boone, Boyd, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Carter, Elliott, Fleming, Gallatin, Grant, Greenup, Harrison, Henry, Kenton, Lewis, Mason, Nicholas, Oldham, Owen, Pendleton, Robertson, Scott (part), Trimble; DISTRICT 5 - Bath (part), Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Harlan, Jackson, Johnson, Knott, Knox, Laurel, Lawrence, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Magoffin, Martin, McCreary, Menifee, Morgan, Owsley, Perry, Pike, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Rowan, Wayne, Whitley, Wolfe; DISTRICT 6 - Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Clark, Estill, Fayette, Franklin, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln (part), Madison, Mercer, Montgomery, Powell, Scott (part), Woodford; PLAN INTEGRITY VERIFIED; specify that precinct names may be shortened to accommodate formatting requirements of the bill drafting system and that the precinct names will be provided in full in codification; specify how county and precinct names are to be displayed depending on whether the territory of the county or precinct is included in a particular legislative district in its entirety or in part and direct how those items will be displayed in codification; direct county boards of elections to change precinct boundaries to conform to Congressional district boundaries; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2012-01-04","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB59/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB59.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347220,"bill_number":"SB60","title":"AN ACT relating to redistricting and declaring an emergency.","description":"(S0974B01) Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 5 to divide the Commonwealth into the following senatorial districts: DISTRICT 1 - Calloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Lyon, Trigg; DISTRICT 2 - Ballard, Marshall, McCracken; DISTRICT 3 - Christian, Logan, Todd; DISTRICT 4 - Caldwell, Crittenden, Henderson, Livingston, Union, Webster; DISTRICT 5 - Breckinridge, Grayson, Hancock, Hart, Larue, Meade; DISTRICT 6 - Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Ohio; DISTRICT 7 - Anderson, Fayette (part), Franklin, Woodford; DISTRICT 8 - Daviess, McLean; DISTRICT 9 - Allen, Barren, Edmonson, Green, Metcalfe, Simpson; DISTRICT 10 - Hardin, Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 11 - Boone, Gallatin, Kenton (part); DISTRICT 12 - Fayette (part); DISTRICT 13 - Fayette (part); DISTRICT 14 - Marion, Mercer, Nelson, Taylor, Washington; DISTRICT 15 - Adair, Casey, Pulaski, Russell; DISTRICT 16 - Clinton, Cumberland, McCreary, Monroe, Wayne, Whitley; DISTRICT 17 - Grant, Kenton (part), Owen, Scott; DISTRICT 18 - Bracken, Carter, Greenup, Lewis, Mason, Robertson; DISTRICT 19 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 20 - Bullitt, Shelby, Spencer; DISTRICT 21 - Estill, Jackson, Laurel, Menifee, Powell; DISTRICT 22 - Boyle, Fayette (part), Garrard, Jessamine; DISTRICT 23 - Kenton (part); DISTRICT 24 - Campbell, Pendleton; DISTRICT 25 - Clay, Knox, Lee, Magoffin, Morgan, Owsley, Wolfe; DISTRICT 26 - Carroll, Henry, Jefferson County (part), Oldham, Trimble; DISTRICT 27 - Boyd, Elliott, Fleming, Lawrence, Rowan; DISTRICT 28 - Bath, Bourbon, Clark, Harrison, Montgomery, Nicholas; DISTRICT 29 - Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Letcher; DISTRICT 30 - Bell, Harlan, Leslie, Perry; DISTRICT 31 - Johnson, Martin, Pike; DISTRICT 32 - Butler, Warren; DISTRICT 33 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 34 - Lincoln, Madison, Rockcastle; DISTRICT 35 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 36 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 37 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 38 - Jefferson County (part); PLAN INTEGRITY VERIFIED; (C0974B01) Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 118B to divide the Commonwealth into the following congressional districts: DISTRICT 1 - Adair, Allen, Ballard, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Casey, Christian, Clinton, Crittenden, Cumberland, Fulton, Graves, Henderson, Hickman, Hopkins, Lincoln (part), Livingston, Logan, Lyon, Marshall, McCracken, McLean, Metcalfe, Monroe, Muhlenberg, Ohio (part), Russell, Simpson, Todd, Trigg, Union, Webster; DISTRICT 2 - Barren, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Daviess, Edmonson, Grayson, Green, Hancock, Hardin, Hart, Jefferson County (part), Larue, Marion, Meade, Nelson, Ohio (part), Shelby, Spencer, Taylor, Warren, Washington; DISTRICT 3 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 4 - Bath (part), Boone, Boyd, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Carter, Elliott, Fleming, Gallatin, Grant, Greenup, Harrison, Henry, Kenton, Lewis, Mason, Nicholas, Oldham, Owen, Pendleton, Robertson, Scott (part), Trimble; DISTRICT 5 - Bath (part), Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Harlan, Jackson, Johnson, Knott, Knox, Laurel, Lawrence, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Magoffin, Martin, McCreary, Menifee, Morgan, Owsley, Perry, Pike, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Rowan, Wayne, Whitley, Wolfe; DISTRICT 6 - Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Clark, Estill, Fayette, Franklin, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln (part), Madison, Mercer, Montgomery, Powell, Scott (part), Woodford; PLAN INTEGRITY VERIFIED; specify that precinct names may be shortened to accommodate formatting requirements of the bill drafting system and that the precinct names will be provided in full in codification; specify how county and precinct names are to be displayed depending on whether the territory of the county or precinct is included in a particular legislative district in its entirety or in part and direct how those items will be displayed in codification; direct county boards of elections to change precinct boundaries to conform to representative and senatorial district boundaries; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2012-01-04","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB60/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB60.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347225,"bill_number":"SB61","title":"AN ACT relating to retail sales licenses.","description":"Amend KRS 243.220 to remove the requirement that a premises licensed for the sale of alcoholic beverages be at street level, have a street level entrance, and be located in a business center or on a main thoroughfare; delete related exemptions.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2012-01-04","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB61/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB61.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347230,"bill_number":"SB62","title":"AN ACT relating to referendums.","description":"Amend KRS 147.620, relating to the dissolution of an area planning commission, by changing the petition signature requirements from 25% of the number of registered voters who voted in the last presidential election to 10% of the number of registered voters who voted in the last regular election.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-02-01","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-03-06","committee":"State Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB62/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB62.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347234,"bill_number":"SB63","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 replace it with life imprisonment without parole for inmates presently sentenced to death; amend various statutes to eliminate the term capital punishment and replace it with Class A felony; amend KRS 532.030 relating to authorized dispositions for felony offenses to permit imprisonment for life without parole and imprisonment for life without parole for 25 years for offenses formerly denominated as capital offenses; amend KRS 532.050 to require a presentence investigation in all felony cases; amend KRS 533.010 relating to probation to prohibit probation for a person sentenced to life without parole or life without parole for 25 years; amend KRS 640.040 relating to penalties for juveniles convicted of felony offenses to authorize imprisonment for life without benefit of parole for 25 years, but not life imprisonment without benefit of parole for a Class A felony which was formerly a capital offense; repeal various statutes relating to imposition of the death penalty.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-04","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-01-05","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB63/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB63.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347238,"bill_number":"SB64","title":"AN ACT relating to assessment ethics.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 161 to make it unlawful for any school district employee to allow examinees to view assessment questions in advance, copy test booklet contents, provide guidance to assist examinees to arrive at correct answers, change student responses, make answer keys available, fail to follow test security protocol, fail to report violations, or follow any rules established by the Kentucky Board of Education; require superintendent and principal to enforce policies; require the Kentucky Board of Education to adopt statistical guidelines for determining testing irregularities; authorize prosecution of violations; require the Office of Education Accountability to periodically review assessment results and anomalies; and provide for fine upon conviction of not more than $1,000 and disciplinary action by the Education Professional Standards Board.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-01-27","last_action":"returned to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-26","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB64/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB64.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347242,"bill_number":"SB65","title":"AN ACT relating to motor vehicle leases.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186A to provide that leases of motor vehicles or trailers which contain a terminal rental adjustment clause do not become sales contracts or create security interests in the vehicles or trailers solely because of the presence of the price adjustment clause.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2012-01-04","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB65/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB65.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347248,"bill_number":"SB66","title":"AN ACT relating to elections and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 11A to prohibit a public servant or candidate for statewide elected office from accepting a campaign contribution from a lobbyist; amend KRS 11A.990 to include receiving campaign contributions from lobbyists within the existing Class D penalty provisions; create a new section of KRS Chapter 121 to prohibit a candidate for statewide elected office from soliciting or accepting campaign contributions from a lobbyist or spouse of a lobbyist; amend KRS 121.015 to include \"lobbyist\" in KRS Chapter 121 definitions; amend KRS 121.120 to require candidates and slates of candidates for statewide office and their campaign committees to file electronically with the registry if contributions, loans, or campaign account balances exceed $25,000; amend KRS 121.180 to establish a single campaign finance reporting threshold of $5,000; require candidates to file campaign finance reports 15 and 30 days prior to the primary, and 15, 30, and 60 days prior to the regular election; require candidates for statewide office to additionally file a report 60 days prior to the primary; change the filing deadline for supplemental reports from not later than 10 days after November 1 to not later than 10 days after December 31; amend KRS 121.990 to include receiving campaign contributions from lobbyists within the existing Class D penalty provisions; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2012-01-04","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB66/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB66.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347251,"bill_number":"SB67","title":"AN ACT relating to legislative ethics.","description":"Amend KRS 6.611 of the Code of Legislative Ethics to include food and beverages consumed on the premises in the definition of \"anything of value\"; amend KRS 6.686 to permit the Legislative Ethics Commission to dismiss a complaint without prejudice if a complainant or person acting in cooperation with the complainant publicly discloses or comments upon the existence of a complaint or preliminary inquiry; amend KRS 6.767 to prohibit a legislator, a candidate for the General Assembly, or his or her campaign committee from accepting, during a regular session of the General Assembly, a campaign contribution from an employer of a legislative agent, or from a permanent committee as defined in KRS 121.015; change the grace period to return a prohibited contribution from fourteen to thirty days; amend KRS 6.811 to prohibit a legislative agent or employer from offering or giving anything of value to a candidate for the General Assembly or to a legislator's or a candidate's spouse or child; prohibit a legislative agent from directly soliciting campaign contributions for a legislator or candidate; prohibit an employer of a legislative agent from making a campaign contribution to a legislator, candidate, or campaign committee for a legislator or candidate during a regular session of the General Assembly; delete the provision allowing each legislative agent and his employer to spend up to $100 annually on food and beverages for each legislator and his or her immediate family; amend KRS 6.821 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2012-01-04","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB67/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB67.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347256,"bill_number":"SB68","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; 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":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2012-01-04","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB68/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB68.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347259,"bill_number":"SB69","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 to conform; amend KRS 344.120 and 344.140, 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":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-01-04","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB69/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB69.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347265,"bill_number":"SB70","title":"AN ACT relating to safety inspections for official vehicles.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186 to require an annual safety inspection for vehicles owned or leased by the state, public postsecondary institutions, local governments, boards of education, ambulance services organized by units of government within the state, and volunteer fire department vehicles; require that the inspection be done by a mechanic with A S E certification; require affected entities to present proof of inspection before December 31, 2013, and annually thereafter; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations regarding inspection standards and out-of-service criteria for publicly owned vehicles; grant Transportation Cabinet the authority to suspend the registration for any vehicle which does not pass inspection or for which proof of inspection is not provided; provide for no fee to reinstate a registration on a vehicle whose registration was suspended under the provisions of this section; Amend KRS 186.065, 186.060, and 181.061 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2012-01-10","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB70/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB70.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347269,"bill_number":"SB71","title":"AN ACT relating to economic development and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 154.10-140 to require the Cabinet for Economic Development to transfer 0.5% of its general fund appropriation to the University of Kentucky's Center for Business and Economic Research and University of Louisville's Bureau for Economic Research for research and grading of progress regarding strategic planning benchmarks.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2012-01-04","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB71/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB71.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347273,"bill_number":"SB72","title":"AN ACT relating to a civil claim against the Commonwealth for wrongful imprisonment.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 44 relating to claims against the state to permit a person who was wrongfully convicted, incarcerated, and subsequently the conviction was vacated to bring an action against the state in the Board of Claims for damages, including $25,000 per year for each year of wrongful incarceration; specify procedures; retroactive to January 1, 1980.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-01-04","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB72/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB72.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347278,"bill_number":"SB73","title":"AN ACT relating to firearms, including ammunition and accessories for firearms.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237, relating to firearms, ammunition, and firearms accessories made in Kentucky, marked as made in Kentucky, and used in Kentucky, to specify that these items, with specified exemptions, are exempt from federal law; name law the \"Kentucky Firearms Freedom Act.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)","last_action_date":"2012-01-04","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB73/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB73.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347281,"bill_number":"SB74","title":"AN ACT relating to persons with a disability.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 12 to permit persons with a disability to make verbal communications to state entities in lieu of requirements that communications be submitted in writing.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-04","last_action":"recommitted to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-22","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB74/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB74.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347287,"bill_number":"SB75","title":"AN ACT relating to slow-moving vehicles and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 189.050 to provide an alternative lighting system for motorless vehicles operated on a highway at night; amend KRS 189.820 to provide for an alternative means of marking motorless, slow-moving vehicles with reflective tape rather than using the slow-moving vehicle emblem; amend KRS 189.930 to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 53)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB75/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB75.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347290,"bill_number":"SB76","title":"AN ACT relating to Medicaid.","description":"Create a section of noncodified language recognizing the importance of transparency in Medicaid managed care; amend KRS 6.940 to prohibit certain open records exemptions from applying to managed care companies when those companies are utilizing Kentucky Medicaid dollars; require each Medicaid managed care company to appear before the Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Committee each year as a condition of doing business in the Commonwealth; require each Medicaid managed care company to prepare and forward an annual report detailing revenues, expenditures, observed trends in Kentucky health and other matters requested by the committee; state additional issues that are not subject to open records exemptions in the context of questioning during a meeting or preparation of the annual report by the Medicaid Oversight committee; provide that all information reported shall not identify individual patients and shall conform with HIPAA.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-04","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2012-01-05","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB76/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB76.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347295,"bill_number":"SB77","title":"AN ACT relating to employee misclassification.","description":"Amend KRS 131.010 to define \"person,\" \"contractor,\" \"prime contractor,\" and \"subcontractor\"; amend KRS 131.130 to specify the Department of Revenue as the determining authority in issues related to the classification of a person as an employee or independent contractor; create a new section of KRS Chapter 131 to define characteristics of an independent contractor, to stipulate that a prime contractor is not responsible for a subcontractor's misclassification of independent contractors as employees, assert that independent contractors are not eligible for employee benefits provided under KRS Chapters 337, 341, or 342, allow the revenue department to notify other government agencies when a determination of misclassification has been made, and provide an appeal process; amend KRS 131.340 to grant the Kentucky Board of Tax Appeals jurisdiction to hear and determine appeals.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-23","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-27","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB77/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB77.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347298,"bill_number":"SCR10","title":"Urge Congress to enact H.R. 1489, the Return to Prudent Banking Act of 2011, to separate commercial and investment banking functions in the manner provided by the Glass-Steagall Act until its repeal in 1999.","description":"Urge Congress to enact H.R. 1489, the Return to Prudent Banking Act of 2011, to separate commercial and investment banking functions in the manner provided by the Glass-Steagall Act until its repeal in 1999.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-03","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (S)","last_action_date":"2012-01-03","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SCR10/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SC10.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347335,"bill_number":"SB84","title":"AN ACT relating to local boards of education.","description":"Amend KRS 160.290 to require local boards of education to adopt rules, regulations, and bylaws which shall specify the requirements for conducting meetings.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-01-19","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-30","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB84/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB84.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347337,"bill_number":"SB83","title":"AN ACT relating to the removal of abandoned water vessels and making an appropriation therfor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 151.700 to 151.730 to create a water vessel removal assistance fund to be administered by the Kentucky River Authority; require the Kentucky River authority to establish criteria for when the removal of an abandoned water vessel is necessary, use amounts deposited into the water vessel removal assistance fund to assist in the removal of water vessels from any waters of this state, accept bids and contract to provide for the removal of abandoned water vessels, and promulgate administrative regulations; require the Kentucky River Authority to submit annual report detailing all bids awarded; amend KRS 235.090 to require that the Transportation Cabinet transfer 50% of the fees received from KRS 235.080, 235.085, and 235.130 to the water vessel assistance fund; require transfers to be made quarterly, within 30 days of the close of each fiscal quarter; amend KRS 151.720 to authorize and empower the Kentucky River Authority to implement these provisions.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-05","last_action":"recommitted to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-13","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB83/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB83.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347339,"bill_number":"SB82","title":"AN ACT relating to long-term care facility administrators.","description":"Amend KRS 216A.010 to add and redefine terms; amend KRS 216A.020, 216A.030, and 216A.040 to change \"nursing home\" to \"long-term care\"; prohibit a person who has been disciplined within the last five years from serving on the board; amend KRS 216A.050 to delete language prescribing staggering of initial terms; amend KRS 216A.060 to require at least three meetings of the board per year; increase board member compensation from $50 to $150; amend KRS 216A.070 to add a disciplinary penalty of up to $2,000 per violation; change \"nursing home\" to \"long-term care\"; amend KRS 216A.080 and 216A.090 to change \"nursing home\" to \"long-term care\"; permit online application; amend KRS 216A.130 and 216A.150 to change \"nursing home\" to \"long-term care\"; permit board refusal to issue license to an administrator disciplined in another state in the last five years; amend KRS 216A.990 to make misdemeanor violations Class A misdemeanors; repeal KRS 216A.100 and 216.120.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 129)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB82/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB82.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347341,"bill_number":"SB81","title":"AN ACT relating to local school district funding adjustments.","description":"Amend KRS 157.360 to provide that local school districts with 1% growth in enrollment may request and receive a January adjustment; permit the state portion of the program to support education excellence in Kentucky to be recalculated and funded.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2012-01-09","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB81/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB81.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347342,"bill_number":"SB80","title":"AN ACT relating to school funding.","description":"Amend KRS 157.310 to clarify the intention of the General Assembly that no mandate be placed","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2012-01-09","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB80/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB80.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347345,"bill_number":"SB79","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 either offenses in KRS Chapter 218A relating to methamphetamine or any crimes relating to the theft of anhydrous ammonia to the Office of Drug Control Policy; create a new section of KRS Chapter 15A 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 before a prima facia case is created; create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to permit persons prohibited from purchasing methamphetamine precursors to possess them under a prescription; amend KRS 218A.1446 to encourage retail dispensers to post signage warning of prohibitions relating to ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine, to create a yearly 60 gram cap for the purchase of these products, and to prohibit straw purchases; amend KRS 218A.1438 to add an affirmative defense and make a technical correction; 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; provide that the act may be known as the Cheyenne Albro Combat Methamphetamine Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-05","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-01-09","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB79/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB79.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347346,"bill_number":"SB78","title":"AN ACT relating to merger of local governments.","description":"Amend KRS 67.830 to require inclusion of procedures for the dissolution of the charter county government and to require that any city that did not vote in favor of the charter county plan be exempted from the charter plan; amend KRS 67.910 to require inclusion of procedures for the dissolution of the unified local government; amend KRS 67.918 to require that any city that did not vote in favor of the unified local government plan be exempted from the unified local government.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-05","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2012-01-09","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB78/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB78.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347349,"bill_number":"HCR42","title":"Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish a legislative task force to develop a strategy to provide computing devices for fifth and sixth grade students; establish task force by June 1, 2012; report findings to Interim Joint Committee on Education no later than December 1, 2012.","description":"Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish a legislative task force to develop a strategy to provide computing devices for fifth and sixth grade students; establish task force by June 1, 2012; report findings to Interim Joint Committee on Education no later than December 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-01-25","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2012-01-27","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR42/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HC42.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347352,"bill_number":"HB220","title":"AN ACT relating to farm implements and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 189.270 to prohibit the Transportation Cabinet from requiring overdimensional farm implements being moved from one field to another on a public road to have more than one escort vehicle; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-05","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-09","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB220/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB220.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347353,"bill_number":"HB219","title":"AN ACT relating to funeral processions.","description":"Amend KRS 189.378 to require vehicles in a funeral procession to use emergency flasher lights.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-05","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-09","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB219/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB219.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347355,"bill_number":"HB218","title":"AN ACT relating to treatment for alcohol abuse and addiction to controlled substances and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 15A.340 to require the Office of Drug Control Policy to use funds allocated to them to provide treatment for alcohol abuse and addiction to controlled substances; create a new section of KRS Chapter 23A to require the collection of a $100 fee for criminal cases involving alcohol or controlled substance charges and allocate the fee to the Office of Drug Control Policy; create a new section of KRS Chapter 24A to require the collection of a $100 fee for criminal cases involving alcohol or controlled substance charges and allocate the fee to the Office of Drug Control Policy.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-05","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-09","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB218/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB218.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347358,"bill_number":"HB217","title":"AN ACT relating to continuing education requirements for cosmetologists and nail technicians.","description":"Amend KRS 317.050, relating to the cosmetologist board, to remove continuing education requirement for license renewal.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-05","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2012-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB217/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB217.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347359,"bill_number":"HB216","title":"AN ACT relating to school dropout prevention.","description":"Amend KRS 159.010 to require compulsory attendance for children ages 6 to 17 by July 1, 2016, and for children ages 6 to 18 by July 1, 2017, delete counseling provision, make technical corrections; amend KRS 159.020 to conform.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-21","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-23","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB216/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB216.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347362,"bill_number":"HB215","title":"AN ACT relating to electrical inspections and licensure.","description":"Repeal and reenact all necessary sections of KRS 227.450 to 227.530, relating to electricians and electrical inspecting, as new sections of KRS Chapter 227A, relating to electrician licensure; establish permit requirements; set conditions for appointment as an electrical inspector, including removal of conflicts of interest; describe conditions where localities, including combinations of localities, may oversee electrical inspection and permitting; establish electrical inspector reporting and surety bond requirements; require the department to promulgate administrative regulations for fee schedules, inspection protocols, and reporting forms; set procedures for inspections and for dealing with work conducted without a permit; amend KRS 227A.010 to define \"alteration,\" \"commissioner,\" \"division,\" \"electrical inspector,\" and \"repair\"; amend KRS 227A.050 to send fees and other moneys to the department’s trust and agency account for the purposes of administering and enforcing all of KRS Chapter 227A; deposit all interest accrued by the account back into the account; amend KRS 227A.130 to add electrical inspection and permitting penalties to KRS Chapter 227A; amend KRS 198B.060 to allow local government petitions for electrical permits; clarify that the state will provide a certified electrical inspector for new building approvals; amend KRS 227.205 to create the electrical division within the department; amend KRS 132.815, 211.350, and 227A.030 to conform; repeal KRS 227.450 and 227.500.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 65)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB215/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB215.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347363,"bill_number":"HB214","title":"AN ACT relating to workers' compensation benefits for firefighters.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 95A to require that scheduled overtime for professional firefighters and EMS personnel be included in the computation of the average weekly wages for workers' compensation","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-09","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-13","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB214/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB214.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347366,"bill_number":"HB213","title":"AN ACT proposing to amend Section 28 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to the General Assembly's authority to review administrative regulations.","description":"Propose to amend the Constitution of Kentucky to give the General Assembly the authority to establish by general law a process to review, approve, or reject administrative regulations during or between sessions.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-01-05","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-01-20","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB213/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB213.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347367,"bill_number":"HB212","title":"AN ACT relating to sales and use tax.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 139 to establish a refund program for new small businesses; EFFECTIVE October 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-09","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB212/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB212.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347369,"bill_number":"HB211","title":"AN ACT relating to property tax.","description":"Amend KRS 132.810 by allowing the transfer of the homestead exemption granted to a service-connected totally disabled veteran to the surviving spouse of the disabled veteran upon the death of the veteran; apply to property assessed on or after January 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-09","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB211/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB211.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347371,"bill_number":"HB210","title":"AN ACT relating to early fetal death certificates.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 213 to establish a process for applying for and receiving an early fetal death certificate.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-05","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-09","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB210/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB210.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347373,"bill_number":"HB209","title":"AN ACT relating to telephone outages.","description":"Amend KRS 278.544 to establish requirements for telephone utilities to repair certain outages and submit reports to the Public Service Commission.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-01-05","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-02-13","committee":"Tourism Development and Energy","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB209/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB209.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347374,"bill_number":"HB208","title":"AN ACT changing the classification of the City of Owenton.","description":"Reclassifies Owenton, in Owen County, with a population of 1,461, from a city of the fifth class to a city of the fourth class, which requires a population of 3,000 to 7,999.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-05","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2012-02-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB208/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB208.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347377,"bill_number":"HB207","title":"AN ACT relating to insurance.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 20 of KRS Chapter 304 to define \"commercial property and casualty,\" \"loss run statement,\" and \"provide\"; require an insurer to provide a loss run statement within 20 days of a written request from an insured or an agent; require the receiving insurer to provide the statement to the insured within 5 calendar days of receipt; provide that a loss run statement shall be for a 5-year loss run history or a complete history of the insured if less than 5 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; amend KRS 304.48-035, relating to liability self-insurance groups, and KRS 304.50-155, relating to group self-insurance funds, to reference and apply the loss run requirements and penalties for failure to comply; 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 an insured or an agent shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $250 for each day the agent fails to provide the statement; create a new section of Subtitle 12 of KRS Chapter 304 to require insurers to inform claimants upon notification of a motor vehicle damage claim that the claimant has a right to choose a repair facility and provide that appraisals for motor vehicle damage claims must include a notice so stating; create a new section of Subtitle 99 of KRS Chapter 304 to provide that persons who fail to give this notice shall be subject to a civil fine in an amount not less than $250 and not more than $5,000.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 64)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB207/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB207.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":347378,"bill_number":"HB206","title":"AN ACT relating to the accreditation of health departments and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to create the Kentucky Commission on Public Health within the Public Health Leadership Institute at the University of Kentucky under KRS Chapter 164; 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, 2020; require the commission to submit an annual report; appropriate $500,000 to operate the commission.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-05","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-25","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB206/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB206.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":348936,"bill_number":"HB221","title":"AN ACT relating to veteran's designations on operator's licenses.","description":"Amend KRS 186.412 to permit a veteran to request, at the time of application or renewal, that a personal identification card or an operator's license issued under KRS 186.412 bear a designation denoting the applicant's status as a veteran; require applicant to present an original or copy of his or her DD-214 form; exempt Circuit Clerk from any liability for misread or fraudulent DD-214 forms.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-03-28","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 11)","last_action_date":"2012-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB221/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB221.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":348938,"bill_number":"HB222","title":"AN ACT relating to firearms, including ammunition and accessories for firearms.","description":"Create new sections 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 are exempt from federal law; specify that the exemption does not apply to machine guns, silencers, exploding ammunition, and firearms with a bore of 1 1/2 inches; name law the \"Kentucky Firearms Freedom Act.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-06","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-09","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB222/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB222.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":348941,"bill_number":"HB223","title":"AN ACT relating to burial or cremation of indigent persons.","description":"Amend KRS 72.450 to permit cremation of indigent decedent's body at the expense of the fiscal court, consolidated local government, or urban-county government of the decedent's legal place of residence; require any property found on the body of decedent to be delivered to the fiscal court, consolidated local government, or urban-county government of the decedent's legal place of residence by the coroner.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-06","last_action":"to Local Government (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-09","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB223/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB223.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":348943,"bill_number":"HB224","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky National Guard.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 36 to establish the Kentucky National Guard Adoption Assistance Program; amend KRS 36.474 to allow money in the military family assistance trust fund to be used for the Kentucky National Guard Adoption Assistance Program.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-03-28","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 7)","last_action_date":"2012-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB224/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB224.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":348945,"bill_number":"HB225","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; define \"employee\"; require the program to provide wellness incentives to an employee who participates in wellness activities; allow the Personnel Cabinet to utilize current plan year funds and prior plan year surpluses to fund the wellness incentives; require the wellness activities to be approved by the cabinet; establish that the pilot program is to be in effect January 1, 2013, to December 31, 2016; require the cabinet to submit a report on the results of the pilot program on or before December 1 of each year.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-01","last_action":"to Rules (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-29","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB225/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB225.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":349268,"bill_number":"SB86","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 the option for early high school graduation beginning in the 2013-2014 school year; define the curriculum requirements for early graduation and conditional admission into a Kentucky public two-year institution or four-year university; specify that students shall obtain a qualifying benchmark score on each of the end-of-course examinations that make up the high school achievement portion of the accountability system under KRS 158.6453 and that students obtain a qualifying benchmark score on a world language proficiency assessment approved by the Kentucky Board of Education; establish the Early Graduation Scholarship Certificate and the processes for awarding it and using it; create a new section of KRS 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 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 annual KEES award for an early graduate would be calculated; amend KRS 157.420 to conform; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-06","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-30","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB86/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB86.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":349310,"bill_number":"SB85","title":"AN ACT relating to medical records.","description":"Amend KRS 422.317 to permit a hospital or health care provider to charge a fee not to exceed one dollar per page for a reproduction of a patient's medical record to the patient's attorney or authorized representative; permit the fee to be charged to the patient for a second or subsequent reproduction.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-09","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-22","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB85/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB85.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":349399,"bill_number":"HCR53","title":"Direct the Interim Joint Committee on Local Government during the 2012 Interim to study special districts' fiscal, administrative, and ethical issues in light of recent audits conducted by the Auditor of Public Accounts of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","description":"Direct the Interim Joint Committee on Local Government during the 2012 Interim to study special districts' fiscal, administrative, and ethical issues in light of recent audits conducted by the Auditor of Public Accounts of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 136)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR53/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HC53.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":349445,"bill_number":"HB231","title":"AN ACT relating to surface mining.","description":"Amend KRS 350.450 to require coal mine permittees for all types of mining practices to dispose of remaining overburden in the mined area, areas under the abandoned mine land program, or areas approved by the cabinet; require use of lifts and compacted fills; prohibit disposal of overburden in streams; amend KRS 440 to prohibit disposal of spoil or overburden in intermittent, perennial, and ephemeral streams or any other waters of the Commonwealth; prescribe areas where spoil may be disposed; amend KRS 350.410 to make internal reference corrections and specify that restoration to approximate original contour includes configuration and elevation of the area prior to mining and require disposal of remaining overburden in the mined area, areas under the abandoned mine land program, or areas approved by the cabinet and the use of lifts and compacted fills; and prohibit deposition of overburden in streams.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-09","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Environment (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-11","committee":"Natural Resources and Environment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB231/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB231.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":349488,"bill_number":"HB230","title":"AN ACT relating to public financing for judicial campaigns and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 118A to establish the clean judicial elections fund; define terms; establish fund to distribute transfers to certified judicial candidates; provide that the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance administer the fund and promulgate necessary administrative regulations; designate that moneys in the fund be invested in accordance with regulations developed by the State Investment Commission; require the registry to publish information about campaign expenditures in the judicial campaigns of the previous year; establish requirements to be designated a certified judicial candidate and gain access to the fund; provide guidelines for distribution of funds to certified judicial candidates; direct that judicial review of any final action of the registry be expedited by the court; provide for a civil penalty up to $10,000 for an actual violation of these provisions, and a Class D felony for any knowing violation of these provisions; create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to provide that a person entitled to a state tax refund may designate on their income tax return an amount to be credited to the fund; amend KRS 21A.140 to permit the Supreme Court to allow members of the Kentucky Bar Association to contribute to the clean judicial elections fund with their bar dues; EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2013.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-09","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-23","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB230/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB230.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":349535,"bill_number":"HB229","title":"AN ACT relating to the taxation of advance deposit account wagering licensees and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 138.511 to define \"advance deposit account wagering,\" \"advance deposit account wagering licensee,\" \"commission,\" \"handle,\" \"Kentucky resident,\" and \"takeout\"; create a new section of KRS 138.510 to 138.550 to impose a tax of one-half of one percent on amounts wagered through advance deposit wagering account licensees by Kentucky residents; amend KRS 138.530 to require the tax to be remitted weekly and to specify distribution of tax revenue; amend KRS 138.550 to specify penalty for failure to remit tax.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-27","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-29","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB229/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB229.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":349581,"bill_number":"HB228","title":"AN ACT relating to Medicaid dental services and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to set forth legislative findings; require the Department for Medicaid Services to develop and implement a pilot project to improve access to Medicaid child dental services; require the pilot project to target children age zero to 12 years enrolled in Medicaid; require an allotment to be established for each child to supplement the difference between the Medicaid reimbursement rate and the prevailing market rate for the dental service as determined by the department; require the supplement to be used to provide necessary dental services for which the child is eligible and as identified in a dental treatment plan; require that dental providers participating in the pilot project be Medicaid providers and be reimbursed at a rate equal to the prevailing market rate as determined by the department; require the pilot project to be conducted in different geographic regions with an emphasis on underserved areas and populations; require the pilot project to begin no later than January 1, 2013; establish a three-year duration for the pilot project with an evaluation to be conducted during the final year of the pilot project; require the evaluation findings to be reported to the Governor and the Legislative Research Commission within six months of the termination of the pilot project; require the department to collaborate with local health departments, schools of social work, and schools of public health to implement the pilot project; establish that the pilot project be funded using existing appropriations to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services in an amount not to exceed $2 million for each year the pilot project operates; require the cabinet to request any necessary waivers of federal law to implement the pilot project; require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to implement the pilot project; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-09","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-14","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB228/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB228.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":349625,"bill_number":"HB227","title":"AN ACT relating to money transmitter permissible investments.","description":"Amend KRS 286.11-015 relating to money transmitter licensees permissible investments to define and limit past due or doubtful receivables and authorize investment in a share or certificate issued by a registered open-end management investment company whose portfolio is restricted to current permissible investments for a licensee.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 66)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB227/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB227.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":349671,"bill_number":"HB226","title":"AN ACT relating to outdoor advertising devices.","description":"Amend KRS 177.830 to define the terms \"advertising device viewing zone,\" \"view permit,\" \"repair permit,\" \"trim or prune,\" \"routine maintenance,\" \"destroyed,\" and \"routine change of message\"; amend KRS 177.863 to make technical corrections; create a new section of KRS 177.830 to 177.890 to allow the owner of a legally erected advertising device to apply to the Transportation Cabinet for a vegetation control permit; specify components of permit application; require a $200 nonrefundable application fee; establish standards for approval of 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 for an administrative hearing under KRS Chapter 13B determine whether denial or restrictions were appropriate; create a new section of KRS 177.830 to 177.890 to 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 for 180 days, whichever is shorter; require the Transportation Cabinet to monitor work done on a view permit; create a new section of KRS 177.830 to 177.890 to require trimming and pruning done under a view permit to be supervised by a certified arborist; prohibit cutting in a view permit area between April 15th and September 15th if the area is a potential habitat for the Indiana Bat; specify that all costs of work under a view permit, including costs for arborist services and replacement vegetation, be borne by the permit holder; create new sections of KRS 177.830 to 177.890 to establish procedures for repair permits on nonconforming advertising devices similar to the procedure for view permits; amend KRS 177.860 to provide for the Transportation Cabinet to establish standards and routine maintenance and routine change of messages on advertising devices; create a new section of KRS 177.830 to 177.890 to establish a penalty of $100 per day for each violation of Sections 3 to 7 of this Act; waive the fine if corrected within 30 days; create a new section of KRS 177.830 to 177.890 to clarify that nothing in Sections 1 through 9 of the Act should 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":"2012-01-09","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-23","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB226/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB226.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":352214,"bill_number":"HB232","title":"AN ACT relating to sheriff's collection fees for volunteer fire department membership charges or subscriber fees.","description":"Amend KRS 75.450 and 273.401 to authorize the sheriff to retain an amount not to exceed 4.25% of the collected volunteer fire department membership charges or subscriber fees.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 51)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB232/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB232.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":352608,"bill_number":"HB233","title":"AN ACT relating to domestic violence.","description":"Amend KRS 403.740 and 403.750 to allow a court to direct the care, custody, or control of pets in domestic violence orders.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-21","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-23","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB233/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB233.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":353049,"bill_number":"HB234","title":"AN ACT relating to change of name.","description":"Amend KRS 401.020 and 401.030 relating to change of name for a child under 18, to permit the action for change of name to be filed in the Family Court of a county with a Family Court or the Circuit Court of a county without a Family Court if the Family Court or Circuit Court has a case involving the family pending before it, as well as in the District Court; amend KRS 401.010 and 401.040 to conform.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-23","last_action":"to Rules (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-28","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB234/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB234.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":353490,"bill_number":"HB235","title":"AN ACT relating to interscholastic athletics.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 160 to require high school coaches to receive annual training and be certified in CPR and in the appropriate use of an automated external defibrillator; allow a local school board to specify school personnel to receive training in the use of an automated external defibrillator; require the department of education to develop and make available to local school districts possible funding sources for the purchase of automated external defibrillators; if funds are available, require automated external defibrillators be placed in all schools within a local district; clarify immunity from civil liability for injuries resulting from the use of an automated external defibrillator; and require the department of education to revise procedures and criteria for avoiding heat injury.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-11","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB235/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB235.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":353908,"bill_number":"HB236","title":"AN ACT relating to child care articles containing bisphenol-A.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 217 to define \"baby food,\" \"infant formula,\" and \"reusable food or beverage container\"; prohibit the manufacture, sale, or distribution of any reusable food or beverage container containing bisphenol-A; prohibit the manufacture, sale, or distribution of any infant formula or baby food stored in container containing bisphenol-A; require manufacturers to use least toxic alternatives; prohibit replacement of bisphenol-A with carcinogens or reproductive toxicants; amend KRS 217.990 to assess a fine of not more than $10,000 for violations; EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2013.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Safety (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-11","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB236/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB236.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":354318,"bill_number":"HB237","title":"AN ACT relating to licensed social workers.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 194A to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to employ licensed social workers in positions providing direct casework services in foster care, child protection, juvenile services, or adult protection cases and by July 1, 2017, for individuals hired prior to the effective date of this Act; create a new section of KRS 194A to establish disciplinary provisions for a social worker whose license has been revoked, has been found guilty of a criminal complaint or contempt of court, or a finding of not making a reasonable effort in a case; require the Personnel Board to provide an annual report on disciplinary actions against licensed social workers; require trial board members hearing cases of licensed social workers to be licensed social workers; create a new section of KRS 335.010 to 335.160 to require the Board of Social Work to report on actions taken against licensed social workers; amend KRS 335.010 to require licensed social workers in positions providing direct casework services in foster care, child protection, juvenile services, or adult protection cases if employed under contract with the cabinet.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-06","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-08","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB237/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB237.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":355132,"bill_number":"SB87","title":"AN ACT relating to accessible electronic information services to the blind and disabled and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 163.489 to require a competitive bidding process for providing electronic information services to the blind and disabled; require contracting entities to submit annual reports to the Office for the Blind; create a new section of KRS Chapter 278 to require all local exchange telecommunications companies to impose periodic surcharges on bills to support the program providing electronic information services to the blind and disabled; require the Public Service Commission to annually determine in consultation with the Office for the Blind the amount of funding necessary; limit the surcharge to no more than 2 cents per line each month.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-10","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Energy (S)","last_action_date":"2012-01-11","committee":"Natural Resources and Energy","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB87/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB87.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":355548,"bill_number":"SB92","title":"AN ACT relating to agriculture.","description":"Amend KRS 261.200 to create, amend, and delete definitions; amend KRS 261.230 to require buying stations to be licensed, to require stockyards to annually identify dealers that conduct business with the stockyards, and to verify that dealers are properly licensed and bonded; amend KRS 261.240 to require buying stations to file monthly reports to the department regarding the number of livestock received and sold; amend KRS 261.250 to require buying stations to permit the department to inspect their business records; amend KRS 261.260 to require buying stations to be bonded and to require each facility to show independent proof of credit worthiness; amend KRS 261.270 to require buying stations to use certified weigh scales; amend KRS 261.280 to prohibit buying stations from misweighing livestock; amend KRS 261.990 to impose additional fines and penalties for stockyards and buying stations that violate provisions of the chapter; amend KRS 261.370 to conform; create a new section of KRS Chapter 261 to require market agencies to be licensed by the department.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-06","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 28)","last_action_date":"2012-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB92/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB92.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":355959,"bill_number":"SB94","title":"AN ACT relating to agriculture.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 376 to establish a livestock seller's lien in favor of a livestock seller when the seller does not receive payment for the livestock within three days of delivery; describe the property of the lien to which the lien attaches; deem the lien a purchase money security interest; declare the lien effective the day the livestock is delivered; provide that the lien is perfected by filing a financing statement within 45 days, or within 20 days to have purchase money security interest priority; establish priority consistent with Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code and a pro rata share in the same collateral for multiple lien holders; allow a buyer in the ordinary course of business to take free of the lien; allow enforcement of the lien according to Part 6 of the Uniform Commercial Code.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-01","last_action":"returned to Agriculture & Small Business (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-26","committee":"Agriculture and Small Business","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB94/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB94.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":357089,"bill_number":"HB238","title":"AN ACT relating to the safe disposal of prescription medications and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create new sections of KRS 224.50 to define \"cabinet,\" \"department,\" \"permanent drop off box,\" \"prescription drugs and medicines,\" \"prescription drug recycling,\" \"safe drop off drugs program,\" and \"secure collection site\"; require the Energy and Environment Cabinet to work with waste coordinators and city, county, and sheriffs offices to establish a prescription drugs drop off program; make the contents of the box that receives the prescription drugs and medicines the property of the cabinet; require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations for the collection of the prescription drugs and medicines, the method for haulers to pick up and dispose of the wastes, and the method of disposal for prescription drugs and medicines to ensure they do not leach into the waters of the Commonwealth; require the cabinet to work with pharmaceutical companies to develop a prescription drug and medicine recycling program; require police officers of the city, county, or sheriff's office participating in the program to determine the secure collection site within the police station, post signage for the public, monitor the prescription drugs and medicines deposited into the permanent box, and inform the cabinet of pick up needs; amend KRS 224.43-310 to require the cabinet to include a description of cities and counties participating in the safe drop off drugs program in the solid waste management report to the Legislative Research Commission and the Governor; amend KRS 224.43-315 to require counties to report to the cabinet on participation in the safe drop off drugs program; amend KRS 224.43-505 to allow a portion of the remediation fee to go for grants for the safe drop off drugs program; include the safe drop off drug program grants under the general solid waste grant requirements; amend KRS 224.43-710 to include a safe drop off drugs program under the list of eligible types of technical assistance from the cabinet.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-16","last_action":"recommitted to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-30","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB238/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB238.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":357154,"bill_number":"HB239","title":"AN ACT relating to the Court of Justice.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 21A, relating to the Supreme Court, to request that the Supreme Court institute at least one pilot project in each Supreme Court District to provide for opening or limited opening of cases in Family Court, Circuit Court, or District Court relating to abuse, neglect and dependency proceedings, and termination of parental rights proceedings, exclusive of sexual abuse proceedings; permit the court to set requirements for attendance and prohibit release of names or other identifying information relating to parties or witnesses; provide that the project is to be for four years, with annual reports to the Supreme Court, the Legislative Research Commission, and the Interim Joint Committees on Health and Welfare and Judiciary with results of the project and recommendations relating thereto; 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":"2012-02-27","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-29","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB239/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB239.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":357217,"bill_number":"HB240","title":"AN ACT proposing to amend the Constitution of Kentucky relating to the office of constable.","description":"Propose to amend the Constitution of Kentucky to abolish the office of constable; submit to the voters of the Commonwealth for approval or disapproval.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-23","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB240/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB240.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":357283,"bill_number":"HB241","title":"AN ACT relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages in restaurants.","description":"Amend KRS 242.1295 to reduce licensure requirements for alcohol sales in restaurants or dining facilities in a hotel, motel, or inn from a minimum seating capacity of 100 persons to 50 persons; amend KRS 242.185 to reduce seating requirements for alcohol sales in hotels, motels, inns, or restaurants in cities of the fourth class or counties containing a city of the fourth class; create a new section of KRS Chapter 243 to allow the board to issue retail liquor drink licenses to any restaurant meeting certain criteria, notwithstanding KRS 241.060, which authorizes the board to limit the number licenses issued.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"to Licensing & Occupations (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-12","committee":"Licensing and Occupations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB241/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB241.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":357350,"bill_number":"HB242","title":"AN ACT relating to child welfare.","description":"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 by establishing language that requires the Kentucky Department of Education to provide the educational records free of charge to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and amend KRS 610.125 to establish that recommendations concerning the transition from out-of-home care to independent living shall be made to a court by the Department of Juvenile Justice regarding a child in their care.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-12","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB242/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB242.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":357414,"bill_number":"HB243","title":"AN ACT relating to the use of school property.","description":"Amend KRS 162.050 to define \"school property\"; allow local boards of education to permit outside groups or individuals to use school property; clarify that members of a local board or other school officials shall not be held liable for injuries to persons or property resulting from the use of school property.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-02-02","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB243/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB243.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":357481,"bill_number":"HB244","title":"AN ACT relating to insurance.","description":"Amend KRS 304.9-020 to amend the definition of \"rental vehicle agent\" to substitute the term \"vehicle\" for the term \"car\"; amend KRS 304.12-100 to provide that nothing in KRS 304.12-080, 304.12-090, or 304.12.-110 prohibits the payment of any compensation, fee or other consideration to an individual not licensed to sell insurance for referral of a consumer to a licensed individual in accordance with KRS 403.9-425; amend KRS 304.13-011, 304.13-121, 304.17-030, 304.17-180, 304.17-300, and 304.30-080 to make technical corrections; amend KRS 304.17B-015 to delete the requirement that a Kentucky Access enrollee whose premium rates exceed claims for a period of three years be issued a notice of insurability, and that a notice indicate that an enrollee whose claims have not exceeded premium rates for a three-year period is eligible to obtain insurance in the regular individual market; delete reference to an individual's spouse or dependent from use of the term \"eligible for\"; amend KRS 304.24-320, relating to the payment of dividends to an insurer's stockholders from surplus funds, to substitute the term \"retained earnings\" for the term \"realized net profits\"; amend KRS 304.24-430 to delete the amount of the fee to be charged by the Secretary of State for filing a trustee's certificate regarding voluntary dissolution of a solvent domestic stock or mutual insurer; repeal KRS 304.14-400, 304.17-240, 304.17-290, and 304.17A-290.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-08","last_action":"recommitted to Banking & Insurance (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-30","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB244/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB244.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":357545,"bill_number":"HB245","title":"AN ACT relating to clean and alternative transportation fuels.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 186 to define \"clean transportation fuel,\" \"conversion,\" and other terms associated with the retrofitting of vehicles to operate on compressed or liquefied natural gas; require safety inspections of such vehicles; require some portion of vehicle fleets to be converted to use clean transportation fuels if the Division for Air Quality determines it is necessary; amend sections of KRS Chapter 152 to include natural gas in the definition of \"alternative transportation fuels\" and to include Kentucky's public and private colleges in the state strategy relating to those fuels; amend sections of subchapter 20 of KRS Chapter 154 to include local government entities in the definition of \"eligible company\" for the alternative fuel and renewable energy program; create and amend sections of KRS Chapter 141 to establish income tax credits for persons who convert vehicles to burn natural gas or buy new vehicles that do so; create a new section of KRS Chapter 281 to direct the Kentucky Department for Education to consider school buses powered by natural gas if it determines that it is safe to do so; amend KRS 234.321 to require compliance with federal regulations rather than state standards; repeal KRS 224.10-192.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (2-title) filed","last_action_date":"2012-03-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB245/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB245.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":357609,"bill_number":"HB246","title":"AN ACT relating to the promotion of alternative energy.","description":"Amend KRS 154.20-400 to define terms; amend KRS 154.20-410 and 154.20-415 to expand the types of alternative and renewable energy qualifying for incentives; amend KRS 154.27-010 to define terms; amend KRS 154.27-020 to expand the types of alternative fuels, renewable energy, energy storage, and component manufacturing facilities qualifying for incentives; amend KRS 139.480 to exempt sales of some geothermal drilling supplies and tools from sales and use tax; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-23","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 157)","last_action_date":"2012-04-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB246/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB246.