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{"bill_id":1296957,"bill_number":"HB182","title":"AN ACT creating an income tax credit for the purchase and installation of electric vehicle supply equipment.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish the electric vehicle supply equipment tax credit for a qualified individual in an amount equal to the lesser of 50% of the installed cost of the equipment or $1,000; require reporting by the Department of Revenue; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the credit; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the Department of Revenue to share data about the tax credit with the Legislative Research Commission.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-09","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB182/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb182.html","sponsor":"Ruth Palumbo"},
{"bill_id":1296958,"bill_number":"HB20","title":"AN ACT relating to teachers and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to define terms; establish a student loan forgiveness program for STEM teachers employed at a public school district within a federally designated promise zone; authorize the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to promulgate administrative regulations to administer the program; create the STEM teacher promise zone scholarship fund; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-12","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB20/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb20.html","sponsor":"Derek Lewis"},
{"bill_id":1296959,"bill_number":"SR28","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Peter Mitchell Rolfe for receiving the Saint Xavier High School Principal's List Award and for his many other accomplishments.","description":"Honor Peter Mitchell Rolfe for receiving the Saint Xavier High School Principal's List Award and for his many other accomplishments.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR28/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr28.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1296960,"bill_number":"HR3","title":"A RESOLUTION extending an invitation to pastors of Frankfort churches to open sessions of the 2020 Regular Session with prayer.","description":"Extend an invitation to the pastors of Frankfort churches to open sessions of the 2020 Regular Session with prayer.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR3/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr3.html","sponsor":"David Osborne"},
{"bill_id":1296961,"bill_number":"SR7","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Lisa Raterman upon the occasion of her retirement.","description":"Honor Lisa Raterman upon the occasion of her retirement.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-27","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR7/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr7.html","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":1296962,"bill_number":"HB179","title":"AN ACT relating to surprise billing.","description":"Amend KRS 304.17A-005 to define \"balance billing,\" \"cost sharing,\" and other terms; create new sections of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require the insurance commissioner or a designated nonprofit organization to establish and maintain a database of billed health care services charges collected from insurers; define \"unanticipated out-of-network care,\" \"covered person\" and \"usual and customary rate\"; require an insurer to reimburse for unanticipated out-of-network care at the lower of the billed amount or the usual and customary rate less any cost sharing owed by the covered person; prohibit balance billing from a provider who has been reimbursed as required; allow a provider to bill for any applicable cost-sharing requirements owed by the covered person; amend KRS18A.225, 304.17A-0954, 304.17A-096, 304.17A-500, 304.17A-580, 304.17A-649, 304.17B-001, 304.17B-015, 304.17B-033, 304.17C-010, 304.18-114, 304.38A-010, and 304.39-241 to conform; repeal KRS 304.17A-640; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB179/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb179.html","sponsor":"Cherlynn Stevenson"},
{"bill_id":1296963,"bill_number":"HB113","title":"AN ACT relating to executive branch ethics.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 11A to require statewide elected officials to file a statement of use of state resources with the Executive Branch Ethics Commission when state resources are used for nonpublic purposes and the value of that use of state resources exceeds $250; require that the statement of use of state resources be filed within 30 days of an event where state resources were used for nonpublic purposes; require that within ten days of submission of a statement of use of state resources, the Executive Branch Ethics Commission shall determine whether the submission complies with legal requirements; require statement of use of state resources to be filed on a form prescribed by the Executive Branch Ethics Commission; require statements of use of state resources to include the name, title, and business address of the statewide elected official using state resources for nonpublic purposes and a detailed description of the events under which the use of state resources for nonpublic purposes took place; amend KRS 11A.010 to define \"nonpublic purpose\" and \"state resources\"; amend KRS 11A.990 to require the withholding of the salary of any statewide elected official who does not comply with legal requirements related to the filing of a statement of use of state resources.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB113/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb113.html","sponsor":"Angie Hatton"},
{"bill_id":1296964,"bill_number":"SB63","title":"AN ACT relating to high school programs.","description":"Amend KRS 158.100 to include virtual high school completion programs, give local board authority to establish program, identify the purpose of such programs, outline enrollment eligibility requirements, identify graduation requirements for enrollees of the program, authorize schools to charge students tuition and fees for the program, require that an enrollee in the program be at least 21 years old, establish school requirements for eligibility, and allow a district to choose between requiring completion of graduation requirements at the time of drop out or the requirements in place currently.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-17","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 17)","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB63/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb63.html","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":1296965,"bill_number":"HB127","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; ballot language; submit to the voters for ratification or rejection.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB127/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb127.html","sponsor":"Kim King"},
{"bill_id":1296966,"bill_number":"HB37","title":"AN ACT relating to arts education.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require schools to offer all students instruction in the visual and performing arts, submit an annual report to the Department of Education, and implement school policies regarding visual and performing arts instruction; require the Department of Education to develop visual and performing arts program standards, guidelines on model programs, and strategies and initiatives for meeting the requirements of the section; require the Department of Education to provide resources, assessment tools, and a reporting checklist to schools; require the Department of Education to report to the Interim Joint Committee on Education by December 1, 2021, on the status of schools meeting the requirements of this section; amend KRS 158.6453 to require the school profile report to be included in the school report card and require the visual and performing arts program data to be included in the school profile report; amend KRS 160.345 and 158.153 to conform; cite the Act as the Arts Education Equity Act.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-02-14","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-18","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB37/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb37.html","sponsor":"Mark Hart"},
{"bill_id":1296967,"bill_number":"HB17","title":"AN ACT relating to the Honor and Remember flag.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to designate the Honor and Remember flag as the state's emblem of the service and sacrifice of the brave men and women of the United States Armed Forces who have given their lives in the line of duty; specify locations, dates, and circumstances under which the flag may be displayed.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-01-27","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-29","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB17/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb17.html","sponsor":"Ed Massey"},
{"bill_id":1296968,"bill_number":"HB125","title":"AN ACT relating to workers' compensation.","description":"Amend KRS 342.315 to eliminate the requirement that physicians contracting with the commissioner to perform evaluations in occupational disease claims be \"B\" readers who are licensed in Kentucky and are board-certified pulmonary specialists; amend KRS 342.316 to allow the commissioner to select a physician or medical facility for referral in occupational disease claims and eliminate the requirement that such physicians be \"B\" readers who are licensed in Kentucky and are board-certified pulmonary specialists; amend KRS 342.794 to delete the definition of \"board-certified pulmonary specialist\" and eliminate the requirement that physicians on the list of qualified \"B\" readers maintained by the commissioner include only those licensed in Kentucky and board-certified pulmonary specialists.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Economic Development & Workforce Investment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB125/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb125.html","sponsor":"Angie Hatton"},
{"bill_id":1296969,"bill_number":"SB54","title":"AN ACT relating to coverage for medically necessary fertility preservation services.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to establish that any health benefit plan issued or renewed in the Commonwealth that provides coverage for hospital, medical, or surgical expenses, shall include coverage for standard fertility preservation services when a necessary medical treatment may directly or indirectly cause iatrogenic infertility to an insured; establish language to specify that fertility preservation coverage is not required to be provided or included in any employer-sponsored health benefit plan offered by an employer to its employees if the employer is a religious organization; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-08","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB54/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb54.html","sponsor":"Alice Kerr"},
{"bill_id":1296970,"bill_number":"HR14","title":"A RESOLUTION proclaiming April 26, 2020, to be Diabetic Ketoacidosis Awareness Day in Kentucky.","description":"Proclaim April 26, 2020, to be Diabetic Ketoacidosis Awareness Day.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-23","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR14/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr14.html","sponsor":"Danny Bentley"},
{"bill_id":1296971,"bill_number":"HB164","title":"AN ACT relating to involuntary termination of parental rights.","description":"Amend KRS 625.060 to specify the rights of a foster parent related to involuntary termination of parental rights cases.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB164/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb164.html","sponsor":"Travis Brenda"},
{"bill_id":1296972,"bill_number":"HB123","title":"AN ACT relating to earned paid sick leave.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to require employers to provide earned paid sick leave to employees; provide that employees earn paid sick leave upon the date of hire and can use the leave after being employed for 90 days; set forth allowable uses of earned paid sick time; designate how notice of need to use sick time is provided by employees; amend KRS 337.990 to establish penalty for employers that fail to follow paid sick leave requirements.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Economic Development & Workforce Investment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB123/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb123.html","sponsor":"McKenzie Cantrell"},
{"bill_id":1296973,"bill_number":"HB133","title":"AN ACT relating to legal actions concerning the exercise of a person's constitutional rights.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 454 to provide definitions and establish procedures for dismissing legal actions filed in response to a party's exercise of free speech, right to petition, or right to association; allow for an immediate appeal as a matter of right; allow for costs to be awarded to petitioning party if dismissal is granted; allow for costs to be awarded to responding party if the motion was found to be frivolous or filed solely for the purpose of unnecessary delay; provide that this Act may be cited as the Kentucky Public Participation Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"posting withdrawn","last_action_date":"2020-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB133/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb133.html","sponsor":"Nima Kulkarni"},
{"bill_id":1296974,"bill_number":"HB192","title":"AN ACT relating to firearms and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 527.010 to define \"assault weapons\" and \"large-capacity ammunition-feeding devices\"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to criminalize possession and transfer of unregistered large-capacity ammunition-feeding devices; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to establish a large-capacity ammunition-feeding device registration program under the Department of Kentucky State Police and to authorize a fee and trust account and make an appropriation; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to criminalize the possession of unregistered assault weapons and to require the owners of registered assault weapons to store the weapons in a manner which renders them inoperable to unauthorized users; create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to establish the assault weapons registration program and a weapons buyback program under the Department of Kentucky State Police and to authorize a fee and trust account and make an appropriation; amend KRS 16.220 and 237.104 to exempt weapons from the buyback program from prohibitions on the destruction of certain weapons.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-09","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB192/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb192.html","sponsor":"Jeffery Donohue"},
{"bill_id":1296975,"bill_number":"SB56","title":"AN ACT relating to the sale of tobacco, alternative nicotine, and vapor products and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 438.305 to change the definition of \"proof of age\"; amend KRS 438.310 to prohibit the sale of tobacco, alternative nicotine, or vapor products to persons under the age of 21; amend KRS 438.311 to make it unlawful for persons under 21 to buy tobacco, alternative nicotine, or vapor products; establish a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $500 for a person over the age of 18 who violates the age restrictions for purchasing or receiving tobacco, alternative nicotine, or vapor products; remove status offense designation for violations by persons under 18; remove jurisdiction of the juvenile section of the District Court for violations by persons under 18; remove references to arrest and court appearances by persons under 18; amend KRS 438.313 to prohibit the wholesale, retail, or manufacturer distribution of tobacco or vapor products to persons under 21; remove references to arrest and court appearances for persons under 18; amend KRS 438.315 to raise the minimum age for vending machine sales of tobacco, alternative nicotine, or vapor products to 21; remove references to arrest and court appearances for persons under 18; amend KRS 438.325 to establish 21 as the age limit regarding tobacco, alternative nicotine, or vapor product retail notifications; amend KRS 438.330 to set tobacco, alternative nicotine, and vapor product enforcement standards so that they relate to persons under the age of 21; amend KRS 438.350 regarding possession of tobacco, alternative nicotine, or vapor products by a person under age 21; amend KRS 600.020 to remove tobacco offenses from the definition of \"status offense action\"; amend 610.010 to remove tobacco related offenses as provided in KRS 438.305 to 438.340 from the jurisdiction of the juvenile section of the District Court; amend 630.020 to remove tobacco related offenses as provided in KRS 438.305 to 438.340 from the jurisdiction of the juvenile section of the District Court; amend 630.120 to remove the reference to child tobacco offenses under KRS 438.305 to 438.340; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-26","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 35)","last_action_date":"2020-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB56/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb56.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1296976,"bill_number":"HB73","title":"AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 32 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to terms of members of the General Assembly.","description":"Propose to amend Section 32 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prevent Senators from serving more than three consecutive terms of office, not including partial terms of two years or less, and to prevent members of the House of Representatives from serving more than six consecutive terms of office, not including partial terms of two years or less, beginning with those elected in November 2022; allow legislators to resume service in the house from which they were term-limited after two or more years have elapsed; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB73/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb73.html","sponsor":"Robert Wiederstein"},
{"bill_id":1296977,"bill_number":"HB68","title":"AN ACT relating to adopting the most cost-effective alternative in administrative regulations having a major economic impact on the Kentucky economy.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 13A to establish requirements and procedures for an administrative regulation that constitutes a major economic action; create the Regulatory Economic Analysis Advisory Group to consult on these regulations; set the group's membership, powers, and duties; require a promulgating agency to provide listed documents to the group and the public at least 60 days before filing the regulation; direct an agency to conduct and publish a detailed analysis of any major economic action regulation, including a cost-benefit analysis; establish filing requirements for these regulations; require an agency to publicly provide a framework for assessing the regulation; designate a short title of the \"Kentucky Administrative Regulation Accountability Act of 2020\"; amend KRS 13A.010 to define a major economic action; amend KRS 13A.030 to add a defective major economic action to the list of reasons a subcommittee may find a regulation deficient; amend KRS 13A.3104 to establish certification letter procedures for a major economic action regulation; stagger the initial terms of the appointed members of the advisory group.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB68/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb68.html","sponsor":"Robert Wiederstein"},
{"bill_id":1296978,"bill_number":"HB180","title":"AN ACT relating to health care insurance waiting periods.","description":"Create a new section of Chapter 337 to eliminate health insurance waiting periods for new employees; amend KRS 337.900 to add a penalty for failure to provide insurance to employee from first day of employment.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB180/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb180.html","sponsor":"Cherlynn Stevenson"},
{"bill_id":1296979,"bill_number":"HB151","title":"AN ACT relating to school building projects.","description":"Amend KRS 162.070 to increase the minimum amount for advertising and bidding school building projects from $7,500 to $30,000.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-02-03","last_action":"received in Senate","last_action_date":"2020-03-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB151/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb151.html","sponsor":"Myron Dossett"},
{"bill_id":1296980,"bill_number":"HB165","title":"AN ACT relating to nonteaching time for teachers.","description":"Amend KRS 158.060 to require teachers to be provided a minimum of 120 minutes per week for nonteaching activities; specify types of teacher-directed activities to be completed during nonteaching time.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB165/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb165.html","sponsor":"Kathy Hinkle"},
{"bill_id":1296981,"bill_number":"HB41","title":"AN ACT relating to full-day kindergarten.","description":"Amend KRS 158.060 to remove language that allows for half-day kindergarten programs; amend KRS 157.320, 157.360, and 158.030 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB41/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb41.html","sponsor":"Josie Raymond"},
{"bill_id":1296982,"bill_number":"HB167","title":"AN ACT relating to involuntary termination of parental rights and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 625.060 and 625.070 to specify the rights of a foster parent related to involuntary termination of parental rights cases.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-16","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 14)","last_action_date":"2020-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB167/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb167.html","sponsor":"David Meade"},
{"bill_id":1296983,"bill_number":"HB143","title":"AN ACT relating to state employee compensation.","description":"Amend KRS 18A.355 to provide for an annual cost of living adjustment for state employees with the cost of living adjustment being the average of the consumer price index for the two calendar years prior to the biennium and not less than zero; and amend KRS 18A.110 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-11","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB143/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb143.html","sponsor":"James Tipton"},
{"bill_id":1296984,"bill_number":"HB147","title":"AN ACT relating to solitary confinement of juveniles.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 15A to limit use of solitary confinement for juveniles and require reporting of data on its use.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB147/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb147.html","sponsor":"Robert Wiederstein"},
{"bill_id":1296985,"bill_number":"SB45","title":"AN ACT relating to child-care centers in Kentucky.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 199.896 to 199.8996 to establish operational standards for child-care centers in Kentucky.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 8)","last_action_date":"2020-03-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB45/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb45.html","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":1296986,"bill_number":"HB152","title":"AN ACT relating to creative arts therapies.","description":"Amend KRS 309.130 and 309.131 to change the name of the Kentucky Board of Licensure for Professional Art Therapists to the Kentucky Board of Creative Arts Therapies; increase the board membership to six members; require three of the board members to be licensed professional art therapists; require two members of the board to be a registered drama therapist, board-certified dance/movement therapist, or board-certified music therapist; require professional drama therapists, dance/movement therapists, or music therapists to be appointed from lists of names submitted by the corresponding disciplines' associations.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB152/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb152.html","sponsor":"Attica Scott"},
{"bill_id":1296987,"bill_number":"HR15","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Representative John \"Bam\" Carney and extending get well wishes.","description":"Honor Representative John \"Bam\" Carney and extend get well wishes.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to House Floor","last_action_date":"2020-01-09","committee":"Floor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR15/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr15.html","sponsor":"Jeff Hoover"},
{"bill_id":1296988,"bill_number":"HB14","title":"AN ACT relating to tuition benefits and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 164.2841, relating to college tuition benefits for spouses and children of specified emergency response personnel and public employees who have died in the course of their duties to specify that the beneficiary is eligible for up to a maximum of 128 credit hours of undergraduate instruction; amend KRS 164.2842, relating to college tuition benefits for spouses and children of specified emergency response personnel and public employees who have been totally and permanently disabled in the course of their duties to specify that the beneficiary is eligible for up to a maximum of 128 credit hours of undergraduate instruction.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-01-27","last_action":"recommitted to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB14/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb14.html","sponsor":"Rob Rothenburger"},
{"bill_id":1296989,"bill_number":"HB181","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, permit, and regulate casino gaming; require that proceeds be used to pay for oversight of casino gaming; mandate that 100 percent of proceeds in excess of oversight costs go to specified retirement systems prior to July 1, 2040; allow the General Assembly to allocate all proceeds in excess of oversight costs after July 1, 2040; submit to voters.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB181/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb181.html","sponsor":"Alan Gentry"},
{"bill_id":1296990,"bill_number":"HB156","title":"AN ACT relating to Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act.","description":"Establish KRS Chapter 395A and create new sections thereof to enact the Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act to establish a framework for the management and disposition of digital assets upon death or incapacitation; define terms; set forth the applicability of the chapter to fiduciaries, personal representatives, conservators, and trustees, and provide that the chapter does not apply to a digital asset of an employer that is used by an employee in the ordinary course of business; prioritize user directions regarding disclosure over certain terms-of-service agreements; provide that the Act does not impair custodian and user access to records under terms-of-service agreements; establish procedures for disclosing digital assets; enumerate documentation required for a personal representative to gain access to content of electronic communications; enumerate documentation required to access digital assets other than the content of a decedent's electronic communications; enumerate documentation required for a person with power of attorney to gain access to the content of electronic communications of principal; enumerate documentation required to access digital assets other than the content of a principal's electronic communications; authorize disclosure to trustees who are original users of a trust's digital assets; enumerate documentation required for content disclosure to a trustee; enumerate documentation required for disclosure of a trust's digital assets other than content; enumerate documentation required for a conservator to gain access to a protected person's digital assets; apply fiduciary duties and authority to digital assets; provide compliance guidelines for the custodians of digital records; require that the chapter be applied to promote uniformity among the states; establish conformity with federal requirements related to electronic signatures and records; provide that the chapter may be cited as the Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act (2015).","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 63)","last_action_date":"2020-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB156/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb156.html","sponsor":"Ed Massey"},
{"bill_id":1296991,"bill_number":"HR16","title":"A RESOLUTION directing the appointment of a committee to wait upon the Governor.","description":"Appoint a committee to wait upon the Governor.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-14","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-01-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR16/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr16.html","sponsor":"David Osborne"},
{"bill_id":1296992,"bill_number":"SB62","title":"AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to voting rights.","description":"Propose to amend Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky to grant persons convicted of a felony other than a sex offense, a violent offense, or an offense against a child, the right to vote five years after completion of sentence; submit to the voters for ratification or rejection.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-02-28","last_action":"posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 18, 2020","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB62/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb62.html","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":1296993,"bill_number":"HB140","title":"AN ACT relating to the state spirit.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to designate bourbon as the official state spirit of Kentucky.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB140/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb140.html","sponsor":"James Glenn"},
{"bill_id":1296994,"bill_number":"HB28","title":"AN ACT relating to an increase in tax rates.","description":"Amend KRS 139.200 to provide for a sales and use tax rate of eight percent (8%) on or after January 1, 2021; amend KRS 139.230 and 139.310 to conform; amend KRS 139.471 to provide a six percent (6%) sales tax rate on property purchased for use in the performance of a lump sum, fixed fee contract, sales made under a fixed fee contract, or sales made under a fixed price contract, if the contracts were executed on or before July 10, 2019; amend 138.460 to provide for a motor vehicle usage tax rate of eight percent (8%) on vehicles purchased on or after January 1, 2021; amend KRS 138.463 to provide for an eight percent (8%) U-Drive-It tax rate for rental and leasehold contracts entered into after January 1, 2021; amend KRS 139.260 and 139.470 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB28/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb28.html","sponsor":"John Sims"},
{"bill_id":1296995,"bill_number":"SB73","title":"AN ACT relating to animal fighting.","description":"Amend KRS 525.130, relating to cruelty to animals, to provide that the fine for causing animals to fight shall be $5,000.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Agriculture (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-08","committee":"Agriculture","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB73/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb73.html","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":1296996,"bill_number":"HB191","title":"AN ACT relating to motor vehicle accidents.","description":"Amend KRS 189.635 to require business operators to notify law enforcement of a vehicle delivered to the business in a damaged condition; amend KRS 189.990 to make it a Class A misdemeanor for a driver to not report an accident if he or she knew or should have known that the vehicle was involved in an accident that resulted in death or serious physical injury and for a business operator not to report a damaged vehicle.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-09","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB191/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb191.html","sponsor":"McKenzie Cantrell"},
{"bill_id":1296997,"bill_number":"HB13","title":"AN ACT relating to call centers.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to require an employer intending to relocate a call center from Kentucky to a foreign country to notify the secretary of the Labor Cabinet at least 120 days prior to such relocation; require the secretary to compile a list of employers that have relocated a call center to a foreign country; amend KRS 337.990 to create a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 for each violation; provide short title.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Economic Development & Workforce Investment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB13/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb13.html","sponsor":"Jason Nemes"},
{"bill_id":1296998,"bill_number":"SB11","title":"AN ACT relating to criminal damage to rental property.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 512 to specify that a tenant who, having no right to do so or any reasonable ground to believe that he or she has such right, intentionally or wantonly defaces, destroys, or damages residential rental property is to be charged with violating KRS 512.020, 512.030, or 512.040 as appropriate.","status_desc":"Vetoed","status_date":"2020-04-24","last_action":"Vetoed","last_action_date":"2020-04-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB11/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb11.html","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":1296999,"bill_number":"HB118","title":"AN ACT relating to qualified mental health professionals.","description":"Amend KRS 202A.011 to expand the definition of qualified mental health professional to include a licensed pharmacist who is board certified as a psychiatric pharmacist.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB118/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb118.html","sponsor":"Danny Bentley"},
{"bill_id":1297000,"bill_number":"HB114","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 a 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,\" 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.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB114/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb114.html","sponsor":"Jeffery Donohue"},
{"bill_id":1297001,"bill_number":"SB22","title":"AN ACT relating to solid waste.","description":"Amend KRS KRS 68.178 to delete incidental or residual waste facilities from the exclusion in the description of waste management facilities; allow fiscal courts to license solid waste landfills and residual landfills and assess increased fees for accepting wastes outside of the waste planning area; amend KRS 224.40-315 to delete the exclusions from the definition of \"municipal solid waste disposal facility.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Energy (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-08","committee":"Natural Resources and Energy","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB22/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb22.html","sponsor":"C.B. Embry"},
{"bill_id":1297002,"bill_number":"HB109","title":"AN ACT relating to wages for employment.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to make it a discriminatory employment action if an employer asks questions about previous salary or wages, relies on previous salary when setting a new salary, or refuses to hire if an applicant does not provide previous salary, except to allow a request for information voluntarily provided in response to an offer of employment; allow previous salary to be considered when required by law, when discovered while looking at other nonsalary information, and for public employee positions; require notice to be posted for employees; amend KRS 337.990 to assess a civil penalty for a violation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Economic Development & Workforce Investment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB109/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb109.html","sponsor":"Susan Westrom"},
{"bill_id":1297003,"bill_number":"HB62","title":"AN ACT relating to gang violence.","description":"Amend KRS 506.120 to remove language related to \"criminal gang syndicate;\" repeal KRS 506.135 relating to definitions, KRS 506.140 relating to criminal gang recruitment, KRS 506.150 relating to criminal gang activity or recruitment, 506.160, relating to minimum service of sentence for defendant acting as a member of a criminal gang, KRS 506.170 relating to enhancement of penalty for conviction for criminal gang-related felonies, KRS 506.180 relating to cause of action by victim of criminal gang incident, and KRS 506.190 relating to criminal gang-related property subject to forfeiture; amend KRS 532.080 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB62/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb62.html","sponsor":"Attica Scott"},
{"bill_id":1297004,"bill_number":"HB199","title":"AN ACT relating to mental health protection and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 210 define conversion therapy, mental health professional, and public funds; to prohibit mental health professionals from engaging in conversion therapy with a person under eighteen (18) years of age or a person who is eighteen (18) years or older who is an adult as defined in KRS 209.020 or a ward as defined in KRS 387.510 in conversion therapy; require violations to be subject to board discipline; prohibit public funds from being used for conversion therapy; add the short title \"Mental Health Protection Act\"; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-09","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB199/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb199.html","sponsor":"Lisa Willner"},
{"bill_id":1297005,"bill_number":"HB153","title":"AN ACT relating to mental health first aid training and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 210 to establish the Kentucky Mental Health First Aid Training Program or similar program to be administered by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly or funding from other sources; list objectives of the training program; direct how grants are to be awarded; require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to implement the program; create the Kentucky Mental Health First Aid Training fund; require moneys from the fund to be used for the training program.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 69)","last_action_date":"2020-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB153/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb153.html","sponsor":"Kimberly Moser"},
{"bill_id":1297006,"bill_number":"HB6","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 restore voting rights to persons convicted of felonies upon completion of their sentence; submit to the voters for ratification or rejection.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB6/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb6.html","sponsor":"Charles Booker"},
{"bill_id":1297007,"bill_number":"HB172","title":"AN ACT relating to preserving families that include a parent who is blind.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 405 relating to parents or prospective parents with blindness; define terms; establish rights of parents or prospective parents with blindness.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB172/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb172.html","sponsor":"McKenzie Cantrell"},
{"bill_id":1297008,"bill_number":"HB161","title":"AN ACT relating to theft.","description":"Amend KRS 514.030 to raise the threshold level of property value for a Class D felony for theft by unlawful taking or disposition from $500 to $1,500.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"posting withdrawn","last_action_date":"2020-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB161/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb161.html","sponsor":"Ed Massey"},
{"bill_id":1297009,"bill_number":"HB117","title":"AN ACT relating to required Medicaid coverage of services.","description":"Amend KRS 205.560 to require that dental and optometric services provided to eligible recipients ages 21 and over be the same as those provided to eligible children ages 21 and under; establish minimum requirements for dental services provided to all age groups; require coverage of nonemergency medically necessary transportation for eligible recipients.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB117/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb117.html","sponsor":"Nima Kulkarni"},
{"bill_id":1297010,"bill_number":"HB193","title":"AN ACT relating to sales and use tax exemptions.","description":"Amend KRS 139.480 to exempt from sales and use tax tangible personal property purchased by a person for incorporation into a structure or improvement to real property under a contract with the federal, state, or local government, or a resident, nonprofit educational, charitable, or religious institution; apply to sales made after October 1, 2020, but before October 1, 2024; require the Department of Revenue to report the claimed exemptions to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue; amend KRS 131.190 to give the Department authority to provide the report to LRC.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-09","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB193/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb193.html","sponsor":"James Tipton"},
{"bill_id":1297011,"bill_number":"HB100","title":"AN ACT relating to emergency medical service fees and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 67 to allow a fiscal court to levy a fee on certain units for the provision of emergency medical services; define units subject to fee; require fee to be placed on tax bill; allow collection by sheriff in the same manner as for property taxes; allow sheriff to receive up to 4.25% fee for collection; define \"residential,\" \"commercial,\" \"charitable,\" and \"educational\" units; allow levy on occupied or unoccupied units or both, occupation determined at time of initial levy and July 1 thereafter; require fee increases to be imposed by ordinance; require fees collected to be placed in separate fund, used only for provision of emergency medical services; specify that fees are not to be in lieu of any taxes or fees established for the provision of emergency medical services; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-01-15","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB100/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb100.html","sponsor":"Rob Rothenburger"},
{"bill_id":1297012,"bill_number":"SB61","title":"AN ACT relating to coverage for Lyme disease.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plan coverage of long-term antibiotic therapy for covered persons with Lyme disease under certain circumstances; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-08","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB61/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb61.html","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":1297013,"bill_number":"HB126","title":"AN ACT relating to utility rates.","description":"Amend KRS 278.030 to include rate affordability when determining fair, just and reasonable utility rates; allow the Public Service Commission to review the affordability of a utility's rate if the utility has not requested a rate adjustment in five years; allow the commission to order a rate increase to prevent significant increases in a single period; require fair, just, and reasonable rates to balance the intrests of the utility, its investors, and the ratepayer.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Energy (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Natural Resources & Energy","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB126/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb126.html","sponsor":"Angie Hatton"},
{"bill_id":1297014,"bill_number":"HB18","title":"AN ACT relating to fire districts.","description":"Amend KRS 75.040 to deem that emergency ambulance service provided by a fire protection district, volunteer fire department district, or subdistrict, is the primary emergency ambulance service within the district or subdistrict in the boundaries of the county containing the largest population within the district boundaries; add a method for boards of trustees to declare that the district or subdistrict is not the primary provider of emergency ambulance service within the district; declare status for secondary providers of emergency ambulance service; require that the additional tax moneys allowed for being a primary provider are no longer allowable; and require local governments providing secondary emergency ambulance service within the district or subdistrict within the boundaries of the county containing the largest population within the district boundaries to credit the amount of taxes paid by taxpayers of the district or subdistrict for emergency ambulance service to the taxes owed to the local government by the taxpayer.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-02-07","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-10","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB18/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb18.html","sponsor":"Jason Nemes"},
{"bill_id":1297015,"bill_number":"HB115","title":"AN ACT relating to economic development incentives.","description":"Amend KRS 154.32.010 to define \"weekly minimum wage\"; amend KRS 154.32-020 to require an approved company to pay all new full-time employees whose jobs were created as a result of the economic development project no less than the minimum weekly wage and provide employee benefits for those jobs equal to at least 15% of the minimum weekly wage established by the agreement; amend KRS 154.32-030 to delete all provisions that allow the approved company to receive full incentives if 90% of the job and wage requirements are met upon activation or annual review; amend KRS 154.32-040 to delete a provision that would allow the approved company to receive a reduction in tax incentives for failing to meet job and wage requirements.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Economic Development & Workforce Investment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB115/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb115.html","sponsor":"Jeffery Donohue"},
{"bill_id":1297016,"bill_number":"HB89","title":"AN ACT relating to dually employed retirement system members.","description":"Amend KRS 61.545 to provide that if a member is working in a regular full-time hazardous duty position that participates in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System or the County Employees Retirement System and is simultaneously employed in a nonhazardous position that is not considered regular full-time, the member shall participate solely as a hazardous duty member and shall not participate under the nonhazardous position unless he or she makes an election within 30 days of taking employment in the nonhazardous position; amend KRS 61.680 to conform; specify that provisions shall only apply to prospective nonhazardous employment occurring on or after the effective date of the Act.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-01-24","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-27","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB89/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb89.html","sponsor":"James Tipton"},
{"bill_id":1297017,"bill_number":"SB68","title":"AN ACT relating to plastic waste.","description":"Amend KRS 224.50-585 to establish definitions; establish a ban on plastic, single-use carryout bags by July 1, 2025; establish a ban the provision of single-use plastic straws and Styrofoam food and beverage containers by retail food and beverage establishments by July 1, 2023; establish civil penalty of $100 per day for violation of bans.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Energy (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-08","committee":"Natural Resources and Energy","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB68/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb68.html","sponsor":"Denise Harper Angel"},
{"bill_id":1297018,"bill_number":"SR21","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Gerald L. \"Jerry\" Blume.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Gerald L. \"Jerry\" Blume.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-13","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-01-13","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR21/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr21.html","sponsor":"Denise Harper Angel"},
{"bill_id":1297019,"bill_number":"SR10","title":"A RESOLUTION declaring October 5, 2020, to be Ostomy Awareness Day.","description":"Declare October 5, 2020, to be Ostomy Awareness Day.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-24","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR10/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr10.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1297020,"bill_number":"SB59","title":"AN ACT relating to informed consent for medical examinations.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 216.2950 to 216.2980 to prohibit a health care provider from performing a pelvic, rectal, or prostate examination without the informed consent of the patient or the person authorized to make health care decisions for the patient; provide for certain exceptions including a court order; require violators to be subject to discipline by the appropriate professional licensing board or accrediting agency.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-08","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB59/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb59.html","sponsor":"Alice Kerr"},
{"bill_id":1297021,"bill_number":"SB13","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, 2020, $9.15 per hour on July 1, 2021, $10.10 per hour on July 1, 2022, $11 per hour on July 1, 2023, $12.05 per hour on July 1, 2024, $13.10 per hour on July 1, 2025, $13.95 per hour on July 1, 2026, and $15 per hour on July 1, 2027, and to raise the state minimum wage for tipped employees to $2.13 per hour on the effective date of the Act, $3.05 per hour on July 1, 2021, $3.95 per hour on July 1, 2022, and $4.90 per hour on July 1, 2023; include anti-preemption language permitting local governments to establish minimum wage ordinances in excess of the state minimum wage.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-08","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB13/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb13.html","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1297022,"bill_number":"HB103","title":"AN ACT relating to the Asset Resolution Corporation.","description":"Amend KRS 164A.055 to redefine \"board\"; establish the Asset Resolution Corporation as an independent de jure municipal corporation and political subdivision; authorize the retention and compensation of employees; empower the corporation to serve and support schools or students concerning student finances, postsecondary education, and workforce development.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB103/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb103.html","sponsor":"Steve Riley"},
{"bill_id":1297023,"bill_number":"HB136","title":"AN ACT relating to medicinal cannabis and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create various new sections of KRS Chapter 218A to define terms; to exempt the medicinal marijuana program from existing provisions in Kentucky law to the contrary; to require the Department for Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Control to implement and regulate the medicinal marijuana program in Kentucky; to establish the Division of Medicinal Marijuana within the Department of Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Control; to establish restrictions on the possession of medicinal marijuana by qualifying patients, visiting patients, and designated caregivers; to establish certain protections for cardholders; to establish professional protections for practitioners; to provide for the authorizing of practitioners by state licensing boards to issue written certifications for the use medicinal marijuana; to establish professional protections for attorneys; to prohibit the possession and use of medicinal marijuana on a school bus, on the grounds of any preschool or primary or secondary school, in a correctional facility, any property of the federal government, or while operating a motor vehicle; to prohibit smoking of medicinal marijuana; to permit an employer to restrict the possession and use of medicinal marijuana by an employee; to require the department to implement and operate a registry identification card program; to establish requirements for registry identification cards; to establish registry identification card fees; to require the department to operate a provisional licensure receipt system; to establish the application requirements for a registry identification card; to establish when the department may deny an application for a registry identification card; to establish certain responsibilities for cardholders; to establish when a registry identification card may be revoked; to establish various cannabis business licensure categories; to establish tiering of cannabis business licenses; to require certain information be included in an application for a cannabis business license; to establish when the department may deny an application for a cannabis business license; to prohibit a practitioner from being a board member or principal officer of a cannabis business; to prohibit cross-ownership of certain classes of cannabis businesses; to establish rules for local sales, including establishing the process by which a local legislative body may prohibit the operation of cannabis businesses within its territory and the process for local ordinances and ballot initiatives; to establish technical requirements for cannabis businesses; to establish limits on the THC content of medicinal marijuana that can be produced or sold in the state; to establish requirements for cannabis cultivators, including cultivation square footage limits; to establish requirements for cannabis dispensaries; to establish requirements for safety compliance facilities; to establish requirements for cannabis processors; to establish procedures for the department to inspect cannabis businesses; to establish procedures for the suspension or revocation of a cannabis business license; to exempt certain records and information from the disclosure under the Kentucky Open Records Act; to require the department to develop, maintain, and operate electronic systems for monitoring the medicinal marijuana program; to require the department to promulgate administrative regulations necessary to implement the medicinal marijuana program; to establish that nothing in the bill requires government programs or private insurers to reimburse for the cost of use; to establish the medicinal marijuana trust fund; to establish the local medicinal marijuana trust fund; and to establish procedures for the distribution of local cannabis trust fund moneys; create a new section of KRS Chapter 138 to establish an excise tax of 12% for cultivators and processors for selling to dispensaries; to require that 80% of the revenue from the excise taxes be deposited into the medicinal marijuana trust fund; to require that 20% of the revenue from the excise taxes be deposited into the local medicinal marijuana trust fund; amend KRS 342.815 to establish that the Employer’s Mutual Insurance Authority shall not be required to provide coverage to an employer if doing so would subject the authority to a violation of state or federal law; amend KRS 139.470 to exempt the sale of medical marijuana from the state sales tax; amend KRS 218A.010, 218A.1421, 218A.1422, 218A.1423, and 218A.500 to conform; amend KRS 12.020 to change the name of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Control and to create the Division of Medicinal Marijuana; and amend KRS 12.252, 15.300, 15.380, 15.398, 15A.340, 15.420, 61.592, 62.160, 131.1815, 211.285, 241.010, 241.015, 241.030, 243.025, 243.0307, 243.038, 243.090, 243.360, 438.310, 438.311, 438.313, 438.315, 438.317, 438,320, 438.325, 438.330, 438.337, and 438.340 to conform; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-02-21","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-02","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB136/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb136.html","sponsor":"Jason Nemes"},
{"bill_id":1297024,"bill_number":"HB149","title":"AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 70 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to the election of Governor and Lieutenant Governor.","description":"Propose to amend Section 70 of the Kentucky Constitution to require a Governor to name his or her Lieutenant Governor within 30 days of receiving the nomination for Governor.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB149/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb149.html","sponsor":"Russell Webber"},
{"bill_id":1297025,"bill_number":"HB174","title":"AN ACT relating to public records and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 61.878 to exclude from the Open Records Act gruesome photographs or videos of persons prepared, owned, used, possessed, or retained by public agencies.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-02-28","last_action":"returned to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-18","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB174/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb174.html","sponsor":"Chris Freeland"},
{"bill_id":1297026,"bill_number":"HB187","title":"AN ACT relating to tax rebates for certain state-owned facilities.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 139, which provides definitions for the section, and states that certain state agencies may receive a sales tax rebate of up to 100% of sales tax generated by the sales of tangible personal property at a public facility.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-09","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB187/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb187.html","sponsor":"Phillip Pratt"},
{"bill_id":1297027,"bill_number":"SB69","title":"AN ACT relating to prescription insulin.","description":"Amend KRS 304.17A-148 to cap the cost-sharing requirements for prescription insulin at $100 per 30-day supply; amend KRS 18A.225 to require the state employee health plan to comply; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-08","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB69/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb69.html","sponsor":"Phillip Wheeler"},
{"bill_id":1297028,"bill_number":"HB70","title":"AN ACT relating to state employee compensation.","description":"Amend KRS 18A.355 to provide for an annual increment for state employees with the annual increment being the average of the consumer price index for the two calendar years prior to the biennium.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB70/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb70.html","sponsor":"Joe Graviss"},
{"bill_id":1297029,"bill_number":"HB35","title":"AN ACT relating to the taxation of pension income, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 141.019 to increase the pension income exclusion from $31,110 to $41,110; apply retroactively for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2018; require the Department of Revenue to automatically issue refunds; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB35/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb35.html","sponsor":"Regina Huff"},
{"bill_id":1297030,"bill_number":"HB124","title":"AN ACT relating to information technology.","description":"Amend KRS 154.15-010 to create a definition for paid prioritization; create a new section of Subchapter 15 of KRS Chapter 154 to require KentuckyWired contracts between the Kentucky Communications Network Authority and public or private Internet service providers contain certain provisions to ensure open and fair access to the network by customers.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-01-13","committee":"Small Business & Information Technology","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB124/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb124.html","sponsor":"Angie Hatton"},
{"bill_id":1297031,"bill_number":"HB158","title":"AN ACT relating to flavored vapor products.","description":"Amend KRS 438.305 to include definitions for \"flavored vapor product\" and \"characterizing flavor\"; create a new section of KRS 438.305 to 438.340 to ban the sale, purchase, and distribution of flavored vapor products in the Commonwealth including online transactions; establish the fines for violations.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB158/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb158.html","sponsor":"Buddy Wheatley"},
{"bill_id":1297032,"bill_number":"HB52","title":"AN ACT relating to hunting coyotes.","description":"Amend KRS 150.360 to require the administrative regulations promulgated by the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources relating to the hunting of coyotes at night to: require hunters to carry a hunting license, unless license-exempt, allow the use of electronic or mouth calls and decoys, specify which weapons may be used, prohibit hunting of coyotes at night on wildlife management areas or during any deer gun or muzzle loading season, prohibit hunting coyotes at any time from a road or motor vehicle; prohibit hunting coyotes at night using white light, and place no bag limit on coyotes; and amend KRS 150.395 to allow the hunting of coyotes at night using only non-white light.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Tourism & Outdoor Recreation (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Tourism & Outdoor Recreation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB52/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb52.html","sponsor":"Derek Lewis"},
{"bill_id":1297033,"bill_number":"HB45","title":"AN ACT relating to firearms and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to specify definitions for \"assault weapons,\" \"large-capacity ammunition-feeding devices,\" and \"ammunition sellers\"; require background checks for private firearms sales; require reporting to law enforcement of firearm and ammunition thefts and losses; require the safe storage of firearms; amend KRS 395.250 to require an estate's inventory to list each firearm; amend KRS 403.735 to require judges, when issuing an order of protection, to consider whether a person against whom the order is entered should be prohibited from possessing an firearm; amend KRS 504.030 to require judges in criminal cases where a person is found not guilty by reason of insanity to demand the surrender of the defendant's firearms; amend KRS 237.104 to conform; amend KRS 506.080 to specify that the offense of facilitation includes assistance in providing firearms; amend KRS 508.020 to include physical injury to a minor by virtue of the intentional discharge of a firearm within the offense of assault in the second degree; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to create the offense of criminal purchase or disposal of a weapon; amend KRS 527.040 to require that the sentence for a felon in possession of a firearm be served subsequent to any other felony sentence; amend KRS 527.070 to include postsecondary education facilities within the existing ban on firearms in schools; amend KRS 532.030 to require the judge pronouncing a defendant guilty but mentally ill to demand the surrender of the person's firearms; create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to require the State Police to promulgate administrative regulations relating to the licensing of persons to possess handguns and assault weapons, the registration of handguns and assault weapons, and the logging of firearms and ammunition sales effective January 1, 2021; amend KRS 532.025 to conform; amend KRS 237.115 to conform; repeal KRS 65.870; EMERGENCY; some provisions EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB45/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb45.html","sponsor":"George Brown"},
{"bill_id":1297034,"bill_number":"SB51","title":"AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 54 of the Constitution of Kentucky.","description":"Propose an amendment to Section 54 of the Constitution of Kentucky to allow the General Assembly the power to limit noneconomic damages for injuries resulting in death or for injuries to persons or property, and the power to provide statutes of limitation; provide for submission to the voters.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-08","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB51/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb51.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1297035,"bill_number":"HB81","title":"AN ACT relating to voter registration.","description":"Amend KRS 116.0455 to provide that each application for a motor vehicle driver's license shall be a simultaneous application for voter registration unless declined by the applicant; amend KRS 116.048 to provide that each application filed through a designated voter registration agency shall be a simultaneous application for voter registration unless declined by the applicant.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB81/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb81.html","sponsor":"Maria Sorolis"},
{"bill_id":1297036,"bill_number":"SR17","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Andrew Lee \"Biddie\" Mason Sr.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Andrew Lee \"Biddie\" Mason Sr.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR17/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr17.html","sponsor":"Julian Carroll"},
{"bill_id":1297037,"bill_number":"SR2","title":"A RESOLUTION adopting the Rules of Procedure for the 2020 Regular Session of the Senate.","description":"Adopt the Rules of Procedure for the 2020 Regular Session of the Senate.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR2/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr2.html","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":1297038,"bill_number":"HB29","title":"AN ACT relating to long-term care administrators.","description":"Amend KRS 216A.070 to extend temporary permits from a period not to exceed 6 months to 9 months.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-04-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 120)","last_action_date":"2020-04-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB29/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb29.html","sponsor":"Steve Riley"},
{"bill_id":1297039,"bill_number":"SB23","title":"AN ACT relating to insulin assistance and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 315 to define terms; establish the insulin assistance program; establish the process by which individuals may qualify for the program; establish the process by which pharmacies may voluntarily participate in the program; establish an insulin product fee; establish reporting requirements; establish the insulin assistance fund; authorize the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy to promulgate administrative regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"reassigned to Banking & Insurance (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-26","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB23/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb23.html","sponsor":"Phillip Wheeler"},
{"bill_id":1297040,"bill_number":"SB31","title":"AN ACT proposing to amend Sections 70, 72, 73, 74, 84, 85, 86, 87, 90, 91, and 95 and repeal Section 82 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to abolishing the Office of the Lieutenant Governor.","description":"Propose to amend various sections of the Constitution of Kentucky to abolish the Office of the Lieutenant Governor beginning with the gubernatorial election in November 2023; to establish the President of the Senate as first in line for gubernatorial succession, or the Senate Minority Floor Leader if the Governor is of the same political party as that of the minority political party in the Senate; establish the Speaker of the House as the second in line for gubernatorial succession, or the House of Representatives' Minority Floor Leader if the Governor is of the same political party as that of the minority political party in the House of Representatives; eliminate the Attorney General's and the Auditor of Public Accounts' constitutional duties regarding gubernatorial line of succession; repeal Section 82 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to succession of Lieutenant Governor; provide ballot language; submit to the voters for ratification or rejection.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-08","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB31/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb31.html","sponsor":"Stephen Meredith"},
{"bill_id":1297041,"bill_number":"HB25","title":"AN ACT relating to public charter schools.","description":"Amend KRS 156.095 and KRS 158.4416 to remove references to public charter schools; repeal KRS 160.1590, 160.1591, 160.1592, 160.1593, 160.1594, 160.1595, 160.1596, 160.1597, 160.1598, 160.1599, and 161.141.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB25/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb25.html","sponsor":"Attica Scott"},
{"bill_id":1297042,"bill_number":"HR2","title":"A RESOLUTION adopting the Rules of Procedure for the 2020 Regular Session of the House of Representatives.","description":"Adopt the Rules of Procedure for the 2020 Regular Session of the House of Representatives.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"adopted 81-10","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR2/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr2.html","sponsor":"David Osborne"},
{"bill_id":1297043,"bill_number":"HB49","title":"AN ACT relating to the sale or transfer of historic places.","description":"Amend KRS 171.382 to require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to give notice to the Kentucky Heritage Council 90 days prior to the transfer or sale of a property nominated by the Kentucky Historic Preservation Review Board to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places; require the Kentucky Heritage Council to consult with the Finance and Administration Cabinet regarding the property's historic, cultural, and archeological resources; require the Kentucky Heritage Council to make a written recommendation to the Finance and Administration Cabinet on whether the property should have a preservation easement; if a preservation easement is recommended, no sale or transfer of the property shall take place until the easement is listed on the deed; amend KRS 82.660 to update council name.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-03-09","committee":"Economic Development & Workforce Investment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB49/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb49.html","sponsor":"Jeffery Donohue"},
{"bill_id":1297044,"bill_number":"HB38","title":"AN ACT relating to cosmetic services.","description":"Amend KRS 317A.155 to permit a cosmetologist, esthetician, or nail technician to operate outside of a licensed establishment for persons with physical mobility limitations, as attested by a physician in writing, or for persons residing in a long-term care nursing facility or assisted living facility.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB38/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb38.html","sponsor":"Attica Scott"},
{"bill_id":1297045,"bill_number":"SR14","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Phillip Coffey and his poem \"Foot Soldier,\" and acknowledging the courageous service of Elroy Coffey during World War II.","description":"Honoring Phillip Coffey and his poem \"Foot Soldier,\" and acknowledging the courageous service of Elroy Coffey during World War II.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-26","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR14/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr14.html","sponsor":"David Givens"},
{"bill_id":1297046,"bill_number":"HB173","title":"AN ACT relating to uninsured motorist coverage.","description":"Amend KRS 304.20-020 to add property damage in limits set forth in KRS 304.39-110 as part of the minimum coverage required under the section for insureds who are legally entitled to recover damages from owners or operators of uninsured motor vehicles; make technical amendments; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-01-16","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB173/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb173.html","sponsor":"McKenzie Cantrell"},
{"bill_id":1297047,"bill_number":"SB5","title":"AN ACT relating to special purpose governmental entities.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 65A to require proposed increases in ad valorem taxes and certain fees and the levy of new ad valorem taxes or fees by special purpose governmental entities to be submitted to the legislative body of the county or city in which the special purpose governmental entity is located for review; amend various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to conform; repeal KRS 65A.100; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2020-04-14","last_action":"delivered to Secretary of State (Acts ch. 90)","last_action_date":"2020-04-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB5/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb5.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1297048,"bill_number":"SR27","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Lenny and Kelly Gant for their work with Bourbon and Bowties.","description":"Honor Lenny and Kelly Gant for their work with Bourbon and Bowties.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR27/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr27.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1297049,"bill_number":"SB21","title":"AN ACT relating to veterinarians.","description":"Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 321 to require that a veterinarian report abuse and to allow immunity for a good faith report; amends KRS 321.185 to allow veterinarians to release information in order to report abuse.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-04-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 117)","last_action_date":"2020-04-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB21/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb21.html","sponsor":"C.B. Embry"},
{"bill_id":1297050,"bill_number":"HB9","title":"AN ACT relating to historical instruction.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require African history instruction in certain middle and high school world history and civilization courses; require Native American history instruction in certain middle and high school United States history courses; require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations establishing academic standards for the required historical instructions; require local school boards to adopt curricula for required instruction; require the Department of Education to collaborate with the Kentucky African American Heritage and the Kentucky Native American Heritage Commission to develop recommended curricula and instruction guidelines for the required historical instruction, elective high school course offerings in African history and Native American history, and relevant professional development materials.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB9/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb9.html","sponsor":"Attica Scott"},
{"bill_id":1297051,"bill_number":"HB80","title":"AN ACT relating to elections.","description":"Amend KRS 116.025 to provide that a voter shall be a resident of the state and precinct on or before the day of an election; amend KRS 116.045 to provide that a person who has not registered to vote prior to the time that the registration books are closed, and who possesses all other qualifications for voter registration, may register at the person's precinct of residence on the day of the election, shall not be permitted to change party affiliation, and shall be permitted to vote in that election; provide for confirmation of identity and affidavit; amend KRS 116.0452 to provide for time of receipt of precinct voter registration; provide that county clerk shall provide the State Board of Elections with a report of the number of voters registering to vote at the precincts on election day; amend KRS 117.225 to provide that if the person is not listed on the precinct roster, that the person be given the opportunity to register and vote at the precinct on the day of an election; amend KRS 117.365 to provide that applications for voter registration at the precinct shall be presented to the grand jury and retained by the county clerk.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB80/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb80.html","sponsor":"Maria Sorolis"},
{"bill_id":1297052,"bill_number":"HB108","title":"AN ACT relating to the reporting of animal abuse.","description":"Amend KRS 321.185 to specify that a veterinarian shall not be subject to discipline when acting in good faith to report, provide information about, or testify on a suspected animal abuse violation prohibited by KRS 525.125, 525.130, 525.135, or 525.137.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Agriculture (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Agriculture","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB108/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb108.html","sponsor":"Cherlynn Stevenson"},
{"bill_id":1297053,"bill_number":"SB39","title":"AN ACT relating to cost sharing under a health benefit plan.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require payments made by or on behalf of an insured for health care services, and the usual and customary rate of health care services received at a no or reduced cost health care facility, to apply toward any cost-sharing requirements under a health benefit plan; define terms; Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require the commissioner to promulgate administrative regulations; require the department to publish charge information. EFFECTIVE, January 1, 2021.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-08","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB39/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb39.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1297054,"bill_number":"SR25","title":"A RESOLUTION commemorating the centennial anniversary of a woman's right to vote.","description":"Commemorate the 100th anniversary of Kentucky's ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States giving women the right to vote.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR25/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr25.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1297055,"bill_number":"HJR10","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Secretary of Personnel to remove the midpoint pay restrictions for the nursing staff of veterans centers operated by the Office of Kentucky Veterans Centers.","description":"Directs the Secretary of Personnel to remove the midpoint pay restrictions for the nursing staff of veterans centers operated by the Office of Kentucky Veterans Centers.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"posting withdrawn","last_action_date":"2020-01-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR10/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hjr10.html","sponsor":"Joe Graviss"},
{"bill_id":1297056,"bill_number":"HB58","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Community and Technical College System, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to establish the Kentucky Community and Technical College endowment match fund; transfer $3 million annually to the fund from general fund; authorize promulgation of administrative regulations.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB58/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb58.html","sponsor":"Walker Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1297057,"bill_number":"HB177","title":"AN ACT relating to law enforcement officers.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 relating to qualified and complete immunity from civil liability for a law enforcement officer's operation of a vehicle when responding to an emergency or pursuing a suspect.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB177/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb177.html","sponsor":"John Blanton"},
{"bill_id":1297058,"bill_number":"HB104","title":"AN ACT relating to changing beneficiaries after retirement in state-administered retirement systems.","description":"Amend KRS 61.542 to allow a retiree who experiences a qualifying event, including marriage, remarriage, the birth or adoption of a child, or the death of a designated beneficiary, to elect to change his or her beneficiary and optional payment plan provided the election is made within 120 days of the qualifying event on a form prescribed by the Kentucky Retirement Systems and provide that in the case of a divorce, annulment, or dissolution of marriage, the retiree's estate shall become the beneficiary; amend KRS 61.590, 61.615, and 61.630 to conform; amend KRS 161.630 to expand the qualifying events for which a retiree may elect to change his or her beneficiary and optional payment plan to include a birth or adoption of a child in addition to marriage, remarriage, and the death of a beneficiary, require that the election be made within 120 days of the qualifying event on a form prescribed by the Teachers' Retirement System, and make technical corrections; amend KRS 161.480 to conform.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-02-26","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-28","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB104/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb104.html","sponsor":"Buddy Wheatley"},
{"bill_id":1297059,"bill_number":"HB99","title":"AN ACT creating and funding a Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority loan for a qualifying public medical center located in a city of the first class, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Appropriate to the Cabinet for Economic Development General Fund moneys in the amount of $50,000,000 in fiscal year 2019-2020 for the establishment and implementation of the Direct Health Care Services and Research Facilities Operations Loan; set out parameters for the Direct Health Care Services and Research Facilities Operations Loan; direct the University of Louisville to provide an annual report detailing the status of any loan agreement granted under the Direct Health Care Services and Research Facilities Operations Loan for as long as the loan is in effect; stipulate that authorized appropriations shall be paid from the General Fund Surplus Account or the Budget Reserve Trust Fund Account; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-25","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 33)","last_action_date":"2020-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB99/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb99.html","sponsor":"David Osborne"},
{"bill_id":1297060,"bill_number":"HB88","title":"AN ACT relating to government data by providing for the adoption of an open data standard to allow for centralization of government data sets at a uniquely identified uniform Web site resource locator address.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 42 to define \"agency strategic data architecture plan,\" \"application programming interface,\" \"data,\" \"data portal,\" \"data set,\" \"machine-readable,\" \"metadata,\" \"open operating standard,\" \"public data set,\" \"state agency,\" \"technical data standard,\" and \"voluntary consensus standards body\"; create an open operating standard for the Commonwealth of Kentucky; require public data sets available on the Internet to be accessible through a single, Web-based data portal with external search capabilities maintained by the Commonwealth Office of Technology; establish requirements for operation of the data portal; establish standards for prioritizing of data sets; to create the data working group and establish its duties and functions; require the Auditor of Public Accounts to examine and verify compliance with the provisions of the Act; establish the Kentucky Data Governance and Management Advisory Board; amend KRS 12.050 to include agency data officers; amend KRS 42.732 to provide that the Kentucky Information Technology Advisory Council shall advise the data working group on inclusion of data sets to be included in the open data portal; amend KRS 42.726 require the Commonwealth Office of Technology to develop, implement, and manage the sharing of data and data set development by all state agencies; establish a short title.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-01-13","committee":"Small Business & Information Technology","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB88/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb88.html","sponsor":"Robert Wiederstein"},
{"bill_id":1297061,"bill_number":"HB186","title":"AN ACT relating to direct sellers.","description":"Amend KRS 337.010 to exclude direct sellers from the definition of employee in regards to payment of wages; amend KRS 342.650 to exempt direct sellers from coverage in regards to workers’ compensation; amend KRS 341.055 to exclude direct sellers from “covered employment” in regards to unemployment compensation.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-02-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 2)","last_action_date":"2020-02-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB186/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb186.html","sponsor":"Phillip Pratt"},
{"bill_id":1297062,"bill_number":"HB75","title":"AN ACT relating to community healthcare foundations by providing for the approval and oversight of not-for-profit hospital, health maintenance organization, and healthcare insurer conversions, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 367 to provide definitions concerning nonprofit healthcare conversion transactions; provide notification requirements; require the Attorney General to notify a nonprofit healthcare entity regarding the status of a decision; require that the Attorney General to hold public meetings related to the proposed nonprofit healthcare conversion transaction; specify what the Attorney General must consider in determining whether to approve or disapprove a proposed nonprofit healthcare conversion transaction including a requirement that the Attorney General consult with and receive expert advice; require the Attorney General to also determine the impact of the proposed nonprofit healthcare conversion transaction on the affected community; allow the Attorney General to request additional information necessary to complete a review of the proposed nonprofit healthcare conversion transaction; authorize the Attorney General to contract with additional counsel in order to assist in the review of the proposed nonprofit healthcare conversion transaction; specify that the Attorney General is entitled to reimbursement from the nonprofit healthcare entity for certain costs related to review of the proposed transaction; prescribe parameters for public review of documents related to the proposed healthcare conversion transaction; prescribe penalties for a violation of this Act by a nonprofit healthcare entity; specify the applicability of this Act to current law; specify the parameters of this Act; provide that this Act may be cited as the Kentucky Nonprofit Healthcare Conversion Act; amend KRS 386B.4-130 to conform; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB75/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb75.html","sponsor":"Robert Wiederstein"},
{"bill_id":1297063,"bill_number":"HB160","title":"AN ACT relating to the sponsorship of Transportation Cabinet facilities and vehicles and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 174 to direct the Transportation Cabinet to implement a commercial sponsorship program for facilities and vehicles and allocate the profits of the program to the maintenance account within the road fund.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB160/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb160.html","sponsor":"Thomas Huff"},
{"bill_id":1297064,"bill_number":"HB142","title":"AN ACT prohibiting the payment of public agency funds to any entity that performs, induces, refers for, or counsels in favor of abortions.","description":"Amend KRS 311.715 to provide that public agency funds shall not be paid to any entity, organization, or individual that performs, induces, refers for, or counsels in favor of abortions; establish exceptions.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-01-14","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB142/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb142.html","sponsor":"Lynn Bechler"},
{"bill_id":1297065,"bill_number":"SB36","title":"AN ACT relating to direct care staff training in dementia care.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216 to require direct care staff and managers to receive training in dementia care.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-08","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB36/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb36.html","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1297066,"bill_number":"HB78","title":"AN ACT relating to voting.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 117 to allow in-person early voting between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. on the three Saturdays preceding any primary, regular election, or special election; amend KRS 117.087, 117.165, 117.235, 117.995, and 118.035 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB78/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb78.html","sponsor":"Maria Sorolis"},
{"bill_id":1297067,"bill_number":"HJR19","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION designating the Ballard Shepherd Memorial Bridge in Johnson County.","description":"Designate the Ballard Shepherd Memorial Bridge in Johnson County.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-09","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR19/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hjr19.html","sponsor":"Bobby McCool"},
{"bill_id":1297068,"bill_number":"HB64","title":"AN ACT relating to evidence-based budget allocations by providing for the formation of the Office for Program Evaluation and Quality Assurance within the Office of State Budget Director, the establishment of an evidence-based program inventory, the regular evaluation of state programs, the elimination of ineffective state programs, and the creation of an evaluation officer position within state agencies.","description":"Amend KRS 11.068 to abolish the Governor's Office for Policy Research and to create the Governor's Office for Program Evaluation and Quality Assurance within the Office of State Budget Director; create new sections in KRS Chapter 11 to define terms, require an inventory of evidence-based programs, create the evidence building workgroup, require reporting by the program agencies, and lapse state funding for any program if the program agency does not comply with the reporting requirements; amend KRS 48.110 and 48.180 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB64/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb64.html","sponsor":"Robert Wiederstein"},
{"bill_id":1297069,"bill_number":"HB132","title":"AN ACT relating to student privacy and declaring a emergency.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 158 to ensure that student privacy exists in school restrooms, locker rooms, and showers; require students born male to use only those facilities designated to be used by males and students born female to use only those facilities designated to be used by females; require schools to provide the best available accommodation to students who assert that their gender is different from their biological sex; identify consequences for using facilities designated for the opposite biological sex; identify the Act as the Kentucky Student Privacy Act; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-02-21","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB132/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb132.html","sponsor":"David Hale"},
