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{"bill_id":897202,"bill_number":"HB105","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,\" \"protected rights\" \" place of public accommodation, resort, or amusement, \" and \" standard goods or services\" ; 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":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-06","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB105/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB105.htm","sponsor":"Rick Nelson"},
{"bill_id":897203,"bill_number":"HB25","title":"AN ACT relating to public school assessment reporting.","description":"Amend KRS 158.6453 to require a school or district to prominently display on its Web site home page a report of the aggregate percentage of students meeting or exceeding standards on specified assessments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB25/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB25.htm","sponsor":"Phil Moffett"},
{"bill_id":897204,"bill_number":"HB35","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":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-20","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 28)","last_action_date":"2017-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB35/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB35.htm","sponsor":"Jerry Miller"},
{"bill_id":897205,"bill_number":"HB102","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 from the current inflation-adjusted amount of $36,900 to the full assessed value of the property for totally disabled veterans of the United States Armed Forces whose disabilities are service-connected; add the continued biennial inflation indexing of the homestead amount; make various typographical changes of a nonsubstantive nature; state ballot question; submit to voters.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-06","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB102/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB102.htm","sponsor":"Darryl Owens"},
{"bill_id":897207,"bill_number":"HCR6","title":"Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish a task force to develop a strategy and funding mechanism to provide care for medically fragile adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and report findings for referral to the appropriate committees.","description":"Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish a task force to develop a strategy and funding mechanism to provide care for medically fragile adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and report findings for referral to the appropriate committees.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-02-23","last_action":"recommitted to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2017-03-15","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR6/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HCR6.htm","sponsor":"Kevin Bratcher"},
{"bill_id":897208,"bill_number":"SB15","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":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"floor amendment (1) filed","last_action_date":"2017-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB15/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB15.htm","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":897209,"bill_number":"SB4","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; allow for the electronic filing of proposed complaints if the Cabinet for Health and Family Services establishes an electronic filing system.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-16","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 22)","last_action_date":"2017-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB4/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB4.htm","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":897210,"bill_number":"SB73","title":"AN ACT relating to autocycles.","description":"Amend KRS 186.010 to define \"autocycle\" and specify that it is a type of motorcycle; create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to outline the provisions for the operation of an autocycle on a highway; require autocycles to be titled and registered as motorcycles; amend KRS 186.480 to prohibit the use of an autocycle for road skills testing purposes; amend KRS 190.010 to allow used car dealers to sell autocycles received in trade; for reporting and statistical purposes, amend KRS 189.635 to require an autocycle to be listed in its own category on accident reports and not as a motorcycle or a motor vehicle.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-21","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 69)","last_action_date":"2017-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB73/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB73.htm","sponsor":"C.B. Embry"},
{"bill_id":897211,"bill_number":"HB56","title":"AN ACT relating to the disclosure of public retirement information.","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 from Kentucky Retirement Systems, Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System, Legislators' Retirement Plan, and the Judicial Retirement Plan.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB56/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB56.htm","sponsor":"Kenny Imes"},
{"bill_id":897212,"bill_number":"HB59","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 homestead exemption from the current inflation-adjusted amount of $36,900 to the full assessed value of the property for totally and permanently disabled veterans who are rated unemployable or 100% disabled by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs due to a service-connected disability; add the continued biennial inflation indexing of the homestead exemption amount; make various typographical changes of a nonsubstantive nature; state ballot question; submit to voters.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB59/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB59.htm","sponsor":"James Kay"},
{"bill_id":897213,"bill_number":"HB116","title":"AN ACT relating to publication requirements for special purpose governmental entities.","description":"Amend KRS 65A.080 to detail in what locations and for how long special purpose governmental entity financial information is to be made specifically available for public inspection.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-02-15","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-16","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB116/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB116.htm","sponsor":"Jody Richards"},
{"bill_id":897214,"bill_number":"SB82","title":"AN ACT relating to the Department of Military Affairs.","description":"Amend KRS 36.088 to allow current and retired members of the United States military and their eligible dependents use of the morale, welfare, and recreation facilities under the control of the Kentucky Department of Military Affairs.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-02-22","last_action":"returned to Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (H)","last_action_date":"2017-03-07","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB82/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB82.htm","sponsor":"C.B. Embry"},
{"bill_id":897215,"bill_number":"SB65","title":"AN ACT relating to mail-in absentee ballot eligibility.","description":"Amend KRS 117.085 to allow voters who have a medical condition that prevents them from both voting in person at the polls on election day and casting an absentee ballot in person in the county clerk's office on all days absentee voting is conducted prior to election day to vote by mail-in absentee ballot; amend KRS 117.086 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2017-01-07","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB65/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB65.htm","sponsor":"Julian Carroll"},
{"bill_id":897216,"bill_number":"SB28","title":"AN ACT relating to firearms.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to prohibit the unlawful storage of a firearm.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2017-01-07","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB28/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB28.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":897217,"bill_number":"SB59","title":"AN ACT relating to the security of personal information.","description":"Amend KRS 61.931 to include user name, e-mail address, and security questions with answers in the definition of \"personal information\" involved in a data security breach of information held by state and local government agencies; amend KRS 61.933 to allow a civil cause of action for actual damages, attorney's fees and court costs in Franklin Circuit Court against state and local government agencies who violate the investigation and notice procedures of KRS 61.931 to 61.934, waiving sovereign immunity; amend KRS 365.732, regarding data security breaches in businesses, to expand the definition of \"breach of the security system\" to include noncomputerized records as well as computerized records, records which are accessed as well as records which are acquired, and encrypted records when the key is also compromised; define \"encryption\" as meeting National Institute of Standards and Technology guidelines; expand definition of \"personally identifiable information\" to mirror the definition of \"personal information\" in KRS 61.931; include third party agents who contract with information holders in the section's provisions; limit time frames for notice of breaches.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2017-01-07","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB59/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB59.htm","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":897218,"bill_number":"SB19","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 30 days of receiving the request; set forth when the credit reporting agency is required to remove the freeze; allow the credit reporting agency to charge a fee under certain circumstances; establish penalties for violations.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 119)","last_action_date":"2017-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB19/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB19.htm","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":897219,"bill_number":"HJR8","title":"Feb 07-WITHDRAWN","description":"Feb 07-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2017-02-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR8/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HJR8.htm","sponsor":"Kevin Bratcher"},
{"bill_id":897220,"bill_number":"HB61","title":"AN ACT relating to the allocation of severance tax revenues to local governments.","description":"Amend KRS 42.450 to increase the amount of minerals severance and processing taxes distributed to local governments through the local government economic assistance fund (LGEAF) to 100% of taxes collected, from the current 50%, over a five-year period; amend KRS 42.4582 and 42.4585 to similarly increase the amount of coal severance and processing taxes distributed to local governments through the local government economic development fund and LGEAF to 60% and 40% of taxes collected, from the current 35% and 15%, respectively, over the same five-year period.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB61/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB61.htm","sponsor":"Jim Gooch"},
{"bill_id":897221,"bill_number":"HB76","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: \"Ban the Box - The Criminal Record Employment Discrimination Act.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Small Business & Information Technology (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":"Small Business & Information Technology","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB76/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB76.htm","sponsor":"George Brown"},
{"bill_id":897222,"bill_number":"HB31","title":"Mar 07-WITHDRAWN","description":"Mar 07-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2017-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB31/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB31.htm","sponsor":"Jerry Miller"},
{"bill_id":897223,"bill_number":"SB70","title":"AN ACT relating to charter schools.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 160 to describe the intent of the General Assembly and the purposes of authorizing public charter schools; establish a charter school pilot project and identify charter school authorizer; define terms; describe the characteristics and the requirements of a charter school; 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; 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 charter school staff as employees of the authorizer; specify that charter school employees are covered under any existing collective bargaining agreement; create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to specify the charter school funding process.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2017-01-07","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB70/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB70.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":897224,"bill_number":"HB88","title":"AN ACT relating to pesticide application notice requirements.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 217 to define terms; require state or local government entities that engage in or direct the application of pesticides in residential areas to give notice to local officials and to the public no later than 48 hours prior to the application; require additional public notice every 7 days that the application continues; require state or local government entities to coordinate so that only one provides the required notices.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Agriculture (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":"Agriculture","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB88/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB88.htm","sponsor":"Joseph Fischer"},
{"bill_id":897225,"bill_number":"SR17","title":"Honor Nancy Swikert, M.D., upon her installation as President of the Kentucky Medical Association.","description":"Honor Nancy Swikert, M.D., upon her installation as President of the Kentucky Medical Association.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR17/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR17.htm","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":897226,"bill_number":"HB17","title":"AN ACT relating to expungement.","description":"Amend KRS 431.073 to reduce filing fee for felony expungement from $500 to $200.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB17/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB17.htm","sponsor":"Rick Nelson"},
{"bill_id":897227,"bill_number":"HB58","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 home school; establish criteria for participation therein.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-03-08","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2017-03-08","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB58/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB58.htm","sponsor":"Stan Lee"},
{"bill_id":897228,"bill_number":"SB21","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":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-21","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 65)","last_action_date":"2017-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB21/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB21.htm","sponsor":"C.B. Embry"},
{"bill_id":897229,"bill_number":"HB120","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 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":"2017-01-03","last_action":"floor amendments (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) filed","last_action_date":"2017-02-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB120/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB120.htm","sponsor":"Diane St Onge"},
{"bill_id":897230,"bill_number":"SB66","title":"AN ACT relating to notaries public.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 423 to permit the Secretary of State and the county clerk in a county with a consolidated local government to institute a pilot program to record electronically transmitted documents with a notarial act and to allow a fee of no more than $10 to be charged yearly to a notary public who registers to participate in the pilot program.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2017-01-07","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB66/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB66.htm","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":897231,"bill_number":"HB64","title":"AN ACT relating to tax credits for airport noise mitigation.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a refundable income tax credit for the costs of mitigating noise from a commercial airport for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2017, but before January 1, 2021; amend KRS 131.190 to require certain information to be submitted to the Legislative Research Commission; amend various chapters in the Kentucky Revised Statutes to make conforming changes; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the credit.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB64/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB64.htm","sponsor":"Jeffery Donohue"},
{"bill_id":897232,"bill_number":"HB55","title":"AN ACT relating to railroad companies and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 277.990 to increase the fine for a violation of KRS 277.200, relating to a railroad company obstructing a highway, street, or navigable stream to $5,000 for each offense; transfer 50 percent of each fine collected to the law enforcement agency that issued the citation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB55/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB55.htm","sponsor":"Myron Dossett"},
{"bill_id":897233,"bill_number":"HB22","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":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB22/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB22.htm","sponsor":"Jeffery Donohue"},
{"bill_id":897234,"bill_number":"HB72","title":"AN ACT relating to planning and zoning.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 100 to set requirements for filing an appeal bond for appeals of Circuit Court decisions before the case is transferred to the Kentucky Court of Appeals.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 181)","last_action_date":"2017-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB72/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB72.htm","sponsor":"Jerry Miller"},
{"bill_id":897235,"bill_number":"HB53","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":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB53/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB53.htm","sponsor":"Chris Harris"},
{"bill_id":897236,"bill_number":"SR8","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Ricky Reed.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Ricky Reed.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-06","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR8/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR8.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":897237,"bill_number":"SB5","title":"AN ACT relating to abortion and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to prohibit an abortion when the probable post-fertilization age of the unborn child is 20 weeks or greater; create an affirmative defense if the probable post-fertilization age was less than 20 weeks or if a medical emergency; require a determination of the unborn child's probable post-fertilization age prior to performing an abortion; allow for civil relief; create the Kentucky pain-capable unborn child protection litigation fund; allow for severability; amend KRS 311.595 to allow the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure to suspend or revoke the license of any physician for violations; amend KRS 311.990 to establish a criminal penalty for violations; amend KRS 213.101 to expand the statistical reporting system for abortions; amend KRS 413.140 to provide a one-year statute of limitation for civil actions arising from violations; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-01-09","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 005)","last_action_date":"2017-01-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB5/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB5.htm","sponsor":"Brandon Smith"},
{"bill_id":897238,"bill_number":"SB42","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend KRS 431.005 to permit a peace officer to make an arrest for a violation of KRS 508.030, assault in the 4th degree, when the violation occurs in a hospital and the officer has probable cause; amend KRS 431.015 to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-16","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 23)","last_action_date":"2017-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB42/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB42.htm","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":897239,"bill_number":"SB13","title":"AN ACT relating to the Bowling Green Veterans Center, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Authorize to the Department of Veterans' Affairs Federal Funds and Bond Funds in fiscal year 2016-2017 for the construction of the Bowling Green Veterans Center nursing home; establish conditions; provide that if debt service is required it shall be a necessary government expense to be paid from the General Fund Surplus Account or the Budget Reserve Trust Fund Account; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-03-03","last_action":"returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2017-03-07","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB13/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB13.htm","sponsor":"Mike Wilson"},
{"bill_id":897240,"bill_number":"SR5","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Howard Curry Teater.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Howard Curry Teater.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR5/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR5.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":897241,"bill_number":"HB51","title":"AN ACT relating to a reduction of motor vehicle property tax rates for certain disabled veterans.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 132 to reduce the property tax rate levied on and after January 1, 2018, by the state and by local taxing jurisdictions on motor vehicles owned by totally disabled veterans, whose disability is service-connected, to 50 percent of the tax rate levied on other motor vehicles by the relevant taxing jurisdiction, except in the case of historic motor vehicles.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB51/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB51.htm","sponsor":"Myron Dossett"},
{"bill_id":897242,"bill_number":"HB44","title":"AN ACT relating to promise zone tax incentives.","description":"Amend KRS 139.570 to allow additional compensation for sellers in the promise zone; create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to allow an income tax credit for qualified employees equal to the individual income tax on wages earned in the promise zone, not to exceed $2,400; allow an income tax credit for qualified employers in an amount equal to $100 for each employee working within the promise zone; require reporting by the Department of Revenue to the Legislative Research Commission; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the new tax credits; create a noncodified section to set forth the purpose of the Act and describe actions previously taken by the federal government.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB44/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB44.htm","sponsor":"Jill York"},
{"bill_id":897243,"bill_number":"SR11","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Ina Hudson Southwood.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Ina Hudson Southwood.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-01-06","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-01-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR11/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR11.htm","sponsor":"Johnny Turner"},
{"bill_id":897244,"bill_number":"HB20","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky educational excellence scholarship.","description":"Amend KRS 164.7871 to name the Kentucky educational excellence scholarship the \"Arch Gleason Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship\"; amend KRS 164.7874 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB20/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB20.htm","sponsor":"Joni Jenkins"},
{"bill_id":897245,"bill_number":"HB99","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; allow a sworn statement to be used to prove eligibility for the program; 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 protection 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 an operator's license application; amend 209A.030 to define \"application assistant\" and exempt that individual from certain reporting requirements, and clarify that an application assistant shall continue to report instances of abuse and neglect of vulnerable adults and children; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-06","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB99/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB99.htm","sponsor":"Thomas Burch"},
{"bill_id":897246,"bill_number":"HB103","title":"AN ACT relating to educational opportunities 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; identify charter school authorizers; define terms; describe the characteristics and the requirements of a charter school; identify student enrollment practices; allow participation by charter school students in extracurricular activities; identify charter school employee rights and retirement information; identify the authorizer application process; identify the requirements and the components of a charter school application; describe charter school renewal and revocation processes; identify a process to convert an existing school to a charter school; create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to specify the charter school funding process; establish the public charter school facility revolving loan program and identify the use of the program; fund and identify uses of the fund; create a new section of KRS Chapter 162 to allow charter schools first right of refusal to purchase or lease closed or unused school facilities or school facilities for sale or lease; amend KRS 161.220 to include a teacher employed in a charter school 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; amend KRS 156.108 to prohibit the approval of new districts of innovation; define opportunity schools and identify the Kentucky Board of Education's role in authorizing opportunity schools; amend KRS 160.107 to delete references to districts of innovation; identify the requirements for a school applying to become an opportunity school and delete all references to a district of innovation and replace with opportunity school; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-06","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB103/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB103.htm","sponsor":"Phil Moffett"},
{"bill_id":897247,"bill_number":"SB37","title":"AN ACT relating to expungement.","description":"Amend KRS 431.073 to reduce filing fee for felony expungement from $500 to $200; allow the court to waive all or any portion of the fee if an applicant is indigent or financially unable to pay; amend KRS 431.078 to allow the court to waive all or any portion of the filing fee for misdemeanor, violation, or traffic infraction expungement if an applicant is indigent or financially unable to pay.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2017-01-07","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB37/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB37.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":897248,"bill_number":"SR3","title":"Extend an invitation to the pastors of Frankfort churches to open sessions of the 2017 Regular Session with prayer.","description":"Extend an invitation to the pastors of Frankfort churches to open sessions of the 2017 Regular Session with prayer.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR3/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR3.htm","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":897249,"bill_number":"HB108","title":"AN ACT relating to firearms, including ammunition and accessories for firearms.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 relating to firearms, ammunition, and firearms accessories made in Kentucky, marked \"Made in Kentucky,\" and used in Kentucky to specify that these items are exempt from federal law; specify that the exemption does not apply to machine guns, silencers, exploding ammunition, and firearms with a bore greater than 1-1/2 inches; name law the Kentucky Firearms Freedom Act.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"floor amendments (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) filed","last_action_date":"2017-02-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB108/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB108.htm","sponsor":"Stan Lee"},
{"bill_id":897250,"bill_number":"SB22","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 justified; repeal KRS 503.120.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2017-01-07","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB22/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB22.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":897251,"bill_number":"HB123","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":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute","last_action_date":"2017-03-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB123/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB123.htm","sponsor":"Lynn Bechler"},
{"bill_id":897252,"bill_number":"SB12","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":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-01-09","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 007)","last_action_date":"2017-01-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB12/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB12.htm","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":897253,"bill_number":"HJR19","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a portion of United States Highway 421 in Leslie County in honor of Hughes and Sallie Morgan.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a portion of United States Highway 421 in Leslie County in honor of Hughes and Sallie Morgan.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-06","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR19/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HJR19.htm","sponsor":"Tim Couch"},
{"bill_id":897254,"bill_number":"SR12","title":"Honor the Hopkinsville High School Marching Band upon winning the Kentucky Music Educators Association AAAA State Championship.","description":"Honor the Hopkinsville High School Marching Band upon winning the Kentucky Music Educators Association AAAA State Championship.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR12/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR12.htm","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":897255,"bill_number":"HB79","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 be present for a patient agreed order and allow a peer support specialist to be present; require the court to appoint an outpatient provider agency recognized by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to assemble a multi-disciplinary team to develop a treatment plan, monitor treatment adherence, and report to the court; require that crisis services are available 24/7; provide that failure to abide by the order may result in rehospitalization provided that the criteria are met, procedures are initiated via affidavit by the multi-disciplinary team, and mental health examinations take place at community mental health centers; permit additional orders with due process; require that patient agreed order services are covered by Medicaid; require that courts report such orders to the Kentucky Commission on Services and Supports for Individuals with Mental Illness, Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Disorders, and Dual Diagnoses; and rename this commitment process a patient agreed order; amend KRS 202A.261 to exempt certain hospitals from being required to provide particular services; amend KRS 202A.271 to require certain hospitals to be paid for services performed under portions of this Act at the same rates the hospital negotiates for other services; create new sections of KRS Chapter 202A to create a process for District Courts to order assisted outpatient mental health treatment; provide for transportation processes for the purposes of a mental health examination; establish eligibility and court proceedings; require a mental health examination and the development of a treatment plan; establish the process for hearings; require the court to appoint an outpatient provider agency to monitor and report on the person under order; authorize 72-hour emergency admission for failure to comply with orders; provide for the right to stay, vacate, or modify orders; provide for a process to change a treatment plan; permit an additional period of treatment to be ordered provided certain criteria are met; require that assisted outpatient treatment services are covered by Medicaid; make the implementation of all newly created sections of KRS Chapter 202A contingent on funding; name these new sections of the bill \"Tim's Law\"; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB79/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB79.htm","sponsor":"Thomas Burch"},
{"bill_id":897256,"bill_number":"SB48","title":"AN ACT relating to library district boards.","description":"Amend KRS 173.480, relating to public library districts' initial board appointments, to allow a county judge/executive with the approval of the fiscal court to appoint the first members of the newly created library board when any of the prospective appointees presented to the judge, in the judge's opinion, are not suitable; amend KRS 173.490, relating to public library districts, to allow a county judge/executive with the approval of the fiscal court to appoint members or fill vacancies of the library board when any of the prospective appointees presented to the judge, in the judge's opinion, are not suitable; amend KRS 173.725, relating to petition-created library districts' initial board appointments, to allow a county judge/executive with the approval of the fiscal court to appoint the first members of the newly created library board when any of the prospective appointees presented to the judge, in the judge's opinion, are not suitable; amend KRS 173.730, relating to library districts created by petition, to allow a county judge/executive with the approval of the fiscal court to appoint members or fill vacancies of the library board when any of the prospective appointees presented to the judge, in the judge's opinion, are not suitable.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2017-01-07","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB48/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB48.htm","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":897257,"bill_number":"HJR20","title":"Designate the Jack Reno Memorial Overpass in Boone County.","description":"Designate the Jack Reno Memorial Overpass in Boone County.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-06","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR20/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HJR20.htm","sponsor":"Addia Wuchner"},
{"bill_id":897258,"bill_number":"HB97","title":"AN ACT relating to home inspections.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to require home inspections before purchasing.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB97/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB97.htm","sponsor":"Rick Nelson"},
{"bill_id":897259,"bill_number":"SB84","title":"AN ACT relating to school health coordinators.","description":"Amend KRS 156.502 to create the position of school health coordinaor in Kentucky schools.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2017-01-07","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB84/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB84.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":897260,"bill_number":"SR13","title":"Adjourn in honor of George Costello Wolfe.","description":"Adjourn in honor of George Costello Wolfe.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR13/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR13.htm","sponsor":"Julian Carroll"},
{"bill_id":897261,"bill_number":"HJR14","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a bridge in Allen County in memory of Titus Elijah Morris and erect the appropriate signage.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a bridge in Allen County in memory of Titus Elijah Morris and erect the appropriate signage.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR14/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HJR14.htm","sponsor":"Wilson Stone"},
{"bill_id":897262,"bill_number":"HB24","title":"Mar 03-WITHDRAWN","description":"Mar 03-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2017-03-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB24/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB24.htm","sponsor":"Jerry Miller"},
{"bill_id":897263,"bill_number":"SB11","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 the requirement that the facility have a plan for disposal of high-level nuclear waste; eliminate the requirement that cost of waste disposal be known; eliminate the requirement that the facility have adequate capacity to contain waste; give the Public Service Commission authority to hire a 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":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 118)","last_action_date":"2017-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB11/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB11.htm","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":897264,"bill_number":"SB36","title":"AN ACT relating to juries.","description":"Amend KRS 15.733 to allow the disqualification of a prosecuting attorney from the retrial of a case due to discriminatory jury selection practices; create a 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":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2017-01-07","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB36/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB36.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":897265,"bill_number":"SB80","title":"AN ACT relating to the maintenance of teacher certification.","description":"Amend KRS 161.095 to prohibit the Education Professional Standards Board (EPSB) from imposing conditions for a teacher to maintain his or her certification; amend KRS 161.1211 to prohibit the EPSB from requiring a Rank III teacher to obtain a Rank II or Rank I to maintain his or her certificate; and amend KRS 161.020 and 156.553 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2017-01-07","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB80/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB80.htm","sponsor":"Mike Wilson"},
{"bill_id":897266,"bill_number":"SR7","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Tolbert Douglas \"Tolby\" Ratliff.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Tolbert Douglas \"Tolby\" Ratliff.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-28","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR7/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR7.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":897267,"bill_number":"HB38","title":"AN ACT relating to sex offender registrants.","description":"Amend KRS 17.545 to prohibit sex offender registrants from being on the grounds of a publicly owned playground without advance written permission.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-21","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 76)","last_action_date":"2017-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB38/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB38.htm","sponsor":"Kim King"},
{"bill_id":897268,"bill_number":"SB61","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, 2018.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"returned to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-03-08","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB61/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB61.htm","sponsor":"Ernie Harris"},
{"bill_id":897269,"bill_number":"SB69","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":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2017-01-07","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB69/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB69.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":897270,"bill_number":"SB77","title":"AN ACT relating to personal identification cards.","description":"Amend KRS 186.470 to clarify that a parent or guardian's signature is not required to accompany the application of a minor for a personal identification card.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2017-01-07","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB77/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB77.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":897271,"bill_number":"HB54","title":"AN ACT relating to railroad companies and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 277.990 to increase the fine for a violation of KRS 277.200, relating to a railroad company obstructing a highway, street, or navigable stream, to $2,500 for each offense; transfer 50% of each fine collected to the law enforcement agency that issued the citation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB54/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB54.htm","sponsor":"Myron Dossett"},
{"bill_id":897272,"bill_number":"HB91","title":"AN ACT relating to ownership of real and personal property by aliens.","description":"Amend KRS 381.290, relating to right of an alien intending to be naturalized to own real or personal property in Kentucky, to delete original provisions and replace them with a provision permitting aliens, both resident and nonresident, to own real and personal property in Kentucky in the same manner as a citizen, except as otherwise provided by an applicable statute or treaty; repeal KRS 381.300, 381.310, 381.320, 381.330, and 381.340, which restrict the rights of aliens to own property in Kentucky.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB91/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB91.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Meeks"},
{"bill_id":897273,"bill_number":"SR6","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":"2017-03-29","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR6/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR6.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":897274,"bill_number":"SB18","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 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":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2017-02-10","last_action":"floor amendment (3) filed","last_action_date":"2017-03-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB18/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB18.htm","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":897275,"bill_number":"HB52","title":"AN ACT relating to controlled substances.","description":"Amend 218A.010 to provide definitions for “fentanyl” and “fentanyl derivative”; amend KRS 218A.020 to allow the Office of Drug Control Policy to request that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services schedule fentanyl analogues not approved for human use by the United States Food and Drug Administration; amend KRS 218A.050 to include fentanyl analogues not approved for human use by the Food and Drug Administration as a Schedule I controlled substance; amend KRS 218A.142 to create the offense of aggravated fentanyl trafficking; amend KRS 218A.1412 to increase the penalties for trafficking in fentanyl.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB52/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB52.htm","sponsor":"Russ Meyer"},
{"bill_id":897276,"bill_number":"HB34","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":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB34/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB34.htm","sponsor":"Kim King"},
{"bill_id":897277,"bill_number":"HB83","title":"AN ACT relating to elder abuse prevention in brokerage-financial accounts.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 292 to grant civil and administrative immunity to broker-dealers or investment advisers who, with reasonable belief and in good faith, report suspected financial exploitation of eligible adults to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and the commissioner of the Department of Financial Institutions.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB83/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB83.htm","sponsor":"Daniel Elliott"},
{"bill_id":897278,"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":"2017-01-03","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR4/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR4.htm","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":897279,"bill_number":"HB65","title":"AN ACT relating to fishing license exemptions.","description":"Amend KRS 150.170 to remove the sport fishing license exemption for resident farmland owners and create a new sport fishing license exemption for private landowners and their spouses, dependents, tenants, and invited guests when fishing on their property from ponds or lakes that do not allow fish entry from or exit to public waters.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"floor amendment (1) filed","last_action_date":"2017-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB65/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB65.htm","sponsor":"Addia Wuchner"},
{"bill_id":897280,"bill_number":"SB17","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, and 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 the 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":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-16","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 15)","last_action_date":"2017-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB17/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB17.htm","sponsor":"Albert Robinson"},
{"bill_id":897281,"bill_number":"SB46","title":"AN ACT relating to the regulation of firearms and ammunition by local governments.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to allow urban-county governments and consolidated local governments to regulate firearms and ammunition to reduce gun violence, except when state or federal law preemepts local governance; amend KRS 65.870 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2017-01-07","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB46/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB46.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":897282,"bill_number":"HR2","title":"Adopt Rules of Procedure for the 2017 Regular Session of the House of Representatives.","description":"Adopt Rules of Procedure for the 2017 Regular Session of the House of Representatives.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"introduced in House","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR2/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR2.htm","sponsor":"Jeff Hoover"},
{"bill_id":897283,"bill_number":"SB54","title":"AN ACT relating to school councils.","description":"Amend KRS 160.345 to require the local school superintendent or designee to establish school policies, make personnel decisions, determine instructional materials, determine student support services, plan professional development, and fill principal vacancies; require superintendent to consult with principals and school councils; require the principal or principal's designee in a school containing any combination of grades K-5 to develop and implement a school 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, 158.844, 158.070, and 156.095 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2017-01-07","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB54/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB54.htm","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":897284,"bill_number":"HB57","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System board of trustees.","description":"Amend KRS 161.250 to increase the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System board membership from nine members to 11 by adding two elected trustees who are retired members; amend KRS 161.300 to conform; provide that the election of the two new retired members shall occur so that the initial term of office will begin July 1, 2017.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB57/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB57.htm","sponsor":"Kenny Imes"},
{"bill_id":897285,"bill_number":"SB79","title":"AN ACT relating to health care providers.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to define \"direct primary care membership agreement\"; establish conditions for services under a direct primary care membership agreement; exempt from KRS Chapter 304.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-17","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 25)","last_action_date":"2017-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB79/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB79.htm","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":897286,"bill_number":"HB1","title":"AN ACT relating to right-to-work provisions involving a condition of employment or continuation of employment and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 336.130 to indicate that public employees may not strike; prohibit mandatory membership in or financial support of a labor organization as a condition of employment; define \"employee\"; require the Labor Cabinet to investigate complaints and prosecute those who violate Section 1 of the Act; amend KRS 336.180 to conform and define \"employer\" and \"public employee\"; 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 to prohibit deduction of membership dues to a labor organization without express written consent of the employee; create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to restrict certain local governments from enforcing an ordinance contrary to the provisions of the Act; amend KRS 67A.6904, 67C.406, 70.262, 78.470, 78.480, and 345.050 to conform; provide for severability of Act's provisions; provide short title of Act; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-01-09","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 001)","last_action_date":"2017-01-09","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB1/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB1.htm","sponsor":"Jeff Hoover"},
{"bill_id":897287,"bill_number":"HB45","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, 2017; prohibit current legislators from participating in the Legislators' Retirement Plan on or after August 1, 2017; 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, 2017.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB45/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB45.htm","sponsor":"Daniel Elliott"},
{"bill_id":897288,"bill_number":"SB7","title":"AN ACT relating to firearms.","description":"Amend KRS 527.020 to allow persons not otherwise prohibited by other laws to carry concealed weapons without a license, excluding certain prohibited locations; specify that businesses and health facilities may prohibit concealed weapons by posting notice, with exceptions for some vehicles; amend KRS 237.115 to conform; repeal KRS 403.754.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"floor amendment (1) filed","last_action_date":"2017-03-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB7/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB7.htm","sponsor":"Albert Robinson"},
{"bill_id":897289,"bill_number":"HB69","title":"AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 341 to define a \"seasonal/on recall employee\" and require certification by an employer; amend KRS 341.350 to exempt seasonal/on recall employees from the waiting week and reemployment requirements.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":"Economic Development & Workforce Investment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB69/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB69.htm","sponsor":"William Wells"},
{"bill_id":897290,"bill_number":"SB47","title":"Feb 14-WITHDRAWN","description":"Feb 14-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2017-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB47/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB47.htm","sponsor":"Julian Carroll"},
{"bill_id":897291,"bill_number":"HB18","title":"Feb 08-WITHDRAWN","description":"Feb 08-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2017-02-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB18/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB18.htm","sponsor":"Susan Westrom"},
{"bill_id":897292,"bill_number":"HB85","title":"AN ACT relating to the overtaking of bicycles on a roadway.","description":"Amend KRS 189.300 to provide that the operator of any vehicle moving upon a highway is to keep to the right unless signage or markings indicate otherwise; amend KRS 189.340 to require vehicles overtaking bicycles to pass at a distance of at least three feet; specify when a motor vehicle may pass a bicycle to the left of the center of a roadway.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB85/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB85.htm","sponsor":"Jerry Miller"},
{"bill_id":897293,"bill_number":"HCR15","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":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-06","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR15/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HCR15.htm","sponsor":"Thomas Burch"},
{"bill_id":897294,"bill_number":"HB49","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 for newly elected members only; 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":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB49/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB49.htm","sponsor":"Kenny Imes"},
{"bill_id":897295,"bill_number":"HB82","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":"2017-01-03","last_action":"posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 24, 2017","last_action_date":"2017-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB82/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB82.htm","sponsor":"Kenny Imes"},
{"bill_id":897296,"bill_number":"HB98","title":"Jan 04-WITHDRAWN","description":"Jan 04-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2017-01-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB98/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB98.htm","sponsor":"Thomas Burch"},
{"bill_id":897297,"bill_number":"HJR16","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a portion of Kentucky Route 1482 in Clay County as the \"Amon Couch Memorial Highway.\"","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a portion of Kentucky Route 1482 in Clay County as the \"Amon Couch Memorial Highway.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-06","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR16/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HJR16.htm","sponsor":"Tim Couch"},
{"bill_id":897298,"bill_number":"SR16","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Charline Stickles.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Charline Stickles.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR16/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR16.htm","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":897299,"bill_number":"HB95","title":"AN ACT relating to criminal history record checks.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 26A to allow state court judges who adhere to the requirements of the Criminal Justice Information Services to access the National Crime Information Center (NCIC).","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-03-06","last_action":"returned to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2017-03-14","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB95/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB95.htm","sponsor":"Daniel Elliott"},
{"bill_id":897300,"bill_number":"HJR17","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a bridge on Kentucky Route 80 in Leslie County as the \"Corporal Gordon Jones Memorial Bridge.\"","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a bridge on Kentucky Route 80 in Leslie County as the \"Corporal Gordon Jones Memorial Bridge.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-06","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR17/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HJR17.htm","sponsor":"Tim Couch"},
{"bill_id":897301,"bill_number":"HB73","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 Department of Kentucky State Police with language regarding visually impaired and blind pedestrians to be added to the Kentucky Driver Manual.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day","last_action_date":"2017-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB73/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB73.htm","sponsor":"Arnold Simpson"},
{"bill_id":897302,"bill_number":"HB37","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; apply to property assessed on and after January 1, 2018.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB37/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB37.htm","sponsor":"Tim Couch"},
{"bill_id":897303,"bill_number":"HR11","title":"Urge the Kentucky Department for Local Government, the Kentucky County/Judge Executive Association; the Kentucky Association of Counties, and the Kentucky League of Cities to conduct annual dedicated training on the benefits and best practices of interlocal agreements.","description":"Urge the Kentucky Department for Local Government, the Kentucky County/Judge Executive Association; the Kentucky Association of Counties, and the Kentucky League of Cities to conduct annual dedicated training on the benefits and best practices of interlocal agreements.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"3rd reading, adopted 93-0","last_action_date":"2017-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR11/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR11.htm","sponsor":"Steven Riggs"},
{"bill_id":897304,"bill_number":"HB117","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, 2017, but before January 1, 2021, 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, 2021; 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; amend KRS 131.190, 131.135, 131.618, 131.650, 131.990, 141.389, and 131.020 to make various conforming changes.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-06","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB117/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB117.htm","sponsor":"Jody Richards"},
{"bill_id":897305,"bill_number":"HB114","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 a veteran-owned business 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.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"recommitted to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2017-03-03","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB114/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB114.htm","sponsor":"Jody Richards"},
{"bill_id":897306,"bill_number":"SB26","title":"AN ACT relating to operator's license testing.","description":"Amend KRS 186.480 to require the Department of Kentucky State Police to make a driver's manual available in printed or electronic format that contains the information needed for an operator's license examination; require that the manual have a section regarding an applicant's conduct during interactions with law enforcement officers; require that the operator's license examination include the applicant's knowledge regarding conduct during interactions with law enforcement officers.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"returned to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-27","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB26/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB26.htm","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":897307,"bill_number":"SB83","title":"AN ACT relating to fish and wildlife.","description":"Amend KRS 150.390 to require the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to undertake measures if deer and elk pose a significant risk to human safety from automobile accidents; identify permissive measures for the department to implement including special hunts and issuance of more tags.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 124)","last_action_date":"2017-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB83/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB83.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":897308,"bill_number":"HB113","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 implement the section; clarify that military training and experience cannot be substituted for the acquisition of a college degree or passage of a specific examination when either is a prerequisite for licensure or certification.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-21","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch.60)","last_action_date":"2017-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB113/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB113.htm","sponsor":"Jody Richards"},
{"bill_id":897309,"bill_number":"HB63","title":"AN ACT relating to competency hearings conducted in guardianship proceedings.","description":"Amend KRS 387.570 to allow a bench trial in a disability hearing when the parties agree, there is no objection from interested parties, and the judge finds no cause to require a jury trial; amend KRS 387.580 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB63/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB63.htm","sponsor":"Joni Jenkins"},
{"bill_id":897310,"bill_number":"HB92","title":"AN ACT relating to juvenile responsibility.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 610 to establish 11 years of age as the minimum age of criminal responsibility; amend KRS 600.020 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB92/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB92.htm","sponsor":"Darryl Owens"},
{"bill_id":897311,"bill_number":"SB76","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 cannabis to persons aged 21 years and older; create, amend, and repeal various sections to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2017-01-07","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB76/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB76.htm","sponsor":"Perry Clark"},
{"bill_id":897312,"bill_number":"HB41","title":"AN ACT relating to the independence and transparency of the board of trustees of the Kentucky Retirement Systems and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 12.028 to prevent the Governor from effecting any reorganization of the Kentucky Retirement Systems board of trustees; amend KRS 63.080 to prevent the Governor from removing trustees of the Kentucky Retirement Systems, except upon conviction of a felony or for a finding of an ethical violation as provided under KRS 61.645; amend KRS 61.645 to change the composition of the Kentucky Retirement Systems board of trustees to eight elected trustees and five appointed trustees, removing one gubernatorial appointment and the secretary of the Personnel Cabinet from the board; limit the definition of \"investment experience\"; provide that a vacancy of an elected trustee shall be filled upon a vote of a majority of the remaining elected trustees and that the vacancy shall be filled within 90 days; place the Kentucky Retirement Systems under the Model Procurement Code; establish that any raises to Kentucky Retirement Systems staff be no higher than KRS Chapter 18A employees; require disclosure of all holdings, fees, and commissions by individual investment managers, require the Kentucky Retirement Systems to report returns net of fees; require disclosure of all contracts or offering documents and contract disclosure of investment contracts to the board, the Auditor of Public Accounts and the Government Contract Review Committee; establish a ban on placement agents; amend KRS 61.650 to impose on the Kentucky Retirement Systems board of trustees, staff, and contract investment advisors the CFA Institute Codes of Conduct; amend KRS 12.020 and 18A.035 to make technical and conforming amendments; provide a delayed effective date for the changes to the board composition, direct the Kentucky Retirement Systems to hold elections and prescribe the initial terms of office for the new elected members; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB41/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB41.htm","sponsor":"James Kay"},
{"bill_id":897313,"bill_number":"HCR7","title":"Urge the United States Congress to amend Title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government Pension Offset Provision.","description":"Urge the United States Congress to amend Title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government Pension Offset Provision.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR7/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HCR7.htm","sponsor":"Kenny Imes"},
{"bill_id":897314,"bill_number":"HB27","title":"AN ACT relating to speed titles.","description":"Amend KRS 186A.170 to increase the issuance time of a speed title from within 24 hours to within 48 hours.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 148)","last_action_date":"2017-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB27/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB27.htm","sponsor":"Jim Stewart"},
{"bill_id":897315,"bill_number":"HB112","title":"AN ACT relating to dogs.","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":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-20","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 30)","last_action_date":"2017-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB112/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB112.htm","sponsor":"Stan Lee"},
{"bill_id":897316,"bill_number":"SB57","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 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; provide that the Act may be cited as the Cannabis Compassion Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2017-01-07","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB57/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB57.htm","sponsor":"Perry Clark"},
{"bill_id":897317,"bill_number":"SB3","title":"AN ACT relating to the disclosure of public retirement information.","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 the member's name, status, and projected or actual retirement benefit payments and benefits from the Kentucky Retirement Systems, the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System, the Legislators' Retirement Plan, and the Judicial Retirement Plan.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-01-09","last_action":"signed by Governor ((Acts, ch. 004)","last_action_date":"2017-01-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB3/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB3.htm","sponsor":"Christian McDaniel"},
{"bill_id":897318,"bill_number":"SB55","title":"AN ACT relating to physician assistants.","description":"Amend KRS 311.856 and 311.858 to permit a physician assistant to prescribe or dispense all legend drugs and Schedule II through V controlled substances to the extent delegated by the supervising physician; permit a physician assistant to sign for and distribute professional samples of drugs; require physician assistants authorized to prescribe drugs to register with the DEA, KASPER, the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program, and any applicable state-controlled substance regulatory authority; require a physician assistant, prior to prescribing controlled substances, to complete an application signed by the supervising physician and submit to the Board of Medical Licensure for approval or denial within 30 days; mandate that dispensing activities of a physician assistant comply with state and federal law and to only occur in an emergency; amend KRS 218A.010 to add physician assistants to the definition of a \"practitioner.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2017-01-07","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB55/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB55.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":897319,"bill_number":"SB8","title":"AN ACT relating to the use of public resources.","description":"Amend KRS 311.715 relating to funding prohibitions to prohibit state and local funds from being used, granted, paid, or distributed to an entity, organization, or individual that provides abortion services; establish a funding priority for the distribution of federal funds that places state, county, and local community health clinics and federally qualified health centers first; amend KRS 311.720 to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-21","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 64)","last_action_date":"2017-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB8/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB8.htm","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":897320,"bill_number":"HB47","title":"AN ACT relating to child abuse and neglect.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 199 to establish the central registry for child abuse and neglect; establish definitions; establish requirements for operation of the registry; provide that the Act be known as Sophie's law.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB47/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB47.htm","sponsor":"Dennis Keene"},
{"bill_id":897321,"bill_number":"HB90","title":"AN ACT relating to nuclear power.","description":"Amend KRS 278.600 to define \"plan for storage of high-level nuclear waste,\" \"storage,\" and \"low-level nuclear waste\"; amend KRS 278.610 to allow certification if the facility and its plans for waste storage are approved by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; eliminate requirement that facility have a plan for disposal of high-level nuclear waste; eliminate requirement that cost of waste disposal be known; eliminate requirement that facility have adequate capacity to contain waste; give the Public Service Commission authority to hire consultant to perform duties relating to nuclear facility certification; prohibit construction of low-level nuclear waste disposal sites in Kentucky. except as provided in KRS 211.852; repeal KRS 278.605, relating to construction of nuclear power facilities; direct the Energy and Environment Cabinet to review regulations required for permitting nuclear facilities and report to LRC.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Energy (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":"Natural Resources & Energy","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB90/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB90.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Watkins"},
{"bill_id":897322,"bill_number":"HB16","title":"AN ACT relating to family member visitation rights.","description":"Repeal and reenact KRS 405.021 to grant visitation to family members if it is in the child's best interest based on listed factors.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB16/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB16.htm","sponsor":"Regina Huff"},
{"bill_id":897323,"bill_number":"HB106","title":"AN ACT relating to public accommodations.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 12 to require the executive branch of state government to designate every multiple occupancy bathroom or changing facility it controls to only be used by persons based on their biological sex; create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to require cities, counties, urban-counties, consolidated local government, charter counties, and unified local governments to designate every multiple occupancy bathroom or changing facility it controls to only be used by persons based on their biological sex; create a new section of KRS Chapter 21A to require the Court of Justice to designate every multiple occupancy bathroom or changing facility it controls to only be used by persons based on their biological sex; create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to require a local board of education to designate every multiple occupancy bathroom or changing facility it controls to only be used by persons based on their biological sex; amend KRS 7.100 to require that the Legislative Research Commission designate every multiple occupancy bathroom or changing facility it controls to only be used by persons based on their biological sex; amend KRS 164A.575 to require governing boards of an institution of higher education to designate every multiple occupancy bathroom or changing facility they control to only used by persons based on their biological sex.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"reassigned to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-07","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB106/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB106.htm","sponsor":"Rick Nelson"},
{"bill_id":897324,"bill_number":"SB31","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, 2018; provide a reimbursement to local governments to 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, 2018; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2017-02-27","last_action":"Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate","last_action_date":"2017-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB31/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB31.htm","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":897325,"bill_number":"SB74","title":"AN ACT relating to death benefits for social workers and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 61.315 to make social service workers eligible to receive benefits for death in the line of duty; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations to establish criteria and procedures pertaining to the benefit; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2017-01-07","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB74/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB74.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":897326,"bill_number":"HB15","title":"AN ACT relating to a tax credit for volunteer firefighters.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a $1,000 refundable income tax credit for certain volunteer firefighters; declare the purpose of the credit; require annual reporting to the Legislative Research Commission to evaluate the impact of the credit; amend KRS 141.0205 to provide the ordering of the credit and to make technical corrections.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB15/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB15.htm","sponsor":"Rick Nelson"},
{"bill_id":897327,"bill_number":"HB111","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":"Amend Sections 99, 124, and 144 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prohibit a county that has completely merged with a city government from electing a Judge of the County Court, beginning in 2022, if the city was the only incorporated city in the county at the time of the merger; provide short title.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-06","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB111/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB111.htm","sponsor":"Stan Lee"},
{"bill_id":897328,"bill_number":"HCR10","title":"Urge Congress and the United States Department of Agriculture to change the way data is collected and used to form the basis of farm safety net payments.","description":"Urge Congress and the United States Department of Agriculture to change the way data is collected and used to form the basis of farm safety net payments.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-02-24","last_action":"to Agriculture (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-27","committee":"Agriculture","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR10/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HCR10.htm","sponsor":"Dean Schamore"},
{"bill_id":897329,"bill_number":"SB33","title":"AN ACT relating to wages.","description":"Amend KRS 337.010 to increase the applicable threshold of employees of retail stores and service industries from $95,000 to $500,000 average annual gross volume of sales for the employer; amend KRS 337.275 to raise the state minimum wage to $8.20 per hour on July 1, 2018, $9.15 per hour on July 1, 2019, and $10.10 per hour on July 1, 2020, and to raise the state minimum wage for tipped employees to $3.05 per hour on the effective date of the Act, $3.95 per hour on July 1, 2019, and $4.90 per hour on July 1, 2020; include anti-preemption language permitting local governments to establish minimum wage ordinances in excess of the state minimum wage.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2017-01-07","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB33/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB33.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":897330,"bill_number":"HB30","title":"AN ACT relating to public procurement.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 45A to set forth findings of the General Assembly and establish policy of the Commonwealth of Kentucky to promote the Kentucky and United States economies by requiring a preference for iron, steel, and manufactured goods produced in Kentucky and the United States; define \"manufactured in Kentucky,\" \"manufactured in the United States,\" \"Kentucky,\" and \"United States\"; require preference for iron, steel, and manufactured goods made in Kentucky in construction and maintenance contracts and subcontracts; provide for a waiver of the Kentucky preference requirement; require preference for iron, steel, and manufactured goods made in the United States if the Kentucky waiver is granted; provide for a waiver of the United States preference requirement; establish a short title of \"Kentucky Buy American Act\"; amend KRS 45A.343, 45A.352, 65.027, 162.070, 164A.575, 176.080, and 424.260 to require compliance with the Kentucky Buy American Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB30/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB30.htm","sponsor":"Jeffery Donohue"},
{"bill_id":897331,"bill_number":"HB118","title":"AN ACT relating to early voting in-person absentee voting.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 117 to establish that in-person absentee voting be conducted at least 12 working days, including two Saturdays, before the Sunday prior to election day and to permit a county board of elections to establish a longer period of time for in-person absentee voting; allow members of a county board of elections to work as precinct election officers without compensation during in-person absentee voting; amend KRS 117.085 to add electronic mail as an option when requesting an application for a mail-in absentee ballot; amend KRS 117.145 to require the county clerk to equip the in-person absentee voting machines with the necessary supplies, including a pencil or a pen for the purpose of write-in votes at least 5 days before the in-person absentee voting period begins and to increase from 15 to 45 the number of days the county clerk is required to have ballots and labels for a special election; amend KRS 117.0851, 117.087, 117.165, 117.235, 118.035, and 118.405 to conform; repeal KRS 117.088.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-06","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB118/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB118.htm","sponsor":"Jody Richards"},
{"bill_id":897332,"bill_number":"SB56","title":"AN ACT relating to the overtaking of bicycles on a roadway.","description":"Amend KRS 189.300 to provide that the operator of any vehicle moving upon a highway is to keep to the right unless signage or markings indicate otherwise; amend KRS 189.340 to require vehicles overtaking bicycles to pass at a distance of at least three feet; specify when a motor vehicle may pass a bicycle to the left of the center of a roadway.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-02-14","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-15","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB56/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB56.htm","sponsor":"Robin Webb"},
{"bill_id":897333,"bill_number":"SB1","title":"AN ACT relating to public education and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 156.557 to require school districts to develop and implement a personnel evaluation system based on a statewide framework for teaching; prohibit the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) from imposing reporting requirements related to the system on local districts; 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; 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 KDE to provide assistance in implementing a response-to-intervention system if requested by a local district; amend KRS 158.6453 to implement a process for reviewing academic standards and assessments; require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations for the administration of the process; delete program reviews and audits from the statewide assessment system; revise the statewide assessment requirements; prohibit the statewide assessment from including any standards not included in the board-approved standards; require a college admissions and placement exam to be given in the fall of grade 10 and spring of grade 11 and require KDE to pay for it; delete provisions regarding WorkKeys assessments; amend requirements for the annual school report card; require KDE to implement a standards review process for visual and performing arts, practical living skills, and foreign language and require KDE to provide recommendations to schools for including those programs, and a writing program, in their curriculum; direct KDE to develop a school profile report for schools to describe implementation of the mandated standards in the visual and performing arts, practical living skills, and foreign language; amend KRS 158.6455 to revise 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 each local workforce investment board to compile a list of industry-recognized certifications; require KDE to pay for the cost of initial assessments taken to achieve industry-recognized certifications; amend the criteria for schools and districts receiving consequences and assistance under administrative regulations promulgated by the Kentucky Board of Education; amend KRS 158.649 to revise dates regarding review and reporting of school improvement plans; amend KRS 158.782 to describe KDE's monitoring and review process for low- performing schools and 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 KDE from requiring intervention reporting except in certain circumstances; amend KRS 160.345 to allow an alternative principal selection process in any school district and delete language regarding principal replacement; amend KRS 160.346 to delete provisions relating to the low-performing school identification and intervention process; add provisions for identifying schools for targeted support and improvement and comprehensive support and improvement; describe intervention requirements for schools identified for targeted support and improvement; define and describe a turnaround audit and intervention process for schools identified for comprehensive support and improvement; require the Kentucky Board of Education to establish exit criteria for schools identified for targeted support and improvement and comprehensive support and improvement; require a school to enter an intervention process selected by the commissioner after three years without exiting comprehensive support and improvement status; delete provisions pertaining to the current school audit process and the current intervention options approved by the Kentucky Board of Education; amend various KRS sections to conform; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-04-10","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 156)","last_action_date":"2017-04-10","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB1/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB1.htm","sponsor":"Mike Wilson"},
{"bill_id":897334,"bill_number":"HB93","title":"AN ACT relating to assaults on animals utilized for the principal purpose of law enforcement.","description":"Amend KRS 525.200 to remove the requirement that a service animal be unable to return to work from the elements of the offense of first degree assault on a service animal, and add levels of injury and criminal intent to the elements.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-20","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 29)","last_action_date":"2017-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB93/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB93.htm","sponsor":"Diane St Onge"},
{"bill_id":897335,"bill_number":"HB101","title":"AN ACT relating to the regulation of firearms and ammunition by local governments.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to allow consolidated local governments to regulate firearms and ammunition to reduce gun violence, except when state or federal law preemepts local governance; amend KRS 65.870 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Local Government (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-06","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB101/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB101.htm","sponsor":"Darryl Owens"},
{"bill_id":897336,"bill_number":"HB122","title":"AN ACT relating to the operation of bicycles.","description":"Amend KRS 189.287 to direct the Transportation Cabinet to include a requirement for bicycle helmets for operators and passengers under the age of 12 in the bicycle standards and safety regulations promulgated under the provisions of this section.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB122/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB122.htm","sponsor":"Regina Huff"},
{"bill_id":897337,"bill_number":"SB38","title":"AN ACT relating to timber theft.","description":"Amend KRS 364.130 to specify that a person, regardless of state of mind or whether the person believes to be authorized or not, is liable for three times the stumpage value of the timber and three times the cost of any damages to property when he or she takes the timber of another without legal right or color of title.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-21","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 66)","last_action_date":"2017-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB38/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB38.htm","sponsor":"C.B. Embry"},
{"bill_id":897338,"bill_number":"SB40","title":"AN ACT relating to licensing fees for the sale of alcoholic beverages.","description":"Amend KRS 243.075 to allow cities with a population of less than 20,000, and counties that do not have a city with a population greater than 20,000, to impose a regulatory license fee on the sale of alcoholic beverages; grandfather in cities and counties imposing a regulatory license fee prior to the effective date of the Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"recommitted to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2017-03-15","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB40/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB40.htm","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":897339,"bill_number":"SB62","title":"AN ACT relating to health savings accounts.","description":"Amend KRS 427.010 to exempt health savings accounts from execution, attachment, garnishment, distress, or fee bill.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 121)","last_action_date":"2017-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB62/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB62.htm","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":897340,"bill_number":"HB50","title":"AN ACT relating to administrative regulations.","description":"Amend KRS 13A.010 to amend the definition of \"administrative regulation\" and to define \"last effective date\"; amend KRS 13A.040 to require the regulations compiler to maintain a list of all administrative regulation numbers and their corresponding last effective dates; amend KRS 13A.220 and 13A.222 to make conforming changes to enable the renewal of an administrative regulation; amend KRS 13A.310 to provide that, beginning July 1, 2017, an ordinary administrative regulation shall expire 7 years after its last effective date; provide that an administrative regulation that has a last effective date prior to July 1, 2012, shall expire on July 1, 2019; establish duties of regulations compiler; and establish requirements for an administrative body that does not want an administrative regulation to expire.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-21","last_action":"signed by Governor","last_action_date":"2017-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB50/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB50.htm","sponsor":"Kenny Imes"},
{"bill_id":897341,"bill_number":"SB68","title":"AN ACT relating to the death penalty.","description":"Suspend death penalty executions until December 3, 2018, or until the Task Force on the Death Penalty submits a final report; direct the the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Task Force on the Death Penalty to study and develop reccomendations regarding the Commonwealth's use of the death penalty for capital offenses to be submitted no later than December 3, 2018.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2017-01-07","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB68/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB68.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":897342,"bill_number":"SR9","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Juanita Carroll.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Juanita Carroll.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-06","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR9/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR9.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":897343,"bill_number":"SR2","title":"Adopt Rules of Procedure to govern the 2017 Regular Session of the Senate.","description":"Adopt Rules of Procedure to govern the 2017 Regular Session of the Senate.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR2/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR2.htm","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":897344,"bill_number":"HB127","title":"AN ACT relating to freedom of student speech at public postsecondary education institutions.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to ensure that public postsecondary education institutions do not restrict the right to free expression on the institutions' campuses.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-06","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB127/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB127.htm","sponsor":"Wesley Morgan"},
{"bill_id":897345,"bill_number":"SB58","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":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2017-01-07","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB58/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB58.htm","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":897346,"bill_number":"HB74","title":"AN ACT relating to motor vehicle equipment.","description":"Amend KRS 189.950 to prohibit most motor vehicles from being equipped with blue lights; provide an exemption for nonhalogen headlamps that have a slight blue tint and meet USDOT regulations; amend KRS 189.993 to establish penalties for violation.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-21","last_action":"signed by Governor","last_action_date":"2017-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB74/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB74.htm","sponsor":"Donna Mayfield"},
{"bill_id":897347,"bill_number":"HB13","title":"AN ACT relating to veterans centers, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Authorize to the Department of Veterans' Affairs federal funds and bond funds in fiscal year 2016-2017 for the construction of the Bowling Green Veterans Center nursing home; establish conditions; provide that if debt service is required it shall be a necessary government expense to be paid from the general fund surplus account or the budget reserve trust fund; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Vetoed","status_date":"2017-04-11","last_action":"line items vetoed (Acts, ch. 194)","last_action_date":"2017-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB13/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB13.htm","sponsor":"Michael Meredith"},
{"bill_id":897348,"bill_number":"HB86","title":"AN ACT relating to expungement.","description":"Amend KRS 431.073 to make additional offenses eligible for expungement; reduce filing fee for felony expungement from $500 to $200; amend KRS 431.076 to allow expungement of charges dismissed without prejudice; amend KRS 431.078 to require certain records to be expunged if the law specifies a period for enhancement and that period has expired; amend KRS 431.079 to limit requirement of certification to convictions which have not been pardoned.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB86/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB86.htm","sponsor":"Darryl Owens"},
{"bill_id":897349,"bill_number":"SB52","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":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2017-01-07","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB52/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB52.htm","sponsor":"Christian McDaniel"},
{"bill_id":897350,"bill_number":"SB60","title":"AN ACT relating to the transportation of construction equipment.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to require the Transportation Cabinet to establish a permit process for overdimensional overweight permits to designate road testing routes for manufacturers of selfpropelled construction equipment; limit travel to a designated test route; allow for multiple vehicles to travel on the same annual permit; establish maximum dimensions for vehicles operating under a permit; allow operation under a permit 24 hours a day, except if cabinet limits travel during rush hours; allow manufacturer to obtain up to three permits for three different routes; set fee for each annual permit at $250; amend KRS 189.270 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2017-01-07","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB60/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB60.htm","sponsor":"Alice Kerr"},
{"bill_id":897351,"bill_number":"HB29","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":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB29/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB29.htm","sponsor":"Jeffery Donohue"},
{"bill_id":897352,"bill_number":"HR9","title":"Urge the United States Environmental Protection Agency to prioritize compliance assistance over current enforcement practices.","description":"Urge the United States Environmental Protection Agency to prioritize compliance assistance over current enforcement practices.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"3rd reading, passed 80-15","last_action_date":"2017-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR9/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR9.htm","sponsor":"Tim Couch"},
{"bill_id":897353,"bill_number":"HB121","title":"Mar 07-WITHDRAWN","description":"Mar 07-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2017-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB121/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB121.htm","sponsor":"Jerry Miller"},
{"bill_id":897354,"bill_number":"HB124","title":"AN ACT relating to film industry tax incentives.","description":"Amend KRS 148.542 to amend the definition of \"enhanced incentive county\" to include all Kentucky counties listed in the Appalachian region as defined in the latest edition of the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965; applicable to taxable periods beginning on or after January 1, 2017.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-06","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB124/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB124.htm","sponsor":"Bart Rowland"},
{"bill_id":897355,"bill_number":"SR10","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Edgle \"Bide\" Click","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Edgle \"Bide\" Click","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-01-06","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-01-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR10/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR10.htm","sponsor":"Johnny Turner"},
{"bill_id":897356,"bill_number":"HB77","title":"Mar 08-WITHDRAWN","description":"Mar 08-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2017-03-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB77/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB77.htm","sponsor":"Jim Duplessis"},
{"bill_id":897357,"bill_number":"HB110","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 fatalities 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":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-06","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB110/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB110.htm","sponsor":"Jim Wayne"},
{"bill_id":897358,"bill_number":"HB26","title":"AN ACT relating to inspections by sheriffs.","description":"Repeal KRS 70.160, which requires monthly visits and inspections by the sheriff or deputies of certain public places, including but not limited to dance halls and roadhouses, along with written reporting to the county attorney and Circuit Court; amend KRS 70.170, 241.140, and 241.170 to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-16","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 18)","last_action_date":"2017-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB26/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB26.htm","sponsor":"Adam Koenig"},
{"bill_id":897359,"bill_number":"SB16","title":"AN ACT relating to expungement.","description":"Amend KRS 431.073 to allow discretionary expungement of Class D felonies, other than sex crimes, offenses against a victim who is a minor, or offenses which would qualify a person as a violent offender; specify a ten-year waiting period.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"returned to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-17","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB16/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB16.htm","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":897360,"bill_number":"SB51","title":"AN ACT relating to protection of critical infrastructure.","description":"Create a new section of Chapter 183 to create the offense of unlawful use of an unmanned aircraft system; define \"critical infrastructure,\" \" unmanned aircraft,\" and \"unmanned aircraft system\"; 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.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2017-01-07","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB51/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB51.htm","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":897361,"bill_number":"HB107","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":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Local Government (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-06","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB107/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB107.htm","sponsor":"Joseph Fischer"},