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":357681,"bill_number":"HCR64","title":"Establish a Timber Theft and Trespass Reduction Task Force; provide that the purpose of the task force is to study issues regarding timber theft and trespass and to develop consensus recommendations to address those issues; name the membership of the task force; require the task force to meet three times before submitting its final report; require its final report to be submitted to the Legislative Research Commission by December 7, 2012; and provide that the Legislative Research Commission has authority to alternatively assign the issues identified in the Resolution to interim joint committees or subcommittees thereof.","description":null,"status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-15","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-19","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR64/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HC64.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":357809,"bill_number":"SB88","title":"AN ACT relating to Kentucky educational excellence scholarship awards.","description":"Amend KRS 164.7874 to replace the definition of \"high school\" with \"eligible high school\"; amend KRS 164.7879 to allow students to use KEES base awards that they earned while attending an eligible high school when those students subsequently graduate from a noneligible high school or obtain a GED within two years of their graduating class; amend KRS 164.7881 to conform.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-07","last_action":"received in Senate","last_action_date":"2012-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB88/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB88.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":357876,"bill_number":"SB89","title":"AN ACT relating to seat belts.","description":"Amend KRS 189.125 to apply seal belt requirements to vehicles designed to carry 15 or fewer passengers, rather than 10 or fewer.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 130)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB89/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB89.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":357944,"bill_number":"SB90","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":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-09","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 32)","last_action_date":"2012-04-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB90/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB90.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":358011,"bill_number":"SB91","title":"AN ACT relating to ambulance taxing districts.","description":"Amend KRS 108.110 to allow the number of a single-county ambulance service taxing district board of directors to be three or five members.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-03-28","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 17)","last_action_date":"2012-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB91/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB91.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":358076,"bill_number":"SB93","title":"AN ACT relating to missing persons.","description":"Amend KRS 39F.010, relating to rescue squads, to define \"developmental disability\" and \"impaired person\"; amend KRS 39F.020, relating to rescue squad searches for lost persons, to include all impaired persons, not only adults, and provide for media notification about the lost person; ,amend KRS 39F.180, relating to reporting of lost or missing persons to the Division of Emergency Management, to require a search for a missing person who is known or reported to have a developmental disability to be reported to the Division of Emergency Management and the Department of Kentucky State Police immediately.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-27","last_action":"2nd reading, to Rules","last_action_date":"2012-03-29","committee":"Rules","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB93/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB93.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":358139,"bill_number":"SB95","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":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 131)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB95/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB95.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":358195,"bill_number":"SB96","title":"AN ACT relating to physician assistants.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 311.840 to 311.862 to permit physician assistants to prescribe, dispense, and administer drugs and medical devices as delegated by the supervising physician and to prescribe all legend drugs and Schedules II to V controlled substances; amend KRS 311.840 to make a technical change to define \"legend drug\"; amend KRS 311.856 to delete the provisions requiring a supervising physician to prohibit a physician assistant from prescribing and dispensing controlled substances and to sign records of service; amend KRS 311.858 to make a technical change to delete the provision that physician assistants may prescribe and administer nonscheduled legend drugs by delegation of the supervising physician; amend KRS 311.860 to change the term \"nonseparate location\" to \"physician's primary location\" and to delete the requirement for on-site supervision of new physician assistant graduates.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"returned to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB96/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB96.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":358258,"bill_number":"SB97","title":"AN ACT relating to property.","description":"Repeal and reenact various sections of Article 7 of KRS Chapter 355 and create several new sections of Article 7 of KRS Chapter 355 to adopt the 2003 amendments to Article 7 of the Uniform Commercial Code, entitled “Documents of Title\"; update and modernize Article 7 to provide a domestic legal framework for documents of title to conform to international standards, including recognition of electronic documents of title, in addition to tangible documents of title; establish requirements for negotiable and nonnegotiable documents of title; delete obsolete references to tariffs, classifications, and regulations that do not track current commercial practices; amend KRS 355.1-201 to update the definitions to include references to electronic documents and tangible documents of title; amend KRS 355.2-103 to reference the definition of “control”; amend KRS 355.9-521 to establish the forms to be used for recording a financing statement, addendum, or amendment in the form and format set forth in the official text of the 2010 amendment to Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code promulgated by the American Law Institute and the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws; amend KRS 355.2-104, 355.2-310, 355.2-503, 355.2-505, 355.2-506, 355.2-509, 355.2-605,355.2-705, 355.2A-103, 355.2A-514, 355.2A-514, 355.2A-526, KRS 355.4-104, 355.4-210, 355.8- 103, 355.9-102, 355.9-105, 355.9-203, 355.9-207, 355.9-208, 355.9-301, 355.9-307, 355.9-310,355.9-311, 355.9-312, 355.9-313, 355.9-314, 355.9-316, 355.9-317, 355.0-326, 355.9-338, 355.9-406, 355.9-408, 355.9-502, 355.9-503, 355.9-507, 355.9-510, 355.9-515, 355.9-516, 355.9-518, 355.9-520 355.9-601, and 355.9-607, to conform; create new sections of Article 9 of KRS 355.9-156 Chapter 355 to prohibit filing of a financing statement if not authorized under KRS 355.9-509 or 355.9-708 or if the financing statement is not related to a valid or potential commercial or financial transaction, and which is filed with an intent to harass, hinder, or defraud a qualified person identified in the financing statement; authorize a qualified person to file an affidavit, in a form to be developed by the Secretary of State, asserting that the individual who filed a financing statement was not authorized or permitted to file the statement with the Secretary of State under penalty of perjury; require the Secretary of State to promptly transmit a financing statement which is required by KRS 355.9-501 to the office designated for the filing or recording of a record of a mortgage on real property including an affidavit, and to promptly file a termination statement with respect to the financing statement identified in the affidavit and advise the secured party of record of the termination statement filing; provide that the individual who is the secured party of record may request administrative review of the filing or bring an action in Circuit Court against the individual who filed the affidavit, and that the Secretary of State shall comply with the order of the court with respect to filing the termination or noting that an action has been filed; provide that Sections 91 to 99 shall take effect on July 1, 2013; provide that Article 9 applies to a transaction or lien within its scope, even if created prior the effective date; provide that a security interest perfected immediately prior to the effective date of Sections 91 to 99 of this Act shall be deemed a perfected security interest under Article 9 but a security interest perfected immediately prior to the effective date shall meet the applicable requirements for perfection under Article 9 within one year of the effective date of Sections 91 to 99 of this Act; establish the method of perfecting a security interest which was unperfected on or before the effective date of Section 91 to 99 of this Act; provide that the filing of a financing statement before Sections 91 to 99 of this Act take effect shall satisfy the requirements for perfection under Article 9, but the perfection shall cease to be effective if it would have ceased to be effective at the time Sections 91 to 99 of this Act take effect or if the financing is filed in another jurisdiction and would have ceased to be effective under that jurisdiction’s law or on June 30, 2018; provide that the filing of a continuation statement after Sections 91 to 99 of this Act take effect does not continue the effectiveness of the financing statement, but timely filing of the continuation statement afterward and in accordance with the law of the jurisdiction shall make the financing statement effective before Sections 91 to 99 of this Act take effect for the period provided by the law of the other jurisdiction; provide that an unperfected security interest immediately preceding the effective date of Sections 91 to 99 of this Act shall be perfected without further action if the requirements of Article 9 were met on Sections 91 to 99 of this Act’s effective date, or if the requirements of Sections 91 to 99 are met after their effective date; regulate the initial filing of a financing statement; define “pre-effective-date financing statement” and establish the effectiveness of the statement dependent on the jurisdiction governing perfection; authorize a person to file an initial financing statement or a continuation statement subject to stated filing requirements; provide that Sections 91 to 99 of this Act determine priority of conflicting claims to collateral, unless the relative priorities of the claims were established before they took effect; amend KRS 360.100 to amend the definition of a \"high-cost home loan\" to include a mortgage with points and fees that exceeds the maximum threshold established by the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994, Pub. L. No. 103-325, 15 U.S.C. sec. 1602(bb); delete existing references to allowable points and fees associated with a mortgage loan; amend KRS 382.480 to require the Secretary of State to maintain a federal lien index and require county clerks to transmit federal tax lien information to the Secretary of State, in a manner and within a time period designated by the Secretary of State to allow the Secretary of State to maintain the federal lien index; amend KRS 64.012 to provide that the recording and indexing fee for a United States lien, release of a United States lien, a notice of lien issued by the Internal Revenue Service or a notice of lien discharge issued by the Internal Revenue Service shall be $24, with $6 to be retained by the county clerk, $6 to be transferred to the affordable housing trust fund, $6 to the Secretary of State, and $6 to be retained by the county clerks to be applied to the county clerk's technology fund; amend KRS 131.515 to require any notice of a state tax lien, except liens for unpaid property taxes, be filed in the same manner as a lis pendens, with the file to be designated miscellaneous state and city delinquent and unpaid tax liens; require the Secretary of State to index notices of tax liens filed in a tax lien index which shall be accessible to the public in the same manner as financing statements filed with the Secretary of State, including online and searchable databases, under Article 9 of KRS Chapter 355; provide that Sections 91 to 99 of this Act take effect July 1, 2013.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 132)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB97/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB97.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":358321,"bill_number":"SB98","title":"AN ACT relating to pain management clinics.","description":"Amend KRS 216B.015 to define \"pain management clinic\" and amend the definition of \"health facility\" to include a pain management clinic; create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to require that all pain management clinics be licensed; require all pain management clinics to be owned by a physician in collaboration with a hospital; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations related to pain management clinics.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-11","last_action":"reassigned to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-01-18","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB98/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB98.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":359043,"bill_number":"HB258","title":"AN ACT relating to problem, compulsive, or pathological gambling and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 222.005 to define \"pathological gambling\" and \"problem gambling\"; create new sections of KRS Chapter 222 to establish the problem or pathological gamblers awareness and treatment fund; direct the use of funds and limit annual administrative costs to $50,000; establish the Gamblers Awareness the Treatment Fund Advisory Council; establish the council's membership and responsibilities; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations in collaboration with the council; establish a funding and application process, certify disbursement of funds, and report annually; assign responsibilities to the director of the Division of Mental Health and Substance abuse; amend KRS 138.510 to provide funding from the total amount wagered in Kentucky; amend KRS 154A.130 to provide funding from net lottery revenues of the state lottery; amend KRS 238.570 to provide funding from the gross receipts from all charitable gaming; amend KRS 222.001 and 222.003 to conform.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-01-12","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-02-21","committee":"Licensing and Occupations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB258/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB258.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":359116,"bill_number":"HB257","title":"AN ACT relating to patient dumping.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 438, relating to a peace officer, public employee, or private employee who brings a prisoner or other person in need of medical, dental, psychological, mental health, mental retardation, substance abuse, or alcohol abuse treatment into Kentucky to make arrangements for the treatment and payment therefor in advance, provide for civil and criminal liability for failing to make prior arrangements or failure to pay for treatment. Provide exception for emergency medical care in case of an injury or medical emergency which occurs in Kentucky.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-12","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-17","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB257/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB257.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":359191,"bill_number":"HB256","title":"AN ACT relating to veterans.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 148 to establish the Iraq/Afghanistan War Memorial Committee for purposes of establishing the Iraq/Afghanistan War Memorial; establish the Iraq/Afghanistan War Memorial Fund to be administered by the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 67)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB256/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB256.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":359266,"bill_number":"HB255","title":"AN ACT relating to the promotion of energy efficiency and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 157 to establish the Kentucky Green Schools Authority as an independent agency attached to the Finance and Administration Cabinet for the purpose of promoting energy efficiency in school buildings through technical assistance, expertise, and financing to undertake guaranteed energy savings performance contract projects; define terms; establish the green schools fund as a revolving fund to be used to provide financing; establish financing program terms; grant revenue bond issuance powers to the authority; provide that authority revenue bonds are not general obligation bonds of the Commonwealth; amend KRS 45A.345, 45A.352, and 45A.353 to conform; amend KRS 45A.840 and 45A.850 to include the authority as a bond issuing agency and allow for procurement of bond counsel services; amend various other sections to conform; amend KRS 12.020 to attach the authority to the Finance and Administration Cabinet; amend KRS 42.584 to conform; amend KRS 103.200 to make technical corrections; amend KRS 103.210 and 103.240 to clarify that industrial revenue bonds may be issued to assist with increasing energy efficiency in manufacturing facilities; amend KRS 103.286 to reserve 10% of the state private activity bond cap for small or medium-sized manufacturing facility energy efficiency bond projects issued by the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority (KEDFA); create a new section of KRS 103.200 to 103.285 to provide that KEDFA shall have the sole authority to review and issue these types of bonds; state terms for review and approval of bond proposals; amend KRS 152.712 to direct the Department for Energy Development and Independence to provide technical assistance to local governments, area development districts, housing authorities, and school districts regarding methods to maximize energy conservation and efficiency; create a new section of KRS Chapter 152 to establish a pilot program for assisting school districts with obtaining LEED certification for existing buildings; reallocate an existing bond authorization to the green schools fund.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-16","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 145)","last_action_date":"2012-04-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB255/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB255.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":359343,"bill_number":"HB254","title":"AN ACT relating to application for public assistance.","description":"Amend KRS 205.200 to require that applications for public assistance be made and processed in the applicant's county of legal residence unless the applicant is hospitalized or living in an institution.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-12","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-17","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB254/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB254.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":359417,"bill_number":"HB253","title":"AN ACT relating to agricultural districts.","description":"Amend KRS 132.010 to include agricultural land of five acres of more when used to form an agricultural district; amend KRS 262.850 to define \"agricultural land\" \"agriculture\" \"horticulture\" \"aquaculture\" \"livestock\" and \"poultry\"; add the local comprehensive plan and the 401 facilities plan to the county development patterns considered by the board of supervisors as one of the factors when considering the formation of an agricultural district; require land considered for agricultural district to have been used agriculturally one year prior to petition for inclusion in the agricultural district; distinguish agricultural districts of 10 acres or more from those less than 10 acres with respect to review by the soil and water conservation board of supervisors; require agricultural districts of less than 10 acres to comply with any conservation plans required by the state soil and water conservation commission; require the board to inform district members of their agricultural property valuation eligibility requirements; and renumber subsections to conform.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-14","last_action":"to Agriculture (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-16","committee":"Agriculture","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB253/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB253.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":359497,"bill_number":"HB252","title":"AN ACT relating to elk hunting permits.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 150 to require the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to hold a postseason elk quota hunt for each year that a regular elk quota hunt is held; define terms; require department to hold a postseason modern firearms elk quota hunt for antlerless elk and spikes following the regular elk quota hunt; require 10% of the hunters drawn for the postseason elk quota hunt to be holders of senior/disabled combination hunting and fishing licenses and 90% of the hunters drawn for the postseason elk quota hunt to be drawn from the pool of applicants who were not drawn for the regular quota hunt and who live in the elk restoration zone; require the department to draw a number of participants in the postseason elk quota hunt equal to the number of unused permits from the previous regular elk quota hunt or to 25 participants, whichever is greater; require postseason elk quota hunt participants to comply with regular quota hunt rules, except that they may only hunt in public and private hunting areas in the Knott County elk management unit or the Stoney Fork elk management unit; require the department to issue no fewer than 750 elk permits per year for each regular elk quota hunt.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-27","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-29","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB252/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB252.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":359571,"bill_number":"HB251","title":"AN ACT relating to pain management facilities.","description":"Amend KRS 216B.015 to define \"pain management facility\"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to establish that a pain management facility shall not accept cash as a form of payment for services and establish the requirement that a photo identification must be presented; and amend KRS Chapter 216.990 to establish Class B misdemeanor and Class D felony penalties for violations of this Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-12","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-17","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB251/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB251.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":359648,"bill_number":"HB250","title":"AN ACT relating to patient safety in long-term-care settings and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 209 to define terms; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to begin to prepare to establish and implement a registry of each person against whom a charge of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of an adult has been substantiated; require the cabinet to promulgate regulations upon the implementation of the registry; prohibit adult institutional and community-based long-term-care service providers from employing a person whose name appears on the registry upon implementation of the registry; require the cabinet to implement a fingerprint-based background check program if federal funds become available for the National Background Check Program from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; clarify that all administrative procedures shall be in accord with KRS Chapter 13B; amend KRS 205.5606 to require that each person that provides services under that section shall not employ a person whose name appears on the registry upon implementation of the registry; amend KRS 210.795 to require that, upon implementation of the registry, a person on the registry is ineligible to be a provider under that statute and providers shall not employ a person whose name appears on the registry; amend KRS 209.140 to state that, upon implementation of a registry, the names of persons against whom charges of abuse, neglect, or exploitation have been substantiated shall be available to potential employers and the public.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-07","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-13","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB250/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB250.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":359724,"bill_number":"HB249","title":"AN ACT relating to minor users of tanning beds.","description":"Amend KRS 217.922 to prohibit people under the age of 14 from using a tanning device.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-21","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-23","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB249/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB249.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":359800,"bill_number":"HB248","title":"AN ACT relating to redistricting and declaring an emergency.","description":"(H0260B01) Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 5 to divide the Commonwealth into the following representative districts: DISTRICT 1 - Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman, McCracken (part); DISTRICT 2 - Graves, McCracken (part); DISTRICT 3 - McCracken (part); DISTRICT 4 - Livingston, Marshall, McCracken (part); DISTRICT 5 - Calloway, Trigg (part); DISTRICT 6 - Caldwell, Hopkins (part); DISTRICT 7 - Crittenden, Hopkins (part), Union, Webster; DISTRICT 8 - Christian (part), Hopkins (part), Lyon, Trigg (part); DISTRICT 9 - Christian (part); DISTRICT 10 - Christian (part), Logan, Todd; DISTRICT 11 - Hopkins (part), McLean, Muhlenberg; DISTRICT 12 - Henderson (part); DISTRICT 13 - Daviess (part), Henderson (part); DISTRICT 14 - Daviess (part); DISTRICT 15 - Butler, Daviess (part), Ohio; DISTRICT 16 - Breckinridge, Hancock, Hardin (part); DISTRICT 17 - Edmonson, Grayson, Warren (part); DISTRICT 18 - Warren (part); DISTRICT 19 - Warren (part); DISTRICT 20 - Simpson, Warren (part); DISTRICT 21 - Barren; DISTRICT 22 - Allen, Cumberland, Monroe, Warren (part); DISTRICT 23 - Green, Hardin (part), Hart, Metcalfe; DISTRICT 24 - Hardin (part), Larue, Taylor; DISTRICT 25 - Bullitt (part), Hardin (part); DISTRICT 26 - Hardin (part), Meade; DISTRICT 27 - Hardin (part); DISTRICT 28 - Nelson; DISTRICT 29 - Clinton, Pulaski (part), Wayne; DISTRICT 30 - Adair, Pulaski (part), Russell; DISTRICT 31 - Casey, Marion, Pulaski (part); DISTRICT 32 - Anderson, Franklin (part), Washington; DISTRICT 33 - McCreary, Pulaski (part); DISTRICT 34 - Laurel (part), Whitley; DISTRICT 35 - Bell, Harlan (part); DISTRICT 36 - Knox, Laurel (part); DISTRICT 37 - Bullitt (part), Jefferson County (part), Spencer; DISTRICT 38 - Bullitt (part), Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 39 - Fayette (part), Jessamine (part); DISTRICT 40 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 41 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 42 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 43 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 44 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 45 - Fayette (part); DISTRICT 46 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 47 - Carroll, Gallatin, Henry, Trimble; DISTRICT 48 - Jefferson County (part), Oldham (part); DISTRICT 49 - Bullitt (part); DISTRICT 50 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 51 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 52 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 53 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 54 - Boyle, Garrard; DISTRICT 55 - Jessamine (part), Mercer; DISTRICT 56 - Fayette (part), Woodford; DISTRICT 57 - Franklin (part), Scott (part); DISTRICT 58 - Shelby; DISTRICT 59 - Oldham (part); DISTRICT 60 - Boone (part); DISTRICT 61 - Boone (part), Grant, Owen, Scott (part); DISTRICT 62 - Scott (part); DISTRICT 63 - Boone (part), Kenton (part); DISTRICT 64 - Boone (part), Kenton (part); DISTRICT 65 - Kenton (part); DISTRICT 66 - Boone (part); DISTRICT 67 - Campbell (part); DISTRICT 68 - Campbell (part); DISTRICT 69 - Boone (part), Kenton (part); DISTRICT 70 - Bath, Fleming, Mason; DISTRICT 71 - Elliott, Morgan, Rowan; DISTRICT 72 - Bourbon, Bracken, Fayette (part), Nicholas, Robertson; DISTRICT 73 - Clark, Madison (part); DISTRICT 74 - Menifee, Montgomery, Powell; DISTRICT 75 - Fayette (part); DISTRICT 76 - Fayette (part); DISTRICT 77 - Fayette (part); DISTRICT 78 - Campbell (part), Harrison, Kenton (part), Pendleton; DISTRICT 79 - Fayette (part); DISTRICT 80 - Laurel (part), Madison (part), Rockcastle; DISTRICT 81 - Madison (part); DISTRICT 82 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 83 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 84 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 85 - Laurel (part), Lincoln, Pulaski (part); DISTRICT 86 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 87 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 88 - Fayette (part), Madison (part); DISTRICT 89 - Jackson, Laurel (part); DISTRICT 90 - Clay, Harlan (part), Leslie; DISTRICT 91 - Breathitt, Estill, Lee, Madison (part), Owsley; DISTRICT 92 - Knott, Perry; DISTRICT 93 - Pike (part); DISTRICT 94 - Harlan (part), Letcher, Pike (part); DISTRICT 95 - Floyd, Pike (part); DISTRICT 96 - Carter, Lewis; DISTRICT 97 - Johnson, Magoffin, Wolfe; DISTRICT 98 - Boyd (part), Greenup; DISTRICT 99 - Boyd (part), Lawrence, Martin, Pike (part); DISTRICT 100 - Boyd (part); PLAN INTEGRITY VERIFIED; repeal KRS 5.005; specify that precinct names may be shortened to accommodate formatting requirements of the bill drafting system and that the precinct names will be provided in full in codification; specify how county and precinct names are to be displayed depending on whether the territory of the county or precinct is included in a particular legislative district in its entirety or in part and direct how those items will be displayed in codification; direct county boards of elections to change precinct boundaries to conform to representative and senatorial district boundaries; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-12","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-17","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB248/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB248.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":359873,"bill_number":"HB247","title":"AN ACT relating to licensure of art therapists.","description":"Amend KRS 309.133 to revise the method of licensure for professional art therapists and to provide criteria for licensure as a professional art therapist associate.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-07","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-13","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB247/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB247.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":368873,"bill_number":"HB259","title":"AN ACT relating to the protection of adults.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 209 to define the terms \"adult\" and \"adult institutional and long-term care service provider\"; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to implement a registry of each individual against whom an allegation of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of an adult has been substantiated; require that the registry be available to the public, but permit the CHFS to charge a fee to access the registry if there are insufficient funds to maintain it; require the cabinet to promulgate regulations; require adult institutional and community-based long-term care service providers to not employ an individual whose name appears on the registry; clarify that all administrative hearings shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 13B; clarify that an individual's name shall not be placed on the registry until all administrative appeals and judicial proceedings have been completed; amend KRS 205.5606 to require that each person who provides services under that section shall not employ an individual whose name appears on the registry; amend KRS 210.795 to state that an individual whose name appears on the registry is ineligible to be a provider under that statute; prohibit providers from employing individuals whose name appear on the registry; amend KRS 209.140 to state that the names of persons against whom an allegation of abuse, neglect, or exploitation has been substantiated shall be available to potential employers and the public.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-15","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-19","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB259/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB259.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":368898,"bill_number":"HB260","title":"AN ACT relating to postsecondary education and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 164 to clarify the use of local government economic development funds; declare the need for a comprehensive university in southeastern Kentucky; create the Southeastern Kentucky Educational Attainment District; establish the University of Pikeville; require the University of Pikeville to establish the Southeastern Kentucky Educational Attainment Program; require the Council on Postsecondary Education to determine three year and six year degree attainment rates; authorize the University of Pikeville to operate extension campuses; require the Council on Postsecondary Education to approve the University of Pikeville base tuition rates; create the University of Pikeville interim board of regents; create the southeastern Kentucky educational attainment fund; amend KRS 42.4592 to clarify calculation of fund allocations; amend KRS 164.295 to clarify that the University of Pikeville may continue to operate the Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine; create a new section of KRS Chapter 154 to require notice to students who benefit from local government economic development funds; amend KRS 164.001 to add the University of Pikeville in the list of public postsecondary education institutions included in the definitions of \"comprehensive university\" and \"postsecondary education system,\" amend KRS 164.011 to change references to the number of public postsecondary education institutions and the number of student body presidents to conform, amend KRS 164.321 to include the University of Pikeville in the requirements for board of regents appointments, amend KRS 164.365, 158.842, 164.800, 161.220, and 164.295 to conform. APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-14","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2012-04-12","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB260/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB260.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":368926,"bill_number":"HB261","title":"AN ACT relating to school notification of persons authorized to contact or remove a child.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 620 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, if the cabinet is granted custody of a dependent, neglected, or abused child, to notify the school in which the child is enrolled of persons authorized to contact the child or remove the child from school grounds.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-17","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-18","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB261/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB261.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":368951,"bill_number":"HB262","title":"AN ACT relating to prescription drugs.","description":"Amend KRS 315.400 to exclude \"interpharmacy medication exchange\" from the definition of \"wholesale distributor\"; amend KRS 304.17A-515 to include Medicaid managed care plans operating in the Commonwealth as a part of a \"managed care plan\" for purposes of that section; amend KRS 205.6312 to state that the copayments for a prescription or over-the-counter drug shall be $1 for generic drugs, $2 for preferred brand name drugs, and $3 for non-preferred brand name drugs; state that these copayments shall not be deducted from a reimbursement due from a Medicaid or a Medicaid managed care organization, but shall be in addition to such reimbursement; state that the copayment requirements shall apply to all Medicaid managed care organization contracting with the cabinet; amend KRS 304.17A-17A-625 to conform.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-10","last_action":"recommitted to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-08","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB262/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB262.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":368977,"bill_number":"HB263","title":"AN ACT relating to the licensing of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning professionals.","description":"Amend KRS 198B.652 to add one member to the Kentucky Board of Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning; specify that the member representing the United Association of Plumbers, Pipefitters, Sprinklerfitters, Steamfitters and Techs shall be a journeyman HVAC mechanic with at least five years of experience; amend KRS 198B.658 to establish requirements for licensing of master and journeyman heating, ventilation, and air conditioning professionals; permit the board to deny a license when a person is convicted of sexual misconduct; amend KRS 198B.664 to provide for license renewal after expiration; extend provisions for inactive license.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-07","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-13","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB263/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB263.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":369005,"bill_number":"HB264","title":"AN ACT relating to the investigation of child abuse and neglect.","description":"Amend KRS 600.020 to add separate definitions of \"abused child\" and \"neglected child\"; add any household or family member, or a paramour of the child's parent, to the definition of \"abused child\"; amend KRS 620.040 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to participate in an investigation of abuse if the report alleges abuse by a household or family member, or a paramour of the child's parent; amend KRS 214.160, 620.090, and 625.090 to conform.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-01-17","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-02-06","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB264/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB264.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":369029,"bill_number":"HB265","title":"AN ACT relating to appropriations 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, Agency Bonds, Capital Construction Surplus, Investment Income, Statewide Deferred Maintenance Fund, and other funds, $46,633,600 in fiscal year 2011-2012, $31,502,664,500 in fiscal year 2012-2013, and $28,840,328,100 in fiscal year 2013-2014, as follows:","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2012-04-13","last_action":"delivered to Secretary of State (Acts ch. 144)","last_action_date":"2012-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB265/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB265.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":369057,"bill_number":"HB266","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, and Road Fund $2,370,948,900 in fiscal year 2012-2013 and $2,393,125,700 in fiscal year 2013-2014 for operating costs; appropriate from Restricted Funds, Federal Funds, Bond Funds, Road Fund, and Investment Income for various capital projects; require the Secretary of the Transportation Cabinet to produce a document detailing the 2012-2014 Biennial Highway Construction Program and the Highway Preconstruction Program; provide debt service to the General Administration and Support budget unit; allow reallocation of appropriations among budget units; 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 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, Biennial Highway Construction Program, Highway Construction Contingency Account, and the Kentucky Pride Fund; authorize projects in the 2010-2012 Biennial Highway Construction Plan to continue into the 2012-2014 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; authorize use of design/build procurement methods for demonstration projects and the Louisville-Southern Indiana Ohio River Bridges Project; provide for the transfer of Road Fund resources for judgments; authorize the Transportation Cabinet to maximize the use of Toll Credits; 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 payments for wetland restoration; authorize various capital projects; and specify funds transfers.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-03-19","last_action":"reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute","last_action_date":"2012-04-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB266/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB266.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":369083,"bill_number":"HB267","title":"AN ACT relating to road projects and declaring an emergency.","description":"Set out the fiscal year 2012-2014 Biennial Highway Construction Plan; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2012-04-18","last_action":"delivered to Secretary of State (Acts ch. 149)","last_action_date":"2012-04-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB267/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB267.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":369108,"bill_number":"HB268","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 $50,883,800 for fiscal year 2012-2013 and $53,800,100 for fiscal year 2013-2014; appropriate from Restricted Funds $53,000 for fiscal year 2012-2013 and $119,300 for fiscal year 2013-2014, with appropriations allocated as follows:","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-04","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 19)","last_action_date":"2012-04-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB268/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB268.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":369136,"bill_number":"HB269","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 $415,365,100 in fiscal year 2012-2013 and $406,909,100 in fiscal year 2013-2014 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; provide that funds in the Court Operations and Administration appropriation unit carry forward; provide funds for debt service; provide funds for 25 pretrial officers and four Family Court judgeships; provide funds for salary adjustment for pay parity; 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 funds for furniture and equipment for authorized projects; 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 docket management capital project; detail deferred funding; authorize leases; 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; provide the Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts with expenditure authority; provide for severability of budget provisions and priority of individual appropriations; declare that statute controls duplicate 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":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 68)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB269/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB269.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":369161,"bill_number":"HCR75","title":"Establish the Task Force on a Uniform Indexing System, set forth membership, require task force to report to LRC by December 1, 2012.","description":"Establish the Task Force on a Uniform Indexing System, set forth membership, require task force to report to LRC by December 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-17","last_action":"to Local Government (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-18","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR75/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HC75.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":369916,"bill_number":"SB104","title":"AN ACT relating to the protection of adults.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 209 to define the terms \"adult\" and \"adult institutional and long-term care service provider\"; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to implement a registry of each individual against whom an allegation of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of an adult has been substantiated; require that the registry be available to the public, but permit the CHFS to charge a fee to access the registry if there are insufficient funds to maintain it; require the cabinet to promulgate regulations; require adult institutional and community-based long-term care service providers to not employ an individual whose name appears on the registry; clarify that all administrative hearings shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 13B; clarify that an individual's name shall not be placed on the registry until all administrative appeals and judicial proceedings have been completed; amend KRS 205.5606 to require that each person who provides services under that section shall not employ an individual whose name appears on the registry; amend KRS 210.795 to state that an individual whose name appears on the registry is ineligible to be a provider under that statute; prohibit providers from employing individuals whose name appear on the registry; amend KRS 209.140 to state that the names of persons against whom an allegation of abuse, neglect, or exploitation has been substantiated shall be available to potential employers and the public.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-18","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-01-19","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB104/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB104.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":369965,"bill_number":"SB103","title":"AN ACT relating to full disclosure in public safety.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 311.710 to 311.820 to require an ultrasound prior to an abortion; amend KRS 311.990 to provide a criminal penalty.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-02-15","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-03-14","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB103/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB103.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":370021,"bill_number":"SB102","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.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-02-09","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-03-14","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB102/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB102.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":370077,"bill_number":"SB101","title":"AN ACT relating to child endangerment.","description":"Amend KRS 508.060 to provide that a person is guilty of wanton endangerment if he or she leaves a child seven years of age or less in a motor vehicle for longer than 5 minutes unless the child is attended to by another person of at least thirteen years of age.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-18","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-01-19","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB101/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB101.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":370135,"bill_number":"SB99","title":"AN ACT relating to homicide.","description":"Amend KRS 507.040 to provide that a person is guilty of manslaughter in the second degree when acting under circumstances manifesting an extreme indifference to human life and which creates a grave risk of death to a child under the age of thirteen, thereby causes the death of the child.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-18","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-01-19","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB99/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB99.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":370236,"bill_number":"HCR76","title":"Urge a study of the growth of wild pig populations in Kentucky, addressing in particular the dangers and problems that wild swine present for the state's environment, farmers, landowners, and citizens.","description":"Urge a study of the growth of wild pig populations in Kentucky, addressing in particular the dangers and problems that wild swine present for the state's environment, farmers, landowners, and citizens.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-01-30","last_action":"to Agriculture (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-01","committee":"Agriculture","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR76/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HC76.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":370282,"bill_number":"HB280","title":"AN ACT relating to deadly weapons.","description":"Amend KRS 237.106 to prohibit public or private employers from maintaining a no-firearms policy with regard to parking lots and parking structures on their property; prohibit disciplining employees who have firearms in their vehicles or using the firearm for self-defense; if a person is killed or injured by a violation of the section, allow legal action to be brought against the employer; allow a person who is discharged for a violation of such a policy to bring a legal action for reinstatement and damages; amend KRS 237.110, relating to concealed deadly weapon licenses, to specify that unlicensed carrying of a concealed deadly weapon or openly carrying a deadly weapon is not illegal and to make technical changes; amend KRS 237.115, relating to restrictions on government regulation of carrying of concealed deadly weapons, to exempt parking structures and stadiums; amend KRS 244.125, relating to carrying of firearms in places where alcoholic beverages are sold by the drink, to make technical change; amend KRS 237.104, relating to prohibiting firearms regulation during a disaster, to make technical change; amend KRS 527.070, relating to possession of firearms in a vehicle on school property, to set a minimum age limit of 18 for rifles and shotguns and 21 for handguns for statute to apply; create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to specify locations where a concealed deadly weapon may not be carried with or without a concealed deadly weapon license; require signs to be posted at entrances of restricted locations; retain exceptions for peace officers, court security officers, and prosecutors and judges with an all-location concealed deadly weapon license; amend KRS 527.040, relating to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, to make technical changes; amend KRS 150.172, relating to carrying and use of firearms while hunting, fishing, and related activities, to authorize use of firearm in defense of livestock or a domesticated animal against predatory animals; create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to require the Department of Kentucky State Police to place information on its Web site about the provisions of this Act and the concealed deadly weapon training manual used by the Department of Criminal Justice Training, along with a recommendation that persons carrying a concealed deadly weapon may want to take the concealed deadly weapon training program; amend various other sections to conform; repeal KRS 527.020, relating to carrying a concealed deadly weapon.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-18","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-20","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB280/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB280.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":370334,"bill_number":"HB279","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization.","description":"Amend KRS 12.020 and 12.023 to transfer the Council on Postsecondary Education from the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet to the Office of the Governor; amend KRS 151B.020 and 151B.130 to conform; confirm Executive Order 2011-356.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-10","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-14","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB279/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB279.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":370392,"bill_number":"HB278","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization.","description":"Amend KRS 12.020 and 12.023 to transfer the Governor's Scholars Program from the Office of the Governor to the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet; amend KRS 158.796 to conform; confirm Executive Order 2011-355.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 71)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB278/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB278.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":370444,"bill_number":"HB277","title":"AN ACT relating to local occupational license tax forms.","description":"Amend KRS 67.768 to require the Secretary of State to create a standard form to be used by all local tax districts for the filing of returns of net profits, gross receipts, and occupational license taxes.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 70)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB277/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB277.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":370503,"bill_number":"HB276","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 131 to create the office of taxpayer ombudsman; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 42.0651 to substitute the Division of State Risk and Insurance Services for some duties performed by the Office of Policy and Audit and require the division to provide insurance for state-owned and operated facilities and vehicles; amend KRS 42.0174 to delete the reference to KRS 42.0651; amend KRS 42.560 to require fifty percent of the energy assistance trust fund interest to be distributed to the Finance and Administration Cabinet for weatherization services to low-income households, and fifty percent to be distributed to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services for energy assistance services for low-income households; amend KRS 42.566 to require appropriated expenditures from the energy assistance trust fund to be distributed forty percent to the Finance and Administration Cabinet for weatherization services to low-income households, and sixty percent to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services for energy crisis or prevention services for low-income households; amend KRS 42.724 to move the Division of Geographic Information Systems from the Office of Enterprise Technology to the Office of Application Development, to rename the Division of Software Engineering as the Division of Financial Information Technology, and to rename the Division of Consulting and Project Management as the Division of Agency Information Technology; amend KRS 42.740 to rename the Kentucky Geospatial Board as the Geographic Information Advisory Council; amend KRS 131.020 to place the taxpayer ombudsman in the office of the commissioner of revenue; amend KRS 42.0201, 42.650, 42.726, 42.742, 42.744, and 116.200 to conform; confirm Executive Order 2011-354.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 69)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB276/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB276.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":370559,"bill_number":"HB275","title":"AN ACT relating to property taxes.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 133 to define \"threshold amount\" and permit county clerks to elect not to prepare property tax bills below the threshold amount; amend KRS 91A.070 to permit cities to elect not to prepare property tax bills below the threshold amount.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-18","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-20","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB275/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB275.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":370616,"bill_number":"HB274","title":"AN ACT relating to mental health records.","description":"Amend KRS 210.235 to specify additional conditions under which patient records may be disclosed.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-10","last_action":"to Rules (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-28","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB274/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB274.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":370670,"bill_number":"HB273","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":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-01-18","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-03-08","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB273/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB273.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":370727,"bill_number":"HB272","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 to promulgate administrative regulations to carry out the new sections; require the sheriff to monitor and randomly test industrial hemp fields; assess a fee of five dollars per acre for every acre of industrial hemp grown, with a minimum fee of $150 dollars, to be divided equally between the department and the appropriate sheriff's department; require licensees to provide the department 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; require Kentucky to adopt any federal rules or regulations relating to industrial hemp; amend KRS 218A.010 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-18","last_action":"to Agriculture & Small Business (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-20","committee":"Agriculture and Small Business","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB272/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB272.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":370783,"bill_number":"HB271","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 their jurisdiction.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-27","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-29","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB271/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB271.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":370839,"bill_number":"HB270","title":"AN ACT relating to workers' compensation subrogation.","description":"Amend KRS 342.700 to add medical benefits to subrogation recovery and delete reference to legal fees and expense.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-01-18","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-01-25","committee":"Labor and Industry","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB270/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB270.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":372026,"bill_number":"SB108","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corporation.","description":"Amend KRS 247.978 to describe a beginning farmer; increase the maximum amount that other applicants may owe from $1,000,000 to $5,000,000.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-08","last_action":"received in Senate","last_action_date":"2012-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB108/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB108.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":372049,"bill_number":"SB107","title":"AN ACT relating to autism spectrum disorders.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 194A to establish the Office of Autism Spectrum Disorders; provide that the office shall be headed by a director and its responsibilities; create a new section of KRS Chapter 194A to establish the State Interagency Autism Spectrum Disorder Council and establish the council's membership and responsibilities; amend KRS 194A.620 to apply the definition of \"autism spectrum disorders\" to the newly created sections of KRS Chapter 194A.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-19","last_action":"returned to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB107/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB107.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":372078,"bill_number":"SB106","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 Constitution of Kentucky to limit odd-year sessions to revenue and appropriations 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 the 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 three-fifths vote; establish effective date of amendment as January 1, 2014, if ratified by the voters; provide schedule for implementation; submit to voters.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-19","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2012-01-24","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB106/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB106.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":372110,"bill_number":"SB105","title":"AN ACT relating to metal detectors in state parks.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 148 to define \"metal detector\" and \"public area\"; allow use of metal detectors in public areas; require registration of use of metal detector within state park or monument office; amend KRS 148.991 to provide a penalty for violation.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-03-07","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB105/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB105.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":372174,"bill_number":"HB291","title":"AN ACT relating to the timing for the payment of wages.","description":"Amend KRS 337.020 to clarify that the eighteen days for wage payments starts on the last day of the pay period.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-19","last_action":"to Labor & Industry (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-20","committee":"Labor and Industry","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB291/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB291.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":372205,"bill_number":"HB290","title":"AN ACT relating to the regulation of firearms, firearms parts and accessories, ammunition, and ammunition components.","description":"Amend KRS 65.870 which limits cities and counties from having local firearms ordinances to expand the units of government and public agencies covered, expand limitations on local action, and provide sanctions for violations.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-19","last_action":"to Local Government (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-20","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB290/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB290.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":372239,"bill_number":"HB289","title":"AN ACT prohibiting smoking in public places and places of employment.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 438 to prohibit indoor smoking in businesses, places of employment, and other listed public places; exempt private residences, unless used for child care or adult day care; permit smoking in designated nonenclosed areas; require posting of \"no smoking\" signs as specified locations; permit political subdivisions of the Commonwealth to adopt stricter regulations by ordinance; provide for enforcement by all peace officers and health department employees; provide for the issuance of uniform citations for violation; require that employers and others not discriminate against persons reporting violations; provide for fines for violation; provide that fines go to the organization whose employee issued the citation; provide that no court costs or other fees be charged for violations; amend KRS 344.040, relating to unlawful practices by an employer, to add reference to state law, local, ordinance, or local board of health regulation relating to smoking; amend KRS 431.450, relating to uniform citations, to provide for issuing citation forms to health departments; authorize the department of Kentucky State Police to create and issue uniform smoking violation citations; create a new section of KRS Chapter 438 to exempt smoking laboratories where machines do the smoking; repeal various statutes permitting smoking in public buildings.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-19","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-23","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB289/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB289.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":372266,"bill_number":"HB288","title":"AN ACT relating to the taxation of drugs used in the production of equine, livestock, poultry, aquatic organisms, and various farm animals.","description":"Amend KRS 139.480, relating to the sales and use tax, to exempt prescription drugs and over-the-counter drugs if used in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in beef cattle, dairy cattle, sheep, swine, poultry, llamas, alpacas, buffalos, ratites, aquatic organisms, cervids, ratite birds, and equine; amend KRS 139.472 to conform; EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-19","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-20","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB288/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB288.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":372300,"bill_number":"HB287","title":"AN ACT reclassifying the City of Hurstbourne Acres.","description":"Reclassify the City of Hurstbourne Acres in Jefferson County, with a population of 1,811, from a city of the fifth class to a city of the fourth class, which requires a population of 3,000 to 7,999.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-03-28","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 9)","last_action_date":"2012-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB287/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB287.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":372334,"bill_number":"HB286","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 to promulgate administrative regulations to carry out the new sections; require the sheriff to monitor and randomly test industrial hemp fields; assess a fee of five dollars per acre for every acre of industrial hemp grown, with a minimum fee of 150 dollars, to be divided equally between the department and the appropriate sheriff's department; require licensees to provide the department 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; require Kentucky to adopt any federal rules or regulations relating to industrial hemp; amend KRS 218A.010 to conform; amend KRS 260.857 to make the Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture the chair of the commission; amend KRS 260.859 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-19","last_action":"to Agriculture & Small Business (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-20","committee":"Agriculture and Small Business","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB286/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB286.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":372365,"bill_number":"HB285","title":"AN ACT relating to the taxation of tangible personal property used in the production of equine.","description":"Amend KRS 139.480 to exempt feed and feed additives, seed and commercial fertilizer, farm chemicals, farm machinery, water, equine embryos and semen, fuels, and on-farm facilities used in the production of equine from the sales and use tax; amend KRS 130.470 to conform; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-19","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-20","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB285/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB285.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":372394,"bill_number":"HB284","title":"AN ACT relating to redistricting and declaring an emergency.","description":"(H1289B01) Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 5 to divide the Commonwealth into the following representative districts: DISTRICT 1 - Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman, McCracken (part); DISTRICT 2 - Graves, McCracken (part); DISTRICT 3 - McCracken (part); DISTRICT 4 - Livingston, Marshall, McCracken (part); DISTRICT 5 - Calloway, Trigg (part); DISTRICT 6 - Caldwell, Hopkins (part); DISTRICT 7 - Crittenden, Hopkins (part), Union, Webster; DISTRICT 8 - Christian (part), Hopkins (part), Lyon, Trigg (part); DISTRICT 9 - Christian (part); DISTRICT 10 - Christian (part), Logan, Todd; DISTRICT 11 - Hopkins (part), McLean, Muhlenberg; DISTRICT 12 - Henderson (part); DISTRICT 13 - Daviess (part), Henderson (part); DISTRICT 14 - Daviess (part); DISTRICT 15 - Butler, Daviess (part), Ohio; DISTRICT 16 - Breckinridge, Hancock, Hardin (part); DISTRICT 17 - Edmonson, Grayson, Warren (part); DISTRICT 18 - Warren (part); DISTRICT 19 - Warren (part); DISTRICT 20 - Simpson, Warren (part); DISTRICT 21 - Barren; DISTRICT 22 - Allen, Cumberland, Monroe, Warren (part); DISTRICT 23 - Green, Hardin (part), Hart, Metcalfe; DISTRICT 24 - Hardin (part), Larue, Taylor; DISTRICT 25 - Bullitt (part), Hardin (part); DISTRICT 26 - Hardin (part), Jefferson County (part), Meade; DISTRICT 27 - Hardin (part); DISTRICT 28 - Nelson; DISTRICT 29 - Clinton, Pulaski (part), Wayne; DISTRICT 30 - Adair, Pulaski (part), Russell; DISTRICT 31 - Casey, Marion, Pulaski (part); DISTRICT 32 - Anderson, Franklin (part), Washington; DISTRICT 33 - McCreary, Pulaski (part); DISTRICT 34 - Laurel (part), Whitley; DISTRICT 35 - Bell, Harlan (part); DISTRICT 36 - Knox, Laurel (part); DISTRICT 37 - Bullitt (part), Jefferson County (part), Spencer; DISTRICT 38 - Bullitt (part), Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 39 - Fayette (part), Jessamine (part); DISTRICT 40 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 41 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 42 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 43 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 44 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 45 - Fayette (part); DISTRICT 46 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 47 - Carroll, Gallatin, Henry, Trimble; DISTRICT 48 - Jefferson County (part), Oldham (part); DISTRICT 49 - Bullitt (part); DISTRICT 50 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 51 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 52 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 53 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 54 - Boyle, Garrard; DISTRICT 55 - Jessamine (part), Mercer; DISTRICT 56 - Fayette (part), Woodford; DISTRICT 57 - Franklin (part), Scott (part); DISTRICT 58 - Shelby; DISTRICT 59 - Oldham (part); DISTRICT 60 - Boone (part); DISTRICT 61 - Boone (part), Grant, Owen, Scott (part); DISTRICT 62 - Scott (part); DISTRICT 63 - Boone (part), Kenton (part); DISTRICT 64 - Boone (part), Kenton (part); DISTRICT 65 - Kenton (part); DISTRICT 66 - Boone (part); DISTRICT 67 - Campbell (part); DISTRICT 68 - Campbell (part); DISTRICT 69 - Boone (part), Kenton (part); DISTRICT 70 - Bath, Fleming, Mason; DISTRICT 71 - Elliott, Morgan, Rowan; DISTRICT 72 - Bourbon, Bracken, Fayette (part), Nicholas, Robertson; DISTRICT 73 - Clark, Madison (part); DISTRICT 74 - Menifee, Montgomery, Powell; DISTRICT 75 - Fayette (part); DISTRICT 76 - Fayette (part); DISTRICT 77 - Fayette (part); DISTRICT 78 - Campbell (part), Harrison, Kenton (part), Pendleton; DISTRICT 79 - Fayette (part); DISTRICT 80 - Laurel (part), Madison (part), Rockcastle; DISTRICT 81 - Madison (part); DISTRICT 82 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 83 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 84 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 85 - Laurel (part), Lincoln, Pulaski (part); DISTRICT 86 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 87 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 88 - Fayette (part), Madison (part); DISTRICT 89 - Jackson, Laurel (part); DISTRICT 90 - Clay, Harlan (part), Leslie; DISTRICT 91 - Breathitt, Estill, Lee, Madison (part), Owsley; DISTRICT 92 - Knott, Perry; DISTRICT 93 - Pike (part); DISTRICT 94 - Harlan (part), Letcher, Pike (part); DISTRICT 95 - Floyd, Pike (part); DISTRICT 96 - Carter, Lewis; DISTRICT 97 - Johnson, Magoffin, Wolfe; DISTRICT98 - Boyd (part), Greenup; DISTRICT 99 - Boyd (part), Lawrence, Martin, Pike (part); DISTRICT 100 - Boyd (part); PLAN INTEGRITY VERIFIED; amend KRS 5.010 to conform; repeal KRS 5.005; specify that precinct names may be shortened to accommodate formatting requirements of the bill drafting system and that the precinct names will be provided in full in codification; specify how county and precinct names are to be displayed depending on whether the territory of the county or precinct is included in a particular legislative district in its entirety or in part and direct how those items will be displayed in codification; direct county boards of elections to change precinct boundaries to conform to representative and senatorial district boundaries; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-19","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-20","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB284/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB284.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":372431,"bill_number":"HB283","title":"AN ACT relating to driving under the influence.","description":"Amend various sections in KRS Chapter 189A, relating to driving under the influence, to","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-19","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-20","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB283/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB283.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":372461,"bill_number":"HB282","title":"AN ACT relating to home medical equipment and services providers and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 315 to license home medical equipment and services providers under the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy; define terms; prohibit providing home medical equipment and services without a license; exempt persons engaging in a profession for which they are licensed or registered, including health care practitioners; establish other exemptions for home health agencies, hospitals, manufacturers and wholesale distributors, pharmacists and pharmacies, employees of a licensed entity, hospice programs, skilled nursing facilities, and government agencies; require that a licensed person only provide home medical equipment and services under a medical order from a licensed health care practitioner; set licensure fees for applicants for licensure not to exceed $200 annually or increase more than $25 per year; require providers to maintain adequate records of all home medical equipment and services provided and periodically report to the board as established in administrative regulation; sanction failure to report to the board or willful submission of inaccurate information as grounds for disciplinary action under KRS 315.121; direct the board to establish qualifications for applicants for licensure through promulgation of an administrative regulation; prohibit disclosure under KRS 61.878 of information provided by an applicant to any person or entity other than the board; instruct that a separate license shall be required for each location of a home medical equipment and services provider; obligate a provider to display its license at its place of business; prescribe a renewal fee not to exceed $200 or increase more than $25 per year; direct that a license is only issued for the premises and persons named in an application and shall not be transferrable; authorize the board to grant reciprocity to an out-of-state provider physically located in one of the bordering states; set penalty for providing home medical equipment and services without a license as a Class A misdemeanor with each day of violation as a separate offense; amend KRS 304.17A-005 to include home medical equipment and services provider under the definition for \"health care provider\" or \"provider\"; amend KRS 315.121 to conform and designate what unprofessional and unethical conduct includes for a provider; amend KRS 315.191 to authorize the board to oversee and administer the licensure of home medical equipment and services providers and to include on the advisory council individuals representative of the profession of providing home medical equipment and services; amend KRS 315.195 to authorize the board to collect and deposit all fees, charges, and fines, and other moneys owed into the State Treasury to the credit of the trust and agency fund used to carry and be appropriated for these purposes; direct that remaining moneys remaining in the fund shall not lapse; amend KRS 315.005, 315.125, and 315.220 conform; designate legislative purpose; name new sections of KRS Chapter 315 the \"Home Medical Equipment and Services Provider Licensure Act\"; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 73)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB282/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB282.