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{"bill_id":777770,"bill_number":"HB11","title":"AN ACT relating to service animals.","description":"Amend KRS 525.200 to remove from the elements of the offense of assault on a service animal the requirement that service animal be unable to return to work; amend KRS 525.210 and 525.215 to conform; repeal KRS 525.205.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB11/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB11.htm","sponsor":"Diane St Onge"},
{"bill_id":780574,"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 restructure the voting restrictions contained therein relating to felons and persons with mental disabilities; submit to the voters for ratification or rejection.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-02-05","last_action":"reassigned to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-11","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB70/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB70.htm","sponsor":"Darryl Owens"},
{"bill_id":780667,"bill_number":"HB40","title":"AN ACT relating to criminal records.","description":"Amend KRS 431.076 to expand the scope of an expungement motion under that statute to include felonies referred to a grand jury where no indictment ensues; amend KRS 431.078 to expand that statute's expungement process to include Class D felonies; amend KRS 527.040 to expressly provide that an expunged felony does not trigger the application of that statute; create a new section of KRS Chapter 413 to prohibit the introduction of information pertaining to an expunged conviction as evidence in a civil suit or administrative proceeding alleging negligent hiring or licensing.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-12","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 094)","last_action_date":"2016-04-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB40/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB40.htm","sponsor":"Darryl Owens"},
{"bill_id":783555,"bill_number":"HB12","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 and Pathological Gamblers Awareness and Treatment Program; direct the use of funds and limit annual administrative costs to $200,000; establish the Gamblers Awareness and Treatment Program 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 require reports annually; assign responsibilities to the director of the Division of Behavioral Health; amend KRS 222.001 and 222.003 to conform; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-18","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB12/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB12.htm","sponsor":"Terry Mills"},
{"bill_id":783597,"bill_number":"SB11","title":"AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages.","description":"Amend KRS 241.010 to define \"bed and breakfast,\" \"commercial quadricycle,\" and \"discount in the usual course of business\"; expand the definition of \"alcoholic beverage\" to include a powder or crystal containing alcohol; increase the annual production limit for small farm wineries from 50,000 gallons to 100,000 gallons; make a souvenir package a special package of Kentucky distilled spirits; create a new section of KRS Chapter 242 to allow a precinct-level local option election to authorize the sale of alcoholic beverages at a distillery; amend KRS 242.020 to require those who circulated a local option petition to bear the cost of the election if it is held on a day other than a primary or regular election day; amend KRS 242.030 to set the filing deadlines for a local option election held on a primary or regular election day; amend KRS 242.1241 to conduct a small farm winery local option election in the same manner as in KRS 242.020 to 242.120; create a new section of KRS Chapter 243 to establish and regulate authorized public consumption (APC) licenses for use with commercial quadricycles; set APC license qualifications, including a business office, general liability insurance of at least $2,000,000, and a local government permit; establish the standards for drivers and local ordinances for commercial quadricycles; allow patrons to bring their own unopened packaged alcoholic beverages in nonglass containers for personal consumption on the commercial quadricycle; limit patron consumption to times after boarding and while riding the commercial quadricycle; prohibit patrons from bringing open alcoholic beverages from a licensed retail premises onto the commercial quadricycle; forbid local APC fees from exceeding state APC fees; amend KRS 243.030 and 243.070 to establish state and local APC license fees and craft rectifier license fees; amend KRS 243.060 to designate state and local APC license fees; amend KRS 243.0305 to set maximum souvenir package sales of nine liters per customer per day; establish rules for distillery use of a sampling license or an NQ3 license; amend KRS 243.033 to allow a caterer to cater a private party or special event at a nonfederally bonded portion of a distillery; amend KRS 243.036 to apply a distilled spirits and wine auction license to malt beverages; include raffles as a part of the auction license; amend KRS 243.086 to permit an NQ3 retail drink license for a distiller or a bed and breakfast; limit bed and breakfast drink sales to paid overnight guests; amend KRS 243.090 to make most local alcohol licenses expire on the same date as the corresponding state license; prorate the cost of a local license in the first year to allow the local license to synchronize with the state license; amend KRS 243.120 to create Class A and Class B rectifier's licenses; tax and distribute distiller retail drink sales in the same manner as souvenir package sales; amend KRS 243.130, 243.155, and 243.157 to allow employees of distillers, rectifiers, wineries, small farm wineries, and microbreweries to sample their employer's products for purposes of education, quality control, and product development; enable small farm wineries to enter into \"custom crush\" agreements with one another; permit a small farm winery to sell its wine products that are unmarketable as wine to a distiller; allow a small farm winery to produce up to 1,000 gallons of brandy per year; mandate the use of 100% Kentucky products in the production of brandy or its fortified wine products; forbid the offer or sale of brandy as a stand-alone product; exclude brandy and fortified wine production from a small farm winery's wine production limit; authorize sampling and sale of fortified wine products at a small farm winery or off-premises retail site located in wet territory; limit fortified wine samples to two ounces per patron per day; direct a small farm winery to only fortify its wine products with brandy it manufactured; increase the annual production limit for microbreweries from 25,000 barrels to 50,000 barrels; authorize a microbrewery to sell its products by the drink or package at fairs, festivals, and similar events; create a new section of KRS Chapter 244 to forbid any person to possess, sell, offer for sale, or use any powdered or crystalline alcoholic beverage product; amend KRS 244.050 to authorize a quota retail package licensee to provide free and paid samples of distilled spirits or wine; amend KRS 244.085 to allow a person under 21 years of age to remain at a licensed APC premises; amend KRS 244.130 to enable a distiller to provide visitors with free production by-products or free nonalcoholic novelty items; amend KRS 244.240 to permit distillers, rectifiers, wineries, and wholesalers to give discounts in the usual course of business if the same discounts are offered to all licensees of the same license type buying similar quantities; amend KRS 242.022, 242.1242, 242.1244, 243.034, and 243.882 to conform; repeal KRS 243.892.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-09","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 80)","last_action_date":"2016-04-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB11/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB11.htm","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":784891,"bill_number":"SB12","title":"AN ACT relating to the extended hours supplemental license.","description":"Amend KRS 243.050 to allow a major sporting venue to sell alcohol outside the prevailing times for local sales of alcohol, including Sunday, if the venue is hosting an event that will begin outside the normal hours for alcohol sales, has a seating capacity of 75,000 or more, holds an NQ1 license, an extended hours supplemental license, and a Sunday retail drink license, and is not licensed under KRS Chapter 230.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-01-15","last_action":"to Licensing & Occupations (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-19","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB12/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB12.htm","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":784982,"bill_number":"HB13","title":"AN ACT relating to driving under the influence and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend various sections in KRS Chapter 189A, relating to driving under the influence, to expand the look-back window for prior offenses from five years to 10 years; amend KRS 189A.330 to expand the window for quarterly reporting of pending DUI cases; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB13/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB13.htm","sponsor":"Kelly Flood"},
{"bill_id":786510,"bill_number":"SR13","title":"Adjourn the Senate in honor and loving memory of Colonel Walker Russell \"Russ\" Reynolds.","description":"Adjourn the Senate in honor and loving memory of Colonel Walker Russell \"Russ\" Reynolds.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR13/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR13.htm","sponsor":"Alice Kerr"},
{"bill_id":786515,"bill_number":"SR12","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Mary Alice Willett Higdon.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Mary Alice Willett Higdon.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR12/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR12.htm","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":786520,"bill_number":"SR11","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Wilbur M. Zevely upon his recognition by the Northern Kentucky Bar Foundation with its Lifetime Achievement Award.","description":"Honor Wilbur M. Zevely upon his recognition by the Northern Kentucky Bar Foundation with its Lifetime Achievement Award.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":null,"last_action":"Prefiled by the sponsor(s)","last_action_date":"2015-06-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR11/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR11.htm","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":786961,"bill_number":"HB14","title":"AN ACT relating to the exercise of religious freedom in the solemnization of marriage.","description":"Amend KRS 344.130, 402.050, and 446.350 to exempt persons, officials, and institutions with religious objections to same-sex marriage from any requirement to solemnize such marriages.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB14/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB14.htm","sponsor":"Addia Wuchner"},
{"bill_id":787010,"bill_number":"HB15","title":"AN ACT relating to governance of postsecondary education institutions.","description":"Amend KRS 164.011 to require new appointees to the council to complete orientation and education program to be eligible for a second term; amend KRS 164.020 to direct the Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE) to develop an orientation and education program for new governing board members of the council, public universities, and Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS); require that the program include six hours of instruction time with specific information and be delivered within one year of a new member's appointment; require an annual report listing new board members not completing the program; invite board members of private colleges and universities to participate; authorize the CPE to develop continuing education programs for all governing board members of public institutions and to review and approve orientation programs for governing boards of each public university and KCTCS; amend KRS 164.131 to require appointed and elected governing board members of the University of Kentucky to complete an orientation and education program to be eligible for a second term; amend KRS 164.321 to require appointed and elected governing board members of the comprehensive public universities and KCTCS to complete an orientation and education program to be eligible for a second term; amend KRS 164.821 to require appointed and elected governing board members of the University of Louisville to complete an orientation and education program to be eligible for a second term.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch.136)","last_action_date":"2016-04-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB15/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB15.htm","sponsor":"Derrick Graham"},
{"bill_id":787404,"bill_number":"SB13","title":"AN ACT relating to the regulation of cannabis and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Establish KRS Chapter 245 to regulate the cultivation, testing, processing, taxing, and sale of marijuana to persons aged twenty-one years and older; amend various sections to conform; repeal KRS 218A.1421, KRS 218A.1422, and KRS 218A.1423.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-06","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB13/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB13.htm","sponsor":"Perry Clark"},
{"bill_id":787492,"bill_number":"SB14","title":"AN ACT relating to animal fighting.","description":"Amend KRS 525.125 to include the owning, possessing, keeping, breeding, training, selling, or transferring of dogs for fighting purposes within the offense of cruelty to animals in the first degree.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2016-02-26","last_action":"floor amendment (1) filed","last_action_date":"2016-03-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB14/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB14.htm","sponsor":"Paul Hornback"},
{"bill_id":787587,"bill_number":"HB16","title":"AN ACT relating to county clerks.","description":"Repeal 1860 Kentucky Acts Chapter 351, approved February 18, 1860, entitled \"AN ACT to establish an office for the recording of deeds and mortgages at Covington.\" which required individuals recording deeds and mortgages relating to properties in certain areas of the county to file those in Covington rather than Independence.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-01","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 13)","last_action_date":"2016-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB16/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB16.htm","sponsor":"Arnold Simpson"},
{"bill_id":787644,"bill_number":"HB17","title":"AN ACT relating to marriage.","description":"Amend KRS 344.130, 402.050, and 446.350 to exempt persons, officials, and institutions with religious objections to same-sex marriage from any requirement to solemnize, or to issue or record licenses for, such marriages.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB17/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB17.htm","sponsor":"Stan Lee"},
{"bill_id":787945,"bill_number":"HB18","title":"AN ACT relating to civil rights.","description":"Amend KRS 344.030 to include within the definition of reasonable accommodations, accommodations made for pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions; amend KRS 344.040 to make an unlawful practice for employers who fail to accommodate an employee affected by pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition; require employers to provide notice to all employees regarding discrimination for pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"floor amendment (3) filed","last_action_date":"2016-02-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB18/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB18.htm","sponsor":"Joni Jenkins"},
{"bill_id":787955,"bill_number":"HB19","title":"AN ACT relating to the promotion of organ and bone marrow 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 of 2016.","status_desc":"Vetoed","status_date":"2016-04-13","last_action":"vetoed","last_action_date":"2016-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB19/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB19.htm","sponsor":"Ron Crimm"},
{"bill_id":788210,"bill_number":"HB20","title":"AN ACT relating to patient notification of mammogram results showing dense tissue.","description":"Amend KRS 304.17-316 to require the provider of mammography services to provide information to a patient on breast density when appropriate; permit the Department for Public Health to provide update the definition of \"dense breast tissue\" if appropriate.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day","last_action_date":"2016-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB20/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB20.htm","sponsor":"Jim Duplessis"},
{"bill_id":788450,"bill_number":"HB21","title":"AN ACT relating to the posting of historical documents.","description":"Amend KRS 158.195 to require the postings of the preambles of the US Constitution and the Kentucky Constitution in all public school classrooms; allow a classroom teacher to choose placement within the classroom.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB21/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB21.htm","sponsor":"Kevin Bratcher"},
{"bill_id":788559,"bill_number":"HB22","title":"Feb 17-WITHDRAWN","description":"Feb 17-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2016-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB22/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB22.htm","sponsor":"Diane St Onge"},
{"bill_id":788613,"bill_number":"HB24","title":"AN ACT relating to coal severance revenues.","description":"Amend various sections in KRS Chapter 42 to distribute 100 percent of coal severance revenues among the coal-producing counties on the basis of the tax collected on coal severed or processed in each respective county; amend KRS 143.090, 164.7890, and 164.7891 to make conforming changes; repeal KRS 42.490.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB24/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB24.htm","sponsor":"Fitz Steele"},
{"bill_id":788615,"bill_number":"HB26","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 during 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":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB26/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB26.htm","sponsor":"Fitz Steele"},
{"bill_id":788617,"bill_number":"HB23","title":"AN ACT relating to the property tax on unmined coal.","description":"Amend KRS 132.820 to exempt unmined coal reserves from state and local property taxation if on January 1 of any tax year the owner or lessee of the reserve does not hold a valid permit from both the state and federal governments to mine coal from the reserve, and does not anticipate that coal will be mined from the reserve at any point during the tax year; amend KRS 131.190 to conform; make technical corrections; EFFECTIVE for property assessed on and after January 1, 2017.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB23/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB23.htm","sponsor":"Fitz Steele"},
{"bill_id":788680,"bill_number":"HB27","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, 2016.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB27/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB27.htm","sponsor":"Terry Mills"},
{"bill_id":788770,"bill_number":"HB28","title":"AN ACT relating to the solemnization of marriage.","description":"Amend KRS 402.050 and 446.350 to exempt persons, officials, and institutions with religious objections to any marriage from any requirement to solemnize such a marriage.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB28/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB28.htm","sponsor":"Myron Dossett"},
{"bill_id":788800,"bill_number":"HJR11","title":"Feb 01-WITHDRAWN","description":"Feb 01-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2016-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR11/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HJR11.htm","sponsor":"Jeffery Donohue"},
{"bill_id":788891,"bill_number":"HB29","title":"AN ACT relating to superintendent screening committee membership.","description":"Amend KRS 160.352 to require a school equity council member be appointed to the superintendent screening committee, if an equity council exists.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-02-16","last_action":"to Rules (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB29/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB29.htm","sponsor":"Kelly Flood"},
{"bill_id":788892,"bill_number":"HB30","title":"AN ACT relating to licensing fees and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 198B.6674, 227.050, and 318.136 to determine excess funds within the Division of Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning, the Division of Plumbing, and the Electrical Division of the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction; direct excess funds to be used to credit licensing fees; limit any transfer of funds to only excess funds in the account.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB30/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB30.htm","sponsor":"Brad Montell"},
{"bill_id":789339,"bill_number":"HB34","title":"Jan 29-WITHDRAWN","description":"Jan 29-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2016-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB34/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB34.htm","sponsor":"Kenny Imes"},
{"bill_id":789340,"bill_number":"HB32","title":"AN ACT relating to student assistants.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 117 to allow minors 16 years of age or older to be appointed as student election assistants; amend KRS 117.045 to conform.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-04","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB32/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB32.htm","sponsor":"Larry Clark"},
{"bill_id":789341,"bill_number":"HB31","title":"AN ACT related to marriage and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 213 to move marriage licensing and recording duties from county clerks to the state registrar of vital statistics, to allow a fee of $35.50 for licenses, and to provide for the transfer of existing marriage records; amend KRS 344.130, 402.050, and 446.350 to exempt persons, officials, and institutions with religious objections to same-sex marriage from any requirement to solemnize such marriages; amend KRS 47.110, 64.012, 142.010, 209.160, 213.116, 402.080, 402.100, 402.110, 402.210, 402.220, 402.230, and 402.990 to conform; repeal KRS 402.240 which allows county judges/executive to issue marriage licenses in the absence of a county clerk; repeal KRS 402.170 which requires county clerks to distribute marriage manuals; EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2017.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB31/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB31.htm","sponsor":"David Hale"},
{"bill_id":789343,"bill_number":"HB33","title":"AN ACT relating to the commissioner of education.","description":"Amend KRS 156.148 to require Senate confirmation of the commissioner of education.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB33/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB33.htm","sponsor":"Kenny Imes"},
{"bill_id":789669,"bill_number":"HB35","title":"AN ACT relating to preserving the right of Kentuckians to own and use firearms.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to declare legislative intent; invalidate and nullify all federal laws and regulations restricting ownership or possession of firearms; direct the General Assembly to take all appropriate action to safeguard Kentuckians' rights to possess firearms in accordance with the second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States and Section 1 of the Constitution of Kentucky; amend KRS 527.040 to add persons who have been dishonorably discharged from the Armed Forces of the United States and persons illegally or unlawfully in the United States to the list of persons who shall not possess firearms.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"floor amendment (1) filed","last_action_date":"2016-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB35/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB35.htm","sponsor":"Diane St Onge"},
{"bill_id":789695,"bill_number":"HB36","title":"AN ACT relating to travel required for certain state employees prior to appointment.","description":"Amend KRS 18A.115 to require certain nonmerit employees to travel to Fulton or Hickman County and to Pike, Martin, or Letcher County prior to being appointed and every six years thereafter.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB36/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB36.htm","sponsor":"Kenny Imes"},
{"bill_id":789747,"bill_number":"HB37","title":"AN ACT relating to the Health Insurance Trust Fund and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 18A.2254 to specify how surplus funds from a prior plan year of the Public Employee Health Insurance Program shall be allocated.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"reassigned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-02","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB37/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB37.htm","sponsor":"Brad Montell"},
{"bill_id":790066,"bill_number":"HB38","title":"AN ACT relating to ziplines.","description":"Amend KRS 247.232 to define \"zipline\"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 247 to direct the Department of Agriculture to promulgate administrative regulations related to ziplines; require the department to establish administrative penalties and civil penalties.","status_desc":"Enrolled","status_date":"2016-03-23","last_action":"filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State","last_action_date":"2016-04-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB38/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB38.htm","sponsor":"Jeffery Donohue"},
{"bill_id":790093,"bill_number":"HB39","title":"AN ACT relating to tuition waivers for children.","description":"Amend KRS 164.2847 to provide a tuition waiver to a student at a Kentucky public postsecondary institution if the student's biological parents are deceased or have had their parental rights terminated due to neglect or abuse, if the student was adopted by a blood relative or assigned a legal guardian at least 12 months prior to the student's 18th birthday, and if documentation and information requested to confirm eligibility status is provided.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB39/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB39.htm","sponsor":"Wilson Stone"},
{"bill_id":790109,"bill_number":"HB41","title":"AN ACT relating to tenancies in real property.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 383 to provide that, after the effective date of this Act, residential tenants who hold a domestic violence order, a pretrial release no contact order, or an interpersonal protective order may terminate a lease with at least 30 days notice to landlords, while the lease continues for co-tenants; establish civil action for a landlord's economic losses due to termination against persons restrained by protective orders; for those tenants or applicants for tenancy who hold an emergency protective order, a domestic violence order, a pretrial release no contact order, an interpersonal protective order, or a temporary interpersonal protective order, those orders cannot serve as a basis for denying a lease and new locks may be requested at the tenant's expense; create a new section of KRS Chapter 383 to provide that, after the effective date of this Act, rental agreements shall not penalize tenants for requesting assistance from emergency services.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-02-25","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB41/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB41.htm","sponsor":"Joni Jenkins"},
{"bill_id":790156,"bill_number":"HB42","title":"AN ACT relating to involuntary treatment for substance abuse.","description":"Amend KRS 202A.011 to include substance use in the definition of \"mentally ill person\"; amend KRS 218A.133 to ensure that a petition may be filed pursuant to KRS Chapter 202A.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB42/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB42.htm","sponsor":"Dennis Keene"},
{"bill_id":790158,"bill_number":"HB43","title":"AN ACT relating to powdered or crystalline alcoholic beverage products.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 244 to prohibit powdered or crystalline alcoholic beverage products; amend KRS 241.010 to include powdered or crystalline alcohol in the definition of an alcoholic beverage.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Licensing & Occupations (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB43/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB43.htm","sponsor":"Jody Richards"},
{"bill_id":790207,"bill_number":"HCR13","title":"Direct the staff of the Legislative Research Commission to study municipal bankruptcy.","description":"Direct the staff of the Legislative Research Commission to study municipal bankruptcy.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-01","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 16)","last_action_date":"2016-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR13/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HCR13.htm","sponsor":"Brad Montell"},
{"bill_id":790410,"bill_number":"HB48","title":"AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 42 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to compensation for members of the General Assembly.","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":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB48/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB48.htm","sponsor":"Kim King"},
{"bill_id":790419,"bill_number":"HB47","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":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB47/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB47.htm","sponsor":"Kim King"},
{"bill_id":790428,"bill_number":"HB45","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 state fiscal measure, including an appropriation or revenue-raising measure, voted upon in the Senate or House or a committee thereof; require identification of any state fiscal measure 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 any state fiscal measure.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB45/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB45.htm","sponsor":"Kim King"},
{"bill_id":790436,"bill_number":"HB44","title":"AN ACT relating to sex offender registrants.","description":"Amend KRS 17.545 to prohibit sex offender registrants from being present on the grounds of a publicly owned playground without advance written permission.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB44/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB44.htm","sponsor":"Kim King"},
{"bill_id":790446,"bill_number":"HB46","title":"AN ACT relating to foreign law.","description":"Create a new section 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":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB46/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB46.htm","sponsor":"Kim King"},
{"bill_id":790564,"bill_number":"HB49","title":"AN ACT relating to welding safety.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 198B to establish requirements for projects requiring structural steel welding such as certification of welders and certified inspectors; provide definitions.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-02-22","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB49/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB49.htm","sponsor":"Rick Nelson"},
{"bill_id":790652,"bill_number":"SB16","title":"AN ACT relating to the safety of minors and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to provide civil immunity for damaging a vehicle to a person who enters a vehicle with the reasonable, good faith belief that a minor is in imminent danger of harm if not removed from the vehicle; encourage Transportation Cabinet to implement education on children left in vehicles; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-08","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 52)","last_action_date":"2016-04-08","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB16/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB16.htm","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":790659,"bill_number":"SB15","title":"AN ACT relating to the expression of religious or political viewpoints in public schools and public postsecondary institutions.","description":"Amend KRS 158.183 to permit students to voluntarily express religious or political viewpoints in school assignments free from discrimination; require local boards of education to ensure that the selection of student speakers is made in a viewpoint-neutral manner, the student's prepared remarks are not altered before delivery without student's consent, religious and political organizations are allowed equal access to public forums on the same basis as nonreligious and nonpolitical organizations, no recognized religious or political student organization is discriminated against in the ordering of its internal affairs; allow students to display religious messages on items of clothing, access public school facilities during noninstructional time as a religious student organization, use school media to announce student religious meetings, and meet as a religious student group during noninstructional time and before and after school to the same extent as students undertaking such actions in a nonreligious manner, permit public schools to sponsor artistic or theatrical programs that advance students' knowledge of society's cultural and religious heritage; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to allow a teacher to teach about religion with the use of the Bible or other scripture without providing religious instruction, and to teach about religious holidays in a secular manner; amend KRS 158.186 to require annual notification to local school boards, school-based decision making councils, and certified employees of statutes pertaining to religious freedom and expression in schools; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to require public postsecondary education institution governing boards to ensure that students are permitted to voluntarily express religious or political viewpoints in assignments free from discrimination, the selection of student speakers is made in a viewpoint-neutral manner, the student's prepared remarks are not altered before delivery without student's consent, religious and political organizations are allowed equal access to public forums on the same basis as nonreligious and nonpolitical organizations, no recognized religious or political student organization is discriminated against in the ordering of its internal affairs, and there are no restrictions on speech that occurs outdoors on campus and is protected by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, except for restrictions that are reasonable, justified without reference to speech content, narrowly tailored to serve governmental interest, and limited to provide alternative options for the communication of the information.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-02-05","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB15/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB15.htm","sponsor":"Albert Robinson"},
{"bill_id":790727,"bill_number":"HB50","title":"AN ACT relating to public benefit corporations.","description":"Amend KRS 14A.3-010, 271B.1-400, 271B.2-020, 271B.6-260, 271B.7-400, 271B.8-300, 271B.13-020, and 271B.16-210, and create a new section of Subtitle 11 of KRS Chapter 271B to establish public benefit corporations.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-02-02","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB50/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB50.htm","sponsor":"Kelly Flood"},
{"bill_id":790803,"bill_number":"SB19","title":"AN ACT relating to the Board of Medical Licensure.","description":"Amend KRS 311.530 to stipulate that appointees shall be appointed from a list of names submitted by the Kentucky Medical Association and delete language requiring the Governor to ensure that specialties are represented.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-08","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 54)","last_action_date":"2016-04-08","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB19/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB19.htm","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":790811,"bill_number":"SB18","title":"AN ACT relating to medical coverage.","description":"Amend KRS 304.17A-254 to establish a policy governing the procedures for an insurer changing an existing agreement with a provider; amend KRS 304.17A-545 to require an insurer offering a health benefit plan to establish a policy governing he procedures for a Managed Care Organization changing an existing agreement with a provider.","status_desc":"Enrolled","status_date":"2016-04-15","last_action":"filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State","last_action_date":"2016-04-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB18/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB18.htm","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":790823,"bill_number":"SB17","title":"AN ACT relating to physicians.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 311.530 to 311.620 to prohibit the Board of Medical Licensure from requiring any maintenance of certification and related continuing education requirements for licensure as a physician.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-08","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 53)","last_action_date":"2016-04-08","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB17/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB17.htm","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":790899,"bill_number":"HB51","title":"AN ACT relating to the Department of Corrections' farm operations.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 193 to expand, to the extent feasible, the Department of Corrections’ current Farm Operations Program to all adult correctional facilities operated within the Commonwealth, including correctional facilities operated by private contractors; include definitions for \"agriculture,\" \"agricultural commodity,\" \"apiary\", \"aquaculture,\" \"food bank,\" livestock,\" and \"poultry\"; restrict the consumption of food and agricultural products grown or produced under the Farm Operations Program to inmates and other enumerated individuals or organizations; require that any surplus of agricultural commodities be donated; exempt certain livestock production, use, and ; authorize the department to create an outreach program to facilitate the development of farm operations programs for county jails; require the department to promulgate administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A to develop a strategic plan for the implementation of the goals, objectives, and program criteria of the Farm Operations Program; identify land and property suitable for development; require the department to submit an annual report to the Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary by November 1, beginning in 2017 and provide information on the status of the program, including progress made in achieving the program’s purposes, expenditures, and cost savings attributed to the program, and any other information the department can provide concerning the program’s operations.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-09","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB51/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB51.htm","sponsor":"Johnny Bell"},
{"bill_id":791036,"bill_number":"SB20","title":"AN ACT relating to Medicaid provider appeals and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 205 to define terms, and permit a provider that has exhausted an internal appeals process of a Medicaid managed care organization (MCO) to be entitled to an administrative appeals hearing; require an MCO to send a final determination letter; establish proceedings for an administrative appeals hearing; establish a mechanism for attorneys' fees; establish a fee for the party that does not prevail to cover costs of the proceeding; clarify that this bill applies to all MCO contracts enacted on or after July 1, 2016; amend KRS 13B.020 to include the provider appeals process as a type of administrative hearings to be conducted by the CHFS.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-08","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 55)","last_action_date":"2016-04-08","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB20/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB20.htm","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":791176,"bill_number":"HB53","title":"Jan 13-WITHDRAWN","description":"Jan 13-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2016-01-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB53/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB53.htm","sponsor":"Kenny Imes"},
{"bill_id":791182,"bill_number":"HB52","title":"AN ACT relating to the impact of refunds of natural resources severance and processing tax upon distributions from the local government economic assistance fund and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 42.470 to provide that effective July 1, 2016, quarterly distributions of local government economic assistance fund moneys to a mineral producing county and its cities shall be reduced by no more than 50% as a result of any refund of natural resources severance and processing tax, and that if the local share of a refund exceeds this limit the remainder shall carry forward to be offset in successive quarters as necessary until it is satisfied in full; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 110)","last_action_date":"2016-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB52/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB52.htm","sponsor":"Mitchel Denham"},
{"bill_id":791859,"bill_number":"HB54","title":"AN ACT relating to emergency personnel.","description":"Amend KRS 61.315 and 164.2841 to make the survivors of emergency medical services providers and rescue squad members who are killed in the line of duty eligible for the state lump-sum death benefit and exemption of matriculation or tuition fees; amend KRS 164.2842 to include the spouse or child of a permanently and totally disabled emergency medical services provider in the exemption of matriculation or tuition fees.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-02-01","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB54/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB54.htm","sponsor":"Dean Schamore"},
{"bill_id":791973,"bill_number":"SB21","title":"AN ACT relating to coal severance revenues.","description":"Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 42 to distribute 100 percent of coal severance revenues among the coal-producing counties on the basis of the tax collected on coal severed or processed in each respective county; amend KRS 143.090, 164.7890, and 164.7891 to make conforming changes; repeal KRS 42.490.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-06","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB21/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB21.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":792064,"bill_number":"SB22","title":"AN ACT relating to utilization reviews.","description":"Amend KRS 304.17A-600 to include the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) in the definition of nationally recognized accreditation organizations.","status_desc":"Vetoed","status_date":"2016-04-09","last_action":"vetoed","last_action_date":"2016-04-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB22/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB22.htm","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":792070,"bill_number":"HB55","title":"AN ACT relating to planning and zoning in consolidated local governments.","description":"Amend KRS 100.137 to delete language relating to certain cities and their requirements to adopt planning and zoning requirements; amend KRS 100.201, 100.202, and 100.205 to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch.137)","last_action_date":"2016-04-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB55/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB55.htm","sponsor":"Jim Wayne"},
{"bill_id":792077,"bill_number":"HB56","title":"AN ACT relating to exemptions from workers' compensation coverage.","description":"Amend KRS 342.650 concerning exemptions from workers' compensation to include lawn services as well as maintenance, repair, remodeling, or similar work on a private home for not more than 20 days.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 3, 2016","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB56/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB56.htm","sponsor":"Myron Dossett"},
{"bill_id":792165,"bill_number":"HB57","title":"AN ACT relating to tax increment financing.","description":"Amend KRS 154.30-060 to expand the definition of \"mixed-use\" project, and to delete the upper investment limit on a project that can qualify as a mixed-use development project; provide that the provisions of the act are effective for applications received after the effective date.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-02","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB57/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB57.htm","sponsor":"Dennis Keene"},
{"bill_id":792321,"bill_number":"HB58","title":"Feb 03-WITHDRAWN","description":"Feb 03-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2016-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB58/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB58.htm","sponsor":"Chris Harris"},
{"bill_id":792324,"bill_number":"SB24","title":"AN ACT relating to school safety and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require school resource officers to have basic and advanced training provided by the Department of Criminal Justice Training; amend KRS 158.441 to conform; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-06","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB24/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB24.htm","sponsor":"Julian Carroll"},
{"bill_id":792328,"bill_number":"SB23","title":"AN ACT relating to credit freezes for protected consumers.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 367.363 to 367.365 to define \"protected person,\" \"representative,\" and \"sufficient proof of authority\"; require a consumer reporting agency to place a security freeze on a protected person's record or report upon proper request by a representative; require the freeze to be placed within ten days of receiving the request; set forth when the credit reporting agency is required to remove the freeze; allow the credit reporting agency to charge a fee under certain circumstances; establish penalties for violations.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-02-10","last_action":"taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day","last_action_date":"2016-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB23/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB23.htm","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":792383,"bill_number":"HB59","title":"AN ACT relating to the address protection program and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 14.260 to require the Secretary of State or designee to operate the address protection program; clarify that a sworn statement may be used to prove abuse or neglect; require the program to issue a document to a participant to prove the individual's county of residence; amend KRS 14.304 to allow an individual participating in the expanded address program to vote; amend KRS 23A.208 and 24A.178 to allow an administrative fee for a crime found to have an underlying factual basis of domestic violence or abuse; amend KRS 186.412 to require a circuit clerk to accept a participant's verified substitute address for driver's license applications, amend KRS 209.030 and 209A.030 to define an application assistant and exempt that individual from certain reporting requirements, EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-01-21","last_action":"received in House","last_action_date":"2016-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB59/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB59.htm","sponsor":"Thomas Burch"},
{"bill_id":792507,"bill_number":"HB60","title":"AN ACT proposing to amend Sections 91, 93, and 95 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to the Commissioner of Education.","description":"Propose to amend Sections 91, 93, and 95 of the Constitution of Kentucky to allow for statewide election for the Commissioner of Education, to be held during regular elections.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB60/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB60.htm","sponsor":"Kenny Imes"},
{"bill_id":792509,"bill_number":"SB25","title":"AN ACT relating to abortion.","description":"Amend KRS 311.1911 to extend the coverage of the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act to a fetus that was the subject of an induced abortion.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-01-27","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB25/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB25.htm","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":792511,"bill_number":"HB61","title":"AN ACT prohibiting the use of public resources for abortion services.","description":"Amend KRS 311.720 to define \"abortion services\"; amend KRS 311.715 to define \"affiliate\", to provide that public funds shall not be paid to any entity or affiliate of an entity that provides abortion services, and to establish exceptions.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB61/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB61.htm","sponsor":"Lynn Bechler"},
{"bill_id":792766,"bill_number":"HB71","title":"AN ACT relating to reemployment of retired police officers.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 95 to define \"police officer\" and \"city\"; permit cities to employ retired police officers if the officer: participated in the Law Enforcement Foundation Program or retired as a commissioned State Police officer, retired with at least 20 years of service credit with no administrative charges pending, and met the separation of employment requirements so that retirement benefits from Kentucky Retirement Systems were not voided; specify that retired police officers employed by a city shall continue to receive the benefits they were eligible to receive upon retirement but shall not accrue any additional retirement or health benefits during reemployment; preclude retirement and any health contributions from being paid by the city to Kentucky Retirement Systems or the Kentucky Employees Health Plan on a retired officer who is reemployed under the provisions of this section; permit individuals employed under this section to be employed for a term not to exceed one year which may be renewed at the discretion and need of the city; amend KRS 61.637 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB71/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB71.htm","sponsor":"Dwight Butler"},
{"bill_id":792783,"bill_number":"HB73","title":"AN ACT relating to Kentucky jobs.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 336 establish definitions and to require contractors in public works projects over $250,000 to have 51% of its employees be Kentucky residents and 15% of its employees be apprentices in an approved apprenticeship program for the entirety of the project; require, for public works projects under $250,000, contractors to have at least one apprentice in an approved apprenticeship program; require a public authority to include the employment requirements in the bid and contract for the public works project and provide written notice of the requirements; grant the Department of Workplace Standards enforcement authority over violations by public authorities or contractors; amend KRS 336.990 to provide civil penalties for violation; designate the Act as the \"Kentucky Jobs Act.\"","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-01-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB73/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB73.htm","sponsor":"Rick Nelson"},
{"bill_id":792787,"bill_number":"HB72","title":"AN ACT relating to an income tax deduction for qualified tuition programs.","description":"Amend KRS 141.010 to allow a tax deduction for contributions to a qualified tuition program for higher education.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB72/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB72.htm","sponsor":"Brad Montell"},
{"bill_id":792792,"bill_number":"SB26","title":"AN ACT relating to pipelines.","description":"Prohibit changing the substance carried or the direction of flow of a pipeline.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-07","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Energy (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB26/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB26.htm","sponsor":"Julian Carroll"},
{"bill_id":792893,"bill_number":"HJR12","title":"Direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to expend appropriated funds to provide the Department for Community Based Services foster homes with a per diem increase of six percent beginning July 1, 2016; urge the General Assembly to appropriate $1.5 million for each fiscal year to provide for the six percent increase.","description":"Direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to expend appropriated funds to provide the Department for Community Based Services foster homes with a per diem increase of six percent beginning July 1, 2016; urge the General Assembly to appropriate $1.5 million for each fiscal year to provide for the six percent increase.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-02-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR12/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HJR12.htm","sponsor":"Thomas Burch"},
{"bill_id":792913,"bill_number":"SB27","title":"AN ACT relating to motor vehicle registration fees.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186 to establish an additional initial and renewal registration fee of $100 for plug-in electric vehicles; amend KRS 186.010 to define \"plug-in electric vehicle\"; EFFECTIVE 1/1/2017.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-06","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB27/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB27.htm","sponsor":"Joe Bowen"},
{"bill_id":792927,"bill_number":"HB62","title":"AN ACT relating to eligibility for public assistance.","description":"Amend KRS 205.200 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to implement a substance abuse screening program for applicants and recipients of public assistance who have a felony or misdemeanor history of substance abuse; permit the cabinet 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; require testing as a requirement before the receipt of public assistance and once each subsequent year; require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations governing the program and testing, including requirements that applicants pay for all substance abuse screening costs and receive a reimbursement if the test is passed; grant the right to additional screenings for applicants who fail a test; require both parents in two-parent families to comply with screening requirements if both parents have a felony or misdemeanor history of substance abuse; 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; 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 after the 60-day grace period, he or she 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":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB62/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB62.htm","sponsor":"Jonathan Shell"},
{"bill_id":792933,"bill_number":"HB63","title":"AN ACT relating to welfare to work.","description":"Amend KRS 205.200 to establish a graduated earnings disregard program to incentivize public assistance recipients to seek employment.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB63/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB63.htm","sponsor":"Jonathan Shell"},
{"bill_id":793056,"bill_number":"HCR14","title":"Urge Congress to propose an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to allow Congress and the states to set reasonable limits on spending to influence elections.","description":"Urge Congress to propose an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to allow Congress and the states to set reasonable limits on spending to influence elections.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR14/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HCR14.htm","sponsor":"Mary Marzian"},
{"bill_id":793064,"bill_number":"HB64","title":"Jan 20-WITHDRAWN","description":"Jan 20-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2016-01-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB64/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB64.htm","sponsor":"Dean Schamore"},
{"bill_id":793073,"bill_number":"HJR13","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION designating the \"Breckinridge County Veterans Memorial Highway.\"","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate US 60 in Breckinridge County as \"Breckinridge County Veterans Memorial Highway\" and to erect signage denoting this designation;","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":null,"last_action":"Prefiled by the sponsor(s)","last_action_date":"2015-10-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR13/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HJ13.htm","sponsor":"Dean Schamore"},
{"bill_id":793083,"bill_number":"HB65","title":"AN ACT relating to credit freezes for protected consumers.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 367.363 to 367.365 to define \"protected person,\" \"representative,\" and \"sufficient proof of authority\"; require a consumer reporting agency to place a security freeze on a protected person's record or report upon proper request by a representative; require the freeze be placed within ten days of receiving the request; set forth when the credit reporting agency is required to remove the freeze; allow the credit reporting agency to charge a fee under certain circumstances; establish penalties for violations.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB65/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB65.htm","sponsor":"Brad Montell"},
{"bill_id":795659,"bill_number":"HB66","title":"AN ACT relating to synthetic drugs.","description":"Amend KRS 218A.1412 to include synthetic drugs in the offense of trafficking in a controlled substance in the first degree; amend KRS 218A.1415 to include synthetic drugs in the offense of possession of a controlled substance in the first degree; amend KRS 218A.1416 to remove reference to synthetic drugs; amend KRS 218A.1401 to include synthetic drugs in the offense of selling a controlled substance to a minor; amend 218A.410 to allow for the forfeiture of real property used to commit or facilitate offenses involving synthetic drugs; amend KRS 530.064 to include synthetic drugs in the offense of unlawful transaction with a minor in the first degree; amend KRS 530.065 to remove reference to synthetic drugs; repeal KRS 218A.1430, relating to synthetic drugs.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB66/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB66.htm","sponsor":"Jonathan Shell"},
{"bill_id":795662,"bill_number":"SCR14","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION encouraging the Kentucky Board of Education to continue and expand collaboration with the Council on Postsecondary Education, the Education Professional Standards Board, the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, and industry interests to develop and align policies and practices to support strong career pathways that help more students earn industry and postsecondary credentials and obtain good jobs.","description":"Encourage the Kentucky Board of Education to continue and expand collaboration with the Council on Postsecondary Education, the Education Professional Standards Board, and the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce to align policies and practices in support of career and technical education.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":null,"last_action":"Prefiled by the sponsor(s)","last_action_date":"2015-10-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SCR14/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SC14.htm","sponsor":"Julian Carroll"},
{"bill_id":795843,"bill_number":"HB67","title":"Feb 17-WITHDRAWN","description":"Feb 17-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2016-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB67/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB67.htm","sponsor":"Diane St Onge"},
{"bill_id":795893,"bill_number":"HB68","title":"AN ACT relating to personal safety and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to provide civil immunity for damaging a vehicle to a person who enters a vehicle with the reasonable, good faith belief that a minor or vulnerable adult is in imminent danger of harm if not removed from the vehicle; encourage Transportation Cabinet to implement education on children left in vehicles; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB68/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB68.htm","sponsor":"David Hale"},
{"bill_id":795935,"bill_number":"SB28","title":"AN ACT relating to concealed deadly weapons training.","description":"Amend KRS 237.110 to prohibit administrative regulations which would require concealed deadly weapon license applicants to clean guns in class; replace hands-on classroom gun cleaning requirements with instructor demonstrations; amend KRS 237.120 to require instructor trainers to have 3 years of prior experience as applicant instructors; amend KRS 237.122 to allow firearms instructor trainers or certified firearms instructors to charge any amount for courses, rather than capping the applicant course at $75 and the instructor course at $150; amend KRS 237.128 and 237.132 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-06","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB28/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB28.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":795940,"bill_number":"HB69","title":"AN ACT relating to the distribution of fuel tax revenues and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 177.320, regarding allocation of a portion of fuel tax revenue to the rural secondary and county road aid funds, to change the revenue sharing formula to divide 48.2% of motor fuel tax revenues between incorporated and unincorporated areas based on population, road mileage, and land area; clarify that the share of the three splits allocated to incorporated areas shall be used by cities in accordance with Sections 3,4, and 5 of the Act; clarify that the share of the three splits allocated to unincorporated areas shall be used by counties, with 54.8% going to rural secondary roads and 45.2% used for county roads; amend KRS 177.360 to eliminate the formula of fifths for allocation of rural secondary and county road aid funds among the counties and instead allocate funds to counties based on population, road mileage and land area; amend KRS 177.365 to clarify that the allocation of fuel taxes to incorporated areas shall be used by cities for city streets; eliminate references to \"urban roads\"; amend KRS 177.366 to eliminate the use for population as the sole factor in distributing municipal road aid funds and instead allocate funds based on population, road mileage, and land area; eliminate references to \"unincorporated urban places\"; amend KRS 177.369 to eliminate references to counties, urban roads, and unincorporated urban places; amend KRS 177.010 to define the term \"revenue sharing road\" amend KRS 177.330, 179.410, 179.415, 138.220, 177.020, 177.037, and 177.055 to conform; repeal KRS 67.805 and 81.015; EMERGENCY, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2016.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB69/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB69.htm","sponsor":"Arnold Simpson"},
{"bill_id":795948,"bill_number":"SB29","title":"AN ACT relating to prevention-oriented child sexual education.","description":"Amend KRS 156.070 to permit the establishment of age-appropriate education programs pertaining to the recognition of child physical, sexual, and emotional abuse and neglect and how to report suspected abuse; create a short title, \"Erin's Law,\" for Section 1 of this Act and KRS 156.095(7).","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-06","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB29/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB29.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":796030,"bill_number":"HB74","title":"AN ACT relating to persons with disabilities.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 41 to create within the Office of the State Treasurer a trust to be used to establish accounts for the benefit of disabled persons as a companion to the federal ABLE Account legislation; amend KRS 205.200 to provide that ownership or activity of an ABLE Account shall not be used when conducting means-based testing for eligibility measurements for public assistance programs.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2016-02-11","last_action":"floor amendment (1) filed","last_action_date":"2016-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB74/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB74.htm","sponsor":"Mitchel Denham"},
{"bill_id":796042,"bill_number":"HB75","title":"AN ACT relating to abandoned infants.","description":"Amend KRS 405.075 and 216B.190 to add staffed churches to the list of permitted safe havens at which an abandoned infant can be dropped off; prohibit criminal or civil liability for any actions taken by safe havens; and amend KRS 620.355 to delete reference to a repealed statute.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB75/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB75.htm","sponsor":"Donna Mayfield"},
{"bill_id":796096,"bill_number":"SB30","title":"AN ACT relating to funding of government services and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 42 establishing the county jail restricted fund; establish mechanism for funding; establish process of expending fund receipts; amend KRS 30A.120 to provide direction to circuit clerks on depositing receipts of specified fines collected; amend KRS 56.990, 177.530, 186.991, 187.990, 189.2329, 189.394, 189.751, 189.945, 189.990, 189.993, 189A.010, 534.040, and 534.050 to increase fines resulting from violations of motor vehicle licensing, registration, and traffic law infractions, and increase fines that may be imposed as a result of convictions of violations or Class A or Class B misdemeanor offenses, with a percentage of each fine directed to the fund.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-06","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB30/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB30.htm","sponsor":"Julian Carroll"},
{"bill_id":796192,"bill_number":"HB77","title":"AN ACT relating to oral health care and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 313 to establish the Kentucky Denturity Board; establish composition, duties, and authority of the board; require a license to practice denturity; establish licensing requirements, penalty, and appeals provisions.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 18, 2016","last_action_date":"2016-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB77/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB77.htm","sponsor":"Thomas Burch"},
{"bill_id":796195,"bill_number":"SB31","title":"AN ACT relating to evidence in medical malpractice actions.","description":"Create a new section of the Kentucky Rules of Evidence to prohibit the introduction of expressions of sympathy, compassion, commiseration, or a general sense of benevolence in medical malpractice actions.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-02-19","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB31/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB31.htm","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":796198,"bill_number":"HB76","title":"AN ACT relating to interscholastic extracurricular activities.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to authorize participation in a public school interscholastic extracurricular activity by a private school student when the private school does not offer the interscholastic extracurricular activity; establish criteria for participation therein.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB76/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB76.htm","sponsor":"Stan Lee"},
{"bill_id":796488,"bill_number":"HB78","title":"AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 32 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to terms of members of the General Assembly.","description":"Propose to amend Section 32 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prevent Senators from serving more than four consecutive terms of office and Representatives from serving more than eight consecutive terms of office, whether complete or partial terms, and prevent a legislator from serving more than sixteen consecutive years in the General Assembly, regardless of the House in which he or she served, beginning in 2018; allow legislators to resume service after two years have elapsed since leaving office; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB78/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB78.htm","sponsor":"Kenny Imes"},
{"bill_id":796489,"bill_number":"HB10","title":"AN ACT relating to donated clothing, household items, or other items.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 367.650 to 367.670 to require proper labeling on donation boxes and donation drop-off sites when the donations do not qualify as charitable contributions for federal tax purposes; amend KRS 367.668 to require lettering to be not less than 2 inches in height; amend KRS 367.665 to grant the county attorney concurrent jurisdiction and powers with the Attorney General and allow the county attorney to impose penalties which shall be paid to the county.","status_desc":"Vetoed","status_date":"2016-04-27","last_action":"line items vetoed (Acts, ch.146)","last_action_date":"2016-04-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB10/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB10.htm","sponsor":"Jody Richards"},
{"bill_id":796491,"bill_number":"HJR15","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION designating the \"Breckinridge County Veterans Memorial Highway.\"","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate US 60 in Breckinridge County as \"Breckinridge County Veterans Memorial Highway\" and to erect signage denoting this designation;","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":null,"last_action":"Prefiled by the sponsor(s)","last_action_date":"2015-10-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR15/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HJ15.htm","sponsor":"Dean Schamore"},
{"bill_id":796531,"bill_number":"HB79","title":"AN ACT relating to tax credits for airport noise mitigation.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 and amend KRS 141.0205 to create a refundable income tax credit for the costs of mitigating noise from a commercial airport; make tax credit applicable to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2016.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB79/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB79.htm","sponsor":"Jim Wayne"},
{"bill_id":796557,"bill_number":"HB80","title":"AN ACT relating to open records.","description":"Amend KRS 61.870 to narrow the funding criteria that determines exemptions from the definition of \"public agency\"in the Kentucky Open Records Act.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch.138)","last_action_date":"2016-04-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB80/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB80.htm","sponsor":"Chris Harris"},
{"bill_id":796764,"bill_number":"HB81","title":"AN ACT relating to tuition waivers for foster children.","description":"Amend KRS 164.2847 to permit tuition waivers for foster children enrolled in a dual credit or dual enrollment course in high school.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB81/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB81.htm","sponsor":"Linda Belcher"},
{"bill_id":796769,"bill_number":"HB82","title":"AN ACT relating to maximum class size.","description":"Amend KRS 157.360 to prohibit the number of pupils enrolled in a class on the fifteenth student instructional day from exceeding the established maximum class size; amend KRS 157.420 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB82/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB82.htm","sponsor":"Linda Belcher"},
{"bill_id":796784,"bill_number":"HB83","title":"AN ACT relating to tobacco products.","description":"Amend KRS 138.130 to define \"reference tobacco products\"; exclude reference tobacco products from the definition of \"tobacco products\" and \"snuff\"; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2016.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-01","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 14)","last_action_date":"2016-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB83/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB83.htm","sponsor":"Thomas McKee"},
{"bill_id":796801,"bill_number":"HR16","title":"A RESOLUTION encouraging school bus safety.","description":"Encourage the Kentucky Center for School Safety to provide additional support for school bus safety; encourage the Kentucky Department of Education to provide additional training specifically geared for bus safety of young students; encourage the Kentucky School Boards Association to provide model policies to ensure greater safety for young students while boarding and disembarking from school buses.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":null,"last_action":"Prefiled by the sponsor(s)","last_action_date":"2015-11-09","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR16/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR16.htm","sponsor":"Jim DeCesare"},
{"bill_id":796810,"bill_number":"SB32","title":"AN ACT relating to financial literacy.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require the Department of Education to develop and implement the Kentucky Financial Literacy Program; require a high school student to complete instruction in financial literacy, included within the existing curriculum, prior to graduation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-06","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB32/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB32.htm","sponsor":"Dennis Parrett"},
{"bill_id":796859,"bill_number":"HB84","title":"AN ACT relating to autopsy records.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 72 to limit lawful distribution of autopsy photographs, images, video, or audio recordings to specified persons and agencies; amend KRS 72.992 to provide penalty for violating the prohibition on dissemination of autopsy photographs, images, or video or audio recordings.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"reassigned to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-01","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB84/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB84.htm","sponsor":"James Tipton"},
{"bill_id":796882,"bill_number":"SB33","title":"AN ACT relating to cardiopulmonary resuscitation training in schools.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require that students receive CPR training one time while enrolled in grades 7-12.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-09","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 70)","last_action_date":"2016-04-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB33/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB33.htm","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":797044,"bill_number":"SCR15","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the importance of removing barriers to breastfeeding in the Commonwealth.","description":"Recognize the importance of removing barriers to breastfeeding in the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":null,"last_action":"Prefiled by the sponsor(s)","last_action_date":"2015-11-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SCR15/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SC15.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":797048,"bill_number":"SB34","title":"AN ACT relating to breast-feeding.","description":"Amend KRS 211.755 to establish that a mother breast-feeding a child or expressing milk in any location, public or private, where the mother and child are otherwise authorized to be shall report any violations to the local health department, independent health department, or county health department, having jurisdiction for the county in which the violation occurred; provide that the local health department, independent health department, or county health department shall conduct an investigation of any reported violation; amend KRS 211.990 to establish a fine of $500 for the first offense and $1,000 for each subsequent offense for any person or municipality that who violates of KRS 211.755(2) or(3).","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-06","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB34/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB34.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":797054,"bill_number":"HB85","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Driver Manual.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186 to direct the Office for the Blind to provide the Kentucky State Police with language regarding visually impaired and blind pedestrians to be added to the Kentucky Driver Manual.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-21","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB85/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB85.htm","sponsor":"Arnold Simpson"},
{"bill_id":797066,"bill_number":"HB86","title":"AN ACT relating to taxation.","description":"Amend KRS 141.066 and 141.0205 to implement a Kentucky earned income tax credit; amend KRS 141.200 to require combined reporting of business income; amend KRS 141.120 to implement a throwback rule for income not taxed elsewhere and to provide sourcing of certain sales; amend KRS 141.205 to disallow tax haven transactions and require disclosure of all reportable transactions; amend KRS 136.310, 136.530, 141.040, 141.0401, 141.121, 141.206, and 141.420 to conform; provide that the Act applies to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2016.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB86/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB86.htm","sponsor":"Jim Wayne"},
{"bill_id":797079,"bill_number":"SB36","title":"AN ACT relating to judicial redistricting.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 21A to require the Supreme Court to analyze and propose adjustments to the Commonwealth's judicial circuits and districts and the judicial assignments therein to account for population changes and caseloads in the same years as legislative redistricting is required.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-06","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB36/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB36.htm","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":797093,"bill_number":"SB35","title":"AN ACT relating to school councils.","description":"Amend KRS 160.345 to require the school superintendent or designee to consult with the principal or principal's designee and the school council when establishing school policy, making personnel decisions, determining instructional materials, and student support services; allow a principal vacancy to be filled by the superintendent; require the superintendent to adopt policies to be implemented in the schools; require the superintendent to plan professional development; require the principal or principal's designee to develop and implement a wellness policy; amend KRS 158.197 to allow the principal or principal's designee to authorize the display of specific educational materials; amend KRS 158.153, 158.792, and 158.844 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-06","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB35/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB35.htm","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":797122,"bill_number":"HJR17","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION designating a portion of Kentucky Route 324 in Mason County in honor and memory of Colonel Charles Young for his dedication to service to our country and distinction as the highest-ranking African American officer in the United States Armed Forces until his death.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a portion of Kentucky Route 324 in Mason County in honor and memory of Col. Charles Young.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":null,"last_action":"Prefiled by the sponsor(s)","last_action_date":"2015-11-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR17/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HJ17.htm","sponsor":"Mitchel Denham"},
{"bill_id":797127,"bill_number":"HB88","title":"AN ACT relating to the appropriate care and disposition of human remains.","description":"State the purpose of the Act; amend KRS 213.076 to require the place of final disposition to be recorded on the death certificate; amend KRS 367.934 to require that any grave space, underground crypt, or mausoleum crypt must match the place of final disposition before a final payment shall be made; amend KRS 367.946 to require registrants to identify the location of each grave space, underground crypt, mausoleum and niche sold annually, and to require each registrant to submit a report listing the specific location of each grave space within the cemetery, and to require the Office of the Attorney General to establish and maintain a database; amend KRS 367.948 to require a cross-reference between grave spaces, underground crypts, and mausoleum crypts to any contract entered into for the sale of the space; create a new section of KRS 367.934 to 367.974 to require a space of at least six inches between grave spaces.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB88/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB88.htm","sponsor":"Larry Clark"},
{"bill_id":797131,"bill_number":"HB87","title":"AN ACT relating to military service.","description":"Amend KRS 159.035 to allow for any high school student participating in basic training required by a branch of the United States Armed Forces to be considered present for all purposes for up to ten days.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 128)","last_action_date":"2016-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB87/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB87.htm","sponsor":"Kevin Bratcher"},
{"bill_id":797136,"bill_number":"HB89","title":"AN ACT relating to the public employee health insurance trust fund.","description":"Amend KRS 18A.2254 to prohibit any fund transfers from the public employee health insurance trust fund to the general fund, and direct that as part of the annual premium-setting process any surplus determined to exist in the balance for a prior plan year shall be transferred to the plan year for which premiums are being set so as to reduce the cost of employee premiums in that year to the extent prudently and reasonably possible.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"reassigned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-02","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB89/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB89.htm","sponsor":"Mitchel Denham"},
{"bill_id":797806,"bill_number":"HB90","title":"AN ACT relating to horse racing.","description":"Amend KRS 230.280 to prohibit an applicant from holding more than one racing license, unless a licensee is seeking to acquire a license from another licensee to transfer the location and buys all the assets and liabilities of the other licensee.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB90/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB90.htm","sponsor":"Gregory Stumbo"},
{"bill_id":797875,"bill_number":"HB91","title":"Feb 01-WITHDRAWN","description":"Feb 01-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2016-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB91/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB91.htm","sponsor":"Brent Yonts"},
{"bill_id":797901,"bill_number":"HB92","title":"AN ACT relating to districts of innovation.","description":"Amend KRS 160.107 to allow a waiver or modification of the statewide assessment system for schools participating in a district of innovation plan, under specific conditions; allow a district of innovation to use student assessments other than those required by the state board, under specific conditions.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-02-08","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB92/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB92.htm","sponsor":"Larry Clark"},
{"bill_id":797905,"bill_number":"HB93","title":"AN ACT relating to the taxation of electronic cigarettes.","description":"Amend KRS 138.130 to create a definition for \"electronic cigarettes\" and amend definition of \"tobacco products\" to include \"electronic cigarettes\"; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2016.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB93/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB93.htm","sponsor":"Larry Clark"},
{"bill_id":798027,"bill_number":"HB95","title":"AN ACT relating to telehealth services.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the Department for Medicaid Services to submit a waiver or waiver amendment to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in order to provide coverage for home telemonitoring services and direct-to-patient telehealth services; define terms; amend KRS 273.443 to permit community action agencies to use federal funds to ensure adequate access to health care; create a new section of KRS 273.410 to 273.453 to require the state administering agency to establish a program to permit telehealth consultation services and require Medicaid coverage; and amend KRS 205.559 to permit state administering agencies to receive Medicaid reimbursement for telehealth consultation services.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 126)","last_action_date":"2016-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB95/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB95.htm","sponsor":"Thomas Burch"},
{"bill_id":798030,"bill_number":"HB97","title":"AN ACT relating to abandoned infants.","description":"Amend KRS 405.075, 216B.190, 211.951, and 620.350 to increase the age limit in the definition of a newborn infant to 30 days for the purposes of The Representative Thomas J. Burch Safe Infants Act; and amend KRS 405.075 and 620.355 to delete a reference to a repealed statute.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-01-26","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB97/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB97.htm","sponsor":"Thomas Burch"},
{"bill_id":798032,"bill_number":"HB98","title":"AN ACT relating to electric utility billing.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 278 to place a cap on the amount that an electric utility can bill for a basic service charge.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Tourism Development & Energy (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB98/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB98.htm","sponsor":"Rick Nelson"},
{"bill_id":798035,"bill_number":"HB96","title":"AN ACT relating to temporary removal hearings.","description":"Amend KRS 620.100 to require that counsel appointed prior to a temporary removal hearing to represent a child or an indigent parent, custodian, or other party must have been trained in domestic violence issues.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-21","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB96/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB96.htm","sponsor":"Thomas Burch"},
{"bill_id":798037,"bill_number":"HB94","title":"AN ACT relating to court-ordered outpatient mental health treatment and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 202A.081 to require that an attorney is present for a patient agreed order and allow a peer support specialist to be present; require the court to appoint a case management service or team employed by a community mental health center to develop a comprehensive treatment plan, monitor treatment adherence, and report on the person's functioning; require that the case management service or team be available 24/7 and adequately trained; provide that failure to abide by the order may result in rehospitalization provided that the criteria are met, procedures are initiated via affidavit by the case management service or team, and mental health examinations take place at community mental health centers; permit additional orders with due process; require that patient agreed order services are covered by Medicaid; require that courts report such orders to the Kentucky Commission on Services and Supports for Individuals with Mental Illness, Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Disorders, and Dual Diagnoses; and rename this commitment process a patient agreed order; amend KRS 202A.261 to exempt certain hospitals from being required to provide particular services; amend KRS 202A.271 to require certain hospitals to be paid for services performed under portions of this Act at the same rates the hospital negotiates for other services; create new sections of KRS Chapter 202A to create a process for District Courts to order assisted outpatient mental health treatment; provide for transportation processes for the purposes of a mental health examination; establish eligibility and court proceedings; require a mental health examination and the development of a treatment plan; establish the process for hearings; require the court to appoint a case management team or service to monitor and report on the person under order; authorize 72-hour emergency admission for failure to comply with orders; provide for the right to stay, vacate, or modify orders; provide for a process to change a treatment plan; permit an additional period of treatment to be ordered provided certain criteria are met; require that assisted outpatient treatment services are covered by Medicaid; and name these sections of the bill \"Tim's Law.\"","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-11","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB94/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB94.htm","sponsor":"Thomas Burch"},
{"bill_id":798102,"bill_number":"HB99","title":"AN ACT relating to the posting of historical documents.","description":"Amend KRS 158.194 to require a principal to determine the most efficient manner to produce classroom copies of the Bill of Rights; allow each teacher to choose the placement of the document within the classroom and to remove during assessments; amend KRS 158.195 to require the postings of the preambles to the United States Constitution and the Kentucky Constitution in all public school classrooms; require a principal to determine the most efficient manner to produce classroom copies of the documents; allow each classroom teacher to choose placement of the documents within the classroom and to remove during assessments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day","last_action_date":"2016-02-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB99/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB99.htm","sponsor":"Mitchel Denham"},
{"bill_id":798163,"bill_number":"SB37","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 531 to prohibit a person under 18 years of age from transmitting a nude image of himself, herself, or another person under 18 years of age to another person by computer or electronic means as a violation for the first offense and a Class B misdemeanor for each subsequent offense; provide for juvenile court jurisdiction; prohibit registration as sex offender; prohibit possession of a nude image of a person under 18 years of age as a violation for the first offense and a Class B misdemeanor for each subsequent offense; provide for juvenile court jurisdiction for person under 18 at time of commission of offense and District Court jurisdiction for persons over 18; prohibit registration as sex offender.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-03-04","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB37/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB37.htm","sponsor":"Joe Bowen"},
{"bill_id":798852,"bill_number":"HB100","title":"AN ACT relating to insurance coverage of autism spectrum disorders.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 304.17A requiring that health benefit plans that provide benefits for autism spectrum disorders treatment provide a liaison to the insured to facilitate communication between the insured and the insurer.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 102)","last_action_date":"2016-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB100/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB100.htm","sponsor":"Jeff Hoover"},
{"bill_id":798857,"bill_number":"HCR18","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION directing the staff of the Legislative Research Commission to study the racial demographics of Kentucky's criminal juries.","description":"Direct the staff of the Legislative Research Commission to study the racial demographics of Kentucky's criminal juries; report findings to the appropriate committee or committees by November 1, 2016.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":null,"last_action":"Prefiled by the sponsor(s)","last_action_date":"2015-12-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR18/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HC18.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Meeks"},
{"bill_id":798891,"bill_number":"HB101","title":"AN ACT relating to qualified immunity.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 161 to limit a school official's civil liability resulting from any act or omission resulting from the supervision, care, or discipline, of students if undertaken under specific enumerated circumstances; provide that this Act does not apply to civil actions filed prior to the effective date of this Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB101/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB101.htm","sponsor":"Stan Lee"},
{"bill_id":798913,"bill_number":"SB38","title":"AN ACT relating to TVA in-lieu-of-tax payments, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 96.895 to provide that, beginning in fiscal year 2016-2017, a portion of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in-lieu-of-tax payment made to the Commonwealth and deposited into the general fund shall be transferred to the regional development agency assistance fund to be distributed among fiscal court-designated local industrial development authorities for economic development and job creation activities; provide that the transfers will not affect the portion of the total state TVA payment that is currently distributed among local government entities; provide that these transfers will be phased-in over a five-year period, with an amount equal to 50 percent of the general fund portion of the total state TVA payment being transferred in fiscal year 2020-2021 and each fiscal year thereafter, not to exceed $6,000,000 each year; EMERGENCY; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-06","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB38/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB38.htm","sponsor":"Stan Humphries"},
{"bill_id":798917,"bill_number":"HB102","title":"AN ACT relating to horse racing.","description":"Amend KRS 138.510 to require a division of an amount equal to one percent of all money wagered on historical horse racing among the applicable breed funds based on percentage of the ownership of the associations participating in a commission-approved agreement; permit the commission to divide the one percent based upon criteria other than ownership interest, upon joint requests by the associations and with the consent of the applicable horsemen's organizations; amend KRS 230.260 to vest the commission with jurisdiction over any manufacturer, distributor, or vendor of any terminal, equipment, system, or software used to offer historical racing in Kentucky; require those entities to be licensed and permit the commission to impose a fee not to exceed $50,000; require the commission to promulgate administrative regulations to establish requirements, conditions, and procedures for licensing, as well as a fee schedule; specify that no determination is made as to the legality of wagering on historical horse racing or as to whether or not such wagering constitutes a pari-mutuel form of wagering.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Licensing & Occupations (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB102/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB102.htm","sponsor":"David Osborne"},
{"bill_id":799106,"bill_number":"HB106","title":"AN ACT relating to chemical munitions disposal and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 224.50-130 to delete references to gaps in information on the acute and chronic health effects of exposure to compounds used in chemical munitions; require that, after the compounds in chemical munitions are treated to specific treatment or destruction values set by law or by the Energy and Environment Cabinet, the Energy and Environment Cabinet shall reclassify the residual wastes to ensure proper management and disposal; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-06","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 44)","last_action_date":"2016-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB106/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB106.htm","sponsor":"Rita Smart"},
{"bill_id":799110,"bill_number":"HB105","title":"Feb 02-WITHDRAWN","description":"Feb 02-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2016-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB105/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB105.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Watkins"},
{"bill_id":799113,"bill_number":"HB110","title":"AN ACT relating to distribution of sexually explicit images without the consent of the person depicted.","description":"Amend KRS 531.010 to define \"private erotic matter\"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 531 to prohibit the distribution of sexually explicit images without consent, and make such distribution a Class A misdemeanor unless it is done for profit, in which case it is a Class D felony.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-02-16","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB110/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB110.htm","sponsor":"Joni Jenkins"},
{"bill_id":799115,"bill_number":"HB109","title":"AN ACT relating to offenses committed in a continuing course of conduct against vulnerable victims and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 501, relating to general principles of liability, to define “offense against a vulnerable victim” and to create a mechanism for charging a person with the commission of an offense against a vulnerable victim in a continuous course of conduct.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-01-19","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB109/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB109.htm","sponsor":"Joni Jenkins"},
{"bill_id":799118,"bill_number":"HB111","title":"AN ACT relating to child abuse information in schools.","description":"Amend KRS 156.095 to require every public school to post the Kentucky child abuse hotline number.","status_desc":"Enrolled","status_date":"2016-04-01","last_action":"filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State","last_action_date":"2016-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB111/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB111.htm","sponsor":"Linda Belcher"},
{"bill_id":799121,"bill_number":"HB103","title":"AN ACT relating to nuclear power.","description":"Amend KRS 278.605 to allow construction of a nuclear power facility on or within 50 miles of a site previously used for the manufacture of nuclear products.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"posting withdrawn","last_action_date":"2016-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB103/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB103.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Watkins"},
{"bill_id":799124,"bill_number":"HB107","title":"AN ACT relating to nonteaching time for teachers.","description":"Amend KRS 158.060 to require that teachers are provided a minimum of 60 minutes per day for nonteaching activities; require that at least 120 minutes per week be used for self-directed activities; specify the types of activities permitted during self-directed time.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-02-17","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB107/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB107.htm","sponsor":"Rita Smart"},
{"bill_id":799125,"bill_number":"SB39","title":"AN ACT relating to shock probation.","description":"Amend KRS 439.265 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.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-07","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB39/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB39.htm","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":799127,"bill_number":"HB108","title":"AN ACT relating to municipal electric authorities.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 96 which permit municipal utilities to join together to buy and sell electricity and natural gas; specify elements of an agreement to create a municipal electric authority; determine what powers an authority will have, including the power to undertake projects, bonding, and other borrowing power; specify limits to financial transactions; amend KRS 45A.365 and 424.260 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Tourism Development & Energy (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB108/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB108.htm","sponsor":"Jim Gooch"},
{"bill_id":799129,"bill_number":"HB104","title":"AN ACT relating to state authority to regulate air quality.","description":"Amend KRS 224.20-125 to prohibit the Energy and Environment Cabinet from promulgating administrative regulations or imposing permit conditions to reduce carbon dioxide under federal rules or federal plan unless authorized by either the Kentucky General Assembly or if carbon dioxide is designated by the United States Congress as a criteria pollutant under the Clean Air Act; declare Kentucky a sanctuary state from over-reaching regulatory authority of the United States Environmental Protection Agency to implement carbon dioxide limits under the Clean Power Plan.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Environment (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB104/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB104.htm","sponsor":"Jim Gooch"},
{"bill_id":799131,"bill_number":"HB112","title":"AN ACT relating to tangible personal property used in the production of equine.","description":"Amend KRS 139.480 to exempt feed and feed additives, seeds, commercial fertilizers, farm chemicals, farm machinery, water, 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, 2016.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-11","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB112/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB112.htm","sponsor":"Mitchel Denham"},
{"bill_id":799139,"bill_number":"HB114","title":"AN ACT relating to school accountability.","description":"Amend KRS 158.6455 to remove a student's scores from the accountability measure of a school if the student is enrolled in the school but has attended an alternative education program as a result of local school district policies or procedures for the three months prior to testing.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB114/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB114.htm","sponsor":"Jill York"},
{"bill_id":799148,"bill_number":"HB113","title":"AN ACT creating the Office of Inspector General in the Department for Local Government.","description":"Amend KRS 147A.002 to create the Office of Inspector General within the Department for Local Government; create a new section of KRS Chapter 147A to set duties and authorities of the Office of Inspector General.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-03-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB113/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB113.htm","sponsor":"Steven Riggs"},
{"bill_id":799173,"bill_number":"HB122","title":"AN ACT relating to career readiness.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require the Kentucky Board of Education to identify a student who obtains a minimum score of 36 on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery as career-ready.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-02-29","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB122/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB122.htm","sponsor":"Linda Belcher"},
{"bill_id":799175,"bill_number":"HB121","title":"AN ACT relating to the overtaking of bicycles on a roadway.","description":"Amend KRS 189.340 to require vehicles overtaking bicyles to pass at a distance of at least three feet.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB121/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB121.htm","sponsor":"Susan Westrom"},
{"bill_id":799178,"bill_number":"SB40","title":"AN ACT relating to open juvenile proceedings.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 21A to request that the Supreme Court establish a pilot project to permit participating courts to make specified juvenile proceedings presumptively open to the public; establish guidelines; provide a mechanism for a participating court to close a specific hearing upon a finding of cause; create a new section of KRS Chapter 610 to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-09","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 76)","last_action_date":"2016-04-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB40/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB40.htm","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":799181,"bill_number":"HB25","title":"AN ACT relating to operators of taxis, buses, or other passenger vehicles for hire.","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":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB25/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB25.htm","sponsor":"Joni Jenkins"},
{"bill_id":799184,"bill_number":"HB117","title":"AN ACT relating to driving under the influence.","description":"Amend various sections in KRS Chapter 189A, relating to driving under the influence, to provide that, regarding the five-year look back provision, anyone who violates the provisions of KRS 189A.010 is restricted to one first-time offense during his or her lifetime; and require that subsequent offenses during any five year lookback period be construed as a conviction of a second offense.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB117/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB117.htm","sponsor":"Jim Duplessis"},
{"bill_id":799187,"bill_number":"HB126","title":"AN ACT relating to inheritance tax.","description":"Amend KRS 140.070 to modify the inheritance tax exemption and rates for Class A and B beneficiaries; repeal KRS 140.080; make conforming changes; apply to dates of death occurring on or after January 1, 2016.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB126/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB126.htm","sponsor":"Rita Smart"},
{"bill_id":799190,"bill_number":"HB116","title":"AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 32 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to terms of members of the General Assembly.","description":"Propose to amend Section 32 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prevent Senators from serving more than four terms of office and Representatives from serving more than six terms of office, whether complete or partial terms, beginning with those elected in 2018; pose question to be submitted to voters; submit to voters.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB116/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB116.htm","sponsor":"Jim Duplessis"},
{"bill_id":799193,"bill_number":"HB120","title":"AN ACT relating to the use of drone for an unlawful purpose.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 500 to define \"drone\"; prohibit the use of a drone for purposes of harassment, to commit acts of voyeurism, or facilitation burglary; allow the use of drones for lawful commercial, personal, or law enforcement use; of provide that a violation of this section for use of a drone for harassment purposes is a violation and for any other purpose enumerated in the section is a Class B misdemeanor.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-02-26","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB120/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB120.htm","sponsor":"Linda Belcher"},
{"bill_id":799197,"bill_number":"HB115","title":"AN ACT relating to colon cancer prevention and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 214.542 to include eligible underinsured individuals in the colon cancer screening program; direct the Department for Public Health to promulgate administrative regulations to develop a schedule of income-based fees that may be charged for screening, examination, treatment, and rescreening and a data collection system to document the services performed under the program.","status_desc":"Enrolled","status_date":"2016-03-25","last_action":"filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State","last_action_date":"2016-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB115/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB115.htm","sponsor":"Thomas Burch"},
{"bill_id":799200,"bill_number":"HB123","title":"AN ACT relating to access to emergency response medications in child-care centers and family child-care homes.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 199.892 to 199.896 to require emergency response medications in child-care centers and family child-care homes to be stored in a secure, unlocked location, not accessible to children; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations to implement the requirement.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB123/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB123.htm","sponsor":"Gregory Stumbo"},
{"bill_id":799203,"bill_number":"HB125","title":"AN ACT relating to film industry incentives.","description":"Amend KRS 148.542 to allow all counties covered by the Appalachian Regional Commission to receive enhanced film industry incentives.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB125/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB125.htm","sponsor":"Bart Rowland"},
{"bill_id":799205,"bill_number":"HB118","title":"AN ACT relating to the Medicaid Provider appeals and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to clarify how distance is calculated by a medicaid managed care organization (MCO); create new sections of KRS Chapter 205 to define terms; clarify that a medical loss ratio (MLR) is calculated as long as it supplements federal law; require the minimum MLR for an MCO to be equal to or higher than 85% for each year; establish requirements for the numerator and denominator of the MLR; require a remittance for a MLR if the 85% standard is not met; establish an attestation of accuracy and require submission of certain data; require recalculation of the MLR when a retroactive change is made to a capitation payment; prohibit bonus or incentive payments to providers or subcontractors based on whether the MLR is met or exceeded; require submission to the Department of Medicaid Services of supplemental financial schedules to reconcile expense reports; establish timeframe for submission of supplemental financial schedules; amend KRS 304.17A-730 to require the commissioner of the Department of Insurance (DOI) to enforce Kentucky's prompt payment laws as they relate to disputes between the providers of care to Medicaid recipients and Medicaid Managed care organizations and Medicaid recipients and the MCOs; allow a Medicaid recipient or provider to file a claim with the DOI for a failure to comply with Kentucky's prompt payment statutes; allow a hearing to be requested when the claim is denied or after 30 days of nonpayment; allow a hearing to be requested for a claim designated as \"less than clean\" after 120 days of nonpayment; allow multiple claims to be reviewed in one complaint; allow the DOI to charge a filing fee to cover its reasonable expenses; allow the DOI to investigate issues arising through the report process; require eligible claims to be filed within 30 days, require a ruling within 30 days if no hearing is held and 60 days if a hearing is held; encourage reporting form documents be forwarded to State Auditor for review; exempt fee-for-service Medicaid; permit interest rate of 14% to be charged for nonpayment and provide for additional penalties for nonpayment; require the commissioner of the DOI authority to enforce Kentucky's prompt payment laws as they relate to disputes between the DMS, Medicaid recipients, providers of care to Medicaid recipients, or a managed care company contracting with the DMS to provide care to Medicaid recipients; require the DOI to establish an internal appeals and hearing process for review of prompt payment claims; guarantee that currently existing unpaid \"clean\" or \"less than clean\" claims or any claims that arise after the effective date of the bill and before the implementation of hearing regulations shall be guaranteed interest payments and that each day shall continue to count as a separate violation even without a hearing process established; amend KRS 304.17A-722 to require additional reporting of original and corrected claims and pharmacy claims administered by insuurers; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-02-02","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB118/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB118.htm","sponsor":"Gregory Stumbo"},
{"bill_id":799209,"bill_number":"HB124","title":"AN ACT relating to law enforcement.","description":"Amend KRS 16.220 to allow funds from the sale of confiscated firearms to be used to purchase body-worn cameras and establish guidelines therefor.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 95)","last_action_date":"2016-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB124/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB124.htm","sponsor":"Dennis Keene"},
{"bill_id":799212,"bill_number":"HB127","title":"AN ACT relating to academic credit for military experience.","description":"Amend KRS 164.2951 to require the Council on Postsecondary Education to develop and implement a statewide policy for public postsecondary education institutions to provide academic credit for military service and training for active duty members of the U.S. Armed Forces, Reserves, and National Guard as well as veterans of the Armed Forces.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-02-17","last_action":"received in House","last_action_date":"2016-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB127/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB127.htm","sponsor":"Sannie Overly"},
{"bill_id":799215,"bill_number":"HR19","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Carol Palmore.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Carol Palmore.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR19/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR19.htm","sponsor":"Derrick Graham"},
{"bill_id":799218,"bill_number":"HB119","title":"AN ACT relating to credit freezes for consumers.","description":"Amend KRS 367.363 to define \"protected person,\" \"representative,\" and \"sufficient proof of authority\"; amend KRS 363.365 to require a consumer reporting agency to place a security freeze on a protected person's record or report upon proper request by a representative; require the freeze to be placed within twenty days of receiving the request; establish when the credit reporting agency is required to temporarily lift or remove the freeze; allow the credit reporting agency to charge a fee under certain circumstances; establish penalties for violations.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-02-02","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB119/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB119.htm","sponsor":"Sannie Overly"},
{"bill_id":799223,"bill_number":"HB131","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":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB131/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB131.htm","sponsor":"Ron Crimm"},
{"bill_id":799224,"bill_number":"HB128","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 to 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 117.275, 118.025, 118.105, 118.125, 118.245, 120.055, 120.095, 121,015, and 121.170 to conform; repeal KRS 118.227.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB128/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB128.htm","sponsor":"Ron Crimm"},
{"bill_id":799226,"bill_number":"HB129","title":"AN ACT relating to the involuntary termination of parental rights and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 625.090 to expand the requisite grounds for the termination of parental rights to include the attempted or actual infliction of death or serious physical injury to any child, or to the parent, stepparent, de facto custodian, or guardian of the child who is the subject of the termination action; provide that the Act may be cited as\"Zoe's Law\"; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Vetoed","status_date":"2016-04-27","last_action":"line items vetoed (Acts, ch.147)","last_action_date":"2016-04-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB129/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB129.htm","sponsor":"Ron Crimm"},
{"bill_id":799228,"bill_number":"SB41","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 KRS 532.030, relating to authorized dispositions for felony offenses, to remove the death penalty; 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 prohibit life imprisonment without benefit of parole, for a capital offense; amend 422.285, 532.050, and 532.100 to conform; repeal various statutes relating to imposition of the death penalty.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-06","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB41/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB41.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":799230,"bill_number":"HB132","title":"AN ACT relating to booking photographs and photographic records of inmates.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 61.870 to 61.884 to prohibit a person from using a booking photograph for a commercial purpose if that photograph will be posted in a publication or on a Web site, and the removal of the booking photograph requires the payment of a fee or other consideration; amend KRS 61.870 to define \"booking photograph\".","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 101)","last_action_date":"2016-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB132/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB132.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Watkins"},
{"bill_id":799232,"bill_number":"HJR20","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION designating the \"Officer Daniel Ellis Memorial Highway\" in Madison County.","description":"Designate the \"Officer Daniel Ellis Memorial Highway\" in Madison County.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":null,"last_action":"Prefiled by the sponsor(s)","last_action_date":"2015-12-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR20/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HJ20.htm","sponsor":"Rita Smart"},
{"bill_id":799234,"bill_number":"HB130","title":"AN ACT relating to sales and use taxation.","description":"Amend KRS 139.570, relating to sales and use tax, to increase the maximum amount of vendor compensation from $50 to $250 in any reporting period; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2016.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB130/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB130.htm","sponsor":"Ron Crimm"},
{"bill_id":799236,"bill_number":"HB135","title":"AN ACT relating to casualty insurance.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 20 of KRS Chapter 304 to require casualty insurance contracts relating to real property, which exclude bodily injury liability for injured workers who should be covered by a worker's compensation policy, to disclose to the insured the risk for personal liability.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB135/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB135.htm","sponsor":"Myron Dossett"},
{"bill_id":799238,"bill_number":"HB136","title":"AN ACT relating to energy efficiency tax credits.","description":"Amend KRS 141.435 and 141.436 to extend the energy efficiency tax credits for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2016, but no later than January 1, 2020, in the case of property used as on-farm poultry or livestock raising facilities.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB136/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB136.htm","sponsor":"Bart Rowland"},
{"bill_id":799240,"bill_number":"HB134","title":"Feb 02-WITHDRAWN","description":"Feb 02-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2016-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB134/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB134.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Watkins"},
{"bill_id":799242,"bill_number":"SB42","title":"AN ACT relating to exceptional children.","description":"Amend KRS 157.200 to provide that programs for an exceptional child be provided until the end of the student instructional year in which the exceptional child reaches the age of 22; amend KRS 159.990,158.100, and 159.150 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-06","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB42/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB42.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":799244,"bill_number":"HB133","title":"AN ACT relating to life imprisonment for persistent felony offenders.","description":"Amend KRS 532.080 to increase the sentence to life without the possiblity of parole for offenders with three or more convictions for Class A or B felonies or capital offenses.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB133/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB133.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Watkins"},
{"bill_id":799546,"bill_number":"HB146","title":"AN ACT relating to public education concerning historical items.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 11 to require the Historic Properties Advisory Commission to provide appropriate public education regarding items related to the Confederate States of America, African-American history, Native American history, and the history of other ethnic, cultural, or religious groups having a presence in the Commonwealth and on public display; create a new section of KRS Chapter 148 to require the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet to provide appropriate public education regarding items related to the Confederate States of America, African-American history, Native American history, and the history of other ethnic, cultural, or religious groups having a presence in the Commonwealth and on public display; create a new section of KRS Chapter 171 to require the Department for Libraries and Archives to provide appropriate public education regarding items related to the Confederate States of America, African-American history, Native American history, and the history of other ethnic, cultural, or religious groups having a presence in the Commonwealth and on public display; define certain terms.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB146/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB146.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Meeks"},
{"bill_id":799547,"bill_number":"HB143","title":"AN ACT relating to the unemployment tax credit.","description":"Amend KRS 141.065 to allow an income tax credit for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2016, but before January 1, 2020, equal to $1,000 for employers who hire certain unemployed individuals, if the individual was employed in the coal industry immediately prior to becoming unemployed; limit the current unemployment tax credit to taxable years beginning before January 1, 2020; define the purpose of the tax credits and data required to determine if the tax credits achieve the purpose; require the Department of Revenue to provide information on these credits to the Legislative Research Commission; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the credit.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB143/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB143.htm","sponsor":"Jody Richards"},
{"bill_id":799549,"bill_number":"SCR16","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION directing the staff of the Legislative Research Commission to study the Kentucky Adult Drug Court participant demographics and the correlation, if any, among entry into, access to, participation in, and completion of the drug court program.","description":"Direct the staff of the Legislative Research Commission to study Kentucky Adult Drug Court program participant demographics and associated statistical data; direct that findings be reported to the Legislative Research Commission, for distribution to the appropriate committee or committees, by December 1, 2016.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":null,"last_action":"Prefiled by the sponsor(s)","last_action_date":"2015-12-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SCR16/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SC16.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":799551,"bill_number":"HB145","title":"AN ACT relating to freedom of student speech at public postsecondary education institutions.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to limit a public postsecondary institution's ability to restrict student speech on campus.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB145/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB145.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Meeks"},