{"bill_id":897362,"bill_number":"HB14","title":"AN ACT relating to hate crimes.","description":"Amend KRS 532.031, relating to an offense committed as a result of a hate crime, to include offenses committed against an individual because of the individual's actual or perceived employment as a city, county, state, or federal peace officer, member of an organized fire department, emergency medical services personnel; provide that \"emergency medical services personnel\" is defined as in KRS 311A.010; enumerate that members of an organized fire department or emergency medical services personnel includes volunteer members if the violation occurs while the volunteer is performing duties with an organized fire department or emergency medical services personnel.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-20","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 27)","last_action_date":"2017-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB14/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB14.htm","sponsor":"Kevin Bratcher"},
{"bill_id":897363,"bill_number":"HB12","title":"AN ACT relating to credit freezes for consumers.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 367.363 to 367.365 to define \"protected person,\" \"record,\" \"representative,\" and \"sufficient proof of authority\"; require a consumer reporting agency to place a security freeze on a protected person's record or report upon proper request by a representative; require the freeze to be placed within 30 days of receiving the request; set forth when the credit reporting agency is required to remove the freeze; allow the credit reporting agency to charge a fee under certain circumstances; establish penalties for violations.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"recommitted to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2017-03-03","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB12/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB12.htm","sponsor":"Sannie Overly"},
{"bill_id":897364,"bill_number":"HB75","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 for not more than 20 days on a private home or on the premises of a business that employs no other workers subject to workers' compensation laws.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"returned to Agriculture (S)","last_action_date":"2017-03-03","committee":"Agriculture","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB75/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB75.htm","sponsor":"Myron Dossett"},
{"bill_id":897365,"bill_number":"HB42","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, 2017; prohibit current legislators from participating in the Legislators' Retirement Plan on or after August 1, 2017; 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, 2017.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB42/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB42.htm","sponsor":"James Kay"},
{"bill_id":897366,"bill_number":"HB87","title":"AN ACT relating to pension spiking and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 6 to provide that members of the Legislators' Retirement Plan who retire on or after January 1, 2018, shall be limited to a 10% growth in the creditable compensation earned during their last three years of service to the General Assembly if that compensation is used to calculate their retirement benefits; provide that only creditable compensation earned on or after July 1, 2017, shall be subject to the creditable compensation growth limitations; exempt bona fide promotions or salary advancements from the compensation growth limitation; define \"bona fide promotion or salary advancements\" as a professional advancement in substantially the same line of work held by the member in the 4 years immediately prior to the 3-year period or a change in employment position based upon training, education, or expertise; provide that the Judicial Form Retirement System shall refund contributions and interest on contributions, for any reductions in creditable compensation; provide that the Judicial Form Retirement System shall determine what constitutes a bona fide promotion or salary advancement; create a new section of KRS Chapter 21 to provide that members of the Judicial Retirement Plan who retire on or after January 1, 2018, shall be limited to a 10% annual growth in the creditable compensation earned during their last 60 months of service if that compensation is used to calculate their retirement benefits; provide that only creditable compensation earned on or after July 1, 2017, shall be subject to the creditable compensation growth limitations; exempt bona fide promotions or salary advancements from the compensation growth limitation; define \"bona fide promotion or salary advancements\" as a professional advancement in substantially the same line of work held by the member in the 4 years immediately prior to the 60 month period or a change in employment position based upon training, education, or expertise; require the Judicial Form Retirement System to refund contributions and interest on contributions for any reductions in creditable compensation; provide that the Judicial Form Retirement System shall determine what constitutes a bona fide promotion or salary advancement; amend KRS 61.598 to provide that members of the Kentucky Employees Retirement System, the County Employees Retirement System, and the State Police Retirement System who retire on or after January 1, 2018, shall be limited to a 10% growth in the creditable compensation earned during their last 5 years of employment if that compensation is used to calculate their retirement benefits; provide that only creditable compensation earned on or after July 1, 2017, shall be subject to the creditable compensation growth limitations; exempt bona fide promotions or salary advancements, alternative sick leave payments, lump-sum payments for compensatory time, increases due to the member being on unpaid leave for any reason in the preceding year, and overtime paid under a grant program or due to a state or federally declared emergency; provide that the Kentucky Retirement Systems shall refund employee contributions for any reductions in creditable compensation provided by this section; provide that the Kentucky Retirement Systems shall determine what constitutes a bona fide promotion or salary advancement and allow the member to appeal a decision of the system to the board; remove provisions charging employers for creditable compensation growth greater than 10% during the employee's last 5 years of employment; amend KRS 16.645 and 78.545 to conform; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB87/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB87.htm","sponsor":"Steven Riggs"},
{"bill_id":897367,"bill_number":"HR4","title":"Appoint a committee to wait upon the Governor.","description":"Appoint a committee to wait upon the Governor.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"introduced in House","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR4/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR4.htm","sponsor":"Jeff Hoover"},
{"bill_id":897368,"bill_number":"HB32","title":"AN ACT relating to the Bowling Green Veterans Center, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Authorize to the Department of Veterans' Affairs Federal Funds and Bond Funds in fiscal year 2016-2017 for the construction of the Bowling Green Veterans Center nursing home; establish conditions; provide that if debt service is required it shall be a necessary government expense to be paid from the General Fund Surplus Account or the Budget Reserve Trust Fund Account; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB32/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB32.htm","sponsor":"Jody Richards"},
{"bill_id":897369,"bill_number":"HB23","title":"AN ACT relating to pawnbrokers.","description":"Amend KRS 226.040 to require pawnbrokers to record daily transaction information and also provide the information on an online service accessible by law enforcement agencies.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-02-24","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-27","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB23/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB23.htm","sponsor":"Kim King"},
{"bill_id":897370,"bill_number":"HB40","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":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB40/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB40.htm","sponsor":"Kim King"},
{"bill_id":897371,"bill_number":"HB68","title":"AN ACT relating to the 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 between $1,000 and $10,000 for each violation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Small Business & Information Technology (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":"Small Business & Information Technology","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB68/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB68.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Watkins"},
{"bill_id":897372,"bill_number":"HB62","title":"AN ACT relating to Kentucky educational excellence scholarships and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 164.7871 to 164.7885 to provide KEES scholarships to students enrolled in a registered apprenticeship program; define student eligibility; direct the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to promulgate regulations for awarding the scholarships; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB62/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB62.htm","sponsor":"Dean Schamore"},
{"bill_id":897373,"bill_number":"HB39","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 vote for any state fiscal measure.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB39/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB39.htm","sponsor":"Kim King"},
{"bill_id":897374,"bill_number":"HB94","title":"AN ACT relating to motor vehicle insurance.","description":"Amend KRS 186A.040, regarding maintenance of motor vehicle insurance, to change from three to one the number of times a person may have his or her vehicle registration revoked for not maintaining insurance, before the revocation constitutes a violation of KRS 304.39-080; provide that notice of a violation be sent to the sheriff; amend KRS 186.180 to set the reinstatement fee for a revoked registration at $20.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB94/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB94.htm","sponsor":"Dean Schamore"},
{"bill_id":897375,"bill_number":"HR18","title":"Urge the United States Congress to enact economic incentives and tax relief for certain counties in the Commonwealth.","description":"Urge the United States Congress to enact economic incentives and tax relief for certain counties in the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-07","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR18/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR18.htm","sponsor":"Tim Couch"},
{"bill_id":897376,"bill_number":"HB36","title":"Feb 07-WITHDRAWN","description":"Feb 07-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2017-02-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB36/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB36.htm","sponsor":"Tim Couch"},
{"bill_id":897377,"bill_number":"SB64","title":"AN ACT relating to state employee legal representation before the Personnel Board and Franklin Circuit Court.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 7 to require the Legislative Research Commission to employ a nonpartisan attorney whose sole responsibility is to provide legal representation to executive branch employees for pretermination hearings and personnel actions appealed to the Personnel Board or Franklin Circuit Court should the attorney determine the appeal has merit; amend KRS 18A.095 to allow employees to use the services of this attorney; specify the parties to pay and receive fees and costs.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2017-01-07","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB64/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB64.htm","sponsor":"Julian Carroll"},
{"bill_id":897378,"bill_number":"HB96","title":"AN ACT relating to agency participation in the state health plan.","description":"Amend KRS 78.530 to provide that fire districts that begin participating in the County Employees Retirement System (CERS) on or after July 15, 2017, were established by a merger or an interlocal agreement to provide public services that was entered into on or after July 15, 2017, but not later than July 15, 2018, between two or more fire districts with not more than fifteen (15) employees each, shall be exempt from the requirement of signing a contract for employee health insurance with the Personnel Cabinet as a condition of participation in CERS.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-17","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB96/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB96.htm","sponsor":"Joseph Fischer"},
{"bill_id":897379,"bill_number":"HB78","title":"AN ACT relating to patient notification of mammogram results showing dense tissue.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 214.550 to 214.556 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 updates to the definition of \"dense breast tissue\" if appropriate.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 183)","last_action_date":"2017-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB78/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB78.htm","sponsor":"Jim Duplessis"},
{"bill_id":897380,"bill_number":"SB29","title":"AN ACT relating to kinship care.","description":"Amend KRS 605.120 to permanently establish a kinship care program.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2017-01-07","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB29/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB29.htm","sponsor":"Dennis Parrett"},
{"bill_id":897381,"bill_number":"SB14","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":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2017-02-14","last_action":"floor amendment (1) filed and floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute","last_action_date":"2017-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB14/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB14.htm","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":897382,"bill_number":"HB81","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":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB81/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB81.htm","sponsor":"Kenny Imes"},
{"bill_id":897383,"bill_number":"HB125","title":"AN ACT relating to the sale of tobacco products.","description":"Amend KRS 438.311 to allow minors to sell tobacco products on behalf of an employer.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2017-02-08","committee":"Small Business & Information Technology","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB125/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB125.htm","sponsor":"Tim Couch"},
{"bill_id":897384,"bill_number":"HB60","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":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-02-24","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-27","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB60/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB60.htm","sponsor":"Michael Meredith"},
{"bill_id":897385,"bill_number":"HB28","title":"AN ACT relating to planning and zoning in consolidated local governments.","description":"Amend KRS 100.137 to clarify the powers of certain cities within a consolidated local government, regarding home rule powers that do not conflict with the comprehensive plan.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB28/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB28.htm","sponsor":"Jim Wayne"},
{"bill_id":897386,"bill_number":"HB33","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":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-04-10","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 159)","last_action_date":"2017-04-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB33/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB33.htm","sponsor":"Kim King"},
{"bill_id":897387,"bill_number":"HB104","title":"AN ACT relating to child custody and visitation.","description":"Amend KRS 403.320 to allow that, if in the best interest of the child, the court shall order a visitation schedule that permits both parents or a de facto custodian the opportunity to enjoy maximum participation in the life of the child.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-06","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB104/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB104.htm","sponsor":"Rick Nelson"},
{"bill_id":897388,"bill_number":"HB43","title":"Feb 15-WITHDRAWN","description":"Feb 15-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2017-02-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB43/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB43.htm","sponsor":"Jill York"},
{"bill_id":897389,"bill_number":"HB109","title":"AN ACT relating to information to be provided by condominium associations.","description":"Amend KRS 381.9167 to reduce the fee charged by condominium associations for documentation to be furnished by the seller of a unit, amend KRS 324.160 to require the Real Estate Commission to impose sanctions on a realtor for failing to provide condominium documentation to a purchaser as required under KRS 381.9203(1), amend KRS 324.165 and KRS 324.312 to conform.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2017-02-10","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB109/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB109.htm","sponsor":"Adam Koenig"},
{"bill_id":897390,"bill_number":"SB39","title":"AN ACT relating to jailers and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 441.245 to require fiscal courts to detail the duties and compensation of the jailer for the upcoming year; require a quarterly report by the jailer of the duties performed; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-21","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 67)","last_action_date":"2017-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB39/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB39.htm","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":897391,"bill_number":"HB89","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend KRS 186.990, 194A.990, 341.990, and 516.120 to raise the threshold level for a Class D felony for unlawful registration of a car to evade taxes, misrepresentation to receive public assistance or unemployment benefits, and unlawful use of slugs from $100 to $1,500; amend KRS 205.8461, 205.8463, 209.990, 238.995, 434.850, and 434.851 to raise the threshold level for a Class D felony for unlawful referral practices of a Medicaid provider, fraudulent Medicaid claims, wantonly or recklessly exploiting a vulnerable adult, charitable gaming fraud, unlawful diversion of charitable gaming funds, and unlawful access to computers in the second degree from $300 to $1,500; amend KRS 209.990 to raise the threshold level for a Class C felony for knowingly exploiting a vulnerable adult from $300 to $1500; amend 217.181 to raise the threshold levels for a Class C and D felony for theft of a legend drug; amend KRS 434.650, 434.655, 434.660, 434.670, 434.690, 514.030, 514.040, 514.050, 514.060, 514.070, 514.080, 514.090, 514.110, 514.120, and 517.060 to raise the threshold level for a Class D felony for various fraud and theft crimes from $500 to $1500; amend KRS 304.47-020 to raise the threshold level for a fraudulent insurance act from $500 to $1500; amend KRS 365.241 to raise the threshold level for a Class D felony for counterfeit intellectual property from $1,000 to $1,500.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB89/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB89.htm","sponsor":"Darryl Owens"},
{"bill_id":897392,"bill_number":"HB46","title":"AN ACT relating to controlled substances.","description":"Amend KRS 218A.1412 to make trafficking in any amount of fentanyl or carfentanil subject to elevated penalties.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB46/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB46.htm","sponsor":"Joseph Fischer"},
{"bill_id":897393,"bill_number":"SB30","title":"Jan 07-WITHDRAWN","description":"Jan 07-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2017-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB30/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB30.htm","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":897394,"bill_number":"SB72","title":"AN ACT relating to expungement.","description":"Amend KRS 431.073 to make additional offenses eligible for expungement; reduce filing fee for felony expungement from $500 to $200; amend KRS 431.076 to allow expungement of charges dismissed without prejudice; amend KRS 431.078 to require certain records to be expunged if the law specifies a period for enhancement and that period has expired; amend KRS 431.079 to limit requirement of certification to convictions which have not been pardoned.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2017-01-07","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB72/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB72.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":897395,"bill_number":"HB19","title":"AN ACT relating to prescriptive authority for physician assistants.","description":"Amend KRS 311.856 and 311.858 to permit physician assistants to prescribe and dispense controlled substances.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB19/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB19.htm","sponsor":"Daniel Elliott"},
{"bill_id":897396,"bill_number":"HB84","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 and create provisions and requirements; establish the Palliative Care Consumer and Professional Information and Education Program within the cabinet and create provisions and requirements; require all health facilities to establish systems for identifying patients or residents who could benefit from palliative care and provide information by 2020 and allow the cabinet to require action plans and impose fines for those in violation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB84/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB84.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Meeks"},
{"bill_id":897397,"bill_number":"HCR13","title":"Submit an application to Congress to call a convention of the states of the United States of","description":"America, in accordance with Article V of the Constitution, to propose an amendment to the United States Constitution requiring a balanced budget.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2017-03-02","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR13/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HCR13.htm","sponsor":"William Wells"},
{"bill_id":897398,"bill_number":"SB24","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":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2017-01-07","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB24/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB24.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":897399,"bill_number":"SB23","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":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2017-01-07","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB23/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB23.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":897400,"bill_number":"HB2","title":"AN ACT relating to full disclosure in public safety and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 311.710 to 311.820 to create the Ultrasound Informed Consent Act to require an ultrasound prior to an abortion; amend KRS 311.990 to provide a criminal penalty; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-01-09","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 002)","last_action_date":"2017-01-09","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB2/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB2.htm","sponsor":"Jeff Hoover"},
{"bill_id":897401,"bill_number":"SB41","title":"AN ACT relating to a sales and use tax exemption for currency and bullion.","description":"Amend KRS 139.480 to exempt from sales and use tax sales or purchases of bullion or currency made on or after July 1, 2017, but before July 1, 2021.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2017-01-07","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB41/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB41.htm","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":897402,"bill_number":"HB119","title":"AN ACT relating to solid waste management.","description":"Amend KRS 109.012 to define \"franchise,\" \"local government,\" and \"service company\" and include \"solid waste management services\" in the definition of \"solid waste management\"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 109 to prohibit a local government from displacing a current provider of solid waste management services without notification and public hearing; prescribe timetables for a local government to make a decision on an action to displace a current provider of solid waste management services; allow displacement if services pose a risk to health or safety of residents or a material breach of contract; amend KRS 224.43-315 to provide that an agreement with a county containing a non-designated city shall include both the county and city; amend KRS 224.43-345 to identify additional representatives for an advisory committee; amend KRS 224.50-760 to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-20","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 48)","last_action_date":"2017-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB119/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB119.htm","sponsor":"Jim Gooch"},
{"bill_id":897403,"bill_number":"HB10","title":"AN ACT relating to public postsecondary education governance and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 164.821 to reduce the number of members on the University of Louisville board of trustees from 17 to ten; identify those members; set qualifications and conditions for membership; set initial terms for members; specify how to determine proportional minority representation on the board; provide procedures for vacancies; amend KRS 164.830 to define a quorum for the transaction of business; prohibit compensation and provide for reimbursement; abolish the prior board and transfer all authority, functions, and responsibilities to the newly constituted board; specify that members appointed to serve pursuant to Executive Orders 2016-391 and 2016-512 shall continue to serve on the board as constituted under this Act; confirm Executive Order 2016-338 dated June 17, 2016; confirm Executive Order 2016-391 dated June 29, 2016; confirm Executive Order 2016-512 dated July 12, 2016; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"posting waived","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB10/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB10.htm","sponsor":"Kevin Bratcher"},
{"bill_id":897404,"bill_number":"SCR21","title":"Recognize the importance of diversifying energy sources for generating electricity in Kentucky; encourage the development of a statewide energy strategy.","description":"Recognize the importance of diversifying energy sources for generating electricity in Kentucky; encourage the development of a statewide energy strategy.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Energy (S)","last_action_date":"2017-01-07","committee":"Natural Resources and Energy","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SCR21/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SCR21.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":897405,"bill_number":"SB81","title":"AN ACT relating to death-in-the-line-of-duty benefits for the Department of Military Affairs.","description":"Amend KRS 61.315 to require the Department of Military Affairs to promulgate administrative regulations establishing the criteria and procedures applicable to the administration of death-in-the-line-of-duty benefits, including but not limited to defining which National Guard or Reserve component members qualify for coverage and which circumstances constitute death in the line of duty.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 123)","last_action_date":"2017-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB81/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB81.htm","sponsor":"C.B. Embry"},
{"bill_id":897406,"bill_number":"SB27","title":"AN ACT relating to a board of directors of a college within the Kentucky Community and Technical College System.","description":"Amend KRS 164.350 to require the board of directors of a community and technical college to approve biennial budget requests and to accept or reject donations of land or funds to the college; amend KRS 164.600 to change the terms of office for members of boards of directors; hold members of boards of directors harmless for proper actions and require that they be provided legal counsel upon request; require an outside agency or foundation associated with a college to notify the local board of directors of upcoming meetings, to conduct open meetings, to publicly disclose all financial documents, including donations and moneys raised and expended, and to prohibit the agency's or foundation's citizen members from having a conflict of interest or being a relative of a college employee.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2017-01-07","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB27/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB27.htm","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":897407,"bill_number":"SB32","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 the KASPER electronic monitoring system.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 120)","last_action_date":"2017-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB32/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB32.htm","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":897408,"bill_number":"SB6","title":"AN ACT relating to labor organizations and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 336 to set forth requirements for labor organizations collecting moneys for dues and for political activities; for enrollment for members; and for maintaining financial records; amend KRS 336.990 to set forth a civil penalty for a violator; amend KRS 336.180, 337.060, 67A.6909, 67C.416, and 345.110 to conform; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-01-09","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 006)","last_action_date":"2017-01-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB6/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB6.htm","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":897409,"bill_number":"SB78","title":"AN ACT prohibiting tobacco use on school property.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 438 to define terms; prohibit use of tobacco products by students, school personnel, and visitors in schools, school vehicles, properties, and activities; require policies to be in place by the 2018-2019 school year; require smoke-free policies and signage be adopted; specify punishments for use of tobacco products; provide that existing bans are not impacted; repeal 438.050.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB78/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB78.htm","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":897410,"bill_number":"HB67","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":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-21","last_action":"signed by Governor","last_action_date":"2017-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB67/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB67.htm","sponsor":"James Tipton"},
{"bill_id":897411,"bill_number":"HB126","title":"AN ACT relating to students' rights.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to require public postsecondary education institution governing boards to adopt regulations defining a student code of conduct and the disciplinary process, and penalties for violations of the code; repeal KRS 164.370, which deals with the suspension or expulsion of students.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-06","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB126/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB126.htm","sponsor":"Wesley Morgan"},
{"bill_id":897412,"bill_number":"HB71","title":"AN ACT relating to notification of the expiration date of an instruction permit, operator's license, or personal identification card.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 186.400 to 186.640 to require the Transportation Cabinet to notify holders of operator's licenses, instruction permits, and personal ID cards of the impending expiration of these documents 45 days prior to their expiration; allow notice by electronic or postal mail; allow license and ID card holders to provide electronic mail addresses for notification or opt out of notification; clarify that nonreceipt of a notice shall not constitute a defense to any offense regarding an expired permit or license.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB71/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB71.htm","sponsor":"Dennis Keene"},
{"bill_id":897413,"bill_number":"HB115","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":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-06","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB115/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB115.htm","sponsor":"Jody Richards"},
{"bill_id":897414,"bill_number":"SB35","title":"AN ACT relating to juror pay.","description":"Amend KRS 29A.170 to increase juror pay and expense allowance; amend KRS 32.011 to conform; repeal KRS 32.070, relating to expense allowances for jurors.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2017-01-07","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB35/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB35.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":897415,"bill_number":"SB71","title":"AN ACT relating to civil rights.","description":"Amend KRS 344.040 to make it unlawful to require a job applicant to disclose his or her criminal history prior to making an offer of employment to the applicant.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2017-01-07","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB71/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB71.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":897416,"bill_number":"HR12","title":"Encourage local governments to designate areas for the safe conduct of in-person Internet-initiated transactions.","description":"Encourage local governments to designate areas for the safe conduct of in-person Internet-initiated transactions.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"3rd reading, adopted 95-0","last_action_date":"2017-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR12/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR12.htm","sponsor":"Dennis Keene"},
{"bill_id":897417,"bill_number":"HR3","title":"Extend an invitation to the pastors of Frankfort churches to open sessions of the 2017 Regular Session with prayer.","description":"Extend an invitation to the pastors of Frankfort churches to open sessions of the 2017 Regular Session with prayer.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"introduced in House","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR3/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR3.htm","sponsor":"Jeff Hoover"},
{"bill_id":897418,"bill_number":"SB34","title":"AN ACT relating to juries.","description":"Amend KRS 29A.040 to add holders of personal identification cards issued within a county to the master list of potential jurors for that county.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2017-01-07","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB34/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB34.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":897419,"bill_number":"HB80","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":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB80/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB80.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Watkins"},
{"bill_id":897420,"bill_number":"HB21","title":"AN ACT relating to promise zone tax incentives.","description":"Amend KRS 139.570 to allow additional compensation for sellers in the promise zone; create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to allow an income tax credit for qualified employees equal to the individual income tax on wages earned in the promise zone, not to exceed $2,400; allow an income tax credit for qualified employers in an amount equal to $100 for each employee working within the promise zone; require reporting by the Department of Revenue to the Legislative Research Commission; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the new tax credits; create a noncodified section to set forth the purpose of the Act and describe actions previously taken by the federal government.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB21/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB21.htm","sponsor":"Rick Nelson"},
{"bill_id":897421,"bill_number":"SB63","title":"AN ACT relating to civil rights.","description":"Amend KRS 344.010 to include definitions for \"sexual orientation,\" \"gender identity,\" \" local Commission,\" and \" real estate-related transaction\"; amend KRS 344.020, relating to the purpose of the Kentucky's civil rights chapter, to include a prohibition on discrimination because of sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.040, 344.050, 344.060, 344.070, and 344.080, relating to prohibited discrimination in various labor and employment practices, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.025, 344.100, 344.110, and KRS 18A.095 to conform; amend KRS 344.120 and 344.140, relating to prohibited discrimination in places of public accommodation and advertisements therefor, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.170, 344.180, 344.190, 344.300, and 344.310, relating to the state and local human rights commissions, to include prohibition of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in the scope of their powers and duties; amend KRS 344.360, 344.680, 344.370, and 344.380, relating to prohibited discrimination in certain housing, real estate, and other financial transactions, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.367, relating to prohibited discrimination in certain insurance sales, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.400, relating to prohibited discrimination in certain credit transactions, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; make various technical amendments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2017-01-07","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB63/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB63.htm","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":897422,"bill_number":"HR1","title":"Establish the 2017 membership of the Kentucky State House of Representatives.","description":"Establish the 2017 membership of the Kentucky State House of Representatives.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"introduced in House","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR1/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR1.htm","sponsor":"Jeff Hoover"},
{"bill_id":897423,"bill_number":"SB44","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 the coroner; create a new section of KRS Chapter 72 to require coroners to notify the Medical Examiner's Office of arrest-related deaths and require an annual public report; amend KRS 72.020 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2017-01-07","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB44/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB44.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":897424,"bill_number":"HB48","title":"AN ACT relating to travel required for certain state employees.","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 four years thereafter.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"floor amendment (1) filed","last_action_date":"2017-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB48/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB48.htm","sponsor":"Kenny Imes"},
{"bill_id":897425,"bill_number":"HB3","title":"AN ACT relating to prevailing wage and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend various KRS sections to delete prevailing wage provisions; abolish the Prevailing Wage Review Board; make conforming amendments; create new section of KRS Chapter 65 to prohibit local governments from requiring employers to pay prevailing wage to employees; repeal KRS 337.505, 337.510, 337.512, 337.520, 337.522, 337.524, 337.525, 337.530, 337.540, 337.548, and 337.550, relating to prevailing wages in public works; apply this repeal to public works projects for which bids have not yet been awarded as of the effective date of the Act; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-01-09","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 003)","last_action_date":"2017-01-09","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB3/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB3.htm","sponsor":"Jeff Hoover"},
{"bill_id":897426,"bill_number":"HB70","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 independent convictions for Class A or B felonies or capital offenses.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB70/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB70.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Watkins"},
{"bill_id":897427,"bill_number":"SR14","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Muhammad Ali.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Muhammad Ali.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-06","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR14/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR14.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":897428,"bill_number":"SB2","title":"AN ACT relating to retirement and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 21.530 to require Senate confirmation of the gubernatorial appointments to the Judicial Form Retirement System; amend KRS 21.540 to require the Judicial Form Retirement System, which administers the Legislators' Retirement Plan and the Judicial Retirement Plan, to post descriptive and financial information to the system's Web site, and to delineate that investment fee and commission reporting include profit sharing, carried interest, and partnership incentives; amend KRS 61.645 to narrow the definition of investment experience on the board of trustees, to specify that vacancies to elected positions be filled by majority vote of the remaining elected members, to require Senate confirmation of gubernatorial appointments to the board, and to delineate that investment fee and commission reporting requirements for the Kentucky Retirement Systems shall include profit sharing, carried interest, and partnership incentives; provide that the systems may not have to disclose contracts on a Web site if disclosure would result in a competitive disadvantage, but require those contracts to be released to the trustees, the State Auditor, and the LRC Govt. Contract Review Committee, subject to the redaction of otherwise exempted material; subject the Kentucky Retirement Systems to KRS Chapter 18A regarding personnel; cap the reimbursement rate for legal services at the Government Contract Review Committee maximum hourly rate; make technical amendments; amend KRS 161.250 to add two gubernatorial appointments to the board subject to Senate confirmation, to specify that investment fee and commission reporting requirements for the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System must include profit sharing, carried interest, and partnership incentives; provide that the Teachers' Retirement System may not have to disclose contracts on a Web site if disclosure would result in a competitive disadvantage, but require those contracts to be released to the trustees, the State Auditor, and the LRC Govt. Contract Review Committee, subject to the redaction of otherwise exempted material; cap the reimbursement rate for legal services to the Teachers' Retirement System at the Government Contract Review Committee maximum hourly rate; amend various KRS sections to place all state retirement systems under the Model Procurement Code regarding contracts and improve definition of placement agents to include nonemployees and subsidiary firms; amend KRS 7A.220 to increase the membership of the Public Pension Oversight Board; amend KRS 7A.255 to require annual reporting of the percentage of system assets being reported by external managers and partnerships; amend KRS 6.350 to declare noncompliant any actuarial analyses returning negligible or indeterminable cost results; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-10","last_action":"signed by Governor","last_action_date":"2017-03-10","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB2/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB2.htm","sponsor":"Joe Bowen"},
{"bill_id":897429,"bill_number":"SR1","title":"Establish the 2017 membership of the Kentucky State Senate.","description":"Establish the 2017 membership of the Kentucky State Senate.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR1/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR1.htm","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":897430,"bill_number":"HB66","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Board of Home Inspectors.","description":"Amend KRS 198B.706 to remove the standards of practice of the National Association of Home Inspectors from the list of standards of practice approved by the Kentucky Board of Home Inspectors; add the standards of practice of the International Association of Certified Home Inspectors to the board's list.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-03","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)","last_action_date":"2017-01-03","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB66/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB66.htm","sponsor":"Mary Marzian"},
{"bill_id":897431,"bill_number":"SR15","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Dr. James Douglas Crase.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Dr. James Douglas Crase.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-21","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR15/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR15.htm","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":897831,"bill_number":"HB129","title":"AN ACT relating to child abuse or neglect.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 199 to establish the child abuse or neglect perpetrator registry (CANPR); establish definitions and establish requirements for operation of the CANPR; cite this Act as the Kylie Jo Sizemore Law.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-03-02","last_action":"returned to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2017-03-07","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB129/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB129.htm","sponsor":"Addia Wuchner"},
{"bill_id":897868,"bill_number":"SB85","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":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-04","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2017-01-07","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB85/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB85.htm","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":897887,"bill_number":"SR18","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Fred Franklin Bradley.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Fred Franklin Bradley.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-28","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR18/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR18.htm","sponsor":"Julian Carroll"},
{"bill_id":897907,"bill_number":"SB92","title":"AN ACT relating to vehicle equipment.","description":"Amend KRS 189.040 to prohibit vehicle headlamps that emit anything other than white light; require that all headlamps meet United States Department of Transportation regulations; prohibit headlamps that appear to emit a solid color other than white; prohibit headlamp covers or film that changes the color of the light emitted; outline provisions for front, rear, side and undercarriage lighting of a vehicle.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-02-22","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-27","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB92/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB92.htm","sponsor":"Dorsey Ridley"},
{"bill_id":897944,"bill_number":"HB130","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 retail drink license, extended hours supplemental license, and a Sunday retail drink license, and is not licensed under KRS Chapter 230.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-04","last_action":"3rd reading, defeated 36-41","last_action_date":"2017-02-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB130/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB130.htm","sponsor":"Sal Santoro"},
{"bill_id":897963,"bill_number":"SB88","title":"AN ACT relating to the incorporation of cities in counties containing consolidated local governments.","description":"Amend KRS 67C.111 to remove the prohibition on incorporations of cities within consolidated local governments; amend KRS 81.050 and 81A.410 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-04","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2017-01-07","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB88/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB88.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
{"bill_id":897981,"bill_number":"SB91","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 be present for a patient agreed order and allow a peer support specialist to be present; require the court to appoint an outpatient provider agency recognized by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to assemble a multi-disciplinary team to develop a treatment plan, monitor treatment adherence, and report to the court; require that crisis services are available 24/7; provide that failure to abide by the order may result in rehospitalization provided that the criteria are met, procedures are initiated via affidavit by the multi-disciplinary team, and mental health examinations take place at community mental health centers; permit additional orders with due process; require that patient agreed order services are covered by Medicaid; require that courts report such orders to the Kentucky Commission on Services and Supports for Individuals with Mental Illness, Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Disorders, and Dual Diagnoses; and rename this commitment process a patient agreed order; amend KRS 202A.261 to exempt certain hospitals from being required to provide particular services; amend KRS 202A.271 to require certain hospitals to be paid for services performed under portions of this Act at the same rates the hospital negotiates for other services; create new sections of KRS Chapter 202A to create a process for District Courts to order assisted outpatient mental health treatment; provide for transportation processes for the purposes of a mental health examination; establish eligibility and court proceedings; require a mental health examination and the development of a treatment plan; establish the process for hearings; require the court to appoint an outpatient provider agency to monitor and report on the person under order; authorize 72-hour emergency admission for failure to comply with orders; provide for the right to stay, vacate, or modify orders; provide for a process to change a treatment plan; permit an additional period of treatment to be ordered provided certain criteria are met; require that assisted outpatient treatment services are covered by Medicaid; make the implementation of all newly created sections of KRS Chapter 202A contingent on funding; name these new sections of the bill \"Tim's Law\"; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Vetoed","status_date":"2017-03-27","last_action":"delivered to Secretary of State (Acts, ch. 154)","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB91/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB91.htm","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":898001,"bill_number":"SR22","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Rodney \"Biz\" Cain.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Rodney \"Biz\" Cain.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-14","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR22/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR22.htm","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":898019,"bill_number":"SB90","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 violates KRS 211.755(2) or (3).","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-04","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2017-01-07","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB90/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB90.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":898039,"bill_number":"HB128","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 to 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":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 187)","last_action_date":"2017-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB128/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB128.htm","sponsor":"DJ Johnson"},
{"bill_id":898058,"bill_number":"SB86","title":"AN ACT relating to domestic and dating violence and abuse reporting.","description":"Repel, reenact, and amend KRS 209A.010 to restate the purposes of KRS Chapter 209A; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 209A.020 to define new terms and delete other terms; create new sections of KRS Chapter 209A to set reporting provisions for professionals and law enforcement officers; require the use of the JC-3 form or its equivalent replacement; require the provision of educational materials; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 209A.030 to delete provisions relating to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; set violation provisions for professionals; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 209A.050 to comply with changes; repeal and reenact KRS 209.160 as a new section of KRS Chapter 209A; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 216B.400 to comply with changes; repeal KRS 209A.040 and 209A.080, relating to adult servics and to abuse and neglect investigations.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2017-02-23","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2017-03-06","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB86/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB86.htm","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":898076,"bill_number":"SB89","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 medicines and services recommended by 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 medication and services recommended by the United States Preventive Services Task Force; specify restrictions and limits of coverage.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-21","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 49)","last_action_date":"2017-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB89/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB89.htm","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":898112,"bill_number":"HJR21","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to erect signs on US Highway 25E declaring Knox County as the \"Home of Keva McFerrin 2016 AmeriFest National Miss Toddler U.S.\"","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to erect signs on US Highway 25E declaring Knox County as the \"Home of Keva McFerrin 2016 AmeriFest National Miss Toddler U.S.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-04","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-07","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR21/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HJR21.htm","sponsor":"Jim Stewart"},
{"bill_id":898131,"bill_number":"SB87","title":"AN ACT relating to pay for jury service.","description":"Amend KRS 29A.170 to increase payment to jurors for jury duty in Circuit and District Court from five dollars to ten dollars per day; provide that jurors be paid fifteen dollars per day as reimbursement of expenses incurred; amend KRS 32.070 to provide that persons summoned for jury service in Circuit Court and jurors serving as grand jurors and petit jurors be paid the sum of fifteen dollars per day as reimbursement of expenses incurred.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-04","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2017-01-07","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB87/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB87.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
{"bill_id":899638,"bill_number":"SB101","title":"AN ACT relating to the administration of immunizations by pharmacists.","description":"Amend KRS 315.010 to permit a pharmacist to administer any immunization to children ages 9 to 17 years; amend KRS 315.205 to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-20","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 44)","last_action_date":"2017-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB101/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB101.htm","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":899639,"bill_number":"HR23","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Earl Cox.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Earl Cox.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-01-06","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-01-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR23/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR23.htm","sponsor":"Suzanne Miles"},
{"bill_id":899640,"bill_number":"SB98","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services.","description":"Amend KRS 311A.015 to attach the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services to the Public Protection Cabinet for administrative purposes; replace the first responder member of the board with an advanced emergency medical technician; preclude the citizen member of the board from having any financial interest in the practice or business regulated by the board; require one emergency medical services educator member of the board to be employed by a government operated training and education institute and one employed by a privately operated training institute; permit the Governor to remove members for cause; amend KRS 311A.020 to require all employees assigned to the board to be transferred from the KCTCS system to the KRS Chapter 18A personnel system; require new employees to be hired under provisions of KRS Chapter 18A; require the transfer of all moneys appropriated to and collected by the board to the Public Protection Cabinet; amend KRS 311A.010 to define \"advanced emergency medical technician\" \"cabinet\" and \"emergency medical responder\"; amend KRS 12.020 and 12.252 to conform; amend various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to replace the term \"first responder\" with \"emergency medical responder.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-05","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)","last_action_date":"2017-01-07","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB98/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB98.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":899641,"bill_number":"HB132","title":"AN ACT relating to boat liens and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 235.230 to delete the requirement that the owner must show a boat title or its equivalent to the marina owner if mooring at a marina longer than 24 hours; amend KRS 376.270 to exclude the right of removal by boat owners, including those subject to lien; repeal KRS 376.272, relating to a marina's enforcement of a lien on a boat by civil action; declare an EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-05","last_action":"to Tourism & Outdoor Recreation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-07","committee":"Tourism & Outdoor Recreation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB132/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB132.htm","sponsor":"Wesley Morgan"},
{"bill_id":899642,"bill_number":"HB131","title":"AN ACT relating to foreign law.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 454 to establish legislative intent that the rights of an individual afforded under the Constitutions of the Commonwealth and the United States take precedence over the application of any foreign law in any judicial or quasi-judicial proceeding; define specific terms; strictly construe waivers of constitutional rights; provide exceptions for corporate entities; prohibit choice of venue outside of the Commonwealth or United States to preserve the constitutional rights of the person against whom enforcement is sought.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-05","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-07","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB131/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB131.htm","sponsor":"Dan Johnson"},
{"bill_id":899643,"bill_number":"SB99","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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2017-02-27","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB99/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB99.htm","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":899644,"bill_number":"HB139","title":"AN ACT relating to veterans nursing homes and declaring an emergency.","description":"Prohibit the authorization of Federal Funds or Bond Funds for the construction of a state veterans nursing home unless the facility will accommodate the total unused number of beds allotted to the Commonwealth by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-05","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-07","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB139/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB139.htm","sponsor":"John Blanton"},
{"bill_id":899645,"bill_number":"SB93","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; amend KRS 131.190 to require reporting of statistics; amend sections of KRS Chapters 131 and 141 to make conforming changes.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2017-01-07","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB93/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB93.htm","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":899646,"bill_number":"SB96","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":"2017-01-05","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2017-01-07","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB96/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB96.htm","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":899647,"bill_number":"SB95","title":"AN ACT relating to statutorily mandated boards, councils, and reports within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.","description":"Amend KRS 164.2847 to delete the required report on students participating in the tuition waiver program; amend KRS 194A.030 to change the membership of the Commission for Children with Special Health Care Needs; require the secretary to appoint the executive director; amend KRS 194A.090 to eliminate the Council for Families and Children; amend KRS 194A.707 to eliminate the required report on fees and costs incurred for conducting certification reviews of assisted-living communities; require that findings from certification reviews be provided upon request; amend KRS 205.201 to eliminate the required report on the special needs of the minority elderly population compared to the elderly population at large; amend KRS 205.525 to eliminate the required quarterly update on the status of the application for a waiver or waiver amendment or request for a plan amendment; amend KRS 205.5606 to eliminate the required report on the Kentucky Independence Plus Through Consumer-Directed Services Program; amend KRS 205.642 to eliminate the required report on the waiver for individuals with developmental disorders; amend KRS 205.8483 to make the required report on Medicaid fraud and abuse required upon request; delete the required provisions of the report; amend KRS 209.554 to make the required report on influenza virus, pneumococcal disease, and associated complications in long-term care facilities available upon request; amend KRS 211.350 to make the required report on sewage disposal systems available upon request; delete the required provisions of the report; amend KRS 211.494 to require all members of the statewide trauma care system to be appointed by the secretary; make the required report on the status of the development and implementation of the statewide trauma system available upon request; amend KRS 211.502 to make the required report on the Kentucky Spinal Cord and Head Injury Research Board available upon request; amend KRS 211.575 to make the required report on the statewide stroke database available upon request; amend KRS 211.590 to amend the contents of required program summary on the Breast Cancer Research and Education Trust Fund expenditures; make the required report available upon request; amend KRS 211.752 to make the required report on the diabetes program available upon request; amend KRS 211.902 to make the required report on elevated blood lead levels available upon request; amend KRS 214.187 to make the required report on Hepatitis C available upon request; amend KRS 214.452 to eliminate the required report on the inspection compliance of blood establishments; amend KRS 214.554 to make required report on the Breast Cancer Screening Program available upon request; amend KRS 216.2923 to eliminate the required publishing of certain information; eliminate the required permanent cabinet advisory committee on consumer-oriented information related to health care; amend KRS 216.2929 to eliminate the required report on information relating to consumer-oriented information; amend KRS 216.941 to make the required report on charitable health care providers available upon request; amend KRS 403.7505 to make the required report on domestic violence services available upon request; amend KRS 194A.050, 194A.095, 194A.190, 194A.200, 205.455, 205.6487, and 216.2927 to conform; repeal 2006 Regular Session House Joint Resolution 17, Section 6; repeal KRS 199.8996, 200.100, 205.465, 205.6336, 211.480, 211.481, 211.482, 211.483, 211.735, 211.736, 211.737, 211.738, 211.739, 216.580, 216.583, 216.585, 216.587, 216B.025, 216B.030, 216B.135, 216B.339, and 403.700.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-02-22","last_action":"returned to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2017-03-07","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB95/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB95.htm","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":899648,"bill_number":"SR23","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of A.A. \"Sonny\" Pickerill.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of A.A. \"Sonny\" Pickerill.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-01-05","last_action":"adopted","last_action_date":"2017-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR23/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR23.htm","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":899649,"bill_number":"HB141","title":"AN ACT relating to student privacy and declaring an 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; establish a cause of action for damages if facilities designated for the opposite biological sex are used; identify the Act as the Kentucky Student Privacy Act; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-05","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-07","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB141/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB141.htm","sponsor":"Rick Nelson"},
{"bill_id":899650,"bill_number":"HB136","title":"AN ACT relating to alcohol wholesalers.","description":"Delete the requirement that other wholesalers may not sell to a retailer who has exceeded the 30-day credit limit with one wholesaler.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-05","last_action":"posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 24, 2017","last_action_date":"2017-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB136/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB136.htm","sponsor":"Wesley Morgan"},
{"bill_id":899651,"bill_number":"HB137","title":"AN ACT relating to manufactured housing.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186A to require filing of an affidavit of severance with the county clerk when a manufactured home is to be removed from real estate located within the county; include requirements for information included on the affidavit of severance; prohibit a county clerk from accepting an affidavit of severance when there is a lien or mortgage without the permission of the lien holder or lender; require the county clerk to provide a copy of the affidavit of severance to the property valuation administrator.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-05","last_action":"to Local Government (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-07","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB137/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB137.htm","sponsor":"Dennis Keene"},
{"bill_id":899652,"bill_number":"SB94","title":"AN ACT relating to laetrile.","description":"Repeal KRS 217.950, 217.952, 311.950, 311.952, 311.954, 311.956, 311.958, 311.960, 311.962, 311.964, 311.966, 311.991, and 315.192, relating to laetrile.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-02-13","last_action":"returned to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2017-03-07","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB94/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB94.htm","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":899653,"bill_number":"HB143","title":"AN ACT relating to sexual assault of animals.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 525 to criminalize sexual assault of a dog or cat; provide for forefeiture of ownership of the dog or cat upon conviction or plea; prohibit future ownership of a dog or cat for five years for a first offense and life for a second or subsequent offense; require forfeited dogs and cats be offered to animal rescue organizations or given to county animal shelters.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-05","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-07","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB143/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB143.htm","sponsor":"Wesley Morgan"},
{"bill_id":899654,"bill_number":"HB144","title":"AN ACT relating to the operation of a motor vehicle.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to define \"solid waste collection service vehicle\"; require motor vehicle operators to yield the right-of-way to these vehicles and the collection service's employees; provide that the section may be cited as the Slow Down to Get Around Law.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-16","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 21)","last_action_date":"2017-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB144/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB144.htm","sponsor":"Sal Santoro"},
{"bill_id":899655,"bill_number":"SR26","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Joyce O'Neil Compton.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Joyce O'Neil Compton.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-22","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR26/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR26.htm","sponsor":"Denise Harper Angel"},
{"bill_id":899656,"bill_number":"HJR22","title":"Designate the Corporal Windell J. Simmons Memorial Highway in Christian County.","description":"Designate the Corporal Windell J. Simmons Memorial Highway in Christian County.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-05","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-07","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR22/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HJR22.htm","sponsor":"Walker Thomas"},
{"bill_id":899657,"bill_number":"SR25","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Dorothy Chandler \"Dottie\" Land.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Dorothy Chandler \"Dottie\" Land.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-14","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR25/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR25.htm","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":899658,"bill_number":"HB133","title":"AN ACT relating to the sale of malt beverages.","description":"Amend KRS 244.040 to permit brewers and distributors to extend credit to retail licensees on the purchase of malt beverages for a period not to exceed 30 days from the date of invoice.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-05","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-07","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB133/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB133.htm","sponsor":"Wesley Morgan"},
{"bill_id":899659,"bill_number":"HB142","title":"AN ACT relating to surcharges on insurance policies.","description":"Amend KRS 136.392 to specify that a rate change in a premium surcharge rate used to supplement both the Law Enforcement Foundation Program fund and the Firefighters Foundation Program fund shall only be adjusted by an Act of the General Assembly and be applied 90 days after the effective date of the Act; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2017.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-05","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-07","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB142/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB142.htm","sponsor":"Adam Koenig"},
{"bill_id":899660,"bill_number":"SR24","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Steve Sexton.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Steve Sexton.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-14","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR24/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR24.htm","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":899661,"bill_number":"HB145","title":"AN ACT relating to drug education.","description":"Amend KRS 156.160 to require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations to require physical and health education instruction in prescription opioid abuse prevention and the connection between abuse and addiction to other drugs; require the Office of Drug Control Policy to develop recommendations for the instruction in prescription opioid abuse prevention to be published on the Web site of the Department of Education.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-02-22","last_action":"2nd reading, to Rules","last_action_date":"2017-03-15","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB145/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB145.htm","sponsor":"James Tipton"},
{"bill_id":899662,"bill_number":"HB138","title":"AN ACT relating to operator's licenses.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 186.400 to 186.640 to establish an emergency contact information registry within the Kentucky Driver's License Information System.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-05","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-07","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB138/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB138.htm","sponsor":"Dennis Keene"},
{"bill_id":899663,"bill_number":"HB146","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":"2017-01-05","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-07","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB146/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB146.htm","sponsor":"Jim Stewart"},
{"bill_id":899664,"bill_number":"HB134","title":"AN ACT relating to the transport of alcoholic beverages to retail licensees.","description":"Amend KRS 243.170 and 243.180 to require wholesalers and distributors to deliver to retail licensees within one week after an order has been received.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-05","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-07","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB134/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB134.htm","sponsor":"Wesley Morgan"},
{"bill_id":899665,"bill_number":"HB140","title":"AN ACT relating to the Eastern Kentucky Veterans Center, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Authorize to the Department of Veterans' Affairs Federal Funds and Bond Funds in fiscal year 2016-2017 for the construction of the Eastern Kentucky Veterans Center nursing home in Magoffin County; establish conditions; provide that if debt service is required it shall be a necessary government expense to be paid from the General Fund Surplus Account or the Budget Reserve Trust Fund Account; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-05","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-07","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB140/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB140.htm","sponsor":"John Blanton"},
{"bill_id":899666,"bill_number":"HB135","title":"AN ACT relating to animal torture.","description":"Amend KRS 525.135 to redefine \" torture\" to include deliberate neglect or physical abuse that results in, the death of or serious physical injury to a dog or cat; provide for forfeiture of ownership of the dog or cat upon conviction or plea; prohibit future ownership of a dog or cat for five years for a first offense and life for a second or subsequent offense; require forfeited dogs and cats be offered to animal rescue organizations or given to county animal shelters.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-05","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-07","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB135/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB135.htm","sponsor":"Wesley Morgan"},
{"bill_id":899667,"bill_number":"HB147","title":"AN ACT relating to the vaccination of postsecondary students.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to require students entering postsecondary education institutions to submit documentation of vaccination for diseases required by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; provide for religious exemption; provide that the cabinet is not required to pay for the vaccinations.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-05","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-16","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB147/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB147.htm","sponsor":"Addia Wuchner"},
{"bill_id":899668,"bill_number":"SB97","title":"AN ACT relating to pastoral counselors.","description":"Amend KRS 335.605 to change the definition of \"pastoral counseling;\" amend KRS 335.620 to revise education requirements for licensure; amend KRS 335.630 to stipulate that no person shall engage in pastoral counseling unless licensed by the board.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-05","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2017-01-07","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB97/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB97.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":899669,"bill_number":"SR27","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Stephen Robert \"Bob\" Hornback.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Stephen Robert \"Bob\" Hornback.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-14","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR27/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR27.htm","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":900009,"bill_number":"SB104","title":"AN ACT relating to prospective retirement benefits and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 6.500 to 6.577 to provide that members of the Legislators' Retirement Plan who retire on or after January 1, 2018, shall be limited to a 10% growth in the creditable compensation earned during their last three years of service to the General Assembly or an employer participating in any of the other state-administered retirement systems, if that compensation is used to calculate their retirement benefits; provide that only creditable compensation earned on or after July 1, 2017, shall be subject to the creditable compensation growth limitations; exempt bona fide promotions or salary advancements from the compensation growth limitation; define \"bona fide promotion or salary advancements\" as a professional advancement in substantially the same line of work held by the member in the four years immediately prior to the three-year period or a change in employment position based upon training, education, or expertise; provide that the Judicial Form Retirement System shall refund contributions and interest on contributions for any reductions in creditable compensation; provide that the Judicial Form Retirement System shall determine what constitutes a bona fide promotion or salary advancement; create a new section of KRS 21.345 to 21.580 to provide that members of the Judicial Retirement Plan who retire on or after January 1, 2018, shall be limited to a 10% annual growth in the creditable compensation earned during their last 60 months of service if that compensation is used to calculate their retirement benefits; provide that only creditable compensation earned on or after July 1, 2017, shall be subject to the creditable compensation growth limitations; exempt bona fide promotions or salary advancements from the compensation growth limitation; define \"bona fide promotion or salary advancements\" as a professional advancement in substantially the same line of work held by the member in the four years immediately prior to the 60-month period or a change in employment position based upon training, education, or expertise; require the Judicial Form Retirement System to refund contributions and interest on contributions for any reductions in creditable compensation; provide that the Judicial Form Retirement System shall determine what constitutes a bona fide promotion or salary advancement; amend KRS 61.598 to provide that members of the Kentucky Employees Retirement System, the County Employees Retirement System, and the State Police Retirement System who retire on or after January 1, 2018, shall be limited to a 10% growth in the creditable compensation earned during their last five years of employment if that compensation is used to calculate their retirement benefits; provide that only creditable compensation earned on or after July 1, 2017, shall be subject to the creditable compensation growth limitations; exempt bona fide promotions or salary advancements, alternative sick leave payments, and lump-sum payments for compensatory time from the compensation growth limitation; exempt from the compensation growth limitation those years of compensation where in the immediately preceding fiscal year the member earned less than 12 months of service credit during the fiscal year, was paid worker's compensation benefits, was on leave without pay for any reason, earned increases directly attributable to overtime hours worked under a federal grant, grant pass-through, or similar program, or earned increases directly attributable to overtime performed during a state of emergency; provide that the Kentucky Retirement Systems shall refund employee contributions and interest on contributions for any reductions in creditable compensation provided by this section; provide that the Kentucky Retirement Systems shall determine what constitutes a bona fide promotion or salary advancement and allow the member to appeal a decision of the system to the board; remove provisions charging employers for creditable compensation growth greater than 10% during the employee's last five years of employment; create a new section of KRS 21.345 to 21.580 to permit a member of the Legislators' Retirement Plan or the Judicial Retirement Plan 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, shall 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 private letter ruling by the IRS is received; make the benefit election under this section irrevocable; amend KRS 21.402 to conform; create a new section of KRS 61.510 to 61.705 to permit 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, shall 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 private letter ruling by the IRS is received; make the benefit election under this section irrevocable; amend KRS 6.525, 16.583, 16.645, 61.597 and 78.545 to make technical and conforming amendments; provide for severability among provisions of the Act; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 125)","last_action_date":"2017-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB104/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB104.htm","sponsor":"Christian McDaniel"},
{"bill_id":900030,"bill_number":"HB148","title":"AN ACT relating to midwifery and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 309 to establish licensing for midwifery; establish terms and create definitions; establish the Kentucky Board of Midwifery, create membership, set terms, and grant authority and duties; require the board to promulgate administrative regulations; establish the scope of practice for a licensed midwife; require informed consent for practice and require disclosures; allow the board to reprimand, deny, limit, revoke, probate, or suspend licenses; establish in the State Treasury the Kentucky Board of Midwifery trust and agency fund; amend KRS 211.180 to remove midwifery from the purview of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; amend KRS 311.550 to amend the definition of medicine and osteopathy to remove a reference to the Cabinet's oversight of midwifery; declare that this Act is intended to be consistent with the United States Midwifery Education, Regulation, and Association statement on licensure, July 2015; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2017-01-06","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2017-02-15","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB148/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB148.htm","sponsor":"Russell Webber"},
{"bill_id":900052,"bill_number":"SB102","title":"AN ACT relating to opportunities in education.","description":"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 the tax credit against the tax imposed by KRS 136.505; create a new section of KRS 136.500 to 136.575 to order all tax credits; create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to require the Kentucky Department of Education to publish a list of certified nonpublic schools and nonpublic schools seeking certification; require the Department of Revenue to report information to the Legislative Research Commission; amend KRS 131.190, 131.135, 131.618, 131.650, 131.990, 141.389, and 131.020 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-06","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2017-01-07","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB102/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB102.htm","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":900094,"bill_number":"SR29","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Carolyn M. Miller-Cooper.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Carolyn M. Miller-Cooper.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-01-06","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-01-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR29/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR29.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":900135,"bill_number":"HB150","title":"AN ACT relating to meetings concerning the allocation of resources to Jefferson County.","description":"Amend KRS 18A.115 to require cabinet secretaries or deputy secretaries and the commissioner of the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to meet regularly with certain Jefferson County officials to discuss the state services regulated by those officials that are provided or not provided to Jefferson County; require reimbursement according to state travel guidelines.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-06","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-07","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB150/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB150.htm","sponsor":"Steven Riggs"},
{"bill_id":900156,"bill_number":"HR24","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Jimmy Jordan Williams.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Jimmy Jordan Williams.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR24/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR24.htm","sponsor":"James Tipton"},
{"bill_id":900199,"bill_number":"HB155","title":"AN ACT relating to transporting alcoholic beverages.","description":"Amend KRS 243.200 to permit a quota retail package licensee or a nonquota malt beverage package licensee to transport alcoholic beverages between stores of common ownership if the licensee derives not less than ninety percent of his or her cash receipts from the sale of alcohol and pays the annual license fee; mandate a separate license for each store if transporting between more than one store of common ownership; require the holder of a supplemental transporter's license to maintain adequate records of transactions permitted by the license, transport alcoholic beverages in a vehicle marked in accordance with ABC regulations, and require the driver of a vehicle transporting alcohol under the supplemental transporter's license to maintain a copy of the license and bills of lading, consignment, or other evidence of ownership of the cargo; amend KRS 243.030 to create the license; establish a $100 annual fee.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-06","last_action":"posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 27, 2017","last_action_date":"2017-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB155/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB155.htm","sponsor":"Wesley Morgan"},
{"bill_id":900220,"bill_number":"HB152","title":"AN ACT relating to teacher certification.","description":"Amend KRS 161.095 to include an option to maintain an initial regular provisional certificate by receiving positive performance evaluations and completing professional development requirements; add an option to maintain subsequent regular provisional certificates by completing professional development requirements and submitting evidence of continued character and fitness; allow a teacher to receive a one-year temporary provisional certificate to correct any deficiency in meeting the requirements under these options or to maintain certification by any other method available; amend KRS 161.123 to allow an experienced, out-of-state teacher to qualify for a regular provisional certificate if the teacher submits an application and holds a valid teaching certificate issued by a state that grants reciprocal privileges to holders of Kentucky teaching certificates.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-06","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-07","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB152/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB152.htm","sponsor":"Brian Linder"},
{"bill_id":900242,"bill_number":"HB151","title":"AN ACT relating to school attendance.","description":"Amend KRS 159.070 to permit a student to enroll in the school nearest to their home, except in cases in which there are academic or skill prerequisites for attendance in the school.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-02-24","last_action":"returned to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2017-03-03","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB151/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB151.htm","sponsor":"Kevin Bratcher"},
{"bill_id":900283,"bill_number":"SJR28","title":"Designate the Reecie Stagnolia, Jr. Memorial Bridge in Harlan County.","description":"Designate the Reecie Stagnolia, Jr. Memorial Bridge in Harlan County.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-06","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2017-01-07","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR28/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SJR28.htm","sponsor":"Johnny Turner"},
{"bill_id":900305,"bill_number":"HB149","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":"2017-01-06","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-07","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB149/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB149.htm","sponsor":"Stan Lee"},
{"bill_id":900326,"bill_number":"HB153","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":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch.106)","last_action_date":"2017-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB153/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB153.htm","sponsor":"Michael Meredith"},
{"bill_id":900345,"bill_number":"HB154","title":"AN ACT relating to wholesaler distributing rights.","description":"Amend KRS 244.440 to require a resident and nonresident distiller, rectifier, or winery and nonresident wholesaler to make its brand available to any wholesaler legally authorized to distribute that product in Kentucky, and prohibit the granting of exclusive distributing rights for any particular brand to only one wholesaler.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-06","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-07","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB154/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB154.htm","sponsor":"Wesley Morgan"},
{"bill_id":900698,"bill_number":"SB115","title":"AN ACT relating to crime victims' rights.","description":"Repeal and reenact or repeal, reenact, and amend various sections of the Crime Victims' Bill of Rights to change statutory definition of \"victim\"; require that restitution to the victim be made when possible; repeal KRS 421.540; provide for a delayed contingent effective date of November 6, 2018, upon ratification of a proposed constitutional amendment providing protection of crime victims' rights.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-07","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2017-01-07","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB115/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB115.htm","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":900699,"bill_number":"HB166","title":"AN ACT relating to voluntary unification of counties.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 67 to establish a new procedure for the optional consolidation of counties; exclude consolidated local governments, charter county governments, urban-county governments, and unified local governments from the procedures; permit two or more counties to consolidate with such action initiated by public petition or local ordinance; require signatures of 20% or more of the number of persons voting in last presidential election for initiation petition; provide for the contents and certification of petitions as prescribed; require the county judge/executive in the initiating county within 10 days to notify the other local governments and their citizens of the proposal as prescribed; require responding action in adjoining counties within 120 days or initial action becomes void; require a special election within 90 days if adjoining counties enter the process; require approval in each county for consolidation to become effective; prescribe the language for the ballot, other election procedures, and advertisement of the election by the sheriff; require a simple majority of those voting in each county for approval; require all election costs to be paid for by the state, and prohibit any organizational changes in a newly consolidated county for 10 years; prohibit any new county from becoming effective until the end of terms of current officeholders and require new officers to be elected in the same manner and at same time as other county officials; require the county judge/executive in each county to appoint 6 citizens to a transition committee as prescribed; require transition committee to divide county into 3-8 magisterial districts and to select 2-5 names for the new county to be decided by the voters; require final report of the transition committee as prescribed; provide for a gubernatorial appointee to break tie vote on questions relating 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; require the creation of a special taxing district for repayment of prior financial obligations in previously existing counties as prescribed; require surplus funds to be spent in the areas where funds were raised as prescribed; permit voters to determine the location of new county seat from previously existing locations; require county seat to remain at that location for not less than 10 years; require other remaining county buildings to be maintained as branch offices for 10 years as prescribed; require the Department for Local Government to promulgate administrative regulations awarding preference points on community development block grant applications and provide technical and advisory assistance to consolidated counties; require, upon consolidation, all appointments to boards of special purpose governmental entities to remain in effect until the expiration of the term, at which point the appropriate appointing authority shall make new appointments; amend KRS 567.280 to provide for federal and state election districts as prescribed; repeal KRS 67.190, 67.200, 67.210, 67.220, 67.230, 67.240, 67.250, 67.260, 67.270, 67.290, and 67.310.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-07","last_action":"to Local Government (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-07","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB166/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB166.htm","sponsor":"Adam Koenig"},
{"bill_id":900700,"bill_number":"HR26","title":"Object to United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334 as an obstacle to Israeli-Palestinian peace.","description":"Object to United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334 as an obstacle to Israeli-Palestinian peace.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-01","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR26/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR26.htm","sponsor":"Jim DeCesare"},
{"bill_id":900701,"bill_number":"HB165","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, relating to claims for the coal incentive tax credit.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-07","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-07","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB165/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB165.htm","sponsor":"Jim Duplessis"},
{"bill_id":900702,"bill_number":"HCR25","title":"Provide that when the House of Representatives and the Senate adjourn on January 7, 2017, they adjourn until February 7, 2017, when the second part of the 2017 Regular Session shall convene.","description":"Provide that when the House of Representatives and the Senate adjourn on January 7, 2017, they adjourn until February 7, 2017, when the second part of the 2017 Regular Session shall convene.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2017-01-07","last_action":"to House Floor","last_action_date":"2017-02-09","committee":"Floor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR25/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HCR25.htm","sponsor":"Jeff Hoover"},
{"bill_id":900703,"bill_number":"SCR31","title":"Provide that when the Senate and the House of Representatives adjourn on January 7, 2017, they adjourn until February 7, 2017, when the second part of the 2017 Regular Session shall convene.","description":"Provide that when the Senate and the House of Representatives adjourn on January 7, 2017, they adjourn until February 7, 2017, when the second part of the 2017 Regular Session shall convene.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-01-07","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SCR31/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SCR31.htm","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":900704,"bill_number":"SR37","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Paul Martin Clark Sr.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Paul Martin Clark Sr.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR37/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR37.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":900705,"bill_number":"SB106","title":"AN ACT relating to educational programs.","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 prior to graduation; create a new section KRS Chapter 158 to require the Department of Education to develop and implement the Kentucky Civic Literacy Program; require a high school student to complete instruction in civic literacy prior to graduation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-07","last_action":"recommitted to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2017-03-15","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB106/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB106.htm","sponsor":"Dennis Parrett"},