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":372489,"bill_number":"HB281","title":"AN ACT relating to interscholastic athletics and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 160.445 to require coaches to complete training on recognizing and treating concussions and head injuries; identify actions required before an athlete with a suspected concussion or head injury may return to play; amend KRS 156.070 to conform; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 72)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB281/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB281.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":373841,"bill_number":"HB292","title":"AN ACT relating to redistricting and declaring an emergency.","description":"(H1351B01) Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 5 to divide the Commonwealth into the following representative districts: DISTRICT 1 - Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman, McCracken (part); DISTRICT 2 - Graves, Marshall (part); DISTRICT 3 - McCracken (part); DISTRICT 4 - Caldwell, Crittenden, Hopkins (part), Trigg; DISTRICT 5 - Calloway, Marshall (part); DISTRICT 6 - Livingston, Lyon, Marshall (part), McCracken (part); DISTRICT 7 - Daviess (part), Henderson (part); DISTRICT 8 - Christian (part); DISTRICT 9 - Christian (part), Todd; DISTRICT 10 - Christian (part), Hopkins (part); DISTRICT 11 - Henderson (part), McLean, Union, Webster; DISTRICT 12 - Daviess (part); DISTRICT 13 - Daviess (part); DISTRICT 14 - Daviess (part), Hancock, Ohio; DISTRICT 15 - Butler, Muhlenberg; DISTRICT 16 - Logan, Simpson; DISTRICT 17 - Grayson, Hardin (part); DISTRICT 18 - Breckinridge, Hardin (part); DISTRICT 19 - Edmonson, Hart, Warren (part); DISTRICT 20 - Warren (part); DISTRICT 21 - Warren (part); DISTRICT 22 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 23 - Barren, Warren (part); DISTRICT 24 - Casey, Marion, Pulaski (part); DISTRICT 25 - Green, Hardin (part), Larue, Metcalfe; DISTRICT 26 - Hardin (part); DISTRICT 27 - Hardin (part), Meade; DISTRICT 28 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 29 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 30 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 31 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 32 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 33 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 34 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 35 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 36 - Boyle, Garrard; DISTRICT 37 - Bullitt (part), Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 38 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 39 - Bullitt (part), Spencer; DISTRICT 40 - Fayette (part); DISTRICT 41 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 42 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 43 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 44 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 45 - Boone (part); DISTRICT 46 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 47 - Henry, Oldham (part), Trimble; DISTRICT 48 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 49 - Bullitt (part); DISTRICT 50 - Nelson; DISTRICT 51 - Adair, Taylor; DISTRICT 52 - McCreary, Pulaski (part), Wayne; DISTRICT 53 - Allen, Cumberland, Monroe, Warren (part); DISTRICT 54 - Jessamine (part), Mercer, Washington; DISTRICT 55 - Anderson, Franklin (part); DISTRICT 56 - Franklin (part), Woodford; DISTRICT 57 - Boone (part), Carroll, Franklin (part), Gallatin, Owen; DISTRICT 58 - Jefferson County (part), Shelby; DISTRICT 59 - Jefferson County (part), Oldham (part); DISTRICT 60 - Boone (part), Kenton (part); DISTRICT 61 - Boone (part), Grant, Kenton (part); DISTRICT 62 - Scott (part); DISTRICT 63 - Kenton (part); DISTRICT 64 - Fayette (part), Jessamine (part), Scott (part); DISTRICT 65 - Kenton (part); DISTRICT 66 - Boone (part); DISTRICT 67 - Campbell (part); DISTRICT 68 - Campbell (part); DISTRICT 69 - Campbell (part), Kenton (part); DISTRICT 70 - Bath, Fleming, Mason; DISTRICT 71 - Elliott, Morgan, Rowan; DISTRICT 72 - Bourbon, Fayette (part), Nicholas; DISTRICT 73 - Clark, Madison (part); DISTRICT 74 - Menifee, Montgomery, Powell; DISTRICT 75 - Fayette (part); DISTRICT 76 - Fayette (part); DISTRICT 77 - Fayette (part); DISTRICT 78 - Bracken, Harrison, Pendleton, Robertson; DISTRICT 79 - Fayette (part); DISTRICT 80 - Lincoln, Pulaski (part), Rockcastle; DISTRICT 81 - Madison (part); DISTRICT 82 - Laurel (part), Whitley; DISTRICT 83 - Clinton, Pulaski (part), Russell; DISTRICT 84 - Harlan (part), Owsley, Perry; DISTRICT 85 - Laurel (part), Pulaski (part); DISTRICT 86 - Knox, Laurel (part); DISTRICT 87 - Bell, Harlan (part); DISTRICT 88 - Jessamine (part), Madison (part); DISTRICT 89 - Jackson, Laurel (part); DISTRICT 90 - Clay, Harlan (part), Laurel (part), Leslie; DISTRICT 91 - Breathitt, Estill, Lee, Madison (part); DISTRICT 92 - Harlan (part), Knott, Letcher; DISTRICT 93 - Fayette (part); DISTRICT 94 - Pike (part); DISTRICT 95 - Floyd, Pike (part); DISTRICT 96 - Boyd (part), Carter, Lewis; DISTRICT 97 - Johnson, Magoffin, Wolfe; DISTRICT 98 - Boyd (part), Greenup; DISTRICT 99 - Lawrence, Martin, Pike (part); DISTRICT 100 - Boyd (part); PLAN INTEGRITY VERIFIED; amend KRS 5.010 to conform dates; repeal KRS 5.005; specify that precinct names may be shortened to accommodate formatting requirements of the bill drafting system and that the precinct names will be provided in full in codification; specify how county and precinct names are to be displayed depending on whether the territory of the county or precinct is included in a particular legislative district in its entirety or in part and direct how those items will be displayed in codification; direct county boards of elections to change precinct boundaries to conform to representative district boundaries; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-20","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-23","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB292/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB292.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":373923,"bill_number":"HB293","title":"AN ACT relating to elections and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 117.265 to provide that in the case of a special election for a vacancy in either house of the General Assembly administered under KRS 118.730, a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate shall be filed at least 28 days before the day of the election; amend KRS 118.730 to provide that if a writ of election has been issued to fill a vacancy in either house of the General Assembly and only one candidate has qualified for the vacancy, the county clerks in the territory in which the election is to be held shall conduct voting in only one of the following: the county clerk's office or another place designated by the county board of elections and approved by the State Board of Elections, and provide that this section shall not apply if the writ of election calls for the special election to be held on the day of a primary or general election or the same day as any other special election, except an uncontested special election to fill a vacancy in either house of the General Assembly; amend KRS 118.740 to require that the sheriff of each county in which a special election is to be held shall give notice at least 28 days before the day of the election, and if a special election to fill a vacancy in either house of the General Assembly is administered under KRS 118.730 and only one candidate qualifies for the vacancy, the notice shall include the location of the election; amend KRS 118.770 to provide that when a writ of election or proclamation is issued to fill a vacancy as prescribed under KRS 118.710, 118.720, or 118.730, independent, political organization, or political group petitions and certificates of nomination shall be filed at least 28 days before the day of the election; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-03-28","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 8)","last_action_date":"2012-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB293/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB293.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":374005,"bill_number":"HB294","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 the Office of Communications and Administrative Review; create the Office of Administrative and Technology Services; abolish the Office of Fiscal Services and move its responsibilities to the newly created Office of Administrative and Technology Services; abolish the Office of Technology and move its 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 its responsibilities to the newly created Department for Income Support; rename the Department for Mental Health and Mental Retardation Services the Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities; rename the Department for Human Support Services the Department for Family Resource Centers and Volunteer Services; abolish the Office of Contract Oversight and move its responsibilities to the newly created Office of Policy and Budget; abolish the Governor's Office of Wellness and Physical Activity and move its responsibilities 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 the responsibilities of the Office of Policy and Budget and the Department for Income Support; abolish the Division of Child Abuse and Domestic Violence Services and move its responsibilities to the Division of Protection and Permanency within the Department for Community Based Services; change the title of chief information officer within the Office of Administrative and Technology Services to executive director and change the overall function of the office; change the title of the Division of Adult and Child Health Improvement to the Division of Maternal and Child Health; 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; change the name of the HIV and AIDS Advisory Council to the HIV and AIDS Planning and Advisory Council; change the name of the Kentucky Council on Developmental Disabilities to the Commonwealth Council on Developmental Disabilities; establish that the cabinet may transfer or designate as surplus real property that it owns for child-care centers and senior citizens centers; add two members to the State Interagency Council for Services to Children with an Emotional Disability; establish that members of the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Advisory Committee shall serve until a successor is appointed and establish that recommendations of the committee are handled by the Medicaid commissioner; abolish the Technical Advisory Committee on Drugs; establish new child support requirements; add two new members appointed by the Governor to the Statewide Trauma Care Program Advisory Committee; 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; repeal KRS 194.210, 194A.085, and 194A.092; confirm Executive Order 2011-353 to the extent not otherwise confirmed or superseded by this Act.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-23","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 158)","last_action_date":"2012-04-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB294/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB294.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":374085,"bill_number":"HB295","title":"AN ACT relating to insurance.","description":"Amend KRS 304.3-180 to establish a new expiration date for a certificate of authority and require a fine for reinstatement of an expired certificate of authority; amend KRS 304.9-105 to delete the requirement that agents file proof of financial responsibility with the Department of Insurance; amend KRS 304.9-320, relating to licensure as a consultant, to delete the substitution of other special experience, education or training for the five-year experience as a licensed agent; delete the bond filing requirement; amend 304.9-330 to delete the requirement that consultants file proof of financial responsibility with the commissioner of insurance; amend KRS 355.9-430 to delete the requirement that adjusters file proof of financial responsibility with the department; amend KRS 304.10-030 to define \"admitted insurer,\" \"affiliate,\" \"exempt commercial purchaser,\" \"home state,\" \"nonadmitted insurance\" and \"nonadmitted insurer\"; amend KRS 304.10-340 to clarify that a diligent search shall be performed by a licensed agent with a property and casualty line of authority and to clarify that a diligent search is not required for an exempt commercial purchaser; amend KRS 304.10-070 to clarify the requirements for surplus lines insurers including minimum capital and surplus requirements, and a listing on the quarterly National Association of Insurance Commissioners alien insurer listing if the insurer is a nonadmitted insurer domiciled outside the United States; amend KRS 304.10-120 to clarify that an agent license with a property and casualty line of authority is not required for licensure as a surplus lines broker; amend KRS 304.15-700 to delete the requirement that life settlement brokers file proof of financial responsibility with the department; create a new section of Subtitle 37 of KRS Chapter 304 to authorize the commissioner to participate in a supervisory college for any domestic insurer that is part of an insurance holding company system with international operations; amend KRS 304.37-010 to define “enterprise risk” and “supervisory college”; amend KRS 304.37-020, 304.37-030, 304.37-040, 304.37-120, and 304.37-565 to adopt the updates to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Holding Company Act, primarily relating to recognition of enterprise risk; amend KRS 304.49-150 to establish the insurance code subtitles to which an industrial insured captive insurer is subject; amend KRS 304.49-070 to provide that all captive insurers, except those formed as a risk retention group, are not required to file an actuarial opinion summary if a certification of loss and loss expense reserves and opinion of reserve adequacy is filed with the department; create a new section of Subtitle 99 of KRS Chapter 304 to establish a fine of $100 for reinstatement of an expired certificate of authority; amend KRS 304.99-085 to establish a penalty of $100 for a broker who fails to file an affidavit as provided by KRS 304.10-050; establish a penalty of $1,000 to $5,000 for a broker who exhibits a pattern of failing to file affidavits as provided by KRS 304.10-050; establish a penalty of $500 for a broker who fails to file a quarterly statement as required by KRS 304.10-170; amend KRS 304.99-152 to allow the commissioner to disapprove a dividend or distribution or place an insurer under supervision in accordance with Subtitle 33 of KRS Chapter 304; EFFECTIVE, IN PART, JULY 15, 2014.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 74)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB295/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB295.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":375312,"bill_number":"HB296","title":"AN ACT relating to pretrial release.","description":"Amend KRS 218A.135 and 431.066 to require that certain findings utilized in pretrial release decisions be made by clear and convincing evidence.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-23","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-24","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB296/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB296.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":375391,"bill_number":"HB297","title":"AN ACT relating to recyclers.","description":"Amend KRS 433.890, relating to purchase of recycled metals and other materials, to require a recycler or other purchaser of copper metal or an alloy of metal containing copper to report to the local police department or sheriff within twenty-four hours of the purchase.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-01-23","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-02-02","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB297/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB297.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":375470,"bill_number":"HB298","title":"AN ACT relating to Rosenwald Schools.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 171 establishing within the Kentucky African-American Heritage Commission a Rosenwald Schools Council, to be responsible for identifying, preserving, and opening to the public existing Rosenwald School sites in the Commonwealth of Kentucky for the purposes of general education; amend KRS 171.805 to list coordination of the council among the duties of the Kentucky African-American Heritage Commission.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-01","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB298/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB298.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":375550,"bill_number":"HB299","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization.","description":"Amend KRS 196.026 to create the Division of Parole and Victim Services within the Department of Corrections; amend KRS 439.320 to abolish the position of executive director of the Parole Board; amend KRS 196.701 and 196.702 to conform; repeal and reenact KRS 439.562 to establish the Kentucky Council for Interstate Adult Offender Supervision and define its membership and duties; amend KRS 15.315 to add three members, ex officio, to the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council; confirm Executive Orders 2011-350 and 2011-772.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-21","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-23","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB299/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB299.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":375631,"bill_number":"HB300","title":"AN ACT relating to retirement and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 11A.010 to require that the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System board of trustees to be subject to the executive branch code of ethics; amend KRS 11A.201 to require placement agents who are involved with Kentucky Retirement Systems and Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System investments to register as lobbyists and to define placement agents and unregulated placement agents; amend KRS 11A.236 to exempt placement agents from the contingent fee prohibition in the Executive Branch Code of Ethics as long as the placement agent is not prohibited by federal securities laws from receiving compensation from a government agency; amend KRS 21.440 to require that the audit of the Judicial Form Retirement System shall be performed by the Auditor of Public Accounts at least once every five years and to require the systems to pay all costs of the audit; amend KRS 21.450 to require the Judicial Form Retirement System board to establish ethics policies and procedures, including annual financial and conflict of interest disclosures for members, and to make this information available to the public; amend KRS 21.530 to prohibit members of the Judicial Form Retirement System from serving more than three consecutive terms of office on the board and to prohibit the board chairman from serving more than four consecutive years as chairman; amend KRS 21.540 to prohibit assets of the Judicial Form Retirement System from being used to pay unregulated placement agents, to require the Judicial Form Retirement System to make system expenditures and employee salaries available on a website, and to establish conflict of interest provisions applicable to trustees and employees of the Kentucky Judicial Form Retirement System; amend KRS 61.645 to apply the term limits applicable to elected trustees of the Kentucky Retirement Systems board to appointed trustees and to provide that terms served prior to July 1, 2012 shall be used to determine if a trustee has exceeded the term limits prescribed in this section, to limit requirements for a member's social security number to the last four digits for board nominations made by membership petition, to require members desiring to be elected to the board to submit an application, resume, and complete a background check, to prohibit the chair and vice-chair of the Kentucky Retirement Systems board from serving more than four consecutive years as chair or vice-chair, to require the Kentucky Retirement Systems audit shall be completed by the Auditor of Public Accounts at least once every five years and to require the systems to pay all costs of the audit, to require the Kentucky Retirement Systems to make system expenditures and employee salaries available on a website, and to prohibit assets of the Kentucky Retirement Systems from being used to pay unregulated placement agents; amend KRS 61.655 to include employees of the Kentucky Retirement Systems in conflict of interest provisions regarding their service to the systems and to include additional restrictions to the conflict of interest provisions applicable to employees and trustees of the board; amend KRS 161.250 to provide that terms served prior to July 1, 2012 shall be used to determine if an elective trustee of the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System has exceeded term limits established under the section and to require the system to make system expenditures and employee salaries available on a website; amend KRS 161.340 to prohibit the chairperson and vice chairperson of the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System board from serving more than four consecutive years as chairperson and vice chairperson; amend KRS 161.370 to require that the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System audit shall be completed by the Auditor of Public Accounts at least once every five years and to require the system to pay all costs of the audit; amend KRS 161.430 to prohibit assets of the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System from being used to pay unregulated placement agents; amend KRS 161.460 to include additional restrictions to the conflict of interest provisions applicable to employees and trustees of the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System; to allow trustees of the Kentucky Retirement Systems, Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System, and the Judicial Form Retirement System who are currently serving more than three four-year terms on the effective date of this Act to complete their remaining term of office; to apply years served as chair or vice chair of a board prior to the effective date of this Act to apply towards determining whether or not a board chair or vice chair has exceeded term limits for the office; to set July 1, 2011 as the beginning date for the five year period in which the Auditor of Public Accounts must audit the systems; to apply the ban on unregulated placement agents to contracts established or renewed on or after July 1, 2012; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 75)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB300/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB300.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":375711,"bill_number":"HB301","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization.","description":"Confirm Executive Order 2011-351, which reorganizes various offices in the Department of Education.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-21","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-23","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB301/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB301.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":375789,"bill_number":"HB302","title":"AN ACT relating to redistricting and declaring an emergency.","description":"Extend the filing deadline for congressional candidates to February 7, 2012 for the 2012, primary and for no other election; permit the Secretary of State for the 2012 primary and for no other election, to determine when the drawing for ballot positions for congressional candidates will be held and when the certification of congressional candidates will be determined; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-02-10","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 3)","last_action_date":"2012-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB302/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB302.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":375874,"bill_number":"HB303","title":"AN ACT relating to redistricting and declaring an emergency.","description":"Extend the filing deadline for congressional candidates to February 14, 2012, for the 2012 primary and for no other election; permit the Secretary of State, for the 2012 primary and for no other election, to determine when the drawing for ballot positions for congressional candidates will be held and when the certification of congressional candidates will be determined and, if necessary, to determine other election deadlines; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2012-01-23","last_action":"floor amendment (1) filed","last_action_date":"2012-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB303/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB303.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":375953,"bill_number":"HB304","title":"AN ACT relating to redistricting.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 5 to establish the Committee on Legislative Redistricting; require the committee to develop plans for legislative redistricting; require the committee to submit its redistricting plans to the Legislative Research Commission for referral to the Interim Joint Committee on State Government; require the General Assembly to consider the committee's plan as approved by the Interim Joint Committee on State Government; provide for penalties and fine upon conviction of attempting to influence members of the committee.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-23","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-24","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB304/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB304.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":376034,"bill_number":"HB305","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization.","description":"Amend KRS 12.023 to attach the Early Childhood Advisory Council to the Office of the Governor; amend KRS 200.700 to change the board membership of the council; amend various sections to change the name of the Early Childhood Development Authority to the Early Childhood Advisory Council and to conform; repeal KRS 200.709; confirm Executive Order 2011-534.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-08","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-10","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB305/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB305.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":376192,"bill_number":"SB109","title":"AN ACT relating to compulsory attendance.","description":"Amend KRS 159.010 to permit, beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, each local board of education on the recommendation of the superintendent and approval of the Kentucky Department of Education to require children residing in the school district's attendance area to attend school until the child has reached his or her eighteenth birthday except as provided in KRS 159.030; amend KRS 159.020 to conform; make technical corrections.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-09","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-30","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB109/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB109.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":376273,"bill_number":"SB110","title":"AN ACT relating to community use of school facilities and property.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to provide limited civil immunity to school districts and personnel who make school property available for recreational use by members of the community during non-school hours.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 133)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB110/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB110.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":376352,"bill_number":"SB111","title":"AN ACT relating to university board membership.","description":"Amend KRS 164.131 to add one nonvoting student member to the University of Kentucky's board of trustees; amend KRS 164.321 to add one nonvoting student member to the board of regents of each comprehensive university and two nonvoting student members to the Kentucky Community and Technical College System; amend KRS 164.821 to add one nonvoting student member to the University of Louisville's board of trustees.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-23","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2012-01-24","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB111/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB111.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":376430,"bill_number":"SB112","title":"AN ACT relating to boating under the influence.","description":"Amend KRS 235.240 and 235.990 to establish a new penalty scheme for boating while intoxicated; amend KRS 431.005 and 431.015 to allow an arrest based upon probable cause for boating while intoxicated.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-23","last_action":"returned to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB112/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB112.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":377480,"bill_number":"HB5","title":"AN ACT relating to hiring unauthorized aliens.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 45A to define terms; create a new section of KRS Chapter 45A relating to public agencies to, on and after January 1, 2013, require use of federal employment verification programs and prohibit hiring of unauthorized aliens by contractors with public agencies; create a new section of KRS Chapter 45A relating to complaints and penalties for contractor hiring unauthorized aliens, including a ban on future state contracts for designated periods; create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to define terms; create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to, on and after January 1, 2013, require all public agencies to use the federal E-Verify program for hiring new public employees; create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to prohibit local governments from attempting to restrict the use of the provisions of the Act; create a noncodified section permitting agencies to implement the required programs after the effective date of the Act and prior to the January 1, 2013, implementation date.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-09","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-13","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB5/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB5.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":377544,"bill_number":"HB306","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend various burglary, theft, and robbery offenses to increase the penalty for these offenses by one level where the offense involves a theft from a pharmacy.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-24","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-25","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB306/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB306.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":377604,"bill_number":"HB307","title":"AN ACT relating to personal-care homes.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 216.750 to 216.780 to require an individual to be examined and assessed by a medical professional prior to admission to a personal-care home; require further assessment for an acquired brain injury individual using the Rancho Level of Cognitive Function Scale (LCFS); prohibit the admission of an individual with a Level V or lower score on the LCFS to a personal-care home; prohibit the admission of a person under age 18 to a personal-care home; provide that the new section shall be known as \"Larry's Law.\"","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-01-24","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-02-06","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB307/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB307.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":377667,"bill_number":"HB309","title":"AN ACT relating to banking.","description":"Amend KRS 286.3-280 to establish requirements for determining the indebtedness of a person to a bank to include partnership liabilities; include the extent of a person's credit exposure to a bank through a variety of transactions; define \"derivative transaction\" for the purpose of assessing credit exposure; and delete the current requirement for computing indebtedness of a person.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 77)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB309/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB309.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":377729,"bill_number":"HB310","title":"AN ACT relating to redistricting.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 5 to establish the Legislative Advisory Reapportionment and Redistricting Commission; require the commission to develop proposals for legislative, judicial, and congressional redistricting; require the commission to submit its proposals to the Legislative Research Commission for referral to the interim Joint Committee on State Government; require the General Assembly to consider the commission's proposal as approved by the Interim Joint Committee on State Government.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-24","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-25","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB310/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB310.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":377794,"bill_number":"HB311","title":"AN ACT relating to activities regulated by the Kentucky Board of Hairdressers and Cosmetologists.","description":"Amend KRS 317A.010 to clarify the definition of \"cosmetology\" and threading,\" and make conforming changes; amend KRS 317A.020 to include permit or certificate holders; amend KRS 317A.030 to remove outdated language; amend KRS 317A.040 to allow the board to electronically distribute administrative regulations; amend KRS 317A.050 to require high school diploma or equivalent; make license fee consistent with other statutes; provide for out-of-state verification; delete provisions for continuing education; establish fees and requirements for threading and a threading facility licenses; provide permit to practice outside a licensed facility; amend KRS 317A.060 to delete provision for board to establish the number of licenses for schools and requirement Department of Public Health review of administrative regulations; amend KRS 317A.062 to add fee for change of manager of a school of cosmetology and delete inactive licensure and continuing education provider license; amend KRS 317A.070 to require licensees to request a hearing within 30 days of notice; amend KRS 317A.090 to stipulate that teacher-student ratio applies only to students present for instruction; amend KRS 317A.100 to provide licensure requirements for persons from other states; amend KRS 317A.120 to allow exams to be given more frequently than every 30 days; amend KRS 317A.130 to remove restriction against practicing while having an infectious or communicable disease and to specify disinfectant procedure; amend KRS 317A.140 to include fines in penalties board may assess, delete provision to pay fine in lieu of suspension; amend KRS 317A.145 to delete specific complaint recording requirements; amend KRS 317A.155 to permit apprentices to work for funeral establishments; amend KRS 317A.990 to conform; amend KRS 317B.010 to expand options of removing facial hair; amend KRS 317B.015 to delete microdermabrasion from list of prohibited practices; amend KRS 317B.020 to delete requirement for Department of Public Health review of administrative regulations; amend KRS 317B.025 to delete continuing education requirement; amend KRS 317B.030 to delete continuing education requirements; amend KRS 317B.035 to conform; amend KRS 317B.045 to delete provisions for written admonishments; amend KRS 317B.050 to delete specific complaint recording requirements; amend KRS 317B.055 to delete written admonishment provision; repeal KRS 317A.110 which requires the Office of Occupations and Professions to give advice and assistance to the board.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-20","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 152)","last_action_date":"2012-04-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB311/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB311.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":377856,"bill_number":"HB312","title":"AN ACT relating to the taxation of the distilled spirits industry.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to allow a distilled spirits credit equal to the amount of distilled spirits ad valorem tax timely paid in the taxable year and used for capital improvements at the premise of the distiller; provide for recapture of the tax credit if the capital improvement is sold or otherwise disposed of prior to the useful life of the asset being exhausted; apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2012; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the credit.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-24","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-25","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB312/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB312.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":377921,"bill_number":"HB313","title":"AN ACT relating to community mental health centers.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the Department for Medicaid Services to reimburse community mental health centers 100 percent of allowable costs for Medicaid services; require reimbursement to be calculated from the most recent cost report filed as of June 30.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-24","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-14","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB313/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB313.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":377982,"bill_number":"HB314","title":"AN ACT relating to DNA.","description":"Amend KRS 17.169 to include local law enforcement as persons authorized to collect DNA samples; amend KRS 17.170 to provide for the collection of DNA samples at arraignment from all persons charged with a felony offense; amend KRS 17.175 to provide for expungement of DNA samples in specified circumstances; amend KRS 64.060 to establish a $5 payment from the State Treasury to the collecting agency for each DNA sample collected.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-24","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-25","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB314/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB314.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":378045,"bill_number":"HB315","title":"AN ACT relating to eminent domain.","description":"Amend 416.660 relating to eminent domain to allow separately deeded tracts of land owned by the same person to be considered as a single parcel for valuation purposes; amend KRS 416.580, 416.600 and 416.610 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-24","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-23","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB315/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB315.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":378107,"bill_number":"HB316","title":"AN ACT relating to the Board of Student Body Presidents.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to establish a board of Student Body Presidents to include the student body president of each 4 year public university, 1 of the 2 student regents to be designated by the Board of Regents of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System, and 1 student body president representing the Association of Independent Kentucky Colleges and Universities; the board shall be advisory to the legislative and executive branches regarding postsecondary education issues and concerns of students; the board shall meet with the Council on Postsecondary Education and the Advisory Conference of Presidents at least once a year; the board shall submit the names of three nominees to the Governor for consideration in the appointment of a student member to the Council on Postsecondary Education pursuant to KRS 164.011.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-24","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-23","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB316/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB316.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":378230,"bill_number":"SB113","title":"AN ACT relating to school attendance.","description":"Amend KRS 159.070 to permit a parent or legal guardian to enroll for attendance a child in the school nearest to the child's home, except in cases in which there are academic or skill prerequisites for attendance in the school; provide that those residing the shortest travel distance to a school be given first priority in cases where the capacity of the school may be exceeded; permit a child to attend a school other than the one closest with permission of the district.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-24","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2012-01-26","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB113/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB113.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":378292,"bill_number":"SB114","title":"AN ACT relating to step therapy.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define \"step therapy,\" \"fail-first protocol,\" and \"override of the restriction\"; establish step therapy or fail-first protocol limitations; require override of restriction within 48 hours of request if based on sound clinical evidence that the preferred treatment has been ineffective or based on sound clinical evidence or medical and scientific evidence that the preferred treatment will be ineffective for the insured or will cause or will likely cause an adverse reaction to the insured.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 134)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB114/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB114.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":378349,"bill_number":"SB115","title":"AN ACT relating to personal-care homes.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 216.750 to 216.780 to require an individual to be examined and assessed by a qualified mental health professional prior to admission to a personal-care home; require the pre-admission assessment to be reimbursed by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; enact provisions in memory of Joseph Lawrence \"Larry\" Lee, Jr.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 135)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB115/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB115.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":379226,"bill_number":"HB308","title":"AN ACT relating to regulation of for-profit postsecondary educational institutions.","description":"Repeal and reenact KRS 165A.340 to abolish the Kentucky Board for Proprietary Education and create the Kentucky Commission on Proprietary Education; set up commission membership and prescribe duties; require the commission to hire an executive director with a background in commerce, business, or education; designate responsibilities of the executive director; require the commission to promulgate administrative regulations, including commission operations and accountability procedures; amend KRS 165A.450 to mandate contributions to the student protection fund; instruct the commission to promulgate administrative regulations to set minimum fund balance at $500,000, levy a scaled structure of fees on each school when fund drops below minimum balance, and make students aware of fund and process for filing claims; amend various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to conform; provide for the transition from the board to the commission and the transfer of all records, funds, and materials.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 76)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB308/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB308.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":379310,"bill_number":"HB317","title":"AN ACT relating to barbers.","description":"Amend KRS 317.450 to enable a graduate of a school of barbering accredited by an accredited agency recognized by the United States Department of Education to qualify for a barbering license to practice without serving apprenticeship.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-01-25","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-03-01","committee":"Licensing and Occupations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB317/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB317.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":379396,"bill_number":"HB318","title":"AN ACT relating to redistricting and declaring an emergency.","description":"(H1415B01) Repeal and reenact various sections of KRS Chapter 5 to divide the Commonwealth into the following representative districts: DISTRICT 1 - Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman, McCracken (part); DISTRICT 2 - Graves, Marshall (part); DISTRICT 3 - McCracken (part); DISTRICT 4 - Caldwell, Christian (part), Crittenden, Hopkins (part), Trigg; DISTRICT 5 - Calloway, Marshall (part); DISTRICT 6 - Livingston, Lyon, Marshall (part), McCracken (part); DISTRICT 7 - Daviess (part), Henderson (part); DISTRICT 8 - Christian (part); DISTRICT 9 - Christian (part), Todd; DISTRICT 10 - Hopkins (part); DISTRICT 11 - Henderson (part), McLean, Union, Webster; DISTRICT 12 - Daviess (part); DISTRICT 13 - Daviess (part); DISTRICT 14 - Daviess (part), Hancock, Ohio; DISTRICT 15 - Butler, Muhlenberg; DISTRICT 16 - Logan, Simpson; DISTRICT 17 - Grayson, Hardin (part); DISTRICT 18 - Breckinridge, Hardin (part); DISTRICT 19 - Edmonson, Hart, Warren (part); DISTRICT 20 - Warren (part); DISTRICT 21 - Warren (part); DISTRICT 22 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 23 - Barren, Warren (part); DISTRICT 24 - Casey, Marion, Pulaski (part); DISTRICT 25 - Green, Hardin (part), Larue, Metcalfe; DISTRICT 26 - Hardin (part); DISTRICT 27 - Hardin (part), Meade; DISTRICT 28 - Bullitt (part), Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 29 - Bullitt (part), Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 30 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 31 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 32 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 33 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 34 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 35 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 36 - Boyle, Garrard; DISTRICT 37 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 38 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 39 - Bullitt (part), Spencer; DISTRICT 40 - Fayette (part); DISTRICT 41 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 42 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 43 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 44 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 45 - Boone (part); DISTRICT 46 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 47 - Henry, Oldham (part), Trimble; DISTRICT 48 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 49 - Bullitt (part), Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 50 - Nelson; DISTRICT 51 - Adair, Taylor; DISTRICT 52 - McCreary, Pulaski (part), Wayne; DISTRICT 53 - Allen, Cumberland, Monroe, Warren (part); DISTRICT 54 - Jessamine (part), Mercer, Washington; DISTRICT 55 - Anderson, Franklin (part); DISTRICT 56 - Franklin (part), Woodford; DISTRICT 57 - Boone (part), Carroll, Franklin (part), Gallatin, Owen; DISTRICT 58 - Jefferson County (part), Shelby; DISTRICT 59 - Jefferson County (part), Oldham (part); DISTRICT 60 - Boone (part), Kenton (part); DISTRICT 61 - Boone (part), Grant, Kenton (part); DISTRICT 62 - Scott (part); DISTRICT 63 - Kenton (part); DISTRICT 64 - Fayette (part), Jessamine (part), Scott (part); DISTRICT 65 - Kenton (part); DISTRICT 66 - Boone (part); DISTRICT 67 - Campbell (part); DISTRICT 68 - Campbell (part); DISTRICT 69 - Campbell (part), Kenton (part); DISTRICT 70 - Bath, Fleming, Mason; DISTRICT 71 - Elliott, Morgan, Rowan; DISTRICT 72 - Bourbon, Fayette (part), Nicholas; DISTRICT 73 - Clark, Madison (part); DISTRICT 74 - Menifee, Montgomery, Powell; DISTRICT 75 - Fayette (part); DISTRICT 76 - Fayette (part); DISTRICT 77 - Fayette (part); DISTRICT 78 - Bracken, Harrison, Pendleton, Robertson; DISTRICT 79 - Fayette (part); DISTRICT 80 - Lincoln, Pulaski (part), Rockcastle; DISTRICT 81 - Madison (part); DISTRICT 82 - Laurel (part), Whitley; DISTRICT 83 - Clinton, Pulaski (part), Russell; DISTRICT 84 - Harlan (part), Owsley, Perry; DISTRICT 85 - Laurel (part), Pulaski (part); DISTRICT 86 - Knox, Laurel (part); DISTRICT 87 - Bell, Harlan (part); DISTRICT 88 - Jessamine (part), Madison (part); DISTRICT 89 - Jackson, Laurel (part); DISTRICT 90 - Clay, Harlan (part), Laurel (part), Leslie; DISTRICT 91 - Breathitt, Estill, Lee, Madison (part); DISTRICT 92 - Harlan (part), Knott, Letcher; DISTRICT 93 - Fayette (part); DISTRICT 94 - Pike (part); DISTRICT 95 - Floyd, Pike (part); DISTRICT 96 - Boyd (part), Carter, Lewis; DISTRICT 97 - Johnson, Magoffin, Wolfe; DISTRICT 98 - Boyd (part), Greenup; DISTRICT 99 - Lawrence, Martin, Pike (part); DISTRICT 100 - Boyd (part); PLAN INTEGRITY VERIFIED; amend KRS 5.010 to conform dates; specify that precinct names may be shortened to accommodate formatting requirements of the bill drafting system and that the precinct names will be provided in full in codification; specify how county and precinct names are to be displayed depending on whether the territory of the county or precinct is included in a particular legislative district in its entirety or in part and direct how those items will be displayed in codification; direct county boards of elections to change precinct boundaries to conform to representative district boundaries; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-25","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-26","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB318/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB318.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":379483,"bill_number":"HB319","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 532.200 to 532.250, relating to home incarceration, to require sentence credit for time served in pretrial home incarceration; amend KRS 532.120, relating to calculation of terms of imprisonment, to conform; apply retroactively to defendants granted pretrial home incarceration on or after July 15, 1996.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-25","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-26","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB319/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB319.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":379567,"bill_number":"HB320","title":"AN ACT relating to the Special Needs Alternative Education and Welfare Program.","description":"Create new sections to 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 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, 159.030, and 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 portions of the act the \"Special Needs Alternative Education and Welfare Act of 2012.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-25","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-26","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB320/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB320.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":379740,"bill_number":"SB116","title":"AN ACT relating to recreational tourism and economic development and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 97 to enable local parks and recreation boards and regional recreation boards to establish landowner incentive programs for increasing access to private lands for recreational development; require those local parks and recreation boards, as well as the regional recreation boards choosing to implement a landowner incentive program for recreational use of private lands, develop a proposed program and submit the proposal to local governing bodies, which includes the legislative body of any city, unified local government, consolidated local government, charter county government or fiscal court of any county, for review and approval; require local governing bodies to conduct a public hearing on the proposed landowner incentive program and require that any program approved be adopted as an ordinance; establish minimum provisions for landowner incentive programs; clarify that private landowners who participate in a local governing body's incentive program may require a fee, which does not constitute a charge, as defined in KRS 411.190; specify the types of incentives which may be adopted including: remuneration of a portion or all of local taxes actually paid by the landowner to the local governing body; cost-sharing programs for equipment or other types items; grants; participation in pilot programs; participation in demonstration projects for improving environmental management of the land used for outdoor recreation; and other similar incentive programs; amend KRS 147A.028 to establish a landowner recreational use incentive fund to increase access to private lands for recreational use; authorize the Department for Local Government to establish a grants program for local governing bodies using moneys from the landowner recreational use incentive fund; amend KRS 186A.130 to redistribute portions of the $15 fee required for the certificate of title for an all-terrain vehicle fee, as follows: $5 to the Transportation Cabinet, rather than the current $9; and $4 to the Kentucky Department for Local Government, to be deposited in the landowner recreational use incentive fund for grants to local governing authorities for increasing access to private lands for recreational use; make corresponding changes in the distribution of the $10 fee required for replacement or corrected certificate of title for an all-terrain vehicle, allocating $3 to the Transportation Cabinet, rather than the current $6, and allocating $3 to the Kentucky Department for Local Government for the landowner recreational use incentive fund.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-25","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2012-01-27","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB116/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB116.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":379826,"bill_number":"SB117","title":"AN ACT relating to firefighters.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 95 to establish that cancer, resulting in either temporary or permanent disability or death, is an occupational disease for full-time firefighters; establish the guidelines for compensation; establish the types of carcinogens associated with specific types of cancers.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-25","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)","last_action_date":"2012-01-27","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB117/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB117.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":379910,"bill_number":"SB118","title":"AN ACT relating to restricting welfare and public benefits for illegal aliens.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 15 to require all applicants for public benefits to either present a secure and verifiable document verifying United States citizenship or submit an affidavit verifying legal presence in the United States; require an agency with an applicant who submits an affidavit to verify the person's legal presence in the United States using the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements or SAVE program to verify legal status; prohibit eligibility for a public benefit to any person whose legal presence is not verified within 30 days; require the Attorney General to post a list of secure and verifiable documents to be accepted as verifying legal presence in the United States; require the list to be reviewed and updated annually; create a new section of KRS Chapter 186 to require the Transportation Cabinet to use the SAVE program to verify citizenship of applicants for an operator's license; prohibit the issuance of an operator's license if the legal presence of the applicant cannot be verified.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-20","last_action":"returned to Local Government (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-26","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB118/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB118.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":379991,"bill_number":"SB119","title":"AN ACT relating to elk hunting permits.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 150 to require the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to allow applicants for the regular season elk quota hunt to apply in writing at any location that sells hunting licenses; require the department to hold a physical, randomized drawing to determine who shall be awarded the elk hunting permits for the quota hunt; require the drawing to be done in public in a different wildlife district each year; require 10% of the total number of permits awarded to be drawn from a pool of applicants solely composed of holders of senior/disabled combination hunting and fishing licenses.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-25","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Energy (S)","last_action_date":"2012-01-27","committee":"Natural Resources and Energy","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB119/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB119.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":380972,"bill_number":"SB121","title":"AN ACT relating to insurance consumer protections.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 13 of KRS Chapter 304 to allow exceptions to an insurer’s use of credit information with regard to rates, rating classifications, tier placement and underwriting guidelines for specific life events; amend KRS 304.16-030 and 304.16-090 to allow insureds to contribute to the cost of their group life insurance; amend KRS 304.16-085 to amend the definition of dependent, as it relates to group life insurance, to allow dependent coverage for certain disabled dependents beyond age 18; create a new section of Subtitle 16 of KRS Chapter 304 to allow for discretionary groups; create new sections of Subtitles 17 and 18 of KRS Chapter 304 to define “actual charges” as it relates to claims payments under health benefit plans; create a new section of Subtitle 20 of KRS Chapter 304 to prohibit an insurer from canceling, nonrenewing, or increasing the premium based on an inquiry which does not reasonably apprise the insurer of a claim; amend KRS 304.20-040 to repeal subsection (1)(a)2.b. relating to a policy governing more than four automobiles; amend subsection (3) to require 14 days’ notice for cancellation of a personal automobile policy that has been in effect for less than 60 days; amend subsection (4) to address cancellations or nonrenewals of property and casualty coverage based solely on a specific life event that influences a person’s credit information; amend subsection (11) to require insurers to respond to a request for information from the Department of Insurance regarding the nonrenewal of a personal automobile policy within seven days; amend KRS 304.020-042 to cancellations or nonrenewal of property and casualty coverage based on a specific life event that influenced a person’s credit information.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2012-01-26","last_action":"3rd reading, defeated 18-19 with floor amendment (1)","last_action_date":"2012-02-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB121/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB121.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":381025,"bill_number":"SB120","title":"AN ACT relating to Kentucky Housing Corporation.","description":"Amend KRS 198A.067 to delete ordinance requirements in application for financing from Kentucky Housing Corporation when constructing multifamily housing units of 12 or more and in lieu thereof require applicants seeking funding from Kentucky Housing Corporation for constructing multifamily housing units of 12 or more to provide written notice to the chief executive officer of the local jurisdiction of the intent to build; require proof of notice to be submitted with the application; amend KRS 198A.715 to expand eligibility for funding from the affordable housing trust fund to include sponsors, meeting certain requirements, who work in connection with rental housing developments that receive low-income tax credits; require the Kentucky Housing Corporation to determine the eligibility of the sponsor when a nonprofit organization owns an interest in the sponsor and materially participates in the development and operation of the rental housing; permit the Kentucky Housing Corporation rather than the board of directors to amend and determine eligibility ; and make technical correction regarding the report provided by the Kentucky Housing Corporation to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue; amend KRS 198A.720 to extend the time the Kentucky Housing Corporation has to review applications for trust fund dollars from 60 days to 90 days; remove trust fund application ranking criteria and transfer the authority to rank applicants to the corporation, in consultation with the Affordable Housing Trust Fund Advisory Committee; increase percentage allowable to recipients of trust fund money for administrative costs from 5% to 10%; and allow the corporation to define rural areas rather than define them in statute.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-26","last_action":"returned to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB120/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB120.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":381145,"bill_number":"HCR108","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":"2012-01-26","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Safety (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-30","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR108/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HC108.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":381205,"bill_number":"HCR100","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":"2012-03-13","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-15","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR100/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HC100.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":381266,"bill_number":"HB331","title":"AN ACT relating to musical performances.","description":"Amend KRS 244.085 to allow a person who is 18 to 21 years of age and employed as a musician or technician with a band or musical group to remain on the premises where alcoholic beverages are sold or consumed if the band or group has a verbal or written contract to perform on that date; specify while on the premises the underage person shall wear identification that he or she is underage.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-08","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-10","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB331/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB331.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":381329,"bill_number":"HB330","title":"AN ACT relating to civil liability for emergency care.","description":"Amend KRS 411.148, relating to the \"Good Samaritan\" 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 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-26","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-30","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB330/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB330.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":381391,"bill_number":"HB329","title":"AN ACT relating to preschool for children with disabilities.","description":"Amend KRS 157.226 to count the average number of identified children with disabilities on December 1 and March 1 of the prior academic year to calculate preschool funding.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-05","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-07","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB329/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB329.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":381449,"bill_number":"HB328","title":"AN ACT relating to the operation of a motorcycle.","description":"Amend KRS 186.450 to allow a person who has received an intermediate operator's license to apply for a motorcycle instruction permit; make a motorcycle instruction permit good for 1 year, with the ability to renew the permit 1 time, allow a person whose motorcycle instruction permit has expired apply for a motorcycle operator's license if the person can present proof of successful completion of a motorcycle safety education course in accordance with KRS 15A.352(5).","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 79)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB328/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB328.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":381513,"bill_number":"HB327","title":"AN ACT relating to the renewal of operator's licenses and personal identification cards.","description":"Amend KRS 186.412 to allow renewal of an operator's license by mail for a license holder residing temporarily out of state while enrolled full-time in a postsecondary educational institution.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-26","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-30","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB327/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB327.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":381573,"bill_number":"HB326","title":"AN ACT relating to firefighters.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 95 to establish that cancer, resulting in either temporary or permanent disability or death, is an occupational disease for full-time firefighters; establish the guidelines for compensation; establish the types of carcinogens associated with specific types of cancers.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-26","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-23","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB326/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB326.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":381638,"bill_number":"HB325","title":"AN ACT relating to 911 emergency services.","description":"Amend and create various sections of KRS 65.7621 to 65.7643 to add definitions; establish the prepaid wireless service charge; allow the CMRS board to deposit the fee into the CMRS fund; establish a method for periodically recalculating the prepaid wireless service charge upon a change to the CMRS service charge; create new sections of KRS Chapter 142 to allow the Department of Revenue to collect the prepaid wireless service charge from sellers; require sellers to register with the department; require sellers to file returns with payment of prepaid wireless service charge; allow for audits of returns; provide for review process for aggrieved sellers; provide for refunds of overpayment of prepaid wireless service charge; establish standards for recordkeeping for sellers; establish penalties for late payment or nonpayment of prepaid wireless service charge; require the department to remit collected fees to the CMRS board; and establish liability of sellers to pay prepaid wireless service charge.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-01-26","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB325/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB325.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":381697,"bill_number":"HB324","title":"AN ACT relating to 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 pays to firefighters, as defined in KRS 61.315, who are permanently and totally disabled in the line of duty.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 78)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB324/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB324.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":381759,"bill_number":"HB323","title":"AN ACT relating to use of the county law library fund and making an appropriation.","description":"Amend KRS 172.200 to allow law library trustees of libraries that have adopted the alternative method of financing to use the county law library fund to provide Kentuckians educational materials, workshops, and programs that promote access to the courts.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-07","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB323/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB323.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":381819,"bill_number":"HB322","title":"AN ACT relating to the operation of golf carts.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to authorize the operation of golf carts on state park premises; direct the Kentucky Department of Parks to promulgate administrative regulations to govern the operation of golf carts inside of the premises of Kentucky state parks; permit the department to establish by administrative regulation, a permit system and fee schedule for the operation of golf carts; prohibit golf carts operated under this section from operating on a public roadway.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-26","last_action":"to Tourism Development & Energy (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-30","committee":"Tourism Development and Energy","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB322/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB322.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":381879,"bill_number":"HB321","title":"AN ACT relating to boards and commissions.","description":"Amend KRS 12.070 to allow the Governor, when appointments to boards and commissions are made from submitted lists, to appoint a male or female so as to achieve as much gender equity as possible.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-15","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-21","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB321/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB321.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":382579,"bill_number":"HB332","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 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 shall be deemed a forfeiture of the entire interest for the transaction and the person who paid the interest, or his or her legal representative, may recover twice the amount paid in any action against the lender if commenced within two years of the deferred deposit transaction.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-27","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-30","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB332/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB332.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":382596,"bill_number":"HB333","title":"AN ACT relating to speed limits.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to increase the speed limit on United States Route 68/Kentucky Route 80 west of the Natcher Parkway in Bowling Green to the Christian County line to 60 miles per hour; require a violator of the speed limits established in this section to be subject to the provisions of KRS 189.394.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-27","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-30","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB333/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB333.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":382612,"bill_number":"HB334","title":"AN ACT relating to special permits.","description":"Repeal KRS 150.177.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-01-27","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-03-06","committee":"Natural Resources and Environment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB334/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB334.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":382630,"bill_number":"HB335","title":"AN ACT relating to alcohol and drug counseling.","description":"Create new sections of KRS 309.080 to 309.089 to establish the requirements for an applicant for registration as an alcohol and drug peer support specialist; mandate that an alcohol and drug peer support specialist complete 500 hours of board-approved experience with 25 hours under the direct supervision of a certified, licensed, or licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselor with at least two years of post-certification or post-licensure experience; require an alcohol and drug peer support specialist to pass an examination approved by the board; mandate completion of three hours of domestic violence training, specify other hours of training required, and obligate applicant to live or work at least a majority of the time in Kentucky; establish the requirements for an applicant for registration as an alcohol and drug counseling associate; mandate that an alcohol and drug counseling associate complete 2,000 hours of board-approved experience with 50 hours under the direct supervision of a certified, licensed, or licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselor with at least two years of post-certification or licensure experience; require an alcohol and drug counseling associate to pass an examination approved by the board; mandate completion of three hours of domestic violence training, specify other training, and obligate applicant to live or work at least a majority of the time in Kentucky; establish requirements for an applicant for licensure as a clinical alcohol and drug counselor with a master's degree including completion of 2,000 hours of board-approved experience, 300 hours of which is under direct supervision of a licensed alcohol and drug counselor, or licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselor; require a clinical alcohol and drug counselor to pass a written examination approved by the International Certification Reciprocity Consortium on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse; include requirement for three hours of domestic violence training and for an applicant to live or work at least a majority of the time in Kentucky; prescribe the scope of practice for a peer support specialist, alcohol and drug counseling associate, certified alcohol and drug counselor, licensed alcohol and drug counselor, and licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselor; direct the board to promulgate administrative regulations to define the registration process for applicants and for supervisors of record; establish supervision required for a practicing registered alcohol and drug peer support specialist, registered alcohol and drug counseling associate, and certified alcohol and drug counselor; enable independent practice for a licensed alcohol and drug counselor or licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselor; establish reciprocity; set up revolving fund; amend KRS 309.080 to define \"co-occurring disorder,\" \"licensed alcohol and drug counselor,\" \"licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselor,\" \"licensee,\" \"practice of alcohol and drug counseling,\" \"registered alcohol and drug counseling associate,\" \"registered alcohol and drug peer support specialist,\" and \"registrant\"; amend KRS 309.0813 to conform and to delete the requirement for the board to establish an examination committee to administer and evaluate the case method presentation and oral examination; add the requirement for the board to collect and deposit all fees, fines, and other moneys owed to the board into the State Treasury to the credit of a revolving fund; amend KRS 309.083 to change the requirements for supervision for a certified alcohol and drug counselor applicant, permitting supervision from a licensed alcohol and drug counselor or licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselor with two years of post-licensure experience; authorize, for a period beyond 90 days from the effective date of this Act, board approval of supervision from a certified alcohol and drug counselor; delete requirement for a certified alcohol and drug counselor to pass an oral examination approved by the board; mandate three hours of domestic violence training for a certified alcohol and drug counselor; require a certified alcohol and drug counselor applicant to live or work at least a majority of the time in Kentucky; amend KRS 309.084 to grant, upon application within 90 days from the effective date of this Act, licensure as a licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselor for a certified alcohol and drug counselor with a master's degree meeting all requirements for the clinical designation except for the examination; grant, for a period of five years following the effective date of this Act, a certified alcohol and drug counselor with a bachelor's degree licensure status as a licensed alcohol and drug counselor under specified guidelines; amend KRS 309.0805, 309.081, 309.085, 309.086, 309.087, and 309.089 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-27","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-23","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB335/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB335.