{"bill_id":799553,"bill_number":"SB43","title":"AN ACT relating to emergency medical services.","description":"Amend KRS 61.315 to make the survivors of emergency medical services providers who are killed in the line of duty on or after July 1, 2014, eligible for the state lump-sum death benefit; designate as the John Mackey Memorial Act.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-01","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 15)","last_action_date":"2016-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB43/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB43.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":799555,"bill_number":"HB137","title":"AN ACT relating to criminal attempted murder.","description":"Amend KRS 439.3401 to make criminal attempt to commit murder of a peace officer or a firefighter an offense for which at least 85 percent of the sentence must be served before probation or parole.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-02","last_action":"returned to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-29","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB137/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB137.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Watkins"},
{"bill_id":799557,"bill_number":"HB138","title":"AN ACT relating to student assessments.","description":"Amend KRS 158.6453 to require that, beginning in the 2017-2018 academic year, assessments authorized as part of the state assessment program shall not collectively consume more than five percent (5%) of any student's instructional time during a student instructional year.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-02-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB138/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB138.htm","sponsor":"Darryl Owens"},
{"bill_id":799558,"bill_number":"HB140","title":"AN ACT relating to adoption.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 199 to establish a putative father registry in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; prescribe the data the registry will contain and who may access the data; amend KRS 199.480 and 199.990 to conform; amend KRS 199.473 to create a unified application for permission to place or receive a child; amend KRS 199.500 to redefine the time at which a voluntary and informed consent to adoption becomes final and irrevocable; amend KRS 199.470 to remove waiting period to file a petition for adoption; amend KRS 406.081 to require courts to resolve cases against alleged fathers who do not comply with ordered genetic testing; amend KRS 406.091 to require the party requesting the paternity action be filed to pay for genetic testing; amend KRS 625.065, 199.490, 625.040, 625.042, and 625.043 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB140/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB140.htm","sponsor":"David Meade"},
{"bill_id":799561,"bill_number":"HB144","title":"AN ACT relating to cemeteries and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to institute and describe Kentucky Cemetery Cleanup Week; create new sections of KRS Chapter 141 to declare public policy designed to recognize and preserve historic cemeteries; allow taxpayers to designate a portion of their tax refund to fund the Historic Cemetery Preservation fund; create new sections of KRS Chapter 307 to define terms; create the Kentucky Historic Cemetery Preservation Program and the Kentucky Historic Cemetery Preservation Program Board; establish the composition, powers, and duties of the board; set up the Historic Cemetery Preservation Program fund as a trust and agency account; authorize the board to expend program funds for designated purposes; list the circumstances where the board may provide grant money, technical assistance, or training; set conditions for descendant and family access to cemeteries and graves located on private property; require a cemetery operator to notify the next of kin of the improper interment of a body or cremated remains; direct the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet to perform and report an inventory of Native American remains and state owned real estate suitable for reinterment of Native American remains; require cemeteries to keep sufficient records of the specific location of every new burial or interment; establish procedures for the legislative body of a city to utilize abandoned cemetery property for a public purpose; set methods for removal of human remains from the abandoned cemetery by claimants or the city; establish penalties for failure to protect, recognize, or properly maintain burying grounds; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 61.350 as a new section of KRS Chapter 307 to set a fine of $500 to $1,000 for refusing or failing to enforce a cemetery company or burying grounds statute; repeal and reenact KRS 381.690, 381.697, 381.700, 381.710, 381.715, 381.755, and 381.760 as new sections of KRS Chapter 307; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 381.765 as a new section of KRS Chapter 307 to require that a licensed funeral director perform any movement of human remains ordered by a government entity or public utility; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 381.767 as a new section of KRS Chapter 307 to conform; amend KRS 382.110 to direct the grantor of property to note in the deed if the property contains a cemetery; amend KRS 213.076 to require a death certificate to contain the location of the person's body or cremated remains beginning on January 1, 2017; amend KRS 381.990 and 382.990 to conform; repeal KRS 381.720, 381.730, 381.740, and 381.750.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-03-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB144/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB144.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Meeks"},
{"bill_id":799563,"bill_number":"HB142","title":"AN ACT relating to tax credits promoting research and development at Kentucky public universities.","description":"Amend KRS 141.395 to establish a qualified research income tax credit for certain research expenses paid or incurred by the taxpayer to a Kentucky public university; declare purpose of the credit and require annual reporting to the Legislative Research Commission to enable the impact of the credit to be evaluated; sunset the tax credit currently permitted for the construction of research facilities; provide for the ordering of the credit; declare short title of the Act to be the Kentucky University Research and Development Advancement Act of 2016.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB142/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB142.htm","sponsor":"Jody Richards"},
{"bill_id":799565,"bill_number":"HB141","title":"Feb 24-WITHDRAWN","description":"Feb 24-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2016-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB141/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB141.htm","sponsor":"Mitchel Denham"},
{"bill_id":799567,"bill_number":"HCR21","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Gun Safety and Violence Prevention Task Force.","description":"Request that the Legislative Research Commission create the Gun Safety and Violence Prevention Task Force to study public safety, public protection, and gun safety issues.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":null,"last_action":"Prefiled by the sponsor(s)","last_action_date":"2015-12-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR21/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HC21.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Meeks"},
{"bill_id":799569,"bill_number":"SB44","title":"AN ACT relating to opportunities in education.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to provide a nonrefundable income tax credit for contributions made to an entity exempt from taxation which supports public education; create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a separate income tax credit for tuition assistance based on contributions made to a qualified scholarship-granting organization; create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to provide goals and reporting of metrics related to those goals; 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 both tax credits against the tax imposed by KRS 136.505; create a new section of KRS 136.500 to 136.575 to order all bank franchise tax credits.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-06","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB44/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB44.htm","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":799571,"bill_number":"HB139","title":"AN ACT relating to student transportation.","description":"Amend KRS 156.153 to allow local boards of education to authorize the transportation of students in privately owned passenger vehicles under specific circumstances; limit liability when transporting students in a privately owned passenger vehicle; amend KRS 160.310 to set insurance requirements for transporting students in privately owned passenger vehicles; authorize the Kentucky Department of Education to promulgate administrative regulations to provide minimum insurance requirements; require boards to obtain and record evidence of adequate insurance.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB139/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB139.htm","sponsor":"Mitchel Denham"},
{"bill_id":799575,"bill_number":"HB154","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to apply a uniform penalty of mandatory drug treatment and community service to persons convicted of possessing certain drugs and paraphernalia; amend KRS 218A.140 to lower possession of counterfeit substances from a Class D felony to a Class A misdemeanor; amend KRS 218A.1415 to lower possession of a controlled substance from a Class D felony to a Class A misdemeanor; amend KRS 218A.1437 to lower possession of a methamphetamine precursor from a Class D felony to a Class A misdemeanor; amend KRS 218A.276 to require that defendants convicted of possession of a counterfeit substance under KRS 218A.140, marijuana pursuant to KRS 218A.1422, synthetic drugs pursuant to 218A.1430, methamphetamine precursors pursuant to 218A.1437, salvia pursuant to KRS 218A.1451, or drug paraphernalia pursuant to KRS 218A.500 complete a drug treatment program; amend KRS 218A.275 to require that defendants convicted of possession of a controlled substance under various sections of Chapter 218A complete a drug treatment program; amend KRS 431.078 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB154/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB154.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Watkins"},
{"bill_id":799576,"bill_number":"SB46","title":"AN ACT relating to local government pension plans.","description":"Amend KRS 65.156 to allow local government retirement systems created pursuant to KRS 67A.320, 67A.340, 67A.360 to 67A.690, 79.080, 90.400, 90.410, 95.290, 95.520 to 95.620, 95.621 to 95.629, 95.767 to 95.784, 95.851 to 95.884, or KRS Chapter 96 to perform an actuarial valuation once every 5 years instead of every 3 if the system or fund has less than 6 active and retired members; make technical changes; amend KRS 67A.320 to provide that once all liabilities have been satisfied to all persons owed benefits from the pension fund covered by this section, then the board of the fund shall liquidate and distribute to the urban-county government any residual assets of the fund and shall provide a report of the actions taken by the fund to liquidate the residual assets; provide that elected members of the fund's board may also be retirees; make technical and conforming amendments; amend KRS 90.400 and 90.410 to provide that once all liabilities have been satisfied to all persons owed benefits from the pension fund covered by this section, then the board of the fund shall liquidate and distribute to the city any residual assets of the fund and shall provide a report of the actions taken by the fund to liquidate the residual assets; make technical and conforming amendments; amend KRS 95.290, 95.530, 95.622, and 95.869 to provide that once all liabilities have been satisfied to all persons owed benefits from the pension fund covered by this section, then the board of the fund shall liquidate and distribute to the city any residual assets of the fund and shall provide a report of the actions taken by the fund to liquidate the residual assets; provide that if there are fewer than 6 active and retired members of the fund, the board shall be composed of the mayor, city treasurer or chief financial officer, and employees from the city police or fire department appointed by the mayor; make technical and conforming amendments; amend KRS 95.761 and 95.767 provide that if there are fewer than 6 active and retired members of the fund, the board shall be composed of the mayor, city treasurer or chief financial officer, and employees and members of the city legislative body appointed by the mayor; amend KRS 95.783 and 96.180 to provide that once all liabilities have been satisfied to all persons owed benefits from the pension fund covered by this section, then the board of the fund shall liquidate and distribute to the city any residual assets of the fund and shall provide a report of the actions taken by the fund to liquidate the residual assets; amend KRS 67A.655, 78.531, 95.010, 95.580, 95.590, 95.610, 95.620, 95.628, 95.762, 95.765, 95.768, 95.769, 95.771, 95.772, 95.777, 95.778, 95.779, 95.859, 95.868, 95.872, 95.875, 95.890, and 427.125 to make technical and conforming amendments; repeal 95.785.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-04","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 31)","last_action_date":"2016-04-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB46/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB46.htm","sponsor":"Christian McDaniel"},
{"bill_id":799577,"bill_number":"HB149","title":"AN ACT relating to work periods within consolidated local governments and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 337.285 to allow consolidated local governments and collective bargaining units to agree to an 80-hour work period over 14 consecutive days before triggering a rate of pay one and one-half times a peace officer's hourly wage; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-06","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 43)","last_action_date":"2016-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB149/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB149.htm","sponsor":"Jeffery Donohue"},
{"bill_id":799578,"bill_number":"HB147","title":"AN ACT relating to elections.","description":"Amend KRS 121.180 to create a single threshold of $3,000 for campaign finance reports; require state executive committees that establish a building fund account to make quarterly reports; change the date for executive committees and caucus campaign committees to file reports from five days after the 30th day following a primary and regular election to January 31 and July 31; amend KRS 121.150 to increase individual contribution limits to $2,000 as indexed for inflation; increase individual contribution limit to $5,000 per year to the state executive committee of a political party; allow contributions of $5,000 per year in the aggregate to subdivisions and affiliates of political parties; make those contributions not applicable to the cap on contributions to the state executive committee's political party building fund account; increase the contribution limit to caucus campaign committees to $5,000, to increase the aggregate contribution amounts from permanent committees, executive committees, and caucus campaign committees to $20,000; allow married couples to make a contribution with one check that reflects the combined individual contribution limits of each individual spouse; create a new section of KRS Chapter 117 to allow minors 16 years of age or older to be appointed as student election assistants; amend KRS 116.095 to require county clerks to redact a registered voter’s Social Security number from any voter registration record that is requested by a citizen; amend KRS 117.045 and 121.230 to conform; create a new section of KRS Chapter 121 to allow the executive committee of political parties to establish building fund accounts and specify permissible and prohibited uses of funds; amend KRS 121.025 and 121.035 to specify that prohibitions on corporate contributions do not prevent a corporation from contributing to a state executive committee's political party building fund account; amend KRS 116.0452 to establish 4 p.m. local time as the deadline for voter registration applications to be deemed timely received by county clerk before voter registration books are closed; amend KRS 117.235 to allow the posting of political signs on private property that does not serve as a polling station, regardless of distance from the polling place; create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to identify the process to be followed by a candidate to appear on an election ballot for school board member in a school district that extends across county lines; identify the process for totaling a candidate's votes and issuing a certificate of election; amend KRS 118.425 to conform; specify that certain contribution limits apply to elections after July 15, 2016.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2016-02-09","last_action":"3rd reading, passed 36-1 with Committee Substitute (1)","last_action_date":"2016-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB147/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB147.htm","sponsor":"Gregory Stumbo"},
{"bill_id":799579,"bill_number":"SB48","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 and Pathological Gamblers Awareness and Treatment Program; direct the use of funds and limit annual administrative costs to $200,000; establish the Gamblers Awareness and Treatment Program 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 require reports annually; assign responsibilities to the director of the Division of Behavioral Health; amend KRS 222.001 and 222.003 to conform; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-06","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB48/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB48.htm","sponsor":"C.B. Embry"},
{"bill_id":799581,"bill_number":"HB153","title":"AN ACT relating to volunteer service with an employer participating in Kentucky Retirement Systems.","description":"Amend KRS 61.510 and 78.510 to provide that creditable compensation shall exclude nominal fees paid to volunteers of a participating agency who begin participating in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System and the County Employees Retirement System on or after August 1, 2016; define \"volunteer\" and \"nominal fee\"; amend KRS 61.637 to provide that retirees of Kentucky Retirement Systems who receive reimbursements of actual expenses or nominal fees for their volunteer services shall not be subject to the required breaks in employment and prohibitions on prearranged agreements prior to retirement if the retired member did not receive creditable compensation prior to retirement from the employer for which they are providing volunteer services, any reimbursements or nominal fees received prior to retirement have not been classified as creditable compensation or used to determine retirement benefits, the retired member has not purchased or received service credit for service with the participating employer for which he or she is providing volunteer services, and the retired member does not become an employee, leased employee, or independent contractor of the employer for which he or she is providing volunteer services for a period of at least 24 months.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-01","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 25)","last_action_date":"2016-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB153/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB153.htm","sponsor":"Jerry Miller"},
{"bill_id":799583,"bill_number":"HB155","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, 344.040, 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 344.100 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 344.360, 344.370, 344.380, and 344.680, 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 House Committee","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-02-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB155/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB155.htm","sponsor":"Mary Marzian"},
{"bill_id":799584,"bill_number":"SB45","title":"AN ACT relating to the disclosure of public retirement information and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 61.661, 161.585, and 21.540 to require the disclosure, upon request, of the retirement benefit information of current and former members of the General Assembly, including their name, status, and projected or actual retirement benefit payments and benefits of the same from Kentucky Retirement Systems, Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System, Legislators' Retirement Plan, and the Judicial Retirement Plan.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2016-01-19","last_action":"floor amendment (3) and (4-title) filed","last_action_date":"2016-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB45/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB45.htm","sponsor":"Christian McDaniel"},
{"bill_id":799585,"bill_number":"SB47","title":"AN ACT relating to juries.","description":"Amend KRS 29A.040 to add holders of adult personal identification cards issued within a county to the master list of potential jurors for that county.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-06","last_action":"recommitted to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-22","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB47/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB47.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":799587,"bill_number":"HB152","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 Energy and Environment Cabinet; require use of lifts and compacted fills; prohibit disposal of overburden in streams; amend KRS 350.440 to prohibit disposal of spoil or overburden in intermittent, perennial, and ephemeral streams or other waters of the Commonwealth; prescribe areas where spoil may be disposed of; 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; 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; prohibit depositing overburden in streams.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Environment (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB152/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB152.htm","sponsor":"Jim Wayne"},
{"bill_id":799588,"bill_number":"HB150","title":"AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance for military spouses.","description":"Amend KRS 341.370 to prohibit disqualification for unemployment benefits for a worker who leaves a job to follow a military spouse who has been reassigned to another military base or duty location that is 100 miles or more from the worker’s home; delete requirement that, if spouse is relocated to another state, the state must have adopted a similar statute in order for worker to receive benefits.","status_desc":"Vetoed","status_date":"2016-04-27","last_action":"vetoed","last_action_date":"2016-04-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB150/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB150.htm","sponsor":"Cluster Howard"},
{"bill_id":799589,"bill_number":"HB148","title":"AN ACT relating to emergency epinephrine auto-injectors in child-care centers and family child-care homes.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 199.892 to 199.896 to permit licensed child-care centers and certified family child-care homes to meet the requirements of KRS 311.646 to obtain a prescription for and store epinephrine auto-injectors for emergency use; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations to implement the requirement; amend KRS 311.645 to include licensed child-care centers and certified family child-care homes in the definition of \"authorized entity.\"","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 122)","last_action_date":"2016-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB148/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB148.htm","sponsor":"Linda Belcher"},
{"bill_id":799590,"bill_number":"HB151","title":"AN ACT relating to railroads.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 277 to require two-person crews on trains or light engines used in connection with the movement of freight; establish civil penalties for failure to have a two-person crew.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-03-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB151/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB151.htm","sponsor":"Jeffery Donohue"},
{"bill_id":800807,"bill_number":"HJR5","title":"Designate the \"Officer Daniel Ellis Memorial Highway\" in Madison County.","description":"Designate the \"Officer Daniel Ellis Memorial Highway\" in Madison County.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 96)","last_action_date":"2016-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR5/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HJR5.htm","sponsor":"Rita Smart"},
{"bill_id":800813,"bill_number":"HJR8","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a portion of Kentucky Route 324 in Mason County in honor and memory of Col. Charles Young.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a portion of Kentucky Route 324 in Mason County in honor and memory of Col. Charles Young.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR8/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HJR8.htm","sponsor":"Mitchel Denham"},
{"bill_id":800818,"bill_number":"HCR7","title":"Direct the staff of the Legislative Research Commission to study the racial demographics of Kentucky's criminal juries; report findings to the appropriate committee or committees by November 1, 2016.","description":"Direct the staff of the Legislative Research Commission to study the racial demographics of Kentucky's criminal juries; report findings to the appropriate committee or committees by November 1, 2016.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR7/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HCR7.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Meeks"},
{"bill_id":800824,"bill_number":"HR6","title":"Support the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.","description":"Support the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"3rd reading, adopted 43-32","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR6/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR6.htm","sponsor":"Jim Wayne"},
{"bill_id":800830,"bill_number":"HR9","title":"Encourage the Kentucky Center for School Safety to provide additional support for school bus safety; encourage the Kentucky Department of Education to provide additional training specifically geared for bus safety of young students; encourage the Kentucky School Boards Association to provide model policies to ensure greater safety for young students while boarding and disembarking from school buses.","description":"Encourage the Kentucky Center for School Safety to provide additional support for school bus safety; encourage the Kentucky Department of Education to provide additional training specifically geared for bus safety of young students; encourage the Kentucky School Boards Association to provide model policies to ensure greater safety for young students while boarding and disembarking from school buses.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR9/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR9.htm","sponsor":"Jim DeCesare"},
{"bill_id":800835,"bill_number":"HJR10","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate US 60 in Breckinridge County as \"Breckinridge County Veterans Memorial Highway\" and to erect signage denoting this designation;","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate US 60 in Breckinridge County as \"Breckinridge County Veterans Memorial Highway\" and to erect signage denoting this designation;","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR10/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HJR10.htm","sponsor":"Dean Schamore"},
{"bill_id":800841,"bill_number":"HCR4","title":"Request that the Legislative Research Commission create the Gun Safety and Violence Prevention Task Force to study public safety, public protection, and gun safety issues.","description":"Request that the Legislative Research Commission create the Gun Safety and Violence Prevention Task Force to study public safety, public protection, and gun safety issues.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR4/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HCR4.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Meeks"},
{"bill_id":801841,"bill_number":"SR7","title":"Honor Nell Fookes upon the ocassion of her retirement as the head coach of the Boone County High School girls' basketball team.","description":"Honor Nell Fookes upon the ocassion of her retirement as the head coach of the Boone County High School girls' basketball team.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR7/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR7.htm","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":801844,"bill_number":"SCR10","title":"Direct the staff of the Legislative Research Commission to study Kentucky Adult Drug Court program participant demographics and associated statistical data; direct that findings be reported to the Legislative Research Commission, for distribution to the appropriate committee or committees, by December 1, 2016.","description":"Direct the staff of the Legislative Research Commission to study Kentucky Adult Drug Court program participant demographics and associated statistical data; direct that findings be reported to the Legislative Research Commission, for distribution to the appropriate committee or committees, by December 1, 2016.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SCR10/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SCR10.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":801846,"bill_number":"SB50","title":"AN ACT relating to the school calendar.","description":"Amend KRS 158.070 to require schools to schedule the first student attendance day no earlier than the Monday closest to August 26, unless a school has adopted a year-round calendar; allow a waiver when a school has missed at least seven days each year for five previous years due to inclement weather.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-09","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-10","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB50/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB50.htm","sponsor":"Chris Girdler"},
{"bill_id":801848,"bill_number":"SB52","title":"AN ACT relating to alternative certification programs.","description":"Amend KRS 161.048 to allow a veteran with a bachelor's degree in any area to be issued a provisional teaching certificate if other criteria are met.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-01-21","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB52/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB52.htm","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":801850,"bill_number":"SR6","title":"Adjourn the Senate in honor and loving memory of Audrey Henke Metzger.","description":"Adjourn the Senate in honor and loving memory of Audrey Henke Metzger.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-07","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR6/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR6.htm","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":801853,"bill_number":"SB49","title":"AN ACT relating to oaths.","description":"Amend KRS 6.072 to require witnesses appearing before a committee, subcommittee, or task force of the General Assembly to take an oath prior to giving testimony.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-06","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB49/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB49.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":801855,"bill_number":"SR5","title":"Honor Wilbur M. Zevely upon his recognition by the Northern Kentucky Bar Foundation with its Lifetime Achievement Award.","description":"Honor Wilbur M. Zevely upon his recognition by the Northern Kentucky Bar Foundation with its Lifetime Achievement Award.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-23","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR5/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR5.htm","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":801857,"bill_number":"SB51","title":"AN ACT relating to general principles of justification.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 503 to incorporate the \"no duty to retreat\" provisions elsewhere in the chapter; amend KRS 503.050, 503.055, 503.070, and 503.080 to require a reasonable belief that defensive force is necessary before it is justified; change the term \"great bodily harm\" to \"serious physical injury\" as used throughout the Penal Code; amend KRS 503.060 to require an initial aggressor to retreat before the use of force can be rejustified; repeal KRS 503.120.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-06","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB51/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB51.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":801859,"bill_number":"SB53","title":"AN ACT relating to the safety of canines and felines.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to provide civil immunity for damaging a vehicle to a person who enters a vehicle with the reasonable, good faith belief that a dog or cat is in immediate danger of death if not removed from the vehicle.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-02-11","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB53/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB53.htm","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":801861,"bill_number":"SCR9","title":"Recognize the importance of removing barriers to breastfeeding in the Commonwealth.","description":"Recognize the importance of removing barriers to breastfeeding in the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-03-14","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 4)","last_action_date":"2016-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SCR9/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SCR9.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":801864,"bill_number":"SCR8","title":"Encourage the Kentucky Board of Education to continue and expand collaboration with the Council on Postsecondary Education, the Education Professional Standards Board, and the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce to align policies and practices in support of career and technical education.","description":"Encourage the Kentucky Board of Education to continue and expand collaboration with the Council on Postsecondary Education, the Education Professional Standards Board, and the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce to align policies and practices in support of career and technical education.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SCR8/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SCR8.htm","sponsor":"Julian Carroll"},
{"bill_id":802747,"bill_number":"SB55","title":"AN ACT relating to arrest-related deaths.","description":"Amend KRS 72.025 to add deaths which occur during arrest to cases which are investigated by coroner; create a new section of Chapter 72 to require coroners to notify Medical Examiners Office of arrest-related deaths and require an annual public report.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-06","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB55/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB55.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":802767,"bill_number":"SB56","title":"AN ACT relating to driving under the influence and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend various sections in KRS Chapter 189A, relating to driving under the influence, to expand the look-back window for prior offenses from five years to 10 years; amend KRS 189A.330 to expand the window for quarterly reporting of pending DUI cases; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-09","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 85)","last_action_date":"2016-04-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB56/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB56.htm","sponsor":"Dennis Parrett"},
{"bill_id":802788,"bill_number":"SB54","title":"AN ACT relating to donated clothing, household items, or other items.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 367.650 to 367.670 to require proper labeling on donation boxes and donation drop-off sites when the donations do not qualify as charitable contributions for federal tax purposes; amend KRS 367.668 to require lettering to be not less than 2 inches in height; amend KRS 367.665 to grant the county attorney concurrent jurisdiction and powers with the Attorney General and allow the county attorney to impose penalties which shall be paid to the county.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-08","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 56)","last_action_date":"2016-04-08","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB54/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB54.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":808084,"bill_number":"HB161","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 process; permit two or more counties to consolidate with an action initiated by public petition or local ordinance; require the signatures of 20 percent or more of the number of persons voting in last presidential election for an initiation petition; provide for the contents and certification of petitions; require the county judge/executive in the initiating county within ten days to notify the other local governments and their citizens of the proposal; require responding action in adjoining counties within 120 days or the 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 ten 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 six citizens to a transition committee; require transition committee to divide county into three to eight magisterial districts and to select two to five names for the new county, to be decided by the voters; require a final report of the transition committee be submitted to the judges/executive; provide for a gubernatorial appointee if necessary to break a tie vote on questions relating to the name of the new county, the formation of magisterial districts, or other issues on the ballot; require all taxes from the immediate year to remain in effect until changed by the new county; provide for the satisfaction of debts and expenditure of funds by previously existing counties and the newly consolidated county during the transition period, including by the creation of special taxing districts for repayment of prior financial obligations; require surplus funds to be spent in the areas where funds were raised; permit voters to determine the location of the new county seat from previously existing locations; require the county seat to remain at that location for not less than ten years; require other remaining county buildings to be maintained as branch offices for ten years; require the Department for Local Government to promulgate administrative regulations awarding preference points on Small Cities Community Development Block Grant program applications and provide technical and advisory assistance to consolidated counties; require, upon consolidation, all appointments to boards of special purpose governmental entities to remain in effect until the expiration of the term, at which point the appropriate appointing authority shall make new appointments; provide for election districts and judicial circuits; repeal KRS 67.190, 67.200, 67.210, 67.220, 67.230, 67.240, 67.250, 67.260, 67.270, 67.280, 67.290, and 67.310.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 19, 2016","last_action_date":"2016-02-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB161/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB161.htm","sponsor":"Adam Koenig"},
{"bill_id":808085,"bill_number":"HB163","title":"AN ACT relating to the nurse licensure compact.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 314 to enact and enter into the Nurse Licensure Compact with all other jurisdictions that legally join in the compact; declare the purpose of the compact; define terms; recognize a multistate licensure privilege to practice for registered nurses or practical nurses; permit the Kentucky Board of Nursing to limit or revoke the multistate licensure privilege of any nurse to practice in Kentucky; establish application requirements; require reporting of any actions taken by the Kentucky Board of Nursing to the home state of the licensee; require compact states to participate in a coordinated licensure information system and provide for interchange of information; establish the Interstate Commission of Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators; provide immunity for party states, officers, employees, or agents of a party state's nurse licensing board who act in accordance with the provisions of the compact; prohibit amendment of the compact unless the amendment has been enacted into the laws of all party states; provide for severability for any provision in the compact that is contrary to the constitution of any party state or of the United States or the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person, or circumstance; repeal KRS 314.470, which set forth the prior version of the Nurse Licensure Compact; EFFECTIVE December 31, 2018, or upon adoption of compact by 26 states, whichever is earlier.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2016-02-23","last_action":"floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute, (2-title) filed","last_action_date":"2016-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB163/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB163.htm","sponsor":"Addia Wuchner"},
{"bill_id":808086,"bill_number":"HB167","title":"AN ACT relating to local government pension plans.","description":"Amend KRS 65.156 to allow local government retirement systems created pursuant to KRS 67A.320, 67A.340, 67A.360 to 67A.690, 79.080, 90.400, 90.410, 95.290, 95.520 to 95.620, 95.621 to 95.629, 95.767 to 95.784, 95.851 to 95.884, or KRS Chapter 96 to perform an actuarial valuation once every 5 years instead of every 3 if the system or fund has less than 6 active and retired members; make technical changes; amend KRS 67A.320 to provide that once all liabilities have been satisfied to all persons owed benefits from the pension, then the board of the fund shall liquidate and distribute to the urban-county government any residual assets of the fund and shall provide a report of the actions taken by the fund to liquidate the residual assets; provide that elected members of the fund's board may also be retirees; make technical and conforming amendments; amend KRS 90.400 and 90.410 to provide that once all liabilities have been satisfied to all persons owed benefits from the pension fund, then the board of the fund shall liquidate and distribute to the city any residual assets of the fund and shall provide a report of the actions taken by the fund to liquidate the residual assets; make technical and conforming amendments; amend KRS 95.290, 95.530, 95.622, and 95.869 to provide that once all liabilities have been satisfied to all persons owed benefits from the pension fund, then the board of the fund shall liquidate and distribute to the city any residual assets of the fund and shall provide a report of the actions taken by the fund to liquidate the residual assets; provide that if there are fewer than 6 active and retired members of the fund, the board shall be composed of the mayor, city treasurer or chief financial officer, and employees from the city police or fire department appointed by the mayor; make technical and conforming amendments; amend KRS 95.761 and 95.767 provide that if there are fewer than 6 active and retired members of the fund, the board shall be composed of the mayor, city treasurer or chief financial officer, and employees and members of the city legislative body appointed by the mayor; amend KRS 95.783 and 96.180 to provide that once all liabilities have been satisfied to all persons owed benefits from the pension fund, then the board of the fund shall liquidate and distribute to the city any residual assets of the fund and shall provide a report of the actions taken by the fund to liquidate the residual assets; amend KRS 67A.655, 78.531, 95.010, 95.580, 95.590, 95.610, 95.620, 95.628, 95.762, 95.765, 95.768, 95.769, 95.771, 95.772, 95.777, 95.778, 95.779, 95.859, 95.868, 95.872, 95.875, 95.890, and 427.125 to make technical and conforming amendments; repeal 95.785.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB167/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB167.htm","sponsor":"Arnold Simpson"},
{"bill_id":808087,"bill_number":"HB172","title":"AN ACT relating to survivor benefits in the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System.","description":"Amend KRS 161.520 to remove marriage as a disqualifying event for a widow or widower that is receiving survivor's benefits from the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-02-03","last_action":"received in House","last_action_date":"2016-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB172/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB172.htm","sponsor":"Rick Nelson"},
{"bill_id":808088,"bill_number":"HB173","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend KRS 439.3406 and 532.400 to move Class B felony offenders from the mandatory reentry supervision program into the postincarceration supervision program; include noncodified transitional provisions.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB173/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB173.htm","sponsor":"Joseph Fischer"},
{"bill_id":808089,"bill_number":"HB164","title":"Jan 21-WITHDRAWN","description":"Jan 21-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2016-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB164/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB164.htm","sponsor":"Susan Westrom"},
{"bill_id":808090,"bill_number":"HB162","title":"AN ACT relating to harassing communications.","description":"Amend KRS 525.080 to include electronic communications within the definition of harassing communications.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 99)","last_action_date":"2016-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB162/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB162.htm","sponsor":"Adam Koenig"},
{"bill_id":808091,"bill_number":"HB175","title":"AN ACT relating to peace officers.","description":"Amend KRS 61.365 relating to federal peace officers who are granted concurrent state authority to provide updated references to federal agencies.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-03-07","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 2)","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB175/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB175.htm","sponsor":"Michael Meredith"},
{"bill_id":808092,"bill_number":"HB159","title":"AN ACT relating to heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems.","description":"Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 198B to clarify the definitions of \"apprentice heating, ventilation, and air conditioning mechanic,\" distinguish between \"routine maintenance\" and \"major repairs,\" and establish definitions for \"direct supervision\" and \"general supervision\"; include on the Kentucky Board of Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Contractors one (1) member from the Kentucky Association of Master Contractors, instead of the Kentucky Association of Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors; expand permitting requirements to include replacements, alterations, and major repairs of all HVAC systems that are subject to the Kentucky Building Code, but excluding the Kentucky Residential Code; establish a new licensing exception for the installation of range hood systems that are not connected to or incorporated with an HVAC system, provide more precise references to electrical licensing statutes, and correct the intended scope of the exceptions to exempt applicable licensing requirements; amend KRS 198B.658 to conform.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB159/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB159.htm","sponsor":"Jeffery Donohue"},
{"bill_id":808093,"bill_number":"HB166","title":"AN ACT relating to injury or trespass to real property.","description":"Amend KRS 381.230 to establish a simplified method to petition for an order to prevent or restrain other persons from trespassing onto the petitioner's residence.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB166/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB166.htm","sponsor":"Joni Jenkins"},
{"bill_id":808094,"bill_number":"HB170","title":"Jan 14-WITHDRAWN","description":"Jan 14-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2016-01-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB170/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB170.htm","sponsor":"John Carney"},
{"bill_id":808095,"bill_number":"HB158","title":"AN ACT relating to postsecondary financial aid for students with intellectual disabilities.","description":"Amend KRS 164.7882 to increase the amount of Kentucky educational excellence scholarships available to students enrolled in a comprehensive transition and postsecondary program.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch.139)","last_action_date":"2016-04-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB158/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB158.htm","sponsor":"Ruth Palumbo"},
{"bill_id":808096,"bill_number":"HB160","title":"AN ACT relating to the safe disposal of hypodermic needles and medical waste.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 214 to require the Department for Public Health to establish guidelines for safe disposal of hypodermic syringes, needles, and sharps and provide these guidelines to certain medical facilities and pharmacies.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-02-11","last_action":"posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)","last_action_date":"2016-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB160/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB160.htm","sponsor":"Mitchel Denham"},
{"bill_id":808097,"bill_number":"HB165","title":"AN ACT relating to the disclosure of damages by motor vehicle dealers.","description":"Amend KRS 186A.540 to clarify that sellers and dealers must disclose accident damage to a motor vehicle, raise the damage threshold for reporting from $1,000 to $2,500; amend KRS 190.0491 to conform.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-02-09","last_action":"received in House","last_action_date":"2016-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB165/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB165.htm","sponsor":"Hubert Collins"},
{"bill_id":808098,"bill_number":"HB156","title":"AN ACT proposing to repeal Section 233A of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to marriage.","description":"Propose to repeal Section 233A of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to marriage; submit to voters.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB156/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB156.htm","sponsor":"Mary Marzian"},
{"bill_id":808099,"bill_number":"HB171","title":"AN ACT relating to students attending the Gatton and Craft Academies.","description":"Amend KRS 157.110 to require local school districts to pay for textbooks used by their enrolled students attending the Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science or the Craft Academy for Excellence in Science and Mathematics, not to exceed $500 per academic year.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB171/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB171.htm","sponsor":"John Carney"},
{"bill_id":808100,"bill_number":"HB169","title":"AN ACT relating to certificates for driving.","description":"Create new sections of KRS 186.400 to 186.640 to define the term \"certificate for driving\" as a document issued by the Transportation Cabinet to an individual 18 years or older who has resided in the Commonwealth for a minimum of three years and who cannot prove citizenship or meet the requirements of KRS 186.412(2) to (4); mandate that certificates for driving be clearly distinguishable from regular operator's licenses and clearly state on the face that the document is not to be used for identification purposes; require the cabinet to establish a unique identifying number system for certificates and keep a database of all certificate holders and their driving histories available for the use of law enforcement agencies; require that the certificate for driving have a color photograph of the applicant on it; provide that the certificate for driving shall be valid for one year; require that the certificate for driving clearly state on its face that it is valid in Kentucky only; prohibit the use of the certificate for driving database from being used for the investigation or enforcement of immigration laws; require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to provide standards for the application, issuance, denial, and revocation of certificates; set out application procedures for certificates for driving; require application to be made in Frankfort or at a regional office of the cabinet; require the Department of Kentucky State Police to examine all applicants for a certificate; impose instruction permit restrictions on individuals applying for a certificate who do not have a valid license from another state or recognized foreign jurisdiction; set out denial criteria and revocation criteria; prohibit the Transportation Cabinet from issuing a certificate for driving to a person whose driving was suspended for any reason other than a conviction for failure to have insurance or a conviction for driving without an operator's license; require the cabinet to establish a points and suspension system for moving violations similar to the one used for operator's licenses; make certificates valid for one year, with renewal; require possession of the certificate at all times when operating a motor vehicle; require certificate holders to notify the circuit clerk of name and address changes; set the fee for a certificate at the same fee as for an operator's license; establish an initial application fee of $100; prohibit certificate holders from possessing an operator's license; prohibit certificate holders from operating a commercial motor vehicle; subject certificate holders to existing penalties for DUI and driving on a suspended license; EFFECTIVE 1/1/17.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB169/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB169.htm","sponsor":"Larry Clark"},
{"bill_id":808101,"bill_number":"HB174","title":"AN ACT relating to an income tax refund checkoff and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to allow individuals with an income tax refund to designate a portion of the refund to the Kentucky State Police protection trust fund; create a new section of KRS Chapter 16 to establish the Kentucky State Police protection trust fund.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB174/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB174.htm","sponsor":"Russell Webber"},
{"bill_id":808102,"bill_number":"HB157","title":"AN ACT relating to prospective employee consumer credit information.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 336 to define \"consumer reporting agency\" and \"credit information\"; provide that it is unlawful for certain employers to use personal credit information of a job applicant in hiring decisions; provide civil penalty for violation.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-01-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB157/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB157.htm","sponsor":"Darryl Owens"},
{"bill_id":808103,"bill_number":"HB168","title":"Feb 25-WITHDRAWN","description":"Feb 25-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2016-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB168/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB168.htm","sponsor":"David Floyd"},
{"bill_id":808958,"bill_number":"SB7","title":"AN ACT relating to the use of public resources.","description":"Amend KRS 311.720 to define \"abortion services\"; amend KRS 311.715 to define \"affiliate\", to provide that public funds shall not be paid to any entity or affiliate of an entity that provides abortion services, and to establish exceptions.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2016-02-04","last_action":"floor amendment (3) filed to HFA (1)","last_action_date":"2016-02-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB7/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB7.htm","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":808959,"bill_number":"HB1","title":"AN ACT relating to funding for the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 56.8605 to redefine \"financing agreement\" and \"funding notes\" to include financing or refinancing of pension obligations owed to Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System under KRS 161.550(1)(b); amend KRS 56.868 to authorize the Kentucky Asset/Liability Commission to issue funding notes to finance or refinance pension fund obligations owed to Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System under KRS 161.550(1)(b); authorize the Kentucky Asset/Liability Commission to issue funding notes in an amount not to exceed $3,300,000,000 in fiscal year 2016-2017; amend KRS 161.550 to provide that the state shall pay the additional amount needed to fund the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System pension fund on an actuarially sound basis beginning on July 1, 2015, and continuing for each year thereafter; provide that any funds used to finance statutory benefit improvements under KRS 161.553 that are repurposed and utilized to fund debt service on funding notes authorized under Sections 1 to 3 of this Act shall be included in the additional state appropriation required and to adjust the cost schedules of providing statutory benefit improvements for annuitants; establish intent of General Assembly to phase-into the full actuarially required contribution rate for the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System pension fund with direct state appropriations on a pro-rata basis from fiscal year 2016-2017 to fiscal year 2024-2025 and to utilize proceeds from funding notes authorized by Sections 1 to 3 of this Act to provide the additional funding needed to pay the full actuarially required contribution to the pension fund during the phase-in schedule and to pay the actuarially required contribution rate in fiscal year 2015-2016; establish non-codified language to state it is the intent of the General Assembly for biennial budgets occurring on or after July 1, 2016, to use both reductions in debt service due to previously issued bonds for the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System and funding for past statutory benefit improvements under subsections (1) and (2) of Section 5 of this Act as the debt service for funding notes issued on or after July 1, 2016, as authorized by Sections 1, 2, and 3 of this Act.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-23","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB1/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB1.htm","sponsor":"Gregory Stumbo"},
{"bill_id":808960,"bill_number":"SB69","title":"AN ACT relating to criminal expungements.","description":"Amend KRS 431.076 to allow an appellate court opinion to be redacted to remove the name of a person for whom an expungement has been ordered on the basis of a finding of not guilty or upon a dismissal of the charges.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-06","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB69/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB69.htm","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":808962,"bill_number":"SB76","title":"AN ACT relating to overdimensional vehicle loads and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 189.010 to define the term \"nondivisible load\"; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-02-18","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB76/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB76.htm","sponsor":"Paul Hornback"},
{"bill_id":808963,"bill_number":"SB57","title":"AN ACT relating to use of experimental treatments for terminal illnesses.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 217 to define terms; permit eligible patients to use investigational drugs, biological products, or devices for a terminal illness; establish the conditions for use of such experimental treatments; prohibit sanctions of health care providers; clarify the duties of health care insurers regarding experimental treatments; prohibit certain actions by state officials.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-06","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB57/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB57.htm","sponsor":"C.B. Embry"},
{"bill_id":808964,"bill_number":"SB2","title":"AN ACT relating to retirement.","description":"Amend KRS 21.540 to require the Legislators' Retirement Plan and Judicial Retirement Plan to follow the provisions of KRS Chapters 45, 45A, 56, and 57 regarding procurement of services, goods, and property; provide that no funds of the Legislators' Retirement Plan or Judicial Retirement Plan shall be used to pay placement agents; amend KRS 61.645 to require Senate confirmation of, and modify the minimum requirements for, gubernatorial appointees to the Kentucky Retirement Systems board of trustees and for the executive director; require the Kentucky Retirement Systems to follow the provisions of KRS Chapters 45, 45A, 56, and 57 regarding budgeting and the procurement of services, goods, and property; require the Kentucky Retirement Systems to disclose on its Web site and upon request investment fees in addition to investment holdings and commissions; require the Kentucky Retirement Systems to disclose on its Web site and upon request all contracts and offering documents for services, goods, or property purchased or utilized by the systems; provide that no funds of the Kentucky Retirement Systems shall be used to pay placement agents; amend KRS 61.650 to provide that the Kentucky Retirement Systems board, staff, and investment advisors shall adhere to the CFA Institute's codes of conduct; amend KRS 161.250 to increase by six the number of trustees on the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System board of trustees, two of whom shall have investment experience, to be appointed by the Governor subject to Senate confirmation; require Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System to disclose on its Web site and upon request investment fees in addition to investment holdings and commissions; require the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System to disclose on its Web site and upon request all contracts and offering documents for services, goods, or property purchased or utilized by the systems; amend KRS 161.340 to require the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System to follow the provisions of KRS Chapters 45, 45A, 56, and 57 regarding budgeting and the procurement of services, goods, and property; amend KRS 161.430 to provide that the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System's board, staff, and investment advisors shall adhere to the CFA Institute's codes of conduct; provide that no funds of the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System shall be used to pay placement agents; provide that the amendments in the Act requiring the state-administered retirement systems to be subject to state procurement laws and banning the use of system assets to pay placement agents shall apply to contracts established or renewed on or after July 1, 2016; provide that amendments in the Act requiring Senate confirmation and modifying the requirements for gubernatorial appointments to the Kentucky Retirement Systems' board shall apply to appointments or reappointments made on or after the effective date of the Act; provide that amendments requiring Senate confirmation of executive director and executive secretary shall apply to appointments or employments after the effective date of the Act; provide a transition schedule of appointments of new trustees to the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System board.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2016-02-04","last_action":"floor amendment (1) and (2) filed","last_action_date":"2016-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB2/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB2.htm","sponsor":"Joe Bowen"},
{"bill_id":808966,"bill_number":"SB5","title":"AN ACT relating to marriage licenses.","description":"Amend KRS 402.100 to require that the Department of Libraries and Archives revise the current marriage license form; remove the requirement that the license be signed by the issuing county or deputy clerk; and provide instead that the marriage license form allow for the name and title of the issuing official.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-02-19","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB5/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB5.htm","sponsor":"Steve West"},
{"bill_id":808967,"bill_number":"SB65","title":"AN ACT relating to superintendent screening committee membership.","description":"Amend KRS 160.352 to require the appointment of a school equity council member to the superintendent screening committee, if an equity council exists; allow a board to add a high school student to the superintendent screening committee.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-06","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB65/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB65.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":808969,"bill_number":"SB4","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":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-02-04","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 1)","last_action_date":"2016-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB4/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB4.htm","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":808970,"bill_number":"SB74","title":"AN ACT relating to security interests.","description":"Amend KRS 186.045 to allow termination statments to be submitted by fax; hold county clerks harmless for fraudulent termination statements.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-01","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 8)","last_action_date":"2016-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB74/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB74.htm","sponsor":"Albert Robinson"},
{"bill_id":808971,"bill_number":"SB3","title":"AN ACT relating to contracts.","description":"Amend KRS 336.130 to prohibit mandatory membership in or financial support of a labor organization as a condition of employment and to name this section the \"Kentucky Right to Work Act\"; amend KRS 336.180 to define \"employer\"; amend KRS 336.990 to make a violation of the Act a Class A misdemeanor, award damages, and provide injunctive relief; create new sections of KRS Chapter 336 to exempt existing contracts or agreements and other federal agreements and require the Attorney General to investigate complaints and prosecute those who violate Section 1 of the Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-06","last_action":"to Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB3/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB3.htm","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":808974,"bill_number":"SB63","title":"AN ACT relating to evidence and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 15.440 to require law enforcement agencies to have approved policies on the disposition of sexual assault evidence collection kits; amend KRS 17.175 to set processing timelines for state police forensic laboratory processing of sexual assault evidence collection kits and to authorize expedited repair and procurement authority to meet those deadlines; include noncodified language authorizing a one-time transfer of money from the Kentucky law Enforcement Foundation Program fund to the Department of Kentucky State Police to add additional evidence processing capacity at the state's criminal forensic laboratories; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-08","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 58)","last_action_date":"2016-04-08","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB63/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB63.htm","sponsor":"Denise Harper Angel"},
{"bill_id":808975,"bill_number":"HB179","title":"AN ACT relating to concealed deadly weapons.","description":"Amend KRS 527.070 to allow vocational school teachers and administrators with valid concealed carry permits to carry deadly weapons on vocational school property; amend KRS 237.110 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-06","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB179/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB179.htm","sponsor":"Tim Couch"},
{"bill_id":808976,"bill_number":"SB79","title":"AN ACT relating to municipal electric authorities.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 96 which permit municipal utilities to join together to buy and sell electricity and natural gas; specify elements of an agreement to create a municipal electric authority; determine what powers an authority will have, including the power to undertake projects, bonding, and other borrowing power; specify limits to financial transactions; amend KRS 45A.365 and 424.260 to conform; cite as Municipal Electric Authority Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-06","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Energy (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB79/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB79.htm","sponsor":"C.B. Embry"},
{"bill_id":808978,"bill_number":"HB183","title":"AN ACT relating to disabled veteran-owned businesses.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 42 to provide for a disabled veteran-owned business certification program; define \"disabled veteran\" and \"disabled veteran-owned business\"; require the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity and Contract Compliance to establish guidelines for the certification program and application process through the promulgation of administrative regulations.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 100)","last_action_date":"2016-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB183/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB183.htm","sponsor":"Dean Schamore"},
{"bill_id":808979,"bill_number":"SB71","title":"AN ACT relating to taxes and fees imposed by special purpose governmental entities.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 65A to require proposed increases in ad valorem taxes and certain fees, and the levy of new ad valorem taxes or fees by special purpose governmental entities to be submitted to the legislative body of the county or city where the special purpose governmental entity is located for review; amend KRS 132.023 to conform; repeal KRS 65A.100; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2017.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-06","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-09","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB71/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB71.htm","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":808980,"bill_number":"SB80","title":"AN ACT relating to the overtaking of bicycles on a roadway.","description":"Amend KRS 189.300 to require operators of bicycles to travel upon the right- hand side of the traveled portion of a highway; provide that bicyclists shall not have to ride on the shoulder of the highway; amend KRS 189.340 to require vehicles overtaking bicycles to pass at a distance of at least three feet; specify when a motor vehicle may pass a bicycle to the left of the center of a roadway.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-02-10","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB80/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB80.htm","sponsor":"Robin Webb"},
{"bill_id":808981,"bill_number":"SB67","title":"AN ACT relating to athletic trainers.","description":"Amend KRS 311.903 to allow an athletic trainer to seek reimbursement for services within his or her scope of practice only if the services were prescribed by a physician.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-06","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB67/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB67.htm","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":808983,"bill_number":"SB9","title":"AN ACT relating to prevailing wage.","description":"Amend KRS 337.010 to exclude the construction of educational buildings and facilities from the definition of \"public works\" and from meeting the requirements of the prevailing wage law.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-01-15","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB9/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB9.htm","sponsor":"Wil Schroder"},
{"bill_id":808984,"bill_number":"SB58","title":"AN ACT relating to automobile service contract insurance.","description":"Amend KRS 304.5-070 to define \"reimbursement insurance policy,\" service contract,\" and \"service contract provider\"; amend KRS 190.090 to define \"service contract.\"","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-08","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 57)","last_action_date":"2016-04-08","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB58/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB58.htm","sponsor":"Ernie Harris"},
{"bill_id":808985,"bill_number":"SB6","title":"AN ACT relating to medical review panels.","description":"Establish KRS Chapter 216C; create within that chapter various new sections establishing a medical review panel system for use in civil litigation relating to health care providers, 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":"2016-01-06","last_action":"recommitted to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-18","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB6/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB6.htm","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":808987,"bill_number":"SB68","title":"AN ACT relating to responsible real property ownership.","description":"Amend KRS 258.095 to modify the definition of persons who would qualify as the \"owner\" of a dog for purposes of that chapter.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2016-01-25","last_action":"floor amendment (1) and (2-title) filed","last_action_date":"2016-03-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB68/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB68.htm","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":808988,"bill_number":"SB59","title":"AN ACT relating to probation and parole offices.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 196 to require the Department of Corrections to hold a public hearing before relocating or creating a probation and parole office.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-06","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB59/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB59.htm","sponsor":"Alice Kerr"},
{"bill_id":808989,"bill_number":"HB180","title":"AN ACT relating to criminal histories of job applicants.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 344 to prohibit employers from considering or requiring disclosure of prior criminal history as part of the initial job application; title the Act as \"Ban the Box-The Criminal Record Employment Discrimination Act.\"","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-01-06","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-01-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB180/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB180.htm","sponsor":"George Brown"},
{"bill_id":808990,"bill_number":"SB10","title":"AN ACT proposing to amend Section 95 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to the election of state officers.","description":"Propose to amend Section 95 of the Constitution of Kentucky to hold the election of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Treasurer, Auditor of Public Accounts, Attorney General, Secretary of State and Commissioner of Agriculture, Labor and Statistics in even-numbered years, every four years, beginning in 2024; provide transitional calendar; submit to the voters for ratification or rejection. Provide ballot language.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-01-19","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB10/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB10.htm","sponsor":"Christian McDaniel"},
{"bill_id":808992,"bill_number":"HB182","title":"AN ACT relating to preserving the right of Kentuckians to own and use firearms and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to require the General Assembly to enact laws to prevent the enforcement of federal acts that violate the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-06","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB182/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB182.htm","sponsor":"Addia Wuchner"},
{"bill_id":808993,"bill_number":"HB181","title":"AN ACT relating to elections.","description":"Amend KRS 118.212 to require that the notice of a change in the ballot given to precinct workers by county clerks on days when ballots are cast, follows certain specifications; amend KRS 83A.170, 83A.175, and 118A.150 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-06","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB181/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB181.htm","sponsor":"Terry Mills"},
{"bill_id":808995,"bill_number":"SB72","title":"AN ACT relating to interim appropriation procedures.","description":"Amend KRS 48.630 to clarify the process for interim appropriation increases relating to restricted funds and federal funds.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-06","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-26","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB72/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB72.htm","sponsor":"Christian McDaniel"},
{"bill_id":808997,"bill_number":"SB62","title":"AN ACT relating to the lawful taking of wildlife.","description":"Amend KRS 150.363 to define \"unmanned aircraft systems\" and prohibit the use of unmanned aircraft systems to track, hunt, or harvest wildlife; amend KRS 150.710 to prohibit the use of unmanned aircraft systems to conduct surveillance of persons lawfully engaged in hunting, trapping, or fishing.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-06","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Energy (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB62/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB62.htm","sponsor":"Robin Webb"},
{"bill_id":808998,"bill_number":"HB177","title":"AN ACT relating to TVA in-lieu-of-tax payments, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 96.895 to provide that, beginning in fiscal year 2016-2017, a portion of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in-lieu-of-tax payment made to the Commonwealth and deposited into the general fund shall be transferred to the regional development agency assistance fund to be distributed among fiscal court-designated local industrial development authorities for economic development and job creation activities; provide that the transfers will not affect the portion of the total state TVA payment that is currently distributed among local government entities; provide that these transfers will be phased-in over a five-year period, with an amount equal to 50 percent of the general fund portion of the total state TVA payment being transferred in fiscal year 2020-2021 and each fiscal year thereafter, not to exceed $6,000,000 each year; require annual reporting to fiscal court and the Legislative Research Commission; EMERGENCY; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-06","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB177/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB177.htm","sponsor":"Kenny Imes"},
{"bill_id":808999,"bill_number":"SB100","title":"AN ACT relating to education.","description":"Amend KRS 156.690 to insert gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-06","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB100/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB100.htm","sponsor":"Mike Wilson"},
{"bill_id":809000,"bill_number":"SB60","title":"AN ACT relating to offenses committed in a continuing course of conduct against vulnerable victims.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 501, relating to general principles of liability, to define “offense against a vulnerable victim” and to create a mechanism for charging a person with the commission of an offense against a vulnerable victim in a continuous course of conduct.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-09","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 83)","last_action_date":"2016-04-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB60/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB60.htm","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":809002,"bill_number":"SB61","title":"AN ACT relating to the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act.","description":"Amend KRS 311.1911 to extend the coverage of the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act to a fetus that was the subject of an induced abortion.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-06","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB61/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB61.htm","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":809003,"bill_number":"SB78","title":"AN ACT relating to colon cancer prevention and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 214.542 to include eligible underinsured individuals in the colon cancer screening program; direct the Department for Public Health to promulgate administrative regulations to develop a schedule of income-based fees that may be charged for screening, examination, treatment, and rescreening and a data collection system to document the services performed under the program; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-02-10","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB78/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB78.htm","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":809004,"bill_number":"SB73","title":"AN ACT relating to the Legislators' Retirement Plan.","description":"Amend KRS 6.525 to allow members contributing to the Legislators' Retirement Plan prior to January 1, 2014, to make a one-time election to have their benefits from the Legislators' Retirement Plan be based solely on their legislative salary and any salary earned in another state-administered retirement system prior to January 1, 2014.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-02-10","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB73/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB73.htm","sponsor":"Christian McDaniel"},
{"bill_id":809006,"bill_number":"SB66","title":"AN ACT relating to medical review organizations.","description":"Amend KRS 311.377 to add medical malpractice actions, actions arising out of review of credentials or of retrospective review and evaluation, and actions by an applicant for or grantee of staff privileges to materials that are confidential and privileged and not subject to discovery, subpoena, or introduction into evidence, in any civil action in any court.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-15","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB66/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB66.htm","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":809007,"bill_number":"SB1","title":"AN ACT relating to public education and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 156.557 to require schools districts to develop and implement a professional growth and effectiveness system based on a statewide framework; prohibit the Kentucky Department of Education from imposing reporting requirements related to the system on local districts; prohibit the system from using student growth data in the system; require the local school board to adopt guidelines for its superintendent to use in implementing the system; require evaluations annually for teachers who have not attained continuing service status and every three years for teachers with continuing service status, principals, and assistant principals; and prohibit evaluation results from being included in school accountability; amend KRS 156.160 to allow a foreign language course, career and technical education course, or a computer technology or programming course to meet the arts and humanities requirement for high school graduation; amend KRS 158.305 to require the Department of Education to provide assistance in implementing a response-to-intervention system if requested by a local district; amend KRS 158.645 to expand sufficient grounding in the arts to include specific coursework application experience; amend KRS 158.6453 to implement a process for reviewing academic standards and assessments; require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate regulations for the administration of the process; delete program reviews and audits from the statewide assessment system; delete social studies from the statewide assessment requirements; require a college admissions and placement exam to be given in the fall of grade nine and require the Kentucky Department of Education to pay for it; prohibit norm-referenced exams from being used as a measure of academic growth; and delete provisions regarding WorkKeys assessments; amend KRS 158.6455 to delete program reviews and college admissions and placement exams from the accountability system; require school improvement results to look at growth over three years as compared to similar schools; include progress toward English proficiency, quality of school climate and safety, high school graduation rates, and postsecondary readiness in the accountability system; require the Kentucky Community and Technical College System to annually compile a list of industry-recognized certifications; require the Kentucky Department of Education to pay for the cost of initial assessments taken to achieve industry-recognized certifications; prohibit scores of certain exceptional children or youth from being included in a school's accountability scores; and amend the criteria for schools and districts receiving consequences and assistance under regulations promulgated by the Kentucky Board of Education; amend KRS 158.649 to requires schools to set achievement gap targets every three years and require reporting to the commissioner of education when gap reductions do not occur in three years; amend KRS 158.782 to change the criteria for the Kentucky Board of Education providing highly skilled education assistance to schools and districts; amend KRS 158.805 to allow Commonwealth school improvement funds to be used for personnel costs; amend KRS 158.840 to prohibit the Kentucky Department of Education from requiring intervention reporting except in certain circumstances; amend KRS 160.345 to delete language regarding principal replacement; amend KRS 160.346 to add definitions for focus school, initial intervention school, and priority school and add provisions for each; define and describe a turnaround audit and intervention process for priority schools; delete provisions pertaining to current school audit process; delete the current intervention options approved by the Kentucky Board of Education; require schools that meet certain criteria to participate in an intervention option approved by the Kentucky Board of Education; require schools that are not successful under the current audit and intervention process to implement the turnaround audit and intervention process; and allow a district that has success with the turnaround intervention process to implement it in other priority schools; amend KRS 158.6458, 158.6459, 160.107, and 164.7874 to conform; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-02-18","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB1/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB1.htm","sponsor":"Mike Wilson"},
{"bill_id":809008,"bill_number":"SB64","title":"AN ACT relating to property valuation administrator fees.","description":"Amend KRS 133.047 to define \"reasonable fee\" and \"personnel time.\"","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-05","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 34)","last_action_date":"2016-04-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB64/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB64.htm","sponsor":"Denise Harper Angel"},
{"bill_id":809009,"bill_number":"SB70","title":"AN ACT relating to persons with developmental or intellectual disabilities.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 41 to create within the Office of the State Treasurer a trust to be used to establish accounts for the benefit of disabled persons as a companion to the federal ABLE Account legislation; amend KRS 205.200 to provide that ownership or activity of an ABLE Account shall not be used when conducting means-based testing for eligibility measurements for public assistance programs.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-06","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB70/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB70.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":809011,"bill_number":"HB178","title":"AN ACT relating to investments made by local governments or political subdivisions.","description":"Amend KRS 66.480, governments, to add to the permitted investments that local governments and their political subdivisions may make; specify the qualifications of those investment instruments and control the percentages of investments as determined by total investments made by the local governments and political subdivisions.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-01-06","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-01-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB178/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB178.htm","sponsor":"Russ Meyer"},
{"bill_id":809012,"bill_number":"HB176","title":"Jan 07-WITHDRAWN","description":"Jan 07-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-06","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2016-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB176/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB176.htm","sponsor":"Kenny Imes"},
{"bill_id":809013,"bill_number":"SB77","title":"AN ACT relating to offender reentry.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 431 to allow a felony record to be expunged under specified circumstances; require the Administrative Office of the Courts to keep a confidential index of expungement orders for the preparation of presentence investigations; provide that if a defendant for whom a presentence investigation report is prepared including information relating to an expunged record is subsequently found not guilty of the offense for which the presentence investigation report was prepared or the charge or charges for which the presentence investigation report was prepared are dismissed with prejudice, then any information contained within the presentence investigation report must be redacted; 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; amend various sections in KRS Chapter 335B relating to employment and licensure of persons convicted of crime to narrow the class of offenses to which the chapter applies; add consideration of the passage of time since the commission of the offense to the criteria considered in making licensure decisions; delete language relating to a hiring or licensing authority's subjective view of an ex-offender's rehabilitation; require a connection between the offense and the licensure category before a licensure denial is issued; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 335B.060 to exempt peace officers and other law enforcement personnel as well as licensure categories preempted by federal law; repeal KRS 335B.040, relating to denial of license on ground of abuse of good moral character.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-06","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB77/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB77.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":809672,"bill_number":"SB82","title":"AN ACT relating to the licensure of genetic counselors and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to establish a framework for licensure of genetic counselors; define terms; preclude a person from practicing genetic counseling after January 1, 2016, without a license issued by the board; prohibit a person from holding himself out as a genetic counselor without a license issued by the board; exempt certain individuals from licensure; establish licensure requirements and procedures to obtain a regular license, temporary license, and reciprocal license; establish renewal and continuing education requirements; direct the board to promulgate administrative regulations relating to the licensure and regulation of genetic counselors, including a fee schedule; create the Kentucky Genetic Counselors Advisory Committee; set up membership, meeting, and quorum requirements; direct all moneys collected to be deposited into a trust and agency fund to be used by the board to carry out the provisions of and to defray the costs of the licensing and regulation process; permit the board to refuse to issue, renew, suspend, or revoke a license, or impose supervisory or probationary conditions upon a licensee for certain acts or actions; permit a person whose license has been revoked to petition the board for reinstatement after five years; require the board to set matters of license denial, revocation, or disciplinary measures for administrative hearing in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B; grant right to appeal to an aggrieve party in the Circuit Court of the county of residence; amend KRS 331.990 to establish a penalty for practicing genetic counseling without a license as a Class B misdemeanor for a first offense and Class A misdemeanor for a second or subsequent offense; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-07","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB82/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB82.htm","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":809673,"bill_number":"SB86","title":"AN ACT relating to school board elections.","description":"Amend KRS 118.315 to require an election petition for a board of education member to have 20 petitioners.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-07","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB86/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB86.htm","sponsor":"Steve West"},
{"bill_id":809678,"bill_number":"HB202","title":"AN ACT relating to economic development incentives for the coal industry.","description":"Amend KRS 154.31-010 to allow coal mining or processing companies to potentially qualify for sales and use tax incentives offered through the Kentucky Enterprise Initiative Act (KEIA) and to define terms; amend KRS 154.32-010 to allow coal mining or processing companies to potentially qualify for income tax incentives offered through the Kentucky Business Investment Act (KBI) and to define terms; amend KRS 154.32-020, 154.32-030, and 154.32-060 to conform; direct the Cabinet for Economic Development to work with various agencies, foreign trade partners, and the Kentucky coal industry to promote increased exports of Kentucky coal.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-02-08","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB202/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB202.htm","sponsor":"Rocky Adkins"},
{"bill_id":809679,"bill_number":"HB197","title":"AN ACT relating to the consideration of the fair market value of property when determining Medicaid eligibility.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 205.510 to 205.630 to define “fair market value,” when considered for Medicaid eligibility, to mean an estimate of the value of an asset if sold at the prevailing price at the time it was actually transferred based on the value listed by the property valuation administrator or a licensed appraiser, or the price brought on the property at a public auction conducted by a licensed auctioneer.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-07","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB197/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB197.htm","sponsor":"David Meade"},
{"bill_id":809681,"bill_number":"HB195","title":"AN ACT relating to the property tax on unmined coal.","description":"Amend KRS 132.820 to establish a standard value for unmined coal reserves that have not been mined during the 10-year period immediately preceding the assessment date, for purposes of the state and local property taxes on unmined coal assessed on and after January 1, 2017, setting the standard value thereof at zero unless information is available that warrants any deviation; require the Department of Revenue to publish an informational brochure explaining the basis of this tax, the valuation procedures used, and the procedure for taxpayers to follow to appeal assessments; amend KRS 131.190 to conform; make technical corrections.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-07","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Environment (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB195/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB195.htm","sponsor":"John Short"},
{"bill_id":809685,"bill_number":"HB199","title":"AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 32 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to terms of members of the General Assembly.","description":"Propose to amend Section 32 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prevent Senators from serving more than three consecutive terms of office and Representatives from serving more than six consecutive terms of office, whether complete or partial terms, and prevent a legislator from serving more than twelve consecutive years in the General Assembly, regardless of the House in which he or she served, beginning in 2018; allow legislators to resume service after two years have elapsed since leaving office; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-07","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB199/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB199.htm","sponsor":"Kenny Imes"},
{"bill_id":809688,"bill_number":"SB85","title":"AN ACT relating to midwifery and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 309 to define terms; create the Kentucky Board of Midwifery; provide for licensure and administrative regulation requirements regarding the practice of midwifery; establish a trust and agency fund to be administered by the board to implement the licensure of midwives; set forth informed consent requirements for patient care; amend KRS 211.180 and 311.550 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-07","last_action":"recommitted to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-22","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB85/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB85.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":809689,"bill_number":"HB201","title":"AN ACT relating to motor vehicle usage tax and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 138.470 to exempt transfers between siblings of motor vehicles previously registered in Kentucky from motor vehicle usage tax; Effective 7/1/2016.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-07","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB201/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB201.htm","sponsor":"Linda Belcher"},
{"bill_id":809693,"bill_number":"HB194","title":"AN ACT relating to special license plates and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186 to create a POW/MIA special license plate, with extra fees used for the National League of POW/MIA Families in Kentucky; amend KRS 186.162 to establish the fees for the POW/MIA special license plate; amend KRS 186.166 to update the list of license plates to be perpetually produced; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2017.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2016-01-07","last_action":"floor amendment (1) filed","last_action_date":"2016-02-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB194/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB194.htm","sponsor":"Dean Schamore"},
{"bill_id":809695,"bill_number":"SB81","title":"AN ACT relating to military-connected students.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to require the Department of Education to develop a military-connected student identifier in the student information system; direct the Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations for the creation and maintenance of the military-connected student identifier.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-01-21","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-16","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB81/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB81.htm","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":809697,"bill_number":"HB185","title":"AN ACT relating to motor vehicle titles.","description":"Amend KRS 186A.520 to provide process for insurance companies to obtain salvage titles; amend KRS 376.275 to allow for the disposal of voluntarily towed abandoned vehicles.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2016-03-14","last_action":"floor amendment (1) filed","last_action_date":"2016-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB185/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB185.htm","sponsor":"Brent Yonts"},
{"bill_id":809701,"bill_number":"HB196","title":"AN ACT relating to minor users of tanning beds.","description":"Amend KRS 217.920 to define \"phototherapy device\"; amend KRS 217.924 to remove reference to consent forms; amend KRS 217.922 to prohibit an individual under the age of 18 from using a tanning device at a tanning facility, but provide an exemption for medical use of phototherapy devices.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-02-09","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB196/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB196.htm","sponsor":"David Watkins"},
{"bill_id":809703,"bill_number":"HB200","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 House Committee","status_date":"2016-01-07","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-01-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB200/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB200.htm","sponsor":"Bart Rowland"},
{"bill_id":809708,"bill_number":"HB184","title":"AN ACT relating to school councils.","description":"Amend KRS 160.345 to provide an alternative principal selection process for county school districts in a county with a consolidated local government adopted under KRS Chapter 67C; set penalties for a school council member violating confidentiality of the alternative principal selection process; make any discretionary action taken under the alternative method of principal selection subject to provisions of employer-employee bargained contracts between districts and employees.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 104)","last_action_date":"2016-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB184/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB184.htm","sponsor":"Jeffery Donohue"},
{"bill_id":809712,"bill_number":"HB188","title":"AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky and to amend Section 99 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to the office of Constable.","description":"Propose to create a new Section 99A of the Constitution of Kentucky to allow the legislative body of a county to choose to abolish the office of Constable and also to reestablish that office through an ordinance; allow the legislative body of a city within the county to suspend the powers of the office of Constable within the city limits of that city and to reestablish those powers through an ordinance; amend Section 99 of the Constitution of Kentucky to conform; submit question to the voters.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-07","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB188/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB188.htm","sponsor":"Adam Koenig"},
{"bill_id":809713,"bill_number":"HB192","title":"AN ACT relating to the taxation of drugs used in the production of cattle, sheep, swine, poultry, llamas, alpacas, buffalo, aquatic organisms, cervids, ratite birds, or equine.","description":"Amend KRS 139.472, relating to the sales and use tax, to exempt 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, buffalo, aquatic organisms, cervids, ratite birds, or equine; EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1, 2016.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-07","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB192/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB192.htm","sponsor":"Michael Meredith"},
{"bill_id":809716,"bill_number":"HB187","title":"AN ACT relating to petroleum storage tanks.","description":"Amend KRS 224.60-142 to extend the date to participate in the petroleum storage tank fund from 2016 to 2021; amend KRS 224.60-130 to extend the date to perform corrective action using money from the petroleum storage tank account from 2019 to 2024; amend 224.60-145 to extend the date for the small operator assistance account from 2016 to 2021.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-01","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 9)","last_action_date":"2016-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB187/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB187.htm","sponsor":"Brent Yonts"},
{"bill_id":809720,"bill_number":"HB198","title":"AN ACT proposing to amend Sections 99, 124, and 144 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to a Judge of the County Court.","description":"Propose to amend Sections 99, 124, and 144 of the Constitution of Kentucky to eliminate the Office of Judge of County Court in merged county-and-city government; submit to the voters for approval or disapproval.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2016-01-07","last_action":"floor amendment (3) filed to Committee Substitute","last_action_date":"2016-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB198/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB198.htm","sponsor":"Stan Lee"},
{"bill_id":809725,"bill_number":"HB186","title":"AN ACT relating to driver's license reciprocity.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186 to allow the Transportation Cabinet to enter into a mutual contract with another country for reciprocity in the issuance of operator's licenses; establish standards for contracts; exclude commercial driver's licenses from the reciprocity provisions; direct the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations; direct the Transportation Cabinet to maintain and make public a list identifying each country with which it has entered into a mutual agreement; amend KRS 186.480 to exempt applicants applying for an operator's license under reciprocity provisions from testing requirements; amend KRS 186.412 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-07","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB186/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB186.htm","sponsor":"Brent Yonts"},
{"bill_id":809729,"bill_number":"HB191","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 arrest or initial appearance from all persons charged with a felony offense; amend KRS 17.175 to provide for expungement of DNA samples in specified circumstances and allow use of all samples collected in good faith; amend KRS 64.060 to establish a $5 payment from the State Treasury to the collecting agency for each DNA sample collected.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2016-01-07","last_action":"floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute","last_action_date":"2016-03-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB191/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB191.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Meeks"},
{"bill_id":809731,"bill_number":"HB189","title":"AN ACT relating to interlocal agreements.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 65.210 to 65.300 to set procedures for interlocal agreements being amended to modify membership of parties to the agreement without seeking approval from the Attorney General or Department for Local Government.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-09","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 92)","last_action_date":"2016-04-09","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB189/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB189.htm","sponsor":"Thomas McKee"},
{"bill_id":809732,"bill_number":"SB83","title":"AN ACT relating to insurance fraud.","description":"Amend KRS 304.47-060 to extend existing civil immunity provisions in certain situations.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-22","last_action":"posting waived","last_action_date":"2016-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB83/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB83.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":809738,"bill_number":"HB193","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 or the pollination of crops the products of which constitute food for human consumption or are to be sold in the regular course of business, and certain items used in those commercial enterprises; EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1, 2016.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-07","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB193/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB193.htm","sponsor":"Michael Meredith"},
{"bill_id":809740,"bill_number":"SB8","title":"AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky and to amend Sections 97, 112, and 113 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to judicial redistricting.","description":"Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to judicial redistricting for Circuit and District Courts to require the Supreme Court of Kentucky to recommend to the General Assembly a proposal to adjust Circuit Court and District Court districts based on caseload and population and Supreme Court districts based on population only; propose to amend Sections 112 and 113 to delete certification requirement; provide ballot language; submit to the voters for their ratification or rejection.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-11","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB8/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB8.htm","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":809745,"bill_number":"HB190","title":"AN ACT relating to intellectual property.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to establish a bad-faith assertion of patent infringement as a violation of Kentucky's consumer protection chapter and authorize the utilization of the remedies available for those violations in addition to private remedies established in the bill.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-07","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB190/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB190.htm","sponsor":"Ron Crimm"},
{"bill_id":809746,"bill_number":"SB84","title":"AN ACT relating to stopped vehicles.","description":"Amend KRS 189.450, regarding the prohibition against stopping on a highway, to provide an exemption for vehicles operated by a collection service registered under KRS 224.43-315 or an Adopt-a-Highway Program, provided the vehicles are stopped for no more than 15 minutes at a time.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-01","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 19)","last_action_date":"2016-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB84/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB84.htm","sponsor":"Ernie Harris"},
{"bill_id":809747,"bill_number":"SB87","title":"AN ACT relating to work periods within consolidated local governments and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 337.285 to allow consolidated local governments and collective bargaining units to agree to an 80-hour work period over 14 consecutive days before triggering a rate of pay one and one-half times a peace officer's hourly wage; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-02-04","last_action":"to Local Government (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB87/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB87.htm","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":810100,"bill_number":"HB206","title":"AN ACT relating to TVA in-lieu-of-tax payments and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 96.895 to provide that, beginning in fiscal year 2016-2017, a portion of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in-lieu-of-tax payment made to the Commonwealth and deposited into the general fund shall be transferred to the regional development agency assistance fund to be distributed among fiscal court-designated local industrial development authorities for economic development and job creation activities; provide that the transfers will not affect the portion of the total TVA payment that is currently distributed among local government entities; provide that these transfers will be phased-in over a five-year period, with an amount equal to 50 percent of the general fund portion of the total TVA annual payment being transferred in fiscal year 2020-2021, and each fiscal year thereafter, not to exceed $6,000,000 each year; require annual reporting to fiscal court and the Legislative Research Commission; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-08","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB206/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB206.htm","sponsor":"Wilson Stone"},
{"bill_id":810113,"bill_number":"HB209","title":"AN ACT relating to an exclusion for workers' compensation for religious organizations.","description":"Amend KRS 342.650 to include certain ministers and caretakers of a church or religious organization with employees who are exempt from workers' compensation insurance; apply the provision retroactively to citations issued after July 1, 2014, and specify that insurers do not have to return premium to insureds described in subsections (9) and (10) of Section 1 of the Act.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-01-08","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-01-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB209/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB209.htm","sponsor":"Michael Meredith"},
{"bill_id":810127,"bill_number":"HB204","title":"AN ACT relating to certification of law enforcement personnel and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 15.382, 15.3971, 15.540, and 95.951 to allow the high school graduation requirement for law enforcement personnel to be met through graduation from a nonaccredited or noncertified school that meets basic standards set by the Kentucky Department of Education, a GED exam, or the external diploma program; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-03-18","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 5)","last_action_date":"2016-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB204/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB204.htm","sponsor":"David Floyd"},
{"bill_id":810140,"bill_number":"HB207","title":"AN ACT relating to elections.","description":"Amend KRS 242.020 to require petitions for local option elections to contain legibly printed name and year of birth; 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 242.022, 242.040, 242.1242, 242.1244, 242.125, and 242.1292 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-08","last_action":"to Licensing & Occupations (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB207/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB207.htm","sponsor":"Kenny Imes"},
{"bill_id":810153,"bill_number":"HB203","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 KRS 532.030, relating to authorized dispositions for felony offenses, to remove the death penalty; 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 prohibit life imprisonment without benefit of parole for a capital offense; amend KRS 422.285, 532.050, and 532.100 to conform; repeal various statutes relating to imposition of the death penalty.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2016-01-08","last_action":"floor amendment (1) and (2-title) filed","last_action_date":"2016-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB203/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB203.htm","sponsor":"David Floyd"},
{"bill_id":810166,"bill_number":"HB205","title":"AN ACT relating to criminal records.","description":"Amend KRS 431.076 to expand the scope of an expungement motion under that statute to include felonies referred to a grand jury where no indictment ensues; amend KRS 431.078 to expand that statute's expungement process to include Class D felonies; amend KRS 527.040 to expressly provide that an expunged felony does not trigger the application of that statute; create a new section of KRS Chapter 413 to prohibit the introduction of information pertaining to an expunged conviction as evidence in a civil suit or administrative proceeding alleging negligent hiring or licensing.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-08","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB205/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB205.htm","sponsor":"David Floyd"},
{"bill_id":810218,"bill_number":"HB210","title":"AN ACT relating to assault in the third degree.","description":"Amend KRS 508.025 to include assaults on local health department personnel within the offense of assault in the third degree.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-02","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB210/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB210.htm","sponsor":"Wilson Stone"},
{"bill_id":810255,"bill_number":"HB208","title":"AN ACT relating to the Prescribed Fire Program.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 149 to establish definitions for \"cabinet,\" \"certified prescribed fire boss,\" \"division,\" \"prescribed fire,\" and \"prescribed fire program\" and require the Energy and Environment Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations no later than July 15, 2017, to develop a comprehensive prescribed fire program and a training, education, and experience for certified prescribed fire boss; require approval of a prescribed fire plan by the Division of Forestry prior to a burn; provide liability coverage requirements for the certified prescribed fireboss; require the fire boss to be in conduct of the prescribed fire at all times; establish waiver of liability coverage for prescribed fires conducted by state employees as a part of their employment duties; allow for recovery of public damages from the Board of Claims; declare prescribed fire use as in public interest and not a nuisance to the public; amend KRS 149.400 to exempt prescribed fire from the fire seasons and require prescribed fire use be approved by the Division of Forestry; amend KRS 149.401 to exempt prescribed fire use from local ordinances banning all open burning; amend KRS 149.990 to make conduct of prescribed fire by persons who are not certified and do not meet requirements of the act subject to fine, imprisonment, or both.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-04","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 30)","last_action_date":"2016-04-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB208/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB208.htm","sponsor":"Thomas McKee"},
{"bill_id":810478,"bill_number":"HCR35","title":"Direct the staff of the Legislative Research Commission to study the economic impact of adventure tourism in Harlan, Knott, Letcher, and Magoffin Counties.","description":"Direct the staff of the Legislative Research Commission to study the economic impact of adventure tourism in Harlan, Knott, Letcher, and Magoffin Counties.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-02-05","last_action":"recommitted to Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-29","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism & Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR35/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HCR35.htm","sponsor":"John Short"},
{"bill_id":810479,"bill_number":"SCR22","title":"Recognize the work of the Prichard Committee Student Voice Team and encourage districts to incorporate student representation within school governance structures.","description":"Recognize the work of the Prichard Committee Student Voice Team and encourage districts to incorporate student representation within school governance structures.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SCR22/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SCR22.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":810480,"bill_number":"HCR17","title":"Petition the National Park Service to complete the Eastern Legacy Resource Study.","description":"Petition the National Park Service to complete the Eastern Legacy Resource Study.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-02-05","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Energy (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR17/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HCR17.htm","sponsor":"Susan Westrom"},
{"bill_id":810481,"bill_number":"HCR27","title":"Create the Mileage-Based Transportation Funding Task Force to develop and study the implementation of a mileage-based transportation funding mechanism; outline task force membership; require the task force to meet at least monthly during the 2016 Interim and to submit any proposed findings or recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2016.","description":"Create the Mileage-Based Transportation Funding Task Force to develop and study the implementation of a mileage-based transportation funding mechanism; outline task force membership; require the task force to meet at least monthly during the 2016 Interim and to submit any proposed findings or recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2016.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-06","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR27/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HCR27.htm","sponsor":"Adam Koenig"},
{"bill_id":810482,"bill_number":"HCR29","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 November 30, 2016; 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 November 30, 2016; 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":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-02-11","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Energy (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR29/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HCR29.htm","sponsor":"Leslie Combs"},
{"bill_id":811316,"bill_number":"HB211","title":"AN ACT relating to marriage license forms.","description":"Amend KRS 402.100 and 402.110 to create two equally valid marriage license forms, both available to all applicants in their discretion, which list the parties to a marriage as husband and wife or bride and groom or which list the parties to the marriage as spouses.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-11","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB211/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB211.htm","sponsor":"Michael Meredith"},
{"bill_id":811320,"bill_number":"SB89","title":"AN ACT relating to nuclear power.","description":"Amend KRS 278.600 to require that nuclear power facilities have a plan for the storage of nuclear waste rather than a means of permanent disposal and to add definitions of \"storage,\" \"low-level nuclear waste,\" and \"mixed nuclear waste\"; amend KRS 278.610 to allow certification if the facility and its plans for waste storage are approved by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; eliminate requirement that facility have a plan for disposal of high-level nuclear waste; eliminate requirement that cost of waste disposal be known; eliminate requirement that facility have adequate capacity to contain waste; give the Public Service Commission authority to hire consultant to perform duties relating to nuclear facility certification; prohibit construction of low-level nuclear waste disposal sites in Kentucky except as provided in KRS 211.852; direct the Energy and Environment Cabinet to review regulations required for permitting nuclear facilities and report to LRC; repeal KRS 278.605, relating to construction of nuclear power facilities.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-02","last_action":"to Tourism Development & Energy (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB89/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB89.htm","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":811325,"bill_number":"HB216","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Economic Development Partnership.","description":"Amend KRS 154.10-050 to add the chairperson of the Commission on Small Business Advocacy and a representative from the National Federation of Independent Business/Kentucky to the Kentucky Economic Development Partnership.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 123)","last_action_date":"2016-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB216/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB216.htm","sponsor":"Mitchel Denham"},
{"bill_id":811329,"bill_number":"HB215","title":"AN ACT relating to surcharges on insurance policies.","description":"Amend KRS 136.392 to remove the adjustment of the surcharge on insurance used to supplement both the Law Enforcement Foundation Program fund and the Firefighters Foundation Program fund from the control of the Commissioner of Revenue and allow adjustments to be made only by the General Assembly; RETROACTIVE to July 1, 2016.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-11","last_action":"taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day","last_action_date":"2016-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB215/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB215.htm","sponsor":"Adam Koenig"},
{"bill_id":811334,"bill_number":"HB212","title":"AN ACT relating to the protection of venerated objects.","description":"Amend KRS 525.110 to grant immunity to individuals who use reasonable efforts to extinguish an abandoned burning national or state flag.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-11","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB212/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB212.htm","sponsor":"Michael Meredith"},
{"bill_id":811338,"bill_number":"HB220","title":"Mar 07-WITHDRAWN","description":"Mar 07-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-11","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB220/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB220.htm","sponsor":"Dennis Keene"},
{"bill_id":811343,"bill_number":"HB213","title":"Feb 25-WITHDRAWN","description":"Feb 25-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-11","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2016-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB213/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB213.htm","sponsor":"David Floyd"},
{"bill_id":811347,"bill_number":"HB221","title":"AN ACT relating to concealed deadly weapons.","description":"Amend KRS 527.070 to allow persons with valid concealed deadly weapons licenses or temporary permits to carry concealed weapons on public elementary and secondary school property; amend KRS 237.115 to allow persons with valid concealed deadly weapons licenses or temporary permits to carry concealed weapons on public post-secondary property, and in buildings controlled by state and local government, except courtrooms and detention facilities; amend KRS 237.110 to allow persons with valid concealed deadly weapons licenses or temporary permits to carry concealed weapons in meetings of the General Assembly, and to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-11","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB221/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB221.htm","sponsor":"Tim Moore"},