{"bill_id":900706,"bill_number":"HB158","title":"AN ACT relating to controlled substances.","description":"Amend KRS 218A.050, Schedule I controlled substances, to include any material, compound, mixture, or preparation temporarily scheduled as a Schedule I controlled substance under the federal Controlled Substances Act.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-21","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 61)","last_action_date":"2017-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB158/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB158.htm","sponsor":"Kimberly Moser"},
{"bill_id":900707,"bill_number":"HB172","title":"AN ACT relating to the Board of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 311B.100 to require individuals licensed or certified in the field prior to the creation of the Board of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy to be licensed by the board if they have graduated from a postsecondary institution, passed a national examination, been licensed in this or another state, and have maintained continuing education requirements; allow the board to deny licensure for cause; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-02-22","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-23","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB172/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB172.htm","sponsor":"Jeff Greer"},
{"bill_id":900708,"bill_number":"SR35","title":"Honor Paducah Police Chief Brandon Barnhill upon being named Police Chief of the Year for 2016 by the Kentucky Association of Chiefs of Police.","description":"Honor Paducah Police Chief Brandon Barnhill upon being named Police Chief of the Year for 2016 by the Kentucky Association of Chiefs of Police.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-06","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR35/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR35.htm","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":900709,"bill_number":"HB159","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 provide 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; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2018.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-07","last_action":"recommitted to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-17","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB159/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB159.htm","sponsor":"Bart Rowland"},
{"bill_id":900710,"bill_number":"SR32","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Jeff Hatter.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Jeff Hatter.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-01-07","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR32/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR32.htm","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":900711,"bill_number":"HB171","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; provide ballot language to submit to voters.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-07","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-07","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB171/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB171.htm","sponsor":"Robert Benvenuti"},
{"bill_id":900712,"bill_number":"HB168","title":"AN ACT relating to TVA in-lieu-of-tax payments and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 96.895 to require that a portion of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in-lieu-of-tax revenue deposited in the general fund be distributed to agencies designated by counties that have TVA property located in that county or purchase power from TVA, increasing from 0% currently to 50% or a maximum of $6,000,000.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-07","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-07","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB168/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB168.htm","sponsor":"Bart Rowland"},
{"bill_id":900713,"bill_number":"HB167","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Retirement Systems.","description":"Amend KRS 16.642 to clarify that the board of trustees shall have the power to invest State Police Retirement System (SPRS) funds in the same fashion as Kentucky Employees Retirement System (KERS) funds under KRS 61.650; 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 78.790 to clarify that the board of trustees shall have the power to invest County Employees Retirement System (CERS) funds in the same fashion as KERS funds under KRS 61.650; 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":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2017-03-06","last_action":"floor amendment (1) filed","last_action_date":"2017-03-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB167/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB167.htm","sponsor":"Jerry Miller"},
{"bill_id":900714,"bill_number":"SJR30","title":"Designate the bridge on Kentucky Route 2030 in Floyd County as the Will Carroll Memorial Bridge, and erect appropriate signs.","description":"Designate the bridge on Kentucky Route 2030 in Floyd County as the Will Carroll Memorial Bridge, and erect appropriate signs.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-07","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-08","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR30/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SJR30.htm","sponsor":"Johnny Turner"},
{"bill_id":900715,"bill_number":"SB107","title":"AN ACT relating to gubernatorial appointments and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 63.080 to permit the Governor or other appointing authority to remove and replace certain board or council appointments to comply with statutory proportional representation requirements for the board or council and to permit the Governor to remove and replace appointments if a board or council is unable to perform its statutory duties; amend KRS 156.029, 164.011, 164.131, 164.180, 164.321, 164.350, 164.821, and 164.830 to conform; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-21","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 101)","last_action_date":"2017-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB107/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB107.htm","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":900716,"bill_number":"SR33","title":"Honor Manfried Reid Sr. upon being awarded the 2017 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Award.","description":"Honor Manfried Reid Sr. upon being awarded the 2017 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Award.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-01-07","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR33/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR33.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":900717,"bill_number":"HB170","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":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-07","last_action":"discharge petition filed","last_action_date":"2017-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB170/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB170.htm","sponsor":"Darryl Owens"},
{"bill_id":900718,"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 2017 Interim and to submit any proposed findings or recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2017.","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 2017 Interim and to submit any proposed findings or recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2017.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-07","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-07","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR27/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HCR27.htm","sponsor":"Adam Koenig"},
{"bill_id":900719,"bill_number":"HB160","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":"2017-01-07","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-07","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB160/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB160.htm","sponsor":"Adam Koenig"},
{"bill_id":900720,"bill_number":"HB163","title":"AN ACT relating to motor vehicle titles.","description":"Amend KRS 186A.190 to provide process for insurance companies to obtain salvage titles; amend KRS 186A.195 and 186A.200 to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-20","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 31)","last_action_date":"2017-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB163/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB163.htm","sponsor":"Bart Rowland"},
{"bill_id":900721,"bill_number":"HB156","title":"AN ACT relating to promoting outdoor recreation and tourism development by establishing the Kentucky Mountain Regional Recreation Authority and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 148 to promote outdoor recreation and tourism development by establishing the Kentucky Mountain Regional Recreation Authority; amend KRS 147A.090 to provide that area development district boards of directors have the power and duty to cooperate with the KMRRA; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-04-10","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 164)","last_action_date":"2017-04-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB156/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB156.htm","sponsor":"Chris Fugate"},
{"bill_id":900722,"bill_number":"HB173","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Retirement Systems.","description":"Amend KRS 16.505 to require 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\"; require that for members entering SPRS on or after September 1, 2008, compensatory time payments excluded from \"creditable compensation\" apply to lump-sum compensatory time payments; make technical amendments; amend KRS 16.582 to remove language which prohibits an injury or disease resulting from military service from being considered a disabling condition for hazardous members of Kentucky Retirement Systems; require 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 the Kentucky Employees Retirement System (KERS) and probationary positions in the County Employees Retirement System (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; require 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 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 may 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 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 that 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 prevent retirees reemployed on or after September 1, 2008, from paying into the systems; make conforming amendments; amend KRS 61.590 to make technical changes; require a retiring employee to separate employment with all participating system employers; amend KRS 61.680 to provide for consolidation of accounts with other state-administered retirement systems onlyif 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 16.520, 61.525, 61.526, 61.5525, 61.592, 61.702, 78.540, 78.610, and 78.615 to make technical and conforming amendments.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-20","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 32)","last_action_date":"2017-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB173/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB173.htm","sponsor":"Jerry Miller"},
{"bill_id":900723,"bill_number":"HB164","title":"AN ACT relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages.","description":"Amend KRS 243.240 to prohibit a quota retail package licensee from selling distilled spirits and wine for less than purchase cost and define \"purchase cost\"; amend KRS 243.280 to prohibit a nonquota retail malt beverage licensee from selling malt beverages for less than purchase cost and define \"purchase cost\"; amend KRS 244.050 to prohibit selling samples for less than purchase cost and define \"purchase cost.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-07","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-07","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB164/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB164.htm","sponsor":"Wesley Morgan"},
{"bill_id":900724,"bill_number":"HB157","title":"AN ACT relating to elections.","description":"Amend KRS 117.381 to remove straight-party voting as an option in a regular election.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-07","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-07","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB157/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB157.htm","sponsor":"John Sims"},
{"bill_id":900725,"bill_number":"SB50","title":"AN ACT relating to the school calendar.","description":"Amend KRS 158.070 to establish a school district calendar committee and determine its membership; allow inclusion of a variable student instructional year in a school calendar; define a variable student instructional year; establish school calendar adoption procedures; require notice to be given to the media for school board meetings regarding the school calendar; provide that districts adopting a school calendar with the first student attendance day no earlier than the Monday closest to August 26 may use a variable student instructional year; make changes throughout to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-21","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 68)","last_action_date":"2017-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB50/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB50.htm","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":900726,"bill_number":"HR28","title":"Urge the Congress to lift restrictions on the coal industry.","description":"Urge the Congress to lift restrictions on the coal industry.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-07","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Energy (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-07","committee":"Natural Resources & Energy","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR28/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR28.htm","sponsor":"Angie Hatton"},
{"bill_id":900727,"bill_number":"HB169","title":"AN ACT relating to crime victims' rights.","description":"Repeal and reenact or repeal, reenact, and amend various sections of the Crime Victims' Bill of Rights to change statutory definition of \"victim\"; require that restitution to the victim be made when possible; repeal KRS 421.540; provide for a delayed contingent effective date of November 6, 2018, upon ratification of a proposed constitutional amendment providing protection of crime victims' rights.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-07","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-07","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB169/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB169.htm","sponsor":"Robert Benvenuti"},
{"bill_id":900728,"bill_number":"HJR30","title":"Designate the Greenup County Korean War Veterans Memorial Bridge in Greenup County and erect appropriate signs.","description":"Designate the Greenup County Korean War Veterans Memorial Bridge in Greenup County and erect appropriate signs.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-07","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-07","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR30/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HJR30.htm","sponsor":"Danny Bentley"},
{"bill_id":900729,"bill_number":"SR36","title":"Honor the Blueprint for Kentucky's Children and adjourn in honor of Children's Advocacy Day, February 9, 2017.","description":"Honor the Blueprint for Kentucky's Children and adjourn in honor of Children's Advocacy Day, February 9, 2017.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-09","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR36/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR36.htm","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":900730,"bill_number":"SB108","title":"AN ACT relating to patient quality of life.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 211 to define terms; establish the Palliative Care Interdisciplinary Advisory Council within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and create provisions and requirements; establish the Palliative Care Consumer and Professional Information and Education Program within the cabinet and create provisions and requirements; permit health facilities to establish systems for identifying patients or residents who could benefit from palliative care and provide information.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-02-28","last_action":"returned to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2017-03-07","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB108/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB108.htm","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":900731,"bill_number":"HB161","title":"AN ACT relating to service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 45A to require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to set aside a minimum of 3% of the value of all state contracts for goods and services for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses; require that when an item has been designated as a set aside for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, that the invitations for bids shall be confined to those qualified small businesses; if fewer than three qualified bids are submitted for an item and if the cabinet determines that the bids received are not cost effective, then the cabinet may open bidding to other businesses.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 147)","last_action_date":"2017-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB161/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB161.htm","sponsor":"DJ Johnson"},
{"bill_id":900732,"bill_number":"SR34","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of James Thomas \"Tommy\" McCormick.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of James Thomas \"Tommy\" McCormick.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-01-07","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR34/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR34.htm","sponsor":"Dorsey Ridley"},
{"bill_id":900733,"bill_number":"SB105","title":"AN ACT relating to midwifery and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 309 to establish licensing for midwifery; establish terms and create definitions; establish the Kentucky Board of Midwifery, create membership, set terms, and grant authority and duties; require the board to promulgate administrative regulations; establish the scope of practice for a licensed midwife; require informed consent for practice and require disclosures; allow the board to reprimand, deny, limit, revoke, probate, or suspend licenses; establish in the State Treasury the Kentucky Board of Midwifery trust and agency fund; amend KRS 211.180 to remove midwifery from the purview of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; amend KRS 311.550 to amend the definition of medicine and osteopathy to remove a reference to the Cabinet's oversight of midwifery; declare that this Act is intended to be consistent with the United States Midwifery Education, Regulation, and Association statement on licensure, July 2015; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2017-01-07","last_action":"floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB105/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB105.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":900734,"bill_number":"HR29","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of A.A. \"Sonny\" Pickerill.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of A.A. \"Sonny\" Pickerill.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-01-07","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR29/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR29.htm","sponsor":"Brandon Reed"},
{"bill_id":900735,"bill_number":"SB109","title":"AN ACT relating to planning and zoning in consolidated local governments.","description":"Amend KRS 100.137 to clarify the powers of certain cities within a consolidated local government regarding home rule powers that do not conflict with the comprehensive plan.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-01-07","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-08","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB109/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB109.htm","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":900736,"bill_number":"HB162","title":"AN ACT relating to opportunities in education.","description":"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 the tax credit against the tax imposed by KRS 136.505; create a new section of KRS 136.500 to 136.575 to order all tax credits; create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to require the Kentucky Department of Education to publish a list of certified nonpublic schools and nonpublic schools seeking certification; require the Department of Revenue to report information to the Legislative Research Commission; amend KRS 131.190, 131.135, 131.618, 131.650, 131.990, 141.389, and 131.020 to conform.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2017-01-07","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2017-02-17","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB162/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB162.htm","sponsor":"John Carney"},
{"bill_id":949798,"bill_number":"SR39","title":"Honor Amy Wang upon being named the Distinguished Young Woman of Kentucky.","description":"Honor Amy Wang upon being named the Distinguished Young Woman of Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR39/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR39.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":949800,"bill_number":"HB175","title":"AN ACT relating to campaign finance.","description":"Amend KRS 121.150 to require that loans made by certain slates of candidates to their campaigns be repaid in full one year from the date the candidate or slate of candidates takes office or if the one year repayment date has already passed for those elected in November 2015, the loan is to be repaid in full by December 31, 2017; amend KRS 121.180 to require those certain slates of candidates to file a report that the loan has been repaid with the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance on a form provided by the registry.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-09","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB175/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB175.htm","sponsor":"Joni Jenkins"},
{"bill_id":949802,"bill_number":"HB197","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":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-09","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB197/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB197.htm","sponsor":"Sannie Overly"},
{"bill_id":949804,"bill_number":"HB203","title":"AN ACT relating to tax credits.","description":"Amend KRS 154.20-236 to eliminate the angel investor tax credit limitation of $3 million for all qualified investors in a calendar year beginning in 2017.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-09","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB203/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB203.htm","sponsor":"Ken Fleming"},
{"bill_id":949806,"bill_number":"SB129","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 the provisions of a living will; provide that compliance or noncompliance does not constitute a private right of action or standard of care.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-20","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 47)","last_action_date":"2017-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB129/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB129.htm","sponsor":"Paul Hornback"},
{"bill_id":949807,"bill_number":"SR63","title":"Recognize February as Black History Month.","description":"Recognize February as Black History Month.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR63/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR63.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":949809,"bill_number":"HB252","title":"AN ACT relating to automated external defibrillators in schools.","description":"Amend KRS 158.162 to require the school council or, if none exists, the principal to obtain an automated external defibrillator by the 2019-2020 school year; require a minimum of three employees be trained on its usage; require the school council or, if none exists, the principal to adopt procedures for its usage and policies on training and maintenance; amend KRS 158.302 to delete language stating that a school is not required to have an automated external defibrillator.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-02-24","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-27","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB252/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB252.htm","sponsor":"John Blanton"},
{"bill_id":949811,"bill_number":"HB206","title":"AN ACT relating to the dual credit scholarship program, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 164.740 to 164.7891 to establish the Dual Credit Scholarship Program; define terms for the program, including \"eligible high school student\" and \"participating institution\"; designate the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to administer the program and require the agency to promulgate administrative regulations for the administration of the program; define student eligibility for the program; prescribe the scholarship amount calculation and maximum scholarship amount; require the authority to provide an annual report on the program; establish the Dual Credit Scholarship Program trust fund; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-04-10","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 165)","last_action_date":"2017-04-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB206/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB206.htm","sponsor":"John Carney"},
{"bill_id":949813,"bill_number":"HB202","title":"Mar 08-WITHDRAWN","description":"Mar 08-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2017-03-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB202/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB202.htm","sponsor":"Ken Fleming"},
{"bill_id":949815,"bill_number":"SJR57","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a bridge in Allen County in memory of Titus Elijah Morris and erect the appropriate signage.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a bridge in Allen County in memory of Titus Elijah Morris and erect the appropriate signage.","status_desc":"Vetoed","status_date":"2017-03-27","last_action":"delivered to Secretary of State (Acts, ch. 155)","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR57/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SJR57.htm","sponsor":"David Givens"},
{"bill_id":949816,"bill_number":"HB229","title":"AN ACT relating to school curriculum requirements.","description":"Create a new section KRS Chapter 158 to require the memorization of multiplication tables in the third grade, a Kentucky history course in the sixth grade, and a United States history course in the seventh and eighth grades.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-09","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB229/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB229.htm","sponsor":"Wesley Morgan"},
{"bill_id":949818,"bill_number":"HB184","title":"AN ACT relating to overweight and overdimensional vehicles.","description":"Amend KRS 189.2715 to allow the transportation of metal commodities to exceed a gross weight of 80,000 pounds, but not exceed a gross weight of 120,000 pounds; define \"metal commodities\"; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to implement the transportation of metal commodities; amend KRS 189.222 to provide a 10% weight tolerance to vehicles exclusively transporting items listed in KRS 189.222(2)(a), (b), and (c).","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 146)","last_action_date":"2017-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB184/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB184.htm","sponsor":"Suzanne Miles"},
{"bill_id":949820,"bill_number":"HB201","title":"AN ACT relating to local governments.","description":"Amend Section 13 of 2017 RS HB 3/GA to set forth that a city, county, urban-county government, consolidated local government, charter county, or unified local government has the authority to adopt and enforce an ordinance which sets forth a minimum wage in excess of the state minimum wage; amend KRS 337.275 to require employers to pay the minimum wage set by the state or, if the local government in which the employer is located raises the minimum wage, then pay that minimum wage to her or her employees.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-09","committee":"Economic Development & Workforce Investment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB201/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB201.htm","sponsor":"McKenzie Cantrell"},
{"bill_id":949822,"bill_number":"HB255","title":"AN ACT relating to wages and hours in nonprofit entities.","description":"Amend 337.010(2)(a)10. to clarify the exemption for an organized nonprofit camp, religious, or nonprofit educational conference center that it must not be in operation for more than 210 days instead of 7 months in a calendar year.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-21","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 096)","last_action_date":"2017-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB255/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB255.htm","sponsor":"Wilson Stone"},
{"bill_id":949824,"bill_number":"HB213","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend KRS 431.005 to permit a peace officer to make an arrest for a violation of KRS 508.030, assault in the 4th degree, when the violation occurs in a hospital and the officer has probable cause; amend KRS 431.015 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-09","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB213/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB213.htm","sponsor":"Sal Santoro"},
{"bill_id":949825,"bill_number":"HB214","title":"AN ACT relating to a tax credit for donated edible agricultural products.","description":"Amend KRS 141.392 to increase the amount of tax credit available for donating edible agricultural products to nonprofit food programs from 10% of the value of the donated products to 20%; extend the tax credit program four additional years; state the purpose of the credit; require reporting; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the Department of Revenue to report information to the Legislative Research Commission; amend KRS 131.135, 131.618, 131.650, 131.990, 141.389, and 131.020 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-09","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB214/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB214.htm","sponsor":"Brandon Reed"},
{"bill_id":949827,"bill_number":"SR55","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Austin Trent Brownlee.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Austin Trent Brownlee.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-14","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR55/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR55.htm","sponsor":"Julian Carroll"},
{"bill_id":949829,"bill_number":"HB219","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":"2017-02-07","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-09","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB219/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB219.htm","sponsor":"Robert Benvenuti"},
{"bill_id":949832,"bill_number":"HB241","title":"AN ACT relating to student athlete safety.","description":"Amend KRS 160.445 to prohibit a coach from returning a student to play who is diagnosed with a concussion; prohibit a student from returning to play if no physician or licensed provider is available to conduct the required concussion evaluation; prohibit a student who does not receive the required evaluation from returning to play in a subsequent practice or competition unless written clearance from a physician is provided.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-04-10","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 160)","last_action_date":"2017-04-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB241/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB241.htm","sponsor":"John Sims"},
{"bill_id":949834,"bill_number":"SR38","title":"Urge first responders to receive training on autism spectrum disorders.","description":"Urge first responders to receive training on autism spectrum disorders.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-13","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-13","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR38/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR38.htm","sponsor":"C.B. Embry"},
{"bill_id":949835,"bill_number":"SR42","title":"Acknowledge the eight winners of the College Board's Seventh Annual Advanced Placement District Honor Roll: Boyd County Schools; Campbellsville Indepdendent Schools; Daviess County Schools; Dawson Springs Independent Schools; Fort Thomas Independent Schools, which has received the honor for multiple years; Livingston County Schools; Muhlenberg County Schools; and Pulaski County Schools, which has received the honor for multiple years.","description":"Acknowledge the eight winners of the College Board's Seventh Annual Advanced Placement District Honor Roll: Boyd County Schools; Campbellsville Indepdendent Schools; Daviess County Schools; Dawson Springs Independent Schools; Fort Thomas Independent Schools, which has received the honor for multiple years; Livingston County Schools; Muhlenberg County Schools; and Pulaski County Schools, which has received the honor for multiple years.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-23","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR42/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR42.htm","sponsor":"Mike Wilson"},
{"bill_id":949837,"bill_number":"SB117","title":"AN ACT relating to alternative certification.","description":"Amend KRS 161.010 to include definitions for \"provisional certificates,\" \"professional certificates,\" and \"college or university work of graduate grade\"; 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; require a passing score on the GRE or its equivalent for certification of a person in a field other than education to teach in elementary, middle, or secondary programs; provide that after successful completion of the internship program candidates shall receive a professional certificate and be subject to the same renewal requirements as any other teacher with a professional certificate; amend KRS 161.095 to delete language that restricts continuing education related to maintaining a certificate.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-16","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 14)","last_action_date":"2017-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB117/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB117.htm","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":949839,"bill_number":"HB215","title":"AN ACT relating to vehicle accident reports.","description":"Amend KRS 189.635 to clarify definition of news-gathering organization qualifed to receive vehicle accident reports.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 143)","last_action_date":"2017-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB215/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB215.htm","sponsor":"Bart Rowland"},
{"bill_id":949841,"bill_number":"SB113","title":"AN ACT relating to breastfeeding in the workplace.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to establish workplace standards for nursing mothers; amend KRS 337.990 to establish penalties for violations of established workplace standards for nursing mothers.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-08","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB113/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB113.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":949843,"bill_number":"HB176","title":"AN ACT relating to state employment offices.","description":"Amend KRS 151B.285 to mandate that public employment offices be located in specified locations.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-09","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB176/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB176.htm","sponsor":"Kevin Sinnette"},
{"bill_id":949845,"bill_number":"HB222","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":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-21","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 090)","last_action_date":"2017-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB222/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB222.htm","sponsor":"Robert Benvenuti"},
{"bill_id":949847,"bill_number":"SR56","title":"Honor Mark Gormley.","description":"Honor Mark Gormley.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-06","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR56/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR56.htm","sponsor":"Julian Carroll"},
{"bill_id":949851,"bill_number":"SB124","title":"AN ACT relating to financial institutions.","description":"Amend KRS 286.1-440 to add gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-08","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB124/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB124.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":949853,"bill_number":"HJR37","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a section of Kentucky Route 63 in Monroe County as the \"Sam Hagan Curve\" and erect appropriate signs.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a section of Kentucky Route 63 in Monroe County as the \"Sam Hagan Curve\" and erect appropriate signs.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-09","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR37/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HJR37.htm","sponsor":"Bart Rowland"},
{"bill_id":949854,"bill_number":"HB193","title":"AN ACT relating to prescription drugs.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 218A.005 to 218A.391 to prohibit a practitioner from issuing a prescription for a narcotic drug for more than seven days unless specific circumstances exist.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-09","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB193/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB193.htm","sponsor":"Chris Harris"},
{"bill_id":949856,"bill_number":"HB223","title":"AN ACT relating to interest.","description":"Amend KRS 360.040 to make the state interest rate for most civil judgments, including judgments for prejudgment interest, 6 percent; provide that the judgment interest rate for unpaid child support is 12 percent; provide that the judgment interest rate on a contract, promissory note, or other written obligation is the rate established in that contract, promissory note, or other written obligation; amend KRS 342.040 to establish a 6 percent interest rate for worker's compensation orders and settlements; allow the administrative law judge to raise the interest rate to 12 percent; amend KRS 360.010 to conform; specify that the new interest rates only apply to judgments, orders, and settlements entered after the effective date of this Act.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-16","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 17)","last_action_date":"2017-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB223/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB223.htm","sponsor":"Joseph Fischer"},
{"bill_id":949858,"bill_number":"HB216","title":"AN ACT relating to an income tax deduction for qualified tuition programs.","description":"Amend KRS 141.010 to allow contributions to a qualified tuition program (a \"529 Plan\") of up to $4,000 to be excluded from adjusted gross income.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-09","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB216/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB216.htm","sponsor":"Bart Rowland"},
{"bill_id":949861,"bill_number":"HR41","title":"Recognize February 18 to 25, 2017, as FFA Week in Kentucky.","description":"Recognize February 18 to 25, 2017, as FFA Week in Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-24","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR41/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR41.htm","sponsor":"Brandon Reed"},
{"bill_id":949863,"bill_number":"HB232","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 living statewide 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 and bridges.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-09","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB232/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB232.htm","sponsor":"Tim Moore"},
{"bill_id":949864,"bill_number":"SB126","title":"AN ACT relating to the final compensation calculation for state and county employees entering the retirement systems on or after September 1, 2008.","description":"Amend KRS 16.505, 61.510 and 78.510 to define final compensation to allow state and county employees, who entered the retirement systems on or after September 1, 2008, but prior to January 1, 2014, to use partial fiscal years, which may contain less than 12 months of service credit, to reach a final compensation calculation that is at least 60 months for non-hazardous employees and at least 36 months for hazardous employees.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 126)","last_action_date":"2017-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB126/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB126.htm","sponsor":"Christian McDaniel"},
{"bill_id":949866,"bill_number":"SB122","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 1/1/18.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-21","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 50)","last_action_date":"2017-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB122/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB122.htm","sponsor":"Wil Schroder"},
{"bill_id":949868,"bill_number":"HB230","title":"AN ACT relating to the advertising of alcoholic beverages.","description":"Amend KRS 244.130 to prohibit a quota or nonquota retail package licensee from advertising or allowing to be advertised any distilled spirit, wine, or malt beverage on the outside of the premises, or in a window that can be seen from the outside of the premises.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-09","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB230/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB230.htm","sponsor":"Wesley Morgan"},
{"bill_id":949870,"bill_number":"HB253","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 occurred when an investigation is required and ongoing unannounced visits until the welfare of a child has been safeguarded; permit a delay in an unannounced visit; provide that this Act may be cited as the Tucker Act.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 188)","last_action_date":"2017-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB253/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB253.htm","sponsor":"Jeff Greer"},
{"bill_id":949872,"bill_number":"HB231","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 sufficient score on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery and signs enlistment papers for any branch of service as career-ready.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-02-22","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-23","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB231/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB231.htm","sponsor":"Steve Riley"},
{"bill_id":949873,"bill_number":"HR33","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Robert Martin \"Bob\" Thompson.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Robert Martin \"Bob\" Thompson.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-13","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR33/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR33.htm","sponsor":"James Tipton"},
{"bill_id":949875,"bill_number":"HB226","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization.","description":"Amend KRS 12.020 to change the Office of Policy and Budget to the Office of Finance and Budget in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and add the Office of Legislative and Regulatory Affairs; amend KRS 194A.030 to assign responsibilities of these offices; confirm Executive Order 2016-892.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-21","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 092)","last_action_date":"2017-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB226/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB226.htm","sponsor":"Addia Wuchner"},
{"bill_id":949877,"bill_number":"HB233","title":"AN ACT relating to public employee health insurance.","description":"Amend KRS 18A.2254 to remove the requirement that the Personnel Cabinet submit the administrative regulation for the state employee self-insurance plan to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services prior to filing with the Legislative Research Commission; add the option of a Health Savings Account to the Public Employee Health Insurance Program; require the administrative fees associated with the employee's health savings account be an authorized expense charged to the public employee health insurance trust fund.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 23, 2017","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB233/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB233.htm","sponsor":"William Wells"},
{"bill_id":949879,"bill_number":"HCR43","title":"Establishing an eleven-member Shelter Oversight and Pet Overpopulation Task Force; require monthly meetings; require a final report and recommendations by December 1, 2017.","description":"Establishing an eleven-member Shelter Oversight and Pet Overpopulation Task Force; require monthly meetings; require a final report and recommendations by December 1, 2017.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"to Agriculture (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-09","committee":"Agriculture","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR43/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HCR43.htm","sponsor":"Joni Jenkins"},
{"bill_id":949881,"bill_number":"HB185","title":"AN ACT relating to concealing a will.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 394 to prohibit the concealing of a will and establish a Class D felony penalty.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-09","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB185/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB185.htm","sponsor":"Rick Nelson"},
{"bill_id":949882,"bill_number":"HB251","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":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-09","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB251/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB251.htm","sponsor":"Jason Nemes"},
{"bill_id":949884,"bill_number":"SR60","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Barkley J. Sturgill.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Barkley J. Sturgill.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-22","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR60/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR60.htm","sponsor":"Johnny Turner"},
{"bill_id":949886,"bill_number":"HB236","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 body part is medically suitable for transplantation or therapy; provide that Act may be known as Courtney's Law.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-02-24","last_action":"returned to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2017-03-07","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB236/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB236.htm","sponsor":"Lynn Bechler"},
{"bill_id":949888,"bill_number":"SB9","title":"AN ACT relating to judicial redistricting.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 21A to authorize the Supreme Court to require the Administrative Office of the Courts to perform an analysis to determine the need to rearrange the judicial circuits and districts or reallocate the number of judges relative to population and caseload; require the analysis to be completed within two years of December 31 of the year of the decennial census; require the Supreme Court to submit the analysis to the General Assembly by January 31 of the following year; provide that if the analysis indicates a need for rearrangement of judicial circuits and districts or reallocation of the number of judges due to population or caseload, the Supreme Court may submit certification as required by the Constitution of Kentucky which may include a proposal; amend KRS 23A.020 to realign the boundaries of the judicial circuits; amend KRS 23A.040 to reallocate judicial circuits entitled to two judges and two divisions of the Circuit Court; amend KRS 23A.045 to reallocate judicial circuits entitled to three judges and three divisions of the Circuit Court; amend KRS 23A.050 to reallocate judicial circuits entitled to four judges and four divisions of the Circuit Court; amend KRS 23A.055 to increase the allocation of the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit to six judges and six numbered divisions of the Circuit Court; amend KRS 24A.030 to realign the boundaries of the judicial districts; amend KRS 24A.050 to reallocate judicial districts entitled to two District Judges and two numbered divisions of District Court; amend KRS 24A.060 to reallocate judicial districts entitled to three District Judges and three numbered divisions of District Court.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-03-02","last_action":"returned to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-03-07","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB9/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB9.htm","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":949890,"bill_number":"HR44","title":"Recognize the Commonwealth of Kentucky as a welcoming state that celebrates the growing diversity of its residents and acknowledges that refugees, immigrants, and all newcomers enhance the culture and the economy; proclaim February 16, 2017, to be Refugee and Immigrant Day at the Capital.","description":"Recognize the Commonwealth of Kentucky as a welcoming state that celebrates the growing diversity of its residents and acknowledges that refugees, immigrants, and all newcomers enhance the culture and the economy; proclaim February 16, 2017, to be Refugee and Immigrant Day at the Capital.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR44/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR44.htm","sponsor":"Joni Jenkins"},
{"bill_id":949891,"bill_number":"HB245","title":"AN ACT relating to state tax administration.","description":"Amend KRS 131.130 to permit the commissioner to respond to the public's and taxpayers' questions and publish those responses; allow the department to include examples as part of any response or publication.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-21","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 095)","last_action_date":"2017-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB245/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB245.htm","sponsor":"Jerry Miller"},
{"bill_id":949893,"bill_number":"HB209","title":"AN ACT relating to concealed carry deadly weapons licensing.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to allow persons who hold a valid Kentucky concealed carry deadly weapons license and who are over the age of 65, or who have held a license for more than 25 years, to maintain a license without renewing every five years.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2017-02-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB209/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB209.htm","sponsor":"Kenny Imes"},
{"bill_id":949895,"bill_number":"HB189","title":"AN ACT relating to area development districts.","description":"Amend KRS 147A.070 to require area development districts to use specific hiring practices and comply with state accountability and transparency standard measures; require a report to LRC from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and Education and Workforce Development Cabinet on allocations of funds provided to the area development districts and require area development districts to report on the use of state and federal funds; create a new section of KRS Chapter 147A to specify the requirements for audits of area development districts; make the section specifying requirements for audits; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2018.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-20","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 33)","last_action_date":"2017-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB189/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB189.htm","sponsor":"Jim DeCesare"},
{"bill_id":949897,"bill_number":"SB111","title":"AN ACT relating to the Board of Pharmacy.","description":"Amend KRS 315.010, relating to pharmacies, to include \"outsourcing facility\" as a new definition; create a new section of KRS Chapter 315 to establish permit requirements for individuals who operate an outsourcing facility; create a new section of KRS Chapter 315 to establish permit requirements for out-of-state outsourcing facilities; amend KRS 315.400 to include \"dispenser\" and \"repackager\" as new definitions; create a new section of KRS 315.400 to 315.412 to require the facility of a third-party logistics provider to be licensed in order to operate; establish requirements for third-party logistics providers within and outside of the state; create a new section of KRS 315.400 to 315.412 to create application requirements for a license; create a new section of KRS 315.400 to 315.412 to order third-party logistics providers to comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations; create a new section of KRS 315.400 to 315.412 to require medical gas wholesalers to be licensed by the board; establish operational requirements for medical gas wholesalers; mandate the board to promulgate administrative regulations concerning the licensure and discipline of a medical gas wholesaler; amend KRS 315.205 to conform.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-02-28","last_action":"returned to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2017-03-08","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB111/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB111.htm","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":949899,"bill_number":"HB234","title":"AN ACT relating to coal mining.","description":"Amend KRS 350.055 to change the reference in the public notice of intention to mine coal from \"mining site\" to \"permitted area\"; amend KRS 350.060 to remove the requirement that all areas overlying underground workings of coal mines be permitted.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 142)","last_action_date":"2017-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB234/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB234.htm","sponsor":"Jim Gooch"},
{"bill_id":949901,"bill_number":"HB218","title":"AN ACT relating to official documents.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 423 to propose the Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts; define various terms; limit the applicability of the Act to notarial acts performed on or after July 1, 2017; allow a notarial officer to perform a notarial act in Kentucky; outline requirements for certain notarial acts; require a personal appearance before a notarial officer; specify the requirements of identifying an individual before a notarial officer; allow a notarial officer to refuse to perform a notarial act; state who may perform a notarial act in Kentucky; recognize notarial acts performed in other states; recognize notarial acts performed in federally recognized Indian tribes under federal law, and in foreign countries; allow a notary public to perform a notarial act by means of communication technology; require a notarial act to be evidenced by a certificate; provide short form certificates for use by notarial officers; outline the requirements for an official stamp of a notary public; assign responsibility of the notary public's stamping device to the notary public; require a notary public to maintain a journal chronicling all notarial acts performed by that notary public; require a notary public to notify the Secretary of State that the notary public will be performing notarial acts with respect to electronic records; outline the necessary requirements to be a notary public; establish an examination based on a course of study approved by the Secretary of State; outline grounds for suspending, denying, or revoking a commission as a notary public; require the Secretary of State to maintain an electronic database of notaries public; detail prohibited acts; establish the validity of notarial acts; allow the Secretary of State to promulgate administrative regulations to implement this Act; require all commissions occurring after the effective date of this Act to comply with this Act; state that this Act may be cited as the Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts; amend KRS 369.103 to allow electronic signatures on transactions relating to the conveyance of interests in real property and the creation or transfer of negotiable instruments; repeal KRS 423.010, 423.020, 423.030, 423.040, 423.050, 423.060, 423.070, 423.080, 423.110, 423.130, 423.140, 423.150, 423.160, 423.170, 423.180, 423.190, 423.200, and 423.990; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2017.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2017-02-24","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB218/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB218.htm","sponsor":"Jody Richards"},
{"bill_id":949902,"bill_number":"SJR45","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate Kentucky Route 39 in Pulaski County in honor of Marshall Davenport.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate Kentucky Route 39 in Pulaski County in honor of Marshall Davenport.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-08","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR45/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SJR45.htm","sponsor":"Rick Girdler"},
{"bill_id":949906,"bill_number":"SR61","title":"Declare February 7, 2017, to be Hunger Free Kentucky Day.","description":"Declare February 7, 2017, to be Hunger Free Kentucky Day.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR61/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR61.htm","sponsor":"Paul Hornback"},
{"bill_id":949908,"bill_number":"HB195","title":"AN ACT relating to adult education.","description":"Amend KRS 164.0064 to allow the Kentucky Adult Education Program to establish programs aligned with the College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education, which upon successful completion will result in the issuance of a High School Equivalency Diploma; require at least one program to include a test aligned with the College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education, to serve as a qualifying test, which upon passing will entitle students to receive a High School Equivalency Diploma; delete external diploma program; grandfather in previously recognized high school equivalency diplomas; forbid invalidation of issued High School Equivalency Diplomas due to changes in test selection; 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":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-21","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 63)","last_action_date":"2017-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB195/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB195.htm","sponsor":"James Tipton"},
{"bill_id":949910,"bill_number":"SB134","title":"AN ACT relating to juror pay.","description":"Amend KRS 29A.170 to increase juror pay and expense allowance; amend KRS 32.011 to conform to repeal; repeal KRS 32.070, relating to expense allowances for jurors.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-08","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB134/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB134.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":949912,"bill_number":"SCR58","title":"Establishing a seven-member Shelter Oversight and Pet Overpopulation Task Force; require at least three meetings; require a report of activities by December 1, 2017.","description":"Establishing a seven-member Shelter Oversight and Pet Overpopulation Task Force; require at least three meetings; require a report of activities by December 1, 2017.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"to Agriculture (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-08","committee":"Agriculture","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SCR58/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SCR58.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":949913,"bill_number":"HB246","title":"AN ACT relating to solid waste management and declaring an emergency.","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 seven-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; establish a two-year term for directors and require appointment of new board; amend KRS 109.120 to require that waste management district rules and regulations in counties containing a consolidated local government be approved by the appropriate legislative body; provide that rules and regulations of a district that were adopted prior to the effective date of this Act shall sunset on August 31, 2017, unless reauthorize by the new board; require that districts make notices, meeting agenda's and minutes available on a Web site operated by the consolidated local government; declare offices of board in county containing a consolidated local government vacant; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-21","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 105)","last_action_date":"2017-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB246/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB246.htm","sponsor":"Jerry Miller"},
{"bill_id":949915,"bill_number":"SB125","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":"2017-02-07","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-08","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB125/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB125.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":949917,"bill_number":"SR59","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of John S. Roberts.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of John S. Roberts.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-09","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR59/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR59.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":949919,"bill_number":"HB212","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 on or after July 1, 2017, but before July 1, 2021, by a nonprofit civic, governmental, or other nonprofit organization.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-09","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB212/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB212.htm","sponsor":"Richard Heath"},
{"bill_id":949921,"bill_number":"HB217","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 2016-01.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-09","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB217/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB217.htm","sponsor":"Jody Richards"},
{"bill_id":949922,"bill_number":"HB248","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; amend KRS 131.190 to require reporting of statistics; amend sections of KRS Chapters 131 and 141 to make conforming changes.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-09","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB248/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB248.htm","sponsor":"Kimberly Moser"},
{"bill_id":949924,"bill_number":"SR47","title":"Recognize Career and Technical Education Month in Kentucky.","description":"Recognize Career and Technical Education Month in Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-22","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR47/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR47.htm","sponsor":"David Givens"},
{"bill_id":949926,"bill_number":"SB116","title":"AN ACT relating to the Board of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 311B.100 to require individuals licensed or certified in another state in the field of medical imaging and radiation therapy to be licensed by the board if they have graduated from a postsecondary institution, passed a national certifying examination, are licensed in good standing in another jurisdiction, have at least 5 years of experience, and have maintained continuing education requirements; allow the board to deny licensure for cause; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-10","last_action":"signed by Governor","last_action_date":"2017-03-10","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB116/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB116.htm","sponsor":"Stephen Meredith"},
{"bill_id":949928,"bill_number":"HB242","title":"AN ACT relating to the Department of Insurance.","description":"Amend KRS 12.020, 304.2-020, and 304.2-063 to delete the Property and Casualty Division and the Health and Life Division of the Department of Insurance; establish the Division of Insurance Product Regulation and the Division of Administrative Services; rename the Consumer Protection Division the Division of Consumer Protection; authorize the commissioner of the Department of Insurance to apply for a state innovation waiver under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and implement any state plan proposed under an approved waiver.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-21","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 094)","last_action_date":"2017-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB242/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB242.htm","sponsor":"Jim Duplessis"},
{"bill_id":949930,"bill_number":"HB207","title":"AN ACT relating to insurance.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 45 of KRS Chapter 304 to require independent directors of a risk retention group and an attorney-in-fact for a reciprocal insurer to adhere to the same standards; establish a one year waiting period to qualify as independent; establish standards for and approval by the commissioner of material service provider contracts; require adoption of written policy for board of director responsibilities in the plan of operation; require and establish standards for an audit committee; allow for a waiver by the commissioner of certain audit committee requirements; establish and require disclosure of governance standards; require reporting to the commisioner of material noncompliance with the provisions of the section for risk retention groups; amend KRS 304.45-020 to define \"board of directors,\" \"director,\" \"material relationship,\" and \"material service provider contract\"; amend KRS 304.45-030 to require notice to the commissioner of any other subsequent material changes to a risk retention group's plan of operation or feasibility study and make technical corrections; amend KRS 304.45-040 and 304.45-060 to conform; repeal and reenact KRS 304.45-050 to adopt alternative model language from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2018.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-16","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 16)","last_action_date":"2017-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB207/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB207.htm","sponsor":"Chad McCoy"},
{"bill_id":949931,"bill_number":"HB250","title":"AN ACT amending the 2016-2018 executive branch biennial budget, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend 2016-2018 executive branch biennial budget to include language provisions relating to the Preschool Education Program, the Kentucky Colon Cancer Screening Program, and the Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-09","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB250/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB250.htm","sponsor":"Kelly Flood"},
{"bill_id":949933,"bill_number":"HB208","title":"AN ACT relating to funeral planning.","description":"Amend KRS 367.93103 to restrict an individual who is employed by an entity that is responsible for providing funeral or cemetery services or disposing of the declarant's remains from being a designee or alternate designee; amend KRS 367.93115 to make provisions for a decedent in the absence of a declaration; amend KRS 367.93117 to authorize individuals or entities to control the disposition of a decedent's body and make funeral, burial, and ceremonial arrangements if an individual in the next degree of kinship is not available; amend KRS 367.93121 to require actions to contest cremation authorization forms be brought in the District Court of the county of the decedent's residence or the county in which the funeral home or crematory is located.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 144)","last_action_date":"2017-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB208/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB208.htm","sponsor":"Kenny Imes"},
{"bill_id":949935,"bill_number":"HB194","title":"AN ACT relating to open records.","description":"Amend KRS 61.870 to make an exception for certain services or functions to the exemption from the definition of \"public agency\" that excludes services provided resulting from competitive bidding.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-09","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB194/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB194.htm","sponsor":"Chris Harris"},
{"bill_id":949937,"bill_number":"HB198","title":"AN ACT relating to military surplus vehicles.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186A to allow the titling of military surplus vehicles; set provisions for titling; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations pertaining to the titling of these vehicles; amend KRS 186A.115 to require military surplus vehicles to be inspected prior to titling; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations relating to inspection and modifications; require the Transportation Cabinet to create a new inspection form for military surplus vehicles; make technical corrections; amend KRS 186.010 to define \"military surplus vehicle\"; specify that a military surplus vehicle is a motor vehicle.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-09","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB198/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB198.htm","sponsor":"Sannie Overly"},
{"bill_id":949939,"bill_number":"HB192","title":"AN ACT relating to foster youth operator's license.","description":"Amend KRS 186.450 and 186.470 to allow a minor who is in the custody of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to sign an application for an operator's license; allow the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to request that a minor's license be canceled; amend KRS 186.590, relating to liability for negligence of the minor while driving a motor vehicle, to conform; amend KRS 605.102 to require the prudent parent standard be used to determine if a child is developmentally appropriate to apply for an operator's license, motorcycle operator's license, intermediate license, or any instruction permit.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-10","last_action":"signed by Governor","last_action_date":"2017-03-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB192/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB192.htm","sponsor":"Larry Brown"},
{"bill_id":949941,"bill_number":"SR41","title":"Honoring Mr. Ron A. Skillern upon being named the 2017 Kentucky Teacher of the Year.","description":"Honoring Mr. Ron A. Skillern upon being named the 2017 Kentucky Teacher of the Year.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-23","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR41/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR41.htm","sponsor":"Mike Wilson"},
{"bill_id":949942,"bill_number":"HB180","title":"AN ACT relating to fictive kin.","description":"Repeal and reenact KRS 199.011 to include definition of \"fictive kin\"; amend KRS 199.462 to establish that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services may approve fictive kin as a placement for a child; amend KRS 600.020 to establish a definition for \"fictive kin\" and to amend the definition for \"out-of-home placement\"; amend KRS 605.090, 610.125, and 620.140 to recognize fictive kin as a placement for a child by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-10","last_action":"signed by Governor","last_action_date":"2017-03-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB180/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB180.htm","sponsor":"Addia Wuchner"},
{"bill_id":949944,"bill_number":"HB237","title":"AN ACT relating to donations of food and grocery products.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 411 to define \"apparently fit grocery product,\" \"apparently wholesome food,\" \"donate,\" \"food,\" \"gleaner,\" \"grocery product,\" \"intentional misconduct,\" \"nonprofit organization,\" and \"person\"; establish legal immunity protections related to apparently wholesome or fit food and grocery product donations to nonprofit organizations; extend protections to those who allow the collection or gleaning of products for donation to nonprofit organizations; allow nonprofit organizations to recondition certain donated food or products; repeal KRS 413.247 and 413.248.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-16","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 19)","last_action_date":"2017-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB237/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB237.htm","sponsor":"Phillip Pratt"},
{"bill_id":949946,"bill_number":"SB130","title":"AN ACT relating to TVA in-lieu-of-tax payments and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 96.895 to require that a portion of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in-lieu-of-tax revenue deposited in the general fund be distributed to agencies designated by counties that have TVA property located in that county or purchase power from TVA, increasing from 0% currently to 50% or a maximum of $6,000,000.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-08","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB130/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB130.htm","sponsor":"Stan Humphries"},
{"bill_id":949948,"bill_number":"SB119","title":"AN ACT relating to postsecondary education contract spaces, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Appropriate supplemental General Fund moneys in each year of the 2016-2018 fiscal biennium to the Council on Postsecondary Education to fully fund veterinary medicine and optometry slots; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-02-23","last_action":"reassigned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-28","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB119/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB119.htm","sponsor":"David Givens"},
{"bill_id":949950,"bill_number":"HB182","title":"AN ACT relating to the establishment of a tax credit to promote investments in rural Kentucky businesses and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 136 to establish a new tax credit against the taxes imposed on insurance companies and financial institutions, for contributions made by them into rural growth funds which make investments in certain businesses principally operating in certain areas of the state; declare findings and the purpose of the credit; define terms; require an entity to follow a process 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 $60,000,000 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; allow the department to audit rural growth funds; limit any liability of the Commonwealth in regard 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 to be the Kentucky Rural Jobs Tax Credit Act of 2017; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-09","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB182/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB182.htm","sponsor":"Chris Harris"},
{"bill_id":949951,"bill_number":"HB239","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Board of Optometric Examiners.","description":"Amend KRS 320.280 to require the Kentucky Board of Optometric Examiners to establish an annual license renewal fee through administrative regulation.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-16","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 20)","last_action_date":"2017-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB239/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB239.htm","sponsor":"Walker Thomas"},
{"bill_id":949953,"bill_number":"HB220","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":"2017-02-07","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-09","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB220/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB220.htm","sponsor":"Robert Benvenuti"},
{"bill_id":949955,"bill_number":"HB221","title":"AN ACT relating to driving under the influence.","description":"Amend KRS 189A.010 to provide that DUI offenses with aggravating circumstances remain on the record and constitute prior offenses regardless of when they were committed; provide that the section, which includes the ten-year window for counting prior offenses, shall be retroactive; amend KRS 189A.070 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-09","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB221/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB221.htm","sponsor":"Robert Benvenuti"},
{"bill_id":949957,"bill_number":"HB177","title":"AN ACT relating to idling motor vehicles.","description":"Amend KRS 189.430 to allow motor vehicle engine idling for no longer than 15 minutes; require that the vehicle doors be locked while it is idling.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB177/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB177.htm","sponsor":"Jim DeCesare"},
{"bill_id":949961,"bill_number":"HB210","title":"AN ACT relating to the operation of a motor vehicle.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to define the term \"personal listening device\"; prohibit the operator of a motor vehicle in motion traveling upon the traveled portion of the highway from operating the vehicle with personal listening devices covering or inserted into both ears; exempt headset systems used on motorcycles from the prohibition.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-09","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB210/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB210.htm","sponsor":"McKenzie Cantrell"},
{"bill_id":949962,"bill_number":"HB228","title":"Feb 24-WITHDRAWN","description":"Feb 24-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2017-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB228/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB228.htm","sponsor":"Jim DeCesare"},
{"bill_id":949964,"bill_number":"SR46","title":"Recognize February 16, 2017, as Reading Recovery Day.","description":"Recognize February 16, 2017, as Reading Recovery Day.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR46/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR46.htm","sponsor":"David Givens"},
{"bill_id":949966,"bill_number":"HB238","title":"AN ACT relating to proprietary education and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 165A.350 to allow the Kentucky Commission on Proprietary Education to condition proprietary school agent surety bonds to recover administrative costs, acquire and maintain student records, and indemnify students and their parents or guardians; permit indemnification when a student is unable to complete courses because the proprietary school ceased operations; amend KRS 165A.360 to authorize the commission to condition proprietary school surety bonds to recover administrative costs and acquire and maintain student records; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 141)","last_action_date":"2017-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB238/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB238.htm","sponsor":"Phillip Pratt"},
{"bill_id":949968,"bill_number":"HB225","title":"AN ACT relating to public protection.","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":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-21","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 091)","last_action_date":"2017-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB225/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB225.htm","sponsor":"Russell Webber"},
{"bill_id":949970,"bill_number":"HB205","title":"AN ACT relating to the development of a skilled workforce, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 164.740 to 164.7891 to establish the Work Ready Kentucky Scholarship program to help students who have not earned a postsecondary degree attain an industry-recognized degree, certificate, or credential; define terms for the program including eligible program of study and participating institution; designate the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to administer the program and require the agency to promulgate regulations for the administration of the program; define student eligibility for the program; prescribe the scholarship amount calculation and maximum scholarship amount; require the authority to provide an annual report to the secretary of the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet; establish the Work Ready Kentucky Scholarhsip Program fund; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-09","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB205/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB205.htm","sponsor":"John Carney"},
{"bill_id":949972,"bill_number":"HB183","title":"AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverage control.","description":"Amend KRS 241.010 to modify the definition of caterer and define local, urban-county, and state administrators, investigators, population, and primary source of supply; delete definition of field representative; set a minimum production threshold of 250 gallons per year for small farm wineries; amend KRS 241.015 and 241.030 to remove commissioner and administrator terms; amend KRS 241.020 to allow the board to issue advisory opinions and declaratory rulings on KRS Chapters 241 to 244 and related administrative regulations; amend KRS 241.060, 241.090, 243.025, 243.034, 243.035, 243.037, 243.042, 243.050, 243.060, 243.110, 243.160, 243.220, 243.360, 243.380, 243.390, 243.430, 243.440, 243.500, 243.530, 243.550, 243.620, 243.630, 243.640, 243.650, 243.660, 243.670, 244.060, 244.130, 244.150, 244.180, 244.190, 244.195, 244.200, 244.280, and 244.990 to update, expand, or modernize terms and phrasing; amend KRS 241.080 and 243.030 to allow both the distilled spirits and malt beverage administrators to approve and issue or deny licenses authorizing the traffic in all types of alcoholic beverages; repeal and reenact KRS 241.100 to require department officers and employees to comply with the Executive Branch Code of Ethics; amend KRS 241.110, 241.140, 241.150, 241.160, 241.170, 241.190, 241.200, 241.230, 241.250, and 241.260 to modify language regarding activities of and appeals from local alcoholic beverage administrators; amend KRS 242.030 to permit a local option election up to 150 days after the petition is filed; allow a local option election on the same day as a primary or general election day; amend KRS 242.123, 242.124, 242.1241, and 242.1244 to update local option elections for golf courses, small farm wineries, small farm winery Sunday sales, and restaurant sales, respectively; amend KRS 242.125 to enable a city or county to have dual moist and wet status; create a new section of KRS Chapter 243 to establish the details of a sampling license; amend KRS 243.020 to forbid a licensee from allowing a consumer to possess, give away, or drink alcoholic beverages on the licensed premises unless the alcoholic beverages were purchased from the licensee; amend KRS 243.030 to permit only the distilled spirits administrator to issue licenses that authorize traffic in distilled spirits and wine; modify fees for small farm wineries, small farm winery off-premises retail sites, special temporary licenses, and special temporary auction licenses; amend KRS 243.0305 to change a distiller's retail drink license to an NQ2 license; amend KRS 243.033 to merge rules on distilled spirits and wine with those on malt beverages; amend KRS 243.036 to allow nonprofits to receive a special temporary alcoholic beverage auction license; amend KRS 243.040 to remove the \"brew-on-premises\" license; amend KRS 243.045 to grant a transitional license the same privileges and restrictions as a permanent license; repeal and reenact KRS 243.070 to restructure the licensing fee list; amend KRS 243.082 to streamline NQ1 licensing language; amend KRS 243.084 to delete the 50-seat minimum for dining facilities receiving an NQ2 license; authorize an NQ2 license for a distiller or a business related to an entertainment destination center; amend KRS 243.086 to remove distillers from the list of entities that may receive an NQ3 license; amend KRS 243.090 and 243.450 to authorize denial of a license or license renewal if the licensee is a delinquent taxpayer; amend KRS 243.100 to forbid evasion of license disqualification by applying for a license through or under the name of a different person; amend KRS 243.130, 243.150, 243.155, and 243.157 to allow designated manufacturer employees to sample their employers' products for purposes of education, quality control, and product development; permit brewery malt beverage drink sales anywhere on the licensed premises, including sales to fill growlers; authorize a brewer to buy malt beverages from another brewer; allow sales at small farm wineries and their off-premises retail sites in territory that has allowed the sales through a precinct local option election; permit a small farm winery to manufacture, sample, and sell brandy; prohibit microbreweries in moist territory; repeal and reenact KRS 243.200 to set the conditions and privileges of a transporter's license; amend KRS 243.212 to delete the micro out-of-state distilled spirits and wine supplier's license; amend KRS 243.215 to limit a malt beverage supplier's license to import only from the primary source of supply; amend KRS 243.230, 243.240, 243.250, and 243.355 to change the privileges and restrictions for quota retail drink licenses and quota retail package licenses; amend KRS 243.470 to treat the board's administrative hearing on a license denial as a de novo review of the application; allow a refund of an applicant's license fee upon rejection; repeal and reenact KRS 243.490 to update license revocation and suspension language; amend KRS 243.520 to empower the department to summarily suspend a license if continued operation is a threat to the public health, safety, or welfare; amend KRS 243.540 to establish the procedures for a secured creditor or landlord to dispose of alcoholic beverages; amend KRS 243.560 to modify appellate procedures; amend KRS 243.895 to change size requirements for retailer alcohol warning signs; amend KRS 244.050 to delete sampling license language; amend KRS 244.080 to forbid alcoholic beverage sales to a person intoxicated on alcohol or drugs; amend KRS 244.085 to allow the board to determine the business types where minors may be present; amend KRS 244.090 to permit a nonquota retail malt beverage package licensee to employ persons 18 and over if supervised by someone 20 or older; amend KRS 244.110 to limit clear view entrance requirement to holders of a quota retail package license or quota retail drink license; amend KRS 244.167 to remove the definition of \"primary source of supply\"; amend KRS 244.240 and 244.590 to prohibit a retailer from requiring or demanding that certain manufacturers, wholesalers, or distributors violate statutory restrictions; amend KRS 244.260 to add container size restrictions for retail distilled spirits and wine package and drink licenses; amend KRS 244.290 to clarify how a locality may regulate the hours of sale and delivery of alcoholic beverages, including on Sundays, through local ordinances; amend KRS 244.440 and 244.585 to permit distribution, sale, or purchase rights to product names; amend KRS 244.461 and 244.500 to enable the use of retailer loyalty cards for alcoholic beverage discounts; amend KRS 244.480 to allow a licensee to sell or deliver malt beverages during the times permitted by local ordinance; amend KRS 15.380, 15.398, 83A.022, 186.560, 230.368, 242.022, 242.1242, 242.1292, 243.0341, 243.075, 243.170, 243.260, 243.590, and 244.230 to conform; repeal KRS 119.215, 241.075, 241.130, 241.180, 241.240, 242.127, 242.129, 242.400, 243.031, 243.072, 243.370, 243.460, 243.505, 243.510, 244.070, 244.087, 244.295, 244.310, 244.340, 244.350, and 244.360.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-21","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 62)","last_action_date":"2017-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB183/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB183.htm","sponsor":"Adam Koenig"},
{"bill_id":949973,"bill_number":"HCR31","title":"Mar 07-WITHDRAWN","description":"Mar 07-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2017-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR31/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HCR31.htm","sponsor":"Jim DeCesare"},
{"bill_id":949975,"bill_number":"HR34","title":"Declare February 7, 2017, to be Hunger Free Kentucky Day.","description":"Declare February 7, 2017, to be Hunger Free Kentucky Day.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR34/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR34.htm","sponsor":"Richard Heath"},
{"bill_id":949977,"bill_number":"HB178","title":"AN ACT relating to wages.","description":"Amend KRS 337.275 to raise the state minimum wage to $8.80 per hour beginning on August 1, 2017, to $10.35 per hour beginning on August 1, 2018, to $11.90 per hour beginning on August 1, 2019, to $13.45 per hour beginning on August 1, 2020, and to $15.00 per hour beginning on August 1, 2021; amend KRS 337.010, relating to 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.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-09","committee":"Economic Development & Workforce Investment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB178/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB178.htm","sponsor":"Sannie Overly"},
{"bill_id":949979,"bill_number":"HB244","title":"AN ACT relating to parking permits for persons with certain disabilities.","description":"Amend KRS 186.042 to allow physician assistants and chiropractors to authorize accessible parking plates for persons with certain disabilities; amend KRS 189.456 to allow physician assistants to authorize accessible parking placards for persons with certain disabilities; amend KRS 189.458 to allow physician assistants to authorize temporary accessible parking placards for persons with certain disabilities.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB244/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB244.htm","sponsor":"Jerry Miller"},
{"bill_id":949981,"bill_number":"SR44","title":"Honor Marshall Davenport.","description":"Honor Marshall Davenport.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-03","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR44/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR44.htm","sponsor":"Rick Girdler"},
{"bill_id":949982,"bill_number":"SJR53","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a portion of KY Route 122 in Floyd County in honor and memory of Debbie Ann Ferguson Hall.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a portion of KY Route 122 in Floyd County in honor and memory of Debbie Ann Ferguson Hall.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-08","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR53/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SJR53.htm","sponsor":"Johnny Turner"},
{"bill_id":949984,"bill_number":"SB127","title":"AN ACT relating to vacating convictions for reckless homicide.","description":"Amend KRS 431.073 to allow convictions for reckless homicide to be vacated and expunged if the offender has first been granted a partial pardon by the Governor.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-08","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB127/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB127.htm","sponsor":"Johnny Turner"},
{"bill_id":949986,"bill_number":"SB121","title":"AN ACT relating to metering of electric service.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapters 96 and 278 to define \"smart meter\" and to require utilities seeking to install smart meters to give notice to affected customers and the right to opt out of having a smart meter installed on the customer's premises; specify that customers are not required to pay for any electricity necessary to power the smart meter.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Energy (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-08","committee":"Natural Resources and Energy","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB121/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB121.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
{"bill_id":949988,"bill_number":"HB191","title":"AN ACT relating to insurance.","description":"Amend KRS 329A.070 to exempt certain individuals employed by an insurance company from the Kentucky Private Investigators Licensing Act; amend KRS 304.9-430 to exempt individuals employed by an insurance company to investigate fraudulent claims from licensure requirements of a staff adjuster, and delete an expired subsection; amend KRS 304.20-020 to provide that any insured named in the policy, rather than the named insured, may reject uninsured motor vehicle coverage and provide that if a named insured rejected coverage, in addition to coverage provided in or supplemental to renewal, the insurer is not required to provide coverage supplemental to a reinstatement, substitute, replacement, or amended policy issued to the same named insured by the same insurer or its affiliates; amend KRS 304.39-230 to specify the method for determining the date for when the last reparation payment is made; amend KRS 304.9-295 and 304.9-436 to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-20","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 34)","last_action_date":"2017-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB191/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB191.htm","sponsor":"Bart Rowland"},
{"bill_id":949990,"bill_number":"SB118","title":"AN ACT relating to school financial statements.","description":"Amend KRS 424.220 to provide certain school districts an alternative method of publishing annual financial statements by publishing the statement prominently on the district's Web site for not less than 90 days and by publishing a legal display advertisement in a qualified newspaper that announces the statement has been prepared and published on the Web site, provides the electronic address of that Web site, and notifies that copies of the statement have been provided to local newspapers, news services, and radio and television stations that have requested receipt of the statement; amend KRS 160.463 to provide school districts with 300,000 or more inhabitants with the same alternative method of publishing annual financial statements.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"returned to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-23","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB118/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB118.htm","sponsor":"Wil Schroder"},
{"bill_id":949991,"bill_number":"HB196","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 behind 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 to 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 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 orders to three other state agencies; create a new section of KRS Chapter 342 to require the commissioner to provide copies to three other state agencies.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-09","committee":"Economic Development & Workforce Investment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB196/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB196.htm","sponsor":"Sannie Overly"},
{"bill_id":949993,"bill_number":"SB112","title":"AN ACT relating to funding for the State Police Retirement System, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Appropriate $23,354,400 in fiscal year 2016-2017 and $125,000,000 in fiscal year 2017-2018 from the Kentucky permanent pension fund to the Kentucky Retirement Systems and apply the appropriation to the unfunded liability of the State Police Retirement System pension fund; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-02-28","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2017-03-01","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB112/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB112.htm","sponsor":"Christian McDaniel"},
{"bill_id":949995,"bill_number":"SR49","title":"Urge the Uniited States congress to to amend Section 1833(a)(1)(Y) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(a)(1)(Y)) to include coverage for a colorectal cancer screening test, regardless of the code that is billed, for the establishment of a diagnosis as a result of the test or for the removal of tissue or other procedure that is furnished in connection with, as a result of, and in the same clinical encounter as the screening test.","description":"Urge the Uniited States congress to to amend Section 1833(a)(1)(Y) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(a)(1)(Y)) to include coverage for a colorectal cancer screening test, regardless of the code that is billed, for the establishment of a diagnosis as a result of the test or for the removal of tissue or other procedure that is furnished in connection with, as a result of, and in the same clinical encounter as the screening test.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR49/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR49.htm","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":949997,"bill_number":"HB224","title":"AN ACT relating to service of process on nonresidents of this Commonwealth.","description":"Amend KRS 454.210 to allow service of process on nonresidents to be made in any manner authorized by the Kentucky Rules of Civil Procedure, including certified mail with return receipt requested.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-09","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB224/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB224.htm","sponsor":"Joseph Fischer"},
{"bill_id":949999,"bill_number":"HJR39","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a portion of Kentucky Route 36 in Owen County and Grant County in memory of Chase Duvall and erect the appropriate signage.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a portion of Kentucky Route 36 in Owen County and Grant County in memory of Chase Duvall and erect the appropriate signage.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-09","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR39/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HJR39.htm","sponsor":"Phillip Pratt"},