{"bill_id":1297070,"bill_number":"HB112","title":"AN ACT relating to campaign finance.","description":"Amend KRS 121.150 to require that all personal loans made by candidates for all constitutional state officers, including the Governor and Lieutenant Governor, to their campaigns be repaid by their campaign committees within one year if the candidates are elected beginning with the regular election in November 2019; amend KRS 121.180 to provide for filing a report verifying repayment of personal loans to candidates for all constitutional state officers, including Governor and Lieutenant Governor, by December 31 in the year following their election; amend KRS 23A.070 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB112/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb112.html","sponsor":"Joni Jenkins"},
{"bill_id":1297071,"bill_number":"HB175","title":"AN ACT relating to exemptions from fees for operator's licenses and personal identification cards.","description":"Amend KRS. 186.531 to waive fees for vehicle operator's licenses, identification cards, and other forms of travel identification for certain disabled veterans.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-01-10","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB175/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb175.html","sponsor":"Steve Sheldon"},
{"bill_id":1297072,"bill_number":"HB106","title":"AN ACT relating to cruelty to animals.","description":"Amend KRS 525.130 to require forfeiture of animals subjected to cruelty, and make technical changes.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB106/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb106.html","sponsor":"Cherlynn Stevenson"},
{"bill_id":1297073,"bill_number":"HB198","title":"AN ACT relating to health benefit coverage of chronic pain treatments.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to establish that any health benefit plan issued or renewed in the Commonwealth that provides coverage for hospital, medical, or surgical expenses, shall include coverage for chronic pain treatments provided by a licensed professional; create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require Medicaid and Medicaid managed care organizations to include coverage for chronic pain treatments provided by a licensed professional; amend KRS 218A.172 to require that a health care practitioner discuss and refer or prescribe alternative chronic pain treatments before initially prescribing or dispensing a controlled substance; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-09","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB198/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb198.html","sponsor":"Cherlynn Stevenson"},
{"bill_id":1297074,"bill_number":"HB85","title":"AN ACT relating to plastic waste.","description":"Amend KRS 224.50-545 to establish definitions; prohibit the intentional release of more than 25 plastic balloons; establish a ban on plastic, single-use carryout bags by July 1, 2025; establish a ban the provision of single-use plastic straws and Styrofoam food and beverage containers by retail food and beverage establishments by July 1, 2023; establish civil penalty of $100 per day for violation of bans.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Energy (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Natural Resources & Energy","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB85/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb85.html","sponsor":"Mary Marzian"},
{"bill_id":1297075,"bill_number":"HB44","title":"AN ACT relating to key infrastructure assets.","description":"Amend KRS 511.100 to change the definition of \"key infrastructure assets\" to specify that natural gas or petroleum pipelines are the type of pipelines covered in the definition and include other types of infrastructure assets; amend KRS 512.020 to include tampering with, impeding, or inhibiting operations of a key infrastructure asset in the offense of criminal mischief in the first degree; create a new section of KRS 411 that a civil action may be maintained against a person that compensates or remunerates a person to violate KRS 512.020 and the compensated person is convicted of criminal mischief in the first degree.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-16","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 12)","last_action_date":"2020-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB44/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb44.html","sponsor":"Jim Gooch"},
{"bill_id":1297076,"bill_number":"SB71","title":"AN ACT relating to redistricting.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 5 to define terms; establish the Kentucky Committee on Legislative Redistricting, which shall be composed of state university faculty appointed by presidents of Kentucky's state universities; require the Kentucky Committee on Legislative Redistricting to develop redistricting plans for state legislative and United States congressional districts; require the Kentucky Committee on Legislative Redistricting to submit the redistricting plans to the Legislative Research Commission, which shall refer the plans to the Interim Joint Committee on State Government; allow the General Assembly to enact or reject the redistricting plans, but not to alter or amend them; provide that if the General Assembly does not enact the plans, the plans shall be returned to the Kentucky Committee on Legislative Redistricting, which may incorporate changes requested by the General Assembly, but shall not be required to incorporate changes; require the Kentucky Committee on Legislative Redistricting to submit to the General Assembly new redistricting plans, which the General Assembly shall enact but not alter or amend; change the filing deadline for the primary for the year following the committee's submission of redistricting legislation to seven calendar days following enactment of the redistricting legislation by the General Assembly or the statutory deadline, whichever is later.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-08","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB71/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb71.html","sponsor":"Dennis Parrett"},
{"bill_id":1297077,"bill_number":"HB148","title":"AN ACT relating to the regulation of cannabis and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Establish KRS Chapter 245 and create a section to define terms such as \"cannabis accessory\", \"cannabis product\", \"immature cannabis plant\", \"indoor cultivator\", \"mature cannabis plant\", and \"outdoor cultivator\"; create new sections of KRS Chapter 245 to require cannabis to be tracked from seed to consumer; establish license types, application fees, and license fees, and to direct license fees to the permanent pension fund; define sizes for cultivator license types; specify allowed transactions for each license type; set parameters for the home grower permit; require the board to promulgate an administrative regulation for license applications; set license length at one year and allow the board to establish renewal system; limit cannabis retail locations to one for every two thousand three hundred persons per county; require cannabis retail stores to be separate from other store and only carry cannabis, cannabis products, and cannabis accessories; create requirements for child-proof packaging and labeling; establish procedures for license denial and a hearing in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B; establish payments in lieu of suspension for licensees and direct the funds to the permanent pension fund and the agency's revolving trust and agency account; establish minimum age of twenty-one to use or buy cannabis and create status offense for minors under eighteen; ban smoking cannabis in public; and require signs in retail locations regarding minors and the US Surgeon General's statement on cannabis; create new sections of KRS Chapter 138 to define \"cannabis\", \"cannabis administrator\", and \"cannabis product\"; set wholesale tax rates and payment schedules for cannabis cultivator and processor licensees, allow local governments to impose up to a 5% regulatory license fee on cannabis licensees in their territory; establish conditions for tax liability; impose civil penalties for tax violations; create a new section of KRS Chapter 245 to set conditions for the cannabis tax rates effective July 1, 2026 and beyond; amend KRS 2.015 to exempt cannabis from age of majority; amend KRS 42.205 to include licensing and permit fees, payments in lieu of suspension, and moneys from wholesale taxes to go to the permanent pension fund and to be distributed quarterly to KERS nonhazardous and TRS funds; amend KRS 241.020 to include a Division of Cannabis in the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control; amend KRS 241.030 to add administrator of the Division of Cannabis; amend KRS 241.060 to add supervision of the cultivation, processing, testing, and trafficking of cannabis to the board's duties; amend KRS 241.090 to add cannabis to search provisions; amend KRS 243.025 to direct application fees for cannabis licenses into the agency revolving trust account; amend KRS 218A.1421 to exempt cannabis licenses from trafficking statute; amend KRS 218A.1422 to exempt one ounce of marijuana from possession statute; amend KRS 218A.1423 to permit cannabis cultivator licensees and home grower permits to cultivate under their license or permit; amend KRS 218A.500 to exclude cannabis accessories from drug paraphernalia; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to create process for expungement of marijuana misdemeanor charges and to waive fees; amend KRS 431.079 to exclude need for certification of eligibility for expungement; amend KRS 131.1815 to include cannabis licensees in delinquent taxpayer statute; amend KRS 600.020 to include cannabis offenses in the definition of status offense; amend KRS 12.020 to create Division of Cannabis within the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB148/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb148.html","sponsor":"Cluster Howard"},
{"bill_id":1297078,"bill_number":"SB34","title":"AN ACT relating to copayments by medical assistance recipients.","description":"Amend KRS 205.6312 to prohibit the cabinet or a managed care organization contracted to provide services from instituting copayments, cost sharing, or similar charges to be paid by any medical assistance recipients, their spouses, or parents, for any assistance provided pursuant KRS Chapter 205, federal law, or any federal Medicaid waiver; amend KRS 205.6485 to prohibit copayments to be charged in the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-08","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB34/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb34.html","sponsor":"Stephen Meredith"},
{"bill_id":1297079,"bill_number":"HB92","title":"AN ACT relating to an exemption of income taxation for military pensions.","description":"Amend KRS 141.019 to exclude United States military retirees' pension income from income taxation for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2020, and before January 1, 2024; require reporting by the Department of Revenue; amend KRS 131.190 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-13","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB92/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb92.html","sponsor":"Walker Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1297080,"bill_number":"HB170","title":"AN ACT relating to felony mediation.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 421 to allow victims of felonies to request felony mediation; require the Chief Justice to maintain a list of felony mediators.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"posting withdrawn","last_action_date":"2020-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB170/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb170.html","sponsor":"Ed Massey"},
{"bill_id":1297081,"bill_number":"HB189","title":"AN ACT relating to the sexual endangerment of a child and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 510 to make the sexual endangerment of a child a Class D felony; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"posting withdrawn","last_action_date":"2020-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB189/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb189.html","sponsor":"Lynn Bechler"},
{"bill_id":1297082,"bill_number":"SB67","title":"AN ACT relating to health disparity impacts.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapters 6 to define health disparity impact, assessment, and review; require a health disparity impact review be completed for any bill, amendment, or committee substitute where need is indicated; require the review to be completed by the Department for Public Health before a vote is taken; permit the majority of the committee members present to request a health disparity impact assessment; amend KRS 13A.240 to require a statement of a health disparity impact for administrative regulations or amendments of administrative regulations.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-08","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB67/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb67.html","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":1297083,"bill_number":"HR12","title":"A RESOLUTION declaring May 2020 to be Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Awareness Month.","description":"Declare May 2020 to be Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Awareness Month.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-10","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR12/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr12.html","sponsor":"Regina Huff"},
{"bill_id":1297084,"bill_number":"SB14","title":"AN ACT relating to the taxation of pension income.","description":"Amend KRS 141.019 to increase the pension income exclusion from $31,110 to $41,110.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-08","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB14/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb14.html","sponsor":"C.B. Embry"},
{"bill_id":1297085,"bill_number":"HB184","title":"AN ACT relating to fire protection and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 95A.520 and 95A.540, relating to volunteer fire department mergers, to make it applicable to volunteer fire departments merging prior to the effective date of the Act; create a new section of KRS Chapter 95A to provide that for volunteer fire departments merging after the effective date of the Act, the Fire Commission shall pay to the departments the number of qualified shares of volunteer fire department aid each is entitled to for a period of 20 years after the date of the merger, upon the expiration of which the merged department shall receive only one share; provide contingency protocols if the merged fire department becomes unqualified; amend KRS 95A.540 to apply contingency protocols of new volunteer fire department for fire departments merging prior to the effective date of the act; create a new section of KRS Chapter 95A to provide a contingency protocol if a new volunteer fire department is created out of the merged one during the 20 year period; amend KRS 95A.262 to increase the volunteer fire department aid to $15,000 annually from $11,000 annually.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-17","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-18","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB184/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb184.html","sponsor":"Rob Rothenburger"},
{"bill_id":1297086,"bill_number":"HB196","title":"AN ACT relating to ophthalmic dispensers.","description":"Amend KRS 326.080 to require the license renewal fee to be established by the board through promulgation of administrative regulation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"returned to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB196/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb196.html","sponsor":"Walker Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1297087,"bill_number":"HB87","title":"AN ACT relating to high school graduation requirements.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require completion of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid form as a high school graduation requirement; provide waiver options for meeting the requirement; require local boards of education to develop policies and procedures to assist students in completing the requirement.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-18","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-19","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB87/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb87.html","sponsor":"Regina Huff"},
{"bill_id":1297088,"bill_number":"SR6","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Joy Lee Brady Meiman.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Joy Lee Brady Meiman.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-10","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-03-10","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR6/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr6.html","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":1297089,"bill_number":"HB69","title":"AN ACT relating to vapor products.","description":"Amend KRS 438.305 to define \"vapor product enhanced cartridge\"; create a new section of KRS 438.305 to 438.340 to require a retailer or manufacturer of a vapor product enhanced cartridge to register and pay a $700 annual fee; prohibit sales of vapor product enhanced cartridge other than through in-person purchase; prohibit sales to anyone under 18, require age verification through an electronic third-party source.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"recommitted to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-09","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB69/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb69.html","sponsor":"Jerry Miller"},
{"bill_id":1297090,"bill_number":"HB39","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, 2020, $9.15 per hour on July 1, 2021, $10.10 per hour on July 1, 2022, $11 per hour on July 1, 2023, $12.05 per hour on July 1, 2024, $13.10 per hour on July 1, 2025, $13.95 per hour on July 1, 2026, and $15 per hour on July 1, 2027, and to raise the state minimum wage for tipped employees to $2.13 per hour on the effective date of the Act, $3.05 per hour on July 1, 2021, $3.95 per hour on July 1, 2022, and $4.90 per hour on July 1, 2023; include anti-preemption language permitting local governments to establish minimum wage ordinances in excess of the state minimum wage.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Economic Development & Workforce Investment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB39/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb39.html","sponsor":"Kathy Hinkle"},
{"bill_id":1297091,"bill_number":"HB22","title":"AN ACT relating to corporal punishment in schools.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 158.440 to 158.449 to define \"corporal punishment\"; prohibit a person employed by a school district from using corporal physical discipline; amend KRS 158.444 to remove corporal punishment as a form of discipline in a school; amend KRS 503.110 to remove the exception that permitted the use of physical force by a teacher against a minor.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2020-02-10","last_action":"floor amendment (2) filed","last_action_date":"2020-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB22/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb22.html","sponsor":"Steve Riley"},
{"bill_id":1297092,"bill_number":"SB29","title":"AN ACT relating to Medicaid payments.","description":"Amend KRS 304.17A-527 to require Medicaid managed care organizations to provide all payment schedules utilized to reimburse health care providers with whom they have maintained a contractual relationship for the previous three months to the Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Committee on a quarterly basis for the committee's review; create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require that services provided in rural counties be reimbursed at least at the median amount paid to an urban health care provider within the nearest metropolitan statistical area; establish a penalty that goes to the underpaid provider.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-16","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB29/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb29.html","sponsor":"Stephen Meredith"},
{"bill_id":1297093,"bill_number":"HB137","title":"AN ACT relating to wagering and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Establish KRS Chapter 239 and create new sections to define “adjusted gross revenue,” “beginner,” “cabinet, “confidential information,” “entry fee,” “fantasy contest,” “fantasy contest operator,\" “fantasy contest participant\", “highly experienced player,” “immediate family,” “location percentage,” “person,” “principal stockholder,” “registered fantasy contest operator,” “script,” “secretary,” and “wager”; establish requirements for registration as a fantasy contest operator; require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations for the operation of fantasy contests; establish the wagering administration fund and direct the uses of that fund; establish the Kentucky problem gambling assistance account and direct the uses of that account; require an annual audit of fantasy contest registrants; establish requirements for fantasy contest procedures; amend KRS 230.210 to define \"professional sports venue\" and \"sports wagering\"; create new sections of KRS Chapter 230 to require the racing commission to institute a system of sports wagering at tracks and other specified locations; limit the types of events upon which wagers may be placed; amend KRS 230.215 to declare the intent to allow citizens to enjoy sports wagering and allow the racing commission to promulgate administrative regulations prescribing conditions under which sports wagering is to be conducted; amend KRS 230.225, 230.240, and 230.260 to include sports wagering; create a new section of KRS Chapter 230 to establish sports wagering licensure requirements; amend KRS 230.320 to conform; amend KRS 230.361 to include sports wagering; amend KRS 230.3615 to conform; create a new section of KRS Chapter 138 to define “adjusted gross income” and impose a tax on sports wagering; amend KRS 230.362, 230.363, 230.364, 230.365, 230.366, 230.369, 230.371, 230.372, 230.373, 230.374, and 230.750 to conform; create a new section of KRS Chapter 230 to prohibit participants from wagering on events in which they participate and to prohibit tampering with the outcome of a sporting event; amend KRS 230.990 to provide penalties for participants who wager on sporting events or tamper with the outcome of a sporting event; amend KRS Chapter 154A.010 to define “net poker revenue,” “online poker,” and “rake”; amend KRS 154A.050 and 154A.060 to include conducting online poker games; amend KRS 154A.063 to delete restriction on playing cards and where winners are based on the outcome of a sports contest; amend KRS 154A.070 to include online poker; amend 154A.110 to prohibit anyone under 18 from placing a wager through an online poker game; amend KRS 154A.120 to include online poker; amend KRS 154A.130 to exempt online poker; create new sections of KRS Chapter 154A to require licensure for online poker games; require the Lottery Corporation to promulgate requirements in conformance with federal law for providers through administrative regulations; establish licensing fees; impose a gaming fee on providers; establish the Kentucky Lottery Corporation online poker account and provide for the uses of the funds deposited therein; amend KRS 154A.600 to include online poker; amend KRS 243.500 to exempt sports wagering and online poker; amend KRS 525.090 to exempt sports wagering; amend KRS 528.010 to exempt fantasy contests, sports wagering, and online poker and the devices used in the conduct of those forms of wagering; amend KRS 528.020, 528.070, and KRS 528.080 to exempt fantasy contests, sports wagering, and online poker; create a noncodified section to assert that the provisions of the Act are severable.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"recommitted to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB137/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb137.html","sponsor":"Adam Koenig"},
{"bill_id":1297094,"bill_number":"HB8","title":"AN ACT relating to ground ambulance service providers and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 205 to define terms; establish the Medicaid ground ambulance service provider assessment; require ground ambulance service providers to pay a Medicaid ambulance service provider assessment quarterly; authorize the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations necessary to implement the Medicaid ground ambulance service provider assessment; create the ambulance service assessment revenue fund; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-04-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 110)","last_action_date":"2020-04-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB8/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb8.html","sponsor":"Rob Rothenburger"},
{"bill_id":1297095,"bill_number":"HB57","title":"AN ACT relating to providing free feminine hygiene products for women public postsecondary students.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to require each public postsecondary education institution to provide free feminine hygiene products to women students; require the governing boards of each public postsecondary education institution to adopt policies for the distribution of free feminine hygiene products; define feminine hygiene products.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB57/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb57.html","sponsor":"Attica Scott"},
{"bill_id":1297096,"bill_number":"HB30","title":"AN ACT relating to bullying.","description":"Amend KRS 158.148 to include incidents that occur at non-school-sponsored events or through the use of technology in the definition of bullying; require a school district's code of acceptable behavior to include notification procedures for parents in situations of alleged bullying; require the school district's code of acceptable behavior to include procedures for restoring a student's sense of safety.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB30/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb30.html","sponsor":"Josie Raymond"},
{"bill_id":1297097,"bill_number":"HB90","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky tuition grant program.","description":"Amend KRS 164.785 to delete the requirement that postsecondary institutions participating in the Kentucky Tuition Grant be accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools or be reviewed and approved by the Council on Postsecondary Education based on the same criteria; amend KRS 164.740 to update the definition of regional accrediting association.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB90/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb90.html","sponsor":"James Tipton"},
{"bill_id":1297098,"bill_number":"HB42","title":"AN ACT relating to the rural hospital tax credit.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish the rural hospital organization donation tax credit; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the new tax credit; amend KRS 131.190 to allow reporting by the Department of Revenue.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB42/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb42.html","sponsor":"George Brown"},
{"bill_id":1297099,"bill_number":"HB135","title":"AN ACT relating to licensees of the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure.","description":"Amend KRS 311.842 to require the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure to promulgate administrative regulations relating the prescribing of controlled substances by physician assistants; amend KRS 311.844 to establish continuing education requirements for physician assistants who are authorized to prescribe controlled substances; amend KRS 311.850 to permit the board to take action against the license of a physician's assistant for certain sexual offenses, for being unable to practice medicine due to physical or mental illness, or for engaging in dishonorable, unethical, or unprofessional conduct; amend KRS 311.854 to permit the executive director of the board to temporarily approve an application for licensure and to require the board to review and approve or deny the application; 311.856 to conform; amend 311.858 to establish the process by which a physician assistant can apply for authorization to prescribe and administer controlled substances and to establish limitations on prescriptions for controlled substances issued by a physician assistant; create a new section of KRS 311.840 to 311.862 to permit a hearing or inquiry panel to order a physician assistant to undergo a physical or mental examination; create a new section of KRS 311.840 to 311.862 to permit a hearing or inquiry panel to order a physician assistant to complete a clinical competency examination or clinical skills assessment; amend KRS 311.616 to expand the impaired physicians program to include physician assistants; amend KRS 311.617 to expand the Kentucky Physicians Health Foundation to include physician assistants; amend KRS 311.619 to provide confidentiality to physician assistants participating in the impaired physician and physician assistants program; and amend KRS 218A.010 to amend the definition of practitioner.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 39)","last_action_date":"2020-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB135/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb135.html","sponsor":"Steve Sheldon"},
{"bill_id":1297100,"bill_number":"HB34","title":"AN ACT relating to school bus safety and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to define \"owner,\" \"recorded images,\" \"school bus stop arm camera,\" and \"third party designee\"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to require each local school district to install and maintain school bus stop arm cameras on daily route school buses by August 1, 2023; allow districts to contract for purchase and maintenance of cameras; allow districts to contract for the processing of an alleged violation of KRS 189.370(1); require school districts to establish procedures or contract with a third-party designee prior to utilizing school bus stop arm cameras; provide an emergency exception to the stop arm requirement; permit school districts with a population density equal to or less than 100% of the state average to apply for special permission to suspend the stop arm requirement for up to five years; establish requirements for school districts granted special permission to suspend the stop arm requirement; require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations; create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to establish annual on-site compliance inspections for school districts and penalties for noncompliance; create a new section of KRS Chapter 174 to define \"'owner,\" \"school bus stop arm camera\", and \"third-party designee\"; require the Transportation Cabinet or third-party designee to review images for violations of KRS 189.370(1) recorded by school bus stop arm cameras after July 1, 2021, and issue civil citations for violations; establish civil penalties for a violation of KRS 189.370 recorded by a school bus stop arm camera after July 1, 2021; require the Transportation Cabinet to adopt a uniform civil citation form and establish the form's minimum contents; establish notification requirements; require a recipient of a uniform civil citation to pay civil penalty or submit proof of a criminal citation or appeal the uniform civil citation to the Transportation Cabinet within 30 days; grant the Transportation Cabinet appellate powers and authority; establish potential defenses the Transportation Cabinet may consider for uniform civil citations; allow for suspension of registration for failure to pay a fine, require third- party designee to notify the Transportation Cabinet of the need to release a suspension within 1 business day of payment; appropriate 80 percent of funds collected by the Transportation Cabinet for a uniform civil citation to the school district; allow a third-party designee to keep up to 80 percent of funds but no more than $160 per civil penalty collected by a third party designee; appropriate 10 percent of all funds collected from a uniform civil citation to the Kentucky Department of Education; appropriate 10 percent of all funds collected from a uniform civil citation to the Transportation Cabinet; appropriate any remaining funds collected by a third party designee to the local school district; provide that a uniform civil citation shall not result in points against a driving record; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations necessary to effectuate the purpose of administering stop arm camera use, enforcement, and calibration; amend KRS 189.990 to appropriate 80 percent of funds collected from criminal fines levied by law enforcement for violation of KRS 189.370 to the local school district, 10 percent to the Kentucky Department of Education, and 10 percent to local law enforcement.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-02-07","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-10","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB34/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb34.html","sponsor":"Robert Goforth"},
{"bill_id":1297101,"bill_number":"HB63","title":"AN ACT relating to legislative accountability by providing for the expanded use of cost estimates, a regulatory impact assessment of pending legislation, and the limitation of bill introductions during a regular session.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 6 to define \"fiscal note,\" \"machine-readable,\" and \"regulatory burden\"; establish requirements for fiscal notes; allow the waiver of the fiscal note requirements; establish responsibilities of the Legislative Research Commission in regard to fiscal notes; allow for the validity of any measure duly passed by the legislature even if fiscal note or bill limit requirements are not met; create a new section of KRS Chapter 6 to establish bill filing limitations for regular sessions and allow exemptions; amend various KRS statutes for technical corrections and conforming changes.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB63/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb63.html","sponsor":"Robert Wiederstein"},
{"bill_id":1297102,"bill_number":"SR24","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing and celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Aviation Museum of Kentucky.","description":"Recognize and celebrate the Aviation Museum of Kentucky for its contributions to the Commonwealth on its twenty-fifth anniversary.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-13","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-01-13","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR24/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr24.html","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":1297103,"bill_number":"HB86","title":"AN ACT relating to physician employment contracts.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 311.530 to 311.620 to make non-compete provisions in physician and osteopath employment contracts void and unenforceable, except in limited circumstances when the contract is for the sale of a practice or for employment as a faculty member at a medical school.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB86/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb86.html","sponsor":"Robert Wiederstein"},
{"bill_id":1297104,"bill_number":"HB163","title":"AN ACT proposing an amendment to Sections 30, 31, and 32 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to terms of members of the General Assembly.","description":"Propose to amend Sections 30 and 31 of the Constitution of Kentucky to elect Senators for terms of six years beginning in November, 2022, for even-numbered Senatorial districts and beginning in November, 2024, for odd-numbered Senatorial districts, and Representatives for terms of four years beginning in November, 2022; propose to amend Section 32 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prevent Senators from serving more than two consecutive six-year terms of office, and prevent Representatives from serving more than three consecutive four-year terms of office, beginning with those elected in November 2022; allow legislators to resume service in the chamber from which they were term-limited after a full term of office has elapsed; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB163/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb163.html","sponsor":"Dean Schamore"},
{"bill_id":1297105,"bill_number":"HB60","title":"AN ACT relating to veterinarians.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 321 to require that a veterinarian report suspected animal abuse to an animal control officer; amend KRS 321.185 to allow veterinarians to report suspected animal abuse.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB60/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb60.html","sponsor":"Regina Huff"},
{"bill_id":1297106,"bill_number":"HB51","title":"AN ACT relating to compliance with state and federal law.","description":"Amend KRS 65.133 to require local law enforcement agencies and Kentucky State Police to enforce immigration laws; create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to define terms, including \"sanctuary\" and \"sanctuary policy\"; prohibit local governments from adopting sanctuary policies; establish hearing procedures for determination of sanctuary status; provide for the withholding of state funding from sanctuaries; create new sections of KRS Chapter 164 to prohibit postsecondary educational institutions from enrolling employing or contracting with illegal aliens; require postsecondary educational institutions to keep records of immigration status; provide for the withholding of state funding from postsecondary educational institutions that enroll, employ, or contract with illegal aliens; limit who may be considered a Kentucky resident for in-state tuition purposes; EFFECTIVE in part January 1, 2021.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-01-15","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB51/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb51.html","sponsor":"Lynn Bechler"},
{"bill_id":1297107,"bill_number":"HB26","title":"AN ACT relating to an exemption of feminine hygiene products from sales and use taxation.","description":"Amend KRS 139.010 to define feminine hygiene products; amend KRS 139.480 to exempt from sales and use tax the sale or purchase of feminine hygiene products; apply to sales or purchases made after August 1, 2020, but before August 1, 2024; require Department of Revenue to report to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue the amount of exemptions claimed.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB26/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb26.html","sponsor":"Attica Scott"},
{"bill_id":1297108,"bill_number":"HB169","title":"AN ACT relating to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 210.005 to 210.366 to establish the rights of individuals with intellectual disabilities; cite as the Frank Huffman Act.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-03-10","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB169/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb169.html","sponsor":"Mark Hart"},
{"bill_id":1297109,"bill_number":"HB154","title":"AN ACT relating to grants of legal authority by individuals.","description":"Establish KRS Chapter 390 and create new sections thereof to define various terms; specify the governing law over a 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 and appointment to an impermissible appointee is ineffective; require a powerholder's intent to 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 regard to other states that have enacted this Act; specify how the enactment of this Act affects existing powers of appointment; provide that KRS Chapter 390 may be known as the Kentucky Uniform Powers of Appointment Act; 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; 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; repeal KRS 386.095, 394.060, and 394.070, which relate to exercise and release of powers.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 41)","last_action_date":"2020-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB154/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb154.html","sponsor":"Ed Massey"},
{"bill_id":1297110,"bill_number":"HB116","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":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB116/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb116.html","sponsor":"Jeffery Donohue"},
{"bill_id":1297111,"bill_number":"HB200","title":"AN ACT relating to education.","description":"Amend KRS 157.360 to reduce maximum class sizes by three.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-09","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB200/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb200.html","sponsor":"Lisa Willner"},
{"bill_id":1297112,"bill_number":"SB35","title":"AN ACT relating to reporting dependency, neglect, or abuse.","description":"Amend KRS 620.030 to establish that an investigation of child dependency, neglect, or abuse shall not be conducted by school personnel or other persons before a report is made; amend KRS 620.029 to conform; and amend KRS 620.040 to conform and to establish that no investigation of child dependency, neglect, or abuse shall be conducted by school personnel or other persons before the report is made.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-08","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB35/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb35.html","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":1297113,"bill_number":"SJR5","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to create a task force to study prescription drug transparency and affordability.","description":"Direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to create a task force to study prescription drug transparency and affordability.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-08","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR5/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sjr5.html","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":1297114,"bill_number":"HB190","title":"AN ACT relating to education.","description":"Amend KRS 158.148 to require that the code of acceptable behavior and discipline include appropriate reporting and escalation requirements of incidents of bullying, time requirements for investigation and response of incidents of bullying, and procedures for appeal and review of each incident of bullying.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-01-30","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-03","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB190/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb190.html","sponsor":"Kevin Bratcher"},
{"bill_id":1297115,"bill_number":"HR18","title":"A RESOLUTION requesting that the House of Representatives adopt rules to include the recitation of the pledge of allegiance to the state flag of the Commonwealth of Kentucky each day the House of Representatives convenes during the 2020 Regular Session of the Kentucky General Assembly.","description":"Request the House of Representatives to begin each legislative day during the 2020 Regular Session of the Kentucky General Assembly with the pledge of allegiance to the state flag of Kentucky as provided in KRS 2.035.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"posting withdrawn","last_action_date":"2020-01-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR18/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr18.html","sponsor":"James Tipton"},
{"bill_id":1297116,"bill_number":"HB183","title":"AN ACT relating to human trafficking.","description":"Amend KRS 17.500 to add a felony offense of KRS 529.100 or 529.110 involving commercial sexual activity to the definition of \"sex crime\"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 183 to require airports to post the hotline number of the National Human Trafficking Resource Center in all restrooms; create a new section of KRS Chapter 281 to require truck stops to post the hotline number of the National Human Trafficking Resource Center in all restrooms.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"posting withdrawn","last_action_date":"2020-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB183/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb183.html","sponsor":"Suzanne Miles"},
{"bill_id":1297117,"bill_number":"HB43","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":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Economic Development & Workforce Investment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB43/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb43.html","sponsor":"George Brown"},
{"bill_id":1297118,"bill_number":"HB65","title":"AN ACT relating to intimidation of a sports official.","description":"Amend KRS 518.090 to make assault of a sports official a Class D felony; create a new section of KRS Chapter 518 to establish the offense of intimidation of a sports official as a Class A misdemeanor; state that the restrictions of KRS 6.945(1) do not apply.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-12","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB65/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb65.html","sponsor":"Randy Bridges"},
{"bill_id":1297119,"bill_number":"HB96","title":"AN ACT relating to high school students pursuing military careers.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 requiring schools to offer the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) test annually to students in grades 10 through 12, offer counseling based on the ASVAB test results, and allow up to four excused absences to meet with a recruiter of the Armed Forces of the United States or Kentucky National Guard; amend KRS 159.035 to allow excused absences for students who meet with a military recruiter, receive ASVAB counseling, or pursue enlistment.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB96/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb96.html","sponsor":"Ed Massey"},
{"bill_id":1297120,"bill_number":"HB94","title":"AN ACT relating to hearing officers.","description":"Amend KRS 311.591 to require the executive director of the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure to request a hearing officer for administrative hearings relating to discipline of physicians or doctors of osteopathic medicine; require the hearing officer to be randomly selected by the Attorney General or his or her designee from a pool of qualified hearing officers; require the hearing officer to have at least five years of experience in the practice of law; require the hearing officer to be familiar with the law relating to licensure, qualifications, and credentials of physicians or doctors of osteopathic medicine and other qualifications as determined by the board; allow the Attorney General or his or her designee to contract with private attorneys if there are no qualified hearing officers in the pool who meet the qualifications of this section; require the hearing officer to issue recommendations to the board; require the board to consider hearing officer recommendations and issue a final order relating to the discipline of a physician or doctor of osteopathic medicine; eliminate all references to the hearing panel; prohibit a hearing officer from revoking any licenses or placing any licensees on probation; amend KRS 161.790 to ensure that hearing officers in teacher tribunals are randomly selected; amend KRS 311.550, KRS 311.565, KRS 311.572 & KRS 311.594 to conform.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-02-19","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-21","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB94/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb94.html","sponsor":"Ed Massey"},
{"bill_id":1297121,"bill_number":"SR1","title":"A RESOLUTION establishing the 2020 membership of the Kentucky State Senate.","description":"Establish the 2020 membership of the Kentucky State Senate.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR1/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr1.html","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":1297122,"bill_number":"HB23","title":"AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 170 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to exemptions from taxation.","description":"Propose to amend Section 170 of the Constitution of Kentucky to exempt certain veterans' organizations from property taxation; provide ballot question with proposed amendment; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB23/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb23.html","sponsor":"Kevin Bratcher"},
{"bill_id":1297123,"bill_number":"HB101","title":"AN ACT relating to voter registration.","description":"Amend KRS 116.045 to permit a process of voter preregistration for persons at the minimum age of 16 years; require the State Board of Elections to promulgate administrative regulations to provide for preregistration and subsequent registration confirmation; amend KRS 116.046 to direct schools and the county clerk to inform students and school personnel, not less than once each school year, about the availability of preregistration and registration forms; direct the State Board of Education to implement programs of public education, not less than once during each school year, regarding elections, voting procedures, and election fraud, which shall include sophomores; direct school districts to submit an annual report to the Legislative Research Commission regarding student voter preregistration and registration; amend KRS 116.055 for technical corrections to conform; amend KRS 116.0455 to provide that each application for a motor vehicle driver's license shall be a simultaneous application for voter preregistration and registration unless declined by the applicant.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB101/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb101.html","sponsor":"Thomas Burch"},
{"bill_id":1297124,"bill_number":"HB138","title":"AN ACT relating to maternal health.","description":"Amend KRS 211.680 to expand the scope of the legislative intent and findings; amend KRS 211.684 and KRS 211.686 to require the existence of the state and local child and maternal fatality review teams; create new sections of KRS Chapter 211 to require licensed health facilities under KRS Chapter 216B to provide each patient with written information regarding the patient's rights; define terms; require health facilities licensed under KRS 216B to implement an evidence-based implicit bias program for all health providers involved in the perinatal care of patients within those facilities; require the Department for Public Health to track data on maternal death and severe morbidity; require Medicaid reimbursement for the services of a qualified doula and require a report to be submitted to the Legislative Research Commission annually.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB138/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb138.html","sponsor":"Attica Scott"},
{"bill_id":1297125,"bill_number":"HB77","title":"AN ACT relating to prevailing wage.","description":"Create a prevailing wage law for all public works projects; amend KRS 12.020, 99.480, 227.487, 336.015, 337.010, and 337.990 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Economic Development & Workforce Investment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB77/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb77.html","sponsor":"Nima Kulkarni"},
{"bill_id":1297126,"bill_number":"HB197","title":"AN ACT relating to pay for jury service and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 29A.170 to increase payment for jurors from five dollars to thirty dollars per day.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"posting withdrawn","last_action_date":"2020-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB197/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb197.html","sponsor":"Bobby McCool"},
{"bill_id":1297127,"bill_number":"SR11","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Dr. Robert Couch.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Dr. Robert Couch.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-06","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR11/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr11.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1297128,"bill_number":"HB74","title":"AN ACT relating to patient safety by requiring Kentucky hospitals to annually survey employees regarding patient safety culture and practices with the results to be publicly reported on a Web site maintained by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 216.2920 to 216.2929 to require all hospitals to annually survey employees on patient safety culture; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to design, collect, analyze, and publish survey data; list requirements for the survey design; list requirements for the survey content; require the survey design to be completed by October 30, 2020, and the survey results to be made available by June 30 each year beginning with June 30, 2021, on the cabinet's Web site and reported to the Interim Joint Committee on Health, Welfare, and Family Services; permit the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to implement the survey requirements.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB74/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb74.html","sponsor":"Robert Wiederstein"},
{"bill_id":1297129,"bill_number":"HB155","title":"AN ACT relating to property and trusts.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 386 to establish the Kentucky Community Property Trust Act; set requirements for creation of community property trusts by spouses; amend KRS 141.019, relating to individual income tax, to provide that adjusted gross income does not include a change in the cost basis of the surviving spouse's share of property owned by a Kentucky community property trust occurring for federal income tax purposes; amend KRS 386.175 to provide that a second trust may be created from an original trust whose terms have been modified; create a new section of KRS Chapter 396 to provide that creditor claims are barred if not presented within 6 months after the appointment of a personal representative or if not presented within 60 days of a personal representative giving actual notice to the creditor; amend KRS 396.011 to require creditor claims to be brought within the earlier of 8 months after the decedent's death or the established time periods.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-17","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 25)","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB155/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb155.html","sponsor":"Ed Massey"},
{"bill_id":1297130,"bill_number":"SR22","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Dr. William R. Markesbery.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Dr. William R. Markesbery.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-10","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-03-10","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR22/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr22.html","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":1297131,"bill_number":"SR15","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Representative Mark Hart for helping to save a five-year-old boy's life on September 8, 2019.","description":"Honor Representative Mark Hart for helping to save a five-year-old boy's life on September 8, 2019.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Senate Floor","last_action_date":"2020-01-08","committee":"Floor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR15/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr15.html","sponsor":"Wil Schroder"},
{"bill_id":1297132,"bill_number":"SB30","title":"AN ACT relating to Medicaid managed care contracts and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to limit the number of managed care organization (MCO) contracts to operate the Medicaid program to three.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-02-13","last_action":"returned to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-19","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB30/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb30.html","sponsor":"Stephen Meredith"},
{"bill_id":1297133,"bill_number":"HB110","title":"AN ACT relating to the psychology interjurisdictional compact.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 319 to enact and enter into the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact with all other jurisdictions that legally join the compact; declare the purpose of the compact; define terms; allow a psychologist to hold one or more compact state licenses at a time; recognize the right of a psychologist licensed in the compact to practice telepsychology in other compact states the psychologist is not licensed; establish conditions under which a psychologist licensed to practice in compact state can practice telepsychology; establish the conditions under which a psychologist licensed to practice in a compact state may be granted a Temporary Authorization to Practice; authorize a home state to take adverse action against a psychologist's licensed issued by the Home State; allow a receiving state to take adverse action on a psychologist's Authority to Practice Interjurisdictional Telepsychology within that receiving state;","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB110/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb110.html","sponsor":"Walker Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1297134,"bill_number":"HB48","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, 2020, but before January 1, 2024; amend KRS 131.190 to conform; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the credit.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB48/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb48.html","sponsor":"Jeffery Donohue"},
{"bill_id":1297135,"bill_number":"HCR4","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the United States Congress to enact the Lower Health Care Costs Act.","description":"Urge the United States Congress to enact the Lower Health Care Costs Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR4/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hcr4.html","sponsor":"Robert Wiederstein"},
{"bill_id":1297136,"bill_number":"SB53","title":"AN ACT relating to sheltered employment.","description":"Amend KRS 337.010 to redefine \"employee\" to include workers in sheltered workshops whose employment begins on or after January 1, 2024; amend KRS 337.295 to require new administrative regulations concerning sheltered workshops and sheltered workshop employment; amend KRS 205.5605 to exclude referrals to sheltered employment from the definition of \"covered services and supports\" as of January 1, 2024.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-08","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB53/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb53.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1297137,"bill_number":"HB67","title":"AN ACT proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Kentucky relating to abortion.","description":"Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to state that Kentucky's Constitution does not secure or protect a right to abortion or funding of abortion.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-11","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB67/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb67.html","sponsor":"Joseph Fischer"},
{"bill_id":1297138,"bill_number":"SB27","title":"AN ACT relating to mining permits and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 350 to require the Energy and Environment Cabinet to notify the Department of Workplace Standards of any applicant or permittee that may be subject to the performance bonding requirements of KRS 337.200; create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to require the commissioner of the Department of Workplace Standards to notify the Energy and Environment Cabinet of any employer engaged in the severance, preparation, or transportation of minerals that is not compliant with the performance bonding requirements of KRS 337.200; amend KRS 350.085 to prohibit the approval of mining permit applications for applicants that are not compliant with the requirements of KRS 337.200; amend KRS 350.130 to make compliance with the requirements of KRS 337.200 a condition of a mining permit issued under KRS Chapter 350 or the administrative regulations promulgated thereunder; amend KRS 337.200 to remove references to liquidated damages and attorneys' fees as provided by law; amend KRS 337.994 to require that all penalties collected for violations of KRS 337.200 be paid to employees injured by the employer's failure to post the performance bond; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"recommitted to Natural Resources & Energy (S)","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":"Natural Resources and Energy","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB27/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb27.html","sponsor":"Johnny Turner"},
{"bill_id":1297139,"bill_number":"HB12","title":"AN ACT relating to prescription insulin.","description":"Amend KRS 304-17A.148 to cap the cost sharing requirements for prescription insulin at $100 per 30 day supply; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-02-20","last_action":"recommitted to Banking & Insurance (S)","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB12/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb12.html","sponsor":"Danny Bentley"},
{"bill_id":1297140,"bill_number":"SB65","title":"AN ACT relating to the use of hemp-derived products by employees.","description":"Amend KRS 344.010 to define \"hemp\" and \"hemp-derived products\"; amend KRS 344.040 to provide protections against employment-related discrimination for users of hemp-derived products.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-08","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB65/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb65.html","sponsor":"Robin Webb"},
{"bill_id":1297141,"bill_number":"SB2","title":"AN ACT relating to voter identification and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 117 to allow a voter to cast a provisional ballot if the voter is unable to produce proof of identification, by executing a provisional voter's affidavit furnished by the State Board of Elections; describe the voting procedure for casting a provisional ballot; describe how to validate a provisional ballot or provisional absentee ballot by requiring the provisional voter to appear before the county clerk or county board of elections to provide an affidavit stating that the voter is the same individual who cast the provisional ballot or provisional absentee ballot, and to either show proof of identification or give a sworn statement as to the reasonable impediment that precluded the voter from obtaining proof of identification with an accompanying Social Security card, an identification card that has been approved by the State Board of Elections, any identification card with picture and signature, or a credit card; amend KRS 116.065 to include provisional ballots and provisional absentee ballots in the requirements for verification and the penalties of perjury; amend KRS 117.066 to clarify that there are two ballot boxes that are transferred to the county board of elections and to conform; amend KRS 117.077 to require proof of identification to be sent with the absentee ballot request; provide for the voter to cast a provisional absentee ballot if the voter did not submit proof of identification; amend KRS 117.085 to set out the requirements for provisional absentee voting when voting by mail and for canceling the absentee ballots when the voter is able to vote in person on election day; amend KRS 117.0851 to include provisional absentee ballots with absentee ballots in the tabulation procedures; amend KRS 117.086 to provide instructions to the absentee voter on how to vote a provisional absentee ballot; include provisional absentee ballots in absentee voting procedures; provide for provisional absentee ballots for persons who appear in person to vote an absentee ballot but who are unable to provide proof of identification; require separate ballot boxes and lists for absentee ballots and provisional absentee ballots; amend KRS 117.0863 to include provisional absentee ballots in the requirements for absentee ballots; amend KRS 117.0865 to include provisional absentee ballots in the prohibition against aiding another in completing an absentee ballot or encouraging the voter to vote in a particular way; amend KRS 117.087 to exclude all provisional absentee ballots from the requirements in the section; amend KRS 117.145 to require the county clerk to print a sufficient number of provisional absentee ballots, provisional voter affidavits, and provisional ballots; specify the form of the provisional absentee ballot, and provisional ballots; amend KRS 117.175 to include instructions for filling out provisional ballots, and provisional voter affidavits in the instruction cards provided by the county clerk; amend KRS 117.187 to include instruction on proof of identification in the training provided by the county board of elections; amend KRS 117.195 to include provisional ballots, provisional voter affidavits, and a locked ballot box for provisional ballots in the items furnished to each precinct by the county clerk; amend KRS 117.225 to require that a voter provide proof of identification in order to cast a vote in a precinct polling place; provide an exception to requiring proof of identification if the voter resides in a state licensed care facility where the voting is taking place; amend KRS 117.227 to delete the requirement that a person's identify may be confirmed by personal acquaintance or by specific documents other than those documents designated as providing proof of identification in this Act; amend KRS 117.245 to specify that the challenge procedures do not apply to failure to provide proof of identification; amend KRS 117.255 to include provisional voters and provisional ballots in the instructions for marking a spoiled ballot; amend KRS 117.265 to include provisional voters and provisional ballots in the instructions for write-in candidates; amend KRS 117.275 to provide for tabulation of provisional ballots by the county board of elections; amend KRS 117.305 to include provisional ballots and provisional absentee ballots in the recanvassing procedures; amend KRS 117.365 to include provisional voter affidavits in the documents to be presented to the grand jury; amend KRS 117.375 to include provisional ballot and provisional absentee ballot in the definition of \"ballot\" or \"official ballot\" and to define \"proof of identification,\" \"provisional voter,\" and \"provisional ballot\" or \"provisional absentee ballot\"; amend KRS 117.383 to include provisional ballot cards in the State Board of Elections requirement to design ballot cards; amend KRS 117.385 to include instructions on how a voter is to place a provisional ballot with the accompanying affidavit in the appropriate envelope and box in the presence of a precinct election officer; amend KRS 117.995 to include provisional voting in the penalty provisions relating to voting; amend KRS 118.015 to define \"ballot\" or \"official ballot\" to include provisional ballots and provisional absentee ballots; amend KRS 118.305 to require the county clerk to print provisional ballots and provisional absentee ballots for the voting machines, and to ensure that provisional absentee ballots are not tabulated or recorded for any candidate who was replaced; provide that candidates for members of boards of education shall have their names printed on the provisional ballots; ensure that only duly nominated candidates shall have their names printed on provisional absentee ballots and provisional ballots; amend KRS 118.405 to prohibit more than one appearance of a candidate's name on any provisional ballot or provisional absentee ballot; amend KRS 118A.010 to define \"ballot\" or \"official ballot\" to include provisional ballots and provisional absentee ballots; amend KRS 118A.100 to require county clerks to print on provisional ballots and provisional absentee ballots the candidates for offices of the Court of Justice; amend KRS 118A.130 to prohibit a judicial candidates name from appearing more than once on a provisional ballot or a provisional absentee ballot; amend KRS 118A.150 to allow only duly nominated candidates to the Court of Justice to have their names printed on provisional absentee ballots and provisional ballots; amend KRS 119.005 to redefine \"ballot\" or \"official ballot\" to include provisional ballots and provisional absentee ballots; amend KRS 120.005 to redefine \"ballot\" or \"official ballot\" to include provisional ballots and provisional absentee ballots; amend KRS 186.531 to allow a free standard personal identification card to an individual who does not then currently have a valid operator's license or commercial driver's license, is at least 18 years of age, and is otherwise eligible to vote in the regular election.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2020-04-14","last_action":"delivered to Secretary of State (Acts ch. 89)","last_action_date":"2020-04-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB2/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb2.html","sponsor":"Robert Mills"},
{"bill_id":1297142,"bill_number":"HB27","title":"AN ACT relating to state symbols.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to name and designate as the official pets of Kentucky domestic cats and dogs that reside in or have been adopted from Kentucky animal shelters or rescue organizations.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-01-23","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-27","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB27/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb27.html","sponsor":"Kevin Bratcher"},
{"bill_id":1297143,"bill_number":"HB144","title":"AN ACT relating to low-volume surgery requirements.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to establish a low-volume surgery requirement and registry for hospitals and surgeons in the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB144/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb144.html","sponsor":"Robert Wiederstein"},
{"bill_id":1297144,"bill_number":"SB26","title":"AN ACT relating to employees of quasi-governmental agencies.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 18A to allow state hiring preference for employees of quasi-governmental agencies ceasing participation in the Kentucky Retirement Systems; require an employing state agency offer an interview to all finalist entitled to preference unless five or more of the finalists are entitled to preference; require that if more than five finalists are entitled to preference, the employing state agency shall offer an interview to no fewer than five.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-08","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB26/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb26.html","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":1297145,"bill_number":"HB47","title":"AN ACT relating to child abuse and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 500.050 to remove the five-year statute of limitations for misdemeanor sex offenses against minors and allow prosecution to be commenced at any time; amend KRS 413.249 to remove the ten-year statute of limitations for civil actions arising from childhood sexual assault or abuse and allow a suit to be commenced at any time; amend KRS 620.030, relating to the requirement to report child abuse, to limit the clergy-penitent exemption and make any person who intentionally fails to report guilty of a Class D felony; amend KRS 620.050, relating to the reporting of child abuse, to limit the clergy-penitent exemption; provide for severability; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-19","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-26","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB47/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb47.html","sponsor":"Lynn Bechler"},
{"bill_id":1297146,"bill_number":"SB42","title":"AN ACT relating to student health and safety.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require any student identification badge issued to a public middle or high school student to contain the contact information for national crisis hotlines specializing in domestic violence, sexual assault, and suicide; apply the requirement to public charter schools; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to publish recommendations for at least one national crisis hotline in each specialized area; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to require any student identification badge issued by a public or private postsecondary institution or other institution that offers a postsecondary degree, certificate, or license to contain the contact information for national crisis hotlines specializing in domestic assault, sexual assault, and suicide.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 54)","last_action_date":"2020-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB42/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb42.html","sponsor":"Denise Harper Angel"},
{"bill_id":1297147,"bill_number":"SB24","title":"AN ACT relating to sports wagering and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Establish KRS Chapter 239 and create new sections to define \"amateur athletics,\" \"collegiate sports contest,\" \"commission,\" \"principal,\" \"professional sports contest,\" \"sports wager,\" and \"sports wagering\"; create the Kentucky Gaming Commission; establish membership to be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate; establish the commission’s responsibilities and authority; require the Governor to appoint an executive director and establish the executive director's responsibilities; require the commission to promulgate administrative regulations relating to sports wagering conducted by the Kentucky Lottery Corporation, racing associations licensed under KRS Chapter 230, and other locations; establish licensing fees; prohibit persons from wagering on an event in which they are a participant; establish the sports wagering distribution trust fund and the uses of the fund; establish penalties for tampering with the outcome of a sporting event and wagering on a sporting event by a participant; create a new section of KRS Chapter 138 to impose an excise tax on sports wagering at 25 percent of net sports wagering receipts; amend KRS 138.1817 to permit the Department of Revenue to work with the commission to restrict licensure in the event that sports wagering taxes are not paid; amend KRS 154A.010 to revise the definition of \"amateur sports contest,\" and to define \"collegiate sports contest,\" \"professional sports contest,\" \"sports wager,\" and \"sports wagering\"; amend KRS 154A.030 to conform and to prohibit the director or family member from being a part owner of a professional team or a board member of a college or university that engages in collegiate sports upon which sports wagers may be placed; amend KRS 154A.050 to include sports wagering; amend KRS 154A.060 to include sports wagering and to include contracts for the purchase of goods and services necessary for sports wagering; require monthly and annual reports to be submitted to the Kentucky Gaming Commission; amend KRS 154A.063 to permit sports wagering on collegiate and professional sports contests; amend KRS 154A.065 to prohibit accepting sports wagers on the outcomes of contests involving horses; amend KRS 154A.070 to include sports wagering and require contracts to be in accord with administrative regulations of the Lottery Corporation and the Kentucky Gaming Commission; amend KRS 154A.090 to stipulate that sports wagering retailers aggrieved by a decision of the board may appeal to the Kentucky Gaming Commission; amend KRS 154A.110 to include sports wagering; stipulate that unclaimed sports wagering prize money be added to the sports wagering distribution trust fund; to prohibit sports wagers from being accepted from members or coaches of professional or collegiate team; amend 154A.120 to include sports wagering; amend KRS 154A.130 to specify net sports wagering receipts collected by lottery to be used for expenses and moneys in excess of expenses shall be dedicated to the sports wagering distribution trust fund; amend KRS 154A.400 to include sports wagering and stipulate the criteria for selecting sports wagering retailers shall be developed in consultation with the Kentucky Gaming Commission; amend KRS 154A.420 to include sports wagering and permit the Lottery Corporation to require a retailer to establish separate sports wagering electronic funds transfer accounts; amend KRS 154A.430, 154A.440, 154A.600, and 154A.650 to include sports wagering; amend KRS 230.225 to permit the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission to oversee sports wagering at licensed racing associations; amend KRS 230.370 to require administrative regulations relating to sports wagering to be developed in consultation with the Kentucky Gaming Commission; amend KRS 243.500 to exempt the conduct of sports wagering licensed or permitted under KRS Chapter 239; amend KRS 12.020 to administratively attach the Kentucky Gaming Commission to the Public Protection Cabinet.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-08","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB24/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb24.html","sponsor":"Julian Carroll"},
{"bill_id":1297148,"bill_number":"HB139","title":"AN ACT relating to an exemption of income for centenarians.","description":"Amend KRS 141.019 to exclude from state income tax all income of any resident centenarian; require reporting by the Department of Revenue; amend KRS 131.190 to conform; amend KRS 68.180, 68.197, 91.200, and 92.300 to exclude all income of any centenarian from occupational license fees or taxes.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB139/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb139.html","sponsor":"James Glenn"},
{"bill_id":1297149,"bill_number":"HB19","title":"AN ACT relating to time.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to adopt year-round daylight saving time in the state of Kentucky if authorized by the United States Congress; EFFECTIVE upon the first Sunday of November following passage of enabling legislation by Congress.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-01-13","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB19/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb19.html","sponsor":"Bart Rowland"},
{"bill_id":1297150,"bill_number":"HB93","title":"AN ACT relating to school construction.","description":"Amend KRS 162.065 to require the Kentucky Board of Education to include \"construction management-at-risk\" as a project delivery method option for school construction projects.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-11","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB93/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb93.html","sponsor":"Ed Massey"},
{"bill_id":1297151,"bill_number":"SB43","title":"AN ACT relating to voting.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 117 to allow in-person early voting between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. on the three Saturdays preceding any primary, regular election, or special election; amend KRS 117.087, 117.165, 117.235, 117.995, and 118.035 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-08","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB43/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb43.html","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1297152,"bill_number":"HJR7","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION designating the Veterans Suicide Memorial Mile on Interstate 75 in Whitley County.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate mile-point 22 on Interstate 75, in Whitley County as the \"Veterans Suicide Memorial Mile\"; erect the appropriate signage denoting this designation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR7/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hjr7.html","sponsor":"Regina Huff"},
{"bill_id":1297153,"bill_number":"HB141","title":"AN ACT relating to the election of board members of library districts.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 173.450 to 173.650 to provide for the election of board members to public library districts; amend KRS 173.480 to remove references to appointment and integrate election protocols; create a new section of KRS 173.710 to 800 to provide for the election of board members to public library districts formed by petition; amend KRS 173.725 to remove references to appointment and integrate election protocols; amend KRS 173.650 to specify that the certification of election results other than for the election of library board members are certified by the county judge/executive in each county; amend KRS 118.305 to allow candidates for library boards to be placed on the ballot; amend KRS 118.315 to include candidates for library boards within nomination protocols for election; amend KRS 118.365 to allow candidates for library boards to be integrated with the petition of nomination process for elections; repeal KRS 173.490, relating to the boards of public library districts and KRS 173.730, relating to the boards of library districts formed by petition; establish that the terms of appointed board members expire upon the election and qualification of elected board members; EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2022","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-01-15","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB141/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb141.html","sponsor":"Larry Elkins"},
{"bill_id":1297154,"bill_number":"SB12","title":"AN ACT relating to insurance policy renewals.","description":"Amend KRS 304.20-035 to require property and casualty insurers to notify insureds of changes in the terms and conditions offered in a renewal policy.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-08","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB12/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb12.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1297155,"bill_number":"HB107","title":"AN ACT relating to the safety of canines and felines.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to provide civil immunity for damaging a vehicle if a person enters the vehicle with the reasonable, good-faith belief that a dog or cat is in immediate danger of death if not removed.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB107/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb107.html","sponsor":"Cherlynn Stevenson"},
{"bill_id":1297156,"bill_number":"HB10","title":"AN ACT relating to the investigation of a shooting or deadly incident by a law enforcement officer.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 15A to provide definitions and establish an Officer Shooting Review Board to investigate any shooting of an individual by a law enforcement officer or officers or any deadly incident involving law enforcement; set requirements for board members; provide duties of the board; specify requirements related to investigatory work performed by the Kentucky State Police Critical Incident Response Team on behalf of the board; establish investigatory procedures and protocols; provide requirements for submission of the board’s report to the Commonwealth's attorney of the jurisdiction in which the shooting or deadly incident took place or to the Attorney General; provide requirements for independent investigation of any shooting of an individual by a law enforcement officer or officers or any deadly incident involving law enforcement.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB10/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb10.html","sponsor":"Attica Scott"},
{"bill_id":1297157,"bill_number":"HB56","title":"AN ACT relating to the taxation of certain services.","description":"Amend KRS 139.200 to exclude mowing, fence cleaning, and other pasture maintenance services performed on agricultural or horticultural land for a farmer or retired farmer from landscaping services; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2020.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB56/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb56.html","sponsor":"Travis Brenda"},
{"bill_id":1297158,"bill_number":"HB72","title":"AN ACT relating to prescription drugs.","description":"Amend KRS 304.17A-164 to define \"financial assistance\" and \"generic alternative;\" and to require an insurer to apply financial assistance received by an insured toward any cost sharing owed by the insured with certain exceptions; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB72/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb72.html","sponsor":"Danny Bentley"},
{"bill_id":1297159,"bill_number":"SB20","title":"AN ACT relating to assisted-living communities.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 194A.700 to 194A.729 to prohibit certification or certification renewal of an assisted-living community if it is owned, managed, or operated by any person convicted of certain crimes or listed on an abuse list; exempt owner of an assisted-living facility certified as of July 1, 2020; amend KRS 194A.700 to amend definitions; amend KRS 194A.707 to make changes to the appeals and renewal processes; amend KRS 194A.717 to prohibit on-site staff person from being shared with another level of care; amend KRS 194A.723 to permit the cabinet to initiate injunctive relief in Circuit Court.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-01-22","last_action":"received in Senate","last_action_date":"2020-04-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB20/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb20.html","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":1297160,"bill_number":"SB41","title":"AN ACT relating to non-compete agreements with health-care providers.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 372 to prohibit non-compete agreements for certain health-care providers.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-15","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB41/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb41.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1297161,"bill_number":"SR19","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Bobby Wayne Jacobs.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Bobby Wayne Jacobs.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-08","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-01-08","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR19/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr19.html","sponsor":"Johnny Turner"},
{"bill_id":1297162,"bill_number":"SR26","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Erin Schneider upon receiving a Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.","description":"Honor Erin Schneider upon receiving a Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR26/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr26.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1297163,"bill_number":"HB32","title":"AN ACT relating to the taxation of tobacco products.","description":"Amend KRS 138.130 to define terms; amend KRS 138.140 to impose an excise tax on vapor products; amend KRS 138.143 to impose a floor stock tax; EFFECTIVE 11:59 p.m. on July 31, 2020.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-02-27","last_action":"posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (2) and committee amendment (2-title)","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB32/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb32.html","sponsor":"Jerry Miller"},
{"bill_id":1297164,"bill_number":"SB66","title":"AN ACT relating to the disposition of a decedent's body.","description":"Amend KRS 367.93117 and 367.93121 to provide that a person who has been criminally charged in the death of another cannot make decisions regarding the disposition of the decedent's remains.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-04-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 123)","last_action_date":"2020-04-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB66/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb66.html","sponsor":"Robert Mills"},
{"bill_id":1297165,"bill_number":"HB195","title":"AN ACT relating to the publication of local government legal advertisements.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 424.110 to 424.370 to give local governments the option to post required advertisements online on a notice Web site operated by local government in lieu of newspaper publication, so long as a one-time advertisement is published in an actual newspaper; specify requirements for advertisements published on the notice Web site and in an actual newspaper; specify rights of public and duties of local government; set out consequences of local government's failure to publish as required by law; provide penalty.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2020-04-14","last_action":"delivered to Secretary of State (Acts ch. 87)","last_action_date":"2020-04-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB195/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb195.html","sponsor":"Jerry Miller"},
{"bill_id":1297166,"bill_number":"HB36","title":"AN ACT relating to property taxes for veteran service organizations.","description":"Create a new section in KRS Chapter 132 to exempt veteran service organizations from ad valorem taxation if over fifty percent of the organization's annual net income is expended on behalf of veterans and other charitable causes; amend KRS 132.010 to define veteran service organization; apply to property assessed on or after January 1, 2021.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-03-11","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB36/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb36.html","sponsor":"Matthew Koch"},
{"bill_id":1297167,"bill_number":"HB162","title":"AN ACT relating to the recall of elected officials.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 63 establishing a procedure for the recall of any elected sheriff, jailer, constable, or peace officer; amend KRS 63.990 to include a criminal penalty for giving money or anything of value in exchange for a signature on a petition.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-01-15","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB162/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb162.html","sponsor":"Dean Schamore"},
{"bill_id":1297168,"bill_number":"SR18","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Marcella Hall Moore.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Marcella Hall Moore.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-08","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-01-08","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR18/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr18.html","sponsor":"Johnny Turner"},
{"bill_id":1297169,"bill_number":"HB84","title":"AN ACT relating to birth certificates for stillborn children.","description":"Amend KRS 213.096 to permit either parent to file an application for a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth for any fetal death reported; require the state registrar to issue a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth upon completion of an application; require the certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth to clearly indicate that it is not proof of a live birth and that it does not replace the requirement to file a report of fetal death; require that the certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth not be a proof of a live birth for tax purposes.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB84/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb84.html","sponsor":"Bobby McCool"},