{"bill_id":811352,"bill_number":"HB214","title":"AN ACT relating to 911 emergency services.","description":"Amend KRS 65.750 to update existing and define new terms definitions; amend KRS 65.760 to allow local governments to collect 911 fees from telematics service connections, CMRS service connections, and VoIP service connections.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-01-11","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-02-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB214/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB214.htm","sponsor":"Adam Koenig"},
{"bill_id":811356,"bill_number":"HB219","title":"AN ACT relating to a tax credit for volunteer firefighters.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a refundable income tax credit for certain volunteer firefighters; declare the purpose of the credit; require annual reporting to the Legislative Research Commission to evaluate the impact of the credit; amend KRS 141.0205 to provide the ordering of the credit and to make technical corrections.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-11","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB219/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB219.htm","sponsor":"John Short"},
{"bill_id":811361,"bill_number":"HB218","title":"AN ACT related to disabled parking plates.","description":"Amend KRS 186.042 to provide that the parent or legal guardian of a minor child with disabilities or the legal guardian of a person with disabilities may apply for disabled parking plates.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-11","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB218/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB218.htm","sponsor":"Stan Lee"},
{"bill_id":811365,"bill_number":"HB223","title":"AN ACT relating to attorneys and their non-lawyer assistants.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 520 to authorize a lawyer or his or her non-lawyer assistant to possess a cell phone or other personal electronic device within a local detention facility.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-01-11","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB223/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB223.htm","sponsor":"James Kay"},
{"bill_id":811370,"bill_number":"SB91","title":"AN ACT relating to the statute of limitations for motor vehicle tort action.","description":"Amend KRS 304.39-230 to exclude the reissuance of a payment from the determination of the last basic or added reparation payment.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-11","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-13","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB91/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB91.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":811374,"bill_number":"HB222","title":"AN ACT relating to voter registration records.","description":"Amend KRS 116.095 to require that the county clerk redact the Social Security number from any voter registration record before allowing the record to be inspected, duplicated, or furnished.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2016-01-11","last_action":"floor amendment (3) and (4-title) filed","last_action_date":"2016-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB222/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB222.htm","sponsor":"James Tipton"},
{"bill_id":811379,"bill_number":"SB90","title":"AN ACT relating to the siting of cellular antenna towers.","description":"Amend KRS 100.987 to direct that applications for cell towers on state-owned property be approved by the Public Service Commission.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-09","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 74)","last_action_date":"2016-04-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB90/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB90.htm","sponsor":"Ernie Harris"},
{"bill_id":811383,"bill_number":"HB217","title":"AN ACT relating to student athlete safety.","description":"Amend KRS 160.445 to require contest officials to remove a student athlete from play if the student was previously removed because of a possible concussion and the official suspects the required medical evaluation was not performed.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2016-03-10","last_action":"floor amendments (1-title) and (2) filed","last_action_date":"2016-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB217/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB217.htm","sponsor":"Mitchel Denham"},
{"bill_id":811388,"bill_number":"HB225","title":"AN ACT relating to occupational licensure for military service members and veterans.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 12 to require administrative bodies to issue professional licenses or certificates to military service members or veterans within two years of an honorable discharge if the training received by the service member or veteran could reasonably be expected to provide the necessary experience and skills; grant the administrative body the right to deny licensure or certification if training is not equivalent; allow appeal rights; require administrative bodies to promulgate administrative regulations to carry out the provisions of the Act.","status_desc":"Vetoed","status_date":"2016-04-13","last_action":"received in Senate","last_action_date":"2016-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB225/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB225.htm","sponsor":"Jody Richards"},
{"bill_id":811392,"bill_number":"HB224","title":"AN ACT relating to tax incentives for digital interactive media productions.","description":"Amend KRS 148.542 to define \"digital interactive media production\" and redefine \"eligible company,\" \"qualifying expenditure,\" and \"qualifying payroll expenditure\" to include digital interactive media productions; amend KRS 148.544 to outline the legislative purpose for a digital interactive media production tax credit, provide thresholds for digital interactive media productions to qualify for a tax credit, detail the amount of tax credits a digital interactive media production may receive, and prohibit the Tourism Development Finance Authority from accepting applications or authorizing or entering into tax incentive agreements after December 31, 2021; amend KRS 148.546 to include application and tax incentive agreement requirements for a digital interactive media production; amend KRS 45A.690, 45A.705, 141.0205, and 141.383 to conform; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2017.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-11","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB224/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB224.htm","sponsor":"John Short"},
{"bill_id":811397,"bill_number":"SB88","title":"AN ACT relating to due process for teachers.","description":"Amend KRS 161.790 to clarify the causes for 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; establish hearing procedures and appointment of hearing officers for the appeal of a termination case; amend KRS 161.765 and 163.032 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-11","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-13","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB88/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB88.htm","sponsor":"David Givens"},
{"bill_id":812549,"bill_number":"SJR36","title":"Urge the Governor of Virginia and the Virginia Attorney General to restore reciprocal recognition of licenses to carry concealed deadly weapons issued by Kentucky.","description":"Urge the Governor of Virginia and the Virginia Attorney General to restore reciprocal recognition of licenses to carry concealed deadly weapons issued by Kentucky.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-01-27","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR36/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SJR36.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":812555,"bill_number":"HB236","title":"AN ACT relating to preserving the right of Kentuckians to own and use firearms.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to state legislative findings and make declarations that all federal laws and regulations commandeering state or local law enforcement to enforce federal restrictions of firearms are invalid and of no effect in Kentucky and that the General Assembly has the duty to enact all measures to prevent their enforcement; that the General Assembly has the duty to protect and defend the state and federal constitutions, and that current and proposed presidential actions relating to the acquisition, possession, and use of firearms and accessories are violative of presidential powers and citizens' rights under the federal constitution.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2016-01-12","last_action":"floor amendment (1) filed","last_action_date":"2016-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB236/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB236.htm","sponsor":"Diane St Onge"},
{"bill_id":812561,"bill_number":"SB75","title":"AN ACT relating to tuition and fees for postsecondary education and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 164.020 to require the Council on Postsecondary Education to limit tuition for resident students at the public postsecondary education institutions to the 2015-2016 tuition level for four years; require tuition increases for resident students following the 2019-2020 academic year to be determined in consultation with the General Assembly; amend KRS 164.400 to require the boards of regents and trustees of state colleges and universities to limit incidental fees for resident students to the 2015-2016 level of fees for four years; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-12","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-19","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB75/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB75.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
{"bill_id":812568,"bill_number":"HB237","title":"AN ACT relating to local property tax exemptions for data centers.","description":"Amend KRS 91.260 and 92.300 to clarify that certain classes of data centers may constitute manufacturing establishments and therefore qualify for temporary exemption from local property taxes as an inducement to their location within an applicable city or urban-county, as provided by local ordinance; provide that the amendments made by the Act shall apply prospectively only to new manufacturing establishments.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-03-14","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 3)","last_action_date":"2016-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB237/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB237.htm","sponsor":"Jim DeCesare"},
{"bill_id":812574,"bill_number":"HB232","title":"AN ACT proposing to amend Section 170 of the Kentucky Constitution relating to property exempt from taxation.","description":"Propose to amend Section 170 of the Kentucky Constitution to allow the General Assembly to authorize cities to provide specific exemptions for the purpose of economic development within the city; submit to voters","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-12","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB232/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB232.htm","sponsor":"Jim DeCesare"},
{"bill_id":812580,"bill_number":"HB227","title":"AN ACT relating to public procurement.","description":"Create new section of KRS Chapter 45A making findings of the General Assembly and establishing policy of the Commonwealth of Kentucky to promote the Kentucky and United States economies by requiring a preference for iron, steel, and manufactured goods produced in Kentucky and the United States; create new section of KRS Chapter 45A defining \"manufactured in Kentucky,\" \"manufactured in the United States,\" \"Kentucky,\" and \"United States\"; require preference for iron, steel, and manufactured goods made in Kentucky in construction and maintenance contracts and subcontracts; provide for a waiver of the Kentucky preference requirement; require preference for iron, steel, and manufactured goods made in the United States if the Kentucky waiver is granted; and provide for a waiver of the United States preference requirement; create a new section of KRS Chapter 45A establishing a short title of \"Kentucky Buy American Act\"; amend KRS 45A.343, 45A.352, 65.027, 162.070, 164A.575, 176.080, and 424.260 to require compliance with the \"Kentucky Buy American Act.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-12","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB227/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB227.htm","sponsor":"Jeffery Donohue"},
{"bill_id":812587,"bill_number":"HB226","title":"AN ACT relating to pharmacy benefits.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to prohibit an insurer offering a health benefit plan from requiring the use of a mail-order pharmacy to fill a prescription; create a new section of KRS Chapter 18A to prohibit any plan offered by the Personnel Cabinet to require an employee or employee's covered dependent from requiring the use of a mail-order pharmacy to fill a prescription.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-01-12","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB226/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB226.htm","sponsor":"Cluster Howard"},
{"bill_id":812593,"bill_number":"SB92","title":"AN ACT relating to veteran-owned businesses.","description":"Amend KRS 14A.1-070 to define a veteran and veteran-owned business; create a new section of Subchapter 2 of KRS Chapter 14A to exempt veteran-owned businesses from paying filing fees to the Secretary of State's office for filing various business documents; amend KRS 14A2.-060 to exempt a veteran-owned business from paying the filing fee for an annual reports and amended annual reports for four years after the initial registration of the business.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-12","last_action":"2nd reading, to Rules","last_action_date":"2016-03-21","committee":"Rules","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB92/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB92.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":812600,"bill_number":"HB235","title":"AN ACT relating to the official state waterfowl.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 designating the mallard duck as the official state waterfowl.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-12","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB235/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB235.htm","sponsor":"Steven Rudy"},
{"bill_id":812606,"bill_number":"SB93","title":"AN ACT relating to licensing fees and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 198B.6674, 227A.050, and 318.136 to determine excess funds within the Division of Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning, the Division of Plumbing, and the Electrical Division of the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction; direct excess funds to be used to credit licensing fees; limit any transfer of funds to only excess funds in the account.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-12","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-19","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB93/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB93.htm","sponsor":"Paul Hornback"},
{"bill_id":812612,"bill_number":"HB228","title":"AN ACT relating to individual income tax.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to allow an extension of time for filing a refund claim for an individual who received an airline payment amount and transferred any portion of the amount to an IRA according to Section 1106 of the federal FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, filed an amended return with the Internal Revenue Service excluding the the airline payment amount from federal gross income, received a refund of federal income tax based upon the amended federal return, filed an amended return with the Department of Revenue requesting a refund related to the federal refund, and was denied a refund of Kentucky income tax based on KRS 134.580; require certain documentation to be filed with the amended return; allow the amended return to be resubmitted on or before December 30, 2016.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-12","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB228/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB228.htm","sponsor":"Diane St Onge"},
{"bill_id":812619,"bill_number":"HB230","title":"AN ACT relating to the transportation of aluminum.","description":"Amend KRS 189.2715, relating to overweight permits for the transportation of steel products or materials, to extend eligibility for the permits to aluminum products or materials.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-12","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB230/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB230.htm","sponsor":"Jim DeCesare"},
{"bill_id":812625,"bill_number":"HB229","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend KRS 15.232 to grant the Attorney General concurrent jurisdiction in human trafficking investigations and prosecutions.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-01-27","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB229/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB229.htm","sponsor":"Sannie Overly"},
{"bill_id":812632,"bill_number":"HB233","title":"AN ACT relating to charity auctions.","description":"Amend KRS 139.496 to exempt from sales and use tax the gross receipts derived from a charitable auction held between August 1, 2016, and July 31, 2020, by a nonprofit civic, governmental, or other nonprofit organization.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-12","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB233/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB233.htm","sponsor":"Richard Heath"},
{"bill_id":812638,"bill_number":"HB234","title":"AN ACT relating to sales and use tax.","description":"Amend KRS 139.480 to exempt from sales and use tax poultry for use in the production of food for human consumption; exempt poultry or livestock bedding materials purchased on and after August 1, 2016, but before July 31, 2020, to facilitate the removal of poultry and livestock manure within the confines of an on-farm poultry or on-farm livestock facility; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2016.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-12","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB234/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB234.htm","sponsor":"Richard Heath"},
{"bill_id":812644,"bill_number":"HB231","title":"AN ACT relating to the taxation of drugs used in the treatment of cattle, sheep, swine, poultry, llamas, alpacas, buffalo, aquatic organisms, cervids, or ratite birds.","description":"Amend KRS 139.472, relating to the sales and use tax, to exempt drugs and over-the-counter drugs for beef cattle, dairy cattle, sheep, swine, poultry, llamas, alpacas, buffalo, aquatic organisms, cervids, or ratite birds sold or purchased between August 1, 2016, and July 31, 2022; EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1, 2016.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-01-12","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-03-04","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB231/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB231.htm","sponsor":"Thomas McKee"},
{"bill_id":814592,"bill_number":"HB242","title":"AN ACT relating to disabled parking placards.","description":"Amend KRS 189.456 to require that the expiration date of a disabled parking placard is indicated on the placard by a month and year hole-punch system; amend KRS 189.990 to increase the fine to $350 for a second offense and to $500 for the third and subsequent offense; 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; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2017.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2016-01-13","last_action":"floor amendment (5) filed to Committee Substitute","last_action_date":"2016-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB242/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB242.htm","sponsor":"Will Coursey"},
{"bill_id":814630,"bill_number":"SB96","title":"AN ACT relating to jailers and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 441.245 to set salary requirements for certain jailers, allow salary adjustment, require fiscal court action to determine compensation & duties, require jailer reporting on a quarterly basis.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2016-02-04","last_action":"floor amendment (3) and (4-title) filed","last_action_date":"2016-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB96/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB96.htm","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":814667,"bill_number":"HB245","title":"AN ACT relating to sanitation districts.","description":"Amend KRS 220.110 to limit a sanitation district's power to tax to the direct use of sanitary or storm sewers; prohibit the taxation of indirect or imputed benefits; amend KRS 220.135 to define \"consumption\" to include only the direct use of sanitary or storm sewers; amend KRS 220.250 to prohibit a district from adopting a financing plan that taxes indirect use of sanitary or storm sewers; amend KRS 220.510 to prohibit a district from collecting a tax on an indirect use or an imputed benefit.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-01-13","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB245/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB245.htm","sponsor":"Joseph Fischer"},
{"bill_id":814705,"bill_number":"HB238","title":"AN ACT relating to public pension plan reporting.","description":"Amend KRS 6.350 to specify that the actuarial analysis required on retirement legislation shall include the impact on funding levels and unfunded liabilities over time; specify the qualification requirements of the actuary completing the analysis; amend KRS 7A.240 to require the state-administered retirement systems to pay the cost of actuarial services required by amendments to KRS 7A.250; amend KRS 7A.250 to require the Public Pension Oversight Board to retain an actuary to perform an actuarial audit of the state-administered retirement systems at least once every 10 years and to review state-administered retirement system budget requests prior to each budget biennium; amend KRS 21.440, 61.670, and 161.400 to provide that all state-administered retirement systems shall include in their actuarial valuation a description of funding methods utilized or required by state law in the development of the valuation, a description of any changes in actuarial assumptions and methods that have occurred since the last valuation, the actuarially recommended employer contribution rates for the upcoming budget period, a 20-year projection of employer contribution rates, funding levels, and unfunded liabilities, and a sensitivity analysis to evaluate the impact of changes in key assumptions on employer rates, funding levels, and unfunded liabilities; require the systems to conduct an actuarial experience study at least once every 5 years and to perform a 20-year impact of the proposed changes to the systems' employer rates, funding levels, and unfunded liabilities; require the systems to perform a 20-year impact on employer rates, funding levels, and unfunded liabilities for any changes in assumptions, funding methods, retiree health subsidies, or other changes enacted by the board of trustees of the systems that impact system liabilities; require the actuary certifying the results of the annual actuarial valuation and the 5 year experience study to be a fellow of the Conference of Consulting Actuaries or a member of the American Academy of Actuaries; require electronic distribution of actuarial valuations, experience studies, or analysis of changes made by the boards of trustees to the Legislative Research Commission (LRC) and require LRC to distribute information to chairs and committee staff of committees with jurisdiction over the systems; make technical amendments; require completion of the actuarial valuations by November 15 following the close of the fiscal year; amend KRS 48.040 to provide that on or before August 15 prior to a budget session, that the state-administered systems shall prepare a preliminary projection of the actuarially required contribution rates for the upcoming budget biennium and to provide updated values by November 15 of the same year once the actuarial valuation is completed; require submission to the state budget director's office and the LRC and require LRC upon receipt to distribute information to chairs and committee staff of committees with jurisdiction over the systems.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-18","last_action":"signed by Governor","last_action_date":"2016-04-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB238/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB238.htm","sponsor":"Brent Yonts"},
{"bill_id":814743,"bill_number":"HB244","title":"AN ACT relating to maintenance of burial grounds.","description":"Amend KRS 381.697 to include the governing authority of any city for the maintenance of burial grounds.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-02-05","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB244/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB244.htm","sponsor":"Jody Richards"},
{"bill_id":814781,"bill_number":"HB247","title":"AN ACT relating to tobacco excise taxes and making an appropriation thereof.","description":"Amend KRS 138.130 to define \"electronic cigarette\" and include the term in the definition of \"tobacco products\"; amend KRS 138.140 to increase the cigarette excise tax by 50 cents and direct revenues from 1 cent to be used by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services in the distribution of smoking cessation products; impose an excise tax on electronic cigarettes at the rate of 18% of the amount paid, increase the excise tax on units of snuff and chewing tobacco by 20%, and increase the excise tax on all other types of tobacco products from 15% to 18% of the amount paid; impose a floor stock tax on cigarettes, snuff, chewing tobacco, electronic cigarettes, and all other types of tobacco products; amend KRS 138.165 to make conforming changes; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-13","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB247/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB247.htm","sponsor":"David Watkins"},
{"bill_id":814820,"bill_number":"HB246","title":"AN ACT relating to commercial vehicle enforcement officers.","description":"Amend KRS 16.191 to require that Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Officers be paid equally to Kentucky State Police Officers with the equivalent rank, grade, and position.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2016-01-13","last_action":"floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB246/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB246.htm","sponsor":"Rick Nelson"},
{"bill_id":814858,"bill_number":"HB239","title":"Feb 17-WITHDRAWN","description":"Feb 17-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-13","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2016-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB239/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB239.htm","sponsor":"Leslie Combs"},
{"bill_id":814897,"bill_number":"HB243","title":"AN ACT relating to administrative regulations.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 13A to delay the effective date of ordinary 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\" as an overall annual economic impact from an administrative regulation of $500,000 or more on state and local government and regulated entities as determined by the promulgating administrative body; 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.330 and 13A.331 to conform; specify short title of the Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-13","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB243/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB243.htm","sponsor":"Addia Wuchner"},
{"bill_id":814935,"bill_number":"SB95","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 allowing partially disabled veterans and law enforcement officers a portion of the property tax homestead exemption based on the veteran's or officer's percentage disability rating, and making typographical changes of a nonsubstantive nature for clarification purposes; state ballot question; submit to voters.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-13","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-19","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB95/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB95.htm","sponsor":"Perry Clark"},
{"bill_id":814971,"bill_number":"SB94","title":"AN ACT relating to prevailing wage.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 337.505 to 337.550 to allow local governments and special purpose governmental entities to opt out of prevailing wage requirements for public works.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-13","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-19","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB94/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB94.htm","sponsor":"Christian McDaniel"},
{"bill_id":815007,"bill_number":"HB241","title":"AN ACT relating to Kentucky Retirement Systems.","description":"Amend KRS 16.505 to clarify that lump-sum payments or nonrecurring payments provided to members of the State Police Retirement System (SPRS) shall, as determined by the board, be credited when earned or classified as a lump-sum bonus and averaged over the career of the member as it relates to \"creditable compensation\"; clarify that for members entering SPRS on or after September 1, 2008, compensatory time payments excluded from \"creditable compensation\" shall apply to lump-sum compensatory time payments; amend the definition of \"final compensation\" to utilize partial fiscal years in determining the final compensation of a member who began participating in SPRS on or after September 1, 2008, but prior to January 1, 2014, in situations where the member does not have three complete fiscal years of service; make technical and clerical amendments; amend KRS 16.582 to remove language which prohibited an injury or disease resulting from military service from being considered a disabling condition for hazardous members of Kentucky Retirement Systems; amend KRS 16.642 to clarify that the board of trustees shall have the power to invest SPRS funds in the same fashion as KERS funds under KRS 61.650; amend KRS 61.510 and 78.510 to utilize partial fiscal years in determining the final compensation of a member who began participating in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System (KERS) and the County Employees Retirement System (CERS) on or after September 1, 2008, but prior to January 1, 2014, in situations where the member does not have the required three (hazardous) or five (nonhazardous) complete fiscal years of service; clarify that lump-sum payments or nonrecurring payments shall, as determined by the board, be credited when earned or classified as a lump-sum bonus and averaged over the career of the member as it relates to \"creditable compensation\"; provide that interim positions in KERS and probationary positions in CERS shall not be renewable by the employer for the same employee unless the employee has not been employed by the agency for 12 months; clarify that for members entering KERS or CERS on or after September 1, 2008, compensatory time payments excluded from \"creditable compensation\" shall apply to lump-sum compensatory time payments; make technical and clerical amendments; amend KRS 61.542 to remove the requirement that the estate be designated as beneficiary of a member's account when he or she requests a refund of contributions prior to retirement; provide that the member's estate shall be beneficiary of his or her account from Kentucky Retirement Systems if prior to retirement the member fails to designate a beneficiary or the beneficiary designation is found to be void; provide that a beneficiary shall not be changed on or after the first day of the month in which a retired employee begins receiving retirement benefits; provide that reemployed retirees who establish a second retirement account will have their estate named beneficiary if they fail to designate a beneficiary for their new account; amend KRS 61.545 to remove provisions allowing a member who is simultaneously eligible for participation in more than one retirement system administered by Kentucky Retirement Systems to select participation in only one system; make conforming amendments; amend KRS 61.552 to clarify and conform to federal law the payment options available to members for purchasing service credit; remove service purchase provisions no longer applicable to current members; require agencies who fail to report employees to the retirement system to pay penalties and interest on employer contributions from the date the contributions should have been reported to the system; make technical amendments; amend KRS 61.555 to provide that the service credit that is granted without cost to employees who are called to active duty military deployment shall be limited to those whose rights to such benefits have not been terminated under the federal Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA); require employees participating in the hybrid cash balance plan on or after January 1, 2014, who are called to active duty military deployment to pay their employee contributions if they are granted service credit, as required by USERRA, for the period of active duty deployment; require employers to make contributions for service credited to employees who are called to active duty military deployment as required by USERRA; make conforming amendments; amend KRS 61.557 to make technical amendments; amend KRS 61.560 to clarify that retirees reemployed on or after September 1, 2008, shall not pay into the systems and to make conforming amendments; amend KRS 61.590 to make technical changes and to clarify that a retiring employee must separate employment with all participating system employers; amend KRS 61.645 to allow the Kentucky Retirement Systems board to promulgate an administrative regulation to conduct trustee elections by electronic ballot; amend KRS 61.650 to increase the Kentucky Retirement Systems investment committee membership from five to seven trustees and to make technical amendments; amend KRS 61.680 to provide for consolidation of accounts with other state-administered retirement systems only if the member retires simultaneously from all state-administered retirement systems or retires from the other state-administered retirement systems within one month of retiring from the systems administered by Kentucky Retirement Systems; make technical amendments; amend KRS 61.702 to require Medicare-eligible retirees who are reemployed with an employer offering a group health plan to enroll in that plan in lieu of the KRS health plans; define \"monthly contribution rate\"; require a recipient or the spouse or dependent children of a recipient of a retirement allowance, who is eligible to participate in Medicare to participate in the plans administered by the systems for Medicare-eligible recipients; provide that a member who retired prior to July 1, 2003, who has established a second retirement account shall not receive more than the monthly contribution rate for retiree health benefits: make technical amendments; amend KRS 78.790 to clarify that the board of trustees shall have the power to invest CERS funds in the same fashion as KERS funds under KRS 61.650; amend KRS 16.520, 61.525, 61.526, 61.5525, 61.592, 78.540, 78.610, and 78.615 to make technical and conforming amendments; provide noncodified sections to provide that the successor of the additional board trustee elected by CERS that was added by SB 2 in the 2013 Regular Session shall be elected in the same period as all other CERS trustees in 2017 and shall have a shortened term from 2017 to 2021 to coincide with all other future CERS trustee terms of office; state that amendments to KRS 16.642 and 78.790 are made to conform to amendments made to KRS 61.650 in 2002 to show intent to apply KRS 61.650 changes to SPRS and CERS.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-13","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB241/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB241.htm","sponsor":"Brent Yonts"},
{"bill_id":815043,"bill_number":"HB240","title":"AN ACT relating to public safety and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create new sections of Subchapter 10 of KRS Chapter 224 to define terms; establish the Kentucky pipeline safety fund; specify the distribution of funds in the Kentucky pipeline safety fund; establish a pipeline spill response plan program within the Department for Environmental Protection; create new sections of KRS Chapter 278 to establish definitions; establish procedures for the Public Service Commission to gather information to provide to the Department of Revenue for the pipeline safety assessment; require the Public Service Commission to seek certain federal pipeline certifications; create new sections of KRS Chapter 136 to define terms; establish the Kentucky pipeline safety assessment; allow for the extension of the assessment due date; establish the powers of the Department of Revenue with respect to collection of the assessment; establish procedures for late payment and interest; establish corporate liability for the assessment; allow payment of security for assessment; require cooperation by various agencies; specify that \"pipeline operator\" does not include Public Service Commission regulated utilities or municipally owned utilities; specify that pipeline disaster preparedness plans shall be available for 45 days for public comment; specify that pipeline disaster preparedness plans contain evacuation plans, maintenance and use history for pipelines, and temporary plans for replacement of water supplies and other utilities in a disaster area.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-13","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Safety (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB240/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB240.htm","sponsor":"David Floyd"},
{"bill_id":817317,"bill_number":"SB97","title":"AN ACT relating to mortgage loans.","description":"Amend provisions of Subtitle 8 of KRS Chapter 286 relating to registration and licensing of persons engaged in mortgage lending to delete the requirement for registration of mortgage loan processors who are directed and supervised by a mortgage loan originator, but retain registration requirements for mortgage loan processors who engage in the mortgage lending process as an independent contractor and require registration of underwriters who engage in the mortgage lending process as an independent contractor; amend KRS 286.8-034 to delete the requirement that the commissioner provide a duplicate copy of a license to a licensee for a fee of $10; create a new section of Subtitle 8 of KRS Chapter 286 to prohibit a mortgage loan processor or underwriter from indication that he or she can or will perform any activities of a mortgage loan originator or underwriter if he or she is not registered or authorized to act as a mortgage loan originator; amend KRS 286.8-250 to delete the requirement that a mortgage loan broker prominently display the license certificate at his or her physical location; amend KRS 286.8-255 to delete the requirement that the commissioner provide a duplicate copy of a registration to a registrant for a fee of $10; amend KRS 286.8-260 to reduce from 4 hours to 1 hour per year the required number of hours of continuing education for registrants on the requirements of Subtitle 8 of KRS chapter 286 and of KRS 360.100 relating to the state's legal interest rate; amend KRS 286.8-255 to require mortgage loan originators to grant access to any records of which the originator has actual or constructive possession or control, rather than possession or control, to the commissioner or the commissioner's examiner, and to require a supervising mortgage loan company or broker to perform an employee background check prior to hiring a mortgage loan processor and provide proof to the commissioner.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 129)","last_action_date":"2016-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB97/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB97.htm","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":817323,"bill_number":"SB99","title":"AN ACT relating to adoption.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 199 to establish a putative father registry in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; set forth what data the registry will contain and who may access the data; amend KRS 199.480 and 199.990 to conform; amend KRS 199.473 to create a unified application for permission to place or receive a child; amend KRS 199.500 to redefine the time at which a voluntary and informed consent to adoption becomes final and irrevocable; amend KRS 199.470 to remove waiting period to file a petition for adoption; amend KRS 406.081 to require courts to resolve case against an alleged father who does not comply with ordered genetic testing; amend KRS 406.091 to require the party requesting the paternity action be filed to pay for genetic testing; amend KRS 625.025, 625.065, 199.490, 625.040, 625.042, and 625.043 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-14","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-19","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB99/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB99.htm","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":817329,"bill_number":"HB262","title":"Jan 19-WITHDRAWN","description":"Jan 19-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-14","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2016-01-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB262/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB262.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Meeks"},
{"bill_id":817334,"bill_number":"HB256","title":"AN ACT relating to victims of identity theft.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to allow the expungement of criminal records when a person who is a victim of identity theft has been erroneously charged with a criminal offense as a result; enumerate requirements for the expungement of the records; establish a process for an expedited order of expungement when the court determines that a person is currently facing criminal charges as a result of identity theft; provide that expunged records be deleted or removed if held by an agency or official, including law enforcement; provide retroactive application; restrict requirements for the payment of court costs or fees for persons seeking to expunge a criminal record under this section; provide that insurance companies must remit additional or higher insurance premiums if notified that a policy holder had his or her record expunged under this section; require the Administrative Office of the Courts to promulgate administrative regulations necessary to implement the section; and amend KRS 527.040 to provide that expungement of a criminal record under this section is an exception to the crime of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-02-17","last_action":"2nd reading, to Rules","last_action_date":"2016-03-25","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB256/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB256.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Meeks"},
{"bill_id":817340,"bill_number":"HB259","title":"AN ACT relating to excess fees.","description":"Amend KRS 64.530 to allow certain sheriffs in counties of less than 70,000 residents to retain excess fees rather than remit them to the fiscal court.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-14","last_action":"to Local Government (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB259/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB259.htm","sponsor":"Tim Moore"},
{"bill_id":817346,"bill_number":"HB258","title":"AN ACT relating to marriage licenses and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 402.100 to amend the required components of a marriage license.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-01-14","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB258/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB258.htm","sponsor":"Mitchel Denham"},
{"bill_id":817351,"bill_number":"SB101","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, relating to deferred deposit transactions, to delete the service fee of $15 per $100 loan and establish a tiered maximum annual percentage rate of 36 percent; 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; 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; state that this Act may be cited as the Responsible Payday Lending Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-14","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-19","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB101/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB101.htm","sponsor":"Alice Kerr"},
{"bill_id":817357,"bill_number":"HB251","title":"AN ACT relating to annexation and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 81A to grant standing to certain persons to pursue litigation regarding city annexations where there are no residents within the area annexed or being annexed; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-01-14","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB251/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB251.htm","sponsor":"Jeff Hoover"},
{"bill_id":817363,"bill_number":"HB257","title":"AN ACT relating to the human rights of unborn children and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 311.770 to prohibit an abortion from being performed that will resort in the dismemberment, crushing, or vivisection of the unborn child; amend KRS 311.780 to prohibit abortion after 20 weeks of fetal development; create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to regulate the classifiaction of the remains of an aborted child or deceased infant; amend KRS 525.120 to classify the placement of the remains of an aborted child or deceased infant in a Kentucky landfill within the offense of abuse of a corpse; amend KRS 216B.0431 to include additional requirements relating to the disposition of remains in regulations governing abortion facilities; amend KRS 311.990 to clarify the applicable criminal penalty; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-14","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB257/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB257.htm","sponsor":"Addia Wuchner"},
{"bill_id":817369,"bill_number":"HB249","title":"AN ACT relating to legislative ethics education.","description":"Amend KRS 6.716 to require members of the General Assembly to receive one and one-half hours of education on the Kentucky Constitution every two years.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-14","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB249/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB249.htm","sponsor":"Bart Rowland"},
{"bill_id":817374,"bill_number":"HCR50","title":"Urge Congress to call an Article V convention for the purpose of proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States requiring a balanced federal budget.","description":"Urge Congress to call an Article V convention for the purpose of proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States requiring a balanced federal budget.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-14","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR50/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HCR50.htm","sponsor":"Jim DeCesare"},
{"bill_id":817380,"bill_number":"HB261","title":"AN ACT relating to water utilities and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 278.020 to require utilities to obtain insurance coverage sufficient to cover the replacement of any plant, equipment, property, or facility if destroyed; amend KRS 278.021 to specify notice of the abandonment of a utility to be 24 months prior to the effective date of the abandonment and to allow assumption of the abandoned utility service by an alternative provider under specific circumstances.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-08","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 50)","last_action_date":"2016-04-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB261/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB261.htm","sponsor":"Linda Belcher"},
{"bill_id":817386,"bill_number":"HB260","title":"AN ACT relating to the naming of state properties, highways, and programs.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 56 to prohibit the naming of any state building or property in honor of a constitutional officer, member of the General Assembly, or justice or judge of the Court of Justice during his or her term of office or for a period of five years thereafter; create a new section of KRS Chapter 12 to place the same restrictions on the naming of state programs or initiatives; amend KRS 177.074 to place the same restrictions upon the naming of state highways.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-14","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB260/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB260.htm","sponsor":"Tim Moore"},
{"bill_id":817391,"bill_number":"HB253","title":"AN ACT relating to microbreweries.","description":"Amend KRS 243.157 to increase the annual production limit for microbreweries from 25,000 barrels to 50,000 barrels; authorize a microbrewery license holder to sell its products by the drink or package at fairs, festivals, and similar events in an amount not to exceed 288 ounces per day.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-14","last_action":"to Licensing & Occupations (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB253/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB253.htm","sponsor":"Susan Westrom"},
{"bill_id":817397,"bill_number":"HB248","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 establish a refundable tax credit for certified volunteer firefighters.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-14","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB248/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB248.htm","sponsor":"Michael Meredith"},
{"bill_id":817403,"bill_number":"HB250","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend KRS 431.015 to remove the requirement for peace officers to issue a citation in lieu of arrest for most misdemeanors committed in their presence; amend KRS 523.110 to include intentionally providing a peace officer a false date of birth, Social Security number, state identification card number, or operator's license number as elements of the offense of giving a peace officer false identifying information.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 98)","last_action_date":"2016-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB250/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB250.htm","sponsor":"Ruth Palumbo"},
{"bill_id":817408,"bill_number":"HB255","title":"AN ACT relating to retirement benefits for legislators.","description":"Amend KRS 6.505 to close the Legislators' Retirement Plan to new members effective August 1, 2016; prohibit current legislators from participating in the Legislators' Retirement Plan on or after August 1, 2016; provide that current and future legislators shall only participate in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System for any service to the General Assembly occurring on or after August 1, 2016.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-14","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB255/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB255.htm","sponsor":"James Kay"},
{"bill_id":817414,"bill_number":"SB98","title":"AN ACT relating to the physician preceptor tax incentive program.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish an individual income tax credit for Kentucky-licensed physicians who as voluntary preceptors administer at least three core clinical rotations for certain medical students; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the credit.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-14","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-19","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB98/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB98.htm","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":817420,"bill_number":"HB252","title":"AN ACT relating to compensation of insurance producers for services performed in relation to a premium finance loan.","description":"Amend KRS 304.30-050 to authorize insurance producers of personal and commercial lines to receive payment for arranging insurance premium financing for an insured if the agent discloses the source and amount of compensation for the financing in writing to the insured and the insurance producer is not paid as an advance on future premium finance agreements or as a bonus from the premium finance company for agreeing to place agreements with the premium finance company.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-25","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB252/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB252.htm","sponsor":"Michael Meredith"},
{"bill_id":817425,"bill_number":"HB254","title":"AN ACT relating to the use of bicycle helmets by children under the age of twelve and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to require the use of a helmet by a child under the age of 12 when operating a bicycle or being a passenger on a bicycle or any attachment to a bicycle; prohibit a parent of a guardian from permitting his or her child to operate a bicycle in violation; direct the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations pertaining to bicycle helmets; amend KRS 189.990 to establish a penalty of $25; exempt court costs and fees; allow fee to be waived for first-time offenders if the purchase of a bicycle helmet can be proven; provide that 50% of the fine be distributed to the Kentucky trauma care system fund and 50% be distributed to the Kentucky traumatic brain injury trust fund; amend KRS 211.496 to provide that funds from bicycle helmet violations that are transferred to the Kentucky trauma care system fund shall be used to purchase bicycle helmets for indigent children; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-14","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB254/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB254.htm","sponsor":"Joni Jenkins"},
{"bill_id":817679,"bill_number":"HB271","title":"AN ACT relating to the Public Pension Oversight Board.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 7A.200 to 7A.260 to require the state-administered retirement systems to disclose data on each member or recipient of a benefit, including a unique identification number which shall not be the member's Social Security number or personal identification number issued by the systems, information on the retirement status, actual or projected benefits payments, and other retirement information for each member; establish noncodified sections to require the Public Pension Oversight Board to study and provide a report by December 1, 2016, as to whether or not legislative action should be taken to separate the administration of the County Employees Retirement System from the Kentucky Retirement Systems; require the Public Pension Oversight Board to study and provide a report by December 1, 2016, as to whether or not legislative action should be taken to transfer administration of the Judicial Retirement Plan and the Legislators' Retirement Plan to the Kentucky Retirement Systems; require the Public Pension Oversight Board to study and provide a report by December 1, 2016, as to whether or not legislative action should be taken to consolidate administrative and investment functions of all of the state-administered retirement systems, which shall include a review of investment returns, investment expenses, and administrative expenses.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-01","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 27)","last_action_date":"2016-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB271/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB271.htm","sponsor":"Jerry Miller"},
{"bill_id":817692,"bill_number":"SB108","title":"AN ACT relating to minor users of tanning beds.","description":"Amend KRS 217.920 to define \"phototherapy device\"; amend KRS 217.924 to remove reference to consent forms; amend KRS 217.922 to prohibit an individual under the age of 18 from using a tanning device at a tanning facility, but provide an exemption for medical use of phototherapy devices.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-15","last_action":"recommitted to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-16","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB108/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB108.htm","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":817705,"bill_number":"HB268","title":"AN ACT relating to the Education Professional Standards Board.","description":"Amend KRS 161.155 to allow the transfer of sick leave for a school district employee who changes employment to the Education Professional Standards Board.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2016-03-22","last_action":"reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules as a Consent Bill","last_action_date":"2016-03-29","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB268/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB268.htm","sponsor":"Derrick Graham"},
{"bill_id":817718,"bill_number":"HB264","title":"AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 32 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to terms of members of the General Assembly.","description":"Propose to amend Section 32 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prevent Senators from serving more than four consecutive terms of office, not including partial terms, and prevent Representatives from serving more than six consecutive terms of office, not including partial terms, beginning with those elected in 2018; allow legislators to resume service in the house from which they were term-limited after two years have elapsed; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-01-15","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB264/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB264.htm","sponsor":"James Kay"},
{"bill_id":817731,"bill_number":"HB265","title":"AN ACT relating to postsecondary institution capital projects.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 164A.550 to 164A.630 to authorize capital projects undertaken by institutions of higher education using a combination of cash restricted funds, federal funds, and private funds even though the projects are not specifically listed in a branch budget bill; establish conditions under which projects will be authorized.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-02-17","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB265/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB265.htm","sponsor":"Larry Clark"},
{"bill_id":817746,"bill_number":"SB103","title":"AN ACT relating to funeral planning.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 367 to define \"cemetery merchandise,\" \"declarant,\" \"declaration,\" \"designee,\" \"funeral,\" and \"funeral merchandise\"; establish the uses and requirements for a declaration; permit declarations to specify preferences for the disposition of remains after death; establish that the most recent declaration shall take precedence over other documents concerning disposition of remains; grant persons following a declaration in good-faith immunity from liability; specify requirements to revoke a declaration and specify actions that can cause the revocation of a designation; specify chain of authority if the person with authority under the declaration or statute fails to assume the obligation; limit reciprocity with other states; specify requirements for contesting the validity of a declaration; amend KRS 367.97501 to delete the definition of \"authorizing agent,\" amend the definition of \"cremation authorization form,\" define \"declaration,\" and delete the definition of \"preneed cremation authorization form; amend KRS 367.97514 to conform; amend KRS 367.97524 to include funeral home; amend KRS 367.97527 to replace the use of a preneed cremation authorization form with the use of a declaration; amend KRS 367.97514 to conform; amend KRS 367.97531 to allow the authorizing agent to submit a form by facsimile transmission.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-08","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 59)","last_action_date":"2016-04-08","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB103/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB103.htm","sponsor":"Paul Hornback"},
{"bill_id":817758,"bill_number":"HB267","title":"AN ACT relating to election finance.","description":"Amend KRS 121.180 to reduce the number of campaign finance reports required to be reported relating to a primary or election from four to two, one 15 days prior to a primary or election and one 45 days after; amend KRS 23A.070, 121.150, and 121.170 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-15","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB267/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB267.htm","sponsor":"Kenny Imes"},
{"bill_id":817772,"bill_number":"HB270","title":"AN ACT relating to school safety.","description":"Amend KRS 520.070 to include school marshals as persons exempt from the prohibition against possession of a firearm on school property if authorized by a local school board or governing body of a private or parochial school; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to allow for the appointment of a school marshal by a local school board or governing body of a private or parochial school; specify that a person authorized and appointed under this section is designated as a school marshal and enumerate restrictions on school marshal's powers; provide that persons certified to act as peace officers under KRS 15.380 are exempt from restrictions; establish requirements of eligibility for a school marshal's appointment; enumerate board's or governing bodies' responsibilities; require that schools designated as school marshal sites collaborate with the Kentucky State Police and local law enforcement on safety procedures prior to appointment of a school marshal; provide limits on liability for school boards or governing bodies that appoint school marshals; establish limits on the possession, transport, deposit, or carrying of firearms by a school marshal while on school property; limit liability for school marshals for acts or omissions undertaken pursuant to this section; provide that the school marshal is responsible for expenditures related to the purchase of a firearm, ammunition, or any other associated costs; allow that a local school board or governing body may pay compensation for expenses incurred undertaking school marshal's duties or appointment requirements; specify that otherwise lawful possession of a firearm as provided under KRS 527.070 or any other state or federal law is not restricted; exclude postsecondary or higher education institutions from coverage; require that any board of a local public school district or governing body of a private or parochial school that appoints a school marshal adopt guidelines to carry out school marshal's requirements.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-15","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB270/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB270.htm","sponsor":"Jim Duplessis"},
{"bill_id":817785,"bill_number":"SB107","title":"AN ACT relating to computer science programs in public schools.","description":"Amend KRS 156.095 to allow teacher academies to include developing disciplines, developing beyond the core including computer sciences; amend KRS 156.553 to include computer science teachers as eligible for teachers' professional growth funds; amend KRS 156.670 to require the master plan for education technology to include network capacity and the readiness of laboratories for computer science education; amend KRS 158.846 to include computer sciences as a key area of the knowledge-based economy; amend KRS 158.847 to allow the science and mathematics advancement fund to provide grants to local school districts to develop and implement computer science programs; amend KRS 161.048 to include persons with computer science expertise among those eligible for adjunct instructor certification.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-02-05","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB107/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB107.htm","sponsor":"David Givens"},
{"bill_id":817799,"bill_number":"HB263","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Retirement Systems' board of trustees and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 61.645, relating to the Kentucky Retirement Systems' board of trustees, to change the definition of \"investment experience\"; require two members of the Board of Trustees to be chartered financial analysts; provide that each appointment may be made from a list of three applicants submitted by the CFA Society of Louisville; apply to appointments or reappointments on or after the effective date of this Act.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-02-03","last_action":"to Rules (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB263/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB263.htm","sponsor":"Brent Yonts"},
{"bill_id":817813,"bill_number":"SB106","title":"AN ACT relating to the expression of religious viewpoints in public schools.","description":"Amend KRS 158.183 to permit public schools to sponsor artistic or theatrical programs that advance students' knowledge of society's cultural and religious heritage and traditions.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-04","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB106/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB106.htm","sponsor":"Brandon Smith"},
{"bill_id":817825,"bill_number":"HB266","title":"AN ACT relating to coal severance tax distributions, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 42.4582 to increase the amount that is transferred to the local government economic development fund from the general fund from 50% to 70%; amend KRS 42.4585 to increase the amount transferred from the transfer from the local government economic development fund to the local government economic assistance fund from 15% of the severance and processing taxes collected annually to the greater of 35% or $40 million; amend KRS 42.455 to change the allocation of funds within the local government economic assistance fund to hold the amount allocated to the haul road system steady, while increasing the amount that may be used for grants; provide that the Act shall be effective July 1, 2016; amend KRS 42.470 to conform; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-15","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB266/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB266.htm","sponsor":"Chris Harris"},
{"bill_id":817839,"bill_number":"SB105","title":"AN ACT relating to temporary elevator mechanic licensure.","description":"Amend KRS 198B.4021 to require persons confirmed by a licensed elevator contractor to have a minimum of 24 months of work experience in the elevator industry in construction, maintenance, service, or repair; require persons confirmed by a licensed elevator contractor to have a minimum of two years of education in an apprenticeship program for elevator mechanics or nationally recognized training program in the elevator industry; describe the tasks that may be performed by one who holds a temporary elevator mechanic license; provide that a temporary elevator mechanic license is valid for one year, remains in effect if the temporary licensee stays in an approved training program, and may be renewed once; establish the conditions upon which a temporary elevator mechanic license will expire; authorize the Kentucky Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction to establish a fee for temporary licensure through administrative regulations; require fees payable to the department to be paid in the State Treasury and credited to the elevator safety program trust fund.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-15","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-19","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB105/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB105.htm","sponsor":"Wil Schroder"},
{"bill_id":817853,"bill_number":"SB102","title":"Feb 04-WITHDRAWN","description":"Feb 04-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-15","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2016-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB102/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB102.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":817866,"bill_number":"HB269","title":"AN ACT relating to veterinarians.","description":"Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 321 relating to veterinarians; define \"veterinary wellness program\" and \"student\" and eliminate \"veterinary technologist\" designation; clarify the veterinarian-client-patient relationship to allow veterinarians to release animal welfare information to government authorities; clarify veterinary license to practice requirements; allow for additional licensing stipulations; provide conditions under which a nonresident of the United States may practice veterinary medicine; clarify a special permit to practice veterinary medicine; clarify animal control euthanasia; set out how the Board of Veterinary Examiners may allow the renewal of retired or inactive licenses; increase the size of the Board of Veterinary Examiners; provide board members immunity from personal liability in any action based on an official act of the member; allow the board to establish a veterinary wellness committee; clarify the election of a chair and vice chair of the board; limit administrative fines to $5,000 per violation; define 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; create a new section of KRS Chapter 321 to permit the board to issue an emergency order for immediate, temporary suspension of a license, and establish an appeals process; make technical corrections; repeal KRS 321.195.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-23","last_action":"to Agriculture (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB269/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB269.htm","sponsor":"Thomas McKee"},
{"bill_id":817879,"bill_number":"SB104","title":"AN ACT relating to special license plates.","description":"Amend KRS 186.162 to establish a Gold Star Sons and Gold Star Daughters special license plate, set fees; amend KRS 186.164 to require presentation of eligibility for a Gold Star Sons or Daughters license plate; amend KRS 186.166 to update the list of plates to be perpetually produced; EFFECTIVE 1/1/17.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-02-10","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB104/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB104.htm","sponsor":"Wil Schroder"},
{"bill_id":818991,"bill_number":"HB272","title":"AN ACT relating to radon mitigation.","description":"Amend KRS 211.9107 to exempt a residential building contractor installing vent pipes from radon mitigation certification requirements.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-04","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 28)","last_action_date":"2016-04-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB272/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB272.htm","sponsor":"Thomas Thompson"},
{"bill_id":819026,"bill_number":"HCR65","title":"Urge the United States Government to take all steps necessary to stop the genocide of Christians, Yazidis, and Shia Muslims in ISIS-controlled territory.","description":"Urge the United States Government to take all steps necessary to stop the genocide of Christians, Yazidis, and Shia Muslims in ISIS-controlled territory.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-19","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR65/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HCR65.htm","sponsor":"Tim Moore"},
{"bill_id":819062,"bill_number":"SB110","title":"AN ACT relating to city licensing fees for the sale of alcoholic beverages.","description":"Amend KRS 243.075 to allow cities of all classes to impose a regulatory license fee on the sale of alcoholic beverages.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-19","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB110/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB110.htm","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":819099,"bill_number":"SB112","title":"AN ACT relating to dangerous instruments.","description":"Amend KRS 65.870 to prevent county and local governments from regulating knives; amend KRS 500.080 to remove knives from the definition of a deadly weapon; amend KRS 446.010 to define \"dangerous instrument\" wherever the term is used in Kentucky Revised Statues; amend various sections to include dangerous instruments in provisions concerning deadly weapons.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-19","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB112/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB112.htm","sponsor":"Robin Webb"},
{"bill_id":819136,"bill_number":"HB273","title":"AN ACT relating to emergency air ambulance services.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 311A to require the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services to annually obtain charges billed by all air ambulance providers licensed and operating in the state; deem the information provided as proprietary and not subject to the Open Records Act, KRS 61.872 to 61.884; require the board to determine the average cost of air ambulance services in the state which shall be subject to the Open Records Act; require the board to submit the average cost to the commissioner of the Department of Insurance; authorize the board to promulgate administrative regulations to establish a form to be completed by all air ambulance service providers to determine average cost of services; amend KRS 311A.190 to require any air ambulance service providers licensed and operating in the state to provide information regarding charges billed to the board; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to prominently provide a notice in each contract for coverage stating whether or not the contract covers air ambulance service and, if provided, the dollar amount of coverage; require the commissioner of the Department of Insurance to review all health benefit plans for compliance with the notice requirement and provide the average cost of all ambulance services to all health benefit plans every three years.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-22","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB273/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB273.htm","sponsor":"Thomas McKee"},
{"bill_id":819172,"bill_number":"HB275","title":"AN ACT relating to an income tax deduction for educator expenses.","description":"Amend KRS 141.010 to permit an additional deduction for certain educators for expenses paid that would qualify for deduction except for a federal limitation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-19","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB275/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB275.htm","sponsor":"Brian Linder"},
{"bill_id":819210,"bill_number":"SB109","title":"AN ACT relating to teacher contracts.","description":"Amend KRS 161.720 to include failure to successfully meet the requirements of a professional growth plan for a maximum two years as a reason for termination or suspension of a continuing service contract entered into after July1, 2017; amend KRS 161.740 to establish a new process for teachers who are first hired after July 1, 2017, to achieve continuing service contract status; amend KRS 156.844 and KRS 156.846 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-19","last_action":"returned to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-09","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB109/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB109.htm","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":819246,"bill_number":"HB276","title":"AN ACT relating to in-state tuition at public universities for members of any United States military Reserve component.","description":"Amend KRS 164.2844 to allow public universities to offer in-state tuition to members of any United States Reserve component.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 97)","last_action_date":"2016-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB276/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB276.htm","sponsor":"Tim Moore"},
{"bill_id":819283,"bill_number":"HB274","title":"AN ACT relating to sales and use tax incentives.","description":"Amend KRS 154.32-020, relating to the Kentucky Business Investment (KBI) economic development incentive program, to allow a new, additional sales and use tax incentive to be awarded to approved companies undertaking economic development projects in certain enhanced incentive counties; create a new section of Subchapter 32 of KRS Chapter 154 to establish the parameters of the sales and use tax refund incentive; amend KRS 154.32-040 to conform; create a new section of KRS Chapter 139 to establish the procedure for an approved company to apply to the Department of Revenue for payment of a refund; declare the short title of the Act to be the Rural Communities Economic Advancement and Job Creation Act of 2016; provide that the Act shall apply to economic development projects undertaken by companies receiving preliminary approval on or after the effective date of the Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-19","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB274/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB274.htm","sponsor":"Mitchel Denham"},
{"bill_id":819320,"bill_number":"SB111","title":"AN ACT relating to solid waste.","description":"Create new sections of Subchapter 43 of KRS Chapter 224 to prescribe requirements for the transportation of municipal solid waste so as to prevent leaks, emissions, and access to the wastes by pests; prohibit a transfer station or waste disposal facility from receiving wastes not transported in compliance with the no-leak provisions; require the Energy and Environment Cabinet to study wastes containing hydrogen sulfides to limit and control odors and emissions from landfills; require the cabinet to issue a report or update as a part of the annual solid waste report to the LRC and the Governor; amend KRS 224.10-105 to grant authority to the cabinet to modify, revoke, abate and control for odor or if there are three or more violations at a landfill and to condition permits as to acceptance of wastes containing hydrogen sulfides; amend KRS 224.43-335 to require the manifest accompanying the solid waste to describe the type of waste, including wastes containing hydrogen sulfides, and require that the waste be transported in compliance with leak-proof containment of the wastes.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-19","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Energy (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB111/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB111.htm","sponsor":"Robin Webb"},
{"bill_id":819355,"bill_number":"HB277","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 under specified conditions.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-19","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB277/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB277.htm","sponsor":"Tim Moore"},
{"bill_id":820449,"bill_number":"HB282","title":"AN ACT related to balance billing.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 304.14-500 to 304.14-550 to prohibit health care providers from charging Medicare beneficiaries more than a reasonable charge for services as determined by the United States Secretary for Health and Human Services.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-01-20","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB282/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB282.htm","sponsor":"Linda Belcher"},
{"bill_id":820521,"bill_number":"HB278","title":"AN ACT relating to wages.","description":"Amend KRS 337.275 to raise the state minimum wage to $8.20 per hour on August 1, 2016, $9.15 per hour on July 1, 2017, and $10.10 per hour on July 1, 2018; amend KRS 337.010 the definition of employees of retail stores and service industries, to increase the applicable threshold of business that applies to from $95,000 to $500,000; 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 337.423 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 337.425 to require the promulgation of administrative regulations 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; require that the promulgation occur on or before July 1, 2017; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2018.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2016-01-20","last_action":"floor amendments (3) and (4) filed to Committee Substitute","last_action_date":"2016-03-09","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB278/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB278.htm","sponsor":"Gregory Stumbo"},
{"bill_id":820596,"bill_number":"HB283","title":"AN ACT relating to legislative ethics.","description":"Amend KRS 6.767 to define \"accept\" as the date a contribution is mailed or hand-delivered; apply retroactively to January 1, 2016.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-20","last_action":"recommitted to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-11","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB283/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB283.htm","sponsor":"Steven Riggs"},
{"bill_id":820672,"bill_number":"HB281","title":"AN ACT relating to retirement benefits for local elected officials.","description":"Amend KRS 61.637 to allow a mayor or member of a city legislative body who is not participating in the County Employees Retirement System (CERS) prior to retirement, but who is eligible to retire from the Kentucky Employees Retirement System (KERS) or the State Police Retirement System (SPRS) due to other employment, to retire and draw benefits from KERS or SPRS without resigning from his or her position as mayor or member of the city legislative body.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-08","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 68)","last_action_date":"2016-04-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB281/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB281.htm","sponsor":"Jim DeCesare"},
{"bill_id":820747,"bill_number":"HB279","title":"AN ACT relating to the taxation of food sold through vending machines or self-service vending systems.","description":"Amend KRS 139.485 to exempt from sales and use tax food and food ingredients sold through a vending machines or self-service vending systems; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2016.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-20","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB279/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB279.htm","sponsor":"Steven Riggs"},
{"bill_id":820823,"bill_number":"HB280","title":"AN ACT relating to sales of property.","description":"Amend KRS 382.110 to require the buyer to record within 5 days the deed of real estate sold by the master comissioner; create a new section of KRS Chapter 186A to allow the master commissioner to obtain title to vehicles abandoned on real estate sold by the master commissioner.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-20","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB280/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB280.htm","sponsor":"David Meade"},
{"bill_id":820898,"bill_number":"SB113","title":"AN ACT relating to legislative recommendations from the Judicial Form Retirement System.","description":"Amend KRS 6.521, 6.525, 6.577, 21.345, 21.402, 21.405, 21.410, 21.420, and 21.427 to make technical and clerical changes for the Legislators' Retirement Plan and the Judicial Retirement Plan.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-01","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 12)","last_action_date":"2016-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB113/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB113.htm","sponsor":"Joe Bowen"},
{"bill_id":823679,"bill_number":"HB288","title":"AN ACT relating to contracting standards for health care providers.","description":"Amend KRS 304.17A-173 to require the same reimbursement to chiropractors for the same services rendered by a physician or osteopath; prohibit an insurer from requiring additional terms and conditions for a chiropractor that are not required of a physician or osteopath to participate in the provider network for services within the scope of practice of a chiropractor and require the same for a health benefit plan.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-21","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-04","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB288/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB288.htm","sponsor":"Jeff Greer"},
{"bill_id":823724,"bill_number":"SB120","title":"AN ACT relating to bank officers.","description":"Repeal and reenact KRS 286.3-065 to apply the standards of conduct in KRS 271B.8-300 and 271B.8-420, respectively, to the directors and officers of a bank.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-04","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 33)","last_action_date":"2016-04-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB120/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB120.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":823769,"bill_number":"HB286","title":"Jan 28-WITHDRAWN","description":"Jan 28-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-21","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2016-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB286/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB286.htm","sponsor":"Kelly Flood"},
{"bill_id":823816,"bill_number":"HB289","title":"AN ACT relating to cardiopulmonary resuscitation training in schools.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require that high school students receive CPR training while enrolled in a health, physical education, or Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps course that meets the physical education high school graduation requirement.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-21","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB289/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB289.htm","sponsor":"Jeff Greer"},
{"bill_id":823862,"bill_number":"SB114","title":"AN ACT relating to medical authorizations by advanced practice registered nurses.","description":"Amend KRS 15.382, 72.465, 186.411, 189.125, 213.076, and 387.540 to add advanced practice registered nurses to medical authorization.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-09","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 87)","last_action_date":"2016-04-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB114/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB114.htm","sponsor":"Paul Hornback"},
{"bill_id":823909,"bill_number":"HB290","title":"AN ACT relating to in-person absentee voting.","description":"Omnibus no-excuse absentee voting bill creating a new section of KRS Chapter 117 to allow in-person voting for any reason in the clerk's office or other approved location at least 12 days before an election; amend KRS 117.085, 117.0851, 117.086, 117.087, 177.145, 117.165, 117.235, 118.035, and 118.405 to conform.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-15","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB290/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB290.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Meeks"},
{"bill_id":823956,"bill_number":"HB284","title":"AN ACT relating to teacher disciplinary actions.","description":"Amend KRS 161.120 to prohibit the Education Professional Standards Board from taking any action against a certified school employee following an allegation of criminal offense or wrongdoing by the employee that results in no criminal charges or no finding or action by a school district against the employee.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-21","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB284/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB284.htm","sponsor":"Rick Nelson"},
{"bill_id":824002,"bill_number":"HB287","title":"AN ACT relating to tax incentives to promote the increased use of Kentucky coal.","description":"Amend KRS 141.0405 to once again permit the coal incentive tax credit, which was previously allowed and which sunsetted for most types of facilities in tax year 2009; amend provisions to provide an incentive to taxpayers purchasing coal, that is subject to Kentucky severance and processing tax, for use in the generation of electricity or for certain industrial processes; provide for the sunset of the credit; make technical corrections; repeal KRS 141.0406.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-21","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB287/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB287.htm","sponsor":"Jim Duplessis"},
{"bill_id":824048,"bill_number":"SB118","title":"AN ACT relating to money transmitters.","description":"Amend KRS 286.11-007 to exempt service providers working on behalf of banks or sellers of goods or services.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-09","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 89)","last_action_date":"2016-04-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB118/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB118.htm","sponsor":"Jared Carpenter"},
{"bill_id":824095,"bill_number":"SB116","title":"AN ACT relating to canines.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to define \"dog\" and \"local government;\" allow local governments to pass ordinances, regulations, or policies concerning dog welfare, safety, and public safety so long as the ordinance, regulation, or policy is not breed specific; prohibit any ordinance, regulation, or policy that is breed specific.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-21","last_action":"recommitted to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-18","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB116/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB116.htm","sponsor":"Paul Hornback"},
{"bill_id":824142,"bill_number":"HB291","title":"AN ACT relating to energy and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 278.183 to prohibit utilities from recovering costs of complying with environmental requirements of the Federal Clean Air Act until compliance is required; apply this provision retroactively; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-21","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Environment (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB291/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB291.htm","sponsor":"Jim Gooch"},
{"bill_id":824188,"bill_number":"SCR75","title":"Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Kentucky Workforce Oversight Task Force to study and develop recommendations concerning the benefits, investments, and funding of workforce education; establish task force membership; require the task force to submit report to Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2016.","description":"Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Kentucky Workforce Oversight Task Force to study and develop recommendations concerning the benefits, investments, and funding of workforce education; establish task force membership; require the task force to submit report to Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2016.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-08","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SCR75/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SCR75.htm","sponsor":"David Givens"},
{"bill_id":824235,"bill_number":"SB115","title":"AN ACT relating to trafficking in heroin.","description":"Amend KRS 218A.1412 to require that persons who traffic in heroin or fentanyl be charged as Class C felons for the first offense.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-02-25","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB115/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB115.htm","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":824282,"bill_number":"SB117","title":"AN ACT relating to pharmacy benefit management.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 9 of KRS Chapter 304 to require a pharmacy benefit manager to obtain a license; amend KRS 304.17A-161 to define maximum allowable cost and amend the definition of pharmacy benefit manager; amend KRS 304.17A-162 to provide for an appeal process, price updates, and administrative regulations; require review of the maximum allowable cost at least every 7 instead of 14 days; create new sections of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to establish licensure and application requirements for pharmacy benefit managers; require administrative regulations for the licensing process; provide for fees to cover the costs of enforcement; require adherence to other subtitles of KRS Chapter 304.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-09","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 79)","last_action_date":"2016-04-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB117/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB117.htm","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":824326,"bill_number":"HB285","title":"AN ACT relating to the abandonment of storage spaces.","description":"Amend KRS 359.230 to replace the lien process for storage units with an abandonment process.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-21","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB285/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB285.htm","sponsor":"Jim Stewart"},
{"bill_id":824371,"bill_number":"SB119","title":"AN ACT relating to chemical munitions disposal and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 224.50-130 to delete references to gaps in information on the acute and chronic health effects of exposure to compounds used in chemical munitions; require that, after the compounds in chemical munitions are treated to specific treatment or destruction values set by law or by the Energy and Environment Cabinet, the Energy and Environment Cabinet shall reclassify the residual wastes to ensure proper management and disposal; Emergency.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-02-10","last_action":"recommitted to Natural Resources & Environment (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-25","committee":"Natural Resources and Environment","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB119/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB119.htm","sponsor":"Jared Carpenter"},
{"bill_id":826723,"bill_number":"HB292","title":"AN ACT relating to the limited liability entity tax.","description":"Amend KRS 141.0401 to expand the definition of \"cost of goods sold\" to include any costs allowed by the Internal Revenue Code; amend KRS 141.040 to conform; apply to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2016.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-25","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB292/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB292.htm","sponsor":"Brent Yonts"},
{"bill_id":826742,"bill_number":"HB296","title":"AN ACT relating to advanced practice registered nurses.","description":"Amend KRS 216B.020 to exempt private offices, clinics, and office buildings of advanced practice registered nurses from certificate of need; amend KRS 311.271 to include advanced practice registered nursing as part of the defined term \"healing art\"; amend KRS 311B.020 to include advanced practice registered nursing as part of the defined term \"licensed practitioner\"; amend KRS 438.065 to establish requirements for advanced practice registered nursing related to advertising or soliciting by practitioners of the healing arts.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-02-19","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB296/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB296.htm","sponsor":"John Carney"},
{"bill_id":826762,"bill_number":"HB294","title":"AN ACT relating to teacher sick leave.","description":"Amend KRS 161.155 to allow for the donation of sick leave from teachers and employees of one school district to the teachers and employees of another school district; authorize the Department of Education to promulgate administrative regulations to establish an interdistrict sick leave donation program.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-25","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB294/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB294.htm","sponsor":"Jim Stewart"},
{"bill_id":826782,"bill_number":"SB121","title":"AN ACT relating to government contracts.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 45A.690 to 45A.725 to establish standards and rules for contingency fee personal service contracts for legal services; require the Attorney General to make written findings of the need for a contingency fee contract; set limits on the amount of the contingency fee; require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to post information regarding the contract on its Web site; require the contractor to maintain certain records; require the Finance and Administration Cabinet and the Attorney General to submit a report on all contingency fee contracts to the Government Contract Review Committee by September 1 of each year; amend KRS 45A.695 to require the Attorney General to participate in discussions with contingency fee offerors to determine their qualifications; require the Attorney General to approve of a contingency fee personal service contract for legal services before the contract may be awarded.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-25","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB121/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB121.htm","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":826800,"bill_number":"HB297","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization.","description":"Amend KRS 14.025 to abolish the Division of Administration and the Division of Business Filings in the Office of the Secretary of State; create the Office of Administration, Office of Business, and Office of Elections, and describe duties of the offices; confirm Secretary of State Executive Order 2015-01.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-02-11","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB297/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB297.htm","sponsor":"Jody Richards"},
{"bill_id":826821,"bill_number":"SB122","title":"AN ACT relating to recording statutes.","description":"Amend KRS 186A.190 to extend the initial length of time a lien filing is effective from seven to ten years, and to reduce the length of time the filing of a continuation statement would extend that period from seven to five years; amend KRS 382.110 to require a grantee to file a deed filed pursuant to KRS 426.577 within 5 days of receiving it from the commissioner; amend KRS 382.290 to remove \"next\" from \"next immediate source\"; amend KRS 382.297 to allow an affidavit of amendment to correct a typographical error on a recorded mortgage.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-01","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 11)","last_action_date":"2016-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB122/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB122.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":826841,"bill_number":"HB293","title":"AN ACT relating to teacher retirement.","description":"Amend KRS 161.630 so that a member who fails to elect a new optional plan of payment within 60 days of marriage or remarriage, or the death of the designated beneficiary from January 1, 2006, until November 1, 2016, may alternatively make that election on or before December 31, 2016.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-25","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB293/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB293.htm","sponsor":"Rick Nelson"},
{"bill_id":826859,"bill_number":"SB123","title":"AN ACT relating to pharmacists.","description":"Amend KRS 217.182 to allow a pharmacist to dispense or sell a legend drug if certain conditions exist; and amend KRS 218A.170 to allow a pharmacist to dispense or sell a controlled substance, excluding Schedule I and Schedule II, if certain conditions exist.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-25","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB123/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB123.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":826879,"bill_number":"HB295","title":"AN ACT relating to assault in the third degree.","description":"Amend KRS 508.025 to include assaults on public utility workers within the offense of assault in the third degree.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-25","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB295/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB295.htm","sponsor":"Brian Linder"},
{"bill_id":826899,"bill_number":"SB124","title":"AN ACT relating to real property sold pursuant to a judgment or order of a court.","description":"Amend KRS 426.200 to prohibit a defendant or a defendant's agent from bidding on a property sold pursuant to a court order for less than the amount of the judgment.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-25","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB124/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB124.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":828183,"bill_number":"SB125","title":"Feb 16-WITHDRAWN","description":"Feb 16-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-26","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2016-02-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB125/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB125.htm","sponsor":"C.B. Embry"},
{"bill_id":828206,"bill_number":"SB129","title":"AN ACT relating to administrative regulations.","description":"Amend KRS 13A.010 to change the defined term \"government\" to \"local government\" and to establish a definition for \"written comments\"; amend KRS 13A.020 to provide that a monthly meeting may be rescheduled, rather than canceled, by agreement of both co-chairs; amend KRS 13A.040 to clarify that an administrative body may submit a written request for a technical amendment and provide examples of technical amendments, rather than a complete list; require the regulations compiler to refuse to accept for filing administrative regulations that do not comply with specified requirements for emergency administrative regulations, statements of consideration, and amended-after-comments versions; amend KRS 13A.050 to correct the name of the Administrative Register of Kentucky; amend KRS 13A.070 to authorize, rather than require, the LRC to promulgate administrative regulations; delete the requirement that the regulations compiler refuse to accept any administrative regulation that does not conform to KRS Chapter 13A and the administrative regulations thereunder; specify that administrative regulations promulgated by LRC shall be signed by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives; amend KRS 13A.125 to require that a current proposed administrative regulation be withdrawn prior to filing a subsequent proposed administrative regulation with the same number or title; amend KRS 13A.190 to require that emergency administrative regulations be published in the Administrative Register in accordance with the publication deadline established in KRS 13A.050(3); clarify provisions governing when a subsequent emergency administrative regulation with the same number or title or governing the same subject matter may be filed; establish the filing requirements for emergency administrative regulations; amend KRS 13A.220 to require that the electronic version be filed at the same time as, or prior to, filing the paper version; require that the electronic version be saved as a single document for each administrative regulation; specify that a section shall not be divided into lower levels of division if there is only one item in that level of division; require that the contact person's information include an email address; authorize administrative bodies to file letters and notifications electronically with the regulations compiler; amend KRS 13A.221 to require that, before filing an administrative regulation, an administrative body review the entire administrative regulation for compliance with KRS Chapter 13A and current law governing the subject matter of the administrative regulation; amend KRS 13A.222 to require that all changes made to the text of an existing administrative regulation be marked with new words underlined and deleted words struck through and placed in brackets; establish requirements for definitions in administrative regulations; remove the prohibition against using the phrase \"at the time\" in an administrative regulation; authorize the use of \"et seq.\" in citations; require that citations accompany only the first usage of a popular name in an administrative regulation; amend KRS 13A.2251 to require that the incorporation-by-reference section of an administrative regulation state the regular office hours of the administrative body, rather than the set times of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; amend KRS 13A.2255 to establish the process for amending material previously incorporated by reference; amend KRS 13A.230 to require that the electronic version of an administrative regulation be filed at the same as, or prior to, filing the paper version; require that the electronic version be saved as a single document for each administrative regulation; amend KRS 13A.240 to require the regulatory impact analysis to state the administrative regulation's number and the contact person's name, e-mail address, and telephone number; delete the requirement that the LRC prepare a written analysis of all regulatory impact analyses and administrative regulations; amend KRS 13A.250 and KRS 13A.255 to require inclusion of each contact person's name, e-mail address, and telephone number in the fiscal note and notification regarding fees; amend KRS 13A.270 to specify that the comment period shall end at 11:59 p.m. on the last day of the calendar month in which the administrative regulation is published in the Administrative Register, rather than having the end of the comment period dependent on whether the last day is a workday or a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday; require that the contact information include the contact person's e-mail address; clarify that the provisions for notification if a government may be impacted by an administrative regulation apply for local government, impact not both state and local government impact; delete the requirement that administrative bodies telephone the regulations compiler about the holding or canceling of public hearings and whether public comments were received; amend KRS 13A.280 to specify the filing requirements for a statement of consideration and an amended-after-comments version; amend KRS 13A.290 to require that ARRS review of an administrative regulation include the entire administrative regulation and all attachments filed with the administrative regulation; delete the requirement that a copy of the minutes of each meeting be sent to the promulgating administrative body; require that referrals to the second committee be made on the first Wednesday of the following month instead of at the next regularly scheduled LRC meeting; establish the voting requirements at the second committee level in order to amend an administrative regulation or find an administrative regulation deficient; amend KRS 13A.300 to establish requirements for deferring an administrative regulation scheduled for review at the second committee level; amend KRS 13A.310 to establish the effective date of a repealing administrative regulation if the repealer states an effective date that is after the normal effective date for an administrative regulation; amend KRS 13A.312 to specify that the regulations compiler shall alter administrative regulations pursuant to a statutory change or executive order after receipt of a written request from an administrative body; amend KRS 13A.315 to require that an administrative regulation expire if the statement of consideration and, if applicable, the amended-after-comments version not filed before a specified deadline, rather than requiring expiration if any item is not filed before a deadline; amend KRS 13A.320 to establish requirements for amendments made at a subcommittee meeting; amend KRS 13A.100, 13A.110, 13A.120, 13A.130, 13A.180, 13A.200, and 13A.224 to make technical corrections; and repeal KRS 13A.075 and 13A.140, relating to promulgation of administrative regulations.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-09","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 82)","last_action_date":"2016-04-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB129/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB129.htm","sponsor":"Ernie Harris"},
{"bill_id":828229,"bill_number":"HB298","title":"AN ACT relating to motor vehicle dealers.","description":"Amend KRS 190.030 to increase the annual license fee for motor vehicle dealers and manufacturers from $100 to $200.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-26","last_action":"3rd reading, defeated 37-52","last_action_date":"2016-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB298/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB298.htm","sponsor":"Hubert Collins"},
{"bill_id":828252,"bill_number":"HB301","title":"AN ACT relating to teachers.","description":"Amend KRS 161.740 to allow a superintendent to recognize up to four years of a teacher's prior service credit from outside the district toward the four years required for continuing contract status; amend KRS 156.844 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-26","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB301/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB301.htm","sponsor":"Jim Stewart"},
{"bill_id":828274,"bill_number":"SB127","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 164.7881 to permit high school seniors, beginning with the 2017-2018 academic year, and high school juniors and seniors, beginning with the 2018-2019 academic year, to use their KEES awards to pay for dual credit courses; require that the funds they would have received as eligible postsecondary students be reduced proportionally over a four, or in some cases, five year period by an amount equal to the amount used for dual credit; amend KRS 164.7885 to conform; designate the expenditures as necessary governmental expenses if KEES funds appropriated for fiscal year 2017-2018 is not adequate; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-26","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-01","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB127/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB127.htm","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":828297,"bill_number":"SB126","title":"AN ACT relating to autocycles.","description":"Amend KRS 186.010 to define \"autocycle\" and to specify that an autocycle is a type of motor vehicle; create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to outline the provisions for the operation of an autocycle on a highway; amend KRS 186.480 to prohibit the use of an autocycle for road skills testing purposes; amend KRS 190.010 to allow motorcycle dealers to sell autocycles.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2016-02-18","last_action":"3rd reading, passed 89-5 with floor amendments (2) and (3-title)","last_action_date":"2016-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB126/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB126.htm","sponsor":"C.B. Embry"},
{"bill_id":828320,"bill_number":"HB299","title":"AN ACT restricting tobacco, alternative nicotine, and vapor products to persons 21 years of age or older.","description":"Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 438 to raise to 21 the minimum age to buy tobacco, alternative nicotine products, and vapor products; redefine \"proof of age\"; specify sales restrictions to those under 21 years of age; forbid purchases by those under 21; incorporate the expanded restrictions into requirements for wholesalers, retailers, and manufacturers, vending machine sales, notice requirements, Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control inspections and duties; raise the tobacco, alternative nicotine products, and vapor products possession age to 21; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2016.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-26","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-16","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB299/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB299.htm","sponsor":"David Watkins"},
{"bill_id":828343,"bill_number":"SB131","title":"AN ACT relating to cosmetology.","description":"Amend KRS 317A.010 to specify that a beauty salon or a nail salon may be a fixed or mobile establishment; amend KRS 317A.060 to require administrative regulations promulgated by the board to address scheduling inspections for mobile salons and inspection criteria for mobile salons; stipulate that administrative regulations promulgated under this section shall not be unduly burdensome.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-26","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB131/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB131.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":828365,"bill_number":"HB300","title":"AN ACT relating to Kentucky Retirement Systems board of trustees.","description":"Amend KRS 61.645 to require that vacancies in an elected position on the Kentucky Retirement Systems board of trustees be filled, for the remaining term of office, by a majority vote of the remaining elected trustees rather than by a majority vote of the remaining full board of trustees.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-15","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB300/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB300.htm","sponsor":"Derrick Graham"},
{"bill_id":828388,"bill_number":"SB130","title":"AN ACT relating to child pornography.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 531 to exempt: peace officers; prosecutors, their personnel, and experts; judges, jurors, and other court personnel; criminal and civil defense counsel and their personnel; and litigants from prosecution, while acting within the scope of their duties.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-02-19","last_action":"received in Senate","last_action_date":"2016-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB130/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB130.htm","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":828411,"bill_number":"SB128","title":"AN ACT relating to women veterans.","description":"Amend KRS 40.600 to permit the Department of Veterans' Affairs to promulgate administrative regulations for the Women Veterans Program.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-01","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 24)","last_action_date":"2016-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB128/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB128.htm","sponsor":"Albert Robinson"},
{"bill_id":829891,"bill_number":"SCR84","title":"Urge the United States Government to take all steps necessary to stop the genocide of Christians, Yazidis, and Shia Muslims in ISIS-controlled territory.","description":"Urge the United States Government to take all steps necessary to stop the genocide of Christians, Yazidis, and Shia Muslims in ISIS-controlled territory.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-27","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SCR84/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SCR84.htm","sponsor":"C.B. Embry"},
{"bill_id":830074,"bill_number":"HB308","title":"AN ACT relating to the maintenance and operation of the Old Governor's Mansion and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 42.037 to allow the Lieutenant Governor to reside in the Old Governor's Mansion; permit the Old Governor's Mansion to be rented for private and public events; require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations relating to renting the building; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-01-27","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB308/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB308.htm","sponsor":"George Brown"},
{"bill_id":830256,"bill_number":"SB133","title":"AN ACT relating to chief executive officers of colleges within the Kentucky Community and Technical College System.","description":"Amend KRS 164.350 to require the board of regents for the Kentucky Community and Technical College System to develop an evaluation process to be used by the local board of directors to evaluate a college's chief executive officer; amend KRS 164.600 to require the local board of directors of a community or technical college to select and evaluate the college's chief executive officer.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-27","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB133/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB133.htm","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":830438,"bill_number":"SB132","title":"AN ACT relating to public-private partnerships and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 45A.030 and 45A.075 and create a new section of KRS Chapter 45A, the Kentucky Model Procurement Code, to provide an explicit framework for the use of public-private partnerships (P3s) as an alternative method of procurement, construction, and financing of capital projects and services by state government; define terms and establish procedures; require the promulgation of administrative regulations relating to P3 procurement; establish certain oversight, reporting, and General Assembly authorization requirements; amend KRS 65.025 and create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to similarly provide an explicit framework for the use of P3s as an alternative method of procurement by local governments; define terms and establish procedures; establish the Kentucky Local Government Public-Private Partnership Board and require its review and approval of certain P3 agreements proposed by local governments; amend KRS 175B.005, 175B.010, 175B.020, 175B.025 175B.030, 175B.035, 175B.040, 175B.045 and 175B.095 and create a new section of KRS Chapter 175B to provide for the use of P3 procurement pursuant to that chapter as an alternative method for developing, constructing, operating and financing certain major transportation projects; define terms and amend the definition of a project to align with current federal usage; establish procedures and oversight, reporting, and General Assembly authorization requirements; make numerous conforming changes; prohibit any authority from authorizing tolls for any project involving the interstate highway system that connects the Commonwealth with the State of Ohio; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2016-01-27","last_action":"floor amendment (1) filed","last_action_date":"2016-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB132/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB132.htm","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":830622,"bill_number":"HB303","title":"AN ACT relating to appropriations and revenue measures providing financing and conditions for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and its various officers, cabinets, departments, boards, commissions, institutions, subdivisions, agencies, and other state-supported activities.","description":"The State/Executive Branch Budget: appropriate from the General Fund (Tobacco), General Fund, Restricted Funds, Federal Funds, Road Fund, Bond Funds, Agency Bonds, Capital Construction Surplus, Investment Income, Statewide Deferred Maintenance Fund, and other funds, $182,013,700 in fiscal year 2015-2016, $33,287,508,100 in fiscal year 2016-2017, and $32,051,036,100 in fiscal year 2017-2018 as follows:","status_desc":"Vetoed","status_date":"2016-04-27","last_action":"line items vetoed (Acts, ch.149)","last_action_date":"2016-04-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB303/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB303.htm","sponsor":"Rick Rand"},
{"bill_id":830804,"bill_number":"HB307","title":"AN ACT relating to elections.","description":"Amend KRS 117.187 to delete the word \"certified\" relating to challengers and to require the State Board of Elections to promulgate administrative regulations regarding the training of challengers; amend KRS 424.290 to remove the requirement that an entire ballot must be printed in a newspaper before a primary or regular election, and instead require that the names and parties of the candidates for each office, any issues to be voted upon, and the Internet address of the county clerk's Web site be printed in a newspaper.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-01-27","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB307/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB307.htm","sponsor":"Darryl Owens"},
{"bill_id":830985,"bill_number":"HCR97","title":"Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish a Kentucky Workforce Development Task Force to study issues regarding workforce development and workforce education and to develop consensus recommendations concerning those issues; set forth the membership of the task force; require its final report to be submitted to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2016.","description":"Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish a Kentucky Workforce Development Task Force to study issues regarding workforce development and workforce education and to develop consensus recommendations concerning those issues; set forth the membership of the task force; require its final report to be submitted to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2016.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-02-10","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR97/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HCR97.htm","sponsor":"Larry Clark"},
{"bill_id":831167,"bill_number":"HB309","title":"AN ACT relating to public-private partnerships and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 45A.030 and 45A.075 and create a new section of KRS Chapter 45A, the Kentucky Model Procurement Code, to provide an explicit framework for the use of public-private partnerships (P3s) as an alternative method of procurement, construction, and financing of capital projects and services by state government; define terms and establish procedures; require the promulgation of administrative regulations relating to P3 procurement; establish certain oversight, reporting, and General Assembly authorization requirements; amend KRS 65.025 and create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to similarly provide an explicit framework for the use of P3s as an alternative method of procurement by local governments; define terms and establish procedures; establish the Kentucky Local Government Public-Private Partnership Board and require its review and approval of certain P3 agreements proposed by local governments; amend KRS 175B.005, 175B.010, 175B.020, 175B.025 175B.030, 175B.035, 175B.040, 175B.045 and 175B.095 and create a new section of KRS Chapter 175B to provide for the use of P3 procurement pursuant to that chapter as an alternative method for developing, constructing, operating and financing certain major transportation projects; define terms and amend the definition of a project to align with current federal usage; establish procedures and oversight, reporting, and General Assembly authorization requirements; make numerous conforming changes; prohibit any authority from authorizing tolls for any project involving the interstate highway system that connects the Commonwealth with the State of Ohio; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-08","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 67)","last_action_date":"2016-04-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB309/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB309.htm","sponsor":"Leslie Combs"},
{"bill_id":831351,"bill_number":"HB304","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 $2,225,545,500 in fiscal year 2016-2017 and $2,258,619,300 in fiscal year 2017-2018 for operating costs; appropriate from the Road Fund, Investment Income for various capital projects; require the Secretary of the Transportation Cabinet to produce a document detailing the 2016-2018 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 Aviation Development debt service; 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 2014-2016 Biennial Highway Construction Plan to continue into the 2016-2018 biennium; provide funds for the Kentucky Transportation Center; 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 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; authorize various capital projects; specify funds transfers.","status_desc":"Vetoed","status_date":"2016-04-27","last_action":"line items vetoed (Acts, ch.148)","last_action_date":"2016-04-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB304/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB304.htm","sponsor":"Rick Rand"},
{"bill_id":831533,"bill_number":"HB306","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 $413,994,500 in fiscal year 2016-2017 and $417,955,700 in fiscal year 2017-2018 from the General Fund, Restricted Funds, and Federal Funds; provide General Fund moneys for a market adjustment to judicial salaries; provide General Fund moneys for the increase in employer cost of health and life insurance, and one percent annual increments in each fiscal year for personnel; provide General Fund moneys to fund current position levels in the Court Operations and Administration appropriation unit; provide General Fund moneys to fully fund the cost of issuing drivers licenses; provide General Fund moneys for additional Family and Juvenile Services staff positions; provide General Fund moneys to replace Restricted Funds; provide General Fund moneys for a family court judgeship in the Sixth Circuit; provide General Fund moneys to replace Federal Funds; provide that funds in the Court Operations and Administration appropriation unit carry forward; provide that if the Supreme Court retains the 2008 increase in civil filing fees, the additional income, not to exceed $5,000,000 in each fiscal year, shall be deposited in a trust and agency account for court operations; provide funds for the use allowance, operating, and non-recurring furniture and equipment costs for two judicial center projects authorized by the 2014 General Assembly; provide funds to compensate local units of government for providing court space and for costs incurred in the development of local court facilities; provide that funds in the Local Facilities Fund carry forward; provide that funds in the Local Facilities Use Allowance Contingency Fund carry forward; provide funds for actuarial-assessed judicial retirement benefits; provide General Fund moneys to support the Judicial Branch's portion of the KHRIS debt service payment; detail project scope and use allowance payments for Simpson County and Mason County court houses; authorize leases; clarify that nothing in this bill 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, or if funds are not available in the Local Facilities use Allowance Contingency Fund, the use allowance payments shall be 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 KRS 48.312 controls duplicate appropriations; clarify that KRS 48.313 controls when a total or subtotal of the bill conflicts with a sum of the appropriations of which it consists; 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 the transferability of funds; provide for appropriations revisions; include funds for trial commissioner salaries as provided for in the Judicial Branch Budget Recommendation; provide that issuance of paychecks scheduled for June 30, 2016, and June 30, 2017, shall not be issued prior to July 1, 2016, and July 1, 2017; and provide for participation in any Budget Reduction Plan or Surplus Expenditure Plan.","status_desc":"Vetoed","status_date":"2016-04-08","last_action":"line items vetoed","last_action_date":"2016-04-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB306/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB306.htm","sponsor":"Rick Rand"},