{"bill_id":950000,"bill_number":"SB131","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":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-08","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB131/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB131.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":950002,"bill_number":"HB249","title":"AN ACT relating to public protection.","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; make technical and conforming amendments.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"floor amendments (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) filed","last_action_date":"2017-02-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB249/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB249.htm","sponsor":"Tim Moore"},
{"bill_id":950004,"bill_number":"HR40","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Charles Ray \"Red\" Hazle.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Charles Ray \"Red\" Hazle.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-06","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR40/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR40.htm","sponsor":"Brandon Reed"},
{"bill_id":950006,"bill_number":"SR43","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of John S. Roberts.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of John S. Roberts.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-14","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR43/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR43.htm","sponsor":"Alice Kerr"},
{"bill_id":950008,"bill_number":"SR51","title":"Honor Commerce Lexington Inc. upon being named the 2016 Chamber of the Year by the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives.","description":"Honor Commerce Lexington Inc. upon being named the 2016 Chamber of the Year by the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-08","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-08","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR51/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR51.htm","sponsor":"Alice Kerr"},
{"bill_id":950010,"bill_number":"HJR35","title":"Authorize and direct the Finance and Administration Cabinet to conduct a study of alternative methods of performing the services, functions, and activities of state government and of privatizing, consolidating, or otherwise changing the services, functions, and activities to achieve cost savings.","description":"Authorize and direct the Finance and Administration Cabinet to conduct a study of alternative methods of performing the services, functions, and activities of state government and of privatizing, consolidating, or otherwise changing the services, functions, and activities to achieve cost savings.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-09","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR35/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HJR35.htm","sponsor":"Ken Fleming"},
{"bill_id":950011,"bill_number":"HB188","title":"AN ACT relating to hunting and fishing licenses.","description":"Amend KRS 150.175 to make retired first responders who are at least 50% disabled eligible for the disabled combination hunting and fishing license.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"to Tourism & Outdoor Recreation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-09","committee":"Tourism & Outdoor Recreation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB188/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB188.htm","sponsor":"Rick Nelson"},
{"bill_id":950013,"bill_number":"SR52","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Dr. Jaime E. Montalvo.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Dr. Jaime E. Montalvo.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR52/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR52.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
{"bill_id":950017,"bill_number":"SB132","title":"Feb 13-WITHDRAWN","description":"Feb 13-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2017-02-13","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB132/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB132.htm","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":950019,"bill_number":"HR32","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Patricia Fannin.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Patricia Fannin.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-13","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR32/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR32.htm","sponsor":"Derrick Graham"},
{"bill_id":950021,"bill_number":"HB179","title":"AN ACT relating to wages.","description":"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, 2018; EFFECTIVE IN PART July 1, 2019.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-09","committee":"Economic Development & Workforce Investment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB179/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB179.htm","sponsor":"Sannie Overly"},
{"bill_id":950022,"bill_number":"HB174","title":"AN ACT relating to overweight vehicles.","description":"Amend KRS 189.222 to extend a 10 percent weight tolerance for vehicles engaged exclusively in the transportation of feed for livestock or poultry; permit a vehicle registered under KRS 186.050(3) transporting certain meats, agricultural crop products, or livestock to exceed the gross weight provisions by a weight tolerance of 10 percent.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-02-22","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 8)","last_action_date":"2017-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB174/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB174.htm","sponsor":"Richard Heath"},
{"bill_id":950024,"bill_number":"HB247","title":"AN ACT relating to the prohibition of tobacco use on school property.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 438 to define terms; prohibit use of tobacco products by students, school personnel, and visitors in schools, school vehicles, properties, and activities; require policies to be in place by the 2018-2019 school year; require smoke-free policies and signage be adopted; provide that existing bans are not impacted; repeal 438.050.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"posting waived","last_action_date":"2017-02-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB247/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB247.htm","sponsor":"Kimberly Moser"},
{"bill_id":950026,"bill_number":"HR36","title":"Honor the Blueprint for Kentucky's Children and adjourn in honor of Children's Advocacy Day, February 9, 2017.","description":"Honor the Blueprint for Kentucky's Children and adjourn in honor of Children's Advocacy Day, February 9, 2017.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-09","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-09","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR36/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR36.htm","sponsor":"John Carney"},
{"bill_id":950028,"bill_number":"HB227","title":"AN ACT relating to physical therapists.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 327 to establish a multistate physical therapy licensure compact; set out compact purpose and definitions; allow state participation in the compact if the state meets the compact criteria; require criminal background checks for licensees and applicants; enable a licensee to exercise a compact privilege if the listed requirements are met; make a licensee practicing in another jurisdiction subject to that jurisdiction's regulatory authority; authorize active duty military personnel and their spouses to designate their home state as the state of the home of record, permanent change of station, or current residence; institute rules for enforcing adverse actions against a licensee under the compact; establish the Physical Therapy Compact Commission as a joint public agency; fix commission membership, meetings, and the executive board; set out commission powers and duties, financing, and immunity and indemnification; approve commission rulemaking authority and data system requirements; initiate the commission's oversight, dispute resolution, and enforcement powers; make rules for compact implementation, amendment, and withdrawal; delay the effective date of the compact until the date of its enactment by 10 states; insert a severability clause in the compact; create a new section of KRS Chapter 327 to allow an out-of-state physical therapist to practice in Kentucky under a compact privilege; create a new section of KRS Chapter 327 to establish procedures for criminal background investigations relating to the physical therapy compact; amend KRS 327.020 to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-21","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 093)","last_action_date":"2017-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB227/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB227.htm","sponsor":"Melinda Prunty"},
{"bill_id":950030,"bill_number":"SR40","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Thomas Jefferson Barlow III.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Thomas Jefferson Barlow III.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR40/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR40.htm","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":950031,"bill_number":"HB190","title":"AN ACT relating to special license plates and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 186.172 to have the Transportation Cabinet design an alternative special firefighter plate highlighting the Kentucky Fallen Firefighter Memorial; provide that the plate is available to any vehicle owner; amend KRS 186.162 to set forth fees; provide that EF portion of fees from this plate design are to be used by the Firefighter Memorial Foundation, Inc.; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-09","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB190/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB190.htm","sponsor":"Steven Riggs"},
{"bill_id":950033,"bill_number":"HB243","title":"AN ACT relating to trespass.","description":"Amend KRS 511.070 to allow notice of trespass to be given through the placement of identifying purple paint marks on property; require any owner or lessee who marks his or her real property in such a manner to also provide clear written notice forbidding entry; provide that the written notice requirement will cease to be operative within one year of the effective date of this Act; create a new section of KRS Chapter 150 to require that the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resorces inform the public of these provisions.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"to Tourism & Outdoor Recreation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-09","committee":"Tourism & Outdoor Recreation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB243/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB243.htm","sponsor":"Phil Moffett"},
{"bill_id":950035,"bill_number":"SJR50","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to erect permanent honorary signs on United States Highway 68 entering Barren County that designate Barren County as being the birthplace of two recipients of the Medal of Honor, Sergeant William Day and Corporal Richard Bush.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to erect permanent honorary signs on United States Highway 68 entering Barren County that designate Barren County as being the birthplace of two recipients of the Medal of Honor, Sergeant William Day and Corporal Richard Bush.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-08","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR50/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SJR50.htm","sponsor":"David Givens"},
{"bill_id":950037,"bill_number":"HB181","title":"AN ACT relating to municipal electric authorities.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 96 to 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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2017-02-22","committee":"Natural Resources & Energy","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB181/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB181.htm","sponsor":"Jim Gooch"},
{"bill_id":950039,"bill_number":"SB128","title":"AN ACT relating to roofing contractors.","description":"Amend KRS 367.628 to prohibit causing damage to a roof to increase the scope of repair or replacement in order to secure a contract for repair or replacement from an insurance policy; create a new section of KRS 367.620 to 367.628 to allow any person to maintain an action to enjoin work in violation of KRS 367.620 to 367.628 and to entitle the plaintiff to recover twice the amount of economic damages plus reasonable attorney's fees.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-20","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 46)","last_action_date":"2017-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB128/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB128.htm","sponsor":"Paul Hornback"},
{"bill_id":950041,"bill_number":"SB133","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":"2017-02-07","last_action":"recommitted to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2017-03-15","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB133/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB133.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":950042,"bill_number":"HR38","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Matt Snorton.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Matt Snorton.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-13","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR38/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR38.htm","sponsor":"Myron Dossett"},
{"bill_id":950044,"bill_number":"HB211","title":"AN ACT relating to employment.","description":"Amend KRS 337.010 to remove exemptions in definition of employee for agricultural workers and domestic service workers; amend KRS 342.630 to indicate that agricultural employers are subject to KRS Chapter 342; amend KRS 342.650 to remove exemptions for domestic service employees and agricultural employees from coverage under KRS Chapter 342; amend other statutes to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-09","committee":"Economic Development & Workforce Investment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB211/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB211.htm","sponsor":"McKenzie Cantrell"},
{"bill_id":950046,"bill_number":"HB204","title":"AN ACT relating to advanced practice doctoral programs at comprehensive universities.","description":"Amend KRS 164.295 to remove the maximum number of advanced practice doctoral programs that may be offered by the six comprehensive universities; require the Council on Postsecondary Education to review advanced practice doctorates consistent with its review schedule for all other academic programs; prohibit a comprehensive university from offering a terminal degree in veterinary medicine, chiropractic, or optometry or a primary degree in architecture.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-09","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB204/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB204.htm","sponsor":"John Carney"},
{"bill_id":950048,"bill_number":"SB110","title":"AN ACT relating to operator's licenses and personal identification cards for inmates and released offenders.","description":"Amend KRS 186.412 to allow prisoners released from the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons or under the supervision of the United States Probation Office to obtain operator's licenses and personal identification cards in the same manner as individuals released from the custody of the Department of Corrections or under the supervision of the Division of Probation and Parole; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to allow the issuance of operator's licenses to current federal and state inmates who are engaged in work release programs; set forth minimum components of the regulation.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-02-28","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-03-01","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB110/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB110.htm","sponsor":"Ernie Harris"},
{"bill_id":950050,"bill_number":"SB114","title":"AN ACT relating to required minimum tort liability coverage for motor vehicles.","description":"Amend KRS 304.39-110 to increase required minimum tort liability coverage for motor vehicle insurance arising out of property damage to $25,000.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-04-10","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 157)","last_action_date":"2017-04-10","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB114/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB114.htm","sponsor":"Rick Girdler"},
{"bill_id":950051,"bill_number":"HB199","title":"AN ACT relating to emergency personnel.","description":"Amend KRS 61.315 and 164.2841 to make the survivors of emergency medical services personnel 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 permanently and totally disabled emergency medical services personnel in the exemption of matriculation or tuition fees.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-09","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB199/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB199.htm","sponsor":"Dean Schamore"},
{"bill_id":950053,"bill_number":"HB240","title":"AN ACT relating to public construction.","description":"Create a new section in KRS Chapter 343 to require contractors and subcontractors for public works estimated to cost over $1,000,000 to participate in applicable apprenticeship programs; prohibit members of public authorities from voting for the award of a public work contract estimated to cost over $1,000,000 unless the contractor participates in the applicable apprenticeship programs; amend KRS 343.010 to define \"public authority\" and \"public works.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-09","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB240/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB240.htm","sponsor":"Alan Gentry"},
{"bill_id":950055,"bill_number":"SB123","title":"AN ACT relating to operator's licenses.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186 to require a physician, advanced practice registered nurse, paramedic, or emergency medical technician to report a person who overdoses on opioids to the Commissioner of the Department of Vehicle Regulation; require proof that a person is either opioid-free or that the person's opioid use is controlled by medication prior to issuing him or her an original, duplicate, modified, or renewal operator's license; amend KRS 186.444 and KRS 186.570 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"returned to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-27","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB123/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB123.htm","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":950057,"bill_number":"SR48","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Donald Wayne Pace.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Donald Wayne Pace.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-14","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR48/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR48.htm","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":950059,"bill_number":"SR54","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Judy K. Olds.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Judy K. Olds.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-14","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR54/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR54.htm","sponsor":"Julian Carroll"},
{"bill_id":950060,"bill_number":"HB187","title":"AN ACT relating to elk hunting.","description":"Amend KRS 150.390 to establish a preference point system for the elk quota hunt; provide that applicants accrue one preference point for each year that an applicant is not drawn for a permit category; allow preference points to accrue without limitation; require the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to count each preference point as an additional free application for the applicant the next time he or she applies to that permit category; provide that an applicant's preference points shall be reset to zero for a permit category for which he or she is drawn; prohibit the transfer of preference points between applicants or categories; require an applicant's preference points to be reset to zero for each permit category to which the applicant has not applied for five consecutive years.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"to Tourism & Outdoor Recreation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-09","committee":"Tourism & Outdoor Recreation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB187/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB187.htm","sponsor":"Rick Nelson"},
{"bill_id":950062,"bill_number":"HB186","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 who is receiving survivor's benefits from the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day","last_action_date":"2017-02-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB186/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB186.htm","sponsor":"Rick Nelson"},
{"bill_id":950065,"bill_number":"HR42","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Judge Frank Howard McCartney.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Judge Frank Howard McCartney.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-10","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR42/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR42.htm","sponsor":"John Sims"},
{"bill_id":950067,"bill_number":"SR62","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":"2017-03-01","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR62/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR62.htm","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":950068,"bill_number":"HB235","title":"AN ACT relating to citizenship and immigration status information and enforcement.","description":"Amend KRS Chapter 65 to preclude the governing body of all cities and counties from enacting or implementing an ordinance, resolution, rule, or policy that prohibits or restricts another governing body, law enforcement officer, state or local official, or local government employee from taking the following actions regarding information of the citizenship or immigration status, lawful or unlawful of an individual: communicating or cooperating with federal officials, sending to or receiving information from the United States Department of Homeland Security, maintaining or exchanging information with another federal, state, or local government; a governing body shall not limit or restrict enforcement of federal immigration laws to less than the full extent permitted by federal law; violation allows a person lawfully domiciled in Kentucky to bring an action to compel the governing body to comply with this section; if a court finds that a governing body knowingly or intentionally violated this section it may enjoin the violation; every law enforcement agency shall provide each law enforcement officer with a written notice of his or her duty to cooperate with state and federal officials relating to the enforcement of state and federal laws governing immigration; this section shall be enforced without regard to race, religion, gender, ethnicity, or national origin.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-07","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-09","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB235/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB235.htm","sponsor":"Dan Johnson"},
{"bill_id":952622,"bill_number":"HB257","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Economic Development Partnership and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 154.10-050 to allow the Kentucky Economic Development Partnership to set the salaries of executive officers; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-04-10","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 166)","last_action_date":"2017-04-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB257/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB257.htm","sponsor":"Jim DeCesare"},
{"bill_id":952625,"bill_number":"SR70","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Roger Douglas Maynard.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Roger Douglas Maynard.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-07","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR70/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR70.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":952628,"bill_number":"SB135","title":"AN ACT relating to nonprofit health service corporations.","description":"Amend KRS 304.32-130 to remove the requirement that dues may not result in excess reserves; and to establish alternative criteria for the determination of member or subscriber dues for nonprofit hospital, medical-surgical, dental, or other health service plan.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 127)","last_action_date":"2017-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB135/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB135.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":952632,"bill_number":"SB144","title":"Feb 14-WITHDRAWN","description":"Feb 14-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-08","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2017-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB144/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB144.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":952636,"bill_number":"SR72","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Michael Robert Litafik.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Michael Robert Litafik.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-28","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR72/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR72.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":952639,"bill_number":"SR65","title":"Recognize the Commonwealth of Kentucky as a welcoming state that celebrates the growing diversity of its residents and acknowledges that refugees, immigrants, and all newcomers enhance the culture and the economy; proclaim Feburary 16, 2017, to be Refugee and Immigrant Day at the Capitol.","description":"Recognize the Commonwealth of Kentucky as a welcoming state that celebrates the growing diversity of its residents and acknowledges that refugees, immigrants, and all newcomers enhance the culture and the economy; proclaim Feburary 16, 2017, to be Refugee and Immigrant Day at the Capitol.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-08","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-09","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR65/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR65.htm","sponsor":"Perry Clark"},
{"bill_id":952643,"bill_number":"HB100","title":"AN ACT relating to distilled spirits.","description":"Amend KRS 241.010 to define \"vintage distilled spirits\"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 243 to regulate the selling and reselling of vintage distilled spirits; amend KRS 243.0305 to allow distillers to sell at fairs, festivals, and similar events; amend KRS 243.480 to change penalties applying to retail sales and to other violations; amend KRS 244.370 to apply Kentucky whiskey requirements to whiskey produced from grains that are cooked, fermented, and distilled in Kentucky; Sections 1 and 2 EFFECTIVE January 1, 2018.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-21","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 59)","last_action_date":"2017-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB100/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB100.htm","sponsor":"Chad McCoy"},
{"bill_id":952646,"bill_number":"SB137","title":"AN ACT relating to absentee ballots for voters.","description":"Amend KRS 117.075 and 117.085 to allow qualified voters of advanced age or with a disability or illness the means to vote by using a mail-in absentee ballot or by in-person absentee voting; make technical corrections.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-08","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-09","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB137/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB137.htm","sponsor":"Julian Carroll"},
{"bill_id":952649,"bill_number":"HB267","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 2020; 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":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-08","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-13","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB267/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB267.htm","sponsor":"James Kay"},
{"bill_id":952654,"bill_number":"HCR48","title":"Urge the United States Food and Drug Administration to withdraw its proposed standard for NNN levels on ingredients and constituents in smokeless tobacco products.","description":"Urge the United States Food and Drug Administration to withdraw its proposed standard for NNN levels on ingredients and constituents in smokeless tobacco products.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 179)","last_action_date":"2017-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR48/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HCR48.htm","sponsor":"Walker Thomas"},
{"bill_id":952657,"bill_number":"HB260","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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2017-02-08","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2017-02-22","committee":"Economic Development & Workforce Investment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB260/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB260.htm","sponsor":"Jason Nemes"},
{"bill_id":952663,"bill_number":"HR52","title":"Urge the Uniited States congress to to amend Section 1833(a)(1)(Y) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(a)(1)(Y)) to include coverage for a colorectal cancer screening test, regardless of the code that is billed, for the establishment of a diagnosis as a result of the test or for the removal of tissue or other procedure that is furnished in connection with, as a result of, and in the same clinical encounter as the screening test.","description":"Urge the Uniited States congress to to amend Section 1833(a)(1)(Y) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(a)(1)(Y)) to include coverage for a colorectal cancer screening test, regardless of the code that is billed, for the establishment of a diagnosis as a result of the test or for the removal of tissue or other procedure that is furnished in connection with, as a result of, and in the same clinical encounter as the screening test.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-02","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR52/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR52.htm","sponsor":"Melinda Prunty"},
{"bill_id":952666,"bill_number":"HR45","title":"Recognize February as Black History Month.","description":"Recognize February as Black History Month.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR45/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR45.htm","sponsor":"Attica Scott"},
{"bill_id":952670,"bill_number":"HB264","title":"AN ACT relating to postsecondary financial aid, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.","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 participating institution and student eligibility for the scholarship; prescribe the calculation of the scholarship amount; require participating institutions to submit information to the authority required for the administration of the program; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-08","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-13","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB264/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB264.htm","sponsor":"Rick Rand"},
{"bill_id":952673,"bill_number":"HB262","title":"AN ACT relating to federally mandated background checks and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 194A to require all employees of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, including contract staff, with access to federal tax information to submit to a criminal background investigation and require the promulgation of administrative regulations; create a new section of KRS Chapter 42 to require all employees of the Department of Revenue, including contract staff, with access to federal tax information to submit to a criminal background investigation and require the promulgation of administrative regulations; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-21","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 097)","last_action_date":"2017-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB262/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB262.htm","sponsor":"Russell Webber"},
{"bill_id":952677,"bill_number":"HR51","title":"Adjourn in honor of George Costello Wolfe.","description":"Adjourn in honor of George Costello Wolfe.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR51/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR51.htm","sponsor":"James Kay"},
{"bill_id":952680,"bill_number":"SR66","title":"Recognize the bicentennial of Princeton, Kentucky.","description":"Recognize the bicentennial of Princeton, Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-06","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR66/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR66.htm","sponsor":"Dorsey Ridley"},
{"bill_id":952683,"bill_number":"HCR49","title":"Reaffirm the Commonwealth's commitment to maintaining pension benefits for state and local government employees, teachers, and retirees.","description":"Reaffirm the Commonwealth's commitment to maintaining pension benefits for state and local government employees, teachers, and retirees.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-08","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-13","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR49/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HCR49.htm","sponsor":"James Kay"},
{"bill_id":952688,"bill_number":"SB143","title":"AN ACT relating to candidates for statewide office.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 121 to require candidates for statewide office to file three years of income tax returns with the Registry of Election Finance; require the registry to promulgate administrative regulations to provide a release form; require the registry to place the income tax returns on its Web site; prohibit any candidate from appearing on a ballot if a candidate fails to file his or her income tax returns with the board; amend KRS 118.125 to require that the statewide candidate's federal income tax be filed with the Registry of Election Finance before the Secretary of State or county clerk may place the candidate's name on the ballot.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-08","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-09","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB143/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB143.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":952691,"bill_number":"SR74","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Betty Jean Ormes.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Betty Jean Ormes.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-22","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR74/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR74.htm","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":952694,"bill_number":"HCR50","title":"Urge Congress to pass the bipartisan Revitalizing the Economy of Coal Communities by Leveraging Local Activities and Investing More (RECLAIM) Act to accelerate disbursement of $1 billion in available funding in the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund to revitalize coal communities hardest hit by the downturn of the coal industry.","description":"Urge Congress to pass the bipartisan Revitalizing the Economy of Coal Communities by Leveraging Local Activities and Investing More (RECLAIM) Act to accelerate disbursement of $1 billion in available funding in the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund to revitalize coal communities hardest hit by the downturn of the coal industry.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-08","last_action":"to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-13","committee":"Economic Development & Workforce Investment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR50/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HCR50.htm","sponsor":"Angie Hatton"},
{"bill_id":952698,"bill_number":"HB266","title":"AN ACT relating to commercial driver's licenses.","description":"Amend KRS 281A.010 to define \"human trafficking\"; amend KRS 281A.120 to require a person applying for a commercial driver's license to complete training related to identifying and reporting human trafficking; amend 281A.130 to conform; amend KRS 281A.170 to require commercial driver's licenses to be issued with a wallet card that outlines the signs of human trafficking and how to report it, and includes the National Human Trafficking Hotline number; amend KRS 281A.320 and 281.755 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-08","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-13","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB266/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB266.htm","sponsor":"Sannie Overly"},
{"bill_id":952701,"bill_number":"SB140","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization of the Kentucky State Fair Board.","description":"Amend KRS 247.090 to expand the membership of the State Fair Board to include the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet or his or her designee; confirm Executive Order 2016-730.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-03","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 9)","last_action_date":"2017-03-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB140/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB140.htm","sponsor":"Paul Hornback"},
{"bill_id":952706,"bill_number":"HB263","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, relating to recall petitions and to various tax rates; provide that estate tax provisions apply for deaths occurring on or after August 1, 2017, sales tax provisions are effective for periods beginning on or after October 1, 2017, motor fuels compensation provisions are effective August 1, 2017, and property tax provisions are for assessments on and after January 1, 2018.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-08","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-13","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB263/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB263.htm","sponsor":"Jim Wayne"},
{"bill_id":952710,"bill_number":"SB138","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 to 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":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-08","last_action":"recommitted to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2017-03-15","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB138/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB138.htm","sponsor":"Robin Webb"},
{"bill_id":952713,"bill_number":"SR69","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Ray Hatfield.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Ray Hatfield.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-28","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR69/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR69.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":952716,"bill_number":"HB265","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":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-20","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 35)","last_action_date":"2017-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB265/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB265.htm","sponsor":"Walker Thomas"},
{"bill_id":952719,"bill_number":"SB142","title":"AN ACT relating to survivor protection.","description":"Repeal and reenact KRS 14.260 as a new section in KRS Chapter 196 to require the director of the Division of Parole and Victim Services to operate the address protection program; allow a sworn statement to be used to prove eligibility for the program; require the program to issue a document to a participant to prove the individual's county of residence; repeal and reenact KRS 14.300 as a new section of KRS Chapter 196; repeal and reenact KRS 14.302 as a new section of KRS Chapter 196 to require the director of the Division of Parole and Victim Services to create a crime victim address protection program; repeal and reenact KRS 14.304 as a new section of KRS Chapter 196 to allow an individual participating in the address protrection program to vote; repeal and reenact KRS 14.306, 14.308, 14.310, 14.312, 14.314, 14.316, and 14.318 as new sections of KRS Chapter 196; 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 an operator's license application; amend 209A.030 to define \"application assistant\" and exempt that individual from certain reporting requirements; clarify that an application assistant shall continue to report instances of abuse and neglect of vulnerable adults and children.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-08","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-09","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB142/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB142.htm","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":952724,"bill_number":"SR73","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Nancy Lewis Sturgill.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Nancy Lewis Sturgill.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-22","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR73/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR73.htm","sponsor":"Johnny Turner"},
{"bill_id":952727,"bill_number":"HB256","title":"AN ACT relating to vehicle head lamps.","description":"Amend KRS 189.040 to prohibit headlamps that emit anything other than white light; require that all headlamps meet United States Department of Transportation regulations; prohibit headlamps that appear to emit a solid color other than white; prohibit headlamp covers or film that changes the color of the light emitted.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-08","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-13","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB256/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB256.htm","sponsor":"Myron Dossett"},
{"bill_id":952730,"bill_number":"SR64","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Marie Ceraso Sichko.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Marie Ceraso Sichko.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-01","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR64/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR64.htm","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":952734,"bill_number":"HCR46","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":"2017-02-08","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-13","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR46/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HCR46.htm","sponsor":"Mary Marzian"},
{"bill_id":952740,"bill_number":"SB139","title":"AN ACT relating to livestock.","description":"Amend KRS 100.111, 132.010, 148.001, 150.010, 151.100, 154.1-010, 176.051, 186.010, 189.222, 211.015, 217.544, 217B.040, 224.71-100, 247.010, 249.350, 253.010, 253.070, 253.130, 253.990, 256.010, 256.030, 256.080, 256.090, 261.200, 262.910, 281.605, 433.255, and 446.010 to define the term \"livestock\"; amend KRS 186.675 and 224.71-110 to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 129)","last_action_date":"2017-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB139/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB139.htm","sponsor":"Robin Webb"},
{"bill_id":952744,"bill_number":"HB258","title":"AN ACT relating to elections.","description":"Amend KRS 117.075 to extend the allotted time during which a qualified voter with disabilities can apply for a mail-in absentee ballot from seven to twelve days; allow qualified voters with disabilities the means to vote using a mail-in absentee ballot or an in-person absentee ballot; amend KRS 117.085 to allow a legal guardian to request a mail-in absentee ballot application for a voter under his or her guardianship; extend the county clerk deadline for receipt of a mail-in absentee ballot from seven to twelve days; allow qualified voters with disabilities to vote using an in-person absentee ballot; extend the time from which Kentucky uniformed-service voters can request to vote by in-person absentee ballot from seven to twelve days; amend KRS 117.227 to include acceptable forms of identification, and certain photo forms of identification; amend KRS 117.077 to allow a legal guardian the ability to request and deliver a mail-in absentee ballot to a voter who has a medical emergency when the voter is under his or her guardianship.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-08","last_action":"posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 2, 2017","last_action_date":"2017-03-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB258/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB258.htm","sponsor":"James Tipton"},
{"bill_id":952747,"bill_number":"HR47","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":"2017-03-01","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR47/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR47.htm","sponsor":"Chad McCoy"},
{"bill_id":952750,"bill_number":"HB268","title":"AN ACT relating to death-in-the-line-of-duty benefits for the Department of Military Affairs.","description":"Amend KRS 61.315 to require the Department of Military Affairs to promulgate administrative regulations establishing the criteria and procedures applicable to the administration of death-in-the-line-of-duty benefits, including but not limited to defining which National Guard or Reserve component members qualify for coverage and which circumstances constitute death in the line of duty.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-20","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 36)","last_action_date":"2017-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB268/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB268.htm","sponsor":"Mark Hart"},
{"bill_id":952757,"bill_number":"SB141","title":"AN ACT relating to commercial driver's licenses.","description":"Amend KRS 281A.010 to define \"human trafficking\"; amend KRS 281A.120 to require a person applying for a commercial driver's license to complete training related to identifying and reporting human trafficking; amend KRS 281A.130 to conform; amend KRS 281A.170 to require commercial driver's licenses to be issued with a wallet card that outlines the signs of human trafficking and how to report it, and includes the National Human Trafficking Hotline number; amend KRS 281A.190 to require a commercial driver's license holder to be disqualified from driving a commercial motor vehicle for one year if convicted of failing to report suspected human trafficking; provide that a commercial driver's license holder who uses a commercial motor vehicle in the commission of any crime involving human trafficking shall be disqualified from driving a commercial motor vehicle for life; amend KRS 281A.320 and 281.755 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-08","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-09","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB141/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB141.htm","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":952760,"bill_number":"SR67","title":"Honor Clarence \"Soc\" Clay.","description":"Honor Clarence \"Soc\" Clay.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-14","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR67/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR67.htm","sponsor":"Robin Webb"},
{"bill_id":952763,"bill_number":"SR68","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of John Fogle.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of John Fogle.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-09","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR68/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR68.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":952767,"bill_number":"HB254","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Commission on Proprietary Education.","description":"Amend KRS 165A.310 to exempt from the definition of \"proprietary school\" schools or educational institutions licensed or approved by, or a course or course of study or instruction sponsored by, the Kentucky Real Estate Commission or the Kentucky Real Estate Appraisers Board.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-08","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-13","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB254/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB254.htm","sponsor":"Dennis Keene"},
{"bill_id":952770,"bill_number":"HB261","title":"AN ACT relating to driving under the influence.","description":"Amend KRS 189A.010, 189A.070, 189A.090, and 189A.340, relating to driving under the influence, to provide that, regarding the ten-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.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2017-02-28","last_action":"reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute","last_action_date":"2017-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB261/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB261.htm","sponsor":"Jim Duplessis"},
{"bill_id":952774,"bill_number":"SB136","title":"AN ACT relating to in-state tuition for Kentucky National Guard members.","description":"Amend KRS 164.2844 to require any active member of the Kentucky National Guard to be treated as a Kentucky resident for tuition purposes when enrolling in a Kentucky public postsecondary institution.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 128)","last_action_date":"2017-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB136/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB136.htm","sponsor":"Jared Carpenter"},
{"bill_id":952778,"bill_number":"HB269","title":"AN ACT relating to substitutes for certified and classified school personnel.","description":"Amend KRS 160.380 to allow relatives who are currently ineligible for employment in a school district to serve as substitutes.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-20","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 37)","last_action_date":"2017-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB269/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB269.htm","sponsor":"Steve Riley"},
{"bill_id":952783,"bill_number":"SCR71","title":"Request Congress to investigate and take appropriate sanctions regarding actions by foreign governments designed to influence the 2016 presidential election.","description":"Request Congress to investigate and take appropriate sanctions regarding actions by foreign governments designed to influence the 2016 presidential election.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-08","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-09","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SCR71/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SCR71.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":952786,"bill_number":"HB259","title":"AN ACT relating to planning and zoning.","description":"Amend KRS 100.111 to declare the production of Kentucky Proud hand-crafted functional or decorative products on agricultural lands of 5 or more acres as agricultural uses.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-08","last_action":"to Agriculture (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-13","committee":"Agriculture","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB259/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB259.htm","sponsor":"Chad McCoy"},
{"bill_id":955359,"bill_number":"HB274","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":"2017-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 140)","last_action_date":"2017-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB274/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB274.htm","sponsor":"Phillip Pratt"},
{"bill_id":955390,"bill_number":"HB288","title":"AN ACT relating to sport utility all-terrain vehicles and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 186.010 to define \"sport utility all-terrain vehicle\"; specify that for registration purposes a sport utility all-terrain vehicle will be considered a motor vehicle; create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to allow for the operation of a sport utility ATV on state and county roadways in unincorporated areas and roadways in cities that have passed an ordinance allowing sport utility ATV use; outline requirements for operation; establish criteria for helmet use; allow local government the ability to prohibit sport utility ATV use or to limit use to certain roadways under its jurisdiction; allow reciprocity to nonresident sport utility ATV owners; create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to establish a temporary registration permit for nonresidents; outline criteria for issuance; establish a fee of $75 for each temporary permit; outline fee distribution; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-09","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-13","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB288/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB288.htm","sponsor":"Brian Linder"},
{"bill_id":955422,"bill_number":"SB147","title":"AN ACT relating to advanced practice doctoral programs at comprehensive universities.","description":"Amend KRS 164.295 to remove the maximum number of advanced practice doctoral programs that may be offered by the six comprehensive universities; require the Council on Postsecondary Education to review advanced practice doctorates consistent with its review schedule for all other academic programs; prohibit a comprehensive university from offering a terminal degree in veterinary medicine, chiropractic, or optometry or a primary degree in architecture.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-21","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 51)","last_action_date":"2017-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB147/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB147.htm","sponsor":"Mike Wilson"},
{"bill_id":955455,"bill_number":"HB273","title":"AN ACT relating to retirement benefit participation for members of the General Assembly and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 6.145 to 6.237 to allow individuals who become a member of the General Assembly on or after April 1, 2017, to make a one-time irrevocable election to not participate in the Legislators' Retirement Plan or the Kentucky Employees Retirement System for their service to the General Assembly; allow members of the General Assembly who began contributing to the Legislators' Retirement Plan or the Kentucky Employees Retirement System on or after December 31, 2014, but prior to April 1, 2017, to make a one-time irrevocable election by December 31, 2017, to discontinue participation in the Legislators' Retirement Plan or the Kentucky Employees Retirement System for their service to the General Assembly and receive a refund of accumulated contributions; provide that the election to not participate or discontinue participation in the Legislators' Retirement Plan or the Kentucky Employees Retirement System shall apply to all future service of the General Assembly; amend KRS 6.505, 61.510, and 61.525 to conform; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-09","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-13","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB273/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB273.htm","sponsor":"Robert Mills"},
{"bill_id":955551,"bill_number":"HB277","title":"AN ACT relating to local boards of education.","description":"Amend KRS 160.180 to remove board of education member eligibility restriction that no aunt, uncle, son-in-law, or daughter-in-law be employed by that board.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 192)","last_action_date":"2017-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB277/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB277.htm","sponsor":"Brandon Reed"},
{"bill_id":955583,"bill_number":"SB148","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":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-09","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-10","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB148/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB148.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":955616,"bill_number":"HB279","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":"2017-02-09","last_action":"to Local Government (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-13","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB279/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB279.htm","sponsor":"James Tipton"},
{"bill_id":955649,"bill_number":"SR76","title":"Condemn the rally taking place in Pike County of the Traditionalist Worker Party/Nationalist Front/National Socialist Movement on April 28-29, 2017.","description":"Condemn the rally taking place in Pike County of the Traditionalist Worker Party/Nationalist Front/National Socialist Movement on April 28-29, 2017.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-14","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR76/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR76.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":955683,"bill_number":"HB281","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 the Attorney General when awarding 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; amend KRS 15.100 to conform.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2017-02-27","last_action":"posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute and committee amendment (1-title)","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB281/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB281.htm","sponsor":"Jason Nemes"},
{"bill_id":955715,"bill_number":"HR53","title":"Proclaim June as Scleroderma Awareness Month in Kentucky.","description":"Proclaim June as Scleroderma Awareness Month in Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-21","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR53/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR53.htm","sponsor":"Arnold Simpson"},
{"bill_id":955747,"bill_number":"SB145","title":"AN ACT relating to elections.","description":"Amend KRS 242.060 to require the group primarily responsible for the circulation and filing of a petition to hold a local option election shall pay actual election costs as determined by the county judge/executive.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2017-02-22","last_action":"floor amendments (7), (8) and (9) filed","last_action_date":"2017-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB145/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB145.htm","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":955780,"bill_number":"SB120","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 17.510 to provide that juveniles adjudicated in other states are not required to register in Kentucky and make the provision retroactive; amend KRS 453.190 to define a \"poor person\" as one who has an income at or below 100% on the Supreme Court's sliding scale of indigency; amend KRS 534.060 to provide that no person shall be imprisoned for nonpayment of fines or court costs unless the failure to pay was willful and not due to an inability to pay; amend KRS 534.070 to raise the daily credit against a fine or court costs for time served to $75 per day or $150 per day if the defendant works at a community service or community labor program; provide that a jailer shall release the defendant, unless the defendant is incarcerated on other orders, once he or she has sufficient credit to satisfy the fine or court costs; amend KRS 23A.205 and 24A.175 to provide that if a defendant is a poor person and that he or she is unable to pay court costs in the foreseeable future, the defendant shall not be ordered to pay court costs or placed in jail for failing to pay court costs; amend various statutes to conform; amend KRS 439.250 and 439.345 to provide supervised compliance credits for some individuals on probation, parole, and post-release supervision; amend KRS 439.3108 to increase the time the Department of Corrections or the Parole Board can place a supervised individual who violates the conditions of community supervision in a detention facility; amend KRS 439.3401 to prohibit those convicted of manslaughter in the 2nd degree, reckless homicide, fetal homicide in the 3rd degree, and fetal homicide in the 4th degree from being paroled until he or she serves at least 50% of the sentence imposed; prohibit those convicted of a violation of manslaughter in the second degree or reckless homicide, when the victim was a peace officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty, from being paroled until he or she serves at least 85% of the sentence imposed; amend KRS 439.3406 to prohibit an inmate from being placed on mandatory reentry supervision if the inmate has not served at least 6 months since he or she was recommitted for a violation or has twice been released on mandatory reentry supervision; create new sections of KRS Chapter 439 to require the Department of Corrections to implement a reentry drug supervision pilot program for certain inmates and parolees with substance use disorders; create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to allow law enforcement organizations to create Angel Initiative Programs; amend KRS 202A.121 to allow appointed counsel access to records; create a new section of KRS Chapter 197 to allow the Department of Corrections to administer a Prison Industry Enhancement Certification Program (PIECP); create a new section of KRS Chapter 196 to require the Kentucky State Corrections Commission to oversee a PIECP; amend various sections in KRS Chapter 335B relating to employment and licensure of persons convicted of crimes to narrow the class of offenses to which the chapter applies, to add consideration of the passage of time since the commission of the offense to the criteria considered in making licensure decisions, to delete language relating to a hiring or licensing authority's subjective view of an ex-offender's rehabilitation, and to require an open hearing prior to a license denial for an ex-offender; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 335B.060 to exempt peace officers and other law enforcement personnel; repeal KRS 335B.040; amend various statutes to conform; amend KRS 532.100 to allow Class C and D felons eligible for placement in a local jail to participate in an approved community work program or other form of work release with the approval of the Department of Corrections; create a new section of KRS Chapter 533 to allow jails to operate a day reporting program; create new sections of KRS Chapter 441 to operate a reentry center with the approval of the Department of Corrections; amend various statutes to conform; amend KRS 15.280 to provide that the Criminal Justice Statistical Analysis Center is not the record custodian of the data sent to the center; amend KRS 15A.075 to reconstitute the Criminal Justice Counsel; create new sections of KRS Chapter 197 to specify how cost savings shall be calculated and create the criminal justice reinvestment fund to collect and appropriate those savings.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-04-10","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 158)","last_action_date":"2017-04-10","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB120/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB120.htm","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":955812,"bill_number":"HB289","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization.","description":"Confirm Executive Order 2016-902, dated December 19, 2016, reorganizing the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet's Department of Criminal Justice Training; amend KRS 15A.020 and KRS 15A.030 to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-20","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 38)","last_action_date":"2017-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB289/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB289.htm","sponsor":"John Blanton"},
{"bill_id":955844,"bill_number":"SB149","title":"AN ACT establishing the Government Nonprofit Contracting Advisory Commission.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 11 to establish the Government Nonprofit Contracting Advisory Commission; attach to the Commission on Small Business Advocacy for administrative purposes; designate as members the secretaries of the cabinets for Finance and Administration, Health and Family Services, Transportation, and Education and Workforce Development, the executive director of the Kentucky Nonprofit Network, and eight members nominated by the Kentucky Nonprofit Network and appointed by the Governor; specify that members shall serve without compensation; establish the duties of the commission to include but not be limited to reviewing and offering reports on administrative regulations, the effect of federal and state laws on nonprofit agencies, and best practices adopted by other states relating to contracting with nonprofit agencies; require an annual report.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-09","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-10","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB149/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB149.htm","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":955875,"bill_number":"HCR55","title":"Urge and petition the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, the Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and the members of the Kentucky Congressional delegation to take the appropriate steps to get the approval and funding necessary for the construction of a veterans' medical center in Radcliff, Kentucky.","description":"Urge and petition the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, the Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and the members of the Kentucky Congressional delegation to take the appropriate steps to get the approval and funding necessary for the construction of a veterans' medical center in Radcliff, Kentucky.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-09","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-13","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR55/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HCR55.htm","sponsor":"Dean Schamore"},
{"bill_id":955909,"bill_number":"HB270","title":"AN ACT relating to manufactured housing.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186A to require filing of an affidavit of severance with the county clerk when a manufactured home is to be removed from real estate located within the county; include requirements for information included on the affidavit of severance; require the county clerk to provide a copy of the affidavit of severance to the property valuation administrator.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-21","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 098)","last_action_date":"2017-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB270/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB270.htm","sponsor":"DJ Johnson"},
{"bill_id":955974,"bill_number":"HB275","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create new sections of KRS 17.500 to 17.580 to require sex offender registrants to pay an annual $75 registration fee; allow the Department of Kentucky State Police to waive the fee if the registrant was found at the time of conviction 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; establish the sex offender registry fund; amend KRS 17.500 to revise the definition of \"criminal offense against a victim who is a minor,\" \"registrant information,\" and \"residence\"; 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 registrant's parental rights have or are being terminated, the registrant was convicted of any sex crime or criminal offense against the victim who is a minor in which the child of the registrant was the victim, or the registrant has been convicted of a criminal offense against a victim who is a minor; 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; 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, 2018.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-09","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-13","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB275/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB275.htm","sponsor":"Kevin Sinnette"},
{"bill_id":956008,"bill_number":"HB282","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization.","description":"Amend various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to rename the Department for Public Advocacy as the Department of Public Advocacy; confirm Executive Order 2016-901.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-04-10","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 167)","last_action_date":"2017-04-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB282/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB282.htm","sponsor":"Jason Petrie"},
{"bill_id":956040,"bill_number":"HB271","title":"AN ACT relating to education requirements for cosmetologists.","description":"Amend KRS 317A.050 to reduce the hours of education required for an apprentice cosmetologist license from 1,800 to 1,500; amend KRS 317A.090 to require cosmetology schools to provide courses of instruction of at least 1,500 hours instead of 1,800 hours.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-21","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 099)","last_action_date":"2017-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB271/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB271.htm","sponsor":"Robert Mills"},
{"bill_id":956073,"bill_number":"HB278","title":"AN ACT relating to heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems.","description":"Amend KRS 198B.650 to redefine \"maintenance person or maintenance engineer\" and \"routine maintenance of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning;\" amend KRS 198B.658 to eliminate the requirement of a minimum of five years' experience for out-of-state applicants; amend KRS 198B.678 to prohibit a master HVAC contractor from representing more than one firm, company, or corporation unless the contractor resides in Kentucky and has a minimum of 25% ownership in each firm, company, or corporation that the contractor represents; create a new section of KRS Chapter 198B and amend KRS 318.054 to allow HVAC and plumbing companies a 180-day interim period to operate their businesses if the master HVAC or master plumbing license holder of that company has died.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-09","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-13","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB278/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB278.htm","sponsor":"Jeffery Donohue"},
{"bill_id":956105,"bill_number":"HB285","title":"AN ACT relating to weapons carried by current and retired peace officers.","description":"Repeal KRS 237.137, which authorized off-duty and retired peace officers to carry concealed firearms at any location where on-duty officers may carry firearms.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-09","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-13","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB285/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB285.htm","sponsor":"Jim Wayne"},
{"bill_id":956136,"bill_number":"SB150","title":"AN ACT relating to long-term care facilities.","description":"Amend KRS 216.555 to establish language related to the contents of advertising and specify that the contents of advertising publications related to long-term care facilities does not include nongovernmental publications.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 108)","last_action_date":"2017-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB150/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB150.htm","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":956170,"bill_number":"HB283","title":"AN ACT relating to the disclosure of public retirement information.","description":"Amend KRS 61.661, 161.585, and 21.540 to require the disclosure of the retirement benefit information for individuals who are receiving combined annualized retirement benefits from the state-administered retirement systems exceeding twice Kentucky's annualized per capita personal income; required disclosure for each individual shall include their name, status, and projected or actual retirement benefit benefits from Kentucky Retirement Systems, Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System, Legislators' Retirement Plan, and the Judicial Retirement Plan; require information to be posted on the executive branch transparency Web site as provided by KRS 42.032; amend KRS 42.032 to conform.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2017-02-09","last_action":"floor amendment (1) filed","last_action_date":"2017-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB283/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB283.htm","sponsor":"Jerry Miller"},
{"bill_id":956202,"bill_number":"HB280","title":"AN ACT relating to abortion.","description":"Amend 2017 Regular Session HB 2/GA to exempt women whose pregnancies resulted from rape or incest from having an ultrasound prior to an abortion; amend 2017 Regular Session SB 5/GA to allow women whose pregnancies resulted from rape or incest to have an abortion even if the probable post-fertilization age of the unborn child is 20 weeks or greater.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-09","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-13","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB280/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB280.htm","sponsor":"Joni Jenkins"},
{"bill_id":956235,"bill_number":"HB272","title":"AN ACT relating to estheticians.","description":"Amend 317B.025 to reduce the hours of instruction required for licensure from 1,000 to 700.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-02-24","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-27","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB272/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB272.htm","sponsor":"Robert Mills"},
{"bill_id":956269,"bill_number":"HB276","title":"AN ACT relating to statutorily mandated boards, councils, and commissions within state government.","description":"Repeal various sections in KRS Chapters 11, 15., 18A, 36, 64, 146, 147, 153, 158, 164, 171, 177, 198B, 205, 211, 216, 336, 342, and 403 to abolish inactive boards, commissions, committees, and councils, including the Agricultural Resource Development Authority, the Architectural Barriers Advisory Committee, the Athletic Trainers Advisory Council, the Auto and Truck Recyclers Licensing Advisory Board, the Capitol Centennial Commission, the Cardiovascular Disease Initiative, the Child Support Enforcement Commission, the Children’s Health Insurance Program Advisory Council, the Diabetes Research Board, the Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, the Advisory Committee for Educational Improvement, the e-Health Network Board, the Council for Families and Children, the Family Health Care Providers Board, the Innovation Commission, the Labor-Management Advisory Council, the My Old Kentucky Home Advisory Commission, the National Guard and Reserve Employers’ Council, the Natural History Museum Board of Directors, the Personnel Steering Committee, the Public Officials Compensation Commission, the Southern Growth Policies Board, the Underground Railroad Advisory Council, the War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission, the Workers’ Compensation Advisory Council, the Bicentennial Commission, the Health Care Infrastructure Authority, and the Historical Events Celebration Commission; amend KRS 148.400 to direct the use of funds in the “My Old Kentucky Home Endowment Fund”; amend KRS 403.705 to decrease the responsibilities of local domestic violence coordinating councils and to direct any recommendations be transferred to the commissioner of the Department for Community Based Services; repeal, reenact and amend KRS 407.707 to create a Sexual Assault Response Team Advisory Committee attached to the Department for Community Based Services, staffed as necessary by the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; transfer any committee recommendations to the commissioner of the Department for Community Based Services; require the secretary to make certain appointments; establish continuation of service of members of the Sexual Assault Response Team Advisory Committee; direct transfer of funds of abolished boards, commissions, committees, and councils to the appropriate cabinets and agencies; amend various KRS sections to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-21","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 080)","last_action_date":"2017-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB276/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB276.htm","sponsor":"Phil Moffett"},
{"bill_id":956333,"bill_number":"SR75","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Parker Beam.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Parker Beam.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-14","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR75/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR75.htm","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":956365,"bill_number":"HB287","title":"AN ACT relating to eliminating retirement benefits for state officers and their political appointments taking office on or after December 1, 2019.","description":"Amend KRS 61.525 to provide that, effective December 1, 2019, certain elective and appointed officers as exempted from the classified service under KRS 18A.115 shall not participate in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System (KERS) during his or her term of office; amend KRS 61.510 to change the definition of \"employee\" to exclude elective or appointed officers otherwise ineligible to participate KERS; make technical and conforming amendments to KRS 61.520 and 61.525.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-09","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-13","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB287/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB287.htm","sponsor":"James Kay"},
{"bill_id":956399,"bill_number":"HJR54","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 restraint on the federal government and that limit the powers and jurisdiction of the federal government; to state that the application be aggregated with the applications of other states limited for the purposes identified in the applications; state that the application be a continuing application until a convention is called or until the application is withdrawn by the Kentucky General Assembly.","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 restraint on the federal government and that limit the powers and jurisdiction of the federal government; to state that the application be aggregated with the applications of other states limited for the purposes identified in the applications; state that the application be a continuing application until a convention is called or until the application is withdrawn by the Kentucky General Assembly.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2017-02-09","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2017-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR54/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HJR54.htm","sponsor":"Jim DeCesare"},
{"bill_id":956431,"bill_number":"HB286","title":"AN ACT relating to eliminating retirement benefits for legislators taking office on or after January 1, 2018.","description":"Amend KRS 6.505 to close the Legislators' Retirement Plan to new members effective January 1, 2018; amend KRS 61.525 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 January 1, 2018; amend KRS 61.510, 61.520, and 61.525 to make technical and conforming amendments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-09","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-13","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB286/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB286.htm","sponsor":"James Kay"},
{"bill_id":956463,"bill_number":"SB146","title":"AN ACT relating to the licensure of genetic counselors.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to establish and administer the licensure of genetic counselors under the State Board of Medical Licensure; define relevant terms; require a license to practice genetic counseling on and after January 1, 2018; prohibit holding oneself out as a genetic counselor without a license; exempt certain types of professionals from licensure as a genetic counselor; establish conditions for the board to issue a regular or temporary genetic counselor license; set requirements for license renewal or reinstatement and license renewal dates; allow waiver from continuing education requirements under listed circumstances; enable the board to promulgate administrative regulations relating to genetic counselors; establish the Kentucky Genetic Counselors Advisory Committee, whose members are selected by the board; designate committee procedures; authorize the committee to give the board its recommendations for administrative regulations and other matters; list reasons the board may take disciplinary action against a licensee; amend KRS 311.990 to add penalties for violating the genetic counselor licensing statutes; amend KRS 311.550 to exclude the practice of genetic counseling from the practice of medicine or osteopathy.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 107)","last_action_date":"2017-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB146/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB146.htm","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":956495,"bill_number":"HB284","title":"AN ACT relating to property valuation and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 132.690, relating to property valuation administrator (PVA) inspections to establish that improvements to real property be inspected on-site, in person visually by the PVA or his or her deputy, and that subsequent inspections may be either on-site, through the use of digital imaging technology, or by other means approved by the Department of Revenue; amend KRS 133.120 to provide for an extension of PVA taxpayer conferences and subsequent appeals for up to 25 days, as approved by the department; amend KRS 133.030, relative to the county board of assessment appeals, to accommodate the changes relative to the extension of appeals; amend KRS 133.125, 132.220, and 133.045 to conform; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-21","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 081)","last_action_date":"2017-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB284/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB284.htm","sponsor":"Michael Meredith"},
{"bill_id":958362,"bill_number":"HB308","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 of 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":"2017-03-08","last_action":"2nd reading, to Rules","last_action_date":"2017-03-29","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB308/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB308.htm","sponsor":"Addia Wuchner"},
{"bill_id":958365,"bill_number":"HB306","title":"AN ACT relating to an exemption from 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.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-21","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 085)","last_action_date":"2017-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB306/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB306.htm","sponsor":"Michael Meredith"},
{"bill_id":958369,"bill_number":"HB301","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":"2017-02-28","last_action":"reassigned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB301/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB301.htm","sponsor":"Danny Bentley"},
{"bill_id":958373,"bill_number":"HB298","title":"AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 243 and amend KRS 243.030 and 243.990 to establish a wine direct shipper license for wine manufacturers, producers, suppliers, importers, wholesalers, and retailers; create application requirements necessary to obtain a direct wine shipper license; establish shipping requirements for licensees; prohibit licensees from shipping to addresses located in dry and moist territories; establish a $100 initial registration fee and a $50 renewal fee; allow the Department of Revenue to perform an audit of a licensee's records upon request.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-10","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-14","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB298/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB298.htm","sponsor":"Phil Moffett"},
{"bill_id":958376,"bill_number":"SB157","title":"AN ACT relating to water districts.","description":"Amend KRS 74.025 to authorize the Public Service Commission to remove all governing persons of a water district for specified causes; authorize the Public Service Commission and the Division of Water to manage the water district or have the commission redraw the geographical area of the water district.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-10","last_action":"returned to Natural Resources & Energy (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-28","committee":"Natural Resources and Energy","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB157/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB157.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":958380,"bill_number":"HCR59","title":"Designate April 6, 2017, as the World War One Centennial Day throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","description":"Designate April 6, 2017, as the World War One Centennial Day throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-20","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 26)","last_action_date":"2017-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR59/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HCR59.htm","sponsor":"Tim Moore"},
{"bill_id":958383,"bill_number":"SB154","title":"AN ACT relating to continuing education.","description":"Amend KRS 316.130 to remove the 6-hour, in-person continuing education requirement for funeral directors and embalmers.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-10","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-13","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB154/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB154.htm","sponsor":"Stephen Meredith"},
{"bill_id":958387,"bill_number":"HB309","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 installed by the tenant; 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":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 191)","last_action_date":"2017-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB309/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB309.htm","sponsor":"Melinda Prunty"},
{"bill_id":958391,"bill_number":"SB20","title":"AN ACT relating to juvenile justice.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapters 15A, 27A, and 194A to require 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 and create training requirements; create new sections of KRS Chapters 15A and 158, to require the development and reporting of plans to ameliorate disproportionate minority contact with juvenile justice and education systems; amend KRS 156.095 to require professional development for education professionals on juvenile justice topics; create a new section of KRS Chapter 31 to allow the Division of Protection and Advocacy to investigate the use of restraint and seclusion in schools and require confidentiality; amend KRS 15.334 to require training on juvenile justice topics; create new sections of KRS Chapter 610 to create a minimum age of criminal responsibility of 12 years of age; amend KRS 503.010 to define \"physical restraint\"; amend KRS 503.110 to limit the permissible use of physical restraint by teachers or school personnel; amend KRS 635.020 to limit the youthful offender process to cases involving offenses against persons; amend KRS 158.135 to define \"state agency children\"; amend KRS 15A.220 to require facilities under contract to DJJ to report data; add data reporting from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; 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 and to limit the exclusion of children from the time limits placed on certain dispositions; 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 various sections to conform; 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":"2017-02-10","last_action":"recommitted to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2017-03-15","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB20/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB20.htm","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":958399,"bill_number":"HB302","title":"AN ACT relating to sales and use tax.","description":"Amend KRS 139.470 to exempt from sales and use tax 35% of the gross receipts derived from the sale of utilities to restaurants located in Kentucky; exemption applies for sales made on and after July 1, 2017, but before August 2, 2022; require Department of Revenue to report to the Legislative Research Commission.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-10","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-14","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB302/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB302.htm","sponsor":"Jason Nemes"},
{"bill_id":958402,"bill_number":"HB312","title":"AN ACT relating to student financial assistance.","description":"Amend KRS 164.7531 to end the Best in Class, Best in Care, and Best in Law programs by June 30, 2018; amend KRS 164.769 to allow teacher scholarship recipients who teach dual credit coursework in a high school to receive two semesters of teacher scholarship promissory note cancellation for each semester spent teaching.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-20","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 40)","last_action_date":"2017-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB312/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB312.htm","sponsor":"Steve Riley"},
{"bill_id":958406,"bill_number":"HB305","title":"AN ACT relating to treatment for alcohol and other drug abuse.","description":"Amend KRS 222.431, relating to criteria for involuntary treatment for alcohol and other drug abuse, to specify that the no person shall be ordered to undergo treatment unless the person can reasonably benefit from treatment in accordance with a qualified health professional's recommendation; amend KRS 222.432 to provide that a judge can order a person to undergo treatment for up to one year; clarify that the petition for treatment may be initiated in a District Court in the county in which the person resides on a permanent or temporary basis; clarify that the petitioner is responsible for only those costs of evaluation and treatment not covered by a third-party payor; clarify that no petitioner shall be required to place a deposit with the court to cover the costs of evaluation and treatment; amend KRS 222.433 to clarify that the petitioner can choose the qualified health professionals who will evaluate the respondent; allow an examination of a qualified health professional performed within the last 3 months to be admissible as one of the required examinations; allow the petitioners an opportunity to file the correct paperwork and to gather additional evidence; allow for the renewal of the petition for treatment beyond one year; allow the court order to be amended to place the respondent in a more appropriate treatment program; amend KRS 222.434 to clarify that the District Court of any county where the person may be found may issue a 72 hour emergency treatment order; create a new section of KRS 222.430 to 222.437 to require treatment programs to notify the court when the respondent fails to appear or participate in treatment as ordered by the court; amend KRS 222.435 to allow the petitioner, or a person chosen by the petitioner, to transport the respondent to a hospital, to an examination, or to a treatment program; create a new section of KRS 222.430 to 222.437 to provide that proceedings are not open to the public and that any court records of a respondent are confidential; 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":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2017-03-03","last_action":"reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute","last_action_date":"2017-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB305/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB305.htm","sponsor":"Kimberly Moser"},
{"bill_id":958410,"bill_number":"HB297","title":"AN ACT relating to pressure sore treatment and prevention.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to require all health facilities to follow pressure sore prevention and treatment protocols as approved by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-10","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-14","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB297/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB297.htm","sponsor":"John Blanton"},
{"bill_id":958413,"bill_number":"HB311","title":"AN ACT relating to employment at veterans' nursing homes.","description":"Amend KRS 40.325 to permit the executive director of the Office of Kentucky Veterans' Centers to contract to hire licensed nursing staff at the state veterans' nursing homes, and exempt those contracts from certain provisions in KRS Chapter 45A; amend KRS 45A.690 to exempt these nursing contracts from the definition of \"personal service contracts.\"","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-20","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 39)","last_action_date":"2017-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB311/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB311.htm","sponsor":"Tim Moore"},
{"bill_id":958417,"bill_number":"HB294","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 $2,000; exempt wheels, tires, and glass from the calculation of the damage reporting threshold; amend KRS 190.0491 to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 139)","last_action_date":"2017-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB294/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB294.htm","sponsor":"Suzanne Miles"},
{"bill_id":958420,"bill_number":"HB291","title":"AN ACT relating to public safety.","description":"Amend KRS 446.010 to define \"drone\"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 500 prescribe permitted and prohibited uses of drones; provide exceptions; prohibit use of evidence obtained by a drone in violation of stated prohibitions; authorize that section of the bill to be cited as the \"Citizens' Freedom from Unwarranted Surveillance Act\"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 501 to clarify criminal liability for offenses committed using a drone; create a new section of KRS Chapter 525 to create the offense of obstructing an emergency responder; create new section of KRS Chapter 511 to create offense of trespass on critical infrastructure.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2017-02-23","last_action":"floor amendment (3) filed to Committee Substitute","last_action_date":"2017-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB291/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB291.htm","sponsor":"Diane St Onge"},
{"bill_id":958425,"bill_number":"HB303","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":"2017-02-10","last_action":"to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-14","committee":"Economic Development & Workforce Investment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB303/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB303.htm","sponsor":"James Kay"},
{"bill_id":958430,"bill_number":"HB313","title":"AN ACT relating to elections.","description":"Amend KRS 242.020 to prohibit changing a petition for a local option election once it has been filed; establish petition requirements 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 require a local option election to be held on the same day as a primary or regular election; require 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; 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 242.022, 242.1242, and 242.1244, to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-10","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-14","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB313/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB313.htm","sponsor":"David Osborne"},
{"bill_id":958433,"bill_number":"HJR58","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to honor Nick Mills by placing signs on United States Highway 25E, at the Knox County/Bell County line and the Laurel County/Knox County line that read, \"Home of Nick Mills 2017, Grand National American Coon Hunting Champion.\"","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to honor Nick Mills by placing signs on United States Highway 25E, at the Knox County/Bell County line and the Laurel County/Knox County line that read, \"Home of Nick Mills 2017, Grand National American Coon Hunting Champion.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-10","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-14","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR58/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HJR58.htm","sponsor":"Jim Stewart"},
{"bill_id":958437,"bill_number":"HB292","title":"AN ACT relating to the distribution of fuel tax revenues.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 177, regarding allocation of a portion of fuel tax revenue to the rural secondary and county road aid funds, to change the revenue-sharing formula on the portion of fuel tax revenue which exceeds $825 million in any year to divide 48.2% of motor fuel tax revenues in excess of $825 million between incorporated and unincorporated areas based on population and road mileage; clarify that the share of the two splits allocated to incorporated areas shall be used by cities and unincorporated urban places in accordance with Sections 3, 4, and 5 of the Act; clarify that the share of the two 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 177.365 to clarify that the allocation of fuel taxes to incorporated areas shall be used by cities for city streets; amend KRS 177.366 to eliminate the use of population as the sole factor in distributing municipal road aid funds and instead allocate 75% of the funds based on population, and 25% based on road mileage; amend KRS 177.010 to define the term \"revenue-sharing road\" amend KRS 177.320, 177.330, 177.360, 177.369, 179.410, 179.415, 138.220, and 177.020 to conform; EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2018.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-10","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-14","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB292/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB292.htm","sponsor":"Jerry Miller"},
{"bill_id":958442,"bill_number":"HB290","title":"AN ACT relating to utilization reviews.","description":"Amend KRS 304.17A-600, relating to health benefit plans, to include the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) in the definition of nationally recognized accreditation organizations.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-10","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-14","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB290/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB290.htm","sponsor":"David Hale"},