{"bill_id":1297170,"bill_number":"HCR5","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION calling for the expediting of research regarding the safety and efficacy of the use of marijuana for medical purposes.","description":"Urge federal policymakers to expedite research regarding the safety and efficacy of the use of marijuana for medical purposes.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-09","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 6)","last_action_date":"2020-03-09","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR5/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hcr5.html","sponsor":"Danny Bentley"},
{"bill_id":1297171,"bill_number":"SB49","title":"AN ACT relating to local option elections.","description":"Amend KRS 242.020 to allow a countywide wet or dry local option election based on a petition signed by at least 500 qualified voters in a county with a population of less than 100,000 residents; exempt cities or moist territories within the county from the effect of the election.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-08","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB49/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb49.html","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":1297172,"bill_number":"SR8","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Pat Roesel upon his retirement as baseball coach at Ryle High School.","description":"Honor Pat Rosel upon his retirement as baseball coach at Ryle High School.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-28","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR8/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr8.html","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":1297173,"bill_number":"HB201","title":"AN ACT relating to leasing of retail booths.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 383 to address booth rentals; provide remedies, including a booth operator's lien on personal property in the booth, for contract breach.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"posting withdrawn","last_action_date":"2020-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB201/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb201.html","sponsor":"Wilson Stone"},
{"bill_id":1297174,"bill_number":"SB48","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":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-08","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB48/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb48.html","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":1297175,"bill_number":"HJR8","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Energy and Environment Cabinet (Cabinet) and the Louisville Metro Air Pollution Control District (District) to determine the environmental benefits, related costs, and potential alternatives to the federal reformulated gasoline requirements currently imposed in Jefferson County and partial areas in Bullitt and Oldham Counties.","description":"Direct the Energy and Environment Cabinet and the Louisville Metro Air Pollution Control District to determine the environmental benefits, related costs, and potential alternatives to the federal reformulated gasoline requirements currently imposed in Jefferson County and partial areas in Bullitt and Oldham Counties.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2020-02-20","last_action":"became effective without Governor's Signature (Acts ch. 3)","last_action_date":"2020-02-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR8/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hjr8.html","sponsor":"Thomas Huff"},
{"bill_id":1297176,"bill_number":"HB122","title":"AN ACT relating to leave from employment for crime victims.","description":"Amend KRS 337.415, relating to court-ordered appearances by employees, to prohibit employers from discharging or retaliating against an employee who is a crime victim when the employee takes leave to attend proceedings associated with a crime; require an employee to give an employer reasonable notice to take leave when practicable; provide guidelines for use of paid leave; require the employer to maintain confidentiality of records and communication with employee crime victim; create a penalty for failing to maintain confidentiality; define terms.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Economic Development & Workforce Investment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB122/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb122.html","sponsor":"McKenzie Cantrell"},
{"bill_id":1297177,"bill_number":"HB97","title":"AN ACT relating to First Responder Recognition Day.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to designate the first Saturday of October of each year as \"First Responder Recognition Day\"; require the Governor to proclaim the date each year and require state flags to be lowered on state public buildings from sun-up to sun-down on that day.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-02-13","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-20","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB97/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb97.html","sponsor":"Ed Massey"},
{"bill_id":1297178,"bill_number":"HB150","title":"AN ACT relating to the interpretation of laws and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 1 of KRS Chapter 304 to provide that a statement of law in the American Law Institute's Restatement of the Law, Liability Insurance does not constitute the law or public policy of the Commonwealth when in conflict with listed authority; amend KRS 304.1-120 to apply Section 1 of the Act to the listed organizations; provide short title; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2020-04-14","last_action":"delivered to Secretary of State (Acts ch. 86)","last_action_date":"2020-04-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB150/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb150.html","sponsor":"Joseph Fischer"},
{"bill_id":1297179,"bill_number":"HB168","title":"AN ACT relating to legislative ethics.","description":"Create new sections of KRS 6.601 to 6.849 to make it ethical misconduct for a legislator, legislative agent, or director of the Legislative Research Commission to intentionally engage in discrimination, harassment, or sexual harassment; define \"discrimination,\" \"harassment,\" and \"sexual harassment\"; declare that if a provision of KRS 6.601 to 6.849 is designated a misdemeanor or felony, an alleged violation of the provision may be adjudicated by the Legislative Ethics Commission as ethical misconduct; amend KRS 6.686 to allow dismissal of complaints by the Legislative Ethics Commission based upon an affirmative vote of at least 5 members at a regularly scheduled meeting or, upon written or oral notification by the chair, a teleconference meeting that the preliminary inquiry fails to state a claim of an ethics violation; allow complaints to be filed against former legislators, former legislative agents, and former employers of legislative agents for extended periods if they are related to discrimination, harassment, or sexual harassment; amend KRS 6.701 to include legislative branch employees in mandatory ethics education already required for legislators; amend KRS 6.711 to remove the requirement that orientation courses be designed to receive continuing legal education ethics credit; amend KRS 6.716 to require the Legislative Ethics Commission to administer a current issues seminar for legislative branch employees in addition to the existing requirement for legislators and to reduce the length of the current issues seminar for legislators from three to two hours; amend KRS 7.101 to require the Legislative Research Commission to coordinate the development and presentation of a training course regarding workplace harassment for legislators with the assistance of the Legislative Ethics Commission.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-02-03","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-02","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB168/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb168.html","sponsor":"Kimberly Moser"},
{"bill_id":1297180,"bill_number":"SR13","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Rachel Craig upon being named the 2020 Distinguished Young Woman of Christian County.","description":"Honor Rachel Craig upon being named the 2020 Distinguished Young Woman of Christian County.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-28","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR13/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr13.html","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":1297181,"bill_number":"HB178","title":"AN ACT relating to assault on a service animal.","description":"Amend KRS 525.200 to include assistance animals in the definition of \"service animals\" that are covered by assault on a service animal in the first degree.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB178/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb178.html","sponsor":"Terri Branham Clark"},
{"bill_id":1297182,"bill_number":"HB121","title":"AN ACT relating to employment schedules.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 337 requiring employers to give employees a good-faith schedule of hours to be worked, to have a voluntary standby list of employees who wish to work additional hours, to post weekly schedules at least 7 days in advance, and to provide certain rest periods for employees from being scheduled; allow employees to identify time limitations for scheduling work hours; require compensation for employer changes to the schedule; set forth unlawful practices; amend KRS 337.990 to establish a penalty for violations.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Economic Development & Workforce Investment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB121/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb121.html","sponsor":"McKenzie Cantrell"},
{"bill_id":1297183,"bill_number":"HB7","title":"AN ACT relating to the expansion of gaming and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 154A to state the findings of the General Assembly; amend KRS 154A.010 to define, \"authorizing location,\" \"casino,\" \"county,\" \"county legislative body,\" \"department,\" \"full casino gaming,\" \"gaming licensee,\" \"gross gaming revenue,\" \"handle,\" \"licensee,\" \"limited casino gaming,\" and \"principal\"; amend KRS 154A.030 to expand the Lottery Corporation board membership and duties; amend KRS 154A.040 to include casino licensees; amend 154A.063 to remove prohibition against casino gaming; create new sections of KRS Chapter 154A to require a local option election in any precinct wanting to host a casino; describe the duties of the county clerk and sheriff in a casino gaming local option election; state requirements for local option elections held on a day other than a regular election day; require the corporation to advertise an invitation to bid for casinos; require the corporation to evaluate all proposals for full casinos; establish initial licensing fees for full casinos at $50 million with an initial licensing period of ten years and annual renewal thereafter at $6 million per year; permit limited casino gaming at horse racing tracks licensed under KRS Chapter 230; establish requirements for limited casinos; establish requirements for any track holding a limited casino license; establish requirements for principals of any corporation granted a casino license; create license application requirements for casino, manufacturer's, or supplier’s licenses; prohibit anyone not licensed from selling, leasing, or otherwise furnishing gaming supplies; prohibit anyone under the age of 21 from participating in casino gaming; require the Lottery Corporation to determine occupations related to casino gaming that require licensure and establish criteria for occupational licensing; permit the corporation to initiate disciplinary action against applicants and license holders; establish an appeal process; create new sections of KRS Chapter 138 to establish wagering and admissions taxes to be remitted by gaming licensees and full and limited casinos; create new sections of KRS Chapter 154A to establish the casino gaming revenue distribution trust fund and limit that money to the benefit of the state retirement systems for the first ten years; establish the regional tourism and infrastructure development fund and provide criteria for projects seeking money from the fund; waive 15 U.S.C. secs. 1172, 1173, and 1174 for devices authorized by this Act; require the corporation to promulgate administrative regulations to define and limit games and devices permitted for gaming in casinos; provide guidelines for exclusion or ejection of certain persons; define “cheat” and provide penalties for those who cheat at casino games; amend KRS 243.500 to exempt limited or full casino gaming; amend KRS 525.090 to exempt persons engaged in casino gaming; amend KRS 528.010 to exempt gambling activity and devices licensed under KRS Chapter 154A; amend KRS 528.020 to conform; amend KRS 528.070 to exempt activity licensed under KRS Chapter 154A; amend KRS 528.080 to exempt those with the appropriate license required under KRS Chapter 154A; amend KRS 528.100 to exempt limited or full casino gaming licensed under KRS Chapter 154A; APPROPRIATION; EFFECTIVE DATE DELAYED.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB7/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb7.html","sponsor":"Alan Gentry"},
{"bill_id":1297184,"bill_number":"HB157","title":"AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 32 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to terms of members of the General Assembly.","description":"Propose to amend Section 32 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prevent Senators from serving more than four terms of office, not including partial terms of two years or less, and to prevent members of the House of Representatives from serving more than six terms of office, not including partial terms of two years or less, beginning with those elected in November 2022; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB157/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb157.html","sponsor":"Cluster Howard"},
{"bill_id":1297185,"bill_number":"HB54","title":"AN ACT relating to taxation.","description":"Amend KRS 139.010 to define \"diapers\"; amend KRS 139.480 to exempt from sales and use tax the sale or purchase of diapers, breast pumps, and certain baby products; provide that the exemptions apply to sales or purchases made after August 1, 2020, but before August 1, 2024; require the Department of Revenue to report to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue the amount of exemptions claimed.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB54/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb54.html","sponsor":"Attica Scott"},
{"bill_id":1297186,"bill_number":"SR16","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Robert Houston \"Bob\" Stewart.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Robert Houston \"Bob\" Stewart.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-13","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-01-13","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR16/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr16.html","sponsor":"Julian Carroll"},
{"bill_id":1297187,"bill_number":"SB57","title":"AN ACT relating to public school building renovations and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 162.062 to remove the applicability to plans for the renovation of existing public school buildings.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-17","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 22)","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB57/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb57.html","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":1297188,"bill_number":"SB32","title":"AN ACT relating to firearm storage.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to make it a crime to unlawfully store a firearm; establish elements of the crime for recklessly allowing access to an unsecured firearm by a minor; establish the crime as a Class B misdemeanor unless a physical injury results, in which case it is a Class A misdemeanor.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-08","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB32/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb32.html","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":1297189,"bill_number":"SB33","title":"AN ACT relating to health care services received at no-cost or reduced-cost health facilities by persons covered under a health insurance policy.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health insurance policies not exempt from state regulation under federal law to apply the fair market value of covered health care services received by a covered person at a no-cost or reduced-cost health facility to any deductible or out-of-pocket maximum owed by the covered person under the policy; create a new section of Subtitle 17C of KRS Chapter 304 to apply those provisions to limited health service benefit plans, including limited health service contracts defined in KRS 304.38A-010; amend KRS 18A.225 to require the state employee health plan to comply; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"reassigned to Banking & Insurance (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-13","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB33/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb33.html","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1297190,"bill_number":"SB37","title":"AN ACT relating to veteran-managed nonprofit businesses.","description":"Amend KRS 14A.1-070 to add a nonprofit business which is at least 51 percent unconditionally controlled by a veteran to the definition of \"veteran-owned business\"; amend KRS 14A.2-060 and KRS 14A.2-165 to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-04-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 125)","last_action_date":"2020-04-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB37/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb37.html","sponsor":"Dennis Parrett"},
{"bill_id":1297191,"bill_number":"HB15","title":"AN ACT relating to road safety.","description":"Amend KRS 512.070 to include, as criminal littering, permitting unsafe amounts of mowed grass to remain on a highway.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"posting withdrawn","last_action_date":"2020-03-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB15/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb15.html","sponsor":"Regina Huff"},
{"bill_id":1297192,"bill_number":"HB134","title":"AN ACT relating to the certification of sober living homes and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 210 to define \"sober living homes\"; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to provide access to a certification program for sober living homes; require the cabinet to develop and make available on its Web site a directory of certified sober living homes; permit the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations; require the cabinet to report on progress by December 1, 2020; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB134/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb134.html","sponsor":"Susan Westrom"},
{"bill_id":1297193,"bill_number":"HB128","title":"AN ACT related to animal-drawn vehicles and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to prohibit animal-drawn vehicles from being drawn by an animal wearing shoes that will damage the highway; amend KRS 189.990 to establish a penalty of $25 for the first offense and $50 for subsequent offenses; forward money from fines to the road fund; allow for prepayment of fine; exempt from court costs; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB128/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb128.html","sponsor":"Travis Brenda"},
{"bill_id":1297194,"bill_number":"SB28","title":"AN ACT proposing to amend Sections 30 and 31 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to elections of members of the General Assembly.","description":"Propose to amend Sections 30 and 31 of the Constitution of Kentucky to increase the number of years in a term for a Senator from four to six years and to increase the number of years in a term for a Representative from two to four years beginning with the regular election in November 2022; provide ballot language; submit to the voters for ratification or rejection.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-08","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB28/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb28.html","sponsor":"Stephen Meredith"},
{"bill_id":1297195,"bill_number":"HB24","title":"AN ACT relating to the Bowling Green Veterans Center, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Appropriate to the Department of Veterans' Affairs $2,500,000 from the General Fund in fiscal year 2019-2020 for design and preconstruction costs for the Bowling Green Veterans Center; stipulate that appropriations in this Act shall be paid from the General Fund Surplus Account or the Budget Reserve Trust Fund Account; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-10","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 7)","last_action_date":"2020-03-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB24/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb24.html","sponsor":"Michael Meredith"},
{"bill_id":1297196,"bill_number":"SB19","title":"AN ACT relating to road safety.","description":"Amend KRS 512.070 to include, as criminal littering, permitting unsafe amounts of mowed grass to remain on a highway.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-08","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB19/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb19.html","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":1297197,"bill_number":"HB194","title":"AN ACT relating to actuarial analysis on retirement bills.","description":"Amend KRS 6.350 to establish additional requirements for the completion of the actuarial analysis required for bills pertaining to state-administered retirement systems; specify additional requirements to be projecting costs/savings over a 30 year period rather than 20 years, completing the analysis in a format established by the Legislative Research Commission, and requiring the front page of the analysis to include summary information.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-01-29","last_action":"returned to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-18","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB194/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb194.html","sponsor":"Jerry Miller"},
{"bill_id":1297198,"bill_number":"HCR6","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION to create a task force on neonatal intensive care units.","description":"Create the Using the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Wisely Task Force to study and make recommendations related to the utilization, effectiveness, and cost of Kentucky's Neonatal Intensive Care Units; outline task force membership; require the task force to meet at least three times during the 2020 interim and to submit findings and recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2020.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR6/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hcr6.html","sponsor":"Robert Wiederstein"},
{"bill_id":1297199,"bill_number":"SB52","title":"AN ACT relating to the Solemn Covenant of the States to Award Prizes for Curing Diseases Interstate Compact.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 214 to enact and enter into the Solemn Covenant of the States to Award Prizes for Curing Diseases Interstate Compact with all other jurisdictions that legally join in the compact; declare the purpose of the compact; define terms; establish the Solemn Covenant of States Commission and set forth the functions of the commission.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-08","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB52/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb52.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1297200,"bill_number":"HB83","title":"AN ACT relating to elimination of the certificate of need and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 13B.020 to delete reference to certificate of need hearings; amend KRS 194A.010 to delete reference to the certificate of need and the state health plan; amend KRS 194A.030 to delete reference to the certificate of need; amend KRS 211.192 to correct a statutory citation; amend KRS 205.634 to delete requirement for certificate of need; amend KRS 216.361 to delete requirement for certificate of need; amend KRS 216.380 to delete requirement for certificate of need and reference to the state health plan; amend KRS 216.560 to correct a statutory citation; amend KRS 216.885 to delete requirement for certificate of need; amend KRS 216B.015 to delete and correct definitions relating to certificate of need; amend KRS 216B.020 to delete exemptions to the certificate of need; amend KRS 216B.042 to delete reference to the certificate of need; amend KRS 216B.0445 to delete the requirement for a certificate of need; amend KRS 216B.065 to delete the requirement for a certificate of need; amend KRS 216B.066 to delete the requirement for a certificate of need; amend KRS 216B.115 to delete reference to the certificate of need; amend KRS 216B.131 to delete reference to the certificate of need; amend KRS 216B.185 to correct a statutory citation; amend KRS 216B.250 to change Human Resources to Health and Family Services; amend KRS 216B.300 to correct a statutory citation; amend KRS 216B.332 to delete exemption from certificate of need; amend KRS 216B.455 to delete the requirement for a certificate of need; amend KRS 216B.457 to delete the requirement for a certificate of need; amend KRS 216B.990 to delete penalty for not obtaining a certificate of need; amend KRS 218A.175 to correct a statutory reference; amend KRS 304.17-312, 304.17-313, 304.17-317, 304.18-035, 304.18-037, 304.32-156, 304.32-280, 304.38-210, and 311.760 to replace the Kentucky Health Facilities and Health Services Certificate of Need and Licensure Board with the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; amend KRS 304.17A-147 to correct a statutory reference; amend KRS 304.17A-1473 to correct a statutory reference; amend KRS 304.38-020 to delete reference to the certificate of need; amend KRS 304.38-040 to delete required evidence of a certificate of need; amend KRS 304.38-090 and KRS 304.38-130 to replace the Kentucky Certificate of Need and Licensure Board with the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; amend KRS 311.377 to delete references to the certificate of need; amend KRS 314.027 to delete reference to the certificate of need; amend KRS 347.040 to delete reference to the state health plan; repeal KRS 211.9523, 216B.010, 216B.035, 216B.040, 216B.061, 216B.0615, 216B.062, 216B.085, 216B.086, 216B.090, 216B.095, 216B.125, 216B.130, 216B.180, and 216B.182; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB83/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb83.html","sponsor":"Robert Wiederstein"},
{"bill_id":1297201,"bill_number":"HB11","title":"AN ACT relating to voluntary non-opioid directives.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to define terms and to establish a voluntary non-opioid directive form to inform practitioners that an opioid drug shall not be prescribed, ordered, or administered to a patient who has filed the form with the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; amend KRS 218A.172 to require a practitioner to determine if a patient has filed a voluntary non-opioid directive and to provide the patient with a copy of the form prior to prescribing an opioid drug; amend KRS 218A.202 to establish that the electronic monitoring system established in this section shall permit the cabinet to report and document receipt of a voluntary non-opioid directive and to permit a practitioner to determine if a patient has filed a voluntary non-opioid directive.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB11/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb11.html","sponsor":"Danny Bentley"},
{"bill_id":1297202,"bill_number":"HB102","title":"AN ACT relating to employment-related drug screens.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 344 to prohibit employment discrimination based on a positive drug screen for cannabidiol or tetrahydrocannabinol.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Economic Development & Workforce Investment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB102/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb102.html","sponsor":"John Sims"},
{"bill_id":1297203,"bill_number":"SB55","title":"AN ACT relating to blockchain technology.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 42 to create a six-member Blockchain Technology Working Group; attach the working group to the Commonwealth Office of Technology; require the working group to examine the applicability of blockchain technology for various utility sectors and report to the Governor and the LRC by December 1 of each year.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-04-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 108)","last_action_date":"2020-04-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB55/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb55.html","sponsor":"Brandon Smith"},
{"bill_id":1297204,"bill_number":"SR29","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing the 2020 Kentucky Census Quilt.","description":"Recognize and commend the Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives and the Kentucky Extension Homemakers Association for developing the 2020 Kentucky Census Quilt as part of an effort to promote participation in the 2020 United States Census.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-01","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR29/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr29.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1297205,"bill_number":"HR13","title":"A RESOLUTION urging the Kentucky Department of Education to create a task force to consider ways to improve diversity in STEAM areas of education.","description":"Urge the Kentucky Department of Education to create a task force to consider ways to improve diversity in STEAM education.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR13/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr13.html","sponsor":"Attica Scott"},
{"bill_id":1297206,"bill_number":"HB71","title":"AN ACT relating to controlled substances.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to require a practitioner to offer a prescription for naloxone hydrochloride or another drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the complete or partial reversal of opioid depression when prescribing an opioid drug and to provide education on overdose prevention and on use of an opioid depression reversal drug; amend KRS 218A.172 to delete reference to Schedule III controlled substances containing hydrocodone and to add issues that a practitioner is required to discuss with a patient prior to prescribing or dispensing a controlled substance to a patient; amend KRS 205.529, 218A.205, and 304.17A-165 to delete reference to Schedule III controlled substances containing hydrocodone.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB71/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb71.html","sponsor":"Danny Bentley"},
{"bill_id":1297207,"bill_number":"HJR9","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Finance and Administration Cabinet to create an Evidence-Based Policymaking Task Force to study how state agencies collect and share data, and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Direct the Finance and Administration Cabinet to create the Evidence-Based Policymaking Task Force to study how state agencies collect and share data; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"posting withdrawn","last_action_date":"2020-01-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR9/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hjr9.html","sponsor":"Robert Wiederstein"},
{"bill_id":1297208,"bill_number":"SB60","title":"AN ACT relating to newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).","description":"Amend KRS 214.155 to add spinal muscular atrophy to the list of heritable conditions tested at birth.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 55)","last_action_date":"2020-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB60/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb60.html","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":1297209,"bill_number":"SB17","title":"AN ACT relating to road safety.","description":"Amend KRS 512.070 to include, as criminal littering, permitting unsafe amounts of leaves or mowed grass to remain on a highway.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-08","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB17/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb17.html","sponsor":"C.B. Embry"},
{"bill_id":1297210,"bill_number":"SB64","title":"AN ACT relating to indemnification of prosecutors.","description":"Amend KRS 15.753 to provide that the Finance and Administration Cabinet shall reimburse the Attorney General, a Commonwealth's attorney, or a county attorney for fees or judgments after being sued for an act or omission in the course of his or her duties.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-01-29","last_action":"to Rules (S)","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":"Rules","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB64/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb64.html","sponsor":"Rick Girdler"},
{"bill_id":1297211,"bill_number":"HB145","title":"AN ACT relating to motor vehicle titles.","description":"Amend KRS 186A.170, to require delivery of a motor vehicle title upon which there is a security interest to the holder of the security interest rather than the owner of the vehicle; amend KRS 186.045 to require the holder of a security interest who has possession of a vehicle title to transmit that title to the owner when the security interest has been paid in full; set forth procedures for cases when the title is not transferred; amend KRS 186A.180, 186A.190, and 186.170 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB145/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb145.html","sponsor":"Thomas Huff"},
{"bill_id":1297212,"bill_number":"HB31","title":"AN ACT relating to carrying concealed weapons.","description":"Repeal KRS 237.109, which provides authorization to carry concealed deadly weapons without a license; amend KRS 527.020 and 237.115 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB31/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb31.html","sponsor":"Charles Booker"},
{"bill_id":1297213,"bill_number":"HB82","title":"AN ACT relating to health care to provide for an all-payer claims database and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require the commissioner of the Department of Insurance to establish an advisory committee to make recommendations regarding the creation of a Kentucky all-payer claims database; establish the Kentucky all-payer claims database fund; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB82/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb82.html","sponsor":"Robert Wiederstein"},
{"bill_id":1297214,"bill_number":"SB1","title":"AN ACT relating to federal immigration cooperation.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 61 to prohibit law enforcement agencies, law enforcement officials, employees of a law enforcement agency or public agencies, public officials, or employees of a public agency or public institution operating under KRS Chapter 164 from enacting, adopting, or otherwise enforcing any sanctuary policy relating to immigration; require law enforcement officials, representatives, agents, and employees of law enforcement agencies, public officials, representatives, agents, and employees of public agencies to use their best efforts, considering available resources, to support the enforcement of federal immigration law; exempt school districts, district boards of education, public charter schools, and employees and contractors from the provisions of the section; provide that any immigration sanctuary policy adopted prior to or after the effective date of the Act in violation of Section 1 of the Act is invalid, void, and unenforceable; allow the Governor, Attorney General, or any state constitutional officer to bring an action for enforcement through injunctive action; establish a short title .","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-02-05","last_action":"returned to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-18","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB1/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb1.html","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":1297215,"bill_number":"HB105","title":"AN ACT relating to interpersonal protective orders.","description":"Amend KRS 456.030 to provide that a mental health professional or clergy person who provides pastoral care and who is a victim of stalking or assault by a patient may petition for an interpersonal protective order; and amend KRS 456.010 to include definitions to clarify.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB105/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb105.html","sponsor":"Susan Westrom"},
{"bill_id":1297216,"bill_number":"HB40","title":"AN ACT relating to wage theft.","description":"Create a new section of Chapter 514 to create the offense of theft of wages and establish penalties; define employer and employee; amend KRS 336.080 to indicate the secretary may enter places of employment without unreasonable delay to inspect a place of employment; amend KRS 337.020 to allow the commissioner to charge and collect past due wages; amend KRS 337.070 to require certain employers to include rate of pay, the number of hours worked, and the total amount of gross pay earned on wage statements provided to employees; amend KRS 337.320 to require employers to keep record for three years of the name, address, and occupation of each employee, the rate of pay and amount paid to each employee, a list of personnel policies provided to the employees, and a copy of the wage statement provided to each employee; create a new section of Chapter 337 to require employers to provide to an employee a written notice at the time of hire that sets forth the rate and method of pay, the employees employment status, accruals of time, deductions that may be made from pay, and the name and address of the employer, and require the employer to keep a copy of the notice signed by the employee; amend KRS 337.990 to include a civil penalty for failure to provide the written notice to employee and maintain a copy of the signed notice.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"posting withdrawn","last_action_date":"2020-03-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB40/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb40.html","sponsor":"Bobby McCool"},
{"bill_id":1297217,"bill_number":"HB59","title":"AN ACT relating to farmer suicide prevention and awareness.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to designate the Wednesday of National Farm Safety Week, which is the third week of September, as \"Farmer Suicide Prevention Day\".","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-17","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 16)","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB59/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb59.html","sponsor":"Brandon Reed"},
{"bill_id":1297218,"bill_number":"SB44","title":"AN ACT relating to elections.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 117 to provide for the establishment of designated voting locations by the county board of elections in counties with a population of 90,000 or more.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-08","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB44/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb44.html","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1297219,"bill_number":"HB16","title":"AN ACT relating to assistance dogs.","description":"Amend KRS 258.500 to prohibit the misrepresentation of assistance dogs; allow peace officers to investigate; amend KRS 258.991 to conform and to remove outdated references.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"posting withdrawn","last_action_date":"2020-03-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB16/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb16.html","sponsor":"Kim King"},
{"bill_id":1297220,"bill_number":"HB120","title":"AN ACT relating to the transfer of county jail inmates.","description":"Amend KRS 441.520 to require a judicial removal order cite danger for order of removal, establish incarceration rates and medical costs, impose geographic limits for removal, place liability for transfers upon the Administrative Office of the Courts, require that in all other removal orders the judge shall receive the written agreement of the originating and receiving jailer, establish the details of written agreement, establish criteria for cost and transportation, and require judge to review removal orders every 90 days for safety and security of inmates.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"posting withdrawn","last_action_date":"2020-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB120/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb120.html","sponsor":"Phillip Pratt"},
{"bill_id":1297221,"bill_number":"SB3","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 2028; provide transitional calendar; submit to the voters for ratification or rejection. Provide ballot language.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-01-17","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-22","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB3/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb3.html","sponsor":"Christian McDaniel"},
{"bill_id":1297222,"bill_number":"HB21","title":"AN ACT relating to mandatory benefits for health benefit plans.","description":"Amend KRS 304.17A-200 to extend health-status eligibility rules to individual and employer-organized association markets; authorize insurance commissioner to designate additional health status-related factors; prohibit adjustment of premium or contribution amounts for group health benefit plans on the basis of genetic information; amend KRS 304.17A-220 to remove requirements relating to preexisting condition exclusions; repeal and reenact KRS 304.17A-230 to define \"preexisting condition exclusion\"; prohibit health benefit plans in any market from imposing any preexisting condition exclusion; amend KRS 304.17A-155, 304.17A-250, 304.17A-430, 304.17A-706, 304.17B-001, 304.17B-019, and 304.18-114 to conform; provide that provisions of Act apply to all health benefit plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2021; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"floor amendment (2) filed","last_action_date":"2020-02-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB21/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb21.html","sponsor":"Patti Minter"},
{"bill_id":1297223,"bill_number":"HB129","title":"AN ACT relating to public health, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create new sections of KRS 211.180 to 211.190 to establish definitions; establish the amount of funds to be allocated to and used by local health departments in Kentucky for employment, services, and programs; amend KRS 194A.050, 211.180, 211.357, 211.976, 217.125, and 217.811 to establish new requirements of allowable fees; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-17","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 21)","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB129/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb129.html","sponsor":"Kimberly Moser"},
{"bill_id":1297224,"bill_number":"SB72","title":"AN ACT relating to female genital mutilation and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 508 to define \"female genital mutilation\" and create the Class B felony of female genital mutilation; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to require the Department for Public Health in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to develop, produce, and disseminate educational materials related to female genital mutilation; amend KRS 15.334 to require law enforcement training on female genital mutilation; amend KRS 311.595 to require a conviction of female genital mutilation to result in mandatory revocation of a physician's license; create a new section of KRS Chapter 413 to permit civil action for female genital mutilation for ten years; amend KRS 620.020 to include female genital mutilation in the definition of \"abused or neglected child\"; amend KRS 620.030 to provide that if a person knows or has reasonable cause to believe that a child is a victim of female genital mutilation, then that person shall immediately make an oral or written report to the appropriate authorities; create a new section of KRS Chapter 620 to require a report on female genital mutilation reports to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-04-02","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 74)","last_action_date":"2020-04-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB72/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb72.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1297225,"bill_number":"HB61","title":"AN ACT relating to bus safety.","description":"Amend KRS 186.560 to require the Transportation Cabinet to revoke the license of any operator of a motor vehicle for a period of 90 days, upon receiving record of his or her conviction of illegally passing a school or church bus as outlined in KRS 189.370; amend KRS 189.370 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB61/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb61.html","sponsor":"Regina Huff"},
{"bill_id":1297226,"bill_number":"HB76","title":"AN ACT relating to firearms possession.","description":"Amend KRS 527.010 to define \"domestic abuse offense,\" \"domestic violence protective order,\" and \"physical force\"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to create the crimes of possession of a firearm by a convicted domestic abuser and possession of a firearm by the subject of a domestic violence protective order; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to require the surrender of firearms by people subject to protective orders or convicted of specified crimes; amend KRS 403.740 and 456.060 to require courts to inform the subject of a domestic violence order or an interpersonal protective order of the firearm possession prohibition.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB76/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb76.html","sponsor":"Nima Kulkarni"},
{"bill_id":1297227,"bill_number":"HB176","title":"AN ACT relating to employment provisions for employees on parental leave.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to require employers with 50 or more employees to provide twelve weeks of paid parental leave for an employee who has been employed for at least one year; allow an employee to waive the paid parental leave; provide for the promulgation of administrative regulations.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Economic Development & Workforce Investment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB176/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb176.html","sponsor":"Josie Raymond"},
{"bill_id":1297228,"bill_number":"HB131","title":"AN ACT relating to the reporting of statistics involving domestic violence.","description":"Amend KRS 17.153 on annual crime reporting to require the State Police to collect certain statistics on homicides when domestic violence is a circumstance of the offense.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"posting withdrawn","last_action_date":"2020-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB131/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb131.html","sponsor":"Regina Huff"},
{"bill_id":1297229,"bill_number":"SB4","title":"AN ACT relating to transportation and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 174 to establish the Kentucky Transportations Board; set forth membership, appointment, qualifications, and duties; outline board duties in relation to nomination and employment of the Transportation Cabinet secretary; require the board to establish a statewide prioritization process for the use of funds apportioned pursuant to 23 U.S.C. sec. 104, with some exceptions; identify 5 factors that form the basis for the objective scoring: congestion mitigation, economic development, accessibility. safety, and asset management; allow the board to weight factors differently in each highway district; require the board to develop the biennial highway construction plan and six-year road plan; require advanced publication of recommended projects for the biennial highway construction plan and six-year road plan scored under the objective system, along with data regarding the scoring process; require advanced publication of bridge and pavement maintenance projects recommended for inclusion in the biennial highway construction plan and six-year road plan; amend KRS 176.430 to require the board to develop the biennial highway construction plan and six-year road plan; require the Department of Highways to notify the General Assembly, through the LRC, of any projects in the biennial highway construction plan which the department will not undertake in the year prescribed in the plan; amend KRS 48.110 to require the board to approve the biennial highway construction plan and six-year road plan before the Governor can submit the plan to the General Assembly; amend KRS 176.050 to require the Department of Highways to issue an annual list of bridge and pavement improvement needs, prioritized by safety and state of disrepair, from which the board will select projects for inclusion in the biennial highway construction plan and six-year road plan; amend KRS 45.247 to require that at the end of each fiscal year, any moneys in the highway construction contingency account in excess of 10% of the amount appropriated to that fund for that fiscal year will lapse to the state construction account; amend KRS 174.020 to attach the Kentucky Transportation Board to the Transportation Cabinet Office of the Secretary for administrative purposes; set forth staggered terms for initial appointments to the board.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-02-20","last_action":"returned to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-18","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB4/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb4.html","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":1297230,"bill_number":"SR20","title":"A RESOLUTION declaring January 15, 2020, to be Hunger Free Kentucky Day.","description":"Declare January 15, 2020, to be Hunger Free Kentucky Day.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-01-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR20/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr20.html","sponsor":"Paul Hornback"},
{"bill_id":1297231,"bill_number":"HB55","title":"AN ACT relating to vacancies in elective office.","description":"Amend KRS 83A.165, 118.115, 118.165, 118.365, 118.375, and 118A.100 to extend by ten calendar days the deadline for filing nomination papers to fill an unexpired term if the vacancy occurs five calendar days or less before the prescribed deadline; amend KRS 118.225 to conform; amend KRS 132.380 to require an examination whenever there is a vacancy in the office of property valuation administrator and to direct that the certificates of any examination shall remain valid for four years.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB55/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb55.html","sponsor":"Les Yates"},
{"bill_id":1297232,"bill_number":"HB185","title":"AN ACT proposing an amendment to Sections 30 and 31 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to terms for members of the Kentucky House of Representatives.","description":"Propose to amend Sections 30 and 31 of the Constitution of Kentucky to provide four-year terms of office for members of the Kentucky House of Representatives beginning with those elected from even-numbered districts in November 2022 and with those elected from odd-numbered districts in November 2024.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"posting withdrawn","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB185/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb185.html","sponsor":"Richard Heath"},
{"bill_id":1297233,"bill_number":"HB159","title":"AN ACT relating to the reporting of child abuse.","description":"Amend KRS 620.030, relating to the requirement to report child abuse, to limit the clergy-penitent exemption; amend KRS 620.050, relating to the reporting of child abuse, to limit the clergy-penitent exemption.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB159/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb159.html","sponsor":"Susan Westrom"},
{"bill_id":1297234,"bill_number":"SB38","title":"AN ACT relating to the disposition of human remains.","description":"Amend KRS 367.93117 to allow a court-appointed guardian or conservator to determine the disposition of remains after death if other alternatives have been exhausted; permit cremation under specified circumstances.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 52)","last_action_date":"2020-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB38/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb38.html","sponsor":"Stephen Meredith"},
{"bill_id":1297235,"bill_number":"HB166","title":"AN ACT relating to boards of education.","description":"Amend KRS 160.280 to require local school board members to be offered health insurance at the same rates offered to district employees.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB166/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb166.html","sponsor":"Kathy Hinkle"},
{"bill_id":1297236,"bill_number":"SB70","title":"AN ACT relating to unfair trade practices in the negotiation and offer of contracts for the provision of health care services and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 12 of KRS Chapter 304 to prohibit certain practices by insurers in the negotiation and offer of contracts for the provision of health care services; establish penalties for violation of section; amend KRS 205.532 to require Medicaid managed care organizations to comply with new section; amend KRS 304.17A-700 to conform; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-08","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB70/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb70.html","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":1297237,"bill_number":"HB111","title":"AN ACT relating to campaign finance.","description":"Amend KRS 118.125 to require a candidate for constitutional statewide office who files a notification and declaration for elective office, including slates of candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, to submit a copy of his or her previous five years of federal income tax returns with the Registry of Election Finance; provide for written consent for public disclosure of the federal income tax returns; require that the federal income tax returns shall be made available on the registry's Web site when appropriate redaction of personal information occurs and not later than seven days after submission to the registry; require fines to be levied against a constitutional candidate or slate of candidates if the filing of federal tax returns does not timely occur; require the registry to retain the submitted tax returns for a time certain; and permit the registry to promulgate administrative regulations under KRS Chapter 13A to implement and enforce; amend KRS 118.367 to require an independent, political organization, or group candidate for constitutional statewide office who files a statement-of-candidacy form for elective office, including slates of candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, to submit a copy of his or her previous five years of federal income tax returns with the registry; provide for written consent for public disclosure of the federal income tax returns; require that the federal income tax returns shall be made available on the registry's Web site when appropriate redaction of personal information occurs and not later than seven days after submission to the registry; require fines to be levied against a constitutional candidate or slate of candidates if the filing of federal tax returns does not timely occur; require the registry to retain the submitted tax returns for a time certain; and permit the registry to promulgate administrative regulations under KRS Chapter 13A to implement and enforce.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB111/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb111.html","sponsor":"Derrick Graham"},
{"bill_id":1297238,"bill_number":"HB171","title":"AN ACT relating to retirement costs for Kentucky Retirement Systems employers, declaring an emergency, and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 61.565 to change the Kentucky Employees Retirement System's nonhazardous employer contribution payable on or after July 1, 2020, from a percentage of pay for both the normal cost contribution and the actuarially accrued liability contribution to a normal cost that is a percent of pay and an actuarially accrued liability contribution that is a set dollar amount; provide that the set dollar amount for the actuarially accrued liability contribution for KERS nonhazardous funds shall be allocated to each individual employer based upon the employer's percent share of the liability as of the June 30, 2019 actuarial valuation and shall be paid by employers in equal installments monthly; provide criteria for when adjustments to the dollar value and percent share may occur; make technical, clerical, and conforming amendments and to conform to a recent court decision; create a new section of KRS Chapter 42 to establish the Kentucky retirement contribution assistance fund; provide that the purpose of the fund shall be to assist health departments, community mental health centers, and certain other quasi-governmental employers in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System with financial assistance in paying employer contribution rates to the system; specify that funds shall be disbursed by the state budget director and provide criteria for disbursement; amend KRS 61.510 to confirm to a recent court decision as it relates to a definition used for purposes of KRS 61.565; provide that Kentucky Retirement Systems shall amend the 2019 actuarial valuation in accordance with the amendments to KRS 61.565 in this Act and provide updated employer contributions to the Governor and General Assembly; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-02-14","last_action":"returned to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-19","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB171/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb171.html","sponsor":"Jim Duplessis"},
{"bill_id":1297239,"bill_number":"HB95","title":"AN ACT relating to an exemption from income taxation for military pensions.","description":"Amend KRS 141.019 to exclude United States military retirees' pension income from income taxation for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2020, and before January 1, 2024; require reporting by the Department of Revenue; amend KRS 131.190 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB95/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb95.html","sponsor":"Ed Massey"},
{"bill_id":1297240,"bill_number":"SR23","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Citizens National Bank upon its 100th anniversary.","description":"Honor Citizens National Bank upon its 100th anniversary.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-12","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR23/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr23.html","sponsor":"Rick Girdler"},
{"bill_id":1297241,"bill_number":"SB58","title":"AN ACT proposing to amend Sections 77 and 240 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to limiting the Governor's ability to grant pardons and commute sentences.","description":"Propose to amend Section 77 of the Constitution of Kentucky by prohibiting the Governor's ability to grant pardons or commute sentences beginning 30 days prior to a gubernatorial election and ending at that gubernatorial inauguration; amend Section 240 of the Constitution of Kentucky to conform; submit to voters.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-02-27","last_action":"2nd reading, to Rules","last_action_date":"2020-03-26","committee":"Rules","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB58/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb58.html","sponsor":"Christian McDaniel"},
{"bill_id":1297242,"bill_number":"HR1","title":"A RESOLUTION establishing the 2020 membership of the Kentucky State House of Representatives.","description":"Establish the membership of the 2020 Kentucky House of Representatives.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR1/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr1.html","sponsor":"David Osborne"},
{"bill_id":1297243,"bill_number":"HR11","title":"A RESOLUTION urging Congress to require car manufacturers to improve safety devices on automobiles for the protection of children left in cars.","description":"Urge Congress to require car manufacturers to install safety features to help prevent children from being left in hot cars.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-21","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR11/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr11.html","sponsor":"Jim Duplessis"},
{"bill_id":1297244,"bill_number":"HB53","title":"AN ACT relating to the recognition and registration of professional employer organizations.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 336 to declare that professional employer organizations provide a valuable service to commerce and should be properly recognized and regulated; define \"client,\" \"co-employer,\" \"co-employment relationship,\" \"covered employee,\" \"professional employer organization group,\" \"person,\" \"professional employer agreement,\" \"professional employer organization,\" \"professional employer services,\" \"registrant,\" and \"temporary help service\"; indicate that covered employees shall be deemed employees of the client for purposes of determining tax credits or economic incentives; require a person providing professional employer services to be registered and to set forth the registration requirements; require professional employer organizations to pay a registration fee; require a professional employer organization to either maintain positive working capital or provide a bond, letter of credit, or security; set forth the rights and responsibilities of parties to a co-employment agreement; set forth the health insurance obligations of professional employer organizations; set forth the workers' compensation requirements of professional employer organizations and the client; set forth the unemployment insurance obligations of the professional employer organization and the client; prohibit a person from knowingly providing professional employer services without becoming registered and set forth actions that may be taken by the Labor Cabinet against any person in violation; amend KRS 336.990 to provide a civil penalty; amend the definition of \"premium\" in KRS 342.0011 to include co-employment relationships with a professional employer organization; amend KRS 342.990 to delete references to KRS 342.615; repeal KRS 342.615; state that the provisions of this Act are severable.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"recommitted to Small Business & Information Technology (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-04","committee":"Small Business & Information Technology","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB53/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb53.html","sponsor":"Melinda Prunty"},
{"bill_id":1297245,"bill_number":"HB188","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 of Representatives or a committee thereof; require identification of any state fiscal measure by the director of the Legislative Research Commission upon request of a legislator or determination by the Senate or House of Representatives or a committee thereof; require separate votes for any state fiscal measure.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-09","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB188/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb188.html","sponsor":"Kim King"},
{"bill_id":1297246,"bill_number":"HB130","title":"AN ACT relating to firearms and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 527.010 to define \"assault weapons\" and \"large-capacity ammunition-feeding devices\"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to criminalize possession and transfer of large-capacity ammunition-feeding devices; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to criminalize the possession of unregistered assault weapons and to require the owners of registered assault weapons to store the weapons in a manner which renders them inoperable to unauthorized users; create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to establish the assault weapons registration program and a weapons buyback program under the Department of Kentucky State Police and to authorize a fee and trust account and make an appropriation; amend KRS 16.220 and 237.104 to exempt weapons from the buyback program from prohibitions on the destruction of certain weapons.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB130/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb130.html","sponsor":"Jeffery Donohue"},
{"bill_id":1297247,"bill_number":"HB33","title":"AN ACT relating to discriminatory practices against a person.","description":"Amend KRS 344.010 to provide definitions of \"protective hairstyle\" and \"race\" that include traits historically associated with race.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Economic Development & Workforce Investment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB33/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb33.html","sponsor":"Attica Scott"},
{"bill_id":1297248,"bill_number":"SB18","title":"AN ACT relating to absentee voting.","description":"Amend KRS 117.085 to include essential service personnel as an eligible class of persons who may request and cast an in-person or mail-in absentee ballot; define \"essential service personnel\"; make technical corrections.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-08","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB18/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb18.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1297249,"bill_number":"HB46","title":"AN ACT relating to the promotion of living donor human organ and bone marrow donation.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 18A to allow full-time employees of the Commonwealth of Kentucky a paid leave of absence of 240 hours for donating a human organ and 40 hours for donating bone marrow and to set requirements for the paid leave of absence; amend KRS 141.010 to define \"human organ\" and \"qualified organ donation expenses\"; amend KRS 18A.025 and 18A.110 to conform; amend KRS 141.019 to allow a tax deduction in an amount equal to the qualified organ donation expenses incurred by a taxpayer up to $10,000 and require reporting by the Department of Revenue; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the Kentucky Department of Revenue to report organ donation tax deduction data to the Legislative Research Commission.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-04-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 107)","last_action_date":"2020-04-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB46/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb46.html","sponsor":"Jerry Miller"},
{"bill_id":1297250,"bill_number":"SR12","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring the Scott High School Girls' Cross Country Team upon winning the 2019 Class 2A State Championship.","description":"Honor the Scott High School Girls' Cross Country Team upon winning the 2019 Class 2A State Championship.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-17","last_action":"adopted","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR12/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr12.html","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":1297251,"bill_number":"SR9","title":"A RESOLUTION designating September 2020 as Prostate Cancer Awareness Month.","description":"Proclaim September 2020 as Prostate Cancer Awareness Month in Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-13","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-13","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR9/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr9.html","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":1297252,"bill_number":"HB79","title":"AN ACT relating to elections.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 117 to provide for the establishment of designated voting locations by the county board of elections in counties with a population of 90,000 or more.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB79/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb79.html","sponsor":"Maria Sorolis"},
{"bill_id":1297253,"bill_number":"SB47","title":"AN ACT relating to the Workers' Compensation Funding Commission.","description":"Amend KRS 12.020, 336.020, and 342.1243 to remove the Division of Workers' Compensation Funds; amend KRS 342.120 and 342.265 to replace the Division of Workers' Compensation Funds with the Kentucky Workers' Compensation Funding Commission; amend KRS 342.1223 to allow the commission to administer the fund; amend KRS 342.232 to replace the director of the Division of Workers' Compensation Funds and to make reports annual; amend KRS 342.760 to move the uninsured employers' fund to the Kentucky Workers' Compensation Funding Commission; replace the secretary of the Labor Cabinet with the board of directors of the commission; remove the Labor Cabinet from this section; amend KRS 342.765 to replace the secretary with board of directors; replace the reference to the Interim Joint Committee on Labor and Industry with the Interim Joint Committee on Economic Development and Workforce Investment; amend KRS 393.082 to replace the Labor Cabinet with the Kentucky Workers' Compensation Funding Commission; amend KRS 342.0015 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-08","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB47/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb47.html","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":1297254,"bill_number":"HB66","title":"AN ACT relating to operating a motor vehicle.","description":"Amend KRS 189.292 to provide that no person shall use a personal communication device or stand-alone electronic device while operating a motor vehicle; set forth exceptions; provide that persons under the age of 18 shall not use a personal communications device while driving, except for emergencies; amend KRS 189.990 to set forth penalties for the violation of KRS 189.292; amend KRS 186.452, 186.454, and 189.2327 to conform; repeal KRS 189.294.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB66/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb66.html","sponsor":"Regina Huff"},
{"bill_id":1297255,"bill_number":"SR3","title":"A RESOLUTION extending an invitation to pastors of Frankfort churches to open sessions of the 2020 Regular Session with prayer.","description":"Extend an invitation to the pastors of Frankfort churches to open sessions of the 2020 Regular Session with prayer.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR3/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr3.html","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":1297256,"bill_number":"SB16","title":"AN ACT relating to solid waste.","description":"Amend KRS 224.40-310 to modify the definition of \"waste disposal facility\" to specify that all residual landfills are included in the process of local determination and remove the exception for private facilities that dispose of waste on their own private property; amend KRS 224.40-315 to remove the exception for private facilities that dispose of their own waste on their own property from the requirements to obtain approval from local governing body when a municipal solid waste disposal facility seeks to expand or construct a facility.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Energy (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-08","committee":"Natural Resources and Energy","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB16/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb16.html","sponsor":"C.B. Embry"},
{"bill_id":1297257,"bill_number":"HB146","title":"AN ACT relating to Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarships.","description":"Amend KRS 164.7879 to allow a student who attends an out of state high school or Department of Defense school due to a parent's military transfer to earn a KEES award.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"2nd reading, to Rules","last_action_date":"2020-03-19","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB146/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb146.html","sponsor":"Chris Freeland"},
{"bill_id":1297258,"bill_number":"HR17","title":"A RESOLUTION declaring January 15, 2020, to be Hunger Free Kentucky Day.","description":"Declare January 15, 2020, to be Hunger Free Kentucky Day.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-01-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR17/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr17.html","sponsor":"Richard Heath"},
{"bill_id":1297259,"bill_number":"HB91","title":"AN ACT establishing a tax credit for employers that make payments on refinanced loans issued by the Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corporation to employees.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to allow an income tax credit for certain employers that make payments on refinanced loans issued by the Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corporation to certain employees; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the new tax credit; amend KRS 131.190 to require reporting by the Department of Revenue to the Legislative Research Commission.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB91/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb91.html","sponsor":"Derek Lewis"},
{"bill_id":1297260,"bill_number":"HB50","title":"AN ACT relating to education.","description":"Amend KRS 158.785, relating to the management of local school districts, to include criteria to review when completing a management audit; require the chief state school officer to provide a local district with written deficiencies found through the management audit and corrective actions and a time frame for completion in order to exit assistance; specify that a district can only be a \"state managed district\" after at least two years of unsuccessful assistance, criminal malfeasance, or insolvency; restrict the chief state school officer's authority during state management to only those specific items found through the management audit; amend KRS 156.029 to require the Kentucky Board of Education to include two at-large members who are current or retired elementary or secondary teachers; amend KRS 156.040 to clarify that a state board member cannot hold any elective federal, state, county, or city office.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB50/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb50.html","sponsor":"Jeffery Donohue"},
{"bill_id":1297261,"bill_number":"HB119","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 relating to felons and persons with mental disabilities; ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-07","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-07","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB119/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb119.html","sponsor":"George Brown"},
{"bill_id":1297262,"bill_number":"HB98","title":"AN ACT relating to causes of actions for building code violations.","description":"Amend KRS 198B.130 to allow a court award under KRS Chapter 198B or the Uniform Building Code to include attorney's fees if a certificate of occupancy has not been issued.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 62)","last_action_date":"2020-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB98/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb98.html","sponsor":"Ed Massey"},
{"bill_id":1299404,"bill_number":"HB204","title":"AN ACT relating to sex offender registrants.","description":"Amend KRS 17.545 to prohibit sex offender registrants from living within 1,000 feet of a publicly leased playground and from being on the grounds of a publicly leased playground.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-17","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 23)","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB204/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb204.html","sponsor":"Savannah Maddox"},
{"bill_id":1299410,"bill_number":"HB210","title":"AN ACT relating to natural resources severance and processing taxes.","description":"Amend KRS 143A.010 to eliminate the deduction for transportation expenses from the natural resources severance and processing taxes.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-08","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-10","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB210/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb210.html","sponsor":"Jim Stewart"},
{"bill_id":1299416,"bill_number":"HB221","title":"AN ACT relating to marijuana possession.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to make the penalty for possession of a personal use quantity of marijuana a prepayable non-criminal fine; amend KRS 218A.010 to define \"personal use quantity of marijuana\" and \"marijuana accessory\"; amend KRS 218A.1422 regarding marijuana possession to conform; amend KRS 218A.500 regarding drug paraphernalia to exempt personal use marijuana accessories; amend KRS 431.450 to include violations for possession of personal use quantities of marijuana in the uniform citation form; amend KRS 500.080 to exclude the offense of possession of a personal use quantity of marijuana from the definition of \"violation\"; and amend KRS 138.872 to exclude personal use quantities from marijuana stamp tax; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to allow expungement of convictions for possession of a personal use quantity of marijuana or marijuana accessories.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-08","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-10","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB221/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb221.html","sponsor":"Charles Booker"},
{"bill_id":1299425,"bill_number":"HB209","title":"AN ACT relating to coal severance tax.","description":"Amend KRS 143.010 to eliminate the deduction for transportation expenses from coal severance tax.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-08","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-10","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB209/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb209.html","sponsor":"Jim Stewart"},
{"bill_id":1299433,"bill_number":"HB222","title":"AN ACT relating to expungement of criminal records.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to automatically expunge eligible misdemeanors, violations, and certain Class D felonies; amend KRS 431.078 and 431.073 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-08","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-10","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB222/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb222.html","sponsor":"Charles Booker"},
{"bill_id":1299441,"bill_number":"SR30","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Lieutenant Colonel Grady Howell Tumlin.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Lieutenant Colonel Grady Howell Tumlin.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-13","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-01-13","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR30/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr30.html","sponsor":"Johnny Turner"},
{"bill_id":1299448,"bill_number":"SR32","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing Walker Montgomery.","description":"Recognize Walker Montgomery.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-09","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-01-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR32/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr32.html","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":1299455,"bill_number":"SJR31","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION designating the CPL Jeff Mulkey Memorial Highway in Floyd County.","description":"Designate Portion of Kentucky Route 1426 in Floyd County as the \"CPL. Jeff Mulkey, KIA Vietnam War, Memorial Highway.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-08","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-09","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR31/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sjr31.html","sponsor":"Johnny Turner"},
{"bill_id":1299462,"bill_number":"HB208","title":"AN ACT relating to commercial mobile radio service charges and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 65.7636 to remove the ability of Lifeline providers to bill and collect the CMRS service charge levied under the section from end users; make conforming changes; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 37)","last_action_date":"2020-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB208/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb208.html","sponsor":"Rob Rothenburger"},
{"bill_id":1299470,"bill_number":"SR34","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring and memorializing Lieutenant John M. Spalding.","description":"Honor and memorializing Lieutenant John M. Spalding.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-04","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR34/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr34.html","sponsor":"Matt Castlen"},
{"bill_id":1299480,"bill_number":"HB219","title":"AN ACT relating to body cameras.","description":"Amend KRS 61.168 to provide that it is a Class D felony for a law enforcement officer operating a body-worn camera in any manner that would prevent the creation of evidence with the intent to obstruct justice.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-08","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-10","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB219/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb219.html","sponsor":"Reginald Meeks"},
{"bill_id":1299485,"bill_number":"SB40","title":"AN ACT relating to child welfare.","description":"Amend KRS 194A.062 to require front-line staff to submit to national and state fingerprint-supported background checks; amend KRS 199.8966 to define the term \"staff member\" and to require national and state fingerprint-supported background checks of staff members of child-placing agencies in Kentucky in addition to staff members of child-caring facilities.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 53)","last_action_date":"2020-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB40/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb40.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1299494,"bill_number":"HB215","title":"AN ACT relating to minimum staffing requirements for long-term care facilities.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 216 to require staff-to-resident ratios in long-term care facilities as a condition of licensure or relicensure; establish minimum staffing requirements; prohibit long-term care facilities from admitting new residents if the facility fails to comply with the minimum staffing requirements, beginning on the second day of noncompliance and continuing until six days after the required staffing is achieved, with exceptions allowed for weather emergencies and other similar events; require additional staffing based on the needs of the residents; exempt intermediate-care facilities for persons with intellectual disabilities, institutions for the treatment of mental illnesses, personal care homes, and family care homes from the minimum staffing requirements; create a 17-member board to review staffing requirements on an annual basis; establish a civil fine of no more than $1,000 for each day that the staffing requirements are not maintained.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-08","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-10","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB215/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb215.html","sponsor":"James Tipton"},
{"bill_id":1299503,"bill_number":"HB206","title":"AN ACT relating to vision testing for motor vehicle operators.","description":"Amend KRS 186.576 to define \"trained vision assessor\"; amend KRS 186.577 to require vision testing for operator's license renewal; allow an applicant to be exempt from visual acuity and visual field testing at the time of application if he or she submits a vision testing form completed by a trained vision assessor; direct the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to implement this section; require the Transportation Cabinet to designate trained vision assessors who may perform vision testing; permit the Transportation Cabinet to develop a system for electronic transmission of driver vision testing forms; amend KRS 186.480 to conform; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2021.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-08","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-10","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB206/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb206.html","sponsor":"Kimberly Moser"},
{"bill_id":1299508,"bill_number":"HB207","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Retirement Systems.","description":"Housekeeping legislation for the Kentucky Retirement Systems; amend KRS 16.578 and 61.640 to apply the alternate death calculation to and reinstate the life annuity, 60 months certain, actuarial refund, and Social Security adjustment retirement options as written prior to 2009 legislation; amend KRS 61.598 to establish a minimum salary increase of 10% plus $1,000 over the prior year's salary in order for employee anti-pension spiking measures to apply; amend KRS 61.645 to remove requirement that Kentucky Retirement Systems' board election ballots be returned to a Kentucky post office box, rather than out-of-state vendor, remove requirement that ballot counting vendor be an actuarial firm, and make other conforming changes; amend KRS 61.510, 61.637, and 78.510 to change period under which reemployment of retiree would void status as a volunteer from 24 months to 12 months consistent with other retired reemployed categories; amend KRS 61.540 to remove requirement that failure to file statement of facts by member and employer will result in no benefits paid in order to conform language to other provisions in chapter; amend KRS 61.565 to use as maximum the rate for employers participating in the County Employees Retirement System, a factor of 1.12 over the prior fiscal year's contribution rate instead of language referencing projected dollars.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-01-30","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-03","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB207/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb207.html","sponsor":"Jerry Miller"},
{"bill_id":1299517,"bill_number":"HB213","title":"AN ACT relating to mental healthcare for unaccompanied youth.","description":"Amend KRS 214.185 to establish that any qualified mental health professional may provide outpatient mental health counseling to any child who is age 16 or older and is an unaccompanied youth.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-01-29","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-31","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB213/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb213.html","sponsor":"Joni Jenkins"},
{"bill_id":1299531,"bill_number":"HB212","title":"AN ACT relating to the taxation of pension income.","description":"Amend KRS 141.019, relating to the individual income tax, to increase the pension income exclusion from $31,110 to $41,110.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-08","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-10","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB212/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb212.html","sponsor":"Ashley Tackett Laferty"},
{"bill_id":1299538,"bill_number":"HB211","title":"AN ACT relating to workers' compensation.","description":"Amend KRS 342.020 to require an employer to pay for medical benefits at the time of injury and thereafter during disability instead of 780 weeks; amend KRS 342.990 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-08","last_action":"to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-10","committee":"Economic Development & Workforce Investment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB211/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb211.html","sponsor":"Ashley Tackett Laferty"},
{"bill_id":1299545,"bill_number":"HR21","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the House of Representatives in honor and loving memory of Lindsay Eugene Hearn Sr.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Lindsay Eugene Hearn Sr.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-10","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-01-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR21/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr21.html","sponsor":"Attica Scott"},
{"bill_id":1299554,"bill_number":"HB217","title":"AN ACT relating to licensed audiologists.","description":"Amend KRS 334A.020 to include selling or fitting of hearing instruments in the definition of \"the practice of audiology\"; amend KRS 334.020 to allow audiologists licensed under KRS Chapter 334A to engage in the sale and practice of fitting hearing instruments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-08","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-10","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB217/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb217.html","sponsor":"Walker Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1299560,"bill_number":"SB74","title":"AN ACT relating to driving under the influence.","description":"Amend KRS 189A.105 to remove the restriction that a judge can only issue a search warrant for a blood or urine test when a defendant has been charged with driving under the influence and a person has been killed or suffered physical injury.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-01-29","last_action":"2nd reading, to Rules","last_action_date":"2020-03-19","committee":"Rules","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB74/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb74.html","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":1299569,"bill_number":"HB202","title":"AN ACT relating to controlled substance prescription pill counts for pain management facility patients.","description":"Amend KRS 218A.175 to require pain management facilities to require patients prescribed controlled substances to report for pill counts every 3 months; require the pain management facility to report on pill counts to the electronic system for monitoring controlled substances.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-08","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-10","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB202/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb202.html","sponsor":"Derek Lewis"},
{"bill_id":1299577,"bill_number":"HB214","title":"AN ACT relating to the Veterinary Contract Spaces Program and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to establish the Veterinary Contract Spaces Program; require the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to administer the program; require the authority to purchase enrollment spaces annually for Kentucky students at participating veterinary schools; establish the Veterinary Contract Spaces Program trust fund; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 10)","last_action_date":"2020-03-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB214/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb214.html","sponsor":"James Tipton"},
{"bill_id":1299583,"bill_number":"HR22","title":"A RESOLUTION commemorating Human Trafficking Awareness Day on January 11, 2020.","description":"Commemorate Human Trafficking Awareness Day on January 11, 2020.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-08","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-10","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR22/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr22.html","sponsor":"McKenzie Cantrell"},