{"bill_id":831713,"bill_number":"HB302","title":"AN ACT proposing to amend Sections 72, 84, and 87 and repeal Sections 85 and 86 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to the duties of constitutional officers.","description":"Propose to amend Section 72 of the Constitution of Kentucky to make the Lieutenant Governor President of the Senate and to give him or her the ability to cast votes to break ties in the Senate; propose to amend Section 84 of the Constitution of Kentucky to declare that the Lieutenant Governor does not preside over a trial of the Governor in the Senate; propose to amend Section 87 of the Constitution of Kentucky to place the Attorney General and the Auditor in the line of succession if a Governor and a Lieutenant Governor cannot or will not serve as Governor; propose to repeal Sections 85 and 86 of the Constitution of Kentucky, relating to the President of the Senate; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-01-27","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-03-09","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB302/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB302.htm","sponsor":"George Brown"},
{"bill_id":831896,"bill_number":"HB310","title":"AN ACT relating to the reduction of the distilled spirits wholesale sales tax rate.","description":"Amend KRS 243.884 to phase down the wholesale sales tax rate on distilled spirits beginning August 1, 2016; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2016.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-27","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB310/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB310.htm","sponsor":"Susan Westrom"},
{"bill_id":832072,"bill_number":"HB305","title":"AN ACT relating to road projects and declaring an emergency.","description":"Set out the fiscal year 2016-2018 Biennial Highway Construction Plan; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-03-23","last_action":"Conference Committee appointed in House","last_action_date":"2016-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB305/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB305.htm","sponsor":"Rick Rand"},
{"bill_id":833475,"bill_number":"HB312","title":"AN ACT relating to wages.","description":"Amend KRS 16.191 to require that pay for Commercial Vehicle Enforcement officers be equivalent to pay for Kentucky State Police officers with the equivalent rank, grade, and position.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2016-01-28","last_action":"floor amendment (1) filed","last_action_date":"2016-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB312/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB312.htm","sponsor":"Rick Nelson"},
{"bill_id":833481,"bill_number":"HB314","title":"AN ACT relating to weapons carried by current and retired peace officers and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to allow authorized off-duty and retired peace officers to carry concealed firearms at any location where on-duty officers may carry fireamrs; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 106)","last_action_date":"2016-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB314/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB314.htm","sponsor":"Steven Riggs"},
{"bill_id":833487,"bill_number":"SB136","title":"AN ACT relating to controlled substances.","description":"Amend KRS 218A.020. 218A.070, and 218A.090 to classify all hydrocodone products as Schedule II controlled substances; amend KRS 314.011 relating to advanced practice registered nurses and KRS 320.210 and 320.240 relating to optometrists to preserve their existing prescriptive authority relative to hydrocodone-based products; amend KRS 218A.1430 to increase penalties for possession of, and trafficking in, synthetic drugs.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-02-19","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB136/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB136.htm","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":833493,"bill_number":"HCR106","title":"Recognize the rights of employees in the education workplace and urge employers to respect those rights.","description":"Recognize the rights of employees in the education workplace and urge employers to respect those rights.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-28","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR106/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HCR106.htm","sponsor":"Rick Nelson"},
{"bill_id":833499,"bill_number":"HB315","title":"AN ACT relating to concealed deadly weapons.","description":"Amend 527.020 to allow members of the General Assembly and constitutional officers who have CCDW permits to carry concealead deadly weapons anywhere in the commonwealth.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-28","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB315/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB315.htm","sponsor":"Fitz Steele"},
{"bill_id":833505,"bill_number":"HB311","title":"AN ACT relating to offsetting workers' compensation benefits.","description":"Amend KRS 342.730 to allow payments of temporary total disability benefits to be offset by wages paid to an employee by an employer for light duty or alternative duty work performed during a period of temporary total disability.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-28","last_action":"to Labor & Industry (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB311/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB311.htm","sponsor":"Bart Rowland"},
{"bill_id":833511,"bill_number":"SB139","title":"AN ACT relating to organ donation.","description":"Amend KRS 311.1953 to require the medical examiner or coroner to release identifying information and relevant postmortem examination results to the procurement organization if a decedent's body or part is medically suitable for transplantation or therapy; title the Act as Courtney's Law.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-28","last_action":"recommitted to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-22","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB139/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB139.htm","sponsor":"Dorsey Ridley"},
{"bill_id":833517,"bill_number":"SB137","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":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-02-18","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB137/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB137.htm","sponsor":"Albert Robinson"},
{"bill_id":833522,"bill_number":"HB317","title":"AN ACT relating to special Gold Star Family license plates.","description":"Amend KRS 186.041 and 186.162 to establish a Gold Star Families special license plate for individuals eligible for a Gold Star Spouse license plate who have minor children, set fees; amend KRS 186.166 to update the list of plates to be perpetually produced; EFFECTIVE 1/1/17.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-28","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB317/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB317.htm","sponsor":"Addia Wuchner"},
{"bill_id":833528,"bill_number":"SB134","title":"AN ACT relating to biological products.","description":"Amend KRS 217.814 to define \"biological product\" and \"interchangeable biological product\" and to re-order other definitions; amend KRS 217.822 to require lower-priced biological products to be dispensed when appropriate unless notified otherwise and require labeling and notification of biological product substitutions; amend KRS 217.895 to add biological products to inspection requirements; EFFECTIVE October 1, 2016.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-09","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 73)","last_action_date":"2016-04-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB134/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB134.htm","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":833534,"bill_number":"SB135","title":"AN ACT relating to offender reentry.","description":"Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 335B to modify the process of notifying a person seeking a license of a potential disqualification based on prior convictions and to recognize that some licensure categories may have disqualifications that operate by virtue of federal law; repeal KRS 335B.040.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-28","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB135/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB135.htm","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":833540,"bill_number":"HB4","title":"AN ACT relating to synthetic drugs and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 218A.1430 to provide an increased penalty structure for trafficking in or possession of synthetic drugs; amend KRS 218A.1401, 530.064, and 530.065 to conform; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 135)","last_action_date":"2016-04-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB4/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB4.htm","sponsor":"Rocky Adkins"},
{"bill_id":833546,"bill_number":"HB313","title":"AN ACT proposing to amend Section 95 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to the election of state officers.","description":"Propose to amend Section 95 of the Constitution of Kentucky to hold the election for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Treasurer, Auditor of Public Accounts, Attorney General, Secretary of State, and Commissioner of Agriculture, Labor and Statistics in even-numbered years, every four years, beginning in 2024; provide transitional calendar; submit to the voters for ratification or rejection; provide ballot language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-28","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB313/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB313.htm","sponsor":"Kenny Imes"},
{"bill_id":833552,"bill_number":"HCR101","title":"Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Abandoned and Free-roaming Horse Task Force; provide that the purpose of the task force is to study issues regarding abandoned and free-roaming horses and to develop consensus legislative recommendations to address those issues; name the membership of the task force; require the task force to meet three times before submitting its legislative recommendations; require its legislative recommendations to be submitted to the Legislative Research Commission by November 30, 2016; 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 the Abandoned and Free-roaming Horse Task Force; provide that the purpose of the task force is to study issues regarding abandoned and free-roaming horses and to develop consensus legislative recommendations to address those issues; name the membership of the task force; require the task force to meet three times before submitting its legislative recommendations; require its legislative recommendations to be submitted to the Legislative Research Commission by November 30, 2016; 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":"Enrolled","status_date":"2016-04-01","last_action":"filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State April 14, 2016","last_action_date":"2016-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR101/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HCR101.htm","sponsor":"Fitz Steele"},
{"bill_id":833558,"bill_number":"HB316","title":"AN ACT relating to the safety and well-being of students.","description":"Amend KRS 158.148 to define bullying; require a school board's code of acceptable behavior to prohibit bullying; require the code to include procedures for investigating and responding to reports of bullying and a method to protect a person reporting a bullying incident.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-02-12","last_action":"returned to Rules (S)","last_action_date":"2016-04-15","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB316/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB316.htm","sponsor":"Rita Smart"},
{"bill_id":833564,"bill_number":"HCR109","title":"Establish the Priorities of Government Spending and Budget Reform Task Force; direct the task force to study the priorities of government spending and budget reform and report findings to the Legislative Research Commission no later than November 30, 2016.","description":"Establish the Priorities of Government Spending and Budget Reform Task Force; direct the task force to study the priorities of government spending and budget reform and report findings to the Legislative Research Commission no later than November 30, 2016.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-28","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR109/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HCR109.htm","sponsor":"Addia Wuchner"},
{"bill_id":833569,"bill_number":"SB138","title":"AN ACT relating to firefighters.","description":"Amend KRS 61.315 to create a presumption of a death in the line of duty and eligibility for a lump-sum death benefit for firefighters who obtain certain types of cancer; specify that the rebuttable presumption exists if an firefighter is employed for five years or more and has not used tobacco products for ten years.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-28","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-16","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB138/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB138.htm","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":833894,"bill_number":"HB318","title":"AN ACT relating to charter schools.","description":"Amend KRS 156.108 and 160.107 to change the terms \"district of innovation\" and \"school of innovation\" to \"public charter district of innovation\" and \"public charter school of innovation.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-29","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB318/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB318.htm","sponsor":"Steven Riggs"},
{"bill_id":833962,"bill_number":"SB140","title":"AN ACT relating to interstate distance education among postsecondary institutions.","description":"Amend 164.540 to authorize the Council on Postsecondary Education to enter into the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement, for the purpose of authorizing a postsecondary institution located in another state to provide distance education to Kentucky residents; serve as the lead or \"portal\" agency responsible for contact with other states on matters pertaining to interstate reciprocity agreements; promulgate administrative regulations.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-08","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 60)","last_action_date":"2016-04-08","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB140/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB140.htm","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":834549,"bill_number":"HB322","title":"AN ACT relating to the display of tobacco, alternative nicotine, and vapor products.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 438 to define terms, prohibit the open display at retail of tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, and vapor products; allow customers to examine products before purchase; permit open conveyance for stocking, sale or conveyance; allow the use of a products menu; set stipulations for use of the menu; authorize enforcement and fines; direct administrative regulations.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-02-01","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-02-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB322/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB322.htm","sponsor":"David Watkins"},
{"bill_id":834591,"bill_number":"HB321","title":"AN ACT relating to drug costs under health benefit plans.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require insurers in Kentucky to offer a percentage of health benefit plans with lower copayment and coinsurance on prescription drugs.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-01","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB321/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB321.htm","sponsor":"James Kay"},
{"bill_id":834634,"bill_number":"HB323","title":"AN ACT relating to dual credit scholarships and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 164.740 to 164.7891 to establish the Dual Credit Scholarship Program; define eligibility for the program; direct the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to administer the program; establish a trust fund for moneys appropriated for the program; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-21","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB323/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB323.htm","sponsor":"Russ Meyer"},
{"bill_id":834679,"bill_number":"HB320","title":"AN ACT relating to higher education funding.","description":"Amend KRS 141.010 to allow a deduction for contributions to the Kentucky Educational Savings Plan Trust for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2019, but before January 1, 2025; amend KRS 164A.370 to clarify the tax treatment of refunds from participant accounts; create a new section of KRS 164A.300 to 164A.380 to specify reporting requirements for refunds from participant accounts.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-02-01","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-02-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB320/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB320.htm","sponsor":"Mitchel Denham"},
{"bill_id":834722,"bill_number":"HB319","title":"AN ACT relating to government contracts.","description":"Amend various sections in KRS Chapter 45A to expand and refine the list of entities included and excluded in definition of \"contracting body\"; allow the Government Contract Review Committee to determine the definition of \"governmental emergency\"; refine the definition of \"memorandum of agreement\"; correct references to universities and colleges and institutions of higher education; refine the definition of \"personal service contract\" to eliminate the professional skill or judgment requirement and specifically include contracts for personal or professional services and group health care for public employees and exempt certain health care and hospital contracts from postsecondary research institutions; allow the committee to establish a reporting schedule for exempt personal service contracts and memoranda of agreement; exempt contracts between postsecondary research institutions relating to hospital or health care services provided by the institution, but require reporting of such contracts; require committee review of all personal service contracts and memoranda of agreement in excess of $1,000,000, except for select contracts that are exempted; exempt contracts for $40,000 and under from the request for proposals process, but require three quotes when feasible, and state that determination of feasibility may be reviewed by the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet or the committee; exempt contracts for $40,000 and under not requiring professional skill or judgment from routine review process, but require filing within 30 days for informational purposes; prohibit delegation of decision-making authority by secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet, except with respect to institutions of higher education that have elected to implement procurement procedures in accordance with statutory authority; delete the requirement for annual reports; delineate the powers of the committee.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-03","last_action":"to Rules (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB319/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB319.htm","sponsor":"Brent Yonts"},
{"bill_id":834763,"bill_number":"SB142","title":"AN ACT relating to the safety and well-being of students.","description":"Amend KRS 158.148 to define \"bullying\"; require a school board's code of acceptable behavior to prohibit bullying; require the code to include procedures for investigating and responding to reports of bullying and a method to protect a person reporting a bullying incident.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-01","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB142/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB142.htm","sponsor":"Dorsey Ridley"},
{"bill_id":834806,"bill_number":"SB141","title":"AN ACT relating to board membership for municipal utilities.","description":"Amend KRS 96.530 and 96.740 to allow one board member of a municipal electric utility to reside outside the city limits.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-08","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 61)","last_action_date":"2016-04-08","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB141/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB141.htm","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":835418,"bill_number":"HB329","title":"AN ACT relating to recreational therapists and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Establish KRS Chapter 319D and create new sections to establish the Kentucky Board of Licensure for Recreational Therapy; establish new definitions; set term limits for board members; require the board to meet monthly; require money received by the board to be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of a revolving fund; authorize the board to promulgate administrative regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of KRS Chapter 319D; establish the responsibilities of the board; authorize consultation and evaluation by a recreational therapist to be performed without a referral; establish requirements for licensure; authorize the board to establish fees related to the licensure process; set up a licensure renewal process; authorize the board to deny, refuse, renew, suspend, and revoke an applicant's license; enable applicants to appeal the revocation, suspension, and denial of a license; establish penalties; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-02-02","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-03-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB329/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB329.htm","sponsor":"Rita Smart"},
{"bill_id":835433,"bill_number":"SB147","title":"AN ACT relating to retirement benefits for local elected officials and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 61.637 to allow a mayor or member of a city legislative body who does not have service credit in the County Employees Retirement System (CERS) for his or her service to the city, but who is otherwise eligible to retire from any system administered by Kentucky Retirement Systems due to other employment, to retire and draw benefits from the systems without resigning from his or her position as mayor or member of the city legislative body; amend KRS 78.540 to provide that a mayor or member of a city legislative body who is required to participate in CERS due to other covered employment, or because of failure to make an election to not participate as provided by this section, may elect to not participate in CERS for service as mayor or as a member of the city legislative body; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-02","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB147/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB147.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":835448,"bill_number":"SB143","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend KRS 15.232 to grant the Attorney General concurrent jurisdiction in human trafficking investigations and prosecutions.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-02","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB143/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB143.htm","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":835464,"bill_number":"SB144","title":"AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 226 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to casino gaming.","description":"Amend Section 226 of the Constitution of Kentucky to authorize the General Assembly to define and permit casino gaming; prior to July 1, 2027, require that proceeds be used to pay for oversight of casino gaming, mandate that 90 percent of proceeds go to retirement systems, with the remaining amount going to the benefit of the horse industry; after July 1, 2027, allow the General Assembly to allocate proceeds.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-02","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB144/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB144.htm","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":835479,"bill_number":"HB330","title":"AN ACT relating to abuse-deterrent opioid analgesic drug products.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 217 to define terms, prohibit substitution or dispensing an equivalent drug product without documentation from a prescribing health care practitioner; create a new section of subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define terms and limit cost sharing for generic abuse-deterrent opioid analgesic drug products; create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to permit Medicaid compliance.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-21","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB330/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB330.htm","sponsor":"Addia Wuchner"},
{"bill_id":835494,"bill_number":"SB146","title":"AN ACT relating to health benefit coverage of amino acid-based elemental formula.","description":"Amend KRS 205.560 to add amino acid-based elemental formula to the list of medicines covered by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services for treatment of inborn errors of metabolism or genetic conditions; amend KRS 213.141 to add amino acid-based elemental formula to the list of therapeutic foods supplied by the Division of Maternal and Child Health; amend KRS 304.17A-258 to add health benefit plan coverage for acid-based elemental formula; apply the health benefit plan requirement to policies issued or renewed on or after the effective date of this Act; declare short title to be \"Noah's Law\".","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-02","last_action":"recommitted to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-22","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB146/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB146.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":835511,"bill_number":"HB327","title":"AN ACT relating to weapons carried by peace officers and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to allow off-duty peace officers to carry concealed firearms at any location where on-duty officers may carry firearms; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-02","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB327/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB327.htm","sponsor":"Dwight Butler"},
{"bill_id":835526,"bill_number":"HB324","title":"AN ACT relating to taxation.","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 on or after January 1, 2016; amend KRS 131.183 to require an equalized interest rate for overpayments and underpayments of tax; amend KRS 141.010 to update the Internal Revenue Code reference date to December 31, 2015; apply the interest rate retroactively to all outstanding refund claims and outstanding notices of tax due for taxable years ending prior to the effective date of this Act and to all claims for those taxable years pending in any judicial or administrative forum.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-02","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB324/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB324.htm","sponsor":"Jerry Miller"},
{"bill_id":835541,"bill_number":"HB325","title":"AN ACT relating to supervision of public documents and records and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Ch.65 to create position of \"regional public records and licensing administrator,\" establish number at 15, establish appointment criteria, make administrators, deputies, and employees eligible for state benefits, create procedures for removal of administrators; create a new section of KRS 65 to establish procedures for temporary vacancies in post; create a new section of KRS 65 to require Commonwealth to provide office space and furniture; create a new section of KRS 65 to establish compensation range for administrators and make compensation subject to annual CPI adjustment, allow advances in grade for deputies, require Department for Local Government to prepare budget request for FY 2018-2020 for administrator's offices with a minimum of 16 full-time employees per office, require each administrator beginning, FY 2020-2022, to submit a budget request to the Department for Local Government, establish minimum requirements for deputies and require Local Government and Personnel Cabinet to collaborate to create a system for administrator personnel; create a new section of KRS 65 to mandate administrators and deputies be paid from State Treasury; create a new section of KRS 65 to establish duties as the issuance of marriage licenses, recording, and keeping certain legal documents, preparation of tax bills, and other duties established by statute; create a new section of KRS 65 to require all fees collected by administrators to be remitted to the State Treasury; create a new section of KRS Ch. 65 establishing the Task Force for Uniform Indexing System, establish members, reporting date for findings, and date for promulgation of administrative regulations; amend various sections throughout the KRS to amend duties and responsibilities of county clerks and to specify duties and responsibilities of county clerks and of regional public records and licensing administrators; create a noncodified section of the KRS requiring certain executive branch departments to study issues concerning regional public records and licensing administrators and county clerks, such as electronic storage and dissemination of records, electronic filing and voting, office space and budgetary issues, require an initial report to their departments, to the Office of Policy and Management, and to the Legislative Research Commission by July 1, 2017; repeal KRS 142.015, 382.220, and 382.225; DELAYED EFFECTIVE DATE.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-02-02","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-02-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB325/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB325.htm","sponsor":"Dennis Keene"},
{"bill_id":835555,"bill_number":"HB328","title":"AN ACT relating to the disclosure of public retirement information and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 61.661,161.585, and 21.540 to require the Kentucky Employees Retirement System, County Employees Retirement System, State Police Retirement System, Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System, Legislators' Retirement Plan, and Judicial Retirement Plan to disclose upon request the names of members and actual benefit payments to recipients of a retirement allowance from the systems or plan; require the systems and plans to also make the information available on a searchable database on each system's or plan's Web site or on a Web site established by the executive or judicial branch to provide government expenditure and salary data to the public; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-02","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB328/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB328.htm","sponsor":"Dwight Butler"},
{"bill_id":835570,"bill_number":"HB326","title":"AN ACT relating to assisted-living communities.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 194A.700 to 194A.729 to require assisted-living community licensed under KRS Chapter 194A to provide residents with educational information on influenza disease.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-02-19","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB326/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB326.htm","sponsor":"David Watkins"},
{"bill_id":835585,"bill_number":"SB145","title":"AN ACT relating to fire departments.","description":"Amend KRS 65A.010 to exclude fire departments created under KRS Chapter 273 from the definition of a \"special purpose governmental entity\"; amend KRS 75.430 to remove the requirement that recognnized and certified volunteer fire departments created under KRS Chapter 273 comply with KRS Chapter 65A.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-02","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB145/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB145.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":835599,"bill_number":"HCR117","title":"Establish an \"Automotive Caucus\" within the Kentucky General Assembly.","description":"Establish an \"Automotive Caucus\" within the Kentucky General Assembly.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 119)","last_action_date":"2016-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR117/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HCR117.htm","sponsor":"Jim DeCesare"},
{"bill_id":836383,"bill_number":"SB149","title":"AN ACT relating to the Uniform Commercial Real Estate Receivership Act.","description":"Create KRS Chapter 382A and various sections thereof to enact the Uniform Commercial Real Estate Receivership Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB149/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB149.htm","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":836405,"bill_number":"SB148","title":"AN ACT relating to public school funding.","description":"Amend KRS 157.360 to exempt a school district's local effort from the SEEK calculation if more than 60% of the real property located in the district is exempt from taxation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-03","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB148/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB148.htm","sponsor":"Julian Carroll"},
{"bill_id":836427,"bill_number":"SB151","title":"AN ACT relating to the offsetting of temporary total disability benefits for light duty work.","description":"Amend KRS 342.730 to allow payments of temporary total disability benefits to be offset by wages paid to an employee by an employer for light duty or alternative duty work performed during a period of temporary total disability.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-02-19","last_action":"to Labor & Industry (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB151/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB151.htm","sponsor":"Steve West"},
{"bill_id":836449,"bill_number":"SB150","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 arrest or initial appearance from all persons charged with a felony offense; amend KRS 17.175 to provide for expungement of DNA samples in specified circumstances and allow use of all samples collected in good faith; 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":"2016-02-03","last_action":"2nd reading, to Rules","last_action_date":"2016-03-11","committee":"Rules","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB150/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB150.htm","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":836471,"bill_number":"SCR109","title":"Designate February 29, 2016 as Rare Disease Day.","description":"Designate February 29, 2016 as Rare Disease Day.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-03","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SCR109/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SCR109.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":837499,"bill_number":"HB334","title":"AN ACT relating to law enforcement training.","description":"Amend KRS 15.380 to provide an exemption to allow certification as a peace officer for applicants who have graduated from certain enumerated federal law enforcement basic training courses; amend KRS 15.382 to provide procedures relating to certification of applicants who have graduated from the enumerated federal law enforcement agency training courses; allow a one-year grace period for applicants who fail to meet the council's training requirements to complete or meet the training required to qualify; amend KRS 15.398 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-04","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB334/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB334.htm","sponsor":"Bart Rowland"},
{"bill_id":837507,"bill_number":"HB337","title":"AN ACT relating to the deduction of home mortgage interest for income tax purposes.","description":"Amend KRS 141.010 to allow a first-time homebuyer an additional deduction for interest paid on indebtedness related to a qualified residence; require annual report.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-04","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB337/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB337.htm","sponsor":"James Kay"},
{"bill_id":837514,"bill_number":"HB336","title":"AN ACT relating to opportunities in education.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to provide a nonrefundable income tax credit for contributions made to an entity exempt from taxation which supports public education; create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a separate income tax credit for tuition assistance based on contributions made to a qualified scholarship-granting organization; create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to provide goals and reporting of metrics related to those goals; 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 both tax credits against the tax imposed by KRS 136.505; create a new section of KRS 136.500 to 136.575 to order all bank franchise tax credits.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-04","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB336/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB336.htm","sponsor":"Thomas Thompson"},
{"bill_id":837523,"bill_number":"HB338","title":"AN ACT relating to local government controls of firearms, ammunition, and firearms accessories by employees thereof.","description":"Amend KRS 65.870 to allow a duly organized law enforcement agency to enact and enforce regulations pertaining to firearms, ammunition, or accessories issued to or used by peace officers in the course of their official duties, as well as allowing any entity subject to the prohibitions of the section to regulate or prohibit the carrying of firearms and ammunition by an employee during and in the course of the employee's official duties.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-02-04","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-02-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB338/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB338.htm","sponsor":"Joni Jenkins"},
{"bill_id":837530,"bill_number":"HB340","title":"AN ACT authorizing the payment of certain claims against the state which have been duly audited and approved according to law, and have not been paid because of the lapsing or insufficiency of former appropriations against which the claims were chargeable, or the lack of an appropriate procurement document in place, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Appropriate funds for the payment of claims against the Commonwealth; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-01","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 23)","last_action_date":"2016-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB340/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB340.htm","sponsor":"Mitchel Denham"},
{"bill_id":837539,"bill_number":"HB339","title":"AN ACT relating to economic development.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapters 278 to require retail electric suppliers to use increasing amounts of renewable energy; require retail electric suppliers to take energy-efficiency measures and implement energy-efficiency programs that increase energy savings over a period of time; provide for alternative compliance plans for public utilities who fail to meet renewable energy or efficiency requirements; define renewable energy; specify reporting requirements to the Public Service Commission regarding progress in diversifying energy sources and energy savings; require the Public Service Commission to develop tariff guidelines for purchase of renewable power.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-04","last_action":"to Tourism Development & Energy (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB339/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB339.htm","sponsor":"Mary Marzian"},
{"bill_id":837546,"bill_number":"HB331","title":"AN ACT related to the filing deadline for candidates running for a seat in the General Assembly.","description":"Amend KRS 118.165 to change the filing deadline for candidates for the General Assembly to the second Tuesday in January.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-02-04","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-02-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB331/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB331.htm","sponsor":"Jerry Miller"},
{"bill_id":837554,"bill_number":"HB335","title":"AN ACT relating to title insurance.","description":"Create new sections of Subtitle 9 of KRS Chapter 304 to define terms; require title insurance agents to be licensed by the Department of Insurance; require a title insurance agent to provde a good-faith estimate of the premium upon the issuance of a title insurance commitment for a specified dollar amount; allow the commissioner to promulgate administrative regulations; amend KRS 304.9-030 to include title insurance as a type of insurance for which an agent may receive a qualification; amend KRS 304.22-030 to conform.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-02-17","last_action":"recommitted to Banking & Insurance (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-28","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB335/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB335.htm","sponsor":"Jeff Greer"},
{"bill_id":837562,"bill_number":"SB152","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":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB152/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB152.htm","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":837570,"bill_number":"HB333","title":"AN ACT relating to protection of the uses of property.","description":"Amend KRS 224.50-760 to create a setback from residential property lines for the deposition of special wastes in a special waste landfill and for the operation of the special waste landfill; establish exemption from the setback for agreements in writing between the landfill operator and the property owner.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-04","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Environment (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB333/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB333.htm","sponsor":"Joni Jenkins"},
{"bill_id":837578,"bill_number":"SB154","title":"AN ACT relating to physician assistants.","description":"Amend KRS 311.856 to allow the supervising physician, practice, or institution to determine a physician assistant's countersignature requirements; direct the supervising physician to outline the specific parameters for review in the application required by KRS 311.854.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-09","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 88)","last_action_date":"2016-04-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB154/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB154.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":837586,"bill_number":"HB332","title":"AN ACT relating to school bus drivers.","description":"Amend KRS 189.540 to require a person who seeks to operate a school bus while under the effects of medication to notify supervisor if medication may affect the driver's ability to operate the school bus safely and to refrain from operating a school bus; amend KRS 189.990 to establish penalties for school bus drivers who fail to notify supervisors or operate under the effects of medication and the operation causes a physical injury, serious physical injury, or death.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-04","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB332/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB332.htm","sponsor":"Steven Rudy"},
{"bill_id":837593,"bill_number":"SB155","title":"AN ACT relating to human services.","description":"Amend KRS 151B.240 to correct the administrative location of the Statewide Independent Living Council.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-04","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 32)","last_action_date":"2016-04-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB155/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB155.htm","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":837602,"bill_number":"HB341","title":"Feb 09-WITHDRAWN","description":"Feb 09-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-04","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2016-02-09","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB341/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB341.htm","sponsor":"Kevin Bratcher"},
{"bill_id":837609,"bill_number":"SB153","title":"AN ACT relating to child support.","description":"Amend KRS 403.212 to establish new amounts in the child support guidelines table and delete the old amounts.","status_desc":"Vetoed","status_date":"2016-04-09","last_action":"vetoed","last_action_date":"2016-04-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB153/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB153.htm","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":838590,"bill_number":"SB156","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Law Enforcement Foundation Program.","description":"Amend KRS 15.410, 15.420, 15.440, 15.450, 15.460, 15.470, 15.480, 15.490, and 15.500 to include full-time conservation officers appointed by the commissioner of the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources in the Kentucky Law Enforcement Foundation program and fund; amend KRS 15.340 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB156/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB156.htm","sponsor":"Chris Girdler"},
{"bill_id":838621,"bill_number":"HB350","title":"AN ACT relating to income tax credits promoting land conservation.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a qualified conservation contribution income tax credit; require annual report; amend KRS 141.0205 to provide for the ordering of the credit; amend KRS 146.560 to include the Kentucky Heritage Land Conservation Fund Board in the evaluation of credit applications; amend KRS 262.908 to include the Purchase of Agricultural Conservation Easement (PACE) Corporation Board in the evaluation of credit applications.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB350/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB350.htm","sponsor":"James Kay"},
{"bill_id":838652,"bill_number":"HB346","title":"Feb 09-WITHDRAWN","description":"Feb 09-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-05","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2016-02-09","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB346/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB346.htm","sponsor":"Addia Wuchner"},
{"bill_id":838684,"bill_number":"HB343","title":"AN ACT relating to the provision of fire protection services.","description":"Amend KRS 75.010 to delineate the territory that may be encompassed during the creation of a fire protection district or volunteer fire department district; amend KRS 75.020, relating to the enlargement or diminishment of fire district boundaries and merger, to require agreements to be entered into when a fire district wishes to expand territory into an area outside the boundaries of a city that is providing fire service to that area; prohibit expansion of one fire district into the territory of another fire district; ensure that boundary maps are filed and updated pursuant to law when boundaries are modified; amend KRS 75.022, relating to fire service boundaries, to establish when a city not having a regular fire department may assume fire protection services of annexed territories; amend KRS 273.401, relating to nonprofit corporations, to require written approval of the governing body of the city or district before a nonprofit fire department can add subscriber fees or charges to territory within a city or within the boundaries of a KRS Chapter 75 fire district; create a new section of KRS Chapter 95A to establish dissolution protocols for KRS Chapter 75 fire districts that may be initiated in the absence of a KRS 65.166 petition.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 117)","last_action_date":"2016-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB343/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB343.htm","sponsor":"Mitchel Denham"},
{"bill_id":838715,"bill_number":"HB347","title":"AN ACT relating to volunteer firefighters, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 95A.262 to increase the annual allotment provided by the Commission on Fire Protection Personnel Standards and Education to qualifying fire departments from $8,250 to $11,000; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB347/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB347.htm","sponsor":"Terry Mills"},
{"bill_id":838746,"bill_number":"HB345","title":"AN ACT relating to the first-time homebuyer income tax credit.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish the first-time homebuyer income tax credit; require annual report; amend KRS 141.0205 to provide for the ordering of the credit; repeal KRS 141.388.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB345/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB345.htm","sponsor":"James Kay"},
{"bill_id":838778,"bill_number":"HB349","title":"AN ACT relating to communication of mammographic breast density information to patients.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to require a facility that has performed a mammogram to notify a patient if a physician determines that the patient has dense or extremely dense breasts; clarify that providing this information does not create a liability for treatment.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-05","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB349/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB349.htm","sponsor":"Regina Huff"},
{"bill_id":838809,"bill_number":"HB348","title":"AN ACT relating to the revocation of receipt or provision of public assistance due to fraudulent use.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to define public assistance program; prohibit a recipient or provider of public assistance program benefits who has had their eligibility revoked due to fraud from receiving or providing benefits from any program.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-05","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB348/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB348.htm","sponsor":"Regina Huff"},
{"bill_id":838839,"bill_number":"HB344","title":"AN ACT related to medical malpractice mediation.","description":"Establish KRS Chapter 417A and create new sections thereof to establish; create within that chapter various new sections establishing a confidential, mandatory, medical malpractice mediation system to be completed prior to malpractice litigation, including sections setting out definitions, delineating covered health care facilities and providers, providing for mediator selection, and reporting on mediation results; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2017.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-05","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB344/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB344.htm","sponsor":"Mitchel Denham"},
{"bill_id":838871,"bill_number":"HB342","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 reduction and phase-out of the pension exclusion, disallow the domestic production activities deduction, establish a cap for itemized deductions, and define \"taxpayer\"; amend KRS 141.020 to provide for changes to income tax rates; 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 141.0401 to lower the exclusion threshold; amend KRS 141.120 to change apportionment methods to use a \"throwback\" rule and market-based sourcing for receipts; amend KRS 141.200 to require \"combined\" reporting for corporations; amend KRS 134.810, 136.310, 136.530, 141.040, 141.121, 141.206, and 141.420 to conform; amend KRS 141.205 to recognize \"tax haven\" foreign countries and tax all income apportioned or allocated to those countries; amend KRS 141.383, 148.544, and 148.546 to make the film industry tax credit nonrefundable and nontransferable; create a new section of KRS 6.905 to 6.935 to require review and sunset of all economic development tax credits; amend KRS 131.190 to allow LRC employees to review selected tax documents; amend KRS 138.270 to reduce motor fuels dealer compensation to one percent; amend KRS 132.020 to make the real property tax rate 12.2 cents per $100, remove the rate adjustment provision, and remove the recall provisions; amend KRS 132.260 to clarify requirements for reporting of rental space for mobile or manufactured homes, private aircraft, and certain boats or vessels; amend KRS 132.730, 132.751, 132.810, and 132.815 to clarify property tax treatment of manufactured homes; amend KRS 140.300 to clarify the treatment of agricultural valuation on inherited property; amend KRS 279.200, 279.530, 279.220, and 139.530 to repeal rural electric and telephone co-op taxes; amend KRS 132.097 and 132.099 to amend the exemption for personal property shipped out of state; amend KRS 139.105, 139.200, 139.220, 139.270, 139.340 and 139.740 to impose sales tax on selected services; amend KRS 243.0305 and 243.990 to recognize changes in the distilled spirits case tax; amend KRS 138.130, 138.140, and 138.143 to change the tax on cigarette rolling papers, to raise the tobacco taxes, to impose a floor stock tax, and to tax e-cigarettes; amend KRS 65.125, 65.674, 67.862, 67.938, 67A.843, 68.245, 68.248, 82.095, 97.590, 132.0225, 132.023, 132.024, 132.027, 132.029, 157.440, 160.470, 160.473, 67C.147, 78.530, 342.340, and 134.810 to remove the provisions of HB 44 that allow for recall of certain tax rates and make conforming and technical changes; repeal KRS 132.017, 132.018, 132.025, 132.720, 143A.035, and 243.710; provide that estate tax provisions apply for deaths occurring on or after August 1, 2016, sales tax provisions are effective for periods beginning on or after October 1, 2016, motor fuels compensation provisions are effective August 1, 2016, and property tax provisions are for assessments on and after January 1, 2017.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB342/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB342.htm","sponsor":"Jim Wayne"},
{"bill_id":838902,"bill_number":"SB157","title":"AN ACT relating to an earned income tax credit.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 and amend KRS 141.0205 to establish a refundable earned income tax credit.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB157/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB157.htm","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":840507,"bill_number":"HB353","title":"AN ACT relating to health benefit coverage of amino acid-based elemental formula.","description":"Amend KRS 205.560 to add amino acid-based elemental formula to the list of medicines covered by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services for treatment of inborn errors of metabolism or genetic conditions; amend KRS 213.141 to add amino acid-based elemental formula to the list of therapeutic foods supplied by the Division of Maternal and Child Health; amend KRS 304.17A-258 to add health benefit plan coverage for amino acid-based elemental formula; apply the health benefit plan requirement to policies issued or renewed on or after the effective date of this Act; declare short title to be \"Noah's Law.\"","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-02-16","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB353/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB353.htm","sponsor":"Gregory Stumbo"},
{"bill_id":840510,"bill_number":"HCR133","title":"Urge Kentucky's public postsecondary institutions to identify Kentucky children whose biological parents are deceased or have had their parental rights terminated due to abuse or neglect, and have been legally adopted by a blood relative or were assigned a permanent legal guardian by a court; urge the postsecondary institutions to consider those students' hardships in making admissions, scholarship, and grant decisions in recognition of the relief those families have provided the Commonwealth.","description":"Urge Kentucky's public postsecondary institutions to identify Kentucky children whose biological parents are deceased or have had their parental rights terminated due to abuse or neglect, and have been legally adopted by a blood relative or were assigned a permanent legal guardian by a court; urge the postsecondary institutions to consider those students' hardships in making admissions, scholarship, and grant decisions in recognition of the relief those families have provided the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-04","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR133/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HCR133.htm","sponsor":"Wilson Stone"},
{"bill_id":840513,"bill_number":"HB370","title":"AN ACT proposing to amend Section 29 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to administrative regulations.","description":"Propose to amend Section 29 of the Constitution of Kentucky to permit the General Assembly or an agency or committee it creates to review, approve, or disapprove any administrative regulation of the executive branch during or between regular sessions of the General Assembly; submit to the voters for approval or disapproval; supply ballot language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-08","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-09","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB370/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB370.htm","sponsor":"Johnny Bell"},
{"bill_id":840516,"bill_number":"HB352","title":"AN ACT relating to security interests in motor vehicles.","description":"Amend KRS 186A.195 to allow for perfection of a security interest in property previously titled in the name of the debtor if the certificate of title is filed within 30 days instead of 20; amend KRS 186A.200 to extend the length of time a secured party has to obtain the certificate of title after executing a security agreement from 20 days to 30.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 118)","last_action_date":"2016-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB352/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB352.htm","sponsor":"Jeff Greer"},
{"bill_id":840519,"bill_number":"SB175","title":"AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to crime victims' rights.","description":"Propose to amend the Constitution of Kentucky to create a crime victims' bill of rights; submit to voters.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-02","last_action":"posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 22, 2016","last_action_date":"2016-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB175/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB175.htm","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":840521,"bill_number":"HB361","title":"AN ACT relating to conveyances of real property.","description":"Amend KRS 382.135 to require attorneys representing grantors or grantees in real property transfers to certify on deeds that title examinations have been performed, and specify that failure to do so is professional negligence under KRS 411.165.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-08","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-09","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB361/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB361.htm","sponsor":"Rick Nelson"},
{"bill_id":840524,"bill_number":"HB356","title":"AN ACT relating to criminal conspiracy.","description":"Amend KRS 437.140, relating to criminal conspiracy, to insert gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-02-08","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB356/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB356.htm","sponsor":"Darryl Owens"},
{"bill_id":840527,"bill_number":"HB360","title":"AN ACT relating to escape.","description":"Amend KRS 439.610 to insert gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-02-08","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB360/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB360.htm","sponsor":"Darryl Owens"},
{"bill_id":840530,"bill_number":"HB367","title":"AN ACT relating to entities registered with the Secretary of State.","description":"Amend KRS 14A.1-070 to define \"veteran\" and \"veteran-owned business\"; create a new section of Subchapter 2 of KRS Chapter 14A to exempt veteran-owned businesses from paying filing fees to the Secretary of State's office for filing various business documents; amend KRS 14A.2-060 to exempt a veteran-owned business from paying the filing fee for annual reports and amended annual reports for four years after the initial registration of the business; amend and create various sections of KRS Chapter 273 to modernize statutes regulating nonprofit corporations; amend KRS 275.015 to amend the definition of \"nonprofit limited liability company\" to comply with statutory requirements; amend KRS 423.010 to enumerate the requirements imposed on an individual applying for a commission as a notary public.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-16","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB367/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB367.htm","sponsor":"Jody Richards"},
{"bill_id":840533,"bill_number":"HB351","title":"AN ACT prohibiting smoking in public places and places of employment.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 438 to define terms; 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 at specified locations; permit local governments to adopt stricter regulations by ordinance; provide for enforcement by all peace officers and designated health department and local government employees; provide for the issuance of uniform citations for violations; require that employers and others not discriminate against persons reporting violations; provide for fines for violation; provide that fines go to the agency whose employee issued the citation; provide that no court costs or other fees be charged for violations; exempt certain research and manufacturing laboratories and agricultural buildings; 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; repeal various statutes permitting smoking in public buildings; provide that Sections 1 to 6 may be referred to as the Smokefree Kentucky Act.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2016-02-08","last_action":"floor amendment (1) filed","last_action_date":"2016-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB351/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB351.htm","sponsor":"Susan Westrom"},
{"bill_id":840535,"bill_number":"HB363","title":"AN ACT relating to prosecutors.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to require all Commonwealth's attorneys to be full-time; provide that current part-time Commonwealth's attorneys shall become full-time after the expiration of their current term; amend KRS 15.755 and 15.765 to conform; repeal KRS 15.757.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-08","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-26","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB363/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB363.htm","sponsor":"Brent Yonts"},
{"bill_id":840538,"bill_number":"HB354","title":"AN ACT relating to emergency management.","description":"Amend KRS 39E.030 to add a representative of the Department of Agriculture to the membership of the Kentucky Emergency Response Commission.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-08","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 51)","last_action_date":"2016-04-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB354/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB354.htm","sponsor":"Mitchel Denham"},
{"bill_id":840541,"bill_number":"HB369","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Commission on Services and Supports for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability and Other Developmental Disabilities.","description":"Amend KRS 210.575 to add the Arc of Kentucky to the Kentucky Commission on Services and Supports for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability and Other Developmental Disabilities.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-03-15","last_action":"posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitutes (1) committee amendment (1-title)","last_action_date":"2016-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB369/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB369.htm","sponsor":"Johnny Bell"},
{"bill_id":840545,"bill_number":"SB160","title":"AN ACT relating to detection of deception examination.","description":"Amend KRS 329.030 to exempt employees of the Commonwealth or a political subdivision thereof from requirement of licensure prior to administering a detection of deception examination.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-08","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB160/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB160.htm","sponsor":"Brandon Smith"},
{"bill_id":840548,"bill_number":"HB371","title":"Feb 11-WITHDRAWN","description":"Feb 11-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-08","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2016-02-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB371/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB371.htm","sponsor":"Jeff Greer"},
{"bill_id":840551,"bill_number":"HB364","title":"AN ACT relating to student privacy and declaring a emergency.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 158 to ensure that student privacy exists in school restrooms, locker rooms, and showers; require students born male to use only those facilities designated to be used by males and students born female to use only those facilities designated to be used by females; require schools to provide the best available accommodation to students who assert that their gender is different from their biological sex; identify consequences for using facilities designated for the opposite biological sex; identify the Act as the Kentucky Student Privacy Act; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-08","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-09","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB364/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB364.htm","sponsor":"David Hale"},
{"bill_id":840553,"bill_number":"HB366","title":"AN ACT relating to roofing contractors.","description":"Amend KRS 367.628 to prohibit roofing contractors from causing damage to a roof before repair or replacement to increase the scope of repair or replacement and from submitting a claim to an insurer if the roof was not damaged prior to repair or replacement; establish penalties for violations of KRS 367.628; grant enforcement authority to Attorney General.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-10","last_action":"recommitted to Banking & Insurance (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-29","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB366/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB366.htm","sponsor":"Steven Riggs"},
{"bill_id":840556,"bill_number":"SB159","title":"AN ACT relating to certificates for driving.","description":"Create new sections of KRS 186.400 to 186.640 to define the term \"certificate for driving\" as a document issued by the Transportation Cabinet to an individual 18 years or older who has resided in the Commonwealth for a minimum of three years and who cannot prove citizenship or meet the requirements of KRS 186.412(2) to (4); mandate that certificates for driving be clearly distinguishable from regular operator's licenses and clearly state on the face that the document is not to be used for identification purposes; require the cabinet to establish a unique identifying number system for certificates and keep a database of all certificate holders and their driving histories available for the use of law enforcement agencies; require that the certificate for driving have a color photograph of the applicant on it; provide that the certificate for driving shall be valid for one year; require that the certificate for driving clearly state on its face that it is valid in Kentucky only; prohibit the use of the certificate for driving database from being used for the investigation or enforcement of immigration laws; require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to provide standards for the application, issuance, denial, and revocation of certificates; set out application procedures for certificates for driving; require application to be made in Frankfort or at a regional office of the cabinet; require the Department of Kentucky State Police to examine all applicants for a certificate; impose instruction permit restrictions on individuals applying for a certificate who do not have a valid license from another state or recognized foreign jurisdiction; set out denial criteria and revocation criteria; prohibit the Transportation Cabinet from issuing a certificate for driving to a person whose driving was suspended for any reason other than a conviction for failure to have insurance or a conviction for driving without an operator's license; require the cabinet to establish a points and suspension system for moving violations similar to the one used for operator's licenses; make certificates valid for one year, with renewal; require possession of the certificate at all times when operating a motor vehicle; require certificate holders to notify the circuit clerk of name and address changes; set the fee for a certificate at the same fee as for an operator's license; establish an initial application fee of $100; prohibit certificate holders from possessing an operator's license; prohibit certificate holders from operating a commercial motor vehicle; subject certificate holders to existing penalties for DUI and driving on a suspended license; EFFECTIVE 1/1/17.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-08","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB159/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB159.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":840559,"bill_number":"SB158","title":"AN ACT relating to service animals.","description":"Amend KRS 525.200 to add elements to the offense of assault on a service animal in the first degree.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-08","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB158/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB158.htm","sponsor":"Wil Schroder"},
{"bill_id":840562,"bill_number":"HB359","title":"AN ACT relating to prosecutors.","description":"Amend KRS 15.740 to insert gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-08","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-09","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB359/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB359.htm","sponsor":"Darryl Owens"},
{"bill_id":840565,"bill_number":"SB161","title":"AN ACT relating to diabetes awareness.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to encourage all physicians and physician assistants who provide well-child care services to educate and discuss the warning signs of Type I diabetes and symptoms with the parents or guardians of each child under their care at birth, and at yearly intervals until the age of five; create a new section of KRS Chapter 314 to encourage all advanced practice registered nurses who provide well-child care services to educate and discuss the warning signs of Type I diabetes and symptoms with the parents or guardians of each child under their care at birth, and at yearly intervals until the age of five.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-08","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB161/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB161.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":840567,"bill_number":"HB365","title":"AN ACT relating to underground facility protection.","description":"Amend KRS 367.4909 to require operators of underground facilities to be members of the Kentucky Contact Center; release excavators from liability for damages to underground facilities of nonmember operators; amend KRS 367.4913 to change the name of the Kentucky Association of Plumbing, Heating-Cooling Contractors to the Kentucky Association of Master Contractors.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-02-08","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-03-01","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Safety","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB365/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB365.htm","sponsor":"Steven Riggs"},
{"bill_id":840570,"bill_number":"HB357","title":"AN ACT relating to concealed carry of deadly weapons by employees of the Commonwealth.","description":"Amend KRS 527.020 to provide that employees of the state may carry concealed deadly weapons in vehicles owned or registered to the state if they are engaged in their official duties and are licensed to carry a concealed deadly weapon; prohibit state employees from doing so on property operating as a detention facility or school property unless authorized under KRS 527.070.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-08","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-09","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB357/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB357.htm","sponsor":"Ken Upchurch"},
{"bill_id":840573,"bill_number":"HB362","title":"AN ACT relating to employment opportunities for veterans.","description":"Amend KRS 205.510 to include nurse aide in the definitions; create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to allow the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations that may allow the inclusion of military training in the medical field toward the nurse aide training course requirements.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-02-08","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB362/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB362.htm","sponsor":"Rick Nelson"},
{"bill_id":840576,"bill_number":"HB355","title":"AN ACT relating to extradition.","description":"Amend KRS 440.420, relating to extradition, to insert gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-08","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-09","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB355/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB355.htm","sponsor":"Darryl Owens"},
{"bill_id":840579,"bill_number":"HB358","title":"AN ACT relating to police.","description":"Amend KRS 15.370 to insert gender neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-08","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-09","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB358/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB358.htm","sponsor":"Darryl Owens"},
{"bill_id":840581,"bill_number":"HB368","title":"AN ACT relating to trial by jury in criminal cases.","description":"Amend KRS 29A.270 to provide the Commonwealth with a right to trial by jury in prosecutions relating to the operation of motor vehicles, aircraft, boats, and other vehicles while under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or other impairing substances.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-02-08","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB368/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB368.htm","sponsor":"Dennis Horlander"},
{"bill_id":842677,"bill_number":"SB163","title":"AN ACT relating to automotive recycling.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186A to permit an automotive recycling dealer or secondary metals recycler to purchase a motor vehicle, ten model years or older, without a title if certain requirements are met; direct the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to set forth standards and forms for such transfers; amend KRS 186A.990 to establish penalties; amend KRS 433.890 to exempt such sales of motor vehicles; amend KRS 186A.215 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-09","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB163/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB163.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":842729,"bill_number":"HB2","title":"AN ACT proposing to amend Section 181 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to local levies of sales and use taxes.","description":"Propose to amend Section 181 of the Constitution of Kentucky to authorize the General Assembly to confer upon the proper authority of any city or county the power to levy a local option sales and use tax, subject to specifically enumerated conditions and limitations; submit to the voters for approval or disapproval; supply ballot language.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-14","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB2/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB2.htm","sponsor":"Gregory Stumbo"},
{"bill_id":842783,"bill_number":"SB167","title":"AN ACT relating to city government.","description":"Amend KRS 82.083, relating to the disposition of city property, to define \"independent appraisal\" and allow property to be transferred for the purposes of elimination of blight, traded toward the purchase of the same or similar property, sold for its appraised fair market value when the value is $5,000 or less, as long as the sale is not to a city officer of family member of a city officer, sold for scrap or disposed of as garbage when the property has no or nominal value, or sold by the Finance and Administration Cabinet when an agreement exists between the city and the cabinet; amend KRS 83A.100 relating to city wards to allow a city, in addition to the existing process, to establish a hybrid ward system; amend KRS 95.490 relating to oaths of police officers, to not require the oath to be before the mayor; amend KRS 97.630 relating to city war memorials, to allow cities to establish an alternative number of board members for the war memorial commission; amend KRS 424.260, relating to bids for materials, supplies, equipment, and services, to exempt property being transferred between governmental agencies as set out in Section 1(4)(a) of the Act; amend KRS 424.280, relating to the due date of ad valorem taxes, to allow publication of an ordinance adopting the rate of the ad valorem tax levy to satisfy the requirements of the section if the due date of the tax is published as a component of the city ordinance levying the tax; amend KRS 381.697, relating to the maintenance of burial grounds, to allow a city to require proper care of the grounds from their owners or those having claims to the grounds.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-01","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 22)","last_action_date":"2016-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB167/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB167.htm","sponsor":"Mike Wilson"},
{"bill_id":842835,"bill_number":"HCR139","title":"Establish the South Central Kentucky Caucus within the Kentucky General Assembly.","description":"Establish the South Central Kentucky Caucus within the Kentucky General Assembly.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-01","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 20)","last_action_date":"2016-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR139/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HCR139.htm","sponsor":"John Carney"},
{"bill_id":842889,"bill_number":"SB164","title":"Feb 10-WITHDRAWN","description":"Feb 10-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-09","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2016-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB164/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB164.htm","sponsor":"Perry Clark"},
{"bill_id":842944,"bill_number":"SB169","title":"AN ACT relating to elections.","description":"Amend KRS 121.180 to delete duplicate paper copy filing requirement; amend KRS 116.095 to require county clerks to redact a registered voter’s Social Security number from any voter registration record that is requested by a citizen; amend KRS 116.0452 to establish 4 p.m. local time as the deadline for voter registration applications to be deemed timely received by county clerk before voter registration books are closed; amend KRS 117.235 to change electioneering prohibition distance to 100 feet and to allow the posting of political signs on private property that does not serve as a polling location, regardless of distance; create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to identify the process to be followed by a candidate to appear on an election ballot for school board member in a school district that extends across county lines; identify the process for totaling a candidate's votes and issuing a certificate of election; amend KRS 118.425 to conform; amend KRS 117.227 to expand list of identification cards that can be used to confirm the identity of a voter; amend KRS 117.087 to require challenges to absentee ballots returned by mail to be in the hands of the county clerk before 8:00 a.m. on election day and to direct county boards to meet and count absentee ballots beginning at 8:00 a.m. on election day.","status_desc":"Enrolled","status_date":"2016-03-29","last_action":"filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State","last_action_date":"2016-04-08","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB169/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB169.htm","sponsor":"Albert Robinson"},
{"bill_id":842996,"bill_number":"HB376","title":"AN ACT relating to the Court of Justice.","description":"Amend KRS 57.350 to provide county law libraries wholly or partially destroyed by fire with General Assembly Acts and Journals as well as opinions of the Court of Justice.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-09","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB376/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB376.htm","sponsor":"Darryl Owens"},
{"bill_id":843049,"bill_number":"HB374","title":"AN ACT relating to local option sales and use taxes.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 65 to establish the parameters and requirements for the levy of local option sales and use taxes, if a proposed constitutional amendment allowing such a levy is approved; create a new section of KRS Chapter 139 to establish tax administration provisions; amend KRS 139.570, 139.670, 139.778, 144.132, and 183.525 to conform; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the Department of Revenue to share information related to the local option sales and use taxes with local jurisdictions imposing the tax; provide that the provisions of the Act will be effective on January 1, 2017, only if the proposed constitutional amendment is approved by the voters of the Commonwealth at the November 2016 general election; if the proposed amendment is not approved, the Act is void.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2016-03-14","last_action":"floor amendment (3) filed","last_action_date":"2016-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB374/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB374.htm","sponsor":"Thomas Thompson"},
{"bill_id":843101,"bill_number":"SB166","title":"AN ACT relating to resources to support local tourism, recreation, and economic development.","description":"Amend KRS 91A.400 to allow a restaurant tax to be levied on all cities and merged governments, provide for a distribution of the tax between the tax jurisdiction and the relevant tourist and convention commission; provide for certain crediting provisions and, when levying a restaurant tax, disallow a simultaneous collection of a percentage-based occupational license fee or license tax imposed on the net profits or gross receipts of the business.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-09","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB166/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB166.htm","sponsor":"Jared Carpenter"},
{"bill_id":843155,"bill_number":"HB375","title":"AN ACT relating to unmanned aerial vehicles.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 525 to prohibit a person from weaponizing an unmanned aerial vehicle; create a new section of KRS Chapter 381 to allow a person who owns or lawfully occupies real property to bring an action for trespass against the owner or operator of an unmanned aerial vehicle under certain circumstances; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to regulate use of unmanned aerial vehicles by law enforcement; create a new section of KRS Chapter 15A to require the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to establish and maintain a registry of unmanned aerial vehicles that are operated by public agencies, to adopt regulations limiting the public purposes for which an agency may operate an unmanned aerial vehicle, and to submit an annual report to the Legislative Research Commission outlining the activities of public agencies with respect to the operation of unmanned aerial vehicles; create a new section of KRS Chapter 183 to regulate use of unmanned aerial vehicles by public agencies; create a new section of KRS Chapter 183 to prohibit a person from operating an unmanned aerial vehicle within a certain distance from critical facilities or an airport; amend KRS 446.010 to define \" unmanned aerial vehicle.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-09","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB375/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB375.htm","sponsor":"David Floyd"},
{"bill_id":843208,"bill_number":"HB373","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization.","description":"Confirm Executive Order 2015-386, dated June 16, 2015, reorganizing the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-09","last_action":"posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 1, 2016","last_action_date":"2016-02-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB373/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB373.htm","sponsor":"Jerry Miller"},
{"bill_id":843260,"bill_number":"HB372","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 increasing the amount of the homestead exemption allowed for totally disabled veterans of the United States Armed Forces, if the disability is service-connected, to the full assessed fair cash value of the given property; update the dollar limitation as stated in the Constitution to the inflation-adjusted amount actually allowed for tax year 2016 and explicitly provide for continued biennial inflation indexing of this amount; make typographical changes of a nonsubstantive nature for clarification purposes; state ballot question; submit to voters.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-09","last_action":"recommitted to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-28","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB372/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB372.htm","sponsor":"Darryl Owens"},
{"bill_id":843313,"bill_number":"SB162","title":"AN ACT relating to eligibility for \"veteran\" designation on operator's licenses or personal identification cards.","description":"Amend KRS 186.412 to a person who served in any reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States to request a \"veteran\" designation on an operator's license or identification card.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-09","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB162/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB162.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":843365,"bill_number":"SB168","title":"AN ACT relating to municipal audits.","description":"Amend KRS 43.050 and 91A.040 to allow a special audit or examination of a city government or its agencies or departments to avoid a duplicative repository of audit records at the LRC; allow the Auditor to bill the city for the actual expense of the audit or examination conducted.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-01","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 17)","last_action_date":"2016-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB168/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB168.htm","sponsor":"Steve West"},
{"bill_id":843418,"bill_number":"SB165","title":"AN ACT relating to healthcare decisions.","description":"Amend KRS 311.621 to define \"health information\"; amend KRS 311.623 to allow health care surrogates to receive health information and make health care decisions in certain situations; amend KRS 311.625 to add the receipt of health information and ability to make health care decisions to the forms for advance directives; amend KRS 311.629 to reflect changes and allow health care surrogates to access appropriate health information; and create a new section of KRS Chapter 405 to establish a process by which a parent or custodian of a minor child can designate a surrogate to receive health information and make health care decisions in his or her absence.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-09","last_action":"recommitted to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-14","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB165/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB165.htm","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":844385,"bill_number":"SB170","title":"AN ACT regarding the transportation of steel products.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to require the Transportation Cabinet to establish a permit process for overdimensional permits for the transportation of steel products within the state of not more than a ten-mile radius from the manufacturing facility; establish maximum dimensions for vehicles operating under a permit; allow operation under a permit 24 hours a day; set fee for an annual permit at $250; amend KRS 189.270 to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-08","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 63)","last_action_date":"2016-04-08","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB170/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB170.htm","sponsor":"Joe Bowen"},
{"bill_id":844423,"bill_number":"HB387","title":"AN ACT relating to eyewitness identification.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 421 to provide uniform procedures relating to witness identification; regulate the conduct of lineups by law enforcement agencies; require law enforcement agencies to provide instructions relating to the identification process to witnesses; allow for the suppression of evidence in criminal actions where witness identification provisions and guidelines have been violated; enumerate that subject to the exceptions provided in KRS 61.870 to 61.884 law enforcement policies and procedures related to eyewitness identification procedures are subject to public disclosure; provide that this Act be cited as the Eyewitness Identification Reform Act; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2017.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-10","last_action":"posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 22, 2016","last_action_date":"2016-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB387/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB387.htm","sponsor":"Johnny Bell"},
{"bill_id":844462,"bill_number":"HB383","title":"AN ACT relating to financial disclosure statements.","description":"Amend KRS 6.787 to include names of clients paying more than $1,000 annually to a consulting firm owned by a legislator or spouse, or which employs a legislator or spouse, in the statement of financial disclosure that must be filed by members of the legislative branch; exclude legislators who are attorneys from requirement.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-10","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB383/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB383.htm","sponsor":"Jill York"},
{"bill_id":844502,"bill_number":"SB171","title":"AN ACT relating to geothermal wells.","description":"Amend KRS 223.400 to create definitions for \"geothermal borehole\" and \"geothermal vertical closed loop well\"; amend KRS 223.435, 223.445 and 223.455 to include geothermal borehole drilling and geothermal vertical closed loop well installation under the regulatory authority of the Cabinet for Energy and Environment and the Kentucky Water Well Certification Board.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-10","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Energy (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB171/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB171.htm","sponsor":"Stan Humphries"},
{"bill_id":844543,"bill_number":"HB385","title":"AN ACT relating to child custody.","description":"Amend KRS 403.280 to create a presumption of joint custody in temporary custody orders; require prior parental custody agreements to become the court's orders if those agreements provide for the welfare of the child; repeal reenact KRS 405.021 to grant visitation to grandparents if it is in the child's best interest based on listed factors.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-10","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB385/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB385.htm","sponsor":"Leslie Combs"},
{"bill_id":844582,"bill_number":"HB382","title":"AN ACT relating to the transfer of motor vehicles.","description":"Amend KRS 186A.215 to provide that the transferor of a motor vehicle may have the transferee sign a notarized statement that all necessary legal documents for the transfer have been received and that the transfer of title is effective immediately; amend KRS 186A.220 to provide that a dealer may have the transferee sign a notarized statement that all necessary legal documents for the transfer have been received and that the transfer of title is effective immediately.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-09","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 90)","last_action_date":"2016-04-09","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB382/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB382.htm","sponsor":"Bart Rowland"},
{"bill_id":844623,"bill_number":"HB377","title":"AN ACT relating to shelter and advocacy center funding and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 64.012 to increase by $20 the amount collected upon the issuance of a marriage license; amend KRS 209.160, 211.602, and 620.045 to distribute the increased funding to spouse abuse shelters, rape crisis shelters, and children's advocacy centers.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-10","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB377/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB377.htm","sponsor":"Joni Jenkins"},
{"bill_id":844663,"bill_number":"HB380","title":"AN ACT relating to the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act.","description":"Amend KRS 383.500 to apply the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act on a statewide basis; repeal, reenact, and amend the various sections of KRS Chapter 383 constituting that Act without substantive change.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-23","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB380/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB380.htm","sponsor":"James Glenn"},
{"bill_id":844702,"bill_number":"SB173","title":"AN ACT relating to commercial activities of governments.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to establish procedures for local governments to enter into the retail or wholesale sale of a commercial product; create a new section of KRS Chapter 45 to establish procedures for state entities to enter into the retail or wholesale sale of a commercial product.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-03","last_action":"reassigned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-11","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB173/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB173.htm","sponsor":"Chris Girdler"},
{"bill_id":844742,"bill_number":"HB388","title":"AN ACT relating to child protective services.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 620 to require unannounced visits to the residence or location where the reported child abuse or neglect or human trafficking of a child occurred when an investigation is required; require ongoing unannounced visits to the residence or location where the reported child abuse or neglect of a child occurred until the welfare of a child has been safeguarded; permit a law enforcement officer to be present if there is a perceived risk of harm to the cabinet representative conducting a home visit; provide that this Section may be cited as the Tucker Act.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-10","last_action":"returned to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-22","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB388/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB388.htm","sponsor":"Jeff Greer"},
{"bill_id":844782,"bill_number":"HB384","title":"AN ACT relating to local health and fitness incentive programs for local emergency services personnel.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 64 to provide for the voluntary creation of a local government emergency services personnel health and fitness-based incentive program.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch.140)","last_action_date":"2016-04-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB384/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB384.htm","sponsor":"Tom Riner"},
{"bill_id":844823,"bill_number":"HB381","title":"AN ACT relating to coroners.","description":"Amend KRS 64.185, relating to continuing education for coroners, to clarify that the initial training is to be a 40-hour course.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-08","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 65)","last_action_date":"2016-04-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB381/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB381.htm","sponsor":"Marie Rader"},
{"bill_id":844862,"bill_number":"HB379","title":"AN ACT relating to apprenticeships.","description":"Create a new section in KRS Chapter 141 to declare a tax credit for the small businesses who have an apprenticeship program; amend KRS 141.0205 to conform; create that new section of KRS Chapter 343 to require the Department of Workplace Standards to certify to the Department of Revenue the small businesses with apprenticeship programs and set out purpose of the tax credit.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-10","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB379/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB379.htm","sponsor":"Larry Clark"},
{"bill_id":844902,"bill_number":"SB172","title":"AN ACT relating to retirement benefit election.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 21.345 to 21.580 permitting a member of the Legislators' Retirement Plan or the Judicial Form Retirement System to opt out of the traditional defined benefit plan and elect to participate in the hybrid cash balance plan; provide that, on the member's effective election date, the value of the member's accumulated contributions, less any interest, be deposited into the member's hybrid cash balance account and be considered part of the member's accumulated account balance; provide that on the member's effective election date, an employer pay credit shall be applied to the member's accumulated account balance for each contributing month prior to the effective election date; require the Judicial Form Retirement System to provide the electing member with information detailing the consequences of the member's election; provide that a member shall not be eligible to make an election until a letter ruling by the IRS; make benefit election under this section irrevocable; amend KRS 21.402 to conform; create a new section of KRS 61.510 to 61.705 permitting a member of the Kentucky Employees Retirement System, the County Employees Retirement System, or the State Police Retirement System to opt out of the traditional defined benefit plan and elect to participate in the hybrid cash balance plan; provide that, on the member's effective election date, the value of the member's accumulated contributions, less any interest, be deposited into the member's hybrid cash balance account and be considered part of the member's accumulated account balance; provide that on the member's effective election date, an employer pay credit shall be applied to the member's accumulated account balance for each contributing month prior to the effective election date; require the Kentucky Retirement Systems to provide the electing member with information detailing the consequences of the member's election; provide that a member shall not be eligible to make an election until a letter ruling by the IRS; make benefit election under this section irrevocable; amend KRS 61.597 and 16.583 to conform; make technical and conforming amendments to KRS 6.525, 16.645, and 78.545.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-15","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB172/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB172.htm","sponsor":"Christian McDaniel"},
{"bill_id":844942,"bill_number":"HB378","title":"AN ACT relating to treatment for alcohol and other drug abuse.","description":"Amend KRS 222.005 to define \"incapacitated by alcohol and other drug abuse\"; amend KRS 222.431 to permit a person meeting the definition of \"incapacitated by alcohol and other drug abuse\" to be ordered by court to treatment; amend KRS 222.432 to provide that court-ordered alcohol and other drug abuse treatment may be covered by a third-party payor; amend KRS 222.433 to require the court to review previous drug or alcohol assessments and drug tests in an order for treatment and require the court to review previous drug or alcohol assessments or drug tests if a respondent has failed to participate in a physical examination; amend KRS 222.470 to require Medicaid and private insurers to use comparative medical necessity and reimbursement methodology to cover alcohol and other drug abuse treatment services.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-10","last_action":"reassigned to Health & Welfare (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-10","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB378/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB378.htm","sponsor":"Joni Jenkins"},
{"bill_id":844981,"bill_number":"HB386","title":"AN ACT relating to local boards of education.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to permit a local board of education to choose to allow an inspirational message be expressed during a school function; require oral notice to be given that participation is voluntary prior to an inspirational message being expressed.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-10","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB386/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB386.htm","sponsor":"Suzanne Miles"},
{"bill_id":846652,"bill_number":"HB391","title":"AN ACT relating to legal representation of indigent criminal defendants.","description":"Amend KRS 31.211 to authorize the public advocate to collect outstanding debts owed to the Department of Public Advocacy by requesting the Department of Revenue to withhold individual tax returns.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-11","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB391/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB391.htm","sponsor":"Thomas Kerr"},
{"bill_id":846656,"bill_number":"HB394","title":"AN ACT relating to background checks for search and rescue personnel.","description":"Amend KRS 17.167 to prohibit registrants on the sexual offender registry from being members of a rescue squad; amend KRS Chapter 39F.210 to require the Division of Emergency Management to promulgate administrative regulations requiring sex offender registry checks for all members of rescue squads and detailing reporting requirements.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-02-11","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-02-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB394/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB394.htm","sponsor":"Brian Linder"},
{"bill_id":846662,"bill_number":"HB399","title":"AN ACT relating to superintendent screening committee membership.","description":"Amend KRS 160.352 to allow a high school student enrolled in the district to be selected by his or her peers to serve as a nonvoting member of the superintendent screening committee.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-11","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB399/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB399.htm","sponsor":"Rick Nelson"},
{"bill_id":846668,"bill_number":"HB395","title":"AN ACT relating to tuition and fees for postsecondary education and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 164.020 to require the Council on Postsecondary Education to limit tuition for resident students at the public postsecondary education institutions to the 2015-2016 tuition level for four years; require tuition increases for resident students following the 2019-2020 academic year to be determined in consultation with the General Assembly; amend KRS 164.400 to require the boards of regents and trustees of state colleges and universities to limit incidental fees for resident students to the 2015-2016 level of fees for four years; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-11","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB395/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB395.htm","sponsor":"Russell Webber"},
{"bill_id":846677,"bill_number":"HB393","title":"AN ACT relating to fireworks.","description":"Amend KRS 227.715 to expand the sales of fireworks for seasonal retailers to a full 30 days surrounding both the July 4th and New Year's holidays; amend KRS 227.752 to conform.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-09","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB393/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB393.htm","sponsor":"Chris Harris"},
{"bill_id":846683,"bill_number":"SB174","title":"AN ACT relating to children's services.","description":"Amend KRS 199.011 to establish a definition for \"reasonable and prudent parent standard\"; amend KRS 199.650 to establish that a licensed child-caring facility or child-placing agency shall designate an on-site official who is trained and authorized to apply the reasonable and prudent parent standard; amend KRS 600.020 to establish definitions for \"age or developmentally-appropriate\" and \"reasonable and prudent parent standard\"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 600 to define :caregiver\" and to establish requirements for caregivers using the reasonable and prudent parent standard; amend KRS 610.125 to require the court to consider certain factors related to planned permanent living arrangements for children 14 and 16 years of age and older; amend KRS 620.050 to establish that certain licensed child-caring facilities or child-placing agencies may be provided records of an investigation or assessment by the cabinet; establish standards relating to the sharing of child custody information.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 115)","last_action_date":"2016-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB174/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB174.htm","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":846688,"bill_number":"SB177","title":"AN ACT relating to establishing a state ombudsman.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 7 requiring the Legislative Research Commission to employ an ombudsman; establish term of office; allow ombudsman to receive requests and to investigate the official acts of state and local government entities; establish powers; require ombudsman to submit findings and recommendations.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-11","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB177/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB177.htm","sponsor":"Julian Carroll"},
{"bill_id":846695,"bill_number":"SB176","title":"AN ACT relating to civil rights.","description":"Amend KRS 344.010 to include definitions for \"sexual orientation\" and \"gender identity\"; amend KRS 344.020, relating to the purpose of the Kentucky's civil rights chapter, to include a prohibition on discrimination because of sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.040, 344.050, 344.060, 344.070, and 344.080, relating to prohibited discrimination in various labor and employment practices, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.025, 344.100, 344.110, and 18A.095 to conform; amend KRS 344.120 and 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":"2016-02-11","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB176/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB176.htm","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":846703,"bill_number":"HB397","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy.","description":"Repeal KRS 315.522, which establishes reciprocity requirements for the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy's licensing of home medical equipment and services providers in bordering states.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-02-11","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-02-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB397/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB397.htm","sponsor":"Mary Marzian"},
{"bill_id":846709,"bill_number":"HB396","title":"AN ACT relating to prescription drugs for erectile dysfunction.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to require a health care practitioner to have two office visits before prescribing a drug for erectile dysfunction to a married man who swears he will only use the prescription when having sexual relations with his current spouse.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-02-11","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-02-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB396/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB396.htm","sponsor":"Mary Marzian"},
{"bill_id":846716,"bill_number":"HB389","title":"AN ACT relating to grandparent visitation rights.","description":"Repeal and reenact KRS 405.021 to grant visitation to grandparents if it is in the child's best interest based on listed factors.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-02-11","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB389/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB389.htm","sponsor":"Thomas Kerr"},
{"bill_id":846721,"bill_number":"HB392","title":"AN ACT relating to legal representation of indigent criminal defendants.","description":"Amend KRS 31.120 to allow courts making indigency determinations to request the tax records of individuals seeking legal assistance from the Department of Public Advocacy; amend KRS 131.190 to allow an exemption to the general prohibition against Department of Revenue employees divulging individual tax records for courts making indigency determinations; amend KRS 31.211 to authorize the public advocate to collect outstanding debts owed to the Department of Public Advocacy by requesting the Department of Revenue to withhold individual tax returns.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-11","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB392/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB392.htm","sponsor":"Thomas Kerr"},
{"bill_id":846729,"bill_number":"HB400","title":"AN ACT relating to the establishment of the External Detainee Fatality Review Panel.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 441 to establish the External Detainee Fatality Review Panel to conduct comprehensive reviews of all facilities of individuals detained in county or regional jails or any facility operated by the Department of Corrections, the Department of Juvenile Justice, or an entity under contract with either department.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-02-11","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB400/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB400.htm","sponsor":"Jim Wayne"},
{"bill_id":846736,"bill_number":"SB178","title":"AN ACT relating to establishing Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day in Kentucky.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to designate March 30 as Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day in the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-03-30","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 7)","last_action_date":"2016-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB178/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB178.htm","sponsor":"Ernie Harris"},
{"bill_id":846742,"bill_number":"HB398","title":"AN ACT relating to pharmacy technicians.","description":"Amend KRS 315.136 and KRS 315.138 to require new pharmacy technician applicants and applicants whose registration has been expired for one year or longer to submit to a nationwide criminal background check by the Kentucky State Police and the FBI.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-14","last_action":"to Rules (H)","last_action_date":"2016-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB398/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB398.htm","sponsor":"Mary Marzian"},
{"bill_id":846748,"bill_number":"HB390","title":"AN ACT relating to the inheritance tax.","description":"Amend KRS 140.070 to redefine Class A beneficiaries to include daughters-in-law and sons-in-law for purposes of the inheritance tax; provide that the amendment applies to estates of decedents dying on or after August 1, 2016.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-11","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB390/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB390.htm","sponsor":"Thomas Kerr"},
{"bill_id":847625,"bill_number":"HB405","title":"AN ACT relating to legal tender.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 41 to establish specie legal tender as legal tender in Kentucky; amend KRS 139.480 to exempt the purchase and sale of specie legal tender from sales tax; amend KRS 141.010 to exclude gains or losses from the sale of specie legal tender from \"capital gains.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-12","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB405/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB405.htm","sponsor":"Thomas Kerr"},
{"bill_id":847653,"bill_number":"HB404","title":"AN ACT relating to forcible entry and detainer actions.","description":"Amend KRS 383.255 to include late fees in amounts to be paid to the circuit clerk in an appeal of an action for forcible entry and detainer.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-12","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB404/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB404.htm","sponsor":"Thomas Kerr"},
{"bill_id":847681,"bill_number":"HB409","title":"AN ACT relating to special license plates and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186 to create a National Rifle Association special license plate, with extra fees used for the Eddie Eagle GunSafe® Program in Kentucky; amend KRS 186.162 to establish the fees for the National Rifle Association special license plate; amend KRS 186.166 to update the list of license plates to be perpetually produced; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2017.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-12","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB409/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB409.htm","sponsor":"Bart Rowland"},
{"bill_id":847710,"bill_number":"SB179","title":"AN ACT relating to persons with disabilities.","description":"Amend KRS 205.200 to disregard any amount in an ABLE account, any contributions to an ABLE account, and any distribution from an ABLE account for qualified expenses for the purposes of determining an individual's eligibility for a means-tested public assistance program and the amount of assistance or benefits the individual is eligible to receive under the program; direct the State Treasurer, the Secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet, the Executive Director of the Commonwealth Council on Developmental Disabilities, and the Executive Director of the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to work cooperatively to seek all available sources of funding, determine the best plan of action related to ABLE accounts, and report to the Legislative Research Commission on or before December 31, 2016.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-05","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 35)","last_action_date":"2016-04-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB179/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB179.htm","sponsor":"Wil Schroder"},
{"bill_id":847739,"bill_number":"SB200","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Horse Park Commission and declaring an emergency.","description":"Repeal and reenact KRS 148.260 to establish the Kentucky Horse Park Commission to be composed of nine members appointed by the Governor; establish terms of office; require the commission to meet at least quarterly; require members to be reimbursed only for expenses incurred; offices require to be established and maintained at the Kentucky State Horse Park; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB200/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB200.htm","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":847768,"bill_number":"HB401","title":"AN ACT relating to Kentucky educational excellence scholarships.","description":"Amend KRS 164.7881 to allow a student who receives an undergraduate degree prior to using eight semesters of KEES eligibility to use the remaining semesters of KEES eligibility toward a graduate degree program.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-12","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-16","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB401/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB401.htm","sponsor":"Jill York"},
{"bill_id":847797,"bill_number":"HB407","title":"AN ACT relating to the apparently wholesome food tax credit.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 establishing the apparently wholesome food income tax credit equaling 20 percent of the fair market value of apparently wholesome food donated in Kentucky; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the tax credit.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-12","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB407/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB407.htm","sponsor":"Brad Montell"},
{"bill_id":847826,"bill_number":"HB402","title":"AN ACT relating to the taxation of property used as a landfill.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 132 to require the valuation and assessment of real and tangible personal property of a municipal solid waste disposal facility be performed by the department; amend KRS 132.020 and 132.200 to provide that tangible personal property which is incorporated into a landfill facility shall be presumed to remain tangible personal property if the property is used for its intended purposes; amend KRS 136.120 to remove municipal solid waste disposal facilities from the list of public service companies.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-09","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 93)","last_action_date":"2016-04-09","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB402/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB402.htm","sponsor":"Mitchel Denham"},
{"bill_id":847854,"bill_number":"HB406","title":"AN ACT relating to the physician preceptor tax incentive program.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish an individual income tax credit for Kentucky-licensed physicians who as voluntary preceptors administer at least three core clinical rotations for certain medical students; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the credit.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-12","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB406/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB406.htm","sponsor":"David Watkins"},
{"bill_id":847882,"bill_number":"HB408","title":"AN ACT relating to unclaimed life insurance policies.","description":"Amend 304.15-420 to clarify the retroactive application of the Unclaimed Life Insurance Benefits Act.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-02-29","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB408/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB408.htm","sponsor":"Chris Harris"},
{"bill_id":847911,"bill_number":"HB403","title":"AN ACT relating to day reporting programs.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 533 to authorize the use of day reporting programs in criminal sentencing.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB403/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB403.htm","sponsor":"Jeffery Donohue"},
{"bill_id":849156,"bill_number":"HB418","title":"AN ACT relating to expungement.","description":"Amend KRS 432.078 to provide that the $100 filing fee for an expungement petition for misdemeanors, violations, or traffic infractions is nonrefundable.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-16","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB418/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB418.htm","sponsor":"Thomas Kerr"},
{"bill_id":849160,"bill_number":"HB415","title":"AN ACT relating to the negotiation of health benefit plans.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to authorize the purchase of health benefit plans across state lines, and allow negotiation of terms based on the purchaser's needs without regard to state-mandated health insurance benefits; provide individuals and groups the ability to form pools to seek greater advantage in negotiations for health benefit plans.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-16","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB415/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB415.htm","sponsor":"Tim Moore"},
{"bill_id":849165,"bill_number":"HB413","title":"AN ACT relating to disclosure of private cellular phone numbers.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to prohibit the marketing, sharing, or selling of wireless phone numbers of subscribers without express written consent of the subscriber; amend KRS 367.990 to create a penalty of $10,000 for each violation.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-11","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB413/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB413.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Watkins"},
{"bill_id":849169,"bill_number":"HB414","title":"AN ACT relating to hunting and fishing licenses.","description":"Amend KRS 150.175 to require the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to offer hunting and fishing licenses to active duty members of the United States Armed Forces at the same cost charged to Kentucky residents.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-16","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Environment (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB414/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB414.htm","sponsor":"Robert Benvenuti"},
{"bill_id":849175,"bill_number":"SB186","title":"AN ACT relating to boat liens.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 376 to allow a marina to enforce a possessory lien on a boat; establish notification requirements for the enforcement of a possessory lien on a boat; establish sale requirements following judgment in favor of a marina to enforce a possessory lien on a boat.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 120)","last_action_date":"2016-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB186/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB186.htm","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":849180,"bill_number":"HB416","title":"AN ACT relating to alcohol.","description":"Amend KRS 242.125 to eliminate the population criteria for cities conducting local option elections; create a new section of KRS Chapter 243 to allow expansion of sales within cities or counties where economic hardships exist and allow cities or counties that conducted elections before Jan 1, 2016 to participate; create a new section of KRS Chapter 243 to allow a specialty retail establishment that holds an NQ2 license and sells nonalcoholic products to be issued a sampling license to permit customers to sample products which contain alcohol; amend KRS 243.033 to allow caterers with a NQ3 licenses to be issued a caterer's license as a supplementary license; amend KRS 243.070 to add a historic site license to city license types; amend KRS 243.110 to allow quota retail package license holders to obtain an NQ1 retail drink license; amend KRS 244.290 to eliminate the population criteria for Sunday and election day sales; amend KRS 244.480 to eliminate the population criteria for Sunday and election day sales; amend KRS 83A.022, 243.230, and 243.260 to conform; repeal KRS 242.127 and 242.129.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-16","last_action":"to Licensing & Occupations (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB416/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB416.htm","sponsor":"Dennis Horlander"},
{"bill_id":849184,"bill_number":"SB187","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend KRS 439.3401 to categorize any person convicted of attempted murder as a \"violent offender\" for probation and parole eligibility purposes.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-16","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB187/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB187.htm","sponsor":"Wil Schroder"},