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":382648,"bill_number":"HB336","title":"AN ACT relating to school safety.","description":"Amend KRS 158.148 to require the discipline code to prohibit harassment, intimidation, bullying, or cyberbullying against students and define term; amend KRS 525.070 to expand the crime of harassment to include harassment, intimidation, bullying, or cyberbulling as defined in KRS 158.148 by students on school property and at school-sponsored events.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-01-27","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-03-01","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB336/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB336.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":382664,"bill_number":"HB337","title":"AN ACT relating to wage discrimination.","description":"Amend KRS 337.423 to prohibit wage discrimination on the basis of sex, race, or national origin by prohibiting wage differentials for employees who perform equivalent jobs; provide exceptions for wage differentials based on seniority or merit systems, systems that measure wages by quantity or quality of production, and factors other than sex, race, or national origin; amend KRS 337.420 to define equivalent jobs as those that are equal under the federal Equal Pay Act, or jobs that are dissimilar but equivalent in skill, effort, responsibility, and working conditions; amend KRS 337.425 to require promulgation of administrative regulations on or before July 1, 2013, to specify criteria for determining jobs that are dominated by employees of a particular sex, race, or national origin, and acceptable methodology for determining equivalent skill, effort, responsibility, and working conditions; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2014.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-01-27","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-03-06","committee":"Labor and Industry","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB337/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB337.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":382682,"bill_number":"HB338","title":"AN ACT relating to delaying the effective date of insurance premium surcharge increases.","description":"Amend KRS 136.392 to provide that the insurance premium surcharge rate calculated by the commissioner of revenue and related to the commissioner of insurance for the purpose of informing the affected insurers shall take effect no earlier than six months from the date that the commissioner of insurance notifies the affected insurers; delete the requirement that the commissioner of revenue calculate the appropriate rate no later than January 1 of each year; delete the requirement that the adjustment process shall continue on a biennial basis.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 80)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB338/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB338.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":382698,"bill_number":"HB339","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 \"penalty or fine\"; prohibit the General Assembly from requiring any individual to participate in any health care system or plan, or imposing 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; direct the Attorney General of Kentucky to undertake and initiate all necessary legal proceedings to protect and defend Kentuckians' rights as set forth; 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":"2012-01-27","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-30","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB339/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB339.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":382728,"bill_number":"SB122","title":"AN ACT relating to teacher tenure and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 161.740 to establish a new process for teachers who are first hired after June 30, 2012, to achieve continuing service contract status; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-27","last_action":"returned to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB122/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB122.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":383739,"bill_number":"HB340","title":"AN ACT relating to the Crime Victims Compensation Board.","description":"Amend KRS 216B.400 to provide that to receive reimbursement for a medical exam of a crime victim, the exam has to occur within six months of the claimant's application; amend KRS 346.020 to add a member of a crime victim's family to the definition of \"claimant\"; amend KRS 346.040 to permit the Crime Victims Compensation Board to negotiate a binding settlement for recoverable expenses with the provider after a claim has been filed; create a new section of KRS Chapter 346 to provide that debt collection actions against crime victims, where the debt incurred is related to a recoverable claim through the board, shall cease pending action by the board, and establish procedures; amend KRS 346.050 and 346.100 to conform; amend KRS 346.130 to permit the use of court records to establish the occurrence and reporting of criminal conduct, and provide that to receive an award for loss of support or earnings, the support or earnings had to exist at the time of the criminal conduct; amend KRS 346.140 to add donations made on behalf of a victim to the listing of offsets to be made against awards; amend KRS 532.162 to provide that if a court orders a defendant to pay restitution for criminal conduct, that restitution may be directed to the Crime Victims Compensation Board as appropriate; repeal KRS 346.190, related to reciprocal agreements between states.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-24","last_action":"returned to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-28","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB340/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB340.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":383775,"bill_number":"HB341","title":"AN ACT relating to business organizations.","description":"Create KRS Chapter 386A and establish within it the Kentucky Uniform Statutory Trust Act to codify provisions for the use of the business trust as an allowable form of business organization in the Commonwealth, with various sections addressing definitions, general provisions, formation, certificates of trust and other filings, legal process, governing law, authority, duration, powers, series trusts, trustees and trust management, beneficiaries and beneficial rights, conversion and merger, dissolution and winding up, foreign statutory trusts, and other transitional and miscellaneous provisions; amend various other business entity statutes to enable an LLC to convert directly into an LLP; require a foreign business entity to be qualified to do business in Kentucky before receiving a state contract; provide express statutory direction that any director, officer, manager, etc., of a Kentucky business entity is subject to the jurisdiction of Kentucky courts; provide express statutory direction that a business may properly enter into agreements to settle creditor claims in the course of its dissolution; prevent the inadvertent loss of limited liability after the dissolution of partnership having limited liability attributes; provide that a corporation or LLC’s sole shareholder or member status is insufficient standing alone to pierce the veil of the entity; provide uniformity for judicial dissolution procedures across various forms of business entities; codify the common law rule that “fairness” is not a defense to expropriating a partnership or LLC asset; amend various other sections to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 81)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB341/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB341.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":383812,"bill_number":"HB342","title":"AN ACT relating to training and assessment of new superintendents, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 156.111 to expand the number of components within the superintendents training and assessment program; require superintendents hired on or after July 1, 2012, to complete the program within two years; require Kentucky Board of Education to adopt administrative regulations to govern the program; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-10","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-14","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB342/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB342.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":383848,"bill_number":"HB343","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 subchapter 10 of KRS Chapter 224, to establish Airborne Contaminant Claim Review Board and establish membership and duties; include a noncodified provision requesting the Supreme Court to adopt and revise rules relating to venue and consolidation of claims arising from exposure to silica; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-30","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-31","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB343/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB343.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":383886,"bill_number":"HB344","title":"AN ACT relating to the release of wild hogs or pigs.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 150 to prohibit releasing a feral or wild hog into the wild; set fine penalty and prohibit hunting, fishing, trapping, or being a commercial guide for a period of ten years.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 82)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB344/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB344.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":383923,"bill_number":"HB345","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend KRS 500.080 to include a loss of consciousness within the definition of \"physical injury.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-30","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-31","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB345/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB345.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":383959,"bill_number":"HB346","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend KRS 439.3401 to include robbery in the second degree within the definition of \"violent offender\" if the victim is a bank or credit union.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-30","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-01-31","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB346/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB346.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":383997,"bill_number":"HCR112","title":"Urge the formation of a task force to study and offer recommendations on establishing an urban agriculture segment in the state.","description":"Urge the formation of a task force to study and offer recommendations on establishing an urban agriculture segment in the state.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-22","last_action":"to Agriculture (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-27","committee":"Agriculture","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR112/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HC112.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":384070,"bill_number":"SB123","title":"AN ACT relating to referendum.","description":"Create a new section in KRS Chapter 65 to establish that referendum petition requirements include the printed name, signature, date of birth, residential address, and the date the petitioner signed the petition and to require that to be eligible to sign a referendum petition a person must live in the district or jurisdiction that will be effected by the referendum and be a registered voter.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 54)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB123/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB123.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":384107,"bill_number":"SB124","title":"AN ACT relating to motor vehicle operator's licenses.","description":"Amend KRS 186.450 to provide that motor vehicle instruction permit holders are not required to be accompanied by a person who is at least 21 years of age in the seat beside them when being supervised by a driver training instructor affiliated with a driver training school or a public or nonpublic secondary school.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-03-28","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 16)","last_action_date":"2012-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB124/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB124.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":384145,"bill_number":"SB125","title":"AN ACT relating to pharmacy health benefit management.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define the terms \"contracted pharmacy,\" \"generic exclusivity period,\" \"maximum allowable cost,\" \"multiple source drug,\" \"nationally available,\" \"obsolete,\" \"pharmacy benefit manager,\" and \"temporarily unavailable\"; prohibit a pharmacy benefit manager from using a maximum allowable cost as a basis for reimbursement to a pharmacy for a multiple source drug prior to the expiration of the generic exclusivity period; permit a pharmacy benefit manager to use the maximum allowable cost for reimbursement if there are three or more A-rated therapeutically equivalent multiple source drugs available at a significant cost difference; require the maximum allowable cost to be determined using drug price data from multiple data sources; require a benefit manager using maximum allowable cost for reimbursement to identify the drug price data source and methodology and notify the pharmacy regarding maximum allowable cost implementation, discontinuation, and adjustments; establish requirements for an appeals process; require a benefit manager to provide a contractual commitment to a contracted pharmacy to deliver a specific average reimbursement rate for multiple source drugs; establish requirements for calculation of the average reimbursement rate for multiple source drugs; create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require a managed care organization that provides Medicaid benefits to make a maximum allowable cost list available to a contracted pharmacy in a readily usable format.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-30","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-22","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB125/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB125.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":384175,"bill_number":"SB126","title":"AN ACT relating to social workers.","description":"Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 335 to exempt from licensure employees of tax-exempt organizations; prohibit a person from engaging in the practice of clinical social work without a license; forbid a member of the Board of Social Work from serving two consecutive full terms; require the board to be attached to the Office of Occupations & Professions for administrative purposes; require the board to issue licenses to qualified applicants within 60 days of receiving the application; require the board to issue a temporary license to practice upon submission of the application and payment of initial licensure fee; authorize the board to deny the license and revoke the temporary permit for unqualified applicants; prohibit revocation of a temporary permit if unqualified status is result of incomplete application; direct the board to authorize specific organizations to provide continuing education programs; order the board to refund administrative assessments imposed on individuals employed by a tax-exempt organization.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-20","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-30","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB126/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB126.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":384794,"bill_number":"HB347","title":"AN ACT relating to defective new motor vehicles.","description":"Amend KRS 367.842 regarding time limits to repair new defective motor vehicles, to provide reasonable extensions in cases where parts or supplies are unavailable due to civil unrest or natural disaster.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-03-28","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 13)","last_action_date":"2012-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB347/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB347.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":384829,"bill_number":"HB348","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization.","description":"Confirm Auditor of Public Accounts Executive Order APA #11-01, relating to reorganization, filed with the Secretary of State on April 21, 2011; create the Office of Financial Audits; abolish the Division of Financial Audit and transfer its duties to the Office of Financial Audits; create the Office of Legal and Records Services; abolish the Office of Quality Assurance and Consultation and transfer its duties to the Office of Financial Audits; create the Office of Technology and Special Audits; abolish the Division of Performance Audit and transfer its duties to the Office of Technology and Special Audits; abolish the Division of Examination and Information Technology and transfer its duties to the Office of Technology and Special Audits.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 33)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB348/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB348.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":384867,"bill_number":"HB349","title":"AN ACT relating to pharmacy audits.","description":"Amend KRS 304.17A-741 to prohibit an auditing entity from requiring a pharmacy to keep records longer than two years or longer than required by state or federal law; prohibit an auditing entity from receiving payment based on the total amount recovered in an audit; prohibit a pharmacy from recoupment of funds by the auditing entity if an audit results in the identification of clerical or recordkeeping errors; grant a pharmacy the right to file amended claims to correct clerical or recordkeeping errors within 30 days if the prescription was dispensed according to state and federal law; permit an auditing entity to seek a refund or recoupment of overpayment limited to the amount paid to the pharmacy minus the amount that should have been paid to the pharmacy, minus dispensing fee; require audit information to be confidential and not shared with other auditing entities; require clean claims to be paid in accordance with 304.17A-702; create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to subject Medicaid managed care organizations to pharmacy audits conducted by the Department of Insurance; amend KRS 304.17A-745 to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-04","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 20)","last_action_date":"2012-04-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB349/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB349.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":384903,"bill_number":"HB351","title":"AN ACT relating to state property.","description":"Amend KRS 56.100, 56.120, and 56.160, to increase the self-insured retention amounts of the state fire and tornado insurance fund from $500,000 to $1,000,000; amend KRS 56.180 to raise the threshold amount when moneys will be transferred to the general fund from $5,000,000 to $10,000,000.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 83)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB351/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB351.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":384941,"bill_number":"HB352","title":"AN ACT relating to metal detectors in state parks.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 148 to define \"metal detector\" and \"public area\"; allow use of metal detectors in public areas; require registration of use of metal detector within state park or monument office; amend KRS 148.991 to provide a penalty for violation.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-01-31","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB352/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB352.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":384977,"bill_number":"HB353","title":"AN ACT relating to horse racing and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 230.210 to extend the definition of \"horse race meeting\" to appaloosa and Arabian horse racing and to define the \"Kentucky quarter horse, appaloosa, and Arabian purse fund; amend KRS 230.3771 to specify funding for the Kentucky quarter horse, appaloosa, and Arabian purse fund; create a new section of KRS Chapter 230 to create the Kentucky quarter horse, appaloosa, and Arabian purse fund establish oversight for the fund, and appropriate moneys from the fund.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-04","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 21)","last_action_date":"2012-04-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB353/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB353.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":385015,"bill_number":"HB354","title":"AN ACT relating to medical practice.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to require the board to design a program to ensure that a physician offers testimony in accord with his or her professional knowledge of skills; create an expert witness certificate program for individuals who submit certain documents, require that individuals testifying as expert medical witnesses be certified by this program before their testimony may be admitted as expert testimony; clarify that the certificate shall only permit an individual to testify and not practice medicine; state 18 subjects to which an individual, under penalty of perjury, shall attest before he or she may receive an expert witness certificate; state circumstances under which the board may pursue disciplinary action, issue fines of up to $10,000, and revoke an expert witness certificate.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2012-01-31","last_action":"floor amendments (1) (2) and (3) filed","last_action_date":"2012-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB354/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB354.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":385051,"bill_number":"HB355","title":"AN ACT relating to the timing for the payment of wages.","description":"Amend KRS 337.020 and clarify that the eighteen days time period for wage payments begins on the last day of the pay period.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-31","last_action":"to Labor & Industry (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-01","committee":"Labor and Industry","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB355/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB355.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":385089,"bill_number":"HB356","title":"AN ACT relating to boat dock and marina safety.","description":"Create new section of KRS Chapter 235 to establish standards for marinas and boat docks owners and operators to prevent electrical shocks to persons in boats, in water, and on docks around the marina; prohibit swimming within 100 yards of a boat dock or marina, except for reasons of search and rescue; require marina and boat dock compliance by August 1, 2013; amend KRS 235.010 to amend the definition of \"marina\" to include a boat dock; establish definitions for \"boat dock\" \"boat dock or marina owner or operator\" and \"ground fault circuit interrupter\"; amend KRS 235.200 to require any equipment meeting the American Boat and Yacht Council standards to protect the public from electrical shocks; require electrical wiring onboard a vessel to be performed by a licensed electrician; amend KRS 235.990 to establish penalties for violations.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-23","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-26","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB356/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB356.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":385162,"bill_number":"SB127","title":"AN ACT relating to public library districts.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 173.450 to 173.650 to provide for an alternative method of creating a public library district, appointing board members, levying an ad valorem tax and modifying the tax with fiscal court approval; specify the method of dissolution.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-31","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-02","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB127/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB127.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":385198,"bill_number":"SB128","title":"AN ACT relating to the imposition of tolls or fees on federal interstate highways.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 177 to prohibit the imposition of tolls or user fees on any portion of the interstate highway system currently in existence; name the Act the \"Keeping Kentucky's Freeways Free Act of 2012.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-31","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-02","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB128/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB128.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":385229,"bill_number":"SB129","title":"AN ACT relating to medical marijuana.","description":"Amend and create various statutes in KRS Chapter 218A to make marijuana a schedule II drug with the limitation that a person for whom the drug has been prescribed may not possess more than five ounces per month of the drug or have under cultivation more than five marijuana plants; create a new section of KRS Chapter 315 to require the Board of Pharmacy to establish a certification program for pharmacies seeking to dispense marijuana; designate this Act as the Gatewood Galbraith Memorial Medical Marijuana Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-01-31","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-02","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB129/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB129.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":385707,"bill_number":"SB132","title":"AN ACT relating to due process for teachers.","description":"Amend KRS 161.790 to clarify the causes by which a contract of a teacher may be terminated; require the commissioner of education to initiate the appropriate due process procedures in response to a teacher's appeal of a superintendent's termination charge; create a new section of KRS Chapter 161 to establish hearing procedures and appointment of hearing officers for the appeal of a termination case.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-07","last_action":"returned to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-26","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB132/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB132.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":385788,"bill_number":"SB130","title":"AN ACT relating to retiree health benefits for members of the urban county government's policemen's and firefighters' retirement fund.","description":"Amend KRS 67A.345 to require urban county governments to pay the full health insurance premium for a retiree of the Policemen's and Firefighters' Retirement Fund regardless of the amount of health premium paid on behalf of urban county government employees.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-01","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-06","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB130/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB130.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":385958,"bill_number":"HB363","title":"AN ACT relating to solid waste.","description":"Amend KRS 109.056 to allow local governments to enact ordinances establishing procedures for the collection of solid waste taxes or service fees; allow local governments to collect delinquent solid waste collection taxes or fees through contract with the Department of Revenue at the commissioner of the department's discretion; allow the department to collect an extra 20 percent of the amount due for collection; allow the department to offset and apply to the outstanding liability any money or other personal property, excluding liens on motor vehicles, owed to the debtor to satisfy the debt.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-01","last_action":"to Local Government (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-02","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB363/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB363.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":386046,"bill_number":"HB362","title":"AN ACT relating to the creation of the Asset Resolution Corporation.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164A to establish the Asset Resolution Corporation; direct the board of directors of the Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corporation to serve as the corporation's board and attach the corporation to the Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corporation for administrative purposes; prescribe the powers and authority of the board of directors; amend KRS 164A.050 to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 84)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB362/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB362.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":386132,"bill_number":"HB361","title":"AN ACT relating to medical review panels involving long-term-care facilities.","description":"Create within KRS Chapter 216C various new sections establishing a medical review panel system for use in civil litigation relating to long-term-care facilities, including sections setting out definitions, delineating covered health care facilities and providers, panel membership and formation, functions and deliberations of the panel, and utilization of panel results in civil actions.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-01","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-02","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB361/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB361.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":386219,"bill_number":"HB360","title":"AN ACT relating to wireless enhanced 911 systems.","description":"Amend KRS 65.7635 to remove language providing for specific calculation options and collection procedures for the 911 surcharge for prepaid services.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-02-01","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-02-24","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB360/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB360.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":386305,"bill_number":"HB359","title":"AN ACT relating to the date that districts created from a redistricting plan take effect.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 5 to define \"post redistricting period\" and to provide that new legislative districts created by a redistricting plan shall not take effect until January 1 of the year following the passage of the redistricting legislation; amend KRS 118.165 to permit a candidate for legislative office to file for office during the post redistricting period.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-01","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-02","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB359/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB359.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":386393,"bill_number":"HB358","title":"AN ACT relating to boiler external piping inspections.","description":"Amend KRS 236.010 to define \"boiler external piping,\" \"owner facility,\" \"owner's piping inspector,\" and \"independent inspection agency\"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 236 to permit facilities subject to piping inspection to conduct inspections in lieu of inspections conducted by an employee of the department; provide for licensure of inspectors and independent inspection agencies through the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction; specify requirements for licensure; specify licensure fees and license renewal procedures.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-03-28","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 14)","last_action_date":"2012-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB358/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB358.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":386477,"bill_number":"HB357","title":"AN ACT relating to school facilities.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 212 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to annually inspect local school buildings for mold and roofs for leaks; require the cabinet to make annual reports regarding the findings.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-01","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-08","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB357/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB357.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":386564,"bill_number":"HB350","title":"AN ACT relating to human trafficking and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 529.010, relating to prostitution and human trafficking, to add definitions for \"human trafficking victims fund,\" \"minor,\" and \"victim of human trafficking\"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 529 to create the offense of patronizing prostitution and provide penalties; create a new section of KRS Chapter 529 to create a fee for patronizing a minor for prostitution; create a new section of KRS Chapter 529 to create a human trafficking victims fund; create a new section of KRS Chapter 529 to require asset forfeiture for human trafficking offenders; create a new section of KRS Chapter 16 to require the Department of Kentucky State Police to establish a human trafficking unit; amend KRS 15.334 relating to police training to require training in recognizing and investigating human trafficking and assisting the victims thereof; amend KRS 421.500, relating to victims services, to include victims of human trafficking; amend KRS 421.570, relating to victim advocates, to include training on human trafficking; amend KRS 431.600, relating to multidisciplinary team coordination of child sexual abuse investigations and prosecutions to include human trafficking victims advocates; create a new section of KRS Chapter 514 to create a new offense of theft of labor by force or threat and provide penalties; amend KRS 516.030, relating to forgery in the second degree, to include coercing another person to make or obtain a false instrument in the commission of human trafficking; amend KRS 413.249, relating to civil actions relating to childhood sexual abuse or childhood sexual assault, to provide an increased statute of limitations for child victims of human trafficking; amend KRS 431.082 to provide a cause of action for victims of human trafficking; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-05","last_action":"recommitted to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-30","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB350/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB350.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":387752,"bill_number":"HB4","title":"AN ACT relating to controlled substances and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to require licensing boards, the Attorney General, and the Department of Kentucky State Police to share information regarding drug diversion and improper prescribing, and specify action to be taken upon receipt of a report; create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to describe required actions prior to and after a person with prescribing authority prescribes or dispenses a controlled substance to a patient and to require registration with and the use of the Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Reporting (KASPER) system prior to prescribing or dispensing a controlled substance to a patient; create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to define \"pain management facility\" and require the facility to be owned by a person licensed by a professional licensing board; create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to create the Attorney General's drug diversion prevention trust and agency fund and specify its uses; amend KRS 218A.202, relating to the KASPER controlled substance monitoring program, to require licensed medical professionals who use the system to pay a fee of $100 per year for the use of the system; specify information to be entered into the system; specify persons and agencies who may use the system; specify to whom information with the system may be disclosed; specify that if the Attorney General finds that a prescriber is not using the system the Attorney General must report the matter to the prescriber's licensing board; amend KRS 218A.240, relating to powers of the Attorney General and licensing board employees to specify how the Attorney General is to use the KASPER data; require the development and publication of drug prescribing and diversion trend reports; specify that information from the system is confidential and specify to whom the information may be revealed; permit hospitals to request prescribing information about their employees; amend KRS 218A.245, relating to reciprocal agreements with other states for prescription monitoring programs, to transfer functions from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to the Office of the Attorney General; create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to require the Boards of Medical Licensure, Nursing, Dentistry and other boards to develop a procedure for suspending, limiting, or restricting a license where the licensee's practice may endanger the health and welfare of patients or the public; amend KRS 72.045, relating to coroner's cases, to specify when a coroner is to take a blood sample from a deceased to determine the presence of controlled substances; create a new section of KRS Chapter 72 to require coroners to report to the state registrar of vital statistics and the Department of Kentucky State Police all deaths due to drug overdoses and provide relevant information to licensing boards; amend KRS 72.080, relating to the State Medical Examiners Office publishing an annual report of drug related deaths, to require the registrar of vital statistics to report information to the state medical examiner for the report; create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to require licensees with prescribing authority to report convictions, license suspensions, surrender of licenses and other disciplinary actions to their licensing boards in Kentucky, whether or not the underlying action occurred in Kentucky or another jurisdiction; provide for suspension or permanent revocation of license for specified acts; provide penalties for failure to report, late reporting, and lying on an application for a license; create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to specify duties of the Attorney General with regard to monitoring and enforcing drug monitoring, prescribing, and drug diversion statutes and permit the Attorney General to take action against persons and agencies; create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to specify complaint handling procedures for boards which license persons to prescribe or dispense controlled substances; amend KRS 311.530, relating to the Board of Medical Licensure, to require one member to be a board-certified pain management specialist, and one to be a board-certified physiatrist certified in addiction medicine; amend KRS 311.591, relating to complaints against persons licensed by the Board of Medical Licensure, to prohibit requiring complaints to be sworn and permit the board to accept anonymous complaints under limited circumstances; amend KRS 314.011, relating to the Board of Nursing, to place controlled substance prescribing and dispensing limits on advanced practice registered nurses; amend KRS 314.042 to require advanced practice registered nurses to register with and use the KASPER system prior to and after the prescribing of Schedule II or III controlled substances to a patient; amend KRS 314.121, relating to the membership of the Board of Nursing, to require one member to be a certified addiction specialist and one member to be a certified pain management specialist; create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to require boards which license persons to prescribe or dispense controlled substances to promulgate administrative regulations relating to mandatory prescribing and dispensing standards; create a new section of KRS Chapter 315, relating to pharmacies, to require that they not accept prescriptions for Schedule II or III controlled substances for more than a 90-day supply, that they ship not more than a 30-day supply in one shipment, and that they not make the next shipment until near exhaustion of the previous shipment; create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to prohibit any board licensing persons to prescribe or dispense controlled substances to require complaints to be sworn or notarized; permit the filing of an anonymous complaint under limited circumstances; require transfer of the KASPER drug monitoring system from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to the Office of the Attorney General; specify when the Governor shall appoint pain management specialist and addiction specialist members to the Board of Medical Licensure and the Board of Nursing.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2012-03-09","last_action":"Conference Committee report adopted in Senate","last_action_date":"2012-04-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB4/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB4.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":387772,"bill_number":"HB364","title":"AN ACT relating to children in out-of-home care.","description":"Amend KRS 194A.146 to establish that the co-chairs of the Interim Joint Committee on Health and Welfare and one private child-placing provider shall serve on the Statewide Strategic Planning Committee for Children in Placement; to establish that the plan developed by the committee shall be completed and submitted by July 1, 2013; to require that an evaluation study shall be conducted by the committee; amend KRS 199.641 to establish that the payments made by the Department for Community Based Services to nonprofit child-caring facilities shall be adjusted based on the consumer price index; amend KRS 199.800 to establish a definition for \"assessment\", \"gatekeeper\", \"level of care\", \"utilization review\", amend the definition of \"type of placement\" to include consideration of the child's circumstances, assessment, and assigned level of care, and establish language referring to \"regions\" instead of \"districts\"; amend KRS 199.801 to establish that an assessment shall be done and submitted to the gatekeeper regarding a child to be placed in custody and establish responsibilities of a social worker of the child; establish language for assessments regarding the child's circumstances, assessment, and assigned level of care, and establish language referring to \"regions\" instead of \"districts\"; amend KRS 200.575 to define \"family reunification services\"; amend KRS 200.585 to establish requirements related to family reunification services; and amend KRS 200.600 to establish that the secretary of the cabinet for health and family services shall file a report to the Legislative Research Commission regarding family preservation services.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-02","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-22","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB364/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB364.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":387788,"bill_number":"HB365","title":"AN ACT relating to the collection of defaulted educational loans.","description":"Amend KRS 164A.240 to allow the Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corporation to establish an administrative garnishment process for the collection of defaulted educational loans made pursuant to 164A.240(2)(a); limit the garnishment amount to 10% of disposable pay.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-10","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-14","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB365/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB365.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":387808,"bill_number":"HB366","title":"AN ACT relating to school employees.","description":"Amend KRS 160.380 to allow a superintendent's spouse who has at least 12 years of service in school systems to be an employee in the district in which the superintendent is employed.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 85)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB366/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB366.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":387825,"bill_number":"HB367","title":"AN ACT relating to property leased by the state.","description":"Amend KRS 56.813 to increase from $1,000 to $5,000 the threshold amount for improvements of space leased by an agency to be amortized over the remaining term of the lease.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-21","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-23","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB367/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB367.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":387844,"bill_number":"HB368","title":"AN ACT relating to restaurant taxes.","description":"Amend KRS 91A.400 to allow all cities, urban-county governments, consolidated local governments, unified local governments, and charter county governments to charge a restaurant tax; provide that up to 75% of the tax may be used for quality of life expenditures that support tourism, recreation, and economic development with a minimum of 25% going to the local tourist and convention commission; provide for crediting provisions, and that for jurisdictions enacting this tax for the first time after January 1, 2012, that the restaurants in those jurisdictions do not pay any other local license tax or fee.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-02","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-06","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB368/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB368.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":387862,"bill_number":"HB369","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 the KLEFP fund salary supplement shall continue to receive the supplement when called to active duty with the United States Armed Forces.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 86)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB369/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB369.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":387885,"bill_number":"HB370","title":"AN ACT relating to redistricting and declaring an emergency.","description":"(H1437B03) Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 5 to divide the Commonwealth into the following representative districts: DISTRICT 1 - Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman, McCracken (part); DISTRICT 2 - Graves, Marshall (part); DISTRICT 3 - McCracken (part); DISTRICT 4 - Caldwell, Christian (part), Crittenden, Hopkins (part), Trigg; DISTRICT 5 - Calloway, Marshall (part); DISTRICT 6 - Livingston, Lyon, Marshall (part), McCracken (part); DISTRICT 7 - Henderson (part), McLean, Union, Webster; DISTRICT 8 - Christian (part); DISTRICT 9 - Christian (part), Todd; DISTRICT 10 - Hopkins (part); DISTRICT 11 - Daviess (part), Henderson (part); DISTRICT 12 - Daviess (part), Hancock, Ohio; DISTRICT 13 - Daviess (part); DISTRICT 14 - Daviess (part); DISTRICT 15 - Green, Hardin (part), Larue, Metcalfe; DISTRICT 16 - Logan, Simpson; DISTRICT 17 - Butler, Muhlenberg; DISTRICT 18 - Breckinridge, Hardin (part); DISTRICT 19 - Edmonson, Hart, Warren (part); DISTRICT 20 - Warren (part); DISTRICT 21 - Warren (part); DISTRICT 22 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 23 - Barren, Warren (part); DISTRICT 24 - Casey, Marion, Pulaski (part); DISTRICT 25 - Grayson, Hardin (part); DISTRICT 26 - Hardin (part); DISTRICT 27 - Hardin (part), Meade; DISTRICT 28 - Bullitt (part), Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 29 - Bullitt (part), Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 30 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 31 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 32 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 33 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 34 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 35 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 36 - Boyle, Garrard; DISTRICT 37 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 38 - Bullitt (part), Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 39 - Fayette (part), Jessamine (part), Scott (part); DISTRICT 40 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 41 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 42 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 43 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 44 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 45 - Fayette (part); DISTRICT 46 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 47 - Henry, Oldham (part), Trimble; DISTRICT 48 - Jefferson County (part); DISTRICT 49 - Bullitt (part), Spencer; DISTRICT 50 - Nelson; DISTRICT 51 - Adair, Taylor; DISTRICT 52 - McCreary, Pulaski (part), Wayne; DISTRICT 53 - Allen, Cumberland, Monroe, Warren (part); DISTRICT 54 - Boone (part), Carroll, Franklin (part), Gallatin, Owen; DISTRICT 55 - Jessamine (part), Mercer, Washington; DISTRICT 56 - Franklin (part), Woodford; DISTRICT 57 - Anderson, Franklin (part); DISTRICT 58 - Jefferson County (part), Shelby; DISTRICT 59 - Jefferson County (part), Oldham (part); DISTRICT 60 - Boone (part); DISTRICT 61 - Boone (part), Grant, Kenton (part); DISTRICT 62 - Scott (part); DISTRICT 63 - Boone (part), Kenton (part); DISTRICT 64 - Campbell (part), Kenton (part); DISTRICT 65 - Kenton (part); DISTRICT 66 - Boone (part); DISTRICT 67 - Campbell (part); DISTRICT 68 - Campbell (part); DISTRICT 69 - Boone (part), Kenton (part); DISTRICT 70 - Bath, Fleming, Mason; DISTRICT 71 - Elliott, Morgan, Rowan; DISTRICT 72 - Bourbon, Fayette (part), Nicholas; DISTRICT 73 - Clark, Madison (part); DISTRICT 74 - Menifee, Montgomery, Powell; DISTRICT 75 - Fayette (part); DISTRICT 76 - Fayette (part); DISTRICT 77 - Fayette (part); DISTRICT 78 - Bracken, Harrison, Pendleton, Robertson; DISTRICT 79 - Fayette (part); DISTRICT 80 - Lincoln, Pulaski (part), Rockcastle; DISTRICT 81 - Jessamine (part), Madison (part); DISTRICT 82 - Laurel (part), Whitley; DISTRICT 83 - Clinton, Pulaski (part), Russell; DISTRICT 84 - Harlan (part), Owsley, Perry; DISTRICT 85 - Laurel (part), Pulaski (part); DISTRICT 86 - Knox, Laurel (part); DISTRICT 87 - Bell, Harlan (part); DISTRICT 88 - Fayette (part); DISTRICT 89 - Jackson, Laurel (part); DISTRICT 90 - Clay, Harlan (part), Laurel (part), Leslie; DISTRICT 91 - Breathitt, Estill, Lee, Madison (part); DISTRICT 92 - Harlan (part), Knott, Letcher; DISTRICT 93 - Lawrence, Martin, Pike (part); DISTRICT 94 - Pike (part); DISTRICT 95 - Floyd, Pike (part); DISTRICT 96 - Boyd (part), Carter, Lewis; DISTRICT 97 - Johnson, Magoffin, Wolfe; DISTRICT 98 - Boyd (part), Greenup; DISTRICT 99 - Madison (part); DISTRICT 100 - Boyd (part); PLAN INTEGRITY VERIFIED; amend KRS 5.010 to conform dates; specify that precinct names may be shortened to accommodate formatting requirements of the bill drafting system and that the precinct names will be provided in full in codification; specify how county and precinct names are to be displayed depending on whether the territory of the county or precinct is included in a particular legislative district in its entirety or in part and direct how those items will be displayed in codification; direct county boards of elections to change precinct boundaries to conform to representative district boundaries; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-02","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-06","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB370/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB370.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":387900,"bill_number":"HCR129","title":"Establish a task force to study the Unified Juvenile Code; establish membership of task force; provide that the task force is to study issues related to status offenders, the use of community resources, alternatives to detention, reinvestment of savings to create community based treatment programs, feasibility of establishing an age of criminal responsibility, issues related to domestic violence and its impact on children exposed to domestic violence, issues related to special needs children, and use of validated risk and needs assessments; require the task force to submit a report to the Legislative Research Commission by November 1, 2012.","description":null,"status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 37)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR129/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HC129.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":387937,"bill_number":"SB133","title":"AN ACT relating to complete streets.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 174 to require that bicycle and pedestrian ways be given full consideration in the planning and development of transportation facilities, to allow for exceptions from the general rule, to require an annual report, and to require the cabinet to establish design and construction standards for bicycle and pedestrian ways; amend KRS 176.430 to require the issuance of an annual report.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-02","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB133/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB133.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":387957,"bill_number":"SB134","title":"AN ACT relating to heating, ventilation, and air conditioning contractors.","description":"Amend KRS 198B.662 to allow a current or former member of the United States Armed Forces to qualify for a journeyman license if he or she has been trained as a journeyman by the military and actively served in that occupation during his or her military service as annotated on Defense Department form 214; amend KRS 198B.658 to conform.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-20","last_action":"2nd reading, to Rules","last_action_date":"2012-03-29","committee":"Rules","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB134/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB134.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":387973,"bill_number":"SB135","title":"AN ACT relating to telecommunications.","description":"Amend KRS 278.542 and 278.543 to eliminate Public Service Commission jurisdiction overrates for basic local exchange telephone service after 60 months; limit PSC ability to investigate telecom issues on its own motion; exempt electing utilities from KRS 278.160 relating to filing and displaying of schedules of rates and conditions of service; exempt electing utilities from KRS 278.170 relating to discrimination as to rates or service; exempt electing utilities from KRS 278.180 relating to changes in rates and how they are made; exempt electing utilities from KRS 278.250 relating to PSC investigation of the condition of the utility, exempt electing utilities from KRS 278.542 (1)(l) relating to PSC involvement in the setting of performance objectives; exempt electing utilities from KRS 278.544(2) relating to telephone utilities provision of optional features on a stand alone basis to basic service customers; relieve electing utility from obligation to provide service where any other carrier offering any kind of voice service exists; allow electing utilities to satisfy an obligation to provide voice service with any technology or service arrangement; eliminate all obligation to provide service after June 30, 2013; amend KRS 278.54611 to remove PSC responsibility to develop cellphone standards and require that FCC standards be applied; eliminate requirement that these standards apply to carriers of last resort; amend KRS 278.5462 to limit PSC authority in resolution of broadband complaints","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-02","last_action":"returned to Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism & Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB135/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB135.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":387988,"bill_number":"SB136","title":"AN ACT relating to filling school position vacancies.","description":"Amend KRS 160.380 to change the length of time from 30 days to 15 days that a superintendent must notify the commissioner of education before filling local school district position vacancies.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-02","last_action":"recommitted to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-28","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB136/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB136.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":388006,"bill_number":"SB137","title":"AN ACT relating to prescription drugs and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 315.400 to define \"interpharmacy medication exchange\" and exclude it from the definition of \"wholesale distributor\"; amend KRS 205.6312 to require a copayment of $1 for generic drugs, $2 for preferred brand-name drugs, and $3 for non-preferred brand-name drugs for prescription or over-the-counter drugs; require a recipient receiving benefits under a Medicaid managed care organization (MCO) with a copayment that exceeds $3 in effect on November 1, 2011, to comply with the copayment in effect on November 1, 2011; require the copayments to apply to all MCOs except an MCO operating under a Section 1115 Medicaid waiver as of January 1, 2011; prohibit the copayments to be deducted from any copayment due to a pharmacy from a Medicaid MCO unless the copayment was being charged and deducted from reimbursement on January 1, 2012; create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require a Medicaid MCO to contract individually with each Kentucky pharmacy included in the MCO's health benefit plan provided to Kentucky Medicaid recipients; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-02","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-07","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB137/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB137.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":388018,"bill_number":"SB138","title":"AN ACT relating to the IMPACT Plus Program.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 200.501 to 200.509 to require providers of services to children with severe emotional disabilities to have the right to an administrative hearing before termination of their contract for services.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-20","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-21","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB138/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB138.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":389704,"bill_number":"HB374","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; require an entity that receives state funding and offers human sexuality education or teen pregnancy prevention to adopt science-based content.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2012-02-06","last_action":"floor amendments (1) (2) and (3) filed","last_action_date":"2012-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB374/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB374.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":389784,"bill_number":"HB373","title":"AN ACT relating to advertisement of certificates of delinquency.","description":"Amend KRS 134.128 and 424.130 to revise publication requirements for the sale of certificates of delinquency; increase advertsing fee for county clerks from five dollars for each certificate of delinquency to six dollars for each certificate of delinquency; amend KRS 134.122 to conform.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-02-06","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-03-02","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB373/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB373.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":389863,"bill_number":"HB372","title":"AN ACT relating to waiver of educational fees for survivors of officers and firefighters.","description":"Amend KRS 164.2841, relating to free tuition for survivors of officers and firefighters, to define \"law enforcement officer\" with the same meaning as \"peace officer.\"","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-19","last_action":"returned to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-28","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB372/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB372.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":389942,"bill_number":"HB371","title":"AN ACT relating to motor vehicle registration.","description":"Establish a new effective date for 2011 Ky. Acts ch. 5, relating to procedures for transferring motor vehicles, by repealing Section 7 of the Act, which contained the original effective date, and by making the rest of the Act effective January 1, 2014.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-03-28","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 12)","last_action_date":"2012-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB371/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB371.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":391778,"bill_number":"HB375","title":"AN ACT relating to civil actions.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 411, to set the standard of care for a civil action involving the installation of controls in a motor vehicle to benefit a disabled person at willful and wanton misconduct in lieu of a lesser standard, specify public purpose for statute.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-07","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-08","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB375/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB375.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":392217,"bill_number":"SB146","title":"AN ACT relating to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.","description":"Amend KRS 194A.005 to add definitions; create new sections of KRS Chapter 194A to establish the Kentucky Board of Health and Family Services to provide oversight and accountability for the duties of the cabinet and to employ the cabinet secretary and undersecretaries; specify board membership, selection process, and rules of procedure; require the board to set qualifications for secretary position, conduct a search, recommend three individuals to the Governor for appointment; specify that the secretary serves at the pleasure of the board; specify other duties of the board to include review of cabinet programs, development of federal strategies, and submission of report to the Governor and the Interim Joint Committee on Health and Welfare; amend KRS 11.065 to add the undersecretaries of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to the Governor's Executive Cabinet; amend KRS 63.080 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-08","last_action":"returned to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-08","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB146/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB146.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":392259,"bill_number":"SB145","title":"AN ACT relating to vehicle tires.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to require vehicles with iron, steel, or wooden tires to be equipped with rubberized strips if used on a highway; amend KRS 189.990 to set penalty for violation at $$20 to $100.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-08","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-10","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB145/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB145.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":392307,"bill_number":"SB144","title":"AN ACT relating to electronic prescribing.","description":"Create a new sections of KRS 217.005 to 217.215 and Chapter 218A to clarify that electronic prescribing shall not interfere with a patient's freedom to select a pharmacy; permit the use of clinical messaging and pop-up windows in electronic prescription software, provided that the information is consistent with FDA information; permit the software to show information about a payor's formulary, copayment, or benefit plan only if it does not preclude a practitioner from selecting any pharmacy, drug, device, or controlled substance; require the Commonwealth to consider electronic prescribing and electronic prior authorization standards developed by the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 136)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB144/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB144.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":392355,"bill_number":"SB143","title":"AN ACT relating to school attendance.","description":"Amend KRS 159.070 to permit parents to enroll their children in school districts other than the district in which they reside, contingent on the willingness of the receiving district; establish notice deadlines; prohibit discriminatory practices in enrollment; specify SEEK fund allocations between districts of residence and attendance; require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations for implementation.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-03-08","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-03-20","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB143/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB143.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":392401,"bill_number":"SB142","title":"AN ACT relating to domestic relations.","description":"Amend KRS 403.750 to allow a domestic violence order to require that additional services be provided to a child exposed to domestic violence; amend KRS 600.020 to include live-in romantic partners who exercise control over a child in the home; amend KRS 620.020 to provide additional criteria within the definition of \"reasonable efforts.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-08","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-10","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB142/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB142.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":392448,"bill_number":"SB141","title":"AN ACT relating to farm implements and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 189.270 to set maximum standards for Transportation Cabinet regulations for escort vehicle requirements for overdimensional farm implements; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-08","last_action":"recommitted to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-28","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB141/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB141.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":392496,"bill_number":"SB140","title":"AN ACT relating to family courts.","description":"Amend KRS 23A.110 to express the legislative intent that a family division of the Circuit Court is to promote the concept of one family-one judge; amend KRS 30A.140 to require the circuit clerk, during a family division realignment, to maintain the one family-one judge relationship to the extent reasonably practical.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-08","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-10","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB140/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB140.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":392542,"bill_number":"SB139","title":"AN ACT relating to the state child fatality review team.","description":"Amend KRS 211.684 to require the establishment of the state child fatality review team; add the co-chairs of the Interim Joint Committee on Health and Welfare to the members of the team.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-08","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-10","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB139/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB139.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":392638,"bill_number":"HB382","title":"AN ACT relating to body modification and making an appropriation.","description":"Establish KRS Chapter 317C to create new sections thereof to require persons engaging in the practice of tattooing or body piercing, or operating a body piercing or tattoo studio, to obtain a license under the chapter; define terms; prohibit practice and advertising for unlicensed persons; set out exemptions; prohibit a licensed tattoo artist from giving laser treatment, injecting Botox or collagen, performing electrolysis, microdermabrasion, or piercing unless licensed or otherwise credentialed in a profession where performance of such procedure is in the profession's scope of practice; forbid a person licensed as a tattoo artist or body piercing technician from performing extreme forms of body modification; create the Kentucky Board of Licensure for Tattooing and Body Piercing; establish membership; attach the board for administrative purposes to the Division of Occupations and Professions; establish board duties; require board to promulgate administrative regulations to ensure public safety and competence of practitioners, including standards of operation for tattoo and body piercing studios, and procedures for informed consent; require the board to promulgate administrative regulations relating to procedures to prevent tattoo or body piercing of minors under 18 without consent; mandate the board to promulgate administrative regulations relating to training of licensed persons; mandate that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services promulgate administrative regulations pertaining to health and sanitation of tattooing and body piercing studios; permit the board to employ inspectors by contracting with the cabinet and require the board or its contracted representatives to visit each facility at least twice a year; direct the board to report annually to the Governor and the Legislative Research Commission; authorize the board to investigate, schedule and conduct administrative hearings, institute civil proceedings to enjoin any violation, and prosecute violations with assistance from the Attorney General and Commonwealth's and county attorneys; establish qualifications for licensing as a tattoo artist, tattoo studio, tattoo instructor, body piercing technician, body piercing studio, and body piercing instructor; forbid licensure if convicted of any felony within the past ten years involving violence, sexual misconduct, fraud, or deceit; obligate tattoo artist and body piercing technician applicants to have completed bloodborne pathogen, first aid, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation certifications; require applicants to submit to a national and state criminal background check; mandate completion of a course of study established in administrative regulations promulgated by the board, taught by either a tattoo or body piercing instructor at a board-approved institution or school, or by an apprenticeship program sponsor one-on-one in a studio; demand completion of an apprenticeship program; establish licensure fees; establish qualifications for an apprentice program sponsor and curriculum requirements consisting of a minimum of 500 hours for the educational component of the apprenticeship program; mandate examination to determine mastery of course of study and completion of 250 hours of experience tattooing or body piercing under the direct supervision of a tattoo or body piercing apprentice sponsor; prescribe other requirements for applicants for an apprentice license; establish procedures for issuance and renewal of licenses; designate continuing education requirements for licensees; establish board's authority to impose disciplinary actions, including a fine not to exceed $500, and the grounds upon which actions may be taken; indicate further guidelines for examinations given by the board; grant reciprocity; establish board complaint process; provide penalty for any person violating the chapter as a fine not less than $50 nor more than $500, or imprisonment not less than ten days nor more than six months, or subject to both the fine and imprisonment; designate offense of tattooing or body piercing a minor without writtennotarized consent of a custodial parent or legal guardian as a Class A misdemeanor; outline conditions for an affirmative defense; provide that this chapter supersedes local government ordinances or regulations, except for those regulations relating to health and sanitation under the cabinet; specify the chapter shall not effect local government regulations relating to zoning requirements or occupational license fees; create a revolving fund account; limit use of moneys in revolving account to administration of chapter; amend KRS 211.990 to change penalty for violation of KRS 211.760 to a fine not less than $50 rather than $10 nor more than $500, or imprisonment of not less than ten days nor more than six months, or subject to both the fine and imprisonment; amend KRS 211.760 to specify applicants shall register with the local health department and then apply for licensure with the board; authorize representatives of the cabinet, or local or district health departments under a contract with the board to visit a studio during business hours to ensure compliance with health and sanitation standards; grandfather persons so anyone who is properly registered by December 31, 2012, has until January 1, 2014, to register with the tattoo or body piercing board without meeting the educational or examination requirements; EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2013.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-08","last_action":"to Licensing & Occupations (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-09","committee":"Licensing and Occupations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB382/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB382.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":392685,"bill_number":"HB381","title":"AN ACT relating to reemployment after retirement.","description":"Amend KRS 61.637 to provide that local school districts shall not be required to reimburse Kentucky Retirement Systems for retiree health care premiums on reemployed retirees who work less than 80 days a year; provide that the days counted towards the eighty day requirement must constitute at least four hours per day.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-19","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-21","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB381/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB381.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":392732,"bill_number":"HB380","title":"AN ACT relating to the interest rate on overpayments and underpayments of tax.","description":"Amend KRS 131.183 to apply the calculated interest rate to both overpayments and underpayments; apply retroactively to all outstanding refund claims and notices of tax due.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-08","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-09","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB380/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB380.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":392780,"bill_number":"HB379","title":"AN ACT relating to the military family assistance trust fund.","description":"Amend KRS 36.472 to increase the number of military family assistance trust fund board members from 6 to 7, to require the appointment of a member of the Kentucky National Guard to the board, and to stagger terms for appointed board members.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 87)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB379/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB379.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":392827,"bill_number":"HB378","title":"AN ACT relating to the Department of Public Advocacy.","description":"Amend KRS 15A.020 to create the Division of Conflict Services within the Department of Public Advocacy; amend KRS 31.020 to authorize the position of general counsel and establish duties, and designate the public advocate as an appointing authority; amend KRS 31.030 to provide that the public advocate shall determine necessary personnel within the Department of Public Advocacy; amend KRS 31.060 to exclude family divisions of a Circuit Court from the calculation that determines whether a county is responsible for providing public advocacy services; amend KRS 45A.690 to exclude department agreements employing attorneys to represent indigent clients in conflict cases from the definition of a \"personal service contract.\"","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-19","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 151)","last_action_date":"2012-04-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB378/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB378.