{"bill_id":1299593,"bill_number":"HB205","title":"AN ACT relating to the voluntary preceptor tax credit.","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.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-08","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-10","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB205/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb205.html","sponsor":"Kimberly Moser"},
{"bill_id":1299600,"bill_number":"HB203","title":"AN ACT relating to juvenile competency in status and public offenses.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 610 to create a minimum age of criminal responsibility of 12 years of age; establish rules relating to the court's treatment of developmental immaturity, mental illness, and intellectual disability; amend various sections to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-08","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-10","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB203/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb203.html","sponsor":"Robert Wiederstein"},
{"bill_id":1299608,"bill_number":"HR23","title":"A RESOLUTION to urge the United States congress to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities in the Republic of Yemen.","description":"Urge the United States Congress to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities in the Republic of Yemen.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-08","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-10","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR23/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr23.html","sponsor":"Reginald Meeks"},
{"bill_id":1299615,"bill_number":"HR20","title":"A RESOLUTION relating to indigenous peoples.","description":"Recognize the second Monday of October of each year as Indigenous Peoples' Day in Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-08","last_action":"3rd reading, adopted 93-0 with Committee Substitute (1)","last_action_date":"2020-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR20/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr20.html","sponsor":"Reginald Meeks"},
{"bill_id":1299622,"bill_number":"HJR24","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION designating a portion of Interstate 64 in Jefferson County in honor and loving memory of Louisville Metro Police Detective Deidre Irene Mengedoht.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a portion of Interstate 64 in Jefferson County in honor and memory of Louisville Metro Police Detective Deidre Irene Mengedoht; erect the appropriate signage.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-08","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-10","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR24/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hjr24.html","sponsor":"Charles Booker"},
{"bill_id":1299630,"bill_number":"HB220","title":"AN ACT relating to educational requirements.","description":"Amend KRS 160.1596 to prevent requiring public charter school authorizer to receive training until after receipt of a charter application.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-19","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-19","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB220/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb220.html","sponsor":"Regina Huff"},
{"bill_id":1299635,"bill_number":"HB216","title":"AN ACT relating to interpersonal violence.","description":"Amend KRS 403.720 to include violence against an animal used as coercive conduct in the definition of \"domestic violence and abuse\"; amend KRS 403.740 to allow a judge to award possession of a domestic animal to the petitioner; amend KRS 456.010 to include violence against an animal used as coercive conduct in the definition of \"dating violence and abuse\"; amend KRs 456.060 to allow a judge to award possession of a domestic animal to the petitioner.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-19","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-26","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB216/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb216.html","sponsor":"Walker Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1299645,"bill_number":"HB218","title":"AN ACT relating to audiology and speech-language pathology.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 334A.010 to 334A.990 to enact and enter into the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact with all other jurisdictions that legally join in the compact; declare the purpose of the compact; establish definitions; recognize a multistate licensure privilege to practice for audiologists and speech-language pathologists; recognize a multistate licensure privilege for audiologists and speech-language pathologists to practice audiology and speech-language pathology via telehealth; establish provisions for active duty military personnel and their spouses; authorize a remote state to take adverse action against an audiologist or speech-language pathologist's privilege to practice within that member state; authorize a home state to take adverse action against an audiologist's or speech-language pathologist's license issued by the home state; create the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Compact Commission; provide immunity for party states, officers, employees, or representatives of the Commission who act in accordance with the provisions of the compact; require the Commission to create a database and reporting system containing licensure, adverse actions, and investigative information on all licensed individuals in member states; establish procedures for rulemaking; authorize the Commission to attempt to resolve disputes related to the compact that arise among member states and between member and non-member states; require provisions of the compact to become effective the day it is enacted into law once a state enters the Compact; provide for severability for any provision in the compact that is contrary to the constitution of any member state or of the United States or the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person, or circumstance.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-08","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-10","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB218/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb218.html","sponsor":"Walker Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1299650,"bill_number":"SR33","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing John Michael Montgomery.","description":"Recognize John Michael Montgomery.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR33/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr33.html","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":1300429,"bill_number":"HB228","title":"AN ACT relating to Alzheimer's and dementia training.","description":"Amend KRS 15.334 to encourage the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to provide peace officers with training on Alzheimer's disease and related disorders; create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to encourage hospitals to provide staff and management with training on Alzheimer's disease and related disorders; amend KRS 311.601 to encourage physicians to participate in training on Alzheimer's disease and related disorders; amend KRS 311A.120 to encourage emergency medical technicians, advanced emergency medical technicians, emergency medical responders, and paramedics to participate in training on Alzheimer's disease and related disorders; amend KRS 194A.545 to encourage the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to provide adult protective service workers with training on Alzheimer's disease and related disorders.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-01-09","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-01-21","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB228/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb228.html","sponsor":"Danny Bentley"},
{"bill_id":1300437,"bill_number":"HB238","title":"AN ACT relating to the deputy and state veterinarian and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 257.210 to remove residency requirement for the state veterinarian; make technical corrections, amend KRS 257.240 to remove residency requirement for the deputy state veterinarian; make technical corrections; EMERGENCY","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-16","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 13)","last_action_date":"2020-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB238/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb238.html","sponsor":"Matthew Koch"},
{"bill_id":1300446,"bill_number":"HCR34","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the President of the United States and Congress to constitute Easter as a national holiday.","description":"Urge the President of the United States and Congress to constitute Easter as a national holiday.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-09","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-13","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR34/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hcr34.html","sponsor":"Robert Goforth"},
{"bill_id":1300455,"bill_number":"HB224","title":"AN ACT relating to patient-directed care at the end of life.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to define terms; establish a qualified terminally ill patient's right to voluntarily request medication to self-administer to cause death; require conditions for making request; permit patient to rescind request at any time; permit an attending physician to provide medication; establish requirements for attending physician to inform patients and document request; require disposal of unused medications; establish residency requirements for qualified patients; require report by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; establish provisions for contracts, insurance policies, and beneficiaries; prohibit applicability of provisions to ending a patient's life by lethal injection, mercy killing, or active euthanasia; state that a health care provider is not required to provide medication to a qualified patient; permit health care providers to prohibit person or entities from participating in a qualified patient's request during or on the premises of employment; prohibit reporting a health care provider to a licensing board for participating in a qualified patient's request; state that actions under this Act do not authorize lethal injection, mercy killing or active euthanasia; state that actions under this Act do not constitute suicide or homicide; create a form for a qualified patient to make a request; create a form for an interpreter for a qualified patient making a request; create a new section of KRS 304.12 to establish provisions for insurance policies and beneficiaries of qualified patients; amend KRS 507.020 and KRS 507.030 to create an affirmative defense to a charge of murder and manslaughter in the first degree; create the short title the Kentucky Death with Dignity Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-09","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-13","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB224/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb224.html","sponsor":"Mary Marzian"},
{"bill_id":1300465,"bill_number":"HR31","title":"A RESOLUTION celebrating the 211th birthday of Abraham Lincoln.","description":"Celebrate the 211th birthday of Abraham Lincoln.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-12","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR31/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr31.html","sponsor":"Brandon Reed"},
{"bill_id":1300476,"bill_number":"HR27","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing April 2020 as National Soybean Month in Kentucky.","description":"Recognize April 2020 as National Soybean Month.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2020-01-09","last_action":"to House Floor","last_action_date":"2020-02-27","committee":"Floor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR27/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr27.html","sponsor":"Brandon Reed"},
{"bill_id":1300485,"bill_number":"SB81","title":"AN ACT relating to milk marketing.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 260 to define \"milk\"; prohibit a food product labeled as milk unless it meets this definition of milk; require the Department of Agriculture to establish and implement a plan to enforce these provisions; authorize the Department of Agriculture to promulgate administrative regulations.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-09","last_action":"to Agriculture (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-13","committee":"Agriculture","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB81/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb81.html","sponsor":"Matt Castlen"},
{"bill_id":1300494,"bill_number":"HR33","title":"A RESOLUTION designating June 27, 2020, as Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Awareness Day and designating June 2020 as Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Month.","description":"Designate June 27, 2020, as Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Awareness Day and designate June 2020 as Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Month.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2020-01-09","last_action":"to House Floor","last_action_date":"2020-01-27","committee":"Floor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR33/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr33.html","sponsor":"Brandon Reed"},
{"bill_id":1300503,"bill_number":"SB76","title":"AN ACT relating to providing an individual income tax credit for stillbirths.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a nonrefundable, nontransferable individual income tax credit related to stillbirths for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2020, but before January 1, 2024; require reporting by the Department of Revenue; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the credit; amend KRS 131.190 to allow reporting.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-09","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-13","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB76/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb76.html","sponsor":"Brandon Smith"},
{"bill_id":1300513,"bill_number":"HB233","title":"AN ACT relating to student criminal history background checks.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to prohibit public postsecondary institutions from inquiring about a prospective student's criminal history prior to admission, except for certain types of offenses; allow an institution to inquire about a student's criminal history after admission, for the purposes of providing support services and informing decisions regarding a student's participation in campus activities, organizations, and residency; allow an institution to inquire about a student's criminal history prior to admission into a professional degree program, but prohibit denial of admission based solely on criminal history; require institutions to provide counseling regarding occupational licensing requirements to a professional degree student who has a criminal history.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-09","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-13","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB233/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb233.html","sponsor":"Lisa Willner"},
{"bill_id":1300524,"bill_number":"HJR25","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION designating a portion of Kentucky Route 869 in Metcalfe County in honor and memory of Sheriff Ricky Brooks.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a portion of Kentucky Route 869 in Metcalfe County in honor and memory of Sheriff Ricky Monroe Brooks; erect the appropriate signage.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-09","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-13","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR25/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hjr25.html","sponsor":"Bart Rowland"},
{"bill_id":1300533,"bill_number":"HB236","title":"AN ACT relating to hemp and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 250.355 to allow the Department of Agriculture to establish hemp testing procedures; create a new section of KRS 260.850 to 260.869 to set forth requirements for the transportation of hemp or hemp products; amend KRS 260.850 and 260.852, 260.860, 260.864, and 260.866 to make technical corrections; amend KRS 260.858 to specify unlawful conduct; amend KRS 260.862 to specify licensure requirements; repeal KRS 260.867; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-02-10","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 1)","last_action_date":"2020-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB236/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb236.html","sponsor":"Matthew Koch"},
{"bill_id":1300544,"bill_number":"HR30","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing October 2020 as National Pork Month in Kentucky.","description":"Recognize October 2020 as National Pork Month.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-11","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR30/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr30.html","sponsor":"Brandon Reed"},
{"bill_id":1300553,"bill_number":"HB234","title":"AN ACT relating to plant-based food options in hospitals.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to establish definitions and require hospitals that provide inpatient or residential care to offer patients a plant-based food option for every meal or snack, at the request of a patient or patient's lawful representative, at no additional cost to the patient.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-09","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-13","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB234/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb234.html","sponsor":"George Brown"},
{"bill_id":1300563,"bill_number":"HR26","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing February 22 to 29, 2020, as FFA Week in Kentucky.","description":"Recognize February 22 to 29, 2020, as FFA Week in Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-28","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR26/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr26.html","sponsor":"Brandon Reed"},
{"bill_id":1300582,"bill_number":"HB225","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":"2020-01-09","last_action":"to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-13","committee":"Economic Development & Workforce Investment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB225/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb225.html","sponsor":"Mary Marzian"},
{"bill_id":1300590,"bill_number":"HB231","title":"AN ACT relating to collective bargaining for public employees.","description":"Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 336, relating to collective bargaining for public employees; amend KRS 336.010 to define \"public employees\"; amend KRS 336.130 to allow employees of the Commonwealth of Kentucky to collectively bargain.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-09","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-13","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB231/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb231.html","sponsor":"McKenzie Cantrell"},
{"bill_id":1300599,"bill_number":"HB230","title":"AN ACT relating to discriminatory practices against a person.","description":"Amend KRS 344.010 to provide definitions of \"protective hairstyle\" and \"race\" that include traits historically associated with race.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-09","last_action":"to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-13","committee":"Economic Development & Workforce Investment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB230/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb230.html","sponsor":"Reginald Meeks"},
{"bill_id":1300608,"bill_number":"SB82","title":"AN ACT establishing the Kentucky Eating Disorder Council and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 210 to establish the Kentucky Eating Disorder Council in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; set forth membership and duties; require a report annually beginning December 1, 2020; sunset the council on December 1, 2030, unless otherwise reestablished by the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 56)","last_action_date":"2020-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB82/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb82.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1300620,"bill_number":"HB223","title":"AN ACT relating to torture of a dog or cat.","description":"Amend KRS 525.135, relating to torture of a dog or cat, to specify certain acts of torture; increase punishment to Class D felony.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-09","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-13","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB223/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb223.html","sponsor":"Chris Freeland"},
{"bill_id":1300630,"bill_number":"SB80","title":"AN ACT relating to crime victims' rights.","description":"Repeal and reenact or repeal, reenact, and amend various sections of KRS 421.500 to 421.575, the Crime Victim Bill of Rights, to change statutory definition of \"victim\"; require that restitution to the victim be made when possible; repeal KRS 421.540; EFFECTIVE November 3, 2020, only if voters ratify a proposed constitutional amendment providing protection of crime victims' rights.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-04-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 101)","last_action_date":"2020-04-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB80/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb80.html","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":1300639,"bill_number":"HB232","title":"AN ACT relating to open records.","description":"Amend KRS 61.882 to require the award of costs and attorney fees if a court finds a record is withheld willfully under the Open Records Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-09","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-13","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB232/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb232.html","sponsor":"Maria Sorolis"},
{"bill_id":1300647,"bill_number":"HB226","title":"AN ACT relating to special license plates and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186 to establish a Kentucky Cattlemen's Association special license plate; establish the initial fee and renewal fee for the special license plate and transfer funds collected by the special license plate fees to the agricultural program trust fund; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-09","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-13","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB226/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb226.html","sponsor":"Brandon Reed"},
{"bill_id":1300659,"bill_number":"SB78","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 administrative regulations promulgated under this section; amend KRS 189.990 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-09","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-13","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB78/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb78.html","sponsor":"Stephen Meredith"},
{"bill_id":1300668,"bill_number":"HB227","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":"2020-01-09","last_action":"posting withdrawn","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB227/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb227.html","sponsor":"Les Yates"},
{"bill_id":1300677,"bill_number":"SR4","title":"A RESOLUTION directing the appointment of a committee to wait upon the Governor.","description":"Appoint a committee to wait upon the Governor.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-13","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-01-13","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR4/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr4.html","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":1300688,"bill_number":"SB77","title":"AN ACT relating to child abuse education.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 requiring each public school to provide developmentally appropriate instruction on child abuse and child sexual abuse to students in all grades; require the Department of Education to develop child abuse and child sexual abuse instructional resources for use by schools; cite the Act as Jenna Quinn's Law.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-09","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-13","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB77/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb77.html","sponsor":"Alice Kerr"},
{"bill_id":1300697,"bill_number":"HR32","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing March as Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Month.","description":"Recognize March as Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Month.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2020-01-09","last_action":"to House Floor","last_action_date":"2020-01-27","committee":"Floor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR32/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr32.html","sponsor":"Brandon Reed"},
{"bill_id":1300708,"bill_number":"HB229","title":"AN ACT relating to 911 services and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 65.7631, relating to amounts distributed to public safety answering points (PSAPs) for the purposes of answering, routing, and properly disposing of CMRS 911 calls, to remove the qualifier \"CMRS.\"","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 40)","last_action_date":"2020-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB229/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb229.html","sponsor":"John Blanton"},
{"bill_id":1300717,"bill_number":"SB79","title":"AN ACT relating to school background checks.","description":"Amend KRS 160.380, relating to the employment of school personnel, to define \"administrative findings of child abuse or neglect\" to mean a substantiated finding of child abuse or neglect that is upheld on appeal or not appealed; amend the definition of \"clear CA/N check\" to include administrative findings instead of substantiated findings; remove the requirement that an existing school district employee self-report a substantiated finding of child abuse or neglect to the superintendent.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 32)","last_action_date":"2020-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB79/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb79.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1300725,"bill_number":"HB235","title":"AN ACT repealing pension provisions enacted by the 2018 General Assembly that were declared unconstitutional and void by the Kentucky Supreme Court.","description":"Repeal the provisions of SB 151 enacted in 2018 that were declared unconstitutional and void by the Kentucky Supreme Court; reenact and amend those provisions to return them to their original pre-SB 151 language; make technical and conforming changes.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-09","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-13","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB235/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb235.html","sponsor":"Joe Graviss"},
{"bill_id":1300735,"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 create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to established a crime victims' bill of rights; submit to voters.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2020-04-14","last_action":"delivered to Secretary of State (Acts ch. 85)","last_action_date":"2020-04-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB15/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb15.html","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":1300743,"bill_number":"HB237","title":"AN ACT relating to mental illness.","description":"Amend KRS 532.130, 532.135, and 532.140 to add a diagnosis of serious mental illness to the disabilities which prevent execution for persons convicted of capital offenses.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-09","last_action":"posting withdrawn","last_action_date":"2020-03-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB237/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb237.html","sponsor":"Chad McCoy"},
{"bill_id":1300754,"bill_number":"HR28","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing January 11, 2020, as National Milk Day.","description":"Recognize January 11, 2020, as National Milk Day.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2020-01-09","last_action":"to House Floor","last_action_date":"2020-02-27","committee":"Floor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR28/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr28.html","sponsor":"Brandon Reed"},
{"bill_id":1300765,"bill_number":"HR29","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing May 2020 as National Beef Month in Kentucky.","description":"Recognize May 2020 as National Beef Month.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2020-01-09","last_action":"to House Floor","last_action_date":"2020-02-27","committee":"Floor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR29/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr29.html","sponsor":"Brandon Reed"},
{"bill_id":1300773,"bill_number":"SJR35","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to establish the Task Force on Services for Persons with Brain Injuries.","description":"Direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to establish the Task Force on Services for Persons with Brain Injuries; establish duties of the task force; establish members of the task force; require a report to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2020; cease the task force by December 31, 2020, unless otherwise authorized by the General Assembly.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-03-03","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR35/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sjr35.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1300782,"bill_number":"SB83","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":"2020-01-09","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-13","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB83/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb83.html","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":1301495,"bill_number":"HB240","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council.","description":"Amend KRS 15.315, relating to the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council, to add the president of the Kentucky chapter of the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials and the president of the Kentucky chapter of the National Emergency Number Association to the membership of the council; amend KRS 15.320 to establish quorum of the reconstituted council to 14 members.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-02-20","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-24","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB240/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb240.html","sponsor":"Rob Rothenburger"},
{"bill_id":1301533,"bill_number":"HR37","title":"A RESOLUTION calling for the restoration of the Kentucky River as a navigable waterway.","description":"Encourage restoration and maintenance of the Kentucky River to ensure full navigability of the river for economic and tourism development purposes.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-07","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR37/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr37.html","sponsor":"James Tipton"},
{"bill_id":1301572,"bill_number":"HB239","title":"AN ACT relating to workers' compensation.","description":"Amend KRS 342.315 to eliminate the requirement that physicians contracting with the commissioner of the Department of Workers' Claims to perform evaluations in occupational disease claims be \"B\" readers who are licensed in Kentucky and are board-certified pulmonary specialists; amend KRS 342.316 to allow the commissioner to select a physician or medical facility for referral in occupational disease claims and eliminate the requirement that such physicians be \"B\" readers who are licensed in Kentucky and are board-certified pulmonary specialists; amend KRS 342.794 to delete the definition of \"board-certified pulmonary specialist\" and eliminate the requirement that physicians on the list of qualified \"B\" readers maintained by the commissioner include only those licensed in Kentucky and board-certified pulmonary specialists.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-10","last_action":"to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-14","committee":"Economic Development & Workforce Investment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB239/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb239.html","sponsor":"Angie Hatton"},
{"bill_id":1301653,"bill_number":"SB84","title":"AN ACT relating to insurance policies.","description":"Amend KRS 304.20-040, 304.20-310, and 304.20-320 to alphabetize definitions, add definition for \"alteration of terms\"; make technical corrections; provide that an alteration of terms shall not be considered a refusal to renew under certain circumstances.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-10","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-13","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB84/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb84.html","sponsor":"Rick Girdler"},
{"bill_id":1301691,"bill_number":"HCR35","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging local governments in Kentucky to partner and establish the support of school-based outreach programs and nonprofit community-based organizations in order to localize census efforts.","description":"Urge local governments in Kentucky to partner and establish the support of school-based outreach programs and nonprofit community-based organizations in order to localize census efforts.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-01-28","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-30","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR35/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hcr35.html","sponsor":"David Osborne"},
{"bill_id":1301732,"bill_number":"HB241","title":"AN ACT designating the second Wednesday in February as Family Resource and Youth Services Center Day.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to designate the second Wednesday in February as \"Family Resource and Youth Services Center Day.\"","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-02-13","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-18","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB241/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb241.html","sponsor":"Matthew Koch"},
{"bill_id":1301769,"bill_number":"HR36","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing November as Epilepsy Awareness Month.","description":"Recognize November as Epilepsy Awareness Month.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-10","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-14","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR36/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr36.html","sponsor":"Cherlynn Stevenson"},
{"bill_id":1302847,"bill_number":"SR39","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Representative Mark Hart for helping to save a five-year-old boy's life on September 8, 2019.","description":"Honor Representative Mark Hart for helping to save a five-year-old boy's life on September 8, 2019.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-17","last_action":"adopted","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR39/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr39.html","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":1302856,"bill_number":"SB7","title":"AN ACT relating to school councils.","description":"Amend KRS 160.345 to allow a local board to require an annual report of activities from a school council; reduce the minimum number of teachers serving on the council to two; specify that a council decision is appealable to the local board; require the local board of education to adopt a policy allowing the board to initiate review of a school council decision; specify the alignment of council policy with local board policy; allow a teacher to be transferred while serving on the school council; specify that local board members may attend council meetings; permit a superintendent to forward qualified applicants to the principal instead of the council; alter principal hiring process requiring principal to be selected by the superintendent after consultation with school council; require school council authority to be transferred to the superintendent if a school is identified for comprehensive support and improvement; make technical corrections; amend to conform.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-02-06","last_action":"returned to Local Government (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-18","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB7/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb7.html","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":1302865,"bill_number":"HB243","title":"AN ACT relating to religious texts literacy courses in the public schools.","description":"Amend KRS 156.162 to replace courses on the Hebrew Scriptures, Old Testament of the Bible, or New Testament of the Bible with courses on the various religious texts of the many religions practiced in the Commonwealth; amend KRS 158.197 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-13","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-15","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB243/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb243.html","sponsor":"McKenzie Cantrell"},
{"bill_id":1302875,"bill_number":"HB250","title":"AN ACT relating to law enforcement seizure of money or property.","description":"Amend KRS 218A.440 to require all law enforcement agencies to file asset seizure reporting forms with the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, declaring whether or not the agency seized money or property pursuant to KRS 218A.415; require the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to notify any law enforcement agency that did not file, to allow the agency an additional 30 days to file, and if the agency still does not file, to refer the agency to the Attorney General for civil action; require the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to provide an annual report to the Legislative Research Commission and the Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary; amend KRS 15.440 to provide that asset seizure reporting compliance is required to maintain eligibility for the Kentucky Law Enforcement Foundation Program fund.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-13","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-15","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB250/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb250.html","sponsor":"Reginald Meeks"},
{"bill_id":1302886,"bill_number":"SB86","title":"AN ACT relating to water fluoridation programs.","description":"Amend KRS 211.190 to allow local government entities and special districts to void implementation of the water fluoridation programs administered by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services by legislative action.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-13","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-15","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB86/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb86.html","sponsor":"Steve West"},
{"bill_id":1302904,"bill_number":"SJR36","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION recognizing the bicentennial of New Haven, Kentucky.","description":"Recognize the bicentennial of New Haven, Kentucky.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2020-01-13","last_action":"to Senate Floor","last_action_date":"2020-01-15","committee":"Floor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR36/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sjr36.html","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":1302914,"bill_number":"SB8","title":"AN ACT relating to school safety and declaring an emergency.","description":"amend KRS 158.441 to clarify the definition of \"school resource officer\"; amend KRS 158.4412 to allow the superintendent to specify any individual to serve as the district's school safety coordinator; amend KRS 158.4414 to clarify which facilities are required to have school resource officers and to require that school resource officers are armed with a firearm; amend KRS 158.4416 to specify that the goal is to have at least one school counselor per public school and to have at least one school counselor or school-based mental health services provider for every 250 students; amend KRS 61.902 to specify that the commission of a special law enforcement officer employed as a school resource officer shall be for four years; amend KRS 156.095 to specify that the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training is to prepare an active shooter training video in consultation with the Department of Education; amend KRS 158.162 to include exceptions to locked classroom doors; amend KRS 508.078 to clarify when a person is guilty of terroristic threatening; amend KRS 16.128, 1.315, 70.062, and 95.970 to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-02-21","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 5)","last_action_date":"2020-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB8/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb8.html","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":1302923,"bill_number":"HB245","title":"AN ACT relating to the taxation of pension income.","description":"Amend KRS 141.019, relating to the individual income tax, to increase the pension income exclusion from $31,110 to $41,110.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-13","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-15","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB245/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb245.html","sponsor":"John Blanton"},
{"bill_id":1302931,"bill_number":"HB242","title":"AN ACT relating to the transportation of overdimensional loads.","description":"Amend KRS 189.270 to allow for an annual permit for transporters of new manufactured housing; notwithstand the provisions of KRS 189.269 to allow for a maximum height under this permit of 15 feet; maintain all other maximum dimension and weight limits used for regular overweight and overdimensional permits; set fees for annual manufactured housing transport permit at $1,500 if the width exceeds 14 feet or the height exceeds 13 feet, 6 inches; otherwise set fee at $500; set forth additional requirements for permit holders, including use of a GPS device on the permitted vehicles, with records subject to Transportation Cabinet inspection; set forth a $1,000 fine if a permit holder transports a load in excess of 13 feet, 6 inches in height in restricted area, as designated by the Transportation Cabinet.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-17","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 19)","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB242/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb242.html","sponsor":"Ken Upchurch"},
{"bill_id":1302941,"bill_number":"HB251","title":"AN ACT relating to employment.","description":"Amend KRS 336.130 to delete references restricting rights of public employees to organize, associate collectively, or strike; amend KRS 336.180 to amend definition of \"labor organization\" and delete definitions of \"employer\" and \"employee\"; amend KRS 336.990 to conform; amend KRS 67A.6904 to allow urban-county governments to make an agreement with a labor organization to require as a condition of employment membership therein; amend KRS 67C.406 to allow consolidated local governments to make an agreement with a labor organization to require as a condition of employment membership therein; amend KRS 70.262, 78.470, and 78.480 to remove exceptions; amend KRS 345.050 to allow public employers to make an agreement with a labor organization to require as a condition of employment membership therein; repeal KRS 65.016, 336.132, and 336.134.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-13","last_action":"to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-15","committee":"Economic Development & Workforce Investment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB251/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb251.html","sponsor":"Kathy Hinkle"},
{"bill_id":1302952,"bill_number":"HB246","title":"AN ACT relating to days of remembrance.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to designate days of remembrance and honor; amend KRS 2.110 to remove Robert E. Lee Day, Franklin D. Roosevelt Day, Confederate Memorial Day, and Jefferson Davis Day from the list of public holidays.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-01-13","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-01-21","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB246/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb246.html","sponsor":"Jerry Miller"},
{"bill_id":1302959,"bill_number":"HB248","title":"AN ACT relating to prescription drugs.","description":"Create various new sections of KRS Chapter 367 to define terms; to prohibit manufacturers and wholesalers of off-patent or generic prescription drugs from engaging in unrestricted price increases; to require the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to report certain price increases to the Attorney General; to establish that certain price increases for off-patent or generic drugs constitute a violation of KRS 367.170; establish penalties.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-13","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-15","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB248/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb248.html","sponsor":"Danny Bentley"},
{"bill_id":1302971,"bill_number":"SB9","title":"AN ACT relating to the protection of born-alive infants and abortion and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to prohibit a person from denying or depriving a born-alive infant of nourishment with the intent to cause or allow the death of the infant; prohibit a person from denying or depriving a born-alive infant of medically appropriate and reasonable medical care, medical treatment, or surgical care; require a physician performing an abortion to take all medically appropriate and reasonable steps to preserve the life and health of a born-alive infant; specify that if the physician is unable to perform those duties then an attending physician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse, nurse, or other healthcare worker shall assume the duties; provide that a born-alive infant shall be treated as a legal person under the laws of the Commonwealth; specify that any born-alive infant, whose parents file a petition for voluntary termination of parental rights, shall become a ward of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; prohibit any person from performing scientific research on a born-alive infant; specify that this section shall not be construed as preventing a born-alive infant's parent or guardian from refusing medical care that is not medically appropriate or reasonable; specify that the parent or guardian of a born-alive infant shall not be held criminally or civilly liable for the actions of a physician, physician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse, or other healthcare provider that acted without his or her consent; provide for civil and administrative penalties for violations of this Act; allow for severability; allow the General Assembly by joint resolution to appoint members to intervene as a matter or right in any case that challenges the constitutionality of this Act; amend KRS 311.595, 311.850, 314.091, and 315.121 to suspend or revoke the license of any physician, physician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse, nurse, or pharmacist who violates this Act; amend KRS 311.990 to establish criminal penalties for violations; establish the short title of \"Born-Alive Infant Protection Act\"; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Vetoed","status_date":"2020-04-24","last_action":"Vetoed","last_action_date":"2020-04-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB9/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb9.html","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":1302980,"bill_number":"HR38","title":"A RESOLUTION declaring February 27, 2020, to be Kentucky Rare Disease Day.","description":"Declare February 27, 2020, to be Kentucky Rare Disease Day.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-27","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR38/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr38.html","sponsor":"Nima Kulkarni"},
{"bill_id":1302989,"bill_number":"SR38","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Russell Clay Hackley.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Russell Clay Hackley.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-22","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-01-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR38/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr38.html","sponsor":"Stephen Meredith"},
{"bill_id":1302999,"bill_number":"HB249","title":"AN ACT relating to prescription drugs.","description":"Create various new sections of KRS Chapter 315 to define terms; to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to annually compile lists of certain prescription drugs deemed to be essential to treating diabetes; to require drug manufacturers to annually report to the cabinet certain information related to the cost of manufacturing and marketing such drugs and factors that contributed to any price increase; require pharmacy benefit managers to annually report to the cabinet certain information related to prescription drug rebates for such drugs; to require the cabinet to annually submit to the Legislative Research Commission a report that summarizes the information provided to the cabinet by manufacturers and pharmacy benefit managers; to exempt information and data reported by manufacturers and pharmacy benefit managers to the cabinet from disclosure pursuant to KRS 61.870 to 61.884; to require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations; amend KRS 315.990 to establish a penalty for failure to report; amend KRS 304.17A-164 to restrict cost-sharing amounts charged by insurers and pharmacy benefit managers; to prohibit insurers and pharmacy benefit managers from restricting a pharmacist's ability to inform patients about and to sell less expensive alternative drugs; amend KRS 304.17A-505 and 304.17C-030 to require disclosure of information related to drug formularies; to create various new sections of KRS Chapter 367 to define terms; to prohibit manufacturers and wholesalers of off-patent or generic prescription drugs from engaging in unrestricted price increases; to require the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to report certain price increases to the Attorney General; to establish that certain price increases for off-patent or generic drugs constitute a violation of KRS 367.170; to establish penalties; and certain sections EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-01-13","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-01-21","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB249/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb249.html","sponsor":"Danny Bentley"},
{"bill_id":1303010,"bill_number":"SB85","title":"AN ACT relating to mental health protection and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 210 define \"conversion therapy,\" \"mental health professional,\" and \"public funds\"; prohibit mental health professionals from engaging in conversion therapy with a person under 18 years of age or a person who is 18 years or older who is an adult as defined in KRS 209.020 or a ward as defined in KRS 387.510; require violations to be subject to board discipline; prohibit public funds from being used for conversion therapy; add the short title \"Mental Health Protection Act\"; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-13","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-17","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB85/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb85.html","sponsor":"Alice Kerr"},
{"bill_id":1303021,"bill_number":"HB244","title":"AN ACT relating to cruelty to animals.","description":"Amend KRS 525.130, relating to cruelty to animals, to prohibit spectators and vendors from attending an event where any animal, rather than any four-legged animal, is caused to fight.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-13","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-15","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB244/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb244.html","sponsor":"Joe Graviss"},
{"bill_id":1303029,"bill_number":"SR37","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Ray Swafford.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Ray Swafford.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-18","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR37/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr37.html","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":1303039,"bill_number":"SB6","title":"AN ACT relating to the Legislators' Retirement Plan and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 6.525 to provide that non-legislative compensation earned in another state-administered retirement system on or after July 1, 2020, shall not be used to calculate benefits in the Legislators' Retirement Plan; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-01-30","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-02-04","committee":"State Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB6/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb6.html","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":1303049,"bill_number":"HB247","title":"AN ACT relating to procurement.","description":"Amend KRS 45A.380 to enable noncompetitive negotiation under the Kentucky Model Procurement Code for purchase or sale of wholesale electric power or natural gas by a local public agency; amend KRS 424.260 to exempt contracts for local public agency purchase or sale of wholesale electric power or natural gas of more than $30,000, from requirement for newspaper advertisement for bids.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-01-13","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-01-16","committee":"Natural Resources & Energy","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB247/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb247.html","sponsor":"Mark Hart"},
{"bill_id":1303058,"bill_number":"SB87","title":"AN ACT relating to juvenile justice.","description":"Amend KRS 635.020 to remove automatic transfer of a child from District to Circuit Court in certain cases; amend KRS 640.010 to prohibit transfer of a child to Circuit Court in cases involving persons with an IQ under 70.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-02-05","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-02-10","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB87/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb87.html","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":1307847,"bill_number":"HCR41","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION celebrating the 50th birthday of Secretariat and recognizing the festival held in his honor in Paris, Kentucky.","description":"Celebrate Secretariat's 50th birthday, and acknowledge Secretariat’s 50th Celebration: A Legends of Bourbon County Festival, Claiborne Farm, and the community of Paris, Kentucky, for keeping his legacy alive.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR41/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hcr41.html","sponsor":"Matthew Koch"},
{"bill_id":1307852,"bill_number":"SB88","title":"AN ACT relating to state-supported universities and community colleges participating in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 61.522 to permit a state-supported university or community college ceasing participation in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System (KERS) nonhazardous plan by June 30, 2020, under the provisions of subsection (8) of KRS 61.522 (2019 SS HB 1), to make an election to retain participation in the retirement plan for only its existing employees who began participating in the systems administered by the Kentucky Retirement Systems prior to September 1, 2008, (Tier I) and, upon its effective cessation date, cease the participation of its existing employees who began participating on or after September 1, 2008, but prior to January 1, 2014 (Tier II); vary assumed rate of return/discount rate used to determine cessation costs from 3% to 4.5% based upon university/college employers' decisions regarding payment type (lump-sum vs. installments) and based on employee type (Tier I and II) and whether those employees will continue to participate in KERS after June 30, 2020; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-14","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-16","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB88/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb88.html","sponsor":"Wil Schroder"},
{"bill_id":1307857,"bill_number":"SB90","title":"AN ACT protecting the exercise of medical ethics and diversity within the medical profession.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 344 to define terms; prohibit discrimination against medical care providers who decline to perform procedures that violate their conscience; grant providers the right not to participate in or pay for services that violate their conscience; exempt providers from liability for exerciseing these rights; establish a civil cause of action for persons injured by violations of these provisions.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-14","last_action":"recommitted to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB90/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb90.html","sponsor":"Stephen Meredith"},
{"bill_id":1307862,"bill_number":"SB92","title":"AN ACT relating to the restoration of parental rights.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 625 to establish a process and requirements for the restoration of parental rights; amend KRS 164.2847 to include a student who was reunified with parents whose parental rights were restored and a student who obtained a high school equivalency diploma; amend KRS 625.046 and 625.110 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-14","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-16","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB92/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb92.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1307866,"bill_number":"SR41","title":"A RESOLUTION declaring March 10, 2020, to be Alzheimer's Awareness and Advocacy Day.","description":"Declare March 10, 2020 to be Alzheimer's Awareness and Advocacy Day.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-10","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-03-10","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR41/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr41.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1307871,"bill_number":"HR42","title":"A RESOLUTION supporting Muslim Day at the State Capitol on January 22, 2020.","description":"Support Muslim Day at the State Capitol on January 22, 2020.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-14","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-16","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR42/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr42.html","sponsor":"Susan Westrom"},
{"bill_id":1307875,"bill_number":"SR44","title":"A RESOLUTION declaring February 27, 2020, to be Kentucky Rare Disease Day.","description":"Declare February 27, 2020, to be Kentucky Rare Disease Day.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-27","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR44/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr44.html","sponsor":"Denise Harper Angel"},
{"bill_id":1307880,"bill_number":"SR40","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Judith Glenn Smith \"Judy\" Harned.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Judith Glenn Smith \"Judy\" Harned.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-14","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR40/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr40.html","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":1307885,"bill_number":"HB255","title":"AN ACT relating to operating a motor vehicle.","description":"Amend KRS 189.292 to define the terms \"stand-alone electronic device,\" \"operating a motor vehicle,\" and \"use\"; prohibit the use of a personal communication device or stand-alone electronic device while operating a motor vehicle; amend KRS 189.294 to provide that persons under 18 years shall not use a personal communication device or stand-alone electronic device in any manner; exempt school bus operators who are instead subject to KRS 281A.205; set forth exceptions; amend KRS 189.990 to set forth penalties for the violation of KRS 189.292; create a new section of KRS Chapter 281A to apply these provisions to commercial motor vehicle drivers; amend KRS 189.2327 to conform; create a short title, \"Phone-Down Kentucky Act.\"","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-01-14","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-01-22","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB255/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb255.html","sponsor":"James Tipton"},
{"bill_id":1307890,"bill_number":"SB91","title":"AN ACT relating to surgical smoke evacuation.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to define terms and to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations requiring the use of a smoke evacuation system during any surgical procedure that is likely to produce surgical smoke; amend KRS 216B.990 to establish penalties.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-02-19","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-21","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB91/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb91.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1307895,"bill_number":"HB256","title":"AN ACT relating to the rights of victims of sexual offenses.","description":"Amend KRS 403.322 to specify that a felony offense from another jurisdiction that leads to the conception and delivery of a child eliminates custody and visitation rights for the offender; amend KRS 405.028 to specify that a felony offense from another jurisdiction that leads to the conception and delivery of a child eliminates custody and visitation rights for the offender; amend KRS 625.050 to allow a de facto custodian of a child born as a result of a felony offense of KRS Chapter 510 to initiate an action for involuntary termination of parental rights; create a new section of KRS Chapter 625 to require the circuit court to involuntarily terminate the parental rights of a person convicted of a felony offense of KRS Chapter 510 that leads to a child.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 30)","last_action_date":"2020-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB256/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb256.html","sponsor":"Joseph Fischer"},
{"bill_id":1307898,"bill_number":"HB252","title":"AN ACT relating to manufactured and mobile homes.","description":"Amend KRS 227.605 to require an inspection and a new B1 seal prior to the transfer of title or ownership of a manufactured or mobile home; exempt homes bearing a B1 seal that was affixed by a licensed retailer within the six months prior to transfer.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-14","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-02","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB252/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb252.html","sponsor":"Myron Dossett"},
{"bill_id":1307903,"bill_number":"SB89","title":"AN ACT relating to detention by peace officers.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to allow a peace officer to stop a person to demand identification when the officer has a reasonable suspicion that the person is involved in criminal activity, and to detain a person who fails to identify himself or herself for up to 2 hours.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-14","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-16","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB89/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb89.html","sponsor":"Stephen Meredith"},
{"bill_id":1307909,"bill_number":"SR42","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring the Blueprint for Kentucky’s Children and adjourning in honor of Children's Advocacy Day, January 23, 2020.","description":"Recognize January 23, 2020, as Children's Advocacy Day.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-23","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR42/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr42.html","sponsor":"David Givens"},
{"bill_id":1307914,"bill_number":"HB253","title":"AN ACT relating to the investigation of traffic accidents.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to require local law enforcement agencies having jurisdiction to investigate all traffic accidents involving a fatality that occur on state-maintained highways; specify that if a local law enforcement agency does not have an accident reconstruction unit or similar expertise, the Kentucky State Police shall perform the investigation; amend KRS 16.065 to conform; cite as the John Carter Knight Act of 2020.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-02-28","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-02","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB253/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb253.html","sponsor":"Daniel Elliott"},
{"bill_id":1307918,"bill_number":"HB5","title":"AN ACT relating to the Solemn Covenant of the States to Award Prizes for Curing Diseases Interstate Compact.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 214 to enact and enter into the Solemn Covenant of the States to Award Prizes for Curing Diseases Interstate Compact with all other jurisdictions that legally join in the compact; declare the purpose of the compact; define terms; and establish the Solemn Covenant of States Commission and set forth the functions of the commission.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-14","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-11","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB5/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb5.html","sponsor":"David Meade"},
{"bill_id":1307922,"bill_number":"HCR40","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging Congress to pass the Supporting Accurate Views of Emergency Services Act of 2019.","description":"Declare it fitting and proper that public safety telecommunicators be included as a protective service occupation under the federal Standard Occupational Classification system; urge Congress to enact the Supporting Accurate Views of Emergency Services Acts of 2019.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-01-30","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-03","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR40/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hcr40.html","sponsor":"Rob Rothenburger"},
{"bill_id":1307927,"bill_number":"HB258","title":"AN ACT relating to jailer canteen accounts.","description":"Amend KRS 67.0802 to require any compensation resulting from the disposal of property purchased using canteen funds, be returned to the canteen account from which the property was acquired.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-14","last_action":"recommitted to Local Government (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-03","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB258/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb258.html","sponsor":"Randy Bridges"},
{"bill_id":1307932,"bill_number":"HJR43","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION designating the Representative Charles \"Preacher\" Nelson Memorial Highway in Muhlenberg County.","description":"Designate the Representative Charles \"Preacher\" Nelson Memorial Highway in Muhlenberg County.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-14","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-16","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR43/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hjr43.html","sponsor":"Melinda Prunty"},
{"bill_id":1307936,"bill_number":"HB257","title":"AN ACT relating to peace officer hours of work.","description":"Amend KRS 337.285 to allow peace officers in cities of the home rule class to be scheduled for 80 hours or less in a work period of 14 consecutive days under specified conditions; amend KRS 95.495 to conform.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-19","last_action":"to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-19","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB257/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb257.html","sponsor":"Joni Jenkins"},
{"bill_id":1307940,"bill_number":"HB254","title":"AN ACT relating to financial responsibility of motor vehicle operators.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to define \"expenses of an emergency response,\" \"public agency,\" and \"reasonable costs\"; require a driver who drives on a highway that has been barricaded due to flooding be held liable for the costs of rescue or recovery; allow a driver convicted of violating KRS 189.290 for driving on a highway that is flooded to be held liable for the costs of rescue or recovery; limit liability under this section to $2,000; allow insurance policies to exclude coverage for a person's liability under this section; amend KRS 189.290 and 39F.120 to conform; amend KRS 304.39-020 to exclude charges under Section 1 of the act from the definition of medical expenses; create a new section of 304.39 to allow motor vehicle liability insurance policies to exclude coverage for a person's liability under Section 1 of the Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-14","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-16","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB254/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb254.html","sponsor":"Daniel Elliott"},
{"bill_id":1307945,"bill_number":"HCR39","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Aerospace and Aviation Caucus within the Kentucky General Assembly.","description":"Establish the Aerospace and Aviation Caucus within the Kentucky General Assembly.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-14","last_action":"recommitted to Small Business & Information Technology (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-06","committee":"Small Business & Information Technology","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR39/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hcr39.html","sponsor":"Joe Graviss"},
{"bill_id":1307953,"bill_number":"SR43","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing and celebrating Mr. Steve Kelley of Carlisle County for being honored as the 2019 Kentucky Farm Bureau Farmer of the Year.","description":"Recognize Mr. Steve Kelley on being named the 2019 Kentucky Farm Bureau Farmer of the Year.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-13","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-13","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR43/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr43.html","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":1309235,"bill_number":"HB269","title":"AN ACT relating to local government parking citation enforcement.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 82.600 to 82.640 to allow cities, urban-county governments, and consolidated local governments, through the passage of an ordinance, to receive goods for transfer to nonprofit charities, service organizations, and local government projects or programs serving the public in lieu either in whole or in part of civil fines assessed against parking violations.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-02-05","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-07","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB269/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb269.html","sponsor":"McKenzie Cantrell"},
{"bill_id":1309244,"bill_number":"SR54","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Joe Nevills upon winning a 2019 Media Eclipse Award.","description":"Honor Joe Nevills upon winning a 2019 Media Eclipse Award.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-28","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR54/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr54.html","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":1309257,"bill_number":"HB261","title":"AN ACT relating to technical corrections to various tax statutes and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 131.183 to clarify that the application of interest does not apply to the addition of tax for estimated tax purposes; amend KRS 131.250 to allow the Department of Revenue to determine which returns, reports, or statements should be electronically filed; amend KRS 133.225 to require certain specific information to be posted on the Department of Revenue's website related to the assessment of property and the property tax calendar; amend KRS 138.220 to clarify when motor fuel dealers are to be notified about a change to the average wholesale price; amend KRS 138.450 and 139.260 to make a technical correction; amend KRS 139.340 and 139.450 to clarify that, once the threshold for sales or transactions is exceeded by a remote retailer or a marketplace provider, the taxpayer must register and collect the tax from the purchaser by the first day of the calendar month that begins no later than 60 days after either threshold is reached; amend KRS 141.039 to make technical corrections; amend KRS 141.0401 to clarify in which circumstances a consolidated return is allowed for the limited liability entity tax; amend KRS 141.044 to restore language permitting interest on refunds to begin after 90 days; amend KRS 141.121 to make technical corrections; amend KRS 141.201 to clarify the specific corporations that are exempt from taxation, that those corporations are not included in the consolidated return, and that by electing to file a consolidated return the group is voluntarily subjecting each member of the affiliated group to the jurisdiction of this state; amend KRS 141.202, 141.205, 141.206, 141.383, and 141.900 to make technical corrections; amend KRS 141.985 to clarify that the application of interest does not apply to the addition of tax for estimated tax purposes; amend KRS 224.50-868 to clarify that the new tire fee of $2 per tire applies to the sale of all tires, not just new motor vehicle tires; repeal KRS 132.550 and 132.635; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-15","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-02","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB261/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb261.html","sponsor":"Steven Rudy"},
{"bill_id":1309269,"bill_number":"SR53","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Marvin Lewis Dever Jr.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Marvin Lewis Dever Jr.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-23","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR53/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr53.html","sponsor":"Denise Harper Angel"},
{"bill_id":1309281,"bill_number":"HR47","title":"A RESOLUTION asking the House to join together in prayer for Leslie County Sheriff's Deputy Shane Wilson.","description":"Ask House to join together in prayer for Leslie County Sheriff's Deputy Shane Wilson.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-15","last_action":"introduced in House","last_action_date":"2020-01-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR47/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr47.html","sponsor":"Derek Lewis"},
{"bill_id":1309296,"bill_number":"HB267","title":"AN ACT relating to criminal history record checks.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 620 to allow the Department for Community Based Services to request a criminal justice agency to perform a federal name-based criminal history record check of each adult residing in a home that a child is placed during an emergency placement; allow the Department for Kentucky State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to charge a reasonable fee for processing a fingerprint-based criminal history record check.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-15","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-17","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB267/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb267.html","sponsor":"Daniel Elliott"},
{"bill_id":1309311,"bill_number":"HB259","title":"AN ACT relating to firearms.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to make it a crime to unlawfully store a firearm; establish elements of the crime for recklessly allowing access to an unsecured firearm by a minor; establish the crime as a Class B misdemeanor unless a physical injury or death results, in which case it is a Class A misdemeanor.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-15","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-17","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB259/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb259.html","sponsor":"George Brown"},
{"bill_id":1309335,"bill_number":"HB263","title":"AN ACT relating to computer science education.","description":"Amend KRS 158.849 to establish goal of increasing participation in computer science courses by underrepresented groups; require the Department of Education to submit an annual report on public school students participating in computer science courses.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-15","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-17","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB263/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb263.html","sponsor":"Deanna Frazier Gordon"},
{"bill_id":1309350,"bill_number":"SR46","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Janet Conley Horton.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Janet Conley Horton.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-22","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-01-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR46/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr46.html","sponsor":"Denise Harper Angel"},
{"bill_id":1309365,"bill_number":"SR50","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Christian Way Farm of Hopkinsville.","description":"Honor Christian Way Farm of Hopkinsville.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-28","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR50/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr50.html","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":1309377,"bill_number":"SB94","title":"AN ACT relating to motor fuel.","description":"Amend KRS 363.904 to remove requirements for the sale of gasoline containing up to ten percent ethanol.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-02-21","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 4)","last_action_date":"2020-02-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB94/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb94.html","sponsor":"Paul Hornback"},
{"bill_id":1309390,"bill_number":"SR51","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing the retirement of Dr. Samir Guindi.","description":"Recognize the retirement of Dr. Samir Guindi.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-17","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-01-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR51/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr51.html","sponsor":"Johnny Turner"},
{"bill_id":1309404,"bill_number":"SR55","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Humana's David Allen Jones.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Humana's David Allen Jones.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-19","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-03-19","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR55/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr55.html","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":1309418,"bill_number":"SR52","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Sidney William Anderson, Jr.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Sidney William Anderson, Jr.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-23","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR52/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr52.html","sponsor":"Denise Harper Angel"},
{"bill_id":1309430,"bill_number":"HB268","title":"AN ACT relating to the protection of Kentucky's adults.","description":"Amend KRS 381.230 to establish a simplified method for elderly or vulnerable adults to petition for an order to prevent or restrain other persons from trespassing onto the petitioner's residence; create a new section of KRS Chapter 209 to clarify abuse of an adult and establish penalties; clarify exploitation of an adult and establish penalties; restate neglect of an adult and establish penalties; amend KRS 209.990 to delete existing penalties for abuse, exploitation, and neglect; amend KRS 209.020 to define terms; create a new section of KRS Chapter 209 to create a rebuttable presumption that transfers of real or personal property made by protected adults and not supported by adequate consideration were made under undue influence.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-15","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-17","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB268/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb268.html","sponsor":"Daniel Elliott"},
{"bill_id":1309445,"bill_number":"SCR48","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Abandoned Horse Task Force.","description":"Establish the Abandoned Horse Task Force; set membership and areas of study; require report of findings by November 30, 2020.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-15","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Energy (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-17","committee":"Natural Resources and Energy","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SCR48/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/scr48.html","sponsor":"Robin Webb"},
{"bill_id":1309461,"bill_number":"HR46","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing November as Epilepsy Awareness Month.","description":"Recognize November as Epilepsy Awareness Month.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-25","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR46/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr46.html","sponsor":"Cherlynn Stevenson"},
{"bill_id":1309474,"bill_number":"HB262","title":"AN ACT relating to state-supported universities and community colleges participating in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 61.522 to permit a state-supported university or community college ceasing participation in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System (KERS) nonhazardous plan by June 30, 2020, under the provisions of subsection (8) of KRS 61.522 (2019 SS HB 1), to make an election to retain participation in the retirement plan for only its existing employees who began participating in the systems administered by the Kentucky Retirement Systems prior to September 1, 2008, (Tier I) and, upon its effective cessation date, cease the participation of its existing employees who began participating on or after September 1, 2008, but prior to January 1, 2014 (Tier II); vary assumed rate of return/discount rate used to determine cessation costs from 3% to 4.5% based upon university/college employers' decisions regarding payment type (lump-sum vs. installments) and based on employee type (Tier I and II) and whether those employees will continue to participate in KERS after June 30, 2020; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-15","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-17","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB262/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb262.html","sponsor":"Mark Hart"},
{"bill_id":1309488,"bill_number":"HCR49","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Severe Mental Illness Task Force.","description":"Create the Severe Mental Illness Task Force to study the provision of mental health services to adults with a severe mental illness; outline task force membership; require the task force to meet monthly during the 2020 Interim and to submit findings and recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2020.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-02-06","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-10","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR49/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hcr49.html","sponsor":"Kimberly Moser"},
{"bill_id":1309499,"bill_number":"HB264","title":"AN ACT relating to local government payment for purchases and standing orders, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 65.140 to enable payment for the purchase of goods or services by local government to be made by the party responsible; provide for documentation of purchaser disapproval; amend KRS 68.275 to authorize county judge/executive to pay claims as a requirement of state or federal law or regulation and, present those claims to fiscal court for review following payment;EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-02-05","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-07","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB264/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb264.html","sponsor":"Rob Rothenburger"},
{"bill_id":1309514,"bill_number":"SR47","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Anna \"Louise\" Edelen.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Anna \"Louise\" Edelen.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-22","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-01-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR47/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr47.html","sponsor":"Denise Harper Angel"},
{"bill_id":1309527,"bill_number":"HR44","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring the Blueprint for Kentucky's Children and adjourning in honor of Children's Advocacy Day on January 23, 2020.","description":"Honor the Blueprint for Kentucky's Children and adjourn in honor of Children's Advocacy Day on January 23, 2020.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-23","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR44/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr44.html","sponsor":"David Meade"},
{"bill_id":1309542,"bill_number":"SB93","title":"AN ACT relating to residential communities.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 381 to define terms related to planned communities; establish administrative standards for planned communities; provide standards for declarations for planned communities; indicate that planned communities shall have a declaration accompanied by bylaws that include specific provisions; provide that associations shall have an executive board with enumerated powers; allow periods of declarant control of the associations; provide for rights and responsibilities of associations; require associations to keep certain financial records; allow associations to assess lot owners for certain expenses; allow associations to have a lien upon any lot for nonpayment of assessments; provide guidelines for revitalization of defunct associations; establish guidelines for civil liabilities; define \"governing documents\" and \"homeowners' association\"; state that the governing documents may not prohibit the outdoor display of political yard signs 30 days before any special, primary, or general election until seven days after that election; establish a short title.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-15","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-17","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB93/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb93.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1309553,"bill_number":"HB266","title":"AN ACT relating to children of military families.","description":"Amend KRS 159.075 to include parents or guardians who are transferring to a reserve component or separating from the military under honorable conditions; include a home under contract to be built as a qualifying residence; allow qualifying students to temporarily reside outside of district if the housing is unavailable and be included in the attending district's average daily attendance.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 28)","last_action_date":"2020-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB266/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb266.html","sponsor":"Matthew Koch"},
{"bill_id":1309571,"bill_number":"SB95","title":"AN ACT relating to sales and use tax exemptions.","description":"Amend KRS 139.480 to exempt from sales and use tax tangible personal property purchased by a person for incorporation into a structure or improvement to real property under a contract with the federal, state, or local government, or a resident, nonprofit educational, charitable, or religious institution; apply to sales made after October 1, 2020, but before October 1, 2024; require the Department of Revenue to report the claimed exemptions to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue; amend KRS 131.190 to give the department authority to provide the report to the Legislative Research Commission.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-15","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-17","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB95/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb95.html","sponsor":"Christian McDaniel"},
{"bill_id":1309582,"bill_number":"HR48","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing and celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Aviation Museum of Kentucky.","description":"Recognize and celebrate the Aviation Museum of Kentucky for its contributions to the Commonwealth on its twenty-fifth anniversary.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-27","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR48/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr48.html","sponsor":"Stan Lee"},
{"bill_id":1309596,"bill_number":"HB265","title":"AN ACT relating to the reporting of child abuse.","description":"Amend KRS 620.030, relating to the requirement to report child abuse, to limit the clergy-penitent exemption to the confessional setting; amend KRS 620.050, relating to the reporting of child abuse, to limit the clergy-penitent exemption to the confessional setting.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-15","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-17","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB265/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb265.html","sponsor":"Susan Westrom"},
{"bill_id":1309609,"bill_number":"SR49","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of John Prichard Tierney.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of John Prichard Tierney.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-05","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR49/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr49.html","sponsor":"Robin Webb"},
{"bill_id":1309623,"bill_number":"HR45","title":"A RESOLUTION urging the General Assembly to oppose the adoption of a \"Red Flag\" law, or any legislation intended to infringe upon a law-abiding citizen's right to keep and bear arms as afforded by the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution.","description":"Urge the General Assembly to oppose the adoption of a \"Red Flag\" law or other legislation infringing on the right to keep and bear arms.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-01-15","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-01-24","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR45/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr45.html","sponsor":"Savannah Maddox"},