{"bill_id":849188,"bill_number":"SB188","title":"AN ACT relating to oil and gas well sites.","description":"Amend KRS 353.510 to add a definition for \"stratigraphic test well\"; amend KRS 353.570 to require a permit before drilling a stratigraphic test well and delete test holes from permitting requirement; amend KRS 353.590 to subject a permitted stratigraphic test well to various sections of KRS Chapter 353 for regulatory purposes and to impose plugging requirements; require stratigraphic test wells to be permitted as oil and gas wells prior to producing oil or gas and deviating from true vertical; and impose stratigraphic test wells converted to oil and gas wells to regulatory requirements of KRS 353.590 and 353.660 once the permit terminates; delete confidentiality requirements on test holes; amend KRS 353.660 to change termination of operations to completion of drilling; require that persons applying for a permit for a stratigraphic test well be granted a 3-year confidentiality period for all drilling records and subject well records, surveys and other logs on stratigraphic wells to confidentiality requirements; delete references to test holes.","status_desc":"Enrolled","status_date":"2016-03-24","last_action":"filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State","last_action_date":"2016-04-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB188/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB188.htm","sponsor":"Jared Carpenter"},
{"bill_id":849194,"bill_number":"HB410","title":"AN ACT relating to patient quality of life.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 211 to define terms; establish the Palliative Care and Quality of Life Interdisciplinary Advisory Council within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; establish the Palliative Care Consumer and Professional Information and Education Program within the cabinet; by January 1, 2019 require all health facilities to establish systems for identifying patients or residents who could benefit from palliative care; allow the cabinet to require action plans and impose fines for those in violation.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-02-16","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB410/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB410.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Meeks"},
{"bill_id":849198,"bill_number":"SB182","title":"AN ACT relating to the storage and handling of grain.","description":"Amend KRS 251.430 to change license renewal date for grain storage businesses; amend KRS 251.440 to make technical corrections; amend KRS 251.720 to change license renewal date for grain dealers; amend KRS 251.990 to change penalties relating to the storage and handling of grain.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-05","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 36)","last_action_date":"2016-04-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB182/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB182.htm","sponsor":"Paul Hornback"},
{"bill_id":849203,"bill_number":"HB417","title":"Mar 02-WITHDRAWN","description":"Mar 02-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-16","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB417/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB417.htm","sponsor":"Thomas Kerr"},
{"bill_id":849208,"bill_number":"SB181","title":"AN ACT relating to ethics laws.","description":"Amend KRS 230.230 to subject members of the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission and its employees to the Executive Branch Code of Ethics; amend KRS 11A.010 to include management personnel of the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission within the definition of \"officer\" for purposes of the Executive Branch Codes of Ethics.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-16","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB181/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB181.htm","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":849213,"bill_number":"HB412","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend KRS 532.090 to establish gross misdemeanors as a new category of misdemeanor offense and set penalty range; amend various sections of KRS Chapters 500, 530, 532, and 533 to conform; amend KRS 441.127 to require local jailers to grant limited service credits against an inmate's sentence for good behavior and educational achievement; amend KRS 532.110, relating to multiple sentences, to prohibit the aggregate of consecutive definite terms from exceeding the longest term authorized for the highest class of crime for which any of the sentences is imposed; amend KRS 439.340 to make parole mandatory for Class D offenders who are not violent offenders or sexual offenders and have not committed any violent acts while incarcerated; amend KRS 218A.135 to require that certain findings utilized in pretrial release decisions be made by clear and convincing evidence; amend KRS 532.080 to make persistent felony offender sentencing discretionary; amend KRS 534.070 to increase jail credit for fines; amend various KRS sections to conform.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-21","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB412/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB412.htm","sponsor":"Brent Yonts"},
{"bill_id":849218,"bill_number":"SB183","title":"AN ACT relating to motor vehicle dealers.","description":"Amend KRS 190.030 to increase the annual license fee for motor vehicle dealers and manufacturers from $100 to $150 and to $200 on July 1, 2017.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-16","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB183/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB183.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
{"bill_id":849223,"bill_number":"HB411","title":"AN ACT relating to the distribution of federal low-income housing tax credits.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 198A to require an applicant for the federal low-income housing tax credit to notify the local government wherein the project is located that an application has been forwarded to the Kentucky Housing Corporation; require the local government to advertise the fact that an application has been submitted and that a public hearing shall be convened on the project by the Kentucky Housing Corporation if requested by an interested party; create a new section of KRS chapter 198A to effect the requirements and to require the Kentucky Housing Corporation to devise a method of providing additional scoring consideration for projects that are received favorably in the community; require the Kentucky Housing Corporation to promulgate administrative regulations relating to these requirements.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-15","last_action":"to Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB411/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB411.htm","sponsor":"Arnold Simpson"},
{"bill_id":849227,"bill_number":"SB184","title":"AN ACT relating to executive branch ethics and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 11A.211 to increase the executive branch agent lobbying registration fee from $125 to $275; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-16","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB184/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB184.htm","sponsor":"Perry Clark"},
{"bill_id":849232,"bill_number":"HB419","title":"AN ACT relating to the law enforcement and firefighters foundation programs and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 15 and KRS 95A.250, relating to the Kentucky Law Enforcement Foundation Program fund and the Firefighters Foundation Program fund, to increase the annual supplement payment to local governments for qualifying law enforcement officers and firefighters from $3,000 to $4,000 beginning July 1, 2017; provide a reimbursement to local governments to fully reimburse for required contributions to the employee pension system resulting from the supplement increase; provide partial compensation for local government administrative expenses; amend KRS 95A.262 to increase the annual allocation to volunteer fire departments from the Commission on Fire Protection Personnel Standards and Education from $8,250 to $11,000 beginning July 1, 2017..","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-16","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB419/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB419.htm","sponsor":"Thomas Thompson"},
{"bill_id":849237,"bill_number":"SB185","title":"AN ACT relating to autism spectrum disorders.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 194A to establish the Advisory Council on Autism Spectrum Disorders and create the Office of Autism; amend KRS 194A.135 to delete the requirement that the Commonwealth Council on Developmental Disabilities appoint a subcommittee including members of the Kentucky Commission on Autism Spectrum Disorders to monitor the state plan and submit reports; repeal KRS 194A.620 and KRS 194A.622; confirm Executive Order 2015-397.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-01","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 18)","last_action_date":"2016-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB185/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB185.htm","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":850314,"bill_number":"SB191","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 247.090 to expand the membership of the State Fair Board; remove legislative membership on the board; set board member terms; amend KRS 247.100 to remove quorum threshold language; amend KRS 247.110 to set out chair appointment powers of the Governor; set meeting requirements for the State Fair Board; require a majority of voting members of the board to constitute a quorum and adopt bylaws; amend KRS 247.120 to establish the per diem reimbursement rate for board meeting duties; amend KRS 247.140 to require the State Fair Board to hold an annual fair on the state fairgrounds and operate the Kentucky State Fair and World's Championship Horse Show and the National Farm Machinery Show; amend KRS 247.220 to remove the Kentucky Livestock Improvement Association from the Fair Council; clarify membership representation to include the Kentucky Colt Racing Association and Agricultural Education Consultant; add a representative of animal agriculture; amend KRS 247.226 to delete membership requirements of the North American International Livestock Exposition Executive Committee; amend KRS 247.228 to delete membership requirements of the North American International Livestock Exposition Executive Committee subcommittees; repeal KRS 247.200, which prohibits distribution of free passes; abolish the prior State Fair Board and transfer all responsibilities, records, equipment, staff, and budgets to the newly constituted board; nullify the effect of Executive Order 2015-398, dated June 23, 2015; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch.142)","last_action_date":"2016-04-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB191/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB191.htm","sponsor":"Paul Hornback"},
{"bill_id":850342,"bill_number":"HB421","title":"AN ACT relating to local government solid waste management.","description":"Amend KRS 109.012 to establish definitions for \"authorized company,\" \"displace,\" \"franchise,\" and \"local government\" and amend the definition of \"solid waste management services\" to include special wastes; create new section of KRS Chapter 109 to require hearing and notice for the displacement of waste haulers; amend KRS 224.43-315 to require contracts between the county and waste hauler to include nondesignated cities that it serves; amend KRS 224.43-345 to include representatives of cities on advisory committees; and amend KRS 224.50-760 to conform.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2016-02-17","last_action":"floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB421/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB421.htm","sponsor":"Steven Riggs"},
{"bill_id":850369,"bill_number":"SB190","title":"AN ACT relating to economic development.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 278 to require retail electric suppliers to use increasing amounts of renewable energy; require retail electric suppliers to take energy-efficiency measures and implement energy-efficiency programs that increase energy savings over a period of time; provide for alternative compliance plans for public utilities that fail to meet renewable energy or efficiency requirements; define renewable energy; specify reporting requirements to the Public Service Commission regarding progress in diversifying energy sources and energy savings; require the Public Service Commission to develop tariff guidelines for purchase of renewable power.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-17","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Energy (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-19","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB190/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB190.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":850398,"bill_number":"HB425","title":"AN ACT relating to the equitable treatment of manufactured homes.","description":"Amend KRS 139.470 to exempt from sales and use tax 50% of the gross receipts derived from retail sales of manufactured homes beginning on and after August 1, 2016, and ending prior to August 1, 2020.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-17","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB425/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB425.htm","sponsor":"Leslie Combs"},
{"bill_id":850428,"bill_number":"HB423","title":"AN ACT relating to revenue measures and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 224.50-868 to extend the new motor vehicle tire fee until June 30, 2018; allow a one-half of one percent administrative fee to be paid to the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority for the administration of projects; notwithstand KRS 11A.211(5) to increase the executive agency lobbyist registration fee to $199; allow the Auditor of Public Accounts to charge for any additional expenses incurred; require each agency of the Executive Branch to pay an amount required for the operation of the Personnel Board; exempt water withdrawal fees imposed by the Kentucky River Authority from state and local taxes and notwithstand KRS 151.710(10) to direct the use of certain fees; allow the Personnel Cabinet to collect a pro rata assessment from all state agencies, in all three branches of government, supported by the personnel system; notwithstand KRS 304.17B-021(4)(d) to require premium taxes collected under KRS Chapter 136 and the retaliatory taxes collected under KRS 304.3-270 to be credited to the General Fund; provide that Section 2 of the Act is effective only for the next fiscal biennium; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Vetoed","status_date":"2016-04-08","last_action":"vetoed","last_action_date":"2016-04-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB423/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB423.htm","sponsor":"Rick Rand"},
{"bill_id":850457,"bill_number":"SB192","title":"AN ACT relating to civics education in public schools.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require all public high school students to pass a civics test in order to receive a regular diploma; direct the Kentucky Department of Education to prepare or approve the test with 100 questions drawn from the test administered by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to persons seeking to become naturalized citizens, and to disseminate the test to all public school districts; allow students the opportunity to retake the test as often as needed in order to pass; set the passing score at 60% of the total questions answered correctly; make these requirements subject to the accomodations for special needs students with individualized education programs as defined in KRS 158.281 or Section 504 Plans as defined in KRS 156.027.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-03-09","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB192/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB192.htm","sponsor":"Jared Carpenter"},
{"bill_id":850487,"bill_number":"HB422","title":"AN ACT relating to local code enforcement.","description":"Amend KRS 65.8805 to add to the definition of \"local government\" and additional definitions; amend KRS 65.8808 to clarify the violations that may be enforced by a code enforcement board; amend KRS 65.8811 to clarify procedures for when a vacancy is not filled; amend KRS 65.8815 to require regular meetings to be set by ordinance for the code enforcement board and permit special or emergency meetings; create a new section of KRS 65.8801 to 65.8839 allow code enforcement boards to appoint hearing officers when authorized by local ordinance and set duties and authorities; amend KRS 65.8821 to strike language relating to hearing officers to make conforming amendment and allow code enforcement officers to serve subpoenas issued by hearing officers; amend KRS 65.8825 to make conforming amendment for the utilization of hearing officers in the enforcement proceeding process, acknowledge the alternative fine availability, allow lienholders to be notified of citations, and establish notice provisions for the issuance of final orders to cited violators; amend KRS 65.8828 to allow notification of lienholders with an interest in subject properties of hearings and establish protocols for final orders for code enforcement boards for orders issued preliminarily by hearing officers; amend KRS 65.8831 to state statutory citations for orders that may be brought to the District Court, clarify that the District Court hears the appeal de novo, and clarify when no appeal is filed with a District Court within 30 days, that the order of the board is final; amend KRS 65.8835 to direct how liens are placed on property for subjects of citations and set out permitted inclusions on the lien itself; create a new section of KRS 65.8801 to 65.8839 to establish a lien notification system for local governments to use to notify interested individuals of the placement of liens upon properties; amend KRS 65.8838 to include \"imminent danger\" as a condition when a local government may take immediate corrective action; create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to define various terms and establish various nuisances relating to vehicles and machinery in various states of repair, uninhabited mobile or manufactured homes, rubbish and excessive weeds and grass, to include unsafe structures on properties, as well as set conditions and processes for liens; amend KRS 99.710 to allow the duties assigned a vacant properties commission to be assigned to a local code enforcement board; amend KRS 382.135 to include the full name of the grantor and grantee in with the deed to real property; amend KRS 426.530 to make a conforming amendment for a repeal; create a noncodified section to set construction and effect of certain repealed statutes; repeal KRS 82.700 to 82.725 and 381.770.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-09","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 86)","last_action_date":"2016-04-09","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB422/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB422.htm","sponsor":"Michael Meredith"},
{"bill_id":850515,"bill_number":"HB424","title":"AN ACT relating to the certified rehabilitation tax credit for historic properties and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 171.396 to increase the certified rehabilitation credit cap to $10 million and divide the cap by establishing a $1 million owner-occupied residential property credit cap and a $9 million credit cap for all other properties; amend KRS 171.397 to provide that the tax credit is available for applications for a preliminary approval received before April 30, 2021, and modify the distribution of the credit from a pass-through entity to its partners, members, or shareholders based on a written partnership or written operating agreement; create new sections of KRS Chapter 171 to establish the catalytic commercial project credit, set out the purposes of the tax credits, and require reporting of data to the Legislative Research Commission; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the income tax credit; create new sections of KRS Chapter 136 to establish credit ordering for credits against the bank franchise tax and the insurance premiums taxes; apply to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2017; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-17","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB424/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB424.htm","sponsor":"Rick Rand"},
{"bill_id":850543,"bill_number":"HB420","title":"AN ACT relating to temporary delegation of parental custody and care.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 403 to allow a parent or legal guardian to establish a power of attorney for temporarily delegating parental authority to another person for a period of time; establish limitations; allow a parent to invalidate at any time; exempt Attorney-in-fact from foster home or community care requirements; clarify that using powers in this bill does not constitute child neglect or abandonment; require a background check for Attorney-in-fact who is not closely related; allow a parent on active duty service to designate for the length of service plus 30 days; establish and include the form for designation; require an employee of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to provide information about support services during child protection investigations that do not result in out-of-home placements.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 107)","last_action_date":"2016-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB420/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB420.htm","sponsor":"Thomas Burch"},
{"bill_id":850572,"bill_number":"SB189","title":"AN ACT relating to retiree beneficiary payments in the Kentucky Retirement Systems.","description":"Amend KRS 61.542 to allow a retiring member of Kentucky Retirement Systems to designate up to four individuals as beneficiary upon retirement; allow a retired member to change beneficiary designations in the event of the beneficiary's death or upon marriage or remarriage if the member files the proper forms within 90 days of death, marriage, or remarriage; require recalculation of benefit upon change in beneficiary to ensure actuarial equivalence; create exceptions; amend KRS 61.635 to offer a multiple beneficiaries survivorship option to provide lifetime benefits for to up to four beneficiaries based upon percentages assigned by the member at retirement; provide that a lifetime benefit may be provided to a trust under the single beneficiary or multiple beneficiaries survivorship option and provide that the age of trust beneficiaries shall be used to determine actuarial equivalence; amend KRS 61.630 to conform; amend KRS 61.640 and 16.578 to provide that for death prior to retirement, a trust naming a single beneficiary may select the single beneficiary survivorship option; provide that multiple beneficiaries may select the multiple beneficiary survivorship option.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-17","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-19","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB189/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB189.htm","sponsor":"Wil Schroder"},
{"bill_id":850601,"bill_number":"HB426","title":"AN ACT relating to idling motor vehicles.","description":"Amend KRS 189.430 to allow motor vehicle engine idling for no longer than fifteen minutes; require that the vehicle doors be locked while it is idling.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-17","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB426/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB426.htm","sponsor":"Jim DeCesare"},
{"bill_id":851344,"bill_number":"HB433","title":"AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages.","description":"Amend KRS 241.010 to define \"discount in the usual course of business\"; redefine a \"souvenir package\" as a special package of Kentucky distilled spirits; create a new section of KRS Chapter 242 to allow a precinct-level local option election to authorize the sale of alcoholic beverages at a distillery; amend KRS 243.030, 243.060, and 243.070 to establish fees for Class A and Class B types of NQ3 retail drink licenses; designate state and local craft rectifier license fees; amend KRS 243.0305 and 244.050 to exclude the sampling license privileges in each statute from those of the other statute; set maximum souvenir package sales of nine liters per customer per day; establish rules for distillery use of a sampling license or an NQ3 license; amend KRS 243.033 to allow a caterer to cater a private party or special event at a nonfederally bonded portion of a distillery; amend KRS 243.036 to convert a distilled spirits and wine auction license to an alcoholic beverage auction license, which also applies to malt beverages; include raffles as a part of the auction license; amend KRS 243.086 to designate a Class A NQ3 license for a distiller and a Class B NQ3 license for a private club or dining car; amend KRS 243.090 to make most local alcohol licenses expire on the same date as the corresponding state license; prorate the cost of a local license in the first year to allow the local license to synchronize with the state license; amend KRS 243.120 to create Class A and Class B rectifier's licenses; tax and distribute distiller retail drink sales in the same manner as souvenir package sales; amend KRS 243.130 to allow employees of distillers, rectifiers, and wineries to sample their employer's products for purposes of education, quality control, and product development; authorize a quota retail package licensee to provide free and paid samples of distilled spirits or wine; amend KRS 244.130 to enable a distiller to provide visitors who are 21 and over with free production by-products or free nonalcoholic novelty items; amend KRS 244.240 to permit distillers, rectifiers, wineries, and wholesalers to give discounts in the usual course of business if the same discounts are offered to all licensees of the same license type buying similar quantities; amend KRS 243.034 and 243.882 to conform; repeal KRS 243.892.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2016-02-18","last_action":"floor amendment (1) filed","last_action_date":"2016-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB433/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB433.htm","sponsor":"Linda Belcher"},
{"bill_id":851350,"bill_number":"HB434","title":"AN ACT relating to the office of coroner.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 72 to establish conditions under which a coroner shall turn over records of his or her office to a successor; designate the recipient of the records; make the failure to turn over records punishable by fine; designate the collector of fine; establish a right of appeal of the fine; amend KRS 72.415 to provide that deputy coroners that fail training requirements are ineligible to perform their duties; establish notification requirements and requirements for reinstatement; suspend compensation and establish how compensation may be restored.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-01","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 26)","last_action_date":"2016-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB434/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB434.htm","sponsor":"Mitchel Denham"},
{"bill_id":851356,"bill_number":"HB430","title":"AN ACT relating to elections.","description":"Amend KRS 118.125 to require candidates for statewide constitutional offices and slates of candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor to file their state business and personal and federal business and personal income tax returns for the current year and for the 2 years preceding at the time they file their notice and declaration with the Secretary of State; require that candidates for statewide constitutional offices and all slates of candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor also file those same tax documents with the county clerk in the county of their residence and with the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance; amend KRS 121.120 to require the Registry to maintain and hold as public records those same tax documents for a period of 16 years; amend KRS 11A.050 to require all officials listed in KRS 11A.010(9)(a) to (g) to file their state business and personal and federal business and personal income tax return for the current year and for the 2 years preceding with the Executive Branch Ethics Commission within 30 days of the effective date of this Act and thereafter to file those same tax returns no later than July 1 of each year, and to establish that those same tax returns be public records available to the public for review; amend KRS 121.180 to conform.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2016-02-18","last_action":"floor amendments (1) and (2) and (3) filed","last_action_date":"2016-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB430/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB430.htm","sponsor":"Johnny Bell"},
{"bill_id":851361,"bill_number":"SB193","title":"AN ACT relating to health benefit coverage of amino acid-based elemental formula and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 205.560 to add amino acid-based elemental formula to the list of medicines covered by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services for treatment of inborn errors of metabolism or genetic, gastrointestinal, and food allergic conditions; amend KRS 213.141 to add amino acid-based elemental formula to the list of therapeutic foods supplied by the Division of Maternal and Child Health; amend KRS 304.17A-258 to include eosinophilic disorders, food protein allergies, food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome, and short bowel disorders in the definition of \"therapeutic food, formulas, and supplements\"; define \"amino acid-based elemental formula\"; amend KRS 18A.225 to require any policy provided to state employees to cover amino acid-based elemental formulas; declare short title to be \"Noah's Law\"; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-01","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 10)","last_action_date":"2016-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB193/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB193.htm","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":851368,"bill_number":"HB427","title":"AN ACT relating to pension surcharges to benefit the Kentucky Retirement Systems and Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create new sections of KRS 61.510 to 61.705 to create a surcharge on state contracts for personnel hired in lieu of hiring a state employee; require the surcharge to be paid to the unfunded liability trust fund created under KRS 61.706; apply to all participating employers and for all memoranda of agreement and personnel service contracts, as defined in KRS 45A.690 of the Model Procurement Code; create a surcharge on Kentucky Community and Technical College System employees not participating in Kentucky Employees Retirement System; create new section of KRS 161.220 to 161.716 to create a surcharge on Kentucky Community and Technical College System employees not participating in Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System; amend KRS 164.350, 164.365 and 164.5805 to conform; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-02-18","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB427/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB427.htm","sponsor":"Brent Yonts"},
{"bill_id":851373,"bill_number":"HB436","title":"AN ACT relating to probation and parole offices.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 196 to require that, in counties containing an urban-county form of government, the Department of Corrections to hold a public hearing before relocating or creating a probation and parole office, and probation and parole offices only be relocated or created in industrial zones.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-18","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB436/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB436.htm","sponsor":"Stan Lee"},
{"bill_id":851379,"bill_number":"HB431","title":"AN ACT relating to water conservation.","description":"Amend KRS 211.350 to define gray water and black water; allow for conservation credits for gray water systems that reduce the waste flow calculations; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to update daily waste flow charts for low water using fixtures and allow gray water conservation credits; prohibit any political subdivision from prohibiting use of gray water reductions from systems approved under permit by the cabinet.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 108)","last_action_date":"2016-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB431/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB431.htm","sponsor":"Rocky Adkins"},
{"bill_id":851386,"bill_number":"SB196","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; require governing board members to be reimbursed for expenses as funds become available; establish the Books for Brains Program trust fund to consist of funds collected through state appropriations, gifts, grants, and any other funds from the public and private sectors; direct the department to promulgate administrative regulations to establish the procedures for working with local partners to provide books for registered children; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Vetoed","status_date":"2016-04-09","last_action":"vetoed","last_action_date":"2016-04-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB196/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB196.htm","sponsor":"Stan Humphries"},
{"bill_id":851391,"bill_number":"HB435","title":"AN ACT related to unclaimed property.","description":"Amend KRS 393.280 to require the State Treasurer to promulgate administrative regulations to exempt an administrator or an executor of an estate from submitting a Social Security number or a driver's license when making a claim from unclaimed property on behalf of an estate.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-02-18","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB435/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB435.htm","sponsor":"Dean Schamore"},
{"bill_id":851396,"bill_number":"SB180","title":"AN ACT relating to the protection of rights.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 446 to define \"protected activities,\" \"protected activity provider,\" and \"protected rights\"; provide legislative intent; prohibit any statute, regulation, ordinance, order, judgment, of other law or action by any court, commission, or other public agency from impairing, impeding, infringing upon, or otherwise restricting the exercise of protected rights by any protected activity provider; prohibit a protected activity provider from being fined, imprisoned, held in contempt, or otherwise punished or found liable for actions or inactions related to providing or refusing to provide protected activities unless a court finds that the complaining person or the government proved by clear and convincing evidence that a compelling governmental interest in infringing upon the act or refusal to act existed and the least restrictive means was used.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2016-03-15","last_action":"floor amendments (1), (2), (3) and (4) filed","last_action_date":"2016-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB180/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB180.htm","sponsor":"Albert Robinson"},
{"bill_id":851404,"bill_number":"SB199","title":"AN ACT relating to the law enforcement and firefighters foundation programs and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 15 and KRS 95A.250, relating to the Kentucky Law Enforcement Foundation Program fund and the Firefighters Foundation Program fund, to increase the annual supplement payment to local governments for qualifying law enforcement officers and firefighters from $3,000 to $4,000 beginning July 1, 2017; provide a reimbursement to local governments to fully reimburse for required contributions to the employee pension system resulting from the supplement increase; provide partial compensation for local government administrative expenses; amend KRS 95A.262 to increase the annual allocation to volunteer fire departments from the Commission on Fire Protection Personnel Standards and Education from $8,250 to $11,000 beginning July 1, 2017.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-18","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB199/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB199.htm","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":851409,"bill_number":"SB197","title":"AN ACT relating to a tax credit for volunteer firefighters.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a refundable income tax credit for certain volunteer firefighters; declare the purpose of the credit; require annual reporting to the Legislative Research Commission to evaluate the impact of the credit; amend KRS 141.0205 to provide the ordering of the credit and to make technical corrections.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-18","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB197/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB197.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":851415,"bill_number":"SCR135","title":"Recognize Kentucky Educational Television (KET) and encourage all cable and satellite providers to offer KET programming to their customers.","description":"Recognize Kentucky Educational Television (KET) and encourage all cable and satellite providers to offer KET programming to their customers.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-09","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 71)","last_action_date":"2016-04-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SCR135/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SCR135.htm","sponsor":"Stan Humphries"},
{"bill_id":851423,"bill_number":"SB194","title":"AN ACT relating to background checks of child abuse and neglect records.","description":"Amend KRS 160.380 to require that school superintendents conduct a name- based background check of child abuse and neglect records maintained by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services when considering employment decisions.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-18","last_action":"recommitted to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-15","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB194/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB194.htm","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":851427,"bill_number":"HB428","title":"AN ACT relating to cruelty to animals.","description":"Amend KRS 525.125 to make any person who knowingly owns, possesses, keeps, breeds, trains, sells, or otherwise transfers a dog for the purpose of that dog or its offspring being used to fight for pleasure or profit guilty of cruelty to animals in the first degree, a Class D felony; provide that activities of animals engaged in guarding livestock shall not constitute cruelty to animals in the first degree.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-08","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 64)","last_action_date":"2016-04-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB428/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB428.htm","sponsor":"Wilson Stone"},
{"bill_id":851432,"bill_number":"HB429","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":"2016-02-18","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB429/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB429.htm","sponsor":"Sannie Overly"},
{"bill_id":851438,"bill_number":"SB198","title":"AN ACT relating to franchisees.","description":"Amend KRS 337.010 to provide that neither a franchisee nor an employee of a franchisee shall be deemed to be an employee of the franchisor for purposes of KRS Chapter 337; amend KRS 338.021 to provide that neither a franchisee nor an employee of a franchisee shall be deemed to be an employee of the franchisor for purposes of KRS Chapter 338; amend KRS 341.070 to provide that neither a franchisee nor an employee of a franchisee shall be deemed to be an employee of the franchisor for purposes of KRS Chapter 341; amend KRS 342.690 to provide that neither a franchisee nor an employee of a franchisee shall be deemed to be an employee of the franchisor for purposes of KRS Chapter 342; amend KRS 344.030 to provide that neither a franchisee nor an employee of a franchisee shall be deemed to be an employee of the franchisor for purposes of KRS Chapter 344; define \"franchisee\" and \"franchisor\" for purposes of each of these chapters.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-15","last_action":"to Labor & Industry (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB198/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB198.htm","sponsor":"Wil Schroder"},
{"bill_id":851444,"bill_number":"HB432","title":"AN ACT relating to adult education.","description":"Amend KRS 164.0064 to establish under the Kentucky Adult Education program a High School Equivalency Testing program using at least one training and testing program based on National College and Career Standards for Adult Education; require recognition of at least two tests, if available, aligned with the National College and Career Standards for Adult Education to serve as qualifying tests, which upon passing shall entitle students to receive a High School Equivalency Diploma; require the issuance of a High School Equivalency Diploma upon passage of a recognized test; grandfather in previously recognized high school equivalency diplomas; forbid invalidation of issued High School Equivalency Diplomas due to changes in test selection; lower the minimum age for participating in an alternative high school diploma program to 18; amend KRS 164.0062, 15.382, 15.3971, 15.540, 18A.201, 18A.204, 61.906, 95.951, 141.0205, 151B.131, 158.145, 158.146, 158.6455, 158.842, 159.010, 160.180, 161.011, 161.044, 164.0232, 164.0234, 164.7874, 164.7879, 194A.717, 197.045, 198B.712, 205.704, 237.120, 316.030, 317.450, 317A.050, 317B.025, 326.040, 342.730, 342.732, and 533.200 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-18","last_action":"recommitted to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-29","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB432/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB432.htm","sponsor":"James Tipton"},
{"bill_id":851449,"bill_number":"SB195","title":"AN ACT relating to firefighters and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 61.315 to create a presumption of a death in the line of duty and eligibility for a lump sum death benefit for firefighters who obtain certain types of cancer; specify that the rebuttable presumption exists if an firefighter is employed for five years or more and has not used tobacco products for ten years; specify that provisions do not apply to claims filed under KRS Chapter 342; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Enrolled","status_date":"2016-03-22","last_action":"filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State","last_action_date":"2016-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB195/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB195.htm","sponsor":"Albert Robinson"},
{"bill_id":852308,"bill_number":"HR125","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Shane Thomason.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Shane Thomason.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-05","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR125/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR125.htm","sponsor":"Jonathan Shell"},
{"bill_id":852309,"bill_number":"SR56","title":"Honor the McConnell Center on the occasion of its 25th anniversary in 2016.","description":"Honor the McConnell Center on the occasion of its 25th anniversary in 2016.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-03","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR56/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR56.htm","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":852311,"bill_number":"HR2","title":"Extend an invitation to the pastors of Frankfort churches to open sessions of the 2016 Regular Session with prayer.","description":"Extend an invitation to the pastors of Frankfort churches to open sessions of the 2016 Regular Session with prayer.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR2/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR2.htm","sponsor":"Rocky Adkins"},
{"bill_id":852312,"bill_number":"SR89","title":"Commemorate 100 years of workers' compensation in Kentucky.","description":"Commemorate 100 years of workers' compensation in Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-16","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR89/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR89.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":852314,"bill_number":"HB451","title":"AN ACT relating to shock probation.","description":"Amend KRS 439.265 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.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-19","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB451/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB451.htm","sponsor":"Robert Benvenuti"},
{"bill_id":852316,"bill_number":"HR40","title":"Urge the Kentucky Department of Veterans' Affairs, the Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and Kentucky's United States Congressional delegation to take the appropriate steps to get the approval and funding necessary for the construction of a veterans center in Magoffin County, Kentucky.","description":"Urge the Kentucky Department of Veterans' Affairs, the Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and Kentucky's United States Congressional delegation to take the appropriate steps to get the approval and funding necessary for the construction of a veterans center in Magoffin County, Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-11","last_action":"3rd reading, adopted 92-0","last_action_date":"2016-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR40/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR40.htm","sponsor":"John Short"},
{"bill_id":852317,"bill_number":"SR130","title":"Declare February 17, 2016, Kentucky Hospice Day.","description":"Declare February 17, 2016, Kentucky Hospice Day.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR130/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR130.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":852319,"bill_number":"SR45","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Edwin \"Ed\" Green Lane III.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Edwin \"Ed\" Green Lane III.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-29","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR45/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR45.htm","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":852320,"bill_number":"HR31","title":"Urge schools and businesses to observe a moment of silence at 11 a.m. each Veterans Day.","description":"Urge schools and businesses to observe a moment of silence at 11 a.m. each Veterans Day.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-06","last_action":"3rd reading, adopted 92 -0","last_action_date":"2016-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR31/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR31.htm","sponsor":"Dean Schamore"},
{"bill_id":852322,"bill_number":"HR70","title":"Honor Jonathan Grate for his 21 years of serivce with the Legislative Research Commission, the General Assembly, and the Judiciary Committee, and wish him well with his next adventure in the Executive Branch wherein he will serve as the esteemed Deputy Secretary of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet.","description":"Honor Jonathan Grate for his 21 years of serivce with the Legislative Research Commission, the General Assembly, and the Judiciary Committee, and wish him well with his next adventure in the Executive Branch wherein he will serve as the esteemed Deputy Secretary of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2016-01-20","last_action":"to House Floor","last_action_date":"2016-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR70/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR70.htm","sponsor":"Darryl Owens"},
{"bill_id":852325,"bill_number":"SR47","title":"Honor Ronald Vaughn.","description":"Honor Ronald Vaughn.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-16","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR47/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR47.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":852327,"bill_number":"HR132","title":"Honor Alexandra Allen.","description":"Honor Alexandra Allen.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-12","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR132/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR132.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Meeks"},
{"bill_id":852328,"bill_number":"HR96","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Betty Frances Elizabeth Hoagland Drexler.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Betty Frances Elizabeth Hoagland Drexler.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-29","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR96/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR96.htm","sponsor":"Kevin Bratcher"},
{"bill_id":852330,"bill_number":"SR67","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Robert Hilary Skees.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Robert Hilary Skees.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-17","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR67/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR67.htm","sponsor":"Dennis Parrett"},
{"bill_id":852331,"bill_number":"HJR69","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate the \"Camp Jefferson Memorial Bridge\" in Hart County and erect appropriate signs.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate the \"Camp Jefferson Memorial Bridge\" in Hart County and erect appropriate signs.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-20","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR69/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HJR69.htm","sponsor":"Bart Rowland"},
{"bill_id":852334,"bill_number":"SR62","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Stephen \"Choya\" Burcham.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Stephen \"Choya\" Burcham.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-20","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR62/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR62.htm","sponsor":"Perry Clark"},
{"bill_id":852336,"bill_number":"SR61","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Geraldine \"Boots\" Smith.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Geraldine \"Boots\" Smith.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-04-01","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR61/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR61.htm","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":852337,"bill_number":"HJR124","title":"Direct The Transportation Cabinet to erect signs on Kentucky Route 192 Bypass in Laurel County that read, \"Home of the 2005 to 2015 Bluegrass 10,000 Crank Wheelchair Champion Greg Queen.\"","description":"Direct The Transportation Cabinet to erect signs on Kentucky Route 192 Bypass in Laurel County that read, \"Home of the 2005 to 2015 Bluegrass 10,000 Crank Wheelchair Champion Greg Queen.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-04","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR124/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HJR124.htm","sponsor":"Tommy Turner"},
{"bill_id":852339,"bill_number":"HR83","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Robbie L. Durham.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Robbie L. Durham.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-25","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR83/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR83.htm","sponsor":"John Carney"},
{"bill_id":852340,"bill_number":"HR137","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of William C. \"Bill\" Adams Jr.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of William C. \"Bill\" Adams Jr.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-26","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR137/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR137.htm","sponsor":"Kenny Imes"},
{"bill_id":852344,"bill_number":"SR42","title":"Honor Dr. Larry L. Cockrum of the University of the Cumberlands upon his confirmation as the President of the University of the Cumberlands.","description":"Honor Dr. Larry L. Cockrum of the University of the Cumberlands upon his confirmation as the President of the University of the Cumberlands.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-14","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR42/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR42.htm","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":852347,"bill_number":"HJR22","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to erect signs designating the bridge on Kentucky Route 55, south of Taylorsville over Salt River, the \"C.L. Glasscock, Jr. Memorial Bridge.\"","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to erect signs designating the bridge on Kentucky Route 55, south of Taylorsville over Salt River, the \"C.L. Glasscock, Jr. Memorial Bridge.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR22/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HJR22.htm","sponsor":"James Tipton"},
{"bill_id":852349,"bill_number":"SR26","title":"Honor the Blueprint for Kentucky’s Children and adjourn in honor of Children's Advocacy Day, January 14, 2016.","description":"Honor the Blueprint for Kentucky’s Children and adjourn in honor of Children's Advocacy Day, January 14, 2016.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-14","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR26/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR26.htm","sponsor":"David Givens"},
{"bill_id":852350,"bill_number":"HR67","title":"Commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Kentucky Civil Rights Act of 1966 and its administrative enforcement by the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights.","description":"Commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Kentucky Civil Rights Act of 1966 and its administrative enforcement by the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-29","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR67/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR67.htm","sponsor":"Kim King"},
{"bill_id":852353,"bill_number":"SR101","title":"Recognize February as Kentucky Career and Technical Education Month.","description":"Recognize February as Kentucky Career and Technical Education Month.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR101/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR101.htm","sponsor":"David Givens"},
{"bill_id":852354,"bill_number":"SJR55","title":"Direct the Transportation to designate Kentucky Route 3380 in Floyd County as the \"Homer Hamilton Memorial Highway\" and to erect the appropriate signage.","description":"Direct the Transportation to designate Kentucky Route 3380 in Floyd County as the \"Homer Hamilton Memorial Highway\" and to erect the appropriate signage.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-14","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-19","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR55/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SJR55.htm","sponsor":"Johnny Turner"},
{"bill_id":852357,"bill_number":"SR97","title":"Honor Miss Kentucky Clark Janell Davis.","description":"Honor Miss Kentucky Clark Janell Davis.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR97/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR97.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":852358,"bill_number":"HR75","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of James \"Jim\" Grant Tomaw.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of James \"Jim\" Grant Tomaw.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2016-01-21","last_action":"to House Floor","last_action_date":"2016-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR75/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR75.htm","sponsor":"Regina Huff"},
{"bill_id":852360,"bill_number":"SR1","title":"Establish the 2016 membership of the Kentucky State Senate.","description":"Establish the 2016 membership of the Kentucky State Senate.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR1/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR1.htm","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":852363,"bill_number":"HR64","title":"Commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Kentucky Civil Rights Act of 1966 and its administrative enforcement by the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights.","description":"Commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Kentucky Civil Rights Act of 1966 and its administrative enforcement by the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-21","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR64/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR64.htm","sponsor":"Darryl Owens"},
{"bill_id":852366,"bill_number":"SR116","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Brenda Sue Noble.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Brenda Sue Noble.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-09","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR116/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR116.htm","sponsor":"Brandon Smith"},
{"bill_id":852368,"bill_number":"SR72","title":"Recognize Alpha Kappa Alpha, Inc. on the occasion of its 108th anniversary.","description":"Recognize Alpha Kappa Alpha, Inc. on the occasion of its 108th anniversary.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-20","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR72/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR72.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":852370,"bill_number":"HR113","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Senator Georgia Powers and Judge Benjamin Shobe, two titans of civil rights.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Senator Georgia Powers and Judge Benjamin Shobe, two titans of civil rights.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-01","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR113/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR113.htm","sponsor":"Tom Riner"},
{"bill_id":852371,"bill_number":"SR131","title":"Recognize February 21, 2016, as ALS Awareness Day in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","description":"Recognize February 21, 2016, as ALS Awareness Day in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-19","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-19","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR131/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR131.htm","sponsor":"C.B. Embry"},
{"bill_id":852373,"bill_number":"SR86","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Lillian Jane Osborne Harton.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Lillian Jane Osborne Harton.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-08","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR86/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR86.htm","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":852374,"bill_number":"SR18","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Thomas Ray \"Tommy\" Simpson.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Thomas Ray \"Tommy\" Simpson.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-12","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR18/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR18.htm","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":852376,"bill_number":"HJR102","title":"Designate Kentucky Route 267 in Perry County, from Kentucky Route 15 to the town of Typo, as the \"Sgt. Dennie Neace Memorial Highway,\" and erect appropriate signs.","description":"Designate Kentucky Route 267 in Perry County, from Kentucky Route 15 to the town of Typo, as the \"Sgt. Dennie Neace Memorial Highway,\" and erect appropriate signs.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-28","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR102/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HJR102.htm","sponsor":"Fitz Steele"},
{"bill_id":852377,"bill_number":"SR48","title":"Honor Herbert Davis Sr., who was named Outstanding Forest Steward of the Year.","description":"Honor Herbert Davis Sr., who was named Outstanding Forest Steward of the Year.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-27","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR48/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR48.htm","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":852379,"bill_number":"SR71","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Elhanan Pete Grigsby Jr.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Elhanan Pete Grigsby Jr.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-20","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR71/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR71.htm","sponsor":"Johnny Turner"},
{"bill_id":852381,"bill_number":"SR21","title":"Adjourn the Senate in honor and loving memory of William Buckler \"Bill\" Peterson.","description":"Adjourn the Senate in honor and loving memory of William Buckler \"Bill\" Peterson.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-26","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR21/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR21.htm","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":852385,"bill_number":"SJR76","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate Kentucky Route 3419 in Pike County as the \"Deputy Earl Smith Memorial Highway\" and to erect the appropriate signage.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate Kentucky Route 3419 in Pike County as the \"Deputy Earl Smith Memorial Highway\" and to erect the appropriate signage.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-21","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR76/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SJR76.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":852386,"bill_number":"HR73","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Ramona Bartley Coffey.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Ramona Bartley Coffey.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2016-01-21","last_action":"introduced in House","last_action_date":"2016-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR73/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR73.htm","sponsor":"Michael Meredith"},
{"bill_id":852388,"bill_number":"SR46","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Amanda Lynn Presley.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Amanda Lynn Presley.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-16","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR46/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR46.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":852391,"bill_number":"SR49","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Rivers Henderson Buford Jr.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Rivers Henderson Buford Jr.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR49/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR49.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":852392,"bill_number":"HB448","title":"AN ACT relating to agencies that discontinue participation in Kentucky Retirement Systems.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to provide that an employer ceasing participation in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System or the County Employees Retirement System as provided by KRS 61.522 that elects to provide an alternative retirement plan with mandatory employee contributions may \"pick-up\" the employee contributions in the alternative retirement plan so that the contributions will be made on a tax-deferred basis; amend KRS 141.010 to conform.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-15","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB448/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB448.htm","sponsor":"Brent Yonts"},
{"bill_id":852394,"bill_number":"SJR38","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to erect signs designating United States Route 60 from Fayette County to Franklin County as \"American Pharoah Way.\"","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to erect signs designating United States Route 60 from Fayette County to Franklin County as \"American Pharoah Way.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-07","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR38/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SJR38.htm","sponsor":"Brandon Smith"},
{"bill_id":852395,"bill_number":"HB438","title":"AN ACT relating to area development districts.","description":"Amend KRS 147A.070 to require area development districts to use specific hiring practices when hiring an executive director and to comply with state accountability and transparency standard measures; create a new section of KRS Chapter 147A to require a report to the Legislative Research Commission from the Cabinet for Health and Families Services and the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet on allocations of funds provided to the area development districts; create a new section of KRS Chapter 147A to require the Auditor of Public Accounts or the Auditor's authorized agent to evaluate and conduct an examination if necessary of all area development districts by June 30, 2021.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-23","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB438/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB438.htm","sponsor":"Susan Westrom"},
{"bill_id":852397,"bill_number":"HR42","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Betsy Blythe Nowland-Curry.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Betsy Blythe Nowland-Curry.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-12","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR42/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR42.htm","sponsor":"Ruth Palumbo"},
{"bill_id":852399,"bill_number":"HR92","title":"Honor Hughlett Temple A.M.E. Zion Church on the occasion of its 150th anniversary.","description":"Honor Hughlett Temple A.M.E. Zion Church on the occasion of its 150th anniversary.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-04","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR92/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR92.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Meeks"},
{"bill_id":852401,"bill_number":"HR77","title":"Honor Jonathan Grate for his 21 years of service with the Legislative Research Commission, the General Assembly, and the Judiciary Committee, and wish him well with his next adventure in the Executive Branch, wherein he will serve as the esteemed Deputy Secretary of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet.","description":"Honor Jonathan Grate for his 21 years of service with the Legislative Research Commission, the General Assembly, and the Judiciary Committee, and wish him well with his next adventure in the Executive Branch, wherein he will serve as the esteemed Deputy Secretary of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2016-01-21","last_action":"to House Floor","last_action_date":"2016-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR77/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR77.htm","sponsor":"Darryl Owens"},
{"bill_id":852403,"bill_number":"HR103","title":"Declare February 4, 2016, Public Library Day.","description":"Declare February 4, 2016, Public Library Day.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-04","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR103/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR103.htm","sponsor":"Rocky Adkins"},
{"bill_id":852407,"bill_number":"SR108","title":"Commend Taiwan for its relations with the United States.","description":"Commend Taiwan for its relations with the United States.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-08","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-08","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR108/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR108.htm","sponsor":"Dennis Parrett"},
{"bill_id":852409,"bill_number":"HB449","title":"AN ACT relating to waste-to-energy facilities.","description":"Amend KRS 224.40-310 to require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations on waste-to-energy facilities to take effect by January 1, 2017; prohibit the cabinet from approving a permit for a waste-to-energy facility that is or will be located within a certain distance of a school, hospital, place of worship, or residential property; allow the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations establishing additional minimum setback distances for waste-to-energy facilities from other dangerous or vulnerable locations; exempt waste-to-energy facilities located on landfills, wastewater treatment facilities, and agricultural property from the minimum setback requirements; define \"waste-to-energy facility\" for the purposes of the subsection.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-23","last_action":"received in House","last_action_date":"2016-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB449/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB449.htm","sponsor":"Tom Riner"},
{"bill_id":852411,"bill_number":"HJR100","title":"Require the General Assembly to appropriate lottery funds as prescribed by KRS 154A.130; prohibit the General Assembly from notwithstanding the statute in order to transfer those funds for other purposes.","description":"Require the General Assembly to appropriate lottery funds as prescribed by KRS 154A.130; prohibit the General Assembly from notwithstanding the statute in order to transfer those funds for other purposes.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-27","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-09","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR100/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HJR100.htm","sponsor":"James Kay"},
{"bill_id":852412,"bill_number":"HJR136","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a bridge on Kentucky Route 30 in Owsley County in honor and memory of Ronnie Callahan Jr.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a bridge on Kentucky Route 30 in Owsley County in honor and memory of Ronnie Callahan Jr.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-09","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR136/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HJR136.htm","sponsor":"Cluster Howard"},
{"bill_id":852414,"bill_number":"HR63","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Mildred Louise Scott Pack.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Mildred Louise Scott Pack.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-19","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR63/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR63.htm","sponsor":"Rocky Adkins"},
{"bill_id":852416,"bill_number":"HR30","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Dr. Larry R. Matheny.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Dr. Larry R. Matheny.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-06","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR30/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR30.htm","sponsor":"Jeff Hoover"},
{"bill_id":852417,"bill_number":"SR34","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Betsy Blythe Nowland-Curry.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Betsy Blythe Nowland-Curry.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-07","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR34/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR34.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":852419,"bill_number":"HB439","title":"AN ACT relating to electrical work.","description":"Amend various sections of KRS Chapters 227 and 227A to update terminology used to define the scope of the telecommunications exception and make consistent with other state and federal law and the evolution of low-voltage technology; establish a limited low-voltage exception for wireless home surveillance, security alarm, or energy management systems; clarify the applicability of the National Electrical code to unlicensed electrical work; add two members of the low-voltage profession to the Electrical Advisory Committee; require the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction to establish separate classifications specific to the diverse qualifications and technical needs of the low-voltage industries.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-02-19","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-03-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB439/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB439.htm","sponsor":"Larry Clark"},
{"bill_id":852421,"bill_number":"SJR31","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate Kentucky Route 3345 in Morgan County in honor and memory of PFC David Michael Sowards, and to erect the appropriate signage.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate Kentucky Route 3345 in Morgan County in honor and memory of PFC David Michael Sowards, and to erect the appropriate signage.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-06","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR31/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SJR31.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":852423,"bill_number":"HB442","title":"AN ACT relating to liens on real property.","description":"Amend KRS 382.365 to allow attorneys to file affidavits which provide evidence of release of a lien encumbering real property with county clerks and provide lienholders a remedy if a false affidavit is filed.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-15","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB442/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB442.htm","sponsor":"Kevin Sinnette"},
{"bill_id":852427,"bill_number":"SR54","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of R. James \"Jimmy\" Griffin Sr.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of R. James \"Jimmy\" Griffin Sr.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-14","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR54/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR54.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":852429,"bill_number":"HJR51","title":"Designate a portion of U.S. 60 in Daviess County as the \"Navy Airman James Van Bussum Memorial Highway.\"","description":"Designate a portion of U.S. 60 in Daviess County as the \"Navy Airman James Van Bussum Memorial Highway.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-14","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR51/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HJR51.htm","sponsor":"Thomas Thompson"},
{"bill_id":852430,"bill_number":"SR127","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Lieutenant David Wayne Conley.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Lieutenant David Wayne Conley.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-28","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR127/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR127.htm","sponsor":"Robin Webb"},
{"bill_id":852432,"bill_number":"HR66","title":"Recognize Alpha Kappa Alpha, Inc. on the occasion of its 108th anniversary.","description":"Recognize Alpha Kappa Alpha, Inc. on the occasion of its 108th anniversary.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-08","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR66/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR66.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Meeks"},
{"bill_id":852433,"bill_number":"HR146","title":"Honor and commend the Kentucky National Guard for the dedication and commitment shown through its response to the January 2016 winter storm.","description":"Honor and commend the Kentucky National Guard for the dedication and commitment shown through its response to the January 2016 winter storm.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-23","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR146/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR146.htm","sponsor":"Steven Riggs"},
{"bill_id":852436,"bill_number":"SR27","title":"Recognize all Kentucky school bus drivers for their service to the Commonwealth and its children.","description":"Recognize all Kentucky school bus drivers for their service to the Commonwealth and its children.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-12","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR27/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR27.htm","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":852438,"bill_number":"SR112","title":"Honor and celebrate Mercy Academy as the first all-girls school in the nation and only school in the Commonwealth to establish a nationally certified Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) program.","description":"Honor and celebrate Mercy Academy as the first all-girls school in the nation and only school in the Commonwealth to establish a nationally certified Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) program.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-12","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR112/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR112.htm","sponsor":"Denise Harper Angel"},
{"bill_id":852439,"bill_number":"HR119","title":"Adjourn in awareness of cerebral palsy.","description":"Adjourn in awareness of cerebral palsy.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-03","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR119/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR119.htm","sponsor":"Gregory Stumbo"},
{"bill_id":852441,"bill_number":"SR117","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Boyce Dale Flener II.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Boyce Dale Flener II.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-09","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR117/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR117.htm","sponsor":"C.B. Embry"},
{"bill_id":852442,"bill_number":"HJR156","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate the Vietnam Veteran Ron Johnson Bridge in Harlan County and erect appropriate signs.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate the Vietnam Veteran Ron Johnson Bridge in Harlan County and erect appropriate signs.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-19","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR156/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HJR156.htm","sponsor":"Fitz Steele"},
{"bill_id":852444,"bill_number":"HR88","title":"Adjourn in recognition and celebration of the Grayson County Historical Society on the occasion of its 40th anniversary.","description":"Adjourn in recognition and celebration of the Grayson County Historical Society on the occasion of its 40th anniversary.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-16","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR88/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR88.htm","sponsor":"Tim Moore"},
{"bill_id":852448,"bill_number":"SR88","title":"Request that the Attorney General respond within 30 days to a legislator's request for an opinion.","description":"Request that the Attorney General respond within 30 days to a legislator's request for an opinion.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR88/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR88.htm","sponsor":"Chris Girdler"},
{"bill_id":852451,"bill_number":"HJR59","title":"Urge the Governor of Virginia and the Virginia Attorney General to restore reciprocal recognition of licenses to carry concealed deadly weapons issued by Kentucky.","description":"Urge the Governor of Virginia and the Virginia Attorney General to restore reciprocal recognition of licenses to carry concealed deadly weapons issued by Kentucky.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-15","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR59/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HJR59.htm","sponsor":"Dean Schamore"},
{"bill_id":852452,"bill_number":"HR25","title":"Adopt Rules of Procedure for the 2016 Regular Session of the House of Representatives.","description":"Adopt Rules of Procedure for the 2016 Regular Session of the House of Representatives.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR25/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR25.htm","sponsor":"Jeff Hoover"},
{"bill_id":852454,"bill_number":"HJR54","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to conduct an educational campaign informing the public of correct lane use.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to conduct an educational campaign informing the public of correct lane use.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-14","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR54/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HJR54.htm","sponsor":"Linda Belcher"},
{"bill_id":852455,"bill_number":"HR116","title":"Adjourn in recognition and celebration of the Community Farm Alliance on the occasion of its 30th anniversary.","description":"Adjourn in recognition and celebration of the Community Farm Alliance on the occasion of its 30th anniversary.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-04-01","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR116/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR116.htm","sponsor":"Rita Smart"},
{"bill_id":852457,"bill_number":"SJR114","title":"Direct the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate or amend administrative regulations to require lunch periods of at least 30 minutes so that public school students in kindergarten through grade five have adequate time, between the hours of 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. whenever feasible, to enjoy a complete meal; direct the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate or amend administrative regulations to allow a minimum of 30 minutes for lunch each day to be counted as instructional time for grades kindergarten through five.","description":"Direct the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate or amend administrative regulations to require lunch periods of at least 30 minutes so that public school students in kindergarten through grade five have adequate time, between the hours of 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. whenever feasible, to enjoy a complete meal; direct the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate or amend administrative regulations to allow a minimum of 30 minutes for lunch each day to be counted as instructional time for grades kindergarten through five.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-08","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR114/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SJR114.htm","sponsor":"Alice Kerr"},
{"bill_id":852459,"bill_number":"SR3","title":"Extend an invitation to the pastors of Frankfort churches to open sessions of the 2016 Regular Session with prayer.","description":"Extend an invitation to the pastors of Frankfort churches to open sessions of the 2016 Regular Session with prayer.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR3/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR3.htm","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":852460,"bill_number":"SR43","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Lloyd Martin Mahoney.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Lloyd Martin Mahoney.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-19","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-19","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR43/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR43.htm","sponsor":"Julian Carroll"},
{"bill_id":852463,"bill_number":"HR114","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Georgia Montgomery Davis Powers.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Georgia Montgomery Davis Powers.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-01","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR114/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR114.htm","sponsor":"Kim King"},
{"bill_id":852464,"bill_number":"HR46","title":"Adjourn the House of Representatives in honor and loving memory of Leroy S. Crall.","description":"Adjourn the House of Representatives in honor and loving memory of Leroy S. Crall.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-13","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR46/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR46.htm","sponsor":"Jeff Hoover"},
{"bill_id":852468,"bill_number":"HR72","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Patricia Lynn Prater.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Patricia Lynn Prater.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-20","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR72/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR72.htm","sponsor":"Rocky Adkins"},
{"bill_id":852470,"bill_number":"HR47","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Rodney Dale Clark.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Rodney Dale Clark.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-13","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR47/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR47.htm","sponsor":"Rocky Adkins"},
{"bill_id":852472,"bill_number":"SR103","title":"Celebrate February as Black History Month and honor Dr. Carolyn Dupont.","description":"Celebrate February as Black History Month and honor Dr. Carolyn Dupont.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-08","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR103/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR103.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":852473,"bill_number":"SR129","title":"Commemorate the 10-year anniversary of Genentech's Kentucky Distribution Center and recognize the 40-year legacy of Genentech's leadership.","description":"Commemorate the 10-year anniversary of Genentech's Kentucky Distribution Center and recognize the 40-year legacy of Genentech's leadership.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-23","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR129/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR129.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
{"bill_id":852475,"bill_number":"HR130","title":"Honor Ms. Kyle Hornback upon winning the Miss Kentucky USA crown.","description":"Honor Ms. Kyle Hornback upon winning the Miss Kentucky USA crown.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-18","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR130/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR130.htm","sponsor":"Jerry Miller"},
{"bill_id":852476,"bill_number":"HR112","title":"Recognize February 24, 2016 as Alzheimer's Advocacy Day.","description":"Recognize February 24, 2016 as Alzheimer's Advocacy Day.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2016-02-01","last_action":"to House Floor","last_action_date":"2016-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR112/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR112.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Meeks"},
{"bill_id":852478,"bill_number":"SR15","title":"Honor Colonel Walker Russell \"Russ\" Reynolds upon the occasion of his enshrinment into the Aviation Museum of Kentucky's Hall of Fame on November 7, 2015.","description":"Honor Colonel Walker Russell \"Russ\" Reynolds upon the occasion of his enshrinment into the Aviation Museum of Kentucky's Hall of Fame on November 7, 2015.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-09","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR15/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR15.htm","sponsor":"Alice Kerr"},
{"bill_id":852482,"bill_number":"SR78","title":"Recognize the 50th anniversary of NorthKey Community Care.","description":"Recognize the 50th anniversary of NorthKey Community Care.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-26","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR78/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR78.htm","sponsor":"Christian McDaniel"},
{"bill_id":852483,"bill_number":"SR40","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Truman Messer.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Truman Messer.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-12","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR40/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR40.htm","sponsor":"Johnny Turner"},
{"bill_id":852485,"bill_number":"HR20","title":"Declare January 7, 2016, to be Kentucky Food Bank Day.","description":"Declare January 7, 2016, to be Kentucky Food Bank Day.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-06","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR20/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR20.htm","sponsor":"Thomas McKee"},
{"bill_id":852486,"bill_number":"SB203","title":"AN ACT relating to death in the line of duty benefits and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 16.601 to provide that the beneficiaries of a deceased member awaiting a decision regarding death as a result of an act in the line of duty shall still be eligible to receive death benefits under KRS 16.578 and if a final determination results in a finding of eligibility for in the line of duty benefits, then the benefits shall be recalculated; amend KRS 61.621 to provide that a spouse of a deceased member awaiting a decision regarding whether the death was as the result of a duty-related injury shall still be eligible to receive death benefits under KRS 61.640, and if a final determination results in a finding of eligibility for duty-related benefits, then the benefits shall be recalculated; make provisions retroactive to any matter pending before the Kentucky Retirement Systems or on appeal upon passage; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 114)","last_action_date":"2016-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB203/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB203.htm","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":852489,"bill_number":"SR74","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of William Franklin \"Bill\" Taylor, Sr.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of William Franklin \"Bill\" Taylor, Sr.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR74/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR74.htm","sponsor":"David Givens"},
{"bill_id":852491,"bill_number":"HJR28","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate the new bridge on United States Highway 119 in Letcher County in honor and memory of Gayle Lawson.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate the new bridge on United States Highway 119 in Letcher County in honor and memory of Gayle Lawson.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-06","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR28/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HJR28.htm","sponsor":"Leslie Combs"},
{"bill_id":852493,"bill_number":"HR143","title":"Honor Kentucky farmers and recognize February 29 to March 4, 2016, as Food Checkout Week.","description":"Honor Kentucky farmers and recognize February 29 to March 4, 2016, as Food Checkout Week.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-29","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR143/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR143.htm","sponsor":"Thomas McKee"},
{"bill_id":852494,"bill_number":"HR105","title":"Commemorate 100 years of workers' compensation in Kentucky.","description":"Commemorate 100 years of workers' compensation in Kentucky.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2016-01-28","last_action":"3rd reading, passed 93-0 with floor amendment (1)","last_action_date":"2016-02-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR105/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR105.htm","sponsor":"Rick Nelson"},
{"bill_id":852497,"bill_number":"SJR110","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a portion of KY 1247 in Pulaski County as the \"Cliff Childers Memorial Highway.\"","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a portion of KY 1247 in Pulaski County as the \"Cliff Childers Memorial Highway.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-04","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR110/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SJR110.htm","sponsor":"Chris Girdler"},
{"bill_id":852498,"bill_number":"SR14","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Edward Lee Fossett.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Edward Lee Fossett.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-29","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR14/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR14.htm","sponsor":"Alice Kerr"},
{"bill_id":852500,"bill_number":"HR1","title":"Adopt Rules of Procedure for the 2016 Regular Session of the House of Representatives.","description":"Adopt Rules of Procedure for the 2016 Regular Session of the House of Representatives.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR1/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR1.htm","sponsor":"Rocky Adkins"},
{"bill_id":852502,"bill_number":"HJR94","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to erect signs on United States Highway 25E in Knox County that read, \"Home of Brian Kilgore 'Original Bad Boy' MMA 2011 Hall of Fame.\"","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to erect signs on United States Highway 25E in Knox County that read, \"Home of Brian Kilgore 'Original Bad Boy' MMA 2011 Hall of Fame.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-27","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR94/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HJR94.htm","sponsor":"Jim Stewart"},
{"bill_id":852503,"bill_number":"HJR76","title":"Designate the Honor and Remember Flag as an emblem of the service and sacrifice by the brave men and women of the United States Armed Forces who have given their lives in the line of duty.","description":"Designate the Honor and Remember Flag as an emblem of the service and sacrifice by the brave men and women of the United States Armed Forces who have given their lives in the line of duty.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-02-17","last_action":"2nd reading, to Rules","last_action_date":"2016-03-18","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR76/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HJR76.htm","sponsor":"Thomas Thompson"},
{"bill_id":852505,"bill_number":"HR56","title":"Encourage all state government entities to support Kentucky's agricultural economy by purchasing Kentucky-grown and Kentucky Proud products.","description":"Encourage all state government entities to support Kentucky's agricultural economy by purchasing Kentucky-grown and Kentucky Proud products.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-15","last_action":"3rd reading, adopted 95-0","last_action_date":"2016-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR56/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR56.htm","sponsor":"James Tipton"},
{"bill_id":852510,"bill_number":"HR78","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of William Gene Lanham.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of William Gene Lanham.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-21","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR78/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR78.htm","sponsor":"Terry Mills"},
{"bill_id":852511,"bill_number":"HR108","title":"Commend Taiwan for its relations with the United States and other Asian countries.","description":"Commend Taiwan for its relations with the United States and other Asian countries.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-03","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR108/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR108.htm","sponsor":"Thomas Thompson"},
{"bill_id":852513,"bill_number":"HJR44","title":"Apply to Congress under the provisions of Article V of the Constitution of the United States for the calling of a convention of the states limited to proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States that impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and limit the terms of office for its officials and for members of Congress.","description":"Apply to Congress under the provisions of Article V of the Constitution of the United States for the calling of a convention of the states limited to proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States that impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and limit the terms of office for its officials and for members of Congress.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-12","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR44/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HJR44.htm","sponsor":"Jim DeCesare"},
{"bill_id":852517,"bill_number":"SR80","title":"Recognize February 3, 2016, as Suicide Prevention Day.","description":"Recognize February 3, 2016, as Suicide Prevention Day.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-26","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR80/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR80.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
{"bill_id":852518,"bill_number":"SR115","title":"Honor Madisonville Community College President Dr. Judith L. Rhoads on the occasion of her pending retirement on March 18, 2016.","description":"Honor Madisonville Community College President Dr. Judith L. Rhoads on the occasion of her pending retirement on March 18, 2016.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2016-02-11","last_action":"to Senate Floor","last_action_date":"2016-02-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR115/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR115.htm","sponsor":"Dorsey Ridley"},
{"bill_id":852520,"bill_number":"SR105","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Cecil Ferrell.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Cecil Ferrell.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-09","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR105/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR105.htm","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":852521,"bill_number":"SR99","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Judge Benjamin F. Shobe.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Judge Benjamin F. Shobe.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-02","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR99/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR99.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":852523,"bill_number":"SR65","title":"Commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Kentucky Civil Rights Act of 1966 and its administrative enforcement by the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights.","description":"Commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Kentucky Civil Rights Act of 1966 and its administrative enforcement by the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-27","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR65/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR65.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":852524,"bill_number":"SR37","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Robert Francis Hatfield.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Robert Francis Hatfield.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-08","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-08","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR37/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR37.htm","sponsor":"Robin Webb"},
{"bill_id":852527,"bill_number":"SR134","title":"Honor Ms. Kyle Hornback upon winning the Miss Kentucky USA crown.","description":"Honor Ms. Kyle Hornback upon winning the Miss Kentucky USA crown.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-03","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR134/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR134.htm","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":852529,"bill_number":"HR121","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of David Daniel Brock.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of David Daniel Brock.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-04","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR121/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR121.htm","sponsor":"Jonathan Shell"},
{"bill_id":852532,"bill_number":"SR104","title":"Recognize March 9, 2016, as Brain Injury Awareness Day.","description":"Recognize March 9, 2016, as Brain Injury Awareness Day.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-02","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR104/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR104.htm","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":852533,"bill_number":"HR99","title":"Honor Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. on the occasion of its tenth annual Delta Day at the Capitol.","description":"Honor Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. on the occasion of its tenth annual Delta Day at the Capitol.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-08","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR99/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR99.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Meeks"},
{"bill_id":852535,"bill_number":"HR93","title":"Recognize February as Kentucky Career and Technical Education month.","description":"Recognize February as Kentucky Career and Technical Education month.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-09","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-09","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR93/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR93.htm","sponsor":"Derrick Graham"},
{"bill_id":852537,"bill_number":"HR82","title":"Honor Fred Hester and his recent induction into the Northern Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame.","description":"Honor Fred Hester and his recent induction into the Northern Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-03","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR82/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR82.htm","sponsor":"Mitchel Denham"},
{"bill_id":852538,"bill_number":"SR79","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of William Gene Lanham.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of William Gene Lanham.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-11","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR79/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR79.htm","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":852541,"bill_number":"SR16","title":"Acknowledge Kentucky's 28th Senate District as the birthplace of American Pharoah.","description":"Acknowledge Kentucky's 28th Senate District as the birthplace of American Pharoah.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-07","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR16/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR16.htm","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":852542,"bill_number":"SR69","title":"Recognize the 25th anniversary of the independence of Azerbaijan.","description":"Recognize the 25th anniversary of the independence of Azerbaijan.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-20","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR69/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR69.htm","sponsor":"Mike Wilson"},
{"bill_id":852544,"bill_number":"HB450","title":"AN ACT relating to laws passed by the General Assembly.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 6 to provide that the General Assembly shall not exempt itself or any state agency from general laws applicable to the general public or businesses.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-19","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB450/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB450.htm","sponsor":"Robert Benvenuti"},
{"bill_id":852545,"bill_number":"HJR134","title":"Commend the Southeastern Kentucky Shawnee for their efforts to help their elderly and youth and to recognize their work to preserve their native language and heritage, which does not include gambling and casinos.","description":"Commend the Southeastern Kentucky Shawnee for their efforts to help their elderly and youth and to recognize their work to preserve their native language and heritage, which does not include gambling and casinos.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-10","last_action":"returned to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-28","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR134/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HJR134.htm","sponsor":"Rick Nelson"},
{"bill_id":852548,"bill_number":"HB447","title":"AN ACT relating to the new markets development program tax credit.","description":"Amend KRS 141.432, relating to the state New Markets Development Program Tax Credit, to define terms, to amend the definition of \"qualified community development entity\" to allow an entity to qualify as such and possibly receive credit allocations if it is certified under the federal New Markets Tax Credit program and either has a federal credit allocation for the current year or has its principal place of business in the state, and to allow the credits to also apply against liabilities for the state bank franchise tax; amend KRS 141.433 to conform; amend KRS 141.434 to require the Department of Revenue to submit an annual report to the Legislative Research Commission to provide various information relating to the amounts of credits awarded, the amounts claimed, the entities receiving credit allocations and their proposed use of credit-related investments, and the amount of any recaptured credits; create two new sections of KRS Chapter 136 to provide for the ordering of credits against the bank franchise tax and taxes imposed on insurance companies.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-25","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB447/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB447.htm","sponsor":"Susan Westrom"},
{"bill_id":852552,"bill_number":"HR127","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of former United States Senator Marlow W. Cook.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of former United States Senator Marlow W. Cook.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-05","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR127/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR127.htm","sponsor":"Jeff Hoover"},
{"bill_id":852554,"bill_number":"SR96","title":"Encourage WellCare to improve reimbursement for Vyvanse by listing it on the preferred formulary.","description":"Encourage WellCare to improve reimbursement for Vyvanse by listing it on the preferred formulary.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-01","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR96/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR96.htm","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":852555,"bill_number":"SR59","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Billy Lucian Squires.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Billy Lucian Squires.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-20","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR59/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR59.htm","sponsor":"David Givens"},
{"bill_id":852557,"bill_number":"SR90","title":"Recognize Chris Hall as the youngest meterologist in Kentucky.","description":"Recognize Chris Hall as the youngest meterologist in Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-18","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR90/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR90.htm","sponsor":"Brandon Smith"},
{"bill_id":852559,"bill_number":"HR23","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Ricky Sanders.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Ricky Sanders.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-06","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR23/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR23.htm","sponsor":"Michael Meredith"},
{"bill_id":852560,"bill_number":"SR51","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Bill W. May.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Bill W. May.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-04-01","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR51/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR51.htm","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":852562,"bill_number":"HR86","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Willis S. \"Bill\" Wells.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Willis S. \"Bill\" Wells.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-29","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR86/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR86.htm","sponsor":"Kenny Imes"},
{"bill_id":852563,"bill_number":"HR33","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Walter Eugene Hahn.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Walter Eugene Hahn.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-19","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR33/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR33.htm","sponsor":"James Tipton"},
{"bill_id":852565,"bill_number":"SR20","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Bonnie Chelf Simpson.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Bonnie Chelf Simpson.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Senate Floor","last_action_date":"2016-02-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR20/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR20.htm","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":852566,"bill_number":"HR45","title":"Honor the Blueprint for Kentucky’s Children and adjourn in honor of Children's Advocacy Day, January 14, 2016.","description":"Honor the Blueprint for Kentucky’s Children and adjourn in honor of Children's Advocacy Day, January 14, 2016.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-14","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR45/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR45.htm","sponsor":"Joni Jenkins"},
{"bill_id":852572,"bill_number":"SR83","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Joe Ward.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Joe Ward.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-27","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR83/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR83.htm","sponsor":"Dorsey Ridley"},
{"bill_id":852576,"bill_number":"SR52","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Reverend Charles A. Sweeney Sr.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Reverend Charles A. Sweeney Sr.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-14","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR52/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR52.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":852578,"bill_number":"HR144","title":"Encourage WellCare to improve reimbursement for Vyvanse by listing it on the preferred formulary.","description":"Encourage WellCare to improve reimbursement for Vyvanse by listing it on the preferred formulary.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-12","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR144/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR144.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Watkins"},
{"bill_id":852579,"bill_number":"HJR140","title":"Designate KY 3424 in Leslie County as the \"Henry Roberts Memorial Highway,\" and erect the appropriate signage.","description":"Designate KY 3424 in Leslie County as the \"Henry Roberts Memorial Highway,\" and erect the appropriate signage.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-10","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR140/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HJR140.htm","sponsor":"Tim Couch"},
{"bill_id":852581,"bill_number":"HR62","title":"Urge the United States Postal Service to require identification when someone completes a change of address form.","description":"Urge the United States Postal Service to require identification when someone completes a change of address form.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-19","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR62/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR62.htm","sponsor":"John Carney"},
{"bill_id":852582,"bill_number":"HR104","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Chris Adams.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Chris Adams.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-04","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR104/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR104.htm","sponsor":"Myron Dossett"},
{"bill_id":852584,"bill_number":"SR95","title":"Declare February 4, 2016, Public Library Day.","description":"Declare February 4, 2016, Public Library Day.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-04","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR95/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR95.htm","sponsor":"Mike Wilson"},
{"bill_id":852586,"bill_number":"HB444","title":"AN ACT relating to economic development.","description":"Amend KRS 154.10-050 to make a technical correction.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-02-19","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB444/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB444.htm","sponsor":"Sannie Overly"},
{"bill_id":852587,"bill_number":"SR25","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Molly Denise Harlin.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Molly Denise Harlin.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR25/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR25.htm","sponsor":"David Givens"},
{"bill_id":852589,"bill_number":"HJR79","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate the new bridge on Kentucky Route 30, near the intersection of Kentucky Route 3237 in Breathitt County, as the \"Sergeant Willie Sandlin Memorial Bridge,\" and erect the appropriate signage.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate the new bridge on Kentucky Route 30, near the intersection of Kentucky Route 3237 in Breathitt County, as the \"Sergeant Willie Sandlin Memorial Bridge,\" and erect the appropriate signage.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-21","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR79/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HJR79.htm","sponsor":"Cluster Howard"},
{"bill_id":852590,"bill_number":"HR87","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Charles A. \"Charlie\" Brown.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Charles A. \"Charlie\" Brown.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-26","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR87/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR87.htm","sponsor":"Mitchel Denham"},
{"bill_id":852595,"bill_number":"SR133","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Robert T. \"Bob\" Murrell.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Robert T. \"Bob\" Murrell.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-25","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR133/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR133.htm","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":852596,"bill_number":"SR94","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Larry Shelburn Mudd.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Larry Shelburn Mudd.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-01","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR94/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR94.htm","sponsor":"C.B. Embry"},
{"bill_id":852598,"bill_number":"SJR137","title":"Designate KY 70 in Barren County, from Cave City to Hiseville, as the \"Pfc. Edgar Everett Purple Heart Trail,\" and erect the appropriate signage.","description":"Designate KY 70 in Barren County, from Cave City to Hiseville, as the \"Pfc. Edgar Everett Purple Heart Trail,\" and erect the appropriate signage.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-19","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR137/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SJR137.htm","sponsor":"David Givens"},
{"bill_id":852599,"bill_number":"SR19","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Walter Eugene Hahn.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Walter Eugene Hahn.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-26","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR19/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR19.htm","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":852602,"bill_number":"HR122","title":"Honor the McConnell Center on the occasion of its 25th anniversary in 2016.","description":"Honor the McConnell Center on the occasion of its 25th anniversary in 2016.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-04-01","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR122/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR122.htm","sponsor":"David Osborne"},
{"bill_id":852603,"bill_number":"SR50","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Inez Stepp Montgomery.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Inez Stepp Montgomery.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-04-01","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR50/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR50.htm","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":852605,"bill_number":"HR49","title":"Recognize Kentucky's educational progress and welcome Dr. Stephen L. Pruitt as the Commonwealth's new Commissioner of Education.","description":"Recognize Kentucky's educational progress and welcome Dr. Stephen L. Pruitt as the Commonwealth's new Commissioner of Education.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2016-01-13","last_action":"to House Floor","last_action_date":"2016-01-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR49/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR49.htm","sponsor":"Derrick Graham"},
{"bill_id":852607,"bill_number":"HJR18","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to honor the accomplishments of Chris Stapleton by including him on the Country Music Highway on United States Route 23 in Johnson County, and erect the appropriate signs.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to honor the accomplishments of Chris Stapleton by including him on the Country Music Highway on United States Route 23 in Johnson County, and erect the appropriate signs.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR18/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HJR18.htm","sponsor":"Hubert Collins"},
{"bill_id":852608,"bill_number":"HR141","title":"Honor Tim Farmer.","description":"Honor Tim Farmer.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-25","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR141/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR141.htm","sponsor":"Mitchel Denham"},
{"bill_id":852610,"bill_number":"SR123","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Charles Gaynell Bolling Jr.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Charles Gaynell Bolling Jr.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-11","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR123/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR123.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":852613,"bill_number":"SR136","title":"Honor Kaitlin Jenkins for being named one of the top youth volunteers in Kentucky at the 2016 Prudential Spirit of Community Awards.","description":"Honor Kaitlin Jenkins for being named one of the top youth volunteers in Kentucky at the 2016 Prudential Spirit of Community Awards.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-29","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR136/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR136.htm","sponsor":"Johnny Turner"},
{"bill_id":852616,"bill_number":"HB445","title":"AN ACT relating to the protection of critical infrastructure.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 438 to define \"critical infrastructure,\" \" unmanned aircraft,\" and \"unmanned aircraft system,\" and to clarify what is not included in the term \"unmanned aircraft system\"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 438 to prohibit the use of an unmanned aircraft system to collect evidence or information about critical infrastructure without prior written consent and make the unlawful use of an unmanned aircraft system for this purpose a Class A or Class B misdemeanor; create a new section of KRS Chapter 438 providing for damages to the owner of critical infrastructure.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-02-19","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-02-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB445/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB445.htm","sponsor":"Will Coursey"},
{"bill_id":852617,"bill_number":"SR29","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Sherry Lee Adkins.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Sherry Lee Adkins.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-04-01","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR29/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR29.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":852619,"bill_number":"SR92","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Louis A. Michaels.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Louis A. Michaels.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-02","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR92/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR92.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":852620,"bill_number":"SJR70","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate Kentucky Route 1848 from United States Route 60 to Kentucky Route 362 as the \"George Frank Smith Memorial Highway\" and erect the appropriate signage.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate Kentucky Route 1848 from United States Route 60 to Kentucky Route 362 as the \"George Frank Smith Memorial Highway\" and erect the appropriate signage.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-20","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR70/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SJR70.htm","sponsor":"Paul Hornback"},
{"bill_id":852622,"bill_number":"HR55","title":"Celebrate February as Black History Month and honor Dr. Carolyn Dupont.","description":"Celebrate February as Black History Month and honor Dr. Carolyn Dupont.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-20","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR55/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR55.htm","sponsor":"Darryl Owens"},
{"bill_id":852623,"bill_number":"HJR123","title":"Declare July 1, 2016, as State Employee Appreciation Day; require all three branches of government to recognize State Employee Appreciation Day.","description":"Declare July 1, 2016, as State Employee Appreciation Day; require all three branches of government to recognize State Employee Appreciation Day.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-10","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR123/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HJR123.htm","sponsor":"James Kay"},
{"bill_id":852627,"bill_number":"HR61","title":"Honor the Kentucky Bluegrass Music Kickoff.","description":"Honor the Kentucky Bluegrass Music Kickoff.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-19","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR61/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR61.htm","sponsor":"Terry Mills"},
{"bill_id":852629,"bill_number":"SR53","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Conrad Lewis \"Louie\" Stotz.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Conrad Lewis \"Louie\" Stotz.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR53/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR53.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":852630,"bill_number":"HR68","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Elhanan Pete Grigsby Jr.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Elhanan Pete Grigsby Jr.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-20","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR68/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR68.htm","sponsor":"Gregory Stumbo"},
{"bill_id":852633,"bill_number":"SR24","title":"Declare January 7, 2016, to be Kentucky Food Bank Day.","description":"Declare January 7, 2016, to be Kentucky Food Bank Day.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-07","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR24/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR24.htm","sponsor":"Paul Hornback"},
{"bill_id":852637,"bill_number":"SR66","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Lieutenant Commander Andrew Finch \"Drew\" Hilliard.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Lieutenant Commander Andrew Finch \"Drew\" Hilliard.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR66/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR66.htm","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":852638,"bill_number":"SR23","title":"Honor Emma Talley, 2015 NCAA Women's Individual Golf Champion.","description":"Honor Emma Talley, 2015 NCAA Women's Individual Golf Champion.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-08","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-08","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR23/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR23.htm","sponsor":"Dorsey Ridley"},
{"bill_id":852640,"bill_number":"SJR11","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate Kentucky Route 505 in Ohio County in honor and memory of Jewell Creston Embry.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate Kentucky Route 505 in Ohio County in honor and memory of Jewell Creston Embry.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR11/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SJR11.htm","sponsor":"C.B. Embry"},
{"bill_id":852642,"bill_number":"HR74","title":"Recognize the 25th anniversary of the Family Resource and Services Coalition of Kentucky/Family and Youth Services Centers.","description":"Recognize the 25th anniversary of the Family Resource and Services Coalition of Kentucky/Family and Youth Services Centers.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-16","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR74/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR74.htm","sponsor":"Kim King"},
{"bill_id":852643,"bill_number":"HR147","title":"Reauthorize the House Tobacco Task Force through December 31, 2016, to address the problems facing the tobacco industry in Kentucky.","description":"Reauthorize the House Tobacco Task Force through December 31, 2016, to address the problems facing the tobacco industry in Kentucky.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-12","last_action":"3rd reading, passed 86-0","last_action_date":"2016-02-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR147/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR147.htm","sponsor":"Wilson Stone"},