{"bill_id":958445,"bill_number":"SB152","title":"AN ACT relating to legislative ethics.","description":"Amend KRS 6.716 to reduce the ethics training time requirement for members of the General Assembly from three hours to thirty minutes and remove CLE eligibility; repeal KRS 7.101 requiring sexual and workplace harassment training for General Assembly members.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-10","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-13","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB152/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB152.htm","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":958450,"bill_number":"HB295","title":"AN ACT relating to an adoption tax credit.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to allow an income tax credit for qualified adoption expenses incurred by an individual in an amount equal to 20% of the allowable federal credit for qualified adoption expenses; require reporting by the Department of Revenue; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the tax credit; amend various sections of KRS Chapter 131 and 141 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-10","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-14","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB295/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB295.htm","sponsor":"Rocky Adkins"},
{"bill_id":958454,"bill_number":"HR57","title":"Honor the work of the Kentucky Main Street Program and participating communities across the Commonwealth.","description":"Honor the work of the Kentucky Main Street Program and participating communities across the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR57/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR57.htm","sponsor":"Chad McCoy"},
{"bill_id":958458,"bill_number":"HB314","title":"AN ACT relating to controlled substance monitoring.","description":"Amend KRS 218A.202 to require certain hospitals to report positive toxicology screens to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; permit federal prosecutors and agents to use KASPER; permit practitioners or pharmacists to review KASPER reports of birth mothers of potentially drug-exposed infants; remove a pilot program relating to real-time electronic monitoring; make other technical corrections; amend KRS 218A.240 to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 138)","last_action_date":"2017-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB314/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB314.htm","sponsor":"Danny Bentley"},
{"bill_id":958462,"bill_number":"SB153","title":"AN ACT relating to postsecondary funding, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 establishing a comprehensive funding model for the allocation of state appropriations to public postsecondary institutions based on student success, course completion, and other components; establish the public university sector formula and the KCTCS sector formula in the model and require 100% of allocable resources to be distributed through the formulas; establish the funding parameters for each formula; direct the Council on Postsecondary Education to implement the funding model; include hold-harmless and stop-loss provisions in the formulas through 2021; require the Council on Postsecondary Education to establish a working group to review the model every three years; direct the Office of the State Budget Director to distribute the funds as determined by the model, including the performance funds appropriated in the 2016 budget bill; establish the Postsecondary Education Performance Fund for distribution of the funds allocated through the model; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-21","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 52)","last_action_date":"2017-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB153/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB153.htm","sponsor":"David Givens"},
{"bill_id":958465,"bill_number":"HJR56","title":"Direct the Kentucky Division of Water to conduct a study identifying privately owned and operated small wastewater treatment plants in the state, as well as providing certain data relating to the plants, to devise a practical emergency intervention method to respond to plant failures, and to suggest any legislative changes that are necessary to prevent failures or abandonment of these plants and ensure continuity of service to the plants' customers; EMERGENCY.","description":"Direct the Kentucky Division of Water to conduct a study identifying privately owned and operated small wastewater treatment plants in the state, as well as providing certain data relating to the plants, to devise a practical emergency intervention method to respond to plant failures, and to suggest any legislative changes that are necessary to prevent failures or abandonment of these plants and ensure continuity of service to the plants' customers; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 149)","last_action_date":"2017-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR56/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HJR56.htm","sponsor":"Russell Webber"},
{"bill_id":958470,"bill_number":"SB158","title":"AN ACT relating to the prescriptive authority of advanced practice registered nurses.","description":"Amend KRS 314.011 to remove limitations on the prescriptive authority of advanced practice registered nurses promulgated in administrative regulations; eliminate the Kentucky Board of Nursing's Controlled Substances Formulary Development Committee; amend 314.042 to require an advanced practice registered nurse to obtain registration through the United States Drug Enforcement Agency before prescribing Schedule II through V controlled substances; eliminate the Collaborative Agreement for the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse's Prescriptive Authority for Controlled Substances; eliminate requirements for those collaborative agreements and advanced practice registered nurses who hold them.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-10","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-13","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB158/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB158.htm","sponsor":"Paul Hornback"},
{"bill_id":958475,"bill_number":"SB155","title":"AN ACT relating to public protection.","description":"Amend KRS 227.250 to add gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-10","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-13","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB155/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB155.htm","sponsor":"Albert Robinson"},
{"bill_id":958478,"bill_number":"SCR78","title":"Designate April 6, 2017, as the World War One Centennial Day throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","description":"Designate April 6, 2017, as the World War One Centennial Day throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-03-02","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (H)","last_action_date":"2017-03-07","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SCR78/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SCR78.htm","sponsor":"Albert Robinson"},
{"bill_id":958484,"bill_number":"SB160","title":"AN ACT relating to veterans.","description":"Amend KRS 40.050 to add gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-10","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-13","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB160/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB160.htm","sponsor":"Albert Robinson"},
{"bill_id":958489,"bill_number":"HB299","title":"AN ACT relating to the reorganization of the Workers' Compensation Nominating Commission.","description":"Amend KRS 342.213 to abolish the Workers' Compensation Nominating Commission; create the Workers' Compensation Nominating Committee; set the number and experience of members; describe the duties and responsibilities of the committee; amend KRS 12.020, 336.020, and 342.228 to conform; confirm Executive Order 2016-319.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-21","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 083)","last_action_date":"2017-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB299/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB299.htm","sponsor":"Matt Castlen"},
{"bill_id":958493,"bill_number":"SB159","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":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 109)","last_action_date":"2017-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB159/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB159.htm","sponsor":"Jared Carpenter"},
{"bill_id":958496,"bill_number":"HB304","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":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-21","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 084)","last_action_date":"2017-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB304/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB304.htm","sponsor":"Addia Wuchner"},
{"bill_id":958500,"bill_number":"HB293","title":"AN ACT relating to the reorganization of the Kentucky Labor Cabinet.","description":"Amend KRS 12.020 and 336.020 to rename divisions within the Labor cabinet, move the Division of Workers' Compensation Funds to the Department of Workers' Claims, move the Office of General Counsel from the Department of Workers' Claims to the Labor Cabinet's Office of General Counsel, and abolish the Workers' Compensation Advisory Council; amend KRS 336.164, 336.165, 342.120, 342.122, and 342.382 to conform; amend KRS 342.215 and 342.230 to exempt Workers' Compensation Board members, department employees, and administrative law judges from the classified service; repeal KRS 342.0012, relating to the Workers' Compensation Advisory Council; confirm Executive Order 2016-855.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-21","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 082)","last_action_date":"2017-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB293/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB293.htm","sponsor":"Rob Rothenburger"},
{"bill_id":958505,"bill_number":"SB151","title":"AN ACT relating to franchises.","description":"Amend KRS 337.010, 338.021, 341.070, 342.690, and 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 Chapters 337, 338, 341, 342, and 344, respectively; provide that neither a franchisor or employee of a franchisor shall be deemed to be an employee of the franchisee for purposes of KRS Chapters 337, 338, 341, 342, and 344, respectively; define \"franchisee\" and \"franchisor.”","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-16","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 24)","last_action_date":"2017-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB151/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB151.htm","sponsor":"Stephen Meredith"},
{"bill_id":958508,"bill_number":"SB156","title":"AN ACT relating to airports.","description":"Amend KRS 183.090 to require the Department of Aviation to inspect and license only those airports that fall under the definition of a general aviation airport; amend KRS 183.011 to define \"general aviation airport.\"","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-03-02","last_action":"returned to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-03-08","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB156/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB156.htm","sponsor":"Ernie Harris"},
{"bill_id":958512,"bill_number":"HB310","title":"AN ACT relating to land bank authorities.","description":"Amend KRS 65.350 to clarify definition of \"party\" or \"parties\" and add definition of \"local government lien\"; amend KRS 65.355 to allow acquisition of blighted properties consistent with KRS 99.705; amend KRS 65.365 to allow use of electronic mail instead of postal services; amend KRS 65.370 to incorporate properties acquired through local government liens, and clarify that agreements may provide a purpose for the acquisition, extinguish certain property tax claims upon acquisition, assign proceeds of disposition to the authority, assign 50% of subsequent ad valorem taxes to the authority for 5 years; amend KRS 65.375 to make a technical amendment to language.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-02-22","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-23","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB310/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB310.htm","sponsor":"Joni Jenkins"},
{"bill_id":958518,"bill_number":"HB307","title":"AN ACT relating to implementation of screening and interventions to improve student learning.","description":"Amend KRS 158.305 to revise the definition of \"dyslexia\"; define \"qualified screening tool\"; require each school district to develop a policy related to its response-to-intervention system; require teacher preparation programs to include dyslexia and response-to-intervention components; require professional development for teachers on dyslexia and response-to-intervention components; require the Department of Education to establish a list of qualified screening tools; require school districts to administer a qualified screening tool to students at least once per year; describe the action to be taken by schools when a student shows characteristics of dyslexia; require the Department of Education to develop dyslexia resources for teachers.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-02-23","last_action":"2nd reading, to Rules","last_action_date":"2017-03-15","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB307/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB307.htm","sponsor":"Addia Wuchner"},
{"bill_id":958524,"bill_number":"SR77","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Lillian B. Perkins.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Lillian B. Perkins.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-10","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR77/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR77.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":958528,"bill_number":"HB296","title":"AN ACT relating to workers' compensation.","description":"Amend KRS 342.020 to limit the obligation to pay medical benefits indefinitely for certain permanent partial disabilities; limit medical benefits to age 70 or four years after date of injury, whichever is later, except for permanent total awards or awards involving prosthetic devices which continue for as long as the employee is disabled; limit the number of urine drug screens for which an employer, insurer, or payment obligor is required to pay; amend KRS 342.035 to require the commissioner of the Department of Workers' Claims to develop, adopt, and implement treatment guidelines and a pharmaceutical formulary on or before December 31, 2018; amend KRS 342.040 to reduce the amount of interest paid on awards; amend KRS 342.125 to clarify that the four-year reopening window begins only from the date of the original order granting or denying benefits; amend KRS 342.185 to provide a statute of repose for cumulative trauma claims; amend KRS 342.320 to increase limitation on attorney's fees to $18,000; amend KRS 342.700 to extend subrogation recovery of medical expenses and delete reference to legal fees and expense; amend KRS 342.730 to allow payment of temporary total disability benefits to be offset for net wages paid to an employee during a period of light-duty work or work in an alternative job position; amend KRS 342.990 to conform; specify the applicability of substantive changes to claims arising on or after effective date of Act and remedial changes to all claims irrespective of injury date.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-02-23","last_action":"returned to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2017-03-07","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB296/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB296.htm","sponsor":"Adam Koenig"},
{"bill_id":959606,"bill_number":"HB323","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":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-03-06","last_action":"returned to Natural Resources & Energy (S)","last_action_date":"2017-03-14","committee":"Natural Resources and Energy","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB323/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB323.htm","sponsor":"Robert Benvenuti"},
{"bill_id":959608,"bill_number":"HJR66","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to place honorary signs on United State Highway 23 entering Johnson County recognizing Johnson Central High School, 2016 KHSSA Class 4A Football Champions.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to place honorary signs on United State Highway 23 entering Johnson County recognizing Johnson Central High School, 2016 KHSSA Class 4A Football Champions.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-13","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-15","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR66/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HJR66.htm","sponsor":"William Wells"},
{"bill_id":959610,"bill_number":"HB334","title":"AN ACT relating to advertising alcohol.","description":"Amend KRS 242.250 to allow a retailer to advertise its company name, address, and telephone number on signs, posters, billboards, and indoor or outdoor images.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-13","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-15","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB334/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB334.htm","sponsor":"Sal Santoro"},
{"bill_id":959612,"bill_number":"SB75","title":"AN ACT relating to campaign finance.","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 anonymous and cash contribution limits to $100, and 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 to subdivisions and affiliates of political parties; make those contribution limits not applicable to contributions to a state executive committee's building fund account; increase the contribution limit to caucus campaign committees to $5,000; allow married couples to make a contribution with one check that reflects the combined individual contribution limits of each individual spouse for all elections in a calendar year; amend KRS 121.230 to conform; create a new section of KRS Chapter 121 to allow the executive committees 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 6.767 to add a definition for \"accept\" that specifies the time when a contribution is accepted.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 122)","last_action_date":"2017-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB75/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB75.htm","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":959616,"bill_number":"SR84","title":"Mar 14-WITHDRAWN","description":"Mar 14-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-13","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2017-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR84/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR84.htm","sponsor":"Dorsey Ridley"},
{"bill_id":959618,"bill_number":"HB337","title":"AN ACT relating to employment contracts for local law enforcement agencies.","description":"Amend KRS 70.290 to provide that for employment contracts entered into on or after the effective date of the Act, the amount of reimbursement is not to be prorated.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-21","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 088)","last_action_date":"2017-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB337/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB337.htm","sponsor":"Steven Rudy"},
{"bill_id":959620,"bill_number":"HB336","title":"AN ACT relating to cost-sharing requirements for pharmacy benefits.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to prohibit a health benefit plan from requiring a copayment for pharmacy benefits that exceeds the amount the pharmacy or pharmacist would receive from all payment sources.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-13","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-15","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB336/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB336.htm","sponsor":"Bart Rowland"},
{"bill_id":959622,"bill_number":"SB164","title":"AN ACT relating to minor users of tanning beds.","description":"Amend KRS 217.920 to define \"phototherapy device\"; 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; amend KRS 217.924 to remove reference to consent forms.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-13","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-14","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB164/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB164.htm","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":959624,"bill_number":"HJR60","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to erect signs on United States Route 27 entering Lincoln County that read \"Home of Roby Mullins, 2016 NASP 3D Outdoor World Archery Champion \" and erect signage to be in place for one year from the date of its placement.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to erect signs on United States Route 27 entering Lincoln County that read \"Home of Roby Mullins, 2016 NASP 3D Outdoor World Archery Champion \" and erect signage to be in place for one year from the date of its placement.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-13","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-15","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR60/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HJR60.htm","sponsor":"David Meade"},
{"bill_id":959628,"bill_number":"SB165","title":"AN ACT relating to the reorganization of the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission.","description":"Repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 230.225 to reestablish the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission; make designated cabinet secretaries or their designees voting members of the commission; change the term of office for commissioners from three to four years; stagger terms for initial appointees; delete per diem amounts for commissioners; confirm Executive Orders 2016-229 and 2016-494.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-21","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 54)","last_action_date":"2017-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB165/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB165.htm","sponsor":"Steve West"},
{"bill_id":959630,"bill_number":"HB318","title":"AN ACT relating to local code enforcement.","description":"Amend KRS 65.8811, relating to local code enforcement boards, to allow participating local governments who are parties to an interlocal agreement to share appointments and permit joint appointments; amend KRS 65.8825 to specify means of service of process of upon alleged violators of local government ordinances; amend KRS 65.8836 to require the government Web site to be updated with final order information at the same time electronic notification of the final order is sent; make technical correction.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-21","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 086)","last_action_date":"2017-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB318/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB318.htm","sponsor":"Michael Meredith"},
{"bill_id":959632,"bill_number":"SR79","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":"2017-02-23","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR79/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR79.htm","sponsor":"Ernie Harris"},
{"bill_id":959634,"bill_number":"HB320","title":"AN ACT relating to deferred deposit transactions.","description":"Amend KRS 286.9-010 to define \"annual percentage rate,\" \"consideration,\" and \"interest\"; amend KRS 286.9-100 to delete the service fee of $15 per $100 and establish a maximum annual percentage rate of 36% for deferred deposit transactions; provide that making a deferred deposit transaction in violation of the maximum interest provisions is an unfair, false, misleading, and deceptive practice in violation of the Consumer Protection Act and subject to its rights and remedies; prohibit a licensee from engaging in deceptive practices to evade the requirements of Subtitle 9 of KRS Chapter 286; amend KRS 286.9-102 to require a licensee to conspicuously display interest charges for services; create a new section of Subtitle 9 of KRS Chapter 286 to provide that knowing violation of the maximum allowable interest rate provisions shall be deemed a forfeiture of the entire interest for the transaction and the person who paid the interest, or his or her legal representative, may recover twice the amount paid in any action against the lender if commenced within two years of the deferred deposit transaction.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-13","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-15","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB320/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB320.htm","sponsor":"Darryl Owens"},
{"bill_id":959637,"bill_number":"SB175","title":"Feb 14-WITHDRAWN","description":"Feb 14-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-13","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2017-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB175/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB175.htm","sponsor":"Wil Schroder"},
{"bill_id":959641,"bill_number":"SB166","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 full terms of office and Representatives from serving more than four full terms of office, beginning with those elected in 2018.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-13","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-14","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB166/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB166.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":959643,"bill_number":"HB317","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 1/1/2018.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-13","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-15","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB317/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB317.htm","sponsor":"Suzanne Miles"},
{"bill_id":959645,"bill_number":"HJR65","title":"Direct the Transpiration Cabinet to designate a Harlan County bridge in honor of WW II Veteran William Blake and to erect the appropriate signage.","description":"Direct the Transpiration Cabinet to designate a Harlan County bridge in honor of WW II Veteran William Blake and to erect the appropriate signage.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-13","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-15","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR65/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HJR65.htm","sponsor":"Chris Fugate"},
{"bill_id":959647,"bill_number":"HR69","title":"Urge and petition the President of the United States and the Department of Homeland Security to rescind the immigration ban and to comply with the federal court orders as quickly as feasibly possible.","description":"Urge and petition the President of the United States and the Department of Homeland Security to rescind the immigration ban and to comply with the federal court orders as quickly as feasibly possible.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-13","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-15","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR69/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR69.htm","sponsor":"Jeffery Donohue"},
{"bill_id":959650,"bill_number":"HB328","title":"AN ACT relating to expungement.","description":"Amend KRS 431.073 to make additional offenses eligible for expungement; reduce filing fee for felony expungement from $500 to $200; amend KRS 431.076 to allow expungement of charges dismissed without prejudice; amend KRS 431.078 to require certain records to be expunged if the law specifies a period for enhancement and that period has expired; amend KRS 431.079 to limit requirement of certification to convictions which have not been pardoned.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-13","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-15","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB328/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB328.htm","sponsor":"Darryl Owens"},
{"bill_id":959652,"bill_number":"HB345","title":"AN ACT relating to special powers of appointment.","description":"Amend KRS 381.226 to exclude any interest in property created by the exercise of a special power of appointment granted by an instrument that was irrevocable on September 25, 1985, from being construed as requiring the interests to vest within the period specified in KRS 381.224, 381.225, and 381.226.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-13","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-15","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB345/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB345.htm","sponsor":"Chris Harris"},
{"bill_id":959655,"bill_number":"SR82","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Robert M. Hensley.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Robert M. Hensley.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR82/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR82.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":959657,"bill_number":"HB350","title":"AN ACT relating to the veteran designation on license plates.","description":"Amend KRS 186.041 to add members of the National Guard or a Reserve component, who have retired or completed a minimum of 20 years of service, to those eligible for the veteran license plates and reflect the change in the federal active-duty service requirement from 24 months to 180 days.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 137)","last_action_date":"2017-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB350/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB350.htm","sponsor":"Regina Huff"},
{"bill_id":959659,"bill_number":"HB340","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 Easements (PACE) Corporation board in the evaluation of credit applications; amend various statutes to allow the Department of Revenue to report credit information to the Legislative Research Commission.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-13","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-15","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB340/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB340.htm","sponsor":"James Kay"},
{"bill_id":959662,"bill_number":"HB315","title":"AN ACT relating to gang violence prevention and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 506 to define \"criminal gang\" and \" pattern of criminal gang activity\"; enumerate what constitutes criminal gang recruitment in the first, second, and third degree; amend KRS 506.120 to define \"criminal gang syndicate\" and associated penalties for defendants convicted of certain offenses committed while acting as a criminal gang syndicate; amend KRS 506.150 to revise evidence that is corroborative of the existence of a gang or gang membership; create new sections of KRS Chapter 506 to require that anyone who is found to be a member of a criminal gang at the time of commission of a felony, and who is 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 subject 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 prevention database; repeal KRS 506.140, relating to criminal gang recruitment; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2017-02-27","last_action":"reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute","last_action_date":"2017-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB315/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB315.htm","sponsor":"Robert Benvenuti"},
{"bill_id":959664,"bill_number":"HB321","title":"AN ACT relating to deferred deposit transactions.","description":"Amend KRS 286.9-991 to increase civil penalties under Subtitle 9 of KRS Chapter 286.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-13","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-15","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB321/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB321.htm","sponsor":"Darryl Owens"},
{"bill_id":959668,"bill_number":"HB324","title":"AN ACT relating to third-party service providers of depository institutions.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 1 of KRS Chapter 286 to define \"commissioner\" and \"department\" for the chapter; create a new section of Subtitle 2 of KRS Chapter 286 to subject third-party service providers of depository institutions to regulation and examination by the Department of Financial Institutions; allow the commissioner to charge fees for the cost of examinations; make confidential any reports of examination, except under certain circumstances; allow the commissioner to enter into cooperative agreements with other state of federal agencies to facilitate examinations.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-21","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 087)","last_action_date":"2017-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB324/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB324.htm","sponsor":"William Wells"},
{"bill_id":959670,"bill_number":"HB330","title":"AN ACT relating to tax increment financing and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 65.490 to allow an extension of time for certain tax increment financing pilot programs; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 189)","last_action_date":"2017-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB330/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB330.htm","sponsor":"David Osborne"},
{"bill_id":959673,"bill_number":"HB329","title":"AN ACT relating to securities fraud.","description":"Amend KRS 292.991 to specify felony charges for violations of KRS 292.320 based on the amount of the fraud; amend criminal penalties for general violation provisions of KRS Chapter 292 to include only violations of KRS 292.330, 292.332, 292.240, 292.440, 292.450, or 292.500.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-20","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 41)","last_action_date":"2017-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB329/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB329.htm","sponsor":"Joseph Fischer"},
{"bill_id":959675,"bill_number":"HB332","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 as the Kentucky Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2017-02-13","last_action":"floor amendment (1) filed","last_action_date":"2017-02-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB332/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB332.htm","sponsor":"Addia Wuchner"},
{"bill_id":959679,"bill_number":"SB174","title":"AN ACT relating to health care cost transparency.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define \"allowed amounts,\" \"service,\" \"program,\" and \"shoppable health care service\"; require providers to disclose allowed amounts of the service provided within 2 business days; require insurers to establish an interactive mechanism with payment information made by the insurer to providers and to provide a good-faith estimate of cost to the insured; require an insurer to develop an incentive program that shares cost savings with the insured based on the insured's choice; require the insurer to report information under the program to the Department of Insurance; require the Department of Insurance to report information to the Interim Joint Committee on Banking and Insurance; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2018.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-13","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-14","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB174/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB174.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":959681,"bill_number":"HR63","title":"Urge Congress to reassess the federal definition of industrial hemp, allowing the product to contain up to one percent (1%) delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) on a dry weight basis.","description":"Urge Congress to reassess the federal definition of industrial hemp, allowing the product to contain up to one percent (1%) delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) on a dry weight basis.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2017-02-13","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Agriculture","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR63/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR63.htm","sponsor":"Dan Johnson"},
{"bill_id":959683,"bill_number":"SB172","title":"AN ACT relating to discrimination in the workplace based on pregnancy.","description":"Amend KRS 344.030 to include within the definition of \"reasonable accommodations,\" accommodations made for pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions; define \"related medical conditions;\" amend KRS 344.040 to make it unlawful for employers to 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":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-13","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-14","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB172/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB172.htm","sponsor":"Alice Kerr"},
{"bill_id":959686,"bill_number":"SJR85","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to include Keith Whitley on the Country Music Highway on United States Route 23 and erect the appropriate signage.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to include Keith Whitley on the Country Music Highway on United States Route 23 and erect the appropriate signage.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-13","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-14","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR85/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SJR85.htm","sponsor":"Johnny Turner"},
{"bill_id":959688,"bill_number":"HB325","title":"AN ACT relating to credit unions.","description":"Amend KRS 286.6-100 to grant the commissioner of the Department of Financial Institutions the authority to charge credit unions an annual fee and fees for extraordinary services performed by the department.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-13","last_action":"posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 23, 2017","last_action_date":"2017-02-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB325/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB325.htm","sponsor":"William Wells"},
{"bill_id":959691,"bill_number":"HJR64","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a Harlan County bridge in honor and memory of PFC Kenneth Ward Harris, and erect the appropriate signage.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a Harlan County bridge in honor and memory of PFC Kenneth Ward Harris, and erect the appropriate signage.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-13","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-15","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR64/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HJR64.htm","sponsor":"Chris Fugate"},
{"bill_id":959693,"bill_number":"HB331","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 in English and in Spanish 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":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-13","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-15","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB331/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB331.htm","sponsor":"Mary Marzian"},
{"bill_id":959695,"bill_number":"HB348","title":"AN ACT relating to powers of appointment.","description":"Establish KRS Chapter 390 and create new sections thereof to provide that the chapter may be cited as the Kentucky Uniform Powers of Appointment Act; define various terms; specify the governing law over the power of appointment; state that common law supplements this chapter; outline the creation of a power of appointment; prohibit the transfer of a power of appointment; specify general presumptions upon a power of appointment's creation; make an exception to the general presumption about a power of appointment; define \"adverse party\"; allow a donor to revoke or amend a power of appointment in certain instances; state when a power of appointment may be exercised; provide that a residuary clause manifests a powerholder's intent to exercise a power of appointment; state that a blanket-exercise clause extends to a power acquired by the powerholder after executing the instrument containing the clause; require substantial compliance with a formal requirement of appointment; outline permissible appointments; provide that appointment to a deceased appointee is ineffective; appointment to an impermissible appointee is ineffective; require a powerholder's intent be carried out in cases of selective allocation; establish the procedure for disposition of property ineffectively appointed; provide for the disposition of unappointed property under released or unexercised general power; provide for the disposition of unappointed property under released or unexercised nongeneral power; provide for the disposition of unappointed property if partial appointment is to the taker in default; provide for the disposition of property appointed to the taker in default; allow a powerholder to revoke or amend an exercise; allow a powerholder to disclaim a power of appointment or contract to appoint or not appoint any property subject to the power; allow a powerholder to release a power of appointment; state the method in which a powerholder may release a power of appointment; allow a powerholder to revoke or amend a release of power; allow a powerholder of a presently exercisable power of appointment and a not presently exercisable power of appointment to contract; establish a remedy for a powerholder's breach of a contract to appoint or not to appoint appointive property; outline the rights of a powerholder's creditors in appointive property; state when appointive property is subject to a claim when the power is general; state when appointive property is subject to a claim when the power is nongeneral; require uniformity of interpretation and application with regards to other states that have enacted this Act; specify how the enactment of this Act affects existing powers of appointment; repeal KRS 386.095, 394.060, and 394.070.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-13","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-15","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB348/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB348.htm","sponsor":"Chris Harris"},
{"bill_id":959698,"bill_number":"HB333","title":"AN ACT relating to controlled substances.","description":"Amend KRS 218A.010 to define \"fentanyl,\" \"carfentanil,\" and \"fentanyl derivatives\"; amend KRS 218A.020 to expand the authority of the Office of Drug Control Policy to request the rescheduling of a substance; amend KRS 218A.050 to schedule fentanyl derivatives as Schedule I controlled substances; amend KRS 218A.1410 to include carfentanil, fentanyl, or fentanyl derivatives; amend KRS 218A.1412 to make trafficking in any amount of fentanyl, carfentanil, or fentanyl derivatives subject to elevated penalties; amend KRS 218A.142 to include carfentanil, fentanyl, or fentanyl derivatives; amend KRS 218A.205 to require state licensing boards to promulgate regulations limiting prescriptions for Schedule II controlled substances for acute pain to a three day supply, with certain exceptions; create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to create a new offense of trafficking in a misrepresented controlled substance.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-04-10","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 168)","last_action_date":"2017-04-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB333/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB333.htm","sponsor":"Kimberly Moser"},
{"bill_id":959700,"bill_number":"SB168","title":"AN ACT relating to deferred deposit transactions.","description":"Amend KRS 286.9-010 to define \"annual percentage rate,\" \"consideration,\" and \"interest\"; amend KRS 286.9-100 to delete the service fee of $15 per $100 and establish a maximum annual percentage rate of 36% for deferred deposit transactions; provide that making a deferred deposit transaction in violation of the maximum interest provisions is an unfair, false, misleading, and deceptive practice in violation of the Consumer Protection Act and subject to its rights and remedies; prohibit a licensee from engaging in deceptive practices to evade the requirements of Subtitle 9 of KRS Chapter 286; amend KRS 286.9-102 to require a licensee to conspicuously display interest charges for services; create a new section of Subtitle 9 of KRS Chapter 286 to provide that knowing violation of the maximum allowable interest rate provisions shall be deemed a forfeiture of the entire interest for the transaction and the person who paid the interest, or his or her legal representative, may recover twice the amount paid in any action against the lender if commenced within two years of the deferred deposit transaction.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-13","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-14","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB168/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB168.htm","sponsor":"Alice Kerr"},
{"bill_id":959702,"bill_number":"SR83","title":"Honor the work of the Kentucky Main Street Program and participating communities across the Commonwealth.","description":"Honor the work of the Kentucky Main Street Program and participating communities across the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR83/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR83.htm","sponsor":"Robin Webb"},
{"bill_id":959705,"bill_number":"SB167","title":"AN ACT relating to the Public Service Commission.","description":"Amend KRS 278.050 to increase membership of the Public Service Commission (PSC) from three to seven commissioners; require an election of the commissioners in accordance with KRS Chapter 118; provide that initial election of PSC commissioners will be the regular election in November 2019; provide that each member of the commission shall be eligible for membership in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System as set forth in KRS 61.510 to 61.705; amend KRS 278.060 to change qualifications of the commissioners; amend KRS 278.120, 278.702, and 11A.010 to conform; repeal KRS 278.070, relating to removal of commissioners.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-13","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Energy (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-14","committee":"Natural Resources and Energy","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB167/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB167.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":959710,"bill_number":"HB327","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":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-13","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-14","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB327/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB327.htm","sponsor":"Mary Marzian"},
{"bill_id":959712,"bill_number":"HJR61","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a portion of the Mountain Parkway as the Verne G. Orndorff Memorial Highway and erect appropriate signs.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a portion of the Mountain Parkway as the Verne G. Orndorff Memorial Highway and erect appropriate signs.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-13","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-15","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR61/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HJR61.htm","sponsor":"Donna Mayfield"},
{"bill_id":959716,"bill_number":"SB163","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization.","description":"Amend KRS 11.068 to remove responsibility of state government organization analysis from the Office of the State Budget Director; amend KRS 18A.030 to require the secretary of the Personnel Cabinet to be responsible for state government organization analysis; confirm Executive Order 2016-734.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-21","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 53)","last_action_date":"2017-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB163/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB163.htm","sponsor":"Rick Girdler"},
{"bill_id":959719,"bill_number":"HB335","title":"AN ACT relating to school safety.","description":"Amend KRS 158.148 to require a school district's code of acceptable behavior to prohibit bullying, including bullying that is motivated by the student's race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry or ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, gender, gender identity and expression, or other distinguishing characteristics.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-13","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-15","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB335/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB335.htm","sponsor":"Mary Marzian"},
{"bill_id":959721,"bill_number":"HB344","title":"AN ACT relating to trusts and future interest.","description":"Amend KRS 381.225 to provide that a new perpetuities period may be started when a power of appointment is exercised, if the person exercising the power so provides.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-13","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-15","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB344/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB344.htm","sponsor":"Chris Harris"},
{"bill_id":959723,"bill_number":"HB346","title":"AN ACT relating to trusts.","description":"Amend KRS 386.175 to provide that a second trust may be created from an original trust whose terms have been modified pursuant to KRS 386.175.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-13","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-15","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB346/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB346.htm","sponsor":"Chris Harris"},
{"bill_id":959728,"bill_number":"HB326","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 Representatives from serving more than eight consecutive terms in office, not including partial terms, and to prevent Senators from serving more than four consecutive terms of office, including a partial term of three years or more, beginning with those elected in 2020; allow legislators to resume service, if reelected, 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":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-13","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-15","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB326/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB326.htm","sponsor":"William Wells"},
{"bill_id":959731,"bill_number":"SB176","title":"AN ACT relating to military surplus vehicles.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186A to allow the titling of military surplus vehicles; set provisions for titling; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations pertaining to the titling of these vehicles; amend KRS 186A.115 to require military surplus vehicles to be inspected prior to titling; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations relating to inspection and modifications; require the Transportation Cabinet to create a new inspection form for military surplus vehicles; make technical corrections; amend KRS 186.010 to define \"military surplus vehicle\"; specify that a military surplus vehicle is a motor vehicle.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-21","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 55)","last_action_date":"2017-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB176/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB176.htm","sponsor":"Steve West"},
{"bill_id":959733,"bill_number":"SB173","title":"AN ACT relating to Department of Juvenile Justice facilities and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Provide authorization for the proceeds of the sale of state-owned real property and improvements in Owensboro, Kentucky operated by the Department of Juvenile Justice to be used to service debt relating to the Department of Juvenile Justice's Guaranteed Energy Savings Performance Contract loans.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 130)","last_action_date":"2017-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB173/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB173.htm","sponsor":"Joe Bowen"},
{"bill_id":959735,"bill_number":"SB170","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization.","description":"Amend KRS 12.020 to create, within the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet, the Office of Film and Tourism Development; abolish the Office of Sports Authority and the Office of Research and Administration; abolish the Commission on Small Business Advocacy within the cabinet; confirm Executive Order 2016-856.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 110)","last_action_date":"2017-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB170/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB170.htm","sponsor":"Alice Kerr"},
{"bill_id":959738,"bill_number":"HB338","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 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":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2017-02-13","last_action":"floor amendment (1) filed","last_action_date":"2017-03-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB338/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB338.htm","sponsor":"Mary Marzian"},
{"bill_id":959741,"bill_number":"HJR67","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a portion of KY 9 in Mason County as the \"Mason County Veterans Memorial Highway\" and to erect signage denoting this designation;","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a portion of KY 9 in Mason County as the \"Mason County Veterans Memorial Highway\" and to erect signage denoting this designation;","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-13","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-15","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR67/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HJR67.htm","sponsor":"John Sims"},
{"bill_id":959743,"bill_number":"HR68","title":"Honor the Hopkinsville High School Marching Band upon winning the Kentucky Music Educators Association AAAA State Championship.","description":"Honor the Hopkinsville High School Marching Band upon winning the Kentucky Music Educators Association AAAA State Championship.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR68/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR68.htm","sponsor":"Walker Thomas"},
{"bill_id":959745,"bill_number":"SB161","title":"AN ACT relating to school employees.","description":"Amend KRS 160.380 to allow the superintendent to determine whether a national background check is required for each classified initial hire as a condition of employment.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-02-23","last_action":"posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 8, 2017","last_action_date":"2017-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB161/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB161.htm","sponsor":"Mike Wilson"},
{"bill_id":959747,"bill_number":"HB322","title":"AN ACT relating to elections.","description":"Amend KRS 117.381 to remove straight-party voting as an option in a regular election.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-13","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-15","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB322/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB322.htm","sponsor":"Joni Jenkins"},
{"bill_id":959749,"bill_number":"HR62","title":"Recognize February 13, 2017, as Epilepsy Awareness Day in Kentucky.","description":"Recognize February 13, 2017, as Epilepsy Awareness Day in Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-13","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR62/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR62.htm","sponsor":"Jeffery Donohue"},
{"bill_id":959754,"bill_number":"SB10","title":"AN ACT relating to telecommunications.","description":"Amend KRS 278.5435 to remove PSC regulatory authority over retail phone service in all exchanges not previously deregulated.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-20","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 43)","last_action_date":"2017-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB10/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB10.htm","sponsor":"Paul Hornback"},
{"bill_id":959756,"bill_number":"HB319","title":"AN ACT relating to elections.","description":"Amend KRS 242.020 to require that any person or group of persons that wants to circulate a petition for a local option election must first file with the county clerk the intent to circulate a petition before signatures are collected; require that a person or group of persons post a bond with the Circuit Court to cover all costs of the election within five days of filing the petition if the local option election will be held on any day other than a primary or regular election date; require that petitions have the signature and legibly printed name of the voter and the year of the voter's birth; require that if such an election is held on a day other than a primary or regular election date, the person or group of persons circulating the petition will pay for the costs of the local option election; amend KRS 242.030 to require that the petition contain the date of the local option election; permit a local option question to be placed on a ballot on a primary or a regular election day and to establish deadlines and procedures for the filing of petitions; amend KRS 242.022, 242.1242, and 242.1244 to apply to urban-county governments, charter counties, consolidated local governments, and unified local governments and to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 190)","last_action_date":"2017-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB319/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB319.htm","sponsor":"Kenny Imes"},
{"bill_id":959758,"bill_number":"HB316","title":"AN ACT relating to carrying concealed weapons.","description":"Create a new section of Chapter 237 to allow concealed deadly weapons to be carried without a license in same locations as concealed carry license holders may carry them; amend KRS 237.115 and 527.020 to conform.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2017-02-13","last_action":"floor amendments (7-title) and (8) filed","last_action_date":"2017-03-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB316/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB316.htm","sponsor":"Wesley Morgan"},
{"bill_id":959760,"bill_number":"HB343","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization.","description":"Amend KRS 12.020 and 12.023 to include the Kentucky Communications Network Authority; establish Subchapter 15 of KRS Chapter 154 and create new sections to create the Kentucky Communications Network Authority and its board; define terms; specify duties of the Authority and the Board; amend KRS 42.732 to add the executive director of the Kentucky Communications Network Authority to the KY Information Technology Advisory Council; confirm Executive Order 2016-513.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-21","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 089)","last_action_date":"2017-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB343/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB343.htm","sponsor":"Larry Brown"},
{"bill_id":959762,"bill_number":"HB342","title":"AN ACT relating to conversion therapy and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapters 311, 319, and 335 to prohibit practitioners from engaging in conversion therapy, including the compensation and advertisement for conversion therapy; require violations to be subject to board discipline and false claims laws; prohibit public funds from being used for conversion therapy; define conversion therapy and public funds; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-13","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-15","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB342/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB342.htm","sponsor":"Jim Wayne"},
{"bill_id":959766,"bill_number":"HB339","title":"AN ACT relating to taxation.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 establishing the apparently wholesome food income tax credit equaling 20% of the fair market value of apparently wholesome food donated in Kentucky; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the tax credit; amend KRS 131.190 to allow Department of Revenue to provide information to the Legislative Research Commission; amend various statutes to conform and to make technical changes.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-13","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-15","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB339/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB339.htm","sponsor":"Jason Nemes"},
{"bill_id":959768,"bill_number":"HR70","title":"Commend the Kentucky Council on Problem Gambling, Inc., for 20 years of service to the Commonwealth.","description":"Commend the Kentucky Council on Problem Gambling, Inc., for 20 years of service to the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR70/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR70.htm","sponsor":"David Osborne"},
{"bill_id":959770,"bill_number":"SB162","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization.","description":"Amend KRS 18A.025 to add the Division of Technology Services, Division of Human Resources, and Division of Financial Services to the Office of Administrative Services in the Office of the Secretary; rename the Office of Diversity and Equality the Office of Diversity, Equality, and Training; rename the Center for Strategic Innovation the Office of Public Affairs; abolish the Division of Technology Services in the Department of Human Resources Administration; amend KRS 12.020 to conform; confirm Executive Order 2016-555.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-13","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-14","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB162/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB162.htm","sponsor":"Rick Girdler"},
{"bill_id":959773,"bill_number":"SR81","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of David Bruce Stevens.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of David Bruce Stevens.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR81/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR81.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":959777,"bill_number":"HB341","title":"AN ACT relating to campaign finance.","description":"Amend KRS 121.015 to amend the definition of \"contributing organization,\" to add a 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":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-13","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-15","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB341/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB341.htm","sponsor":"James Kay"},
{"bill_id":959779,"bill_number":"HB349","title":"Feb 16-WITHDRAWN","description":"Feb 16-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-13","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2017-02-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB349/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB349.htm","sponsor":"Jody Richards"},
{"bill_id":959781,"bill_number":"HB347","title":"AN ACT relating to decedents' estates.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 396, relating to decedents' estates, to require publication of notice upon appointment of a personal representative; amend KRS 396.011 to limit time for presentation of claims against a decedent's estate.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-02-24","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-27","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB347/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB347.htm","sponsor":"Chris Harris"},
{"bill_id":959783,"bill_number":"SB169","title":"AN ACT relating to penalties for deferred deposit transaction violations.","description":"Amend KRS 286.9-991 to increase civil penalties under Subtitle 9 of KRS Chapter 286.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-13","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-14","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB169/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB169.htm","sponsor":"Alice Kerr"},
{"bill_id":959785,"bill_number":"SB171","title":"AN ACT relating to executive branch ethics.","description":"Amend KRS 11A.010 to redefine \"public servant\"; amend KRS 11A.040 to prohibit a former officer from acting as a lobbyist or a lobbyist's principal for a period of two years after leaving office or termination of employment.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-13","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-14","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB171/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB171.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":961185,"bill_number":"HB373","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 100 % of the proceeds go to the Kentucky Employee Retirement System for nonhazardous employees and to the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System in equal amounts after administrative expenses to pay for oversight of casino gaming is deducted; include ballot language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-14","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-15","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB373/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB373.htm","sponsor":"Jerry Miller"},
{"bill_id":961187,"bill_number":"HB365","title":"AN ACT relating to pharmacy benefits.","description":"Amend KRS 304.17A-165 to prohibit insurers from requiring the use of mail-order pharmacies and prohibit a difference in cost-sharing between retail and mail-order pharmacies; 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 and prohibit a difference in cost-sharing between retail and mail-order; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2018.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-14","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-15","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB365/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB365.htm","sponsor":"Jeff Greer"},
{"bill_id":961190,"bill_number":"SR90","title":"Honor Makayla Epps.","description":"Honor Makayla Epps.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-07","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR90/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR90.htm","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":961193,"bill_number":"HJR76","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to erect signs near the town of Hi Hat in Floyd County honoring Jimmy Rose, 3-time Basketball All-American.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to erect signs near the town of Hi Hat in Floyd County honoring Jimmy Rose, 3-time Basketball All-American.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-14","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-15","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR76/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HJR76.htm","sponsor":"Larry Brown"},
{"bill_id":961197,"bill_number":"SB184","title":"AN ACT relating to motor carriers.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 281 to establish the Motor Carrier Commisison; set forth membership and duties of the commisison; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations establishing a civil penalties administration for safety and tax violations; repeal KRS 281.900 and 281.905, relating to the Kentucky Motor Carrier Advisory Committee.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-14","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-15","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB184/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB184.htm","sponsor":"Jared Carpenter"},
{"bill_id":961201,"bill_number":"HB355","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; amend various statutes to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-14","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-15","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB355/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB355.htm","sponsor":"Adam Koenig"},
{"bill_id":961204,"bill_number":"SJR92","title":"Designate the Sergeant Walker \"Hayes\" Bentley Memorial Highway in Pike County.","description":"Designate the Sergeant Walker \"Hayes\" Bentley Memorial Highway in Pike County.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-14","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-15","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR92/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SJR92.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":961208,"bill_number":"HB353","title":"AN ACT relating to the taking of the sense of the people of the Commonwealth as to the necessity and expediency of calling a convention to revise or amend the Constitution of Kentucky, and the amendments that may have been made to it, as provided by Section 258 of the Constitution of Kentucky.","description":"Propose to take the sense of the people of Kentucky regarding the calling of a convention to revise or amend the Constitution of Kentucky, as provided by Section 258 of the present Constitution.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-14","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-15","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB353/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB353.htm","sponsor":"Phil Moffett"},
{"bill_id":961211,"bill_number":"SR91","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of David Bruce Stevens.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of David Bruce Stevens.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-14","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR91/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR91.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":961214,"bill_number":"SB190","title":"AN ACT relating to educational stability for children in an out-of-home placement.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 600 to establish educational stability requirements for when a child is placed in an out-of-home placement.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-03-02","last_action":"returned to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2017-03-08","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB190/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB190.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
{"bill_id":961219,"bill_number":"HJR72","title":"Designate the George A. \"Tony\" Ellis Memorial Bridge, and direct placement of appropriate signs.","description":"Designate the George A. \"Tony\" Ellis Memorial Bridge, and direct placement of appropriate signs.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-14","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-15","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR72/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HJR72.htm","sponsor":"Steven Rudy"},
{"bill_id":961223,"bill_number":"HR77","title":"Recognize Frankfort, Kentucky, on its 20th anniversary as a Tree City USA.","description":"Recognize Frankfort, Kentucky, on its 20th anniversary as a Tree City USA.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR77/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR77.htm","sponsor":"Derrick Graham"},
{"bill_id":961226,"bill_number":"HB357","title":"AN ACT relating to the transfer of real property on death.","description":"Create KRS Chapter 394 and establish within it the Kentucky Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act to codify provisions for the creation, administration, modification, termination and validity of transfer on death deeds; provide definitions; clarifies that a transfer on death deed is not an inter vivos transfer and transfer occurs at the time of the transferor’s death; provide that the transferor retains the power to revoke a transfer on death deed, enumerate that a transfer on deed is nontestmentary; establish requirements for the elements of a transfer on death deed and clarify recording of a transfer on death deed; provide that a transfer on death deed is effective without notice to or acceptance by the beneficiary during the transferor’s lifetime; establish provisions for revocation of a transfer on death deed by instrument or act; enumerate effect of transfer on death deed during transferor’s life; provide for the impact of transfer on death deeds at the transferor’s death; allow a beneficiary to disclaim all or part of the beneficiary’s interests; clarify impact of transfer on death deed on claims when estate is insufficient; enumerate that a beneficiary of a transfer on death deed may disclaim the property interest in the deed; provide the form for creating a transfer on death deed; provide the form for revocation of a transfer on death deed; require that the provisions of Chapter 394 be applied and construed so as to promote uniformity; conform to federal requirements related to electronic signatures and records; specify the applicability of Chapter 394 to current law; provide that this Chapter may be cited as the Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act; and amend KRS 382.110; 391.360, and 403.190 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-14","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-15","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB357/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB357.htm","sponsor":"Dennis Keene"},
{"bill_id":961230,"bill_number":"SB183","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization.","description":"Confirm Executive Order 2016-832, relating to the reorganization of the Public Service Commission, which is administratively attached to the Energy and Environment Cabinet.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-21","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 56)","last_action_date":"2017-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB183/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB183.htm","sponsor":"Jared Carpenter"},
{"bill_id":961233,"bill_number":"SB177","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization.","description":"Amend KRS 18A.025 to add the Division of Technology Services, Division of Human Resources, and Division of Financial Services to the Office of Administrative Services in the Office of the Secretary; rename the Office of Diversity and Equality the Office of Diversity, Equality, and Training; rename the Center for Strategic Innovation the Office of Public Affairs; abolish the Division of Technology Services in the Department of Human Resources Administration; amend KRS 12.020 to conform; confirm Executive Order 2016-555.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 111)","last_action_date":"2017-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB177/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB177.htm","sponsor":"Rick Girdler"},
{"bill_id":961237,"bill_number":"HB369","title":"AN ACT relating to successor corporation asbestos-related liabilities.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 411 to define terms, apply limitations to successor corporations' liability, except in certain enumerated situations; stipulate when the fair market value of a successor corporation's total gross assets are determined; stipulate how a successor corporation may establish fair market value; stipulate how the prime rate is to be calculated.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2017-02-14","last_action":"floor amendment (1) filed","last_action_date":"2017-02-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB369/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB369.htm","sponsor":"Diane St Onge"},
{"bill_id":961243,"bill_number":"HB362","title":"AN ACT relating to sales and use taxes.","description":"Amend KRS 139.570 to increase the maximum amount of compensation that a seller shall deduct from each sales and use return from $50 to $1,500 for timely remitting the sales and use tax to the Department of Revenue; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2017.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-14","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-15","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB362/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB362.htm","sponsor":"DJ Johnson"},
{"bill_id":961246,"bill_number":"SB188","title":"AN ACT relating to city mandates.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 6 to prohibit the General Assembly from imposing requirements on cities that require city expenditures or tax levies without fully funding the requirement or making the requirements contingent on city legislative body approval; make these provisions inapplicable if the requirements are the result of a federal mandate; ensure that the provisions do not affect KRS 6.950 to 6.975.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2017-03-02","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2017-03-06","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB188/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB188.htm","sponsor":"Paul Hornback"},
{"bill_id":961251,"bill_number":"SB186","title":"AN ACT relating to terrorism.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to allow a person injured by an act of terrorism to file a claim for damages against the terrorist; create a new section of KRS Chapter 525 to establish a crime of terrorism as a capital offesnse; state that a person convicted of terrorism shall not be released early; amend KRS 532.025 to add a conviction of terrorism as an aggravator for the death penalty.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-14","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2017-03-06","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB186/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB186.htm","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":961254,"bill_number":"HR73","title":"Honor the Kentucky Association for Economic Development for 50 years of remarkable contributions to the Commonwealth.","description":"Honor the Kentucky Association for Economic Development for 50 years of remarkable contributions to the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-07","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR73/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR73.htm","sponsor":"Jim DeCesare"},
{"bill_id":961258,"bill_number":"SJR93","title":"Designate the Pvt. Clyde Bentley Memorial Bridge in Pike County.","description":"Designate the Pvt. Clyde Bentley Memorial Bridge in Pike County.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-14","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-15","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR93/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SJR93.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":961262,"bill_number":"HB354","title":"AN ACT relating to railroads.","description":"Amend KRS 277.200 to prohibit a railroad company from stopping trains on the tracks and obstructing a private road that serves as the only entrance to a residence; amend KRS 277.990 to set fine for violation of KRS 277.200 at between $500 and $5,000.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-14","last_action":"posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 3, 2017","last_action_date":"2017-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB354/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB354.htm","sponsor":"Brian Linder"},
{"bill_id":961265,"bill_number":"HB356","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 require the removal and destruction of a DNA sample, DNA record, or any other identifiable information of a person from the DNA database identification system if the person's arrest or conviction that led to the taking of the DNA sample or inclusion of the DNA record resulted in an acquittal, a dismissal, a conviction for only nonfelony offenses, or were dismissed-diverted; amend KRS 64.060 to establish a $5 payment from the State Treasury to the collecting agency for each DNA sample collected.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2017-02-14","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2017-03-06","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB356/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB356.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Meeks"},
{"bill_id":961269,"bill_number":"SB192","title":"AN ACT relating to the monitoring of controlled substances.","description":"Amend KRS 218A.010 to modify a definition; amend KRS 218A.020 to require that controlled substances scheduled by the federal Controlled Substances Act be regulated in the same schedule as the federal schedule; establish a method to schedule in a more restrictive schedule at the state level; amend KRS 218A.202 to require certain hospitals to report positive toxicology screens to CHFS; permit federal prosecutors and agents to use KASPER; permit practitioners or pharmacists to review KASPER reports of birth mothers of potentially drug-exposed infants; remove a pilot program relating to real-time electronic monitoring; make other technical corrections; amend KRS 218A.240, 243.100, 243.390, 243.500, and 314.011 to conform; repeal KRS 218A.030, 218A.050, 218A.070, 218A.090, 218A.110, and 218A.130, relating to the previous controlled substances scheduling system.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-14","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-15","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB192/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB192.htm","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":961273,"bill_number":"HR78","title":"Reocgnize March as Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Month.","description":"Reocgnize March as Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Month.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-01","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR78/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR78.htm","sponsor":"Brandon Reed"},
{"bill_id":961276,"bill_number":"HR71","title":"Recognize the 100th anniversary of the Kentucky Beverage Association, whose members represent the refreshing, nonalcoholic beverage industry in Kentucky.","description":"Recognize the 100th anniversary of the Kentucky Beverage Association, whose members represent the refreshing, nonalcoholic beverage industry in Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-28","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR71/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR71.htm","sponsor":"Jonathan Shell"},
{"bill_id":961279,"bill_number":"HB351","title":"AN ACT relating to Kentucky Retirement Systems agency participation and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 61.522 to remove installments as a payment option for agencies required to pay the actuarial costs for ceasing participation in the Kentucky Retirement Systems; clarify conditions in which an employee seeking to transfer funds to the ceasing employer's alternative retirement program is not included in the employer actuarial cost calculation; specify that the systems shall develop separate assumptions for determining the employer's cost to cease participation; specify the formula for determining the assumed rate of return in the cost calculation; provide noncodified language to state the provisions shall apply retroactively to any matter pending before the Kentucky Retirement Systems board; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-21","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 104)","last_action_date":"2017-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB351/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB351.htm","sponsor":"Jerry Miller"},
{"bill_id":961283,"bill_number":"HB371","title":"AN ACT relating to coverage for certain abortion-related medical expenses mandated by law.","description":"Create new sections of Subchapter 17A of KRS Chapter 304 and KRS Chapter 205 and amend KRS 18A.225 to require health benefit plans, the Department of Medicaid Services, a managed care organization contracted to provide Medicaid services, and policies provided to state employees to provide coverage for any medical expenses resulting from the requirements mandated in Sections 2, 3, and 9 of 17 RS SB 5/GA (2017 Ky. Acts Ch. 5), and to provide that the coverage shall not be subject to cost-sharing requirements, benefit maximums, or waiting periods; amend KRS 205.010, 205.560, 304.5-160, and 304.32-310 to create exceptions for the coverage required by this Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-14","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-15","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB371/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB371.htm","sponsor":"Joni Jenkins"},
{"bill_id":961287,"bill_number":"SB187","title":"AN ACT relating to public-private partnerships.","description":"Amend KRS 45.763 to exempt capital projects using the public-private partnership delivery method for the use, purchase, or acceptance of real property of any value or equipment with a value over $400,000 from authorization by the General Assembly, up to the existing limit of $25 million in KRS 45A.077; amend KRS 45A.077 to extend notice periods and time for action on unsolicited proposals for capital projects; amend KRS 65.028 to allow some members of the Kentucky Local Government Public-Private Partnership Board to send designees instead of appearing in person; exempt agreements with a value less than thirty percent of the local government general fund revenues from being submitted to the Kentucky Local Government Public-Private Partnership Board; amend KRS 175B.015 to remove the requirement for quarterly meetings of the state authority if a bi-state or project authority exists; amend KRS 175B.020 to remove the commitment to pay costs incurred in evaluation of unsolicited proposal and implement a standardized fee set by administrative regulation; require costs paid by an unsolicited proposer to be negotiated in an agreement between the state authority and the proposer; amend various statutes to prohibit proposals that seek or purport to bind any future General Assembly to appropriate any moneys.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-14","last_action":"recommitted to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)","last_action_date":"2017-03-15","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB187/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB187.htm","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":961290,"bill_number":"HB367","title":"AN ACT relating to retiree health benefits from the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System and declaring an emergency.","description":"Require the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System (KTRS) board to provide the same dependent subsidy provided to state employees for the remainder of the 2017 plan year if the retired teacher participates in the Kentucky Employees Health Plan and selected couple, family, or parent plus coverage; provide that the KTRS board shall have the authorization to provide the dependent subsidy in the 2018 plan year; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-14","last_action":"taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day","last_action_date":"2017-02-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB367/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB367.htm","sponsor":"Ruth Palumbo"},
{"bill_id":961295,"bill_number":"HR75","title":"Urge and petition the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, the Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and the members of the Kentucky Congressional delegation to take the appropriate steps to get the approval and funding necessary for the construction of a veterans' medical center in Bullitt County, Kentucky.","description":"Urge and petition the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, the Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and the members of the Kentucky Congressional delegation to take the appropriate steps to get the approval and funding necessary for the construction of a veterans' medical center in Bullitt County, Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR75/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR75.htm","sponsor":"Russell Webber"},
{"bill_id":961298,"bill_number":"SB178","title":"AN ACT relating to power of attorney to convey or release property.","description":"Amend KRS 382.110 to allow for authentic photocopies of powers of attorney or revocations of powers-of-attorney to be certified as a true copy; amend KRS 382.370 to limit powers of attorney to listing only one attorney in fact, except it may list contingent attorneys-in-fact, and void any provision which grants authority to an attorney-in-fact to execute additional powers of attorney.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-14","last_action":"recommitted to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-27","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB178/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB178.htm","sponsor":"Rick Girdler"},
{"bill_id":961301,"bill_number":"SB193","title":"AN ACT relating to opioid prescriptions.","description":"Create new sections of KRS 311.380 to 311.500 and KRS 311.530 to 311.620, and amend KRS 313.035 and KRS 314.011, to limit prescriptions of opioids prescribed by podiatrists, physicians, dentists, and advanced practice registered nurses to a 7-day supply for acute pain; define \"acute pain.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-14","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-15","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB193/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB193.htm","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":961305,"bill_number":"SR87","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of James Donald Greene Sr.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of James Donald Greene Sr.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-22","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR87/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR87.htm","sponsor":"Denise Harper Angel"},
{"bill_id":961308,"bill_number":"SR88","title":"Adjourn in honor of Jack Baker.","description":"Adjourn in honor of Jack Baker.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-14","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR88/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR88.htm","sponsor":"Robin Webb"},
{"bill_id":961311,"bill_number":"SB181","title":"AN ACT relating to the education of children living in homes with a finding of substantiated abuse or neglect.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 620 to require a parent, guardian, or other person who has been found by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to have abused or neglected a child to send the child his or her custody to a regular public day school; require any exemption to this requirement to be approved by the court; apply penalties under KRS 159.990 for violations.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-14","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-15","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB181/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB181.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":961315,"bill_number":"HB360","title":"AN ACT relating to agritourism.","description":"Amend KRS 100.111 to expand the definition of \"agricultural use\" to include at least five acres devoted to agritourism; redefine \"agritourism activity\" and define \"inherent risks of agritourism activity\"; amend KRS 219.081 to make a technical correction.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 185)","last_action_date":"2017-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB360/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB360.htm","sponsor":"Suzanne Miles"},
{"bill_id":961321,"bill_number":"SB189","title":"AN ACT relating to operator's licenses and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 186.020 to 186.270 to provide that information may be included in the Kentucky vehicle registration system indicating that the operator of the vehicle may be deaf or hard of hearing; create the deaf or hard of hearing protection trust fund.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-21","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 57)","last_action_date":"2017-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB189/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB189.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":961325,"bill_number":"HB358","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\" and \"public funds\"; provide that public funds shall not be paid to any entity or affiliate of an entity that provides abortion services; establish exceptions.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-14","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-15","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB358/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB358.htm","sponsor":"Lynn Bechler"},
{"bill_id":961329,"bill_number":"HB374","title":"AN ACT relating to federally mandated background checks and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 17.165 to define \"criminal offense against a victim who is a minor\"; require that all employers of applicants for initial employment in positions involving supervisory or disciplinary power over minors request conviction information from the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet or the Administrative Office of the Courts; prohibit hiring of such applicants if they were convicted of a violent crime, sex crime, or criminal offense against a minor victim, or have been found by a court to have abused or neglected a child; amend KRS 199.011 to add the definition for \"rap back system\"; amend KRS 199.462 to allow the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to register members of certified adoptive or foster homes into the rap back system; create a new section of KRS Chapter 199 to define \"child care staff member\"; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to require child care staff members to submit to background checks; permit the cabinet to charge a fee for the check and require that the fee charged to the cabinet is no greater than the actual cost of the check; require the promulgation of administrative regulations; amend KRS 199.896 to require directors and employees of child-care centers with supervisory or disciplinary power over minors or in direct contact with minors to submit to background checks; amend KRS 199.8982 to require family child-care providers to submit to background checks; amend KRS 17.990 to conform; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 135)","last_action_date":"2017-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB374/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB374.htm","sponsor":"Robert Benvenuti"},
{"bill_id":961332,"bill_number":"HB368","title":"AN ACT relating to tax credits.","description":"Amend KRS 144.132 to allow persons that contract with one or more certificated air carriers for the transportation by air of persons, property, or mail and that purchase and pay for the aviation fuel used for that purpose a sales and use tax credit equal to the amount in excess of $1,000,000 each fiscal year; repeal various statutes.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-21","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 71)","last_action_date":"2017-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB368/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB368.htm","sponsor":"Diane St Onge"},
{"bill_id":961337,"bill_number":"HB359","title":"AN ACT relating to the licensure of HVAC professionals.","description":"Amend KRS 198B.658 to make the experience equivalent for in-state and out-of-state work when applying for a journeyman or master HVAC license.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-02-28","last_action":"2nd reading, to Rules","last_action_date":"2017-03-08","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB359/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB359.htm","sponsor":"Lynn Bechler"},
{"bill_id":961340,"bill_number":"HB372","title":"AN ACT relating to district health departments.","description":"Amend KRS 212.840 to target funding for district health departments.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-02-28","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-28","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB372/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB372.htm","sponsor":"David Hale"},
{"bill_id":961344,"bill_number":"HB364","title":"AN ACT relating to licensure.","description":"Amend KRS 315.010 to extend the definition of \"manufacturer\" to those beyond the Commonwealth; create new sections of KRS Chapter 315 to require a permit to operate a pharmaceutical outsourcing facility; specify requirements for obtaining or renewing a permit; grant the board the authority to establish a fee of not more than $500; require outsourcing facilities to obtain a facility permit; grant the board the authority to establish a fee of not more than $500; establish requirements for licensure; 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 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 a license fee of not more than $500; authorize the board to promulgate administrative regulations to specify criteria for licensure.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 136)","last_action_date":"2017-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB364/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB364.htm","sponsor":"Danny Bentley"},
{"bill_id":961350,"bill_number":"HB352","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 revise possession of counterfeit substances from a Class D felony to a Class A misdemeanor; amend KRS 218A.1415 to revise 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 under KRS 218A.1422, synthetic drugs under 218A.1430, methamphetamine precursors under 218A.1437, salvia under KRS 218A.1451, or drug paraphernalia under 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":"2017-02-14","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-15","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB352/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB352.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Watkins"},
{"bill_id":961353,"bill_number":"HB363","title":"AN ACT relating to the natural resources severance and processing tax.","description":"Amend KRS 143A.010 to amend the definition of \"processing\" to include the act of loading or unloading limestone that has not otherwise been severed or treated in the Commonwealth; amend KRS 143A.035 to allow a credit for substantially identical severance or processing taxes paid to another state or political subdivision thereof; provide that no taxpayer may claim a total amount of credit that exceeds his or her tax liability; allow the Department of Revenue to report tax credit information to the Legislative Research Commission; amend other sections to conform; EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1, 2017.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-14","last_action":"reassigned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB363/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB363.htm","sponsor":"Suzanne Miles"},