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":392874,"bill_number":"HB377","title":"AN ACT relating to the substitution of opioids in pharmacies and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 315 to define terms; require the Board of Pharmacy to publish and, in some cases, determine qualifying drugs for a list of opioid analgesics that incorporate tamper-resistance technologies and prohibit substitution or interchange of those drugs without the pharmacy verifying that the substitute provides substantially similar tamper-resistance properties as determined by the board or without obtaining written consent of the prescriber; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-08","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-23","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB377/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB377.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":392922,"bill_number":"HB376","title":"AN ACT relating to speed limits.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to increase the speed limit on United States Route 68/Kentucky Route 80 west of the Natcher Parkway in Bowling Green to the Marshall County /Trigg County line to 60 miles per hour; require a violator of the speed limits established in this section to be subject to the fines and other provisions of KRS 189.394.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-08","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-09","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB376/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB376.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":394280,"bill_number":"SB147","title":"AN ACT relating to the IMPACT Plus Program.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 205 to define terms related to the IMPACT Plus Program; require the Department for Medicaid Services or a Medicaid managed care organization to contract directly with IMPACT Plus Program service providers and manage all aspects of the program; permit providers to contract unless found to have committed a fraudulent act; require an IMPACT Plus Program service provider to have the right to receive and administrative hearing before contract termination; require the cabinet to establish provisions for the dispute resolution and hearing appeal process for IMPACT Plus Program service providers.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-09","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-13","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB147/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB147.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":394411,"bill_number":"HB386","title":"AN ACT relating to foreign law.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 454 to establish legislative intent that the rights of an individual afforded under the Constitutions of the Commonwealth and the United States take precedence over the application of any foreign law in any judicial or quasi-judicial proceeding; define specific terms; strictly construe waivers of constitutional rights; provide exceptions for corporate entities; prohibit choice of venue outside of the Commonwealth or United States to preserve the constitutional rights of the person against whom enforcement is sought.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-09","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-13","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB386/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB386.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":394481,"bill_number":"HB385","title":"AN ACT relating to coal mine safety.","description":"Amend KRS 351.010, relating to mine safety, to add definitions for \"probation\" and \"final order of the commission\"; amend KRS 351.120 to establish notification requirements for failure of an alcohol or drug test required for certification or licensing relating to mining; provide for notice of right to appeal of certification or licensing suspension; allow for deferral from certification or licensing revocation for medical treatment; establish consequences for failure to appeal or complete the deferral program; amend KRS 351.122 to require the commissioner of the Department for Natural Resources to impose analogous sanctions against the Kentucky licenses or certifications of a miner who has violated corresponding drug and alcohol testing requirements in reciprocal states with Kentucky; amend KRS 351.182 to replace methaqualone with buprenorphine in the panel urine test required to establish drug-free status; allow the Mine Safety Review Commission to set additional panels for the urine test by order; amend KRS 351.183 to conform; amend KRS 351.184 to conform; establish the rights of appeal or deferral for certification denial for failure of a drug or alcohol test; provide for consequences for failure to appeal or successfully complete deferral; amend KRS 351.990 to establish penalties for first, second, and third offenses for failure of a drug or alcohol test required for a mining certification or license.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 89)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB385/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB385.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":394557,"bill_number":"HB384","title":"AN ACT relating to estimated income tax penalties.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 141 and amend various sections of KRS Chapters 131, 141, and 154 to amend the calculation of the estimated tax penalty; clarify that no interest is due on estimated tax payments; allow for annualized income for taxpayers whose income fluctuates during the year; mimic the federal estimated tax penalty calculation as nearly as practicable; apply to taxable years beginning January 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-09","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-13","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB384/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB384.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":394628,"bill_number":"HB383","title":"AN ACT relating to claims against the Commonwealth, 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":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 88)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB383/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB383.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":395331,"bill_number":"HB387","title":"AN ACT relating to veterinarians.","description":"Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 321 relating to veterinarians, to revise definitions; provide conditions under which a nonresident of the United States may practice veterinary medicine; clarify that veterinary technicians and technologists shall be licensed, not registered; allow members of the Kentucky Board of Verterinary Examiners to receive a per diem rate not to exceed $200; provide board members immunity from personal liability in any action based on an official act of the member; permit the board to issue an emergency order for an immediate, temporary suspension of a license, and establish an appeals process for the licensee; limit administrative fines to $5,000; to describe what \"private admonishment\" means; describe who may be licensed as a veterinary technician; state that only a violation of KRS 321.190 is punishable under the penalty section of KRS Chapter 321; repeal KRS 321.175 and 321.195; make technical corrections.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-02-27","last_action":"Free Conference Committee appointed in House","last_action_date":"2012-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB387/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB387.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":395387,"bill_number":"HB388","title":"AN ACT relating to continuing care retirement communities.","description":"Amend KRS 216B.332 to permit a continuing care retirement community to provide home health services to on campus residents; amend KRS 216B.020 to exempt continuing care retirement communities from providing home health services to on-campus residents from a certificate of need; repeal KRS 216B.335.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 90)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB388/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB388.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":395441,"bill_number":"HB389","title":"AN ACT relating to manufactured homes.","description":"Amend KRS 186A.190 to provide that a title lien statement and the accompanying notation of lien on the certificate of title for a manufactured home may be filed and perfected in the county of the debtor's residence, the county where the creditor maintains his or her primary place of business, or the county in which the manufactured home is located; provide that a security interest shall be deemed to have been perfected if noted on the certificate of title of a manufactured home prior to the effective date of this Act; amend KRS 186A.120 and 186A.195 to conform.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-02-10","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-02-16","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB389/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB389.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":395500,"bill_number":"HB390","title":"AN ACT relating to metal.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 433 to establish definitions; establish a registration system for secondary metal recyclers to be administered by the Public Protection Cabinet; require a background check for each secondary metal recycler by the Kentucky State Police; limit payment for restricted metal items to check-only; require secondary metal recyclers to keep records of restricted metal item purchases; require secondary metals recyclers to be able to receive notices about restricted metal thefts from law enforcement; recommend creation of a Recyclable Metals Theft Prevention Working Group to begin meeting no later than August 15, 2012.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 91)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB390/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB390.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":395559,"bill_number":"HB391","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 seven members appointed by the Governor for staggered four year terms; establish 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 department to promulgate administrative regulations to establish the procedures for working with local partners to provide books for registered children; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-10","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-22","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB391/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB391.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":395618,"bill_number":"HB392","title":"AN ACT relating to limited lines insurance.","description":"Amend KRS 304.9-020 to define \"portable electronics\", \"portable electronics insurance\", \"portable electronics insurance supervising entity\" and \"portable electronics retailer\" and to redefine \"limited lines insurance\" and \"travel insurance\"; create a new section of Subtitle 9 of KRS Chapter 304 to define \"limited lines travel insurance producer\" \"travel retailer\" and \"offering and disseminating\" for the purposes of Sections 2 and 3 of this Act; establish the requirements for a travel retailer and its employees to offer and disseminate travel insurance on behalf of and under the control of a limited lines travel insurance producer without obtaining an agent license; amend KR 304.9-080 to prohibit a travel retailer, its employees or representatives from offering and disseminating travel insurance and prohibiting an insurer from accepting travel insurance for which a limited lines travel insurance producer does not hold a license; create a new section of Subtitle 9 of KRS Chapter 304 to establish requirements for and to authorize a portable electronics retailer license to allow portable electronics retailers, its employees and authorized representatives to offer and disseminate portable electronic insurance by the licensee at each retail location where the retailer does business in the state; establish requirements for maintaining a register of each business location; require supervision by a portable electronics insurance supervising entity; establish civil penalties to be imposed by the Commissioner of Insurance for violation of Sections 5 to 6 of this Act; create a new section of Subtitle 9 of KRS Chapter 304 to require that customers at every location where portable electronics insurance is offered be informed that the coverage may duplicate the customer's other insurance, that enrollment is not required to purchase or lease the devices or services, receive a summary of the material terms of the insurance coverage as specified, receive a summary of the process for filing claim, provide that a customer may cancel the coverage at any time and receive a refund of any applicable unearned premium; provide that the policy establishes eligibility and underwriting standards for customers to enroll; provides that charges for the insurance coverage may be billed and collected by the retailer which shall be separately itemized on the customer's bill; authorize the retailer to maintain the insurance funds in a segregated account in a fiduciary capacity and to remit the amounts retained to the portable electronics insurance supervising entity within sixty (60) days of receipt; authorize the portable electronics retailer to receive compensations for billing and collection services; provide that terms for termination or modification of a policy of portable electronics insurance are governed by the terms of the policy.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 92)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB392/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB392.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":395679,"bill_number":"HB393","title":"AN ACT relating to exemption of governmental nonprofit self-insurance groups from fees or taxes imposed on insurance premiums.","description":"Amend KRS 91A.080 to exempt governmental nonprofit self-insurance groups from fees or taxes imposed on insurance premiums paid to insurance companies or surplus-lines brokers.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-27","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-29","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB393/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB393.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":395792,"bill_number":"SB148","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend KRS 512.010, relating to definitions concerning criminal damage to property, to specify that the statute includes both real and personal property.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-10","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-14","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB148/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB148.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":396629,"bill_number":"SB150","title":"AN ACT relating to sewer collection charges.","description":"Amend KRS 96.931, to include within the definitions of \"governing body\" and \"sewer body\" a board or commission independent of a city authorized by statute to operate sewer facilities; amend KRS 96.932 to grant sewer bodies the power to suspend water services for failure to pay sewer charges; amend KRS 96.934 to allow suspension of water services for failure to pay for sewer charges; amend KRS 96.936 to allow water suppliers to send a copy of any charges for disconnection and reconnection of water supplies for failure to pay, and require that an authorized representative of the sewer body be present at discontinuation of water services for nonpayment of sewer charges; amend KRS 96.340 to delete references to delegated authority by the city to certain bodies.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-06","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 30)","last_action_date":"2012-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB150/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB150.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":396664,"bill_number":"SB149","title":"AN ACT relating to workers' compensation.","description":"Amend several provisions of the workers' compensation Act in KRS Chapter 342 to define and recognize temporary partial disability benefits and amend other statutes to comply; limit medical benefits to age 70 or five years after the date of injury, whichever is later, except for permanent total awards or awards involving prosthetic devices which continue for as long as the employee is disabled; allow attorney's fees or increased payments for medical fee disputes that are decided in favor of the claimant; require utilization review doctors to be licensed in Kentucky and treat patients for at least 50% of their practice; amend the reopening statutes to allow for reopening for additional temporary total or partial benefits; allow employees of subcontractors and leasing companies to receive the safety penalty increase if a contractor who is not an employee violates a safety statute or regulation; provide that the employee of an employer intentionally violating a safety statute or regulation which proximately causes the employee's injury may claim compensation under KRS Chapter 342 and maintain a tort action against the employer; permit claimants who have awards of $60 or less per week to elect a lump sum and to receive a one point higher discount rate than that set by the commissioner; require settlements for future medicals to be approved by the federal Medicare Secondary Payer Act; permit claimants to recover damages from an insurance carrier who commits an unfair claims settlement practice; increase attorneys' fees to a total of $24,000; specify that administrative law judges do not approve attorney's fees; prohibit application of up-the ladder liability and exclusivity for a general contractor not if a subcontractor has secured workers' compensation insurance for its employees; enumerate changes to the manner that income benefits are determined; increase the maximum for temporary total or partial income benefits from 100% of the state average weekly wage to 120% of the state average weekly wage; increase the maximum of permanent partial income benefits from 75% to 85% of the state average weekly wage; increase and clarify multiplier language factors; provide that the time limit for permanent partial income benefits are determined by the impairment ratings; 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 commissioner, and declare a special dividend; amend KRS 342.805 to define \"commissioner\"; amend KRS 342.819 to require KEMI to declare an annual dividend; make other amendments to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-13","last_action":"to Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-15","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism & Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB149/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB149.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":396705,"bill_number":"SB100","title":"AN ACT relating to medical services.","description":"Amend KRS 216B.015 to establish a definition of \"pain management facility\"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to establish requirements for owners, operators, and investors of pain management facilities and establish payment-for-services requirements; amend KRS 216B.990 to establish a Class D felony for any person who conspires to intentionally or knowingly operate a pain management facility in violation of the new section; amend KRS 218A.202 to establish that the KASPER system shall apply to for all prescribers and dispensers of controlled substances; establish that any prescriptions issued must be reported into KASPER within 24 hours; establish that an employee of a practitioner or a pharmacist may request information from the KASPER system; create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to establish that prior to prescribing or dispensing a controlled substance every practitioner and dispenser shall query the KASPER system and shall retain the reference or transaction number of the query for their records; amend KRS 218A.245 to establish an option allowing the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and the KASPER system to enter into reciprocal agreements with other states or an organization administering the exchange of interstate prescription data; amend KRS 311.591 to establish a specific time frame for the Board of Medical Licensure to handle grievances; amend KRS 311.594 to conform; and create new sections of KRS Chapter 218A to enact the Prescription Monitoring Program compact as developed by the Council of State Governments, including provisions relating to the compact's purpose, authorized uses and restrictions on prescription data, the establishment of technology and security standards, funding, the creation and operation of an interstate commission and its powers, duties, organization, administration, and rulemaking, the establishment of oversight, enforcement, and dispute resolution mechanisms, and delineating the conditions for compact formation, membership, and dissolution; allow the Governor, subject to Senate confirmation, to make Kentucky's appointments under the Prescription Monitoring Program compact.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-13","last_action":"returned to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-15","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB100/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB100.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":396787,"bill_number":"HCR148","title":"Urge President Obama and Secretary Sebelius to reverse the final rule on preventative health services issued on January 20, 2012.","description":"Urge President Obama and Secretary Sebelius to reverse the final rule on preventative health services issued on January 20, 2012.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-13","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-14","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR148/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HC148.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":396826,"bill_number":"HCR147","title":"Urge reform of the federal H-2A program to make it more efficient, reliable, economical, and user-friendly in serving its intended purposes.","description":"Urge reform of the federal H-2A program to make it more efficient, reliable, economical, and user-friendly in serving its intended purposes.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-27","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-29","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR147/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HC147.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":396863,"bill_number":"HB399","title":"AN ACT relating to utility interest rates.","description":"Amend KRS 278.460 to require the Public Service Commission to determine interest rates paid by utilities on an annual basis.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-04","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 22)","last_action_date":"2012-04-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB399/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB399.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":396906,"bill_number":"HB398","title":"AN ACT relating to property valuation.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 132 to declare that property valuation administrators may use a variety of identified valuation methods to determine fair cash value, and that appraisals for tract and subdivision developments shall meet specified minimum standards.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 94)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB398/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB398.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":396945,"bill_number":"HB397","title":"AN ACT relating to the taxation of manufactured homes for sales and use tax purposes.","description":"Amend KRS 139.470 to exempt from sales and use tax the retail sale of a pre-owned manufactured home or 50% of the gross receipts derived from the retail sale of a manufactured home that has not been previously owned; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-13","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-14","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB397/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB397.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":396988,"bill_number":"HB396","title":"AN ACT relating to secured property.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 426 to create an expedited sale mechanism for foreclosures involving vacant and abandoned real property; amend KRS 517.060, relating to the offense of defrauding a secured creditor, to include situations where collateral is intentionally damaged and to increase the penalties for the offense.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 93)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB396/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB396.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":397030,"bill_number":"HB395","title":"AN ACT relating to persistently low-achieving or at-risk schools.","description":"Amend KRS 160.346 to clarify the definition of \"persistently low-achieving school\"; define \"at-risk school\"; change the school and district audit process; change membership of school and district audit teams; change the \"restaffing option\" to conform to guidance from the United States Department of Education; add a \"comprehensive turnaround option\"; provide discretion to local boards of education and superintendents to implement alternative models.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-27","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-29","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB395/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB395.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":397072,"bill_number":"HB394","title":"AN ACT relating to procurement.","description":"Amend KRS 45A.380 to expand procurement abilities to include transfers from other governmental agencies; amend KRS 45A.420 to allow for procurement when there is no vendor located in Kentucky; amend KRS 45A.425 to expand procedures for local public agencies to sell or dispose of surplus or excess personal property; amend KRS 82.083 and 424.260 to expand procedures for cities to sell or dispose of surplus or excess personal property and keep a written record; amend KRS 160.335 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-13","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-23","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB394/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB394.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":397720,"bill_number":"HB400","title":"AN ACT relating to economic development.","description":"Amend KRS 154.25-010 to expand eligibility for jobs retention projects; amend KRS 154.25-030 to make technical corrections; amend KRS 154.25-050 to allow for additional supplemental projects.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-04","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 23)","last_action_date":"2012-04-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB400/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB400.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":397773,"bill_number":"HB401","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky False Claims Act.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 15 to establish a False Claims Act with provisions that establish enhanced civil liability and penalties for committing fraud against the state; allow the Attorney General or private citizens to sue on behalf of the state to recover those amounts, with some of the proceeds of the action being distributed to the person successfully bringing the action; grant the Attorney General enhanced investigatory authority; provide an administrative sanctioning system for fraudulent Medicaid providers; provide civil protections for fraud whistleblowers; provide uniformity for allowable civil penalties and recovery mechanisms among other similar statutes..","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-20","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-22","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB401/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB401.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":397831,"bill_number":"HB402","title":"AN ACT relating to interagency cooperation.","description":"Amend KRS 11A.080 to allow the Executive Branch Ethics Commission to share evidence with the Personnel Board or the Auditor of Public Accounts that may be used by those agencies for investigative purposes; amend KRS 61.102 to include the Executive Branch Ethics Commission as an agency to which an employee can report actual or suspected violations of any law or any information related to actual or suspected mismanagement, waste, fraud, abuse of authority, or danger to public health or safety; permit an employee to leave his or her assigned work area if requested by the Executive Branch Ethics Commission to appear before the commission.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 34)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB402/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB402.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":397880,"bill_number":"HB403","title":"AN ACT relating to the practice of pharmacy.","description":"Amend KRS 319B.090 to prohibit the provisions of KRS Chapter 319B from limiting or restricting a registered pharmacy technician from engaging in that person's profession pursuant to his or her education and training if the pharmacy technician receives documented training from a pharmacist, manufacturer, or a licensed or certified orthotist, prosthetist, or pedorthist, or the pharmacy technician is certified or registered as a fitter of orthotic, prosthetic, or pedorthic devices from a nationally recognized board or association; prohibit the provisions of KRS Chapter 319B from limiting or restricting a certified pharmacist intern from engaging in his or her profession pursuant to his or her education and training.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-01","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB403/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB403.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":397936,"bill_number":"HB404","title":"AN ACT relating to the disposal of coal combustion wastes.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 224 to define \"CCR or coal combustion residual,\" \"EAP,\" \"encapsulated CCR,\" and \"unencapsulated CCR\"; express sentiment favoring a balanced approach to disposal of CCRs that protects the health and safety of the public and the environment and the need for beneficial reuse of CCRs; require disposal of CCRs as solid waste or in impoundments permitted by the Energy and Environment Cabinet and prohibit permit-by-rule or registered permit-by-rule for disposal of CCRs; require liners, groundwater monitoring, and toxic substance monitoring; require emergency action plans for surface CCR impoundments that are deemed as high hazard potential by the United States Environmental Protection Agency; require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations for coal ash CCR emergency action plans within 180 days of the effective date of the Act; establish specific contents of the EAP; amend KRS 109.012 to include CCR as a solid waste; amend KRS 151.250 to prohibit exemption for surface CCR impoundments regardless of size or type and prohibit use of permit-by-rule or registered permit-by-rule for surface CCR impoundments; amend 224.50-760 to delete utility wastes and wastes from coal gasification facilities approved by the cabinet from the definition of special wastes.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-14","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Environment (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-15","committee":"Natural Resources and Environment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB404/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB404.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":398039,"bill_number":"SB131","title":"AN ACT relating to advanced practice doctoral programs at comprehensive universities.","description":"Amend KRS 164.295 to allow the comprehensive universities to offer a combined maximum of 18 advanced practice doctoral programs with the approval of the Council on Postsecondary Education; provide each comprehensive university opportunity to offer a minimum of two programs; require a review of the approval process in five years or once 18 programs are approved, whichever occurs first; upon completion of the review, provide for the Council on Postsecondary Education to retain the maximum or recommend a new maximum to the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-06","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 29)","last_action_date":"2012-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB131/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB131.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":398089,"bill_number":"SB151","title":"AN ACT proposing a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to casino gaming.","description":"Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to authorize the establishment and operation of casino gaming at no more than five licensed horse racing tracks and no more than two other locations at least sixty miles from a licensed horse racing track and to specify the purposes for which the revenue derived therefrom may be expended; submit to the voters for ratification or rejection; include ballot language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-14","last_action":"defeated 16-21","last_action_date":"2012-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB151/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB151.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":398134,"bill_number":"SB152","title":"AN ACT relating to underground facility damage protection.","description":"Amend sections of KRS Chapter 367 relating to 811 \"Call before you dig\" to include timber harvesting with mechanized equipment within the activities potentially damaging to underground utilities; amend KRS 367.4909 to create 3 types of locate requests with response times for each and require new underground facilities to be installed with the means to locate them from the surface; amend KRS 367.4911 to allow excavators to begin work before the 2 day time period has elapsed if all utilities have responded; amend KRS 367.4913 to specify the makeup of the board of a one-call center; amend KRS 367.4915 to include in the list of exempted activities hand probing and nonintrusive excavating done to locate underground facilities; amend KRS 367.4917 to create a penalty for making a false report of an emergency.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 137)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB152/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB152.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":398681,"bill_number":"SB154","title":"AN ACT relating to charitable gaming.","description":"Amend KRS 238.545 to delete the limitation on the use of automated charity game ticket dispensers to only during bingo sessions.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-15","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-21","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB154/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB154.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":398743,"bill_number":"SB153","title":"AN ACT relating to advanced practice registered nurses.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 314 to allow the Board of Nursing to request and receive from the system created in KRS 218A.202 reports that identify the number of prescriptions written by an advanced practice registered nurse for any controlled substance; permit the board to audit an APRN based on information contained in the report and require the APRN to cooperate; authorize the board to consult with specialists to determine whether the prescribing practice of an APRN is improper, inappropriate, or illegal; permit the board to use information collected to impose disciplinary action; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, the Board of Pharmacy, Attorney General, and law enforcement agencies to cooperate and assist the board when requested.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-15","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-21","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB153/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB153.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":398885,"bill_number":"SB1","title":"AN ACT relating to debt.","description":"Amend KRS 48.010 to add definitions; create a new section of KRS Chapter 48 to establish limitations on the issuance of general fund debt; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2014.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-02-23","last_action":"returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-27","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB1/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB1.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":398952,"bill_number":"HB408","title":"AN ACT relating to jailers and their deputies.","description":"Amend KRS 71.065 relating to the jailer in a county without a jail to permit employment of deputy jailers by the county judge/executive with the approval of the fiscal court; amend KRS 441.510 relating to transportation of prisoners to change term \"female transportation officer\" to \"female deputy jailer\" when referring to transportation of a female prisoner.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-02-15","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-03-19","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB408/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB408.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":399023,"bill_number":"HB407","title":"AN ACT relating to redistricting.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 5 to establish the Committee on Legislative Redistricting; require the committee to develop plans for legislative redistricting; require the committee to submit its redistricting plans to the Legislative Research Commission for referral to the Interim Joint Committee on State Government; require the General Assembly to enact the committee's plan or to return the plan to the committee for adjustment; provide for penalties and fine upon conviction of attempting to influence members of the committee.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-15","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-21","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB407/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB407.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":399096,"bill_number":"HB406","title":"AN ACT proposing an amendment to Sections 30, 31, and 32 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to elections and qualifications of members of the General Assembly.","description":"Propose to amend Sections 30, 31, and 32 of the Constitution of Kentucky to change the terms of Senators from four to six years and the terms of Representatives from two to four years, and to prevent Senators and Representatives from serving more than three consecutive terms of office beginning in 2014.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-15","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-21","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB406/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB406.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":399165,"bill_number":"HB405","title":"AN ACT relating to the Metropolitan College.","description":"Amend KRS 141.381 to increase the number of students whose tuition and costs may be taken into account when calculating the amount of tax credit available under the Metropolitan College program, from 2,800 to 4,000, and to remove the credit's sunset provision.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-02","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB405/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB405.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":399784,"bill_number":"HB409","title":"AN ACT relating to real estate professionals.","description":"Amend KRS 381.280, relating to property forfeitures in the case of unlawful deaths, to remove the requirement that real estate professionals provide advice to the clients on the statute's provisions.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 95)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB409/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB409.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":399811,"bill_number":"HB410","title":"AN ACT relating to an alternative high school diploma.","description":"Amend KRS 156.160 to require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations for an alternative high school diploma for students with disabilities completing a modified curriculum and an individualized course of study; amend KRS 158.140 to require local boards of education to award the diploma to eligible students; amend KRS 313.040 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-16","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-21","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB410/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB410.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":399838,"bill_number":"HB411","title":"AN ACT relating to coal truck drivers.","description":"Amend KRS 2.237 to designate the Monday of the fourth week of August each year as Coal Truck Driver Appreciation Day.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-04","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 24)","last_action_date":"2012-04-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB411/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB411.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":399869,"bill_number":"HB412","title":"AN ACT relating to shock probation.","description":"Amend KRS 439.265, relating to shock probation, to prohibit shock probation if a person is convicted of violating KRS 507.040, relating to manslaughter in the second degree, or KRS 507.050, relating to reckless homicide, and a violation of KRS 189A.010, relating to driving under the influence arising from the same incident; permit the victim's next of kin to ask the court to permit shock probation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-16","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-21","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB412/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB412.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":399897,"bill_number":"HB413","title":"AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 42 of the Constitution of Kentucky.","description":"Propose to amend Section 42 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prohibit members of the General Assembly from receiving legislative pay for a special session that has been called by the Governor because the General Assembly adjourned without passing a state budget; submit to the voters with ballot question.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-16","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-21","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB413/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB413.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":399931,"bill_number":"HB414","title":"AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance for military spouses.","description":"Amend KRS 341.370 to eliminate benefit disqualification of military spouse who quit employment to follow spouse who has been reassigned to another military base or duty station that is 100 miles or more from the worker's home.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-16","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-23","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB414/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB414.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":399960,"bill_number":"HB415","title":"AN ACT relating to property valuation.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 132 to provide for the reassessment of property if a catastrophic event occurs.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-16","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-21","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB415/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB415.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":399987,"bill_number":"HB416","title":"AN ACT relating to health-facility-acquired infections.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 216B to define terms; require health facilities to implement infection prevention program for high risk areas and, throughout the facility, by January 1, 2013; require implementation of effective infection prevention programs; require health facilities to report data on health-facility-acquired infections and MDRO; require the secretary to serve as the chief administrative officer for data collection; exempt cabinet employees from liability; require the use of an approved method of data collection and reporting; require the secretary to implement a method for patients to report by July 1, 2013; require a report to the Governor and the Legislative Research Commission by January 30 of each year; establish penalties for violations; state legislative findings in noncodified section.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-02-16","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-02-22","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB416/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB416.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":400014,"bill_number":"HB417","title":"AN ACT relating to motor vehicle liens.","description":"Amend KRS 190.090 to amend the definition of \"retail installment sale\" to exempt agricultural vehicles; to amend the definition of \"retail installment contract\" to include a bailment or lease with an option to become the owner of the motor vehicle for a nominal or no additional consideration beyond the contract; amend the definition of \"cash sale price\" to include charges for goods or services related to the sale and a any processing fee; and to define \"maintenance agreement\" ,\"service contract\", \"Truth in Lending Act, \"United States Rule\", and \"vehicle protection product; amend KRS 190.100 to provide that a retail installment contract need not appear on a single page and authorize agreements that appear after the buyer's signature including on the back or on subsequent pages; delete the requirement that a retail installment contract which includes title to or a lien on a motor vehicle shall not include accessories, special, or auxiliary equipment; delete the provision that a retail installment contract determined by a pre-computed method authorizes collection of a delinquency and collection charge; adjust the permissible delinquency and collection charge on an installment in arrears for a period of ten (10) or more days to the greater of five percent (5%) of each installment or fifteen dollars ($15), and authorize reasonable attorneys' fees; require that the retail installment contract contain any separately itemized items in the cash price; provide that a retail installment contract is in compliance with the contract requirements of this act if it satisfies the requirements of the Truth in Lending Act which apply to a retail installment contact regardless of whether the Act applies to the subject sale; amend KRS 190.110 to authorize a finance charge for a retail installment sale that is precomputed by using an add-on method subject to maximum charges based on the motor vehicle class; provide that a precomputed installment sale contract which provides for successive monthly payments of substantially equal amounts shall be prorated for a partial year based on the number of months in the partial year; provide that a precomputed finance charge applicable to a retail installment sale shall be at the maximum finance rate of the finance charge; alternatively the interest on a retail installment sale may be on a simple interest basis taking into account the number of days between payments using a fixed or variable rate subject to the maximum allowed by a precomputed add-on method; provide that the effective rate of a finance charge permitted by the precomputed add-on method shall be the rate computed in accordance with the actuarial method or the United State Rule; amend KRS 190.120 to provide that a refund of the finance charge for prepayment in full of a contract determined by a precomputed method shall not be less than the refund computed pursuant to the Rule of 78's.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 96)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB417/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB417.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":400044,"bill_number":"HB418","title":"AN ACT relating to methamphetamine.","description":"Amend KRS 224.01-410 to require a notice of methamphetamine contamination to be filed by the county attorney with the county clerk who attaches the notice to the deed of the property when properties are declared to be contaminated with chemicals used in methamphetamine manufacturing; require a notice of decontamination to be filed when the property is properly cleaned.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-16","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-20","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB418/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB418.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":400077,"bill_number":"HB419","title":"AN ACT relating to an income tax checkoff for local food banks.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a check-off for contributions to the farms to food banks trust fund; amend KRS 247.985 to rename the surplus agricultural commodities fund as the farms to food banks trust fund; amend KRS 247.984 to require a plan for expenditure of the funds and an annual report.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-23","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 159)","last_action_date":"2012-04-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB419/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB419.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":400107,"bill_number":"HB420","title":"AN ACT relating to home incarceration.","description":"Amend KRS 532.210 to extend to twelve months the maximum period of time that a person can be on home incarceration; amend KRS 532.220 to add attendance at an approved rehabilitation program to the list of permitted reasons a person may leave his or her place of home incarceration.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-20","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-22","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB420/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB420.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":400134,"bill_number":"HB421","title":"AN ACT relating to insurance claims for residential roof repairs.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 367 to provide for a home owner's right to cancel a contract for the repair or replacement of a roof system upon a determination that the damage is not covered under applicable policies of insurance; require roofing contractors to include conspicuous notice of cancellation rights and procedures in roofing contracts; prohibit roofing contractors from requiring deposits or advance payment, except for emergency repairs necessary to protect the property from further damage, pending insurance claim determination; prohibit roofing contractors from offering or providing financial offsets or incentives against insurance policy deductibles or proceeds for use of their services.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 97)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB421/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB421.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":400162,"bill_number":"HB422","title":"AN ACT relating to farm implements and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 189.270 to set maximum standards for Transportation Cabinet regulations for escort vehicle requirements for overdimensional farm implements; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-16","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-21","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB422/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB422.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":400188,"bill_number":"HCR155","title":"Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish a task force to study interscholastic athletics at the middle school level, identify areas to be studied and task force membership, and require findings and recommendations to be reported by December 7, 2012.","description":null,"status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 38)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR155/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HC155.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":400246,"bill_number":"SB155","title":"AN ACT relating to local school board purchasing.","description":"Amend KRS 160.303 to require local boards of education to give a five percent preference for local bidders in evaluating contract bids; require the preference to be made part of all solicitations or advertisements for the bid; develop a registration and notification system for local bidders for future contract opportunities.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-16","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-22","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB155/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB155.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":400277,"bill_number":"SB156","title":"AN ACT relating to firefighters and police officers in second class cities.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 95 to provide collective bargaining for police officers and firefighters in a second class city.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-16","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-23","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB156/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB156.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":400304,"bill_number":"SB157","title":"AN ACT relating to administrative regulations.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 13A to require the Commonwealth Office of Technology to develop and maintain an administrative regulation drafting template system that will be available for mandatory use by state agencies by January 1, 2013; amend KRS 13A.010 to clarify definitions; amend KRS 13A.040 to specify that the administrative regulations compiler shall not accept for filing administrative regulations that do not conform to specified provisions, rather than to all of KRS Chapter 13A; amend KRS 13A.050 to require LRC to maintain the official version of the administrative regulations in an electronic database and to permit the Administrative Register to be \"published\" rather than \"printed\"; amend KRS 13A.120 and KRS 13A.245 to clarify language regarding federal statutes and regulations; amend KRS 13A.220 to require that an electronic version be filed with the paper copies of an administrative regulation and specifying that, if there are differences between the paper and electronic version, the electronic version controls; amend KRS 13A.222 to provide that if new material in an administrative regulation being amended is not underlined, it shall not be included in the administrative regulation, and if material to be deleted is not placed in brackets and struck through, it shall not be deleted; add \"including but not limited to\" to the list of phrases not used in an administrative regulation; amend KRS 13A.2245 to clarify that an administrative body may incorporate by reference a code or uniform standard required or authorized, rather than merely required, by federal or state law; amend KRS 13A.2255 to require that a copy of amended material incorporated by reference be filed with the changes marked and specify that the regulations compiler shall not be required to keep those marked copies once the administrative regulation has been adopted or withdrawn; amend KRS 13A.230 to add additional cross-references for required forms; amend KRS 13A.250 to clarify that the fiscal note on state or local government is required for all administrative regulations; amend KRS 13A.255 to authorize an administrative body to e-mail the required notice regarding a fee establishment or increase; amend KRS 13A.270 to specify what constitutes a comment period and clarify that administrative bodies are not required to send copies of an amended-after-comments administrative regulation to its initial notification list; amend KRS 13A.280 to require that changes in an amended-after-comments version be typed in bold and require the administrative body to send copies of the amended-after-comments version with the statement of consideration to those who specifically request a copy from the administrative body rather than to those persons attending the hearing or who submitted comments; amend KRS 13A.300 and 13A.315 to provide that an administrative regulation shall not be deferred more than nine consecutive times; amend KRS 13A.320 to require that amendments initiated by an administrative body be filed at least three days, rather than five days, prior to a subcommittee meeting; specify that amendments drafted by subcommittee staff on behalf of a subcommittee may be in a committee substitute format; specifically authorize a subcommittee to make an amendment orally at a meeting; repeal KRS 13A.080 and 13A.160.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 138)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB157/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB157.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":400331,"bill_number":"SB158","title":"AN ACT proposing to amend Section 5 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to right of religious freedom.","description":"Propose to amend Section 5 of the Kentucky Constitution to prohibit any human authority from burdening actions that are based on religious beliefs, except in support of a compelling governmental interest using the least restrictive means to further that interest; define \"burden\"; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-16","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-19","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB158/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB158.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":400355,"bill_number":"SB159","title":"AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to create a Kentucky Pardon Board and amend Sections 145, 150, and 240 of the Constitution of Kentucky to conform.","description":"Propose to amend the Constitution of Kentucky to create a Kentucky Pardon Board; propose to amend Sections 145, 150, and 240 of the Constitution of Kentucky to conform; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-16","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-22","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB159/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB159.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":402550,"bill_number":"SB162","title":"AN ACT relating to registered geologists.","description":"Amend KRS 322A.010 to remove the definition of \"qualified geologist,\" an outdated term from the initial formation of the geologist board; amend KRS 322A.020 to authorize the state geologist to designate a person to represent him or her at meetings of the board; amend KRS 322A.030 to grant the board specific investigatory powers so that it may enforce the chapter, investigate complaints or suspected violations, and notify law enforcement; hear appeals of board actions in the Circuit Court of the county where the person resides or where the person has his or her principal office; amend KRS 322A.040 to allow a local or state government geologist to become a registered geologist by meeting the education and experience requirements; amend KRS 322A.060 to establish biennial registration renewal rather than annual registration renewal; amend KRS 322A.080 to end the registration exemption for local or state government geologists; amend KRS 322A.100 to allow the board to discipline a licensee by imposing an administrative fine of up to $1,000 per violation; permit discipline against a licensee who is convicted of a felony involving sexual misconduct or a crime where dishonesty is a necessary element; delete several references to the transitional period surrounding the initial formation of the board.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 140)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB162/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB162.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":402566,"bill_number":"SB161","title":"AN ACT relating to the regulation of firearms, firearms parts and accessories, ammunition, and ammunition components.","description":"Amend KRS 65.870 which limits cities and counties from having local firearms ordinances to expand the units of government and public agencies covered, expand limitations on local action, and provide that parties may sue to enjoin violations.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-21","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-23","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB161/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB161.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":402589,"bill_number":"SB160","title":"AN ACT relating to applications for certificates of authority to operate transportation services.","description":"Amend KRS 281.625 regarding notices of application for certificates of operating authority, to eliminate the requirement that the Transportation Cabinet notices of new applications to current certificate holders; require applicants to publicly advertise their intentions to apply in accordance with KRS 424.130; create a new section of KRS Chapter 281 to set forth the style and manner of notice.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 139)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB160/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB160.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":402634,"bill_number":"HCR162","title":"Establish the Kentucky Public Pensions Task Force; provide that the purpose of the task force is to study issues regarding Kentucky's state-administered pension funds and to develop consensus recommendations concerning the benefits, investments, and funding of those funds; name the membership of the task force; require the task force to meet at least monthly before submitting its findings and recommendations; require its findings and recommendations and any proposed legislation to be submitted to the Legislative Research Commission by December 7, 2012; and provide that the Legislative Research Commission has authority to alternatively assign the issues identified in the Resolution to interim joint committees or subcommittees thereof.","description":null,"status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-23","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 155)","last_action_date":"2012-04-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR162/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HC162.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":402656,"bill_number":"HB436","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend KRS 525.145, relating to the offense of disrupting meetings and processions, to include disrupting a religious service.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-21","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-22","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB436/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB436.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":402679,"bill_number":"HB435","title":"AN ACT relating to anesthesiology assistants.","description":"Amend various sections of KRS 311.840 to 311.862 to add to the definition of a \"physician assistant\" an anesthesiologist assistant who has graduated from a program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs and passed the certifying examination; increase the membership of the Physician Assistant Advisory Committee from nine to eleven, two of whom shall be anesthesiology assistants; exempt from licensure a student enrolled in an accredited anesthesiology program, and an anesthesiologist assistant employed by and performing duties for the federal government; require an anesthesiology assistant to provide evidence of completed continuing education and recertification by examination for license renewal; require the board to approve the examination of the National Commission for Certification of Anesthesiologist Assistants; prohibit an anesthesiologist assistant trainee from being considered as practicing without authorization while enrolled in an approved program; permit a physician to enter into supervision agreements with anesthesiologist assistants, but enjoin the physician from supervising more than the maximum number allowed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; establish requirements for licensure and practice as an anesthesiologist assistant.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-21","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-23","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB435/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB435.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":402703,"bill_number":"HB434","title":"AN ACT relating to sex education.","description":"Amend KRS 160.345 to direct a school council to implement a policy for notifying parents or legal guardians of any sex education curriculum that will be taught or any dispensing of contraceptives to their children; require approval from parents or legal guardians for their children to participate in the curriculum or receive the contraceptives.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-21","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-22","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB434/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB434.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":402725,"bill_number":"HB433","title":"AN ACT relating to condominiums and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 381.9105 to define \"capital expenditure\" and redefine \"condominium\" and \"unit\"; amend KRS 381.9145 to provide that a joinder of units does not alter the method of valuation; amend KRS 381.9167 to establish a fee structure for the issuance of a certificate necessary for the sale of a condominium, and provide an alternative method for making emergency assessments or repeal thereof; amend KRS 381.9179 to reduce the number of owners necessary to establish a quorum for the association to conduct of business; amend KRS 381.9187 to delete the requirement that an insurer of the association provide certificates of insurance related to common elements to every unit owner; amend KRS 381.9193 as it relates to the provide for association liens; amend KRS 381.9197 to require associations to prepare annual financial reports in accordance with standards based upon the income level of the association; amend KRS 381.9201 to exempt specified transfers from the sale certificate requirements; amend KRS 381.9203 to identify the required contents of a sale certificate; create a new section of KRS 381.9101 to 381.9207 to establish ethical standards for association board members and officers; amend KRS 381.9103, 381.9155, 381.9169, and 381.9175 to conform; repeal KRS 381.865; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 99)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB433/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB433.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":402749,"bill_number":"HB432","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 if the owner is a totally disabled veteran of the United States Armed Forces; submit question to voters for approval or disapproval; apply to property assessed after ratification.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-21","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-22","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB432/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB432.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":402774,"bill_number":"HB431","title":"AN ACT relating to property tax.","description":"Amend KRS 132.810 increasing the homestead exemption to $100,000 of assessed valuation for any totally disabled veteran, being totally disabled as a result of his or her military service; effective upon certification of the November 2012 election results if a constitutional amendment is enacted by the General Assembly and approved by the voters.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-21","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-22","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB431/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB431.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":402798,"bill_number":"HB430","title":"AN ACT relating to the sale of wine.","description":"Amend KRS 243.030 to establish a wine bar license; create a new section of KRS Chapter 243 to establish that a wine bar license shall authorize the licensee to sell wine by the drink or package, or both, exclude businesses that sell retail staple groceries from obtaining a wine bar license, restrict wine bar locations to designated areas; amend KRS 243.155 to allow wine bars to purchase from small farm wineries.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-21","last_action":"to Licensing & Occupations (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-22","committee":"Licensing and Occupations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB430/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB430.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":402820,"bill_number":"HB429","title":"AN ACT relating to continuing education for embalmers and funeral directors.","description":"Amend KRS 316.130 to require embalmers and funeral directors to attain a minimum of twelve hours of continuing education every two years; direct licensees to attend live, interactive, in-person continuing education programs for at least six of the twelve hours.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 115)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB429/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB429.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":402844,"bill_number":"HB428","title":"AN ACT relating to retirement.","description":"Amend KRS 6.525 to prohibit members of the Legislators' Retirement Plan, who begin contributing on or after July 1, 2013, from using salary earned in another state-administered retirement system or plan to calculate benefits in the Legislators' Retirement Plan.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-21","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-22","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB428/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB428.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":402867,"bill_number":"HB427","title":"AN ACT relating to land conservation and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 146.560 to increase membership on the Kentucky Heritage Land Conservation Board from 11 to 13 members by adding a member from the Kentucky Horse Council and a member from the Kentucky Land Trusts Coalition; allow the grant funds expended by the board to be made to private nonprofit land conservation organizations and require those organizations to match grants dollar for dollar; amend KRS 146.570 to require private, nonprofit land conservation organizations to match grants made by the board 100 percent.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-09","last_action":"2nd reading, to Rules","last_action_date":"2012-03-22","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB427/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB427.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":402889,"bill_number":"HB426","title":"AN ACT relating to distribution of coal severance tax receipts, making an appropriation therefor and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 42.450 to set forth distribution requirements from the local government economic assistance fund; amend KRS 42.455 to delete provisions relating to the coal haul road system under the local government economic assistance program; amend KRS 42. 4582 to revise the distribution formula for funds from the local government economic development fund; amend KRS 42.4595, 42.460, 42.409, 91A.040, 154.12-2086, 11A.233, 65.920, 154.22-040, 154.32-050, 154.12-225, and 154.12-224, to conform; amend 154.47-035, 154.47-040, and 154.47-070 to remove references to funding from the local government coal severance funds; amend KRS 164.7980 and 164.7891 to conform, and to remove provisions requiring a transfer of funds from local government coal severance funds; amend KRS 342.122 to delete transfer of funds from the local government economic assistance program to the Kentucky Workers' Compensation Funding Commission; repeal KRS 42.4585, 42.4586, 42.4588, 42.4592, 42.465, 42.470, 42.472, 42.475, 42.480, 42.485, 42.490, 42,495, and 48.112; provide that outstanding debt previously paid from local government coal severance funds will be paid out of the general fund portion of coal severance receipts until paid; provide that the act will be effective July 1, 2012; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-21","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-22","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB426/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB426.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":402912,"bill_number":"HB425","title":"AN ACT relating to recovery funds and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 324.410 to redefine the current statutory purposes of the real estate education, research, and recovery fund; broaden the purposes of the fund to include benefiting those seeking a license, licensees, and consumers served by licensees; authorize the reimbursement to the trust and agency account for expenses incurred in subsidizing the programs and activities under the responsibility of the recovery fund; set cap not to exceed $250,000 annually for transfers or reimbursements of funds from the recovery fund to the trust and agency account; direct that the statement of income and expenses of the fund are in accordance with state financial reporting requirements.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 98)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB425/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB425.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":402934,"bill_number":"HB424","title":"AN ACT relating to retirement and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 161.290 to require other public employers besides school districts to provide paid leave to teacher trustees serving on the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System board; amend KRS 161.430 to allow the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System board to contract with one or more general investment consultants; remove references to the book value of assets in regards to limitations on funds managed internally by system's investment staff; remove the requirement that the board investment committee consist of the executive secretary of the system and two trustees; require system's staff to be subject to fiduciary requirements applicable to board members and investment consultants and managers; make technical amendments; amend KRS 161.470 to make technical amendments; amend KRS 161.480 to automatically designate a Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System member's spouse as beneficiary for an active member's account balance upon employment until changed by the member; declare the member's spouse as beneficiary of the active member's account balance in the event all named beneficiaries predecease the active member or the member fails to designate a beneficiary; amend KRS 161.545 to provide that full-time sabbatical leave by university staff participating in the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System shall be deemed full-time employment for retirement purposes and to require employee and employer contributions to be paid during the period of sabbatical leave; amend KRS 161.560 to authorize the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System to promulgate administrative regulations to require more frequent submission of annual reports by participating employers; amend KRS 161.605 to allow the commissioner of education to pay reemployed retirees in excess of statutory maximums if the commissioner deems that the employees have the necessary experience to provide services and support to persistently low-achieving schools as provided by KRS 160.346; amend KRS 160.612 to reduce the $500 minimum monthly disability benefit by benefit payments from all state-administered retirement systems for part-time employees participating in the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System who apply for disability benefits on or after July 1, 2012; amend KRS 161.643 to authorize Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System to require more frequent submission of annual reports on reemployed employees by participating employers; amend KRS 161.650 to automatically designate a Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System member's spouse as beneficiary for a retired member's account remaining account balance at the time of death unless changed by the member; declare the member's spouse as beneficiary of the retired member's remaining account balance in the event all named beneficiaries predecease the retired member or the member fails to name a beneficiary for the account balance; amend KRS 161.655 to automatically designate a Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System member's spouse as beneficiary for the life insurance benefit available to active and retired members unless changed by the member; declare the member's spouse as beneficiary of the life insurance benefit available to active and retired members if upon the death of the member all named beneficiaries predecease the member or the member fails to name a beneficiary; amend KRS 161.661 to provide that members who begin participating on or after July 1, 2012, shall not be eligible for a disability benefit if they are eligible for any unreduced benefit and that they shall have their $500 minimum monthly disability benefit reduced by benefit payments from all state-administered retirement systems; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-21","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2012-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB424/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB424.