{"bill_id":852646,"bill_number":"HJR115","title":"Direct the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate or amend administrative regulations to require lunch periods of at least 30 minutes so that public school students in kindergarten through grade five have adequate time, between the hours of 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. whenever feasible, to enjoy a complete meal; direct the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate or amend administrative regulations to allow a minimum of 30 minutes for lunch each day to be counted as instructional time for grades kindergarten through five.","description":"Direct the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate or amend administrative regulations to require lunch periods of at least 30 minutes so that public school students in kindergarten through grade five have adequate time, between the hours of 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. whenever feasible, to enjoy a complete meal; direct the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate or amend administrative regulations to allow a minimum of 30 minutes for lunch each day to be counted as instructional time for grades kindergarten through five.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-01","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR115/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HJR115.htm","sponsor":"Susan Westrom"},
{"bill_id":852647,"bill_number":"HR39","title":"Recognize Boone Trace as a road of historical significance; encourage the Transportation Cabinet to seek funding to mark Boone Trace; encourage the Tourism Cabinet to continue its work in developing Boone Trace as a major route in the Cross Kentucky Master Trail Plan.","description":"Recognize Boone Trace as a road of historical significance; encourage the Transportation Cabinet to seek funding to mark Boone Trace; encourage the Tourism Cabinet to continue its work in developing Boone Trace as a major route in the Cross Kentucky Master Trail Plan.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-08","last_action":"3rd reading, adopted 95-0","last_action_date":"2016-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR39/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR39.htm","sponsor":"Donna Mayfield"},
{"bill_id":852649,"bill_number":"HR21","title":"Adjourn the House of Representatives in honor and loving memory of Raymond E. Lape.","description":"Adjourn the House of Representatives in honor and loving memory of Raymond E. Lape.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to House Floor","last_action_date":"2016-01-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR21/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR21.htm","sponsor":"Diane St Onge"},
{"bill_id":852651,"bill_number":"HJR110","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate the new bridge on Kentucky Route 52, in the community of St. Helens, in honor and memory of Roy Angel and to erect the appropriate signage.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate the new bridge on Kentucky Route 52, in the community of St. Helens, in honor and memory of Roy Angel and to erect the appropriate signage.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-29","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR110/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HJR110.htm","sponsor":"Cluster Howard"},
{"bill_id":852652,"bill_number":"HJR24","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to erect signs designating Kentucky Route 222 from Kentucky Route 1136 to Robey Road in Hardin County the \"Firefighter Jonathan French Memorial Highway.\"","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to erect signs designating Kentucky Route 222 from Kentucky Route 1136 to Robey Road in Hardin County the \"Firefighter Jonathan French Memorial Highway.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-06","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR24/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HJR24.htm","sponsor":"Jim Duplessis"},
{"bill_id":852655,"bill_number":"HR53","title":"Demand that the United States government demand the release of Pastor Saeed Abedini, a United States citizen from Boise, Idaho who is being held prisoner in Iran.","description":"Demand that the United States government demand the release of Pastor Saeed Abedini, a United States citizen from Boise, Idaho who is being held prisoner in Iran.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2016-01-14","last_action":"to House Floor","last_action_date":"2016-01-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR53/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR53.htm","sponsor":"Tim Moore"},
{"bill_id":852657,"bill_number":"HJR95","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to erect signs on United States Highway 25E in Knox County that read, \"Home of 2015 National Junior Olympic Gold Medalists in Gymnastics Hannah and Reese Farris.\"","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to erect signs on United States Highway 25E in Knox County that read, \"Home of 2015 National Junior Olympic Gold Medalists in Gymnastics Hannah and Reese Farris.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-27","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR95/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HJR95.htm","sponsor":"Jim Stewart"},
{"bill_id":852658,"bill_number":"SR60","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Colonel Thomas Curtis \"T.C.\" Sizemore.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Colonel Thomas Curtis \"T.C.\" Sizemore.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-04-01","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR60/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR60.htm","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":852661,"bill_number":"HR148","title":"Honor Mrs. Nancy Johnson Head on the occasion of her 100th birthday.","description":"Honor Mrs. Nancy Johnson Head on the occasion of her 100th birthday.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR148/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR148.htm","sponsor":"Jim DeCesare"},
{"bill_id":852663,"bill_number":"SR120","title":"Honor Kentucky farmers and recognize February 29 to March 4, 2016, as Food Checkout Week.","description":"Honor Kentucky farmers and recognize February 29 to March 4, 2016, as Food Checkout Week.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-29","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR120/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR120.htm","sponsor":"Paul Hornback"},
{"bill_id":852664,"bill_number":"SR68","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Trooper Joseph Cameron Ponder.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Trooper Joseph Cameron Ponder.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-25","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR68/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR68.htm","sponsor":"Dennis Parrett"},
{"bill_id":852666,"bill_number":"HR57","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Dr. Don L. Notter D.V.M.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Dr. Don L. Notter D.V.M.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR57/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR57.htm","sponsor":"Kim King"},
{"bill_id":852667,"bill_number":"HR43","title":"Amend House Rule 38 to add the Technology and Innovation Committee to the list of standing committees of the House; amend House Rule 40 to define the jurisdiction of the House Technology and Innovation Committee.","description":"Amend House Rule 38 to add the Technology and Innovation Committee to the list of standing committees of the House; amend House Rule 40 to define the jurisdiction of the House Technology and Innovation Committee.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-12","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR43/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR43.htm","sponsor":"Martha King"},
{"bill_id":852669,"bill_number":"SJR32","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a portion of KY Route 191 in Morgan County in honor and memory of Lance Corporal Joe Roger Melczek, and erect the appropriate signage.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a portion of KY Route 191 in Morgan County in honor and memory of Lance Corporal Joe Roger Melczek, and erect the appropriate signage.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-06","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR32/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SJR32.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":852671,"bill_number":"HR118","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Lonus Bruton.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Lonus Bruton.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-04","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR118/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR118.htm","sponsor":"Bart Rowland"},
{"bill_id":852672,"bill_number":"SR44","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Louise Jones Lear.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Louise Jones Lear.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-12","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR44/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR44.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":852676,"bill_number":"SR106","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Emogene Ragan Arnold.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Emogene Ragan Arnold.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-09","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR106/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR106.htm","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":852679,"bill_number":"SR58","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Samuel Iven \"Sammy\" Moore.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Samuel Iven \"Sammy\" Moore.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR58/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR58.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":852680,"bill_number":"SR132","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Fred C. Lynn.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Fred C. Lynn.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-24","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR132/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR132.htm","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":852682,"bill_number":"SR81","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Franklin S. Foreman Jr.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Franklin S. Foreman Jr.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-26","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR81/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR81.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":852684,"bill_number":"HR3","title":"Appoint a committee to wait upon the Governor.","description":"Appoint a committee to wait upon the Governor.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR3/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR3.htm","sponsor":"Rocky Adkins"},
{"bill_id":852685,"bill_number":"HR150","title":"Honor Hannah Gadd for her documentary, Heroin: Drug of Sorrow.","description":"Honor Hannah Gadd for her documentary, Heroin: Drug of Sorrow.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-25","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR150/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR150.htm","sponsor":"Joni Jenkins"},
{"bill_id":852687,"bill_number":"SJR119","title":"Direct the Department of Corrections to allow the sale and usage of electronic cigarettes in all adult correctional institutions within the Commonwealth, including correctional facilities operating under KRS 197.505 to 197.525; require the department to promulgate administrative regulations related to the sale and safe use of electronic cigarettes in correctional facilities housing state prisoners.","description":"Direct the Department of Corrections to allow the sale and usage of electronic cigarettes in all adult correctional institutions within the Commonwealth, including correctional facilities operating under KRS 197.505 to 197.525; require the department to promulgate administrative regulations related to the sale and safe use of electronic cigarettes in correctional facilities housing state prisoners.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-09","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR119/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SJR119.htm","sponsor":"Julian Carroll"},
{"bill_id":852688,"bill_number":"SJR91","title":"Designate Kentucky Route 1642 in Pulaski County as the \"Bruce Weddle Memorial Highway,\" and erect the appropriate signage.","description":"Designate Kentucky Route 1642 in Pulaski County as the \"Bruce Weddle Memorial Highway,\" and erect the appropriate signage.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-28","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR91/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SJR91.htm","sponsor":"Chris Girdler"},
{"bill_id":852690,"bill_number":"HR37","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Spencer Gauge Smith.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Spencer Gauge Smith.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-08","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR37/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR37.htm","sponsor":"Rocky Adkins"},
{"bill_id":852691,"bill_number":"SJR33","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a portion of Kentucky Route 191 in Morgan County in honor of PFC Ralph Paul Terry.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a portion of Kentucky Route 191 in Morgan County in honor of PFC Ralph Paul Terry.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-06","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR33/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SJR33.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":852696,"bill_number":"SR4","title":"Appoint a committee to wait upon the Governor.","description":"Appoint a committee to wait upon the Governor.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-26","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR4/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR4.htm","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":852697,"bill_number":"HR60","title":"Honor the Big Sandy Singers and Band and their performance in the House of Representatives chamber on February 9, 2016.","description":"Honor the Big Sandy Singers and Band and their performance in the House of Representatives chamber on February 9, 2016.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-09","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-09","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR60/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR60.htm","sponsor":"Chris Harris"},
{"bill_id":852699,"bill_number":"HR131","title":"Honor Olivia Allen.","description":"Honor Olivia Allen.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-12","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR131/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR131.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Meeks"},
{"bill_id":852700,"bill_number":"SR107","title":"Recognize the publication of The Kentucky African American Encyclopedia and its editors, Gerald L. Smith, Karen Cotton McDaniel, and John A. Hardin.","description":"Recognize the publication of The Kentucky African American Encyclopedia and its editors, Gerald L. Smith, Karen Cotton McDaniel, and John A. Hardin.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR107/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR107.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":852702,"bill_number":"SR85","title":"Honor Wolfe County Health and Rehabilitation as the recipient of the 2015 Facility of the Year award given by the Kentucky Association of Health Care Facilities.","description":"Honor Wolfe County Health and Rehabilitation as the recipient of the 2015 Facility of the Year award given by the Kentucky Association of Health Care Facilities.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-03","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR85/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR85.htm","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":852706,"bill_number":"HB441","title":"AN ACT relating to transient room taxes imposed by urban-county governments.","description":"Amend KRS 153.450 to allow an urban-county government to levy a transient room tax of up to an extra two-and-a-half percent for a total of up to four-and-a-half percent and to specify the purposes for which the revenue may be expended.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-04","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB441/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB441.htm","sponsor":"Ruth Palumbo"},
{"bill_id":852707,"bill_number":"HR15","title":"Celebrate the 51st anniversary of the civil rights movement and commemorative March on Frankfort.","description":"Celebrate the 51st anniversary of the civil rights movement and commemorative March on Frankfort.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to House Floor","last_action_date":"2016-01-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR15/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR15.htm","sponsor":"Darryl Owens"},
{"bill_id":852709,"bill_number":"SR28","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Chelsea Clarris Hatfield.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Chelsea Clarris Hatfield.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-08","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-08","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR28/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR28.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":852710,"bill_number":"HB440","title":"AN ACT relating to pipelines.","description":"Prohibit changing the substance carried or the direction of flow of a pipeline.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-19","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Environment (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB440/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB440.htm","sponsor":"Rita Smart"},
{"bill_id":852712,"bill_number":"HR98","title":"Recognize March 9, 2016, as Brain Injury Awareness Day.","description":"Recognize March 9, 2016, as Brain Injury Awareness Day.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-09","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-09","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR98/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR98.htm","sponsor":"Joni Jenkins"},
{"bill_id":852713,"bill_number":"HR138","title":"Honor the Kentucky High School Athletic Association for over a century of serving students in the Commonwealth.","description":"Honor the Kentucky High School Athletic Association for over a century of serving students in the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-28","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR138/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR138.htm","sponsor":"Rocky Adkins"},
{"bill_id":852718,"bill_number":"HR90","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of John L. \"Jack\" Bennett.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of John L. \"Jack\" Bennett.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-29","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR90/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR90.htm","sponsor":"James Tipton"},
{"bill_id":852719,"bill_number":"HR89","title":"Recognize February 2, 2016, as Disabilities Awareness Day.","description":"Recognize February 2, 2016, as Disabilities Awareness Day.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2016-01-27","last_action":"to House Floor","last_action_date":"2016-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR89/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR89.htm","sponsor":"Gregory Stumbo"},
{"bill_id":852722,"bill_number":"HR58","title":"Pause in silent reverence of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and recognize the observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in the Commonwealth of Kentucky on Monday, January 18, 2016.","description":"Pause in silent reverence of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and recognize the observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in the Commonwealth of Kentucky on Monday, January 18, 2016.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR58/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR58.htm","sponsor":"George Brown"},
{"bill_id":852723,"bill_number":"SR122","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Andrew Bartholomew McManus.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Andrew Bartholomew McManus.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-12","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR122/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR122.htm","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":852725,"bill_number":"HR38","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Robert Francis Hatfield.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Robert Francis Hatfield.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-13","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR38/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR38.htm","sponsor":"Kevin Sinnette"},
{"bill_id":852727,"bill_number":"SR2","title":"Adopt Rules of Procedure to govern the 2016 Regular Session of the Senate.","description":"Adopt Rules of Procedure to govern the 2016 Regular Session of the Senate.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR2/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR2.htm","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":852728,"bill_number":"HJR26","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate KY 623 in Pike County as the \"Sturgeon/Rice/Hayes Vietnam Memorial Highway\" and to erect signage denoting this designation;","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate KY 623 in Pike County as the \"Sturgeon/Rice/Hayes Vietnam Memorial Highway\" and to erect signage denoting this designation;","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-06","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR26/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HJR26.htm","sponsor":"Chris Harris"},
{"bill_id":852730,"bill_number":"SJR77","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate Kentucky Route 2059 in Pike County as the \"Deputy Jessie Ferrell Memorial Highway\" and erect the appropriate signage.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate Kentucky Route 2059 in Pike County as the \"Deputy Jessie Ferrell Memorial Highway\" and erect the appropriate signage.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-21","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR77/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SJR77.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":852733,"bill_number":"SB202","title":"AN ACT relating to venue in civil actions that include the Commonwealth or its agencies.","description":"Amend various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes relating to the Franklin Circuit Court to modify standards for venue and jurisdiction in actions and give concurrent jurisdiction to other Circuit Courts in the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-17","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB202/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB202.htm","sponsor":"Wil Schroder"},
{"bill_id":852735,"bill_number":"SR98","title":"Honor Eagle Scout Carsen Easley for earning his final merit badge.","description":"Honor Eagle Scout Carsen Easley for earning his final merit badge.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-02","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR98/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR98.htm","sponsor":"Dorsey Ridley"},
{"bill_id":852738,"bill_number":"SR111","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Loarna Rae Key.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Loarna Rae Key.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-04","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR111/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR111.htm","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":852740,"bill_number":"SJR41","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate KY 623 in Pike County as the \"Sturgeon/Rice/Hayes Vietnam Memorial Highway\" and to erect signage denoting this designation;","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate KY 623 in Pike County as the \"Sturgeon/Rice/Hayes Vietnam Memorial Highway\" and to erect signage denoting this designation;","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-08","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR41/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SJR41.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":852741,"bill_number":"HR107","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of James Suter \"Jim\" Davis.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of James Suter \"Jim\" Davis.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-29","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR107/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR107.htm","sponsor":"Wilson Stone"},
{"bill_id":852744,"bill_number":"SR93","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Carolyn Sue \"Mama Carolyn\" Flener.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Carolyn Sue \"Mama Carolyn\" Flener.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-01","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR93/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR93.htm","sponsor":"C.B. Embry"},
{"bill_id":852745,"bill_number":"HR85","title":"Honor Kash Daniel.","description":"Honor Kash Daniel.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-27","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR85/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR85.htm","sponsor":"Hubert Collins"},
{"bill_id":852747,"bill_number":"HR80","title":"Honor Angela Young, who is the 2015 Edward M. Kennedy Advocacy Leadership Award Winner from the Arthritis Foundation.","description":"Honor Angela Young, who is the 2015 Edward M. Kennedy Advocacy Leadership Award Winner from the Arthritis Foundation.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-23","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR80/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR80.htm","sponsor":"James Kay"},
{"bill_id":852748,"bill_number":"HJR16","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a bridge on Kentucky Route 699 in Perry County in honor and memory of Denver and Irene Miniard, and to erect the appropriate signage.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a bridge on Kentucky Route 699 in Perry County in honor and memory of Denver and Irene Miniard, and to erect the appropriate signage.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-05","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR16/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HJR16.htm","sponsor":"Fitz Steele"},
{"bill_id":852752,"bill_number":"SR73","title":"Honor Jonathan Grate for his 21 years of serivce with the Legislative Research Commission, the General Assembly, and the Judiciary Committee, and wish him well with his next adventure in the Executive Branch wherein he will serve as the esteemed Deputy Secretary of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet.","description":"Honor Jonathan Grate for his 21 years of serivce with the Legislative Research Commission, the General Assembly, and the Judiciary Committee, and wish him well with his next adventure in the Executive Branch wherein he will serve as the esteemed Deputy Secretary of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2016-01-21","last_action":"introduced in Senate","last_action_date":"2016-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR73/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR73.htm","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":852754,"bill_number":"SR63","title":"Recognize All Mason's Day on February 2, 2016.","description":"Recognize All Mason's Day on February 2, 2016.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-02","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR63/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR63.htm","sponsor":"Paul Hornback"},
{"bill_id":852757,"bill_number":"SJR87","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate the bridge on Kentucky Route 90 over Lake Cumberland, in Pulaski County as \"The Houseboat Capital of the World Bridge,\" and erect the appropriate signage.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate the bridge on Kentucky Route 90 over Lake Cumberland, in Pulaski County as \"The Houseboat Capital of the World Bridge,\" and erect the appropriate signage.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-27","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2016-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR87/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SJR87.htm","sponsor":"Chris Girdler"},
{"bill_id":852760,"bill_number":"SR125","title":"Honor the Union County High School Braves wrestling team upon claiming their fifth straight KYWCA State Dual Championship.","description":"Honor the Union County High School Braves wrestling team upon claiming their fifth straight KYWCA State Dual Championship.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-16","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR125/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR125.htm","sponsor":"Dorsey Ridley"},
{"bill_id":852762,"bill_number":"HR154","title":"Adjourn in honor and remembrance of Private Franklin Runyon Sousley, on the anniversary of his participation in hoisting the United States flag at Iwo Jima during World War II.","description":"Adjourn in honor and remembrance of Private Franklin Runyon Sousley, on the anniversary of his participation in hoisting the United States flag at Iwo Jima during World War II.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-18","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR154/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR154.htm","sponsor":"Mitchel Denham"},
{"bill_id":852763,"bill_number":"SR64","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Bobby S. Moore.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Bobby S. Moore.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-20","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR64/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR64.htm","sponsor":"Paul Hornback"},
{"bill_id":852765,"bill_number":"HR153","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Robert T. \"Bob\" Murrell.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Robert T. \"Bob\" Murrell.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-17","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR153/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR153.htm","sponsor":"Mary Marzian"},
{"bill_id":852766,"bill_number":"HB437","title":"AN ACT relating to licensure.","description":"Amend KRS 315.010 to extend the definition of \"manufacturer\" to those beyond the Commonwealth and define \"outsourcing facility\"; create new sections of KRS Chapter 315 to require a permit to operate an outsourcing facility, specify prerequisites for obtaining or renewing a permit, grant the board the authority to establish a fee less than $250, require outsourcing facilities to obtain a facility permit, grant the board the authority to establish a fee less than $250, establish prerequisites for licensure, and establish requirements for out-of-state outsourcing facilities; amend KRS 315.400 to amend the definition of \"third-party logistics provider\" and \"wholesale distributor\"; create new sections of KRS 315.400 to 315.412 to require licensure of third-party logistics providers facilities and third-party logistics providers, establish criteria for third-party logistics provider licensure, require third-party logistics providers to allow officials to enter and inspect premises; create a new section of KRS Chapter 315 to require licensure of medical gas wholesalers, require medical gas wholesalers to maintain adequate records, establish license fee not to exceed $250, authorize board to promulgate administrative regulations to specify criteria for licensure; amend KRS 315.205 to conform.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-02-19","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB437/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB437.htm","sponsor":"Russ Meyer"},
{"bill_id":852768,"bill_number":"SR17","title":"Honor Major General Edward Tonini upon his retirement for his dedication and commitment throughout his career in the United States Air National Guard and his active leadership and involvement within his community while serving as the Adjutant General of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and thank him for his longtime service to his country, Commonwealth, and community.","description":"Honor Major General Edward Tonini upon his retirement for his dedication and commitment throughout his career in the United States Air National Guard and his active leadership and involvement within his community while serving as the Adjutant General of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and thank him for his longtime service to his country, Commonwealth, and community.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR17/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR17.htm","sponsor":"Albert Robinson"},
{"bill_id":852769,"bill_number":"HR36","title":"Commemorate National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day.","description":"Commemorate National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-08","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR36/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR36.htm","sponsor":"Sannie Overly"},
{"bill_id":852771,"bill_number":"HR126","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Dr. Samuel Onyejindu Oleka.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Dr. Samuel Onyejindu Oleka.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-16","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR126/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR126.htm","sponsor":"Derrick Graham"},
{"bill_id":852773,"bill_number":"HB443","title":"AN ACT relating to financing actuarially accrued pension liabilities.","description":"Amend KRS 21.525 to provide that beginning with the 2017 actuarial valuation, unfunded liabilities of the Judicial Form Retirement Plan and the Legislators' Retirement Plan shall be amortized over a closed 25- year period, except that: any future legislative changes shall be separately amortized over a closed 20- year period; any future changes in actuarial methods or assumptions shall be amortized over a closed 15-year period; and any future actuarial gains or losses shall be amortized over a 10- year closed period; provide that beginning with the 2017 actuarial valuation, the actuarially accrued liability contribution shall be calculated using the level dollar amortization method.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-19","last_action":"posting withdrawn","last_action_date":"2016-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB443/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB443.htm","sponsor":"Hubert Collins"},
{"bill_id":852774,"bill_number":"SR138","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of William Amos \"Bill\" Usher Sr.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of William Amos \"Bill\" Usher Sr.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-22","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR138/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR138.htm","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":852777,"bill_number":"HJR111","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate the first bridge in Leslie County, on Kentucky Route 1780, off of United States 421, as the \"Graydon and Nell Hoskins Memorial Bridge,\" and erect the appropriate signage.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate the first bridge in Leslie County, on Kentucky Route 1780, off of United States 421, as the \"Graydon and Nell Hoskins Memorial Bridge,\" and erect the appropriate signage.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-01","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR111/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HJR111.htm","sponsor":"Tim Couch"},
{"bill_id":852780,"bill_number":"HJR152","title":"Direct the Division of Water to meet with the United States Army Corps of Engineers and the Natural Resources Conservation Service to determine procedures for developing water resources for agriculture; provide that the Division of Water shall report findings and recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2016.","description":"Direct the Division of Water to meet with the United States Army Corps of Engineers and the Natural Resources Conservation Service to determine procedures for developing water resources for agriculture; provide that the Division of Water shall report findings and recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2016.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-04","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 29)","last_action_date":"2016-04-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR152/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HJR152.htm","sponsor":"Mitchel Denham"},
{"bill_id":852782,"bill_number":"HR151","title":"Commemorate the 10-year anniversary of Genentech's Kentucky Distribution Center and recognize the 40-year legacy of Genentech's leadership.","description":"Commemorate the 10-year anniversary of Genentech's Kentucky Distribution Center and recognize the 40-year legacy of Genentech's leadership.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-23","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR151/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR151.htm","sponsor":"Joni Jenkins"},
{"bill_id":852783,"bill_number":"HR32","title":"Adopt Rules of Procedure for the 2016 Regular Session of the House of Representatives.","description":"Adopt Rules of Procedure for the 2016 Regular Session of the House of Representatives.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-06","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR32/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR32.htm","sponsor":"Jeff Hoover"},
{"bill_id":852786,"bill_number":"HR145","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of the Doppelheuer family and neighbor Randolph Brickles.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of the Doppelheuer family and neighbor Randolph Brickles.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-12","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR145/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR145.htm","sponsor":"Mitchel Denham"},
{"bill_id":852787,"bill_number":"HJR52","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a portion of Kentucky Route 2155 in Daviess County as the \"SP4 Charles Rates Lewis Jr. Memorial Highway\" and to erect the appropriate signage.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a portion of Kentucky Route 2155 in Daviess County as the \"SP4 Charles Rates Lewis Jr. Memorial Highway\" and to erect the appropriate signage.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-14","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR52/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HJR52.htm","sponsor":"Thomas Thompson"},
{"bill_id":852789,"bill_number":"HB452","title":"AN ACT relating to organ donation.","description":"Amend KRS 311.1953 to require the medical examiner or coroner to release identifying information and relevant postmortem examination results to a procurement organization if a decedent's body or part is medically suitable for transplantation or therapy; provide that Act shall be known as Courtney's Law.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-19","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB452/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB452.htm","sponsor":"Lynn Bechler"},
{"bill_id":852791,"bill_number":"HJR91","title":"Provide that the General Assembly shall adopt the last four years of the six year road plan as a joint resolution.","description":"Provide that the General Assembly shall adopt the last four years of the six year road plan as a joint resolution.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-03-23","last_action":"Conference Committee appointed in House","last_action_date":"2016-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR91/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HJR91.htm","sponsor":"Rick Rand"},
{"bill_id":852793,"bill_number":"SR121","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Maggie Whitaker.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Maggie Whitaker.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-29","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR121/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR121.htm","sponsor":"Brandon Smith"},
{"bill_id":852796,"bill_number":"SR124","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Lora Payne Gourley.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Lora Payne Gourley.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-25","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR124/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR124.htm","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":852798,"bill_number":"SR100","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Georgia Montgomery Davis Powers and place a bronze plaque on her desk in the Senate.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Georgia Montgomery Davis Powers and place a bronze plaque on her desk in the Senate.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-04","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR100/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR100.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":852801,"bill_number":"HR41","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Titus Elijah Morris.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Titus Elijah Morris.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-11","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR41/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR41.htm","sponsor":"Wilson Stone"},
{"bill_id":852803,"bill_number":"HJR34","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to erect signs designating the portion of United States Route 127 in Anderson County from milepoint 2.535 to milepoint 5.295 the \"Logann Driskell Memorial Highway.\"","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to erect signs designating the portion of United States Route 127 in Anderson County from milepoint 2.535 to milepoint 5.295 the \"Logann Driskell Memorial Highway.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-01-07","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-01-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR34/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HJR34.htm","sponsor":"James Tipton"},
{"bill_id":852804,"bill_number":"HR155","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Dr. Jess Lewis Gardner Jr.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Dr. Jess Lewis Gardner Jr.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-18","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR155/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR155.htm","sponsor":"Ruth Palumbo"},
{"bill_id":852806,"bill_number":"HR120","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of George Kelly Ashley.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of George Kelly Ashley.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-03","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR120/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR120.htm","sponsor":"Mitchel Denham"},
{"bill_id":852808,"bill_number":"HR128","title":"Celebrate February as Black History Month and honor Dr. Carolyn Dupont.","description":"Celebrate February as Black History Month and honor Dr. Carolyn Dupont.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-08","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR128/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR128.htm","sponsor":"Darryl Owens"},
{"bill_id":852810,"bill_number":"SR102","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Sanford Julian \"PopPop\" Lee.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Sanford Julian \"PopPop\" Lee.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-11","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR102/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR102.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":852812,"bill_number":"SR126","title":"Honor Tim Farmer.","description":"Honor Tim Farmer.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-25","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR126/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR126.htm","sponsor":"Jared Carpenter"},
{"bill_id":852813,"bill_number":"HB446","title":"AN ACT relating to utility franchises.","description":"Amend KRS 96.010 to allow cities to deny utility franchisees the ability to recover from ratepayers the franchise fee by adding a fee or surcharge to the bill.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-02-19","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-03-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB446/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB446.htm","sponsor":"Kevin Sinnette"},
{"bill_id":852815,"bill_number":"HR135","title":"Recognize Margaret L. Patton on her retirement as Executive Director of the Barren River Animal Welfare Association.","description":"Recognize Margaret L. Patton on her retirement as Executive Director of the Barren River Animal Welfare Association.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-12","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR135/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR135.htm","sponsor":"Johnny Bell"},
{"bill_id":852817,"bill_number":"SR57","title":"Adjourn in loving memory and honor of Reecie Stagnolia, Jr.","description":"Adjourn in loving memory and honor of Reecie Stagnolia, Jr.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR57/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR57.htm","sponsor":"Johnny Turner"},
{"bill_id":852820,"bill_number":"HR48","title":"Adjourn the House of Representatives in honor and loving memory of Louis Hall Sr.","description":"Adjourn the House of Representatives in honor and loving memory of Louis Hall Sr.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-14","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR48/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR48.htm","sponsor":"Derrick Graham"},
{"bill_id":852821,"bill_number":"SJR118","title":"Direct the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet, the Transportation Cabinet, the Kentucky Department of Parks, the Department for Natural Resources, the Breaks Interstate Park Commission, and the Pine Mountain Trail Commission to form a task force to study ATV usage as a catalyst for economic development and to develop a comprehensive plan creating a trail system for off-road recreational ATVs.","description":"Direct the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet, the Transportation Cabinet, the Kentucky Department of Parks, the Department for Natural Resources, the Breaks Interstate Park Commission, and the Pine Mountain Trail Commission to form a task force to study ATV usage as a catalyst for economic development and to develop a comprehensive plan creating a trail system for off-road recreational ATVs.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-09","last_action":"to Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR118/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SJR118.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":852823,"bill_number":"HJR142","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet and the Economic Development Cabinet to conduct feasibility studies on the economic impact and costs of widening the Hal Rogers Parkway into four lanes from Interstate 75 to Perry County; require results to be reported to the Interim Joint Committees on Transportation and Economic Development and Tourism by October 31, 2016.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet and the Economic Development Cabinet to conduct feasibility studies on the economic impact and costs of widening the Hal Rogers Parkway into four lanes from Interstate 75 to Perry County; require results to be reported to the Interim Joint Committees on Transportation and Economic Development and Tourism by October 31, 2016.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-02-11","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-03-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR142/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HJR142.htm","sponsor":"Tim Couch"},
{"bill_id":852824,"bill_number":"HR81","title":"Honor Heather French Henry.","description":"Honor Heather French Henry.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-25","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR81/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR81.htm","sponsor":"Mitchel Denham"},
{"bill_id":852826,"bill_number":"HR129","title":"Honor a century of High School Basketball in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","description":"Honor a century of High School Basketball in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-28","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR129/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR129.htm","sponsor":"Rocky Adkins"},
{"bill_id":852828,"bill_number":"SR39","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Carol Palmore.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Carol Palmore.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-12","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR39/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR39.htm","sponsor":"Julian Carroll"},
{"bill_id":852829,"bill_number":"SR128","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Fred Fulkerson.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Fred Fulkerson.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-16","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR128/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR128.htm","sponsor":"C.B. Embry"},
{"bill_id":852831,"bill_number":"HR84","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of William Maurice Coyle.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of William Maurice Coyle.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-26","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR84/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR84.htm","sponsor":"Gregory Stumbo"},
{"bill_id":852832,"bill_number":"SR82","title":"Adjourn in honor of Pastor Gary Arrington, who is retiring from the Garner Baptist Church after more than 23 years of service.","description":"Adjourn in honor of Pastor Gary Arrington, who is retiring from the Garner Baptist Church after more than 23 years of service.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-01-26","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-01-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR82/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR82.htm","sponsor":"Robin Webb"},
{"bill_id":852834,"bill_number":"SR35","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Lynda Morris Thomas.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Lynda Morris Thomas.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR35/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR35.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":854112,"bill_number":"HB462","title":"AN ACT relating to motor vehicle registration fees.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186 to establish an additional initial and renewal registration fee of $100 for plug-in electric vehicles; amend KRS 186.010 to define \"plug-in electric vehicle\"; EFFECTIVE 1/1/2017.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-22","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB462/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB462.htm","sponsor":"Suzanne Miles"},
{"bill_id":854114,"bill_number":"HB461","title":"AN ACT relating the electric generating units.","description":"Create a new section of subchapter 20 of KRS Chapter 224 to allocate ten percent of carbon dioxide emmissions allocated to the Commonwealth of Kentucky under 42 U.S.C. sec. 7411 (the Clean Air Act) to certain counties; establish the criteria by which counties with a coal-fired electric generating unit that retires after 2010 and before 2026 shall receive a percentage of the emission allowances; require that 50 percent of the emission allowances allocated to the utilities in the Commonwealth be returned to their ratepayers if their allowances equal their emissions; require that if the utilities sell the allowances that all proceeds of the sale be returned to the ratepayers.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-22","last_action":"recommitted to Natural Resources & Environment (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-10","committee":"Natural Resources and Environment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB461/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB461.htm","sponsor":"John Short"},
{"bill_id":854116,"bill_number":"SB204","title":"AN ACT relating to the Workers' Compensation Nominating Commission.","description":"Amend KRS 342.213 to change the membership of the Workers' Compensation Nominating Commission.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-22","last_action":"to Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB204/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB204.htm","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":854118,"bill_number":"SB208","title":"AN ACT relating to interest on judgments.","description":"Amend KRS 360.040 to reduce the interest rate on a judgment from 12 percent to 6 percent.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-22","last_action":"returned to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-17","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB208/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB208.htm","sponsor":"Steve West"},
{"bill_id":854120,"bill_number":"SB213","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 felonies designated by the General Assembly, the right to vote; submit to the voters for ratification or rejection.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-22","last_action":"reassigned to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-29","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB213/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB213.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":854122,"bill_number":"HB468","title":"AN ACT relating to public safety.","description":"Amend KRS 227.250 to add gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-22","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Safety (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB468/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB468.htm","sponsor":"Will Coursey"},
{"bill_id":854124,"bill_number":"SB211","title":"AN ACT relating to establishing ALS Awareness Day.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to designate February 21 of each year as \"ALS Awareness Day\" throughout the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-08","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 45)","last_action_date":"2016-04-08","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB211/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB211.htm","sponsor":"Alice Kerr"},
{"bill_id":854126,"bill_number":"SR143","title":"Urge Congress to enact legislation enhancing hunting, fishing, recreational shooting, and other outdoor recreational opportunities and to strengthen conservation efforts nationwide.","description":"Urge Congress to enact legislation enhancing hunting, fishing, recreational shooting, and other outdoor recreational opportunities and to strengthen conservation efforts nationwide.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-22","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Energy (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR143/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR143.htm","sponsor":"Robin Webb"},
{"bill_id":854128,"bill_number":"HB460","title":"AN ACT relating to executive branch ethics and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 11A.211 to increase the executive branch agent lobbying registration fee from $125 to $275; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-02-22","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB460/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB460.htm","sponsor":"Tom Riner"},
{"bill_id":854130,"bill_number":"SB210","title":"AN ACT relating to public school standards.","description":"Create a new section to KRS Chapter 158 to prohibit the Kentucky Board of Education and the Kentucky Department of Education from implementing the English language arts and mathematics academic content standards developed by the Common Core Standards Initiative and the science academic content standards developed by the Next Generation Science Standards Initiative; require the state board to recommend new content standards to school districts and schools after consultation with the Council on Postsecondary Education; require public involvement in standards development; clarify the authority of the local board of education to adopt standards which differ from or exceed the standards approved by the state board; clarify that the school-based decision making councils shall develop policies based upon the standards adopted by the local boards of education; prohibit state officials from ceding control of education content standards and assessments; prohibit withholding of state funds from school districts for adopting different academic content standards; amend KRS 156.070 to limit disclosure of personally identifiable information; direct the Kentucky Board of Education to require that the Department of Education and all school districts adhere to transparency and privacy standards when outsourcing data and Web-based tasks to vendors; clarify vendor contract requirements; amend KRS 158.6453 to permit a local board of education to supplement the state board-approved academic content standards with higher and more rigorous standards and require school councils to use them to fulfill curriculum policy requirements; amend KRS 160.345 to clarify school council curriculum policy authority.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-22","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB210/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB210.htm","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":854132,"bill_number":"HB458","title":"AN ACT relating to pharmacy benefits.","description":"Amend KRS Chapter 304.17A-165 to prohibit insurers from requiring the use of mail-order pharmacies, except for specialty drugs which cannot be provided by retail pharmacies, and prohibit a difference in cost-sharing between retail and mail-order; define specialty drugs; amend KRS 18A.225 to require any plan offered by the Personnel Cabinet to prohibit the requirement of mail-order pharmacies, and to prohibit a difference in cost-sharing.; amend KRS 205.522 to require a managed care organization that provides Medicaid benefits from requiring the use of mail-order pharmacies, except for specialty drugs which cannot be provided by retail pharmacies, and prohibit a difference in cost-sharing between retail and mail-order","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-14","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB458/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB458.htm","sponsor":"Jeff Greer"},
{"bill_id":854134,"bill_number":"SB212","title":"AN ACT relating to abortion.","description":"Amend KRS 216B.020 to remove abortion facilities from the exemptions for certificate of need; amend KRS 216B.0431 to require abortion facilities to comply with licensure and certificate of need standards required for certain ambulatory surgical centers as applicable to services rendered in an abortion facility by January 1, 2017, unless granted an extension; amend KRS 216B.0435 to require an abortion facility to have a healthcare practioner with admitting privileges at an acute care hospital within 50 miles of the abortion facility where it's performed by January 1, 2017, unless granted an extension; amend KRS 216B.990 to add a $1,000 per day penalty for an abortion facility who violates the admitting privileges requirement.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-10","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB212/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB212.htm","sponsor":"Albert Robinson"},
{"bill_id":854137,"bill_number":"HB469","title":"AN ACT relating to veterans' affairs.","description":"Amend KRS 18A.150 to reflect the current name of United States Department of Veterans Affairs.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-22","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Safety (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB469/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB469.htm","sponsor":"Will Coursey"},
{"bill_id":854139,"bill_number":"HJR162","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to erect signs on Kentucky Route 80 in Pulaski County that read, \"Shopville Elementary Archery, 2014 NASP State Champions, 2015 NASP State and National Champions.\"","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to erect signs on Kentucky Route 80 in Pulaski County that read, \"Shopville Elementary Archery, 2014 NASP State Champions, 2015 NASP State and National Champions.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-22","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR162/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HJR162.htm","sponsor":"Tommy Turner"},
{"bill_id":854141,"bill_number":"SR142","title":"Adjourn in honor of Kyle Lankford.","description":"Adjourn in honor of Kyle Lankford.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-23","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR142/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR142.htm","sponsor":"Perry Clark"},
{"bill_id":854143,"bill_number":"HB455","title":"AN ACT relating to the weighing of livestock.","description":"Amend KRS 261.280 to make gender-neutral reference.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-22","last_action":"to Agriculture & Small Business (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB455/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB455.htm","sponsor":"Wilson Stone"},
{"bill_id":854145,"bill_number":"HR149","title":"Honor the late Colonel Charles Young, a Buffalo Soldier, for his dedication in serving our country and distinction as the highest ranking African-American officer in the Armed Forces.","description":"Honor the late Colonel Charles Young, a Buffalo Soldier, for his dedication in serving our country and distinction as the highest ranking African-American officer in the Armed Forces.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-16","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR149/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR149.htm","sponsor":"Mitchel Denham"},
{"bill_id":854147,"bill_number":"SB209","title":"AN ACT relating to agencies that discontinue participation in Kentucky Retirement Systems.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to provide that an employer ceasing participation in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System or the County Employees Retirement System as provided by KRS 61.522 that elects to provide an alternative retirement plan with mandatory employee contributions may \"pick-up\" the employee contributions in the alternative retirement plan so that the contributions will be made on a tax-deferred basis; amend KRS 141.010 to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 113)","last_action_date":"2016-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB209/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB209.htm","sponsor":"Joe Bowen"},
{"bill_id":854149,"bill_number":"HB454","title":"AN ACT relating to local government solid waste management.","description":"Amend KRS 109.041 to prohibit a county or waste management district from prohibiting or restricting materials recovery by a city in a county containing a consolidated local government; prohibit the consolidated local government or waste management district from hindering, delaying, impairing, prohibiting or impeding a city or its contractors from utilizing a solid waste management facility; prohibit a county or waste management district from levying a fee that is based on the composition of the solid waste stream of the city if the waste stream is in conformity with state and federal law for the use of the solid waste management facility receiving the waste; amend KRS 109.115 to provide for the mayoral appointment of a six-member board of directors of a waste management district for a county containing a consolidated local government and to restrict current appointment language to other counties; declare offices of board in county containing a consolidated local government vacant and require appointment of new board.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2016-02-22","last_action":"floor amendment (3) filed","last_action_date":"2016-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB454/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB454.htm","sponsor":"Steven Riggs"},
{"bill_id":854151,"bill_number":"HB464","title":"AN ACT relating to the disconnection of utility services.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 278.010 to KRS 278.450 to require the Public Service Commission to promulgate administrative regulations to establish additional utility service shutoff and reconnection protections; define terms; provide that if a customer certifies to the utility that a financial hardship exists, the customer is protected from termination of service under certain circumstances; require administrative regulations to include eligibility verification; provide for renewal of protection claims; establish termination notice requirements; require in-person notification of utility shut-off and notice and opportunity for the customer to assert the protections of this section; provide for the repayment of arrearages to be done according to a reasonable schedule; prohibit utilities from requiring additional deposits for reconnection or continuance of service.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-22","last_action":"to Tourism Development & Energy (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB464/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB464.htm","sponsor":"Kevin Sinnette"},
{"bill_id":854153,"bill_number":"SR139","title":"Honor the Cordia boys' basketball team upon winning the All \"A\" Classic championship.","description":"Honor the Cordia boys' basketball team upon winning the All \"A\" Classic championship.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-24","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR139/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR139.htm","sponsor":"Johnny Turner"},
{"bill_id":854155,"bill_number":"HR158","title":"Honor the Cordia boys' basketball team upon winning the All \"A\" Classic championship.","description":"Honor the Cordia boys' basketball team upon winning the All \"A\" Classic championship.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-24","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR158/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR158.htm","sponsor":"John Short"},
{"bill_id":854157,"bill_number":"SB207","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend KRS 525.200 to add elements to the offense of assault on a service animal in the first degree; amend KRS 439.3401 to classify a person convicted of attempted murder as a \"violent offender\"; amend 439.3406 to prevent Class B felons from participating in mandatory reentry supervision; amend KRS 532.400 to mandate that Class B felons participate in postincarceration supervision; provide language to clarify what should happen to Class B felons who have begun their mandatory reentry supervision period prior to the effective date of this Act.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-04","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB207/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB207.htm","sponsor":"Wil Schroder"},
{"bill_id":854159,"bill_number":"HB467","title":"AN ACT relating to naming the Benton National Guard Armory in honor of Representative Richard H. Lewis.","description":"Amend KRS 36.392 to add gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-15","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB467/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB467.htm","sponsor":"Will Coursey"},
{"bill_id":854163,"bill_number":"HJR163","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to erect signs designating a portion of Kentucky Route 1646 in Radcliff, Hardin County, Kentucky as the \"Trooper Joseph Cameron Ponder Memorial Highway.\"","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to erect signs designating a portion of Kentucky Route 1646 in Radcliff, Hardin County, Kentucky as the \"Trooper Joseph Cameron Ponder Memorial Highway.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-22","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR163/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HJR163.htm","sponsor":"Jeff Greer"},
{"bill_id":854165,"bill_number":"HB463","title":"AN ACT relating to boat dock and marina safety.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 235 to establish standards for marina and boat dock owners and operators to prevent electrical shocks to persons in boats, in the 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 or other emergency; require marina and boat dock compliance by August 1, 2017; amend KRS 235.010 to amend the definition of \"marina\" to include a boat dock; establish definitions for \"boat dock\" and \"boat dock or marina owner or operator\"; amend KRS 235.990 to establish penalties for violations.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-22","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Safety (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB463/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB463.htm","sponsor":"Kevin Sinnette"},
{"bill_id":854167,"bill_number":"HJR160","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet and Personnel Cabinet to conduct a review of and develop a plan to address pay equity issues within the heavy equipment operator and superintendent job classification series within the Transportation Cabinet; report findings to the Interim Joint Committees on Appropriations and Revenue and Transportation by October 31, 2016.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet and Personnel Cabinet to conduct a review of and develop a plan to address pay equity issues within the heavy equipment operator and superintendent job classification series within the Transportation Cabinet; report findings to the Interim Joint Committees on Appropriations and Revenue and Transportation by October 31, 2016.","status_desc":"Enrolled","status_date":"2016-04-15","last_action":"filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State","last_action_date":"2016-04-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR160/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HJR160.htm","sponsor":"Terry Mills"},
{"bill_id":854169,"bill_number":"SB215","title":"AN ACT relating to adoptee rights.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 213 to allow an adult adopted person to apply for and receive a copy of the original unaltered birth certificate; amend KRS 199.570, 199.572, and 213.071 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-22","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB215/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB215.htm","sponsor":"Julian Carroll"},
{"bill_id":854171,"bill_number":"HR161","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Donald \"Hugh\" McCormick Jr.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Donald \"Hugh\" McCormick Jr.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-02","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR161/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR161.htm","sponsor":"David Watkins"},
{"bill_id":854174,"bill_number":"SB216","title":"AN ACT relating to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.","description":"Amend various sections of KRS 407.5101 to 407.5902 to update and conform KRS Chapter 407 regarding jurisdiction and the establishment, enforcement, and modification of interstate family support orders.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 132)","last_action_date":"2016-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB216/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB216.htm","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":854176,"bill_number":"SR144","title":"Honor Boone County Deputy Sheriff Rachel L. Straus.","description":"Honor Boone County Deputy Sheriff Rachel L. Straus.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR144/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR144.htm","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":854178,"bill_number":"SB206","title":"AN ACT relating to reemployment of retired police officers.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 95 to define \"city\" and \"police officer\"; provide that cities may employ retired police officers provided the officer participated in the Law Enforcement Foundation Program fund or retired as a commissioned state police officer, retired with at least 20 years of service credit with no administrative charges pending, and met the separation of employment requirements so that retirement benefits from Kentucky Retirement Systems were not voided; provide that retired police officers employed by a city shall continue to receive the benefits they were eligible to receive upon retirement, but shall not accrue any additional retirement or health benefits during reemployment; provide that retirement and any health contributions shall not be paid by the city to Kentucky Retirement Systems or the Kentucky Employees Health Plan on a retired officer who is reemployed under the section; provide that individuals employed under the section may be employed for a term not to exceed one year, which may be renewed at the discretion and need of the city; subject cities reemploying retired police officers to the number of retired police officers that may be hired depending on average number of police officers employed over the course of calendar year 2015; amend KRS 61.637 to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-09","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 78)","last_action_date":"2016-04-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB206/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB206.htm","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":854181,"bill_number":"HB456","title":"AN ACT relating to drug education.","description":"Amend KRS 160.345 to require the council or, if no council exists, the principal in each school containing any grades five through 12, to adopt a policy to administer a drug abuse prevention program, that includes opioid abuse prevention; require the program to be designed to ensure delivery to students, at a minimum once during grades five through eight and once during grades nine through 12; and amend KRS 158.442 to require the Center for School Safety to provide program development and implementation expertise and technical support to schools for drug abuse prevention programming.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-07","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB456/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB456.htm","sponsor":"Joni Jenkins"},
{"bill_id":854183,"bill_number":"HR159","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Douglas Allen Kamber.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Douglas Allen Kamber.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2016-02-22","last_action":"to House Floor","last_action_date":"2016-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR159/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR159.htm","sponsor":"Jeff Greer"},
{"bill_id":854186,"bill_number":"HR157","title":"Honor the 151st anniversary of the University of Kentucky.","description":"Honor the 151st anniversary of the University of Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-22","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR157/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR157.htm","sponsor":"Ruth Palumbo"},
{"bill_id":854188,"bill_number":"HB466","title":"AN ACT relating to veterans.","description":"Amend KRS 148.0211 to add gender-neutral language and update the official name of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-22","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Safety (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB466/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB466.htm","sponsor":"Will Coursey"},
{"bill_id":854190,"bill_number":"HB465","title":"AN ACT relating to promoting access to services for victims of human trafficking.","description":"Amend KRS 176.415 to require the Department of Highways to post signs with the National Human Trafficking Resource Center telephone hotline number in every restroom on the premises of each rest area located in the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-25","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB465/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB465.htm","sponsor":"Mary Marzian"},
{"bill_id":854192,"bill_number":"HB453","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 allowing partially disabled veterans a portion of the property tax homestead exemption based on the veteran's combined disability rating; submit to voters.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-22","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB453/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB453.htm","sponsor":"Cluster Howard"},
{"bill_id":854194,"bill_number":"HB457","title":"AN ACT relating to state leases for real property.","description":"Amend KRS 56.803 to require that state lease offers be qualified as meeting minimum square footage and requirements set out in the public notice before proceeding to inspection by the Finance and Administration Cabinet's Department of Facilities Management for best and final offers; amend KRS 56.805 and 56.823 to conform.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-15","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB457/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB457.htm","sponsor":"Mitchel Denham"},
{"bill_id":854196,"bill_number":"SB205","title":"AN ACT relating to long-term care facilities.","description":"Amend KRS 216.555 to establish language related to the contents of advertising or nongovernmental publications related to long-term care facilities.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-03-15","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB205/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB205.htm","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":854199,"bill_number":"SR141","title":"Honor Christian McCaffrey.","description":"Honor Christian McCaffrey.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-24","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR141/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR141.htm","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":854201,"bill_number":"SR145","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Donald \"Hugh\" McCormick Jr.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Donald \"Hugh\" McCormick Jr.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-02","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR145/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR145.htm","sponsor":"Dorsey Ridley"},
{"bill_id":854203,"bill_number":"SR140","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Sandra Jo Bradley Ledford.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Sandra Jo Bradley Ledford.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-26","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR140/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR140.htm","sponsor":"C.B. Embry"},
{"bill_id":854205,"bill_number":"HB459","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 514 to raise felony theft threshold to $2,000; create a new section of KRS Chapter 514 to establish sentencing scheme for misdemeanor theft which incentivizes restitution.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-22","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB459/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB459.htm","sponsor":"Tom Riner"},
{"bill_id":854207,"bill_number":"HJR164","title":"Direct the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet, in conjunction with the Buffalo Trace Area Development District, to develop a statewide covered wooden bridge trail.","description":"Direct the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet, in conjunction with the Buffalo Trace Area Development District, to develop a statewide covered wooden bridge trail.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 121)","last_action_date":"2016-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR164/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HJR164.htm","sponsor":"Mitchel Denham"},
{"bill_id":854209,"bill_number":"SB214","title":"AN ACT relating to notaries public.","description":"Amend KRS 64.300 to remove fee limitations for certain acts.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-08","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 46)","last_action_date":"2016-04-08","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB214/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB214.htm","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":854796,"bill_number":"SB217","title":"AN ACT relating to military justice.","description":"Amend KRS 35.010, relating to the code of military justice, to clarify definitions; amend KRS 35.070 to change the maximum fine or forfeiture of pay that a commanding officer may impose as well as clarify other nonjudicial punishments; amend KRS 35.125 to clarify who is eligible to serve as a military judge; amend KRS 35.215 to exempt sexual crimes from a statute of limitations; create a new section of KRS Chapter 35 to move those definitions previously found under each individual sexual crime into one statute; create a new section of KRS Chapter 35 to create the crime of sexual harassment; amend KRS 35.681 to remove the definitions related to rape from the statute; create a new section of KRS Chapter 35 to create the crime of rape of a child; amend KRS 35.685 to remove the definitions related to stalking from the statute; amend KRS 35.690 to remove the definitions related to other sexual crimes.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-09","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 75)","last_action_date":"2016-04-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB217/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB217.htm","sponsor":"C.B. Embry"},
{"bill_id":854800,"bill_number":"HB479","title":"AN ACT relating to assault.","description":"Amend KRS 508.030 to make assault in the fourth degree a Class D felony if the relationship between perpetrator and victim meets the definition of family member or member of an unmarried couple; repeal KRS 508.032; amend various sections to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-23","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB479/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB479.htm","sponsor":"Diane St Onge"},
{"bill_id":854805,"bill_number":"SB221","title":"AN ACT relating to insurance.","description":"Amend KRS 304.48-080 to remove reference to executive director in order to conform with executive branch reorganization; amend KRS 304.50-145 to remove reference to executive director in order to conform with executive branch reorganization.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-23","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB221/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB221.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":854809,"bill_number":"HR166","title":"Declare March 1, 2016, Live United Day in Kentucky.","description":"Declare March 1, 2016, Live United Day in Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR166/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR166.htm","sponsor":"Joni Jenkins"},
{"bill_id":854815,"bill_number":"HB476","title":"AN ACT relating to homelessness prevention.","description":"Amend KRS 194A.735 to expand eligibility, subject to sufficient funding, for the homelessness prevention project to individuals diagnosed with severe mental illness who have been admitted into hospital emergency departments at least 10 times annually, individuals in the top 10% of hospital users in hospitals at which over 10% of the patient census are diagnosed with severe mental illness, individuals being released from prison or paroled, and individuals aging out of foster care for up to two years after exit; remove geographic restrictions of the pilot project; move support of the project to the Division of Behavioral Health.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-10","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB476/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB476.htm","sponsor":"Linda Belcher"},
{"bill_id":854820,"bill_number":"SB219","title":"AN ACT relating to licensing.","description":"Amend KRS 241.010 to define \"commercial quadricycle\"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 243 to establish and regulate authorized public consumption (APC) licenses for use with commercial quadricycles; set APC license qualifications, including a business office, general liability insurance of at least $2,000,000, and a local government permit; establish the standards for local ordinances covering commercial quadricycles; allow patrons to bring their own unopened packaged alcoholic beverages in non-glass containers for personal consumption on the commercial quadricycle; require all alcoholic beverage consumption in nondescriptive plastic cups; limit patron consumption to times after boarding and while riding the commercial quadricycle; forbid patrons from bringing open alcoholic beverages from a licensed retail premises onto the commercial quadricycle; set forth the qualifications for a commercial quadricycle driver; forbid local APC fees from exceeding state APC fees; amend KRS 243.030, 243.060, and 243.070 to designate state and local APC license fees; amend KRS 244.085 to allow a person under 21 years of age to remain at a licensed APC premises and make technical corrections; amend KRS 243.034 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-23","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB219/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB219.htm","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":854830,"bill_number":"HB478","title":"AN ACT relating to the valuation of motor vehicles for property tax purposes.","description":"Amend KRS 132.485 to clarify that the rough trade-in value or clean trade-in value shall not be used to determine the standard value of a motor vehicle for property tax purposes.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-23","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB478/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB478.htm","sponsor":"Diane St Onge"},
{"bill_id":854836,"bill_number":"HB480","title":"AN ACT relating to school bus safety.","description":"Amend KRS 158.110 to require local boards of education to establish a program allowing an adult or secondary school student to volunteer to ride a school bus and accompany a child safely to his or her boarding and drop-off location; require adult volunteers to undergo criminal background check to be paid for by the local board; and identify the Act as Jayden's Law.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-23","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB480/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB480.htm","sponsor":"Jody Richards"},
{"bill_id":854841,"bill_number":"SB218","title":"AN ACT relating to radon testing in child-care centers.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 199.892 to 199.8996 to require licensed child-care centers to be tested for radon at least once every five years as part of their initial licensure and license renewal; require the most current report to be posted in a public place within the child-care center.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-23","last_action":"2nd reading, to Rules","last_action_date":"2016-03-24","committee":"Rules","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB218/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB218.htm","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":854847,"bill_number":"SB201","title":"AN ACT relating to juvenile justice.","description":"Amend KRS 635.060 to allow a child who has committed an offense that would be a Class D felony if committed by an adult to be retained on probation for 18 months if the court-ordered substance abuse or mental health program is longer than 12 months; amend KRS 610.105 to expand a court's options for diversion of a child's adjudicated case; amend KRS 600.020 to define \"restorative justice practices\"; amend KRS 630.070 to limit detention for a child violating a court order to 30 days; amend KRS 15A.305, 610.030, 610.190, 610.200, 610.220, 635.010, and 630.030 to make technical corrections; repeal KRS 610.012.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-23","last_action":"returned to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-09","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB201/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB201.htm","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":854854,"bill_number":"HB472","title":"AN ACT relating to promoting outdoor recreation and tourism development by establishing the Kentucky Mountain Trail Authority and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 148 to establish the Kentucky Mountain Trail Authority (KMTA) as an independent, de jure municipal corporation attached to the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet for administrative purposes only; authorize the KMTA to establish the Kentucky Mountain Regional Recreation Area for outdoor recreation opportunities for residents and visitors; prioritize the development of trails and outdoor recreation on private lands through agreements with willing landowners; identify 18 eastern Kentucky counties that would be target counties for initial development of the KMTA; identify a process through which target counties would become full participating counties in the authority; establish a process whereby counties outside the target counties could fulfill requirements to become participating counties in the KMTA; authorize the KMTA board to adopt bylaws for governance; outline methods for appointing an executive director and hiring staff; authorize KMTA board meetings and establish duties; outline methods for appointing an executive director; enable the authority to procure insurance, execute contracts, accept grants and loans, and to promulgate administrate regulations to govern the Kentucky Mountain Regional Recreational Area; ensure that participating landowners are not liable for willful negligence or similar damages; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-02-23","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-03-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB472/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB472.htm","sponsor":"Jim Stewart"},
{"bill_id":854859,"bill_number":"SB222","title":"AN ACT relating to banking.","description":"Amend KRS 286.2-030 to include limited liability partnerships and limited liability limited partnerships as business associations forbidden from improperly influencing a real estate appraisal.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-23","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB222/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB222.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":854865,"bill_number":"HB470","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 161.220 to 161.716 to permit the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System (KTRS) to use and accept electronic signatures as deemed appropriate; amend KRS 161.220 to clarify that annual compensation does not include benefit or salary adjustments that are not available to all members of an agency; amend KRS 161.290 to require all public employers to provide paid leave to teacher trustees serving on the KTRS board; amend KRS 161.310 to clarify the types of remuneration included in retirement incentives; amend KRS 161.340 to require KTRS to contract for insurance; amend KRS 161.430 to require the KTRS board to contract with money managers and allow it to contract with one or more general investment consultants; remove references to the book value of assets in regard to limitations on funds managed internally by the system's investment staff; remove the requirement that the board investment committee consist of the executive secretary of the system and two trustees; require the 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 corrections; amend KRS 161.480 to automatically designate a KTRS 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 161.500 to provide allow a full year of service credit for contracts of at least 185 and 180 days if no more than five unpaid leave days are taken during a year; amend KRS 161.515 to clarify the retirement factor for service purchases; amend KRS 161.520 to delete the requirement of physicians' statements corroborating the mental competency of an adult child waiving survivorship benefits; amend KRS 161.540 to add eligibility requirements for including annual leave credit in the retirement calculation for year-round contracts; amend KRS 161.545 to provide that full-time sabbatical leave by university staff participating in the KTRS shall be deemed full-time employment for retirement purposes; require employee and employer contributions to be paid during the period of sabbatical leave; amend KRS 161.553 to adjust the cost schedules of providing statutory benefit improvements for annuitants; amend KRS 161.560 to require participating employers to file contribution data with KTRS 15 days after each payroll period and set penalties for noncompliance; amend KRS 161.597 to require a refund of prior installment payments and a reduction in service credit for a member in default on installment payments; amend KRS 161.605 to make technical changes; require a refund of retirement contributions made on compensation that exceeds salary limitations; provide that breaks in service are required before returning to work for the employer even if in a position not covered by KTRS if the member is under age 60; begin running of breaks in service from date of retirement; prohibit prearranged agreements between a retiring member and employer for member to return to work after retirement and require certification thereof; allow KTRS to provide medical insurance to retired members who return to work when medical insurance is not available from the employer; 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; require retired members under age 60 returning to work for certain state universities and state community colleges to comply with the separation-from-service requirements, effective July 1, 2017; 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 and substitute teachers participating in the KTRS who apply for disability benefits on or after July 1, 2016; provide that part-time employees and substitute teachers are not eligible to apply for a disability retirement allowance if they are eligible for a nondiscounted service retirement allowance; amend KRS 161.614 to include mediation awards; amend KRS 161.620 to clarify the option for seeking inflation adjustments; amend KRS 161.630 to make technical change; amend KRS 161.643 to authorize KTRS to require more frequent submission of annual reports on reemployed employees by participating employers; amend KRS 161.650 to automatically designate a KTRS member's spouse as beneficiary for a retired member's 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 KTRS 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, 2016, 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; amend KRS 161.680 to clarify the system's authority to collect overpayments; amend KRS 161.550 to conform; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-02-23","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-03-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB470/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB470.htm","sponsor":"Derrick Graham"},
{"bill_id":854871,"bill_number":"SB225","title":"AN ACT relating to homelessness prevention.","description":"Amend KRS 194A.735 to expand eligibility, subject to sufficient funding, for the homelessness prevention project to individuals diagnosed with severe mental illness who have been admitted into hospital emergency departments at least 10 times annually, individuals in the top 10% of hospital users in hospitals at which over 10% of the patient census are diagnosed with severe mental illness, individuals being paroled, individuals aging out of foster care for up to two years after exit, and individuals outside of Oldham County; move support of the project to the Division of Behavioral Health.","status_desc":"Enrolled","status_date":"2016-03-24","last_action":"filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State","last_action_date":"2016-04-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB225/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB225.htm","sponsor":"Brandon Smith"},
{"bill_id":854877,"bill_number":"HB471","title":"AN ACT relating to plumbing.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 318 to establish the Cross Connection Advisory Committee; establish membership, terms of membership, and compensation of members; create a new section of KRS Chapter 318 to define powers of the Cross Connection Advisory Committee; amend KRS 198B.040 to require the Kentucky Board of Housing, Buildings and Construction to promulgate administrative regulations as necessary on the basis of the Cross Connection Advisory Committee recommendations; define \"certified backflower tester\" for the purposes of initial appointment to the Cross Connection Advisory Committee.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-02-23","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-02-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB471/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB471.htm","sponsor":"Will Coursey"},
{"bill_id":854883,"bill_number":"SB220","title":"AN ACT relating to child safety.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to enumerate that it is a criminal offense for any person to allow a juvenile access to a readily dischargeable firearm if he or she knowingly or recklessly failed to secure the firearm or left the firearm in a place the person knew or should have known the juvenile would access; allow affirmative defenses to an offense under this section; provide that an offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor, and a Class A misdemeanor if the juvenile discharges the firearm and causes the death or serious injury of the juvenile or another person; amend KRS 507.010 to provide a definition of \"readily dischargeable firearm\"; amend KRS 507.050 to provide that a person is guilty of reckless homicide if he or she accesses a readily dischargeable firearm in a manner that leads to the death of a child; amend KRS 527.010 to conform; provide that this Act be known as the the \"Andre O'Neal Memorial Act.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-23","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB220/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB220.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":854894,"bill_number":"SR151","title":"Encourage the United States Attorney General to investigate the Humane Society of the United States for false and misleading fundraising practices.","description":"Encourage the United States Attorney General to investigate the Humane Society of the United States for false and misleading fundraising practices.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-23","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR151/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR151.htm","sponsor":"Robin Webb"},
{"bill_id":854899,"bill_number":"SCR152","title":"Urge Congress to propose an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to allow Congress and the states to set reasonable limits on spending to influence elections.","description":"Urge Congress to propose an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to allow Congress and the states to set reasonable limits on spending to influence elections.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-23","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SCR152/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SCR152.htm","sponsor":"Perry Clark"},
{"bill_id":854904,"bill_number":"HB474","title":"AN ACT relating to revenue and taxation.","description":"Amend KRS 136.410, relative to the bail bondsman's tax, to make technical/clarifying corrections.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-23","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB474/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB474.htm","sponsor":"Sannie Overly"},
{"bill_id":854911,"bill_number":"SB224","title":"AN ACT relating to mine safety education and training requirements and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 351.106 to establish an alternative method of satisfying mine foreman annual training requirements under 30 C.F.R. pt. 75; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-17","last_action":"posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 28, 2016","last_action_date":"2016-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB224/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB224.htm","sponsor":"Brandon Smith"},
{"bill_id":854917,"bill_number":"SB223","title":"AN ACT relating to school safety.","description":"Amend KRS 520.070 to include school marshals as persons exempt from the prohibition against possession of a firearm on school property if authorized by a local school board or governing body of a private or parochial school; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to allow for the appointment of a school marshal by a local school board or governing body of a private or parochial school; specify that a person authorized and appointed under this section is designated as a school marshal and enumerate restrictions on school marshal's powers; provide that persons certified to act as peace officers under KRS 15.380 are exempt from restrictions; establish requirements of eligibility for a school marshal's appointment; enumerate board's or governing bodies' responsibilities; require that schools designated as school marshal sites collaborate with the Kentucky State Police and local law enforcement on safety procedures prior to appointment of a school marshal; provide limits on liability for school boards or governing bodies that appoint school marshals; establish limits on the possession, transport, deposit, or carrying of firearms by a school marshal while on school property; limit liability for school marshals for acts or omissions undertaken pursuant to this section; provide that the school marshal is responsible for expenditures related to the purchase of a firearm, ammunition, or any other associated costs; allow that a local school board or governing body may pay compensation for expenses incurred undertaking school marshal's duties or appointment requirements; specify that otherwise lawful possession of a firearm as provided under KRS 527.070 or any other state or federal law is not restricted; exclude postsecondary or higher education institutions from coverage; require that any board of a local public school district or governing body of a private or parochial school that appoints a school marshal adopt guidelines to carry out school marshal's requirements.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-23","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB223/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB223.htm","sponsor":"Steve West"},
{"bill_id":854923,"bill_number":"HR167","title":"Recognize Leitchfield as the \"Fiddling Capital of Kentucky.\"","description":"Recognize Leitchfield as the \"Fiddling Capital of Kentucky.\"","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-23","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR167/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR167.htm","sponsor":"Tim Moore"},
{"bill_id":854932,"bill_number":"HR165","title":"Recognize Jasmine Standard for her accomplishments and for participating in the Miss Teen of Kentucky Scholarship and Recognition Pageant.","description":"Recognize Jasmine Standard for her accomplishments and for participating in the Miss Teen of Kentucky Scholarship and Recognition Pageant.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-03","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR165/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR165.htm","sponsor":"Joni Jenkins"},
{"bill_id":854938,"bill_number":"SR150","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Jill Suzanne Brzezinski Conley.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Jill Suzanne Brzezinski Conley.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-29","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR150/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR150.htm","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":854943,"bill_number":"HB481","title":"AN ACT relating to limitation of actions.","description":"Amend KRS 413.140 to include a 20-year statute of limitations for actions against abortion providers who do not give a full and complete medical explanation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-23","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB481/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB481.htm","sponsor":"Tim Moore"},
{"bill_id":854950,"bill_number":"HB475","title":"AN ACT relating to background checks of child abuse and neglect records.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 199 to permit a parent or legal guardian to request a background check of the child abuse and neglect registry records when employing a child care provider for his or her minor child; require the cabinet to make the request form available on its Web site.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-23","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB475/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB475.htm","sponsor":"Rita Smart"},
{"bill_id":854954,"bill_number":"HB473","title":"AN ACT relating to public safety personnel training.","description":"Amend KRS 15.404 to set the basic training of peace officers as that found in KRS 15.440; amend KRS 15.440 to set the local government qualifications for participating in the KLEFP fund at 928 hours as set by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council and to require any change of those hours to be done by administrative regulation, and allow the council to approve schools that may require more hours of education; amend KRS 70.263, relating to deputy sheriff merit boards, to conform to amended hour requirement; amend KRS 95.955, relating to municipal police and auxiliary police, to conform to the amended hour requirement; amend KRS 15.530, relating to telecommunicators, to set the required training hours; amend KRS 15.550 to conform to the set number of training hours for the basic course; amend KRS 15.560 to set the required training hours for non-CJIS telecommunicators; amend KRS 15.565 to prohibit the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council from changing the 8 hours of in-service training for telecommunicators; amend KRS 15.590 to allow the council to set the number of hours for training at a different number than that established by statute for non-CJIS telecommunicators and the telecommunications academy; amend KRS 15A.070, relating to Department of Criminal Justice Training powers, to conform to training requirements; amend KRS 95A.230 to set the basic training course at 400 hours and in-service training at 100 hours, but let the commission reduce the number of hours by administrative regulation, and allow a different number of hours to be set at a school recognized by the commission; amend KRS 95A.240 to establish the protocols for the commission relative to setting the number of hours for basic and in-service training, as well as the requirement for volunteer firefighters and departments under KRS 95A.262; amend KRS 95A.262 to conform with training requirement.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 112)","last_action_date":"2016-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB473/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB473.htm","sponsor":"Steven Riggs"},
{"bill_id":854960,"bill_number":"HB477","title":"AN ACT relating to misclassification of employees in the construction industry.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 337 to set forth legislative findings and declarations regarding employee misclassification problems; provide definitions; set forth determination of misclassified workers; set forth investigation process and violations; establish court remedies; require notice by an employer; grant commissioner authority to promulgate administrative regulations; require agencies to share the information of a misclassifying employer with other interested state agencies; amend KRS 337.990 to establish penalties for violations; amend KRS 45A.485 to prohibit contractors with multiple violations from contracting with the state for two years; amend KRS 131.190 to require the Department of Revenue to provide copies of assessments for failure to pay income tax to three other state agencies; create a new section of KRS Chapter 341 to require the Office of Employment and Training to provide copies of assessments for failure to pay income tax to three other state agencies; create a new section of KRS Chapter 342 to require the commissioner to provide copies of orders to three other state agencies.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-23","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB477/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB477.htm","sponsor":"Sannie Overly"},
{"bill_id":855427,"bill_number":"HB483","title":"AN ACT relating to sales and use tax.","description":"Amend KRS 139.480 to exempt straw, wood shavings, and sawdust used in agricultural or equine pursuits sold or purchased from August 1, 2016, to August 1, 2020, from sales and use tax; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2016.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-24","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB483/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB483.htm","sponsor":"Mitchel Denham"},
{"bill_id":855447,"bill_number":"SB226","title":"AN ACT relating to death benefits for social service workers.","description":"Amend KRS 61.315 to make social service workers eligible for death in the line of duty benefits; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations to establish criteria and provedures pertaining to the benefit.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-24","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB226/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB226.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":855461,"bill_number":"SR148","title":"Honor the 100th anniversary of Louisville Collegiate School.","description":"Honor the 100th anniversary of Louisville Collegiate School.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-10","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-10","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR148/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR148.htm","sponsor":"Denise Harper Angel"},
{"bill_id":855471,"bill_number":"SR149","title":"Honor the Union County High School wrestling team upon winning the 2016 KHSAA state championship.","description":"Honor the Union County High School wrestling team upon winning the 2016 KHSAA state championship.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-03","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR149/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR149.htm","sponsor":"Dorsey Ridley"},
{"bill_id":855481,"bill_number":"HB484","title":"AN ACT relating to strangulation.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 508 to create the crime of strangulation as a Class A misdemeanor unless certain aggravating circumstances are present, in which case its a Class D felony.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-24","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB484/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB484.htm","sponsor":"Mitchel Denham"},
{"bill_id":855491,"bill_number":"HR169","title":"Urge the Kentucky Congressional delegation to create a program of crop insurance for farmers growing fruits and vegetables.","description":"Urge the Kentucky Congressional delegation to create a program of crop insurance for farmers growing fruits and vegetables.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-24","last_action":"3rd reading, adopted 94-0","last_action_date":"2016-03-09","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR169/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR169.htm","sponsor":"James Kay"},
{"bill_id":855505,"bill_number":"HB491","title":"AN ACT relating to transparency.","description":"Amend KRS 48.800 to require each branch of government to report additional information to the Legislative Research Commission to provide transparency and effectuate the budget review function of the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-24","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB491/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB491.htm","sponsor":"Ron Crimm"},
{"bill_id":855515,"bill_number":"SB229","title":"AN ACT relating to land bank authorities.","description":"Amend KRS 65.350 to define \"certificate of delinquency,\" \"fee office,\" \"local government lien,\" \"taxing jurisdiction\" and \"third-party purchaser”; amend KRS 65.355 to expand the authority of land bank authorities; amend KRS 65.360 to clarify membership of a land bank authority; amend KRS 65.365 to update mailing list requirements; amend KRS 65.370 to update notice provisions; amend KRS 65.375 to require a motion from the landbank authority to obtain property upon sale with no satisfactory bid; require that the property be vacant or abandoned for the motion to be made; provide that all government taxes and liens shall be extinguished upon transfer to the land bank, to require the land bank to pay face value to any third-party purchaser that holds a certificate of delinquency on the property; allow the land bank to keep proceeds from the sale of property; provide that the land bank shall receive a portion of property tax collected on property sold by the authority for five years following the sale; amend KRS 99.715 to allow cities to transfer property to a land bank authority.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-24","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB229/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB229.htm","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":855526,"bill_number":"HB492","title":"AN ACT relating to abortion facilities.","description":"Amend KRS 216B.020 to remove abortion facilities from the exemptions for certificate of need; amend KRS 216B.0431 to exempt an abortion facility that has been licensed continuously for five years from certificate of need requirements if it meets licensure standards for an ambulatory surgical center by January 1, 2017; require other abortion facilities to comply with licensure and certificate of need standards required for certain ambulatory surgical centers as applicable to services rendered in an abortion facility by January 1, 2017, unless granted an extension; amend KRS 216B.0435 to require an abortion facility to have a health care practioner with admitting privileges at an acute care hospital within 50 miles of the abortion facility where it is performed by January 1, 2017, unless granted an extension; amend KRS 216B.990 to add a $1,000 per day penalty for an abortion facility that violates the admitting privileges requirement.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-24","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB492/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB492.htm","sponsor":"Addia Wuchner"},
{"bill_id":855538,"bill_number":"HR168","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Jennifer Beth Skaggs.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Jennifer Beth Skaggs.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-25","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR168/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR168.htm","sponsor":"Rocky Adkins"},
{"bill_id":855549,"bill_number":"HB486","title":"AN ACT relating to driving under the influence.","description":"Amend various sections in KRS Chapter 189A, relating to driving under the influence, to restructure the existing penalties from a four-tiered structure to a three-tiered structure; expand the look-back window for prior offenses from five years to ten years; allow forfeiture of motor vehicles used in a DUI if the operator's license had been previously suspended; amend KRS 281A.2102 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-24","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB486/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB486.htm","sponsor":"Kim King"},
{"bill_id":855571,"bill_number":"SR146","title":"Honor Boone County Deputy Sheriff Justin W. Ryle.","description":"Honor Boone County Deputy Sheriff Justin W. Ryle.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR146/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR146.htm","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":855581,"bill_number":"HB490","title":"AN ACT relating to planning and zoning.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 100 to set requirements for filing a supersedeas bond for appeals of Circuit Court decisions before the case is transferred to the Kentucky Court of Appeals.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-24","last_action":"to Local Government (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB490/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB490.htm","sponsor":"Jerry Miller"},
{"bill_id":855593,"bill_number":"HB488","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 15.010, relating to the Office of the Attorney General, to rename and restructure units within the office; amend various statutes to conform; repeal KRS 15.290; transfer all files, funds, functions, positions, and equipment of the abolished Child Support Enforcement Commission to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; confirm the Attorney General's Executive Order 15-01, relating to the organization of the Office of the Attorney General.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-02-24","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-03-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB488/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB488.htm","sponsor":"Brent Yonts"},
{"bill_id":855601,"bill_number":"SB227","title":"AN ACT relating to public safety personnel training.","description":"Amend KRS 15.404 to set the basic training of peace officers as that found in KRS 15.440; amend KRS 15.440 to set the local government qualifications for participating in the KLEFP fund at 928 hours as set by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council and to require any change of those hours to be done by administrative regulation, and allow the council to approve schools that may require more hours of education; amend KRS 70.263, relating to deputy sheriff merit boards, to conform to amended hour requirement; amend KRS 95.955, relating to municipal police and auxiliary police, to conform to the amended hour requirement; amend KRS 15.530, relating to telecommunicators, to set the required training hours; amend KRS 15.550 to conform to the set number of training hours for the basic course; amend KRS 15.560 to set the required training hours for non-CJIS telecommunicators; amend KRS 15.565 to prohibit the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council from changing the 8 hours of in-service training for telecommunicators; amend KRS 15.590 to allow the council to set the number of hours for training at a different number than that established by statute for non-CJIS telecommunicators and the telecommunications academy; amend KRS 15A.070, relating to Department of Criminal Justice Training powers, to conform to training requirements; amend KRS 95A.230 to set the basic training course at 400 hours and in-service training at 100 hours, but let the commission reduce the number of hours by administrative regulation, and allow a different number of hours to be set at a school recognized by the commission; amend KRS 95A.240 to establish the protocols for the commission relative to setting the number of hours for basic and in-service training, as well as the requirement for volunteer firefighters and departments under KRS 95A.262; amend KRS 95A.262 to conform with training requirement.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-15","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB227/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB227.htm","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":855613,"bill_number":"HB487","title":"AN ACT relating to the Governor's Advisory Board for Veterans' Affairs.","description":"Amend KRS 40.305 to require that two members of the Governor's Advisory Board for Veterans' Affairs be recommended by the Joint Executive Council of Veterans Organizations of Kentucky.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-09","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 72)","last_action_date":"2016-04-09","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB487/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB487.htm","sponsor":"Kenny Imes"},
{"bill_id":855624,"bill_number":"SB230","title":"AN ACT relating to blighted and deteriorated properties.","description":"Amend KRS 99.700, relating to blighted and deteriorated properties, to expand findings to include all local government jurisdictions; amend KRS 99.705 to define \"alternative government entity,\" \"local government,\" and \"nuisance code\"; amend KRS 99.710 to expand the availability of spot condemnation to all forms of local government; allow the duties that could be fulfilled by a vacant property review commission to be assigned to an alternative government entity with a similar mission; amend KRS 99.715, 99.720, 99.725, and 99.730 to conform; create a new section of KRS 99.700 to 99.730 to establish a tax delinquency diversion program for blighted property; amend KRS 416.540 to define \"government lien\" and \"local government\" and make technical corrections; amend KRS 416.570 to provide that a petition filed for a condemnation instituted pursuant to KRS 99.700 to 99.730 include certification of the assessment made by the property valuation administrator, a list of all government liens against the property and the amount due, and an estimate of the expense necessary to bring the property up to code; amend KRS 416.580 to provide that the presumed fair market value of property in eminent domain proceedings brought under KRS 99.700 to 99.730 shall be the assessed value as established by the property valuation administrator reduced by the total amount of all government liens and the estimated cost of repairs necessary to bring the property up to code; provide that the presumption may be rebutted by the property owner through submission of an independent appraisal establishing a different fair market value; amend KRS 416.610 and 416.660 to conform; amend KRS 134.128 and 134.504 to reference the tax delinquency diversion program established by Section 8 of the Act; amend KRS 91.285, 92.305, 416.550, 416.600, 416.630, 416.640, and 416.650 to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 127)","last_action_date":"2016-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB230/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB230.htm","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":855635,"bill_number":"HJR170","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to study the feasibility of smartphone operator's licenses; require presentation of study to the Interim Joint Committee on Transportation by October 31, 2016.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to study the feasibility of smartphone operator's licenses; require presentation of study to the Interim Joint Committee on Transportation by October 31, 2016.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-24","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR170/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HJR170.htm","sponsor":"Jonathan Shell"},
{"bill_id":855647,"bill_number":"SR147","title":"Honor Charles J. \"Chuck\" Kavanaugh upon his retirement as Executive Vice President of the Building Industry Association of Greater Louisville.","description":"Honor Charles J. \"Chuck\" Kavanaugh upon his retirement as Executive Vice President of the Building Industry Association of Greater Louisville.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-03","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR147/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR147.htm","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":855658,"bill_number":"SB228","title":"AN ACT relating to education.","description":"Amend KRS 158.645 to insert gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-09","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 81)","last_action_date":"2016-04-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB228/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB228.htm","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":855666,"bill_number":"HB489","title":"AN ACT relating to death certificates.","description":"Amend KRS 213.076 to add the physician pronouncing death to those who may receive and complete the death certificate for the medical certificate of the cause of death.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-08","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 66)","last_action_date":"2016-04-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB489/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB489.htm","sponsor":"Bob DeWeese"},
{"bill_id":855689,"bill_number":"HR171","title":"Honor the 100th anniversary of Louisville Collegiate School.","description":"Honor the 100th anniversary of Louisville Collegiate School.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-10","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR171/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR171.htm","sponsor":"Mary Marzian"},
{"bill_id":855700,"bill_number":"HB482","title":"AN ACT relating to adoption information.","description":"Amend KRS 311.725 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to publish a list of certified adoptive homes that have been approved by the cabinet to receive a child for adoption; require the list to be provided to a woman seeking an abortion along with other required materials and to a nonprofit organization designated by the cabinet to produce a video; require a produced video of certified adoptive home parents to be shown to the pregnant woman; require videos to be placed on the nonprofit organizations Web site.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-24","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB482/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB482.htm","sponsor":"Dwight Butler"},