{"bill_id":961356,"bill_number":"HB361","title":"AN ACT relating to the prevention of child abuse and exploitation.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to define \"criminal offense against a minor,\" \"sex crime,\" \"violent offender,\" and \"youth camp\"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to specify the application of Sections 1 to 4 of this Act; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to prohibit youth camps from employing, contracting, or utilizing as a volunteer a person who committed a sex crime, is a violent offender, or has abused or neglected a child, and to require criminal background checks; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to delineate punishments for employing a prohibited individual; create a new section of KRS Chapter 199 to allow a parent or guardian to request a background check of child abuse and neglect records; amend KRS 160.380 to require superintendents to run a name-based background check of child abuse and neglect records for employees; amend KRS 17.545 to prohibit registered sex offenders from being on a publicly owned playground without the playground owner's or managing authority's advance written permission; amend KRS 17.500 to include promoting human trafficking involving commercial sexual activity as a criminal offense against a minor if the victim is under 18; amend KRS 156.095 to require public schools to display the National Human Trafficking Reporting Hotline; amend KRS 156.070 to require the State Board of Education to address matters pertaining to the health and well-being of schoolchildren; create a new section of KRS Chapter 620 to require the cabinet to notify the school of a child whose custody has been granted to the cabinet as a result of dependency, neglect, or abuse of the persons authorized to contact the child at school; amend KRS 413.249 to extend the statute of limitations for actions involving childhood sexual abuse or childhood sexual assault from 5 years to 10; amend KRS 510.020 to state that a 16 or 17 year old victim is incapable of consent when the actor is at least 10 years older than the victim; amend KRS 510.030 to add lack of knowledge of the victim's age being 16 or 17 when the offender was at least ten years older at the time of the offense as a defense; amend KRS 510.060 to add to rape in the third degree being at least 10 years older than a victim who is 16 or 17; amend KRS 510.090 to add to sodomy in the third degree being at least 10 years older than a victim who is 16 or 17; amend KRS 15.232 to give the Attorney General concurrent jurisdiction in human trafficking prosecutions; amend KRS 176.415 to require the Department of Highways to post the hotline number of the National Human Trafficking Resource Center in all rest areas; amend KRS 600.020 to add \"take into protective custody\" to the definition of \"take into custody\"; amend KRS 610.190 to allow a peace officer to take a child into protective custody under various circumstances; amend KRS 610.200 to allow peace officers to file a status offense complaint; amend KRS 610.220 to prohibit the placement of nonoffenders in secure or nonsecure detention; amend KRS 630.030 to allow circumstances under which a child may be taken into protective custody; amend KRS 15A.068 to require a person or organization operating a facility to file a report, notify the child's attorney, and petition for a transfer of custody; create a new section of KRS Chapter 531 to prohibit the distribution of any material that portrays child pornography or a sexual performance by a minor; amend KRS 500.080 to add specific injuries to a child under 12 to the definition of \"serious physical injury\"; repeal KRS 610.012; provide that the act may be cited as the Child Protection Act of 2017.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-14","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-15","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB361/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB361.htm","sponsor":"Dennis Keene"},
{"bill_id":961360,"bill_number":"HR74","title":"Honor Franklin Runyon Sousley.","description":"Honor Franklin Runyon Sousley.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR74/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR74.htm","sponsor":"John Sims"},
{"bill_id":961367,"bill_number":"SB182","title":"AN ACT relating to local government procurement.","description":"Amend KRS 45A.380 to allow a local public agency to contract through noncompetitive negotiation when a contract is with a private real estate development and the contract requires the developer to increase the collection capacity of the sanitary sewer or storm water pipe serving the development, with the local public agency only paying for the increase in the collection capacity.","status_desc":"Enrolled","status_date":"2017-03-15","last_action":"became law without Governor's Signature (Acts, ch. 151)","last_action_date":"2017-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB182/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB182.htm","sponsor":"Wil Schroder"},
{"bill_id":961371,"bill_number":"SR86","title":"Declare March 2, 2017, Kentucky Nutrition Day.","description":"Declare March 2, 2017, Kentucky Nutrition Day.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR86/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR86.htm","sponsor":"Robin Webb"},
{"bill_id":961374,"bill_number":"HB366","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization.","description":"Amend KRS 229.011 to redefine the Boxing and Wrestling Authority as the Kentucky Boxing and Wrestling Commission; amend KRS 229.141 to require that structures used for boxing or wrestling events conform to any applicable building codes, safety codes, and local laws; amend KRS 229.151 to create and establish the commission with five members, two of whom are a licensed Kentucky attorney and a person with experience in sports marketing or promotion; clarify that the chairperson and vice chairperson serve at the pleasure of the Governor; amend KRS 229.155 to permit the secretary of the Public Protection Cabinet to request the appointment of the executive director of the commission; amend KRS 229.171 to authorize the commission to promulgate administrative regulations to administer and enforce KRS Chapter 229; amend KRS 229.260 to create and establish the Kentucky Boxing and Wrestling Commission Medical Advisory Panel; direct the cabinet secretary to appoint the members of the panel; require one of the physicians on the panel to practice in the field of neurology or neurosurgery; set the physician member of the commission as the chair of the panel; amend KRS 12.020, 12.252, 148.590, 229.021, 229.031, 229.041, 229.051, 229.061, 229.071, 229.081, 229.091, 229.111, 229.131, 229.180, 229.190, 229.200, 229.210, 229.250, and 229.991 to conform; establish the terms of the initial appointments to the commission; confirm Executive Order 2016-270.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-21","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch.70)","last_action_date":"2017-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB366/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB366.htm","sponsor":"DJ Johnson"},
{"bill_id":961377,"bill_number":"SB185","title":"AN ACT relating to the administration of tax laws.","description":"Amend KRS 131.081 to require the Department of Revenue to inform taxpayers of any overpayments and to state that any department employee shall not willfully, recklessly, or intentionally disregard taxpayer rights; amend KRS 131.170 to relocate the IRS extension language from KRS 131.081, to require that taxpayers demonstrate reasonable cause for extension requests, and to allow the department to permit the filing of a return, report, or tax on any date, upon request; amend KRS 131.175 to give the commissioner of revenue authority to abate all or part of any interest to the extent that additional interest accrued because of error or delay by the department; amend KRS 131.370 to require a stay on the collection of tax by the filing of an appeal to any court and to remove the provisions requiring a supersedeas bond.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-14","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-15","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB185/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB185.htm","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":961381,"bill_number":"SB180","title":"AN ACT relating to the new markets development program tax credit.","description":"Amend KRS 141.432 to require that a qualified community development entity be organized or formed in and have its principal place of business in Kentucky and commit to invest federal new market tax credits in the same dollar amount as it invests state new markets tax credits; amend KRS 141.433 to require the Department of Revenue to make available to the public a list of all qualified community development entities that were certified for the credit as well as their respective credit amounts; require the Department of Revenue to report information regarding the new markets development program tax credit to the Legislative Research Commission; determine order of application of tax credits; amend various sections of KRS Chapters 131 and 141 to conform and make technical changes.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-14","last_action":"to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-15","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB180/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB180.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":961385,"bill_number":"HB370","title":"AN ACT relating to hate crimes.","description":"Repeal KRS 346.055 relating to victims of hate crimes and KRS 532.031 relating to hate crimes findings and effect.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-14","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-15","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB370/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB370.htm","sponsor":"Lynn Bechler"},
{"bill_id":961388,"bill_number":"SB179","title":"AN ACT relating to coverage for fertility preservation services.","description":"Create a new section of Subchapter 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans that provide coverage for cancer-related health care services to also provide coverage for medically necessary fertility preservation services; establish requirements for coverage; require health benefit plans that provide prescription drug coverage to also provide coverage for medications associated with oocyte and sperm cryopreservation procedures; establish requirements for covered procedures; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2018.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-14","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-15","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB179/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB179.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":961392,"bill_number":"SB191","title":"AN ACT relating to opioid antagonists.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to define \"opioid antagonist\" and require pharmacies to report to the CHFS and KASPER when prescriptions for opioid antagonists such as naloxone are filled; establish a penalty for noncompliance.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-14","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-15","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB191/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB191.htm","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":961395,"bill_number":"SR89","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Danny Slusher.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Danny Slusher.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-06","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR89/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR89.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":963409,"bill_number":"SB212","title":"AN ACT relating to revenue.","description":"Amend KRS 141.170 to make a technical correction.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-15","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-16","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB212/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB212.htm","sponsor":"Christian McDaniel"},
{"bill_id":963414,"bill_number":"HB393","title":"AN ACT relating to corporal physical discipline.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 158.440 to 158.449 to establish that a person employed by a school district shall not use corporal physical discipline; amend KRS 158.444 to remove corporal punishment as a a form of discipline in a school; amend KRS 199.640 to establish that church-related privately operated child-caring agencies or facilities shall not use corporal physical discipline; amend KRS 503.110 to establish that physical force may not be used against a minor.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-15","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-16","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB393/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB393.htm","sponsor":"Jim Wayne"},
{"bill_id":963419,"bill_number":"HJR82","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a roadway in Ohio county in honor of SP5 Ronald Bryan, and a roadway in Daviess county in memory of PFC William O. Mills, and erect the appropriate signage.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a roadway in Ohio county in honor of SP5 Ronald Bryan, and a roadway in Daviess county in memory of PFC William O. Mills, and erect the appropriate signage.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-15","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-16","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR82/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HJR82.htm","sponsor":"Matt Castlen"},
{"bill_id":963424,"bill_number":"SB209","title":"AN ACT relating to revenue.","description":"Amend KRS 131.131 to make technical corrections.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-15","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-16","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB209/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB209.htm","sponsor":"Christian McDaniel"},
{"bill_id":963428,"bill_number":"SR102","title":"Honor Coretta Scott King.","description":"Honor Coretta Scott King.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-06","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR102/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR102.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":963433,"bill_number":"HB383","title":"AN ACT relating to fees charged by third-party purchasers of property tax certificates of delinquency.","description":"Amend KRS 134.452 to reduce the limits on some fees that third-party purchasers of property tax certificates of delinquency are entitled to collect; provide that the amended limits shall apply to certificates purchased at annual sales held on or after the effective date of this Act; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2018.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-15","last_action":"to Local Government (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-16","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB383/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB383.htm","sponsor":"Rick Nelson"},
{"bill_id":963438,"bill_number":"HB401","title":"AN ACT relating to members of the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System who are called to active military duty.","description":"Amend KRS 161.168 to require the state to pay the employee contribution for all members of the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System who are called to active military duty so that the member receives service credit in the system for the period of military deployment.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-03-06","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2017-03-07","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB401/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB401.htm","sponsor":"Brian Linder"},
{"bill_id":963443,"bill_number":"HB375","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":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-04-10","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 172)","last_action_date":"2017-04-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB375/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB375.htm","sponsor":"Walker Thomas"},
{"bill_id":963447,"bill_number":"SB200","title":"AN ACT relating to elections and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 117 to require the State Board of Elections to establish, maintain, and continuously update a computerized map of Kentucky containing census geography and election precinct boundaries and to specify how election precincts must be displayed and disseminated; create the Kentucky elections technology trust fund to establish, maintain, and update the computerized map; amend KRS 117.055 to permit county boards of elections to file electronic maps in lieu of paper maps of election precinct boundaries; amend KRS 117.0551 to allow county boards of elections to utilize GPS coordinate pairs for precinct boundaries if the county submits electronic maps and to use physical features shown on official maps prepared by the Kentucky Geography Network; amend KRS 117.0552 to conform; amend KRS 117.0556 to provide an opportunity for the Legislative Research Commission to review any proposed precinct establishment order; amend KRS 7.550 to clarify that any map maintained by the Legislative Research Commission is for the General Assembly's use in redistricting and to give the authority to alter the map for redistricting purposes only if an election precinct boundary does not follow a boundary maintained by the United States Bureau of the Census for reporting population data; amend KRS 67.045 and 67C.135 to permit local governments to defer local redistricting until after the General Assembly redistricts Congressional and state legislative districts; amend KRS 67.050 and 67C.103 to conform; direct the State Board of Elections to establish the computerized map by June 1, 2018; delay the effective date of Sections 3 to 5 until June 1, 2018.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-15","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-16","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB200/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB200.htm","sponsor":"Wil Schroder"},
{"bill_id":963455,"bill_number":"HR89","title":"Honor Kentuckians who won a Grammy.","description":"Honor Kentuckians who won a Grammy.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR89/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR89.htm","sponsor":"Jim DeCesare"},
{"bill_id":963461,"bill_number":"SB208","title":"AN ACT relating to taxation.","description":"Amend KRS 139.470 and 139.785 to make technical corrections.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-15","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-16","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB208/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB208.htm","sponsor":"Christian McDaniel"},
{"bill_id":963465,"bill_number":"SB202","title":"AN ACT relating to student health services.","description":"Amend KRS 156.501 to require the department of education to specify protocols and guidelines for health procedures performed by licensed health professionals and unlicensed school personnel; establish where the protocols and guidelines can be found; establish training for school personnel related to data collection of school health services.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-15","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-16","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB202/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB202.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":963470,"bill_number":"SB211","title":"AN ACT relating to taxation.","description":"Amend KRS 131.030 to make a technical correction.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-15","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-16","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB211/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB211.htm","sponsor":"Christian McDaniel"},
{"bill_id":963474,"bill_number":"SB199","title":"AN ACT relating to employment protections.","description":"Amend KRS 337.420 to make an employer only have to have one employee to be subject to the wage discrimination requirements; amend KRS 337. 423 to require no wage discrimination for what has been paid to current or past employees and prohibit an employer from discriminating aginst an employee for discussing wages.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-15","last_action":"to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-16","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB199/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB199.htm","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":963479,"bill_number":"SB196","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":"2017-02-15","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-16","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB196/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB196.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":963484,"bill_number":"SB197","title":"AN ACT relating to the transfer of contract staff providing services to the Department of Criminal Justice Training and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 15A to transfer certain contract employees of Eastern Kentucky University who are engaged in providing instructional and support services to the Department of Criminal Justice Training to state employee status within the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet; require that all employees retain salaries and leave balances; require the employees to participate in KERS nonhazardous; amend KRS 18A.115 to transfer Eastern Kentucky University contract employees who are engaged in providing instructional and support services to the Department of Criminal Justice Training to the personnel system under KRS Chapter 18A; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-21","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 58)","last_action_date":"2017-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB197/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB197.htm","sponsor":"Joe Bowen"},
{"bill_id":963489,"bill_number":"SR94","title":"Honor Joe Tolan.","description":"Honor Joe Tolan.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR94/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR94.htm","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":963494,"bill_number":"HB394","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization of the building trades.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 198B to create and establish the Housing, Buildings and Construction Advisory Committee; constitute membership of the committee and fix compensation; require the committee to provide ongoing advice to the department; prohibit the committee from becoming directly involved in licensing and regulation of housing, building and construction matters regulated by the department; provide that the department shall give the committee 30 days to review and comment on a proposed regulation before the regulation is promulgated, amended, or repealed; amend various sections in KRS Chapter 198B to abolish the Kentucky Board of Housing, Buildings and Construction, the Board of Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Contractors, the Kentucky Single Family Dwellings Advisory Committee and the Elevator Advisory Committee; amend various sections in KRS Chapter 227 to abolish the Electrical Advisory Committee and the Manufactured Home Certification and Licensure Board; amend various sections in KRS Chapter 236 to abolish the Board of Pressure Vessel Rules; amend various sections in KRS Chapter 318 to abolish the State Plumbing Code Committee; transfer all authority, duties, functions, rights, responsibilities, obligations, records, equipment, staff and supporting budgets of the abolished boards and committees to the department; amend various sections of KRS Chapters 198B, 227, 227A, 236, and 318 to conform; confirm Executive Order 2016-849.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-04-10","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 169)","last_action_date":"2017-04-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB394/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB394.htm","sponsor":"William Wells"},
{"bill_id":963498,"bill_number":"HB404","title":"AN ACT relating to commercial parcel delivery.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to allow commercial delivery personnel to use golf carts, low-speed vehicles, and utility vehicles for delivery of express mail and packages in residential areas; define \"commercial delivery personnel,\" \"residential area,\" and \"utility vehicle\"; outline use provisions; outline vehicle requirements; allow vehicles operating under this section to pull a trailer; allow the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to implement these provisions.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 184)","last_action_date":"2017-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB404/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB404.htm","sponsor":"Sal Santoro"},
{"bill_id":963502,"bill_number":"HR85","title":"Honor Kentucky farmers and recognize February 19 to 25, 2017, as Food Checkout Week.","description":"Honor Kentucky farmers and recognize February 19 to 25, 2017, as Food Checkout Week.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-21","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR85/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR85.htm","sponsor":"Richard Heath"},
{"bill_id":963507,"bill_number":"SB195","title":"AN ACT relating to expungement of juvenile records.","description":"Amend KRS 610.330 to expand the expungement and sealing of juvenile records and create an automatic process.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 112)","last_action_date":"2017-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB195/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB195.htm","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":963513,"bill_number":"HR88","title":"Declare February 16, 2017, Live United Day in Kentucky.","description":"Declare February 16, 2017, Live United Day in Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR88/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR88.htm","sponsor":"Melinda Prunty"},
{"bill_id":963518,"bill_number":"HB408","title":"AN ACT relating to child pornography.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 531 to prohibit the distribution of any material that portrays child pornography or a sexual performance by a minor.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-03-06","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2017-03-07","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB408/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB408.htm","sponsor":"Chad McCoy"},
{"bill_id":963521,"bill_number":"HB381","title":"AN ACT relating to opioid prescriptions.","description":"Create new sections of KRS 311.380 to 311.500 and KRS 311.530 to 311.620, and amend KRS 313.035 and KRS 314.011, to limit prescriptions of opioids prescribed by podiatrists, physicians, dentists, and advanced practice registered nurses to a 3-day supply, with exceptions for cancer care, palliative care, hospice care, other end-of-life care and, at the discretion of the prescriber, for serious pain management; in discretionary cases, require regular evaluation for substance use disorder and accounting of pill use prior to ordering refills.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-15","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-16","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB381/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB381.htm","sponsor":"James Kay"},
{"bill_id":963530,"bill_number":"HB402","title":"AN ACT relating to background checks.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to define \"criminal offense against a minor,\" \"sex crime,\" \"violent offender,\" and \"youth camp\"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to specify the application of Sections 1 to 4 of this Act; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to prohibit youth camps from employing, contracting, or utilizing as a volunteer a person who committed a sex crime, is a violent offender, or has abused or neglected a child, and to require criminal background checks; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to delineate punishments for employing a prohibited individual; create a new section of KRS Chapter 199 to allow a parent or guardian to request a background check of child abuse and neglect records; amend KRS 160.380 to require superintendents to run a name-based background check of child abuse and neglect records for employees.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2017-02-15","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2017-03-06","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB402/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB402.htm","sponsor":"Regina Huff"},
{"bill_id":963535,"bill_number":"HB399","title":"AN ACT relating to the establishment of a tax credit to promote investments in rural Kentucky businesses and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 136 to establish a new tax credit against the taxes imposed on insurance companies and financial institutions, for contributions made by them into rural growth funds which make investments in certain businesses principally operating in certain areas of the state; declare findings and the purpose of the credit; define terms; require an entity to follow a process 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 $60,000,000 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; allow the department to audit rural growth funds; limit any liability of the Commonwealth in regard 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 to be the Kentucky Rural Jobs Tax Credit Act of 2017.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-15","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-16","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB399/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB399.htm","sponsor":"John Blanton"},
{"bill_id":963540,"bill_number":"HB390","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization.","description":"Repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 153.215 to abolish, reestablish, and reorganize the Kentucky Arts Council; change the number of members on the council; redistribute membership among different interests; confirm Executive Order 2016-824.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 132)","last_action_date":"2017-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB390/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB390.htm","sponsor":"Melinda Prunty"},
{"bill_id":963545,"bill_number":"HB384","title":"AN ACT relating to mine safety.","description":"Amend KRS 351.090 and 351.140 to reduce the required number of inspections of underground mines; specify reduced number of required inspections for both annual mine inspections and annual full electrical inspections.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-21","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 72)","last_action_date":"2017-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB384/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB384.htm","sponsor":"Robert Benvenuti"},
{"bill_id":963549,"bill_number":"SB198","title":"AN ACT relating to natural resources.","description":"Amend KRS 149.100 to make technical corrections and provide gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-15","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Energy (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-16","committee":"Natural Resources and Energy","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB198/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB198.htm","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":963554,"bill_number":"HB403","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Horse Park.","description":"Repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 148.260 to abolish, reestablish, and reorganize the Kentucky Horse Park Commission; change the number of members on the commission; redistribute membership among different interests; provide that the Governor is to designate one member as vice chairman; confirm Executive order 2016-281; authorize administrative regulations for operation, parking, and removal of vehicles.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-21","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch.73)","last_action_date":"2017-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB403/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB403.htm","sponsor":"Phillip Pratt"},
{"bill_id":963558,"bill_number":"HB379","title":"Feb 16-WITHDRAWN","description":"Feb 16-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-15","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2017-02-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB379/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB379.htm","sponsor":"Jody Richards"},
{"bill_id":963564,"bill_number":"SR95","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Frankie (Everet F.) Johnson Jr.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Frankie (Everet F.) Johnson Jr.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-08","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-08","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR95/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR95.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":963569,"bill_number":"HB407","title":"AN ACT relating to childhood sexual abuse or assault.","description":"Amend KRS 413.249 to extend the statute of limitations for actions involving childhood sexual abuse or childhood sexual assault from 5 years to 10.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-15","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-16","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB407/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB407.htm","sponsor":"Chad McCoy"},
{"bill_id":963573,"bill_number":"HR83","title":"Recognize March 3, 2017, as National Speech and Debate Education Day.","description":"Recognize March 3, 2017, as National Speech and Debate Education Day.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-03","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR83/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR83.htm","sponsor":"Susan Westrom"},
{"bill_id":963581,"bill_number":"HB391","title":"AN ACT relating to child vehicle seats.","description":"Amend KRS 189.125 to require the replacement of child restraint systems and booster seats installed in vehicles that were involved in traffic collisions; provide for exemptions; require that all replacement child restraints or booster seats meet the provisions of this section.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-15","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-16","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB391/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB391.htm","sponsor":"Ruth Palumbo"},
{"bill_id":963586,"bill_number":"SB216","title":"AN ACT relating to licensing.","description":"Amend KRS 320.312 to modernize licensing language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-15","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-16","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB216/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB216.htm","sponsor":"David Givens"},
{"bill_id":963591,"bill_number":"HCR90","title":"Urge Congress to designate the southern portion of the Edward T. Breathitt Pennyrile Parkway as Interstate 169.","description":"Urge Congress to designate the southern portion of the Edward T. Breathitt Pennyrile Parkway as Interstate 169.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 180)","last_action_date":"2017-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR90/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HCR90.htm","sponsor":"Walker Thomas"},
{"bill_id":963595,"bill_number":"HB389","title":"AN ACT relating to training for first responders.","description":"Amend KRS 311A.120 to require paramedics to receive HIV and pediatric abusive head trauma training; require paramedics, emergency medical technicians, and first responders to receive autism training; create a new section of KRS Chapter 16 to require state police officers to receive autism training; create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to require local governmental police officers, firefighters, and emergency medical services personnel to receive autism training; repeal KRS 311A.110, which requires AIDS training for paramedics, first responders, and emergency medical technicians; repeal KRS 311A.115, which requires AIDS training for paramedics; repeal KRS 311A.127, which requires pediatric abusive head trauma training for paramedics; and cite the Act as Kaleb's Law.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-15","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-16","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB389/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB389.htm","sponsor":"Melinda Prunty"},
{"bill_id":963600,"bill_number":"HB397","title":"Mar 01-WITHDRAWN","description":"Mar 01-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-15","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2017-03-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB397/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB397.htm","sponsor":"Sal Santoro"},
{"bill_id":963605,"bill_number":"HB388","title":"AN ACT relating to tax increment financing and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 65.7045 to define \"technology park\"; amend KRS 65.7043 and 65.7049 to expand mixed-use development projects to include a mixed-use development with a technology park; 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; amend KRS 65.7053 to conform; provide that the provisions of the Act are effective for applications for which a Tax Incentive Agreement has not been approved prior to the effective date of this Act; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-04-10","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 174)","last_action_date":"2017-04-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB388/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB388.htm","sponsor":"Richard Heath"},
{"bill_id":963610,"bill_number":"HJR80","title":"Designate the Captain Zachary Chase Clevenger Memorial Bridge in Estill County and direct placement of appropriate signs.","description":"Designate the Captain Zachary Chase Clevenger Memorial Bridge in Estill County and direct placement of appropriate signs.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-15","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-16","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR80/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HJR80.htm","sponsor":"Gary Herald"},
{"bill_id":963614,"bill_number":"SB207","title":"AN ACT relating to revenue.","description":"Amend KRS 131.061 to make a technical correction.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-15","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-16","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB207/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB207.htm","sponsor":"Christian McDaniel"},
{"bill_id":963619,"bill_number":"HR91","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of William Stewart \"Billy\" Singer.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of William Stewart \"Billy\" Singer.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-02","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR91/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR91.htm","sponsor":"Phillip Pratt"},
{"bill_id":963624,"bill_number":"SB215","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Coal Fields Endowment Authority and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create the Kentucky Coal Fields Endowment Fund, to be used for the purpose of supporting efforts to diversify the economy of the coal fields within Kentucky; create the Kentucky Coal Fields Endowment Fund authority to determine who received disbursements from the fund; appropriate $7,500,000 annually for the fund.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-03-14","last_action":"received in House","last_action_date":"2017-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB215/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB215.htm","sponsor":"Brandon Smith"},
{"bill_id":963629,"bill_number":"HR87","title":"Urge Congress to propose an amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America to establish reasonable limits on contributions and expenditures in political campaigns and to prohibit noncitizen contributions and expenditures.","description":"Urge Congress to propose an amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America to establish reasonable limits on contributions and expenditures in political campaigns and to prohibit noncitizen contributions and expenditures.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-15","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-16","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR87/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR87.htm","sponsor":"Sannie Overly"},
{"bill_id":963633,"bill_number":"HB405","title":"AN ACT relating to an exemption of income taxation for military pensions.","description":"Amend KRS 141.010 to exclude United States military retirees' pension income from income taxation for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2018, and ending before January 1, 2022; require reporting by the Department of Revenue; amend various sections of KRS Chapters 131 and 141 to make technical corrections.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-15","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-16","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB405/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB405.htm","sponsor":"Walker Thomas"},
{"bill_id":963637,"bill_number":"HB392","title":"AN ACT relating to zoning.","description":"Amend KRS 100.324 to require zoning compliance for non-baseload generation facilities under 10 megawatts.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-15","last_action":"taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day","last_action_date":"2017-03-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB392/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB392.htm","sponsor":"Rob Rothenburger"},
{"bill_id":963643,"bill_number":"HB377","title":"AN ACT relating to the Workers' Compensation Funding Commission.","description":"Amend KRS 337.1223 to provide discretion to the Workers' Compensation Funding Commission to consult with the Office of Financial Management and grant the commission the authority to also contract with outside investment firms within the parameters of KRS Chapter 45A, and require that the Office of Financial Management be consulted and participate in the selection of outside investment firms; however, the Funding Commission has the final approval. Fees for the outside contracts shall be paid from the investment earnings.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-04-10","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 173)","last_action_date":"2017-04-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB377/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB377.htm","sponsor":"Jim DeCesare"},
{"bill_id":963648,"bill_number":"HB398","title":"AN ACT relating to public financing of political campaigns and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 121.015 to define several terms; create new sections of KRS Chapter 121 to establish the campaign finance credit fund; give the power to appropriate money from the fund to the Registry of Election Finance; identify sources of revenue for the fund; establish the campaign finance credit program to give registered voters two campaign finance credits valued at $50 each to give to the candidate of their choice for statewide constitutional office and the General Assembly; establish the format of and information to be included on the campaign finance credits; determine how and to whom a voter can assign campaign finance credits; ensure confidentiality regarding the identity of voters who receive or are assigned campaign finance credits; restrict assignment of campaign finance credits to candidates certified by the registry as participating candidates and establish measures for assignment of campaign finance credits; indicate that a campaign finance credit expires if the holder is not a registered voter and resident of Kentucky and specify risks assumed by the voter; indicate that only candidates who have filed with the registry can receive campaign finance credits; create a new section of KRS Chapter 121 to require candidates to be certified as participating candidates by the registry to establish eligibility requirements; indicate that no candidate is eligible for campaign finance credits if he or she has spent funds other than those raised from qualified contributions; indicate that a candidate loses status as a participating candidate if he or she publicly withdraws from the campaign, abandons the race, or the registry finds violations of election laws, including the campaign finance credit program laws; indicate that the registry shall maintain a list of candidates and make it available to the public on the registry Web site or in a publication with statewide distribution; indicate that participating candidates and their registered representatives may receive campaign finance credits, and that registered representatives must be volunteers; indicate that the treasurer of a candidate committee shall keep copies of all campaign finance credits received; indicate that the registry shall redeem a campaign finance credit only after verifying the assignment by ensuring it was assigned to a participating candidate; provide that the registry shall redeem each campaign finance credit within three business days of verification; establish limits for total funds that can be distributed from the campaign finance credit fund; establish dollar limits for total amount of campaign finance credit funds that can be redeemed by all candidates; indicate that campaign finance credits may only be used for campaign costs or debts; indicate that participating candidates who withdraw, die, become ineligible, lose participating candidate status, are defeated in a primary, special election, or regular election or win a regular election shall restore to the registry unspent campaign finance credits; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-15","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-16","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB398/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB398.htm","sponsor":"Jim Wayne"},
{"bill_id":963652,"bill_number":"SB205","title":"AN ACT relating to prescription drugs.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 315 to establish requirements related to the dispensing of prescription drugs.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 113)","last_action_date":"2017-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB205/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB205.htm","sponsor":"Stephen Meredith"},
{"bill_id":963657,"bill_number":"SR99","title":"Honor Anna-Maria Beck.","description":"Honor Anna-Maria Beck.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR99/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR99.htm","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":963661,"bill_number":"SB204","title":"AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 226 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to casino gaming.","description":"Propose to amend Section 226 of the Constitution of Kentucky to authorize the General Assembly to define and permit casino gaming; prior to July 1, 2028, require that proceeds be used to pay for oversight of casino gaming and mandate that 100 percent of proceeds go to retirement systems; after July 1, 2028, allow the General Assembly to allocate proceeds.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-15","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-16","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB204/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB204.htm","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":963666,"bill_number":"HB396","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky State Police and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 15A to allow the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to provide state resources to the Kentucky State Police Foundation; amend KRS 16.040 to provide additional criteria for the appointment of police officers by administrative regulation; amend KRS 16.080 to allow the commissioner to promulgate administrative regulations setting out an ethics code for officers of the department and individuals employed as a Trooper R Class or CVE R Class; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 186)","last_action_date":"2017-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB396/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB396.htm","sponsor":"Chris Fugate"},
{"bill_id":963671,"bill_number":"SR96","title":"Commend the Kentucky Council on Problem Gambling, Inc., for 20 years of service to the Commonwealth.","description":"Commend the Kentucky Council on Problem Gambling, Inc., for 20 years of service to the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR96/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR96.htm","sponsor":"C.B. Embry"},
{"bill_id":963676,"bill_number":"SB213","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Uniform State Building Code.","description":"Amend KRS 198B.010 relating to definitions of the Kentucky Building Code to exempt greenhouses meeting certain requirements from the definition of \"building.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-15","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-16","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB213/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB213.htm","sponsor":"Steve West"},
{"bill_id":963681,"bill_number":"SR98","title":"Recognize Frankfort, Kentucky, on its 20th anniversary as a Tree City USA.","description":"Recognize Frankfort, Kentucky, on its 20th anniversary as a Tree City USA.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-02","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR98/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR98.htm","sponsor":"Julian Carroll"},
{"bill_id":963686,"bill_number":"SB217","title":"AN ACT relating to educators.","description":"Amend KRS 161.770 to specify 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; amend KRS 161.790 to clarify the causes for which a contract of a teacher may be terminated; require an attorney to serve as hearing officer and chairman of the tribunal; remove the lay person from tribunal; establish selection and training requirements for hearing officers; establish a prehearing conference for motions and mediation; establish tribunal's decision as a recommended order and allow parties to file exceptions to recommended order; allow hearing officer to respond to exceptions by entering original recommended order or an amended order as a final order; limit decisions to upholding or overturning the decision of the superintendent.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-15","last_action":"recommitted to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2017-03-15","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB217/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB217.htm","sponsor":"Steve West"},
{"bill_id":963689,"bill_number":"HB385","title":"AN ACT relating to entities registered with the Secretary of State.","description":"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.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-15","last_action":"to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-16","committee":"Economic Development & Workforce Investment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB385/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB385.htm","sponsor":"Robert Benvenuti"},
{"bill_id":963694,"bill_number":"SR97","title":"Support and encourage the enactment of the Hearing Protection Act of 2017; direct the clerk to send a copy to the Kentucky delegation in the Congress of the United States.","description":"Support and encourage the enactment of the Hearing Protection Act of 2017; direct the clerk to send a copy to the Kentucky delegation in the Congress of the United States.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-06","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR97/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR97.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":963700,"bill_number":"SB203","title":"AN ACT relating to insurance.","description":"Amend KRS 304.5-150 to insert gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-15","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-16","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB203/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB203.htm","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":963708,"bill_number":"HB409","title":"Mar 15-WITHDRAWN","description":"Mar 15-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-02-28","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2017-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB409/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB409.htm","sponsor":"Chad McCoy"},
{"bill_id":963712,"bill_number":"HB406","title":"Feb 23-WITHDRAWN","description":"Feb 23-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-15","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2017-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB406/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB406.htm","sponsor":"Addia Wuchner"},
{"bill_id":963717,"bill_number":"SR100","title":"Honor Kentucky farmers and recognize February 19 to 25, 2017, as Food Checkout Week.","description":"Honor Kentucky farmers and recognize February 19 to 25, 2017, as Food Checkout Week.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-21","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR100/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR100.htm","sponsor":"Paul Hornback"},
{"bill_id":963723,"bill_number":"HB382","title":"AN ACT relating to taxation.","description":"Amend KRS 141.010 to allow an exclusion from adjusted gross income for payments made by an employer to an employee's student loan balance up to $5,250 per year; define qualified education loan; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the Department of Revenue to report deduction and credit information to the Legislative Research Commission; require the Department of Revenue to report information related to the student loan benefits deduction to the Legislative Research Commission; amend various sections of KRS Chapters 131 and 141 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-15","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-16","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB382/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB382.htm","sponsor":"James Kay"},
{"bill_id":963727,"bill_number":"HB380","title":"Feb 23-WITHDRAWN","description":"Feb 23-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-15","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2017-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB380/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB380.htm","sponsor":"Phillip Pratt"},
{"bill_id":963732,"bill_number":"HR79","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Rose Marie Collins.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Rose Marie Collins.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR79/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR79.htm","sponsor":"Jeff Hoover"},
{"bill_id":963736,"bill_number":"HR81","title":"Honor Meacham Country Hams.","description":"Honor Meacham Country Hams.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-02","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR81/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR81.htm","sponsor":"Suzanne Miles"},
{"bill_id":963741,"bill_number":"HJR86","title":"Direct the Department of Veterans Affairs to conduct a study of the feasibility of hiring or contracting with active duty military personnel to help alleviate its nursing staff shortages at some veterans' center nursing homes.","description":"Direct the Department of Veterans Affairs to conduct a study of the feasibility of hiring or contracting with active duty military personnel to help alleviate its nursing staff shortages at some veterans' center nursing homes.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-15","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-16","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR86/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HJR86.htm","sponsor":"Jeffery Donohue"},
{"bill_id":963745,"bill_number":"SB201","title":"AN ACT relating to grandparent visitation rights.","description":"Repeal and reenact KRS 405.021 to allow grandparents to seek court-ordered visitation only in certain cases and only if the court then determines visitation would be in the best interest of the child based on listed factors.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-15","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-16","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB201/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB201.htm","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":963751,"bill_number":"HB378","title":"AN ACT relating to the Labor Cabinet.","description":"Omnibus provisions relating to the Labor Cabinet; amend KRS 189.635 to allow accident reports to be given to OSHA investigators without a subpoena; amend KRS 336.020 to rename divisions and change method of nomination for commissioner and director; amend KRS 337.010 to update ways that an employee may receive wages and prohibit activation fees for wages on a debit card; amend KRS 336.050 to give the secretary discretion to prosecute a violation of a wage and hour law; amend KRS 337.070 to provide that a statement of wages may be paper or electronic as long as employees have access to a computer and printer; amend KRS 342.0011 relating to the definition of commissioner; amend KRS 342.122 to change the names of Labor Cabinet divisions; amend KRS 342.213 and 342.228 to change the procedure for nominating commissioners; amend KRS 342.230 to make changes to the commissioner's authority; amend KRS 342.347 relating to exemptions under open records laws; amend KRS 12.020 to move and rename divisions; repeal the following: KRS 336.140, 336.151, 336.152, 336.153, 336.156, 336.162, 336.164, 336,165, 336,1221, 336,1662, 336,1663 and 336.1664.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 134)","last_action_date":"2017-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB378/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB378.htm","sponsor":"Jim DeCesare"},
{"bill_id":963755,"bill_number":"HR84","title":"Honor the Greenup County High School cheerleaders.","description":"Honor the Greenup County High School cheerleaders.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-07","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR84/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR84.htm","sponsor":"Danny Bentley"},
{"bill_id":963760,"bill_number":"SB206","title":"AN ACT relating to military affairs.","description":"Amend KRS 36.230 to add gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-15","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-16","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB206/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB206.htm","sponsor":"Albert Robinson"},
{"bill_id":963764,"bill_number":"SB194","title":"AN ACT relating to health and welfare.","description":"Amend KRS 630.050 to make a technical change.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-15","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-16","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB194/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB194.htm","sponsor":"David Givens"},
{"bill_id":963769,"bill_number":"SB214","title":"AN ACT relating to net metering.","description":"Amend the definitions in KRS 278.465 to require that net metering customers use a single meter on their premises, that the customers use the electricity generated for all or part of their electricity requirements, and to increase the allowable size of eligible electric generating facilities from 30 kilowatts to 1000 kilowatts; amend KRS 278.466 to only apply to eligible customer-generators taking net metering service on July 15, 2017, to allow retail electric suppliers to recover all costs necessary to serve all eligible customer-generators taking service after July 15, 2017, and to provide that excess electricity credits are not transferable between meters.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-15","last_action":"returned to Natural Resources & Energy (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-27","committee":"Natural Resources and Energy","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB214/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB214.htm","sponsor":"Jared Carpenter"},
{"bill_id":963774,"bill_number":"SR101","title":"Honor Ron Herrington upon the occasion of his retirement as Henderson County Jailer.","description":"Honor Ron Herrington upon the occasion of his retirement as Henderson County Jailer.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-08","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-08","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR101/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR101.htm","sponsor":"Dorsey Ridley"},
{"bill_id":963779,"bill_number":"HB386","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":"2017-02-15","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-16","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB386/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB386.htm","sponsor":"James Kay"},
{"bill_id":963783,"bill_number":"HB387","title":"AN ACT relating to the Executive Branch Code of Ethics.","description":"Amend KRS 11A.080 to allow the Executive Branch Ethics Commission to turn over evidence that may be used in a preliminary investigation to any other agency with jurisdiction to review, audit, or investigate an alleged offense; amend KRS 11A.211 to change the registration fee from $125 to $500 for executive agency employers of lobbyists and each real party in interest.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-04-10","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 162)","last_action_date":"2017-04-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB387/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB387.htm","sponsor":"David Hale"},
{"bill_id":963788,"bill_number":"HB376","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization.","description":"Amend KRS 12.020 to reflect the reorganization of the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources and to confirm Executive Order 2016-857.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-04-10","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 161)","last_action_date":"2017-04-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB376/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB376.htm","sponsor":"David Hale"},
{"bill_id":963793,"bill_number":"HB395","title":"AN ACT relating to the reorganization of the Finance and Administration Cabinet.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 42 to establish the Division of Special Investigations within the Office of Inspector General; establish the duties of the Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs; amend KRS 12.020 and 42.0145 to establish the Office of Inspector General and the Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs within the Office of the Secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet; delete references to the Office of Public Information; amend KRS 131.020 to create within the Department of Revenue, the Office of Tax Policy and Regulation and the Division of Protest Resolution, the heads of which shall report directly to the commissioner; abolish the Division of Protest Resolution within the Office of Processing and Enforcement; confirm Executive Order 2016-602.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 131)","last_action_date":"2017-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB395/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB395.htm","sponsor":"Daniel Elliott"},
{"bill_id":963798,"bill_number":"SB210","title":"AN ACT relating to taxation.","description":"Amend KRS 139.105 to make a technical correction.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-15","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-16","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB210/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB210.htm","sponsor":"Christian McDaniel"},
{"bill_id":963801,"bill_number":"SB218","title":"AN ACT relating to agriculture.","description":"Amend KRS 256.080 and 256.090 to make gender-neutral changes.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-20","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 45)","last_action_date":"2017-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB218/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB218.htm","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":964989,"bill_number":"HB439","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":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB439/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB439.htm","sponsor":"Kevin Sinnette"},
{"bill_id":964992,"bill_number":"HB442","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 10% 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 postseason 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":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to Tourism & Outdoor Recreation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Tourism & Outdoor Recreation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB442/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB442.htm","sponsor":"Kevin Sinnette"},
{"bill_id":964995,"bill_number":"SB220","title":"AN ACT relating to juvenile justice.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 610 to create a minimum age of criminal responsibility of 12 years of age; amend KRS 610.030 and 605.035 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB220/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB220.htm","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":964999,"bill_number":"SB249","title":"AN ACT relating to the Energy and Environment Cabinet.","description":"Amend KRS 12.020 to remove Environmental Quality Commission, Kentucky Mining Board from under the Energy and Environment Cabinet and attach the Center for Renewable Energy Research and Environmental Stewardship to other departments; amend KRS 146.090,146.100, 146.110, 146.210, 146.270, 146.280, 146.320, and 146.330 to correct references to the Energy and Environment Cabinet, make grammatical and technical corrections, and authorize the Secretary rather than the commission to promulgate administrative regulations; amend KRS 146.415 to add a definition for \"Secretary\" to mean the Secretary of the Energy and Environment Cabinet; amend KRS 146.485 to authorize the Secretary rather than the commission to promulgate administrative regulations; amend 147A.031 to delete references to the Environmental Quality Commission; amend KRS 151.293 to allow the owner of a dam to request review and final determination by the cabinet after a request for variance has been denied and to appeal the final decision; amend 152.713 to unattach the Center for Renewable Energy Research and Environmental Stewardship from the Energy and Environment Cabinet and to identify the center as a public agency; amend KRS 154.47-005 to delete definition of \"Kentucky Forest Products Council\" and renumber accordingly; amend KRS 224.10-022 and KRS 224A.1-010 to delete references to the Environmental Quality Commission and renumber accordingly; amend KRS 224.70-120 to delete reference to a 20% filing fee for KPDES permit and make fee equal to the cost of review with cost ceiling for different tiers; amend KRS 189.450, 224.40-31, 224.50-760, and 224.50-856 to make conforming subsection references changes; amend KRS 224.73-110 to add person operating a sewage system at residence where the person lives to those who may have primary responsibility for operation of a sewage system; amend KRS 224.80-100, 224A.011, and 349.010 to make conforming subsection references changes; amend 351.010 and 351.070 to delete references to Mining Board and renumber subsections accordingly; amend KRS 351.090, 351.102 and 351.103 to changes references to Board to department; amend KRS 351.1041 to change references from Board to commission; amend KRS 351.1045 to delete references to the Mining Board; amend KRS 351.106 to change Mining Board to department and delete reference to the commissioner making recommendations at the board's request; amend 351.110 and 351.120 to change references from board to department; amend 351.122 to change board to department and delete references to course of examination and instruction by the board; amend KRS 351.125 to make technical corrections; amend KRS 352.010 to delete the Mining Board from definitions and renumber subsections accordingly; amend KRS 352.310 to change board to Mine Safety Review Commission; amend KRS 224.10-100, 224.30-175, 224.48-815, 224.46-520, 350.240, and 350.054 to make conforming reference changes; repeal KRS 151.232; KRS 154.47-100, 154.47-105; KRS 154.47-110; KRS 154.47-120; KRS 224.1-100; KRS 224.1-105; KRS 224.1-110; KRS 224.1-115; KRS 224.1-200; KRS 224.1-205; KRS 224.1-210; KRS 224.1-215; KRS 224.1-220; KRS 224.10-660; KRS 224.30-050; KRS 224.30-100; KRS 224.30-105; KRS 224.30-110; KRS 224.30-115; KRS 224.30-120; KRS 224.30-125; KRS 224.30-130; KRS 224.30-135; KRS 224.30-140; KRS 224.30-145; KRS 224.30-150; KRS 224.30-155; KRS 224.30-160; KRS 224.30-165; KRS 224.30-170; KRS 224.30-180; KRS 224.30-185; KRS 224.30-190; KRS 224.30-195; KRS 224.43-070; KRS 224.43-080; KRS 224.43-710; KRS 224.43-720; KRS 224.43-730; KRS 224.46-810; KRS 224.46-820; KRS 224.46-825: KRS 224.46-830; KRS 224.46-840; KRS 224.46-850; KRS 224.46-860; KRS 224.46-870; KRS 224.50-020; KRS 350.035; KRS 350.052; KRS 350.053; KRS 350.260; KRS 350.470; KRS 350.715; KRS 351.105; KRS 351.1055; and 352.550.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 117)","last_action_date":"2017-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB249/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB249.htm","sponsor":"Jared Carpenter"},
{"bill_id":965002,"bill_number":"HR108","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Anita Sue Esham Muckelroy.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Anita Sue Esham Muckelroy.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR108/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR108.htm","sponsor":"Jeff Hoover"},
{"bill_id":965006,"bill_number":"HB438","title":"AN ACT relating to electric generating units.","description":"Create a new section of Subchapter 20 of KRS Chapter 224 to allocate ten percent of carbon dioxide emissions 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":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Energy (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Natural Resources & Energy","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB438/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB438.htm","sponsor":"Kevin Sinnette"},
{"bill_id":965009,"bill_number":"SB225","title":"AN ACT relating to the Public Service Commission.","description":"Amend KRS 278.180 to allow ratepayers to petition the Public Service Commission for a rehearing of cases that increase electric rates; require 10% of residential customers to sign petition; set requirements for a public hearing; allow appeal to Franklin Circuit Court. Amend KRS 278.180 to require all PSC commissioners to stand for retention in each regular election; all ratepayers of a regulated utility eligible to vote.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Energy (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Natural Resources and Energy","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB225/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB225.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":965013,"bill_number":"HB431","title":"AN ACT relating to the Joint Funding Administration Program.","description":"Require the 2017-2018 Joint Funding Administration allocation be disbursed to the Area Development Districts in the same manner and in the same amount as the allocation and disbursement for the fiscal years 2014-2015 and 2015-2016, except that the amounts shall be reduced by the 9% budget reduction for the fiscal year 2017-2018; establish the Joint Funding Administration Task Force; establish the membership of the task force; require monthly meetings during the 2017 Interim of the General Assembly; require a report of the task force to be submitted on or before December 1, 2017.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"floor amendment (4) and (5-title) filed","last_action_date":"2017-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB431/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB431.htm","sponsor":"Jim Duplessis"},
{"bill_id":965016,"bill_number":"SB248","title":"AN ACT relating to radiation.","description":"Amend KRS 211.862 to amend the definition of Naturally-occurring radioactive material (NORM); add the definition of Technologically-enhanced naturally-occurring radioactive material (TENORM); amend KRS 211.863 to add provisions relating to TENORM; exempt certain drill cuttings from wells from regulation as TENORM; authorize the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to regulate TENORM.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 116)","last_action_date":"2017-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB248/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB248.htm","sponsor":"Jared Carpenter"},
{"bill_id":965020,"bill_number":"HR103","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":"2017-02-23","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR103/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR103.htm","sponsor":"Robert Mills"},
{"bill_id":965023,"bill_number":"HB441","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, 2017.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB441/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB441.htm","sponsor":"Kevin Sinnette"},
{"bill_id":965027,"bill_number":"HJR102","title":"Direct the placement of honorary signs on Kentucky Route 2831 in Owensboro in honor of legendary basketball coach Bobby Watson.","description":"Direct the placement of honorary signs on Kentucky Route 2831 in Owensboro in honor of legendary basketball coach Bobby Watson.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR102/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HJR102.htm","sponsor":"DJ Johnson"},
{"bill_id":965030,"bill_number":"SB245","title":"AN ACT relating to abortion.","description":"Amend 2017 Regular Session HB 2/GA to exempt women whose pregnancies resulted from rape or incest from having an ultrasound prior to an abortion; amend 2017 Regular Session SB 5/GA to allow women whose pregnancies resulted from rape or incest to have an abortion even if the probable post-fertilization age of the unborn child is 20 weeks or greater.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB245/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB245.htm","sponsor":"Denise Harper Angel"},
{"bill_id":965034,"bill_number":"HB413","title":"AN ACT relating to testimony of a child victim.","description":"Amend KRS 421.350 to allow a judge to admit into evidence the out-of-court statements of a child under the age of 12 in a case involving a violent offense, certain sex offenses, and proceedings under KRS Chapter 620.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB413/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB413.htm","sponsor":"Adam Koenig"},
{"bill_id":965037,"bill_number":"SB223","title":"AN ACT relating to the Uniform Trust Code.","description":"Repeal KRS 386B.7-100, which grants exclusive jurisdiction to the District Court in cases relative to the office of trustee for purposes of the Uniform Trust Code.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB223/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB223.htm","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":965040,"bill_number":"HJR92","title":"Designate the Sergeant James A. Sherrill Memorial Highway in Meade County.","description":"Designate the Sergeant James A. Sherrill Memorial Highway in Meade County.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR92/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HJR92.htm","sponsor":"Jeff Greer"},
{"bill_id":965044,"bill_number":"HB444","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":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB444/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB444.htm","sponsor":"Jill York"},
{"bill_id":965047,"bill_number":"SJR105","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a portion of US Hwy 610 in Pike County as the Don \"Donnie Mac\" McClelland Justice Memorial Highway and erect the appropriate signage.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a portion of US Hwy 610 in Pike County as the Don \"Donnie Mac\" McClelland Justice Memorial Highway and erect the appropriate signage.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR105/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SJR105.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":965051,"bill_number":"SB237","title":"AN ACT relating to wages and hours.","description":"Omnibus provisions to KRS Chapter 337 to conform with the federal Fair Labor Standards Act; amend KRS 337.010, 337.060, 337.275, 337.285, 337.295, 337.355, 337.365, 337.385, 337.420, 337.423, 337.425, 337.427, 337.430, 337.433, 337.505, and 337.990 to conform; repeal 337.015, 337.050, and 337.065.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB237/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB237.htm","sponsor":"Christian McDaniel"},
{"bill_id":965054,"bill_number":"HB452","title":"Feb 17-WITHDRAWN","description":"Feb 17-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2017-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB452/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB452.htm","sponsor":"Lynn Bechler"},
{"bill_id":965058,"bill_number":"HCR96","title":"Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish a Kentucky Volunteer Firefighter Recruitment and Retention Task Force; provide that the purpose of the task force is to study the use of volunteer firefighters in Kentucky, the factors impacting the recruitment and retention of volunteer firefighters, and the options used in Kentucky and across the nation to recruit and retain volunteer firefighters; require the task force to develop consensus recommendations to improve the recruitment and retention of volunteer firefighters in the Commonwealth of Kentucky; name the membership of the task force; require its final report to be submitted to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2017; 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 Kentucky Volunteer Firefighter Recruitment and Retention Task Force; provide that the purpose of the task force is to study the use of volunteer firefighters in Kentucky, the factors impacting the recruitment and retention of volunteer firefighters, and the options used in Kentucky and across the nation to recruit and retain volunteer firefighters; require the task force to develop consensus recommendations to improve the recruitment and retention of volunteer firefighters in the Commonwealth of Kentucky; name the membership of the task force; require its final report to be submitted to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2017; and provide that the Legislative Research Commission has authority to alternatively assign the issues identified in the Resolution to interim joint committees or subcommittees thereof.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day","last_action_date":"2017-03-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR96/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HCR96.htm","sponsor":"David Hale"},
{"bill_id":965061,"bill_number":"HB415","title":"AN ACT relating to federal law enforcement officers.","description":"Amend KRS 61.365, relating to federal peace officers who have been granted Kentucky peace officer powers, to add Veterans Health Administration law enforcement officers of United States Department of Veterans Affairs.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB415/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB415.htm","sponsor":"David Hale"},
{"bill_id":965065,"bill_number":"HB424","title":"AN ACT relating to Kentucky promise zone tax incentives.","description":"Amend KRS 141.010 to exclude from the definition of \"adjusted gross income\" wages received by an employee from a qualified Kentucky promise zone employer; define \"Kentucky promise zone,\" \"qualified Kentucky promise zone employer,\" and \"services performed in the Kentucky promise zone\"; amend KRS 141.310 to exempt Kentucky promise zone employers from deducting and withholding individual income tax imposed under KRS 141.020 from an employee's wages; require reporting by Kentucky promise zone employers and the Department of Revenue; amend KRS 139.570 to allow qualified Kentucky promise zone employers located in the Kentucky promise zone to deduct an amount of compensation equal to 75 percent of the tax due, provided the amount due is not delinquent at the time of payment; require the Department of Revenue to report information to the Legislative Research Commission; amend KRS 131.190, 131.135, 131.618, 131.650, 131.990, 141.389, and 131.020 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB424/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB424.htm","sponsor":"Tim Couch"},
{"bill_id":965068,"bill_number":"HB417","title":"AN ACT relating to interference with an authorized individual's right to concealed carry.","description":"Amend KRS 237.137 to provide that it is a violation to prevent a person authorized to concealed carry from doing so on a permitted property; establish fines.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 182)","last_action_date":"2017-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB417/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB417.htm","sponsor":"Robert Benvenuti"},
{"bill_id":965072,"bill_number":"SB246","title":"AN ACT relating to charitable gaming.","description":"Amend KRS 238.505 to define \"networked national charitable organization;\" amend KRS 238.535 to exempt chapters or satellite offices of a networked national charitable organization from establishment requirements of the section; amend KRS 238.550 to grant the department authority to promulgate administrative regulations allowing alternative reporting requirements for networked national charitable organizations; grant chapters or satellite offices of networked national charitable organizations the authority to maintain a single checking account if the account is maintained within the Commonwealth, gaming revenue is transferred to a single state-wide account within five days, and they comply with reporting requirements established by the department.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB246/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB246.htm","sponsor":"Robin Webb"},
{"bill_id":965075,"bill_number":"SJR103","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to change the signs designating the Clarence Edward Tackett and Billy Wayne Bridgeman bridges in Virgie, Kentucky, to indicate that these men were casualties of the Vietnam War.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to change the signs designating the Clarence Edward Tackett and Billy Wayne Bridgeman bridges in Virgie, Kentucky, to indicate that these men were casualties of the Vietnam War.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR103/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SJR103.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":965079,"bill_number":"HJR95","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a bridge on United States Highway 421 in Harlan County as the \"Corporal George \"Hobie\" Noe Memorial Bridge.\"","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a bridge on United States Highway 421 in Harlan County as the \"Corporal George \"Hobie\" Noe Memorial Bridge.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR95/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HJR95.htm","sponsor":"Rick Nelson"},
{"bill_id":965082,"bill_number":"HCR99","title":"Urge Congress to enact H.R. 6234, the Private Corrado Piccoli Purple Heart Preservation Act, to keep Purple Heart medals in the hands of the service members to whom they were awarded and those service members' families.","description":"Urge Congress to enact H.R. 6234, the Private Corrado Piccoli Purple Heart Preservation Act, to keep Purple Heart medals in the hands of the service members to whom they were awarded and those service members' families.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-03-15","last_action":"received in Senate","last_action_date":"2017-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR99/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HCR99.htm","sponsor":"Jeff Greer"},
{"bill_id":965086,"bill_number":"HB400","title":"AN ACT relating to horse racing and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 138.510 to provide for an alternate distribution of the pari-mutuel excise tax when one or more associations offers pari-mutuel wagering on the results of previously run horse races if the association or associations are licensed to conduct live racing of different breeds of racing than the breed of live racing at the location and make permanent the exemption provided for two-day international horse racing events which is set to expire on December 31, 2017; amend KRS 230.218 to conform; amend KRS 230.260 to allow the racing commission to require fingerprinting in background checks, and to require licensure of manufacturers, distributors, or vendors of any terminal or equipment used or associated with wagering on the results of previously run horse races; allow the racing commission to require testing of equipment or software and require the supplier to pay for the testing; amend KRS 230.770 to conform and to specify the uses of the Kentucky standardbred development fund; amend KRS 230.802 to conform; clarify legislative intent.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"recommitted to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-27","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB400/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB400.htm","sponsor":"David Osborne"},
{"bill_id":965089,"bill_number":"HJR5","title":"Designate the Kinnaird-Bell Memorial Bridge on Kentucky Route 80 in Metcalfe County and erect appropriate signs.","description":"Designate the Kinnaird-Bell Memorial Bridge on Kentucky Route 80 in Metcalfe County and erect appropriate signs.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR5/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HJR5.htm","sponsor":"Bart Rowland"},
{"bill_id":965093,"bill_number":"HB450","title":"AN ACT relating to telehealth.","description":"Amend KRS 304.17A-138 to require health benefit plan coverage of telehealth to the same extent as though provided in person; prohibit health benefit plans from requiring providers to be physically present with a patient; prohibit prior authorization, medical review, or administrative clearance if not required in person; prohibit demonstration of necessity; prohibit requiring providers to be part of the telehealth network or subject to Telehealth Board oversight; specify that health benefit plans shall not be required to provide coverage for services that are not medically necessary or pay for transmission costs; amend KRS 304.17A-005 to redefine \"telehealth\"; amend KRS 18A.225 to require any fully insured health benefit plans or self-insured plans issued or renewed after July 1, 2017, to public employees to comply with KRS 304.17A-138.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB450/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB450.htm","sponsor":"Steve Riley"},
{"bill_id":965097,"bill_number":"HB433","title":"Mar 14-WITHDRAWN","description":"Mar 14-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2017-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB433/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB433.htm","sponsor":"Jerry Miller"},
{"bill_id":965100,"bill_number":"SB226","title":"AN ACT relating to retirement.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 78.510 to 78.852 to provide that the administration of the County Employees Retirement System (CERS) shall be transferred from the Kentucky Retirement System (KRS) board of trustees to the CERS board of trustees established on July 1, 2017; allow the new CERS board to contract with KRS for administration of benefits, investments, or other services as needed for a period not to exceed four years; create new sections of KRS 78.510 to 78.852 and amend KRS 78.510, 78.530, 78.535, 78.540, 78.610, 78.615, 78.616, 78.625, 78.630, 78.640, 78.650, 78.652, 78,790, 78.852, and 78.550 to establish separate statutory provisions governing administration, benefits, and investments of the County Employees Retirement System; establish a 9 member CERS board comprised of 3 elected members, and 6 individuals appointed by the Kentucky League of Cities, the Kentucky Association of Counties, or the Kentucky School Boards Association who must have 10 years of \"investment experience\" or \"retirement experience\" as defined by the bill; specify investment, reporting, and transparency requirements; amend KRS 6.350, 16.505, 16.555, 16.576, 16.577, 16.583, 16.582, 18A.205, 61.510, 61.522, 61.535, 61.540, 61.545, 61.550, 61.552, 61.5525, 61.555, 61.559, 61.565, 61.590, 61.592, 61.595, 61.597, 61.598, 61.600, 61.607, 61.621, 61.623, 61.625, 61.630, 61.637, 61.650, 61.652, 61.660, 61.665, 61.670, 61.675, 61.680, 61.690, 61.691, 61.701, 61.702, 61.705, 70.292, 70.293, 95.022, 95.290, 161.155, 161.675, to conform; amend KRS 61.645 to remove CERS elected and appointed representation on the KRS board; amend KRS 7A.250 to place CERS under the jurisdiction of the Public Pension Oversight Board; amend KRS 18A.225 to allow CERS retirees to participate in the Kentucky Employees Health Plan; repeal KRS 78.533, 78.534, 78.532, 78.542, 78.545, 212.434; provide that decisions made by the KRS board on behalf of CERS shall stand and shall not be reversed except as provided by KRS 78.510 to 78.852; provide that the three elected CERS trustees serving on the KRS board prior to July 1, 2017, shall serve as the elected trustees on the new CERS board; provide that no provision of this Act shall increase or decrease benefits to members or retired members of KRS or CERS; confirm Executive Order 2016-340 regarding KRS board expansion; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2017.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"recommitted to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2017-03-15","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB226/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB226.htm","sponsor":"Joe Bowen"},
{"bill_id":965104,"bill_number":"HB416","title":"AN ACT relating to the disclosure of body-worn camera recordings.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to provide definitions; specify that body-worn camera recordings are governed by the Kentucky Open Records Act and the retention of body-worn camera recordings is governed by KRS 171.410 to 170.740; provide exceptions as to when a public agency may elect not to disclose body worn camera recordings; specify procedures for requesting body- worn camera recordings; require that any person or agency that wishes to disclose, publicly display, or duplicate body-worn camera recordings must first give notice to any non-law enforcement agency or person depicted in the recording; create a new cause of action for enumerated persons who are not provided notice of disclosure of the recording; clarify that nothing in this section should be interpreted to override KRS 17.150 or the laws governing discovery in either criminal or civil litigation or in an administrative proceeding.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2017-02-24","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB416/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB416.htm","sponsor":"Robert Benvenuti"},
{"bill_id":965107,"bill_number":"HB422","title":"AN ACT relating to apprenticeships.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to declare a tax credit for the small businesses who have an apprenticeship program and require reporting by the Department of Revenue; amend KRS 141.0205 to conform; create a 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; and amend various sections of KRS Chapter 131 and 141 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB422/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB422.htm","sponsor":"Alan Gentry"},
{"bill_id":965111,"bill_number":"HB446","title":"AN ACT relating to the Teachers' Retirement System.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 161.220 to 161.716 to permit the Teachers' Retirement System (TRS) to use and accept electronic signatures as deemed appropriate; amend KRS 161.220 to emphasize 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 TRS to contract for insurance; amend KRS 161.430 to update contract language regarding money managers and 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 may 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 TRS 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 specifically address service credit for contracts exceeding 185 days; 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 specify 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 TRS 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 TRS 15 days after each payroll period and set penalties for noncompliance; amend KRS 161.568 to make technical corrections; 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 TRS who apply for disability benefits on or after July 1, 2017; 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 TRS to require more frequent submission of annual reports on reemployed employees by participating employers; amend KRS 161.650 to automatically designate a TRS 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 TRS 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, 2017, 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.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB446/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB446.htm","sponsor":"John Carney"},
{"bill_id":965114,"bill_number":"SR108","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Anita Sue Esham Muckelroy.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Anita Sue Esham Muckelroy.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR108/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR108.htm","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":965118,"bill_number":"SB219","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 and KRS Chapter 13A; 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":"Vetoed","status_date":"2017-04-11","last_action":"vetoed","last_action_date":"2017-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB219/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB219.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":965121,"bill_number":"SB240","title":"AN ACT relating to the Personnel Board..","description":"Amend KRS 18A.080 to make technical corrections.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB240/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB240.htm","sponsor":"David Givens"},
{"bill_id":965125,"bill_number":"HB429","title":"AN ACT relating construction performance bonding.","description":"Amend KRS 198B.040 to require the establishment of a performance bond program for contractors and subcontractors; determine who is subject to the requirement; require that performance bonds be posted for all contracts $5,000 or greater; authorize the Board Housing, Buildings and Construction to promulgate administrative regulations necessary to implement a performance bond program.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB429/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB429.htm","sponsor":"Wesley Morgan"},
{"bill_id":965128,"bill_number":"SR110","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of William Taylor \"Bill\" Simpson Jr.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of William Taylor \"Bill\" Simpson Jr.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-21","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR110/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR110.htm","sponsor":"Dorsey Ridley"},
{"bill_id":965132,"bill_number":"HB300","title":"AN ACT relating to health benefits for retired state troopers.","description":"Amend KRS 61.702 to require the Kentucky Retirement Systems to reimburse retired state troopers who are Medicare eligible for the cost of their Medicare Part B premium if the trooper began participating prior to July 1, 2003, and retired with 20 or more years of service in the State Police Retirement System.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB300/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB300.htm","sponsor":"Robert Benvenuti"},
{"bill_id":965135,"bill_number":"HR106","title":"Designate June 27, 2017, as Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Awareness Day and June 2017 as Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Month.","description":"Designate June 27, 2017, as Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Awareness Day and June 2017 as Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Month.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-02","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR106/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR106.htm","sponsor":"Brandon Reed"},
{"bill_id":965139,"bill_number":"SB235","title":"AN ACT relating to business entities.","description":"Create a new section of Subchapter 4 of KRS Chapter 14A to permit, excepting certain actions, an action against an entity or foreign entity that maintains a registered office to be brought in the county where the office is situated; create a new section of KRS Chapter 275 to expel a member by judicial order under certain situations except as stated in a written operating agreement; amend 14A.1-070 to change the definition of two terms and to define new terms; amend KRS 15A-060 to establish a $15 fee for a certificate of association; amend KRS 14A.6-010 to require an unincorporated nonprofit association to file with the Secretary of State; amend 271B.8-530 to delete requirement that a director furnish a written affirmation of his or her good faith; amend KRS 271B.8-550 to add shareholders as having certain control; amend 271B.10-200 to state that a shareholder of the corporation will not have a vested property right resulting from any provision in the bylaws; amend KRS 272A.6-050, 275.260, 362.285, 362.481, 362.1-504, 362.2-703, 362.2-933, and 386A.6-060 to exempt enforcement of a judgment by certain entities; amend KRS 273A.040 to exempt certain members from a judgment or order for which members are not liable; amend KRS 275.015 to include in the definition of \"nonprofit limited liability company\" a requirement that in its articles of organization it has elected to be treated as a nonprofit limited liability company in accordance with KRS 275.025(6); amend KRS 275.175 to permit a written operating agreement that sets forth certain specifics; amend KRS 275.280 to state that except as set forth in a written operating agreement any dissociation of a member does not entitle the former member or assignee to any distribution; amend KRS 275.337 and 386A.6-110 to prohibit a certain derivative proceeding under certain circumstances; amend KRS 382.135 to require additional information to be on a deed to real property.","status_desc":"Enrolled","status_date":"2017-03-30","last_action":"became law without Governor's Signature (Acts, ch. 193)","last_action_date":"2017-04-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB235/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB235.htm","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":965142,"bill_number":"HB412","title":"AN ACT relating to retiree health reimbursements to the Kentucky Retirement Systems.","description":"Amend KRS 61.637 to provide that effective July 1, 2017, local school districts shall not be required to reimburse Kentucky Retirement Systems for retiree health care premiums for reemployed retirees.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB412/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB412.htm","sponsor":"Richard Heath"},