{"bill_id":1309635,"bill_number":"SR45","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of George Louis Tapp.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of George Louis Tapp.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-01-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR45/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr45.html","sponsor":"Paul Hornback"},
{"bill_id":1309648,"bill_number":"HB260","title":"AN ACT relating to family preservation services.","description":"Amend KRS 200.575 to require the Kentucky Department for Community Based Services to facilitate the application and implementation of housing vouchers for qualified families as part of family preservation services.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-15","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-17","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB260/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb260.html","sponsor":"Deanna Frazier Gordon"},
{"bill_id":1311276,"bill_number":"SR63","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring the work of the Center for Neighborhoods.","description":"Honor the work of the Center for Neighborhoods.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-25","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR63/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr63.html","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":1311306,"bill_number":"HB276","title":"AN ACT relating to licensing.","description":"Amend KRS 186.041 to clarify eligiblity for a special military license plate; provide for a special military license plate sticker for spouses of veterans; amend KRS 186.416 to clarify proof required for a veteran designation on an operator's license.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 42)","last_action_date":"2020-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB276/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb276.html","sponsor":"Samara Heavrin"},
{"bill_id":1311338,"bill_number":"SR56","title":"A RESOLUTION commending Taiwan for its relations with the United States.","description":"Commend Taiwan for its relations with the United States.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-23","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR56/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr56.html","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":1311372,"bill_number":"SR57","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Corvette and acknowledging the General Motors Corvette Assembly Plant in Bowling Green.","description":"Honor Corvette and acknowledge the General Motors Corvette Assembly Plant in Bowling Green.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-19","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-03-19","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR57/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr57.html","sponsor":"Mike Wilson"},
{"bill_id":1311406,"bill_number":"HB270","title":"AN ACT relating to retirement plans covering legislators and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 6.500 to 6.577 to close the Legislators' Retirement Plan (LRP) to new members effective July 1, 2020, and to provide that new legislators shall participate in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System (KERS) for the duration of their legislative service; clarify that legislators who are also teachers contributing to the Teachers' Retirement System (TRS) may continue to participate in TRS while serving as a member of the General Assembly; provide that Legislators' Retirement Plan (LRP) members who entered the plan on or after 1/1/2014 and who are participating in the LRP cash balance plan shall have their account balance transferred to the KERS hybrid cash balance plan and shall prospectively participate in KERS for the duration of their legislative service; amend KRS 6.505 to provide that legislative changes that are enacted on or after July 1, 2020, for the Legislators' Retirement Plan shall not be part of the \"inviolable contract\" and to make conforming amendments; amend KRS 6.520 to provide that the LRP benefit factor for the traditional defined benefit plan shall be lowered from 2.75% to 1.97% for service accrued on or after July 1, 2020; amend KRS 6.525 to provide that non-legislative compensation earned in another state-administered retirement system on or after July 1, 2020, shall not be used to calculate benefits in the Legislators' Retirement Plan; amend KRS 21.525 to provide that the Judicial Form Retirement System shall not request nor receive any funding for the Legislators' Retirement Plan (LRP), except for administrative expenses, until such time the LRP plan has an actuarial funding level equal to or less than the KERS nonhazardous pension fund; amend KRS 61.510 to provide that for any service to the General Assembly that is credited to the Kentucky Employees Retirement System, no compensation earned for other covered public employment shall be used to determine the portion of their benefit related to their service to the General Assembly; amend KRS 6.500, 21.402, and 61.680 to conform and to restore/remove language due to a recent court ruling; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-16","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-11","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB270/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb270.html","sponsor":"James Tipton"},
{"bill_id":1311441,"bill_number":"HB281","title":"AN ACT relating to student access to sexually explicit material.","description":"Amend KRS 156.675 to require the Kentucky Department of Education to develop informational materials on the public health risks and potential harms of sexually explicit Internet content; require each public school to distribute the informational materials to parents and guardians beginning with the 2021-2022 school year.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-01-16","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-02-21","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB281/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb281.html","sponsor":"Nancy Tate"},
{"bill_id":1311474,"bill_number":"SR61","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing Muslim Day at the State Capitol.","description":"Recognize Muslim Day at the State Capitol.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-10","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR61/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr61.html","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1311510,"bill_number":"SR58","title":"A RESOLUTION supporting, educating, and promoting organ donors.","description":"Support, educate, and promote organ donors.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-16","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-01-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR58/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr58.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1311543,"bill_number":"HB285","title":"AN ACT relating to female genital mutilation.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 508 to define \"female genital mutilation\" and create the Class B felony of female genital mutilation; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to require the Department for Public Health in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to develop, produce, and disseminate educational materials related to female genital mutilation; amend KRS 15.334 to require law enforcement training on female genital mutilation; amend KRS 311.595 to require a conviction of female genital mutilation to result in mandatory revocation of a physician's license; create a new section of KRS Chapter 413 to permit civil action for female genital mutilation for ten years; amend KRS 620.020 to include female genital mutilation in the definition of \"abused or neglected child\"; amend KRS 620.030 to provide that if a person knows or has reasonable cause to believe that a child is a victim of female genital mutilation, then that person shall immediately make an oral or written report to the appropriate authorities; create a new section of KRS Chapter 620 to require a report on female genital mutilation reports to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-16","last_action":"posting withdrawn","last_action_date":"2020-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB285/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb285.html","sponsor":"Nancy Tate"},
{"bill_id":1311576,"bill_number":"HB279","title":"AN ACT relating to military affairs.","description":"Amend KRS 154.12-203 to update Kentucky Commission on Military Affairs membership based on current commands, battalions, and military installations.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 43)","last_action_date":"2020-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB279/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb279.html","sponsor":"Nancy Tate"},
{"bill_id":1311611,"bill_number":"SR60","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Carolyn Upperman Clark.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Carolyn Upperman Clark.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-05","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR60/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr60.html","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1311646,"bill_number":"SB96","title":"AN ACT relating to a drug-free workplace.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 336 to provide definitions and to require public employers to have an appeals process for an employee who violates a drug-free policy using legal industrial products; amend KRS 18A.043 to require an appeals process for those public employers who require drug testing; amend KRS 304.13-167 to require Section 2 be complied with by public employers and suggested for private employers.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-16","last_action":"to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-21","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB96/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb96.html","sponsor":"Perry Clark"},
{"bill_id":1311681,"bill_number":"HB272","title":"AN ACT relating to board of education employee insurance.","description":"Amend KRS 161.158 to authorize each district board of education to determine the group insurance plan offered to its employees.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-01-16","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-02-06","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB272/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb272.html","sponsor":"Steve Riley"},
{"bill_id":1311713,"bill_number":"HB271","title":"AN ACT relating to death-in-line-of-duty benefits and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 16.601 and 61.621 to remove provisions which reduce line of duty or duty-related death benefits upon remarriage; establish non-codified sections to: provide that an eligible surviving spouse who has subsequently remarried shall have their benefit increased; provide that an eligible surviving spouse of a member whose death was determined by the systems to be a direct result of an act in line of duty or a duty-related injury, but chose to receive monthly death benefits in lieu of line of duty benefits, shall receive line of duty or duty-related death monthly benefits; provide that Kentucky Retirement System shall establish process by which a surviving spouse of a member who died prior to retirement and prior to April 13, 2018, may apply for the line of duty death benefits; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 46)","last_action_date":"2020-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB271/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb271.html","sponsor":"John Blanton"},
{"bill_id":1311743,"bill_number":"HB278","title":"AN ACT relating to postsecondary readiness.","description":"Amend KRS 158.6455 to require inclusion of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery test as a measurement of postsecondary readiness for the state accountability system.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-02-14","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-18","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB278/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb278.html","sponsor":"Matthew Koch"},
{"bill_id":1311779,"bill_number":"HB282","title":"AN ACT relating to life-prolonging treatment for unemancipated minors.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to require that a parent or legal guardian of an unemancipated minor be informed of an intent to withhold life-prolonging treatment before an order is instituted; permit a parent or legal guardian to refuse consent for an order to withhold life-prolonging treatment; permits either parent to petition the Circuit Court if they disagree; require a health care facility or physician to disclose a policy relating to life-prolonging treatment upon request.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-16","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-21","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB282/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb282.html","sponsor":"Nancy Tate"},
{"bill_id":1311812,"bill_number":"HB284","title":"AN ACT relating to probation program credits.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 439.250 to 439.560 to establish probation program credits; amend KRS 439.250 to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 44)","last_action_date":"2020-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB284/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb284.html","sponsor":"Derek Lewis"},
{"bill_id":1311847,"bill_number":"HB273","title":"AN ACT relating to the establishment of a tax credit to promote investments in Kentucky businesses.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 136 to establish the growth fund tax credit; amend KRS 131.190 to allow reporting of the tax credit to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue; establish Subchapter 21 of KRS Chapter 154 and create new sections thereof to establish an application and approval process for investment in growth businesses by a growth fund and verification related to the new tax credit; provide that sections 5 to 11 of this Act may be cited as the Kentucky Rural Jobs Act of 2020.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-16","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-21","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB273/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb273.html","sponsor":"Richard Heath"},
{"bill_id":1311881,"bill_number":"HB275","title":"AN ACT relating to the sexual exploitation of minors.","description":"Amend KRS 531.335 to raise the penalty for possession or viewing of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor under the age of 12 years to a Class C felony; amend KRS 531.340 to raise the penalty for the distribution of matter portraying a sexual performance of a minor under the age of 12 years to a Class C felony for the first offense and a Class B felony for each subsequent offense.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-16","last_action":"posting withdrawn","last_action_date":"2020-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB275/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb275.html","sponsor":"Derek Lewis"},
{"bill_id":1311915,"bill_number":"SB97","title":"AN ACT relating to racial and ethnic community criminal justice and public safety impact statements.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapters 6 and 15A to make legislative findings and require racial and ethnic community criminal justice and public safety impact statements for certain legislation and administrative regulations.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-16","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-21","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB97/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb97.html","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":1311948,"bill_number":"SR62","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Thomas Edward Meaux.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Thomas Edward Meaux.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-14","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR62/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr62.html","sponsor":"Robin Webb"},
{"bill_id":1311980,"bill_number":"HB283","title":"AN ACT relating to jury service for caregivers.","description":"Amend KRS 29A.100 to allow individuals to be excused from jury service if they 70 years of age or older and request to be excused from jury service.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-16","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-21","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB283/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb283.html","sponsor":"Kathy Hinkle"},
{"bill_id":1312017,"bill_number":"HB280","title":"AN ACT relating to child restraint systems and booster seats.","description":"Amend KRS 189.125 to prohibit the operator of a motor vehicle from carrying passengers who are required to be secured in a child restraint system or booster seat from placing the child restraint system or booster seat in the front seat of the vehicle if the vehicle has seating in the vehicle behind the front seat; amend KRS 189.990 to set fines for violations of all the provisions of KRS 189.125(3)at $50; retain language exempting these fines from court costs; amend KRS 189.574 and 431.452 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-16","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-21","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB280/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb280.html","sponsor":"Nancy Tate"},
{"bill_id":1312050,"bill_number":"HB274","title":"AN ACT relating to bus operation safety.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require the Transportation Cabinet to develop in cooperation with the Department of Education, a risk reduction program for school bus operators; outline requirements of the program; outline school district implementation requirements; require reporting of assaults; create a new section of KRS Chapter 281 to require the Transportation Cabinet to develop a risk reduction program for bus operators; outline requirements; outline implementation requirements; require reporting of assaults; amend KRS 281.990 to establish an initial penalty of $5,000 for failure to implement the program required; if program is not implemented 14 days after the initial penalty is assessed, an additional fee of $250 per day shall be assessed until implementation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-16","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-21","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB274/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb274.html","sponsor":"Jeffery Donohue"},
{"bill_id":1312085,"bill_number":"HB277","title":"AN ACT relating to license plates for disabled veterans.","description":"Amend KRS 186.162 to allow disabled veterans who are paid at the 100 percent rate for service-connected disabilities by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to purchase disabled veteran license plates with no initial fee or renewal fee.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-02-14","last_action":"recommitted to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB277/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb277.html","sponsor":"Samara Heavrin"},
{"bill_id":1312119,"bill_number":"SR59","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing the bicentennial of New Haven, Kentucky.","description":"Recognize the bicentennial of New Haven, Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-24","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR59/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr59.html","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":1312185,"bill_number":"HR50","title":"A RESOLUTION commemorating the centennial anniversary of Kentucky's ratification of the 19th Amendment on January 6, 1920.","description":"Commemorate the centennial anniversary of Kentucky's ratification of the 19th Amendment on January 6, 1920.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-16","last_action":"posting withdrawn","last_action_date":"2020-02-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR50/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr50.html","sponsor":"Patti Minter"},
{"bill_id":1313798,"bill_number":"HB288","title":"AN ACT relating to revenue.","description":"Amend KRS 141.018 to make a technical correction.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-01-17","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-03-11","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB288/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb288.html","sponsor":"Steven Rudy"},
{"bill_id":1313818,"bill_number":"HB291","title":"AN ACT relating to income tax.","description":"Amend KRS 141.180 to make a technical correction.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-01-17","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-03-11","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB291/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb291.html","sponsor":"Steven Rudy"},
{"bill_id":1313830,"bill_number":"HB289","title":"AN ACT relating to sales and use taxes.","description":"Amend KRS 139.990 for technical corrections.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-01-17","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-03-11","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB289/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb289.html","sponsor":"Steven Rudy"},
{"bill_id":1313841,"bill_number":"HB294","title":"AN ACT relating to branch budget bills.","description":"Amend KRS 48.720, relating to branch budget bills, to make a technical correction.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-01-17","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-03-11","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB294/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb294.html","sponsor":"Steven Rudy"},
{"bill_id":1313852,"bill_number":"HB293","title":"AN ACT relating to branch budget recommendations.","description":"Amend KRS 48.165, relating to branch budget recommendations, to make technical corrections.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-01-17","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-03-11","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB293/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb293.html","sponsor":"Steven Rudy"},
{"bill_id":1313863,"bill_number":"SB99","title":"AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages.","description":"Amend KRS 242.1243 to remove sunset provision for local option elections for distilleries; amend KRS 243.0305 to allow distillery gift shops to sell products that were produced in collaboration with a brewer or microbrewer; amend KRS 243.120 to establish minimum production amounts for distillery licensees.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-04-24","last_action":"signed by Governor Acts Ch. 102)","last_action_date":"2020-04-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB99/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb99.html","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":1313876,"bill_number":"HB292","title":"AN ACT relating to branch budget bills.","description":"Amend KRS 48.160, relating to branch budget bills, to make a technical correction.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-01-17","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-03-11","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB292/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb292.html","sponsor":"Steven Rudy"},
{"bill_id":1313886,"bill_number":"SB98","title":"AN ACT relating to employment discrimination based on smoking.","description":"Amend KRS 344.040 to remove protections against employment discrimination based on an individual's status as a smoker or nonsmoker.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-17","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-21","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB98/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb98.html","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":1313897,"bill_number":"HB290","title":"AN ACT relating to taxation.","description":"Amend KRS 139.785 to make a technical correction.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-01-17","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-03-11","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB290/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb290.html","sponsor":"Steven Rudy"},
{"bill_id":1313909,"bill_number":"HB287","title":"AN ACT relating to elections.","description":"Amend KRS 116.055 to permit voters registered with a political group, political organization, or as an independent to vote in the primary or a political party under specific circumstances; amend KRS 117.085, 117.125, and 117.381 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-17","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-22","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB287/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb287.html","sponsor":"John Sims"},
{"bill_id":1313921,"bill_number":"HB286","title":"AN ACT relating to the prescriptive authority of advanced practice registered nurses.","description":"Amend KRS 314.011 to allow designated advanced practice registered nurses certified in psychiatric-mental health nursing to prescribe up to two sequential refills for a 30 day supply of psychostimulants; amend KRS 314.042 to remove the one-year practice requirement before an APRN may prescribe controlled substances under a CAPA-CS; establish conditions for an APRN to prescribe controlled substances without a CAPA-CS after four years of controlled substance prescribing authority under a CAPA-CS; require an APRN to confirm with the nursing board that the APRN's license is in good standing before prescribing without a CAPA-CS; set procedures for the nursing board's license review; prohibit any attempt to require or compel an APRN to maintain a CAPA-CS to prescribe after the four-year threshold; exempt an equivalently qualified out-of-state APRN from the CAPA-CS requirement to prescribe under licensure by endorsement; require an APRN with less than four years of prescribing controlled substances to maintain a CAPA-CS until the four years are completed.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-17","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB286/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb286.html","sponsor":"Russell Webber"},
{"bill_id":1316046,"bill_number":"HB301","title":"AN ACT relating to financial literacy.","description":"Amend KRS 158.1411 to require successful completion of a one-half credit course on financial literacy as a requirement for high school graduation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-21","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB301/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb301.html","sponsor":"Jim Duplessis"},
{"bill_id":1316050,"bill_number":"SR67","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Gay Dwyer upon her retirement as Kentucky Retail Federation Senior Vice President of Government Affairs.","description":"Honor Gay Dwyer upon her retirement as Kentucky Retail Federation Senior Vice President of Government Affairs.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-17","last_action":"adopted","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR67/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr67.html","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":1316056,"bill_number":"SR72","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Ramona Barbee.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Ramona Barbee.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-25","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR72/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr72.html","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":1316062,"bill_number":"SB104","title":"AN ACT relating to the POW/MIA flag.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to designate the POW/MIA flag as the state's symbol of concern and commitment to achieving the fullest possible accounting of United States military personnel who, having been prisoners of war or missing in action, still remain unaccounted for or those who in the future may become prisoners of war, missing in action, or otherwise unaccounted for as a result of hostile action; specify locations, dates, and circumstances under which the flag shall be displayed.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-21","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-23","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB104/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb104.html","sponsor":"C.B. Embry"},
{"bill_id":1316068,"bill_number":"HB295","title":"AN ACT relating to student health.","description":"Amend KRS 160.345 to require at least 25 minutes of student physical activity each school day; expand requirement to include students up to grade 8; and prioritize free play activities taking place outdoors.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-21","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-23","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB295/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb295.html","sponsor":"Maria Sorolis"},
{"bill_id":1316077,"bill_number":"HB305","title":"AN ACT relating to consolidated emergency services districts and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create various sections of KRS Chapter 65 to define terms; establish procedures for the creation of a consolidated emergency services district; authorize that certain local government officials shall appoint the board of trustees of the district; provide a formula for determining the number of elected members, qualifications of elected members, terms, non-partisan elections, nomination procedures, removal, and district apportionment requirements; establish officers of the district and compensation of officers; provide $100 per day to appointees, elected members compensated pursuant to KRS 64.527; establish the quorum of the board; establish an advisory committee, number, qualifications of appointees, duties of committee and compensation of members; exceed $0.30 per $100 valuation, allow for ballot question for expanded taxation for additional services to be provided, and provide that the additional tax may be either an ad valorem or occupational license tax; allow the board to levy an insurance premium tax or an occupation and license tax; declare that upon creation of a district, the board assumes all duties, responsibilities, and liabilities of former departments or districts, former jurisdictions to be special taxing districts until indebtedness is relieved and that all previously entered into interlocal agreements shall remain in force for their duration; set requirements relating to CERS; amend KRS 65.180 to define consolidated emergency services district as a \"taxing districts\"; amend KRS 68.180 to grant districts in counties over 300,000 the power to levy a license and occupation tax; amend KRS 68.197 to grant districts in counties over 30,000 the power to levy a license and occupation tax; amend KRS 75.020 to include creation of a district within the definition of merger; amend KRS 78.530 to allow for any districts, not all to be excluded from the provisions; amend KRS 91A.080 to include consolidated emergency services districts; amend KRS 95A.500 to allow the district to receive qualified shares of merged fire districts; amend KRS 118.305 to place elected trustees on ballot; amend KRS 118.315 to include nominating petitions for elected trustees; amend KRS 134.119 to provide that the sheriff shall be compensated for collecting taxes for consolidated emergency service districts; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-01-21","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-01-24","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB305/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb305.html","sponsor":"Ed Massey"},
{"bill_id":1316085,"bill_number":"SR65","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Susan Stokley Clary upon her retirement.","description":"Honor Susan Stokley Clary upon her retirement.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-28","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-01-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR65/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr65.html","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":1316091,"bill_number":"SR69","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Jim Cox.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Jim Cox.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR69/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr69.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1316095,"bill_number":"SR68","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring former Kentucky State Legislator Dan Seum.","description":"Honor former Kentucky State Senator Dan Seum.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR68/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr68.html","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":1316105,"bill_number":"SB103","title":"AN ACT relating to agricultural land.","description":"Amend KRS 211.015 to reduce the minimum acreage requirement to qualify as a \"farmstead\" from ten acres to five acres for the purposes of on-site sewage disposal system requirements; amend KRS 318.010 to reduce the minimum acreage requirement to qualify as a \"farmstead\" from ten acres to five acres for the purposes of exemption from the requirements of the Kentucky State Plumbing Code.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-02-19","last_action":"received in Senate","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB103/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb103.html","sponsor":"Matt Castlen"},
{"bill_id":1316111,"bill_number":"HB307","title":"AN ACT relating to a statutory exemption for surviving spouses.","description":"Amend KRS 391.030, relating to the descent of property, to increase the surviving spouse exemption from $15,000 to $30,000.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-17","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 24)","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB307/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb307.html","sponsor":"Daniel Elliott"},
{"bill_id":1316116,"bill_number":"HR51","title":"A RESOLUTION designating February 20, 2020, as Sarcoidosis Awareness Day.","description":"Designate February 20, 2020, as Sarcoidosis Awareness Day.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2020-01-21","last_action":"to House Floor","last_action_date":"2020-01-23","committee":"Floor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR51/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr51.html","sponsor":"Nancy Tate"},
{"bill_id":1316125,"bill_number":"HB298","title":"AN ACT relating to police pursuit policies and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to provide definitions, require each law enforcement agency in the state to establish and enforce policies governing of a vehicle pursuit after January 1, 2021; provide the criteria for decision-making to initiate and terminate a pursuit; allow the adoption model policy, subject to certain criteria and require transmission of adopted policy to Justice Cabinet; provide for penalties for failure to transmit; require written certification that each member of the agency has received a copy of the policy and instruction on the policy; make policy confidential and not a public record; require annual review of policy; allow update of policy at any time, require submission of revised policy to Justice Cabinet; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to prohibit elected law enforcement officers from engaging in vehicle pursuit, provide exemptions for certain officers, provide penalty for violation of this section, define \"pursuit\"; amend KRS 15.440 to require a mandatory eight hours of in-service training in \"emergency vehicle operations\" annually; amend KRS 61.170 to provide for punishment of elected law enforcement officials engaging in unauthorized pursuit; amend KRS 186.560 to allow suspension of driver's license for fleeing or evading in the second degree; amend 520.100 to enhance penalties for fleeing or evading in the second degree; naming section 1 of the Act \"Jill's Law\"; Section 3 EFFECTIVE July 1, 2021.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-04-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 97)","last_action_date":"2020-04-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB298/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb298.html","sponsor":"James Tipton"},
{"bill_id":1316131,"bill_number":"SB102","title":"AN ACT relating to operations of executive branch agencies.","description":"Amend KRS 42.545 to delete the Kentucky Health and Geriatric Authority; amend KRS 42.720, 42.726, 42.728, and 61.8715 to delete reference to the Statewide Strategic Planning Committee for Children in Placement; amend KRS 154.20-020 to delete reference to building a 100-bed inpatient mental health facility in eastern Kentucky; amend KRS 194A.050, 194A.180, and 194A.190 to delete reference to the Public Health Services Advisory Council; amend KRS 199.894 to change definitions of \"child-care center\" and \"family child-care home\"; amend KRS 199.896 to add exemption from licensure for certain instructional programs; amend KRS 202A.422 to add to persons who may serve as a witness, notary public, or other person authorized to administer oaths to the signing of an advance directive; amend KRS 205.178 to change reporting requirement; amend KRS 205.201 to delete report that no longer exists; amend KRS 209.552 to change flu immunization requirements for long-term care facilities; amend KRS 209.554 to delete the Department for Public Health's mandate to negotiate purchase prices of vaccines for long-term care facilities; amend KRS 210.575 and 210.577 to revise the membership and duties of the Commission on Services and Supports for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability and Other Developmental Disabilities; amend KRS 211.1752 to delete appeals hearings from the local Health Department Employment Personnel Council duties; amend KRS 211.596 to change the membership of the Pediatric Cancer Research Trust Fund Board; amend KRS 211.990 to establish financial penalties and create a Class D felony for violations of KRS 211.842 to 211.852 relating to radiation control; amend KRS 213.011 to add the terms abortion and stillbirth and delete the terms induced termination of abortion and fetal death; amend KRS 213.031 to delete vital statistics and the Department of Education coordination on children’s Social Security numbers; amend KRS 213.036 delete requirement for a local registrar in each registration district; change district to county; permit local health departments to designate a deputy registrar; amend KRS 213.041 to delete that vital statistic forms be typewritten; change local to state registrar; amend KRS 213.046 and 213.051 to require certificates of birth be filed with the state registrar within five working days; change local to state registrar; amend KRS 213.071 to change sealing of birth certificates; amend KRS 213.047 to change local to state registrar and add that fee and form may be submitted to a local health department; amend KRS 213.076 to delete requirement to provide color-coded envelopes to funeral homes; amend KRS 213.096 and 213.156 to add the terms abortion and stillbirth and delete the terms induced termination of abortion and fetal death; amend KRS 213.101 to conform; amend KRS 214.160 to require an infant born with substance abuse withdrawal symptoms to be reported to child protective services; amend KRS 214.554 to delete the Breast Cancer Advisory Committee; amend KRS 216.2920 to change definitions of \"ambulatory facility\", \"facility\" and \"health-care provider\"; amend KRS 216.2925 to conform; amend KRS 216.2980 to delete required reports to the Department for Public Health; amend KRS 222.231 to change inspection of accredited agencies to at least every two years; amend KRS 304.14-617 to change requirements for long-term care policies that cover adult day health care services; amend KRS 304.14-675 to change requirements for short-term nursing home insurance policies; amend KRS 205.6317, and 342.375 to conform; amend KRS 605.120 to change foster parent rate review reports to upon request; repeal KRS 194.245, 194A.140, 194A.145, 194A.146, 194A.200, 199.8992, 200.662, 205.217, 205.950, 205.955, 211.215, 211.400, 211.402, 216.2960, 216.370, 216.375, 216.750, 216.760, 216.770, 216.780, 216.800, 216.803, 216.805, 216.807, 216.810, 216.813, 216.815, 216.817, 216.820, 216.823, 216.825, 216.827, 216.830, 216.833, 216.835, 216.837, 216.840, 216.843, 216.845, 216.847, 216.850, 216.853, 216B.021, 216B.022, 216B.182, 216B.459, 219.390, and 620.157.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 36)","last_action_date":"2020-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB102/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb102.html","sponsor":"Robert Mills"},
{"bill_id":1316138,"bill_number":"SR64","title":"A RESOLUTION establishing the 2020 membership of the Kentucky State Senate.","description":"Establish the 2020 membership of the Kentucky State Senate.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-21","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-01-21","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR64/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr64.html","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":1316145,"bill_number":"SR73","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of E. Bruce Heilman.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of E. Bruce Heilman.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-10","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-03-10","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR73/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr73.html","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":1316157,"bill_number":"HB302","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky State Plane Coordinate System.","description":"Amend KRS 1.010 to delete reference to the Kentucky Coordinate System of 1983 and replace with the Kentucky State Plane Coordinate System; and amend KRS 1.020 to delete reference to the Kentucky Coordinate System of 1983 and replace with the Kentucky State Plane Coordinate System; to replace reference to the National Ocean Service with reference to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration through its National Geodetic Survey; to require the Commonwealth Office of Technology to establish and publish a series of layered zones covered by geodetically referenced mapping projections adopted by the National Geodetic Survey; to provide updated means for converting meters to feet; to set parameters for plane coordinate values; to require coordinates based on the Kentucky State Plane Coordinate System that define a position of a corner on a land boundary to be tied to a control monument or station established by conforming to the standards of accuracy for boundary surveying as specified through administrative regulation; and to allow the use of other geodetic reference networks.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-04-07","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 77)","last_action_date":"2020-04-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB302/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb302.html","sponsor":"Jim Duplessis"},
{"bill_id":1316166,"bill_number":"HB296","title":"AN ACT relating to health education.","description":"Repeal and reenact KRS 158.1415 to require each school district to provide comprehensive sex education instruction to all public school students; establish minimum requirements for the comprehensive sex education instruction; establish minimum requirements for the comprehensive sexual education curricula and instructional materials; prohibit a school or school district from restricting the ability of an instructor to answer a question related to comprehensive sex education; require that a school make comprehensive sex education curricula and instructional materials available upon the request of a parent or guardian and establish a procedure for a parent or guardian to opt a student out of comprehensive sexual education instruction; require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations necessary to implement, administer, and enforce this section; require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations requiring that each school district submit a report on comprehensive sex education in the district biennially; require the Kentucky Department of Education to maintain a list of recommended comprehensive sex education curricula and instructional materials; permit a parent or guardian to file an action in Circuit Court to enforce these provisions.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-21","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-23","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB296/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb296.html","sponsor":"Lisa Willner"},
{"bill_id":1316170,"bill_number":"SR70","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Garry L. Terry.","description":"Adjourn the Senate in honor and loving memory of Garry L. Terry.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-26","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR70/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr70.html","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":1316177,"bill_number":"HB297","title":"AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverage licensing.","description":"Amend KRS 243.100 to add pending administrative cases before the board or a court of law and previous denial of an alcoholic beverage license within two years since the decision became final and non-appealable to the list of restrictions for applicants; amend KRS 243.390 to require applicants to state that they have no pending administrative cases before the board or a court of law or a previous denial of an alcoholic beverage license within two years since the decision became final and non-appealable.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-21","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-23","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB297/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb297.html","sponsor":"McKenzie Cantrell"},
{"bill_id":1316187,"bill_number":"SB101","title":"AN ACT relating to awarding of credit under articulation agreements.","description":"Amend KRS 164.2951 to require the Council on Postsecondary Education to facilitate the implementation of a standardized articulation agreement for each approved high school career pathway to be honored at any public college or university.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 57)","last_action_date":"2020-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB101/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb101.html","sponsor":"Mike Wilson"},
{"bill_id":1316191,"bill_number":"SR74","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Kay Shearer.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Kay Shearer.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-12","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR74/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr74.html","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":1316197,"bill_number":"HB299","title":"AN ACT relating to deputy jailers.","description":"Amend KRS 71.060 to allow jailers to appoint deputy jailers who are nonresidents of the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-04-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 106)","last_action_date":"2020-04-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB299/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb299.html","sponsor":"Kimberly Banta"},
{"bill_id":1316204,"bill_number":"HB303","title":"AN ACT relating to college student criminal history inquiries.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 prohibiting any public or private postsecondary institution from inquiring about a student's criminal history on the institution's admissions application.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-21","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-23","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB303/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb303.html","sponsor":"Lisa Willner"},
{"bill_id":1316213,"bill_number":"HB304","title":"AN ACT relating to the designation of the official syrup of Kentucky.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to name and designate sweet sorghum syrup as the official syrup of Kentucky.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-21","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-23","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB304/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb304.html","sponsor":"David Hale"},
{"bill_id":1316218,"bill_number":"SR71","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Matt Burress.","description":"Adjoun the Senate in honor and loving memory of Matt Burress.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-25","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR71/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr71.html","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":1316224,"bill_number":"SR66","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Billy Wells.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Billy Wells.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR66/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr66.html","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":1316230,"bill_number":"HB306","title":"AN ACT relating to welding safety.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 198B to establish requirements for projects requiring structural steel welding such as certification of welders and certified inspectors; provide definitions; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-02-13","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-18","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB306/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb306.html","sponsor":"Bobby McCool"},
{"bill_id":1317598,"bill_number":"SR77","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Rev. Cynthia M. Campbell upon her upcoming retirement as pastor of Highland Presbyterian Church.","description":"Honor Rev. Cynthia M. Campbell upon her upcoming retirement as pastor of Highland Presbyterian Church.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-12","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR77/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr77.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1317620,"bill_number":"SB105","title":"AN ACT relating to the regulation of cannabis and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create various new sections of KRS Chapter 245 to define terms; to allow for possession, growth, use, processing, purchasing, transfer, and consumption of cannabis; to establish limits for transfer; to allow for purchasing and manufacture of cannabis accessories; to authorize activities and operation of retail stores, consumption establishments, cultivation facilities, cannabis testing facilities, and product manufacturing facilities; to establish possession limits; to prohibit smoking cannabis in public and to establish a fine for violation; to prohibit operation of motor vehicles while consuming cannabis and to specify that existing intoxication laws are not superseded; to prohibit state or local resources to be used to investigate violations of federal Controlled Substances Act that conflict with this KRS Chapter 245; to specify that an employer is not required to allow consumption, workplace intoxication, possession, or transfer of cannabis; to prohibit individuals under the age of 21 from entering cannabis establishments, purchasing, using, or misrepresenting their age and to provide for exceptions; to establish provisions for palliative or therapeutic use of cannabis by persons under the age of 21; to establish a penalty for underage possession of cannabis; to establish a penalty for underage cultivation of cannabis; to establish provisions for personal cultivation; to establish and direct the Department of Cannabis Control to administer KRS Chapter 245 and promulgate administrative regulations relating to all aspects of cannabis establishments, cannabis manufacturing, and transfer, cultivation, packaging, and health and safety requirements; to establish restrictions on advertising, and restrictions on additives, pesticides, visitor logs, and sample testing; to require promulgation of administrative regulations within 180 days; to establish timeframes for the issuance of licenses; to establish licensure requirements and separate licenses; to establish cannabis business license tiers; to establish a license and renewal fee and license application form; to establish a trust and agency account; to establish a cannabis regulation fund and mandate the direction of certain funds; to establish a civil penalty for violating KRS Chapter 245, including for failing to keep written records and submitting required reports; to require prioritization for Kentucky residents in the licensing of cannabis businesses; to establish the legislative intent that cannabis or cannabis products not in conformity with KRS Chapter 245 are seizable as contraband; to allow for local governments to prohibit the operation of cannabis businesses; to create a new section of KRS Chapter 138 to establish excise taxes; to establish the social equity loan trust and Social Equity Loan Program; to create a new section of KRS Chapter 139 to direct the placement of excise taxes and sales taxes relating to cannabis; to create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to provide for the expungement of minor cannabis offenses; amend KRS 431.079 to conform; amend KRS 2.015 to make the cultivation, purchase, use, and possession of cannabis a higher age of majority activity; amend KRS 610.010 to make cannabis offenses under KRS Chapter 245 committed by minors under the authority of the juvenile session of the District Court; amend KRS 630.020 to grant a court jurisdiction over cannabis offenses committed by children; amend KRS 630.120 to prohibit commitment of children over a cannabis offense; amend KRS 218A.1421, 218A.1422, 218A.1423 to conform; amend KRS 218A.500 to exclude cannabis accessories from the definition of drug paraphernalia; amend KRS 12.020 and 12.252 to reflect the establishment of the Department of Cannabis Control; to establish a short title; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-22","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-24","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB105/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb105.html","sponsor":"Perry Clark"},
{"bill_id":1317643,"bill_number":"HJR54","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Transportation Cabinet to erect honorary signs declaring Clay County as \"The Home of Bailey Hubbard, Kentucky's Miss Golf 2016.\"","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to place signs on United States Highway 421 in Clay County honoring Bailey Hubbard, Kentucky's Miss Golf 2016.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-22","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-24","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR54/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hjr54.html","sponsor":"Derek Lewis"},
{"bill_id":1317664,"bill_number":"HCR53","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the United States Congress to enact legislation allowing states to permanently adopt daylight saving time.","description":"Urge the United States Congress to enact legislation allowing states to permanently adopt daylight saving time.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-02-06","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-10","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR53/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hcr53.html","sponsor":"Brandon Reed"},
{"bill_id":1317686,"bill_number":"SR75","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Judith Anne Lambeth upon her retirement from Maryhurst.","description":"Adjourn in honor of Judith Anne Lambeth upon her retirement from Maryhurst.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-23","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR75/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr75.html","sponsor":"David Givens"},
{"bill_id":1317708,"bill_number":"SR79","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring The Links, Incorporated, Day at the Kentucky State Capitol on January 23, 2020.","description":"Honor The Links, Incorporated, Day at the Kentucky State Capitol on January 23, 2020.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-23","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR79/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr79.html","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1317730,"bill_number":"HCR52","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION directing the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Kentucky Preschool Program Task Force.","description":"Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Kentucky Preschool Program Task Force to study preschool programs; require findings and recommendations to be reported by November 30, 2020.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-01-22","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-03-09","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR52/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hcr52.html","sponsor":"Josie Raymond"},
{"bill_id":1317753,"bill_number":"HB308","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":"Amend KRS 154.60-040 to add definitions of terms and incorporate statutory provisions included in the Cabinet for Economic Development's guidelines related to the farmer small business tax credit; create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to allow the farmer small business tax credit to be allowed for income tax purposes; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the farmer small business tax credit; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the Department of Revenue to supply certain statistical data to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue; make various conforming amendments.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-04-08","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 81)","last_action_date":"2020-04-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB308/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb308.html","sponsor":"Russell Webber"},
{"bill_id":1317795,"bill_number":"SR78","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.","description":"Honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-23","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR78/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr78.html","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":1317812,"bill_number":"SR76","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing Childhood Cancer Awareness Day on January 23, 2020.","description":"Recognize Childhood Cancer Awareness Day on January 23, 2020.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-23","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-01-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR76/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr76.html","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":1318863,"bill_number":"HCR55","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging Congress to fully implement the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006.","description":"Urge Congress to fully implement the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-01-23","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-01-31","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR55/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hcr55.html","sponsor":"Travis Brenda"},
{"bill_id":1318869,"bill_number":"SB109","title":"AN ACT relating to custom operations on farms.","description":"Amend KRS 376.135 to specify goods used in custom operations on farms for purposes of lien requirements.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-23","last_action":"recommitted to Agriculture (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":"Agriculture","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB109/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb109.html","sponsor":"Paul Hornback"},
{"bill_id":1318876,"bill_number":"HB312","title":"AN ACT relating to children.","description":"Amend KRS 158.448 to require the Kentucky Department of Education(KDE) to develop processes to promote more expeditious enrollment of students in foster care who are transferring to a new school or district, and the sharing of information among schools, school districts, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services(CHFS), and a child’s caseworker; amend KRS 159.170 require that KDE allow a school district’s foster care liaison to directly obtain a student’s records without requiring staff at the former district to release them first; create a new section of KRS Chapter 199 to provide that educational records released from a school to CHFS, a private agency, or a child’s caseworker, shall be limited to the purpose of serving the needs of the student and shall only be released to persons authorized by statute to receive the records; amend KRS 199.640 to require child-placing agencies to have written policies and procedures to explain their outreach activities undertaken to develop cooperative relationships with local school districts and allow the agencies to release information to authorized school staff where a child is enrolling; amend KRS 199.660 to require child-placing agencies to notify CHFS and each other through a registry when a foster family home is closed and require child-placing agencies to ensure that their homes understand and actively support the educational needs of their children through training and support; amend KRS 199.801 to conform; amend KRS 199.802 to require that the child’s caseworker shall accompany the child to the new school to enroll the child or contact the school via telephone during the day of enrollment and provide as much information as is known; require a new enrolling school to immediately obtain all school records of an enrolling foster child without needing to first request a release from prior district; require all educational records to be shared with CHFS and the child’s caseworker on a confidential basis; allow CHFS, private agencies, and the caseworker to share information with the school and teachers as to a child’s unique needs.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 64)","last_action_date":"2020-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB312/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb312.html","sponsor":"David Meade"},
{"bill_id":1318882,"bill_number":"HB313","title":"AN ACT relating to insurance.","description":"Amend KRS 304.47-055 to permit the insurance commissioner to share and receive certain documents, materials, and other information with the National Insurance Crime Bureau; amend KRS 304.47-060 to provide that a person shall not be subject to civil liability for information relating to suspected fraudulent insurance acts furnished to or received from the National Insurance Crime Bureau; repeal and reenact KRS 304.20-410 to require motor vehicle insurance companies to give appropriate discounts on comprehensive coverage for certain insured motor vehicles with an antitheft device or mechanism; amend KRS 304.13-065 to conform; repeal 304.20-400, 304.20-420, 304.20-430, 304.20-440, and 304.20-450, relating to insurance discounts for antitheft devices; provide that the changes to antitheft device discounts on comprehensive motor vehicle coverage shall apply to motor vehicle policies issued or renewed on or after the effective date of this Act.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 47)","last_action_date":"2020-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB313/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb313.html","sponsor":"Joseph Fischer"},
{"bill_id":1318888,"bill_number":"SR80","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing January 22, 2020, as National Sanctity of Human Life Day.","description":"Recognize January 22, 2020, as National Sanctity of Human Life Day.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-24","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-01-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR80/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr80.html","sponsor":"Albert Robinson"},
{"bill_id":1318894,"bill_number":"HB310","title":"AN ACT relating to health care provider employment contracts.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 311.530 to 311.620 to make non-compete provisions in advance practice nurse practitioner, physician, and osteopath employment contracts void and unenforceable, except in limited circumstances when the contract is for the sale of a practice or for employment as a faculty member at a medical school.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-23","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-27","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB310/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb310.html","sponsor":"Robert Wiederstein"},
{"bill_id":1318900,"bill_number":"SR84","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Rocky B. Comito.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Rocky B. Comito.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-31","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR84/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr84.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1318909,"bill_number":"HB314","title":"AN ACT relating to jurisdiction of courts.","description":"Amend KRS 24A.120 to increase the amount that a claim may not exceed in District Court from $5,000 to $20,000; amend KRS 24A.230 to increase the amount that a claim may not exceed in the small claims division from $2,500 to $10,000; amend KRS 24A.290 to increase the amount that a counterclaim may not exceed in the small claims division from $2,500 to $10,000.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-23","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-27","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB314/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb314.html","sponsor":"Joe Graviss"},
{"bill_id":1318914,"bill_number":"HB311","title":"AN ACT relating to free-standing alternative birthing centers.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 216B to define \"free-standing alternative birthing center\"; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations to establish licensure standards for free-standing alternative birthing centers; require the cabinet to form an ad hoc committee to provide input on the development of administrative regulations; state that a certificate of need is not required to establish and license a free-standing alternative birthing center; amend KRS 216B.020 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-23","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-27","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB311/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb311.html","sponsor":"Jason Nemes"},
{"bill_id":1318921,"bill_number":"HB315","title":"AN ACT relating to life insurance for members of the Kentucky National Guard.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 38 to set forth the adjutant general's duties regarding the state-sponsored group life insurance program for the Kentucky National Guard.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-03","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-05","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB315/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb315.html","sponsor":"Nancy Tate"},
{"bill_id":1318927,"bill_number":"HB316","title":"AN ACT relating to the Council on Postsecondary Education.","description":"Amend KRS 164.011 to require each Council on Postsecondary Education board meeting to include a public comment period.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-19","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-19","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB316/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb316.html","sponsor":"Kevin Bratcher"},
{"bill_id":1318934,"bill_number":"HB317","title":"AN ACT relating to consumer loan companies.","description":"Amend KRS 286.4-530 to establish blended rate cap for certain consumer loans exceeding three thousand dollars ($3,000); make technical corrections.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-01-23","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB317/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb317.html","sponsor":"Michael Meredith"},
{"bill_id":1318941,"bill_number":"SB108","title":"AN ACT relating to health care for inmates.","description":"Amend KRS 441.053, relating to jail health care operations, to remove the prohibition that an entity that provides medical, dental, psychological, or pharmacy services to the Department of Corrections and local jails cannot also provide claims management or plan evaluation services.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-23","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-29","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB108/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb108.html","sponsor":"Stan Humphries"},
{"bill_id":1318948,"bill_number":"SR83","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing the 150th anniversary of Sunrise Children's Services.","description":"Recognize the 150th anniversary of Sunrise Children's Services.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-29","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-01-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR83/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr83.html","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":1318953,"bill_number":"HB309","title":"AN ACT relating to open meetings.","description":"Amend KRS 61.846 to allow an agency or the Attorney General to vacate actions taken at a meeting where the agency failed to give notice of the meeting; Amend KRS 61.848 to require a person to be awarded court costs and attorney fees when a court finds there was no justiciable reason for an agency's denial of an open meetings complaint, and to allow a court to vacate actions taken at a meeting where the agency failed to give notice of the meeting.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-23","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-27","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB309/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb309.html","sponsor":"Maria Sorolis"},
{"bill_id":1318961,"bill_number":"HR56","title":"A RESOLUTION urging the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services to apply for grants for social worker and health professional safety.","description":"Urge the Secretary of the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services to apply for grants for social worker and human services professional safety.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-23","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-27","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR56/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr56.html","sponsor":"Susan Westrom"},
{"bill_id":1318968,"bill_number":"SJR81","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION designating a portion of Kentucky Route 908 in Martin County as the Harless Family Veterans Memorial Highway.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a portion of Kentucky Route 908 in Martin County in honor and memory of nine members of the Harless family who served in the armed forces; erect appropriate signage.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-23","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-27","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR81/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sjr81.html","sponsor":"Phillip Wheeler"},
{"bill_id":1318974,"bill_number":"SR82","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Phyllis Rich Cheuvront.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Phyllis Rich Cheuvront.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR82/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr82.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1318979,"bill_number":"SR85","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Julia Cantrell-Martin.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Julia Cantrell-Martin.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-26","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR85/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr85.html","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1318986,"bill_number":"HB318","title":"AN ACT relating to Women Veterans' Day.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to designate June 12 as Women Veterans' Day in the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-19","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-19","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB318/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb318.html","sponsor":"Patti Minter"},
{"bill_id":1318998,"bill_number":"SB107","title":"AN ACT relating to medicinal marijuana and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create various new sections of KRS Chapter 218A to define terms; to exempt the medicinal marijuana program from existing provisions in Kentucky law to the contrary; to require the Department for Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Control to implement and regulate the medicinal marijuana program in Kentucky; to establish the Division of Medicinal Marijuana within the Department of Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Control; to establish restrictions on the possession of medicinal marijuana by qualifying patients, visiting patients, and designated caregivers; to establish certain protections for cardholders; to establish professional protections for practitioners; to provide for the authorizing of practitioners by state licensing boards to issue written certifications for the use medicinal marijuana; to establish professional protections for attorneys; to prohibit the possession and use of medicinal marijuana on a school bus, on the grounds of any preschool or primary or secondary school, in a correctional facility, any property of the federal government, or while operating a motor vehicle; to prohibit smoking of medicinal marijuana; to permit an employer to restrict the possession and use of medicinal marijuana by an employee; to require the department to implement and operate a registry identification card program; to establish requirements for registry identification cards; to establish registry identification card fees; to require the department to operate a provisional licensure receipt system; to establish the application requirements for a registry identification card; to establish when the department may deny an application for a registry identification card; to establish certain responsibilities for cardholders; to establish when a registry identification card may be revoked; to establish various cannabis business licensure categories; to establish tiering of cannabis business licenses; to require certain information be included in an application for a cannabis business license; to establish when the department may deny an application for a cannabis business license; to prohibit a practitioner from being a board member or principal officer of a cannabis business; to prohibit cross-ownership of certain classes of cannabis businesses; to establish rules for local sales, including establishing the process by which a local legislative body may prohibit the operation of cannabis businesses within its territory and the process for local ordinances and ballot initiatives; to establish technical requirements for cannabis businesses; to establish limits on the THC content of medicinal marijuana that can be produced or sold in the state; to establish requirements for cannabis cultivators, including cultivation square footage limits; to establish requirements for cannabis dispensaries; to establish requirements for safety compliance facilities; to establish requirements for cannabis processors; to establish procedures for the department to inspect cannabis businesses; to establish procedures for the suspension or revocation of a cannabis business license; to exempt certain records and information from the disclosure under the Kentucky Open Records Act; to require the department to develop, maintain, and operate electronic systems for monitoring the medicinal marijuana program; to require the department to promulgate administrative regulations necessary to implement the medicinal marijuana program; to establish that nothing in the bill requires government programs or private insurers to reimburse for the cost of use; to establish the medicinal marijuana trust fund; to establish the local medicinal marijuana trust fund; and to establish procedures for the distribution of local cannabis trust fund moneys; create a new section of KRS Chapter 138 to establish an excise tax of 12% for cultivators and processors for selling to dispensaries; to require that 80% of the revenue from the excise taxes be deposited into the medicinal marijuana trust fund; to require that 20% of the revenue from the excise taxes be deposited into the local medicinal marijuana trust fund; amend KRS 342.815 to establish that the Employer’s Mutual Insurance Authority shall not be required to provide coverage to an employer if doing so would subject the authority to a violation of state or federal law; amend KRS 139.470 to exempt the sale of medical marijuana from the state sales tax; amend KRS 218A.010, 218A.1421, 218A.1422, 218A.1423, and 218A.500 to conform; amend KRS 12.020 to change the name of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Control and to create the Division of Medicinal Marijuana; and amend KRS 12.252, 15.300, 15.380, 15.398, 15A.340, 15.420, 61.592, 62.160, 131.1815, 211.285, 241.010, 241.015, 241.030, 243.025, 243.0307, 243.038, 243.090, 243.360, 438.310, 438.311, 438.313, 438.315, 438.317, 438,320, 438.325, 438.330, 438.337, and 438.340 to conform; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-23","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-29","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB107/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb107.html","sponsor":"Steve West"},
{"bill_id":1319002,"bill_number":"SB106","title":"AN ACT proposing to repeal Section 233 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to the application of Virginia law in Kentucky.","description":"Repeal Section 233 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to the application of Virginia law in Kentucky.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-03-10","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB106/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb106.html","sponsor":"Wil Schroder"},
{"bill_id":1319616,"bill_number":"SB115","title":"AN ACT relating to the tuition waiver for Kentucky foster or adopted children.","description":"Amend KRS 162.2847 to include graduate programs in the tuition waiver for foster and adopted children; extend the eligibility time period.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-04-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 111)","last_action_date":"2020-04-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB115/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb115.html","sponsor":"Mike Wilson"},
{"bill_id":1319626,"bill_number":"HB319","title":"AN ACT relating to historical preservation of Revolutionary War battlefields, Civil War battlefields, and Underground Railroad sites, and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 171 to establish the Kentucky Civil War site preservation fund and allow the Kentucky Heritage Council to provide grants from the moneys deposited in the fund to private nonprofit organizations for the purchase of certain sites; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-12","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 11)","last_action_date":"2020-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB319/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb319.html","sponsor":"Daniel Elliott"},
{"bill_id":1319637,"bill_number":"SB111","title":"AN ACT relating to public safety personnel.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 72 to require the coroner to deliver the remains of police officers, firefighters, and emergency medical services personnel, as defined in KRS 61.315, killed in the line of duty to the family or other responsible entities in a casket or other similar vessel covered in an American flag; specify that the county is responsible for any costs associated with obtaining the flag and the casket or similar vessel, but that the county has no obligation to purchase the flag or the casket for the actual burial, cremation, or other disposition of the remains.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-04-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 124)","last_action_date":"2020-04-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB111/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb111.html","sponsor":"Phillip Wheeler"},
{"bill_id":1319649,"bill_number":"HB327","title":"AN ACT relating to expungement of criminal records.","description":"Amend KRS 431.076 to create automatic expungement of acquittals and dismissals with prejudice occurring after the effective date of the Act; allow expungement of past acquittals and dismissals with prejudice by petition; and allow expungement of felony charges held to the grand jury which have not resulted in an indictment after 12 months.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 45)","last_action_date":"2020-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB327/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb327.html","sponsor":"Kevin Bratcher"},
{"bill_id":1319659,"bill_number":"HCR57","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging Congress to reassess the federal definition of hemp, allowing the product to contain up to one percent (1%) delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).","description":"Urge Congress to reassess the federal definition of hemp, allowing the product to contain up to one percent (1%) delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-02-12","last_action":"to Agriculture (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-14","committee":"Agriculture","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR57/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hcr57.html","sponsor":"Richard Heath"},
{"bill_id":1319669,"bill_number":"HB325","title":"AN ACT relating to the certified rehabilitation tax credit cap.","description":"Amend KRS 171.396 to expand the certified rehabilitation tax credit cap to $30 million annually instead of the current tax credit cap of $5 million annually; define a rural county; amend KRS 171.397 to allow a 30% credit for qualified expenses for property located within a rural county; change the maximum credit that can be claimed for all other property that is not owner-occupied residential to $5 million annually instead of the current cap of $400,000 annually; and reserve 40% of the certified rehabilitation credit cap for property located in a rural county.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-24","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-28","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB325/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb325.html","sponsor":"Adam Bowling"},
{"bill_id":1319676,"bill_number":"SB113","title":"AN ACT relating to campaign finance.","description":"Amend KRS 121.015 to narrow the definition of \"political issues committee\" to three or more residents of Kentucky joining together to advocate or oppose a ballot issue, rather than the current definition of three or more persons joining together to advocate or oppose a ballot issue; amend KRS 121.035 to prohibit a corporation organized outside this state from making contributions or expenditures to support a ballot issue; amend KRS 121.150 to prohibit nonresidents of this state and corporations not organized in this state from being able to register a political issues committee, contribute to a political issues committee, or otherwise make contributions and expenditures in support of, or in opposition to, a ballot issue.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-24","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-27","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB113/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb113.html","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":1319685,"bill_number":"SB110","title":"AN ACT relating to opportunities in education.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a separate income tax credit for tuition assistance based on contributions made to a qualified scholarship-granting organization; 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 new sections of KRS 136.500 to 136.575 to allow financial institutions to take the tax credit against the tax imposed by KRS 136.505; order all tax credits; create a new section of KRS Chapter 136 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 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-24","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-27","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB110/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb110.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1319694,"bill_number":"HB326","title":"AN ACT relating to election districts and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 5 to establish the Advisory Redistricting Commission, which shall be composed of members appointed by the General Assembly and members of the public at large; define terms; establish commissioner pay, conditions, powers, and duties; provide that commissioners' terms correlate with obligations of each census cycle; establish the conditions, powers, and duties of the commission; require the commission to draft redistricting plans for legislative and congressional districts, with parameters prescribed; establish standards to be followed by the commission for commissioners who develop plans; require the commission to submit its redistricting plans to the Legislative Research Commission for referral to the Interim Joint Committee on State Government; require the General Assembly to consider the commission's plans as approved by the Interim Joint Committee on State Government; allow the General Assembly to enact or reject the plans of the commission by a date certain or to return to the commission for adjustment; provide that if the General Assembly does not enact the plans, the plans shall be returned to the commission, which may incorporate changes requested by the General Assembly, but shall not be required to incorporate changes; require the commission to submit to the General Assembly new redistricting plans for enactment at a date certain; allow General Assembly to enact its own redistricting plans after a date certain; provide for penalties and fine upon conviction of persons attempting to influence, or commissioners accepting influence, per the duties of the commission; include severability clause; amend KRS 5.005 to remove the Secretary of State as being named as a defendant in any action challenging the constitutionality of any legislative district and replace with the Advisory Redistricting Commission as being named the defendant; provide that the Act may be cited as the \"Fair Maps Act.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-24","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-28","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB326/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb326.html","sponsor":"Joe Graviss"},
{"bill_id":1319705,"bill_number":"HB321","title":"AN ACT relating to public protection.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 438 to prohibit medical professionals from performing surgeries or proscribing medications to a minor with the intent to alter the sex the child was assigned at birth and create a Class D felony and a civil cause of action for violations; create a new section of KRS Chapter 405 regarding parental rights in the area of gender identity or gender dysphoria; create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to create employee protections for public employees who express opinions regarding gender identity or gender dysphoria.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-24","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-28","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB321/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb321.html","sponsor":"Savannah Maddox"},
{"bill_id":1319713,"bill_number":"SB114","title":"AN ACT relating to athletics.","description":"Amend KRS 156.070 to require the board of education or agency designated by the board of education to manage interscholastic athletics to promulgate administrative regulations or bylaws requiring schools that participate in interscholastic athletics to designate all athletic teams, activities, and sports based upon the biological sex of the students eligible to participate; prohibiting male students from participating in athletic teams, activities, and sports designated as girls'; restricting access to athletic facilities designated for the use of an exclusive biological sex; and defining the methods of establishing a students' biological sex; prohibit designated agencies from entertaining complaints or investigations of policies; create a cause of action against a school that violates these provisions; require that the action be brought within 2 years; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to require a public postsecondary education institution or private postsecondary education institution that is a member of a national intercollegiate athletic association to designate all intercollegiate and intramural athletic teams, activities, sports, and events that are sponsored or authorized by the institution based on biological sex of students eligible to participate; to require that a public postsecondary education institution or private postsecondary education institution that is a member of a national intercollegiate athletic association prohibit male students from participating in athletic teams, activities, and sports designated as womens'; restricting access to athletic facilities designated for the use of an exclusive biological sex at a public postsecondary education institution or private postsecondary education institution that is a member of a national intercollegiate athletic association; and defining the methods of establishing a postsecondary students' biological sex; prohibit designated agencies from entertaining complaints or investigations of policies; create a cause of action against a postsecondary institution that violates these provisions; require that the action be brought within 2 years; title the Act: \"Save Women’s Sports Act.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-24","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-27","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB114/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb114.html","sponsor":"Robert Mills"},
{"bill_id":1319724,"bill_number":"HB323","title":"AN ACT relating to net metering.","description":"Amend KRS 278.466 to allow eligible electric generating facilities beginning service after the effective date of the initial net metering rate order issued by the Public Service Commission but before December 31, 2024, to maintain the same net metering rates as eligible generating facilitates beginning service before the effective date of the initial order until December 31, 2029.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-24","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Energy (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-28","committee":"Natural Resources & Energy","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB323/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb323.html","sponsor":"Jim Duplessis"},
{"bill_id":1319731,"bill_number":"SB112","title":"AN ACT relating to state symbols.","description":"Name and designate the Treeing Walker Coonhound as the official dog of Kentucky.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-24","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-27","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB112/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb112.html","sponsor":"Robin Webb"},