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":402957,"bill_number":"HB423","title":"AN ACT relating to fire protection districts and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 75.010 to allow a fire district to cede territory to a city annexing territory that the district serves, if the city has a regular fire department, subject to certain requirements; specify requirements to be met before district may cede territory; amend KRS 75.020 to reflect requirements established in Section 1; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-21","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-23","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB423/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB423.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":404268,"bill_number":"HB437","title":"AN ACT relating to Constables.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 65.003 to 65.158 to allow the legislative bodies of counties, charter counties, urban-county governments, unified local governments, and consolidated local governments to adopt ordinances specifying the duties of constables; provide that duties shall not exceed those in the KRS, nor shall all duties be removed; provide that any changes of duties that relate to compensation not take effect until after the terms of constables serving at the time of adoption.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-22","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-27","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB437/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB437.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":404285,"bill_number":"HB438","title":"AN ACT relating to driving under the influence.","description":"Amend KRS 189A.103, relating to implied consent to tests for substances that impair driving ability, to include refusal to sign required documents and waivers as a refusal to submit to testing; amend KRS 189A.010, relating to driving under the influence, to include refusal to sign required documents and waivers as an aggravating factor.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-02-22","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB438/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB438.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":404301,"bill_number":"HB439","title":"AN ACT relating to speed limits on interstate highways.","description":"Amend KRS 189.390 to add the entire length of Interstate 69 to the list of roads where the Secretary of the Transportation Cabinet can increase the speed limit to 70 miles per hour.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-04","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 25)","last_action_date":"2012-04-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB439/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB439.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":404318,"bill_number":"HB440","title":"AN ACT relating to agritourism.","description":"Create new sections of KRS 247.800 to 247.810 to define \"agritourism\", agritourism activity\", \"agritourism professional\", \"inherent risks of agritourism activity\", and \"participant\"; to establish liability protection for agritourism professionals; to establish conditions under which agritourism professionals are not protected from liability; and to require warning notices to be posted at places that conduct agritourism activities; amend KRS 247.800 to conform; amend KRS 247.808 to clarify what constitutes a quorum of the Agritourism Advisory Council.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 100)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB440/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB440.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":404335,"bill_number":"HB441","title":"AN ACT relating to business entities.","description":"Establish KRS Chapter 272A and create new sections of various subchapters thereof to provide that the chapter may be cited as the \"Kentucky Uniform Limited Cooperative Association Act\"; establish definitions; authorize the creation of limited cooperative associations; describe the characteristics of uniform limited cooperative associations in terms of membership, ownership, profit-making status, and duration of existence; identify the powers of the limited cooperative association and state that the laws of the Commonwealth govern its internal affairs and liability; state that the principles of law and equity are supplemental and that strict construction of statutes in derogation of common law do not apply to provisions governing limited cooperative associations; establish other principles of law; establish rights, penalties, and other matters in organic rules and make organic rules govern relations between members, directors, and assignees in the limited cooperative association; make the limited cooperative association a limited liability pass-through entity; state that the agreements among or within the limited cooperative association shall not be deemed a restraint of trade; require names of limited cooperative associations to be in accordance with laws of the Commonwealth; identify the items that may be contained in the articles of association and which of those items may be varied in the organic rules; require maintenance of records in the limited cooperative association's principal office; allow a limited cooperative association to have patron members and investor members and the rules that govern the interests and prerogatives of those members; require the limited cooperative association to maintain a registered agent in the Commonwealth; state the rules that govern records sent to the Secretary of State's Office for execution and the rights of and damages for failure to follow those rules; require an annual report to be sent to the Secretary of State's Office and establish new fees for documents filed for a limited cooperative association; allow a limited cooperative association to be formed by one or more organizers and provide the method of formally establishing the limited cooperative association, including the contents of the articles of association; establish the initial steps to be taken after forming a limited cooperative association, including naming directors, holding meetings, accepting members, and establishing by-laws and the contents of the by-laws; allow the limited cooperative association to amend the organic rules and the by-laws and the method for so doing; state when amendments to organic rules may be made and voted on by both district and class and the quorum and voting majority for approval; allow for voting on restatement of articles of association and specify the filing requirements for amended articles of association; require two patron members before the limited cooperative association may conduct business; prohibit a member from binding a limited cooperative association solely by reason of membership; distinguish and unobligate the debt and liability of a member from that of the limited cooperative association; prescribe the method of fulfilling a demand for a record of the limited cooperative association; prescribe the requirements for annual, special, and other meetings, including notification, notification waivers, and quorum; require each patron member to have one vote, except when the organic rules allocate voting power on another basis; establish the voting power of patron members and investor members and prohibit voting by proxy and allow, under specified circumstances vote actions without a meeting; allow for formation of geographic districts for patron members and make a member's interest personal property with governance, financial, and business rights with a limited cooperative association; make the membership as patron or investor status, or both, predicated on the status when admitted into the limited cooperative association; prescribe how and when a member's interests are transferrable and subject transferability to the Uniform Commercial Code; prescribe the method to satisfy a judgment against a member out of the financial rights; define \"marketing contract\" and establish the time for transfer of title on goods associated with the contract and authorizations to create security interests and sell goods and settle accounts on a pooled or other basis; allow provisions of marketing contracts to be contained in the organic rules; prescribe the initial duration of the marketing contract at ten years with a self-renewing provision for five years and termination with notice 90 days before the end of the current term; require damages for breach of contract to be reasonable; specify other types of relief and allow damages to be liquidated; require at least three directors of a limited cooperative association unless the cooperative has less than three members; set the number of directors for a different number of patron members and allow for deviations in the organic rules; clarify that the director is not a registered agent by virtue of that duty and identify eligibility characteristics of the director; prohibit liabilities of the limited cooperative association from being that of the director; make the director liable for personal acts of negligence, wrongful acts, or misconduct; set the term of the directorship, and the re-election rules; allow for a director to be removed or suspended or to resign, and prescribe the method for qualifying a successor and filling vacancies; allow the board to set the pay of the directors, appoint and remove officers, and prescribe the duties of the board of directors generally, including holding meetings, voting, and establishing committees; specify the duties of the director and officers of the limited cooperative association; require organic rules to contain matters on contribution requirements of members and allocating profits among members and others; establish deductions and set asides for determining profit distributions; establish the rules governing contributions to the limited cooperative association; specify what kind of distribution may be made to members to satisfy requirements and set redemption and repurchase requirements; allow members to disassociate from the limited cooperative association and prescribe the rules that govern it; prescribe the method of dissolution and winding up operations of the limited cooperative association, including discharging obligations to creditors, disposition of claims against it, court-prescribed security for claims, and required filing for dissolution; allow members to maintain a derivative action against a limited cooperative association; permit the Attorney General to maintain an action against a foreign limited cooperative association in violation of the rules of governing them in the Commonwealth; specify actions that do and do not require approval by the limited cooperative association; establish definitions to govern mergers and conversions of limited cooperative associations; prescribe how to effectuate and the conditions for mergers and conversions, including voting; allow for electronic signatures; prohibit the laws governing limited cooperative associations from impacting existing cooperatives or associations; require existing cooperatives to be governed by KRS Chapter 272 unless that cooperative elects to convert to a limited cooperative association and prescribe a method of conversion; amend KRS 292.400 to exempt a patron member's interest in a limited cooperative association and all patronage refunds from the securities registration requirements; amend KRS 14A.1-070 to define \"foreign limited cooperative association\" and \"limited cooperative association\"; amend KRS 14A.3-010 to prescribe what is in a name for a limited cooperative association and delete the case that the name \"cooperative\" may be used for a for-profit entity; delete authorization to use name of another entity in the Commonwealth under specified circumstances; amend KRS 14A.2-020 to include documents to be delivered on behalf of a limited cooperative association; amend KRS 14A.2-040 to include articles of association and amendments in documents to be filed with the county clerk; amend KRS 14A.6-010 to include limited cooperative associations among the entities to file annual reports with the Secretary of State; amend KRS 14A.9-030 to include foreign limited cooperative associations among those entities to file certificates of authority with the Secretary of State; amend KRS 365.015 to include limited cooperative associations among the types of businesses that file under real names; prohibit use of assumed names unless filed certificate contains assumed name; delete execution of certificates under assumed names and certificates of withdrawal under assumed names for partnerships, business trusts, corporations, and limited liability companies; include limited cooperative associations among entities that file certificates of assumed name with the county clerk; amend 14A.3-040 to conform internal references; amend KRS 14.105 to include limited cooperative associations among entities for which electronic signatures are accepted by the Secretary of State; amend KRS 141.424 to allow agriculture cooperatives formed as limited cooperative associations to apportion the biodiesel credit among patron members of the association; amend KRS 141.4246 to allow agriculture cooperative associations formed as limited cooperative associations to apportion the ethanol or cellulosic ethanol credit among patron members; amend KRS 247.4475 to allow agricultural cooperatives organized as limited cooperative associations to handle collection and disbursements of the assessment; amend KRS 247.490 to allow agricultural cooperatives formed as limited cooperative associations to handle the collection and disbursement of assessments for members.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-23","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 160)","last_action_date":"2012-04-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB441/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB441.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":404351,"bill_number":"HB442","title":"AN ACT relating to economic development incentives for airports.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 139 to provide for the transfer of 50 percent of the sales tax revenues collected by airport vendors to the airport where the taxes were collected; provide that the transferred funds shall be used by the airport to support projects to improve or enhance customer services, airport services, infrastructure, or any combination thereof on airport property; provide for annual reporting by the Department of Revenue and each airport; require that all amounts distributed to an airport be deposited in a separate account.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-22","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-23","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB442/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB442.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":404368,"bill_number":"HB443","title":"AN ACT relating to veterans.","description":"Amend KRS 150.010 to change the definition of \"resident\" to include a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States who has been honorably discharged, for the purposes of hunting and fishing license and tag fees.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-22","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Safety (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-23","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB443/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB443.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":404400,"bill_number":"SB163","title":"AN ACT relating to courtesy cards issued by the Kentucky Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors.","description":"Amend KRS 316.140 to outline the conditions a person licensed in another state or federal district as an embalmer or funeral director shall meet to obtain a courtesy card, including the completion of an application for a courtesy card on a form provided by the board, and paying a fee that shall not exceed the amount of the fee for renewal for a funeral director or embalmer licensed under the chapter; mandate that the board promulgate administrative regulations necessary for administration and enforcement; add the expiration date for a courtesy card of July 31 of each year; prescribe what the holder of a courtesy card may undertake as to acts of funeral directing; mandate that a courtesy card holder shall comply with all laws in Kentucky when engaging in funeral directing in the state; direct the board to report any disciplinary measure taken by the board against a courtesy card holder to the state board or agency that issued the courtesy card's embalmer or funeral director's license or certification; prohibit various acts by a courtesy card holder.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-06","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 31)","last_action_date":"2012-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB163/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB163.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":404417,"bill_number":"SB164","title":"AN ACT relating to hunter education.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 150 to require the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to establish hunter and bow hunter education certification requirements; define terms; require the department to promulgate administrative regulations establishing course requirements; allow for hunter education course completion in other states that meet Kentucky's minimum requirements to satisfy the hunter education course requirements in Kentucky; require hunters born on or after January 1, 1975, to carry course completion cards while hunting or bow hunting; allow the department to use computerized or electronic formats to administer and award hunter education certification; provide for exemptions for the hunter and bow hunter education course requirements for persons under 12 and persons exempt from hunting license requirements; provide for temporary exemptions from the hunter and bow hunter education course requirements; require the department to promulgate administrative regulations establishing hunter education instructor certification requirements.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-22","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Energy (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-27","committee":"Natural Resources and Energy","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB164/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB164.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":404433,"bill_number":"SB165","title":"AN ACT relating to the State Fair Board and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 247.090 to require that State Fair Board members appointed by the Governor are subject to confirmation by the Senate; permit each board member to be reappointed only once; make technical corrections.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-01","last_action":"to Agriculture & Small Business (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"Agriculture and Small Business","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB165/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB165.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":404450,"bill_number":"SB166","title":"AN ACT relating to certificates of public convenience and necessity for the provision of transportation services.","description":"Amend KRS 281.625, to eliminate the ability of a human service transportation broker/provider to protest an application for a certificate of convenience and necessity to operate transportation services.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-08","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-12","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB166/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB166.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":404464,"bill_number":"SB167","title":"AN ACT relating to federal unemployment insurance loans.","description":"Provide that annual interest payments due on federal unemployment insurance loans shall be paid from the general fund surplus account or the budget reserve trust fund, if the payment has not been provided for by June 30 through other funding sources.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-22","last_action":"returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB167/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB167.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":405327,"bill_number":"SB170","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 532.200 to 532.250, relating to home incarceration, to require sentence credit for time served in pretrial home incarceration; amend KRS 532.120, relating to calculation of terms of imprisonment, to conform; apply retroactively to defendants granted pretrial home incarceration on or after July 15, 1996.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-22","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-23","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB170/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB170.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":405342,"bill_number":"SB169","title":"AN ACT relating to police officers.","description":"Amend KRS 15.520 relating to complaints against police officers, to add the right to have counsel present for interrogation about alleged misconduct; expand notice of hearing from 72 hours to 10 days, exclusive of weekends and holidays; allow the officer to waive the within 60 day hearing requirement in 30 day increments; include possible default order, rehearing, certain back pay and benefits if hearing authority finds that any rights of the police officer have not been afforded; add requirement that police officer found guilty may bring an action in Circuit Court within 30 days of receipt of written findings; clarify reference to police officers to whom provisions apply.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-23","last_action":"1st reading","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB169/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB169.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":405359,"bill_number":"SB168","title":"AN ACT relating to listing property with the property valuation administrator.","description":"Amend KRS 132.260 to require every person providing rental space for the parking of mobile homes, recreational vehicles, aircraft, or for the docking of federally documented vessels, to report the property located on his or her premises on January 1 of each year to the property valuation administrator.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-23","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-27","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB168/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB168.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":405391,"bill_number":"SB20","title":"AN ACT relating to the Prescription Monitoring Program compact.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 218A to enact the Prescription Monitoring Program compact as developed by the Council of State Governments, including provisions relating to the compact's purpose, authorized uses and restrictions on prescription data, the establishment of technology and security standards, funding, the creation and operation of an interstate commission and its powers, duties, organization, administration, and rulemaking, the establishment of oversight, enforcement, and dispute resolution mechanisms, and delineating the conditions for compact formation, membership, and dissolution; allow the Governor, subject to Senate confirmation, to make Kentucky's appointments under the Prescription Monitoring Program compact.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-23","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-27","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB20/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB20.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":405407,"bill_number":"SB17","title":"AN ACT relating to the Court of Justice.","description":"Amend KRS 26A.080 to make gender neutral.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-23","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-27","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB17/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB17.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":405425,"bill_number":"SB16","title":"AN ACT relating to transportation.","description":"Amend KRS 177.106, 189.130, and 281.645 to make technical corrections and correct for gender-neutral references","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-23","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-27","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB16/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB16.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":405440,"bill_number":"SB15","title":"AN ACT relating to transportation.","description":"Amend KRS 186.6401, to include the Transportation Cabinet as an agency that can promulgate administrative regulations identifying individuals who must submit to a skills test prior to being issued an operator's license; amend KRS 186.020, 189.125, and 281A.080 to make technical corrections.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-23","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-27","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB15/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB15.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":405457,"bill_number":"SB14","title":"AN ACT relating to state government.","description":"Amend KRS 18A.030 to insert gender-neutral language when referring to the duties of the secretary of the Personnel Cabinet.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-23","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-27","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB14/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB14.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":405474,"bill_number":"SB13","title":"AN ACT relating to state government.","description":"Amend KRS 56.005 to make a technical correction and to specify that material composted on state lands be used for projects, including roadway construction, reconstruction, maintenance, or restoration of sites.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-23","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Energy (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-27","committee":"Natural Resources and Energy","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB13/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB13.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":405490,"bill_number":"SB12","title":"AN ACT relating to revenue.","description":"Amend KRS 141.023 to make a technical correction.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-23","last_action":"recommitted to Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-15","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism & Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB12/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB12.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":405508,"bill_number":"HB459","title":"AN ACT relating to home or hospital instruction for exceptional children.","description":"Amend KRS 157.270 to require a minimum of three visits per week for a combined minimum of five hours of instruction for exceptional children receiving home or hospital instruction; name the Act \"Jonah's Act.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-23","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-27","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB459/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB459.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":405524,"bill_number":"HB458","title":"AN ACT relating to ambulatory surgical centers.","description":"Amend KRS 216B.015 to clarify the definition of ambulatory surgical center; amend KRS 304.17A-147 and 304.17A-1473 to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 103)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB458/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB458.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":405541,"bill_number":"HB457","title":"AN ACT relating to school-based decision making councils.","description":"Amend KRS 160.345 to add one classified staff member to serve in an advisory capacity on a school-based decision making council.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-02-23","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-03-07","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB457/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB457.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":405557,"bill_number":"HB456","title":"AN ACT relating to foster parents.","description":"Amend KRS 605.120 to allow foster parents to have the same right to attend court proceedings concerning a foster child as a parent or guardian of that child would have to attend that proceeding.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-23","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-27","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB456/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB456.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":405574,"bill_number":"HB455","title":"AN ACT relating to agriculture.","description":"Amend KRS 247.380 to incorporate gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-23","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-27","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB455/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB455.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":405590,"bill_number":"HB454","title":"AN ACT relating to service of process.","description":"Amend KRS 70.050 to make technical changes to empowerment provisions relating to sheriffs' delegation of service of process.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-23","last_action":"to Local Government (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-27","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB454/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB454.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":405608,"bill_number":"HB453","title":"AN ACT relating to the New Markets Development Program tax credit.","description":"Amend KRS 141.432 to modify the definition of \"long-term debt security\" to allow for computation of the interest payment limitation prior to allowing the effect of the interest expense; amend KRS 141.434 to increase the tax credit cap from $5 million to $13 million each year.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-23","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-27","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB453/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB453.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":405624,"bill_number":"HB452","title":"AN ACT relating to the New Markets Development Program tax credit.","description":"Amend KRS 141.432 to modify the definition of \"long-term debt security\" to allow for computation of the interest payment limitation prior to allowing the effect of the interest expense.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-23","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-26","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB452/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB452.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":405641,"bill_number":"HB451","title":"AN ACT relating to the auctioneer's education, research, and recovery fund and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 330.190 to redefine the current statutory purposes of the auctioneer's education, research, and recovery fund; broaden the purposes of the fund to include benefiting those seeking a license, licensees, and consumers served by licensees; authorize reimbursement to the trust and agency account for expenses incurred in subsidizing the programs and activities under the responsibility of the recovery fund; set cap not to exceed $250,000 annually for transfers or reimbursements of funds from the recovery fund to the trust and agency account; direct that the statement of income and expenses of the fund are in accordance with state financial reporting requirements.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-02-23","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-02-29","committee":"Licensing and Occupations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB451/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB451.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":405658,"bill_number":"HB450","title":"AN ACT relating to administrative regulations.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 13A to provide the General Assembly's declaration that an administrative regulation should not unnecessarily impose costs on regulated entities that exceed the benefit derived by the public from its implementation; amend KRS 13A.030 to clarify the review authority and duties of the Administrative Regulation Review Subcommittee and authorize a nonbinding determination that an administrative regulation is deficient if the administrative regulation appears to be against public policy; amend KRS 13A.240 to change the regulatory impact analysis by deleting questions regarding the costs and benefits to regulated entities; amend KRS 13A.280 to require administrative bodies to file an in-depth costs-benefit analysis with each statement of consideration and authorize a person or entity to submit an alternative costs-benefit analysis to the regulations compiler; repeal KRS 13A.250, which requires the filing of a fiscal note analyzing the costs to local and state government; amend KRS 13A.050 and 13A.230 to conform.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-02-23","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-02-28","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB450/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB450.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":405673,"bill_number":"HB449","title":"AN ACT relating to evacuation plans for family child-care homes.","description":"Amend KRS 199.895 to require certified family child-care homes to have written plans for evacuation in case of threatening situations.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 102)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB449/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB449.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":405691,"bill_number":"HB448","title":"AN ACT relating to wheel weights for motor vehicles.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189, regarding vehicle equipment, to define the term \"wheel weight\"; prohibit the installation of wheel weights containing lead or mercury on a motor vehicle; prohibit the sale of new motor vehicles equipped with wheel weight containing lead or mercury; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2013.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-23","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-27","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB448/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB448.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":405707,"bill_number":"HB447","title":"AN ACT reclassifying the City of Pembroke.","description":"Reclassify the City of Pembroke, in Christian County, with a population of 869, from a city of the sixth class to a city of the fifth class, which requires a population of 1,000 to 2,999.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-23","last_action":"to Local Government (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-27","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB447/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB447.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":405724,"bill_number":"HB446","title":"AN ACT relating to property tax.","description":"Amend KRS 132.020 to lower the state property tax rate from 5 cents per $100 of value to 1/10 of one cent per $100 value on goods held for sale in the regular course of business including machinery and equipment held in a retailer's inventory for sale or lease originating under a floor plan financing arrangement, raw materials, and in-process materials held for incorporation in finished goods held for sale in the regular course of business; amend KRS 132.200 to exempt same property from local taxation; EFFECTIVE for property assessed on or after January 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-23","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-27","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB446/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB446.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":405740,"bill_number":"HB445","title":"AN ACT relating to the funding of tourism and convention bureaus.","description":"Amend KRS 91A.400 to require cities to turn over 25% of restaurant tax moneys to tourism and convention commissions, and 75% to the city's general fund; allow general fund appropriation to tourism and convention commission from city general fund.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-23","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-27","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB445/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB445.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":405757,"bill_number":"HB444","title":"AN ACT relating to taxation and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 136.120 to clarify that a qualified air freight forwarder is not subject to the public service property tax; amend KRS 141.121 to define terms and clarify the income tax apportionment provisions for a qualified air freight forwarder; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 101)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB444/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB444.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":406006,"bill_number":"HB460","title":"AN ACT relating to redistricting legislation.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 6 to require that any redistricting plan bill or amendment to a redistricting plan bill and the accompanying maps be publicly available for at least 5 days prior to any General Assembly action.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-24","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-27","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB460/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB460.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":406029,"bill_number":"HB461","title":"AN ACT relating to fire protection sprinkler system design and installation.","description":"Amend KRS 198B.550 to augment the definition of \"fire protection sprinkler system\" to include connection to the water supply and installations overhead and underground; amend KRS 198B.560 to ensure that persons engaging in the preparation of technical drawings, installation, repair, alteration, extension, maintenance of inspection of a fire protection sprinkler system are supervised by a certificate holder or an employee of a certificate holder; amend KRS 198B.990 to provide that any violation of KRS 198B.550 to 198B.630 or 198B.6401 to 198B.6417 shall be met with a $100 to $1,000 fine, with each day being a separate offense.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 104)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB461/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB461.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":406053,"bill_number":"HB462","title":"AN ACT relating to the Firefighters Foundation Program fund and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 95A.250 to increase the annual payment derived from the Firefighters Foundation Program fund to qualified professional firefighters from $3,000 to $3,500 beginning July 1, 2012; amend KRS 95A.262 to increase the annual payment to qualified volunteer fire departments from $8,250 to $10,000; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-24","last_action":"to Local Government (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-27","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB462/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB462.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":406075,"bill_number":"HB463","title":"AN ACT relating to tax credits to promote quality education in Kentucky.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to provide a nonrefundable tax credit against the tax imposed by KRS 141.020 or 141.040 and KRS 141.0401 for contributions made to the Commonwealth school improvement fund; create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a tuition assistance tax credit against the tax imposed by KRS 141.020 or 141.040 and KRS 141.0401 for contributions made to qualified tuition assistance organizations; amend KRS 141.010 to exclude 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 136.500 to 136.575 to allow financial institutions to take the Commonwealth school improvement tax credit and the tuition assistance tax credit against the tax imposed by KRS 136.505; make effective for tax periods beginning on or after December 31, 2012.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-24","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-27","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB463/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB463.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":406093,"bill_number":"HB464","title":"AN ACT relating to tobacco products.","description":"Amend KRS 138.130 to define \"financial instrument\" and \"wholesaler of other tobacco products\" and wholesaler of moist snuff\"; delete references to \"cigarette paper\"; amend KRS 138.140 to clarify tax responsibilities of wholesalers and manufacturers of other tobacco products and moist snuff; require invoice itemization for other tobacco products and moist snuff transferred to retailers; amend KRS 138.146 to allow for the sale of tax evidence on a deferred payment basis; require a financial instrument for those purchasing tax evidence on a deferred payment basis; set parameters for the financial instrument; give Department of Revenue authority to make demand on a financial instrument; permit the Department of Revenue to allow tax evidence compensation for resident and nonresident wholesalers and unclassified acquirers; delete outdated tax compensation language; denote requirements for proper itemization of other tobacco products and moist snuff delivered to retailers; amend KRS 138.165 to include other tobacco products and moist snuff in contraband seizure requirements; clarify sale steps for seized vending machines; amend KRS 138.175 to add other tobacco products and moist snuff to goods that may be deemed contraband; amend KRS 138.195 to set the unclassified acquirer annual license fee at $250; allow the department to obtain information and reports electronically; allow for the sale or purchase of untax-paid cigarettes from one licensed wholesaler to another; create a new section of KRS 138.130 to 138.205 to set out circumstances under which a license shall be granted to a person; amend KRS 365.390 to include unclassified acquirers under the enforcement fee requirements; amend KRS 138.205 and 138.990 to make technical changes; deferred payment provisions EFFECTIVE July 1, 2013.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-24","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-27","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB464/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB464.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":406116,"bill_number":"HB465","title":"AN ACT relating to brownfield redevelopment.","description":"Create a new section of Subchapter 1 of KRS Chapter 224 to establish a Brownfields Redevelopment Program to be administered by the Energy and Environment Cabinet; extend nonliability to property owners where a release of petroleum, pollutants, or contaminants has occurred to the extent of performing characterization or corrective action for the release; establish criteria for the protection from liability for property owners and allow the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to establish standard and procedures for implementing the Brownfields Redevelopment Program; amend KRS 224.60-135 to provide that property owners are not require to take corrective action where a release from a petroleum storage tank occurred if the property owner is not the tank owner or operator; amend KRS 224.60-138 to remove from general cabinet authority residual contamination on property where a release has occurred from a petroleum storage tank if the contamination is below standards established by the cabinet under the Brownfields Redevelopment Program.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 105)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB465/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB465.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":406140,"bill_number":"HB466","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 521, relating to bribery and corrupt influences, to prohibit probation or shock probation for a public officer or employee convicted of a bribery or related offense; amend KRS 522.050, relating to abuse of the public trust, to prohibit probation or shock probation for a public officer or employee convicted of the offense.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-24","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-27","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB466/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB466.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":406166,"bill_number":"HB467","title":"AN ACT relating to stroke response and treatment.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to require the Department for Public Health to establish and implement a plan to achieve continuous quality improvement in the quality of care provided under a statewide system for stroke response and treatment; require the Department for Public Health to maintain a statewide stroke database; require the database to align with nationally approved stroke consensus measures; require the Department for Public Health to utilize the \"Get with the Guidelines-Stroke\" quality improvement program or a similar program; require primary stroke centers to report each case of stroke seen at the facility to the statewide database; require the department to coordinate with national voluntary organizations involved in stroke quality improvement, to encourage and facilitate information sharing and communication among stroke health care providers, to apply evidence based treatment guidelines for transitioning stroke patients to community-based care, and to establish a data oversight process; require that all data reported to the statewide database be made available to the department and all government agencies or contractors responsible for managing and administering emergency services; require the department to provide a report of its data and related findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Legislative Research Commission annually by June 1 and to make the report available on the department's Web site; prohibit any disclosure of information in violation of federal confidentiality requirements and standards.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 106)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB467/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB467.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":406189,"bill_number":"HB468","title":"AN ACT relating to the expansion of gaming 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 \"authorizing county,\" \"casino,\" \"casino gaming,\" \"county,\" \"county legislative body,\" \"department,\" \"full casino gaming,\" \"gaming licensee,\" \"gross gaming revenue,\" \"handle,\" \"licensee,\" \"limited casino gaming,\" and \"principal\"; amend KRS 154A.030 to increase the board to twelve members, including the executive director of the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission and the Auditor of Public Accounts, and prohibit directors or their family members from holding significant interest in a gaming licensee; amend KRS 154A.040 to exempt trade secrets of a licensee; amend KRS 154A.063 to conform; create new sections of KRS Chapter 154A to require local option elections for the approval of casino gaming in counties with a population in excess of 90,000 or in cities of the fourth class or greater with a horse racing track; specify procedure for petition of election; specify that the corporation is the only government agency authorized to solicit bids for casino licensure and provide requirements for invitations to bid; specify factors to be considered when considering a bid; specify initial licensing fee and annual licensing fee; stipulate requirements for licensing of horse racing tracks for casino gaming; require tracks with a casino license to continue to run at least as many live races as were run in 2011, and provide exemptions; establish requirements and procedures for applying for supplier's licenses; prohibit any unlicensed person from furnishing gaming supplies and equipment; prohibit anyone under 21 years of age from participating in casino gaming; establish procedure for licensing of occupations related to casino gaming; grant the corporation the authority to initiate disciplinary action; establish procedure for review and appeal of actions by the corporation; establish problem gamblers awareness and treatment trust fund; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate regulations to address the expenditure of funds from the problem gamblers awareness and treatment trust fund and require an annual report on expenditures; establish 31% tax on gross gaming revenue, allow the corporation to recoup operating costs from tax for first 24 months, and cap corporation's deduction at $2 million per year thereafter; require 15% of each gaming licensee's revenue to be paid to the Kentucky equine industry enhancement fund; impose admission tax of $3 per person and dedicate funds to the regional tourism and infrastructure development fund; establish gaming revenue distribution trust fund; establish the Kentucky equine industry enhancement trust fund and stipulate uses for funds; create the regional tourism and infrastructure development fund and specify uses for funds; create the childhood education excellence development fund; create the Kentucky job creation development fund; allocate funds paid from the tax on gross gaming revenue to trust funds established by the bill; exempt gaming devices in compliance with the chapter from the provisions of 15 U.S.C. sec. 1172 and exempt shipments to Kentucky gaming licensees from 15 U.S.C. secs. 1173 and 1174; require the corporation to promulgate administrative regulations to define the types of games and the method of operation; permit the exclusion of certain persons from licensed casinos, although the exclusion may not be based on race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, or the amount won at a casino; define \"cheat\" and provide penalties for violation; amend KRS 243.500 to exempt the conduct and operation of authorized casino gaming; amend KRS 243.505 to exempt the operation of casino gaming licensed under this Act; amend KRS 525.090 to exempt those engaged in casino gaming licensed under KRS Chapter 154A; amend KRS 528.010 to exempt activities or devices licensed under this Act; amend KRS 528.020 to exempt those licensed under this Act; amend KRS 528.070 to exempt those licensed under this Act; amend KRS 528.080 to exempt those licensed under this Act; amend KRS 528.100 to exempt casino gaming as defined under Section 2 of the Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-24","last_action":"to Licensing & Occupations (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-27","committee":"Licensing and Occupations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB468/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB468.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":406216,"bill_number":"HB469","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend KRS 17.500, relating to sex offender registration, to modify definition of sex crime; amend KRS 17.520, relating to period of registration, to add specified offenses to lifetime sex offender registration requirement.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-24","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-27","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB469/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB469.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":406239,"bill_number":"HB470","title":"AN ACT relating to continuing education for professional licenses.","description":"Amend KRS 198B.4025, 198B.664, 227A.100, and 318.054 to establish the continuing education hour requirements for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning mechanics and master contractors, electricians, and plumbers.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-24","last_action":"to Licensing & Occupations (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-27","committee":"Licensing and Occupations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB470/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB470.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":406265,"bill_number":"HB471","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky firefighters foundation employer reimbursement fund and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 95A.200 to 95A.300 to provide for the creation of the Kentucky firefighters foundation employer reimbursement fund that reimburses local governments for the cost of employer contributions paid by them to a defined benefit pension plan as a result of a settlement or order from a court of law or the Labor Cabinet that require the payment of back overtime wages for scheduled overtime on the firefighters supplement; provide for the administration of the fund, and that the fund will close on June 30, 2017; amend KRS 95A.220 to require that moneys remaining in the firefighters foundation program fund at the end of the fiscal year are to be transferred to the Kentucky firefighters foundation employer reimbursement fund; amend KRS 95A.260 to specify use of the funds; amend KRS 95A.270 to specify distribution of the employers fund; amend KRS 95A.210 to define \"fund\" and \"employers fund\"; amend KRS 136.392 to allow use of surcharge moneys to be used for employers fund.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-24","last_action":"to Local Government (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-27","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB471/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB471.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":406290,"bill_number":"HB472","title":"AN ACT relating to Kentucky Office of Homeland Security grants to law enforcement agencies.","description":"Amend KRS 16.220, relating to Kentucky Office of Homeland Security grants for firearms, body armor, and other items for law enforcement agencies, to add public airport safety and security departments established pursuant to KRS 183.880 to the list of grant recipents.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-02-24","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB472/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB472.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":406313,"bill_number":"HB473","title":"AN ACT relating to work time for teachers.","description":"Amend KRS 160.345 to define a teacher's work time if the school council does not adopt a policy; teachers shall not be required to work more than 15 minutes before the student instructional day begins and no more than 15 minutes after the student instructional day end, and no more than one additional hour per week for necessary meetings, additional supervision, and extracurricular duties; teachers employed in preschool and elementary schools shall have at least 250 minutes weekly for planning time; include at least one period daily for planning time for teachers employed in middle and secondary schools; teachers required to work more than these provisions shall be compensated at his or her prorated daily rate of pay; amend KRS 158.649 and 160.356 to conform.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-02-24","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-03-01","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB473/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB473.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":406362,"bill_number":"SB171","title":"AN ACT relating to drugs.","description":"Amend KRS 218A.180 to specify that prescriptions issued under that statue be done in the course and scope of a practitioner's practice.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-24","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-28","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB171/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB171.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":406386,"bill_number":"SB172","title":"AN ACT relating to drugs.","description":"Amend KRS 217.015 to include drugs containing non-liquid ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine within the definition of a legend drug; amend KRS 217.182 to limit the amount of ephedrine-, pseudoephedrine-, or phenylpropanolamine-based legend drugs available within any one-month period and to exempt persons temporarily present in the Commonwealth in certain situations; amend KRS 218A.202 to include ephedrine-, pseudoephedrine-, or phenylpropanolamine-based legend drugs within the coverage of Kentucky's prescription monitoring system; repeal KRS 218A.1446.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-24","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-28","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB172/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB172.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":406408,"bill_number":"SB173","title":"AN ACT relating to controlled substances and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 218A.010 relating to controlled substances definitions to expand the definitions of \"synthetic cannabinoids or piperazines\" and \"synthetic cathinones\"; amend KRS 218A.020 to allow the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to administratively schedule controlled substances; amend KRS 217.065 and various sections of KRS Chapter 218A to conform; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-24","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-28","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB173/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB173.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":406429,"bill_number":"SB174","title":"AN ACT relating to an income tax checkoff for local food banks.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a checkoff for contributions to the farms to food banks trust fund; amend KRS 247.985 to rename the surplus agricultural commodities fund as the farms to food banks trust fund; amend KRS 247.984 to require a plan for expenditure of the funds and an annual report.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-24","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-28","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB174/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB174.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":407274,"bill_number":"SB177","title":"AN ACT relating to civil matters.","description":"Amend KRS 418.020 relating to agreed upon civil cases being submitted to court to make technical correction changing \"must\" to \"shall.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-27","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-29","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB177/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB177.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":407289,"bill_number":"SB176","title":"AN ACT relating to criminal matters.","description":"Amend KRS 500.050, relating to time limitations for the Penal Code, to make technical correction changing \"must\" to \"shall.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-27","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-29","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB176/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB176.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":407313,"bill_number":"SB175","title":"AN ACT relating to patient safety in long-term-care settings and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 216.785 to define terms; create new sections of KRS 216.785 to 216.793 to establish a National and State Background Check Program; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to implement the program in phases between October 1, 2012, to April 1, 2013, by administrative regulation; list entities required to request background checks; require the cabinet to establish a fee to be remitted to the agency performing the background checks; require the cabinet to use federal grant funds to cover cabinet costs associated with the Federal Bureau of Investigation's criminal background checks; require the cabinet and the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to collaborate on the development and implementation of a mechanism for continuous employment assessment of criminal background checks; permit the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to charge for the actual cost of background checks and continuous assessments; require the inspector general to be notified if an employee commits a crime after the initial background check; require applicants to consent to background checks; prohibit long-term-care facilities and providers from employing a person who has a disqualifying offense, is listed on a registry, or has had their professional license revoked or suspended; permit provisional employment with supervision of individuals undergoing background checks; permit an applicant or employee to challenge the accuracy of a disqualifying offense by written request; permit an applicant or employee to appeal the finding of a disqualifying offense; require state-owned facilities to take disciplinary or dismissal action after notification of an employee with a disqualifying offense; require facilities not state-owned to take action after notification of an employee with a disqualifying offense and continue employment during any appeal; establish a fine of $500 per day for a facility that is not state-owned facility and continues to employ an individual with a disqualifying offense after an appeal does not clear the employee; establish a consideration of rehabilitation under an independent review process for a waiver of a disqualifying offense; prohibit employment until rehabilitation has been completed and approved by the cabinet; exempt the cabinet, entities that perform background checks, and employers from civil damages for actions taken in good faith related to a criminal background check; establish the National and State Background Check Program fund, into which fees and fines are allocated; retain moneys and interest in the fund; appropriate moneys in the fund for the use of the National and State Background Check Program; require background checks for home and community-based services providers; amend KRS 216. 533 to prohibit long-term-care facilities owned, managed, or operated by the cabinet from employing individuals with a disqualifying offense; amend KRS 216.712 to prohibit personal services agencies from employing individuals with a disqualifying offense; amend KRS 216.787 to prohibit agencies providing services to senior citizens funded by the cabinet from employing individuals with a disqualifying offense; amend KRS 216.789 to prohibit long-term-care facilities or providers from employing individuals with a disqualifying offense; amend KRS 216.793 to require applications for employment to clearly state that a criminal background check is required.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-27","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-02-29","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB175/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB175.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":407361,"bill_number":"HCR173","title":"Create a Kentucky Death Penalty Reform Implementation Task Force to develop a strategy to implement the reforms recommended by the American Bar Association's Kentucky Death Penalty Assessment Report.","description":null,"status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-23","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-26","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR173/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HC173.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":407387,"bill_number":"HB483","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 433 to ban a person convicted of offenses relating to stolen metal for which recordkeeping is required pursuant to KRS 433.890 from selling or attempting, conspiring, soliciting, or facilitating the sale of metals for a period of five years after completion of sentence, or for five years from the beginning of probation or home incarceration; create a new section of KRS Chapter 30A to require the circuit clerk to retain records of the ban along with the record of the conviction; create a new section of KRS Chapter 433 to make violating the ban a Class D felony; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to provide that prosecution for violating the ban may be in addition to prosecution for any other offense.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-27","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-28","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB483/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB483.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":407412,"bill_number":"HB482","title":"AN ACT relating to Kentucky Department of Parks employees.","description":"Amend KRS 18A.005 to require all full-time employees within the Department of Parks to have work hours reduced equally.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-27","last_action":"to Tourism Development & Energy (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-28","committee":"Tourism Development and Energy","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB482/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB482.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":407436,"bill_number":"HB481","title":"AN ACT relating to controlled substances and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to prohibit trafficking in or possession of synthetic drugs including provisions for a maximum fine of double the gain from the commission of the offense; amend KRS 218A.010 to define \"synthetic cannabinoids or piperazines,\" \"synthetic cathinones,\" and \"synthetic drugs\"; amend KRS 218A.020 to permit the Office of Drug Control Policy to make recommendations to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services regarding controlled substances scheduling; amend KRS 218A.141, relating to cleanup costs for drug trafficking, to include trafficking in synthetic drugs; amend KRS 218A.350 to create a penalty structure mirroring that established for trafficking in synthetic drugs; amend KRS 218A.1411, relating to trafficking in the vicinity of a school, to include synthetic drugs; amend KRS 218A.410, relating to forfeiture in drug cases, to add trafficking in synthetic drugs; amend KRS 218A.992 to include trafficking in synthetic drugs as an offense triggering a penalty increase when committed while in possession of a firearm; amend KRS 243.500, relating to liquor licenses revocations, to include synthetic drugs; repeal KRS 218A.1426, 218A.1427, 218A.1428, 218A.1453, 218A.1454, 218A.1455; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 108)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB481/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB481.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":407459,"bill_number":"HB480","title":"AN ACT relating to the Court of Justice.","description":"Amend KRS 29A.320 relating to jury deliberations to make technical correction changing word \"must\" to \"shall.\"","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 107)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB480/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB480.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":407482,"bill_number":"HB479","title":"AN ACT relating to the protection of animals.","description":"Amend KRS 525.135 relating to torture of a dog or cat to apply its provisions to all animals; amend KRS 525.130 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-27","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-28","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB479/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB479.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":407507,"bill_number":"HB478","title":"AN ACT relating to minimum rates for occupational license fees.","description":"Amend KRS 92.281 to limit any license fees imposed by a city to percentage rates; prohibit counties from imposing license fees based on flat fees; prohibit counties from imposing mandatory minimum fees or tax payments; amend KRS 91.200 to limit any license fees imposed by a city to percentage rates; amend KRS 68.197 to limit any license fees imposed by a county to percentage rates; prohibit counties from imposing license fees based on flat fees; prohibit counties from imposing mandatory minimum fees or tax payments; amend KRS 67.773 to require a tax district to impose the fee as a percentage and not as a flat fee or minimum tax payment; amend KRS 65.7056 to base the occupational license fee on a percentage of gross wages of each person; amend KRS 68.180 to limit counties to license fees based on a percentage rate and prohibit flat fees or minimum tax payments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-27","last_action":"to Local Government (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-28","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB478/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB478.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":407534,"bill_number":"HB477","title":"AN ACT relating to sanitation districts.","description":"Amend KRS 220.010 to include a definition for storm drainage/water; amend KRS 220.030 to allow sanitation districts to provide storm drainage/water services on behalf of or in conjunction with municipalities through an interlocal agreement; create a new section of KRS Chapter 220 to allow municipalities who have a interlocal agreement with a sanitation district to levy rates, fees, or charges for storm drainage/water services and limit use of the rates, fees, or charges.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-27","last_action":"to Local Government (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-28","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB477/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB477.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":407556,"bill_number":"HB476","title":"AN ACT relating to juvenile justice.","description":"Amend KRS 610.020 to provide for additional information necessary in the filing of a status complaint; amend KRS 610.265 and 630.010 to restrict the secure detention of status offenders until after an adjudication hearing in which full due process is provided; amend KRS 630.050 to prohibit a court-designated worker from accepting a status complaint lacking required information; create a new section of KRS Chapter 630 to establish time frames for the expiration of valid court orders; create a new section of KRS 600 to provide for the release of educational records to the juvenile justice system as authorized by federal law; amend KRS 630.030 and 630.080 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-27","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-28","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB476/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB476.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":407582,"bill_number":"HB475","title":"AN ACT relating to the disposition of remains.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 36 to provide that a person designated by a member of the United States Armed Forces on Department of Defense DD Form 93 shall have authority and responsibility for the disposition of the soldier's remains if the soldier died while serving in the military.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-20","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-22","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB475/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB475.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":407606,"bill_number":"HB474","title":"AN ACT relating to civil actions.","description":"Amend KRS 413.140 to provide for a one-year statute of limitations for actions brought against professional land surveyors.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-19","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-21","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB474/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB474.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":407889,"bill_number":"SCR190","title":"Establish a task force to study the costs of administering the death penalty in Kentucky; establish membership of task force; provide that the task force is to study the costs to the state and local governments related to administering the death penalty in all phases of the criminal justice system and the number and outcomes of death-eligible cases; require the task force to submit a report to the Legislative Research Commission by November 30, 2012.","description":"Establish a task force to study the costs of administering the death penalty in Kentucky; establish membership of task force; provide that the task force is to study the costs to the state and local governments related to administering the death penalty in all phases of the criminal justice system and the number and outcomes of death-eligible cases; require the task force to submit a report to the Legislative Research Commission by November 30, 2012.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-28","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SCR190/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SC190.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":407898,"bill_number":"SB180","title":"AN ACT relating to sexual offenses.","description":"Amend KRS 510.060, relating to rape in the third degree, and KRS 510.090, relating to sodomy in the third degree, to raise the statutory age of consent from sixteen to eighteen when the perpetrator is in a position of authority or special trust.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-28","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB180/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB180.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":407912,"bill_number":"SB179","title":"AN ACT relating to elections.","description":"Amend KRS 242.020 to require petitions for local option elections to contain legibly printed name and to delete requirement of including Social Security number; amend KRS 242.030 to require local option elections to be held on the same day as a primary or regular election and to establish filing deadlines for petitions; amend KRS 242.040, 242.1242, 242.1244, 242.125, 242.1292, 242.1297, and 242.185 to conform.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-14","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-15","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB179/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB179.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":407926,"bill_number":"SB178","title":"AN ACT relating to the office of county surveyor.","description":"Propose an amendment to Section 100 of the Constitution of Kentucky to require that no person be eligible for the office of county surveyor unless he or she produces evidence of having a Kentucky license as a professional land surveyor to the county clerk when filing for office.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 141)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB178/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB178.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":407953,"bill_number":"SB3","title":"AN ACT relating to drugs.","description":"Amend KRS 217.015 to include drugs containing non-liquid ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine within the definition of a legend drug; amend KRS 217.182 to limit the amount of ephedrine-based, pseudoephedrine-based, or phenylpropanolamine-based legend drugs available without a prescription to 15 grams per year and 3.6 grams per month; amend KRS 218A.1446 to require the use of the electronic sales logging system, to require the system to block sales to certain purchasers, and to require annual statistical reporting; create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to prohibit sales of ephedrine-based products to certain drug offenders.