{"bill_id":965145,"bill_number":"HB447","title":"AN ACT relating to financial transactions.","description":"Establish Subtitle 12 of KRS Chapter 286 and create new sections of that subtitle relating to credit; define terms; require a license to make fair credit loans; require locations to be physically located in Kentucky with at least one full-time employee; establish qualifications of an applicant for a license to offer fair credit loans; require the commissioner of the Department of Financial Institutions to periodically review a licensee's compliance with licensure qualifications; establish form requirements for an application to offer fair credit loans and a $500 filing fee; provide commissioner with discretion to establish a nonrefundable supervision fee in lieu of other fees; require that licensees maintain an agent in Kentucky for service of process and notify the commissioner in writing at least five days prior to any change in the status of an agent; establish the filing fee for a license and establish requirements for additional materials to accompany the application, including a surety bond or irrevocable letter of credit of $25,000 per location not to exceed $200,000 for a single licensee; allow the commissioner to require background checks at the expense of the applicant; require the commissioner to investigate completed applications for compliance and issue licenses if requirements have been satisfied; require licenses to be conspicuously posted; provide for annual expiration and renewals of licenses upon showing of continued compliance; establish due process procedures for the denial of a license; establish license renewal fee of $500; provide commissioner with discretion to establish a biennial license; prohibit transfer or assignment of a license, and set out requirements for a change of a control of a licensee; require five days' notice to the commissioner of a change in principal place of business, location, or name of a licensee; allow for the collection of certain interest, fees, and charges on a fair credit loan; limit fair credit loan plans to an outstanding principal balance of $1,000 and provide for other specific loan plan terms; allow for the collection of fees after a default by a customer; establish requirements for disclosures made by licensees to customers; require licensees to provide customers with a periodic billing statement; establish requirements for recordkeeping by a licensee; prohibit unfair or deceptive acts by a licensee; prohibit customers from having more than one outstanding fair credit loan plan and require licensees to inquire about the plan; prohibit licensees from using certain devices or agreements and require licensees to comply with certain state and federal laws; prohibit certain provisions in a fair credit loan plan; exempt fair credit loans from certain other statutes; grant authority to commissioner to promulgate administrative regulations; grant examination, investigatory, and subpoena powers to the commissioner and remedies for enforcement; require licensees and other persons to pay reasonable examination and investigation costs; allow for written complaints to be submitted to the commissioner and vest exclusive administrative power to investigate complaint with commissioner; allow commissioner to suspend or revoke a license, issue cease and desist orders, order refunds and civil penalties, censure or bar persons from the business of a licensee, and establish due process procedures; allow commissioner authority to enter into consent orders, seek civil penalties and make criminal referrals, and take enforcement action without opportunity for prior hearing in extraordinary circumstances; require licensees to report certain events within 15 days of occurrence; require the filing of an annual report by a licensee and exempt the reports from disclosure or discovery; require the commissioner to prepare an annual report and analysis reflecting the results of operations of licensees; allow the commissioner to license applicants through a multistate licensing system and extend federal and state privileges to information disclosed to the licensing system; establish a database for fair credit loan plans and reporting requirements for licensees; establish requirements for operation and use of database and conduct of third-party providers; establish the information a licensee may access in the database and exempt certain reported information from disclosure or discovery; prohibit local government units from regulating or having authority over the business of making fair credit loans; make licenses available to certain persons chartered, organized, or licensed pursuant to KRS Chapter 286 as of January 1, 2017; establish the name of this subtitle as the \"Kentucky Fair Credit Act\"; add a new section to Subtitle 1 of KRS Chapter 280 to add definitions for \"commissioner\" and \"department\"; amend KRS 286.1-011 to specify that the Department of Financial Institutions regulates matters under KRS Chapter 286 and 292; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2018.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB447/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB447.htm","sponsor":"Jim Gooch"},
{"bill_id":965149,"bill_number":"SJR106","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to add Don Rigsby to the Country Music Highway.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to add Don Rigsby to the Country Music Highway.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR106/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SJR106.htm","sponsor":"Robin Webb"},
{"bill_id":965152,"bill_number":"SB230","title":"AN ACT relating to taxation.","description":"Amend KRS 139.105 to make a technical correction.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB230/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB230.htm","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":965156,"bill_number":"HR104","title":"Honor George Miller upon being named the Elmus S. Ussery Builder of the Year.","description":"Honor George Miller upon being named the Elmus S. Ussery Builder of the Year.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR104/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR104.htm","sponsor":"Danny Bentley"},
{"bill_id":965159,"bill_number":"HCR105","title":"Mar 30-WITHDRAWN","description":"Mar 30-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-02-28","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR105/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HCR105.htm","sponsor":"David Meade"},
{"bill_id":965163,"bill_number":"HR93","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Petty Officer Second Class Clayborn Willis Ashby, Jr.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Petty Officer Second Class Clayborn Willis Ashby, Jr.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR93/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR93.htm","sponsor":"Kevin Bratcher"},
{"bill_id":965166,"bill_number":"SB252","title":"AN ACT relating to the State Interagency Council for Services to Children.","description":"Make technical correction.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB252/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB252.htm","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":965170,"bill_number":"HJR94","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a bridge on United States Highway 421 in Harlan County as the \"PFC Arthur Speegle Jr. Memorial Bridge.\"","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a bridge on United States Highway 421 in Harlan County as the \"PFC Arthur Speegle Jr. Memorial Bridge.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR94/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HJR94.htm","sponsor":"Rick Nelson"},
{"bill_id":965173,"bill_number":"SB222","title":"AN ACT relating to consolidated local governments.","description":"Amend KRS 67C.103 to set forth additional requirements relating to redistricting procedures and the filling of vacancies on the legislative council; clarify the audit and investigation powers of the legislative council; grant power to the council to subpoena persons and documents and administer oaths; establish procedures for failure to comply with subpoenas and require a resolution to create certain procedures; amend KRS 67C.105 to limit the mayor to two consecutive terms; clarify budget requirements; establish a requirement to submit certain contracts to the legislative council for review and approval; require appointment of a deputy mayor; establish terms and duties of the deputy mayor; provide that the deputy mayor will become temporary mayor in case of mayoral vacancy; establish procedures for mayoral vacancy and the simultaneous vacancy of mayor and deputy mayor; amend 67C.111 to allow annexation of territory by city within the consolidated local government with the approval of 80% of property owners, all other annexations subject to previous requirements of annexation; amend KRS 67C.115 to authorize the legislative council and political caucuses to retain outside legal counsel if desired; amend KRS 67C.131 to authorize two to four two staff persons be hired for recognized caucuses of the legislative council; amend KRS 67C.139 to require the mayor to take certain criteria into account in making appointments; establish procedures for the mayor's failure to make required appointments; establish procedures whereby legislative council members may serve on agencies, boards, and commissions; require examination of \"incompatible offices\" prior to appointments; amend KRS 67C.143 to allow removal of a member of a board or commission by legislative council; prohibit removed persons from holding same office or position for five years; amend KRS 424.290 to clarify that certain publication costs are to be borne by units of local government; allow county clerk in a county containing a consolidated local government to publish in a newspaper candidates and issues on ballot and allow Internet publication of other ballot information.","status_desc":"Enrolled","status_date":"2017-03-15","last_action":"became law without Governor's Signature (Acts, ch. 150)","last_action_date":"2017-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB222/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB222.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
{"bill_id":965177,"bill_number":"SR115","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of George Jeffrey Fisk.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of George Jeffrey Fisk.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-14","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR115/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR115.htm","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":965180,"bill_number":"SB227","title":"AN ACT relating to workforce training.","description":"Amend KRS 343.060 to make provisions gender-neutral.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB227/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB227.htm","sponsor":"Brandon Smith"},
{"bill_id":965184,"bill_number":"SB247","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky State Police and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 15A to permit the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet and its agencies to provide state personnel, state property, and other state resources to the Kentucky State Police Foundation, Incorporated; amend KRS 16.040 to expand KSP officer eligibility to a person with a high school or GED diploma with at least 3 years' experience demonstrating commitment and professionalism in prior employment, training and certifications; amend KRS 16.080 to require the commissioner to establish a KSP code of ethics through the promulgation of administrative regulations and exempt KSP from KRS Chapter 11A; amend KRS 16.052 to permit a salary increase based on a promotion to a higher rank to be effective on the first day of the officer's promotion; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-03-03","last_action":"posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 14, 2017","last_action_date":"2017-03-08","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB247/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB247.htm","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":965187,"bill_number":"HB414","title":"AN ACT relating to fantasy contests and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Establish KRS Chapter 239 relating to fantasy sports contests and create new sections thereof to include definitions; require fantasy contest operators to be registered by the Public Protection Cabinet; establish application requirements; establish initial and annual registration fees; mandate fantasy contest operators to implement commercially reasonable procedures for fantasy contests; require the Public Protection Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations regulating the operation of fantasy contests; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"3rd reading, defeated 37-36 with Committee Substitute (1)","last_action_date":"2017-03-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB414/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB414.htm","sponsor":"Adam Koenig"},
{"bill_id":965191,"bill_number":"SJR114","title":"Designate Kentucky Route 67 in Greenup County as the Robert W. Carpenter Highway in Greenup County.","description":"Designate Kentucky Route 67 in Greenup County as the Robert W. Carpenter Highway in Greenup County.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR114/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SJR114.htm","sponsor":"Robin Webb"},
{"bill_id":965195,"bill_number":"HB451","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, 2018; provide a reimbursement to local governments to 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, 2018; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to Tourism & Outdoor Recreation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Tourism & Outdoor Recreation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB451/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB451.htm","sponsor":"David Hale"},
{"bill_id":965198,"bill_number":"HB448","title":"AN ACT relating to industrial hemp.","description":"Amend KRS 260.850 to align definition for \"certified seed\" with federal requirements; define the term \"extract\"; clarify definitions of \"hemp products\" and \"industrial hemp\" to include extracts and align with federal definition; create a new section of KRS Chapter 260 outlining marketing and transportation requirements for industrial hemp and industrial hemp products; amend KRS 260.855 to align THC concentration level requirements to that of federal law.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-03-06","last_action":"received in House","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB448/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB448.htm","sponsor":"Dan Johnson"},
{"bill_id":965202,"bill_number":"SR112","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Rita Pearl Cooksie.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Rita Pearl Cooksie.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR112/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR112.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":965205,"bill_number":"HB410","title":"AN ACT relating to operator's licenses and personal identification cards 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, including KYTC mobile units; establish a base renewal period of 8 years for operator's licenses and personal ID cards; require drivers under 18 who apply for an instruction permit 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; provide exceptions for applicants for non-enhanced documents; 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 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; require name changes through marriage, divorce, or other name changes to conform to an applicant's name on file with the Social Security Administration; allow photoless IDs for individuals with religious objections; 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, their spouses and dependents; allow a 90-day extension for active duty military members, their spouses and dependents returning home to renew their licenses; 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 voluntary enhanced secure licenses and personal ID cards; identify features of the system; give all applicants, including individuals coming into Kentucky from another state, the option to apply for an enhanced secure identity document; allow current holders of non-enhanced secure identity documents the option to apply for an enhanced secure identity document; allow individuals ineligible under federal standards for an enhanced secure identity document to apply for a non-enhanced secure identity document; set same fees for both enhanced secure and non-enhanced secure identity documents; clarify that electronic connectivity with agencies or organizations must be limited to the minimum amount of data necessary to verify data presented by the applicant, process the application, and produce and distribute the identity documents, and limit data-sharing as required under the federal Driver’s Privacy Protection Act; require the KYTC to promulgate administrative regulations to set standards for the voluntary enhanced secure identity document system; 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 186.401 to redefine \"driver's license\" and define \"operator's license\"; 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 186.4125 to require a certified copy of a birth certificate to apply for a voluntary enhanced secure identity document; retain existing language allowing the use of an original hospital birth certificate for a non-enhanced secure identity document; require the KYTC to apply to DHS for a waiver for an exception to allow hospital birth certificates to be used for voluntary enhanced secure identity documents; amend KRS 186.442 to clarify procedures for the issuance of a restricted \"Kentucky Only\" operator's license; 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; clarify that a person who wishes to rescind a declaration of making an anatomical gift should contact the Trust for Life rather than the person’s circuit clerk; establish a $30 application fee for operator's licenses and personal identification cards for applicants that are not US citizens or permanent residents; 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; 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 federal law 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 established by the Transportation Cabinet for application and issuance of CDLs and eliminate outdated references; amend KRS 186.010 to define \"identity document\" and \"travel ID\"; adjust the effective date so that Section 10, which requires the establishment for a voluntary enhanced secure identity document system by the KYTC, will take effect on the regular effective date for legislation from the 2017 Regular Session, with other sections of the Act taking effect January 1, 2019; amend KRS 15A.358, 186.4125, 186.430, 186.435, 186.440, 186.450, 186.480, 186.490, 186.520, 186.535, 186.570, 186.579, 189.011, 281A.140, and 281A.160 to conform; repeal KRS 186.495 and 186.5315; EFFECTIVE 1/1/2019; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-21","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 100)","last_action_date":"2017-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB410/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB410.htm","sponsor":"Jim Duplessis"},
{"bill_id":965209,"bill_number":"SB234","title":"AN ACT relating to victim privacy.","description":"Amend KRS 17.150 to define \"personally identifiable information\" and \"victim\"; provide that records with a victim's personally identifiable information must be redacted before being accessed for public inspection; amend KRS 61.878 to state that portions of records containing a victim's personally identifiable information are excluded from the open records Act, except upon a court order; amend KRS 61.884 to state that a public record containing a victim's personally identifiable information must be redacted prior to being accessed by the public.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB234/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB234.htm","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":965215,"bill_number":"HB419","title":"AN ACT relating to abortion.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to prohibit all forms of abortion without exception; amend KRS 311.990 to impose a Class D felony for violations; amend KRS 211.027 and 311.720, to conform; repeal KRS 311.710, which declares legislative finding regarding abortion; repeal KRS 311.723, which establishes guidelines for when a physician may perform an abortion; repeal KRS 311.725, which establishes a requirement of informed written consent to abortion; repeal KRS 311.732, which establishes guidelines for abortions performed upon minors; repeal KRS 311.733 to conform; repeal KRS 311.735, which establishes guidelines for spousal notification of abortions; repeal KRS 311.750, which prohibits persons who are not licensed physicians from performing abortions; repeal KRS 311.760, which establishes minimum standards for abortions; repeal KRS 311.765, which prohibits partial birth abortion; repeal KRS 311.770 which restricted saline abortions after the first trimester; repeal KRS 311.780 prohibiting abortion after an unborn child has reached viability.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB419/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB419.htm","sponsor":"Mary Marzian"},
{"bill_id":965218,"bill_number":"SB224","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 an illness or injury suffered as a result of an act or series of acts against a person 18 years or older that meets the criteria of an offense under KRS Chapters 510, 529, 530, or 531 to five years unless the civil defendant was convicted of the offense, in which case there is no statute of limitations.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 114)","last_action_date":"2017-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB224/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB224.htm","sponsor":"Wil Schroder"},
{"bill_id":965222,"bill_number":"HJR98","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to place signs honoring the Bullitt East High School Cheer Team, 2017 KHSAA State Cheerleading Champions.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to place signs honoring the Bullitt East High School Cheer Team, 2017 KHSAA State Cheerleading Champions.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR98/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HJR98.htm","sponsor":"Dan Johnson"},
{"bill_id":965225,"bill_number":"HCR101","title":"Create a twelve-member Alcoholic Beverage Issues Subcommittee of the Interim Joint Committee on Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations to study the structure, intent, and effect of Kentucky alcoholic beverage laws; direct the subcommittee to meet on the same days as the interim joint committee; require the subcommittee to submit a memorandum containing its recommendations by December 1, 2017.","description":"Create a twelve-member Alcoholic Beverage Issues Subcommittee of the Interim Joint Committee on Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations to study the structure, intent, and effect of Kentucky alcoholic beverage laws; direct the subcommittee to meet on the same days as the interim joint committee; require the subcommittee to submit a memorandum containing its recommendations by December 1, 2017.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-03-06","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2017-03-07","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR101/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HCR101.htm","sponsor":"Wesley Morgan"},
{"bill_id":965229,"bill_number":"SB231","title":"AN ACT relating to military affairs.","description":"Amend KRS 36.392 to add gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB231/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB231.htm","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":965232,"bill_number":"SCR111","title":"Direct the staff of the Legislative Research Commission to study the advantages and disadvantages of the opt-in standard of Kentucky's anatomical gift law.","description":"Direct the staff of the Legislative Research Commission to study the advantages and disadvantages of the opt-in standard of Kentucky's anatomical gift law.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SCR111/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SCR111.htm","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":965236,"bill_number":"HB432","title":"Mar 14-WITHDRAWN","description":"Mar 14-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2017-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB432/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB432.htm","sponsor":"Jerry Miller"},
{"bill_id":965239,"bill_number":"SB250","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":"2017-02-16","last_action":"recommitted to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2017-03-15","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB250/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB250.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":965243,"bill_number":"HB200","title":"AN ACT relating to orders of restitution and forfeiture following a criminal conviction of cruelty to animals in the second degree.","description":"Amend KRS 525.130, relating to cruelty to animals in the second degree, to allow a court to order an offender to pay restitution for the upkeep of a horse involved in the offense and terminate the offender's interest in the horse involved in the offense.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 145)","last_action_date":"2017-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB200/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB200.htm","sponsor":"David Osborne"},
{"bill_id":965246,"bill_number":"SB242","title":"AN ACT relating to cost-of-living adjustments for pension plans for former cities of the third class.","description":"Amend KRS 90.410, 95.560, and 95.624 to allow former cities of the third class adopting a pension fund program prior to August 1, 1988, to provide an annual cost-of-living adjustment in an amount equal to the increase in the cost-of-living increase for a recipient of Social Security or the increase in the consumer price index as computed by the Department of Local Government up the current maximum of five percent.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"recommitted to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2017-03-15","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB242/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB242.htm","sponsor":"Dorsey Ridley"},
{"bill_id":965249,"bill_number":"HB445","title":"AN ACT relating to taxation.","description":"Amend KRS 139.480 to exempt charitable gaming supplies and equipment from sales and use tax; amend sections of KRS Chapter 131 and 141 to make technical corrections and establish reporting requirements.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB445/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB445.htm","sponsor":"Diane St Onge"},
{"bill_id":965253,"bill_number":"SR104","title":"Adjourn in loving memory of Lieutenant General Harold \"Hal\" Gregory Moore Jr.","description":"Adjourn in loving memory of Lieutenant General Harold \"Hal\" Gregory Moore Jr.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR104/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR104.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":965256,"bill_number":"SB229","title":"AN ACT relating to education.","description":"Amend KRS 156.690 to insert gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB229/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB229.htm","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":965260,"bill_number":"HB420","title":"AN ACT relating to minimum wage for tipped employees.","description":"Amend KRS 337.275 to increase the state minimum wage for tipped employees to $3 per hour; provide that beginning on July 1, 2018, and each year thereafter, this minimum shall be increased by the lesser of $0.95 or the amount necessary to bring the wage to 70% of the hourly minimum wage for non-tipped employees; amend KRS 337.010 to exclude from the definition of \"employee\" those employed by service industry businesses with annual gross sales of less than to $500,000.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB420/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB420.htm","sponsor":"Will Coursey"},
{"bill_id":965263,"bill_number":"HB425","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization.","description":"Amend KRS 148.850 by adding two members to the Tourism Development Finance Authority, one of whom shall represent the film industry and one of whom shall represent individuals with experience in financial management or economic development; confirm Executive Order 2016-210.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-03-08","last_action":"to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2017-03-14","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB425/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB425.htm","sponsor":"Jill York"},
{"bill_id":965267,"bill_number":"HB426","title":"AN ACT relating to impersonation.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 525 to create the offense of online impersonation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB426/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB426.htm","sponsor":"Stan Lee"},
{"bill_id":965270,"bill_number":"SB233","title":"AN ACT relating to public protection.","description":"Amend KRS 227.250 to add gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB233/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB233.htm","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":965274,"bill_number":"SB221","title":"AN ACT relating to resources to support local tourism, recreation, and economic development.","description":"Amend KRS 91A.400 to define \"base restaurant tax receipts\" and \"merged government,\" to allow merged governments to levy a restaurant tax, establish a distribution amount and protocol for cities and merged governments imposing a restaurant tax on or after the effective date of this Act and their respective tourist and convention commissions, and establish a distribution amount and protocol for cities that imposed a tax prior to the effective date of the Act and their respective tourist and convention commissions.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB221/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB221.htm","sponsor":"Jared Carpenter"},
{"bill_id":965280,"bill_number":"HB418","title":"AN ACT relating to adoption assistance.","description":"Amend KRS 18A.202 to establish an adoption benefit program for state employees; amend KRS 36.477 to raise the adoption assistance maximums to Kentucky National Guard Adoption Assistance to $6,000 in unreimbursed direct costs related to the adoption of a child with special needs and $4,000 in unreimbursed direct costs related to the adoption of any other child.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB418/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB418.htm","sponsor":"Dean Schamore"},
{"bill_id":965283,"bill_number":"SB251","title":"AN ACT proposing to amend Sections 32, 95, 145, and 148 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to elections.","description":"Propose to amend Sections 32, 95, 145, and 148 of the Constitution of Kentucky to establish term limits for members of the General Assembly to not more than 12 years; to extend the term of office by one year for statewide constitutionally elected officers elected in 2019 and to require that those statewide constitutionally elected officers, beginning in 2024, be elected in even-numbered years; to automatically restore civil rights to convicted felons after they have served their sentence, completed parole or probation and paid restitution; to require polling places to be open for voters on the Saturday before the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November and to require that polling places be open until eight o'clock p.m. on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November; provide a transitional calendar; submit to the voters for approval or disapproval.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB251/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB251.htm","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":965287,"bill_number":"SB228","title":"AN ACT relating to economic development.","description":"Amend KRS 154.10.050 to make technical corrections.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB228/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB228.htm","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":965290,"bill_number":"SB238","title":"AN ACT relating to construction and declaring an emergency.","description":"Provide authorization for the renewal of the Capital Plaza in downtown Frankfort, Kentucky, including authorization under KRS 45.763; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-21","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 103)","last_action_date":"2017-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB238/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB238.htm","sponsor":"David Givens"},
{"bill_id":965294,"bill_number":"HB421","title":"AN ACT relating to administrative regulations.","description":"Amend KRS 13A.290 to require the administrative regulations compiler to compile a list of administrative regulations considered during the year, including their disposition; require the co-chairs of the Administrative Regulation Review Subcommittee to file the list of regulations as a simple resolution in their respective chambers; allow members to object to any resolution on the list; require the Legislative Research Commission to refer administrative regulations removed from the list to the interim joint committee with jurisdiction over the administrative regulation for additional consideration.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB421/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB421.htm","sponsor":"William Wells"},
{"bill_id":965298,"bill_number":"SB244","title":"AN ACT relating to ignition interlock devices.","description":"Amend KRS 186.570 to allow the Transportation Cabinet to address violations related to the issuance of an ignition interlock license and installation of an ignition interlock device and to promulgate administrative regulations to address out-of-state interlock ignition orders for residents and nonresidents; amend KRS 189A.005 to make technical corrections; amend KRS 189.070 to require that persons charged with a violation of KRS 189A.010 which includes aggravating circumstances, or who have refused a breath, blood, or urine test, may only receive day-for-day credit for a valid interlock license after conviction; create a new section of KRS Chapter 189A to allow any person charged with violating KRS 189A.010(1)(a), (b), (e), or (f) or who refused a breath, blood, or urine test to apply to the Transportation Cabinet for an ignition interlock license; delete the requirement that certain offenses require court approval to apply for an ignition interlock license; amend KRS 189A.085 to require proof of issuance of an ignition interlock license to avoid impoundment of a defendant’s license plate; create a new section of KRS Chapter 189A to state that an employer exemption for an ignition interlock device allows the person to operate his or her employer's non-ignition interlock equipped motor vehicle in the course and scope of employment if the business entity that owns the motor vehicle is not owned or controlled by the person; create a new section of KRS Chapter 189A to provide that within thirty days of issuance of an ignition interlock license, a person must have a functioning ignition interlock device installed in his or her vehicle; amend KRS 189A.090 to make technical corrections to allow the court to revoke an ignition interlock or hardship license if the person has been convicted of a violation under KRS Chapter 189 for which points are assessed by the Transportation Cabinet and certain offenses under KRS Chapter 189A; amend KRS 189A.105 to require that at the time of a breath, blood, or urine test a person shall be informed that he or she will have to the ability to apply for an ignition interlock license; amend KRS 189A.107 to allow a person who refuses a breath, blood, or urine test to apply for an ignition interlock license if the person files a motion waiving the right to judicial review and to receive credit on a day-for-day basis after conviction; provide that a person who was not convicted of a violation of KRS 189A.010 but found by the court to have refused to submit to testing may receive credit on a day-for-day basis; amend KRS 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 pretrial suspension under KRS 189A.200(1)(a); amend KRS 189A.320 to make a technical correction; amend KRS 189A.400 to revise jurisdictional requirements of the District Court related to the issuance of ignition interlock licenses; 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.010(6) or KRS 189A.070; amend KRS 189A.500 to require the cabinet to create a process by which a person may seek administrative review by the cabinet related to ignition interlock devices; repeal KRS 189A.340, 189A.345, 189A.420, and 189A.440, relating to ignition interlock devices.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB244/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB244.htm","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":965301,"bill_number":"HB430","title":"AN ACT relating to retiree health benefits from the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System and declaring an emergency.","description":"Require the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System (KTRS) board to provide the same dependent subsidy provided to state employees for the remainder of the 2017 plan year if the retired teacher participates in the Kentucky Employees Health Plan and selected couple, family, or parent plus coverage; provide that the KTRS board shall have the authorization to provide the dependent subsidy in the 2018 plan year; amend KRS 161.675 to authorize the KTRS board to provide a dependent subsidy for individuals who retired prior to July 1, 2010, for plan years occurring on or after January 1, 2019, provided state funds are appropriated for the subsidy; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB430/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB430.htm","sponsor":"Kelly Flood"},
{"bill_id":965305,"bill_number":"SB239","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend KRS 437.140, relating to criminal conspiracy, to insert gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB239/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB239.htm","sponsor":"David Givens"},
{"bill_id":965308,"bill_number":"HCR100","title":"Direct the Program Review Committee to complete a study of the KRS 142.363 and the Supports for Community Living Waiver Program reimbursements for private providers; encourage joint and statutory committees to further discuss 1915(c) waivers and steps to ensure the financial viability of the program.","description":"Direct the Program Review Committee to complete a study of the KRS 142.363 and the Supports for Community Living Waiver Program reimbursements for private providers; encourage joint and statutory committees to further discuss 1915(c) waivers and steps to ensure the financial viability of the program.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-03-06","last_action":"returned to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2017-03-14","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR100/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HCR100.htm","sponsor":"Jonathan Shell"},
{"bill_id":965312,"bill_number":"SR113","title":"Recognize the 100th anniversary of the Kentucky Beverage Association, whose members represent the refreshing, nonalcoholic beverage industry in Kentucky.","description":"Recognize the 100th anniversary of the Kentucky Beverage Association, whose members represent the refreshing, nonalcoholic beverage industry in Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR113/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR113.htm","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":965315,"bill_number":"HB427","title":"AN ACT relating to divorce.","description":"Amend KRS 403.044 to prohibit hearing evidence in a divorce action involving minor children before 180 days have passed since the filing of the petition; amend KRS 403.170 to require the court in a divorce to hold a hearing with the parties present to determine whether the marriage is irretrievably broken and allow the court to require a divorce assessment performed by a qualified mental health professional.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2017-02-28","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB427/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB427.htm","sponsor":"Stan Lee"},
{"bill_id":965319,"bill_number":"HB440","title":"AN ACT relating to substance abuse prevention.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require the Department of Education to develop substance abuse and prevention awareness standards; require local school districts to provide 20 hours of instruction annually on substance abuse and prevention awareness.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB440/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB440.htm","sponsor":"Ken Fleming"},
{"bill_id":965322,"bill_number":"HB437","title":"AN ACT relating to boat docks and marinas.","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, 2018; 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":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to Tourism & Outdoor Recreation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Tourism & Outdoor Recreation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB437/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB437.htm","sponsor":"Kevin Sinnette"},
{"bill_id":965328,"bill_number":"HJR107","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to erect signs on the portion of Kentucky Route 536 in Kenton County that read the \"Biz Cain Memorial Highway.\"","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to erect signs on the portion of Kentucky Route 536 in Kenton County that read the \"Biz Cain Memorial Highway.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR107/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HJR107.htm","sponsor":"Kimberly Moser"},
{"bill_id":965332,"bill_number":"HB411","title":"AN ACT relating to the medical use of marijuana.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to allow physicians to recommend use of cannabis; hold physicians harmless for making the recommendation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB411/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB411.htm","sponsor":"John Sims"},
{"bill_id":965335,"bill_number":"SB236","title":"AN ACT relating to the protection of children.","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; create language to require the signature of the individual child care provider consenting to a background check; amend KRS 160.380 to require that school superintendents conduct a background check of child abuse and neglect records maintained by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services when considering employment decisions; 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; amend KRS 160.157 to allow a private, parochial, or church school to conduct a background check of child abuse and neglect records maintained by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services when considering employment decisions; Section 1 to 2 of this Act are effective July 1, 2018.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 115)","last_action_date":"2017-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB236/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB236.htm","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":965339,"bill_number":"HB443","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Establish KRS Chapter 324B and create new sections thereof to grant the Department of Professional Licensing supervision over the new Real Estate Authority; define terms, including \"real property board,\" which means the Board of Home Inspectors, Board of Real Estate Professionals, Board of Appraisers, or Board of Auctioneers; change the name of the Real Estate Commission to the Board of Real Estate Professionals; establish the department, which is managed by a commissioner, within the Public Protection Cabinet; direct the commissioner to issue written statements indicating the specific responsibilities of each real property board, board member, and board staff; deem all administrative regulations previously promulgated by the real property boards or their predecessors as retroactively promulgated by the commissioner; authorize the commissioner to promulgate future administrative regulations relating to any real property board, but only after the relevant real property board has first adopted the administrative regulation; create the Kentucky Real Estate Authority within the Department of Professional Licensing; appoint an executive director to manage the authority; establish the authority with five members, composed of the executive director and the chair of each of the four real property boards; make the executive director the chair of the authority, who may only vote in the case of a tie; set authority member reimbursement and compensation; direct the authority to oversee the real property boards; allow the authority to hear appeals of real property board disciplinary actions; consolidate the authority, boards, and their employees at one physical location; permit the boards to submit an annual budget to the authority, requiring approval by a majority vote of the authority; empower the Public Protection Cabinet secretary to appoint all personnel of the authority and the real property boards; order the authority to hire up to four administrative coordinators to carry out the administrative functions and day-to-day operations of the real property boards; establish the responsibilities of the executive director; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 224.10-052 and 224.10-053 as new sections of KRS Chapter 324B to replace the Office of Occupations and Professions with the Department of Professional Licensing; direct the department to assume all of the responsibilities formerly held by the office; amend KRS 198B.700, 324.010, 324A.010, and 330.020 to define \"authority,\" \"commissioner,\" and \"department\"; repeal, and reenact 198B.704, 324.281, 324A.015, and 330.050 to establish the boards of home inspectors, real estate professionals, appraisers, and auctioneers, respectively; set each board at five members and list the requirements and circumstances for membership; fix the procedures for selecting members for the boards; determine board privileges and duties; forbid the commissioner from promulgating or changing an administrative regulation relating to a board unless that board has already adopted the promulgation or change; allow appeal of a board decision to the authority; prohibit any officer or employee of the cabinet, department, or authority from attempting to influence or interfere with a board's disciplinary decision or proceeding; establish details relating to board budgets and fees; retain the agency fund account and related processes for the auctioneer board; forbid the authority from imposing a fine against a licensee without previous board approval; name circumstances that could lead to removal of a board member; set reimbursement and compensation limits for board members; permit board members and staff to attend and travel to and from board-related or industry-related meetings and events with the approval of the authority; amend KRS 198B.728, 324.200, 324A.052, and 330.130 to establish appellate rights for parties aggrieved by a board decision; amend KRS 324A.150 to define \"commissioner\"; amend KRS 12.020, 12.252, 164.6903, 164.6905, 164.6909, 164.6911, 164.6913, 164.6915, 164.6923, 164.6929, 198A.030, 198B.706, 198B.712, 198B.714, 198B.722, 198B.724, 286.8-990, 309.131, 309.329, 309.404, 319B.020, 319B.040, 324.020, 324.040, 324.045, 324.046, 324.080, 324.085, 324.090, 324.111, 324.112, 324.115, 324.117, 324.141, 324.142, 324.150, 324.151, 324.160, 324.170, 324.220, 324.236, 324.237, 324.238, 324.2812, 324.285, 324.286, 324.287, 324.288, 324.310, 324.312, 324.330, 324.360, 324.395, 324.400, 324.410, 324.420, 324.425, 324A.020, 324A.035, 324A.040, 324A.045, 324A.047, 324A.050, 324A.065, 324A.100, 324A.152, 324A.154, 324A.156, 324A.158, 324A.160, 324A.162, 324A.163, 329A.025, 330.060, 330.070, 330.110, 330.192, 334.170, 344.385, 433.900, 433.902, and 433.906 to conform; repeal KRS 324.2811, 324.282, 324.283, 324.284, 324A.025, and 324A.060; set initial real property board terms; forbid the board member expansions from removing the three initial appointees; allow board members serving on November 30, 2016, to serve out their terms as nonvoting ex officio members of their boards with reduced compensation; transfer active personnel serving the real property boards on November 30, 2016, to the authority; confirm Executive Orders 2016-859 and 2016-881, except as expressly modified; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 178)","last_action_date":"2017-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB443/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB443.htm","sponsor":"Robert Mills"},
{"bill_id":965345,"bill_number":"HB454","title":"AN ACT relating to school curriculum.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require, beginning with the 2017-2018 school year, a local school district shall provide essential skills curriculum to students; require each student to attain essential skills to graduate; amend KRS 158.645 to conform; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 requiring the Kentucky Department of Education to develop an age-appropriate drug awareness and prevention program; require local school boards to ensure that students receive annual instruction in drug awareness and prevention.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-03-03","last_action":"returned to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2017-03-14","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB454/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB454.htm","sponsor":"Jonathan Shell"},
{"bill_id":965348,"bill_number":"HB434","title":"Feb 27-WITHDRAWN","description":"Feb 27-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2017-02-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB434/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB434.htm","sponsor":"Jerry Miller"},
{"bill_id":965351,"bill_number":"HB436","title":"AN ACT relating to income tax deductions for education expenses.","description":"Amend KRS 141.010 to exclude contributions to 529 plan or STABLE account or eligible education expenses from adjusted gross income; amend KRS 164A.370 to subject excess contributions to and refunds of 529 plans to income tax; create new sections of KRS Chapter 164A to require reporting of information relating to deductions for 529 plan or STABLE account contributions to Department of Revenue and Legislative Research Commission; define terms relating to STABLE accounts; create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to define terms relating to eligible education expenses; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the Department of Revenue to disclose information to the Legislative Research Commission; amend various KRS sections to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB436/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB436.htm","sponsor":"Addia Wuchner"},
{"bill_id":965355,"bill_number":"SB241","title":"AN ACT relating to coal workers' pneumoconiosis.","description":"Amend KRS 342.197 to make language gender-neutral.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB241/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB241.htm","sponsor":"Brandon Smith"},
{"bill_id":965358,"bill_number":"SR107","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of William S. \"Bill\" Coleman.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of William S. \"Bill\" Coleman.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-02","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR107/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR107.htm","sponsor":"Julian Carroll"},
{"bill_id":965362,"bill_number":"HB449","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, 2017; 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, 2017; 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":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB449/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB449.htm","sponsor":"Robert Benvenuti"},
{"bill_id":965365,"bill_number":"HB435","title":"Mar 14-WITHDRAWN","description":"Mar 14-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2017-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB435/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB435.htm","sponsor":"Jerry Miller"},
{"bill_id":965369,"bill_number":"HB423","title":"AN ACT relating to speed limits.","description":"Amend KRS 189.390, relating to speed limits, to increase the maximum speed limit to 65 MPH on four-lane state highways that are not interstates or parkways.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB423/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB423.htm","sponsor":"Tim Couch"},
{"bill_id":965372,"bill_number":"SB253","title":"AN ACT relating to candidates for President of the United States.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 121 to require candidates for President of the United States to file three years of income tax returns with the Registry of Election Finance; require the registry to promulgate administrative regulations to provide a release form; require the registry to place the income tax returns on its Web site; require candidates for President of the United States to file a notification and oath of declaration of compliance; require the Board of Elections to provide the oath of compliance form; prohibit any candidate from appearing on a ballot if a candidate fails to file his or her income tax returns with the board; amend KRS 118.125 to require that the presidential candidate's federal income tax be filed with the Registry of Election Finance before the Secretary of State may place the candidate's name on the ballot; amend KRS 118.212 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB253/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB253.htm","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":965376,"bill_number":"HB453","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Claims Commission.","description":"Establish KRS Chapter 49 for the creation of the Kentucky Claims Commission; reassign all duties and responsibilities of the Board of Claims, Kentucky Board of Tax Appeals, and Crime Victims Compensation Board to the Kentucky Claims Commission by amending various statutes; raise the cap for negligence claims against the Commonwealth for a single claim from $200,000 to $250,000 and for multiple claims from $350,000 to $400,000; raise the threshold from $1,000 to $2,500 for negligence claims that may be investigated by the commission; raise the threshold from $1,000 to $2,500 for contested negligence claims that shall receive a hearing; raise the threshold for appeals of the commission's awards for negligence from $1,000 to $2,500; provide that negligence claims less than $250 may not be brought before the commission; shorten the time a crime victim may file a claim from 5 years to 2 years; repeal KRS 44.075, 44.080, 131.310, 131.315, 131.320, 131.330, and 346.030; confirm Executive Order 2016-576.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-21","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 74)","last_action_date":"2017-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB453/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB453.htm","sponsor":"Mark Hart"},
{"bill_id":965379,"bill_number":"HB428","title":"AN ACT relating to workforce development.","description":"Amend KRS 341.150 to make language gender-neutral.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Economic Development & Workforce Investment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB428/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB428.htm","sponsor":"Chris Fugate"},
{"bill_id":965383,"bill_number":"SB243","title":"AN ACT relating to medical marijuana for palliative or end of life care.","description":"Amend KRS 218A.010 to define \"medically necessary marijuana\" and amend the definition of \"marijuana\" to allow physicians to recommend, transfer, dispense, or administer certain types of cannabidiol or CBD; 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 2018 General Assembly and establish issues to be discussed.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB243/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB243.htm","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":965386,"bill_number":"SR109","title":"Declare February 16, 2017, Live United Day in Kentucky.","description":"Declare February 16, 2017, Live United Day in Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR109/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR109.htm","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":965390,"bill_number":"SB232","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":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB232/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB232.htm","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":965393,"bill_number":"HJR97","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to place signs in Bullitt County honoring Sarah Mills, 2017 Kentucky Middle School Teacher of the Year.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to place signs in Bullitt County honoring Sarah Mills, 2017 Kentucky Middle School Teacher of the Year.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-16","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR97/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HJR97.htm","sponsor":"Dan Johnson"},
{"bill_id":966216,"bill_number":"HB494","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend KRS 17.500 to revise the definition of \"criminal offense against a victim who is a minor,\" \"registrant information,\" and \"residence\"; 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 registrant's parental rights have or are being terminated, the registrant was convicted of any sex crime or criminal offense against the victim who is a minor in which the child of the registrant was the victim, or the registrant has been convicted of a criminal offense against a victim who is a minor; 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; 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.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2017-02-27","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB494/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB494.htm","sponsor":"Jason Petrie"},
{"bill_id":966219,"bill_number":"HB477","title":"AN ACT relating to special education.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 157 to establish the Students with Special Needs Scholarship Program; define terminology regarding participation; describe the process for the Kentucky Department of Education to receive student applications and to allocate scholarship funding; require a resident school district to provide annual notice of the program to parents, transfer school records, provide transportation, and permit a student to participate in the state assessment if requested; describe the requirements of a participating school application; describe parent, student, and local district responsibilities; clarify the requirements for a proportionate share of federal funds for parentally placed students with disabilities; amend KRS 157.196, 159.030, and 605.115 to conform with the definition of \"individualized education program\" in the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; direct the Office of Education Accountability to monitor and report on implementation of the program; name portions of the act the \"Special Needs Alternative Education and Welfare Act of 2017.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB477/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB477.htm","sponsor":"Stan Lee"},
{"bill_id":966221,"bill_number":"HB461","title":"AN ACT relating to penalties for driving under the influence and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 189A.010 to specify that, for the purposes of determining which prior DUI offenses affect penalty enhancement, offenses occurring after April 9, 2016, are measured within a ten-year look-back window, while offenses which occurred on or before April 9, 2016, are limited to a five-year look-back window under the previous version of the statute; amend KRS 189A.070 to conform; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB461/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB461.htm","sponsor":"Jeff Hoover"},
{"bill_id":966223,"bill_number":"HR113","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Rev. J. Wayne Kelly.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Rev. J. Wayne Kelly.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR113/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR113.htm","sponsor":"Phillip Pratt"},
{"bill_id":966226,"bill_number":"HJR118","title":"Erect signs for Kelsie May on the Country Music Highway on United States Route 23 in Lawrence County.","description":"Erect signs for Kelsie May on the Country Music Highway on United States Route 23 in Lawrence County.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR118/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HJR118.htm","sponsor":"Jill York"},
{"bill_id":966229,"bill_number":"HB465","title":"AN ACT relating to special license plates and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 creating the Kentucky Community and Technical College System special license plate fund; amend KRS 186.162 to establish a Kentucky Community and Technical College System special license plate; set fees; amend KRS 186.166 to update the list of plates to be perpetually produced.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB465/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB465.htm","sponsor":"James Kay"},
{"bill_id":966232,"bill_number":"HB480","title":"AN ACT relating to sexual assault against animals.","description":"Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 525 to establish the offense of sexual assault against an animal; establish the elements and penalties for the crime; allow additional conditions to be imposed by a court upon conviction; allow a peace officer to seize an animal if there is probable cause to believe sexual assault against an animal has occurred; exempt accepted veterinary medical practices, insemination of animals, and accepted animal husbandry practices.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB480/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB480.htm","sponsor":"Joni Jenkins"},
{"bill_id":966236,"bill_number":"HB469","title":"AN ACT to revise and correct the Kentucky Revised Statutes.","description":"Statute Reviser's bill for the 2017 Regular Session; make legislative findings and declarations on the nature and reasons for the statutory changes being made; amend KRS 311.685 and 343.020 to correct inadvertent drafting errors in statutory text; amend KRS 134.452, 154.33-510, 243.200, and 402.100 to correct improper in-text statutory references; repeal KRS 158.650, 158.680, 158.685, and 158.710, whose provisions expired in 1996; amend KRS 156.160 and 160.107 to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 177)","last_action_date":"2017-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB469/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB469.htm","sponsor":"Jeff Hoover"},
{"bill_id":966238,"bill_number":"HB456","title":"AN ACT relating to labor and employment overtime provisions.","description":"Amend KRS 337.010 to set minimum standards for administrative, executive, supervisory, and professional employees to be exempt from overtime provisions; require the commissioner of the Department of Workplace Standards to set the salary requirement every three years to determine who is exempt from the overtime provisions; amend 337.020 to conform; amend 337.285 to conform to federal requirements and conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Economic Development & Workforce Investment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB456/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB456.htm","sponsor":"Chris Harris"},
{"bill_id":966242,"bill_number":"SR116","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Robert \"Bobby\" Davis.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Robert \"Bobby\" Davis.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR116/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR116.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":966246,"bill_number":"HB518","title":"AN ACT relating to taxation.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to provide the state abandoned building income tax credit and require reporting by the Department of Revenue to the Legislative Research Commission; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the credit; amend various sections of KRS Chapters 131 and 141 to conform with the reporting requirements and make technical corrections; amend KRS 154.32-080 to allow a preliminarily approved company also qualifying for the abandoned building tax credit, with an investment of $1 million or more, to also request an advance disbursement.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB518/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB518.htm","sponsor":"Dennis Keene"},
{"bill_id":966247,"bill_number":"HB524","title":"AN ACT relating to the prevention of human trafficking.","description":"Amend KRS 17.500 to include promoting human trafficking involving commercial sexual activity as a criminal offense against a minor if the victim is under 18; amend KRS 156.095 to require public schools to display the National Human Trafficking Reporting Hotline; amend KRS 176.415 to require the Department of Highways to post the hotline number of the National Human Trafficking Resource Center in all rest areas.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-04-10","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 171)","last_action_date":"2017-04-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB524/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB524.htm","sponsor":"Addia Wuchner"},
{"bill_id":966251,"bill_number":"HB527","title":"AN ACT relating to temporary food service establishments and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 217.015 to define \"restricted concessions\" and \"statewide mobile food unit\"; create a new section of KRS 217.005 to 217.215 establish requirements for restricted concessions and statewide mobile food units; require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to set the requirements for the operation and permitting of restricted concessions and statewide mobile food units; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB527/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB527.htm","sponsor":"Myron Dossett"},
{"bill_id":966253,"bill_number":"HB535","title":"AN ACT relating to education.","description":"Amend KRS 156.690 to insert gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB535/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB535.htm","sponsor":"David Osborne"},
{"bill_id":966260,"bill_number":"HB501","title":"AN ACT relating to sanctuary cities and universities.","description":"Amend KRS 65.133 to require local law enforcement agencies and Kentucky State Police to enforce immigration laws; define sanctuary and sanctuary policy; prohibit local governments from adopting sanctuary policies; establish hearing procedures for determination of sanctuary status; withhold state funding from sanctuaries; establish vicarious liability for local government officials of sanctuaries; prohibit post-secondary educational institutions from enrolling, employing, or contracting with illegal aliens; require post-secondary educational institutions to keep records of immigration status; withhold state funding from post-secondary educational institutions that enroll, employ, or contract with illegal aliens.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB501/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB501.htm","sponsor":"Lynn Bechler"},
{"bill_id":966262,"bill_number":"HB484","title":"AN ACT relating to tourism.","description":"Amend KRS 11A.010 to eliminate the waiver of a registration fee for a presenter at a tourism-related conference from the definition of \"gift\", and clarify that \"public servant\" does not include the Tourism, Arts, and Heritage Cabinet or its subdivisions; amend KRS 11A.045 to exclude activities involving sponsorships granted by the Tourism, Arts, and Heritage Cabinet in promoting the Commonwealth, and individuals traveling on their own acting on behalf of the cabinet; amend KRS 11A.055 to exclude tourism promotion from the prohibitions on fund raising by state agencies, and exclude nonprofit organizations affiliated with the cabinet from the provisions of the chapter; amend KRS 45A.045 to allow sponsorships by the Tourism, Arts, and Heritage Cabinet to be granted by noncompetitive negotiation and make technical corrections; amend KRS 45A.810 to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 175)","last_action_date":"2017-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB484/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB484.htm","sponsor":"Steve Riley"},
{"bill_id":966265,"bill_number":"HB502","title":"AN ACT relating to the administration of justice and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 23A.045 to add the Sixth Judicial Circuit to the circuits which have three circuit judges, allowing for a Family Court judge in that circuit, and amend KRS 23A.040 to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-21","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 75)","last_action_date":"2017-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB502/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB502.htm","sponsor":"DJ Johnson"},
{"bill_id":966269,"bill_number":"HR110","title":"Condemn the rally taking place in Pike County of the Traditionalist Worker Party/Nationalist Front/National Socialist Movement on April 28-29, 2017.","description":"Condemn the rally taking place in Pike County of the Traditionalist Worker Party/Nationalist Front/National Socialist Movement on April 28-29, 2017.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-21","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR110/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR110.htm","sponsor":"Angie Hatton"},
{"bill_id":966271,"bill_number":"HB510","title":"AN ACT relating to the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act.","description":"Repeal, reenact, and 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 383.505 to 383.715 constituting that Act without substantive change.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB510/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB510.htm","sponsor":"Jim Wayne"},
{"bill_id":966274,"bill_number":"HB523","title":"AN ACT relating to digital learning.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 160 to establish the Digital Learning and Workforce Development Pilot Project and identify the program's purposes; define terms; provide the methods for creation of virtual school programs under the Digital Learning and Workforce Development Pilot Project; require a local board of education authorizing a virtual school project to adopt certain policies necessary for the governance of the project; establish a process for a virtual school project to allow enrollment of nonresident students and the procedures for a parent to enroll a nonresident student into the program; establish certification requirements for certified staff employed by the program; allow a local board of education to determine how a resident student enrolled in the program may participate in the district's extracurricular activities; set instructional time requirements; set academic content, assessment, and accountability requirements for the program; allow an authorizing board to contract for education services; authorize and provide guidance for the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations to calculate a program's average daily attendance; provide procedures for an authorizing board to address a student enrolled in a program who fails to respond to assignments and directives; exempt students enrolling and participating in a program from certain requirements regarding attendance and physical presence; amend KRS 157.350 to allow a district to count a nonresident pupil who attends a virtual school program in the district's average daily attendance.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB523/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB523.htm","sponsor":"John Carney"},
{"bill_id":966279,"bill_number":"HB508","title":"AN ACT relating to natural resources.","description":"Amend KRS 146.100 to make grammatical and technical corrections.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Energy (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Natural Resources & Energy","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB508/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB508.htm","sponsor":"Jonathan Shell"},
{"bill_id":966283,"bill_number":"HB486","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 AG16-01.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB486/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB486.htm","sponsor":"Rick Rand"},
{"bill_id":966284,"bill_number":"HB515","title":"AN ACT relating to the Judicial Branch.","description":"Amend KRS 23A.050 to add the Twenty-eighth Judicial Circuit and the Fifty-fourth Judicial Circuit to the circuits entitled to four circuit judgeships and four divisions of circuit court; amend KRS 23A.045 to conform.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-02-28","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-28","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB515/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB515.htm","sponsor":"David Meade"},
{"bill_id":966289,"bill_number":"HB478","title":"AN ACT relating to probation and parole.","description":"Amend KRS 439.310, relating to the administration of probation and parole laws, to specify that probation and parole officers shall have either a bachelor's degree or a two-year associate's degree with two years of work experience in either law enforcement or the military.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2017-02-27","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB478/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB478.htm","sponsor":"Jim Stewart"},
{"bill_id":966292,"bill_number":"HB488","title":"AN ACT relating to concealment of identity during the commission of a crime.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 525 to prohibit the concealing of a person's identity during a protest with the intent to evade discovery in the commission of a crime.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB488/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB488.htm","sponsor":"Jim Gooch"},
{"bill_id":966295,"bill_number":"HCR114","title":"Urge 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.","description":"Urge 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":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day","last_action_date":"2017-03-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR114/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HCR114.htm","sponsor":"Donna Mayfield"},
{"bill_id":966296,"bill_number":"HB514","title":"AN ACT relating to Native American Indian Month.","description":"Amend KRS 2.230 to make technical corrections.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB514/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB514.htm","sponsor":"David Meade"},
{"bill_id":966300,"bill_number":"HB517","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 that the paternity action be filed to pay for genetic testing; amend KRS 199.490, 625.040, 625.042, 625.043, and 625.065 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB517/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB517.htm","sponsor":"David Meade"},
{"bill_id":966303,"bill_number":"HB466","title":"AN ACT relating to educational programs.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 243 to allow an accredited college or university to conduct alcoholic beverage sampling as a part of an educational program; define \"educational program\"; prohibit the retail sale of alcoholic beverages in connection with an educational program; require the college or university to include the educational program as part of an established curriculum emphasizing areas such as business and finance, hospitality, tourism and event management, or other aspects of 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 educational 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 an educational program to purchase all of its alcoholic beverages from a quota retail package licensee; provide that an alcoholic beverage license shall not be required to conduct sampling through an educational program; amend KRS 244.050 to exempt educational programs from the restrictions on retail licensee sampling.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB466/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB466.htm","sponsor":"James Kay"},
{"bill_id":966305,"bill_number":"HB540","title":"AN ACT relating to aviation safety.","description":"Create an new section of KRS Chapter 183 to allow airports to prepare unmanned aircraft facility maps; require the map to be filed with the secretary of the airport board and published on the airport's Web site; require consultation in developing the map with the FAA control tower at an airport, if one exists; restrict the scope of a map to approach surface areas defined by federal regulations; mandate that any such map restricting the operation of unmanned aircraft published by the FAA shall be the unmanned aircraft facility map for that airport; create an new section of KRS Chapter 183 to prohibit the operator of an unmanned aircraft or the operator's supervisor from operating or allowing the operation of an unmanned aircraft in a reckless manner or a manner that would cause an incursion, exempt unmanned aircraft operated from commercial purposes in accordance with FAA regulations; amend KRS 189.011 to define the terms \"operate,\" \"operator,\" \"unmanned aircraft,\" and \"unmanned aircraft facility map\"; amend KRS 183.990 to provide penalties.","status_desc":"Vetoed","status_date":"2017-03-27","last_action":"delivered to Secretary of State (Acts, ch. 153)","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB540/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB540.htm","sponsor":"Diane St Onge"},
{"bill_id":966313,"bill_number":"HB528","title":"AN ACT relating to public assistance.","description":"Amend KRS 205.200 to create a substance abuse screening program for adult recipients","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB528/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB528.htm","sponsor":"Wesley Morgan"},
{"bill_id":966317,"bill_number":"HB536","title":"AN ACT relating to elections.","description":"Amend KRS 118.136, relating to fictitious condidates, to make technical corrections.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB536/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB536.htm","sponsor":"David Osborne"},
{"bill_id":966318,"bill_number":"HB457","title":"AN ACT relating to tax incentives offered through the Kentucky Business Investment Program.","description":"Amend KRS 154.32-010 to define terms; amend KRS 154.32-020 to allow an approved company engaged in the development of infrastructure, including the erection of buildings, necessary to facilitate the location of manufacturing, agribusiness, nonretail service and technology, or national or regional headquarters operation in this state to qualify for tax credits against KRS 141.020, 141.040, and 141.0401; sunset tax credit program; amend KRS 154.32-070 to outline credit provisions; amend KRS 154.32-100 to require reporting to the Legislative Research Commission; create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to provide credit for infrastructure activity; amend KRS 141.0205 to provide order in which credits may be taken; amend KRS 131.190 to allow Department of Revenue to report data; amend various statutes to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB457/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB457.htm","sponsor":"Jim DeCesare"},
{"bill_id":966320,"bill_number":"HB530","title":"AN ACT relating to health and family services.","description":"Amend KRS 630.050 to make a technical change.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB530/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB530.htm","sponsor":"David Osborne"},
{"bill_id":966325,"bill_number":"HB492","title":"AN ACT relating to temporary custody orders.","description":"Amend KRS 403.280 to create a presumption of joint custody in temporary custody orders and to have prior parental custody agreements become the court's orders.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-04-10","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 163)","last_action_date":"2017-04-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB492/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB492.htm","sponsor":"Jason Petrie"},
{"bill_id":966328,"bill_number":"HB539","title":"AN ACT relating to notaries public.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 423 to define various terms; limit the applicability to notarial acts performed on or after the effective date of this Act; allow a notarial officer to perform a notarial act in Kentucky; outline requirements for certain notarial acts; require a personal appearance before a notarial officer; specify the requirements of identifying an individual before a notarial officer; allow a notarial officer to refuse to perform a notarial act; state who may perform a notarial act in Kentucky; recognize notarial acts performed in other states; recognize notarial acts performed in federally recognized Indian tribes under federal law, and in foreign countries; allow a notary public to perform a notarial act by means of communication technology; require a notarial act to be evidenced by a certificate; provide short form certificates for use by notarial officers; outline the requirements for an official stamp of a notary public; assign responsibility of the notary public's stamping device to the notary public; require a notary public to maintain a journal chronicling all notarial acts performed by that notary public; require a notary public to notify the Secretary of State that the notary public will be performing notarial acts with respect to electronic records; outline the necessary requirements to be a notary public; establish an examination based on a course of study approved by the Secretary of State; outline grounds for suspending, denying, or revoking a commission as a notary public; require the Secretary of State to maintain an electronic database of notaries public; detail prohibited acts; establish the validity of notarial acts; allow the Secretary of State to promulgate administrative regulations; require all commissions occurring after the effective date of this Act to comply with Sections 1 to 30 of this Act; state that Sections 1 to 30 of this Act modifies, limits, and supersedes the Electronic Signatures In Global and National Commerce Act; amend KRS 369.103 to allow electronic signatures on transactions relating to the conveyance of interests in real property and the creation or transfer of negotiable instruments; repeal KRS 423.010, 423.020, 423.030, 423.040, 423.050, 423.060, 423.070, 423.080, 423.110, 423.130, 423.140, 423.150, 423.160, 423.170, 423.180, 423.190, 423.200, and 423.990.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-03-06","last_action":"returned to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2017-03-08","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB539/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB539.htm","sponsor":"Brian Linder"},
{"bill_id":966330,"bill_number":"HB504","title":"AN ACT relating to leaves of absence.","description":"Amend KRS 161.770 to specify 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":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB504/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB504.htm","sponsor":"James Kay"},
{"bill_id":966334,"bill_number":"HB498","title":"AN ACT relating to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.","description":"Rename the United States Department of Veterans Affairs throughout the Kentucky Revised Statutes.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-20","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 42)","last_action_date":"2017-03-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB498/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB498.htm","sponsor":"Tim Moore"},
{"bill_id":966336,"bill_number":"HB497","title":"AN ACT relating to medication-assisted treatment.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 218A to entitle this Act the \"Medication-Assisted Treatment Program Licensing Act\"; define terms; establish the licensure for opioid treatment programs; require oversight by the Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities; set forth three licensure categories and the requirements for each; set forth the documentation required for applications; require inspections; establish the licensure for office-based medication-assisted treatment programs; require oversight by the Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities; set forth three licensure categories and the requirements for each; set forth the documentation required for applications; require inspections; require registration with the Secretary of State and Department of Revenue; establish requirements for facility, medical director, and staff and qualifications; permit program participation in Medicaid and private insurance; require United States Drug Enforcement Administration, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and Center for Substance Abuse Treatment approval; require fingerprint-supported background checks through the Kentucky State Police and Federal Bureau of Investigation; require participation in the electronic monitoring system for controlled substances; establish requirements for the diagnosis, treatment, and associated documentation for a patient; set forth restrictions for facilities and operations and permit the Cabinet for Health and Family Services Secretary to grant waivers and variances from certain requirements; require the Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities to inspect facilities and programs; establish parameters for license limitation, denial, suspension, and revocation; establish violations, penalties, and injunctions; require advertisement disclosure of the medical director; and require the promulgation of administrative regulations for the enforcement of this Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB497/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB497.htm","sponsor":"Rocky Adkins"},
{"bill_id":966340,"bill_number":"HJR115","title":"Establish the \"Citizen and Taxpayer Stewardship Act of 2017\"; recommend that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services utilize enhanced eligibility verification and periodic continuing monitoring of enrollees and applicants' finances and wealth; establish a process when discrepancies between reported finances and actual finances are discovered; recommend use of photographic ID within benefits programs such as food stamps or TANF; recommend information sharing practices to better determine eligibility and establish a monitoring infrastructure; recommend how to refer cases of fraud and identity fraud; recommend a resource limit for the food stamps program; recommend utilization of the work requirements established for able-bodied Medicaid recipients in the KY HEALTH 1115 Waiver within the food stamps and TANF programs and any other benefits reform; recommend utilization of the 1996 work requirements as a resource and policy goal as benefits reform continues; direct that progress reports and final presentations about the updates and direction of the benefits programs be given to the IJC on Health and Welfare and the Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Committee; request that all updates be completed, legislation recommended, and any necessary waivers requested by December 31, 2019.","description":"Establish the \"Citizen and Taxpayer Stewardship Act of 2017\"; recommend that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services utilize enhanced eligibility verification and periodic continuing monitoring of enrollees and applicants' finances and wealth; establish a process when discrepancies between reported finances and actual finances are discovered; recommend use of photographic ID within benefits programs such as food stamps or TANF; recommend information sharing practices to better determine eligibility and establish a monitoring infrastructure; recommend how to refer cases of fraud and identity fraud; recommend a resource limit for the food stamps program; recommend utilization of the work requirements established for able-bodied Medicaid recipients in the KY HEALTH 1115 Waiver within the food stamps and TANF programs and any other benefits reform; recommend utilization of the 1996 work requirements as a resource and policy goal as benefits reform continues; direct that progress reports and final presentations about the updates and direction of the benefits programs be given to the IJC on Health and Welfare and the Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Committee; request that all updates be completed, legislation recommended, and any necessary waivers requested by December 31, 2019.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR115/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HJR115.htm","sponsor":"Addia Wuchner"},
{"bill_id":966341,"bill_number":"HB464","title":"AN ACT relating to the duties of the Attorney General.","description":"Amend KRS 15.020 to require the Attorney General to argue for the constitutionality of all duly enacted legislation; amend KRS 15.090 and 418.075 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB464/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB464.htm","sponsor":"Jeff Hoover"},
{"bill_id":966347,"bill_number":"HB474","title":"Feb 21-WITHDRAWN","description":"Feb 21-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB474/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB474.htm","sponsor":"John Sims"},
{"bill_id":966350,"bill_number":"HB476","title":"AN ACT relating to cosmetologists.","description":"Amend KRS 317A.155 to permit licensed cosmetologists to render free services at events sponsored by charitable organizations.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB476/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB476.htm","sponsor":"Stan Lee"},
{"bill_id":966353,"bill_number":"HB505","title":"AN ACT relating to electric service.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 278 to define \"single-family farm\" and direct retail electric suppliers to charge no more than residential rates for service provided to single-family farms.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Energy (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Natural Resources & Energy","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB505/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB505.htm","sponsor":"James Kay"},
{"bill_id":966356,"bill_number":"HB481","title":"AN ACT relating to tuition benefits and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 164.2841, relating to tuition benefits of survivors of law enforcement officers, firefighters, or volunteer firefighters who died, to stipulate that the child of the deceased is eligible for tuition if the child is over the age of 17 and under the age of 26, and that the child is eligible to receive up to 128 credit hours of undergraduate instruction; set out the same benefit structure for children eligible for tuition under KRS 61.621; amend KRS 164.2842, relating to tuition benefits of family members of law enforcement officers, firefighters, or volunteer firefighters who were permanently and totally disabled, to stipulate that the child of the totally and permanently disabled worker is eligible for tuition if the child is over the age of 17 and under the age of 26, and that the child is eligible to receive up to 128 credit hours of undergraduate instruction; set out the same benefit structure for children eligible for tuition under KRS 61.621.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-03-15","last_action":"received in Senate","last_action_date":"2017-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB481/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB481.htm","sponsor":"Mark Hart"},
{"bill_id":966359,"bill_number":"HB467","title":"AN ACT relating to taxation of prescription opioids and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 142 to impose a tax of one cent per dose on opioids distributed in Kentucky; define relevant terms; allocate tax revenues with sixty percent to the newly created addiction and neonatal addiction care fund, fifteen percent to the newly created opioid drug task force fund, fifteen percent to the newly created drug courts fund, and ten percent to the newly created opioid education fund; require registration for all persons distributing opioids in Kentucky; impose misdemeanor penalty for noncompliance; authorize the Department of Revenue to promulgate administrative regulations.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB467/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB467.htm","sponsor":"James Kay"},
{"bill_id":966364,"bill_number":"HB460","title":"AN ACT related to student attendance.","description":"Amend KRS 620.070 to declare a petition of dependency, neglect, or abuse filed by a school district or school personnel based solely on a child's attendance to be an act to enforce compulsory attendance laws; require a school district or school personnel to comply with those laws before filing a petition; amend KRS 159.140 to require a director of pupil personnel to document home conditions of a student and intervention strategies when filing a dependency, neglect, or abuse petition; amend KRS 159.180 to require a school give notice to a parent before filing a dependency, neglect, or abuse petition based solely on a child's attendance or truancy.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB460/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB460.htm","sponsor":"Jim DeCesare"},
{"bill_id":966368,"bill_number":"HB472","title":"AN ACT relating to taxation.","description":"Amend KRS 141.432 to require that a qualified community development entity be organized or formed in and have its principal place of business in Kentucky and commit to invest federal new market tax credits in the same dollar amount as it invests state new markets tax credits; amend KRS 141.433 to require the Department of Revenue to make available to the public a list of all qualified community development entities that were certified for the credit as well as their respective credit amounts; require the Department of Revenue to report information regarding the new markets development program tax credit to the Legislative Research Commission; determine order of application of tax credits; amend various sections of KRS Chapters 131 and 141 to conform and make technical changes.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB472/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB472.htm","sponsor":"Phillip Pratt"},
{"bill_id":966369,"bill_number":"HJR109","title":"Direct the Public Service Commission to reexamine the electric rates charged to certain ratepayers to determine if they remain fair, just, and reasonable.","description":"Direct the Public Service Commission to reexamine the electric rates charged to certain ratepayers to determine if they remain fair, just, and reasonable.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Energy (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Natural Resources & Energy","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR109/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HJR109.htm","sponsor":"Chris Harris"},
{"bill_id":966372,"bill_number":"HB485","title":"AN ACT relating to possession and trafficking of controlled substances.","description":"Amend KRS 218A.135 to state that a defendant charged with an offense under KRS Chapter 218A may be detained for up to 72 hours at the judge's discretion.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB485/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB485.htm","sponsor":"Rick Rand"},
{"bill_id":966375,"bill_number":"HB503","title":"AN ACT relating to motor vehicle licenses and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 186.020 to 186.270 to provide that information may be included in the Kentucky vehicle registration system indicating that the operator of the vehicle may be deaf or hard of hearing; create the deaf or hard of hearing protection trust fund.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB503/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB503.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Meeks"},
{"bill_id":966383,"bill_number":"HB525","title":"AN ACT creating a Kentucky Citizens' Commission on Judicial Compensation.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 27A to create the Kentucky Citizens' Commission on Judicial Compensation; establish the purpose of the commission; establish the membership of the commission; require a report of recommendations from the commission; amend KRS 48.110 to allow the compensation information provided by the commission to be submitted in the judicial branch budget recommendation; amend KRS 48.195 to conform.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-03-08","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2017-03-08","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB525/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB525.htm","sponsor":"Jeff Hoover"},
{"bill_id":966385,"bill_number":"HJR122","title":"Designate a portion of KY 7 in Letcher County as the Danny Taylor Highway and direct placement of appropriate signs.","description":"Designate a portion of KY 7 in Letcher County as the Danny Taylor Highway and direct placement of appropriate signs.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR122/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HJR122.htm","sponsor":"Angie Hatton"},
{"bill_id":966387,"bill_number":"HB495","title":"AN ACT relating to student writing.","description":"Amend KRS 156.160 to require cursive writing to be taught in elementary schools beginning with the 2018-2019 academic year.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 3, 2017","last_action_date":"2017-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB495/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB495.htm","sponsor":"Jill York"},
{"bill_id":966390,"bill_number":"HB529","title":"AN ACT relating to workforce.","description":"Amend KRS 343.060 to make provisions gender-neutral.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Economic Development & Workforce Investment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB529/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB529.htm","sponsor":"David Osborne"},
{"bill_id":966392,"bill_number":"HB537","title":"AN ACT relating to coal workers' pneumoconiosis and occupational disease in workers' compensation.","description":"Amend KRS 342.316 to change procedure for filing occupational disease claims; amend KRS 342.270 to require commissioner of Department of Workers' Claims to promulgate regulations establishing procedures for resolution of pneumoconiosis claims; amend KRS 342.794 to require commissioner of Department of Workers' Claims to maintain a list of \"B\" readers who are pulmonary specialists.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Economic Development & Workforce Investment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB537/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB537.htm","sponsor":"Phil Moffett"},
{"bill_id":966396,"bill_number":"HB458","title":"AN ACT relating to economic development.","description":"Amend KRS 154.28-050 to add gender-specific pronoun.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Economic Development & Workforce Investment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB458/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB458.htm","sponsor":"Jim DeCesare"},
{"bill_id":966399,"bill_number":"HB509","title":"AN ACT relating to local government.","description":"Amend KRS 67.160 to specify that it is the county judge/executive who may rent temporary county office space.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Local Government (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB509/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB509.htm","sponsor":"Jonathan Shell"},