{"bill_id":855709,"bill_number":"SR153","title":"Recognize Leitchfield as the \"Fiddling Capital of Kentucky.\"","description":"Recognize Leitchfield as the \"Fiddling Capital of Kentucky.\"","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-04","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR153/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR153.htm","sponsor":"Carroll Gibson"},
{"bill_id":855718,"bill_number":"HB485","title":"AN ACT relating to restaurants.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 244 to authorize restaurant rewards programs that allow customers to earn points toward future discounted or free items; define \"licensee,\" \"points,\" \"program,\" and \"restaurant\"; allow customers to accrue points through the purchase of food, nonalcoholic drinks, merchandise, and alcoholic beverages; prohibit the redemption of points for free or discounted alcoholic beverages; authorize a rewards program among different restaurants within a restaurant chain; amend KRS 244.500 to exclude rewards programs from the prohibition against transactions involving the sale of malt beverages.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-02-24","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-02-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB485/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB485.htm","sponsor":"Arnold Simpson"},
{"bill_id":856314,"bill_number":"HB494","title":"AN ACT relating to constables and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 70 to provide incentive payments for constables and deputy constables who complete training; create a new section of KRS 15.310 to 15.510 to create a Constable Certification Program to be established, regulated, and provided by the Department of Criminal Justice Training; create a new section of KRS Chapter 147A and amend KRS 23A.2065 and 24A.1765 to create the constable certification fund composed of a $5 increase in Circuit and District Court criminal case fees as well as any contributions, gifts, grants, donations, devises, or appropriations the fund may receive; amend KRS 15.310 to define \"certified constable\"; create a new section of KRS 15.310 to 15.510 to clarify that certified constables and deputy constables are not considered hazardous duty positions and not eligible for the Law Enforcement Foundation Program fund; amend KRS 189.910 to include vehicles used for emergency purposes by certified constables and deputy constables within the definition of \"emergency vehicle\"; amend KRS 64.190 to provide that constables may collect the same fees allowed sheriffs for similar services; amend KRS 454.140 to add constables to those officers to whom process may be directed.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-25","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB494/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB494.htm","sponsor":"James Tipton"},
{"bill_id":856315,"bill_number":"SB237","title":"AN ACT relating to public protection.","description":"Amend KRS 433.750 to include protection of refuges and sanctuaries for insects.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-25","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB237/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB237.htm","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":856318,"bill_number":"SB232","title":"AN ACT relating to fire protection and volunteer fire department districts in consolidated local governments.","description":"Amend KRS 75.040 to allow fire protection districts and volunteer fire department districts within a consolidated local government to establish a property tax rate greater than $0.10 per $100 valuation upon majority vote of property holders; establish procedures for vote.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-25","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB232/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB232.htm","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":856320,"bill_number":"HJR177","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet and the Kentucky State Police to study the effects of horse-drawn wagons on highway safety and condition; specify that study include recommended statutory changes; mandate study be presented to the IJC on Transportation by October 31, 2016.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet and the Kentucky State Police to study the effects of horse-drawn wagons on highway safety and condition; specify that study include recommended statutory changes; mandate study be presented to the IJC on Transportation by October 31, 2016.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-25","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR177/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HJR177.htm","sponsor":"Mitchel Denham"},
{"bill_id":856322,"bill_number":"HB493","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend KRS 440.030 to insert gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-25","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB493/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB493.htm","sponsor":"Sannie Overly"},
{"bill_id":856324,"bill_number":"HB501","title":"AN ACT relating to fiscal matters.","description":"Amend KRS 131.030, relating to revenue, to make technical corrections.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-02-25","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-03-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB501/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB501.htm","sponsor":"Rick Rand"},
{"bill_id":856326,"bill_number":"SB236","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend KRS 433.865 to include theft of apiary equipment.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2016-02-25","last_action":"floor amendment (1-title) filed","last_action_date":"2016-03-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB236/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB236.htm","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":856328,"bill_number":"SJR157","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to erect signs designating Kentucky Route 2, within the city limits of Olive Hill, as \"Lieutenant Firefighter David Wayne Conley Memorial Highway.\"","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to erect signs designating Kentucky Route 2, within the city limits of Olive Hill, as \"Lieutenant Firefighter David Wayne Conley Memorial Highway.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-25","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR157/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SJR157.htm","sponsor":"Robin Webb"},
{"bill_id":856330,"bill_number":"SB238","title":"AN ACT relating to credit reports.","description":"Amend KRS 205.7685 to remove requirement of ten days' notice when requesting a credit report for purposes of evaluating child support.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-09","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 77)","last_action_date":"2016-04-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB238/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB238.htm","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":856332,"bill_number":"HB495","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":"2016-02-25","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB495/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB495.htm","sponsor":"Hubert Collins"},
{"bill_id":856334,"bill_number":"SR154","title":"Recognize the efforts and accomplishments of Homeplace on Green River.","description":"Recognize the efforts and accomplishments of Homeplace on Green River.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-02","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR154/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR154.htm","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":856337,"bill_number":"HB502","title":"AN ACT relating to fiscal matters.","description":"Amend KRS 138.230, relating to motor fuel dealer's records, to make technical corrections.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-02-25","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-03-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB502/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB502.htm","sponsor":"Rick Rand"},
{"bill_id":856339,"bill_number":"SB231","title":"AN ACT relating to concealed deadly weapons.","description":"Amend KRS 237.110 to allow applicants for concealed carry licenses to receive instruction from certain courses and qualified instructors outside of the Department of Criminal Justice Training firearms safety program; prohibit administrative regulations which would require concealed deadly weapon license applicants to clean guns in class; replace hands-on classroom gun cleaning requirements with instructor demonstrations; move investigation of incomplete training to Kentucky State Police from Department of Criminal Justice Training; create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to provide Kentucky State Police with authority to approve firearms safety courses and programs for training qualified instructors; amend KRS 237.120 to require instructor trainers to have 3 years of prior experience as applicant instructors; amend KRS 237.122 to allow firearms instructor trainers or certified firearms instructors to charge any amount for courses, rather than capping the applicant course at $75 and the instructor course at $150; amend KRS 237.128 to make providing incomplete firearms training a Class A misdemeanor rather than a Class D felony; amend KRS 237.132 to make failure to report insufficient training a Class B misdemeanor; amend various KRS sections to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-25","last_action":"recommitted to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-28","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB231/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB231.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":856341,"bill_number":"HR172","title":"Request the Transportation Cabinet to designate a portion of US 68/KY 80 in Trigg County as \"Trigg County Veterans Memorial Highway\" and to erect signage denoting this designation.","description":"Request the Transportation Cabinet to designate a portion of US 68/KY 80 in Trigg County as \"Trigg County Veterans Memorial Highway\" and to erect signage denoting this designation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-25","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR172/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR172.htm","sponsor":"Kenny Imes"},
{"bill_id":856343,"bill_number":"HR173","title":"Encourage the United States Congress to authorize and direct the United States Food and Drug Administration to study the benefits, side effects, drug interactions, and other aspects of medical marijuana.","description":"Encourage the United States Congress to authorize and direct the United States Food and Drug Administration to study the benefits, side effects, drug interactions, and other aspects of medical marijuana.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-25","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR173/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR173.htm","sponsor":"David Osborne"},
{"bill_id":856344,"bill_number":"HCR174","title":"Urge the Governor to request the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services to designate people with intellectual and developmental disabilities as a medically underserved population in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","description":"Urge the Governor to request the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services to designate people with intellectual and developmental disabilities as a medically underserved population in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-23","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR174/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HCR174.htm","sponsor":"Thomas Burch"},
{"bill_id":856347,"bill_number":"HB496","title":"AN ACT relating to nomination of trustees of fire protection districts and volunteer fire department districts.","description":"Amend KRS 75.031 to specify procedures for electing members of the boards of trustees of fire protection districts and volunteer fire department districts; distinguish procedures for electing resident firefighter members and nonfirefighter property owner members; amend KRS 118.305 to include fire district nominations; amend KRS 118.315 to include nominations for fire districts; establish staggered terms for fire district board, old terms to end December 31, 2016.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-02-25","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-03-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB496/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB496.htm","sponsor":"Sal Santoro"},
{"bill_id":856349,"bill_number":"HB499","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 $59,311,100 for fiscal year 2016-2017 and $63,206,600 in fiscal year 2017-2018; appropriate from Restricted Funds $75,000 in fiscal year 2016-2017 and $175,000 in fiscal year 2017-2018, with appropriations allocated as follows:","status_desc":"Enrolled","status_date":"2016-03-28","last_action":"filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State","last_action_date":"2016-04-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB499/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB499.htm","sponsor":"Rick Rand"},
{"bill_id":856351,"bill_number":"HB503","title":"Mar 14-WITHDRAWN","description":"Mar 14-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-25","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2016-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB503/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB503.htm","sponsor":"Kelly Flood"},
{"bill_id":856353,"bill_number":"HR179","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Martha Sue Rudy.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Martha Sue Rudy.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-26","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR179/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR179.htm","sponsor":"Jeff Hoover"},
{"bill_id":856355,"bill_number":"HB498","title":"AN ACT relating to 911 service.","description":"Amend KRS 65.760 to include charter counties and unified local governments.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-02-25","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-03-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB498/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB498.htm","sponsor":"Mitchel Denham"},
{"bill_id":856357,"bill_number":"HJR176","title":"Mar 02-WITHDRAWN","description":"Mar 02-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-25","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR176/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HJR176.htm","sponsor":"Mitchel Denham"},
{"bill_id":856359,"bill_number":"SB233","title":"AN ACT relating to the use of drones for unlawful purposes.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 525 to prohibit the use of a drone for purposes of harassment, to commit acts of voyeurism, or for facilitation of property offenses; allow the use of drones for lawful commercial, personal, or law enforcement use; provide that a violation for use of a drone for harassment purposes is a violation and for any other purpose enumerated in the section is a Class B misdemeanor; create a new section of KRS Chapter 39G to require Office for Homeland Security to promulgate administrative regulations regarding use of drones on state property; amend KRS 446.010 to define \"drone.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-25","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB233/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB233.htm","sponsor":"Julian Carroll"},
{"bill_id":856361,"bill_number":"HR178","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of John D. Price.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of John D. Price.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-25","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR178/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR178.htm","sponsor":"Ruth Palumbo"},
{"bill_id":856363,"bill_number":"HB500","title":"AN ACT relating to fiscal matters.","description":"Amend KRS 131.175, relating to revenue, to make technical/clarifying corrections.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-02-25","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-03-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB500/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB500.htm","sponsor":"Rick Rand"},
{"bill_id":856365,"bill_number":"SR156","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of John D. Price.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of John D. Price.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-26","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR156/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR156.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":856367,"bill_number":"HB497","title":"AN ACT relating to seeds.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 250.021 to 250.111 to declare the state's preemption in seed regulation; amend KRS 250.021 to define \"blend\" and \"brand\"; amend KRS 250.041 to clarify standards on seed coatings, mixtures, and varieties; amend KRS 250.051 to prescribe labeling permit stipulations; amend KRS 250.071 to clarify germination test deadlines and relabeling requirements.","status_desc":"Enrolled","status_date":"2016-03-23","last_action":"filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State","last_action_date":"2016-04-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB497/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB497.htm","sponsor":"Wilson Stone"},
{"bill_id":856369,"bill_number":"SB235","title":"AN ACT relating to acquired brain injuries.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define \"acquired brain injury,\" \"outcome,\" and \"treatment\"; provide that a health benefit plan that provides coverage for treatment of a post-acute acquired brain injury shall be exempt from the assessment required by KRS 304.17B-021 if medical, physical, cognitive, and affective behavioral rehabilitation treatment of the insured is covered; require that the covered treatment be provided at one of the listed types of licensed and accredited facilities for a minimum of 60 visits per calendar year, and that coverage shall not be denied solely because the facility is not geographically proximate to the insured; require the commissioner of the Department of Insurance to promulgate administrative regulations to implement these provisions.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-25","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB235/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB235.htm","sponsor":"Carroll Gibson"},
{"bill_id":856372,"bill_number":"SB234","title":"AN ACT relating to trial by jury in criminal cases.","description":"Amend KRS 29A.270 to provide the Commonwealth with a right to trial by jury in prosecutions relating to the operation of motor vehicles, aircraft, boats, and other vehicles while under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or other impairing substances.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-25","last_action":"2nd reading, to Rules","last_action_date":"2016-03-17","committee":"Rules","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB234/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB234.htm","sponsor":"Dennis Parrett"},
{"bill_id":856374,"bill_number":"SR155","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Nevada State Senator Debbie Smith.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Nevada State Senator Debbie Smith.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-02","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR155/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR155.htm","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":856376,"bill_number":"HCR175","title":"Direct the staff of the Legislative Research Commission to study the effect of moving state employees to a 40-hour work week.","description":"Direct the staff of the Legislative Research Commission to study the effect of moving state employees to a 40-hour work week.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-25","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR175/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HCR175.htm","sponsor":"Terry Mills"},
{"bill_id":856513,"bill_number":"HB520","title":"AN ACT relating to flexible credit loans.","description":"Establish Subtitle 12 of KRS Chapter 286 and create new sections of that subtitle to define terms; require a license to engage in the business of flex loans; require that any applicant seeking a license provide a person upon whom service of process may be served; void any flex loan made by a person not licensed by the state; allow the commissioner of the Department of Financial Institutions to void a flex loan for violations; grant the commissioner authority to issue equitable remedies; establish the qualifications of an applicant for a license to make flex loans; establish the form requirements for an application to make flex loans; establish the filing fee for a license and establish requirements for additional materials to accompany any application, and allow the commissioner to require a background check at the expense of the applicant; require the commissioner to investigate completed applications for compliance and if the requirements have been satisfied to issue a license to the applicant; grant the commissioner authority to take adverse action on a licensee after notice and a hearing for certain violations; establish the procedures for an adverse action taken by the commissioner; require licenses to expire each June 30; prohibit transfer of a license, and set out requirements for a change of control of a licensee; for the collection of interest and fees on a flex loan; set the maximum principal amount of a flex loan; allow for the collection of fees after a default by a borrower; to prohibit unfair or deceptive acts by a licensee; establish requirements of disclosure by a licensee to a borrower; establish requirements for record-keeping by a licensee; exempt flex loans from KRS 360.010; grant authority to the commissioner to promulgate administrative regulations; grant investigatory and subpoena powers to the commissioner; allow the commissioner to issue cease and desist orders, and to bar persons from the business of a licensee; allow the commissioner authority to enter consent orders and to seek criminal or civil penalties; allow for a written complaint to be submitted to the commissioner, and allow the commissioner to petition a court for enforcement; establish notification requirements of certain events; require the filing of an annual report by a licensee; require the commissioner to prepare a reports and analysis reflecting results of operations of licensees; allow the commissioner to license applications through a multi-state automated licensing system; establish a database for flex loans and reporting requirements for licensees to the database; establish the information a licensee may access under a database; exempt certain reported information from disclosure; prohibit local government units from regulating or having authority over flex loan plans; establish the name of this subtitle as the “Flexible Credit Act.”","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-02-26","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB520/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB520.htm","sponsor":"Johnny Bell"},
{"bill_id":856516,"bill_number":"SB239","title":"AN ACT relating to electricians.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 227A to establish an alternative examination for licensure as an electrician; direct the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction to conduct the examination at KCTCS locations; forbid the department from authorizing an outside entity to develop, update, or administer the examination; require applicants to attend an electrical education class to be offered on the same day prior to the examination; open the class to individuals who are not sitting for the examination; set a fee of $50 for the class and $50 for the examination; direct the department to promulgate an administrative regulation to administer and regulate the class and the examination; amend KRS 227A.060 to require the department to accept the alternative examination toward electrician licensure.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-26","last_action":"2nd reading, to Rules","last_action_date":"2016-03-16","committee":"Rules","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB239/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB239.htm","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":856520,"bill_number":"HB514","title":"AN ACT relating to farm names.","description":"Amend KRS 247.380 to insert gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-26","last_action":"to Agriculture & Small Business (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB514/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB514.htm","sponsor":"Wilson Stone"},
{"bill_id":856522,"bill_number":"HB506","title":"AN ACT relating to the disclosure of public retirement information.","description":"Amend KRS 61.661, 161.585, and 21.540 to require the Kentucky Employees Retirement System, the County Employees Retirement System, the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System, and the Judicial Form Retirement System to disclose upon request the names, status, projected or actual benefit payments, and other retirement information of each member or recipient of a retirement allowance of the systems; require the systems to also make the information available on a searchable database on the systems' Web site or on a Web site established by the executive or judicial branch to provide government expenditure and salary data to the public.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-26","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB506/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB506.htm","sponsor":"Robert Benvenuti"},
{"bill_id":856526,"bill_number":"HB511","title":"AN ACT relating to the death penalty.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to impose a 5 year moratorium on executions in Kentucky; require the Criminal Justice Council to make recommendations with regard to the implementation of the recommendations outlined in the American Bar Association's \"Kentucky Death Penalty Assessment Report\" to improve the death penalty system in Kentucky; require the Council to report to the General Assembly on its findings no later than November 1, 2016.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-26","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB511/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB511.htm","sponsor":"Tom Riner"},
{"bill_id":856528,"bill_number":"HR180","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Shelby Lawson Jr.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Shelby Lawson Jr.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-04","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR180/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR180.htm","sponsor":"Rocky Adkins"},
{"bill_id":856533,"bill_number":"SR159","title":"Declare March 3, 2016, Kentucky March of Dimes Day.","description":"Declare March 3, 2016, Kentucky March of Dimes Day.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-03","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR159/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR159.htm","sponsor":"Alice Kerr"},
{"bill_id":856540,"bill_number":"HR183","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of William \"Billy\" Gillespie.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of William \"Billy\" Gillespie.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-26","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR183/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR183.htm","sponsor":"Mitchel Denham"},
{"bill_id":856542,"bill_number":"SB240","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":"2016-02-26","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2016-02-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB240/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB240.htm","sponsor":"Ernie Harris"},
{"bill_id":856548,"bill_number":"HB507","title":"AN ACT relating to government contracts.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 45A.690 to 45A.725 to establish standards and rules for contingency fee personal service contracts for legal services; require the Attorney General to make written findings of the need for a contingency fee contract; set limits on the amount of the contingency fee; require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to post information regarding the contract on its Web site; require the contractor to maintain certain records; require the Finance and Administration Cabinet and the Attorney General to submit a report on all contingency fee contracts to the Government Contract Review Committee by September 1 of each year; amend KRS 45A.695 to require the Attorney General to participate in discussions with contingency fee offerors to determine their qualifications; require the Attorney General to approve of a contingency fee personal service contract for legal services before the contract may be awarded.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-26","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB507/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB507.htm","sponsor":"Robert Benvenuti"},
{"bill_id":856550,"bill_number":"HB519","title":"AN ACT relating to family caregivers.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 216B to establish a process to designate a lay caregiver to be contacted upon discharge from a hospital; provide instructions to designated lay caregiver; provide that the designation of a lay caregiver not interfere with provisions of a living will; provide that compliance or noncompliance does not constitute a private right of action or standard of care.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-15","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB519/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB519.htm","sponsor":"Jim Wayne"},
{"bill_id":856559,"bill_number":"HR181","title":"Adjourn the House of Representatives in honor and loving memory of Colonel Walker Russell \"Russ\" Reynolds.","description":"Adjourn the House of Representatives in honor and loving memory of Colonel Walker Russell \"Russ\" Reynolds.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-09","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-09","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR181/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR181.htm","sponsor":"Marie Rader"},
{"bill_id":856562,"bill_number":"HB521","title":"AN ACT relating to public assistance fraud.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 194A to encourage the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Attorney General, State Treasury, and Department of Agriculture to prominently display information and links on their Web sites about how to report fraud and abuse of social programs; allow the Office of Inspector General to receive reports of fraud and abuse and open investigations from information received from social media postings.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-26","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB521/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB521.htm","sponsor":"Regina Huff"},
{"bill_id":856565,"bill_number":"HB516","title":"AN ACT relating to labor.","description":"Amned KRS 336.153 to add gender-specific pronoun.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-26","last_action":"to Labor & Industry (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB516/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB516.htm","sponsor":"Rick Nelson"},
{"bill_id":856568,"bill_number":"HB513","title":"Mar 02-WITHDRAWN","description":"Mar 02-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-26","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB513/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB513.htm","sponsor":"Robert Benvenuti"},
{"bill_id":856572,"bill_number":"HB508","title":"AN ACT relating to the death penalty.","description":"Amend KRS 532.025 to add the murder of a victim aged 12 years old or younger or an adult as defined in KRS 209.020 as an aggravating circumstance for the death penalty.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-26","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB508/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB508.htm","sponsor":"Robert Benvenuti"},
{"bill_id":856574,"bill_number":"HB517","title":"AN ACT to labor.","description":"Amend KRS 337.055 to add feminine gender-specific pronoun to the statute.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-26","last_action":"to Labor & Industry (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB517/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB517.htm","sponsor":"Rick Nelson"},
{"bill_id":856579,"bill_number":"HB509","title":"AN ACT relating to children in custody of the state.","description":"Amend KRS 620.010 to provide that any child who is removed from his or her parents shall have access to a permanent home as quickly as possible; create new section of KRS Chapter 620 to set out duties of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services related to children who have been committed to the care of the state for a period of 15 months due to abuse, neglect, or dependency; amend KRS 625.090 to modify grounds for involuntary termination of parental rights.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-02-26","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB509/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB509.htm","sponsor":"Lynn Bechler"},
{"bill_id":856581,"bill_number":"HB512","title":"AN ACT relating to the taxation of disregarded entities.","description":"Amend KRS 139.495 to exempt from sales and use tax, purchases by any resident, single member limited liability company that is wholly owned by a resident, nonprofit educational, charitable, or religious institution which has qualified for exemption from federal income taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that is disregarded as an entity separate from that institution; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2016.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-26","last_action":"recommitted to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-29","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB512/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB512.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Watkins"},
{"bill_id":856586,"bill_number":"HB518","title":"AN ACT relating to sales and use tax.","description":"Amend KRS 139.470 to exempt from sales and use tax building materials, fixtures, or supplies purchased by construction contractors to be used in fulfilling a construction contract with a governmental agency; provide that the exemption applies for a period of four years beginning August 1, 2016, and ending July 31, 2020.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-26","last_action":"2nd reading, to Rules","last_action_date":"2016-03-25","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB518/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB518.htm","sponsor":"Russ Meyer"},
{"bill_id":856589,"bill_number":"HB504","title":"AN ACT relating to driving under the influence.","description":"Amend various sections in KRS Chapter 189A, relating to driving under the influence, to expand the look-back window for prior offenses from five years to ten years for offenses committed without aggravating circumstances; provide that DUI offenses with aggravating circumstances would remain on record as prior offences, regardless of when they were committed.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-26","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB504/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB504.htm","sponsor":"Robert Benvenuti"},
{"bill_id":856592,"bill_number":"HB505","title":"AN ACT relating to retirement benefits for legislators.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 61.510 to 61.705 to prohibit future members of the General Assembly from participating in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System unless they participated in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System or the Legislators' Retirement Plan as members of the General Assembly prior to August 1, 2016; allow current members of the General Assembly participating in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System to make a one-time election to discontinue participation and to take a refund of accumulated contributions; amend KRS 6.505 to close the Legislators' Retirement Plan to new members effective August 1, 2016; allow current members of the General Assembly participating in the Legislators' Retirement Plan to make a one-time election to discontinue participation and take a refund of accumulated contributions; amend KRS 61.510 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-26","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB505/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB505.htm","sponsor":"Robert Benvenuti"},
{"bill_id":856594,"bill_number":"SR158","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Tom Berninghaus Wiederstein.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Tom Berninghaus Wiederstein.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-29","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR158/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR158.htm","sponsor":"Dorsey Ridley"},
{"bill_id":856599,"bill_number":"HB515","title":"AN ACT relating to tobacco warehouses.","description":"Amend KRS 248.410, 248.420, and 248.450 to include gender-neutral references.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-26","last_action":"to Agriculture & Small Business (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB515/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB515.htm","sponsor":"Wilson Stone"},
{"bill_id":856601,"bill_number":"HB510","title":"AN ACT relating to canines.","description":"Create new section of KRS Chapter 65 to define \"dog\" and \"local government\"; prohibit local government from banning a specific breed of dog in ordinance, regulation, or policy concerning both dog safety and welfare, or public safety.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-02-26","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-03-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB510/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB510.htm","sponsor":"Tom Riner"},
{"bill_id":856604,"bill_number":"HB522","title":"AN ACT relating to bees.","description":"Amend KRS 246.010 to include bees within the definition of \"livestock.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-26","last_action":"to Agriculture & Small Business (H)","last_action_date":"2016-02-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB522/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB522.htm","sponsor":"Brian Linder"},
{"bill_id":856606,"bill_number":"HR182","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Gary Thomas Hunt.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Gary Thomas Hunt.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-26","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR182/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR182.htm","sponsor":"Chris Harris"},
{"bill_id":857144,"bill_number":"SB243","title":"AN ACT relating to interscholastic extracurricular activities.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to authorize participation in a public school interscholastic extracurricular activity by a private school student when the private school does not offer the interscholastic extracurricular activity; establish criteria for participation in the activity.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-29","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB243/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB243.htm","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":857146,"bill_number":"HB523","title":"AN ACT relating to enforcement of immigration law.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to require all local governments and local agencies to comply with the law and permit sharing of citizenship and immigration information as required by law and to prohibit local ordinances or other actions to violate the law.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-29","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB523/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB523.htm","sponsor":"Diane St Onge"},
{"bill_id":857148,"bill_number":"HJR188","title":"Designate Kentucky 510 from Route 221 to the Letcher County Line as the \"Omer Lewis Memorial Highway,\" and erect the appropriate signage.","description":"Designate Kentucky 510 from Route 221 to the Letcher County Line as the \"Omer Lewis Memorial Highway,\" and erect the appropriate signage.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-29","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR188/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HJR188.htm","sponsor":"Fitz Steele"},
{"bill_id":857150,"bill_number":"SB241","title":"AN ACT relating to civil actions involving sexual misconduct.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 413 to extend the civil statute of limitations for actions for damages for illness or injury suffered as a result of sexual abuse or sexual assault to five years.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-29","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB241/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB241.htm","sponsor":"Wil Schroder"},
{"bill_id":857152,"bill_number":"HJR186","title":"Direct the Public Service Commission to require retail electric service providers to modify their tariffs to provide a rate for public primary and secondary schools that are subject to KRS 160.325, the Kentucky Energy Efficiency Program.","description":"Direct the Public Service Commission to require retail electric service providers to modify their tariffs to provide a rate for public primary and secondary schools that are subject to KRS 160.325, the Kentucky Energy Efficiency Program.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-02-29","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-03-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR186/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HJR186.htm","sponsor":"Rocky Adkins"},
{"bill_id":857155,"bill_number":"HJR192","title":"Designate KY 70 in Barren County, from Cave City to Hiseville, as the \"Pfc. Edgar Everett Purple Heart Trail,\" and erect the appropriate signage.","description":"Designate KY 70 in Barren County, from Cave City to Hiseville, as the \"Pfc. Edgar Everett Purple Heart Trail,\" and erect the appropriate signage.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-29","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR192/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HJR192.htm","sponsor":"Johnny Bell"},
{"bill_id":857156,"bill_number":"HB543","title":"AN ACT relating to the School Facilities Construction Commission and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 157.617 to revise the membership of the School Facilities Construction Commission; attach the commission to the Department of Education for administrative purposes; create a new section of KRS 157.611 to 157.665 to include the Kentucky School for the Blind and the Kentucky School for the Deaf in the school construction funding program, education technology funding program, and the emergency and targeted investment fund; amend various sections to conform; amend KRS 157.420 to include the Kentucky School for the Blind and the Kentucky School for the Deaf in the facilities evaluation process; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-29","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB543/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB543.htm","sponsor":"Kelly Flood"},
{"bill_id":857158,"bill_number":"HB526","title":"AN ACT relating to supplements paid to police officers, professional firefighters, and qualified volunteer fire departments, declaring an emergency, and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 15.460 to increase the annual supplement paid to qualified police officers out of the Kentucky Law Enforcement Foundation Program fund from $3,000 to $4,000; amend KRS 95A.250 to increase the annual supplement paid to qualified professional firefighters out of the Firefighters Foundation Program fund from $3,000 to $4,000; amend KRS 95A.262 to increase the annual allotment to qualified volunteer fire departments from $8,250 to $11,000; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-29","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB526/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB526.htm","sponsor":"Michael Meredith"},
{"bill_id":857160,"bill_number":"HB538","title":"AN ACT relating to child abuse and neglect.","description":"Amend KRS 620.030 to require investigations of reports of child abuse or neglect allegedly committed by a child; amend KRS 620.040 to require investigations of reports of child abuse or neglect allegedly committed by a child; amend KRS 620.030 to establish new requirements when a specific emergency custody order is issued.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-23","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB538/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB538.htm","sponsor":"Linda Belcher"},
{"bill_id":857162,"bill_number":"SR163","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Dickie Ray Hager.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Dickie Ray Hager.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-02","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR163/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR163.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":857163,"bill_number":"HR190","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Nancy Wilder Suit.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Nancy Wilder Suit.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-02","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR190/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR190.htm","sponsor":"Mitchel Denham"},
{"bill_id":857165,"bill_number":"SB246","title":"AN ACT relating to the Department of Kentucky State Police and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 16.010 to put definitions in alphabetical order and to add a definition of \"Cadet Trooper\"; create a new section of KRS 16.010 to 16.199 to establish salary schedules for officers based on rank and years of service, and to establish other requirements and conditions relating to officer's salaries; amend KRS 16.050 to require repayment of training costs if an officer leaves employment of the Kentucky State Police within three years of completing basic training; amend KRS 16.165 to provide that disabled officers who elect to be retained on the regular payroll are not eligible for salary increments and increases based on rank or years of service until return to full active duty; amend KRS 16.198 to allow Trooper R Class officers to serve more than five years; amend KRS 18A.110 and 64.640 to conform.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-10","last_action":"returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-25","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB246/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB246.htm","sponsor":"Christian McDaniel"},
{"bill_id":857167,"bill_number":"HJR189","title":"Designate the bridge at mile point 25.478 on United States Highway 119, in Harlan County, as the \"Raymond Doss Memorial Bridge,\" and erect appropriate signage.","description":"Designate the bridge at mile point 25.478 on United States Highway 119, in Harlan County, as the \"Raymond Doss Memorial Bridge,\" and erect appropriate signage.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-29","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR189/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HJR189.htm","sponsor":"Fitz Steele"},
{"bill_id":857170,"bill_number":"SB247","title":"AN ACT relating to genomic research and medicine and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create new sections of Subchapter 20 of KRS Chapter 154 to define terms; require the cabinet to contract with a science organization to administer the Kentucky Genomic Science Fund Program; establish the \"Kentucky genomic science fund\" in the State Treasury; establish the Kentucky Genomic Science Fund Program in the cabinet to provide funding to companies to undertake research and development in genomic research and medicine; authorize the science organization to review and choose applicants for funding for these purposes; require annual reports to the Governor and the General Assembly by the cabinet and science organization.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-29","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB247/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB247.htm","sponsor":"Christian McDaniel"},
{"bill_id":857171,"bill_number":"HB547","title":"AN ACT relating to special military license plates and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 186.041 to change requirements for special military license plates; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-29","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB547/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB547.htm","sponsor":"Michael Meredith"},
{"bill_id":857173,"bill_number":"HB529","title":"AN ACT relating to water resources policy.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 151.100 to 151.460 to establish the 11-member Kentucky Water Resources Board; set initial appointments and identify the role and function of the board in developing water resource policy; attach the board to the Energy and Environment Cabinet for administrative purposes; require the cabinet to provide staff to the board; amend KRS 151.110 to include agriculture in the list of reasons water resources have become of vital importance to the Commonwealth; require the cabinet to provide leadership for on-farm and rural community drought and water assessment monitoring, and improvements for agricultural purposes; and authorize the cabinet to receive and disperse federal, state, and other funds for on-farm and community drought and water assessment, monitoring, and improvements.","status_desc":"Enrolled","status_date":"2016-03-23","last_action":"filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State","last_action_date":"2016-04-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB529/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB529.htm","sponsor":"Rick Rand"},
{"bill_id":857175,"bill_number":"HB531","title":"AN ACT relating to firearms.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to allow concealed deadly weapons to be carried without a license under certain conditions and to require posted notices where carrying a concealed weapon is prohibited; create prepayable fines for the first and second violation of the new section, with subsequent violations classified as a Class B misdemeanor; repeal KRS 527.020, which makes carrying a concealed weapon under certain conditions a Class A misdemeanor; amend multiple sections to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-29","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB531/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB531.htm","sponsor":"Hubert Collins"},
{"bill_id":857177,"bill_number":"HCR185","title":"Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish a Kentucky Workers' Compensation Task Force to study the workers' compensation system and develop consensus recommendations concerning that issue; set forth the membership of the task force; require its final report to be submitted to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2016.","description":"Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish a Kentucky Workers' Compensation Task Force to study the workers' compensation system and develop consensus recommendations concerning that issue; set forth the membership of the task force; require its final report to be submitted to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2016.","status_desc":"Enrolled","status_date":"2016-04-15","last_action":"filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State (Acts, ch.144)","last_action_date":"2016-04-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR185/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HCR185.htm","sponsor":"Rick Nelson"},
{"bill_id":857178,"bill_number":"HB540","title":"AN ACT relating to statewide communications interoperability.","description":"Repeal, reenact as a new section of KRS Chapter 39G, and amend KRS 42.734 to require the Kentucky Wireless Interoperability Executive Committee to advise and make recommendations to the executive director of the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security instead of the executive director of the Commonwealth Office of Technology; repeal, reenact as a new section of KRS Chapter 39G, and amend KRS 42.736 to make definitions apply to the reenacted and renumbered sections; repeal, reenact as a new section of KRS Chapter 39G, and amend KRS 42.738 to require the executive director of the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security to establish a statewide public safety interoperability plan by October 1, 2016; require the plan to include the creation of a statewide interoperable public safety radio network, a cost-benefit analysis of moving from the current network of disparate radio systems to a statewide interoperable network, and the development of interoperability standards for new and upgraded state and local public safety communications systems; require the executive director of the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security to report to the Interim Joint Committee on Seniors, Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection and the Interim Joint Committee on State Government by September 15 of each year; remove the executive director of Kentucky Educational Television, the chief information officer of the Energy and Environment Cabinet, the chief information officer for the Department for Public Health, the representative of a postsecondary education institution, the executive director of the Center for Rural Development from the membership of the executive committee; attach the executive committee to the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security instead of the Commonwealth Office of Technology for administrative purposes.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-02-29","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-03-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB540/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB540.htm","sponsor":"Martha King"},
{"bill_id":857180,"bill_number":"HB534","title":"AN ACT relating to the recitation of the United States Pledge of Allegiance.","description":"Amend KRS 158.175 to require local boards of education to develop procedures for the daily recitation of the United States Pledge of Allegiance at the start of each school day; provide for students choosing not to participate to sit or stand quietly; prohibit the recitation entirely should the words \"under God\" be removed by court order.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-29","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB534/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB534.htm","sponsor":"Will Coursey"},
{"bill_id":857183,"bill_number":"HJR195","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a portion of US Highway 27 in Jessamine County in honor and memory of fallen heroes, and erect the appropriate signage.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a portion of US Highway 27 in Jessamine County in honor and memory of fallen heroes, and erect the appropriate signage.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-29","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR195/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HJR195.htm","sponsor":"Russ Meyer"},
{"bill_id":857185,"bill_number":"HB549","title":"AN ACT relating to family caregivers.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 216B to establish a process to designate a lay caregiver to be contacted upon discharge from a hospital; provide instructions to designated lay caregiver; provide that the designation of a lay caregiver not interfere with provisions of a living will; provide that compliance or noncompliance does not constitute a private right of action or standard of care.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-29","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB549/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB549.htm","sponsor":"Gregory Stumbo"},
{"bill_id":857186,"bill_number":"HB537","title":"AN ACT relating to interstate distance education among postsecondary institutions.","description":"Amend 164.540 to authorize the Council on Postsecondary Education to enter into the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement, for the purpose of authorizing a postsecondary institution located in another state to provide distance education to Kentucky residents; serve as the lead or \"portal\" agency responsible for contact with other states on matters pertaining to interstate reciprocity agreements; promulgate administrative regulations.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2016-03-14","last_action":"floor amendment (1-title) and (2) filed","last_action_date":"2016-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB537/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB537.htm","sponsor":"Jody Richards"},
{"bill_id":857188,"bill_number":"HR194","title":"Commend and honor Sergeant First Class Charles Martland for his courageous actions to protect a child from a sexual predator while serving in Afghanistan, and denounce his punishment.","description":"Commend and honor Sergeant First Class Charles Martland for his courageous actions to protect a child from a sexual predator while serving in Afghanistan, and denounce his punishment.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-29","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR194/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR194.htm","sponsor":"Lynn Bechler"},
{"bill_id":857190,"bill_number":"HB548","title":"AN ACT relating to campaign finance.","description":"Amend KRS 121.015 to amend definition of \"contributing organization\" and to add new definition for \"electioneering communication\" and to make technical corrections; amend KRS 121.190 to extend requirements for disclosure in campaign advertisements to Internet and electronic communication network announcements, to cover electioneering communications, and to apply disclosures in advertisements and communications made by additional groups and organizations; create a new section of KRS Chapter 121 to require any person or group making electioneering communications expenditures in an amount greater than $3,000 during an election to follow the same registration and reporting schedule as candidates and slates of candidates and specify the information to be reported, and to require any person or group making electioneering communications expenditures in an amount greater than $1,000 in the 15 days before an election to file reports electronically within 48 hours of the expenditure or the communication, whichever is sooner, and to specify that contributions for electioneering communications make the contributors a contributing organization.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-23","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB548/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB548.htm","sponsor":"James Kay"},
{"bill_id":857192,"bill_number":"HB528","title":"AN ACT relating to pawnbrokers.","description":"Amend KRS 226.040 to require pawnbrokers to record daily transaction information on an online service accessible by law enforcement agencies.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-29","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB528/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB528.htm","sponsor":"Kim King"},
{"bill_id":857193,"bill_number":"HB5","title":"AN ACT relating to a state-operated healthcare exchange.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 194A to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to operate a state healthcare exchange that is substantially similar to kynect.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-23","last_action":"returned to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-24","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB5/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB5.htm","sponsor":"Darryl Owens"},
{"bill_id":857196,"bill_number":"SB249","title":"AN ACT relating to fire department reporting standards.","description":"Amend KRS 65A.010 to exclude certain fire departments that receive or expend less than $100,000 from the definition of a special purpose governmental entity; amend KRS 75.430 to set reporting requirements for certain recognized and certified fire departments; create a new section of KRS Chapter 95A to establish administrative and fiscal reporting requirements for fire departments as defined by the section; require the fire commission to review the reports and communicate deficiencies to the affected fire department; provide penalties for noncompliance; allow the fire commission to report irregularities to appropriate authorities and to prescribe corrective actions to bring certain fire departments into compliance; affirm that the records collected by the commission are public records; require the commission to promulgate administrative regulations.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-09","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 91)","last_action_date":"2016-04-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB249/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB249.htm","sponsor":"Albert Robinson"},
{"bill_id":857198,"bill_number":"HB542","title":"AN ACT relating to tax credits.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 198A to establish the Kentucky affordable housing credit, which applies to the income and insurance taxes, in an amount related to the amount of federal low-income housing tax credit; limit the total amount of all credits awarded during any year to the greater of 50 percent of the federal low-income housing tax credits awarded on qualified projects or $5,250,000; create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to allow the income tax credit; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the income tax credit; create a new section of KRS Chapter 136 to order the insurance tax credits.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-29","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB542/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB542.htm","sponsor":"James Kay"},
{"bill_id":857199,"bill_number":"SR162","title":"Designate June 27, 2016, as Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Awareness Day and June 2016 as Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Month.","description":"Designate June 27, 2016, as Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Awareness Day and June 2016 as Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Month.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-04-01","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR162/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR162.htm","sponsor":"Albert Robinson"},
{"bill_id":857201,"bill_number":"SB242","title":"AN ACT relating to the retail sale of products used to treat animals.","description":"Amend KRS 321.200 to allow a retailer or its agent to offer recommendations, consistent with the label, for over-the-counter animal health products it sells.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 116)","last_action_date":"2016-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB242/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB242.htm","sponsor":"David Givens"},
{"bill_id":857203,"bill_number":"HB530","title":"AN ACT relating to taxation.","description":"Amend KRS 131.061 to make a technical correction.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-02-29","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-03-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB530/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB530.htm","sponsor":"Rick Rand"},
{"bill_id":857205,"bill_number":"HB544","title":"AN ACT relating to assault.","description":"Amend KRS 508.020 and 508.025 to adjust penalty levels; create new section of KRS Chapter 508 to create enhancement mechanism for assault offenses; amend various sections to conform; repeal KRS 508.032.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-29","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB544/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB544.htm","sponsor":"Johnny Bell"},
{"bill_id":857207,"bill_number":"HCR187","title":"Urge and petition the United States Customs and Border Protection Agency and the Department of Homeland Security to require advance electronic data screening of all inbound shipments to the United States to facilitate identification and interception of illegal synthetic drugs and chemicals.","description":"Urge and petition the United States Customs and Border Protection Agency and the Department of Homeland Security to require advance electronic data screening of all inbound shipments to the United States to facilitate identification and interception of illegal synthetic drugs and chemicals.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-08","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 49)","last_action_date":"2016-04-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR187/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HCR187.htm","sponsor":"Rocky Adkins"},
{"bill_id":857210,"bill_number":"HB532","title":"AN ACT relating to concealed deadly weapons licensing.","description":"Amend KRS 237.110 and 202A.400 to suspend or deny a license to carry concealed deadly weapon to a person reported by a licensed neuropsychologist or a licensed psychiatrist to a law enforcement agency as making an actual threat of physical violence against another person.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-29","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB532/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB532.htm","sponsor":"Tom Riner"},
{"bill_id":857212,"bill_number":"HB536","title":"AN ACT relating to natural gas as transportation fuel and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 152 to create a fund and award rebates to commercial or governmental entities that purchase, lease, or convert vehicles in their fleet to burn natural gas fuels; specify that Energy and Environment Cabinet would oversee the program and report on its activities; create a new section of KRS 141 to provide a tax credit for a taxpayer that constructs fueling infrastructure for vehicles that burn natural gas fuels; amend KRS 141.0205 to conform; appropriate $2 million in the next two fiscal years for the fund and rebates.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-29","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB536/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB536.htm","sponsor":"Steven Riggs"},
{"bill_id":857213,"bill_number":"HB535","title":"AN ACT relating to economic development.","description":"Amend KRS 154.26-010 and 154.26-080 to extend the amount of time allowed for a company with an approved economic revitalization project qualifying for incentives under the Kentucky Industrial Revitalization Act (KIRA) to undertake supplemental projects which may qualify for additional incentives, from 24 months to 60 months following the term of the initial project; reduce the number of current employees and amount of minimum investment required for approval of a supplemental project; create a new section of Subchapter 26 of KRS Chapter 154 to provide that costs incurred to start up an idled blast furnace shall be considered eligible costs for the KIRA program; amend KRS 139.480 to exempt all property used in operating a blast furnace and related steel-making operations as part of a KIRA supplemental project from the state sales and use tax; provide that sales tax exemption provisions are EFFECTIVE August 1, 2016.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 109)","last_action_date":"2016-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB535/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB535.htm","sponsor":"Kevin Sinnette"},
{"bill_id":857215,"bill_number":"HJR193","title":"Require the Transportation Cabinet to apply for an exemption from the Federal Highway Administration to allow local artisans to sell wares at Kentucky Welcome Centers.","description":"Require the Transportation Cabinet to apply for an exemption from the Federal Highway Administration to allow local artisans to sell wares at Kentucky Welcome Centers.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-29","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR193/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HJR193.htm","sponsor":"Jill York"},
{"bill_id":857217,"bill_number":"HB524","title":"AN ACT relating to labor.","description":"Amend KRS 341.150 to make language gender-neutral.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-29","last_action":"to Labor & Industry (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB524/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB524.htm","sponsor":"Rick Nelson"},
{"bill_id":857219,"bill_number":"SR160","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Carlisle Chenault Browning VanMeter.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Carlisle Chenault Browning VanMeter.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR160/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR160.htm","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":857220,"bill_number":"SB244","title":"AN ACT proposing to amend Section 29 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to administrative regulations.","description":"Propose to amend Section 29 of the Constitution of Kentucky to permit the General Assembly or an agency or committee it creates to review, approve, or disapprove any administrative regulation of the executive branch during or between regular sessions of the General Assembly; submit to the voters for approval or disapproval; supply ballot language.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-03-15","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB244/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB244.htm","sponsor":"Wil Schroder"},
{"bill_id":857223,"bill_number":"HB545","title":"AN ACT relating to elk hunting permits.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 150 to establish a disabled hunter postseason elk hunt; define\" elk zone\" and make eligible only those who are able to qualify for a disabled hunter license; set the number of permits for the hunt at not more than ten percent of the total number of permits allotted for the regular quota hunt; require hunters drawn for the disabled hunter post season elk hunt to comply with all hunting laws, both state and federal; require the department to attempt to ensure disability access to areas in the elk zone; allow hunters drawn for the disabled hunter post season elk hunt who own land in the elk zone to elect to hunt on their own land rather than assigned areas in the elk zone.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-29","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Environment (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB545/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB545.htm","sponsor":"Kevin Sinnette"},
{"bill_id":857225,"bill_number":"HB539","title":"AN ACT relating to student instruction.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require that if a public school student receives an assignment requiring home access to the Internet, and the student has inadequate access, the public school shall provide an alternate assignment, allow completion during school hours, allow completion in an afterschool program, or allow completion by any other method agreed upon by the student's family and teacher.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-14","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB539/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB539.htm","sponsor":"Charles Miller"},
{"bill_id":857227,"bill_number":"HB6","title":"AN ACT relating to the expansion of Medicaid.","description":"Amend KRS 205.520 to require the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to expand the Medicaid program.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-23","last_action":"returned to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-24","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB6/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB6.htm","sponsor":"Darryl Owens"},
{"bill_id":857228,"bill_number":"SR164","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Janet Ethel Asher.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Janet Ethel Asher.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-29","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR164/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR164.htm","sponsor":"Brandon Smith"},
{"bill_id":857230,"bill_number":"HB546","title":"AN ACT relating to the transient room tax.","description":"Amend KRS 91A.390 to apply the transient room tax to stays of 30 days or less; amend KRS 91A.392, 142.400, 153.440, and 153.450 to conform; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2016.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-29","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB546/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB546.htm","sponsor":"Kevin Sinnette"},
{"bill_id":857232,"bill_number":"SB245","title":"AN ACT relating to enhanced secure identity documents and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 186.410 to specify that the Transportation Cabinet is the issuing agency for operator's licenses and personal identification cards; allow applications through alternative technology; establish a base renewal period of 8 years for operator's licenses and personal ID cards; require drivers under 18 to enroll in a driver education course; repeal and reenact KRS 186.412 to set forth the application process for citizens and permanent residents to apply for operator's licenses and instruction permits; identify the information required in the application process; require electronic scanning of supporting documents used in the application process; create a new section of KRS 186.400 to 186.640 to set forth the application process for immigrants who can show proof of legal presence to apply for operator's licenses and instruction permits; require that immigrants applying for an operator's license apply with the Transportation Cabinet instead of the circuit clerk; require verification through the SAVE alien verification system; require an immigrant with a change in status to update information with the Transportation Cabinet within 10 days; state that licenses issued under this section are good for the length of time a person's visa is valid or 8 years, whichever is shorter; specify that if an immigrant does not have a date certain on his or her immigration status, the license issued will be valid for 1 year; create a new section of KRS 186.400 to 186.640 to set forth the application procedures for citizens and permanent residents to apply for personal identification cards; create a new section of KRS 186.400 to 186.640 to set forth the application procedures for immigrants who can show proof of legal presence to apply for personal identification cards, with the similar limitations and restrictions as for operator's licenses; create a new section of KRS 186.400 to 186.640 to establish the form and composition of operator's licenses and personal identification cards, including the requirements for photographs taken; specify that name changes through marriage, divorce, or other name changes conform to an applicant's name on file with the Social Security Administration; create a new section of KRS 186.400 to 186.640 to establish procedures and fees for the child ID program; create a new section of KRS 186.400 to 186.640 to establish procedures for the issuance of personal identification cards or operator's licenses to inmates being released from state and federal correctional institutions and individuals on probation and parole; create a new section of KRS 186.400 to 186.640 to allow renewal by mail for active duty members of the military stationed outside the Commonwealth; allow a 90-day extension for active duty military members returning home to renew their licenses; and set forth procedures and requirements for the issuance of a \"veteran\" notation on an operator's license or personal ID card; create a new section of KRS 186.400 to 186.640 to require the Transportation Cabinet to develop a system of enhanced secure licenses and personal ID cards; identify features of the system; require initial applicants, including individuals coming into Kentucky from another state, to apply for an enhanced secure identity document; allow current holders of nonenhanced secure identity documents to apply for enhanced secure identity document; allow individuals ineligible under federal standards for an enhanced secure identity document to apply for a nonenhanced secure identity document; set same fees for both enhanced secure and nonenhanced secure identity documents; create a new section of KRS 186.400 to 186.640 to set forth the documents required to apply for an enhanced secure identity document; amend KRS 186.4101 to allow the Transportation Cabinet, within the first 4 years of the effective date of the Act, to issue identity documents with terms of both 4 and 8 years in order to accommodate the transition to an 8-year issuance period; amend KRS 186.442 to clarify procedures for the issuance of a restricted \"Kentucky Only\" operator's license; amend KRS 186.450 set the term of a motorcycle instruction permit to 2 years instead of 1 year with one allowable 1 year renewal; repeal and reenact KRS 186.531 to set fees for instruction permits, operator's licenses, and personal identification cards; set forth the distribution of fees; specify that the fees for a 4 year license issued within the first 4 years after the effective date of the Act shall be 50% of the fee listed, with all distributions subsequently reduced by 50%; specify that fees for identity documents applied for using alternative technology shall be distributed in the same manner as identity documents applied for with the circuit clerk; set forth procedures for voluntary donations to promote organ donation; establish donation levels of $2 for an 8-year document and $1 for a document with a term of less than 8 years; require donations to be forwarded to the Kentucky Circuit Court Clerks' Trust for Life and appropriate funds to promote an organ donation program; create a new section of KRS Chapter 27A to establish the circuit court clerk salary account; set forth streams of income including a portion of fees under Sections 21 and 24 of the Act; appropriate money in the fund to hire additional deputy circuit clerks and provide salary adjustments to deputy circuit clerks; create a new section of KRS Chapter 174 to establish the KYTC photo license account; set forth stream of income, including a portion of the fees under Section 21 of this Act; appropriate moneys in the fund for the purpose of verifying, creating, and distributing enhanced secure identity documents; amend KRS 186.540 to clarify that fees for corrected licenses be set as provided in Section 21 of the Act and require the Transportation Cabinet to issue a corrected license free of charge to an individual who is mailed an identity document that contains an error; repeal, reenact, and renumber KRS 186. 6401 as KRS 186.635 to conform and to bring the section into the statutory range dealing with operator's licenses; amend KRS 281A.170 to require that a commercial driver's license contain a denotation that the license either does or does not comply with the requirements of the REAL ID Act and can be used for federal identification purposes; set an 8-year term for CDLs; amend KRS 281A.120 to clarify that only citizens and permanent residents of the United States are eligible to receive a CDL; amend KRS 281A.150 to set forth the fees set by the Transportation Cabinet for application and issuance of CDLs and eliminate outdated references; amend KRS 186.010 to define \"identity document\" and \"enhanced secure\"; amend KRS 15A.358, 186.4125, 186.430, 186.435, 186.440, 186.480, 186.490, 186.520, 186.535, 186.570, 186.579, 281A.140, and 281A.160 to conform; repeal KRS 186.495 and 186.5315; EFFECTIVE 1/1/2019.","status_desc":"Vetoed","status_date":"2016-04-27","last_action":"vetoed","last_action_date":"2016-04-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB245/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB245.htm","sponsor":"Ernie Harris"},
{"bill_id":857234,"bill_number":"HB525","title":"AN ACT relating to wages.","description":"Amend KRS 174.040 to require the secretary of the Transportation Cabinet to development a procedure to ensure fairness and equality of pay in classified service positions in every county of the Commonwealth and to work with the secretary of the Personnel Cabinet; amend KRS 18A.110 to require the secretary of the Personnel Cabinet to draft an administrative regulation providing for this procedure.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-29","last_action":"recommitted to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-29","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB525/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB525.htm","sponsor":"Rick Nelson"},
{"bill_id":857236,"bill_number":"HR191","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Victor John Fister.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Victor John Fister.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-02-29","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-02-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR191/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR191.htm","sponsor":"James Tipton"},
{"bill_id":857238,"bill_number":"SB248","title":"AN ACT relating to motor carriers.","description":"Amend KRS 281.730 to exempt intrastate drivers from hours-of-service rules under certain circumstances.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-29","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB248/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB248.htm","sponsor":"Brandon Smith"},
{"bill_id":857240,"bill_number":"SR161","title":"Declare March 1, 2016, Live United Day in Kentucky.","description":"Declare March 1, 2016, Live United Day in Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR161/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR161.htm","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":857242,"bill_number":"HB527","title":"AN ACT relating to administrative duties in pharmacies.","description":"Amend KRS 315.010 to define terms; create a new section of KRS Chapter 315 to clarify that certain administrative activities in a restricted distribution pharmacy, such as accessing prescriptions, billing and collections, answering and transferring phone calls, and outbound patient compliance and adherence telephone calls in a restricted distribution pharmacy, do not constitute the practice of pharmacy; amend KRS 315.205 to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 105)","last_action_date":"2016-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB527/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB527.htm","sponsor":"Thomas Burch"},
{"bill_id":857243,"bill_number":"HB541","title":"AN ACT relating to public school funding.","description":"Amend KRS 157.360 to exempt a school district's local effort from the SEEK calculation if more than 60% of the real property located in the district is exempt from taxation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-29","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB541/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB541.htm","sponsor":"Derrick Graham"},
{"bill_id":857245,"bill_number":"HB533","title":"AN ACT relating to school calendars.","description":"Amend KRS 158.070 to require schools to be closed on primary and regular election days if any school in the district is used as a polling place; clarify that districts with no schools that are used as a polling place may choose to be closed on an election day.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-29","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB533/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB533.htm","sponsor":"Wilson Stone"},
{"bill_id":857247,"bill_number":"HJR184","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to erect signs designating Kentucky Route 2237 in Bullitt County as \"Patrick Lane.\"","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to erect signs designating Kentucky Route 2237 in Bullitt County as \"Patrick Lane.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-02-29","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR184/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HJR184.htm","sponsor":"Russell Webber"},
{"bill_id":857891,"bill_number":"SB250","title":"AN ACT relating to underground storage facilities.","description":"Amend KRS 367.4903 to modify the definitions of \"underground facility,\" \"operator,\" \"excavation,\" \"Kentucky Contact Center,\" and \"large project\" as used in KRS 367.4903 to 367.4917, the Underground Facility Damage Prevention Act of 1994, and to add the definitions of \"special project\" and \"abandoned or retired underground facility\"; amend KRS 367.4909 to clarify an operator's response time to an excavation locate request; amend KRS 367.4911 to include a locate request process for excavators when conducting a special project and when excavating a location covered by a manmade hard surface; amend KRS 367.4913 to reorganize the Kentucky Contact Center board of directors; amend KRS 367.4917 to clarify issuance of citations for violations and require agencies to report to the state fire marshal the number and dollar amount of the citations issued during the prior calendar year.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Energy (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB250/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB250.htm","sponsor":"Paul Hornback"},
{"bill_id":857892,"bill_number":"HR201","title":"Urge the Transportation Cabinet and the Economic Development Cabinet to conduct feasibility studies on the economic impact and costs of widening the Hal Rogers Parkway into four lanes from United States 75 to Perry County.","description":"Urge the Transportation Cabinet and the Economic Development Cabinet to conduct feasibility studies on the economic impact and costs of widening the Hal Rogers Parkway into four lanes from United States 75 to Perry County.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR201/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR201.htm","sponsor":"Tim Couch"},
{"bill_id":857893,"bill_number":"HB570","title":"AN ACT relating to Kentucky State Police.","description":"Amend KRS 16.055, 16.187, 16.188, 16.189, 16.1901, 16.191, and 16.194, to include legislative security specialists under KRS Chapter 16 and the State Police Merit System; amend KRS 16.198 to increase from 4 to 9 the number of years that a Trooper R Class employee or commercial vehicle enforcement officer R class employee may renew additional 1 year terms.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-03-30","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 6)","last_action_date":"2016-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB570/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB570.htm","sponsor":"Robert Benvenuti"},
{"bill_id":857894,"bill_number":"HB565","title":"AN ACT relating to Christmas.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to make businesses immune from civil liability for exhibiting Christmas displays, except when malfunctions of the display cause injury; amend KRS 344.040 to make it unlawful for an employer to discharge an employee for saying \"Merry Christmas\"; amend KRS 341.370 to specify that \"discharge for misconduct\" does not include saying \"Merry Christmas.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB565/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB565.htm","sponsor":"Will Coursey"},
{"bill_id":857895,"bill_number":"HB602","title":"AN ACT relating to equal opportunity for citizens.","description":"Amend KRS 67C.117 to require that the percentage of minority citizens who are employed by or appointed by a consolidated local government to serve on boards or commissions shall be no less than the greater of the percentage of minority representatives on the consolidated local government's legislative body or the percentage of minority citizens in the community.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Local Government (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB602/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB602.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Meeks"},
{"bill_id":857896,"bill_number":"HB555","title":"AN ACT relating to Kentucky educational excellence scholarships.","description":"Amend KRS 164.7879 to allow Kentucky residents attending out-of-state high schools in states bordering Kentucky to earn KEES awards.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB555/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB555.htm","sponsor":"Jim DeCesare"},
{"bill_id":857897,"bill_number":"HB630","title":"AN ACT relating to dairies.","description":"Amend KRS 247.453 to define \"qualified program\" and \"refund\"; amend KRS 247.463 to clarify producers in the state of Kentucky; create a new section of KRS 247.450 to 247.505 to specify the duties of a qualified program; repeal and reenact KRS 247.497 to align federal and state programs for the benefit of Kentucky dairy producers.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Agriculture & Small Business (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB630/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB630.htm","sponsor":"John Carney"},
{"bill_id":857898,"bill_number":"HB592","title":"AN ACT relating to state government.","description":"Amend KRS 12.080 to insert gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB592/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB592.htm","sponsor":"Stan Lee"},
{"bill_id":857899,"bill_number":"HB599","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":"Amend KRS 48.030, relating to preparation of branch budget recommendations, to make technical corrections.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB599/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB599.htm","sponsor":"Steven Rudy"},
{"bill_id":857900,"bill_number":"HB556","title":"AN ACT relating to cat declawing.","description":"Create an new section of KRS Chapter 258 to define \"cat,\" \"veterinarian,\" and \"declawing\"; prohibit anyone other than a licensed veterinarian from performing a declaw procedure on a cat; require informing the cat's owner of the physical consequences of declawing to the cat and options to declawing.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"floor amendment (1) filed","last_action_date":"2016-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB556/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB556.htm","sponsor":"Jeffery Donohue"},
{"bill_id":857901,"bill_number":"HB550","title":"AN ACT relating to educational programs for at-risk students operated by the Kentucky National Guard.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to recognize the importance of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe academies in providing training and mentorship for at-risk students; identify the requirements of the Division of Military Affairs, resident school districts, and nonresident school districts relating to the ChalleNGe academy and academy students; amend KRS 159.030 to exempt from compulsory attendance requirements a student enrolled in a nonresident district and attending a ChalleNGe academy; create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to include students enrolled in a nonresident district and attending ChalleNGe academies in the student count used for determining SEEK funding and allow funding generated by the students to be transmitted to the academy; require a local district to accept secondary credits earned by a student at a nonresident district while attending a ChallenNGe academy and apply them towards graduation requirements, as appropriate; amend KRS 157.350 to allow ChalleNGe academies to receive SEEK funding for nonresident students.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB550/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB550.htm","sponsor":"Will Coursey"},
{"bill_id":857902,"bill_number":"HB560","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":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB560/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB560.htm","sponsor":"Hubert Collins"},
{"bill_id":857903,"bill_number":"HB594","title":"AN ACT relating to agriculture.","description":"Amend KRS 253.010 to delete the definition of \"animal\" and redefine \"livestock\"; amend KRS 253.070 to set out steps to be taken for livestock of questionable ownership; amend KRS 253.130 to set the penalty for misusing a livestock brand.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Agriculture & Small Business (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB594/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB594.htm","sponsor":"Stan Lee"},
{"bill_id":857904,"bill_number":"HB561","title":"AN ACT relating to campaign telephone calls.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 121 to define \"robocall\"; prohibit candidates, slates of candidates and committees from making robocalls without disclosing certain information at the beginning of each call; permit robocalls only within 180 days of a regular election and 90 days of a primary or special election; allow for reporting of violations to the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"recommitted to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-28","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB561/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB561.htm","sponsor":"Jody Richards"},
{"bill_id":857905,"bill_number":"HB576","title":"AN ACT relating to agricultural and horticultural value for property taxes.","description":"Amend KRS 132.010 to change the definition of \"agricultural land\" and \"horticultural land\" and to delete the definition of \"agricultural or horticultural value\"; amend KRS 132.450 to clarify the requirements that must be met for property to be classified as agricultural or horticultural property and to establish parameters for the valuation of such property once it has been classified; amend KRS 132.454 and 140.300 to conform; apply to assessments made on or after January 1, 2017.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB576/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB576.htm","sponsor":"Ruth Palumbo"},
{"bill_id":857906,"bill_number":"HB628","title":"AN ACT relating to the presiding officers of the General Assembly.","description":"Amend KRS 6.190 to make technical corrections.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB628/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB628.htm","sponsor":"Jim DeCesare"},
{"bill_id":857907,"bill_number":"SR168","title":"Mar 07-WITHDRAWN","description":"Mar 07-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR168/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR168.htm","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":857908,"bill_number":"SR166","title":"Honor the Livingston Central High School cheerleaders.","description":"Honor the Livingston Central High School cheerleaders.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-02","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR166/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR166.htm","sponsor":"Dorsey Ridley"},
{"bill_id":857909,"bill_number":"SB256","title":"AN ACT relating to military service.","description":"Amend KRS 159.035 to allow for any high school student participating in basic training required by a branch of the United States Armed Forces to be considered present for all purposes for up to ten days.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-08","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 47)","last_action_date":"2016-04-08","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB256/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB256.htm","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":857910,"bill_number":"HB559","title":"AN ACT relating to election districts.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 5 to establish the Legislative Advisory Reapportionment and Redistricting Commission; require six members to be elected, one from each of Kentucky's congressional districts, four members to be appointed, and one member to be the Chief Justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court or the Chief Justice's designee; set terms of office at four years; require the first election to be held at the regular election in 2020; establish powers and duties of the commission; require the commission to develop proposals for the reapportionment and redistricting of state legislative districts, congressional districts, and, when called upon to do so, Supreme Court districts; require the commission to submit its proposals to the General Assembly for consideration.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB559/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB559.htm","sponsor":"James Kay"},
{"bill_id":857911,"bill_number":"HB613","title":"AN ACT relating to education.","description":"Amend KRS 156.690 to insert gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB613/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB613.htm","sponsor":"Jody Richards"},
{"bill_id":857912,"bill_number":"SR165","title":"Recognize the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Community Mental Health – Mental Retardation Centers System of Care in Kentucky.","description":"Recognize the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Community Mental Health – Mental Retardation Centers System of Care in Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-02","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR165/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR165.htm","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":857913,"bill_number":"SB255","title":"AN ACT relating to in-person absentee voting.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 117 to allow in-person voting for any reason in the clerk's office or other approved location at least 12 days before an election; amend KRS 117.085, 117.0851, 117.086, 117.087, 177.145, 117.165, 117.235, 118.035, and 118.405 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB255/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB255.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":857914,"bill_number":"HB618","title":"AN ACT relating to leaves of absence.","description":"Amend KRS 161.770 to clarify that a board of education must comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, and any other applicable federal law in placing a teacher or superintendent on leave due to a physical or mental disability; prohibit a board from requesting unnecessary medical information or disclosing any medical information.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-14","last_action":"received in House","last_action_date":"2016-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB618/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB618.htm","sponsor":"James Kay"},
{"bill_id":857915,"bill_number":"HB586","title":"AN ACT relating to area development districts.","description":"Amend KRS 147A.090 to establish a process for review by the Attorney General before an area development district can enter into an agreement or distribute grant funds to related entities.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB586/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB586.htm","sponsor":"Susan Westrom"},
{"bill_id":857916,"bill_number":"HB566","title":"AN ACT relating to education.","description":"Amend KRS 156.690 to insert gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB566/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB566.htm","sponsor":"Sannie Overly"},
{"bill_id":857917,"bill_number":"HB615","title":"AN ACT relating to banking.","description":"Amend KRS 286.2-030 to include limited liability partnerships and limited liability limited partnerships as business associations forbidden from improperly influencing a real estate appraisal.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB615/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB615.htm","sponsor":"Jeff Greer"},
{"bill_id":857918,"bill_number":"HB606","title":"AN ACT relating to criminal asset forfeiture for controlled substance offenses.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 218A to regulate the procedure regarding the seizure and forfeiture of property for felony controlled substance offenses; amend several sections to conform to repeals; KRS 218A.405, 218A.410, 218A.415, 218A.420, 218A.425, 218A.440, 218A.450, and 218A.460, relating to science of property.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB606/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB606.htm","sponsor":"Johnny Bell"},
{"bill_id":857919,"bill_number":"HB557","title":"AN ACT relating to abandoned water vessels and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 235.010 to add definition of \"abandoned water vessel\" and \"abandoned boat dock\"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 235 to require the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to promulgate administrative regulations to remove abandoned water vessels and abandoned boat docks from the waters of the Commonwealth and to allow for salvage of recovered materials; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Environment (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB557/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB557.htm","sponsor":"James Kay"},
{"bill_id":857920,"bill_number":"HB577","title":"AN ACT relating to the protection of children attending youth camps.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 211 to define terms, prohibit youth camps from employing or allowing the involvement of any individual who has been convicted of a criminal offense against a minor or a sex crime, who is a violent offender or has abused or neglected a child; require youth camps to obtain state and national criminal background checks of applicants, contractors, or volunteers; require documentation of records checks; provide for suspension of operating permits if a youth camp is not in compliance; establish a criminal penalty for knowingly employing certain offenders.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-23","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB577/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB577.htm","sponsor":"Linda Belcher"},
{"bill_id":857921,"bill_number":"HB605","title":"AN ACT relating to sampling licenses.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 243 to allow a sampling license to be issued to a culinary program conducted by an accredited college or university; define \"culinary sampling license\"; prohibit the retail sale of alcoholic beverages in connection with a culinary sampling license; require the college or university to include the culinary program as part of an established curriculum emphasizing areas such as business and finance, hospitality, tourism and event management, or the aspects of selected alcoholic beverages; direct the curriculum to clearly state which classes include the sampling of alcoholic beverages; set handling, storage, and reporting requirements for alcoholic beverages; require STAR training for culinary program instructors who serve or dispense alcoholic beverages for sampling; limit sampling to students or other persons who are 21 or older on the first day of a sampling class; set daily per-person sampling limits for distilled spirits, wine, and malt beverages; require a sampling licensee to purchase all of its alcoholic beverages from a quota retail package licensee; forbid the use of a different alcoholic beverage license as a prerequisite to receive a culinary sampling license; amend KRS 244.050 to exclude culinary sampling licenses from the restrictions on retail licensee sampling licenses.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Licensing & Occupations (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB605/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB605.htm","sponsor":"James Kay"},
{"bill_id":857922,"bill_number":"HB620","title":"AN ACT relating to Individualized Education Accounts and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 157 to establish the Individualized Education Accounts Program and the Individualized Education Accounts trust fund; define eligibility of students, schools, providers, and qualified expenses for the program; direct the State Treasury to administer the program; direct the Kentucky Department of Education to transfer the state portion of SEEK funds on behalf of each eligible student to the State Treasury on the student's behalf; require each parent to enter into an agreement with the State Treasury to participate in the program; describe the responsibilities of the State Treasury, resident school district, Kentucky Department of Education, participating schools, and parents; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB620/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB620.htm","sponsor":"Addia Wuchner"},
{"bill_id":857923,"bill_number":"HB567","title":"Mar 18-WITHDRAWN","description":"Mar 18-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2016-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB567/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB567.htm","sponsor":"John Carney"},
{"bill_id":857924,"bill_number":"HB617","title":"AN ACT relating to earned paid sick leave.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to require employers to provide earned paid sick leave to employees; provide that employees earn paid sick leave upon the date of hire and can use the leave after being employed for 90 days; set forth allowable uses of earned paid sick time; designate how notice of need to use sick time is provided by employees; amend KRS 337.990 to establish penalty for employers that fail to follow requirements of Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Labor & Industry (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB617/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB617.htm","sponsor":"Mary Marzian"},
{"bill_id":857925,"bill_number":"HB551","title":"AN ACT relating to pipeline safety and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create new sections of Subchapter 10 of KRS Chapter 224 to define terms; establish the Kentucky pipeline safety fund; specify the distribution of funds in the Kentucky pipeline safety fund; establish a pipeline spill response plan program within the Department for Environmental Protection; create new sections of KRS Chapter 278 to define terms; establish procedures for the Public Service Commission to gather information to provide to the Department of Revenue for the pipeline safety assessment; require the Public Service Commission to seek certain federal pipeline certifications; create new sections of KRS Chapter 136 to define terms; establish the Kentucky pipeline safety assessment; allow for the extension of the assessment due date; establish the powers of the Department of Revenue with respect to collection of the assessment; establish procedures for late payment and interest; establish corporate liability for the assessment; allow payment of security for assessment; require cooperation by various agencies.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Safety (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB551/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB551.htm","sponsor":"Terry Mills"},
{"bill_id":857926,"bill_number":"HB632","title":"AN ACT relating to fiscal matters.","description":"Amend KRS 131.030 to make technical correction.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB632/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB632.htm","sponsor":"Jim DeCesare"},
{"bill_id":857927,"bill_number":"HB563","title":"AN ACT relating to solid waste and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 211.863 to clarify that solid wastes from oil and gas drilling operations that contain low-level radioactive wastes are included in prohibited imports; amend KRS 224.50-760 to prohibit importation of certain solid wastes resulting from oil and gas drilling operations.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 130)","last_action_date":"2016-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB563/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB563.htm","sponsor":"Cluster Howard"},
{"bill_id":857928,"bill_number":"HB584","title":"AN ACT relating to the medical use of marijuana.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 211 to define terms; require the Department for Public Health (DPH) to operate a medical marijuana program; establish a process to license and permit cultivators, distributors, manufacturers, and processors of medical marijuana; clarify that the department is not asked to conduct duties that are more than administrative; require the department to contract with a nongovernmental entity to conduct any nonadministrative duties, if necessary; require prospective patients to possess a diagnosis from a physician and possess a registry identification card issued by the department; prohibit a patient from receiving more than a 60-day supply or possessing more than a 90-day supply of his or her recommended amount of medical marijuana; require the department to license no more than 10 grows; prioritize these grows in the 5 most economically depressed counties in Kentucky that elect to participate; allow for licensure of 2 cultivators, 2 manufacturers, 2 processors, and other subcategories within each economically depressed county participating in the program; establish a process by which cultivators sell only to manufacturers, processors, or distributors; allow only distributors to sell medical marijuana to a dispensary; establish a local option for medical marijuana dispensaries; establish a Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division within the Department for Alcohol and Beverage Control; require the department to publish an annual list of varieties of marijuana that contain a low level of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC); require prioritization of low-THC-containing varieties of marijuana by the department; grant priority access to children and individuals with medication-resistant seizures to low-THC marijuana; require patients under 18 to receive marijuana with a low-THC content; clarify that cannabadiol is included in low-THC marijuana products; allow a dispensary to dispense cannabadiol regardless of whether it is classified as industrial hemp or medical marijuana; establish guidelines for registry identification cards; exempt patients that possess a card and an amount of marijuana that does not exceed a 60-day supply from prosecution or penalty; protect a physician from prosecution, penalty, or disciplinary action solely for providing a medical order for marijuana; protect dispensaries and dispensary employees when acting pursuant to this Act; require that a licensed pharmacy be contracted with all dispensaries to track negative drug interactions and provide counsel; require individuals that cease to be patients to dispose of marijuana; state that any local or statewide smoking ban shall ban the use of any medical marijuana unless explicitly permitted by prominent signage; provide a method for homeless patients to receive a recommendation for medical marijuana if they are being treated by a certified clinic; allow use of marijuana on privately owned real property only with written permission of the property owner or tenant in possession of the property; prohibit unauthorized conduct, including undertaking tasks under the influence of marijuana; specify additional areas where marijuana may not be possessed or used; prohibit operation of motor vehicles, boats, or aircraft while under the influence of marijuana; clarify other protections for health insurance providers, property owners, employers, and jails or penal institutions; require the DPH to operate or license the operation of at least one dispensary in each area development district; grant the DPH authority to charge application and annual fees; authorize fines for cardholders carrying marijuana while not in possession of his or her registry card; require revocation of cardholder status to any cardholder that sells marijuana to another person that is not a patient; exempt medical marijuana from controlled substance tax in KRS Chapter 138; require DPH to promulgate administrative regulations to govern the treatment of drug addiction via use of medical marijuana; establish a Task Force on Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies for Medical Marijuana to advise the DPH in implementing the Act; require the Board of Medical Licensure to issue certificates to physicians that elect to prescribe medical marijuana; state requirements for good standing for recommending physicians; require the board to establish standards for generating orders for medical marijuana; create a new section of KRS Chapter 315 to establish a certification process for a pharmacist providing counsel in a dispensary; create new sections of KRS Chapter 138 and 218A to establish a fund and a wholesale excise tax to fund mental health treatment and the medical marijuana program from proceeds gathered from the medical marijuana program; establish a 6 year sunset period.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB584/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB584.htm","sponsor":"Dwight Butler"},
{"bill_id":857929,"bill_number":"HB552","title":"AN ACT relating to gang violence prevention and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create new section of KRS Chapter 506 to provide definitions related to criminal gangs and gang activity; create a new section of KRS Chapter 506 to enumerate what constitutes criminal gang recruitment in the first, second, and third degree; amend KRS 506.120 to provide the definition of \"criminal gang syndicate\" and associated penalties for defendants convicted of certain offenses committed while acting as a criminal gang syndicates; amend KRS 506.150 to revise evidence that is corroborative of the existence of a gang or gang membership; create a new section of KRS Chapter 506 to require that anyone who is found to be a member of a criminal gang and subsequently convicted of a felony that put the public at risk will be sentenced one class higher than the penalty provision pertaining to the felony offense he or she was convicted for; establish a cause of action for persons harmed by a criminal gang or criminal gang member; establish that any profits or proceeds forfeited or seized from a criminal gang are suspect to forfeiture under KRS 218A.420; amend KRS 218A.420 to conform; provide that this Act will be known as the Gang Violence Prevention Act; encourage state and local law enforcement agencies to create a statewide gang violence database; repeal KRS 506.140, relating to criminal gang recruitment; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB552/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB552.htm","sponsor":"Robert Benvenuti"},
{"bill_id":857930,"bill_number":"HB614","title":"AN ACT related to insurance.","description":"Amend KRS 304.22-040 to make technical corrections.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB614/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB614.htm","sponsor":"Jeff Greer"},
{"bill_id":857931,"bill_number":"HB589","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; establish a charter school pilot project and identify charter school authorizers; define terms; describe the characteristics and the requirements of a charter school; establish the Kentucky Public Charter School Commission and identify membership selection and responsibilities of members; identify the requirements and the components of a charter school application; describe the responsibilities of authorizers; describe charter school renewal and revocation processes; identify the components of a charter school annual report; identify the requirements for student enrollment; establish the Kentucky Public Charter School Commission trust fund and identify uses of the fund; 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 specify the charter school funding process; amend KRS 161.220 to include a qualified teacher employed by the of board of directors of public charter schools in the state-sponsored retirement system; amend KRS 78.510 to include charter schools in the definition of \"county\" so as to include noncertified employees of public charter schools in the state-sponsored retirement system; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB589/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB589.htm","sponsor":"Brad Montell"},
{"bill_id":857932,"bill_number":"HB581","title":"AN ACT relating to real estate.","description":"Amend KRS 381.380 to insert gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB581/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB581.htm","sponsor":"Sannie Overly"},
{"bill_id":857933,"bill_number":"HJR198","title":"Designate the bridge on Kentucky Route 61, over the Salt River in Bullitt County, as the \"Women's Army Corps Memorial Bridge,\" and erect the appropriate signage.","description":"Designate the bridge on Kentucky Route 61, over the Salt River in Bullitt County, as the \"Women's Army Corps Memorial Bridge,\" and erect the appropriate signage.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR198/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HJR198.htm","sponsor":"Linda Belcher"},
{"bill_id":857934,"bill_number":"HB604","title":"AN ACT relating to heritage barns.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 246 and 141 to establish the heritage barn tax credit; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the new tax credit.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB604/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB604.htm","sponsor":"Mitchel Denham"},
{"bill_id":857935,"bill_number":"HB573","title":"AN ACT relating to fiscal matters.","description":"Amend KRS 131.061 to make a technical correction.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB573/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB573.htm","sponsor":"Jim DeCesare"},
{"bill_id":857936,"bill_number":"HB598","title":"AN ACT relating to road projects.","description":"Amend KRS 48.311, relating to structure of branch budget bills, to make technical corrections.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB598/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB598.htm","sponsor":"Steven Rudy"},
{"bill_id":857937,"bill_number":"SB251","title":"AN ACT relating to organ donation.","description":"Amend KRS 311.1953 to require the medical examiner or coroner to release identifying information and relevant postmortem examination results to the procurement organization if a decedent's body or part is medically suitable for transplantation or therapy; title the Act as Courtney's Law.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB251/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB251.htm","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":857938,"bill_number":"HB569","title":"AN ACT relating to elections.","description":"Amend KRS 119.025 to allow for gender equity.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB569/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB569.htm","sponsor":"Jody Richards"},
{"bill_id":857939,"bill_number":"HB601","title":"AN ACT making appropriations for the operations, maintenance, and support of the Legislative Branch of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","description":"Amend KRS 48.050, relating to submission of budget unit requests, to make technical corrections.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB601/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB601.htm","sponsor":"Steven Rudy"},
{"bill_id":857940,"bill_number":"SB254","title":"AN ACT relating to juries.","description":"Amend KRS 15.733 to allow the disqualification of a prosecuting attorney from the retrail of a case due to discriminatory jury selection practices; create new section of KRS Chapter 27A to require the Administrative Office of the Courts to collect and report data on the race, ethnicity, and sex of members of juries.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB254/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB254.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":857941,"bill_number":"HB578","title":"AN ACT relating to midwifery.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 309 to define terms; create the Kentucky Board of Midwifery; provide for licensure and administrative regulation requirements regarding the practice of midwifery; establish a trust and agency fund to be administered by the board to implement the licensure of midwives; specify that the formulary not include Schedule II, III, or IV drugs; require licensees to report data on clients for the previous year to the board; require options for moderate or high risk births to be disclosed to a client; require a record of informed consent to be kept for seven years by the midwife; set forth informed consent requirements for patient care; amend KRS 211.180 and 311.550 to conform.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-03-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB578/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB578.htm","sponsor":"Russell Webber"},
{"bill_id":857942,"bill_number":"HB575","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new sections of KRS 17.500 to 17.580 to require sex offender registrants to pay an annual $75 registration fee; require the Department of Kentucky State Police to waive the fee if the registrant is found to be indigent; provide that failure to pay the fee does not prevent the registrant from registering and updating their registry information; make any registrant whose fee was not waived and who knowingly fails to pay the fee guilty of a violation with a fine up to $250 for the first offense and a Class B misdemeanor for each subsequent offense; provide that the fee requirement is no retroactive and shall only apply to a registrant that committed a registerable offense after January 1, 2017; create the sex offender registry fund as a restricted fund to consist of money received from the sex offender registration fee; require that money in the fund be used to maintain the sex offender registry; amend KRS 17.500 to revise the definition of \"criminal offense against a victim who is a minor\" and \"registrant information\"; amend KRS 17.510 to require registrants to provide palm prints; require persons convicted or required to register in other jurisdictions to register within three working days of relocation; require registrants to inform the appropriate local probation and parole office of travel outside the country; require registrants who move to a new county to register with the appropriate local probation and parole office within three working days; require any changes to a registrant's electronic mail address or any other Internet communication name identity to register the change or new identity within three working days; amend 17.520 to make a technical correction; amend KRS 17.545 to prohibit a sex offender registrant that is 18 years of age or older from having the same residence as a minor; provide an exception if the registrant is the spouse, parent, grandparent, stepparent, sibling, stepsibling, or guardian unless the child, grandchild, stepchild, siblings, step siblings, or ward was a victim of the registrant; provide that the prohibition is not retroactive and shall only apply to a registrant that committed a registerable offense after the effective date of this Act; make any registrant who violates the prohibition of living with a minor guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for the first offense and a Class D felony for the second and each subsequent offense; allow a registrant living with a prohibited minor 90 days from the effective date of this Act to move; amend KRS 17.546 to revise the definition of \"social networking Web site\"; amend KRS 17.580 to require the Department of Kentucky State Police to display a registrant's palm prints on their Web site; Sections 1 and 2 EFFECTIVE January 1, 2017.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-23","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB575/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB575.htm","sponsor":"Kevin Sinnette"},
{"bill_id":857943,"bill_number":"HB610","title":"AN ACT relating to the establishment of a tax credit to promote investments in rural Kentucky businesses.","description":"Create several new sections of KRS Chapter 136 to establish a new tax credit against the taxes imposed on insurance companies, for contributions made by them into rural growth funds which make investments in certain small businesses principally operating in certain rural areas of the state; declare findings and the purpose of the credit; define terms; provide for the process an entity must follow to apply for certification as a rural growth fund, and for investors in that entity to receive tax credits awarded by the Department of Revenue; allow the department to issue $80,000,000 in tax credits; provide credit sunset terms and other conditions for participating in the program and for claiming the credit; provide for revocation of tax credits under certain circumstances; allow the department to audit rural growth funds and examine officers thereof; limit any liability of the Commonwealth in regards to rural growth funds or investments made by them; require various reports to be filed with the department and the Legislative Research Commission to enable evaluations of the credit program; provide for the ordering of the credit; declare short title of the Act to be the Kentucky Rural Business Tax Credit Act of 2016.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB610/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB610.htm","sponsor":"Mitchel Denham"},
{"bill_id":857944,"bill_number":"HB616","title":"AN ACT relating to insurance.","description":"Amend KRS 304.8-190 to make technical corrections.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"floor amendment (2) filed","last_action_date":"2016-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB616/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB616.htm","sponsor":"Jeff Greer"},
{"bill_id":857945,"bill_number":"HB583","title":"AN ACT relating to charitable organizations and accountability.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to require the Office of the Attorney General to make available on a publicly accessible Web site a list of charities that fail to meet the financial accountability standards recommended by the American Institute of Philanthropy's CharityWatch, based on a three-year average of annual expenditures.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB583/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB583.htm","sponsor":"Jill York"},
{"bill_id":857946,"bill_number":"HB580","title":"AN ACT relating to families.","description":"Amend KRS 630.050 to make a technical change.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB580/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB580.htm","sponsor":"Sannie Overly"},