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 122)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB3/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB3.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":407967,"bill_number":"SB2","title":"AN ACT relating to medical services.","description":"Amend KRS 216B.015 to establish a definition of \"pain management facility\"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to establish requirements for owners, operators, and investors of pain management facilities and establish payment-for-services requirements; amend KRS 216B.020 to establish that pain management facilities are exempted from the certificate of need requirement; amend KRS 216B.990 to establish a Class D felony for any person who intentionally or knowingly or conspires to intentionally or knowingly operate a pain management facility in violation of the new section; amend KRS 218A.202 to establish that the electronic system for monitoring Schedules II, III, IV, and V controlled substances shall apply to all prescribers and dispensers of controlled substances; establish that the cabinet my enter into agreements or contracts for the establishment of the system; establish that any prescriptions issued or dispensed shall be reported into the system within 24 hours; establish that an employee of a practitioner or a pharmacist may request information from the system; create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to establish that prior to prescribing or dispensing a controlled substance every practitioner and dispenser shall query the system and shall retain the reference or transaction number of the query for their records; amend KRS 218A.245 to establish an option allowing the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and the system to enter into reciprocal agreements with other states or an organization administering the exchange of interstate or intrastate prescription dispensing data; amend KRS 311.550 to conform; amend KRS 311.565 to establish that the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure shall promulgate administrative regulations related to the prescribing and dispensing of buprenorphine and methadone; amend KRS 311.591 to establish a specific time frame for the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure to handle grievances related to inappropriate or excessive prescribing or dispensing practices; amend KRS 311.594 to conform; create a new section of KRS 311.530 to 311.620 to establish that physicians shall receive specified training prior to prescribing any medication; amend KRS 315.191 to require the Board of Pharmacy to promulgate administrative regulations regarding required identification when a Schedule II, III, IV, or V controlled substance is dispensed; create new sections of KRS Chapter 218A to enact the Prescription Monitoring Program compact as developed by the Council of State Governments, including provisions relating to the compact's purpose, authorized uses and restrictions on prescription data, the establishment of technology and security standards, funding, the creation and operation of an interstate commission and its powers, duties, organization, administration, and rulemaking, the establishment of oversight, enforcement, and dispute resolution mechanisms, and delineating the conditions for compact formation, membership, and dissolution; allow the Governor, subject to Senate confirmation, to make Kentucky's appointments under the Prescription Monitoring Program compact.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-28","last_action":"recommitted to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-22","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB2/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB2.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":407983,"bill_number":"HCR185","title":"Urge the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to have the continuing education program for social workers approved by the Board of Social Work.","description":"Urge the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to have the continuing education program for social workers approved by the Board of Social Work.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-28","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-29","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR185/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HC185.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":408001,"bill_number":"HB505","title":"AN ACT relating to military affairs.","description":"Amend KRS 35.125 to add gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-28","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Safety (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-29","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB505/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB505.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":408013,"bill_number":"HB504","title":"AN ACT relating to public safety.","description":"Make technical changes.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-02-28","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-03-16","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB504/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB504.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":408027,"bill_number":"HB503","title":"AN ACT relating to consumer price discrimination.","description":"Amend KRS 365.020 relating to price discrimination between localities to remove the requirement that the discrimination be done for the purpose of destroying competition in cases involving the sale of automotive fuel.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-02-28","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-03-06","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB503/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB503.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":408048,"bill_number":"HB502","title":"AN ACT relating to pension plans for second class cities.","description":"Amend KRS 95.859 to authorize cities of a second class to provide a cost of living adjustment to members of their closed Policemen's and Firefighters' Retirement Fund not to exceed the annual average increase in the Consumer Price Index or five percent; require approval by the city's legislative body for each cost of living adjustment provided and allow the city to repeal, suspend, or reduce any cost of living approved by the city as the city deems necessary; amend KRS 95.872 to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 111)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB502/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB502.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":408059,"bill_number":"HB501","title":"AN ACT relating to commercial building permits.","description":"Amend KRS 198B.060 to establish the application process for commercial building permits; require the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction to issue a written receipt indicating date of receipt of application and projected date of application review; permit the applicant to submit application to local government having jurisdiction if the local government can complete the review in thirty days or less and if the department's projected review date exceeds thirty days; prohibit the department from collecting fees associated with application review if services of local government are procured; require the application to be considered approved if the department does not review on or before the projected review date; require the department to bear the costs of reconstructing any work done pursuant to application drawings but not in compliance with the building code; amend KRS 198B.050, 198B.110, and 324.610 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-28","last_action":"to Local Government (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-29","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB501/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB501.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":408077,"bill_number":"HB500","title":"AN ACT relating to the regulation of firearms, firearms parts and accessories, ammunition, and ammunition components.","description":"Amend KRS 65.870 which limits cities and counties from having local firearms ordinances to expand the units of government and public agencies covered, expand limitations on local action, and provide that parties may sue to enjoin violations.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 117)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB500/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB500.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":408091,"bill_number":"HB499","title":"AN ACT relating to fiscal matters and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 131.400 to define terms and provide a tax amnesty program; amend KRS 131.410 to waive one-half of the interest for certain tax delinquencies; amend KRS 131.420 to require a taxpayer to file all tax returns and make all tax payments when due for three years following the date tax amnesty is granted to the taxpayer; amend KRS 131.425 to provide installment payment agreements under the tax amnesty program; amend KRS 131.440 to provide cost-of-collection fees after the expiration of tax amnesty; amend KRS 131.445 to provide circumstances when tax amnesty may be invalidated; create a new section of KRS Chapter 131 allowing the Department of Revenue to identify licensing agencies and require those licensing agencies to work with the department in developing a process for sharing information about its licensees; create and amend various other sections in KRS Chapters 138 and 143 to require corporate officer and member or partner liability for delinquencies of the entity; require the department to report to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue on or before September 15, 2012, 2013, and 2014; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 110)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB499/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB499.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":408104,"bill_number":"HB498","title":"AN ACT relating to domestic violence.","description":"Amend KRS 403.725, relating to domestic violence, to make gender-neutral.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-20","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-22","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB498/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB498.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":408125,"bill_number":"HB497","title":"AN ACT relating to insurance consumer protections.","description":"Create a new statute in Subtitle 13 of KRS Chapter 304 to allow exceptions to an insurer’s use of credit information with regard to rates, rating classifications, tier placement and underwriting guidelines for specific life events; amend KRS 304.16-030 and 304.16-090 to allow insureds to contribute to the cost of their group life insurance; amend KRS 304.16-085 to amend the definition of dependent, as it relates to group life insurance, to allow dependent coverage for certain disabled dependents beyond age 18; create a new section of KRS Chapter 304, Subtitle 16, to allow for discretionary groups; create new sections of Subtitles 17 and 18 of KRS Chapter 304 to define “actual charges” as it relates to claims payments under health benefit plans; create a new section of KRS Chapter 304, Subtitle 20, to prohibit an insurer from canceling, nonrenewing, or increasing the premium based on an inquiry which does not reasonably apprise the insurer of a claim; amend KRS 304.20-040 to require 14 days’ notice for cancellation of a personal automobile policy that has been in effect for less than 60 days; address cancellations or nonrenewals of property and casualty coverage based solely on a specific life event that influences a person’s credit information; require insurers to respond to a request for information from the Department of Insurance regarding the nonrenewal of a personal automobile policy within seven days; amend KRS 304.020-042 to address cancellations or nonrenewal of property and casualty coverage based on a specific life event that influenced a person’s credit information.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 116)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB497/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB497.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":408140,"bill_number":"HB496","title":"AN ACT relating to open records.","description":"Amend KRS 61.870 to exclude funds derived from a state or local authority in compensation for goods or services provided by a contract obtained through a public procurement process from the determination of whether an entity is a public agency under the public records statutes.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-04","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 26)","last_action_date":"2012-04-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB496/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB496.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":408154,"bill_number":"HB495","title":"AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 341.240, relating to the unemployment compensation administration fund, to authorize the secretary to obtain funding through commercially reasonable means to pay interest on federal unemployment loans and to pledge proceeds from a surcharge on contributing employers as security; amend KRS 341.295 and 341.490 to conform; amend KRS 341.595 to require the Governor to make application, if eligible, for a cap on federal unemployment tax credit reductions; amend KRS 341.611 to require that interest on federal unemployment loans be paid from the unemployment compensation administration fund and to assess a surcharge on contributing employers if there are insufficient funds to pay interest; create a new section of KRS Chapter 341 to establish an annual surcharge, beginning on January 1, 2014, on contributing employers if there are insufficient funds to pay interest and costs relating to federal unemployment loans; require that surcharge proceeds be deposited in the interest payment fund; require annual adjustment of surcharge, beginning in January 2015, based on increase in the taxable wage base; permit secretary to reduce or suspend the annual surcharge; impose penalties, including liens, on delinquent surcharge payments; amend KRS 341.612 to provide that balance remaining in interest payment fund be credited to employers' reserve accounts or to unemployment administration fund; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 52)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB495/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB495.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":408169,"bill_number":"HB494","title":"AN ACT relating to physical activity in schools.","description":"Amend KRS 160.345 to require each school council to establish a Coordinated School Health Committee; require each school's wellness policy to include a comprehensive daily physical activity program; allow schools with grades K-5 to count recess as instructional minutes; require annual assessment and reporting of a school's health environment.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-28","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-29","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB494/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB494.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":408190,"bill_number":"HB493","title":"AN ACT proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Kentucky relating to the powers of government.","description":"Propose amendments to the Constitution of Kentucky, by amending Section 43, to restrict courts from forcing General Assembly to make, increase, decrease, or refrain from making an appropriation, imposing, increasing, or decreasing a tax or fee, or refrain from imposing a tax or fee unless prohibited by the Constitution; amending Section 110 to require courts to adhere to budget set by General Assembly; amending Section 116 to require publication of court rules and administrative procedures; amending Section 120 to specify that the adequacy of compensation and other fiscal matters relating to the courts are set by the General Assembly and to require court acquisition of real property by purchase, lease, or otherwise and major renovations to be approved by the General Assembly; propose ballot language; submit amendment to the voters.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-28","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-29","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB493/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB493.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":408202,"bill_number":"HB492","title":"AN ACT relating to collective bargaining.","description":"Permit all employees of local governments that are members of and pay dues to a public entity, defined in KRS 65.310, to bargain collectively.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-02-28","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-03-06","committee":"Labor and Industry","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB492/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB492.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":408216,"bill_number":"HB491","title":"AN ACT relating to traffic safety.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to perform traffic safety-related tasks in Bell County.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-28","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-29","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB491/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB491.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":408234,"bill_number":"HB490","title":"AN ACT relating to the well-being of students.","description":"Amend KRS 156.095 to require professional development relating to the prevention of harassment, intimidation, bullying, violence, and substance abuse for all school employees, plus the prevention of date violence for middle and high school employees; amend KRS 158.148 to include requirements related to harassment, intimidation, and bullying in the local district's discipline code; amend KRS 158.441 to include definitions of \"electronic act,\" \"harassment, intimidation, or bullying,\" and \"violence\"; amend KRS 158.444 to require the Department of Education to annually send the district's annual statistical report on violence to each district; require the superintendent to notify the largest newspaper in the district that the report is available for review at the board's office; amend KRS 525.070 to conform; name the Act as \"The Sam Denham Stand Up for All Students Act.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-28","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-29","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB490/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB490.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":408246,"bill_number":"HB489","title":"AN ACT relating to student writing.","description":"Amend KRS 156.160 to direct the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations to require that by the beginning of the 2013-2014 school year students entering the fifth grade be proficient in the use of cursive writing; amend KRS 158.645 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-28","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-29","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB489/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB489.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":408263,"bill_number":"HB488","title":"AN ACT relating to training in emergency medical services.","description":"Amend KRS 311A.025 to prohibit the Board of Emergency Medical Services from promulgating regulations prohibiting minors from participating in first responder training or certification programs.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-28","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-29","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB488/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB488.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":408279,"bill_number":"HB487","title":"AN ACT relating to the sale, issuance, approval, and status of funding notes with respect to the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 56.8605 to redefine \"financing agreement\" and \"funding notes\" to include financing or refinancing obligations owed under KRS 61.565; amend KRS 56.868 to authorize the Kentucky Asset/Liability Commission to issue funding notes to finance or refinance obligations owed under KRS 61.565; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-28","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-29","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB487/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB487.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":408291,"bill_number":"HB486","title":"AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 100 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to the office of county surveyor.","description":"Propose an amendment to Section 100 of the Constitution of Kentucky to require that no person be eligible for the office of county surveyor unless he or she produces evidence of having a Kentucky license as a professional land surveyor to the county clerk when filing for office.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-28","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2012-02-29","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB486/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB486.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":408306,"bill_number":"HB485","title":"AN ACT relating to individuals with intellectual disabilities.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 446 to provide that the Kentucky Revised Statutes shall no longer utilize the terms \"mental retardation\" or \"mentally retarded\" or abbreviations that use the letters \"MR\" to signify mental retardation or mentally retarded; set forth terms that shall be used instead, including \"intellectual disability,\" \"intellectual disabilities,\" \"individual with an intellectual disability,\" \"individuals with an intellectual disability,\" \"individual with a serious intellectual disability,\" or \"individuals with a serious intellectual disability\"; clarify that the new terms shall be understood to have the exact meaning as the terms that they replace; change the names of ICF/MRs to ICF/IDs to the extent permitted by federal law; amend various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to replace all occurrences of the old terms in statutes with the new terms, including the names of agencies, boards, care facilities, services, programs, professionals, diagnoses, the title of a chapter, and the names of nongovernmental entities that have incorporated the new terminology.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-18","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 146)","last_action_date":"2012-04-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB485/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB485.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":408321,"bill_number":"HB484","title":"AN ACT relating to concealed deadly weapons.","description":"Amend KRS 527.020, relating to carrying a concealed deadly weapon, to permit a person to carry a concealed deadly weapon without a concealed deadly weapon license on his or her own property or on property of named relatives; permit a business owner or his or her employee to carry a concealed deadly weapon without a license on property owned or leased by the employer.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 109)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB484/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB484.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":409092,"bill_number":"HB506","title":"AN ACT relating to local industrial taxing districts.","description":"Amend KRS 68.602 to reduce the required number of jobs from 500 to 100; amend KRS 68.604 to clarify language relative to use of an occupational license fee in an industrial taxing district.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-02-29","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-03-02","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB506/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB506.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":409093,"bill_number":"HB507","title":"AN ACT relating to consumer protection.","description":"Amend KRS 278.543 to establish requirements for telephone utilities to repair certain outages and submit reports to the Public Service Commission.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-29","last_action":"to Tourism Development & Energy (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-01","committee":"Tourism Development and Energy","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB507/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB507.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":409094,"bill_number":"HB508","title":"AN ACT relating to rural transportation planning organizations.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 174 to define \"Rural transportation planning organization\"; establish RTPOs in each of the Area development districts, set the membership and prescribe the duties of RTPOs.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-02-29","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-03-02","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB508/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB508.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":409097,"bill_number":"HB509","title":"AN ACT relating to the transportation of steel.","description":"Amend KRS 189.2715, relating to overweight permits for the transportation of steel products or materials, to extend the allowable distance on such a permit from 35 to 150 miles.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 112)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB509/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB509.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":409098,"bill_number":"HB510","title":"AN ACT relating to oral health in nursing homes and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216 to define terms; require that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services collaborate with the UK and UL schools of dentistry to design and implement a pilot program to improve daily access to oral health care for nursing home residents; state funding mechanism; state activities that the pilot program shall fund; permit two nursing homes to share one aide depending on need; allow the cabinet to promulgate regulations; require a periodic evaluation and report.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-18","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 147)","last_action_date":"2012-04-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB510/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB510.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":409103,"bill_number":"HB511","title":"AN ACT relating to motor vehicle titles.","description":"Amend KRS 186A.060 to require that vehicle titles contain space exclusively reserved for a minimum of two dealer assignments.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 113)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB511/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB511.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":409104,"bill_number":"HB512","title":"AN ACT relating to advanced practice registered nurses.","description":"Amend KRS 314.011, 314.042, and 314.193 to clarify the terminology for \"certified registered nurse anesthetist.\"","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-22","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-26","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB512/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB512.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":409107,"bill_number":"HB513","title":"AN ACT relating to tax credits for environmental remediation.","description":"Amend KRS 141.418 to allow the credit for environmental remediation to apply to the renovation or removal of a qualifying industrial building; expand the allowable credit from $150,000 per property to $300,000 per property and $300,000 per qualifying industrial building.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-02-29","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-03-12","committee":"Natural Resources and Environment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB513/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB513.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":409110,"bill_number":"HB514","title":"AN ACT relating to disabled parking.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 198B to require buildings with more than four disabled accessible parking spaces to maintain at least one extra wheelchair-accessible-vehicle-only disabled parking space above the Uniform State Building Code requirements; define \"wheelchair-accessible vehicle\"; amend KRS 198B.990 to provide penalties for violations.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-29","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2012-03-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB514/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB514.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":409111,"bill_number":"HB515","title":"AN ACT relating to voter registration.","description":"Amend KRS 116.155 to require that a Kentucky voter registration form include a Kentucky driver's license number or a personal identification card number, mailing address, residential address, a \"Give Location\" space where a person with a nontraditional address must create a map that includes named crossroads or streets nearest to the location where the person considers his or her address or a concise description that includes the names of crossroads or streets nearest to the location where the person considers his or her residence, and the person's signature and mark, and to remove the statement that no person will be denied the right to register because of the failure to include his or her Social Security number.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-29","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-01","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB515/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB515.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":409113,"bill_number":"HB516","title":"AN ACT relating to statutorily required notifications.","description":"Amend KRS 446.010 to define \"notify\" and \"notification\" to mean any form of written communication, including electronic mail, except in cases involving legal rights.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-29","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-01","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB516/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB516.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":409117,"bill_number":"HB517","title":"AN ACT relating to civil matters.","description":"Amend KRS 407.5609, relating to registering out of state child support orders and pleadings, to make technical correction changing \"must\" to \"shall.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-29","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-01","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB517/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB517.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":409119,"bill_number":"HB518","title":"AN ACT relating to waste tires.","description":"Amend KRS 224.50-855 to add to the membership of the Waste Tire Working Group one member who is a magistrate or commissioner and one member who is a county judge/executive.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 114)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB518/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB518.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":409120,"bill_number":"HB519","title":"AN ACT relating to public protection.","description":"Amend KRS 600.020 to expand the definition of an abused child to include a child who is sexually abused, exploited, or subjected to prostitution by any person.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-18","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 148)","last_action_date":"2012-04-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB519/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB519.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":409124,"bill_number":"HB520","title":"AN ACT relating to voter identification.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 117 to allow a voter to cast a provisional ballot if the voter is unable or declines to produce proof of identification by executing a provisional voter's affidavit furnished by the State Board of Elections, and to describe the voting procedure for casting a provisional ballot; create a new section of KRS Chapter 117 to describe how to validate a provisional voter's ballot by requiring the provisional voter to appear before the county clerk or county board of elections to provide an affidavit stating that the voter is the same individual who cast the provisional ballot, and to either show proof of identification or give a sworn statement that the voter is indigent and unable to obtain proof of identification or has a religious objection to being photographed; amend KRS 116.065 to include provisional ballots and absentee provisional ballots in the requirements for verification and the penalties of perjury; amend KRS 116.155 to describe the creation of an individual's voter identification number and the circumstances under which the number can be changed; amend KRS 117.066 to clarify that there are two ballot boxes that are transferred to the county board of elections, and change the reference to KRS 117.275 to conform to the provisions of this Act; amend KRS 117.075 to require proof of identification to be included with a person's application for an absentee ballot, and to set out the procedures for a voter to submit a provisional absentee voter's affidavit with a provisional absentee ballot if the voter did not submit a copy of his or her proof of identification or the proof of identification did not match the voter's voter identification number in the application for an absentee ballot; amend KRS 117.077 to require proof of identification to be sent with the absentee ballot request and provide for the voter to cast a provisional absentee ballot iff the voter did not submit proof of identification or the proof of identification did not match the voter's identification number; amend KRS 117.085 to set out the requirements for provisional absentee voting when voting by mail and for canceling the absentee ballots when the voter is able to vote in person on election day; amend KRS 117.0851 to include provisional absentee ballots with absentee ballots in the tabulation procedures; amend KRS 117.086 to provide instructions to the provisional absentee voter on how to vote a provisional absentee ballot; include provisional absentee ballots in absentee voting procedures; provide for provisional ballots for persons who appear in person to vote an absentee ballot but who are unable or decline to provide proof of identification;require separate ballot boxes and lists for absentee and provisional absentee ballots; amend KRS 117.0863 to include provisional absentee ballots in the requirements for absentee ballots; amend KRS 117.0865 to include provisional absentee ballots in the prohibition against aiding another in completing an absentee ballot or encouraging the voter to vote in a particular way; amend KRS 117.087 to clarify the method of processing provisional absentee ballots; amend KRS 117.145 to require the county clerk to print a sufficient number of provisional absentee ballots and provisional voter affidavits and to specify the form of the provisional absentee ballot; amend KRS 117.175 to include instructions for filling out provisional absentee ballots and provisional voter affidavits in the instruction cards provided by the county clerk; amend KRS 117.187 to include instruction on proof of identification in the training provided by the county board of elections; amend KRS 117.195 to include provisional ballots, provisional voter affidavits, and a locked ballot box for provisional ballots in the items furnished to each precinct by the county clerk; amend KRS 117.225 to require that a voter provide proof of identification that matches the voter's voter identification number in order to cast a vote in a precinct polling place; provide an exception to requiring proof of identification ifthe voter resides in a licensed care facility where the voting is taking place; amend KRS 117.227 to delete the requirement that a person's identify may be confirmed by personal acquaintance or by specific documents other than those documents designated as providing proof of identification; amend KRS 117.245 to specify that the challenge procedures do not apply to failure to provide proof of identification; amend KRS 117.255 to include provisional voters and provisional ballots in the instructions for marking a spoiled ballot; amend KRS 117.265 to include provisional voters and provisional ballots in the instructions for write-in candidates; amend KRS 117.275 to provide for tabulation of provisional ballots by the county board of elections; amend KRS 117.305 to include provisional ballots and provisional absentee ballots in the recanvassing procedures; amend KRS 117.365 to include provisional voter affidavits in the documents to be presented to the grand jury; amend KRS 117.375 to include provisional ballot and provisional absentee ballot in the definition of \"ballot\" or \"official ballot\" and to define \"proof of identification,\" \"provisional voter\" and \"provisional absentee voter,\" and \"provisional ballot\" or \"provisional absentee ballot\"; amend KRS 117.383 to include provisional ballot cards in the State Board of Elections requirement to design ballot cards; amend KRS 117.385 to include instructions on how a voter is to place a provisional ballot with the accompanying affidavit in the appropriate envelope and box in the presence of a precinct election officer; amend KRS 117.995 to include provisional voting in the penalty provisions relating to voting; amend KRS 118.015 to define \"ballot\" or \"official ballot\" to include provisional ballots and provisional absentee ballots; amend KRS 118.305 to require the county clerk to print provisional ballots and provisional absentee ballots for the voting machines, and to ensure that provisional absentee ballots are not tabulated or recorded for any candidate who was replaced, to provide that candidates for members of boards of education shall have their names printed on the provisional ballots; ensure that only duly nominated candidates shall have their names printed on provisional absentee ballots and provisional ballots; amend KRS 118.405 to prohibit more than one appearance of a candidate's name on any provisional ballot or provisional absentee ballot; amend KRS 118A.010 to define \"ballot\" or \"official ballot\" to include provisional ballots and provisional absentee ballots; amend KRS 118A.100 to require county clerks to print on provisional ballots and provisional absentee ballots the candidates for offices of the Court of Justice; amend KRS 118A.130 to prohibit a judicial candidate\"s name from appearing more than once on a provisional ballot or a provisional absentee ballot; amend KRS 118A.150 to only allow duly nominated candidates to the Court of Justice to have his or her name printed on provisional absentee ballots and provisional ballots; amend KRS 119.005 to define \"ballot\" or \"official ballot\" to include provisional ballots and provisional absentee ballots; and amend KRS 120.005 to define \"ballot\" or \"official ballot\" to include provisional ballots and provisional absentee ballots.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-29","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-01","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB520/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB520.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":409125,"bill_number":"HB521","title":"AN ACT relating to mail.","description":"Amend KRS 12.145 to require state agencies to use certified mail or registered mail for correspondence relating to legal rights, and permit state agencies to use any method of governmental, commercial, or electronic delivery for other correspondence or notification; amend KRS 446.010 to define \"certified mail\" and \"registered mail\" in communication regarding legal rights to include governmental or commercial methods, and allow any method of governmental, commercial, or electronic delivery for all other communications.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-29","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-27","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB521/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB521.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":409132,"bill_number":"HB522","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend KRS 532.110, relating to concurrent and consecutive terms of imprisonment, to make technical correction changing \"must to \"shall.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-29","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-01","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB522/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB522.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":409133,"bill_number":"HB523","title":"AN ACT relating to open records.","description":"Amend KRS 61.835 to require public agencies to make draft copies of minutes available to the public within two business days of the meeting of the public body; require the public agency to post to a public Web site a copy of the draft minutes of the meeting of the public body within two business days of the meeting; require that if approval of the minutes is required, the agency shall post the approved minutes on the Web site immediately following the meeting at which the minutes were approved.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-29","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-01","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB523/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB523.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":409134,"bill_number":"HB524","title":"AN ACT relating to civil matters.","description":"Amend KRS 412.150, relating to when a creditor shall be made a defendant in an action, to make technical correction changing \"must\" to \"shall.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-29","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-01","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB524/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB524.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":409137,"bill_number":"HB525","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishment.","description":"Amend KRS 500.050, relating to statute of limitations, to make technical correction changing \"must\" to \"shall.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-29","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-01","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB525/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB525.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":409139,"bill_number":"HB526","title":"AN ACT relating to sales and use tax on wagons and trailers used to transport combine heads.","description":"Amend KRS 139.480 to exempt combine header wagons and combine header trailers from sales and use tax; apply the exemption retroactively to January 1, 2008.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-29","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-01","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB526/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB526.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":409144,"bill_number":"HB527","title":"AN ACT relating to TVA in-lieu-of-tax payments.","description":"Amend KRS 96.895 to provide that, beginning in fiscal year 2014-2015, fifty percent (50%) of the Tennessee Valley Authority in-lieu-of-tax payments made to the Commonwealth and retained in the general fund will be allocated to designated local and regional economic or industrial development agencies for economic development and job creation activities.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-29","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-01","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB527/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB527.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":409145,"bill_number":"HCR191","title":"Direct LRC staff to study the feasibility of implementing a state infrastructure bank within the Commonwealth.","description":"Direct LRC staff to study the feasibility of implementing a state infrastructure bank within the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-29","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-01","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR191/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HC191.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":409149,"bill_number":"SB181","title":"AN ACT relating to speed limits.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to set the maximum speed limit on United States Route 68/Kentucky Route 80 from the Natcher Parkway to the Trigg County - Marshall County line at 65 miles per hour; require a violator of these speed limits to be subject to the provisions of KRS 189.394.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-29","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB181/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB181.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":409150,"bill_number":"SB182","title":"AN ACT relating to family farms.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 247 directing the Department of Agriculture to establish the Kentucky Family Farm Program; define \"farm\"; describe application process; describe criteria to use in screening applicants; stipulate funding structure; allow for consultation and cooperation with other agencies; require promulgation of administrative regulations; amend KRS 246.247 to allow use of agricultural program trust fund moneys for program; amend KRS 171.388 to set out application process under Kentucky Register of Heritage Farms; require promulgation of administrative regulations.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-29","last_action":"to Agriculture (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"Agriculture","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB182/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB182.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":409152,"bill_number":"SB183","title":"AN ACT relating to preservation of digital, video, and audio recordings by schools.","description":"Amend KRS 160.705 to require schools to retain all recordings of school activities for one week without editing, altering, or destroying recorded material, and to retain without alteration any recording of school activities that include or allegedly include an injury to a student or school employee for a minimum period of one year.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-29","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2012-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB183/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB183.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":409157,"bill_number":"SB184","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to establish the Career and Technical Education Advisory Committee, its membership, and responsibilities; create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to permit a local board of education to petition the commissioner of education to assume management and control of a state-operated secondary vocational education and technology center and clarify issues relating to transfer of employees; permit reimbursement to the department for the cost of substitute teachers for national board certification candidates; amend KRS 12.020 to remove the Office of Career and Technical Education and the Kentucky Technical Education Personnel Board from the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet; repeal KRS 151B.020, reenact as KRS 156.001, and amend to conform; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 151B.010 to establish the authority of the commissioner of education over the Office of Career and Technical Education; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 151B.025 to create the office of Career and Technical Education within the Department of Education, to clarify the role of the Kentucky Board of Education, the disposition of state leadership activities and funds, and the assumption of responsibilities by the commissioner previously held by the executive director; amend KRS 151B.030 to attach the Kentucky Technical Education Personnel Board to the Department of Education for administrative purposes; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 151B.035 to establish the authority of the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations, personnel policies, and procedures relating to staff in the Office of Career and Technical Education central office and state operated facilities; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 151B.045 to clarify authority for personnel files; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 151B.065 to clarify Department of Education responsibility in relationship to employee retirement funds; repeal, reenact and amend KRS 151B.075 to authorize the commissioner of education to adopt employee evaluation procedures; repeal, reenact and amend KRS 151B.097 to clarify membership of the Kentucky Technical Education Personnel Board; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 151B.120 to authorize the commissioner of education to enter into worker training agreements with the Kentucky Adult Education Program; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 151B.150 to vest the Kentucky Board of Education with authority to carry out vocational programs authorized by Congress; repeal, reenact and amend KRS 151B.155 to clarify role of the commissioner in ordering payment of funds; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 151B.165 to authorize the Kentucky Board of Education to fix tuition and fee rates for adults enrolled in secondary programs in state-operated area vocational education and technology centers; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 151B.170 to permit the commissioner to provide liability insurance for vehicles operated by the Office; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 151B.175 to authorize the Kentucky Board of Education to provide medical and accident insurance to students enrolled in state area technology and vocational centers; repeal and reenact KRS 151B.410 as KRS 164.008, to place the Kentucky Adult Education Program administrative authority with related statutes; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 157.069 to provide the commissioner authority to categorize programs; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 157.395 to clarify status of National Board certification of career and technical education teachers; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 158.808 to authorize the department to establish an energy technology career track; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 158.814 to authorize the department to implement a comprehensive plan of secondary career and technical education programs; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 158.816 to authorize the department to conduct program assessment and statewide technical assistance; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 161.133 to permit department of education reimbursement for substitute teachers for national board certification candidates; repeal KRS 151B.250 and KRS 151B.255; establish procedure for initial appointments of department employee representatives to the Kentucky Technical Education Personnel Board; clarify procedures for merging Office of Career and Technical Education components and employees within the department; clarify benefit protections of employees; direct statute reviser to replace references as needed; confirm Executive Order 2011-351, Part V.-B.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-26","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-27","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB184/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB184.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":409159,"bill_number":"SB185","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to provide for expungement of one Class D felony or series of Class D felonies arising from a single incident and the restoration of all rights of the defendant. The expungement is not available for a person convicted of a Class D felony involving a sex offense, controlled substances tracking offense, or an offense against a minor child; amend KRS 431.076 relating to expungement of records of persons found not guilty or against whom charges have been dropped o add offenses where a person's case was referred to the grand jury and the grand jury did not indict the person within one year of the referral; amend KRS 17.142 relating to arrest records to conform; amend KRS 610.300 relating to records in juvenile public offense cases to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-29","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB185/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB185.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":409160,"bill_number":"SB186","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 530 to create the crime of endangering the welfare of a minor in the first degree for failing to report a missing child; amend KRS 530.060 to change the name of endangering the welfare of a minor to endangering the welfare of a minor in the second degree; amend KRS 600.020, relating to definitions for the juvenile code to add a definition of \"delinquent child\"; amend KRS 620.030, relating to child abuse reports, to require the cabinet to investigate each report; amend KRS 620.040, relating to child abuse reports, to recognize as actionable reports alleging abuse by \"any other person\" in addition to named persons; create a new section of KRS Chapter 189A to create the crime of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence with a child under 18 in the vehicle; name Section 1 of this Act \"Caylee's Law\".","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-29","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB186/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB186.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":409163,"bill_number":"SB187","title":"AN ACT relating to nurses.","description":"Amend KRS 218A.202 to direct advanced practice registered nurses authorized to prescribe controlled substances to register for electronic access to the controlled substance monitoring system created by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services prior to prescribing or dispensing a controlled substance or within a set time period; require the advanced practice registered nurse to check a patient through the system before first prescribing or dispensing a controlled substance; mandate the same check at least once every three months for continuing patients; direct a check through the monitoring system for a patient who has not been continuously treated for a period of three months; exempt an advanced practice registered nurse from the monitoring system requirements if the nurse administers a controlled substance in a surgical, emergency, or hospice setting; amend KRS 314.042 to delete the requirement that an advanced practice registered nurse enter into a collaborative agreement with a physician before prescribing or dispensing nonscheduled legend drugs.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-29","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB187/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB187.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":409164,"bill_number":"SB188","title":"AN ACT relating to controlled substances and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to prohibit trafficking in or possession of synthetic drugs including provisions for a maximum fine of double the gain from the commission of the offense; amend KRS 218A.010 to define \"synthetic cannabinoids or piperazines,\" \"synthetic cathinones,\" and \"synthetic drugs\"; amend KRS 218A.020 to permit the Office of Drug Control Policy to make recommendations to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services regarding controlled substances scheduling; amend KRS 218A.141, relating to cleanup costs for drug trafficking, to include trafficking in synthetic drugs; amend KRS 218A.350 to create a penalty structure mirroring that established for trafficking in synthetic drugs; amend KRS 218A.1411, relating to trafficking in the vicinity of a school to include synthetic drugs; amend KRS 218A.410, relating to forfeiture in drug cases, to add trafficking in synthetic drugs; amend KRS 218A.992 to include trafficking in synthetic drugs as an offense triggering a penalty increase when committed while in possession of a firearm; amend KRS 243.500, relating to liquor licenses revocations, to include synthetic drugs; repeal KRS 218A.1426, 218A.1427, 218A.1428, 218A.1453, 218A.1454, 218A.1455; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-02-29","last_action":"returned to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB188/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB188.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":410093,"bill_number":"HB528","title":"AN ACT relating to prisoners.","description":"Amend KRS 439.3405, relating to parole of prisoners with documented terminal medical conditions, to permit the parole board to review prisoners with substantial or chronic medical conditions for parole after they have served at least 50 percent of their sentences if their condition would be treated more effectively on parole.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-03-01","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-03-08","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB528/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB528.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":410094,"bill_number":"HB529","title":"AN ACT relating to disability retirement.","description":"Amend KRS 16.582 and 61.600 to amend disability application and approval procedures of the Kentucky Employees Retirement System (KERS), County Employees Retirement System (CERS), or State Police Retirement System (SPRS) for persons applying for disability benefits on or after August 1, 2012, by deeming disabling conditions as permanent if the applicant was approved for Social Security disability benefits, by allowing the applicants to reapply for disability benefits based upon approval for Social Security disability benefits provided Social Security disability benefits were awarded within twenty-four months of the person's last day of paid employment, and by not considering a condition as pre-existing if the systems can only identify one pre-existing condition but the person is determined disabled by the Social Security Administration based upon multiple disabling conditions; amend KRS 61.610 to establish verification process for receipt of Social Security disability benefits and to require a disability recipient to notify the systems if his or her Social Security disability benefits have been discontinued; amend KRS 61.615 to allow the systems to verify receipt of Social Security disability benefits in cases of discontinuance of disability benefits; establish the hearing officer's decision in disability cases as a final order of the board; require hearing officers contracted or employed by the systems on or after August 1, 2012, to have at least 5 years of experience in Social Security disability benefits, state retirement disability benefits, or worker's compensation benefits; prohibit the system from discontinuing disability benefits for persons who apply for disability benefits on or after August 1, 2012, who have received approval for Social Security disability benefits within 24 months of their last day of paid employment; amend KRS 61.665 to allow the systems to require verification of Social Security disability benefits in approval of state-retirement disability benefits; establish the hearing officer's decision in disability cases as a final order of the board; require hearing officers contracted or employed by the systems on or after August 1, 2012 to have at least 5 years of experience in Social Security disability benefits, state retirement disability benefits, or worker's compensation benefits; presume that a person applying for disability benefits on or after August 1, 2012, is permanently disabled if the person has received approval for Social Security disability within 24 months following his or her last day of paid employment; create a new section of KRS 61.510 to 61.705 to limit attorney fees involving approval or litigation of KERS, CERS, or SPRS disability benefits to 25% of back disability payments awarded, not to exceed a set dollar amount based upon the level of appeal; amend KRS 16.645 and 78.545 to conform; EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1, 2112.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-03-01","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-03-13","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB529/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB529.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":410095,"bill_number":"HB530","title":"AN ACT relating to mental health services.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 205.500 to 205.509 to establish the Home and Community Based Behavioral Health Services Advisory Committee and to establish membership and duties of the committee.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-01","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB530/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB530.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":410096,"bill_number":"HB531","title":"AN ACT relating to motor carriers.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 281 to require certain fuel cost disclosures and fuel cost reimbursements by a motor carrier, broker, or freight forwarder providing or arranging truckload transportation or service using fuel for which it does not bear the cost; require such a motor carrier, broker, or freight forwarder to reimburse persons that do bear fuel costs for any such costs they have paid and to provide a written list that identifies any freight charge, brokerage fee or commission, fuel surcharge or adjustment, and any other charges; prohibit any person from presenting false or misleading information on a document or in an oral representation about the actual rate, charge, or allowance to any party to the transaction or transportation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-01","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB531/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB531.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":410097,"bill_number":"HB532","title":"AN ACT relating to retirement.","description":"Amend KRS 6.505 to close the Legislators' Retirement Plan to new members effective July 1, 2013; amend KRS 6.525 to prohibit salary earned in another state-administered system from being used to determine benefits in the Legislators' Retirement Plan if the member does not have service in the other state-administered retirement systems prior to the effective date of this Act; create a new section of KRS 61.510 to 61.705 to close the Kentucky Employees Retirement System, the County Employees Retirement System, and the State Police Retirement System to new members effective July 1, 2013; create KRS Chapter 61A to establish the Kentucky Employees Defined Contribution Plan, a defined contribution plan administered by the board of the Kentucky Deferred Compensation Authority, for new employees hired on or after July 1, 2013, by a participating agency of the retirement systems closed under the provisions of this Act; establish administrative requirements of the Kentucky Employees Defined Contribution Plan and authorize the board to establish or amend existing plans administered by the board to carry out the provisions of this Act; establish eligibility for membership in the Kentucky Employees Defined Contribution Plan; establish matching employer contributions of 5% for non-hazardous employees and 8% for hazardous employees contributing to the Kentucky Employees Defined Contribution Plan and a six-year vesting schedule for employer contributions; establish the State Treasurer as custodian of the Kentucky Employees Defined Contribution Plan; cross-reference statutes of the Kentucky Deferred Compensation Authority pertaining to the authority's board, limitation on liability of investments, and regulation of investments; provide that the benefits provided by the Kentucky Employees Defined Contribution Plan shall not be considered an inviolable contract of the Commonwealth; amend KRS 15.460, 15.470, 16.165, 16.194, 16.520, 16.645, 18A.245, 32.031, 42.615, 61.407, 61.525, 67.875, 67A.655, 78.540, 78.545, 79.090, 90.400, 90.410, 95.290, 95.520, 95.621, 95.768, 95.852, 95A.260, 96.180, 132.370, 152.230, 154.40-020, 212.432, 212.636, 212.660, 212.792, and 342.215 to conform; require the board of the Kentucky Employees Defined Contribution Plan to provide an update on the plan, including any legal issues involving state or federal law, to the Interim Joint Committee on State Government no later than October 31, 2012.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-01","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB532/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB532.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":410098,"bill_number":"HB533","title":"AN ACT relating to private transfer fee obligations and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 382 to define \"private transfer fees\", related terms, and exceptions; to prohibit the inclusion of private transfer fees in real property transactions, provide civil remedies, and prohibit waiver; to require conspicuous notice of all fees and obligations in contracts for the purchase of real estate, provide civil remedies for a violation, and prohibit waiver; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 118)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB533/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB533.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":410099,"bill_number":"HB534","title":"AN ACT relating to transportation.","description":"Amend KRS 186.6401 to include the Transportation Cabinet as an agency that can promulgate administrative regulations identifying individuals who must submit to a skills test prior to being issued an operator's license; amend KRS 186.020, 189.125, and 281A.080 to make technical corrections.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-01","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB534/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB534.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":410100,"bill_number":"HB535","title":"AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 14 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to access to the courts for judicial remedy.","description":"Propose an amendment to Section 14 of the Constitution of Kentucky to authorize the General Assembly to enact a general law to establish a review panel for professional malpractice claims, to deny access to the courts for claims determined to be frivolous based upon the review, provide claimants with limited judicial review of the determination of the review panel, and establish standard of proof.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-01","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB535/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB535.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":410101,"bill_number":"HB536","title":"AN ACT relating to professional malpractice.","description":"Amend KRS 311.962 relating to malpractice to make gender neutral.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-01","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB536/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB536.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":410102,"bill_number":"HB537","title":"AN ACT relating to filing fees for office and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 118.255 to require the Secretary of State or county clerk to refund filing fee if the candidate is redistricted into a new district or a reapportionment or redistricting plan is held to be unconstitutional, after the candidate has paid the filing fee and the redistricting or court order renders any portion of the filing under KRS 118.165 incorrect; make retroactive to November 9, 2011; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-01","last_action":"posting waived","last_action_date":"2012-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB537/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB537.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":410103,"bill_number":"HB538","title":"AN ACT relating to appraisal management companies.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 324A to establish the appraisal management company education, research, and recovery fund; direct the Real Estate Appraisal Board to assess each registrant an annual fee of $800 to be included in the fund; designate purposes of the fund; require the board to maintain a minimum fund level of $200,000 for recovery and guaranty purposes; permit the board to use funds in excess of the required minimum balance for educational and other purposes that advance the appraisal field in Kentucky; establish procedure for making claims against the fund; define \"aggrieved party\"; permit the board to require a respondent to pay costs of investigation and all proceedings when disciplinary action is imposed pursuant to the chapter.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-01","last_action":"to Licensing & Occupations (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"Licensing and Occupations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB538/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB538.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":410104,"bill_number":"HB539","title":"AN ACT relating to economic development.","description":"Amend KRS 154.26-010 to add definitions for \"supplemental project\" and \"supplemental project eligible company\": amend KRS 154.26-080 to allow a company with a revitalization agreement outstanding to apply for a supplemental project; amend KRS 154.26-090 to allow a sales and use tax credit for taxable items purchased to construct, retrofit, or upgrade a facility as part of a supplemental project; create a new section of KRS Chapter 139 to provide for the sales tax incentive.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 119)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB539/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB539.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":410106,"bill_number":"HB540","title":"AN ACT relating to Medicaid managed care.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 205.510 to 205.560, relating to the Medicaid program, to define the terms \"department,\" \"managed care organization,\" and \"Medicaid managed care contract\"; require the Department for Medicaid Services to promulgate an administrative regulation to establish the policies and procedures for administration of prescription drug benefits by a Medicaid managed care organization; require the administrative regulation to include policies for the managed care organization's pharmacy and therapeutics committee regarding committee membership, formulary development process, meeting schedule, drug approval, and appeal process; require a managed care organization to provide coverage for a drug approved by its pharmacy and therapeutics committee, implement drug utilization management tools, and provide coverage in the formulary for all drug categories and classes of disease states; require the department to develop a standardized drug prior authorization request form by June 30, 2012; require coverage for no less than nine months for a drug needed for continuous treatment of a medical condition; require response to a prior authorization request within two days; require managed care organizations to furnish a list of prior authorization requests and responses to the department within 60 days of the effective date of the Act; require a managed care organization to restore authorization for a prescription in effect on October 31, 2011, if the change in prescription was not made by the prescriber; amend KRS 205.564 to require the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Advisory Committee to review and approve the formulary or preferred drug list of any entity contracted with the Department for Medicaid Services to administer pharmacy benefits for the Medicaid program.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-03-01","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-03-06","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB540/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB540.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":410107,"bill_number":"HB541","title":"AN ACT relating to sexual offenses.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 510, relating to sexual offenses, to create a new offense for serial abuse of a child and provide penalty.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-01","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB541/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB541.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":410108,"bill_number":"HB542","title":"AN ACT relating to the licensure of fee-based pastoral counselors.","description":"Amend KRS 202A.400 to include licensed fee-based pastoral counselor in the definition \"mental health professional;\" amend KRS 335.600 to 335.699 to change references of certified fee-based pastoral counselors and certification of fee-based pastoral counselors to licensed fee-based pastoral counselors and reference licensure of fee-based pastoral counselors; amend KRS 335.620 to require the board to issue licenses to fee-based pastoral counselors certified and in good standing prior to January 1, 2013; amend KRS 645.020 to include licensed fee-based pastoral counselors in the definition of 'mental health professional;\" amend KRS 0506 to include licensed fee-based pastoral counselors in the definition of \"counselor\".","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-01","last_action":"to Licensing & Occupations (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"Licensing and Occupations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB542/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB542.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":410109,"bill_number":"HB543","title":"AN ACT relating to craft distilleries.","description":"Amend KRS 243.030 to establish a craft distillery license and a craft distillery souvenir retail liquor license; create a new section of KRS Chapter 243 to permit the holder of a craft distillery license to distill less than 50,000 gallons of distilled spirits per year, to serve samples on the premises in an amount not to exceed 1 ounce per patron, and to sell to a wholesaler; create a new section of KRS Chapter 243 to permit the holder of a craft distillery souvenir retail liquor license to sell distilled spirits produced on site from a retail location on the premises, limit the hours of sale, and prohibit wholesalers from restricting the sale of souvenir packages.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-01","last_action":"to Licensing & Occupations (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"Licensing and Occupations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB543/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB543.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":410110,"bill_number":"HB544","title":"AN ACT relating to the local corrections assistance fund and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 441.207 to provide for distribution of moneys in the local corrections assistance fund; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-01","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB544/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB544.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":410111,"bill_number":"HB545","title":"AN ACT relating to governmental revenue functions and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 134.010 to change the definition of \"taxpayer\"; amend KRS 134.122 to delete an incorrect reference; amend KRS 134.127 to allow county clerks to discharge notices when delinquent property taxes are paid to the county clerk; amend KRS 134.128 to revise the sale process for certificates of delinquency; amend KRS 134.129 to require registration with the department for persons paying at least more than five certificates of delinquency statewide or at least more than three certificates of delinquency in any county; amend KRS 134.490, to amend notice and installment payment provisions, and to correct drafting errors relating to submission of notices returned as undeliverable; amend KRS 134.504 to correct a drafting error; amend KRS 134.551 to clarify the process for refunds of filing fees when tax bills are exonerated; amend KRS 132.220 to restore language regarding responsibility for payment of the ad valorem tax; amend KRS 133.130 relating to exonerations; amend KRS 134.126 to conform; create a new section of KRS Chapter 64 to allow county clerks to impose a fee of up to fifty cents per page for copies; amend KRS 134.452 to revise provisions relating to fees imposed by third-party purchasers; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-23","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 161)","last_action_date":"2012-04-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB545/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB545.