{"bill_id":966403,"bill_number":"HCR120","title":"Call upon Attorney General Andy Beshear to defend all laws enacted by the General Assembly.","description":"Call upon Attorney General Andy Beshear to defend all laws enacted by the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR120/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HCR120.htm","sponsor":"Tim Moore"},
{"bill_id":966406,"bill_number":"HB534","title":"AN ACT relating to juvenile justice.","description":"Amend KRS 610.266 to allow detention of a child charged with violation of a local ordinance pertaining to curfew.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB534/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB534.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Meeks"},
{"bill_id":966409,"bill_number":"HB531","title":"AN ACT relating to insurance.","description":"Amend KRS 304.5-150 to insert gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB531/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB531.htm","sponsor":"David Osborne"},
{"bill_id":966411,"bill_number":"HB479","title":"AN ACT relating to occupational license taxes.","description":"Amend KRS 68.197 to make the section applicable to counties with populations less than 300,000, remove the cap of one percent on license fees; remove crediting provisions between the county and the cities, except as by agreement between the city and the county; amend KRS 68.604 to conform; repeal KRS 68.198 and 68.199; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2018.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Local Government (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB479/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB479.htm","sponsor":"Rob Rothenburger"},
{"bill_id":966417,"bill_number":"HB499","title":"AN ACT relating to the Transportation Cabinet budget.","description":"Amend KRS 48.500 to require the Transportation Cabinet, when it does not start a capital project included in the Transportation Cabinet's biennial budget, to report to the Interim Joint Committees on Transportation and Appropriations and Revenue and the members of the General Assembly from the district in which the project is located, the identity of the project, the reasons why the project was not begun, and whether the cabinet will seek to reauthorize the project in the next budget; clarify that \"capital\" project does not include a road project contained in the biennial highway construction plan.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB499/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB499.htm","sponsor":"Lynn Bechler"},
{"bill_id":966418,"bill_number":"HB522","title":"AN ACT relating to state agency children.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to allow a state agency child who is at least 17 years old to seek a high school equivalency diploma.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-04-10","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 170)","last_action_date":"2017-04-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB522/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB522.htm","sponsor":"John Carney"},
{"bill_id":966422,"bill_number":"HB455","title":"AN ACT relating to the Public Service Commission.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 278 to require the Public Service Commission to reconsider previously issued orders that involve multistate transactions if the order involves a multistate transaction that requires approval from another state public utility commission and the out-of-state public utility commission fails to approve the transaction or utility plan; require the Public Service Commission to review its previous order and determine whether the order is still in the public interest of Kentucky ratepayers; provide that the provisions of this Act shall apply retroactively to all Public Service Commission orders issued on or after July 1, 2013.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Energy (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Natural Resources & Energy","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB455/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB455.htm","sponsor":"Chris Harris"},
{"bill_id":966425,"bill_number":"HB475","title":"AN ACT relating to members of the General Assembly.","description":"Create a new section in KRS Chapter 6 to permit every member of the General Assembly who so chooses, to have at least one bill of his or her choice, heard on the floor of the house in which he or she is a member; establish procedures for the bill to be heard.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB475/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB475.htm","sponsor":"William Wells"},
{"bill_id":966428,"bill_number":"HB490","title":"Feb 27-WITHDRAWN","description":"Feb 27-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2017-02-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB490/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB490.htm","sponsor":"Jody Richards"},
{"bill_id":966430,"bill_number":"HB463","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.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2017-02-24","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB463/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB463.htm","sponsor":"Jeff Hoover"},
{"bill_id":966433,"bill_number":"HB473","title":"AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance.","description":"Amend KRS 341.070 to clarify who is a subject employer; amend KRS 341.191 to set forth requirements regarding the disclosure of information and records; amend 341.540 to set forth requirements for successor employers; and amend KRS 341.614 to state that delinquent surcharge and interest collected after July 31, 2017 shall be deposited into the penalty and interest account; amend KRS 341.990 to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 133)","last_action_date":"2017-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB473/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB473.htm","sponsor":"Jim DeCesare"},
{"bill_id":966437,"bill_number":"HB511","title":"AN ACT relating to public protection.","description":"Amend KRS 227.250 to add gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB511/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB511.htm","sponsor":"David Meade"},
{"bill_id":966440,"bill_number":"HB516","title":"AN ACT relating to auctions.","description":"Amend KRS 139.496 to exempt gross receipts from a charity auction July 1, 2017 to July 1, 2021, by a nonprofit civic, governmental, or other nonprofit organization if the proceeds from the auction are used for a specific purpose; Amend KRS 330.020 to include \"escrow account\" in the definitions; amend KRS 330.032 to require proceeds of real property auctions conducted through collaboration to be placed into the escrow account of the real estate broker; amend KRS 330.040 to remove students from exemptions under KRS 330.030; amend KRS 330.050 to require the Governor to establish the compensation of the members of the Board of Auctioneers; amend KRS 330.060 to remove the board's authority to waive the attainment of a high school diploma for an apprentice licensed before 1985; amend KRS 330.110 to establish the conditions upon which the board may suspend or revoke a license; require licensees to submit to a criminal background check at the board's request; amend KRS 330.130 to prescribe the conditions under which a licensee can appeal the revocation or suspension of a license; allow auctioneers at reserve auctions and without-reserve auctions to establish reasonable, minimum bid increments once an opening bid has been offered; amend KRS 330.192 to conform.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2017-03-06","last_action":"returned to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2017-03-07","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB516/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB516.htm","sponsor":"David Meade"},
{"bill_id":966443,"bill_number":"HB500","title":"AN ACT relating to expiration of statutes.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 446 to require all statutes enacted by the General Assembly after the effective date of this Act to expire six years from their effective dates; require the Legislative Research Commission to advise the members of the General Assembly of the statutes scheduled to expire during the year after the next meeting of the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB500/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB500.htm","sponsor":"Lynn Bechler"},
{"bill_id":966445,"bill_number":"HB521","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":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 28, 2017","last_action_date":"2017-02-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB521/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB521.htm","sponsor":"John Carney"},
{"bill_id":966450,"bill_number":"HB532","title":"AN ACT relating to licensing.","description":"Amend KRS 320.312 to modernize licensing language.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2017-02-24","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB532/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB532.htm","sponsor":"David Osborne"},
{"bill_id":966455,"bill_number":"HB493","title":"AN ACT relating to the surviving spouse exemption.","description":"Amend KRS 391.030 to increase the suviving spouse exemption from $15,000 to $60,000, and to allow a 50% split of the exemption between a surviving spouse and any surviving children.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB493/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB493.htm","sponsor":"Jason Petrie"},
{"bill_id":966456,"bill_number":"HB471","title":"AN ACT amending the 2016-2018 executive branch biennial budget, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend the 2016-2018 executive branch biennial budget to include a lease which is a joint initiative between the University of Kentucky College of Medicine and the Bowling Green Medical Center; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Vetoed","status_date":"2017-03-27","last_action":"delivered to Secretary of State (Acts, ch. 152)","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB471/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB471.htm","sponsor":"Steven Rudy"},
{"bill_id":966460,"bill_number":"HB512","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":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB512/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB512.htm","sponsor":"David Meade"},
{"bill_id":966463,"bill_number":"HB496","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend KRS 520.010 to remove definition of \"dangerous contraband\"; amend KRS 520.050 to make promoting any contraband a Class D felony; amend KRS 532.045 to conform; repeal KRS 520.060.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB496/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB496.htm","sponsor":"Jill York"},
{"bill_id":966465,"bill_number":"HCR121","title":"Encourage school bus drivers to apply with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet to assist with snow removal on days in which schools are closed for snow.","description":"Encourage school bus drivers to apply with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet to assist with snow removal on days in which schools are closed for snow.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR121/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HCR121.htm","sponsor":"Suzanne Miles"},
{"bill_id":966468,"bill_number":"HB538","title":"AN ACT relating to liens on real property.","description":"Amend KRS 382.365 to provide specific requirements and the format of an affidavit filed by an attorney to provide evidence of a release of a lien encumbering real property with the county clerk's office.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Local Government (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB538/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB538.htm","sponsor":"Kevin Sinnette"},
{"bill_id":966470,"bill_number":"HB507","title":"AN ACT relating to small business.","description":"Amend 224.20-510 to clarify that the chair and vice chair shall be selected by the Small Business Stationary Source Compliance Advisory Panel from its members.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Small Business & Information Technology (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Small Business & Information Technology","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB507/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB507.htm","sponsor":"Jonathan Shell"},
{"bill_id":966475,"bill_number":"HB470","title":"AN ACT relating to the Department of Military Affairs.","description":"Amend KRS 36.088 to allow current and retired members of the United States military and their eligible dependents use of the morale, welfare, and recreation facilities under the control of the Kentucky Department of Military Affairs.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB470/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB470.htm","sponsor":"Donna Mayfield"},
{"bill_id":966480,"bill_number":"HR112","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of David Bruce Stevens.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of David Bruce Stevens.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR112/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR112.htm","sponsor":"Ruth Palumbo"},
{"bill_id":966486,"bill_number":"HB513","title":"AN ACT relating to tourism and outdoor recreation.","description":"Amend KRS 150.300 to make technical corrections.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Tourism & Outdoor Recreation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Tourism & Outdoor Recreation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB513/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB513.htm","sponsor":"David Meade"},
{"bill_id":966488,"bill_number":"HB462","title":"AN ACT relating to taxation.","description":"Amend KRS 139.105 to make a technical correction.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB462/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB462.htm","sponsor":"Jeff Hoover"},
{"bill_id":966490,"bill_number":"HB487","title":"AN ACT relating to telecommunications.","description":"Amend KRS 278.5462 to require a broadband provider to retain certain enumerated records for 180; amend KRS 500.120 to specify that the Attorney General and the Kentucky State Police may issue a subpoena for a cellular phone account when there is cause to believe that the account has been used in the exploitation or attempted exploitation of children.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Small Business & Information Technology (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Small Business & Information Technology","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB487/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB487.htm","sponsor":"Darryl Owens"},
{"bill_id":966492,"bill_number":"HB489","title":"AN ACT relating to emergency absentee voting.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 117 to define terms relating to emergency voting situations for emergency service workers, require the Secretary of State to establish the process for absentee voting for emergency service workers; amend KRS 117.085, 117.0851, 117.086, and 117.087 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB489/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB489.htm","sponsor":"Jody Richards"},
{"bill_id":966495,"bill_number":"HJR117","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate portions of McCreary County and Whitley County roadways as the \"Copperhead Trail\" and erect the appropriate signage.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate portions of McCreary County and Whitley County roadways as the \"Copperhead Trail\" and erect the appropriate signage.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR117/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HJR117.htm","sponsor":"Regina Huff"},
{"bill_id":966498,"bill_number":"SR118","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of James M. Todd.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of James M. Todd.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR118/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR118.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":966505,"bill_number":"HB482","title":"AN ACT relating to law enforcement training.","description":"Amend KRS 15.440 to allow the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council, through the promulgation of administrative regulations, to approve basic training credit for the basic training for the Kentucky Law Enforcement Foundation Program fund stipend and Peace Officer Professional Standards basic training years for service credit served in another state or basic training completed in another state.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-04-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 176)","last_action_date":"2017-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB482/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB482.htm","sponsor":"Michael Meredith"},
{"bill_id":966508,"bill_number":"HJR119","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to honor Olivia Prewitt by placing signs declaring Danville as \"Home of Olivia Prewitt, 2017 Miss Kentucky Teen USA.\"","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to honor Olivia Prewitt by placing signs declaring Danville as \"Home of Olivia Prewitt, 2017 Miss Kentucky Teen USA.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR119/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HJR119.htm","sponsor":"Daniel Elliott"},
{"bill_id":966510,"bill_number":"HB491","title":"AN ACT relating to the appointment of counsel.","description":"Amend KRS 620.100 to make the fee for court-appointed counsel in dependency, neglect, and abuse cases the same in District Court as in Family Court.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB491/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB491.htm","sponsor":"Ken Upchurch"},
{"bill_id":966513,"bill_number":"HB533","title":"AN ACT relating to agriculture.","description":"Amend KRS 247.380 to make gender-neutral reference.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Agriculture (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Agriculture","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB533/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB533.htm","sponsor":"David Osborne"},
{"bill_id":966518,"bill_number":"HCR111","title":"Direct the establishment of the LRC Hepatitis C Task Force.","description":"Direct the establishment of the LRC Hepatitis C Task Force.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR111/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HCR111.htm","sponsor":"Jeff Hoover"},
{"bill_id":966520,"bill_number":"HB459","title":"AN ACT relating to workforce development.","description":"Amend KRS 341.150 to make language gender-neutral.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Economic Development & Workforce Investment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB459/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB459.htm","sponsor":"Jim DeCesare"},
{"bill_id":966525,"bill_number":"SCR119","title":"Direct the Legislative Research Commission to create the Task Force on Local Governments and Gun Violence to meet during the 2017 and 2018 interims; provide that the purpose of the task force is to study potential changes to Kentucky law that would allow local government control of firearms and ammunition while increasing public safety and reducing gun violence; set forth the membership of the task force; provide that a final report be submitted to the Legislative Research Commission by December 3, 2018.","description":"Direct the Legislative Research Commission to create the Task Force on Local Governments and Gun Violence to meet during the 2017 and 2018 interims; provide that the purpose of the task force is to study potential changes to Kentucky law that would allow local government control of firearms and ammunition while increasing public safety and reducing gun violence; set forth the membership of the task force; provide that a final report be submitted to the Legislative Research Commission by December 3, 2018.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SCR119/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SCR119.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":966527,"bill_number":"HB483","title":"AN ACT relating to mandatory benefits for health benefit plans.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to prohibit insurers from imposing any preexisting condition exclusions, any lifetime dollar limits or unreasonable annual dollar limits on benefits, to prohibit rescission except as authorized by KRS 304.17A-240, or from discriminating against an individual in premiums or contributions based on the individuals sex, to require insurers provide coverage for essential health care benefits, guaranteed acceptance of individuals or employers who apply for coverage, and to provide coverage, not subject to cost-sharing requirements for certain preventative services; amend KRS 304.17A-005 to remove definitions for guaranteed acceptance program (GAP), GAP insurer, GAP plan, GAP qualified individual, GAP supporting individual, and high-cost condition; amend KRS 304.17A-095 to require all individual and small group health benefit plans to have a minimum loss ratio of 80% and for large group health benefit plans a minimum loss ratio of 85%; amend KRS 304.17A-0952 and 304.17A-0954 to remove gender from case characteristics for rating factors; amend KRS 304.17A-096 to make technical correction; amend KRS 304.17A-200 to prohibit any insurer offering a health benefit plan from establishing eligibility rules based on certain factors and to remove references to preexisting conditions provisions; amend KRS 304.17A-220, 304.17A-250, 304.17A-706, and 304.18-114 to remove references to preexisting condition exclusions; amend KRS 304.17A-256 to require all health benefit plans which provide dependent coverage to provide that coverage until the dependent turns 26 years old; amend KRS 304.17B-001 to make technical corrections and to remove definitions for GAP, GAP participating insurer and preexisting condition exclusion; amend KRS 304.17B-007 to remove reference to GAP and GAP participating insurer; amend KRS 304.17B-015 and 304.17B-021 to remove reference to GAP; amend KRS 304.17C-010, 304.38A-010, and 304.39-241 to make technical corrections; repeal 304.17A-230, 304.17A-410, 304.17A-430, 304.17A-450, 304.17B-023, and 304.17B-025.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB483/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB483.htm","sponsor":"McKenzie Cantrell"},
{"bill_id":966529,"bill_number":"HB519","title":"AN ACT relating to building industry licensure.","description":"Amend KRS 198B.650, relating to heating, ventilation, and air conditioning, to clarify that maintenance does not include major repairs; create a new section of KRS Chapter 198B to grant a firm up to 180 days to replace a deceased master heating, ventilation, and air conditioning contractor; amend KRS 198B.658 to allow experience from any jurisdiction rather than just Kentucky; amend KRS 198B.678 to allow a master heating, ventilation, and air conditioning contractor to represent more than one firm if certain criteria are met; amend KRS 318.054 to allow a firm up to 180 days to replace a deceased master plumber; amend KRS 227.480 to allow a firm up to 180 days to replace a deceased electrical contractor; amend KRS 227A.140 to allow a firm up to 180 days to replace a deceased master electrician.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB519/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB519.htm","sponsor":"Dennis Keene"},
{"bill_id":966532,"bill_number":"HJR116","title":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to place signs in Logan County that read \"Logan County, Celebrating 225 Years of History 1792-2017.\"","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to place signs in Logan County that read \"Logan County, Celebrating 225 Years of History 1792-2017.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR116/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HJR116.htm","sponsor":"Jason Petrie"},
{"bill_id":966536,"bill_number":"HB520","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 public charter school project and identify public charter school authorizers; define terms; describe the characteristics and the requirements of a public charter school; identify the requirements and the components of a public charter school application; describe the responsibilities of public charter school authorizers; describe public charter school renewal and revocation processes; identify the components of a public charter school annual report; identify the requirements for student enrollment; create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to identify funding practices for public charter schools; allow public charter schools to accept gifts and donations; create a new section of KRS Chapter 161 to identify employment conditions for public charter school staff; amend KRS 161.220 to include a qualified teacher employed by the board of directors of public charter schools in the state-sponsored retirement system; amend KRS 78.510 to include public 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":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2017-03-21","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 102)","last_action_date":"2017-03-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB520/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB520.htm","sponsor":"John Carney"},
{"bill_id":966537,"bill_number":"HB468","title":"AN ACT relating to charitable gaming.","description":"Amend KRS 238.535 to allow a 501(c)(3) charitable organization only conducting raffles and charitable fundraising events to be exempt from provisions of the chapter, and to exempt chapters of a 501(c)(3) from the qualifications of the section if the parent organization does; amend KRS 238.545 to allow winning tickets to be returned to the pool of tickets for a chance at additional prizes if the procedure is stated in the published rules, to allow multiple drawing dates if announced in advance or printed on the ticket, prohibit department from promulgating or enforcing administrative regulations more restrictive that this section; amend KRS 238.550 to remove two day requirement for the deposit of receipts and allow deposits to be made by chairpersons, officers, employees, or those designated by officers.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB468/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB468.htm","sponsor":"James Kay"},
{"bill_id":966539,"bill_number":"HB526","title":"AN ACT relating to the judiciary.","description":"Amend KRS 27A.010, relating to the executive head of the Court of Justice, to insert gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB526/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB526.htm","sponsor":"David Osborne"},
{"bill_id":966542,"bill_number":"HB506","title":"AN ACT relating to insurance.","description":"Amend KRS 304.48-080 to change \"executive director\" to \"commissioner\" to reflect the current organizational structure of the Department of Insurance.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB506/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB506.htm","sponsor":"Daniel Elliott"},
{"bill_id":966543,"bill_number":"SCR117","title":"Direct the staff of the Legislative Research Commission to study thecost of expanding Kentucky's automated e-Warrant system to include civil and bench warrants, emergency protective orders, and domestic violence orders; provide for distribution to the appropriate committee or committees by December 1, 2017.","description":"Direct the staff of the Legislative Research Commission to study thecost of expanding Kentucky's automated e-Warrant system to include civil and bench warrants, emergency protective orders, and domestic violence orders; provide for distribution to the appropriate committee or committees by December 1, 2017.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-17","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SCR117/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SCR117.htm","sponsor":"Robin Webb"},
{"bill_id":969532,"bill_number":"HR123","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Dr. Lloyd Elliott Jr.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Dr. Lloyd Elliott Jr.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-21","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR123/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR123.htm","sponsor":"Wilson Stone"},
{"bill_id":969550,"bill_number":"SR125","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Mary Burton.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Mary Burton.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-22","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR125/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR125.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":969560,"bill_number":"HR125","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Kenneth G. and Betty Hurst.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Kenneth G. and Betty Hurst.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-21","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR125/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR125.htm","sponsor":"Ruth Palumbo"},
{"bill_id":969569,"bill_number":"SR120","title":"Feb 22-WITHDRAWN","description":"Feb 22-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-21","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2017-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR120/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR120.htm","sponsor":"Albert Robinson"},
{"bill_id":969579,"bill_number":"HCR127","title":"Encourage public school districts to reconsider any form of sanctuary or safe haven status and refrain from enforcing such a policy on instructors and volunteers of any Junior ROTC program.","description":"Encourage public school districts to reconsider any form of sanctuary or safe haven status and refrain from enforcing such a policy on instructors and volunteers of any Junior ROTC program.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-21","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2017-02-22","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR127/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HCR127.htm","sponsor":"Tim Moore"},
{"bill_id":969588,"bill_number":"SR122","title":"Urge Congress to pass the Miners Protection Act.","description":"Urge Congress to pass the Miners Protection Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-21","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Energy (S)","last_action_date":"2017-02-22","committee":"Natural Resources and Energy","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR122/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR122.htm","sponsor":"Dorsey Ridley"},
{"bill_id":969606,"bill_number":"HR124","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Renea Minix Bowling.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Renea Minix Bowling.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-21","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR124/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR124.htm","sponsor":"John Blanton"},
{"bill_id":969616,"bill_number":"HR126","title":"Recognize February 22, 2017, as Disability Awareness Day.","description":"Recognize February 22, 2017, as Disability Awareness Day.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR126/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR126.htm","sponsor":"Jonathan Shell"},
{"bill_id":969626,"bill_number":"SR123","title":"Recognize February 22, 2017, as Disability Awareness Day.","description":"Recognize February 22, 2017, as Disability Awareness Day.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-22","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR123/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR123.htm","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":969636,"bill_number":"SR121","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Billy Ray Wilson.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Billy Ray Wilson.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-08","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-08","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR121/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR121.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":969645,"bill_number":"SR124","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Norma Raybourne Settles.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Norma Raybourne Settles.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-22","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR124/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR124.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":972857,"bill_number":"SR126","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Dr. David \"Doc\" Warren Livingston.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Dr. David \"Doc\" Warren Livingston.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-22","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR126/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR126.htm","sponsor":"Mike Wilson"},
{"bill_id":972872,"bill_number":"SR130","title":"Recognize Masonic Homes of Kentucky.","description":"Recognize Masonic Homes of Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-23","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR130/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR130.htm","sponsor":"Albert Robinson"},
{"bill_id":972887,"bill_number":"HR128","title":"Honor Elaine Chao upon being named United States Secretary of Transportation.","description":"Honor Elaine Chao upon being named United States Secretary of Transportation.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-07","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR128/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR128.htm","sponsor":"Jeff Hoover"},
{"bill_id":972902,"bill_number":"SR129","title":"Honor Maxwell Goode.","description":"Honor Maxwell Goode.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-23","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR129/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR129.htm","sponsor":"Dennis Parrett"},
{"bill_id":972917,"bill_number":"SR127","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Astor Sullivan Flanary.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Astor Sullivan Flanary.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-07","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR127/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR127.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":972945,"bill_number":"SR128","title":"Honor Naomi B. Hughes in honor of her 100th birthday.","description":"Honor Naomi B. Hughes in honor of her 100th birthday.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-02","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR128/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR128.htm","sponsor":"Julian Carroll"},
{"bill_id":975247,"bill_number":"HR130","title":"Honor Geoffrey S. Mearns for his service as Northern Kentucky University President and wishing him every success in his new position.","description":"Honor Geoffrey S. Mearns for his service as Northern Kentucky University President and wishing him every success in his new position.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-14","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR130/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR130.htm","sponsor":"Dennis Keene"},
{"bill_id":975255,"bill_number":"SR131","title":"Honor Kennedy Sabharwal upon being named one of the top youth volunteers in Kentucky in the 2017 Prudential Spirit of Community Awards.","description":"Honor Kennedy Sabharwal upon being named one of the top youth volunteers in Kentucky in the 2017 Prudential Spirit of Community Awards.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR131/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR131.htm","sponsor":"Alice Kerr"},
{"bill_id":975265,"bill_number":"SR135","title":"Recognize Boone Trace as a road of historical significance; encourage the Transportation Cabinet to seek funding to mark Boone Trace; encourage the Tourism, Arts and Humanities 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, Arts and Humanities 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":"2017-02-24","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR135/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR135.htm","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":975276,"bill_number":"SR132","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of General Russell Dougherty.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of General Russell Dougherty.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR132/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR132.htm","sponsor":"David Givens"},
{"bill_id":975284,"bill_number":"HR129","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Rev. Wayne B. Smith.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Rev. Wayne B. Smith.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-02","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR129/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR129.htm","sponsor":"Stan Lee"},
{"bill_id":975295,"bill_number":"SR133","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Susan Davenport Ware.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Susan Davenport Ware.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR133/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR133.htm","sponsor":"Alice Kerr"},
{"bill_id":975300,"bill_number":"SR134","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Bobbie Donaldson Rogers.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Bobbie Donaldson Rogers.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-07","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR134/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR134.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":976312,"bill_number":"HR131","title":"Urge first responders to receive training on autism spectrum disorders.","description":"Urge first responders to receive training on autism spectrum disorders.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR131/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR131.htm","sponsor":"Melinda Prunty"},
{"bill_id":976333,"bill_number":"SR139","title":"Urge and petition the President and Congress to advance on the retired list the late Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel and the late Major General Walter C. Short to their highest held ranks, as was done for all other senior officers who served in positions of command during World War II.","description":"Urge and petition the President and Congress to advance on the retired list the late Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel and the late Major General Walter C. Short to their highest held ranks, as was done for all other senior officers who served in positions of command during World War II.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR139/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR139.htm","sponsor":"Dorsey Ridley"},
{"bill_id":976355,"bill_number":"SR137","title":"Honor the Union County High School wrestling team upon winning back-to-back KHSAA state championships.","description":"Honor the Union County High School wrestling team upon winning back-to-back KHSAA state championships.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-02","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR137/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR137.htm","sponsor":"Dorsey Ridley"},
{"bill_id":976376,"bill_number":"HR132","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Audrey Louise Ross Grevious.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Audrey Louise Ross Grevious.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-24","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR132/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR132.htm","sponsor":"George Brown"},
{"bill_id":976418,"bill_number":"HR133","title":"Honor outgoing Kentucky Dental Association President Dr. Bill Collins.","description":"Honor outgoing Kentucky Dental Association President Dr. Bill Collins.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-08","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR133/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR133.htm","sponsor":"Angie Hatton"},
{"bill_id":976440,"bill_number":"HR134","title":"Recognize the #ChoosePT campaign and honor physical therapists.","description":"Recognize the #ChoosePT campaign and honor physical therapists.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR134/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR134.htm","sponsor":"James Kay"},
{"bill_id":976463,"bill_number":"SR136","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Bettye Grace Gilmore Reynolds.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Bettye Grace Gilmore Reynolds.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-03","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR136/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR136.htm","sponsor":"Denise Harper Angel"},
{"bill_id":976483,"bill_number":"SR138","title":"Honor outgoing Kentucky Dental Association President Dr. Bill Collins.","description":"Honor outgoing Kentucky Dental Association President Dr. Bill Collins.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-08","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-08","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR138/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR138.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":977642,"bill_number":"SCR143","title":"Mar 08-WITHDRAWN","description":"Mar 08-WITHDRAWN","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-27","last_action":"WITHDRAWN","last_action_date":"2017-03-08","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SCR143/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SCR143.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":977644,"bill_number":"HR137","title":"Honor the Belfry High School football team on winning its fourth consecutive state championship.","description":"Honor the Belfry High School football team on winning its fourth consecutive state championship.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-08","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR137/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR137.htm","sponsor":"Chris Harris"},
{"bill_id":977648,"bill_number":"SR144","title":"Honor Franklin Runyon Sousley.","description":"Honor Franklin Runyon Sousley.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR144/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR144.htm","sponsor":"Steve West"},
{"bill_id":977651,"bill_number":"HR135","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Mayor Kenny Robert Fankell.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Mayor Kenny Robert Fankell.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-02-27","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-02-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR135/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR135.htm","sponsor":"Jill York"},
{"bill_id":977655,"bill_number":"SR142","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Danny Michael Steffey.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Danny Michael Steffey.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR142/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR142.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
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{"bill_id":977661,"bill_number":"SR141","title":"Honor Sam Watkins, CEO of Louisville Central Community Centers, Inc., upon his retirement.","description":"Honor Sam Watkins, CEO of Louisville Central Community Centers, Inc., upon his retirement.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-14","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR141/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR141.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
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{"bill_id":978847,"bill_number":"HR141","title":"Amend House Rule 49 of the 2017 House of Representataives to change the posting requirement for bills and resolutions from one legislative day to three calendar days.","description":"Amend House Rule 49 of the 2017 House of Representataives to change the posting requirement for bills and resolutions from one legislative day to three calendar days.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-02-28","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2017-03-01","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR141/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR141.htm","sponsor":"Rocky Adkins"},
{"bill_id":978866,"bill_number":"HR143","title":"Honor Union County High School wrestlers Zeke Escalera, Saul Ervin, and Bryce Sheffer upon winning KHSAA state championships.","description":"Honor Union County High School wrestlers Zeke Escalera, Saul Ervin, and Bryce Sheffer upon winning KHSAA state championships.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-02","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR143/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR143.htm","sponsor":"Suzanne Miles"},
{"bill_id":980535,"bill_number":"HR145","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Jimmie Walker Greene.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Jimmie Walker Greene.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-02","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR145/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR145.htm","sponsor":"Ken Upchurch"},
{"bill_id":980564,"bill_number":"HR144","title":"Recognize March as Music in Our Schools Month.","description":"Recognize March as Music in Our Schools Month.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-02","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR144/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR144.htm","sponsor":"Steven Rudy"},
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{"bill_id":987983,"bill_number":"SR163","title":"Adjourn in honor of 102-year-old Juanita Green, who is celebrating her 103rd birthday on March 12, 2017.","description":"Adjourn in honor of 102-year-old Juanita Green, who is celebrating her 103rd birthday on March 12, 2017.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-08","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-08","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR163/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR163.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
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{"bill_id":1000994,"bill_number":"SR227","title":"Confirm the reappointment of William E. Summers V to the Kentucky Housing Corporation Board of Directors for a term expiring October 30, 2020.","description":"Confirm the reappointment of William E. Summers V to the Kentucky Housing Corporation Board of Directors for a term expiring October 30, 2020.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR227/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR227.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
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{"bill_id":1000996,"bill_number":"SR276","title":"Confirm the appointment of Catherine Johstono Monteiro to the Kentucky Personnel Board for a term expiring January 1, 2021.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Catherine Johstono Monteiro to the Kentucky Personnel Board for a term expiring January 1, 2021.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR276/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR276.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
{"bill_id":1000997,"bill_number":"SR231","title":"Confirm the appointment of Mark F. Sommer to the Kentucky Lottery Corporation Board of Directors for a term expiring November 28, 2019.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Mark F. Sommer to the Kentucky Lottery Corporation Board of Directors for a term expiring November 28, 2019.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR231/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR231.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
{"bill_id":1001000,"bill_number":"SR278","title":"Confirm the appointment of Janet L. Stephens to the Governor's Postsecondary Education Nominating Committee for a term expiring April 14, 2020.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Janet L. Stephens to the Governor's Postsecondary Education Nominating Committee for a term expiring April 14, 2020.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR278/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR278.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
{"bill_id":1001001,"bill_number":"SR212","title":"Confirm the appointment of Kevin R. Bond to the Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission for a term expiring August 13, 2020.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Kevin R. Bond to the Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission for a term expiring August 13, 2020.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR212/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR212.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
{"bill_id":1001002,"bill_number":"SR218","title":"Confirm the appointment of William Joseph Byrley to the Personnel Board for a term expiring on January 1, 2020.","description":"Confirm the appointment of William Joseph Byrley to the Personnel Board for a term expiring on January 1, 2020.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR218/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR218.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
{"bill_id":1001003,"bill_number":"SR263","title":"Honor Bishop Dr. Michael E. Ford Sr. and Sister Wanda M. Ford on the occasion of their 25th anniversary in service to Christ Temple Christian Life Center.","description":"Honor Bishop Dr. Michael E. Ford Sr. and Sister Wanda M. Ford on the occasion of their 25th anniversary in service to Christ Temple Christian Life Center.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR263/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR263.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":1001005,"bill_number":"SR241","title":"Confirm the appointment of Sandra Anne Frazier to the University of Louisville Board of Trustees for a term expiring January 13, 2021.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Sandra Anne Frazier to the University of Louisville Board of Trustees for a term expiring January 13, 2021.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR241/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR241.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
{"bill_id":1001007,"bill_number":"HR197","title":"Honor the Henderson County High School academic team upon winning the 2017 Governor's Cup state championship.","description":"Honor the Henderson County High School academic team upon winning the 2017 Governor's Cup state championship.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR197/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR197.htm","sponsor":"Robert Mills"},
{"bill_id":1001008,"bill_number":"SR288","title":"Confirm the appointment of Milton C. Seymore to the Kentucky Board of Education for a term expiring April 14, 2020.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Milton C. Seymore to the Kentucky Board of Education for a term expiring April 14, 2020.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR288/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR288.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
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{"bill_id":1001011,"bill_number":"SR290","title":"Confirm the reappointment of Lucas V. Mentzer to the Council on Postsecondary Education for a term expiring December 31, 2022.","description":"Confirm the reappointment of Lucas V. Mentzer to the Council on Postsecondary Education for a term expiring December 31, 2022.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR290/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR290.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
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{"bill_id":1001016,"bill_number":"SR222","title":"Confirm the appointment of Melissa Chandler to the Parole Board for a term expiring June 30, 2018.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Melissa Chandler to the Parole Board for a term expiring June 30, 2018.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR222/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR222.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
{"bill_id":1001017,"bill_number":"SR247","title":"Recognize April as Limb Loss Awareness Month.","description":"Recognize April as Limb Loss Awareness Month.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR247/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR247.htm","sponsor":"Joe Bowen"},
{"bill_id":1001018,"bill_number":"HR181","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Burch A. Hager.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Burch A. Hager.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR181/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR181.htm","sponsor":"Russ Meyer"},
{"bill_id":1001019,"bill_number":"HR192","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Rick Kamuf.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Rick Kamuf.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR192/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR192.htm","sponsor":"Suzanne Miles"},
{"bill_id":1001021,"bill_number":"SR190","title":"Confirm the appointment of James B. Bevins to the Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission for a term expiring August 13, 2020.","description":"Confirm the appointment of James B. Bevins to the Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission for a term expiring August 13, 2020.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR190/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR190.htm","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
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{"bill_id":1001029,"bill_number":"SR270","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Richard Rigney.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Richard Rigney.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR270/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR270.htm","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
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{"bill_id":1001033,"bill_number":"SR254","title":"Recognize March 29, 2017, as Mary Hottell Day in the Commonwealth.","description":"Recognize March 29, 2017, as Mary Hottell Day in the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR254/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR254.htm","sponsor":"Albert Robinson"},
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{"bill_id":1001038,"bill_number":"SR293","title":"Confirm the appointment of Benjamin Ernest Brandstetter to the Council on Postsecondary Education for a term expiring December 31, 2020.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Benjamin Ernest Brandstetter to the Council on Postsecondary Education for a term expiring December 31, 2020.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR293/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR293.htm","sponsor":"Wil Schroder"},
{"bill_id":1001039,"bill_number":"SR198","title":"Confirm the appointment of Monica Rice-Smith as administrative law judge to the Department of Workers' Claims for a term expiring December 31, 2019.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Monica Rice-Smith as administrative law judge to the Department of Workers' Claims for a term expiring December 31, 2019.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR198/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR198.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
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{"bill_id":1001044,"bill_number":"SR274","title":"Confirm the appointment of Gary Wayne Houchens to the Kentucky Board of Education for a term expiring April 14, 2020.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Gary Wayne Houchens to the Kentucky Board of Education for a term expiring April 14, 2020.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR274/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR274.htm","sponsor":"Mike Wilson"},
{"bill_id":1001045,"bill_number":"SR226","title":"Confirm the appointment of Gale Fox Lively to the Kentucky Housing Corporation Board of Directors for a term expiring October 30, 2019.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Gale Fox Lively to the Kentucky Housing Corporation Board of Directors for a term expiring October 30, 2019.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR226/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR226.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
{"bill_id":1001046,"bill_number":"HR202","title":"Honor Paul Weckman and Emily Wolff upon receiving the Covington Award.","description":"Honor Paul Weckman and Emily Wolff upon receiving the Covington Award.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR202/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR202.htm","sponsor":"Arnold Simpson"},
{"bill_id":1001047,"bill_number":"SR221","title":"Confirm the reappointment of Robert J. Cicero as Vice Chair of the Public Service Commission for a term expiring July 1, 2020.","description":"Confirm the reappointment of Robert J. Cicero as Vice Chair of the Public Service Commission for a term expiring July 1, 2020.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR221/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR221.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
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{"bill_id":1001052,"bill_number":"SR243","title":"Confirm the appointment of J. David Grissom to the University of Louisville Board of Trustees for a term expiring January 13, 2023.","description":"Confirm the appointment of J. David Grissom to the University of Louisville Board of Trustees for a term expiring January 13, 2023.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR243/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR243.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
{"bill_id":1001053,"bill_number":"SR294","title":"Provide that the Senate shall include \"in the Year of our Lord\" in the adopted date of all Senate simple resolutions that are put on parchment at the direction of the Clerk and on all Senate floor citations; provide that the Senate shall work with the Legislative Research Commission to include \"in the Year of our Lord\" on all other Senate citations throughout the year.","description":"Provide that the Senate shall include \"in the Year of our Lord\" in the adopted date of all Senate simple resolutions that are put on parchment at the direction of the Clerk and on all Senate floor citations; provide that the Senate shall work with the Legislative Research Commission to include \"in the Year of our Lord\" on all other Senate citations throughout the year.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR294/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR294.htm","sponsor":"Albert Robinson"},
{"bill_id":1001055,"bill_number":"SR249","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Joanne Story.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Joanne Story.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR249/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR249.htm","sponsor":"Rick Girdler"},
{"bill_id":1001056,"bill_number":"SR256","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Charles Kenneth \"Kenny\" Williams.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Charles Kenneth \"Kenny\" Williams.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR256/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR256.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":1001057,"bill_number":"HR180","title":"Honor the Knott County Central High School girls' basketball team upon winning the 14th Region championship and advancing to the St. Elizabeth Healthcare/KHSAA Girls' Sweet Sixteen.","description":"Honor the Knott County Central High School girls' basketball team upon winning the 14th Region championship and advancing to the St. Elizabeth Healthcare/KHSAA Girls' Sweet Sixteen.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR180/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR180.htm","sponsor":"John Blanton"},
{"bill_id":1001060,"bill_number":"SR195","title":"Confirm the appointment of Brent Edward Dye as administrative law judge in the Department of Workers' Claims for a term expiring July 14, 2020.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Brent Edward Dye as administrative law judge in the Department of Workers' Claims for a term expiring July 14, 2020.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR195/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR195.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
{"bill_id":1001061,"bill_number":"HR196","title":"Recognize April as National County Government Month.","description":"Recognize April as National County Government Month.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR196/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR196.htm","sponsor":"Michael Meredith"},
{"bill_id":1001062,"bill_number":"SR255","title":"Honor Providence Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Nicholasville on the occasion of its bicentennial.","description":"Honor Providence Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Nicholasville on the occasion of its bicentennial.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR255/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR255.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":1001063,"bill_number":"SR281","title":"Confirm the appointment of Carlo R. Wessels to the Kentucky Claims Commission for a term expiring September 30, 2017.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Carlo R. Wessels to the Kentucky Claims Commission for a term expiring September 30, 2017.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR281/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR281.htm","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":1001065,"bill_number":"HR185","title":"Honor the 1960 8th Region basketball champions and a book about their exploits--Integrated: The Lincoln Institute, Basketball, and a Vanished Tradition--and recognizing Danny Thomas, an important player on that team, and the author, Shelby County native Jim Miller.","description":"Honor the 1960 8th Region basketball champions and a book about their exploits--Integrated: The Lincoln Institute, Basketball, and a Vanished Tradition--and recognizing Danny Thomas, an important player on that team, and the author, Shelby County native Jim Miller.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR185/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR185.htm","sponsor":"Jerry Miller"},
{"bill_id":1001066,"bill_number":"SR191","title":"Confirm the reappointment of Caroline Whtilock Mudd to the Parole Board for a term expiring June 30, 2020.","description":"Confirm the reappointment of Caroline Whtilock Mudd to the Parole Board for a term expiring June 30, 2020.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR191/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR191.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
{"bill_id":1001067,"bill_number":"HR209","title":"Honor Dr. Wayne D. Andrews upon the occasion of his June 30, 2017, retirement as President of Morehead State University.","description":"Honor Dr. Wayne D. Andrews upon the occasion of his June 30, 2017, retirement as President of Morehead State University.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR209/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR209.htm","sponsor":"Rocky Adkins"},
{"bill_id":1001068,"bill_number":"HR195","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Parker Beam.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Parker Beam.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR195/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR195.htm","sponsor":"Chad McCoy"},
{"bill_id":1001070,"bill_number":"SR197","title":"Confirm the appointment of Christina Ditty Hajjar as administrative law judge to the Department of Workers' Claims.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Christina Ditty Hajjar as administrative law judge to the Department of Workers' Claims.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR197/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR197.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
{"bill_id":1001071,"bill_number":"SR238","title":"Confirm the appointment of Bonita Kay Black to the University of Louisville Board of Trustees for a term expiring January 13, 2020.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Bonita Kay Black to the University of Louisville Board of Trustees for a term expiring January 13, 2020.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR238/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR238.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
{"bill_id":1001072,"bill_number":"HR204","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Elizabeth Mitchell Payton.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Elizabeth Mitchell Payton.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR204/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR204.htm","sponsor":"Derrick Graham"},
{"bill_id":1001073,"bill_number":"SR196","title":"Confirm the appointment of Richard Edwin Neal as an administrative law judge in the Department of Workers' Claims for a term expiring July 14, 2020.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Richard Edwin Neal as an administrative law judge in the Department of Workers' Claims for a term expiring July 14, 2020.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR196/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR196.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
{"bill_id":1001078,"bill_number":"SR283","title":"Confirm the appointment of Virginia Carol Wright to the Council on Postsecondary Education for a term expiring December 31, 2021.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Virginia Carol Wright to the Council on Postsecondary Education for a term expiring December 31, 2021.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR283/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR283.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
{"bill_id":1001079,"bill_number":"SR235","title":"Confirm the appointment of James Michael Rogers to the University of Louisville Board of Trustees for a term expiring January 13, 2018.","description":"Confirm the appointment of James Michael Rogers to the University of Louisville Board of Trustees for a term expiring January 13, 2018.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR235/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR235.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
{"bill_id":1001080,"bill_number":"HR200","title":"Honor Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day.","description":"Honor Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR200/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR200.htm","sponsor":"Jim DeCesare"},
{"bill_id":1001082,"bill_number":"HR207","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Sue Carter Vance Livingood.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Sue Carter Vance Livingood.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR207/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR207.htm","sponsor":"Brian Linder"},
{"bill_id":1001083,"bill_number":"SCR259","title":"Adjourn the 2017 Regular Session of the General Assembly sine die.","description":"Adjourn the 2017 Regular Session of the General Assembly sine die.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SCR259/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SCR259.htm","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":1001084,"bill_number":"SR200","title":"Confirm the appointment of Sandra Kay Ramsey to the Education Professional Standards Board for a term expiring June 7, 2020.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Sandra Kay Ramsey to the Education Professional Standards Board for a term expiring June 7, 2020.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR200/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR200.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
{"bill_id":1001085,"bill_number":"SR292","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Norma Gleah Coleman.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Norma Gleah Coleman.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR292/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR292.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":1001087,"bill_number":"SR265","title":"Honor the Paris High School boys' basketball team upon winning the All \"A\" State Tournament.","description":"Honor the Paris High School boys' basketball team upon winning the All \"A\" State Tournament.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR265/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR265.htm","sponsor":"Steve West"},
{"bill_id":1001088,"bill_number":"HR179","title":"Memorialize David Clemon Hancock.","description":"Memorialize David Clemon Hancock.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR179/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR179.htm","sponsor":"Jim DeCesare"},
{"bill_id":1001089,"bill_number":"SR234","title":"Confirm the reappointment of David Bryan Sloan to the Mine Safety Review Commission for a term expiring May 23, 2020.","description":"Confirm the reappointment of David Bryan Sloan to the Mine Safety Review Commission for a term expiring May 23, 2020.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR234/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR234.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
{"bill_id":1001090,"bill_number":"SR275","title":"Confirm the appointment of Ronald Cameron Beal to the Council on Postsecondary Education for a term expiring December 31, 2017.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Ronald Cameron Beal to the Council on Postsecondary Education for a term expiring December 31, 2017.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR275/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR275.htm","sponsor":"Mike Wilson"},
{"bill_id":1001093,"bill_number":"SR217","title":"Confirm the appointment of Edwin Ray Orange to the Governor's Postsecondary Education Nominating Committee for a term expiring April 14, 2022.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Edwin Ray Orange to the Governor's Postsecondary Education Nominating Committee for a term expiring April 14, 2022.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR217/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR217.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
{"bill_id":1001094,"bill_number":"SR228","title":"Confirm the appointment of Cynthia D. Rogers to the Kentucky Lottery Corporation Board of Directors for a term expiring November 28, 2017.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Cynthia D. Rogers to the Kentucky Lottery Corporation Board of Directors for a term expiring November 28, 2017.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR228/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR228.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
{"bill_id":1001095,"bill_number":"SR185","title":"Confirm the appointment of Al William Pedigo to the Kentucky Agricultural Development Board for a term expiring July 6, 2019.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Al William Pedigo to the Kentucky Agricultural Development Board for a term expiring July 6, 2019.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR185/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR185.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
{"bill_id":1001096,"bill_number":"SR201","title":"Confirm the appointment of Sherry Wilson Powers to the Education Professional Standards Board for a term expiring June 7, 2020.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Sherry Wilson Powers to the Education Professional Standards Board for a term expiring June 7, 2020.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR201/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR201.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
{"bill_id":1001098,"bill_number":"SR251","title":"Honor the Georgetown College men's basketball team.","description":"Honor the Georgetown College men's basketball team.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR251/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR251.htm","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":1001099,"bill_number":"SR204","title":"Confirm the appointment of Thomas Ralph Salyer to the Education Professional Standards Board for a term expiring September 18, 2020.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Thomas Ralph Salyer to the Education Professional Standards Board for a term expiring September 18, 2020.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR204/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR204.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
{"bill_id":1001100,"bill_number":"SR214","title":"Confirm the appointment of Richard Mitchell Storm to the Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission to serve for the remainder of the unexpired term ending August 13, 2018.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Richard Mitchell Storm to the Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission to serve for the remainder of the unexpired term ending August 13, 2018.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR214/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR214.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
{"bill_id":1001101,"bill_number":"SR219","title":"Confirm the appointment of Beverly Hucheson Griffith to the Personnel Board for a term expiring January 1, 2019.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Beverly Hucheson Griffith to the Personnel Board for a term expiring January 1, 2019.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR219/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR219.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
{"bill_id":1001104,"bill_number":"SR202","title":"Confirm the appointment of Tracy Voils Adams to the Education Professional Standards Board for a term expiring September 18, 2020.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Tracy Voils Adams to the Education Professional Standards Board for a term expiring September 18, 2020.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR202/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR202.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
{"bill_id":1001105,"bill_number":"SR295","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Alice Jean Bowen Stanfield.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Alice Jean Bowen Stanfield.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR295/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR295.htm","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":1001106,"bill_number":"HR198","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of William Ray Black Jr.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of William Ray Black Jr.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR198/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR198.htm","sponsor":"Gerald Watkins"},
{"bill_id":1001107,"bill_number":"SR233","title":"Confirm the appointment of William David Donan to the Mine Safety Review Commission to serve for the remainder of the unexpired term ending May 23, 2019.","description":"Confirm the appointment of William David Donan to the Mine Safety Review Commission to serve for the remainder of the unexpired term ending May 23, 2019.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR233/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR233.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
{"bill_id":1001110,"bill_number":"SR240","title":"Confirm the appointment of John Hampton Schnatter to the University of Louisville Board of Trustees for a term expiring January 13, 2022.","description":"Confirm the appointment of John Hampton Schnatter to the University of Louisville Board of Trustees for a term expiring January 13, 2022.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR240/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR240.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
{"bill_id":1001111,"bill_number":"SR262","title":"Honor the Scott County High School boys' basketball team.","description":"Honor the Scott County High School boys' basketball team.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR262/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR262.htm","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":1001112,"bill_number":"SR210","title":"Confirm the appointment of Ashley Rebecca Fishback to the Education Professional Standards Board for a term expiring September 18, 2018.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Ashley Rebecca Fishback to the Education Professional Standards Board for a term expiring September 18, 2018.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR210/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR210.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
{"bill_id":1001114,"bill_number":"SR266","title":"Honor the Scott High School boys' basketball team.","description":"Honor the Scott High School boys' basketball team.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR266/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR266.htm","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":1001115,"bill_number":"SR267","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Kenneth K. Kelly.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Kenneth K. Kelly.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR267/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR267.htm","sponsor":"Ray Jones"},
{"bill_id":1001116,"bill_number":"SR189","title":"Confirm the appointment of Robert Mark Billingsley to the Governor's Postsecondary Education Nominating Committee for a term expiring April 14, 2020.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Robert Mark Billingsley to the Governor's Postsecondary Education Nominating Committee for a term expiring April 14, 2020.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR189/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR189.htm","sponsor":"Mike Wilson"},
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{"bill_id":1001119,"bill_number":"SR296","title":"Honor the Mercer County High School girls' basketball team upon winning the 2017 St. Elizabeth Healthcare/KHSAA Girls' Sweet Sixteen.","description":"Honor the Mercer County High School girls' basketball team upon winning the 2017 St. Elizabeth Healthcare/KHSAA Girls' Sweet Sixteen.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR296/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR296.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":1001120,"bill_number":"SR286","title":"Confirm the appointment of Alesa G. Johnson to the Kentucky Board of Education for a term expiring April 14, 2020.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Alesa G. Johnson to the Kentucky Board of Education for a term expiring April 14, 2020.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR286/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR286.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
{"bill_id":1001121,"bill_number":"SR225","title":"Confirm the appointment of Stephen P. Brunson to the Kentucky Housing Corporation Board of Directors for a term expiring October 30, 2019.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Stephen P. Brunson to the Kentucky Housing Corporation Board of Directors for a term expiring October 30, 2019.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR225/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR225.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
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{"bill_id":1001125,"bill_number":"SR207","title":"Confirm the appointment of William A. Owens to the Education Professional Standards Board for the remainder of the unexpired term ending September 18, 2018.","description":"Confirm the appointment of William A. Owens to the Education Professional Standards Board for the remainder of the unexpired term ending September 18, 2018.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR207/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR207.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
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{"bill_id":1001130,"bill_number":"HR186","title":"Urge the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to utilize enhanced eligibility verification and periodic continuing monitoring of the finances and wealth for persons enrolled in or applying for programs under the cabinet's oversight.","description":"Urge the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to utilize enhanced eligibility verification and periodic continuing monitoring of the finances and wealth for persons enrolled in or applying for programs under the cabinet's oversight.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR186/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR186.htm","sponsor":"Regina Huff"},
{"bill_id":1001131,"bill_number":"SR277","title":"Confirm the appointment of Angela Denise Minter to the Governor's Postsecondary Education Nominating Committee for a term expiring April 14, 2018.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Angela Denise Minter to the Governor's Postsecondary Education Nominating Committee for a term expiring April 14, 2018.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR277/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR277.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
{"bill_id":1001132,"bill_number":"SR193","title":"Confirm the reappointment of Patrick M. Henderson to the Agricultural Development Board for a term expiring July 6, 2020.","description":"Confirm the reappointment of Patrick M. Henderson to the Agricultural Development Board for a term expiring July 6, 2020.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR193/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR193.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
{"bill_id":1001133,"bill_number":"HR203","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Carlos Ray Glover.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Carlos Ray Glover.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR203/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR203.htm","sponsor":"Regina Huff"},
{"bill_id":1001135,"bill_number":"SR285","title":"Confirm the appointment of Ben Lovell Cundiff to the Kentucky Board of Education for a term expiring April 14, 2018.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Ben Lovell Cundiff to the Kentucky Board of Education for a term expiring April 14, 2018.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR285/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR285.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
{"bill_id":1001136,"bill_number":"SR224","title":"Confirm the appointment of Larry Ray Brock to the Parole Board for a term expiring June 30, 2019.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Larry Ray Brock to the Parole Board for a term expiring June 30, 2019.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR224/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR224.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
{"bill_id":1001137,"bill_number":"HR199","title":"Honor Judge James \"Jim\" M. Shake upon the occasion of his retirement from the Circuit Court bench.","description":"Honor Judge James \"Jim\" M. Shake upon the occasion of his retirement from the Circuit Court bench.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR199/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR199.htm","sponsor":"Reginald Meeks"},
{"bill_id":1001138,"bill_number":"SR215","title":"Confirm the appointment of Karl D. Clinard to the Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission for a term expiring August 13, 2019.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Karl D. Clinard to the Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission for a term expiring August 13, 2019.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR215/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR215.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
{"bill_id":1001140,"bill_number":"SR279","title":"Confirm the appointment of Jessica Ann Burke to the Kentucky Claims Commission for a term expiring September 30, 2018.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Jessica Ann Burke to the Kentucky Claims Commission for a term expiring September 30, 2018.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR279/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR279.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
{"bill_id":1001141,"bill_number":"SR208","title":"Confirm the appointment of Rachel E. Colyer to the Education Professional Standards Board for the remainder of the unexpired term ending September 18, 2018.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Rachel E. Colyer to the Education Professional Standards Board for the remainder of the unexpired term ending September 18, 2018.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR208/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR208.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
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{"bill_id":1001144,"bill_number":"SR242","title":"Confirm the appointment of Diane B. Medley to the University of Louisville Board of Trustees for a term expiring January 13, 2018.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Diane B. Medley to the University of Louisville Board of Trustees for a term expiring January 13, 2018.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR242/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR242.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
{"bill_id":1001146,"bill_number":"SR229","title":"Confirm the appointment of Ray Anthony Barker to the Kentucky Lottery Corporation Board of Directors for a term expiring November 28, 2020.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Ray Anthony Barker to the Kentucky Lottery Corporation Board of Directors for a term expiring November 28, 2020.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR229/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR229.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
{"bill_id":1001147,"bill_number":"SR211","title":"Confirm the appointment of Harry Worthington Carloss, Jr., M.D., to the Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission for a term expiring August 13, 2020.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Harry Worthington Carloss, Jr., M.D., to the Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission for a term expiring August 13, 2020.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR211/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR211.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
{"bill_id":1001148,"bill_number":"SR205","title":"Confirm the appointment of Sarah Lynn Burnett to the Education Professional Standards Board for the remainder of the unexpired term ending September 18, 2019.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Sarah Lynn Burnett to the Education Professional Standards Board for the remainder of the unexpired term ending September 18, 2019.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR205/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR205.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
{"bill_id":1001149,"bill_number":"SR232","title":"Confirm the appointment of Thomas O'Brien III to the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance for a term expiring August 15, 2019.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Thomas O'Brien III to the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance for a term expiring August 15, 2019.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR232/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR232.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
{"bill_id":1001151,"bill_number":"SR220","title":"Confirm the appointment of Michael J. Schmitt as Chair of the Public Service Commission for a term expiring July 1, 2019.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Michael J. Schmitt as Chair of the Public Service Commission for a term expiring July 1, 2019.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR220/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR220.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
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{"bill_id":1001157,"bill_number":"SR287","title":"Confirm the appointment of Richard F. Gimmel, Jr. to the Kentucky Board of Education for a term expiring April 14, 2020.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Richard F. Gimmel, Jr. to the Kentucky Board of Education for a term expiring April 14, 2020.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR287/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR287.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
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{"bill_id":1001159,"bill_number":"SR280","title":"Confirm the appointment of Betty Barnes Cook to the Governor's Postsecondary Education Nominating Committee for a term expiring April 14, 2022.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Betty Barnes Cook to the Governor's Postsecondary Education Nominating Committee for a term expiring April 14, 2022.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR280/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR280.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
{"bill_id":1001161,"bill_number":"SR257","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Wilson Morgan Routt.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Wilson Morgan Routt.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR257/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR257.htm","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":1001163,"bill_number":"SR260","title":"Honor the Bourbon County High School marching band.","description":"Honor the Bourbon County High School marching band.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR260/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR260.htm","sponsor":"Steve West"},
{"bill_id":1001164,"bill_number":"SR252","title":"Adjourn in honor of the Union College men's basketball team upon winning the 2017 NAIA Division II national championship.","description":"Adjourn in honor of the Union College men's basketball team upon winning the 2017 NAIA Division II national championship.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR252/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR252.htm","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":1001165,"bill_number":"SR237","title":"Confirm the appointment of Brian Alan Cromer to the University of Louisville Board of Trustees for a term expiring January 13, 2020.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Brian Alan Cromer to the University of Louisville Board of Trustees for a term expiring January 13, 2020.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR237/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR237.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
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{"bill_id":1001168,"bill_number":"SR216","title":"Confirm the reappointment of Kimberly S. McCann to the Governor's Postsecondary Education Nominating Committee for a term expiring April 14, 2022.","description":"Confirm the reappointment of Kimberly S. McCann to the Governor's Postsecondary Education Nominating Committee for a term expiring April 14, 2022.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR216/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR216.htm","sponsor":"Dan Seum"},
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{"bill_id":1001170,"bill_number":"SR271","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Ruth H. Burchell.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Ruth H. Burchell.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR271/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR271.htm","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":1001171,"bill_number":"HR201","title":"Recognize April 21 as Autism After 21 Day in the Commonwealth.","description":"Recognize April 21 as Autism After 21 Day in the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR201/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR201.htm","sponsor":"Jim DeCesare"},
{"bill_id":1001173,"bill_number":"SR186","title":"Confirm the appointment of Louis Stewart Hughes to the Agricultural Development Board for a term expiring July 6, 2020.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Louis Stewart Hughes to the Agricultural Development Board for a term expiring July 6, 2020.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-29","last_action":"passed 38-0","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR186/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR186.htm","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":1001174,"bill_number":"HR191","title":"Honor the Mercer County High School girls' basketball team upon winning the 2017 St. Elizabeth Healthcare/KHSAA Girls' Sweet Sixteen.","description":"Honor the Mercer County High School girls' basketball team upon winning the 2017 St. Elizabeth Healthcare/KHSAA Girls' Sweet Sixteen.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR191/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR191.htm","sponsor":"Kim King"},
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{"bill_id":1001176,"bill_number":"SR248","title":"Honor the Simon Kenton High School girls' basketball team.","description":"Honor the Simon Kenton High School girls' basketball team.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR248/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR248.htm","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":1004721,"bill_number":"HR219","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Louisville Metro Police Officer Officer Nick Rodman.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Louisville Metro Police Officer Officer Nick Rodman.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR219/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR219.htm","sponsor":"McKenzie Cantrell"},
{"bill_id":1004722,"bill_number":"SR299","title":"Honor Evelyn Evans on the occasion of her 100th birthday.","description":"Honor Evelyn Evans on the occasion of her 100th birthday.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR299/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR299.htm","sponsor":"Alice Kerr"},
{"bill_id":1004723,"bill_number":"HCR220","title":"Adjourn the 2017 Regular Session of the General Assembly sine die.","description":"Adjourn the 2017 Regular Session of the General Assembly sine die.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2017-03-30","last_action":"introduced in House","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR220/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HCR220.htm","sponsor":"Jeff Hoover"},
{"bill_id":1004724,"bill_number":"SR300","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Louisville Metro Police Officer Officer Nick Rodman.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Louisville Metro Police Officer Officer Nick Rodman.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR300/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR300.htm","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1004725,"bill_number":"HR217","title":"Honor the 25th anniversary celebration of It's a Grand Night for Singing!, a production of the College of Fine Arts, the University of Kentucky Opera Theatre, and the Lexington Opera Society.","description":"Honor the 25th anniversary celebration of It's a Grand Night for Singing!, a production of the College of Fine Arts, the University of Kentucky Opera Theatre, and the Lexington Opera Society.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR217/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR217.htm","sponsor":"Ruth Palumbo"},
{"bill_id":1004727,"bill_number":"HR216","title":"Honor the 225th anniversary of Logan County.","description":"Honor the 225th anniversary of Logan County.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR216/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR216.htm","sponsor":"Jason Petrie"},
{"bill_id":1004728,"bill_number":"HR218","title":"Provide that the House of Representatives shall include \"in the Year of our Lord\" in the adopted date of all House of Representatives simple resolutions that are put on parchment at the direction of the Clerk and on all House of Representatives floor citations; provide that the House of Representatives shall work with the Legislative Research Commission to include \"in the Year of our Lord\" on all other House of Representatives citations throughout the year.","description":"Provide that the House of Representatives shall include \"in the Year of our Lord\" in the adopted date of all House of Representatives simple resolutions that are put on parchment at the direction of the Clerk and on all House of Representatives floor citations; provide that the House of Representatives shall work with the Legislative Research Commission to include \"in the Year of our Lord\" on all other House of Representatives citations throughout the year.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR218/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR218.htm","sponsor":"Walker Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1004729,"bill_number":"HR213","title":"Encourage the federal government to create a system whereby imported drugs must be tested and approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration, thus ensuring the safe distribution of pharmaceuticals to American consumers.","description":"Encourage the federal government to create a system whereby imported drugs must be tested and approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration, thus ensuring the safe distribution of pharmaceuticals to American consumers.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR213/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR213.htm","sponsor":"Jason Nemes"},
{"bill_id":1004730,"bill_number":"HR215","title":"Honor and express appreciation to Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc., for its commitment to the economic vitality of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the United States of America.","description":"Honor and express appreciation to Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc., for its commitment to the economic vitality of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the United States of America.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR215/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR215.htm","sponsor":"Phillip Pratt"},
{"bill_id":1004731,"bill_number":"HR214","title":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of David Allen \"Ham\" Hamilton.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of David Allen \"Ham\" Hamilton.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR214/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR214.htm","sponsor":"Jeff Greer"},
{"bill_id":1004732,"bill_number":"SR298","title":"Honor the McCracken County High School Mustangs coed cheerleading team upon winning the 2017 Universal Cheerleaders Association Medium Coed National Championship.","description":"Honor the McCracken County High School Mustangs coed cheerleading team upon winning the 2017 Universal Cheerleaders Association Medium Coed National Championship.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR298/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR298.htm","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":1004733,"bill_number":"SR297","title":"Honor the 225th anniversary of Logan County.","description":"Honor the 225th anniversary of Logan County.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2017-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2017-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR297/2017","state_link":"http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SR297.htm","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"}
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