{"bill_id":1319740,"bill_number":"HB320","title":"AN ACT relating to the investigations by the Kentucky State Police.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 16 to require the Kentucky State Police to investigate a death ruled to be a suicide when requested by a family member within 30 days of the determination.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-24","last_action":"posting withdrawn","last_action_date":"2020-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB320/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb320.html","sponsor":"Richard Heath"},
{"bill_id":1319760,"bill_number":"SB116","title":"AN ACT relating to the rights of parents.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 405 to establish specific rights of parents; establish a short title of \"Parents Rights Protection Act.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-24","last_action":"recommitted to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB116/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb116.html","sponsor":"Steve West"},
{"bill_id":1319768,"bill_number":"HB324","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; amend KRS 131.190 to allow reporting.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-24","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-28","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB324/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb324.html","sponsor":"Joe Graviss"},
{"bill_id":1319776,"bill_number":"SCR86","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION condemning antisemitism and reaffirming that certain acts of antisemitism are hate crimes under Kentucky law.","description":"Condemn antisemitism and reaffirm that certain certain acts of antisemitism are hate crimes under Kentucky law.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-24","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-27","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SCR86/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/scr86.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1319783,"bill_number":"HB322","title":"AN ACT relating to law enforcement seizure and forfeiture of money and other property, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 218A.440 to require all law enforcement agencies to electronically submit asset seizure-and-forfeiture reporting forms with the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, declaring whether or not the agency seized or forfeited money or property pursuant to KRS 218A.415; require the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to notify any law enforcement agency that did not file, to allow the agency an additional 30 days to file, and if the agency still does not file, refer the agency to the Attorney General for civil action; provide a $500 late filing fee; require the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to provide an annual report to the Attorney General, the Legislative Research Commission, and the Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary; amend KRS 218.405 to define \"law enforcement agency\"; EMERGENCY; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2020-01-24","last_action":"floor amendments (3) and (4-title) filed","last_action_date":"2020-03-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB322/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb322.html","sponsor":"Savannah Maddox"},
{"bill_id":1320972,"bill_number":"HB330","title":"AN ACT relating to leave from employment.","description":"Amend KRS 337.415, relating to court-ordered appearances by employees, to prohibit employers from discharging or retaliating against an employee who is a crime victim when the employee takes leave to attend proceedings associated with a crime; require an employee to give an employer reasonable notice to take leave when practicable; provide guidelines for use of paid leave; require the employer to maintain confidentiality of records and communication with employee crime victim; create a private right of action for improper discharge, discrimination, retaliation, and failing to maintain confidentiality; define terms; amend KRS 337.990 to establish penalties in the case of violation by employer.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-27","last_action":"to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-29","committee":"Economic Development & Workforce Investment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB330/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb330.html","sponsor":"McKenzie Cantrell"},
{"bill_id":1320988,"bill_number":"HB334","title":"AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to natural resources.","description":"Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky establishing a right of the people to have clean air, pure water, and for the Commonwealth to be required to preserve the natural, scenic, historic, and esthetic values of the environment for the benefit of all Kentuckians; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-27","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-29","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB334/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb334.html","sponsor":"McKenzie Cantrell"},
{"bill_id":1321007,"bill_number":"HB332","title":"AN ACT relating to broadband service.","description":"Amend KRS 154.15-010 to add definitions for \"broadband service\", \"eligible entity\", \"unserved area\", \"wholesale network access\"; amend KRS 154.15-020 to require the Kentucky Communications Network Authority to offer wholesale access to the excess capacity on KentuckyWired only in unserved areas.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-27","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-18","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB332/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb332.html","sponsor":"Phillip Pratt"},
{"bill_id":1321026,"bill_number":"HB350","title":"AN ACT relating to opportunities in education.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a separate income tax credit for tuition assistance based on contributions made to a qualified scholarship-granting organization; 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 new sections of KRS 136.500 to 136.575 to allow financial institutions to take the tax credit against the tax imposed by KRS 136.505; order all tax credits; create a new section of KRS Chapter 136 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 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-27","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-29","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB350/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb350.html","sponsor":"Chad McCoy"},
{"bill_id":1321042,"bill_number":"HB329","title":"AN ACT relating to a tax credit for volunteer firefighters.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a refundable income tax credit for certain volunteer firefighters; declare the purpose of the credit; require annual reporting to the Legislative Research Commission to evaluate the impact of the credit; amend KRS 141.0205 to provide the ordering of the credit; amend KRS 131.190 to allow confidential tax return information to be shared with the Legislative Research Commission.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-27","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-29","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB329/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb329.html","sponsor":"Ashley Tackett Laferty"},
{"bill_id":1321059,"bill_number":"SB100","title":"AN ACT relating to recovery of medical costs in tort actions.","description":"Amend KRS 411.182 to limit the amounts recoverable for medical costs in tort actions.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-27","last_action":"reassigned to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-31","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB100/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb100.html","sponsor":"Stephen Meredith"},
{"bill_id":1321079,"bill_number":"SJR87","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION designating the Robin Holbrook Memorial Bridge in Magoffin County.","description":"Designate the Robin Holbrook Memorial Bridge in Magoffin County.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-27","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-29","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR87/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sjr87.html","sponsor":"Phillip Wheeler"},
{"bill_id":1321099,"bill_number":"SB119","title":"AN ACT relating to elections.","description":"Amend KRS 116.025 to require that a voter be a resident of the state and precinct on or before the day of a primary or an election for voter registration purposes; amend KRS 116.045 to allow a person who is not a registered voter prior to the time that the registration books are closed, and who possesses all other qualifications for voter registration, to register at the person's precinct of residence on the day of a primary or an election if the person confirms his or her identity, completes the registration form and a required oath, and has not withdrawn his or her registration after December 31 immediately preceding the primary; amend KRS 116.0452 to specify that timely receipt for precinct voter registration is on the day of a primary or an election; require the county clerk to provide the State Board of Elections with a report of the number of voters registering to vote at the precincts on the day of a primary or an election; amend KRS 116.055 to apply same-day registration requirements to primary voter qualifications; amend KRS 117.225 to require that if the person is not listed on the precinct roster, that the person, subject to applicable requirements, be given the opportunity to register and to vote at the precinct on the day of an election; amend KRS 117.365 to require that applications for voter registration completed at the precinct be presented to the grand jury and retained by the county clerk.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-27","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-29","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB119/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb119.html","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1321113,"bill_number":"SB120","title":"AN ACT relating to income tax.","description":"Amend KRS 141.019 to exclude from adjusted gross income the amount an employer pays on behalf of an employee for student loan debt owed by that employee; amend KRS 141.039 to exclude from gross income the amount an employer pays on behalf of an employee for student loan debt owed by that employee; amend KRS 131.190 to allow data to be reported by the Department of Revenue.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-27","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-29","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB120/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb120.html","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":1321133,"bill_number":"SB118","title":"AN ACT relating to prescription insulin.","description":"Amend KRS 304-17A.148 to cap the cost-sharing requirements for prescription insulin at $100 per 30-day supply; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2020-01-27","last_action":"floor amendment (1) filed","last_action_date":"2020-02-19","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB118/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb118.html","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1321153,"bill_number":"HB333","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky National Guard Adoption Assistance Program and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 36.477 to raise the amount of available assistance from the Kentucky National Guard Adoption Assistance Program; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-02-19","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-21","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB333/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb333.html","sponsor":"Dean Schamore"},
{"bill_id":1321174,"bill_number":"HB331","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Educational Savings Plan Trust.","description":"Amend KRS 164A.305 to include in the definition of \"qualified educational expenses\" certain qualified education loan repayments and certain expenses for registered apprenticeship programs.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 65)","last_action_date":"2020-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB331/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb331.html","sponsor":"Samara Heavrin"},
{"bill_id":1321189,"bill_number":"HB1","title":"AN ACT relating to public welfare.","description":"Create various new sections of KRS 205 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to utilize a single electronic benefit transfer card for each beneficiary; to prohibit beneficiaries from withdrawing cash using an electronic benefit transfer card; to prohibit the use of cash assistance benefits to purchase certain items or make purchases at certain establishments; to establish that an individual who traffics in electronic benefit transfer cards may be deemed ineligible for public assistance benefits; to restrict the use of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits when purchasing certain beverages; to direct the cabinet to join the SNAP National Accuracy Clearinghouse; to require the cabinet to seek certain federal Medicaid and SNAP waivers; to require the cabinet to implement a community engagement program for Medicaid beneficiaries when Medicaid expenditures reach a certain level; and to direct the Attorney General to bring an action against the cabinet if the provisions of this act are not fully implemented; amend KRS 6.940 to reestablish the Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Committee as the Public Assistance Oversight and Advisory Committee; amend KRS 205.200 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to use only the most recent income data when determining eligibility; amend KRS 205.2005 to require that a Medicaid beneficiary who is convicted of a drug related felony offense seek substance use disorder treatment in order to remain eligible for benefits; amend KRS 205.725 to require the cabinet to upon receipt of an application for public assistance to take action to assure that the responsible parent or parents provides support to a child and to require that the custodial parent of a needy dependent child provide the cabinet with certain information to assist in assuring that child support is provided; and amend KRS 441.045 to require that a county jailer notify the cabinet when a county prisoner is incarcerated and when they are released.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-02-24","last_action":"returned to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-18","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB1/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb1.html","sponsor":"David Meade"},
{"bill_id":1321209,"bill_number":"HB328","title":"AN ACT relating to financing actuarially accrued pension liabilities of the plans administered by the Judicial Form Retirement System.","description":"Amend KRS 21.525 to provide that beginning with the 2021 actuarial valuation, unfunded liabilities of the Judicial Retirement Plan and the Legislators' Retirement Plan shall be amortized over a closed 25- year period, except that: any future legislative changes shall be separately amortized over a closed 20- year period; any future changes in actuarial methods or assumptions shall be amortized over a closed 15-year period; and any future actuarial gains or losses shall be amortized over a 15- year closed period; provide that beginning with the 2021 actuarial valuation, the actuarially accrued liability contribution shall be calculated using the level dollar amortization method.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-27","last_action":"posting withdrawn","last_action_date":"2020-02-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB328/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb328.html","sponsor":"Jason Nemes"},
{"bill_id":1321230,"bill_number":"SB117","title":"AN ACT relating to sales and use tax.","description":"Amend KRS 139.472 to delete the words \"in humans\" and \"human\" from the definition of \"drug\"; amend KRS 139.480 to exempt drugs and over-the-counter drugs that are purchased by a farmer and used in the treatment of certain farm animals; apply to sales made after August 1, 2020, but before August 1, 2024; require the Department of Revenue to report the claimed exemptions to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue; amend KRS 131.190 to give the department the authority to report the information to the Legislative Research Commission; make technical corrections; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2020.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-27","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-29","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB117/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb117.html","sponsor":"David Givens"},
{"bill_id":1321246,"bill_number":"HJR59","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION designating the Private Donald Douglas Gibson Memorial Bridge in Knott County.","description":"Designate the Private Donald Douglas Gibson Memorial Bridge in Knott County.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-27","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-29","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR59/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hjr59.html","sponsor":"John Blanton"},
{"bill_id":1321265,"bill_number":"HJR58","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION designating the Elbert Eugene \"Gene\" Staggs Memorial Highway in Fleming County.","description":"Designate the Elbert Eugene 'Gene' Staggs Memorial Highway in Fleming County","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-27","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-29","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR58/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hjr58.html","sponsor":"John Sims"},
{"bill_id":1321302,"bill_number":"HJR60","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION designating the Oscar Green Memorial Highway in Magoffin County.","description":"Designate the Oscar Green Memorial Highway in Magoffin County.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-27","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-29","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR60/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hjr60.html","sponsor":"John Blanton"},
{"bill_id":1322723,"bill_number":"HJR62","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION designating the \"Between the Rivers Bridge\" in Trigg County.","description":"Designate the Between the Rivers Bridge in Trigg County.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-28","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-30","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR62/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hjr62.html","sponsor":"Walker Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1322725,"bill_number":"HB338","title":"AN ACT relating to drug treatment and prevention and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 222 to establish the Kentucky addiction prevention, recovery, and enforcement fund; establish administering committee membership; direct all revenues from the Commonwealth related to the drug epidemic to the fund; describe authorized fund expenditures; require fund reporting; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-28","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-30","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB338/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb338.html","sponsor":"Kathy Hinkle"},
{"bill_id":1322727,"bill_number":"HB353","title":"AN ACT relating to appropriations providing financing and conditions for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the Transportation Cabinet of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","description":"The Transportation Cabinet Budget: appropriate from the General Fund, Restricted Funds, Federal Funds, and Road Fund $4,265,500 in fiscal year 2019-2020, $2,430,720,400 in fiscal year 2020-2021, and $2,393,284,000 in fiscal year 2021-2022 for operating costs; appropriate from Road Fund and Investment Income for various capital projects; require the Secretary of the Transportation Cabinet to produce a document detailing the 2020-2022 Biennial Highway Construction Program and the Highway Preconstruction Program; provide debt service to the General Administration and Support budget unit; allow the Transportation Cabinet to receive funds and services for the Adopt-A-Highway Litter Program; provide funds for Aviation's operational costs; provide debt service to the Aviation budget unit; provide funds for Economic Development Road lease-rental payments; provide that no portion of the revenues to the state Road Fund accrue to the Debt Payment Acceleration Fund account; provide debt service for Grant Anticipation Revenue Vehicle (GARVEE) Bonds; provide funds for the State-Supported Construction Program, Biennial Highway Construction Program, Highway Construction Contingency Account, and the Kentucky Pride Fund; authorize projects in the 2018-2020 Biennial Highway Construction Plan to continue into the 2020-2022 biennium; authorize the Transportation Cabinet to match federal highway moneys; prioritize projects should any additional federal highway moneys become available; authorize the Transportation Cabinet to continue the Cash Management Plan and to make programmatic adjustments; provide for carry forward of any unexpended Road Fund appropriations in the Highways budget unit for various programs; provide for the transfer of Road Fund resources for judgments; authorize the Transportation Cabinet to maximize the use of Toll Credits; provide funds for the County Road Aid Program, the Rural Secondary Program, the Municipal Road Aid Program, and the Energy Recovery Road Fund; stipulate that each County Judge/Executive not serving in a consolidated local government shall receive an annual expense allowance of $2,400 to be paid quarterly from the Rural Secondary Program; provide debt service to the Vehicle Regulation budget unit; provide for Capital Construction Fund appropriations and reauthorizations; provide for the expiration of existing line-item capital construction projects; allow investment income earned from bond proceeds beyond that which is required to satisfy IRS arbitrage rebates and penalties and excess bond proceeds upon the completion of a bond-financed capital project to be used to pay debt service; allow for appropriations for projects not line-itemized; authorize various capital projects; specify funds transfers.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 93)","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB353/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb353.html","sponsor":"Steven Rudy"},
{"bill_id":1322731,"bill_number":"SJR89","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Transportation Cabinet to erect signs in Pulaski County that proclaim Pulaski County as the home of the Somerset High School Football Team, 2019 Kentucky High School Athletic Association Class 2A football state champions.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to place signage on Kentucky Route 80 and Kentucky Route 2296 declaring Pulaski County as the \"Home of the Somerset High School Football Team 2019 KHSAA Class 2A State Champs.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-28","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-30","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR89/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sjr89.html","sponsor":"Rick Girdler"},
{"bill_id":1322733,"bill_number":"SR108","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Michael J. Schmitt to the Public Service Commission.","description":"Confirm the reappointment of Michael J. Schmitt as Chair of the Public Service Commission for a term expiring July 1, 2023.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-28","last_action":"adopted 34-0","last_action_date":"2020-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR108/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr108.html","sponsor":"Brandon Smith"},
{"bill_id":1322735,"bill_number":"HB335","title":"AN ACT relating to business opportunities for United States military members and veterans.","description":"Amend KRS 42.0146 to allow certification as a disabled veteran-owned business by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs Center for Verification and Evaluation to meet the criteria of veteran eligibility, ownership, and control.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-02-12","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-14","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB335/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb335.html","sponsor":"Kevin Bratcher"},
{"bill_id":1322739,"bill_number":"HCR61","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging Congress to adopt the Higher Education Loan Payment and Enhanced Retirement Act.","description":"Urge Congress to adopt the Higher Education Loan Payment and Enhanced Retirement Act.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-19","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-26","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR61/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hcr61.html","sponsor":"Mark Hart"},
{"bill_id":1322741,"bill_number":"SR103","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of John Hampton McCracken as an administrative law judge in the Department of Workers' Claims.","description":"Confirm the reappointment Grant Stewart Roark as administrative law judge for the Department of Workers' Claims for a term expiring on December 31, 2023.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-28","last_action":"adopted 36-0","last_action_date":"2020-02-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR103/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr103.html","sponsor":"Mike Wilson"},
{"bill_id":1322744,"bill_number":"SB50","title":"AN ACT relating to pharmacy benefits in the Medicaid program and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 205.647 to require the Department for Medicaid Services to establish and directly administer an outpatient pharmacy benefit program for all Medicaid beneficiaries; permit the department to contract with a third-party administrator on a fee-for-service reimbursement basis; require a third-party administrator to utilize the outpatient pharmacy benefit program established by the department; exempt outpatient pharmacy services provided by a health care facility that is registered as a covered entity pursuant to 42 U.S.C. sec. 256b from the provisions of this section; EMERGENCY; effective July 1, 2020.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 70)","last_action_date":"2020-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB50/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb50.html","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":1322746,"bill_number":"SB125","title":"AN ACT relating to athletic trainers.","description":"Amend KRS 311.900 to modify definitions used for athletic trainer licensing; amend KRS 311.901 to require athletic trainer regulations that include procedures, discipline, a code of ethics, and standards of practice; add a third supervising physician member to the athletic trainer advisory council; amend KRS 311.903 to describe activities that are or are not within an athletic trainer's scope of practice; direct the medical board to establish a formulary of legend medications an athletic trainer may obtain, transport, provide, or administer; authorize athletic training services for employment injuries; require an athletic trainer and the athletic trainer's supervising physician to complete a board form that establishes the athletic trainer's authorized practice activities.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 61)","last_action_date":"2020-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB125/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb125.html","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":1322748,"bill_number":"SJR90","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Transportation Cabinet to erect honorary signs declaring Pulaski County as the \"Home of Paisley Carrigan, Little Miss U.S. 2019.\"","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to place signange on Kentucky Route 70 declaring Pulaski County as the Home of Paisley Carrigan, Little Miss US 2019.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-28","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-30","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR90/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sjr90.html","sponsor":"Rick Girdler"},
{"bill_id":1322751,"bill_number":"HJR63","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Secretary of Personnel to remove the midpoint pay restrictions for the nursing staff of veterans centers operated by the Office of Kentucky Veterans Centers.","description":"Direct the Secretary of Personnel to remove the midpoint pay restrictions for the nursing staff of veterans centers operated by the Office of Kentucky Veterans Centers.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-28","last_action":"posting withdrawn","last_action_date":"2020-02-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR63/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hjr63.html","sponsor":"Deanna Frazier Gordon"},
{"bill_id":1322754,"bill_number":"SR105","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Matthew Russell Hinton to the Agricultural Development Board.","description":"Confirm the reappointment of Matthew Russell Hinton to the Agricultural Development Board for a term expiring July 6, 2023.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-28","last_action":"adopted 36-0","last_action_date":"2020-02-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR105/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr105.html","sponsor":"Christian McDaniel"},
{"bill_id":1322756,"bill_number":"HB337","title":"AN ACT relating to county clerk fees.","description":"Amend KRS 64.012 to add affidavits of conversion or severance, assignments of release, and statements of authority as to real property to the list of filings with a specified fee; specify that the $10 permanent storage fee is to accrue throughout the county clerk's term; amend KRS 186A.298 and 273A.020 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-28","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB337/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb337.html","sponsor":"Joseph Fischer"},
{"bill_id":1322761,"bill_number":"HB355","title":"AN ACT making appropriations for the operations, maintenance, and support of the Legislative Branch of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","description":"The Legislative Branch Budget: appropriate from the General Fund $73,936,000 for fiscal year 2020-2021 and $75,938,700 for fiscal year 2021-2022; appropriate from Restricted Funds $75,000 for fiscal year 2020-2021 and $175,000 for fiscal year 2021-2022, with appropriations allocated as follows:","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 84)","last_action_date":"2020-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB355/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb355.html","sponsor":"Steven Rudy"},
{"bill_id":1322763,"bill_number":"SR93","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Patrick Kelly Downard to the Board of Trustees of the Kentucky Retirement Systems.","description":"Confirm the reappointment of Patrick Kelly Downard to the board of trustees of the Kentucky Retirement Systems for a term expiring June 17, 2023.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-28","last_action":"adopted 34-0","last_action_date":"2020-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR93/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr93.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1322766,"bill_number":"SB122","title":"AN ACT relating to assisted outpatient mental health treatment.","description":"Amend KRS 202A.0815 to permit a person to be court-ordered into assisted outpatient mental health treatment if the person has be involuntarily hospitalized at least twice in the past 24 months instead of twice in the past 12 months.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 29)","last_action_date":"2020-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB122/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb122.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1322768,"bill_number":"SR95","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Paul Bryan Horn Jr. to the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission.","description":"Confirm the reappointment of Paul Bryan Horn Jr. to the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission for a term expiring August 13, 2023.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-28","last_action":"adopted 33-0","last_action_date":"2020-02-13","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR95/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr95.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1322770,"bill_number":"SR102","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Douglas W. Gott as an administrative law judge in the Department of Workers' Claims.","description":"Confirm the reappointment of Douglas W. Gott as administrative law judge for the Department of Workers' Claims for a term expiring on December 31, 2023.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-28","last_action":"adopted 36-0","last_action_date":"2020-02-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR102/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr102.html","sponsor":"Mike Wilson"},
{"bill_id":1322773,"bill_number":"HB340","title":"AN ACT relating to speech-language pathologists or audiologists.","description":"Amend KRS 157.397 to require local boards of education to provide an annual salary supplement to qualified speech-language pathologists or audiologists.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-02-12","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-14","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB340/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb340.html","sponsor":"Regina Huff"},
{"bill_id":1322775,"bill_number":"SR107","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Barry Grant Noffsinger to the Kentucky Housing Corporation Board of Directors.","description":"Confirm the reappointment of Barry Grant Noffsinger to the Kentucky Housing Corporation Board of Directors for a term expiring October 30, 2022.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-28","last_action":"adopted 36-0","last_action_date":"2020-02-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR107/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr107.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1322778,"bill_number":"HB356","title":"AN ACT making appropriations for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the Judicial Branch of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and its various officers, boards, commissions, subdivisions, and other state-supported activities.","description":"The Judicial Branch Budget: appropriate $476,780,400 in fiscal year 2020-2021 and $490,618,400 in fiscal year 2021-2022 from the General Fund, Restricted Funds, and Federal Funds; provide funds for defined calculations; provide funds for current position levels; provide funds for a 2.5% increase in each year of the biennium for all non-elected and elected personnel; provide that funds in the Court Operations and Administration appropriation unit carry forward; provide that if the Supreme Court retains the 2008 and 2018 increases in civil filing fees, the additional income, not to exceed $15,468,100 in each fiscal year, shall be deposited in a trust and agency account for court operations; provide funds to support use allowance, operating, and non-recurring furniture and equipment costs for two judicial center projects; provide funds to create a maintenance pool for planned and unanticipated non-capital projects for local courthouses and judicial centers; provide funds to compensate local units of government for providing court space and for costs incurred in the development of local court facilities; provide that funds in the Local Facilities Fund carry forward; provide that funds in the Local Facilities Use Allowance Contingency Fund carry forward; provide funds for actuarial-assessed judicial retirement benefits; provide for administrative expenses; provide General Fund support for use allowance payments for Jefferson County; defer General Fund support for operating costs, annualized use allowance payments, and nonrecurring furniture and equipment costs for Butler, Crittenden, Jessamine, Clinton, and Owsley Counties to the 2022-2024 fiscal biennium; authorize leases; clarify that nothing in this bill shall reduce funding of court facility projects authorized by the General Assembly; provide that if a court facility project is occupied and use allowance funding is insufficient that use allowance payments must be approved from the Local Facilities Use Allowance Contingency Fund, or if funds are not available in the Local Facilities Use Allowance Contingency Fund, the use allowance payments shall be deemed a necessary government expense; provide the Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts with expenditure authority; provide for severability of budget provisions; declare that KRS 48.312 controls duplicate appropriations; clarify that KRS 48.313 controls when a total or subtotal of the bill conflicts with a sum of the appropriations of which it consists; provide that any unexpended balance remaining in the Court's Restricted Funds or Federal Funds accounts carry forward; provide for the final budget document; provide for the transferability of funds; provide for appropriations revisions; provide that issuance of paychecks scheduled for June 30, 2020, June 30, 2021, and June 30, 2022, shall not be issued prior to July 1, 2020, July 1, 2021, and July 1, 2022; provide for participation in any Budget Reduction Plan or Surplus Expenditure Plan.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2020-04-16","last_action":"delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 96)","last_action_date":"2020-04-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB356/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb356.html","sponsor":"Steven Rudy"},
{"bill_id":1322781,"bill_number":"SR99","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Marc Christopher Davis as an administrative law judge in the Department of Workers' Claims.","description":"Confirm the reappointment of Marc Christopher Davis as administrative law judge for the Department of Workers' Claims for a term expiring on December 31, 2023.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-28","last_action":"adopted 36-0","last_action_date":"2020-02-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR99/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr99.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1322783,"bill_number":"SR104","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Gordon Ferrell Jones to the Agricultural Development Board.","description":"Confirm the reappointment of Gordon Ferrell Jones to the Agricultural Development Board for a term expiring July 6, 2023.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-28","last_action":"adopted 36-0","last_action_date":"2020-02-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR104/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr104.html","sponsor":"Mike Wilson"},
{"bill_id":1322786,"bill_number":"HB344","title":"AN ACT relating to Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic Reporting.","description":"Amend KRS 218A.240 to add permission for the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or applicable licensing board to access KASPER data to notify patients of a practitioner's emergency closure; amend KRS 218A.245 to delete reporting requirement on reciprocal interstate agreements for prescription drug monitoring program data exchanges.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-17","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 20)","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB344/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb344.html","sponsor":"Kimberly Moser"},
{"bill_id":1322789,"bill_number":"SR88","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Nathaniel Jones.","description":"Adjourn the Senate in honor and loving memory of Nathaniel Jones.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-01-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR88/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr88.html","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":1322791,"bill_number":"SR100","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Raymond Malcolm Burse to the University of Louisville Board of Trustees.","description":"Confirm the reappointment of Raymond Malcolm Burse to the University of Louisville Board of Trustees for a term expiring January 13, 2025.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-28","last_action":"adopted 34-0","last_action_date":"2020-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR100/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr100.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1322794,"bill_number":"HB342","title":"AN ACT relating to duties of elected officials.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 67 to require that all elected county officers develop and maintain a records retention policy and an inventory policy for the elected office; establish a penalty for failure to comply.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-01-28","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-01-31","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB342/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb342.html","sponsor":"Nancy Tate"},
{"bill_id":1322796,"bill_number":"SR96","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Monica Rice-Smith as an administrative law judge in the Department of Workers' Claims.","description":"Confirm the reappointment of Monica Rice-Smith as administrative law judge for the Department of Workers' Claims for a term expiring on December 31, 2023.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-28","last_action":"adopted 36-0","last_action_date":"2020-02-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR96/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr96.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1322798,"bill_number":"SR92","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Larry Ray Brock to the Parole Board.","description":"Confirm the reappointment of Larry Ray Brock to the Parole Board for a term expiring on July 30, 2023.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-28","last_action":"adopted 33-0","last_action_date":"2020-02-13","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR92/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr92.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1322802,"bill_number":"HB352","title":"AN ACT relating to appropriations measures providing funding and establishing conditions for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and its various officers, cabinets, departments, boards, commissions, institutions, subdivisions, agencies, and other state-supported activities.","description":"The State/Executive Branch Budget: Detail Part I, Operating Budget; appropriate to General Government: 2019-2020: $21,535,000, 2020-2021: $1,793,871,500, 2021-2022: $1,813,688,900; appropriate to the Economic Development Cabinet: 2020-2021: $33,195,900, 2021-2022: $36,055,300; appropriate to the Department of Education: 2020-2021: $5,183,508,800, 2021-2022: $5,228,565,200; appropriate to the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet: 2020-2021: $615,595,100, 2021-2022: $617,246,200; appropriate to the Energy and Environment Cabinet: 2019-2020: $700,000, 2020-2021: $272,541,300, 2021-2022: $253,649,300; appropriate to the Finance and Administration Cabinet: 2019-2020: $2,800,000, 2020-2021: $1,000,424,300, 2021-2022: $972,192,200; appropriate to the Health and Family Services Cabinet: 2020-2021: $15,007,584,100, 2021-2022: $15,285,043,300; appropriate to the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet: 2019-2020: $17,216,900, 2020-2021: $1,345,687,300, 2021-2022: $1,369,130,400; appropriate to the Labor Cabinet: 2020-2021: $202,693,700, 2021-2022: $204,407,600; appropriate to the Personnel Cabinet: 2020-2021: $64,171,200, 2021-2022: $64,610,500; appropriate to Postsecondary Education: 2019-2020: $497,400, 2020-2021: $8,536,480,700, 2021-2022: $8,930,169,100; appropriate to the Public Protection Cabinet: 2020-2021: $129,067,100, 2021-2022: $129,301,700; appropriate to the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet: 2019-2020: $2,700,000, 2020-2021: $275,773,400, 2021-2022: $281,291,000; appropriate to the Budget Reserve Trust Fund: 2020-2021: $10,000,000, 2021-2022: $0; not included in the appropriation amounts are capital project amounts as follows: 2019-2020: $7,500,000, 2020-2021: $6,537,358,500, 2021-2022: $249,695,600; detail Part II, Capital Projects Budget; detail Part III, General Provisions; detail Part IV, State Salary/Compensation, Benefit, and Employment Policy; detail Part V, Funds Transfer; detail Part VI, General Fund Budget Reduction Plan; detail Part VII, General Fund Surplus Expenditure Plan; detail Part VIII, Road Fund Budget Reduction Plan; detail Part IX, Road Fund Surplus Expenditure Plan; detail Part X, Phase I Tobacco Settlement; and detail Part XI, Executive Branch Budget Summary.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 92)","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB352/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb352.html","sponsor":"Steven Rudy"},
{"bill_id":1322804,"bill_number":"SR97","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Grant Stewart Roark as an administrative law judge in the Department of Workers' Claims.","description":"Confirm the reappointment of Grant Stewart Roark as administrative law judge for the Department of Workers' Claims for a term expiring on December 31, 2023.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-28","last_action":"adopted 36-0","last_action_date":"2020-02-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR97/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr97.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1322807,"bill_number":"HB343","title":"AN ACT relating to supplemental payments to police officers.","description":"Amend KRS 15.420 to include members of joint task forces who do not currently receive an annual supplement.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-28","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB343/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb343.html","sponsor":"Melinda Prunty"},
{"bill_id":1322810,"bill_number":"HB339","title":"AN ACT relating to the natural resources severance and processing tax.","description":"Amend KRS 143A.010 to change 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 KRS 131.190 to authorize the release of information from the Department of Revenue; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2020.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-28","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-30","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB339/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb339.html","sponsor":"Suzanne Miles"},
{"bill_id":1322812,"bill_number":"SR106","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Karl Duane Clinard to the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission.","description":"Confirm the reappointment of Karl Duane Clinard to the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission for a term expiring August 13, 2023.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-28","last_action":"adopted 33-0","last_action_date":"2020-02-13","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR106/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr106.html","sponsor":"Rick Girdler"},
{"bill_id":1322814,"bill_number":"HB341","title":"AN ACT relating to teacher certification.","description":"Amend KRS 161.030 to allow retired teacher certificate renewal based on completion of professional development.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-17","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-18","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB341/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb341.html","sponsor":"Regina Huff"},
{"bill_id":1322817,"bill_number":"SR94","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Jonathan Robert Weatherby as an administrative law judge in the Department of Workers' Claims.","description":"Confirm the reappointment of Jonathan Robert Weatherby as administrative law judge for the Department of Workers' Claims for a term expiring on December 31, 2023.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-28","last_action":"adopted 36-0","last_action_date":"2020-02-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR94/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr94.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1322819,"bill_number":"SR98","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Christina Ditty Hajjar as an administrative law judge in the Department of Workers' Claims.","description":"Confirm the reappointment of Christina Ditty Hajjar as administrative law judge for the Department of Workers' Claims for a term expiring on December 31, 2023.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-28","last_action":"adopted 36-0","last_action_date":"2020-02-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR98/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr98.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1322822,"bill_number":"HB336","title":"AN ACT relating to elections.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 118 to require a candidate for Governor to select a running mate in a slate of candidates after filing a certificate or petition of nomination and not later than the second Tuesday in August preceding the regular election for the office of Governor; establish a procedure to follow if a vacancy occurs in a candidacy for the office of Lieutenant Governor; amend KRS 121.015 to redefine \"slate of candidates;' amend KRS 117.275, 118.025, 118.125, 118.245, 120.055, 120.095, and 121.170 to conform; repeal KRS 118.127 and 118.227.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2020-04-14","last_action":"delivered to Secretary of State (Acts ch. 88)","last_action_date":"2020-04-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB336/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb336.html","sponsor":"Joseph Fischer"},
{"bill_id":1322825,"bill_number":"SR109","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Jonathan \"Johnnie\" Everett Jacobs.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Jonathan \"Johnnie\" Everett Jacobs.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-13","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-13","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR109/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr109.html","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":1322827,"bill_number":"HB351","title":"AN ACT relating to governmental operations and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 138.130 to define terms for taxes on tobacco products; amend KRS 138.140 to increase the surtax on cigarettes and the excise tax on chewing tobacco, snuff, and tobacco products effective July 1, 2020; impose an excise tax on vapor products effective July 1, 2020; remove exemption for modified risk tobacco products; amend KRS 138.143 to impose a floor stock tax on cigarettes, all forms of tobacco products, and vapor products; amend KRS 141.0401 to increase the minimum limited liability entity tax to $225, currently $175; apply increase in limited liability entity tax to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2020; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 91)","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB351/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb351.html","sponsor":"Steven Rudy"},
{"bill_id":1322830,"bill_number":"HJR64","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION designating West Bays Fork Bridge on Kentucky Route 100 in Allen County, in honor of former Scottsville mayor Rob H. Cline.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a bridge on Kentucky Route 100 in Allen County, Kentucky, in honor of former Scottsville mayor and educator Rob H. Cline; erect appropriate signage.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-28","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-30","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR64/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hjr64.html","sponsor":"Wilson Stone"},
{"bill_id":1322833,"bill_number":"SR101","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Frank Edward Collecchia to the Board of Trustees of the Teachers' Retirement System of Kentucky.","description":"Confirm the reappointment of Frank Edward Collecchia to the board of trustees of the Teachers' Retirement System for a term expiring March 10, 2023.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-28","last_action":"adopted 34-0","last_action_date":"2020-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR101/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr101.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1322835,"bill_number":"SR91","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Gale Fox Lively to the Kentucky Housing Corporation Board of Directors.","description":"Confirm the reappointment of Gale Fox Lively to the Kentucky Housing Corporation Board of Directors for a term expiring October 30, 2023.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-28","last_action":"adopted 36-0","last_action_date":"2020-02-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR91/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr91.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1324011,"bill_number":"SCR111","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Aerospace and Aviation Caucus within the Kentucky General Assembly.","description":"Establish the Aerospace and Aviation Caucus within the Kentucky General Assembly.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-29","last_action":"to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-31","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SCR111/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/scr111.html","sponsor":"Alice Kerr"},
{"bill_id":1324023,"bill_number":"SB123","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization.","description":"Amend KRS 12.020 relating to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to restructure units within the cabinet; amend KRS 194A.030 related to the Office of the Secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to restructure units and establish functions; create a new section of KRS Chapter 194A to establish the Division of Telehealth Services; confirm Executive Orders 2019-286, 2019-466, and 2019-719.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-11","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 9)","last_action_date":"2020-03-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB123/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb123.html","sponsor":"Alice Kerr"},
{"bill_id":1324035,"bill_number":"HB349","title":"AN ACT relating to retirement plans covering legislators and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 6.500 to 6.577 to close the Legislators' Retirement Plan (LRP) to new members effective July 1, 2020, and to provide that new legislators shall participate in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System (KERS) for the duration of their legislative service; clarify that legislators who are also teachers contributing to the Teachers' Retirement System (TRS) may continue to participate in TRS while serving as a member of the General Assembly; provide that LRP members who entered the plan on or after January 1, 2014, and who are participating in the LRP cash balance plan shall have their account balance transferred to the KERS hybrid cash balance plan and shall prospectively participate in KERS for the duration of their legislative service; repeal. reenact, and amend KRS 6.520 to allow a member of LRP in the traditional defined benefit plan to elect to have their benefit factor lowered from 2.75% to 1.97% for service accrued on or after July 1, 2020; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 6.525 to provide that a member in the LRP traditional defined benefit plan may elect to not include any non-legislative compensation earned in another state-administered retirement system on or after July 1, 2020, in the calculation of their LRP benefits; amend KRS 21.525 to provide that the Judicial Form Retirement System shall not request or receive any funding for the LRP, except for administrative expenses, until the LRP plan has an actuarial funding level equal to or less than the KERS nonhazardous pension fund; amend KRS 61.510 to provide that for any service to the General Assembly that is credited to the Kentucky Employees Retirement System, a member may elect compensation earned for other covered public employment which shall not be used to determine the portion of their benefit related to their service to the General Assembly; amend KRS 6.500 to conform; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 6.505, 21.402, and 61.680 to conform and to restore and delete language due to a recent court ruling; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-29","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-31","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB349/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb349.html","sponsor":"Joe Graviss"},
{"bill_id":1324055,"bill_number":"SR113","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Coach Bill Cronin upon his induction into the NAIA Hall of Fame.","description":"Honor Coach Bill Cronin upon his induction into the NAIA Hall of Fame.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-13","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-13","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR113/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr113.html","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":1324068,"bill_number":"HB346","title":"AN ACT relating to massage therapy.","description":"Amend KRS 309.350 to define \"animal massage therapist\", \"massage establishment\", and \"practice of animal massage therapy\"; create a new section of KRS 309.350 to 309.364 to allow a veterinarian holding a license in good standing to perform animal massage therapy as part of the practice for which he or she is licensed; allow a veterinarian technician holding a license in good standing to perform animal massage therapy as part of the practice for which he or she is licensed; prohibit a person from practicing animal massage therapy unless he or she has met certain educational and licensure requirements; prohibit a person from holding himself or herself out to be an animal massage therapist unless he or she has met the educational and licensure requirements; require approved animal massage therapy training programs to hold an accreditation recognized by the United States Department of Education; establish the conditions upon which a person may be granted a license as a large or small animal massage therapist; establish the conditions upon which the board may grant an animal massage therapy license; require an animal massage therapist to report to the animal's owner or representative any findings that indicate an examination by a licensed veterinarian; require an animal massage therapist to provide notification of the results of the treatment and summary of observations of the animal's condition; amend KRS 309.351 to allow licensed massage therapists to use pulsed electromagnetic field therapy or microcurrent devices for which they are trained; amend KRS 309.354 to remove the requirement for a massage school owner or director to be a member of the board; require the chair to appoint an advisory committee to the board; allow members of the committee to present new items to be considered for the board agenda to the board chair; amend KRS 309.355 to allow the board to fine any massage establishment that employs or contracts with unlicensed practitioners who perform massages; allow the board to fine any massage establishment that fails to report to the board any license massage therapist who violates KRS Chapter 309.350 to 309.364 or administrative regulations promulgated by the board while employed by the massage establishment; give the board the authority to hire staff for the work of the board; amend KRS 309.357 to remove the list of existing fees from statute and charge the board to promulgate administrative regulations that establish a reasonable schedule of fees and charges for the issuance and restoration of licenses and certificates and for the renewal of licenses; establish the conditions under which a license may be reinstated or renewed; amend KRS 309.358 to add background checks conducted by the Kentucky State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a requirement for licensure; allow licensure to be obtained through an associate's degree if the program meets the requirements of a training program approved by the board; amend KRS 309.361 to require licensees to complete 12 hours of continuing education instead of 24 as a condition of licensure renewal; require 3 of the 12 hours of continuing education to be completed in ethics; amend KRS 309.362 to increase the cap on fines from $500 to $1,000 per violation for repeat offenders; amend KRS 309.363 to require the board to accept the Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards' guidelines in approving continuing education; amend KRS 309.3631 to require applications for the initial certificate of good standing and annual renewals to be submitted with a fee prescribed by the board.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-10","last_action":"returned to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-18","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB346/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb346.html","sponsor":"Matthew Koch"},
{"bill_id":1324077,"bill_number":"SB121","title":"AN ACT relating to putative fathers.","description":"Amend KRS 199.480 to reduce the time in which a putative father may register to be a party to an action for adoption if he did not receive notice prior to the birth of the child from 21 days to 72 hours; amend KRS 625.065 to reduce the time in which a putative father may register to be a party to an action for involuntary termination of parental rights if he did not receive notice prior to the birth of the child from 21 days to 72 hours.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-29","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-31","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB121/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb121.html","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":1324090,"bill_number":"HB348","title":"AN ACT relating to unbudgeted federal funds.","description":"Amend KRS 48.630 to prohibit the three branches of government from requesting an allotment of unbudgeted funds, except in the case of unbudgeted federal funds.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-29","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-02","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB348/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb348.html","sponsor":"Steven Rudy"},
{"bill_id":1324105,"bill_number":"SR114","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Phillip \"Mouse\" Morris LeMaster.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Phillip \"Mouse\" Morris LeMaster.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-14","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR114/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr114.html","sponsor":"Robin Webb"},
{"bill_id":1324115,"bill_number":"HB345","title":"AN ACT relating to land surveyors.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 322.400 to 322.470 to require land surveyors to carry errors and omission insurance, require the board to make insurance available under a group policy, but allow land surveyors to obtain insurance independently; if the board is unable to obtain a group policy, the requirements of this section shall be waived for the applicable contract year.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-29","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)","last_action_date":"2020-01-31","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB345/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb345.html","sponsor":"Thomas Huff"},
{"bill_id":1324126,"bill_number":"HR65","title":"A RESOLUTION pledging civility on and off the floor of the House of Representatives during the 2020 legislative session.","description":"Pledge civility on the floor and outside the chambers of the House of Representatives.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-31","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-01-31","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR65/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr65.html","sponsor":"Suzanne Miles"},
{"bill_id":1324138,"bill_number":"SB25","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization.","description":"Amend KRS 12.023 to remove the Agricultural Development Board and the Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corporation from the Office of the Governor; amend KRS 12.020 to attach the Agricultural Development Board and the Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corporation to the Department of Agriculture; amend KRS 247.944 to attach the Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corporation to the Department of Agriculture; allow staff services for the board to be provided by the Department of Agriculture; authorize the Commissioner of Agriculture or his or her designee to serve as executive director of the Agricultural Finance Corporation Board; amend KRS 248.707 to authorize the Commissioner of Agriculture to serve as chair of the Agricultural Development Board; authorize the Governor to serve as vice chair of the Agricultural Development Board; attach the Agricultural Development Board to the Department of Agriculture; allow staff services for the board to be provided by the Department of Agriculture; amend KRS 248.709 to provide that the Commissioner of Agriculture or his or her designee shall serve as director of the Agricultural Development Board; amend KRS 260.860 to conform; repeal KRS 248.480, relating to the Kentucky Tobacco Settlement Trust Corporation; transfer affairs associated with the Governor's Office of Agricultural Policy, Agricultural Development Board, and the Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corporation to the Department of Agriculture.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-29","last_action":"to Agriculture (S)","last_action_date":"2020-01-31","committee":"Agriculture","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB25/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb25.html","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":1324149,"bill_number":"SR112","title":"A RESOLUTION declaring January 30, 2020, Live United Day in Kentucky.","description":"Proclaim January 30, 2020 as Live United Day","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-01-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-01-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR112/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr112.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1324160,"bill_number":"HB347","title":"AN ACT relating to regulatory licensing fees.","description":"Amend KRS 243.075 to allow a county that contains a city authorized to also charge a regulatory licensing fee to charge a fee; allow a county or city that held a local option election between July 15, 2014, and July 15, 2017, to impose a fee within two years of the date of the Act.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-01-29","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-02-06","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB347/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb347.html","sponsor":"Phillip Pratt"},
{"bill_id":1324170,"bill_number":"SR110","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Sanford J. \"Hank\" McCane.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Sanford J. \"Hank\" McCane.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-14","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR110/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr110.html","sponsor":"Robin Webb"},
{"bill_id":1324954,"bill_number":"SB126","title":"AN ACT relating to public charter school authorizer training and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 160.180 to establish public charter school authorizer training guidelines for local boards of education; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-30","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-03","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB126/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb126.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1324969,"bill_number":"HB359","title":"AN ACT relating to child welfare.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 403 prohibiting a sex offender from receiving custody or unsupervised visitation of a child; list exceptions to the prohibition. Amend KRS 403.270, 403.280, 403.340, and 403.740, relating to custody and visitation, to provide that those sections are subject to the prohibition in Section 1. Amend KRS 600.020 to add knowingly allowing a child to have unsupervised contact with a sex offender as an element of abuse or neglect.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-30","last_action":"posting withdrawn","last_action_date":"2020-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB359/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb359.html","sponsor":"Joseph Fischer"},
{"bill_id":1324983,"bill_number":"HJR66","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION relating to road projects.","description":"Provide that the General Assembly shall adopt the last four years of the six year road plan as a joint resolution.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-04-13","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 83)","last_action_date":"2020-04-13","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR66/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hjr66.html","sponsor":"Steven Rudy"},
{"bill_id":1324997,"bill_number":"SR115","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of William Fitch Burbank, Jr.","description":"Adjourn the Senate in honor and loving memory of William Fitch Burbank Jr.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR115/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr115.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1325011,"bill_number":"HB360","title":"AN ACT relating to missing persons.","description":"Amend KRS 39F.180 to require that any agency searching for a lost or missing person contact appropriate agencies within four hours of receiving the report and utilize existing resources, including but not limited to electronic highway signs, the Amber Alert system, law enforcement communication systems, electronic media, local, regional, and statewide media providers, and the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System, if authorized and under conditions permitted by the federal government.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-02-19","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-26","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB360/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb360.html","sponsor":"Deanna Frazier Gordon"},
{"bill_id":1325026,"bill_number":"SB127","title":"AN ACT relating to the tuition waiver for Kentucky foster or adopted children.","description":"Amend KRS 162.2847 to include graduate programs in the tuition waiver for foster and adopted children; extend the eligibility time period.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-30","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-03","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB127/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb127.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1325039,"bill_number":"HB354","title":"AN ACT relating to road projects and declaring an emergency.","description":"Set out the 2020-2022 Biennial Highway Construction Plan; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch.94)","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB354/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb354.html","sponsor":"Steven Rudy"},
{"bill_id":1325056,"bill_number":"SR116","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Judge Edwin P. Abell.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Judge Edwin P. Abell.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-25","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR116/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr116.html","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":1325072,"bill_number":"HB357","title":"AN ACT relating to emergency medical services professions reciprocity.","description":"Amend KRS 311A.142 to require reciprocity of certification or licensure for any member of the United States military who is registered by the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians as an emergency medical responder, emergency medical technician, advanced emergency medical technician, or paramedic; grant reciprocity to any emergency medical responder, emergency medical technician, advanced emergency medical technician, or paramedic that is currently certified or licensed and is in good standing with a state contiguous to Kentucky.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-17","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 15)","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB357/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb357.html","sponsor":"Deanna Frazier Gordon"},
{"bill_id":1325087,"bill_number":"HB358","title":"AN ACT relating to sales and use taxes.","description":"Amend KRS 139.010 to define \"affiliate\"; amend KRS 139.480 to exempt certain tangible personal property from sales and use tax if purchased by providers of communications services, multichannel video programming services, internet access, or any combination, thereof, and require yearly report of the exemption to the Legislative Research Commission; amend KRS 131.190 to authorize the report from the Department of Revenue, and reorder the; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2020.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-30","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-03","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB358/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb358.html","sponsor":"Mark Hart"},
{"bill_id":1325101,"bill_number":"SB130","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 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; exempt the provisions of the Act from KRS 6.945(1).","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-30","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-03","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB130/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb130.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1325128,"bill_number":"SR117","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Lyle Stalcup.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Lyle Stalcup.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-10","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-03-10","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR117/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr117.html","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":1325143,"bill_number":"SB131","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishment.","description":"Amend KRS 508.080 to insert gender neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-30","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-03","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB131/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb131.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1325158,"bill_number":"SB129","title":"AN ACT relating to cosmetology.","description":"Amend KRS 317A.010 to include waxing in the definition of cosmetology and create a definition for wax technician; amend KRS 317A.050 to create a license for wax technicians and correct technical errors.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-30","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-03","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB129/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb129.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1325172,"bill_number":"SJR118","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION designating Kentucky Route 1268 in Jessamine County in honor and memory of former United States District Judge Bernard Thomas Moynahan Jr.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate Kentucky Route 1268 in Jessamine County in honor and memory of former U.S. Kentucky Eastern District Judge Bernard T. Moynahan Jr. and to erect the appropriate signage.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-30","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-03","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR118/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sjr118.html","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":1325186,"bill_number":"SB128","title":"AN ACT relating to performance-based incentives for jails and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 197.045 on felony sentence credits to award funds to local jails which offer programming that results in credit for state inmates; create a new section of KRS Chapter 441 to allow local jails to classify state inmates who have not been classified by the Department of Corrections within 30 days of the date of conviction; amend KRS 532.100 to increase the state inmate per diem paid to local jails offering approved evidence-based programming; create a new section of KRS Chapter 441 to create a negotiated contract option for jails meeting certain standards; amend KRS 441.055 to authorize administration regulations regarding contracts; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-30","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-03","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB128/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb128.html","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":1325197,"bill_number":"SB124","title":"AN ACT designating the Garrard County Tobacco Cutting Contest as the official state tobacco cutting contest.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to designate the Garrard County Tobacco Cutting Contest as the official state tobacco cutting contest.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-30","last_action":"recommitted to Agriculture (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":"Agriculture","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB124/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb124.html","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":1325867,"bill_number":"SB132","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":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-17","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 18)","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB132/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb132.html","sponsor":"Robert Mills"},
{"bill_id":1325898,"bill_number":"HB361","title":"AN ACT relating to prisoners and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 441.520, relating to the transfer of prisoners, to require an agreement between an originating and receiving jail before ordering the transfer of a prisoner; specify that if a transfer is ordered before receiving an agreement, the receiving jail shall not be required to house the prisoner nor shall the receiving jail's jailer be subject to contempt; outline what a receiving jail may charge for housing a transferred prisoner; require a sheriff to transport the transferred prisoner; require a Circuit Judge to review his or her transfer order every 60 days; amend KRS 441.530 to conform; amend KRS 532.100, relating to the placement of state prisoners, to provide for the transfer of state prisoners from jails at or over 150% capacity; allow a jail to place county prisoners in an area usually reserved for state prisoners if that area has vacant beds; amend KRS 197.020, 439.3407, 441.005, 441.045, 441.146, and 533.025 to conform: EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-04-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 109)","last_action_date":"2020-04-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB361/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb361.html","sponsor":"Deanna Frazier Gordon"},
{"bill_id":1325962,"bill_number":"SR119","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing and honoring The Hearing & Speech Center.","description":"Recognize and Honor The Hearing & Speech Center for its invaluable services that have had a profound and positive impact on countless citizens across the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-20","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR119/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr119.html","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1325992,"bill_number":"HJR67","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Transportation Cabinet to erect signs in Rockcastle County that proclaim Rockcastle County as the home of 2019 National Drive, Chip, and Putt Champion Conner \"Smoke\" Ford.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to place signs in Rockastle County honoring Conner \"Smoke\" Ford, 2019 National Drive, Chip, and Putt Champion.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-01-31","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-03","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR67/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hjr67.html","sponsor":"Travis Brenda"},
{"bill_id":1326868,"bill_number":"SB135","title":"AN ACT relating to defining sexual contact.","description":"Amend KRS 510.010 to define \"sexual contact.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-03","last_action":"recommitted to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB135/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb135.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1326884,"bill_number":"HR70","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing February 4, 2020, as Kentucky Nurses Day in the Commonwealth.","description":"Recognize February 4, 2020, as Kentucky Nurses Day in the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-04","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR70/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr70.html","sponsor":"Mary Marzian"},
{"bill_id":1326902,"bill_number":"SB133","title":"AN ACT relating to workers compensation for volunteer firemen and other emergency personnel.","description":"Amend KRS 342.140 to add that income benefits for volunteer firemen, police, and emergency management agency members or trainees may be based on fifty percent (50%) of the state average weekly wage if that is greater than the average weekly wage of their regular employment.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-03","last_action":"to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-05","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB133/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb133.html","sponsor":"Phillip Wheeler"},
{"bill_id":1326920,"bill_number":"SB134","title":"AN ACT relating to the Optometry Scholarship Program.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164.740 to 164.7891 to establish the Optometry Scholarship Program; define scholarship eligibility requirements; direct the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to promulgate regulations and administer the program; create the Optometry Scholarship Program fund; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 58)","last_action_date":"2020-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB134/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb134.html","sponsor":"David Givens"},
{"bill_id":1326938,"bill_number":"HB366","title":"AN ACT relating to Eastern Kentucky University's model and practice school.","description":"Amend KRS 164.380 to establish guidelines for the operation and management of the model and practice schools operated by Eastern Kentucky University; require the board of regents to adopt policies for the operation of the model and practice school; ensure model and practice schools and students eligible for state programs; establish a model and practice school advisory council; provide that for the purposes of determining equalization and local effort the model and practice school students shall be included in the residing district's average daily attendance; amend KRS 164.7874 and KRS 164.7885 to conform; repeal KRS 156.472, relating to textbooks for model and practice school.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 66)","last_action_date":"2020-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB366/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb366.html","sponsor":"Deanna Frazier Gordon"},
{"bill_id":1326957,"bill_number":"HB367","title":"AN ACT relating to fees that are established for services provided by elected officials.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 64 to define \"elected official\"; establish that a statutory fee amount for services performed by elected officials or their offices be considered the maximum fee amount; allow the elected official to charge a lower fee amount when the maximum fee amount is not necessary for funding purposes; require a schedule of current fee rates to be posted and records of historical fee rates when the elected official charges a lower fee amount.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-03","last_action":"recommitted to Local Government (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-09","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB367/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb367.html","sponsor":"Chad McCoy"},
{"bill_id":1326973,"bill_number":"SR123","title":"A RESOLUTION declaring February 5, 2020, Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Day in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","description":"Declare February 5, 2020, Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Day in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-05","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR123/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr123.html","sponsor":"Paul Hornback"},
{"bill_id":1326991,"bill_number":"HB370","title":"AN ACT relating to the dignified treatment of fetal remains.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 311.710 to 311.830 to require within 24 hours after a spontaneous miscarriage or abortion, a hospital or abortion provider to inform the parents about their right to determine the final disposition of the fetal remains; parents electing a disposition method other than the customary method for that facility are responsible for the costs of disposition; within ten days following a miscarriage or abortion, the abortion provider, hospital, or parent shall provide for final disposition of the fetal remains; establish a Class D felony for failing to appropriately dispose of fetal remains and a Class A misdemeanor for offering to pay for fetal remains; amend KRS 367.97501 to add fetal remains to the definition of \"pathological waste.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-03","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB370/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb370.html","sponsor":"Nancy Tate"},
{"bill_id":1327009,"bill_number":"SR124","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Kentucky's farmers for helping provide citizens with the most nutritious and affordable food in the world, and recognizing February 2 to 8, 2020, as Food Check-Out Week in Kentucky.","description":"Honor Kentucky farmers and recognize February 2 to 8, 2020, as Food Check-Out Week.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-04","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR124/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr124.html","sponsor":"Paul Hornback"},
{"bill_id":1327029,"bill_number":"HB371","title":"AN ACT relating to tax credits.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 198A to establish the nonrefundable Kentucky affordable housing credit; allow the credit to be applied to the income and insurance taxes, in an amount equal to the amount of federal low-income housing tax credit; create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to allow the credit to be applied to income and limited liability entity taxes; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the income tax credit; create new sections of KRS Chapter 136 to allow the credit to be applied to insurance tax; order the insurance tax credits; amend KRS 131.190 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-03","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-05","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB371/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb371.html","sponsor":"Randy Bridges"},
{"bill_id":1327047,"bill_number":"HB362","title":"AN ACT relating to broadband deployment.","description":"Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 224A to add definitions of \"broadband\", \"broadband deployment fund\", \"broadband deployment project\", \"broadband deployment project area\", \"census block\", \"shapefile\", and \"underserved area\"; include moneys received under KRS 224.1121 as revenues of the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority; clarify that broadband deployment fund would be used to provide assistance to construct infrastructure for deployment of broadband service to underserved and unserved areas of the Commonwealth and that the moneys are appropriated for those purposes; provide that the broadband deployment fund shall be used to provide grants to deploy broadband service to underserved as well as unserved areas of the Commonwealth and provide the requirements for grant applications.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-30","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 72)","last_action_date":"2020-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB362/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb362.html","sponsor":"Phillip Pratt"},