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":410112,"bill_number":"HB546","title":"AN ACT relating to bovine assessments.","description":"Amend KRS 247.650 to state that any assessment made after the effective date of the Act shall be in addition to the federal assessment referenced in KRS 247.652; amend KRS 247.652 to clarify that if the federal assessment is terminated or suspended, the association certified to administer the assessment shall continue to collect the assessment and use it for carrying out the provisions of KRS 247.610 to 247.685; make technical corrections.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-01","last_action":"to Agriculture & Small Business (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"Agriculture and Small Business","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB546/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB546.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":410113,"bill_number":"HB547","title":"AN ACT relating to Medicaid prescription drugs.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to define the terms \"cabinet,\" \"maximum allowable cost,\" and \"multiple source drug\"; permit a Medicaid managed care organization contracting with the cabinet to establish a maximum allowable cost for a drug if there are at least two or more bioequivalent or therapeutically equivalent multiple source noninnovator drugs available; establish criteria for determining the maximum allowable cost; require a Medicaid managed care organization to establish a process for a provider to appeal the maximum allowable cost.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-01","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB547/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB547.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":410114,"bill_number":"HB548","title":"AN ACT relating to persons who maintain a cigarette-making machine in a retail establishment in Kentucky.","description":"Create new section of KRS 138.130 to 138.205 to provide that any person maintaining a cigarette-making machine at are retail establishment is subject to the cigarette tax and cigarette surtaxes; create new sections of KRS 131.600 to 131.602, KRS 131.604 to 131.630, and KRS 227.770 to 227.784 to provide that any person maintaining a cigarette-making machine at are retail establishment shall be manufacturers.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-01","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB548/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB548.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":410115,"bill_number":"HB549","title":"AN ACT relating to encouraging healthy lifestyles.","description":"Create new sections in KRS Chapter 141 establishing a wellness project credit; create a new section in KRS Chapter 131 requiring the reporting of wellness project credit data by the Department of Revenue to the Legislative Research Commission; amend KRS 141.0205 placing the new credit within the credit-ordering statute; create a new section in KRS Chapter 194A requiring 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":"2012-03-01","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB549/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB549.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":410116,"bill_number":"HB550","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Healthy Nutrition Pilot Project.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 246 to implement a pilot project for healthy nutrition that addresses needy population areas; provide for expansion statewide.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-23","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 162)","last_action_date":"2012-04-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB550/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB550.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":410117,"bill_number":"HB551","title":"AN ACT relating to courts.","description":"Amend KRS 21A.110, relating to compensation and expenses for retired justice or special judge, to make a technical correction for gender equity.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-01","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB551/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB551.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":410118,"bill_number":"HB552","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend KRS 500.040, relating to implementation of the Penal Code, to make technical correction changing \"must\" to \"shall.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-01","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-23","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB552/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB552.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":410121,"bill_number":"HB553","title":"AN ACT relating to courts.","description":"Amend KRS 22A.020, relating to appeal procedures, to make technical correction for gender equity.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-01","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB553/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB553.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":410122,"bill_number":"HB554","title":"AN ACT relating to courts.","description":"Amend KRS 23A.205 to make technical correction for gender equity.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-01","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB554/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB554.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":410123,"bill_number":"HB555","title":"AN ACT relating to tobacco products.","description":"Amend KRS 138.130 to define and redefine terms; amend KRS 138.140 to replace the tax imposed on wholesalers of moist snuff and other tobacco products with an excise tax on distributors for the privilege of selling tobacco products in this state, effective August 1, 2012; provide moist snuff shall be taxed at 19 cents per unit; provide loose-leaf chewing tobacco shall be taxed at 19 cents per single unit, 40 cents per half-pound unit, or 65 cents per pound unit, and an additional 19 cents for each increment of four ounces or more over 16 ounces; provide all other tobacco products shall be taxed at 15 percent of the manufacturer's sales price; amend KRS 138.195 to require a $500 license fee to be paid annually by each distributor; require monthly reporting by manufacturers of tobacco products; require distributor to report and pay the tax on a monthly basis; create new sections of KRS 138.130 to 138.205 to require distributors to keep records for not less than four years; provide for the seizure, forfeiture, and destruction of contraband tobacco products and the seizure, forfeiture, and sale of personal property used in connection with the sale or possession of contraband tobacco products; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2012.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-01","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB555/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB555.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":410124,"bill_number":"HB556","title":"AN ACT relating to electric power rates for industrial customers.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 278 to require the General Assembly's best efforts in retaining low electric power rates for aluminum smelters.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-03-01","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-03-06","committee":"Tourism Development and Energy","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB556/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB556.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":410125,"bill_number":"HB557","title":"AN ACT relating to the reclassification of the City of Coal Run Village.","description":"Reclassify the City of Coal Run Village, in Pike County, with a population of 1,706, from a city of the sixth class to a city of the fifth class, which requires a population of 1,000 to 2,999.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-01","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2012-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB557/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB557.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":410126,"bill_number":"HB558","title":"AN ACT relating to retirement.","description":"Amend KRS 61.702 to modify the membership date for which retiree health benefit changes for KERS, CERS, and SPRS members were established for new participants, from a membership date on or after July 1, 2003, to a membership date on or after January 1, 2004.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-01","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB558/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB558.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":410127,"bill_number":"HB559","title":"AN ACT relating to energy technologies.","description":"Amend KRS 278.605 to allow for certain nuclear-based technologies as long as electricity is not the primary output of the processes.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 120)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB559/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB559.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":410128,"bill_number":"HB560","title":"AN ACT relating to the Department of Law.","description":"Amend KRS 367.150 to provide that the Attorney General may recover its expert witness fees when intervening in cases on behalf of consumers' interest before a quasijudicial or rate-making body; create a new section of KRS Chapter 278.010 to 278.450 to provide that the Attorney General shall, upon request, recover reasonable expert witness fees and establish a method for collection and for refund of overpayment.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-01","last_action":"posting waived","last_action_date":"2012-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB560/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB560.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":410129,"bill_number":"HB561","title":"AN ACT relating to geothermal systems.","description":"Amend KRS 223.400 to add definitions for \"geothermal borehole\" and \"geothermal system\" and to amend the definition for \"water well\"; amend KRS 223.435 to require the secretary of the Energy and Environment Cabinet, upon recommendation of the Kentucky Water Well Certification Board, to promulgate administrative regulations establishing standards of practice for drilling geothermal boreholes and installing geothermal systems; require the administrative regulations to include annually recurring certification requirements for geothermal borehole drillers; require the administrative regulations to be proposed within one year of the effective date of the Act; amend KRS 223.455 to authorize the cabinet to enter onto property, consistent with due process, to obtain information on geothermal system installation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-01","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-27","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB561/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB561.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":410130,"bill_number":"HB562","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend KRS 531.010, relating to pornography definitions, to specify what constitutes lack of consent; amend KRS 531.090, relating to voyeurism, to specify an alternate disposition of a case where the defendant is a minor and the offense is a first offense; amend KRS 531.100, relating to video voyeurism, to specify an alternative disposition where a defendant is a minor and the offense is a first offense; amend KRS 531.340, relating to distribution of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor, to specify an alternative disposition where the defendant is a minor and the offense is a first offense; create a new section of KRS Chapter 635 to specify that violations of listed statutes by a minor for a first offense are punishable by a fine and a community services work program; set duration of work program at 40 hours; create a new section of KRS Chapter 531 to specify that a minor committing an offense specified in the Act shall only be charged with and punished using the alternative sentence when the offense is a first offense; amend KRS 216.302, relating to causing a suicide, to specify that when transmitting an image of a minor causes that minor to commit suicide it is a violation of this section.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-01","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB562/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB562.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":410131,"bill_number":"HB563","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to create the crime of fraudulent firearm transaction when a person fraudulently informs a firearms dealer or a private person that the proposed firearms transaction is illegal when it is legal or that is legal when it is illegal; exempt peace officers acting in the line of duty; make violation of this section a Class D felony.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 121)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB563/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB563.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":410132,"bill_number":"HB564","title":"AN ACT relating to emergency anaphylaxis medications in schools.","description":"Amend KRS 158.836 to require schools to have an emergency action plan and a written individual healthcare plan for managing an anaphylactic reaction; require schools to keep epinephrine auto-injectors in a minimum of 3 places; require students with life-threatening allergies to have an epinephrine auto-injector in the school.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-01","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-27","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB564/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB564.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":410133,"bill_number":"HB565","title":"AN ACT relating to the health and wellness of children.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to add declaration by the General Assembly of a goal to increase time for physical activity in K-5 schools by November 1, 2014; require the Kentucky Department of Education to identify model programs, provide resources and assessment tools, and develop a checklist for reporting activity data; encourage physical activity plans in schools containing grades 6 through 8; report to the Interim Joint Committee on Education and the Interim Joint Committee on Health and Welfare by November 1, 2013, and annually thereafter on the types of physical activity being provided in K-5 schools; establish the Healthy Kids trust fund to provide grants to schools to implement wellness programs; establish a review panel to determine grant recipients; and cite the Act as the Kentucky Healthy Kids Act of 2012.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-01","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB565/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB565.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":410135,"bill_number":"HB566","title":"AN ACT relating to managed care organizations that contract with the Department for Medicaid Services.","description":"Establish KRS Chapter 205A relating to managed care organizations, (MCO) contracting with the Department for Medicaid Services for provision of health care services, and create new sections thereof to define terms; prohibit a MCO from requiring a provider to participate in additional product lines of the MCO as a condition of participation in the MCO; require a MCO to provide chiropractic benefits; prohibit a MCO from discrimination against a provider on the basis of a MD or DO degree; require a MCO to provide written notification of covered services and benefits and any changes to enrollees, establish time frames for notification, information to be included, and require materials to be filed with the Department for Medicaid Services; require a MCO to provide written notification to enrollees of the availability of written documents, establish contents of required documents, provide information about qualifications of a provider to an enrollee upon request, and make annual financial statement available; require a MCO to have a provider network sufficient to meet enrollee needs; require a MCO to provide adequate choice of primary care providers to enrollees, permit enrollee choice of primary care provider, permit women choice of providers for routine and preventive women's health care screenings, and provide enrollee access to providers for second medical opinion; require a MCO to establish standards for provider participation and mechanisms for soliciting and acting upon provider applications, notify enrollees about termination of provider and arrange continuity of care, and establish policy for removal or withdrawal of health care providers; require a MCO to file copies of provider agreements, risk sharing agreements, and subcontract agreements with the department; prohibit against contract provisions limiting disclosure to an enrollee about the enrollee's medical condition or treatment options; prohibit against contract requiring mandatory use of hospitalist; require a MCO to include a drug utilization review program, limit generic drug substitution, and have exceptions policy to use of drug formulary; require a MCO to disclose limitations on coverage and to provide denial letter to enrollee; establish the qualifications and duties of the MCO medical director, require a MCO to adopt national standards and review criteria, develop quality assurance or improvement standards, and establish process to select health care providers; require a MCO to have medical record confidentiality policies and procedures in compliance with HIPAA and ensure protection of medical records from unauthorized disclosure; to prohibit inclusion of a most-favored-nation provision in a MCO contract with a provider; require disclosure of a payment or fee schedule and any changes to MCO health care providers and require confidentiality of provider about payment information; to define the term \"material change\" and require MCO to notify a health care provider of a material change to the managed care plan; require a MCO to educate enrollees about appropriate use of emergency and other medical services, require payment for in- and out-of-network services without prior approval for emergency care, and require emergency personnel to contact enrollee's primary care provider or MCO; require a MCO to provide a directory of participating providers to enrollees; require a MCO to maintain written policies and procedures for determining covered services, making utilization review determinations, and notifying enrollees about its determinations; prohibit a MCO from providing or performing utilization review without being registered with the Department of Insurance and require findings of noncompliance by the Department for Medicaid Services to be reported to the Department of Insurance for appropriate action; require a MCO to provide written information to the department about the utilization review plan, require the department to establish reporting requirements for the MCO utilization review in accordance with the managed care contract; require timely utilization review decision; define the term \"coverage denial\", require a MCO to have a grievance and appeals process, establish requirements for expedited review, and require the department to establish and maintain a system for receiving and reviewing requests for state fair hearings; require disclosure of new information regarding internal appeal, establish time frame for rendering decision, and establish that failure of MCO to render decision within required time frame to be deemed as adverse determination by the MCO for the purpose of initiating a state fair hearing; establish process for initiation and notification of state fair hearing; require the department to provide enrollees with a hearing process and establish the time frame for requesting a state fair hearing, documentation, and notification; establish the requirements for stabilization of enrollees with an emergency medical condition in a nonparticipating hospital; prohibit a MCO from preventing referral to a specialist by a primary care provider; prohibit a MCO from preventing authorization of an enrollee's referral to a participating obstetrician or gynecologist and authorize annual pap smear without referral; require a MCO to permit an enrollee to access a dentist or covered dental service an optometrist or ophthalmologist for a covered vision service without a referral; permit an enrollee to disenroll from a MCO as provided by federal law; require a MCO to comply with the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 and federal law; require the department to enforce the provisions of KRS Chapter 205A and to promulgate administrative regulations; amend KRS 304.3-170 to prohibit the Commissioner of Insurance from amending the certificate authority of an insurer also serving as a managed care organization without written notification from the Department of Medicaid Services confirming compliance of the MCO with the provisions of KRS Chapter 205A for at least one year.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-01","last_action":"posting withdrawn","last_action_date":"2012-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB566/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB566.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":410136,"bill_number":"HCR196","title":"Create the Task Force on Kentucky Alcoholic Beverage Law; state that the purposes of the task force are to study possible changes to the statutes and administrative regulations governing the sale of alcoholic beverages in Kentucky and to make recommendations based on its findings; name the membership of the task force; direct the task force to meet at least once monthly before submitting its final report; require the task force to submit its final report to the Legislative Research Commission and the Interim Joint Committee on Licensing and Occupations by February 1, 2013; empower the Legislative Research Commission to determine the final membership and study completion date; authorize the Legislative Research Commission to alternatively assign the identified issues to interim joint committees or their subcommittees.","description":"Create the Task Force on Kentucky Alcoholic Beverage Law; state that the purposes of the task force are to study possible changes to the statutes and administrative regulations governing the sale of alcoholic beverages in Kentucky and to make recommendations based on its findings; name the membership of the task force; direct the task force to meet at least once monthly before submitting its final report; require the task force to submit its final report to the Legislative Research Commission and the Interim Joint Committee on Licensing and Occupations by February 1, 2013; empower the Legislative Research Commission to determine the final membership and study completion date; authorize the Legislative Research Commission to alternatively assign the identified issues to interim joint committees or their subcommittees.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-01","last_action":"to Licensing & Occupations (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"Licensing and Occupations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR196/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HC196.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":410137,"bill_number":"HCR197","title":"Establish a Preferential Voting in Elections Task Force to study whether preferential voting should be utilized in any or all primaries or elections in the Commonwealth.","description":"Establish a Preferential Voting in Elections Task Force to study whether preferential voting should be utilized in any or all primaries or elections in the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-01","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR197/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HC197.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":410138,"bill_number":"SB19","title":"AN ACT relating to agriculture.","description":"Amend KRS 246.070 relating to the duties of the Commissioner of Agriculture to make technical corrections.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-01","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB19/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB19.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":410139,"bill_number":"SB189","title":"AN ACT relating to state emblems.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to designate the U.S. Army Cadet Corps as the official cadet program and Forest Hill Military Academy as the official military school of Kentucky.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-23","last_action":"returned to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-27","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB189/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB189.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":410140,"bill_number":"SB190","title":"AN ACT relating to advanced practice registered nurses.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to describe physician responsibilities when entering into or reporting a collaborative agreement with an advanced practice registered nurse; amend KRS 311.550 to define \"collaborative agreement\"; amend KRS 311.565 to authorize the medical board to determine the standard of acceptable medical practice relating to a physician's involvement in a collaborative agreement; amend KRS 311.595 to include conduct relating to a collaborative agreement as a part of engaging in dishonorable, unethical, or unprofessional conduct subject to physician licensee discipline; amend KRS 311.597 to conform; add physician conduct related to a collaborative agreement in the conduct which is calculated or has the effect of bringing the medical profession into disrepute; amend KRS 314.042 to designate details for a collaborative agreement relating to nonscheduled legend drugs; make a collaborative agreement for controlled substances address the nurse's level of prescriptive authority; include in each controlled substance collaborative agreement the level of physician availability, frequency of meetings between the collaborating nurse and physician, and minimum number of charts for physician cosigning and review; establish complaint procedures for physician conduct relating to a collaborative agreement; amend KRS 314.091 to add misconduct relating to collaborative agreements to the nurse behaviors subject to discipline by the nursing board.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-01","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB190/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB190.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":410141,"bill_number":"SB191","title":"AN ACT relating to uninsured motorists.","description":"Amend KRS 304.99-060 to add restitution as a penalty for the failure of an owner of any vehicle to maintain motor vehicle insurance.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-01","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB191/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB191.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":410142,"bill_number":"SB192","title":"AN ACT relating to fire protection districts.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 75 to allow for the conversion of a conventional tax structure to an alternative tax structure for fire protection districts within counties containing consolidated local governments; set out method for doing so, and allow for a method of converting back to the conventional tax structure; create a new section of KRS Chapter 75 to allow a board of trustees operating under the provisions of Section 2 of the Act to levy a tax in an amount that will raise revenue for the proposed budget; provide that the initial tax levy is not subject to advertising and recall provisions of KRS 132.023, but that all subsequent ad valorem tax rates that pertain to taxing districts are subject to KRS Chapter 132.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-01","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB192/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB192.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":410143,"bill_number":"SB193","title":"AN ACT relating to children in out-of-home care.","description":"Amend KRS 194A.146 to establish that the co-chairs of the Interim Joint Committee on Health and Welfare and one private child-placing provider shall serve on the Statewide Strategic Planning Committee for Children in Placement; to establish that the plan developed by the committee shall be completed and submitted by July 1, 2013; to require that an evaluation study shall be conducted by the committee; establish the secretary as the appointing authority; amend KRS 199.641 to establish that the payments made by the Department for Community Based Services to nonprofit child-caring facilities shall be adjusted based on the consumer price index; amend KRS 199.800 to establish a definition for \"assessment,\" \"gatekeeper,\" \"level of care,\" \"utilization review\"; amend the definition of \"type of placement\" to include consideration of the child's circumstances, assessment, and assigned level of care, and establish language referring to \"regions\" instead of \"districts\"; amend KRS 199.801 to establish that an assessment shall be done and submitted to the gatekeeper regarding a child to be placed in custody and establish responsibilities of a social worker of the child; establish language for assessments regarding the child's circumstances, assessment, and assigned level of care, and establish language referring to \"regions\" instead of \"districts\"; amend KRS 200.600 to establish that the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall file a report to the Legislative Research Commission regarding family preservation services; require a report by January 1, 2013.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-01","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB193/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB193.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":410144,"bill_number":"SB194","title":"AN ACT relating to infrastructure authorities.","description":"Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 175B to allow the formation of a bi-state infrastructure authority with the state of Ohio.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-01","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB194/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB194.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":410145,"bill_number":"SB195","title":"AN ACT relating to Kentucky Educational Television.","description":"Require that all cable service providers offer KET as their primary public television station.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-01","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-05","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB195/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB195.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":410433,"bill_number":"SB196","title":"AN ACT relating to hunting.","description":"Amend KRS 150.010 to add definitions; create a new section of KRS Chapter 150 to establish hunter education course completion card requirements; provide for exemptions from course completion card requirements; allow for those born before January 1, 1975, who are exempt from hunter education course completion card requirements to accompany up to two children under the age of 12; amend KRS 186.675 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-02","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2012-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB196/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB196.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":411263,"bill_number":"SB220","title":"AN ACT relating to health and family services.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 194A to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to establish a data warehouse to facilitate the integration of data and information relating to the cabinet's functions; establish parameters for the data warehouse; require the data warehouse to be implemented no later than July 1, 2013; require a quarterly report on the data warehouse to the Governor and the Legislative Research Commission during the year preceding implementation, and yearly thereafter; create new sections of KRS Chapter 205 to require the Department for Medicaid Services to conduct face-to-face interviews for all new applicants and for the renewal of current Medicaid beneficiaries with the exception of incapacitated or institutionalized applicants and incapacitated or institutionalized Medicaid recipients; require the Department for Medicaid Services to develop and implement a method to detect and record all income and resources for determining Medicaid eligibility, and strengthen the method for incorporating unreported income and resources in the final determination of Medicaid eligibility.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-07","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB220/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB220.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":411264,"bill_number":"SB219","title":"AN ACT relating to disability retirement.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 16 and 61 to provide that members of the Kentucky Employees Retirement System, the County Employees Retirement System, and the State Police Retirement System who apply for disability benefits on or after August 1, 2012, shall have their approval for disability benefits based upon approval for disability benefits from Social Security rather than approval from the system's medical examiners; provide for continuation of disability benefits for members who apply for disability benefits on or after August 1, 2012, shall be based upon continuation of Social Security disability benefits rather than evaluation by the system's medical examiners; allow for reinstatement of disability benefits if they have been discontinued upon reinstatement of Social Security disability benefits; amend KRS 61.637 to conform; amend KRS 61.645 to provide that an appeal regarding disability application for members who apply for disability benefits on or after August 1, 2012, shall be treated as an administrative appeal; provide that a person who is currently in the disability application process can reapply for disability benefits on August 1, 2012; provide that a person awarded disability benefits prior to August 1, 2012, shall not be eligible to apply for disability benefits under the new provisions.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-05","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-07","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB219/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB219.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":411269,"bill_number":"SB218","title":"AN ACT relating to emergency medical personnel.","description":"Amend KRS 503.055 to preclude the use of force against an EMT or paramedic who lawfully enters a vehicle, residence, or building as part of their official duties.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-05","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-06","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB218/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB218.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":411270,"bill_number":"SB217","title":"AN ACT relating to a medical order for scope of treatment.","description":"Amend KRS 311.621 to define \"medical order for scope of treatment\"; create a new section of KRS 311.621 to 311.643 to permit the completion of a medical order for scope of treatment directing medical interventions; require the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure to promulgate administrative regulations to develop a standardized medical order for scope of treatment form; list the required contents of the standardized medical order for scope of treatment; amend KRS 311.623, KRS 311.633, and KRS 311.637 to add the medical order for scope of treatment.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-05","last_action":"reassigned to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-14","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB217/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB217.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":411274,"bill_number":"SB216","title":"AN ACT relating to criminal expungements.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to specify procedures to be performed in criminal expungement cases; amend KRS 431.076 to conform; amend KRS 431.078 to direct the disposition of fee money in expungement cases; amend KRS 500.080 to exclude traffic cases from the definition of \"violation.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-05","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-07","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB216/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB216.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":411275,"bill_number":"SB215","title":"AN ACT relating to sales and use tax.","description":"Amend KRS 139.480 to exempt from sales and use tax combine header wagons, combine header trailers, or any other implement specifically designed and used to move or transport combine heads; RETROACTIVE January 1, 2008.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-07","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB215/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB215.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":411279,"bill_number":"SB214","title":"AN ACT relating to the death of a minor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 72 to require an autopsy when a minor dies to determine the cause of death and any contributing cause of death; amend KRS 72.020 relating to coroners to conform; amend KRS 72.025 relating to post-mortem examinations to conform; amend KRS 72.405 relating to definitions to conform; amend KRS 72.410 relating to coroner duties to conform; amend KRS 72.992 relating to penalties to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-07","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB214/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB214.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":411281,"bill_number":"SB213","title":"AN ACT relating to transitional living support for persons committed to the custody of the Commonwealth.","description":"Amend KRS 600.020 to establish new definitions for \"eligible youth,\" \"transitional living support,\" and transition plan\"; and amend KRS 620.140 to establish that a youth may choose, prior to his or her attaining the age of 19, to extend or reinstate his or her commitment to the cabinet to the age of 21 years old; establish duties of the cabinet related to this extension or reinstatement.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 143)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB213/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB213.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":411283,"bill_number":"SB212","title":"AN ACT relating to individuals with intellectual disabilities.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 446 to provide that the Kentucky Revised Statutes shall no longer utilize the terms \"mental retardation\" or \"mentally retarded\" or abbreviations that use the letters \"MR\" to signify mental retardation or mentally retarded; set forth terms that shall be used instead, including \"intellectual disability,\" \"intellectual disabilities,\" \"individual with an intellectual disability,\" \"individuals with an intellectual disability,\" \"individual with a serious intellectual disability,\" or \"individuals with a serious intellectual disability\"; clarify that the new terms shall be understood to have the exact meaning as the terms that they replace; change the names of ICF/MRs to ICF/IDs to the extent permitted by federal law; amend various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to replace all occurrences of the old terms in statutes with the new terms, including the names of agencies, boards, care facilities, services, programs, professionals, diagnoses, the title of a chapter, and the names of nongovernmental entities that have incorporated the new terminology.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-05","last_action":"recommitted to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-30","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB212/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB212.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":411287,"bill_number":"SB211","title":"AN ACT relating to elections.","description":"Amend KRS 118.165 to require the Secretary of State or a county clerk to verify that the residential addresses given for a candidate and at least two (2) voters on the candidate's notification and declaration filing are located in the district or jurisdiction from which the candidate seeks nomination; provide for review process in Circuit Court and Court of Appeals.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-05","last_action":"returned to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-08","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB211/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB211.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":411289,"bill_number":"SB210","title":"AN ACT relating to redistricting.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 5 to establish the Kentucky Committee on Legislative Redistricting, which shall be composed of state university faculty appointed by presidents of Kentucky's state universities; create a new section of KRS Chapter 5 to require the Kentucky Committee on Legislative Redistricting to develop redistricting plans for state legislative and U.S. Congressional districts; create a new section of KRS Chapter 5 to require the Kentucky Committee on Legislative Redistricting to submit the redistricting plans to the Legislative Research Commission, which shall refer the plans to the Interim Joint Committee on State Government; allow the General Assembly to enact or reject the redistricting plans, but not to alter or amend them; if the General Assembly does not enact the plans, allow them to be returned to the Kentucky Committee on Legislative Redistricting, which may incorporate changes requested by the General Assembly, but shall not be required to incorporate changes; require the Kentucky Committee on Legislative Redistricting to submit to the General Assembly new redistricting plans, which the General Assembly shall enact but not alter or amend.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-07","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB210/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB210.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":411293,"bill_number":"SB209","title":"AN ACT relating to teacher evaluation.","description":"Amends KRS 156.557 to include student questionnaires as an element of formative evaluations of secondary teachers.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-05","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-06","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB209/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB209.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":411295,"bill_number":"SB208","title":"AN ACT relating to acquisition of insurance by local entities.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 45A.343 to 45A.460, relating to the local model procurement code, to require local public agencies to award all insurance contracts first through competitive sealed bidding, and then, under certain circumstances, under competitive negotiation while prohibiting an award of a contract through noncompetitive negotiation; amend KRS 45A.380 to remove insurance products from universe of services that may be procured by noncompetitive negotiation by local public agencies; amend KRS 424.260 to require local governments, certain officers, districts, and certain agencies to award all insurance contracts first through competitive sealed bidding, and then, under certain circumstances, under competitive negotiation while prohibiting an award of a contract through noncompetitive negotiation, requiring certain provisions of the local model procurement code to be followed relating to contractor cost and pricing data, contractor inspections and audits, the crafting of specifications, and certain ethical provisions; amend KRS 65.314 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-05","last_action":"returned to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-08","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB208/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB208.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":411298,"bill_number":"SB207","title":"AN ACT relating to child protection investigations.","description":"Amend KRS 159.140 to prohibit schools from referring cases of irregular attendance and truancy to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services unless it is suspected that the student is an abused or neglected child; KRS 199.461 to require the cabinet to establish procedures for the expedited closure of cases; permit two or more supervisors to override a referral from the central hotline for an investigation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-05","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-07","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB207/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB207.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":411301,"bill_number":"SB206","title":"AN ACT relating to forfeiture.","description":"Amend KRS 516.100, relating to forfeiture, to make technical correction.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-05","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-07","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB206/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB206.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":411302,"bill_number":"SB205","title":"AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to redistricting.","description":"Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to prohibit any state legislative or congressional redistricting plan from being drawn with the intent to favor or disfavor a political party or an incumbent or to be drawn with the intent or result of denying equal opportunity of racial or language minorities to elect representatives of their choice; to clarify that districts are to be as equal in population as is practicable and that districts are to be compact and, where feasible, existing political and geographic boundaries will be utilized; submit to the voters for their ratification or rejection.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-07","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB205/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB205.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":411306,"bill_number":"SB204","title":"AN ACT relating to redistricting.","description":"Create new sections to KRS Chapter 5 to define terms; establish the Legislative Advisory Reapportionment and Redistricting Commission; require the commission to draft redistricting plans for state and congressional districts; establish standards to be followed by the commission and any member who develops a plan; require the LRC to refer the plans to the Interim Joint Committee on State Government for review; establish procedures for members of the General Assembly to follow if they chose to file a redistricting plan.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-07","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB204/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB204.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":411308,"bill_number":"SB203","title":"AN ACT relating to appropriations.","description":"Require the General Assembly to appropriate funds.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-07","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB203/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB203.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":411311,"bill_number":"SB202","title":"AN ACT relating to electric power rates for industrial customers.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 278 to require the General Assembly's best efforts in retaining low electric power rates for aluminum smelters.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-05","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Energy (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-07","committee":"Natural Resources and Energy","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB202/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB202.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":411313,"bill_number":"SB201","title":"AN ACT relating to retirement and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 61.520 to authorize Mental Health Mental Retardation boards to cease participation in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System for employees hired on or after July 1, 2012, and to offer an alternative retirement plan in lieu thereof; amend KRS 61.525, 61.543, and 61.560 to conform; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-07","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB201/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB201.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":411315,"bill_number":"SB200","title":"AN ACT relating to occupational license taxes.","description":"Amend KRS 68.199 to make technical corrections; affirm that population determinations shall be made based on the census immediately preceding the date of the enactment of the county occupational license fee, and that the language applies retroactively.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-07","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB200/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB200.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":411319,"bill_number":"SB199","title":"AN ACT relating to use of private and public lands.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 and amend KRS 141.0205 to establish an income tax credit for donated conservation easements; create new sections of KRS Chapter 148 to establish the Kentucky Mountain Trail Corporation and provide for its operation; authorize establishment of the Kentucky Mountain Region Recreational Area.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-07","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB199/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB199.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":411320,"bill_number":"SB198","title":"AN ACT relating to diabetes educators.","description":"Amend KRS 309.325 to define \"practice of diabetes education\"; amend KRS 309.327 to prohibit persons engaging in the practice of diabetes education or holding themselves out to be a diabetes educator without a license; create a new section of KRS 309.325 to 309.339 to establish that the practice of diabetes education without a license shall be a Class A misdemeanor.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 142)","last_action_date":"2012-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB198/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB198.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":411325,"bill_number":"SB197","title":"AN ACT relating to veterans.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 40 to create the Kentucky Veterans' Hall of Fame; require the name of each Kentucky Veterans' Hall of Fame inductee to be displayed on a plaque in the State Capitol; provide for an executive committee, executive committee membership, terms of appointment, and duties.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-16","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Safety (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-19","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Safety","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB197/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB197.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":411330,"bill_number":"SB18","title":"AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 33 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to redistricting.","description":"Propose to amend Section 33 of the Constitution of Kentucky to clarify standards relating to redistricting and to require the General Assembly to remain in continuous session, without pay to the members, for the sole purpose of redistricting if the General Assembly fails to redistrict the state by April 15 of the first even-numbered year session following receipt of the decennial census data; submit to the voters for ratification or rejection; include ballot language.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2012-03-16","last_action":"floor amendments (3) and (4) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendments (2-title) (5) (6) and (7-title) filed","last_action_date":"2012-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB18/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB18.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":411331,"bill_number":"SB11","title":"AN ACT relating to education performance incentives and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 158.845 to 158.849 to establish performance awards to teachers, based on student achievement on Advanced Placement tests or International Baccalaureate tests in advanced science and mathematics, beginning no later than the 2013-2014 academic year; require that the Kentucky Department of Education distribute the awards; provide that if funds in the science and mathematics fund are insufficient for making the required awards that the expenditure to make awards shall be considered a necessary government expense; amend KRS 158.847 to authorize use of the science and mathematics advancement fund for monetary awards to teachers; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-20","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-21","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB11/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB11.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":411335,"bill_number":"SB10","title":"AN ACT proposing to amend Section 28 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to the General Assembly's authority to review administrative regulations.","description":"Propose to amend the Constitution of Kentucky to give the General Assembly the authority to establish by general law a process to review, approve, or disapprove administrative regulations during or between sessions and specify that an administrative regulation disapproved shall be void and unenforceable and shall not be reissued in the same or similar language for a period of one year; submit to voters.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-16","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-19","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB10/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB10.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":411337,"bill_number":"SB9","title":"AN ACT relating to school attendance.","description":"Amend KRS 159.070 to permit a parent or legal guardian to enroll for attendance a child in the school nearest to the child's home, except in cases in which there are academic or skill prerequisites for attendance in the school; provide that those residing the shortest travel distance to a school be given first priority in cases where the capacity of the school may be exceeded; permit a child to attend a school other than the one closest with permission of the district.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-21","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-22","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB9/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB9.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":411341,"bill_number":"SB8","title":"AN ACT relating to administrative bodies of state government.","description":"Amend KRS 12.015 to require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to develop an annual financial report on all administrative bodies and deliver the report to the Legislative Research Commission, the Program Review and Investigation Committee, and the Secretary of State; require that any administrative body established by executive order shall expire 180 days after the end of the term of office of the Governor, unless the administrative body has been established in statutes; require that any administrative body established by administrative order shall expire within 180 days after the term of Office of the Governor whose appointee created the administrative body; require the Office of the Governor to report on existing administrative bodies established by executive or administrative order by August 31, 2012; grant the Governor the authority to dissolve any administrative body; Require the Office of the Governor to report to the Legislative Research Commission by July 1, 2013, on all of the existing administrative bodies that are deemed to be necessary for the effective functioning of state government and explain why each is necessary; prohibit the establishment of any new administrative body by executive or administrative order for one year from the effective date of this Act.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-03-16","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2012-03-20","committee":"State Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB8/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB8.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":411342,"bill_number":"SB7","title":"AN ACT relating to elections.","description":"Amend KRS 83A.045, 117.045, 118.025, 118.165, 118.215, 118.225, 118.367, 118.561, 118.591, 118.601, and 118A.060 to change the filing deadline for candidates from the last Tuesday in January to the last Tuesday in April, to change the date of the primary from the first Tuesday after the third Monday in May to the first Tuesday after the first Monday in August, and amend to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-05","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-07","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB7/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB7.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":411347,"bill_number":"SB6","title":"AN ACT relating to fiscal policy, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Establish the Kentucky Council on Revenue Reform to assess the effectiveness of the state and local tax and revenue system and propose legislation to revise revenue statutes; declare legislative findings; provide for the appointment of members to the council; require the council to report to the Legislative Research Commission on or before November 30, 2013; provide sunset date for the council; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2012-03-07","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB6/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB6.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":411348,"bill_number":"SB5","title":"AN ACT relating to the Attorney General.","description":"Amend KRS 15.010 to establish that the Attorney General is a nonpartisan elected official.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-22","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-23","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB5/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB5.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":411349,"bill_number":"SB4","title":"AN ACT relating to administrative regulations.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 13A to prohibit the promulgation of administrative regulations for a period of one year unless the administrative regulation meets the criteria for an emergency administrative regulation or is specifically required to be promulgated pursuant to legislation enacted this session and to require all administrative bodies to repeal and repromulgate their administrative regulations at the end of that one year period and before the end of the second year if the agencies do not want the administrative regulations to expire at the end of the second year; amend KRS 13A.190 to revise the criteria and requirements relating to the promulgation of an emergency administrative regulation; amend KRS 13A.240 to change the regulatory impact analysis to require an economic impact analysis and a small business and consumer impact analysis; amend KRS 13A.245 to specify that state administrative regulations shall not impose stricter requirements or other responsibilities on regulated entities than those required by a federal mandate unless specifically authorized by state law.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2012-03-20","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2012-03-21","committee":"State Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB4/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB4.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":418981,"bill_number":"SCR276","title":"Adjourn the General Assembly until April 12, 2012.","description":"Adjourn the General Assembly until April 12, 2012.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2012-03-29","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2012-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SCR276/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SC276.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":419260,"bill_number":"SCR279","title":"Adjourn the General Assembly until April 13, 2012.","description":"Adjourn the General Assembly until April 13, 2012.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2012-03-30","last_action":"introduced in Senate","last_action_date":"2012-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SCR279/2012","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SC279.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":435124,"bill_number":"SJR5","title":"Set out the last four years of the Six-Year Road Plan.","description":"Set out the last four years of the Six-Year Road Plan.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-04-16","last_action":"returned to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2012-04-17","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR5/2012/X1","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12SS/SJ5.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":435168,"bill_number":"SB7","title":"AN ACT relating to transportation.","description":"Amend KRS 186.6401, to include the Transportation Cabinet as an agency that can promulgate administrative regulations identifying individuals who must submit to a skills test prior to being issued an operator's license; amend KRS 186.020, 189.125, and 281A.080 to make technical corrections.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-04-16","last_action":"returned to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2012-04-17","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB7/2012/X1","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12SS/SB7.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":435218,"bill_number":"SB6","title":"AN ACT relating to the administration of personnel.","description":"Amend KRS 18A.015 to make technical changes.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-04-16","last_action":"returned to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2012-04-17","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB6/2012/X1","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12SS/SB6.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":435267,"bill_number":"SB5","title":"AN ACT relating to criminal matters.","description":"Amend KRS 500.050, relating to time limitations for the Penal Code, to make technical correction changing \"must\" to \"shall.\"","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-04-16","last_action":"returned to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2012-04-17","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB5/2012/X1","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12SS/SB5.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":435316,"bill_number":"SB4","title":"AN ACT relating to controlled substances and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to provide ownership and operational standards for pain clinics; amend KRS 218A.202 to move operation of the KASPER system to the Attorney General's office, with changes to the access and operation standards for the system; amend KRS 218A.240 to conform; amend KRS 218A.245 to allow the Attorney General to utilize a multistate organization to facilitate the exchange of KASPER data; create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to require various licensing boards to establish by regulation recommended guidelines for prescribing, dispensing, and KASPER usage, continuing education standards, training requirements for operators of narcotic treatment programs, procedures for expedited reviews of complaints against licensees, interstate background checks, disciplinary standards for criminal and civil misconduct by licensees, and limits on in office dispensing for certain controlled substances; create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to allow the acceptance of anonymous complaints; create a new section of KRS Chapter 72 to increase instances of controlled substance testing in deaths that are coroners cases; amend KRS 72.280 to expand the annual drug overdose death report; create a new section of KRS Chapter 315 to require signature only delivery for certain drug shipments and to create required reporting requirements for lost or stolen drug shipments; create new sections of KRS Chapter 15 to move the KASPER system to the Attorney General's Office, with provisions for the utilization of the system on that office; create new sections of KRS Chapter 218A to adopt the Prescription Monitoring Program compact, with appointments being made by the Governor subject to Senate confirmation; include non-codified provisions require the transfer of KASPER equipment, personnel, and funds to the Attorney General, establishing a legislative oversight task force during the 2012 interim, and allowing National Mortgage Settlement Funding to be used to support KASPER operations.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-04-16","last_action":"returned to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2012-04-17","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB4/2012/X1","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12SS/SB4.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":435366,"bill_number":"SB3","title":"AN ACT relating to legislative pay and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 6.190 and 6.211 to establish that compensation and expenses are awarded to members of the General Assembly only for days during a session when the house to which the member is elected is convened and the member is recorded as being present; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-04-16","last_action":"returned to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2012-04-17","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB3/2012/X1","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12SS/SB3.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":435414,"bill_number":"SB2","title":"AN ACT relating to road projects and declaring an emergency.","description":"Set out the fiscal year 2012-2014 Biennial Highway Construction Plan; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-04-16","last_action":"returned to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2012-04-17","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB2/2012/X1","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12SS/SB2.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":435464,"bill_number":"SB1","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, and Road Fund $2,378,634,600 in fiscal year 2012-2013 and $2,400,384,200 in fiscal year 2013-2014 for operating costs; appropriate from Restricted Funds, Federal Funds, Bond Funds, Road Fund, and Investment Income for various capital projects; require the Secretary of the Transportation Cabinet to produce a document detailing the 2012-2014 Biennial Highway Construction Program and the Highway Preconstruction Program; provide debt service to the General Administration and Support budget unit; require the Transportation Cabinet to continue the SAFE Patrol Program; appropriate General Fund moneys for riverport improvement; allow the Transportation Cabinet to receive funds and services for the Adopt-A-Highway Litter Program; provide funds for operational costs and debt service for the Aviation budget unit; provide funds for Economic Development Road lease-rental payments; provide that no portion of the revenues to the state Road Fund accrue to the Debt Payment Acceleration Fund account; provide that excess funds be transferred to the State Construction Account; provide debt service for Grant Anticipation Revenue Vehicle (GARVEE) Bonds; provide funds for the State-Supported Construction Program, Biennial Highway Construction Program, Highway Construction Contingency Account, and the Kentucky Pride Fund; authorize projects in the 2010-2012 Biennial Highway Construction Plan to continue into the 2012-2014 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; authorize use of design/build procurement methods for the Louisville-Southern Indiana Ohio River Bridges Project; provide funds for federal construction projects, the State Resurfacing Program, and highways maintenance; authorize the Kentucky Public Transportation Infrastructure Authority to act as the developing and issuing authority on the Louisville-Southern Ohio River Bridges Project and authorize funding for two years of the project; require a financial plan for the Brent Spence Bridge Project and prohibit authorization of funds until after Federal Highway Administration approval; 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 that excess costs imposed on county clerks in connection with Road Fund tax administration are necessary government expenses; provide for Capital Construction Fund appropriations and reauthorizations; provide for the expiration of existing line-item capital construction projects; require that excess bond proceeds investment income be used to pay debt service; authorize various capital projects; and specify funds transfers.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2012-04-16","last_action":"returned to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2012-04-16","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB1/2012/X1","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12SS/SB1.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":435511,"bill_number":"HCR5","title":"Adjourn the 2012 Extraordinary Session of the General Assembly sine die.","description":"Adjourn the 2012 Extraordinary Session of the General Assembly sine die.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2012-04-20","last_action":"received in House","last_action_date":"2012-04-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR5/2012/X1","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12SS/HC5.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":435557,"bill_number":"HB2","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, and Road Fund $2,378,634,600 in fiscal year 2012-2013 and $2,400,384,200 in fiscal year 2013-2014 for operating costs; appropriate from Restricted Funds, Federal Funds, Bond Funds, Road Fund, and Investment Income for various capital projects; require the Secretary of the Transportation Cabinet to produce a document detailing the 2012-2014 Biennial Highway Construction Program and the Highway Preconstruction Program; provide debt service to the General Administration and Support budget unit; require the Transportation Cabinet to continue the SAFE Patrol Program; appropriate General Fund moneys for riverport improvement; allow the Transportation Cabinet to receive funds and services for the Adopt-A-Highway Litter Program; provide funds for operational costs and debt service for the Aviation budget unit; provide funds for Economic Development Road lease-rental payments; provide that no portion of the revenues to the state Road Fund accrue to the Debt Payment Acceleration Fund account; provide that excess funds be transferred to the State Construction Account; provide debt service for Grant Anticipation Revenue Vehicle (GARVEE) Bonds; provide funds for the State-Supported Construction Program, Biennial Highway Construction Program, Highway Construction Contingency Account, and the Kentucky Pride Fund; authorize projects in the 2010-2012 Biennial Highway Construction Plan to continue into the 2012-2014 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; authorize use of design/build procurement methods for the Louisville-Southern Indiana Ohio River Bridges Project; provide funds for federal construction projects, the State Resurfacing Program, and highways maintenance; authorize the Kentucky Public Transportation Infrastructure Authority to act as the developing and issuing authority on the Louisville-Southern Indiana Ohio River Bridges Project and authorize funding for two years of the project; require a financial plan for the Brent Spence Bridge Project and prohibit authorization of funds until after Federal Highway Administration approval; 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 that excess costs imposed on county clerks in connection with Road Fund tax administration are necessary government expenses; provide for Capital Construction Fund appropriations and reauthorizations; provide for the expiration of existing line-item capital construction projects; require that excess bond proceeds investment income be used to pay debt service; authorize various capital projects; specify funds transfers.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-05-02","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Chapter 2)","last_action_date":"2012-05-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB2/2012/X1","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12SS/HB2.htm","sponsor":null},
{"bill_id":435607,"bill_number":"HB1","title":"AN ACT relating to controlled substances and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to provide ownership and operational standards for pain clinics; create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to require sharing of reports of illegal controlled substance prescribing or dispensing activity and to require that boards that regulate prescribers and dispensers of controlled substances have mandatory prescribing and dispensing standards, limitation caps on the amount of certain substances which can be dispensed, processes for expedited action on controlled substance related complaints against their licensees, sharing and retrieving mechanisms for interstate disciplinary data on licensees, mandatory disciplinary standards for in-state and out-of-state controlled substance misconduct by licensees, continuing education requirements for licensees, access to expert advice when reviewing complaints, the ability to accept anonymous complaints, and that the boards cooperate with each other and with the boards of other states; create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to establish statutory practice requirements for those who prescribe certain controlled substances; amend KRS 218A.202 to set requirements for KASPER registration, usage, and access; amend KRS 218A.240 to establish new standards for the proactive use of KASPER data; amend KRS 218A.245 to include language facilitating the linkage of KASPER data to the prescription monitoring programs of other states; create a new section of KRS Chapter 72 to require blood testing for controlled substances in certain coroners case's; amend KRS 72.280 to expand the contents of the annual drug overdose statewide report; create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to allow the Attorney General to ensure that boards licensing prescribers and dispensers of controlled substances are acting in compliance with their statutory directives; amend KRS 311.530 and 314.121 to allow the Governor to place persons with pain management and addiction disorder expertise on the Kentucky Board of Medical licensure and the Board of Nursing; create a new section of KRS Chapter 315 to require reporting of lost or stolen deliveries of controlled substances; include noncodified provisions transferring the KASPER program and its associated personnel to the Attorney General, allowing for a legislative oversight committee during the 2012 interim, and allowing the Attorney General to access National Mortgage Settlement proceeds to fund KASPER.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2012-04-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Chapter 1)","last_action_date":"2012-04-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB1/2012/X1","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12SS/HB1.htm","sponsor":null}
]