{"bill_id":857947,"bill_number":"HB626","title":"AN ACT relating to postsecondary financial aid and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to establish the Work Ready Kentucky Scholarship Program; direct the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to administer the program; define student eligibility for the scholarship; prescribe the calculation of the scholarship amount; require the Kentucky Community and Technical College System to submit information to the authority required for the administration of the program; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Vetoed","status_date":"2016-04-27","last_action":"vetoed","last_action_date":"2016-04-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB626/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB626.htm","sponsor":"Gregory Stumbo"},
{"bill_id":857948,"bill_number":"HR196","title":"Designate June 27, 2016, as Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Awareness Day and June 2016 as Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Month.","description":"Designate June 27, 2016, as Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Awareness Day and June 2016 as Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Month.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to House Floor","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR196/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR196.htm","sponsor":"Will Coursey"},
{"bill_id":857949,"bill_number":"HB597","title":"AN ACT relating to the Public Employee Benefit Trust Fund.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 18A to establish the Public Employee Benefit Reserve Trust Fund and to establish the conditions under which amounts deposited in the fund shall be maintained and expended.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB597/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB597.htm","sponsor":"Steven Rudy"},
{"bill_id":857950,"bill_number":"HB572","title":"AN ACT relating to domestic relations.","description":"Establish KRS Chapter 402A to redefine and establish the legal parameters of the civil institution of marriage; establish KRS Chapter 402B to define and establish the legal parameters of the new civil institution of matrimony; amend various sections and chapters of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to recognize the institution of matrimony and to conform; provide that in case of a ruling that any part of KRS Chapter 402A or 402B is invalid, all provisions of this Act, other than the repeals, are nullified. KRS 402.005, 402.010, 402.020, 402.030, 402.040, 402.045, 402.050, 402.070, 402.080, 402.090, 402.100, 402.105, 402.110, 402.210, 402.220, 402.230, 402.240, 402.250, 402.260 , 402.270, 402.310, 402.320, 402.340, and 402.990.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB572/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB572.htm","sponsor":"Joseph Fischer"},
{"bill_id":857951,"bill_number":"HB582","title":"AN ACT relating to banking.","description":"Amend KRS 286.3-060 to make technical changes and insert gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB582/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB582.htm","sponsor":"Sannie Overly"},
{"bill_id":857952,"bill_number":"SR167","title":"Honor the Central High School Class of 1958 on the occasion of its 58th reunion.","description":"Honor the Central High School Class of 1958 on the occasion of its 58th reunion.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-08","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-08","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR167/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR167.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":857953,"bill_number":"HB603","title":"Mar 14-WITHDRAWN","description":"Mar 14-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2016-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB603/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB603.htm","sponsor":"Jonathan Shell"},
{"bill_id":857954,"bill_number":"HB585","title":"AN ACT relating to 911 emergency services and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 65.750 to 65.760 to declare legislative findings relating to the provision of 911 emergency services; amend KRS 65.750 to change the definitions for \"911 emergency service,\" \"automatic number identification,\" and \"automatic location identification\"; add definitions for \"automatic call distribution,\" \"automatic vehicle location,\" \"FCC order,\" \"geographic information systems,\" \"Law Enforcement Information Network of Kentucky and the National Crime Information Center,\" \"local government,\" \"master street address guide,\" \"service connection,\" and \"Interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol\"; amend KRS 65.760 to require VoIP providers to collect locally-imposed 911 fees; list all allowable uses of locally-imposed 911 fees, list prohibited uses of locally imposed 911 fees; amend KRS 65.7621 to change definitions for \"administrator,\" \"automatic location identification,\" \"automatic number identification,\" and \"board,\"; add definitions for \"next generation 911,\" \"prepaid wireless communications service,\" \"prepaid wireless telecommunications service provider,\" and \"service connection\"; amend KRS 65.7623 to change the name of the Commercial Mobile Radio Service Emergency Telecommunications Board of Kentucky to the Kentucky 911 Services Board; remove the administrator and the member who is a mayor of a city or urban-county government from membership of the board; add two members serving as city officials, two members serving as county officials, two nonvoting legislative members, and the executive director of the Office of Homeland Security to the membership of the board; require the board to hold at least four meetings per year, two of which must be in congressional districts other than the one in which Frankfort is located; amend KRS 65.7625 to include in the administrator's duties the development and implementation of next generation 911 service; require the administrator to report to the board at each meeting regarding his or her activities since the last meeting; amend KRS 65.7627 to provide that revenues from the wireless service charge shall be generated equitably from prepaid and postpaid connections; provide that the postpaid wireless service charge be deposited into the CMRS fund; amend KRS 65.7629 to require the postpaid service charge to be adjusted once every four years according the positive percentage change in the CPI-U unless otherwise directed by the General Assembly; require the change to be accomplished by the promulgation of an administrative regulation to take effect on July 1 of the relevant year; require notice of the adjustment be given to affected providers by April 1 of the relevant year; require the board to deposit revenues from the wireless service charge into the CMRS fund; require the auditor retained by the board to verify the accuracy of CMRS customer count information; require the auditor retained by the board to share information with the Legislative Research Commission and the Auditor of Public Accounts; amend KRS 65.7630 to require the board to issue a report on data and information regarding 911 funding and the collection of service charges by November 1 of each year; specify reporting requirements for local government agencies with one or more PSAPs; require CMRS providers to submit quarterly reports to the board of their customer counts; amend KRS 65.7631 to adjust the apportionment formula for disbursement of moneys from the CMRS fund; end cost recovery disbursements for CMRS providers for compliance with wireless E911 service requirements; amend KRS 65.7633 to conform; amend KRS 65.7635 to require postpaid wireless service charges to be remitted by providers within 30 days of the end of the calendar month in which they were collected instead of within 60 days; amend KRS 65.7641 to increase the value of wrongfully obtained wireless emergency telephone service from $100 to $500 before it may be prosecuted as a Class D felony; amend KRS 39G.040, 65.755, 278.541, and 278.542 to conform; provide for the staggering of the Governor's appointments for the new members to the Kentucky 911 Services Board.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 111)","last_action_date":"2016-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB585/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB585.htm","sponsor":"Martha King"},
{"bill_id":857955,"bill_number":"HJR197","title":"Create the Kentucky 225th Anniversary Commission to study and recommend activities and events to educate and commemorate the state's quasquibicentennial.","description":"Create the Kentucky 225th Anniversary Commission to study and recommend activities and events to educate and commemorate the state's quasquibicentennial.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 131)","last_action_date":"2016-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR197/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HJR197.htm","sponsor":"Ruth Palumbo"},
{"bill_id":857956,"bill_number":"HB568","title":"AN ACT relating to local government.","description":"Amend KRS 67.160 to clarify that it is the county judge/executive who rents a temporary space for a clerk's office or jail when necessary.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Local Government (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB568/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB568.htm","sponsor":"Jim DeCesare"},
{"bill_id":857957,"bill_number":"HB609","title":"AN ACT relating to peace officers.","description":"Amend KRS 61.886 to provide that the commissioner of the Department of Parks may, upon request of the Breaks Interstate Park Commission, request the Governor to appoint individuals as peace officers; amend KRS 61.887 to give commission peace officers the power to enforce the rules and regulations of the commission; clarify that commission peace officers have jurisdiction over the commission's property; create a new section of KRS 61.886 to 61.892 to establish standards for any employee of the commission recommended to be appointed and commissioned as a commission peace officer; require the Breaks Interstate Park Commission to pay for any expenses associated with training and equipping an employee of the commission as a commission peace officer.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch.141)","last_action_date":"2016-04-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB609/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB609.htm","sponsor":"Chris Harris"},
{"bill_id":857958,"bill_number":"HB558","title":"AN ACT relating to debt collection.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 367 to provide that certain actions by debt collectors while collecting or attempting to collect a debt constitute an unlawful collection practice; establish that unlawful collection practices include using or threatening to use force, threatening arrest or criminal prosecution, threatening the seizure of a debtor's property when the action can only be taken pursuant to court order, using profane language, communicating in a harassing manner, communicating or threatening to communicate with a debtor's employer, communicating or threatening to communicate with a debtor at the debtor's place of employment without his or her permission, communicating with the debtor in writing without identifying details, causing any communication expense by concealing the true purpose of the debt collector's communication, attempting or threatening to enforce a remedy that does not exist, threatening to take action which the debt collector does not take in the regular course of business, using any form of communication that falsely simulates the legal or judicial process, representing that an existing debt may be increased by additional charges when charges may not legally be added to the debt, collecting or attempting to collect interest or other charges in excess of the actual debt unless expressly authorized by the agreement or by law; threatening to assign or sell the debtor's account while misrepresenting that the debtor would lose any defense to the debt or be subjected to harsh collection tactics, and using the seal or letterhead of a public official or agency; provide that any person injured as a result of the willful use or employment by another person of an unlawful collection practice may bring an action in any court with jurisdiction to enjoin the practice or to recover actual damages, or $200, whichever is greater; allow the court to award reasonable attorney fees to the prevailing party; provide that actions shall be commenced within one year from the date of injury.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB558/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB558.htm","sponsor":"James Kay"},
{"bill_id":857959,"bill_number":"HB593","title":"AN ACT relating to state government.","description":"Amend KRS 18A.015 to insert gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB593/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB593.htm","sponsor":"Stan Lee"},
{"bill_id":857960,"bill_number":"HB595","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":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB595/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB595.htm","sponsor":"Sannie Overly"},
{"bill_id":857961,"bill_number":"HB564","title":"AN ACT relating to home-based food processors.","description":"Amend KRS 217.015 to expand the sources from which a home-based processor and a home-based microprocessor may obtain processed food ingredients.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Agriculture & Small Business (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB564/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB564.htm","sponsor":"Jim DeCesare"},
{"bill_id":857962,"bill_number":"HB608","title":"AN ACT relating to the Executive Branch Code of Ethics and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 11A to require public servants to report suspected ethics violations to the Executive Branch Ethics Commission under the protection of KRS 61.102; amend KRS 11A.010 to add definitions; amend KRS 11A.020 to clarify conflict of interest provisions; amend KRS 11A.030 to clarify when a public servant should abstain from action; amend KRS 11A.040 to permit acceptance by a public servant of an award for service valued up to $100 annually; amend KRS 11A.050 to require disclosure of additional information, including telephone numbers, electronic mail addresses, and the nature of the businesses; amend KRS 11A.060 to give certain elected statewide constitutional officers a role in the nomination process of prospective members of the Executive Branch Ethics Commission by submitting lists of nominees to the Governor, who makes the final appointment; amend KRS11A.080 to require dismissal of a complaint if the complainant makes the complaint public; give the Executive Branch Ethics Commission discretion whether to have a hearing or to issue a confidential reprimand under certain specific circumstances; permit referral to law enforcement agencies; amend KRS 11A.100 to establish that a certified copy of the commission's final determination will serve as prima facie evidence of the violation; require funds collected from penalties to be credited to a trust and agency fund account which shall not lapse or revert to the general fund; establish that public servants not subject to KRS Chapter 18A also fall under these provisions; amend KRS 11A.201 to clarify that placement agents are executive agency lobbyists; amend KRS 11A.211 to establish that the commission shall prescribe the registration fee for executive agency lobbyists through the promulgation of administrative regulations; amend KRS 11A.990 to ensure that any officer, public servant, or candidate required to file a statement of financial disclosure under KRS 11A.050 who does not file the statement by the date specified in that section shall have his or her salary withheld from the sixteenth day of noncompliance until the required action is completed; and amend KRS 18A.045 and 11A.045 to conform; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-21","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB608/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB608.htm","sponsor":"Sannie Overly"},
{"bill_id":857963,"bill_number":"HB611","title":"AN ACT relating to real property.","description":"Amend KRS 381.460 to insert gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB611/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB611.htm","sponsor":"Sannie Overly"},
{"bill_id":857964,"bill_number":"HB625","title":"AN ACT relating to fantasy contests.","description":"Establish KRS Chapter 239 and create a new section thereof to require the Public Protection Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations necessary to establish requirements and standards for the operation of fantasy contests.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Licensing & Occupations (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB625/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB625.htm","sponsor":"David Osborne"},
{"bill_id":857965,"bill_number":"HB621","title":"AN ACT relating to elections.","description":"Amend KRS 242.020 to allow the cost of a local option election to be refunded if the election is held on a day other than a primary or regular election date and the vote is successful; establish requirements for the petition for a local option election; permit the local option question to be placed on the ballot for the next primary or regular election held in that territory; amend KRS 242.030 to permit a local option election to be held on the same day as a primary or regular election; allow a local option election to be held in any territory less than a county on the same day as an election day for the entire county; limit territories from having a local option election more than once every seven years if the election fails; establish dates by which a petition for a local option election must be filed; amend KRS 242.040 to remove the requirement for sheriffs to advertise the election in the newspaper; require the order for an election to be posted no later than two weeks before the election; amend KRS 242.1242, 242.1244, and 242.022 to conform.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"floor amendment (1) filed","last_action_date":"2016-03-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB621/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB621.htm","sponsor":"David Osborne"},
{"bill_id":857966,"bill_number":"HB591","title":"AN ACT relating to volunteerism and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to establish the Commonwealth Student Volunteer Program to incentivize student volunteerism and ensure that public postsecondary students receive appropriate credit; establish the Commonwealth Student Volunteer Program trust fund; require any state agency receiving volunteer services of an eligible student to record and provide specific data; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB591/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB591.htm","sponsor":"Tom Riner"},
{"bill_id":857967,"bill_number":"HR199","title":"Declare March, 2016 as Hemophilia Awareness Month.","description":"Declare March, 2016 as Hemophilia Awareness Month.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-07","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR199/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR199.htm","sponsor":"Mitchel Denham"},
{"bill_id":857968,"bill_number":"HB588","title":"AN ACT relating to property tax recovery fees.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 142 to require equipment rental companies to collect a mandatory property tax recovery fee equal to one and a half percent of the total amount charged for equipment rentals from their customers; require the fee to be used by the equipment rental companies to satisfy their tangible personal property tax liabilities; provide that any amounts collected that exceed the property taxes owed by the equipment rental company shall be distributed proportionately among the various taxing jurisdictions; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2017.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB588/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB588.htm","sponsor":"Russ Meyer"},
{"bill_id":857969,"bill_number":"HJR200","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate KY 1448 in Mason County, from US 62 to KY 9, as the \"First Responders Highway Buffalo Trace Region,\" and erect the appropriate signage.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate KY 1448 in Mason County, from US 62 to KY 9, as the \"First Responders Highway Buffalo Trace Region,\" and erect the appropriate signage.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR200/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HJR200.htm","sponsor":"Mitchel Denham"},
{"bill_id":857970,"bill_number":"HB627","title":"AN ACT relating to employment provisions for employees on maternity leave.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to require employers with 50 or more employees to provide six weeks of paid leave for maternity leave for an employee who has been employed for at least one year; allow an employee to waive the paid maternity leave.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Labor & Industry (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB627/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB627.htm","sponsor":"James Kay"},
{"bill_id":857971,"bill_number":"HB579","title":"AN ACT relating to revenue and taxation.","description":"Amend KRS 137.150, relating to petroleum tax, to make technical corrections.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB579/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB579.htm","sponsor":"Sannie Overly"},
{"bill_id":857972,"bill_number":"HB553","title":"AN ACT relating to public school standards.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to prohibit the Kentucky Board of Education and the Kentucky Department of Education from implementing the English language arts and mathematics academic content standards developed by the Common Core Standards Initiative and the science academic content standards developed by the Next Generation Science Standards Initiative; require the state board to recommend new content standards to school districts and schools after consultation with the Council on Postsecondary Education; require public involvement in standards development; clarify the authority of the local board of education to adopt standards which differ from or exceed the standards approved by the state board; prohibit the local board from adopting mathematics standards developed by the Common Core Standards Initiative; clarify that the school-based decision making councils shall develop policies based upon the standards adopted by the local boards of education; prohibit state officials from ceding control of education content standards and assessments; prohibit withholding of state funds from school districts for adopting different academic content standards; amend KRS 158.6453 to permit a local board of education to supplement the state board-approved academic content standards with higher and more rigorous standards and require school councils to use them to fulfill curriculum policy requirements; amend KRS 160.345 to clarify school council curriculum policy authority.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB553/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB553.htm","sponsor":"Lynn Bechler"},
{"bill_id":857973,"bill_number":"HB607","title":"AN ACT relating to criminal asset forfeiture.","description":"Amend KRS 218A.410 to limit criminal forfeitures of property to felony offenses; amend 218A.415 to require a seizure confirmation hearing; amend KRS 218A.420 to change the existing forfeiture proceed distribution scheme; amend KRS 218A.440 to change annual reporting requirement for law enforcement agencies.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"recommitted to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-25","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB607/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB607.htm","sponsor":"Johnny Bell"},
{"bill_id":857974,"bill_number":"HB571","title":"AN ACT proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Kentucky relating to domestic relations.","description":"Propose to create a new Section 233B of the Constitution of Kentucky to define the parameters of matrimony; submit to voters.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB571/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB571.htm","sponsor":"Joseph Fischer"},
{"bill_id":857975,"bill_number":"HB623","title":"AN ACT relating to the Department of Kentucky State Police and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 16.010 to put definitions in alphabetical order and to add a definition of \"Cadet Trooper\"; create a new section of KRS 16.010 to 16.199 to establish salary schedules for officers based on rank and years of service, and to establish other requirements and conditions relating to officer's salaries; amend KRS 16.050 to require repayment of training costs if an officer leaves employment of the Kentucky State Police within three years of completing basic training; amend KRS 16.165 to provide that disabled officers who elect to be retained on the regular payroll are not eligible for salary increments and increases based on rank or years of service until return to full active duty; amend KRS 16.198 to allow Trooper R Class officers to serve more than five years; amend KRS 18A.110 and 64.640 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB623/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB623.htm","sponsor":"Sal Santoro"},
{"bill_id":857976,"bill_number":"HB587","title":"AN ACT relating to workforce investment boards.","description":"Create sections of KRS Chapter 151B to create the Workforce Innovation Board pursuant to the requirements of the Workforce Opportunity and Innovation Act; set forth definitions, board membership, responsibilities of the board, and statutory mandates on the board and local workforce boards; require the Secretary of the Education and Workforce Investment Cabinet to promulgate necessary administrative regulations.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB587/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB587.htm","sponsor":"Susan Westrom"},
{"bill_id":857977,"bill_number":"HB596","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":"Amend KRS 48.210, relating to submission of budget recommendations, to make technical corrections.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB596/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB596.htm","sponsor":"Steven Rudy"},
{"bill_id":857978,"bill_number":"HB629","title":"AN ACT relating to insurance coverage of autism spectrum disorders.","description":"Amend KRS 304.17A-141 to remove reference to KRS 304.17A-143; amend KRS 304.17A-142 to apply to all health benefit plans issued or renewed after the effective date; require insurers to maintain a Web page on their Web site providing information on filing claims for autism coverage; require the commissioner of insurance to promulgate administrative regulations setting the information requirements; repeal KRS 304.17A-143, relating to coverage of treatment for autism in the individual and small group market.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-18","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB629/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB629.htm","sponsor":"Sannie Overly"},
{"bill_id":857979,"bill_number":"HB631","title":"AN ACT relating to the criminal justice system.","description":"Amend KRS 525.040 to include creating a situation which could be mistaken for a riot in the crime of inciting to riot.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB631/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB631.htm","sponsor":"Tim Moore"},
{"bill_id":857980,"bill_number":"HB590","title":"AN ACT relating to asset forfeiture.","description":"Amend KRS 15.440 to condition eligibility to participate in the KLEFP fund on a law enforcement agency's compliance with statutory reporting requirements regarding asset forfeiture under KRS Chapter 218A; amend KRS 218A.420 to change the forfeited asset distribution formula; amend KRS 218A.440 to require all law enforcement agencies authorized to seize property under KRS Chapter 218A to file an annual report regardless of whether or not they seized property.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB590/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB590.htm","sponsor":"Diane St Onge"},
{"bill_id":857981,"bill_number":"HB619","title":"Mar 22-WITHDRAWN","description":"Mar 22-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2016-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB619/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB619.htm","sponsor":"Wilson Stone"},
{"bill_id":857982,"bill_number":"HB562","title":"AN ACT relating to home medical equipment service providers.","description":"Repeal, reenact, and amend KRS Sections 315.510 to 315.524 as a new sections of KRS Chapter 194A to remove home medical equipment and service providers from the authority of the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy and place under the authority of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; create new sections of KRS Chapter 194A to establish conditions under which the cabinet may suspend, revoke, or deny a license or impose sanctions on a licensee, and to authorize the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations, investigate complaints or violations, issue subpoenas and conduct hearings, and assess fees; amend KRS 315.121, 315,191, and 304.17A-005 to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 103)","last_action_date":"2016-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB562/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB562.htm","sponsor":"Jody Richards"},
{"bill_id":857983,"bill_number":"HB600","title":"AN ACT relating to appropriations and revenue measures providing financing and conditions for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and its various officers, cabinets, departments, boards, commissions, institutions, subdivisions, agencies, and other state-supported activities.","description":"Amend KRS 48.040, relating to budget forms, to make technical corrections.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB600/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB600.htm","sponsor":"Steven Rudy"},
{"bill_id":857984,"bill_number":"HB622","title":"AN ACT relating to jockeys' fees.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 230 to establish minimum fees for jockeys in Thoroughbred racing.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-03-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB622/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB622.htm","sponsor":"Sannie Overly"},
{"bill_id":857985,"bill_number":"SB253","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; establish a charter school pilot project and identify charter school authorizers; define terms; describe the characteristics and the requirements of a charter school; establish the Kentucky Public Charter School Commission and identify membership selection and responsibilities of members; identify the requirements and the components of a charter school application; describe the responsibilities of authorizers; describe charter school renewal and revocation processes; identify the components of a charter school annual report; identify the requirements for student enrollment; establish the Kentucky Public Charter School Commission trust fund and identify uses of the fund; 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 specify the charter school funding process; amend KRS 161.220 to include a qualified teacher employed by the of board of directors of public charter schools in the state-sponsored retirement system; amend KRS 78.510 to include charter schools in the definition of \"county\" so as to include noncertified employees of public charter schools in the state-sponsored retirement system; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-17","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB253/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB253.htm","sponsor":"Mike Wilson"},
{"bill_id":857986,"bill_number":"SB252","title":"AN ACT relating to sales and use tax.","description":"Amend KRS 139.480 to exempt from sales and use tax textile linens purchased by an accredited healthcare laundry or purchased or rented by a for-profit healthcare provider from an accredited healthcare laundry; apply the exemption for a 4-year period beginning August 1, 2016, and ending August 1, 2020; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2016.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB252/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB252.htm","sponsor":"Paul Hornback"},
{"bill_id":857987,"bill_number":"HB574","title":"AN ACT relating to computation of time in state administrative bodies.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 12 to require state agencies to compute time in a standardized way, similar to rule of civil procedure.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2016-03-15","last_action":"floor amendment (1) and (2-title) filed","last_action_date":"2016-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB574/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB574.htm","sponsor":"Kevin Sinnette"},
{"bill_id":857988,"bill_number":"HB612","title":"AN ACT relating to products marketed for use in conjunction with tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or vapor products.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 438.305 to 438.340 to prohibit the sale of products marketed for use in conjunction with tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, and vapor products to minors.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB612/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB612.htm","sponsor":"Ken Upchurch"},
{"bill_id":857989,"bill_number":"HB554","title":"AN ACT relating to medical malpractice.","description":"Amend KRS 304.40-260 to modify the definitions of \"health care provider,\" and \"health care,\" and \"malpractice insurer\"; delete definitions for \"tort\" and \"malpractice,\" and add a definition for \"health care liability action\"; create new sections of KRS 304.40-250 to 304.40-320 to require that a claimant in a health care liability action prove by expert testimony the recognized standard of acceptable professional practice and specialty, that the defendant acted with less than or failed to act with ordinary and reasonable care in accordance with this standard, and that the claimant suffered injuries as a proximate result of the defendant's negligent act or omission; provide there is no presumption of negligence on the part of the defendant in a health care liability action; require a jury to be instructed in a health care liability action that the claimant has the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence the negligence of the defendant; require a potential health care liability claimant to provide written notice of the potential claim to each potential health care provider that will be named a defendant at least 60 days before filing the complaint with the court; provide requirements for the notice and service of the notice; require the pleadings in a health care liability action to state whether the claimant complied with and gave documentation for the notice requirement; extend the applicable statute of limitations and repose for a period of 120 days from the date of expiration of the statute of limitations and repose applicable to that provider if the required notice was given; allow all parties in a health care liability action to obtain copies of the claimant's medical records from any health care provider receiving notice; provide that if a complaint is filed in good-faith reliance on the extension of the statute of limitations and repose and it is later determined the claim is not a health care liability action, the extension of the statute of limitations and repose is still available to the claimant; allow the named defendant in a health care liability action to petition the court for a qualified protective order allowing the defendant the right to obtain protected health information outside the presence of claimant; provide that any health care provider's disclosure of relevant information in response to a court order shall be permissible disclosure; require a certificate of good faith to be filed with the complaint in each health care liability action that requires expert testimony; outline the required contents of a certificate of good faith; provide that the failure of a plaintiff to provide a certificate of good faith shall, upon motion, make the action subject to dismissal with prejudice; specify that the written statement of an expert relied upon in executing the certificate of good faith is not discoverable; allow the court to impose sanctions upon a finding that certificate of good faith requirements have been violated; amend KRS 304.40-250, 304.40-280, 304.40-290, 304.40-300, and 304.40-310 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB554/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB554.htm","sponsor":"Jim DeCesare"},
{"bill_id":857990,"bill_number":"HB624","title":"AN ACT relating to local government procurement.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 45A.345 to 45A.460 to allow a local public agency to apply a local bidder preference to goods or products, and define terms.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-01","last_action":"to Local Government (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB624/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB624.htm","sponsor":"Chris Harris"},
{"bill_id":858345,"bill_number":"SB265","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":"2016-03-02","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB265/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB265.htm","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":858352,"bill_number":"SB258","title":"AN ACT relating to the tracking of drug convictions.","description":"Amend KRS 218A.202 to require the Administrative Office of the Courts to forward drug conviction data to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services for inclusion in KASPER electronic monitoring system.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-02","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB258/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB258.htm","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":858360,"bill_number":"SB267","title":"AN ACT relating to juror pay.","description":"Amend KRS 21A.170 to increase juror pay and expense allowance; repeal KRS 32.070, relating to expense allowances for jurors; amend KRS 32.011 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-02","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB267/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB267.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":858368,"bill_number":"SB261","title":"Mar 08-WITHDRAWN","description":"Mar 08-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-02","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2016-03-08","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB261/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB261.htm","sponsor":"Jared Carpenter"},
{"bill_id":858376,"bill_number":"SR170","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Curtis \"Bud\" Elswick.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Curtis \"Bud\" Elswick.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-04","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR170/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR170.htm","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":858384,"bill_number":"SB257","title":"AN ACT relating to firearms.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to allow concealed deadly weapons to be carried without a license under certain conditions and to require posted notices where carrying a concealed weapon is prohibited; create prepayable fines for the first and second violation of the new section, with subsequent violations classified as a Class B misdemeanor; repeal KRS 527.020, which makes carrying a concealed weapon under certain conditions a Class A misdemeanor; amend multiple sections to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-02","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB257/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB257.htm","sponsor":"Albert Robinson"},
{"bill_id":858391,"bill_number":"SB264","title":"AN ACT relating to state and local government.","description":"Amend KRS 147.640 to render gender-neutral.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-02","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB264/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB264.htm","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":858400,"bill_number":"SB272","title":"AN ACT relating to natural resources.","description":"Amend KRS 350.075 to make grammatical and technical corrections.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-02","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Energy (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB272/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB272.htm","sponsor":"David Givens"},
{"bill_id":858407,"bill_number":"HR203","title":"Honor Representative Jim DuPlessis for his heroic efforts to help Alicia Boyd, and honor Mrs. Boyd for her dedication in returning to work at the Legislative Research Commission.","description":"Honor Representative Jim DuPlessis for his heroic efforts to help Alicia Boyd, and honor Mrs. Boyd for her dedication in returning to work at the Legislative Research Commission.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-02","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR203/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR203.htm","sponsor":"Jeff Hoover"},
{"bill_id":858414,"bill_number":"SJR175","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a portion of KY 122 in Pike County as the Lula Bates Memorial Highway, and erect appropriate signs.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a portion of KY 122 in Pike County as the Lula Bates Memorial Highway, and erect appropriate signs.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-02","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR175/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SJR175.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":858423,"bill_number":"SB262","title":"AN ACT relating to industrial hemp.","description":"Amend KRS 260.850 to conform; create a new section of KRS 260.850 to 260.869 to allow industrial hemp farming as permissible under federal law; amend KRS 260.851 to require the Department of Agriculture to promulgate administrative regulations to administer the industrial hemp licensure program; amend KRS 260.854 to require the Department of Agriculture to establish an industrial hemp licensure program; require the department, by administrative regulation, to establish fee amounts for industrial hemp licenses, delete requirements for global positioning coordinates and for allowing the Department of Kentucky State Police to conduct physical inspections of the industrial hemp; allow the Department of Agriculture discretionary authority to monitor the industrial hemp grown by the license holder; provide testing and establish testing criteria; amend KRS 260.855 to delete requirements for a person granted an industrial hemp license and for a person transporting industrial hemp; amend KRS 260.865 to prohibit the Department of Agriculture from adopting any provision prohibiting a person from growing industrial hemp that is more restrictive than federal law; amend KRS 260.869 to require the Department of Agriculture to administer the industrial hemp program fund; repeal KRS 260.8505, 260.853, 260.856, 260.857, 260.859, 260.861, and 260.863; identify this Act as the \"Industrial Hemp Freedom Act.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-02","last_action":"to Agriculture (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB262/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB262.htm","sponsor":"Perry Clark"},
{"bill_id":858430,"bill_number":"SR174","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Curtis \"Bud\" Elswick.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Curtis \"Bud\" Elswick.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-16","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR174/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR174.htm","sponsor":"Brandon Smith"},
{"bill_id":858438,"bill_number":"SB259","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend KRS 431.015 to allow peace officers the discretion to arrest individuals for specified misdemeanor offenses; amend KRS 523.110 to add elements to the offense of providing a peace officer false identifying information.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-02","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB259/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB259.htm","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":858446,"bill_number":"SB270","title":"AN ACT relating to disproportionate minority contact.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapters 15A, 27A, 158, and 194A to require quarterly reporting of statistics, including age, race, and gender, to determine whether there is disproportionate minority contact with the juvenile justice, social welfare, and educational discipline systems; amend various sections to conform.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2016-03-02","last_action":"floor amendments (1) and (2) filed to Committee Substitute","last_action_date":"2016-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB270/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB270.htm","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":858458,"bill_number":"SB269","title":"AN ACT relating to hair braiding.","description":"Amend KRS 317A.010 to define \"natural hair braiding\"; amend KRS 317A.020 to exempt persons engaged in natural hair braiding from the licensure requirements of the chapter.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-08","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 48)","last_action_date":"2016-04-08","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB269/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB269.htm","sponsor":"Perry Clark"},
{"bill_id":858466,"bill_number":"SJR171","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate the Little Sandy River Bridge, which connects Kentucky Route 2541 and United States Route 23, in Greenup County, as the \"Jimmy Doran Memorial Bridge\" and erect appropriate signs.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate the Little Sandy River Bridge, which connects Kentucky Route 2541 and United States Route 23, in Greenup County, as the \"Jimmy Doran Memorial Bridge\" and erect appropriate signs.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-02","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR171/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SJR171.htm","sponsor":"Robin Webb"},
{"bill_id":858474,"bill_number":"SB263","title":"AN ACT relating to medical cannabis.","description":"Create various new sections of KRS Chapter 218A to establish a comprehensive system for medical cannabis, including provisions for medical verification of need, persons allowed to cultivate, use, and possess the drug, organizations allowed to assist in providing the drug, regulation by the state Department of Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Control, interaction on the part of state and local governments, including law enforcement, with persons and entities coming within the purview of the Act, and the establishment of required reporting and review procedures; rename the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control the Department of Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Control; amend various KRS sections to conform; name the act the Cannabis Compassion Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-02","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB263/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB263.htm","sponsor":"Perry Clark"},
{"bill_id":858481,"bill_number":"SB260","title":"AN ACT relating to gubernatorial appointments.","description":"Amend KRS 11.160 to clarify procedure for confirmation of appointments made by the Governor and to delete provisions related to confirmation by the House of Representatives of appointments made by the Governor; amend KRS 342.213 to prohibit the Governor from taking action on any appointment of an administrative law judge, workers' compensation board member, or member of the Workers' Compensation Nominating Commission if the term of the Governor expires prior to the term of the position being filled.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-15","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB260/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB260.htm","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":858489,"bill_number":"SB271","title":"AN ACT relating to health and welfare.","description":"Amend KRS 630.050 to make a technical change.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-02","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB271/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB271.htm","sponsor":"David Givens"},
{"bill_id":858506,"bill_number":"SB268","title":"AN ACT relating to drug costs under health benefit plans.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require insurers in Kentucky to offer a percentage of health benefit plans with lower copayment and coinsurance on prescription drugs.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-02","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB268/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB268.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":858521,"bill_number":"SR172","title":"Recognize March 24, 2016, as Registered Dietitian Day.","description":"Recognize March 24, 2016, as Registered Dietitian Day.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-24","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR172/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR172.htm","sponsor":"Robin Webb"},
{"bill_id":858530,"bill_number":"SR173","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of George Harrison Wolfford.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of George Harrison Wolfford.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-28","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR173/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR173.htm","sponsor":"Robin Webb"},
{"bill_id":858538,"bill_number":"SB266","title":"AN ACT relating to veterans' affairs.","description":"Amend KRS 164.505 to reflect the current name of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-02","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB266/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB266.htm","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":858552,"bill_number":"SR169","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Joe Paul Daugherty Sr.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Joe Paul Daugherty Sr.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-03","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR169/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR169.htm","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":859106,"bill_number":"SB302","title":"AN ACT relating to driving under the influence.","description":"Amend KRS 186.570 to provide that the Transportation Cabinet may revoke a driver’s ignition interlock license for failure to install an ignition interlock device in his or her car within thirty days of issuance of the applicable license; amend KRS 189A.070 to remove the current requirements for mandatory usage of an ignition interlock license during the applicable license suspension or revocation period; create a new section of KRS Chapter 189A allowing the issuance of an ignition interlock license to eligible persons by the Transportation Cabinet, immediately following an arraignment or any time thereafter, for a violation for certain enumerated violations of KRS Chapter 189A; enumerate requirements related to a reduction of costs and fees associated with an ignition interlock device for indigent persons; amend KRS 189A.085 to revise procedures related to the surrender of license plates after suspension; create a new section of KRS Chapter 189A establishing a procedure for requesting an employer exception related to any ignition interlock-equipped motor vehicle; create a new section of KRS Chapter 189A enumerating requirements for installation of an ignition interlock device within thirty days of issuance of an ignition interlock license; amend KRS 189A.090 to enumerate penalties for violations related to issuance of an ignition interlock license or usage of an ignition interlock-equipped vehicle; amend KRS 189A.105 to revise requirements related to revocation of driving privileges for refusal to undergo a breath, blood, or urine test and the person’s eligibility for an ignition interlock license; amend KRS 189A.107 to revise procedure for issuance of an ignition interlock license during a suspension period for refusal to take a breath, blood, or urine test and other violations of KRS 189A.010(1) and the determination of credit related to ignition interlock usage; amend 189A.200 to revise procedure for issuance of an ignition interlock license during a suspension period for refusal to take a breath, blood, or urine test and other violations of KRS 189A.010; amend KRS 189A.240 to amend procedures related to issuance of an ignition interlock license during a pre-trial suspension under KRS 189A.200(1)(a); amend KRS 189A.400 to revise jurisdiction requirements of the District Court related to the issuance of ignition interlock licenses; amend KRS 189A.320 to make a correction; amend KRS 189A.410 to revise eligibility requirements for issuance of a hardship driver’s license after a minimum license suspension period under KRS 189A.0101(6) or KRS 189A.070; amend KRS 189A.440 to enumerate restrictions related to driving privileges for any person issued an ignition interlock license; amend KRS 189A.500 to require the cabinet to promulgate regulations related to a review of any fees, conditions, and terms related to the purchase, installation, use, or associated monitoring and servicing by an ignition interlock provider; and repeal KRS 189A.340, 189A.345, and 189A.420.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-03","last_action":"recommitted to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-18","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB302/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB302.htm","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":859113,"bill_number":"SB297","title":"AN ACT relating to mine safety and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 351.160 to delete references to inspections by state coal mine inspectors; repeal KRS 351.140 and 351.150; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-17","last_action":"to Labor & Industry (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB297/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB297.htm","sponsor":"Chris Girdler"},
{"bill_id":859121,"bill_number":"SB278","title":"AN ACT relating to Bible literacy courses in the public schools.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations to establish an elective social studies course on the Hebrew Scriptures, Old Testament of the Bible, the New Testament, or a combination of the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament of the Bible; require that the course provide students knowledge of biblical content, characters, poetry, and narratives that are prerequisites to understanding contemporary society and culture, including literature, art, music, mores, oratory, and public policy; permit students to use various translations of the Bible for the course; amend KRS 158.197 to permit a school council to offer an elective social studies course on the Hebrew Scriptures, Old Testament of the Bible, the New Testament, or a combination of the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament of the Bible.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-15","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB278/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB278.htm","sponsor":"Robin Webb"},
{"bill_id":859128,"bill_number":"SB273","title":"AN ACT relating to Individualized Education Accounts and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 157 to establish the Individualized Education Accounts Program and the Individualized Education Accounts trust fund; define eligibility of students, schools, providers, and qualified expenses for the program; direct the State Treasury to administer the program; direct the Kentucky Department of Education to transfer the state portion of SEEK funds on behalf of each eligible student to the State Treasury on the student's behalf; require each parent to enter into an agreement with the State Treasury to participate in the program; describe the responsibilities of the State Treasury, resident school district, Kentucky Department of Education, participating schools, and parents; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-03","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB273/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB273.htm","sponsor":"Mike Wilson"},
{"bill_id":859136,"bill_number":"SB300","title":"AN ACT relating to disabled parking placards.","description":"Amend KRS 189.456 to require that the expiration date of a disabled parking placard is indicated on the placard by a month and year hole-punch system; delete provision allowing for the issuance of a second parking placard; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2017.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2016-03-18","last_action":"taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day","last_action_date":"2016-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB300/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB300.htm","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":859143,"bill_number":"HR204","title":"Honor former Kentucky State Senator Henry G. Lackey.","description":"Honor former Kentucky State Senator Henry G. Lackey.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-04","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR204/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR204.htm","sponsor":"David Watkins"},
{"bill_id":859151,"bill_number":"SB284","title":"AN ACT relating to possession of child pornography.","description":"Amend KRS 532.043 to add possession of child pornography to the crimes which require a five-year term of postincarceration supervision; amend KRS 532.060 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB284/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB284.htm","sponsor":"Wil Schroder"},
{"bill_id":859159,"bill_number":"SB305","title":"AN ACT relating to utilities.","description":"Amend KRS 278.060 to remove gender-specific pronouns","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-03","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Energy (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB305/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB305.htm","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":859167,"bill_number":"SB289","title":"AN ACT relating to health and welfare services.","description":"Amend KRS 195.105 to use gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-03","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB289/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB289.htm","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":859174,"bill_number":"SB290","title":"AN ACT relating to basic reparation benefits.","description":"Amend KRS 304.39-210 to require an obligor, when denying or reducing medical expenses to someone entitled to basic reparations benefits, to base the denial or reduction on a peer review.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB290/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB290.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":859182,"bill_number":"SB295","title":"AN ACT relating to revenue.","description":"Amend KRS 131.061 to make a technical correction.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2016-03-03","last_action":"floor amendment (1) filed","last_action_date":"2016-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB295/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB295.htm","sponsor":"Christian McDaniel"},
{"bill_id":859189,"bill_number":"SB306","title":"AN ACT relating to military affairs.","description":"Amend KRS 36.392 to add gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-03","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB306/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB306.htm","sponsor":"Albert Robinson"},
{"bill_id":859199,"bill_number":"SB279","title":"AN ACT relating to audiovisual recording of animal inspections.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 525 to allow the owner, or the owner's designee, to record by audiovisual means the inspection of an animal.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-03","last_action":"to Agriculture (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB279/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB279.htm","sponsor":"Robin Webb"},
{"bill_id":859214,"bill_number":"SB277","title":"AN ACT relating to high-volume large-diameter fans.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 198B to define \"high-volume large-diameter fan\" and require standards for high-volume large-diameter fan testing, labelling, and installation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-03","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB277/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB277.htm","sponsor":"Alice Kerr"},
{"bill_id":859220,"bill_number":"SB287","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":"2016-03-03","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB287/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB287.htm","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":859230,"bill_number":"SB275","title":"AN ACT relating to education.","description":"Amend KRS 156.690 to insert gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-03","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB275/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB275.htm","sponsor":"David Givens"},
{"bill_id":859237,"bill_number":"HR202","title":"Recognize the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Community Mental Health – Mental Retardation Centers System of Care in Kentucky.","description":"Recognize the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Community Mental Health – Mental Retardation Centers System of Care in Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-07","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR202/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR202.htm","sponsor":"Brent Yonts"},
{"bill_id":859245,"bill_number":"SB296","title":"AN ACT relating to the establishment of the Governor's School for Entrepreneurs and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 131.083 to make technical corrections.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-27","last_action":"signed by Governor","last_action_date":"2016-04-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB296/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB296.htm","sponsor":"Christian McDaniel"},
{"bill_id":859252,"bill_number":"SB283","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend KRS 439.3406 and 532.400 to move Class B felony offenders from the mandatory reentry supervision program into the post-incarceration supervision program; include noncodified transitional provisions.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB283/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB283.htm","sponsor":"Wil Schroder"},
{"bill_id":859260,"bill_number":"SB280","title":"AN ACT relating to county finance and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 67.083 to exempt certain commercial entities from a county license and occupation tax; amend KRS 68.180 to exempt certain commercial entities from a county license and occupation tax; amend KRS 68.197 to exempt certain commercial entities from a county license and occupation tax; amend KRS 68.199 to conform; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-03","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB280/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB280.htm","sponsor":"Jared Carpenter"},
{"bill_id":859268,"bill_number":"SB307","title":"AN ACT relating to public protection.","description":"Amend KRS 227.250 to add gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-03","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB307/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB307.htm","sponsor":"Albert Robinson"},
{"bill_id":859276,"bill_number":"SB281","title":"AN ACT relating to the use of drones.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 183 to define \"drone\" and \"critical infrastructure\"; prohibit and create penalties for the use of drone to surveil critical infrastructure without consent; prohibit and create penalties for the use of a drone for harassment, voyeurism, and facilitation of burglary; prohibit and create penalties for adding a lethal payload to a drone; provide exceptions; create a new section of Chapter 183 to prohibit a law enforcement agency from using a drone to gather evidence or other information and prohibit use of evidence obtained in violation; provide that the section may be cited as the \"Citizens' Freedom from Unwarranted Surveillance Act\"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 39G to allow the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security to promulgate administrative regulations regarding drones.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-03","last_action":"returned to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-09","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB281/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB281.htm","sponsor":"Ernie Harris"},
{"bill_id":859283,"bill_number":"SB285","title":"AN ACT relating to emergency health services.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 311A to require the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services to annually obtain charges billed by all air ambulance service providers licensed and operating in the state; deem the information provided as proprietary and not subject to the Open Records Act; require the board to determine the average cost of air ambulance services in the state which shall be subject to the Open Records Act; require the board to submit the average cost to the commissioner of the Department of Insurance; authorize the board to promulgate administrative regulations to establish a form to be completed by all air ambulance service provider to determine an average cost of services; amend KRS 311A.190 to require any air ambulance service provider licensed and operating in the state to provide information regarding charges billed to the board; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require insurers offering a health benefit plan in Kentucky to annually submit to the Department of Insurance the maximum coverage for emergency air ambulance services provided under each of its plans and to prominently provide a notice in each contract for coverage stating whether or not the contract covers air ambulance services and the average coverage of emergency air ambulance service for health benefit plans in Kentucky, and if coverage is provided under the health benefit plan, the maximum dollar amount of coverage; require the commissioner of the Department of Insurance to review all health benefit plans for compliance with the notice requirements and provide, every three years, to any insurer offering a health benefit plan the average cost of all air ambulance services and the average amount of coverage under all health benefit plans; amend KRS 304.17A-580 to clarify that insurers offering health benefit plans must pay for emergency transportation and that for emergency air ambulance services an insurer must pay the usual and customary rate of the air ambulance service provider; amend 304.17A-702 to require payment for emergency air ambulance services regardless of whether the provider was in-network or out-of-network, that will be made directly to the service provider instead of the insured.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-03","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB285/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB285.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":859295,"bill_number":"HR205","title":"Honor the Union County High School wrestling team upon winning the 2016 KHSAA state championship.","description":"Honor the Union County High School wrestling team upon winning the 2016 KHSAA state championship.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-03","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR205/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR205.htm","sponsor":"Suzanne Miles"},
{"bill_id":859302,"bill_number":"SR177","title":"Mar 04-WITHDRAWN","description":"Mar 04-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-03","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2016-03-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR177/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR177.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":859310,"bill_number":"SB308","title":"AN ACT relating to veterans' affairs.","description":"Amend KRS 164.505 to reflect the current name of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-03","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB308/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB308.htm","sponsor":"Albert Robinson"},
{"bill_id":859317,"bill_number":"SB286","title":"AN ACT relating to peace officers.","description":"Amend KRS 61.886 to provide that the commissioner of the Department of Parks may, upon request of the Breaks Interstate Park Commission, request the Governor to appoint individuals as peace officers; amend KRS 61.887 to give commission peace officers the power to enforce the rules and regulations of the commission; clarify that commission peace officers have jurisdiction over the commission's property; create a new section of KRS 61.886 to 61.892 to establish standards for any employee of the commission recommended to be appointed and commissioned as a commission peace officer; require the Breaks Interstate Park Commission to pay for any expenses associated with training and equipping an employee of the commission as a commission peace officer.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-03","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB286/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB286.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":859326,"bill_number":"SB282","title":"AN ACT relating to interpersonal violence.","description":"Amend KRS 431.064 to require a 12-hour hold prior to release on bail for domestic violence, dating violence, and sexual assault perpetrators if the pretrial assessment indicates a risk of future harm to the victim.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB282/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB282.htm","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":859333,"bill_number":"SB301","title":"AN ACT relating to offender reentry into the workforce.","description":"KRS 335B.010, 335B.020, and 335B.030, relating to employment and licensure of persons convicted of crime, to narrow the class of offenses to which the chapter applies; add consideration of the passage of time since the commission of the offense to the criteria considered in making licensure decisions; delete language relating to a hiring or licensing authority's subjective view of an ex-offender's rehabilitation; require a relationship between the offense and the licensure category before a licensure denial is issued; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 335B.060 to exempt peace officers and other law enforcement personnel as well as licensure categories preempted by federal law; repeal KRS 335B.040, relating to denial of license on ground of abuse of good moral character.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-03","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB301/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB301.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":859347,"bill_number":"SB294","title":"AN ACT relating to expungement of juvenile records.","description":"Amend KRS 610.330 to expand the expungement and sealing of juvenile records.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2016-03-03","last_action":"reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) as a Consent Bill","last_action_date":"2016-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB294/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB294.htm","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":859357,"bill_number":"SR178","title":"Honor Larry Clark for his years of service in the Kentucky General Assembly.","description":"Honor Larry Clark for his years of service in the Kentucky General Assembly.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2016-03-03","last_action":"to Senate Floor","last_action_date":"2016-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR178/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR178.htm","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":859364,"bill_number":"SB276","title":"AN ACT relating to the judiciary.","description":"Amend KRS 21A.070 to require that opinions of the Supreme Court be made available to the public without cost online.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB276/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB276.htm","sponsor":"David Givens"},
{"bill_id":859372,"bill_number":"HR207","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Kenneth Davis \"Kenny\" Goodlett.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Kenneth Davis \"Kenny\" Goodlett.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-07","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR207/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR207.htm","sponsor":"James Tipton"},
{"bill_id":859388,"bill_number":"SJR179","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a bridge on Kentucky Route 7 in Carter County as the \"Pauline Burton Davis Hale Memorial Bridge\" and to erect the appropriate signage.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a bridge on Kentucky Route 7 in Carter County as the \"Pauline Burton Davis Hale Memorial Bridge\" and to erect the appropriate signage.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-03","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR179/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SJR179.htm","sponsor":"Robin Webb"},
{"bill_id":859395,"bill_number":"SB292","title":"AN ACT relating to racial impact statements.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 6, relating to legislation considered by the General Assembly, to require racial impact statements when indicated.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-03","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB292/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB292.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":859403,"bill_number":"SB304","title":"AN ACT relating to medical marijuana for palliative or hospice care.","description":"Amend KRS 218A.010 to define \"medically necessary marijuana\"; establish the Implementation Task Force on the Palliative and Hospice Use of Medical Marijuana, select members, and establish the requirement to prepare legislation and present it before the 2017 General Assembly and establish issues to be discussed,","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-03","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB304/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB304.htm","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":859409,"bill_number":"SB298","title":"AN ACT relating to expungement.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to allow expungement of designated Class D felonies; amend KRS 431.076 to allow expungement of felony charges on which the grand jury has not issued an indictment and to allow an appellate court opinion to be redacted to remove the name of a person for whom an expungement has been ordered on the basis of a finding of not guilty or upon a dismissal of the charges; amend KRS 431.078 to allow for expungements of multiple misdemeanors and to prohibit any expungement if it is for an offense subject to a penalty enhancement for a second or subsequent offense; amend KRS 431.079 to conform.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2016-03-03","last_action":"floor amendment (1) filed","last_action_date":"2016-03-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB298/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB298.htm","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":859417,"bill_number":"SR176","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Henry \"Bud\" Gollon.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Henry \"Bud\" Gollon.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-11","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR176/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR176.htm","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":859424,"bill_number":"HR206","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Juanita Queen Blankenship.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Juanita Queen Blankenship.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-09","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-09","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR206/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR206.htm","sponsor":"Rocky Adkins"},
{"bill_id":859433,"bill_number":"SB309","title":"AN ACT relating to veterans' affairs.","description":"Amend KRS 18A.150 to reflect the current name of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-03","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB309/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB309.htm","sponsor":"Albert Robinson"},
{"bill_id":859440,"bill_number":"SB274","title":"AN ACT related to licensing occupations.","description":"Amend KRS 310.042 and KRS 329.030 to remove the undefined phrase, \"moral turpitude\" and replace; amend KRS 329.030 to clarify language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-03","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB274/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB274.htm","sponsor":"David Givens"},
{"bill_id":859448,"bill_number":"SB303","title":"AN ACT relating to economic and workforce development and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 151B to direct the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet to implement a program to assist in the education and retraining of dislocated coal miners; create a new section of KRS Chapter 18A to require that a person with five years of surface or underground coal mining experience be given preference in state employment; create a new section of KRS Chapter 198A directing the Kentucky Housing corporation to establish programs relating to subsidies for home energy efficiency and to work with Kentucky Community and Technical College System to retrain dislocated coal workers in energy auditing and energy-efficient contracting certification; provide funding through general fund coal severance tax receipts and creating the Kentucky energy efficiency fund; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-03","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB303/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB303.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":859455,"bill_number":"SB293","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization.","description":"Amend KRS 42.0201 to establish the Division of Professional Services and Training and the Division of Contract Management in the Office of Material and Procurement Services in the Finance and Administration Cabinet; amend KRS 131.020 to establish the Division of Taxpayer Ombudsman within the Office of the Commissioner of the Department of Revenue; and amend KRS 131.083 to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2016-04-09","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 84)","last_action_date":"2016-04-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB293/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB293.htm","sponsor":"Stan Humphries"},
{"bill_id":859463,"bill_number":"SB291","title":"AN ACT relating to health benefit coverage for tobacco cessation treatment.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require insurance coverage for United States Food and Drug Administration-approved tobacco cessation services that have a rating of A or B in the current recommendations of the United States Preventive Services Task Force; specify restrictions and limits of coverage; create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require Medicaid coverage for United States Food and Drug Administration-approved tobacco cessation services that have a rating of A or B in the current recommendations of the United States Preventive Services Task Force; specify restrictions and limits of coverage.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-03","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB291/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB291.htm","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":859470,"bill_number":"SB299","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 certain felonies the right to vote as provided by the General Assembly; submit to voters with question.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2016-03-22","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2016-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB299/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB299.htm","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":859477,"bill_number":"SB288","title":"AN ACT relating to health and welfare.","description":"Amend KRS 205.170 to make technical corrections.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-03","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB288/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB288.htm","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":859941,"bill_number":"HR209","title":"Honor Thelma Stovall during Women's History Month.","description":"Honor Thelma Stovall during Women's History Month.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2016-03-04","last_action":"to House Floor","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR209/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR209.htm","sponsor":"Joni Jenkins"},
{"bill_id":859956,"bill_number":"HR212","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Private First Class Joshua Gray.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Private First Class Joshua Gray.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-07","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR212/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR212.htm","sponsor":"Hubert Collins"},
{"bill_id":859970,"bill_number":"SR184","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Master Sergeant Aaron Carl Torian.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Master Sergeant Aaron Carl Torian.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-07","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR184/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR184.htm","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":859998,"bill_number":"HR210","title":"Honor and remember Captain Matthew David Roland of the United States Air Force.","description":"Honor and remember Captain Matthew David Roland of the United States Air Force.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-07","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR210/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR210.htm","sponsor":"Stan Lee"},
{"bill_id":860011,"bill_number":"SR186","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Private First Class Joshua Gray.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Private First Class Joshua Gray.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-07","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR186/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR186.htm","sponsor":"Brandon Smith"},
{"bill_id":860043,"bill_number":"HR211","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Master Sergeant Aaron Carl Torian.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Master Sergeant Aaron Carl Torian.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-07","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR211/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR211.htm","sponsor":"Steven Rudy"},
{"bill_id":860056,"bill_number":"SR181","title":"Adjourn in honor and memory of Specialist Christopher A. Landis.","description":"Adjourn in honor and memory of Specialist Christopher A. Landis.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-07","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR181/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR181.htm","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":860071,"bill_number":"HR213","title":"Adjourn in honor and memory of Specialist Christopher A. Landis.","description":"Adjourn in honor and memory of Specialist Christopher A. Landis.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-07","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR213/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR213.htm","sponsor":"Brian Linder"},
{"bill_id":860085,"bill_number":"HR215","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Sergeant Daniel T. Lee.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Sergeant Daniel T. Lee.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-07","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR215/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR215.htm","sponsor":"Diane St Onge"},
{"bill_id":860098,"bill_number":"SR183","title":"Honor and remember Captain Matthew David Roland of the United States Air Force.","description":"Honor and remember Captain Matthew David Roland of the United States Air Force.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-07","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR183/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR183.htm","sponsor":"Alice Kerr"},
{"bill_id":860112,"bill_number":"SR182","title":"Adjourn in loving memory and honor of Sergeant Daniel Tyler Lee.","description":"Adjourn in loving memory and honor of Sergeant Daniel Tyler Lee.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-07","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR182/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR182.htm","sponsor":"Christian McDaniel"},
{"bill_id":860126,"bill_number":"SR185","title":"Adjourn in loving memory and honor of Captain Adam C. Satterfield.","description":"Adjourn in loving memory and honor of Captain Adam C. Satterfield.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-07","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR185/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR185.htm","sponsor":"Ernie Harris"},
{"bill_id":860142,"bill_number":"HR214","title":"Adjourn in loving memory and honor of Captain Adam C. Satterfield.","description":"Adjourn in loving memory and honor of Captain Adam C. Satterfield.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-07","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR214/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR214.htm","sponsor":"Ron Crimm"},
{"bill_id":860156,"bill_number":"HR208","title":"Honor Mary Carson Breckenridge during Women's History Month.","description":"Honor Mary Carson Breckenridge during Women's History Month.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2016-03-04","last_action":"to House Floor","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR208/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR208.htm","sponsor":"Mary Marzian"},
{"bill_id":860168,"bill_number":"SR180","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of James K. \"Jim\" Powell Jr.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of James K. \"Jim\" Powell Jr.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-07","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR180/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR180.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":860702,"bill_number":"HR225","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Steven Porter Rucker.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Steven Porter Rucker.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-07","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR225/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR225.htm","sponsor":"Derrick Graham"},
{"bill_id":860705,"bill_number":"SR187","title":"Honor the Belfry High School football team on winning the 3A Russell Athletic/KHSAA Commonwealth Gridiron Bowl.","description":"Honor the Belfry High School football team on winning the 3A Russell Athletic/KHSAA Commonwealth Gridiron Bowl.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-04-01","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR187/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR187.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":860709,"bill_number":"HR221","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Emory Reynolds \"Butch\" Moreland Jr.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Emory Reynolds \"Butch\" Moreland Jr.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-07","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR221/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR221.htm","sponsor":"Mitchel Denham"},
{"bill_id":860712,"bill_number":"HR216","title":"Recognize March as Irish American Heritage Month for Kentucky.","description":"Recognize March as Irish American Heritage Month for Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-07","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR216/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR216.htm","sponsor":"Jeffery Donohue"},
{"bill_id":860716,"bill_number":"HR223","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Robert Moorman Polsgrove.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Robert Moorman Polsgrove.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-08","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR223/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR223.htm","sponsor":"Derrick Graham"},
{"bill_id":860719,"bill_number":"HR224","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Carleton Lewis West.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Carleton Lewis West.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-10","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR224/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR224.htm","sponsor":"Derrick Graham"},
{"bill_id":860725,"bill_number":"HR220","title":"Honor the graduates of Morehead State University's President's Leadership Academy.","description":"Honor the graduates of Morehead State University's President's Leadership Academy.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-08","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR220/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR220.htm","sponsor":"Rocky Adkins"},
{"bill_id":860730,"bill_number":"SR190","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Nancy Reagan.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Nancy Reagan.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-04-01","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR190/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR190.htm","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":860733,"bill_number":"HR218","title":"Honor Justice Joseph E. Lambert.","description":"Honor Justice Joseph E. Lambert.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-07","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR218/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR218.htm","sponsor":"Jonathan Shell"},
{"bill_id":860737,"bill_number":"HR226","title":"Honor Colby McKee.","description":"Honor Colby McKee.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-08","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR226/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR226.htm","sponsor":"Thomas McKee"},
{"bill_id":860740,"bill_number":"HR222","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Nancye Belle Hall Farley.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Nancye Belle Hall Farley.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-07","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR222/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR222.htm","sponsor":"Mitchel Denham"},
{"bill_id":860746,"bill_number":"HR219","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Stanley Banks.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Stanley Banks.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-07","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR219/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR219.htm","sponsor":"Rocky Adkins"},
{"bill_id":860750,"bill_number":"SR188","title":"Recognize the 75th anniversary of the Tuskegee Airmen.","description":"Recognize the 75th anniversary of the Tuskegee Airmen.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-22","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR188/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR188.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":860753,"bill_number":"HR227","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Nancy Reagan.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Nancy Reagan.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-07","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR227/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR227.htm","sponsor":"Marie Rader"},
{"bill_id":860757,"bill_number":"HR217","title":"Honor J.D. Shelburne on his success.","description":"Honor J.D. Shelburne on his success.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-08","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR217/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR217.htm","sponsor":"James Tipton"},
{"bill_id":860760,"bill_number":"SR189","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Anna Bell Smith.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Anna Bell Smith.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR189/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR189.htm","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":861674,"bill_number":"SR191","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Bradley A. Moore.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Bradley A. Moore.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-29","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR191/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR191.htm","sponsor":"Brandon Smith"},
{"bill_id":861683,"bill_number":"SR193","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Albert Lee Fayne.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Albert Lee Fayne.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-09","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR193/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR193.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":861705,"bill_number":"SR192","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Hazel L. Underwood.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Hazel L. Underwood.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-09","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR192/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR192.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":861717,"bill_number":"SR194","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Steve A. Head.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Steve A. Head.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-09","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR194/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR194.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":861730,"bill_number":"HR228","title":"Urge the Transportation Cabinet to designate United States Highway 27 in Jessamine County, from mile point 1.230 to the Fayette County line, as the \"Jessamine County Fallen Heroes Memorial Highway,\" and erect appropriate signage.","description":"Urge the Transportation Cabinet to designate United States Highway 27 in Jessamine County, from mile point 1.230 to the Fayette County line, as the \"Jessamine County Fallen Heroes Memorial Highway,\" and erect appropriate signage.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-08","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-09","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR228/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR228.htm","sponsor":"Russ Meyer"},
{"bill_id":861742,"bill_number":"HR229","title":"Recognize the 75th anniversary of the Tuskegee Airmen.","description":"Recognize the 75th anniversary of the Tuskegee Airmen.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-22","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR229/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR229.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Meeks"},
{"bill_id":862283,"bill_number":"HR230","title":"Encourage the United States Congress to repeal the Health Insurance Tax; direct the Clerk of the House of Representatives to transmit a copy of this resolution to specific members of the United States government.","description":"Encourage the United States Congress to repeal the Health Insurance Tax; direct the Clerk of the House of Representatives to transmit a copy of this resolution to specific members of the United States government.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-09","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR230/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR230.htm","sponsor":"Brad Montell"},
{"bill_id":862340,"bill_number":"HR231","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Flonnie Todd.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Flonnie Todd.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR231/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR231.htm","sponsor":"Jeff Hoover"},
{"bill_id":862960,"bill_number":"HR232","title":"Urge private industry to aid in reducing the current commercial truck parking space shortage in the Commonwealth; urge law enforcement to enforce current statutes in an effort to reduce illegal commercial truck parking.","description":"Urge private industry to aid in reducing the current commercial truck parking space shortage in the Commonwealth; urge law enforcement to enforce current statutes in an effort to reduce illegal commercial truck parking.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-10","last_action":"3rd reading, adopted 95-0","last_action_date":"2016-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR232/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR232.htm","sponsor":"Thomas McKee"},
{"bill_id":863309,"bill_number":"HR233","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Monica Rath.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Monica Rath.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-11","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR233/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR233.htm","sponsor":"Dennis Keene"},
{"bill_id":863316,"bill_number":"HR235","title":"Request the Agriculture Committee examine agricultural fencing laws and consider possible changes to assist individuals with small acreage and no livestock.","description":"Request the Agriculture Committee examine agricultural fencing laws and consider possible changes to assist individuals with small acreage and no livestock.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-11","last_action":"3rd reading, adopted 96-1","last_action_date":"2016-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR235/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR235.htm","sponsor":"Thomas McKee"},
{"bill_id":863323,"bill_number":"HR237","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Michael \"Mike\" Trenton Fleener.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Michael \"Mike\" Trenton Fleener.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-11","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR237/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR237.htm","sponsor":"Tim Moore"},
{"bill_id":863329,"bill_number":"HR234","title":"Urge the Transportation Cabinet to develop a Fallen Firefighter Memorial trust fund special license plate.","description":"Urge the Transportation Cabinet to develop a Fallen Firefighter Memorial trust fund special license plate.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-11","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR234/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR234.htm","sponsor":"Steven Riggs"},
{"bill_id":863336,"bill_number":"HR238","title":"Recognize Clarkson as the \"Honey Bee Capital of Kentucky.\"","description":"Recognize Clarkson as the \"Honey Bee Capital of Kentucky.\"","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-11","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR238/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR238.htm","sponsor":"Tim Moore"},
{"bill_id":863348,"bill_number":"HR236","title":"Request that the Agriculture Committee examine and consider the legalization of monkey ownership in the Commonwealth.","description":"Request that the Agriculture Committee examine and consider the legalization of monkey ownership in the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-11","last_action":"recommitted to Agriculture & Small Business (H)","last_action_date":"2016-03-18","committee":"Agriculture and Small Business","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR236/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR236.htm","sponsor":"Thomas McKee"},
{"bill_id":864441,"bill_number":"HR242","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Pierce Lively.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Pierce Lively.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR242/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR242.htm","sponsor":"Jeff Hoover"},
{"bill_id":864444,"bill_number":"SR199","title":"Honor Butler Traditional High School Bearettes Girls' Basketball Team for winning the 2016 St. Elizabeth Healthcare/KHSAA Girls' Sweet Sixteen Basketball Tournament.","description":"Honor Butler Traditional High School Bearettes Girls' Basketball Team for winning the 2016 St. Elizabeth Healthcare/KHSAA Girls' Sweet Sixteen Basketball Tournament.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR199/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR199.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":864447,"bill_number":"SR200","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of William S. \"Buddy\" Clark Jr.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of William S. \"Buddy\" Clark Jr.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-16","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR200/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR200.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":864452,"bill_number":"SR198","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Dr. John G. Green.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Dr. John G. Green.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-16","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR198/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR198.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":864456,"bill_number":"SR201","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of William \"Bill\" Edward Shores Jr.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of William \"Bill\" Edward Shores Jr.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-16","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR201/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR201.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":864463,"bill_number":"SR195","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Frank Andrew Shoulders Jr.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Frank Andrew Shoulders Jr.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR195/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR195.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":864468,"bill_number":"HR243","title":"Honor Butler Traditional High School Bearettes Girls' Basketball Team for winning the 2016 St. Elizabeth Healthcare/KHSAA Girls' Sweet Sixteen Basketball Tournament.","description":"Honor Butler Traditional High School Bearettes Girls' Basketball Team for winning the 2016 St. Elizabeth Healthcare/KHSAA Girls' Sweet Sixteen Basketball Tournament.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-24","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR243/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR243.htm","sponsor":"Dennis Horlander"},
{"bill_id":864471,"bill_number":"HR241","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Logan James Dean Tipton.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Logan James Dean Tipton.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-21","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR241/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR241.htm","sponsor":"James Kay"},
{"bill_id":864474,"bill_number":"SR196","title":"Honor Janene Shakir.","description":"Honor Janene Shakir.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR196/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR196.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":864477,"bill_number":"HR240","title":"Honor and recognize the Battle of Blue Licks.","description":"Honor and recognize the Battle of Blue Licks.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-14","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR240/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR240.htm","sponsor":"Mitchel Denham"},
{"bill_id":864481,"bill_number":"HR239","title":"Recognize and honor the Stidger House on being named to the National Register of Historic Places.","description":"Recognize and honor the Stidger House on being named to the National Register of Historic Places.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-24","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR239/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR239.htm","sponsor":"James Tipton"},
{"bill_id":864484,"bill_number":"SR197","title":"Recognize and honor the Stidger House on being named to the National Register of Historic Places and applaud the Felix Grundy Historic Preservation Foundation.","description":"Recognize and honor the Stidger House on being named to the National Register of Historic Places and applaud the Felix Grundy Historic Preservation Foundation.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-21","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR197/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR197.htm","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":864487,"bill_number":"SR202","title":"Honor Dr. Henry Webb as the recipient of the F.L. Dupree Award.","description":"Honor Dr. Henry Webb as the recipient of the F.L. Dupree Award.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-16","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR202/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR202.htm","sponsor":"Johnny Turner"},
{"bill_id":864976,"bill_number":"HR245","title":"Commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Buffalo Soldiers.","description":"Commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Buffalo Soldiers.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-22","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR245/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR245.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Meeks"},
{"bill_id":864984,"bill_number":"SR203","title":"Honor Alma J. Pittman.","description":"Honor Alma J. Pittman.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-16","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR203/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR203.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":864994,"bill_number":"SR205","title":"Recognize Refugee Day at the Capitol.","description":"Recognize Refugee Day at the Capitol.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-16","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR205/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR205.htm","sponsor":"Perry Clark"},
{"bill_id":865011,"bill_number":"SR206","title":"Mar 22-WITHDRAWN","description":"Mar 22-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2016-03-15","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2016-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR206/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR206.htm","sponsor":"Johnny Turner"},
{"bill_id":865019,"bill_number":"SR204","title":"Honor the Hazard Sailing School.","description":"Honor the Hazard Sailing School.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-17","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR204/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR204.htm","sponsor":"Brandon Smith"},
{"bill_id":865037,"bill_number":"HR244","title":"Honor the Franklin County Lady Flyers girls' basketball team for its runner-up finish in the 2016 St. Elizabeth Healthcare/KHSAA Girls' Sweet Sixteen State Tournament.","description":"Honor the Franklin County Lady Flyers girls' basketball team for its runner-up finish in the 2016 St. Elizabeth Healthcare/KHSAA Girls' Sweet Sixteen State Tournament.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-04-01","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR244/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR244.htm","sponsor":"James Kay"},
{"bill_id":865046,"bill_number":"HR246","title":"Recognize Refugee Day at the Capitol.","description":"Recognize Refugee Day at the Capitol.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-16","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR246/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR246.htm","sponsor":"Mary Marzian"},
{"bill_id":865725,"bill_number":"SR212","title":"Honor Lewis County Sheriff Johnny Bivens upon being named Sheriff of the Year by the Kentucky Sheriff's Association.","description":"Honor Lewis County Sheriff Johnny Bivens upon being named Sheriff of the Year by the Kentucky Sheriff's Association.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-04-01","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR212/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR212.htm","sponsor":"Steve West"},
{"bill_id":865729,"bill_number":"HR248","title":"Recognize and honor the Independent Insurance Agents of Kentucky for creating a program that assists United States veterans in acquiring their Kentucky insurance license.","description":"Recognize and honor the Independent Insurance Agents of Kentucky for creating a program that assists United States veterans in acquiring their Kentucky insurance license.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-23","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR248/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR248.htm","sponsor":"Jeff Greer"},
{"bill_id":865734,"bill_number":"HR247","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Richard Finley Duncan.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Richard Finley Duncan.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-25","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR247/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR247.htm","sponsor":"Bart Rowland"},
{"bill_id":865738,"bill_number":"SR210","title":"Honor Commissioner Dr. Rice Cowan Leach upon receiving the 2016 Public Health Hero Award.","description":"Honor Commissioner Dr. Rice Cowan Leach upon receiving the 2016 Public Health Hero Award.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-29","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR210/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR210.htm","sponsor":"Alice Kerr"},
{"bill_id":865743,"bill_number":"SR211","title":"Honor the Murray High School Lady Tigers for winning the All \"A\" Girls' Basketball State Championship.","description":"Honor the Murray High School Lady Tigers for winning the All \"A\" Girls' Basketball State Championship.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-24","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR211/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR211.htm","sponsor":"Stan Humphries"},
{"bill_id":865748,"bill_number":"SR209","title":"Recognize March as Women's History Month and honor the award recipients from the University of Louisville/Yearlings Club Forum Series.","description":"Recognize March as Women's History Month and honor the award recipients from the University of Louisville/Yearlings Club Forum Series.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-16","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR209/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR209.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":865753,"bill_number":"SR207","title":"Urge the Kentucky Department of Veterans' Affairs, the Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and Kentucky's United States Congressional delegation to take the appropriate steps to get the approval and funding necessary for the construction of a veterans' center in Magoffin County, Kentucky.","description":"Urge the Kentucky Department of Veterans' Affairs, the Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and Kentucky's United States Congressional delegation to take the appropriate steps to get the approval and funding necessary for the construction of a veterans' center in Magoffin County, Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-21","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR207/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR207.htm","sponsor":"Brandon Smith"},
{"bill_id":865757,"bill_number":"SR214","title":"Honor Representative David Floyd upon his retirement from the General Assembly.","description":"Honor Representative David Floyd upon his retirement from the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-21","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR214/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR214.htm","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":865773,"bill_number":"SR208","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Denzil O. King.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Denzil O. King.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-29","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR208/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR208.htm","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":865778,"bill_number":"SR213","title":"Adjourn in honor of Sergeant David Ray Gibbs.","description":"Adjourn in honor of Sergeant David Ray Gibbs.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-29","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR213/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR213.htm","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":866193,"bill_number":"SR215","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of David Parsons.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of David Parsons.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR215/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR215.htm","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":866197,"bill_number":"SR216","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Nancy Brewington.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Nancy Brewington.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR216/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR216.htm","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":866207,"bill_number":"SR217","title":"Honor Brigadier General Norman E. Arflack (Ret.) for his service with the Kentucky Senate, and for his appointment as Commisioner of the Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs.","description":"Honor Brigadier General Norman E. Arflack (Ret.) for his service with the Kentucky Senate, and for his appointment as Commisioner of the Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-04-01","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR217/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR217.htm","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":866210,"bill_number":"HR249","title":"Honor DMD Data Systems upon the occasion of its 20th anniversary.","description":"Honor DMD Data Systems upon the occasion of its 20th anniversary.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-21","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR249/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR249.htm","sponsor":"Derrick Graham"},
{"bill_id":866353,"bill_number":"SR218","title":"Recognize and commend the Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission upon the celebration of its 40th anniversary.","description":"Recognize and commend the Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission upon the celebration of its 40th anniversary.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-28","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR218/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR218.htm","sponsor":"Julian Carroll"},
{"bill_id":866370,"bill_number":"HR250","title":"Express support for the State of Israel and opposition to the international Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement which seeks to harm the State of Israel.","description":"Express support for the State of Israel and opposition to the international Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement which seeks to harm the State of Israel.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-18","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR250/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR250.htm","sponsor":"Tim Moore"},
{"bill_id":867040,"bill_number":"HR253","title":"Honor the Belfry High School football team on winning the 3A Russell Athletic/KHSAA Commonwealth Gridiron Bowl.","description":"Honor the Belfry High School football team on winning the 3A Russell Athletic/KHSAA Commonwealth Gridiron Bowl.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-29","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR253/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR253.htm","sponsor":"Chris Harris"},
{"bill_id":867041,"bill_number":"HR255","title":"Honor Lindy Casebier upon being named Executive Director of Louisville Visual Art.","description":"Honor Lindy Casebier upon being named Executive Director of Louisville Visual Art.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-21","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR255/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR255.htm","sponsor":"Mary Marzian"},
{"bill_id":867042,"bill_number":"SR220","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Michael Jay Bartley.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Michael Jay Bartley.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-28","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR220/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR220.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":867043,"bill_number":"HR254","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Anna Bell Clark Brewer.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Anna Bell Clark Brewer.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-21","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR254/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR254.htm","sponsor":"Mitchel Denham"},
{"bill_id":867044,"bill_number":"HR252","title":"Adjourn in honor and recognition of the actions of Clarkson Police Chief Buck Meredith.","description":"Adjourn in honor and recognition of the actions of Clarkson Police Chief Buck Meredith.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-21","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR252/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR252.htm","sponsor":"Tim Moore"},
{"bill_id":867045,"bill_number":"HR256","title":"Honor the 50th anniversary of the May's Lick Volunteer Fire Department.","description":"Honor the 50th anniversary of the May's Lick Volunteer Fire Department.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-22","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR256/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR256.htm","sponsor":"Mitchel Denham"},
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{"bill_id":867048,"bill_number":"SR221","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Richard Finley Duncan.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Richard Finley Duncan.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-25","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR221/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR221.htm","sponsor":"David Givens"},
{"bill_id":867446,"bill_number":"HR262","title":"Honor Jim Dailey upon being recognized with a Lifetime Achievement Award by NAMI-Louisville for his outstanding service to those with mental illnesses and their families.","description":"Honor Jim Dailey upon being recognized with a Lifetime Achievement Award by NAMI-Louisville for his outstanding service to those with mental illnesses and their families.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR262/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR262.htm","sponsor":"Mary Marzian"},
{"bill_id":867447,"bill_number":"SR228","title":"Honor the Kentucky High School Athletic Association for over a century of serving students in the Commonwealth.","description":"Honor the Kentucky High School Athletic Association for over a century of serving students in the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-28","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR228/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR228.htm","sponsor":"Johnny Turner"},
{"bill_id":867448,"bill_number":"HR261","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Dr. John Sipple.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Dr. John Sipple.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-22","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR261/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR261.htm","sponsor":"Rita Smart"},
{"bill_id":867449,"bill_number":"HR258","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Clinton L. Walker.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Clinton L. Walker.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-22","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR258/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR258.htm","sponsor":"Derrick Graham"},
{"bill_id":867450,"bill_number":"HR257","title":"Recognize and honor the many 4-H members who are focusing on civic engagement and public policy by participating in Kentucky 4-H: A Capitol Experience.","description":"Recognize and honor the many 4-H members who are focusing on civic engagement and public policy by participating in Kentucky 4-H: A Capitol Experience.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-23","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR257/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR257.htm","sponsor":"Thomas McKee"},
{"bill_id":867451,"bill_number":"HR263","title":"Recognize the third Saturday in May as Friedreich's Ataxia Awareness Day.","description":"Recognize the third Saturday in May as Friedreich's Ataxia Awareness Day.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-29","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR263/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR263.htm","sponsor":"Addia Wuchner"},
{"bill_id":867452,"bill_number":"SR226","title":"Honor the Paul Laurence Dunbar boys' basketball team for winning the 99th Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Boys' Sweet Sixteen Basketball Tournament.","description":"Honor the Paul Laurence Dunbar boys' basketball team for winning the 99th Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Boys' Sweet Sixteen Basketball Tournament.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-25","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR226/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR226.htm","sponsor":"Alice Kerr"},
{"bill_id":867453,"bill_number":"HR259","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Freddie B. Edwards Harris.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Freddie B. Edwards Harris.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-22","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR259/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR259.htm","sponsor":"Derrick Graham"},
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{"bill_id":867455,"bill_number":"SR227","title":"Honor a century of High School Basketball in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","description":"Honor a century of High School Basketball in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-28","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR227/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR227.htm","sponsor":"Johnny Turner"},
{"bill_id":867456,"bill_number":"SR223","title":"Recognize and honor the many 4-H members who are focusing on civic engagement and public policy by participating in Kentucky 4-H: A Capitol Experience.","description":"Recognize and honor the many 4-H members who are focusing on civic engagement and public policy by participating in Kentucky 4-H: A Capitol Experience.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-23","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR223/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR223.htm","sponsor":"David Givens"},
{"bill_id":867457,"bill_number":"SR222","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Ed J. Horn.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Ed J. Horn.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-23","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR222/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SR222.htm","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
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{"bill_id":867999,"bill_number":"HR264","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Dr. John Sipple.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Dr. John Sipple.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-23","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR264/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR264.htm","sponsor":"Marie Rader"},
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{"bill_id":868005,"bill_number":"HR270","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of William Claude Harlin.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of William Claude Harlin.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-28","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR270/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR270.htm","sponsor":"Jim DeCesare"},
{"bill_id":868008,"bill_number":"HR269","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Bobby Joe Priddy.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Bobby Joe Priddy.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2016-03-23","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2016-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR269/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR269.htm","sponsor":"Jim DeCesare"},
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{"bill_id":868609,"bill_number":"HR281","title":"Honor Martha Layne Collins during Women's History Month.","description":"Honor Martha Layne Collins during Women's History Month.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2016-03-25","last_action":"to House Floor","last_action_date":"2016-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR281/2016","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HR281.htm","sponsor":"Mary Marzian"},
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