{"bill_id":1327065,"bill_number":"HB365","title":"AN ACT relating to fertilizer and pesticide use and application.","description":"Repeal and reenact KRS 217B.040 to define terms; repeal and reenact KRS 217B.140 to clarify the procedures for claims of, and investigations into, pesticide misuse by an applicator; repeal and reenact KRS 217B.500 to define terms; amend KRS 217B.505 to reduce the number of board members from seven to six on the Structural Pest Management Advisory Board; require that the board meet no less than two times per year; repeal and reenact KRS 217B.515 to establish the registration and examination requirements for any person engaging in structural pest management or structural fumigation; specify licensing requirements for any persons holding only a termite or general pest control license or a fumigation license; establish that licenses shall expire annually; authorize the department to promulgate administrative regulations relating to structural pest management and structural fumigation; allow the department to assess fees for such licenses and costs related to the administration of examinations; amend various sections of KRS Chapter 217B to remove limitations on fees for pesticide-related licenses and make technical corrections; remove the requirement that pesticide-related license applications must include details of any equipment used by the applicant to apply pesticides; remove set fees for pesticide operator licenses; remove the set fees for pesticide application licenses; authorize the Department of Agriculture to set fees for noncommercial licenses; authorize the department to issue noncommercial applicator licenses to, and waive fees for, qualifying prison inmates and other incarcerated persons; remove the specific amount for pesticide dealer registration fees and annual renewal fees; remove the specific amount for pesticide dealer branch office registration fees and annual renewal fees; specify violations for which the department may assess civil penalties; specify eligibility requirements for commercial licensing, noncommercial licensing, dealer registration, or structural pest management company registration provisions shall not apply; remove the specific amount for pesticide sales agent license registration fees and annual renewal fees; remove the specific amount for pesticide applicator trainee registration fees; authorize the department to promulgate administrative regulations for the regulation of pesticides sold and used in the Commonwealth; establish the powers and duties of the board; specify the requirements for applicants for an operator’s license; specify examination requirements for commercial structural pest management operator examinations; remove the specific amount for examination fees; authorize the department to promulgate administrative regulations for license testing fees; specify requirements of operator license holders; require structural pest management companies and employers of noncommercial applicators to register annually and pay a fee for each office; require nonresident operators, applicators, and structural pest management companies to designate a resident agent upon whom service of process may be made to enforce the provisions of KRS 217B.515 to KRS 217B.585; specify violations of KRS 217B.515 to KRS 217B.585 for which the department may assess civil penalties; require structural pest management companies to register trainees with the department; authorize the department to promulgate administrative regulations to establish additional requirements for trainees and a fee for registration; authorize the department to promulgate administrative regulations on the identification of vehicles utilized by structural pest management companies; establish that each structural management company and employer of a non-commercial applicator shall be responsible for the actions of its employees or agents in performing structural pest management services; specify actions for an injunction against any person violating or threatening to violate provisions of KRS Chapter 217B or any administrative regulation; establish penalties for offenses; create a new section of KRS Chapter 217B to establish liability insurance requirements for structural pest management companies; create a new section of KRS Chapter 217B to prohibit local regulation of pesticides; repeal KRS 217B.100; 217B.103; 217B.170; 217B.260; 217B.300; 217B.320; and 217B.575.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-03","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB365/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb365.html","sponsor":"Mark Hart"},
{"bill_id":1327083,"bill_number":"SB136","title":"AN ACT relating to home health aides.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216 to require direct-care staff who provide care for a client with Alzheimer's or another form of dementia within the client's home to receive initial and ongoing training that is approved by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; require employers to provide cabinet-approved training and certificates of completion to direct-care staff who work with clients with Alzheimer's or another form of dementia; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations to implement, monitor, and enforce the requirements of this section and to establish standards for approved trainings.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-03","last_action":"to Rules (S)","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":"Rules","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB136/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb136.html","sponsor":"Robert Mills"},
{"bill_id":1327100,"bill_number":"SR121","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Janie Renee Miller.","description":"Adjourn the Senate in honor and loving memory of Janie Renee Miller.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-06","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR121/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr121.html","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":1327121,"bill_number":"SR125","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing February 4, 2020, as Kentucky Nurses Day in the Commonwealth.","description":"Recognize February 4, 2020, as Kentucky Nurses Day in the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-04","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR125/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr125.html","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1327139,"bill_number":"HR69","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Kentucky's farmers for helping provide citizens with the most nutritious and affordable food in the world, and recognizing February 2 to 8, 2020, as Food Check-Out Week in Kentucky.","description":"Honor Kentucky farmers and recognize February 2 to 8, 2020, as Food Check-Out Week","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-06","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR69/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr69.html","sponsor":"Richard Heath"},
{"bill_id":1327157,"bill_number":"HB372","title":"AN ACT relating to the taxation of incontinence products.","description":"Amend KRS 139.472 to exempt prescription incontinence products when sold to a person with a medical diagnosis of incontinence and a prescription for the product; amend KRS 139.190 to allow the Department of Revenue to report the exemption to the Legislative Research Commission by October 1 each year; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2020.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-03","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-05","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB372/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb372.html","sponsor":"Danny Bentley"},
{"bill_id":1327175,"bill_number":"SR122","title":"A RESOLUTION congratulating Lester Sanders upon being named the first African American President of Kentucky Realtors.","description":"Honor Lester Sanders upon being named the first African American President of Kentucky Realtors.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-11","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR122/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr122.html","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":1327210,"bill_number":"HJR68","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Transportation Cabinet to erect signs in Garrard County that proclaims the city of Lancaster as the Home of the Kentucky Motion Picture and Television Hall of Fame.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to erect signs on United States Highway 27 and Kentucky Route 52 in Garrard County at the Lancaster city limits that read, \"Home of the Kentucky Motion Picture Hall of Fame.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-03","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-05","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR68/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hjr68.html","sponsor":"Travis Brenda"},
{"bill_id":1327230,"bill_number":"HB368","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship.","description":"Amend KRS 164.7874 to delete the requirement that an eligible high school student and eligible postsecondary student not be a convicted felon for KEES eligibility purposes.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-10","last_action":"recommitted to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB368/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb368.html","sponsor":"James Tipton"},
{"bill_id":1327247,"bill_number":"SJR120","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION designating the Thurman W. \"Punch\" May Highway in Pike County.","description":"Designate the Thurman W. \"Punch\" May Highway in Pike County.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-03","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-05","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR120/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sjr120.html","sponsor":"Phillip Wheeler"},
{"bill_id":1327266,"bill_number":"HB363","title":"AN ACT relating to court costs and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 17 to establish the Department of Kentucky State Police forensic laboratory fund; amend KRS 23A.205 and 24A.175 to increase court costs to $110, currently $100; amend KRS 42.320 to require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to transfer the first $10 of each court cost to the Department of Kentucky State Police forensic laboratory fund; amend KRS 49.480 and 64.092, to conform; amend KRS 186.574 to increase the fee required by each participant in a county attorney-operated traffic safety program to $40, currently $30, and require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to transfer the first $10 of the fee to the Department of Kentucky State Police forensic laboratory fund; amend KRS 211.504 and 441.685 to conform; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-03","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-05","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB363/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb363.html","sponsor":"John Blanton"},
{"bill_id":1327283,"bill_number":"HB364","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Real Estate Appraisers Board.","description":"Amend KRS 324A.010 to redefine \"federally related transaction\"; amend KRS 324A.015 to require the board to employ state certified general appraisers with at least five years of experience to conduct grievance investigations; amend KRS 324A.035 to prevent newer appraisers from becoming appraisers of nonfederally related transactions; amend KRS 324A.047 and 324A.050 to clarify standards; amend KRS 324A.052 to establish complaint time limits; amend KRS 324A.065 to set and reduce fees; amend KRS 324A.150 to redefine \"appraiser panel\"; amend KRS 324A.152 to require an appraisal management company to certify that it is not partly or fully owned by an appraiser whose license has been disciplined; amend KRS 324A.154 to allow the appraiser board to promulgate administrative regulations only with the approval of the executive director of the Kentucky Real Estate Authority; amend KRS 324A.164 to exclude a federally defined \"federally regulated appraisal management company\" from the appraisal management company statutes.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-03","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-05","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB364/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb364.html","sponsor":"Deanna Frazier Gordon"},
{"bill_id":1327301,"bill_number":"HB369","title":"AN ACT relating to cervid meat disposal.","description":"Amend KRS 150.722 to include taxidermists in the requirements for disposal of unused cervid meat; limit the acceptable methods of disposal of unused cervid meat; amend KRS 150.010 to define \"cervid.\"","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-04-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 115)","last_action_date":"2020-04-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB369/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb369.html","sponsor":"David Hale"},
{"bill_id":1327319,"bill_number":"HJR71","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Transportation Cabinet to erect honorary signs and include Tyler Childers on the Country Music Highway in Lawrence County.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to place signs honoring country music artist Tyler Childers on US Highway 23 and to add him to the Country Music Highway in Lawrence County.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-03","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-05","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR71/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hjr71.html","sponsor":"Kathy Hinkle"},
{"bill_id":1329094,"bill_number":"SB138","title":"AN ACT relating to wine corkage.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 243 to establish conditions for wine corkage in conjunction with a meal; create conditions for removal of a bottle of opened wine; amend KRS 243.020 to permit corkage; amend KRS 243.034 to allow a limited restaurant licensee to provide corkage; amend KRS 243.084 to allow a nonquota type 2 or NQ2 retail drink licensee to provide corkage; amend KRS 242.260 to exempt corkage from being a violation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-04","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-06","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB138/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb138.html","sponsor":"Robin Webb"},
{"bill_id":1329117,"bill_number":"SB75","title":"AN ACT relating to off-highway vehicles and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 186.010 to define \"off-highway vehicles\" or \"OHV\"; consider an OHV to be a motor vehicle for registration purposes; amend KRS 186.050 to establish an annual registration fee for resident OHVs and a $30 fee for nonresident OHV registration; allow the clerk to retain $5 for nonresident OHV registration; create new sections of KRS Chapter 189 to allow for the operation of OHVs on a county roadways and state roadways identified by the Transportation Cabinet and the Kentucky Mountain Regional Recreational Authority; prohibit OHV operation on any fully controlled access highway; allow a local government to prohibit OHV use on county roadways under its jurisdiction; establish OHV operation requirements; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations; establish exemptions; allow a nonresident OHV permit to be valid for six months; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations; amend KRS 189.517 to comply; amend KRS 189.990 to establish that operating an OHV in violation of Sections 3 and 4 of this Act shall be a Class B misdemeanor.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-19","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2020-04-01","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB75/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb75.html","sponsor":"Phillip Wheeler"},
{"bill_id":1329140,"bill_number":"HB377","title":"AN ACT relating to special purpose governmental entities.","description":"Amend KRS 65A.020 to allow the Department for Local Government (DLG) to exclude certain revenues received by special purpose governmental entities that are public use airports in determining the annual fee due from those entities; amend KRS 65A.030 to allow the DLG to exclude certain receipts received by special purpose governmental entities that are public use airports in determining the requirements relating to audits and financial statements of those entities.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 27)","last_action_date":"2020-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB377/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb377.html","sponsor":"Adam Bowling"},
{"bill_id":1329166,"bill_number":"HB374","title":"AN ACT relating to rest periods and collective bargaining agreements and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 337.365 to include language exempting collective bargaining break waivers from existing Kentucky break requirements; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 48)","last_action_date":"2020-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB374/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb374.html","sponsor":"Jason Nemes"},
{"bill_id":1329217,"bill_number":"SR127","title":"A RESOLUTION encouraging citizens to recognize the achievements of audiologists and speech-language pathologists.","description":"Encourage citizens to recognize the achievements of audiologists and speech-language pathologists.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-04","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR127/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr127.html","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":1329241,"bill_number":"SB140","title":"AN ACT relating to animal control officers.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 258.095 to 258.500 to require the Department of Agriculture to provide continuing education on criminal and law enforcement procedures and investigatory practices to animal control officers; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-04","last_action":"to Agriculture (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-06","committee":"Agriculture","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB140/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb140.html","sponsor":"Robin Webb"},
{"bill_id":1329267,"bill_number":"SB141","title":"AN ACT relating to blood donation.","description":"Amend KRS 214.450 to define \"hemochromatosis\"; amend KRS 214.454 to establish that a person who is diagnosed with hemochromatosis shall be considered a qualified blood donor.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-04","last_action":"reassigned to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-18","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB141/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb141.html","sponsor":"Alice Kerr"},
{"bill_id":1329291,"bill_number":"HB376","title":"AN ACT relating to sales and use taxes.","description":"Amend KRS 139.200 to exempt small animal veterinary services after October 1, 2020; amend KRS 139.470 to exempt pet adoption fees and to require reporting of the exemption; amend KRS 131.190 to authorize the Department of Revenue to share information pertaining to adoption fees with the Legislative Research Commission; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2020.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-04","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-06","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB376/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb376.html","sponsor":"Joe Graviss"},
{"bill_id":1329318,"bill_number":"HB381","title":"AN ACT relating to school safety and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to establish the school resource officer and school counselor fund; amend KRS 132.020 to create a property tax to be collected and deposited into the school resource officer and school counselor fund; amend KRS 154.30-010 to conform; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-04","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-06","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB381/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb381.html","sponsor":"Jeffery Donohue"},
{"bill_id":1329345,"bill_number":"HB373","title":"AN ACT relating to health care to provide for an all-payer claims database and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require the commissioner of the Department of Insurance to establish an advisory committee to make recommendations regarding the creation of a Kentucky all-payer claims database; establish the Kentucky all-payer claims database fund; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-04","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-06","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB373/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb373.html","sponsor":"Robert Wiederstein"},
{"bill_id":1329370,"bill_number":"SB139","title":"AN ACT relating to nonsupport.","description":"Amend KRS 530.050 to raise the amount qualifying for flagrant nonsupport from $1,000 to $10,000 and raise the time period of flagrant nonsupport from 6 months to 12 months; specify lower the service time for a person jailed for nonsupport on a second or subsequent offense and that work release shall be permitted.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-04","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-06","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB139/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb139.html","sponsor":"Robin Webb"},
{"bill_id":1329393,"bill_number":"HB379","title":"AN ACT relating to electronic advertising.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 177.830 to 177.890 to allow electronic advertising devices located on the premises of a business or organization to advertise or promote activities and products offered both on the property and by charitable nonprofit organizations or groups; require content advertised to comply with state and federal statutes and regulations; allow nonprofit content to be displayed at the discretion of the electronic advertising device owner; prohibit the advertising of outside content if the business or organization has ceased operation; amend KRS 177.841 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-04","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-06","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB379/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb379.html","sponsor":"Walker Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1329418,"bill_number":"SJR126","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION designating a section of United States Highway 150 in Lincoln County in honor and memory of Neal \"The Banjo Man\" James.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a section of United States Highway 150 in Lincoln county in honor and memory of former television star Neal \"The Banjo Man\" James and erect the appropriate signage.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-04","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-06","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR126/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sjr126.html","sponsor":"Rick Girdler"},
{"bill_id":1329443,"bill_number":"SB142","title":"AN ACT relating to cruelty to animals.","description":"Amend KRS 525.130 to change mental state to knowing or reckless; delete domestic animal killed by poisoning; add requirements of legal food processing, customary veterinary practices performed by a licensed veterinarian, horse racing not governed by federal law, reasonable defense, and accepted animal or pest control practices; add requirement of legality for animals hunting; strike language regarding \"equine\" under penalty portion and allow costs for any animal; amend KRS 525.135 to define \"physical injury\" and \"reasonable costs\"; add knowing or reckless to mental state; delete misdemeanor Class A language; add requirement for customary veterinary practices performed by a licensed veterinarian and reasonable defense; add language for penalties the court may impose; create a new section of KRS Chapter 525 to create crime of \"extreme neglect\" and make it a Class D felony; define \"extreme neglect,\" \"physical injury,\" and \"reasonable costs\"; create exemptions and establish penalties court may impose.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-04","last_action":"to Agriculture (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-06","committee":"Agriculture","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB142/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb142.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1329466,"bill_number":"HB375","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization.","description":"Amend KRS 95A.020 to define \"chief fire officer\"; change the name of the Commission on Fire Protection Personnel Standards and Education to the Kentucky Fire Commission; attach the commission to the Kentucky Community and Technical College System for administrative purposes; require the commission to have male, female, and minority representation; require that no more than three appointed members reside in the same congressional district; reduce the number of members from 17 to 14; change the qualifications for certain members appointed to the commission by the Governor; amend various sections to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 67)","last_action_date":"2020-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB375/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb375.html","sponsor":"Mark Hart"},
{"bill_id":1329495,"bill_number":"SB137","title":"AN ACT relating to the establishment of the 1775 Semiquincentennial Anniversary Commission.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 148 to establish the 1775 Semiquincentennial Anniversary Commission to enable Kentucky to adequately and appropriately commemorate the 250th anniversary of the opening of Boone Trace; delineate the membership of the 1775 Semiquincentennial Anniversary Commission; set forth the duties of the 1775 Semiquincentennial Anniversary Commission; provide that the section expires and shall be repealed effective January 1, 2027.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-04","last_action":"to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-06","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB137/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb137.html","sponsor":"Alice Kerr"},
{"bill_id":1329519,"bill_number":"HB378","title":"AN ACT relating to the filing of documents.","description":"Amend KRS 186A.520 to provide that a county clerk's reliance on salvage title application relieves county clerk from liability.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 49)","last_action_date":"2020-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB378/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb378.html","sponsor":"Walker Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1329543,"bill_number":"HR72","title":"A RESOLUTION declaring February 5, 2020, Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Day in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","description":"Declare February 5, 2020, Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Day in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2020-02-04","last_action":"to House Floor","last_action_date":"2020-02-06","committee":"Floor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR72/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr72.html","sponsor":"Russell Webber"},
{"bill_id":1329567,"bill_number":"HB380","title":"AN ACT relating to the voluntary environmental remediation tax credit.","description":"Amend KRS 141.418 to expand the voluntary environmental remediation tax credit for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2020, but before January 1, 2024, and to allow a refundable credit for these taxable years; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the refundable credit; amend KRS 131.190 to require reporting.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-04","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-06","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB380/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb380.html","sponsor":"Jason Nemes"},
{"bill_id":1331285,"bill_number":"HB385","title":"AN ACT relating to vision examinations.","description":"Amend KRS 156.160 to require a conclusive vision examination upon a child's initial enrollment in kindergarten and a vision examination upon a child's initial enrollment in a public preschool program, a Head Start program or grade six.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-02-05","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB385/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb385.html","sponsor":"John Sims"},
{"bill_id":1331301,"bill_number":"SB145","title":"AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 226 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to gaming.","description":"Propose to amend Section 226 of the Constitution of Kentucky to authorize the General Assembly to define, permit, oversee, and regulate all forms of otherwise-permissible gaming; provide for the oversight and control of gaming by an administrative body funded by license fees and taxes levied on gaming; prior to July 2040, require 100% of gaming proceeds, in excess of the amount used to pay for an oversight administrative body of gaming, to go to the retirement systems; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-05","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-07","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB145/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb145.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1331316,"bill_number":"HB383","title":"AN ACT relating to CPA licensure.","description":"Amend KRS 325.240 to give the State Board of Accountancy the authority to establish a scholarship program; grant the board immunity from being sued when members act in good faith; amend KRS 325.280 to allow CPAs from other states who did not obtain a license in their home state within five years of passing the CPA exam to get a Kentucky license.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-10","last_action":"to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-12","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB383/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb383.html","sponsor":"Kimberly Banta"},
{"bill_id":1331334,"bill_number":"HB386","title":"AN ACT relating to ambulance contracts.","description":"Amend KRS 65.710 to increase the time limit from 1 year to 4 years that local governments may contract for ambulance services with private persons, partnerships, or corporations.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-02-25","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-27","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB386/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb386.html","sponsor":"Scott Lewis"},
{"bill_id":1331351,"bill_number":"SR128","title":"A RESOLUTION celebrating Black History Month and honoring the life and legacy of Colonel Charles Young.","description":"Celebrate Black History Month and honor the life and legacy of Colonel Charles Young.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-05","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR128/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr128.html","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":1331367,"bill_number":"SB143","title":"AN ACT relating to moments of silence and reflection.","description":"Amend KRS 158.175 to require moments of silence or reflection at the start of each school day and establish guidelines.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-05","last_action":"recommitted to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB143/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb143.html","sponsor":"Phillip Wheeler"},
{"bill_id":1331400,"bill_number":"HB384","title":"AN ACT relating to local government.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 70 detailing the powers and duties of constables, excluding the general powers of peace or police officers, with certain exceptions; allow police powers where the county grants them and the constable or deputy has been certified pursuant to KRS 15.380, so long as that certification is maintained; amend KRS 15.707 deleting constables; amend KRS 16.060 deleting constables; amend KRS 61.300 deleting deputy constables; amend KRS 61.310 deleting deputy constables; amend KRS 63.170 by adding constables; amend KRS 63.180 by adding deputy constables; amend KRS 64.060 to remove noncertified constables from the fee schedule for services and allow certified constables to continue to receive fees per the schedule; amend KRS 64.190 to amend constable fee schedule; amend KRS 64.200 to exclude urban-county governments from constable compensation requirements and include deputy constables within reporting requirements; amend KRS 70.310 to require deputy constables to execute bond; amend KRS 70.320 to allow the appointment of deputy constables; specify how they are appointed and their numbers determined, and their qualifications; amend KRS 70.350 to specify where constables may execute warrants; amend KRS 70.410 to include deputy constables; amend KRS 70.430 to specify the nature and recipient of constable and deputy constable's reports; grant fiscal courts or county clerks and merged governments the authority to retain 25% of fees collected; amend KRS 70.440 to include mandated reports within false reporting prohibitions; amend KRS 148.056 to remove constables; amend KRS 150.100 to remove constables; amend KRS 164.955 to specify that powers of constables are not being diluted or removed; amend KRS 183.881 to specify that constable powers are not impaired or diminished; amend KRS 189.950 to permit vehicle blue lights for constables if the county grants them the authority and if they are certified as peace officers; amend KRS 230.240 to remove constables; amend KRS 277.280 to remove constables; amend KRS 281.765 to remove constables and deputies; amend KRS 446.010 to remove constables from definition of \"peace officers\"; amend KRS 454.140 to direct service of process first to sheriffs; exclude urban-county and consolidated local governments from this requirement, unless they pass ordinances granting the sheriff priority.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-02-05","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-02-13","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB384/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb384.html","sponsor":"Adam Koenig"},
{"bill_id":1331418,"bill_number":"SR129","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Wanda Marie Benson Ford.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Wanda Marie Benson Ford.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-05","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR129/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr129.html","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":1331435,"bill_number":"HB387","title":"AN ACT relating to the rural hospital operations and facilities revolving loan fund, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of Subchapter 20 of KRS Chapter 154 to establish the rural hospital operations and facilities revolving loan fund; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Vetoed","status_date":"2020-04-24","last_action":"line items vetoed; delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 128)","last_action_date":"2020-04-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB387/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb387.html","sponsor":"Danny Bentley"},
{"bill_id":1331450,"bill_number":"SB146","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 against an employee for discussing wages.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-05","last_action":"to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-07","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB146/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb146.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1331470,"bill_number":"SR130","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Command Sergeant Major William Keith Cox.","description":"Honors and recognizes Command Sergeant Major William Keith Cox on the occasion of his retirement from the Kentucky National Guard.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-10","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-03-10","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR130/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr130.html","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":1331486,"bill_number":"HR73","title":"A RESOLUTION designating January 23rd of each year as Maternal Health Awareness Day in Kentucky.","description":"Designate January 23rd of each year as Maternal Health Awareness Day in Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-27","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR73/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr73.html","sponsor":"Kathy Hinkle"},
{"bill_id":1331503,"bill_number":"SB150","title":"AN ACT relating to the state of emergency in response to COVID-19 and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 304.17A-005 to define terms; create new sections of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require the commissioner of insurance to establish a database of billed health care service charges; require an insurer to reimburse for unanticipated out-of-network care; prohibit balance billing from a provider who has been reimbursed as required; provide for an independent dispute resolution program to review reimbursements provided for unanticipated out-of-network care; allow unregulated health plans to opt-in to requirements; require insurers to provide certain notices in an explanation of benefits; amend KRS 304.17A-254 and 304.17A-505 to require certain disclosures; create a new section of KRS Chapter 365 to allow the Attorney General to enjoin persons violating Section 3; amend KRS 18A.225 to require the state employee health plan to comply with Sections 3 and 4 of the Act; amend KRS 304.17A-0954, 304.17A-096, 304.17A-500, 304.17A-580, 304.17A-649, 304.17B-001, 304.17B-015, 304.17B-033, 304.17C-010, 304.18-114, 304.38A-010, and 304.39-241 to conform; repeal KRS 304.17A-640; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-30","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 73)","last_action_date":"2020-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB150/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb150.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1331519,"bill_number":"HB388","title":"AN ACT relating to elections and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 117.035 to adjust the time of appointment for members of county boards of elections; amend KRS 117.045 to provide the method of appointment of precinct election officers and designate who may qualify to serve as a precinct election officer; amend KRS 117.066 to provide procedures for voting at a location containing more than one precinct and for the consolidation of precinct election officers; amend KRS 117.087 to provide for the verification of submitted mail-in absentee ballots beginning on the day before the election in preparation for counting the ballots on election day; amend KRS 117.085 and 117.086 to conform; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-02-25","last_action":"returned to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-26","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB388/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb388.html","sponsor":"Kevin Bratcher"},
{"bill_id":1331539,"bill_number":"SR131","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing September 13, 2020, as World Sepsis Day and September as Sepsis Awareness Month.","description":"Recognize September 13, 2020, as World Sepsis Day and September as Sepsis Awareness Month.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR131/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr131.html","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":1331554,"bill_number":"HB382","title":"AN ACT relating to the operation of golf carts.","description":"Amend KRS 189.286 to remove time of operation restrictions for golf carts operating on city and county roads where allowed by local governments.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-26","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 34)","last_action_date":"2020-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB382/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb382.html","sponsor":"Sal Santoro"},
{"bill_id":1331571,"bill_number":"SB144","title":"AN ACT relating to coroners.","description":"Amend KRS 72.410 to require a coroner to collect, secure, and provide for the disposal of any prescription medications of a decedent; amend KRS 72.992 to establish fines for violations of those duties.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-05","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-07","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB144/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb144.html","sponsor":"Jared Carpenter"},
{"bill_id":1333036,"bill_number":"HB391","title":"AN ACT relating to the reporting of abortion related information to the Vital Statistics Branch.","description":"Amend KRS 213.101, relating to abortion reporting requirements, to allow the Auditor of Public Accounts to perform an annual audit.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-06","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB391/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb391.html","sponsor":"Stan Lee"},
{"bill_id":1333052,"bill_number":"SB148","title":"AN ACT relating to the registration of farmers for sales and use tax exemption purposes.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 139 to require persons engaged in farming to obtain an agriculture exemption number to claim an exemption from sales and use tax; require the Department of Revenue to develop a searchable database for sellers and retailers to verify the agriculture exemption number if the purchaser cannot produce documentation of the agriculture exemption number at the time of sale; Effective January 1, 2021.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 38)","last_action_date":"2020-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB148/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb148.html","sponsor":"David Givens"},
{"bill_id":1333090,"bill_number":"SB147","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-schooled student; establish criteria for participation; require a parent, guardian, or teacher of a home-schooled student participating in a public school interscholastic activity to verify the student's academic progress; declare a public school student who does not make academic progress at a public school and withdraws and enters a home school program ineligible for participation in an interscholastic activity for the remainder of the school year.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-06","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-10","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB147/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb147.html","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":1333107,"bill_number":"HR74","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing February as Career and Technical Education Month in Kentucky.","description":"Recognize February as Career and Technical Education Month in Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-11","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR74/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr74.html","sponsor":"Ken Upchurch"},
{"bill_id":1333126,"bill_number":"SB153","title":"AN ACT relating to a tax credit for volunteer firefighters.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a refundable income tax credit for certain volunteer firefighters; declare the purpose of the credit; require annual reporting to the Legislative Research Commission to evaluate the impact of the credit; amend KRS 141.0205 to provide the ordering of the credit; amend KRS 131.190 to allow reporting by Department of Revenue.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-06","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-10","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB153/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb153.html","sponsor":"Phillip Wheeler"},
{"bill_id":1333145,"bill_number":"SB151","title":"AN ACT relating to hate crimes.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to provide an enhanced term of imprisonment for any defendant convicted of certain crimes when he or she intentionally selected the person because of that person's actual or perceived race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, mental or physical disability, gender identity or expression, or sexual orientation; amend KRS 15.334 and 17.1523 to conform; repeal KRS 49.320 and 532.031; restrictions of KRS 6.945(1) shall not apply to Sections 1 to 4 of this Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-06","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-10","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB151/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb151.html","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":1333164,"bill_number":"HB390","title":"AN ACT related to adoption leave.","description":"Amend KRS 337.015 to require employers provide the same leave policies to adoptive parents as they provide to birth parents; change the applicable age of an adoptive child from seven to ten; create an exemption for specified categories of adoption.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"recommitted to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB390/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb390.html","sponsor":"Samara Heavrin"},
{"bill_id":1333183,"bill_number":"HB393","title":"AN ACT relating to dual credit scholarships.","description":"Amend KRS 164.786 to increase the dual credit tuition rate ceiling amount; add two career and technical education courses per year to the Dual Credit Scholarship; amend KRS 164.787 to delete the dual credit provisions from the Work Ready Scholarship.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-19","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-19","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB393/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb393.html","sponsor":"James Tipton"},
{"bill_id":1333201,"bill_number":"HB392","title":"AN ACT relating to the legislative branch of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","description":"Amend KRS 6.160 to require the chief clerk of each chamber to ensure that the phrase \"the year of our Lord\" is in the date of each citation, resolution, and daily journal; amend KRS 6.161 to require each chamber's journal to include \"the year of our Lord\" in the date; amend KRS 7.100 to require the Legislative Research Commission to include the words \"the year of our Lord\" in the date of all citations, resolutions, and daily journals.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-06","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-10","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB392/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb392.html","sponsor":"Walker Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1333220,"bill_number":"HB396","title":"AN ACT relating to superintendent screening committees.","description":"Amend KRS 160.352 to require greater minority representation on a screening committee in a school district with a student minority population of 50% or greater.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-06","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-10","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB396/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb396.html","sponsor":"Charles Booker"},
{"bill_id":1333240,"bill_number":"HB397","title":"AN ACT creating the Classification of Workers in the Construction Industry Task Force.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 337 to provide definitions; set forth determination of misclassified workers; set forth investigation process and violations; establish court remedies; require notice by an employer; grant the commissioner of the Department of Workplace Standards 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.145 to prohibit contractors with multiple violations from contracting with the state for five years; amend KRS 131.190 to require the Department of Revenue to provide copies of orders to three other state agencies; create a new section of KRS Chapter 341 to require the Office of Unemployment Insurance to provide copies of orders to three other state agencies; create a new section of KRS Chapter 342 to require the commissioner of the Department of Workers' Claims to provide copies to three other state agencies; state that certain sections of the bill may be cited as the Kentucky Workers Fairness Act; Sections 1 to 13, 15, and 16 EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-19","last_action":"to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-26","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB397/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb397.html","sponsor":"Jason Nemes"},
{"bill_id":1333258,"bill_number":"SB152","title":"AN ACT relating to the Endow Kentucky tax credit.","description":"Amend KRS 141.438 to provide definitions; expand the Endow Kentucky tax credit cap to $5 million annually instead of the current tax credit cap of $1 million annually; provide that 20% of the tax credit cap is reserved for foundations and funds that exclusively serve rural counties; require reporting by the Department of Revenue; amend KRS 131.190 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-06","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-10","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB152/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb152.html","sponsor":"Brandon Smith"},
{"bill_id":1333276,"bill_number":"HB389","title":"AN ACT relating to utilization reviews.","description":"Amend KRS 304.17A-611 to prohibit insurers from requiring or using certain utilization reviews for certain prescription drugs used to treat alcohol or opioid use disorder; amend KRS 205.536 to prohibit the Department for Medicaid Services or a Medicaid- managed care organization from requiring or using certain utilization reviews for certain prescription drugs used to treat alcohol or opioid use disorder; effective January 1, 2021.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-06","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB389/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb389.html","sponsor":"Kimberly Moser"},
{"bill_id":1333294,"bill_number":"SB149","title":"AN ACT relating to veterans.","description":"Amend KRS 40.317 to decrease the number of veterans' benefits regional administrators and modify their duties; amend KRS 40.325 to include definition of nurse aides and allow for the hiring of nurse aides at veterans' centers; amend KRS 45A.960 to include a definition of nurse aides.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-04-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 118)","last_action_date":"2020-04-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB149/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb149.html","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":1333311,"bill_number":"SJR132","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION designating a section of Kentucky Route 1575 in Pulaski County in honor and memory of William \"Bill\" Ray.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a section of Kentucky Route 1575 in Pulaski County in honor and memory of William \"Bill\" Ray and erect signage denoting this designation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-06","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-10","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR132/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sjr132.html","sponsor":"Rick Girdler"},
{"bill_id":1333328,"bill_number":"HB395","title":"AN ACT relating to guardians ad litem and other court-appointed counsel and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend various KRS sections to provide that guardians ad litem and court-appointed counsel shall receive a fee not to exceed $500 and to specify the payors of those fees; amend KRS 625.0405, 625.041, and 625.080 to provide that the appointment of guardians ad litem and court-appointed counsel for voluntary or involuntary termination of parental rights proceedings shall solely be for representation at the trial level and shall not extend to the filing of an appeal nor to the appeal process thereafter.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-17","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-18","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB395/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb395.html","sponsor":"Daniel Elliott"},
{"bill_id":1333345,"bill_number":"HB394","title":"AN ACT relating to playgrounds.","description":"Amend KRS 97.010 to require certain local government playground projects to include wheelchair access ramps, wheelchair-friendly surfaces and at least one (1) wheelchair swing, except where the contract for a playground project was signed prior to the effective date of this Act and for playground projects wholly using private funds.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-06","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-09","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB394/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb394.html","sponsor":"Daniel Elliott"},
{"bill_id":1334055,"bill_number":"SB156","title":"AN ACT relating to career and technical education.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 158.810 to 158.818 directing the Kentucky Department of Education to develop a plan to transition all state-operated secondary vocational education centers to local school districts by July 1, 2024; require the Commissioner of Education to establish and appoint members to a workgroup to help develop and implement the plan; describe what the plan shall include; require the Kentucky Board of Education to approve the plan; require the department to provide an annual report to the Interim Joint Committee on Education.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-02-26","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-28","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB156/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb156.html","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":1334067,"bill_number":"HR76","title":"A RESOLUTION directing the appointment of a committee to determine whether there is sufficient cause to institute impeachment proceedings against Dawn M. Gentry, Family Court Judge in Kenton County and present Articles of Impeachment to the House of Representatives.","description":"Direct that a committee be appointed to determine whether an impeachment proceedings should be instituted against Kenton County Family Court Judge Dawn M. Gentry.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-02-07","last_action":"to Committee on Impeachment","last_action_date":"2020-02-12","committee":"Impeachment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR76/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr76.html","sponsor":"Joseph Fischer"},
{"bill_id":1334078,"bill_number":"HB398","title":"AN ACT relating to pharmacy or pharmacist services.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 17A, KRS Chapter 304 to define \"health plan,\" \"insurer,\" \"pharmacy benefit manager,\" and \"pharmacy or pharmacist services\"; provide exceptions for federal laws that conflict with legislation; require Cabinet for Health and Family Services to take any steps necessary to effectuate legislation; amend KRS 304.17A-164 to define \"pharmacy affiliate\"; prohibit insurers, pharmacy benefit managers, and other administrators of pharmacy benefits from imposing certain requirements on patients covered under a health plan; create new sections of KRS 304.17A-165 to 304.17A-166 to require insurers, pharmacy benefit managers, and other administrators of pharmacy benefits to establish reasonably adequate and accessible pharmacy networks; require insurers, pharmacy benefit managers, and other administrators of pharmacy benefits to file an annual report describing their pharmacy networks with the insurance commissioner; require the insurance commissioner to review each report to ensure networks are reasonably adequate and accessible; provide that the insurance commissioner may review and approve the compensation programs for pharmacy or pharmacist services of insurers, pharmacy benefit managers, and other administrators of pharmacy benefits; provide that all information and data acquired by the Department of Insurance shall be considered proprietary and not subject to disclosure under KRS 61.870 to 61.884; define \"actual overpayment\"; establish requirements for contracts between a pharmacy or pharmacist and an insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, or other administrator of pharmacy benefits for the provision of pharmacy or pharmacist services in this state; require contracts to prohibit insurers, pharmacy benefit managers, and other administrators of pharmacy benefits from engaging in certain payment and other practices relating to the provision of pharmacy or pharmacist services; establish certain requirements for insurers, pharmacy benefit managers, and other administrators of pharmacy benefits receiving offers or applications to contract for the provision of pharmacy or pharmacist services in this state; define \"rebate\" and \"spread pricing\"; establish certain requirements for insurers contracting with pharmacy benefit managers and other administrators of pharmacy benefits; prohibit pharmacy benefit managers and other administrators of pharmacy benefits from engaging in spread pricing in this state; require pharmacy benefit managers and other administrators of pharmacy benefits to report to the insurance commissioner, on a quarterly basis, rebates and amounts paid for pharmacy or pharmacist services; provide that certain information and data acquired by the Department of Insurance shall be considered proprietary and not subject to disclosure under KRS 61.870 to 61.884; provide that the insurance commissioner may promulgate administrative regulations establishing prohibited practices of pharmacy benefit managers and other administrators of pharmacy benefits; create a new section of Subtitle 17A, KRS Chapter 304, to establish a Pharmacy Benefits Management Advisory Council; establish duties, membership, and procedural requirements for the council; amend KRS 304.17A-005 to add pharmacy to the definition of \"health care provider\"; amend KRS 304.17A-708, 304.17A-712, and 304.17A-714 to conform; amend KRS 304.17A-515 to establish network adequacy requirements for pharmacy services covered under a managed care plan; create a new section of Subtitle 17C, KRS Chapter 304, and amend KRS 304.17C-040 to apply provisions of legislation to limited health service benefit plans, including limited health service contracts; create a new section of Subtitle 38A, KRS Chapter 304, to apply provisions of legislation to limited health service organizations; amend KRS 205.522 and KRS 205.532 to require Medicaid entities to comply with provisions of legislation; amend KRS 205.647 to establish compliance and reporting requirements for pharmacy benefit managers administering Medicaid benefits; to establish requirement that Medicaid managed care organizations and pharmacy benefit managers shall not require pharmacies to participate with a Medicaid program in order to participate with non-Medicaid programs; to establish civil penalties for failure to comply with section; amend KRS 18A.2259 and 18A.225 to require the state employee health plan to comply with provisions of legislation; provide that provisions of this Act shall be severable; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-07","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-10","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB398/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb398.html","sponsor":"Steve Sheldon"},
{"bill_id":1334091,"bill_number":"HB404","title":"AN ACT relating to polling places.","description":"Amend KRS 117.065 to require notices of polling place change to give at least 14 days' notice and to indicate whether the change is permanent or for a specific time period or election.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-07","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-10","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB404/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb404.html","sponsor":"Buddy Wheatley"},
{"bill_id":1334103,"bill_number":"HB399","title":"AN ACT relating to pharmacy audits.","description":"Amend KRS 304.17A-740 to insert and amend definitions; provide exceptions to pharmacy audit laws; require Cabinet for Health and Family Services to take any steps necessary to effectuate legislation; amend KRS 304.17A-741 to require auditing entities to provide at least 90 days' notice for on-site audits; require that notices provide detailed information about each claim being audited; require that audits involving clinical or professional judgment be conducted in consultation with Kentucky-licensed pharmacists; require that audits involving compounded medication be conducted in consultation with Kentucky-licensed pharmacists trained to compound in compliance with state and federal law and regulations; establish information that may be requested by an auditing entity from a pharmacy; provide that certain information shall not be requested, obtained, or used during an audit; prohibit auditing entities from seeking a recoupment or refund in certain circumstances; require that a preliminary audit report be delivered to a pharmacy within 90 days after the conclusion of a desk audit; prohibit auditing entities from charging a pharmacy any fees for or relating to an audit; provide for how appeals shall be conducted; establish a safe harbor for an auditing entity's confirmation of a pharmacy's receipt of notice or a request; amend KRS 304.17A-743 to require auditing entities to establish an external appeals process for pharmacy audits; require external appeals for audits other than those conducted by or on behalf of a managed care organization providing services under KRS Chapter 205 to be conducted by an independent review entity certified by the Department of Insurance; require external appeals for audits conducted by or on behalf of a managed care organization providing services under KRS Chapter 205 to be conducted by an independent third party pursuant to administrative regulations promulgated by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; establish notice requirements for external appeals; prohibit auditing entities from charging interest on disputed funds until all appeals are final; establish requirements for pharmacies requesting an appeal; establish procedures for external appeals of audits other than those conducted by or on behalf of a managed care organization providing services under KRS Chapter 205; establish information that shall be considered by an independent review entity or third party in making an external appeal determination; establish information upon which the independent review entity or third party shall base its external appeal determination; establish requirements for the external appeal determination; establish that determination of independent review entity shall be binding on the auditing entity; provide appeal to Cabinet for Health and Family Services for external appeal determinations of an independent third party; establish appeal procedures and requirements for appeal to Cabinet for Health and Family Services; establish penalties for auditing entities that fail to comply with a final determination issued in accordance with section; provide that an independent review entity or third party or any specialist the entity or third party utilizes shall not be liable for civil damages in certain circumstances; provide that appeals shall be confidential and not subject to the Open Records Act; amend KRS 304.17A-627 to establish conflict of interest requirements for external pharmacy audit appeals conducted by an independent review entity; establish reporting requirements for independent review entities conducting external pharmacy audit appeals; amend KRS 304.17A-633 to require reporting by the Department of Insurance and the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to the Interim Joint Committee on Banking and Insurance and to the Governor on external pharmacy audit appeals; amend KRS 304.17A-708, 304.17A-712, and 304.17A-714 to conform; create a new section of Subtitle 38A of KRS Chapter 304 to require limited health service organizations to comply with Sections 1, 2, and 3 of the Act; repeal KRS 304.17A-745 and 304.17A-747; provide that Act applies to provider agreements or contracts issued, delivered, entered, renewed, extended, or amended on or after the effective date of Act; provide that provisions of the Act shall be severable; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-07","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-10","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB399/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb399.html","sponsor":"Steve Sheldon"},
{"bill_id":1334112,"bill_number":"SB155","title":"AN ACT relating to a two-day international horse racing event.","description":"Amend KRS 138.510 to limit the tax exclusions that apply when a host track conducts a two-day international horse racing event that distributes in excess of a total of twenty million dollars in purses and awards; create a new section of KRS Chapter 148 to allow the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet to receive a promotional package without charge of fees at a two-day international horse racing event that distributes in excess of a total of twenty million dollars in purses and awards.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-07","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-10","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB155/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb155.html","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":1334125,"bill_number":"HB400","title":"AN ACT relating to pharmacy referral practices.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 304.17A-165 to 304.17A-166 to define \"insurer,\" \"pharmacy affiliate,\" \"pharmacy benefit manager,\" \"pharmacy or pharmacist services,\" and \"referral to a pharmacy affiliate\"; require insurers, pharmacy benefit managers, and other administrators of pharmacy benefits to file an annual disclosure statement with the insurance commissioner that identifies pharmacy affiliates; prohibit insurers, pharmacy benefit managers, and other administrators of pharmacy benefits from transferring or sharing certain Kentucky pharmacy records with a pharmacy affiliate for any commercial purpose; prohibit insurers, pharmacy benefit managers, and other administrators of pharmacy benefits from making certain referrals to a pharmacy affiliate; establish exceptions to prohibitions established in section; require Cabinet for Health and Family Services to take any steps necessary to effectuate legislation; amend KRS 304.9-440 to subject pharmacy benefit managers to licensure sanctions for violating provisions of legislation; create a new section of KRS Chapter 315 to define \"affiliate\" and \"affiliate referral\"; prohibit pharmacies holding a permit provided for under the chapter from transferring or sharing certain Kentucky pharmacy records with an affiliate for any commercial purpose; prohibit pharmacies holding a permit provided for under the chapter from presenting, causing to be presented, or collecting payment on a claim or bill for pharmacy or pharmacist services that the pharmacy knows or should know were furnished pursuant to an affiliate referral; establish exceptions to prohibitions established in section; amend KRS 205.522 to require the Department for Medicaid Services and any managed care organization contracted to provide Medicaid benefits to comply with applicable provisions; amend KRS 18A.2259 and 18A.225 to require the state employee health plan to comply; state that provisions of contracts issued, delivered, entered, renewed, extended, or amended on or after the effective date of Act that are contrary to Act shall be unenforceable and void; state that provisions of this Act shall be severable; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-07","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-10","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB400/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb400.html","sponsor":"Steve Sheldon"},
{"bill_id":1334137,"bill_number":"SB154","title":"AN ACT relating to mental illness.","description":"Amend KRS 532.130, 532.135, and 532.140 to add a diagnosis of serious mental illness to the disabilities which prevent execution for persons convicted of capital offenses.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-07","last_action":"recommitted to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB154/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb154.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1334149,"bill_number":"HB402","title":"AN ACT relating to the Teachers' Retirement System and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 161.605 to provide that breaks in service are required before returning to work for the employer even if in a position not covered by the Teachers’ Retirement System (TRS); 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; require retired members returning to work for state-supported universities and community colleges to comply with the separation-from-service requirements; amend KRS 161.612 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, 2020, and provide that part-time employees and substitute teachers are not eligible to apply for a disability retirement allowance if they are eligible for an unreduced retirement benefit; amend KRS 161.661 to provide that members who begin participating on or after July 1, 2020, 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; make conforming and technical changes; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-02-26","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-28","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB402/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb402.html","sponsor":"Jerry Miller"},
{"bill_id":1334161,"bill_number":"HB403","title":"AN ACT relating to voluntary energy cost assistance funds.","description":"Amend KRS 278.287 to change the eligibility threshold for participation in a voluntary energy cost assistance fund from 110% of the federal poverty guidelines to the percentage of the federal poverty guidelines required for eligibility in the subsidy component of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-06","last_action":"returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-18","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB403/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb403.html","sponsor":"Jim Gooch"},
{"bill_id":1334172,"bill_number":"HB401","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 161.290 to require all public employers to grant paid leave to teacher trustees serving on the TRS board; amend KRS 161.310 to specify the types of remuneration included in retirement incentives and that costs billed to employers for retirement incentives shall not be an obligation of the state; provide that retirement incentives shall not increase final average salary or annual compensation; amend KRS 161.340 to add insurance to the items for which TRS may contract and delete requirement for the procurement of fiduciary bonds for board trustees and executive secretary and add that the board may expend funds as necessary for indemnification and self-insurance; 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 reference new retirement factors for out-of-state service purchases; amend KRS 161.540 to specify eligibility requirements for including annual leave credit in the retirement calculation for calendar-year 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 adjust the methods by which participating employers shall file contribution data and set penalties for noncompliance that TRS may impose; 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 161.614 to include mediation awards to a method that may be binding for the adjustment of a member’s account; amend KRS 161.620 to make technical amendments; amend KRS 161.630 to make technical changes; 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; and amend KRS 161.680 to provide detail describing the system's authority to collect overpayments.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-19","last_action":"returned to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-26","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB401/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb401.html","sponsor":"Jerry Miller"},
{"bill_id":1334194,"bill_number":"HR75","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing the World Horseshoeing Classic in Richmond, Kentucky, on March 5-7, 2020.","description":"Recognize the World Horseshoeing Classic in Richmond, Kentucky, on March 5-7, 2020.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-04","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR75/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr75.html","sponsor":"Deanna Frazier Gordon"},
{"bill_id":1334951,"bill_number":"HR77","title":"A RESOLUTION declaring October 9, 2020, to be PANDAS and PANS Awareness Day.","description":"Declare October 9, 2020, to be PANDAS and PANS Awareness Day.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-19","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-03-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR77/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr77.html","sponsor":"Melinda Prunty"},
{"bill_id":1334967,"bill_number":"HB408","title":"AN ACT relating to Kentucky investments by public pension funds.","description":"Amend KRS 16.642, 61.650, 78.790, and 161.430, to establish a goal for the Kentucky Retirement Systems and the Teachers' Retirement System to invest at least 1.5% of fund assets in Kentucky private equity fund investments provided any such investment is consistent with the board's fiduciary responsibility and duties; define Kentucky private equity fund investments as an entity that makes, manages, or sources potential investments in Kentucky businesses from individuals or institutional investors; establish requirements for the systems to notify the business community of potential investment opportunity with the systems; require reporting to the Legislative Research Commission on progress toward the goal of investment system assets in Kentucky private equity funds.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-10","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-12","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB408/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb408.html","sponsor":"Jason Nemes"},
{"bill_id":1334984,"bill_number":"HB406","title":"AN ACT relating to alcohol and drug counselors.","description":"Amend KRS 309.083 to require applicants for certification as an alcohol and drug counselor to meet all educational and supervision requirements of the International Certification and Reciprocity Consortium for the Alcohol and Drug Counselor; amend KRS 309.0832 to require applicants for licensure as a clinical alcohol and drug counselor to meet all educational and supervision requirements of the international Certification and Reciprocity Consortium for the Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor; amend KRS 309.0833 to conform.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-11","last_action":"returned to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-18","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB406/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb406.html","sponsor":"Derek Lewis"},
{"bill_id":1335001,"bill_number":"HB413","title":"AN ACT relating to tax expenditures.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 7A to establish the Tax Expenditure Oversight Board; amend KRS 11.068 to require the annual production of a detailed estimate of the revenue loss resulting from each tax expenditure from the general fund and road fund; amend KRS 131.020 to require the Department of Revenue to collect, report, and provide data to the Tax Expenditure Oversight Board; amend KRS 131.190 to exempt the data provided by the Department of Revenue from the confidentiality standards for tax return data.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-10","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-12","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB413/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb413.html","sponsor":"James Tipton"},
{"bill_id":1335019,"bill_number":"SJR133","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION designating Kentucky Route 52 in Garrard County in honor of former State Representative Lonnie Napier.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate Kentucky Route 52 in Garrard County in honor of former State Representative Lonnie Napier.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-10","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-12","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR133/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sjr133.html","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":1335036,"bill_number":"HB412","title":"AN ACT relating to duty-related disability benefits and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 16.582 and 61.621 to increase minimum total and permanent in line of duty or duty-related disability benefits payable to a member of any of the systems administered by the Kentucky Retirement Systems from 25% to 75% of the member's monthly average pay; amend KRS 16.505, 61.510, and 78.510 to define \"monthly average pay\" as it relates to total and permanent line of duty and duty-related disability benefits; amend KRS 16.505 to amend the definition of \"dependent child\" as it relates to total and permanent line of duty or duty-related disability; amend KRS 61.702 to ensure full hospital and medical insurance benefits for the member, spouse, and dependents of a member who has a total and permanent in line of duty or duty-related disability; provide for prospective adjustments in benefits for those eligible members who were totally and permanently disabled in line of duty or due to a duty-related injury; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-10","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB412/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb412.html","sponsor":"John Blanton"},
{"bill_id":1335053,"bill_number":"SB159","title":"AN ACT relating to the operation of splash pads.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to establish standards for the operation and maintenance of splash pads in a safe, sanitary manner.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-03","last_action":"returned to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-18","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB159/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb159.html","sponsor":"Wil Schroder"},
{"bill_id":1335071,"bill_number":"SR139","title":"A RESOLUTION celebrating the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution.","description":"Celebrate the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-13","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-13","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR139/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr139.html","sponsor":"Denise Harper Angel"},
{"bill_id":1335085,"bill_number":"HB407","title":"AN ACT relating to radon testing and mitigation and making an appropriation therefor.","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; amend KRS 211.9105 to establish new duties for the Radon Program Advisory Committee related to financial assistance for child-care centers and schools for radon testing and mitigation; amend KRS 211.9113 to require an insurance policy for a radon laboratory; amend KRS 211.9125 to establish when an administrative hearing is conducted related to radon testing and mitigation providers; amend KRS 211.9131 to specify licensure requirements for a radon laboratory; amend KRS 211.9133 to include grants and state and federal moneys as a part of the radon mitigation and control fund; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-19","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-26","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB407/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb407.html","sponsor":"Michael Meredith"},
{"bill_id":1335102,"bill_number":"SR134","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Steve Crump upon being inducted into the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame.","description":"Honor Steve Crump upon being inducted into the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-10","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR134/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr134.html","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":1335119,"bill_number":"HB410","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend KRS 431.066, relating to pretrial release and bail options, to define \"administratively released,\" \"danger to others,\" and \"financial condition of release\"; require pretrial services to provide a defendant's juvenile court history when the defendant is 23 or under; require pretrial services, if requested by the court, to provide the defendant's juvenile court history when the defendant is over 23; specify that a court may impose a financial condition of release if the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant constitutes a risk of failing to appear or danger to others; provide that a defendant is not eligible for bail credits if the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant constitutes a risk of failing to appear or danger to others; amend KRS 431.520, relating to conditions of release, to conform and to outline the hearing process for when a person continues to be detained as a result of his or her inability to meet a financial condition of release; amend KRS 218A.135, 222.204, 431.525, and 610.340 to conform; amend KRS 67.372 and 431.517 to require counties to pay global positioning monitoring system fees for those on pretrial release who are at or below 200% of the federal poverty guidelines; repeal KRS 431.540, relating to a schedule of bail amounts.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-10","last_action":"posting withdrawn","last_action_date":"2020-03-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB410/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb410.html","sponsor":"Deanna Frazier Gordon"},
{"bill_id":1335137,"bill_number":"HB405","title":"AN ACT proposing to amend Sections 97, 119, and 122 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to terms of Constitutional offices.","description":"Propose to amend Sections 97, 99, 119, and 122 of the Constitution of Kentucky to increase the term of office for Circuit Court Clerks and Commonwealth's Attorneys from six years to eight years beginning in 2024; increase the term of office for county attorneys and district judges from four years to eight years beginning in 2022; increase the requirement of being a licensed attorney from two years to eight years for district judges beginning in 2022; exempt any person serving as a District Judge on the effective date of the Act from the eight-year licensure requirement; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 95)","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB405/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb405.html","sponsor":"Jason Nemes"},
{"bill_id":1335151,"bill_number":"SB158","title":"AN ACT relating to education.","description":"Amend KRS 158.6455 to clarify the components of the statewide accountability system; require state indicators be evaluated on \"status\" and \"change\" and define the terms; require a school's overall performance, status, and change to be displayed on an online dashboard; amend KRS 160.346 to revise the criteria for determining targeted support and improvement and additional targeted support and improvement; prohibit the Department of Education from serving as the turnaround audit team or turnaround entity and from approving the school's audit team or turnaround entity; remove the principal evaluation and reassignment provisions from the audit and turnaround process; require the department to provide audit and turnaround intervention funds to districts identified for comprehensive support and improvement; amend KRS 156.160 to prohibit high school graduation requirements from including a postsecondary readiness indicator used in the state accountability system or a minimum score on a statewide assessment; amend KRS 158.140 to prohibit a local board from requiring achievement of a minimum score on a statewide assessment as a high school graduation requirement; amend KRS 160.1594 to prohibit charter authorizer training for local school boards until a charter application is received; amend KRS 158.6453 to require scores on IB examinations of 4 or higher to be included on the school report card; add noncodified language encouraging the department to assign more weight in the accountability system for progress made by subgroups toward goals.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-04-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 112)","last_action_date":"2020-04-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB158/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb158.html","sponsor":"David Givens"},
{"bill_id":1335174,"bill_number":"SJR136","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION designating a section of Kentucky Route 338 in Boone County in honor and memory of Vietnam Veteran and Army Specialist, Gary Leslie Moore.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a portion of Kentucky Route 338 in Boone County in honor and memory of Vietnam Veteran and Army Specialist, Gary Leslie Moore; erect appropriate signage denoting this designation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-10","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-12","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR136/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sjr136.html","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":1335188,"bill_number":"SR135","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing and honoring Community Farm Alliance upon its 35th anniversary.","description":"Recognize and honor Community Farm Alliance upon its 35th anniversary.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR135/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr135.html","sponsor":"Paul Hornback"},
{"bill_id":1335204,"bill_number":"SR138","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Dr. Eugenia Toma upon her upcoming retirement.","description":"Honor Dr. Eugenia Toma upon her upcoming retirement.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-26","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR138/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr138.html","sponsor":"David Givens"},
{"bill_id":1335221,"bill_number":"HB409","title":"AN ACT relating to peace officer professional certification.","description":"Amend KRS 15.400, relating to peace officer professional certification, to extend the time from 100 days to 5 years that a certified peace officer may separate from the original employer at the time and secure another peace officer position without losing his or her certification status, and prohibit law enforcement agencies from using the fact that a candidate for a law enforcement position is certified as a factor for an employment decision as long as the person remains certified.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-10","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-12","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB409/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb409.html","sponsor":"Bobby McCool"},
{"bill_id":1335253,"bill_number":"SR137","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing February as Career and Technical Education Month in Kentucky.","description":"Recognize February as Kentucky Career and Technical Education Month.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2020-02-11","last_action":"to Senate Floor","last_action_date":"2020-02-12","committee":"Floor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR137/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr137.html","sponsor":"David Givens"},
{"bill_id":1335270,"bill_number":"HB411","title":"AN ACT relating to security interests.","description":"Amend KRS 186A.120, regarding notation of security interest on a certificate of title, to establish that the county of residence designated by the debtor shall be relied upon in the titling process and that reliance shall relieve motor vehicle dealers, assignee lenders, secured parties, and county clerks from liability from third parties; establish when a security interest is deemed to be perfected; amend KRS 186A.195 and 186A.200 to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-04-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 119)","last_action_date":"2020-04-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB411/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb411.html","sponsor":"Randy Bridges"},
{"bill_id":1335284,"bill_number":"SB157","title":"AN ACT relating to governmental ethics.","description":"Amend 11A.201 to define \"financial impact\" and refine the definitions of \"executive agency decision\" and \"substantial issue\"; amend KRS 11A.211 to include real parties in interest as part of the engagement of the executive agency lobbyist in the requirement to report compensation paid or received; amend KRS 11A.010 and 11A.233 to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-04-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 127)","last_action_date":"2020-04-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB157/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb157.html","sponsor":"Wil Schroder"},
{"bill_id":1336353,"bill_number":"SB160","title":"AN ACT relating to the Department of Law.","description":"Reorganize Office of the Attorney General.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 31)","last_action_date":"2020-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB160/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb160.html","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":1336369,"bill_number":"SB162","title":"AN ACT relating to the training of city officials.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 83A requiring all mayors and legislative body members in cities of the home rule class to undergo a mandatory three-hour block of instruction concerning various duties and obligations; establish criteria for training and provide for training; establish filing requirements; establish penalty for failure to comply; require any mayor or legislative body members to receive training within one year of the effective date of this Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-11","last_action":"recommitted to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-19","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB162/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb162.html","sponsor":"Rick Girdler"},
{"bill_id":1336387,"bill_number":"SR144","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Randall G. Phillips.","description":"Adjourn the Senate in honor and loving memory of Randall G. Phillips.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-12","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR144/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr144.html","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":1336407,"bill_number":"SR143","title":"A RESOLUTION celebrating Charles Young's posthumous promotion to Brigadier General.","description":"Celebrate Charles Young's posthumous promotion to the rank of Brigadier General.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-11","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR143/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr143.html","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":1336427,"bill_number":"SB161","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend KRS 510.010 to define \"registrant\" and \"adult intermediary\"; amend KRS 510.155 to include communications with adult intermediaries for minors and enhance punishment if the minor or perceived minor is under 12 years old, the offender is a registered sex offender, or a person travels into the Commonwealth for the purpose of procuring or promoting the use of a minor.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-03-06","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-03-12","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB161/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb161.html","sponsor":"Alice Kerr"},
{"bill_id":1336445,"bill_number":"HJR79","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Transportation Cabinet to erect honorary signs declaring Pendleton County as the \"Home of Dontaie Allen, 2019 KY Mr. Basketball.\"","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to erect honorary signs declaring Pendleton County \"Home of Dontaie Allen, 2019 KY Mr. Basketball.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-11","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-13","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR79/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hjr79.html","sponsor":"Mark Hart"},
{"bill_id":1336463,"bill_number":"SR140","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Kentucky Dental Association President Dr. Mark A. Moats.","description":"Honor Kentucky Dental Association President Dr. Mark A. Moats.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-12","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR140/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr140.html","sponsor":"Robert Mills"},
{"bill_id":1336482,"bill_number":"HB415","title":"AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 243, relating to alcoholic beverage licensing, to require out-of-state licensees that are not licensed in Kentucky to hold the newly created shipping permit before transporting alcoholic beverages from another state to a consumer in Kentucky; limit these shipments to only those conducted through a licensed common carrier; establish rules and requirements to hold a shipping permit; instruct the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) to promulgate administrative regulations to reduce unlicensed deliveries and shipments; require shipping permit holders to submit a monthly report to the ABC department and the Department of Revenue that gives shipping totals and the names and addresses of each consumer and common carrier; impose an administrative and enforcement fee payable to the Department of Revenue for out-of-state shipment to a Kentucky consumer; make the fee 15 percent of the gross receipts derived from the shipment sales; deposit the fees in the general fund; amend KRS 241.010 to define \"deliver\" as transporting within the state of Kentucky and \"ship\" as transporting from one state to another; define \"consumer\" as a person of lawful drinking age and territory who does not hold an alcohol license and who purchases alcoholic beverages for personal consumption only; redefine \"retail sale\" to include in-person, electronic, online, or telephone transactions through shipment or delivery; authorize delivery or shipment to territories where the beverages may be lawfully sold or received; amend KRS 243.020 to allow an independent contractor of a licensee to conduct activities authorized under that license; amend KRS 243.030, 243.040, and 243.212 to merge all out-of-state supplier's licenses into one license; set the fees for an out-of-state supplier's license and a shipping permit; amend 243.0305, 243.120, 243.130, 243.150, 243.155, 243.157, 243.160, 243.170, 243.180, 243.240, 243.280, and 244.165 to permit delivery and shipment sales to a consumer; allow a microbrewery to deliver and ship under its microbrewery license rather than its package retail license; amend KRS 243.100 to strike licensee citizenship requirements; forbid a wholesaler from refusing to sell and offer reasonable service to another licensee during its normal business hours; amend KRS 243.200 to include malt beverages in a retailer's ability to transport alcoholic beverages from a wholesaler or distributor to the retailer's premises; allow a retailer to purchase alcoholic beverages from a wholesaler, distributor, or those licensees authorized to sell them; amend KRS 243.353 and 243.355 to prohibit sales to consumers under an alcoholic beverage storage license; amend KRS 243.500 to allow license suspension or revocation for failure to pay the enforcement and administrative fee on shipped alcoholic beverages; amend KRS 243.990 to make it a violation to disobey the shipping permit requirements; remove liability of a licensed common carrier or any of its employees on behalf of a consignor for delivering or shipping into areas where alcoholic beverages are not lawfully sold or received; remove the felony offense for out-of-state entities that ship alcoholic beverages into Kentucky; amend various sections of KRS Chapters 242 to 244 to conform; repeal KRS 243.215; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2020-04-08","last_action":"became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 80)","last_action_date":"2020-04-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB415/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb415.html","sponsor":"Adam Koenig"},
{"bill_id":1336504,"bill_number":"SR141","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Georgetown College upon its 190th year in existence.","description":"Honor Georgetown College upon its 190th year in existence.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-13","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-13","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR141/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr141.html","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":1336522,"bill_number":"HR80","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Valentine's Day in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","description":"Honor Valentine's Day in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-14","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR80/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr80.html","sponsor":"Thomas Burch"},
{"bill_id":1336541,"bill_number":"HCR78","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Kentucky Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Streptococcal Infections (PANDAS) and Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS) Task Force.","description":"Create the Kentucky Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Streptococcal Infections (PANDAS) and Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS) Task Force to provide recommendations to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, health care providers, and the General Assembly on improving research, diagnoses, treatments, and education of PANDAS and PANS; outline task force membership; require the task force to meet monthly during the 2020 Interim and to submit findings and recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2020.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-12","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR78/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hcr78.html","sponsor":"Melinda Prunty"},
{"bill_id":1336561,"bill_number":"HB414","title":"AN ACT relating to the use of automated calling equipment.","description":"Amend KRS 367.461 to allow automatic calling equipment to place calls, with recorded messages or artificial voices, to publicly available phone numbers of businesses.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-30","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 71)","last_action_date":"2020-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB414/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb414.html","sponsor":"Kevin Bratcher"},
{"bill_id":1336598,"bill_number":"SJR142","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION relating to the Kentucky School for the Deaf.","description":"Direct the Kentucky Department of Education to study how to best transfer the operation and management of the Kentucky School for the Deaf to the Danville Independent School District; outline study requirements; require a report to the Legislative Research Commission and the Interim Joint Committee on Education by December 1, 2020.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-11","last_action":"introduced in Senate","last_action_date":"2020-02-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR142/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sjr142.html","sponsor":"Rick Girdler"},
{"bill_id":1337376,"bill_number":"SR150","title":"A RESOLUTION declaring the week of February 24, 2020, to March 1, 2020, as National Eating Disorders Awareness Week in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","description":"Declare the week of February 24, 2020, to March 1, 2020, as National Eating Disorders Awareness Week in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-25","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR150/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr150.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1337382,"bill_number":"SR147","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring James Edward Ethridge.","description":"Honor James Edward Ethridge.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-12","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR147/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr147.html","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":1337386,"bill_number":"HJR81","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Finance and Administration Cabinet to create an Evidence-Based Policymaking Task Force to study how state agencies collect and share data, and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Direct the Finance and Administration Cabinet to create the Evidence-Based Policymaking Task Force to study how state agencies collect and share data; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-12","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-14","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR81/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hjr81.html","sponsor":"Robert Wiederstein"},
{"bill_id":1337392,"bill_number":"HB423","title":"AN ACT relating to the cost of insulin.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define terms; prohibit certain conduct of health plans and pharmacy benefit managers related to the coverage of certified insulin; provide a process by which manufacturers may have an insulin product determined certified insulin; impose requirements on the commissioner relating to the certification of an insulin product; provide short title.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-12","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-14","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB423/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb423.html","sponsor":"Steve Sheldon"},
{"bill_id":1337396,"bill_number":"SR153","title":"A RESOLUTION declaring February 13, 2020, a Day of Celebration for the 100th anniversary of the League of Women Voters.","description":"Declare February 13, 2020, as a Day of Celebration of the 100th anniversary of the League of Women Voters.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-13","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-13","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR153/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr153.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1337400,"bill_number":"HB422","title":"AN ACT relating to fiscal matters and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 6 to define \"fiscal note\" and \"tax expenditure\"; establish requirements for fiscal notes; allow the waiver of the fiscal note requirements; establish responsibilities of the Legislative Research Commission in regard to fiscal notes; create a new section of KRS Chapter 6 to require offsetting for bills and amendments with tax expenditures; amend KRS 11.068 to add the biennial tax expenditure analysis report to the Office of State Budget Director's job duties and set forth specific requirements; amend KRS 48.010 to define \"tax expenditure\"; amend KRS 48.110 to require a brief fiscal impact in recommendations and set forth specific requirements; require offsetting in recommendations with tax expenditures; amend various KRS statutes for technical corrections and conforming changes; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-02-12","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-03-11","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB422/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb422.html","sponsor":"Jason Petrie"},
{"bill_id":1337403,"bill_number":"HB421","title":"AN ACT relating to the Advisory Council for Medical Assistance.","description":"Amend KRS 205.540 to add one representative of a recognized consumer advocacy group representing persons reentering society following incarceration to the Advisory Council for Medical Assistance; amend KRS 205.590 to create a Technical Advisory Committee on Persons Returning to Society from Incarceration to act in an advisory capacity to the Advisory Council for Medical Assistance.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-06","last_action":"returned to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2020-04-01","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB421/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb421.html","sponsor":"Kimberly Moser"},
{"bill_id":1337407,"bill_number":"HB417","title":"AN ACT relating to credit for reinsurance.","description":"Amend KRS 304.5-140 to define \"reciprocal jurisdiction\" and \"covered agreement\"; establish requirements for certain reinsurance arrangements; require the commissioner to publish a list of reciprocal jurisdictions and assuming insurers.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 50)","last_action_date":"2020-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB417/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb417.html","sponsor":"Bart Rowland"},
{"bill_id":1337417,"bill_number":"SR145","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Thornton Elwood Richardson.","description":"Honor Thornton Elwood Richardson.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-12","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR145/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr145.html","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":1337420,"bill_number":"SCR152","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION reestablishing the Public Water and Wastewater System Infrastructure Task Force.","description":"Reestablish the Public Water and Wastewater System Infrastructure Task Force; direct the task force to continue to evaluate policy options on how to address Kentucky's troubled public water and wastewater systems; name the membership of the task force; require the task force to meet at least three times during the 2020 Interim and to submit its findings, legislative recommendations, or a memorandum to the Legislative Research Commission by November 30, 2020; provide that the Legislative Research Commission is authorized to alternatively assign the issues to be addressed by the task force to an interim joint committee or subcommittee thereof and to assign an alternative study completion date.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-03-03","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-03-10","committee":"Natural Resources & Energy","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SCR152/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/scr152.html","sponsor":"Phillip Wheeler"},
{"bill_id":1337428,"bill_number":"SR149","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing February 12, 2020, as Kentucky Land Title Day.","description":"Adjourn the Senate in recognition of Kentucky Land Title Day.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-12","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR149/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr149.html","sponsor":"Steve West"},
{"bill_id":1337436,"bill_number":"SB163","title":"AN ACT relating to the reviser of statutes and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 7.136 to allow the reviser of statutes to edit any section or parts of sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes that have been declared unconstitutional, void, or otherwise unlawful and unenforceable by a state or federal appellate court; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-12","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-14","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB163/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb163.html","sponsor":"Wil Schroder"},
{"bill_id":1337438,"bill_number":"HR83","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing and honoring Community Farm Alliance upon its 35th anniversary.","description":"Recognize and honor Community Farm Alliance upon its 35th anniversary.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-12","last_action":"introduced in House","last_action_date":"2020-02-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR83/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr83.html","sponsor":"Nancy Tate"},
{"bill_id":1337443,"bill_number":"SR151","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Taylor Rae Nolan, and in honor of the Rae of Sunshine Foundation.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Taylor Rae Nolan, and in honor of the Rae of Sunshine Foundation.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR151/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr151.html","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":1337447,"bill_number":"HJR82","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION relating to school accountability.","description":"Direct the commissioner of education to convene a strategic assessment and accountability committee; establish minimum requirements for the composition of the committee; establish the duties of the committee; require the commissioner to report the findings of the committee to the Interim Joint Committee on Education by December 1, 2020, and December 1, 2021.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-12","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR82/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hjr82.html","sponsor":"Tina Bojanowski"},
{"bill_id":1337455,"bill_number":"SR146","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Corporal Howard Bentley.","description":"Honor Corporal Howard Bentley.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-12","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR146/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr146.html","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":1337459,"bill_number":"SB164","title":"AN ACT relating to solid waste and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 30A.190 to designate 100% of a new open dumping fine be paid to the county where the violation occurred; KRS 65.8808 to expressly include littering and open dumping as crimes subject to enforcement by code enforcement; amend KRS 224.40-100 to allow local governments to impose a civil fine between $250 and $500 for open dumping and prescribe funds to be used for abatement, cleanup and restoration of the illegal dump site; amend KRS 224.99-010 to direct penalties from littering to counties where the offense occurred; amend KRS 431.100 to direct fines from violations under criminal littering to counties for use in cleanup of litter and open dumps and direct 100 percent of new open dumping violation to the county; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-12","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-14","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB164/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb164.html","sponsor":"Phillip Wheeler"},
{"bill_id":1337462,"bill_number":"HB420","title":"AN ACT relating to food safety.","description":"Create new sections in Chapter 260 to direct the Department of Agriculture to implement the Food Safety Modernization Act; define terms, establish exemptions for covered produce and covered farms; authorize a department representative to enter a covered farm or farm eligible for inspection; authorize the department to promulgate administrative regulations; authorize a department representative to issue a stop movement order for covered produce; establish procedure before an appropriate court; establish violations; establish a civil penalty.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 68)","last_action_date":"2020-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB420/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb420.html","sponsor":"Kim King"},
{"bill_id":1337466,"bill_number":"SB165","title":"AN ACT related to underground facility protection.","description":"Amend KRS 367.4903 to define \"positive response,\" \"unique identification number\", and \"locator\"; amend KRS 367.4909 to require operators to update the positive response system documenting the status of marking the approximate location of its underground facilities and to require excavators to give additional time to operators of underground facilities transporting gas or hazardous liquids or transmitting electricity; amend KRS 367.4911 to require excavators that find evidence of an unmarked underground facility to notify the protection notification centers and give the operators 6 hours to identify the facility; provide that if an operator of underground facilities other than one transporting gas or hazardous liquids or transmitting electricity fails to respond to locate requests and to update the positive response system the excavator shall not be liable for damages resulting from the operator's failure to comply with the duties provided in the Underground Facility Damage Prevention Act of 1994; amend KRS 367.4913 to clarify the duties of the protection notification centers and to require the centers to maintain certain information for 5 years and file an annual report with the Governor and the Legislative Research Commission.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-12","last_action":"recommitted to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-19","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB165/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb165.html","sponsor":"Paul Hornback"},
{"bill_id":1337472,"bill_number":"HB419","title":"AN ACT relating to postsecondary transparency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to require the Council on Postsecondary Education to annually compile data on in-demand jobs within the state and for each public postsecondary instruction and each campus of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System compile data relating to student success and costs; require Council on Postsecondary Education to develop delivery method to ensure access to information by prospective students; authorize Council on Postsecondary Education to promulgate necessary administrative regulations; cite as the Students' Right to Know Act; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2021.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-04-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 105)","last_action_date":"2020-04-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB419/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb419.html","sponsor":"Bobby McCool"},
{"bill_id":1337476,"bill_number":"SB166","title":"AN ACT relating to prevention of smoking and vaping by students.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to require the Department of Education to establish an anonymous reporting mechanism for students to report concerns about vaping and other substances in schools; establish policies for the prompt investigation of reports to the anonymous reporting mechanism; require local school districts to provide awarness programs to teachers, students, and staff about vaping.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-12","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-18","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB166/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb166.html","sponsor":"Brandon Smith"},
{"bill_id":1337479,"bill_number":"SR148","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Henry H. Breithaupt.","description":"Honor Harry H. Breithaupt.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-12","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR148/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr148.html","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":1337484,"bill_number":"HB416","title":"AN ACT relating to taxation.","description":"Amend KRS 132.020 to freeze the state property tax rate and eliminate the tax rate reduction for qualified heavy equipment; amend KRS 138.130 to define vapor products and include vapor products in the definition of tobacco products; amend KRS 138.140 to increase the tax on cigarettes, snuff, chewing tobacco, and tobacco products; and to remove the discount for modified risk tobacco products; amend KRS 138.143 to require a floor stock tax; amend KRS 138.510 to impose specific surtax amounts on horse racing wagers and to require the revenue generated from the surtaxes to be deposited into the general fund; amend KRS 139.010 to remove boat ramp fees from the list of fees not considered to be taxable admissions; amend KRS 139.200 to remove the tax on small animal veterinary services and to make other various services taxable; amend KRS 139.470 remove the exemption of gross receipts from the sale of semi-trailers and trailers and to include the new taxable services in the de minimis rule; amend KRS 139.480 to remove the exemption for various types of properties; amend KRS 140.130 to impose an estate tax; amend KRS 141.010 to define married and unmarried individuals and allow a single column return and a single calculation of adjusted gross income with differing thresholds for married and unmarried individuals; amend KRS 141.019 to require a dollar-for-dollar reduction to the retirement income exclusion and to limit the itemized deduction amount for all itemized deductions except for the charitable contribution deduction; amend KRS 141.020 to establish graduated tax rate brackets and a phase out based on income level; amend KRS 141.081 to increase the standard deduction; amend KRS 141.066 to expand the family size tax credit; amend KRS 141.040 to increase the tax rate to 7%; amend KRS 141.0401 to lower the threshold amounts for determining the tax amount owed; amend KRS 141.120 to reinstate the three-factor apportionment formula and include a throw-back rule; amend KRS 141.039 to eliminate the deferred tax deduction; amend KRS 141.201 to sunset the election for consolidated reporting; amend KRS 141.202 to alter the filing requirement basis from waters-edge to world-wide; amend KRS 141.383 to reduce the annual cap; amend KRS 141.433 to sunset the new markets tax credit; amend KRS 142.303 to eliminate the cap on calculation of gross receipts; make conforming changes.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-12","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-14","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB416/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb416.html","sponsor":"Lisa Willner"},
{"bill_id":1337487,"bill_number":"HB418","title":"AN ACT relating to the registration of motorboats and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 235.040 to require motorboats documented with the Coast Guard to display an identifying number issued by federal law and a validation sticker issued by the Commonwealth of Kentucky, but not a Kentucky identification number; amend KRS 235.070 to require motorboats documented with the Coast Guard to submit a copy of the certificate of documentation with the application for registration; exempt from titling provisions; require registration with the Commonwealth; amend KRS 235.120 to require validation sticker be issued and displayed on motorboat's bow after recordation is complete; amend KRS 235.125 to require an owner of a motorboat documented with the Coast Guard to remove any number issued by the Commonwealth of Kentucky from the motorboat; require the validation sticker remain on the motorboat; amend KRS 235.210 to exempt a motorboat documented with the United States Coast Guard covered by an identifying number pursuant to federal law from being required to obtain an identifying number from the Commonwealth of Kentucky; require display of validation sticker; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-12","last_action":"to Tourism & Outdoor Recreation (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-14","committee":"Tourism & Outdoor Recreation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB418/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb418.html","sponsor":"James Tipton"},
{"bill_id":1338586,"bill_number":"HB425","title":"AN ACT relating to peer-to-peer car sharing.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 365 to establish definitions relating to peer-to-peer car sharing; establish insurance, disclosure, recordkeeping, verification, equipment liability, and airport contracting requirements for peer-to-peer car sharing programs; establish requirements for shared vehicle owners that receive an actual notice of safety recall on a shared vehicle; establish an exemption for peer-to-peer car sharing programs and shared vehicle owners from vicarious liability; create a new section of Subtitle 39 of KRS Chapter 304 to establish that insurers may exclude coverage for any claim afforded under a shared vehicle owner's motor vehicle or automobile liability insurance policy; establish certain requirements for insurers that issue policies covering shared vehicles; create a new section of Subtitle 14 of KRS Chapter 304 to provide peer-to-peer car sharing programs with an insurable interest in shared vehicles during the car sharing period; amend KRS 304.14-040, 304.14-060, and 186.630 to conform; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-02-13","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-02-20","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB425/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb425.html","sponsor":"Bart Rowland"},
{"bill_id":1338595,"bill_number":"SR157","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring the Campbellsville University women's basketball program upon winning its 1,000th game.","description":"Honor the Campbellsville University women's basketball program upon winning its 1,000th game.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR157/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr157.html","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":1338603,"bill_number":"SB167","title":"AN ACT relating to branch budget recommendations.","description":"Amend KRS 48.020, relating to branch budget recommendations, to make technical corrections.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-13","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB167/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb167.html","sponsor":"Christian McDaniel"},
{"bill_id":1338613,"bill_number":"SB171","title":"AN ACT relating to appropriations.","description":"Amend KRS 48.610, relating to appropriations, to make technical corrections.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-13","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-18","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB171/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb171.html","sponsor":"Christian McDaniel"},
{"bill_id":1338622,"bill_number":"HB432","title":"AN ACT relating to the State Investment Commission.","description":"Amend KRS 42.500 to remove the Governor as a member of the State Investment Commission; include the state controller as member of the State Investment Commission;","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-12","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB432/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb432.html","sponsor":"Steve Sheldon"},
{"bill_id":1338630,"bill_number":"HB431","title":"AN ACT relating to the priority of purchase money deeds of trusts or mortgages.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 382 to establish priority for purchase money deeds of trust and mortgages in certain instances; amend various statutes to conform; make technical corrections.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-13","last_action":"posting withdrawn","last_action_date":"2020-03-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB431/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb431.html","sponsor":"Joseph Fischer"},
{"bill_id":1338640,"bill_number":"SB174","title":"AN ACT relating to elementary and secondary teachers and principals.","description":"Amend KRS 161.1211 to allow national board certification to qualify a teacher for Rank II status; change Rank I requirements to reflect the change.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-04-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 113)","last_action_date":"2020-04-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB174/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb174.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1338648,"bill_number":"SB170","title":"AN ACT relating to branch budget bills.","description":"Amend KRS 48.720, relating to branch budget bills, to make technical corrections.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-13","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-18","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB170/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb170.html","sponsor":"Christian McDaniel"},
{"bill_id":1338657,"bill_number":"HB430","title":"AN ACT relating to judgment liens.","description":"Amend KRS 426.720 to require judgment lien notices to contain the date of final judgment; establish expiration dates for judgment liens; provide that a judgment lien expiration may be postponed under certain circumstances.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-11","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB430/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb430.html","sponsor":"Joseph Fischer"},
{"bill_id":1338667,"bill_number":"SB168","title":"AN ACT relating to budget forms.","description":"Amend KRS 48.040, relating to budget forms, to make technical corrections.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-13","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-18","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB168/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb168.html","sponsor":"Christian McDaniel"},
{"bill_id":1338676,"bill_number":"SB169","title":"AN ACT relating to branch budget bills.","description":"Amend KRS 48.310, relating to branch budget bills, to make technical corrections.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-13","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-18","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB169/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb169.html","sponsor":"Christian McDaniel"},
{"bill_id":1338683,"bill_number":"SR156","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Joyce Hoots.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Joyce Hoots.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR156/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr156.html","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":1338692,"bill_number":"HB427","title":"AN ACT relating to special license plates and making an appropriation.","description":"Amend KRS 186.162, regarding special license plates, to reiterate that the county clerk's fee charged is the standard clerk's fee for vehicle registration; establish extra fees for the firefighters special license plate to benefit the Kentucky Volunteer Firefighters Association; establish extra fee for the Masonic special license plate to benefit the Masonic Homes of Kentucky; set fees for special license plates established under KRS 186.164; eliminate the requirement for a special license plate for motorcycle to have 300 signatures; amend KRS 186.040 to conform; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-02-28","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-02","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB427/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb427.html","sponsor":"Ken Upchurch"},
{"bill_id":1338704,"bill_number":"HB424","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend KRS 194A.990, 205.8463, 238.995, 341.990, 434.650, 434.655, 434.690, 514.030, 514.040, 514.050, 514.060, 514.070, 514.080, 514.090, and 514.110 to increase the felony threshold for theft and fraud offenses to $1,000, create a Class B misdemeanor level for theft and fraud offenses of $1,000 or less, and allow for aggregation of offenses that occur within 180 days to determine the appropriate charge.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-17","last_action":"recommitted to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB424/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb424.html","sponsor":"Ed Massey"},
{"bill_id":1338712,"bill_number":"SB172","title":"AN ACT relating to reciprocity between the Kentucky Retirement Systems and the Teachers' Retirement System.","description":"Amend KRS 61.680 to require the Kentucky Retirement Systems to apply reciprocity for a person retiring for a second time after waiving retirement benefits to return to a full-time position covered by the Teachers' Retirement System; allow the member to use omitted service credit for determining eligibility and the amount of benefits upon subsequent retirement; make the provision retroactive to retirements on or after December 31, 2009; require the Kentucky Retirement Systems and the Teachers' Retirement System to recalculate the retired person's benefits as if the service obtained had been purchased prior to retirement.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-13","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-18","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB172/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb172.html","sponsor":"Dennis Parrett"},
{"bill_id":1338721,"bill_number":"HB426","title":"AN ACT relating to alcohol local regulatory licensing fees.","description":"Amend KRS 243.075 to specify that any city or county other than a consolidated local government or an urban-county government may impose a regulatory licensing fee on alcohol, and create a two-year period for a city or county who would have been allowed to impose a fee to do so.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-11","last_action":"returned to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-18","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB426/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb426.html","sponsor":"Phillip Pratt"},
{"bill_id":1338731,"bill_number":"HR84","title":"A RESOLUTION declaring the week of February 24, 2020, to March 1, 2020, as National Eating Disorders Awareness Week in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","description":"Declare the week of February 24, 2020, to March 1, 2020, as National Eating Disorders Awareness Week in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-25","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR84/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr84.html","sponsor":"Kimberly Moser"},
{"bill_id":1338739,"bill_number":"HB429","title":"AN ACT relating to college readiness examinations.","description":"Amend KRS 158.6453 to require a pre-college admissions exam to be administered in the fall of grade 10 instead of a college admissions exam; allow a student to retake the college admissions exam in the fall of grade 12; require the Kentucky Department of Education to pay for the cost of the pre-college exam and the optional college admissions exam in grade 12; amend KRS 158.6459 to conform.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-02-13","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-02-21","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB429/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb429.html","sponsor":"Steve Riley"},
{"bill_id":1338747,"bill_number":"SJR154","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION designating the PFC Thomas Randell Ramey Memorial Bridge in Martin County.","description":"Designate the PFC Thomas Randell Ramey Memorial Bridge in Martin County.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-13","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-13","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR154/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sjr154.html","sponsor":"Phillip Wheeler"},
{"bill_id":1338757,"bill_number":"SR158","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Barry Dunn upon being selected to serve as Deputy Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","description":"Honor Barry Dunn upon being selected to serve as Deputy Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR158/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr158.html","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":1338771,"bill_number":"SB175","title":"AN ACT relating to working animals.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 258 to guarantee the right to utilize working animals for the mutual benefit and welfare of the animals and those they serve.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-13","last_action":"to Agriculture (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-18","committee":"Agriculture","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB175/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb175.html","sponsor":"Robin Webb"},
{"bill_id":1338782,"bill_number":"SB173","title":"AN ACT relating to employment and substance use disorder treatment.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 222 to encourage employment of workers who participate in employer-sponsored substance use disorder treatment.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-19","last_action":"received in House","last_action_date":"2020-03-19","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB173/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb173.html","sponsor":"Matt Castlen"},
{"bill_id":1338789,"bill_number":"SR159","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Donald P. Cross.","description":"Adjourn the Senate in honor and loving memory of Donald P. Cross.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-26","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR159/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr159.html","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1338798,"bill_number":"HB428","title":"AN ACT relating to the Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act.","description":"Establish KRS Chapter 403A and create new sections thereof to establish the Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act; amend KRS 403.280, 403.320, 403.340, 403.352, and 403.353 to conform.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-11","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB428/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb428.html","sponsor":"Walker Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1338804,"bill_number":"SR155","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Emma Jacqueline \"Jackie\" Chambers West.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Emma Jacqueline \"Jackie\" Chambers West.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-20","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR155/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr155.html","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":1340489,"bill_number":"SB176","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Public Employees Deferred Compensation Authority plans.","description":"Repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 18A.245 and repeal and reenact KRS 18A.262 to establish conflict of interest provisions for trustees of the Kentucky Public Employees' Deferred Compensation Authority; amend KRS 18A.230 and 18A.255 to define financial planning, further provide guidance on advice provided to participants, and authorize the promulgation of administrative regulations; amend KRS 18A.250 to clarify auto enrollment provisions and authorize the promulgation of administrative regulations for implementation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-14","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-18","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB176/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb176.html","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":1340718,"bill_number":"HB433","title":"AN ACT relating to individuals with autism spectrum disorder.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 186.400 to 186.640 to require the Department of Vehicle Regulation to make available for persons with an autism spectrum disorder an envelope that provides written information and guidance on enhancing communication with police officers and can contain the person's personal identification card or operator's license, motor vehicle registration, and motor vehicle insurance card.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-02-14","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-02-20","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB433/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb433.html","sponsor":"Deanna Frazier Gordon"},
{"bill_id":1340952,"bill_number":"HJR85","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION designating a section of Kentucky Route 44 in Bullitt County in honor and memory of Lieutenant Scotty McGaha.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a section of Kentucky Route 44 in Bullitt County in honor and memory of Lieutenant Scotty McGaha, and to erect the appropriate signage.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-14","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-18","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR85/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hjr85.html","sponsor":"Russell Webber"},
{"bill_id":1342542,"bill_number":"SB178","title":"AN ACT relating to deceptive lawsuit advertising and solicitation practices.","description":"Creates new sections of KRS Chapter 367 to regulate advertising for legal services.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-10","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-12","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB178/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb178.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1342551,"bill_number":"HB439","title":"AN ACT relating to certificate of need for ambulance service providers.","description":"Amend KRS 216B.020 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations establishing standards for a certificate of need for ambulance service providers.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-02-18","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-03-03","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB439/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb439.html","sponsor":"Rob Rothenburger"},
{"bill_id":1342557,"bill_number":"HB440","title":"AN ACT relating to the renaming of the Louie B. Nunn Cumberland Parkway.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to rename the Louie B. Nunn Cumberland Parkway the Louie B. Nunn Cumberland Expressway, and within 30 days of the effective date, change all highway signs and markings, and make all changes on maps, Web sites, databases, and official highway lists; amend KRS 189.390 to conform.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-17","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-18","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB440/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb440.html","sponsor":"Steve Riley"},
{"bill_id":1342567,"bill_number":"HB442","title":"AN ACT relating to state government.","description":"Amend KRS 18A.060 to add gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-18","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-20","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB442/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb442.html","sponsor":"Jerry Miller"},
{"bill_id":1342574,"bill_number":"HB437","title":"AN ACT relating to the prohibition of patriot penalties in insurance.","description":"Amend KRS 304.48-080 to remove reference to executive director.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-17","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-18","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB437/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb437.html","sponsor":"Bart Rowland"},
{"bill_id":1342585,"bill_number":"SB180","title":"AN ACT relating to oaths before legislative committees.","description":"Amend KRS 6.072 to require witnesses appearing before a committee, interim committee, statutory committee, subcommittee, commission, or task force of the General Assembly to take an oath prior to giving testimony.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-18","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-20","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB180/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb180.html","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1342592,"bill_number":"HJR87","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Transportation Cabinet to erect signs in honor of the Bullitt East High School Cheerleading Team, 2020 National Champions.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to place a sign in Bullitt County honoring the Bullitt East High School Cheerleading Team, 2020 National Champions and 6 time KHSAA state champions.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-18","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-20","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR87/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hjr87.html","sponsor":"James Tipton"},
{"bill_id":1342598,"bill_number":"HB434","title":"AN ACT relating to student mental health assessments and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require each school district to utilize a mental health assessment as needed for students and contract with a student mental health assessment provider; require the Kentucky Department of Education to disburse funds appropriated by the General Assembly to school districts for the contract cost subject to a maximum amount determined by the department; appropriate $4 million in each year of the 2020-2022 biennium; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-18","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-10","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB434/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb434.html","sponsor":"Kimberly Banta"},
{"bill_id":1342607,"bill_number":"SR165","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Dr. Jay Box upon his upcoming retirement as President of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System.","description":"Honor Dr. Jay Box upon his upcoming retirement as President of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-19","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-19","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR165/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr165.html","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":1342615,"bill_number":"SB182","title":"AN ACT relating to the dissemination of personally identifying information.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 525 to create a Class A misdemeanor for disseminating personally identifying information on the Internet about a minor; establish increased criminal penalties for injury and levels of monetary loss; create a civil cause of action arising from violations; and limit the liability of service providers.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-03-03","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-03-06","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB182/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb182.html","sponsor":"Christian McDaniel"},
{"bill_id":1342624,"bill_number":"HB443","title":"AN ACT relating to public records.","description":"Amend KRS 61.878, regarding public records to exclude from the Open Records Act client and case files maintained by the Department of Public Advocacy and the department's contractors.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-02-18","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-02-25","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB443/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb443.html","sponsor":"Jason Petrie"},
{"bill_id":1342630,"bill_number":"SB181","title":"AN ACT relating to mandatory benefits for health benefit plans.","description":"Amend KRS 304.17A-200 to extend health-status eligibility rules to individual and employer-organized association markets; authorize insurance commissioner to designate additional health status-related factors; prohibit adjustment of premium or contribution amounts for group health benefit plans on the basis of genetic information; amend KRS 304.17A-220 to remove requirements relating to pre-existing condition exclusions; repeal and reenact KRS 304.17A-230 to define \"pre-existing condition exclusion\"; prohibit health benefit plans in any market from imposing any pre-existing condition exclusion; amend KRS 304.17A-155, 304.17A-250, 304.17A-430, 304.17A-706, 304.17B-001, 304.17B-019, and 304.18-114 to conform; amend KRS 18A.225 to require the state employee health plan to comply with Sections 1 and 3 of this Act; provide that provisions of Act apply to all health benefit plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2021; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-18","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-20","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB181/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb181.html","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1342641,"bill_number":"SR164","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of James Traver Kirk.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of James Traver Kirk.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR164/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr164.html","sponsor":"Albert Robinson"},
{"bill_id":1342647,"bill_number":"SR166","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Surgery on Sunday, Inc.","description":"Honor Surgery on Sunday, Inc.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-19","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-19","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR166/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr166.html","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1342654,"bill_number":"SB179","title":"AN ACT relating to the sale of dogs, cats, and rabbits in retail pet shops.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 258 to define \"animal shelter,\" \"breeder,\" \"broker,\" and \"retail pet shop\"; to prohibit retail pet shops from selling dogs, cats, and rabbits; to allow retail pet shops to collaborate with animal shelters to showcase dogs, cats, or rabbits; to require retail pet shops to maintain records documenting the source of each dog, cat, or rabbit it sells for at least one (1) year; amend KRS 258.990 to include a penalty for retail pet shop operators who violate this Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-18","last_action":"to Agriculture (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-20","committee":"Agriculture","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB179/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb179.html","sponsor":"Denise Harper Angel"},
{"bill_id":1342664,"bill_number":"SR160","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Juanita Green upon the occasion of her 106th birthday.","description":"Honor Juanita Green upon the occasion of her 106th birthday.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-18","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR160/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr160.html","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":1342671,"bill_number":"HB435","title":"AN ACT relating to treatment for Lyme disease.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to permit a physician to provide long-term antibiotic therapy for a therapeutic purpose for a patient diagnosed with Lyme disease and not be subject to punishment by the State Board of Medical Licensure; require written information on laboratory testing for Lyme disease to be provided when a test is ordered; exempt physicians from civil liability for providing information; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plan coverage of long-term antibiotic therapy for covered persons with Lyme disease under certain circumstances; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-18","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB435/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb435.html","sponsor":"Steve Sheldon"},
{"bill_id":1342678,"bill_number":"HB438","title":"AN ACT relating to financial institutions.","description":"Amend KRS 286.1-440 to include gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-18","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-20","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB438/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb438.html","sponsor":"Bart Rowland"},
{"bill_id":1342685,"bill_number":"SB184","title":"AN ACT relating to grain.","description":"Amend KRS 251.370 to specify financial statement requirements; amend KRS 251.440 to specify application requirements.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-04-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 114)","last_action_date":"2020-04-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB184/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb184.html","sponsor":"Paul Hornback"},
{"bill_id":1342695,"bill_number":"HR86","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing February 20, 2020, as Childhood Cancer Awareness Day in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","description":"Recognize February 20, 2020, as Childhood Cancer Awareness Day in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-20","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-20","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR86/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr86.html","sponsor":"Wilson Stone"},
{"bill_id":1342702,"bill_number":"HB441","title":"AN ACT relating to state government.","description":"Amend KRS 18A.035 to add gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-18","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-20","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB441/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb441.html","sponsor":"Jerry Miller"},
{"bill_id":1342708,"bill_number":"HB436","title":"AN ACT relating to mental health and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 210.365 to make firefighters eligible for crisis intervention team training along with law enforcement officers currently permitted such training; amend KRS 95A.220 with an appropriation of $1,250,000 each fiscal year for treatment of full-time and volunteer firefighters affected by post-traumatic stress injury (PTSI) and/or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); allow no PTSD eligibility for disability retirement; declare legitimate personnel actions not compensable, diagnosis required by psychiatrist, psychologist or counselor; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-18","last_action":"posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 18, 2020","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB436/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb436.html","sponsor":"Kimberly Banta"},
{"bill_id":1342718,"bill_number":"SR162","title":"A RESOLUTION declaring 2020 as the Year of the Eye Exam.","description":"Declare 2020 as the Year of the Eye Exam.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-11","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-03-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR162/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr162.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1342725,"bill_number":"SB183","title":"AN ACT relating to child abuse or neglect investigations.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 620 to prohibit a parent, guardian, or other custodian from withdrawing, transfering, or in any way altering the current enrollment of a child to hinder an abused or neglected child investigation; make violation of the prohibition a Class A misdemeanor; make violation of the prohibition a Class D felony if the child is taken out of state; make notification of intent a defense to prosecution.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-03-05","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-03-12","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB183/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb183.html","sponsor":"Wil Schroder"},
{"bill_id":1342732,"bill_number":"SR163","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Dr. Aaron McNulty.","description":"Honor Dr. Aaron McNulty.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-20","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR163/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr163.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1342739,"bill_number":"SB177","title":"AN ACT relating to education and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 317A.010 to change the change the definition from \"blow dry services\" to \"shampoo and style services,\" and define \"stylist\"; amend KRS 317A.050 to provide for an instructor training eligibility certificate and to reduce the number of hours of instruction required for a shampoo and style license from 450 to 300, revise the terminology to conform, specify requirements for a temporary event services permit, and remove residency requirement; amend KRS 317A.090 to remove restriction on when instructional hours may be given; amend KRS 317A.155 to allow stylists to operate outside of an establishment licensed by the board under certain conditions and to require permission of the person, or his or her legal representative, receiving services.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 26)","last_action_date":"2020-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB177/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb177.html","sponsor":"Alice Kerr"},
{"bill_id":1342746,"bill_number":"SR161","title":"A RESOLUTION declaring March 12, 2020, Kidney Disease Awareness Day in Kentucky.","description":"Declare March 12, 2020, Kidney Disease Awareness Day in Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-12","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR161/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr161.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1343926,"bill_number":"HB457","title":"AN ACT relating to election precinct boundaries and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 117.056 to change the date from July 15 to January 1 in years ending in \"0\" to maintain election precinct boundaries; \"EMERGENCY\".","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-04-07","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 78)","last_action_date":"2020-04-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB457/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb457.html","sponsor":"Kevin Bratcher"},
{"bill_id":1343938,"bill_number":"SB185","title":"AN ACT relating to agriculture.","description":"Amend KRS 246.040, relating to the Commissioner of Agriculture, to make gender-neutral references.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-19","last_action":"to Agriculture (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-21","committee":"Agriculture","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB185/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb185.html","sponsor":"Paul Hornback"},
{"bill_id":1343951,"bill_number":"HB445","title":"AN ACT relating to Medicare supplement insurance.","description":"For Medicare supplement policies, amend KRS 304.14-520 to prohibit an insurer from denying the policy, or discriminating in price, based on the age, gender, health status, claims experience, receipt of health care, or medical condition of an applicant or a person covered under the policy; prohibit the policy from containing a waiting period or pre-existing condition limitation or exclusion; and require applications to be accepted, and policies issued, at all times throughout the year.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-19","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-21","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB445/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb445.html","sponsor":"Thomas Burch"},
{"bill_id":1343964,"bill_number":"HB449","title":"AN ACT relating to exemptions for disaster response businesses and employees.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to provide definitions of terms related to disaster or emergency-related work; amend KRS 141.020 to exempt disaster response employees and disaster response businesses from income tax beginning on or after January 1, 2020, and before January 1, 2024; amend KRS 141.040 to exempt disaster response businesses beginning on or after January 1, 2020, and before January 1, 2024; amend KRS 68.180, 68.197, 91.200, and 92.300 to exclude the income of a disaster response employee and a disaster response business from local tax; amend KRS 227.480 to exclude a disaster response business from certain permit requirements; amend KRS 227A.030 to exclude disaster response employees and disaster response businesses licensed in another state from certain licensing requirements; create a new section of KRS 67.750 to 67.790 to prevent these provisions from being construed as establishing a nexus or minimum contact for taxing purposes, except as related to disaster response business and employees for work performed during disaster response periods.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2020-03-17","last_action":"floor amendments (1-title) and (2) filed","last_action_date":"2020-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB449/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb449.html","sponsor":"Myron Dossett"},
{"bill_id":1343988,"bill_number":"HB459","title":"AN ACT relating to athletics.","description":"Amend KRS 156.070 to require the Kentucky Board of Education or agency designated by the board of education to manage interscholastic athletics to promulgate administrative regulations or bylaws requiring schools that participate in interscholastic athletics to designate all athletic teams, activities, and sports based upon the biological sex of the students eligible to participate; prohibiting male students from participating in athletic teams, activities, and sports designated as girls; and defining the methods of establishing a students' biological sex; prohibit designated agencies from entertaining complaints or investigations of policies; create a cause of action against a school that violates these provisions; require that the action be brought within 2 years; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to require a public postsecondary education institution or private postsecondary education institution that is a member of a national intercollegiate athletic association to designate all intercollegiate and intramural athletic teams, activities, sports, and events that are sponsored or authorized by the institution based on biological sex of students eligible to participate; require that those institutions prohibit male students from participating in athletic teams, activities, and sports designated as womens'; and define the methods of establishing a postsecondary student's biological sex; prohibit designated agencies from entertaining complaints or investigations of policies; create a cause of action against a postsecondary institution that violates these provisions; require that the action be brought within 2 years; title the Act: \"Save Women’s Sports Act.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-19","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-21","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB459/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb459.html","sponsor":"Regina Huff"},
{"bill_id":1344001,"bill_number":"HB453","title":"AN ACT relating to identity documents, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend various sections of KRS 186.400 to 186.640, and KRS Chapters 189A and 281A to make the Transportation Cabinet the sole application and issuance entity for operator's licenses and personal identification cards and eliminate the requirements that these documents be applied for in the county of residence; amend KRS 186.419 to expand the list of documents an applicant can use when applying for a voluntary travel ID; amend KRS 186.490 to allow circuit clerk offices to continue issuing standard identity credentials until the Transportation Cabinet determines that a cabinet regional office can assume those duties; require all circuit clerks' offices to stop issuing operator's licenses and personal ID cards by June 30, 2022; amend KRS 186.531 to set forth a distribution schedule for license and ID card fees for these documents that are applied for with the Transportation Cabinet; amend KRS 186.010 to define the phrase \"alternative technology\"; amend KRS 116.0452, 116.0455, and 116.085 to conform; EMERGENCY","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor Acts ch. 51)","last_action_date":"2020-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB453/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb453.html","sponsor":"Sal Santoro"},
{"bill_id":1344014,"bill_number":"SR167","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Janie Renee Miller.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Janie Renee Miller.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-20","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR167/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr167.html","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":1344027,"bill_number":"HB447","title":"AN ACT relating to abandoned infants.","description":"Amend KRS 405.075 to define and allow the use of a \"newborn safety device\" related to the anonymous surrendering of a newborn infant in the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-19","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-26","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB447/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb447.html","sponsor":"Nancy Tate"},
{"bill_id":1344040,"bill_number":"HJR91","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Energy and Environment Cabinet to study the economic impact of renewable energy portfolio standards and other renewable energy policies in all states and to provide recommendations on the applicability and feasibility of adopting new renewable energy policies that support economic growth in Kentucky.","description":"Direct the Energy and Environment Cabinet to study the economic impact of renewable energy portfolio standards and other renewable energy policies in all states and to provide recommendations on the applicability and feasibility of adopting new renewable energy policies that support economic growth in Kentucky; submit findings and recommendations regarding the implementation of renewable portfolio standards and other renewable energy policies in Kentucky and the resulting economic impact on the Commonwealth to the Governor, the Legislative Research Commission, and the Interim Joint Committee on Natural Resources and Energy by July 1, 2021.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-19","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Energy (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-21","committee":"Natural Resources & Energy","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR91/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hjr91.html","sponsor":"Tina Bojanowski"},
{"bill_id":1344051,"bill_number":"HB446","title":"AN ACT relating to water district commissioners.","description":"Amend KRS 74.020 to change the limits on water district commissioners' annual salary to limits on their total annual compensation; allow the Public Service Commission to grant reasonable extensions of time for water district commissioners to complete their training requirements for good cause shown; amend KRS 74.363 to conform.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-17","last_action":"recommitted to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB446/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb446.html","sponsor":"Jim Gooch"},
{"bill_id":1344063,"bill_number":"HB448","title":"AN ACT relating to payment of outstanding liabilities funded through assessments upon insurance premiums.","description":"Amend KRS 342.120 to require the Division of Workers' Compensation Funds to engage in a program to resolve outstanding indemnity liabilities through lump-sum payments beginning January 1, 2021; amend KRS 342.122 to set the special fund assessment rate at no less than 6.29 percent; to cap funding for financing the expenditures for certain programs in the Labor Cabinet; and to reduce the assessment rate to 1 percent for funding the Labor Cabinet through the provisions of KRS 342.122 once the special fund balance has reached a balance sufficient to produce enough revenue to amortize the remaining claims and fund the operations of the Kentucky Workers' Compensation Funding Commission; amend KRS 342.1223 to require the Kentucky Workers' Compensation Funding Commission to produce and submit a biennial financial audit and management review to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue by December 31 of odd-numbered years; amend KRS 342.1224 to change the membership of the Kentucky Workers' Compensation Funding Commission.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-02-19","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-02-24","committee":"Economic Development & Workforce Investment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB448/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb448.html","sponsor":"Bart Rowland"},
{"bill_id":1344076,"bill_number":"HB451","title":"AN ACT relating to abortion.","description":"Amend KRS 15.241 to require the Attorney General, upon certification by the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, to seek injunctive relief as well as civil or criminal penalties for violations of KRS Chapter 216B relating to abortion facilities and KRS 311.720 to 311.830 relating to abortions; provide that, in the absence of certification, the Attorney General may seek injunctive relief as well as civil or criminal penalties.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-11","last_action":"to Rules (H)","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB451/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb451.html","sponsor":"Stan Lee"},
{"bill_id":1344091,"bill_number":"HR93","title":"A RESOLUTION declaring Kentucky a compassionate community, and acknowledging the Commonwealth as a \"Compassionate Kentucky.\"","description":"Declare Kentucky a compassionate community, and acknowledge the Commonwealth as a \"Compassionate Kentucky.\"","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-19","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-03-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR93/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr93.html","sponsor":"Joni Jenkins"},
{"bill_id":1344104,"bill_number":"HB454","title":"AN ACT relating to contract procurement and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 43 to require the Auditor of Public Accounts to conduct a biennial audit of the contract procurement systems of the Department of Highways; enumerate issues to be examined in the audit; allow the Auditor to contract for professional services; require the Department of Highways to reimburse the Auditor for the cost of the audit; require submission of the audit to the LRC by June 30th of each odd numbered fiscal year; Amend KRS 176.050 to require the Department of Highways to reimburse the auditor for the biennial audit of contract procurement procedures; require the department to promulgate administrative regulations regarding the advertisement and award of bids for highway construction; amend KRS 176.210 to prohibit the Department of Highways from making public the identity of a qualified bidder on a particular project prior to the bid letting on that project; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-19","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-21","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB454/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb454.html","sponsor":"Jason Nemes"},
{"bill_id":1344116,"bill_number":"HCR88","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION reestablishing the Public Water and Wastewater System Infrastructure Task Force.","description":"Reestablish the Public Water and Wastewater System Infrastructure Task Force; direct the task force to continue to evaluate policy options on how to address Kentucky's troubled public water and wastewater systems; name the membership of the task force; require the task force to meet at least three times during the 2020 Interim and to submit its findings, legislative recommendations, or a memorandum to the Legislative Research Commission by November 30, 2020; provide that the Legislative Research Commission is authorized to alternatively assign the issues to be addressed by the task force to an interim joint committee or subcommittee thereof and to assign an alternative study completion date.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-06","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Energy (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-10","committee":"Natural Resources and Energy","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR88/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hcr88.html","sponsor":"Jim Gooch"},
{"bill_id":1344128,"bill_number":"HB455","title":"AN ACT relating to student discipline at public postsecondary education institutions.","description":"Amend KRS 164.370 to require each governing board of a public postsecondary education institution to adopt a student code of conduct that includes disciplinary procedures; set minimum requirements for the disciplinary procedures; require the institution to provide additional rights to students eligible to receive certain punishments; require a governing board to permit a student whose residence is in campus housing to appeal to the governing board; require a governing board to permit a student organization whose affiliation with the institution has been terminated to appeal to the governing board; permit a student to appeal a final decision of a governing board in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B, except that the student shall have 1 year to appeal; define \"student\"; title the Act \"the Kentucky Student Administrative Rights Protection Act.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-19","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-21","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB455/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb455.html","sponsor":"Kevin Bratcher"},
{"bill_id":1344141,"bill_number":"HB458","title":"AN ACT relating to home or hospital instruction.","description":"Repeal, reenact as a new section of KRS Chapter 158, and amend KRS 157.270 to clarify eligibility of students for home or hospital instruction; require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations for home or hospital instruction; amend KRS 159.030 to clarify the evidence requirements for exemption from compulsory attendance due to physical or mental conditions.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-04-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 104)","last_action_date":"2020-04-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB458/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb458.html","sponsor":"Regina Huff"},
{"bill_id":1344153,"bill_number":"HB450","title":"AN ACT relating to property taxes when the title of real property is transferred.","description":"Amend KRS 132.220 to establish property tax liability requirements for when real property is transferred during the calendar year; amend KRS 134.015 to make taxes, fees, penalties, and interest the personal debt of the taxpayer as of December 31st when the title of real property is transferred during the calendar year; amend KRS 134.504 to establish mailing requirements for the certificate of delinquency notice; amend KRS 382.135 to remove the in-care-of address requirement; amend various KRS statutes to conform; apply to property assessed on or after January 1, 2021.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-19","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-21","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB450/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb450.html","sponsor":"Randy Bridges"},
{"bill_id":1344166,"bill_number":"HR92","title":"A RESOLUTION declaring March 12, 2020, Kidney Disease Awareness Day in Kentucky.","description":"Declare March 12, 2020, Kidney Disease Awareness Day in Kentucky.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2020-02-19","last_action":"to House Floor","last_action_date":"2020-02-21","committee":"Floor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR92/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr92.html","sponsor":"Tina Bojanowski"},
{"bill_id":1344180,"bill_number":"HJR89","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION designating the Sgt. Billy Ray Patton Memorial Bridge in Lawrence County.","description":"Designate the Sgt. Billy Ray Patton Memorial Bridge in Lawrence County.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-19","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-21","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR89/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hjr89.html","sponsor":"Kathy Hinkle"},
{"bill_id":1344191,"bill_number":"HR90","title":"A RESOLUTION declaring May Mental Health Month in Kentucky.","description":"Declare May Mental Health Month in Kentucky.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2020-02-19","last_action":"to House Floor","last_action_date":"2020-02-21","committee":"Floor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR90/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr90.html","sponsor":"Kimberly Moser"},
{"bill_id":1344204,"bill_number":"HB452","title":"AN ACT relating to the ad valorem taxation of privately owned leasehold interests in residential property owned by a purely public charity.","description":"Amend KRS 132.195 to include specific privately owned leasehold interests in residential property owned by a purely public charity in the list of leasehold interests exempt from state and local property taxation at the prevailing rate; amend KRS 132.020 to include specific privately owned leasehold interests in residential property owned by a purely public charity in the list of property that is subject to a one-and-one-half-cent state property tax rate; amend KRS 132.200 to include specific privately owned leasehold interests in residential property owned by a purely public charity in the list of property that is subject to property taxation for state purposes only.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-02-19","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-03-12","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB452/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb452.html","sponsor":"John Sims"},
{"bill_id":1344217,"bill_number":"HB456","title":"AN ACT relating to the operation of a motor vehicle.","description":"Amend KRS 189.340 to allow the Transportation Cabinet to restrict lanes of travel, for trucks with more than six wheels, on any highway containing 3 or more lanes of travel in the same direction; require the cabinet to post official signs notifying operators of this restriction; require operators to obey posted signs.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-02-19","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-02-28","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB456/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb456.html","sponsor":"Myron Dossett"},
{"bill_id":1344230,"bill_number":"HB444","title":"AN ACT relating to agriculture.","description":"Amend KRS 246.285, relating to the Commissioner of Agriculture, to make gender-neutral references.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-19","last_action":"to Agriculture (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-21","committee":"Agriculture","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB444/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb444.html","sponsor":"Richard Heath"},
{"bill_id":1344242,"bill_number":"SR168","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Charles C. \"Sid\" East.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Charles C. \"Sid\" East.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-20","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR168/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr168.html","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":1344252,"bill_number":"SB186","title":"AN ACT relating to the Auditor of Public Accounts.","description":"Amend KRS 43.020 to delete requirement that the Auditor of Public Accounts reside at the seat of government; amend KRS 43.030 to allow the assistant state auditor to recuse himself or herself in specified instances to comply with professional standards of accountancy; amend KRS 43.040 to require the Auditor of Public Accounts to file a certification of the inventory of the office with the Secretary of State at the end of his or her term of office and provide for delivery of the inventory to the successor of the Auditor of Public Accounts; provide that in the event of a vacancy in the office of Auditor of Public Accounts, the assistant state auditor shall deliver the inventory to the Auditor's successor; amend KRS 43.050 to provide the Auditor of Public accounts with the authority to bill for audits, examinations, investigations, and reviews; specify that the Auditor of Public Accounts may provide consulting services to state and local government entities and may charge a mutually agreed upon rate; delete reference to \"outstanding warrants\"; amend KRS 43.060 to specify that the Auditor of Public Accounts is required to annually audit the Commonwealth's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR); amend KRS 43.090 to require that all audit reports and responses be posted online in a publicly searchable format; amend KRS 43.200 to make the Auditor of Public Accounts' scholarship discretionary rather than mandatory.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 59)","last_action_date":"2020-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB186/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb186.html","sponsor":"Mike Nemes"},
{"bill_id":1345305,"bill_number":"HB463","title":"AN ACT relating to the creation of the Kentucky Center for Cannabis Research and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to establish the Kentucky Center for Cannabis Research at the University of Kentucky; define the role, mission, and responsibilities of the center; establish the university's duties related to the center; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-20","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB463/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb463.html","sponsor":"Kimberly Moser"},
{"bill_id":1345312,"bill_number":"SR178","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Dr. James Ray Rich.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Dr. James Ray Rich.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR178/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr178.html","sponsor":"Robin Webb"},
{"bill_id":1345318,"bill_number":"HB465","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 in the county voting in last presidential election for initiation petition; provide for the contents and certification of petitions; require the county judge/executive in the initiating county within 10 days to notify the other local governments and their citizens of the proposal; 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; 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; 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; require surplus funds to be spent in the areas where funds were raised; 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; require the Department for Local Government to promulgate administrative regulations awarding preference points on community development block grant applications and provide technical and advisory assistance to consolidated counties; require, upon consolidation, all appointments to boards of special districts to remain in effect until the expiration of the term, at which point the appropriate appointing authority shall make new appointments; amend KRS 67.280 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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-02-20","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-02-28","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB465/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb465.html","sponsor":"Adam Koenig"},
{"bill_id":1345326,"bill_number":"HB468","title":"AN ACT relating to veterans with qualifying conditions and LGBTQ veterans.","description":"Amend numerous statutes in KRS Chapters 12, 14A, 16, 40, 42, 148, 158, 161, 164, and 186 to make certain LGBTQ and qualifying veterans are eligible for state veterans' benefits.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-20","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-24","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB468/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb468.html","sponsor":"Patti Minter"},
{"bill_id":1345334,"bill_number":"SR169","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring the courageous and sacrificial acts of esteemed Americans who took a stand to ensure that all citizens have the right to vote in this great American democracy.","description":"Honor those Americans who ensured the right to vote for all Americans by their participation in the Civil Rights March of \"Bloody Sunday.\"","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-20","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-20","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR169/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr169.html","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":1345342,"bill_number":"HB460","title":"AN ACT relating to custodial interrogations by law enforcement.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 15 to define terms related to the electronic recording of custodial interrogations; require law enforcement officers to electronically record custodial interrogations; specify that law enforcement officers conducting custodial interrogations are not required to obtain consent from the individual being interrogated; provide exceptions to the requirement of recording interrogations based upon exigent circumstances, refusal to participate by the individual being interrogated, the occurrence of the interrogation in a different state in compliance with that state's law or with federal law, or if the interrogation may reveal the identity of a confidential informant or jeopardize the safety of a law enforcement officer; require prosecutors to prove an exception applies if the statement entered was not recorded; and require the Attorney General to promulgate administrative regulations to determine the means of recording, the collection and review of recordings, and other matters related to the recording of interrogations.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-20","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-24","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB460/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb460.html","sponsor":"Robert Wiederstein"},
{"bill_id":1345348,"bill_number":"SB193","title":"AN ACT relating to educational goals.","description":"Amend KRS 158.849 to establish a goal of increasing participation in computer science courses by underrepresented groups; require the Department of Education to submit an annual report on public school students participating in computer science courses.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-03-27","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 60)","last_action_date":"2020-03-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB193/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb193.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1345356,"bill_number":"HJR94","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION designating a section of Kentucky Route 2009 in Leslie County in honor and memory of Bertha Mae Lewis.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a section of Kentucky Route 2009 in honor and memory of Bertha Mae Lewis and erect signage denoting this designation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-20","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-24","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR94/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hjr94.html","sponsor":"Derek Lewis"},
{"bill_id":1345362,"bill_number":"SB189","title":"AN ACT relating to attorney's fees for paternity actions.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 406 to allow the court to consider the financial resources of both parties in paternity actions and order a party to pay a reasonable portion of the other party's attorney's fees and costs.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-19","last_action":"received in House","last_action_date":"2020-03-19","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB189/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb189.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1345368,"bill_number":"SJR173","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to create the Task Force on Exceptional Support Waiver Services to study exceptional support services and the Kentucky Exceptional Supports Protocol provided through the Supports for Community Living Waiver Program.","description":"Direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to create the Task Force on Exceptional Support Waiver Services; require a report to the Governor, General Assembly, and the Interim Joint Committee on Health, Welfare, and Family Services by August 1, 2021.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-03-10","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR173/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sjr173.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1345376,"bill_number":"HB462","title":"AN ACT relating to reimbursement for pharmacist services.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 12 of KRS Chapter 304 to establish certain insurance practices relating to the reimbursement of pharmacists; amend KRS 304.14-135 to establish a clean claim form for the reimbursement of certain pharmacist services or procedures; amend KRS 304.17A-300, 304.17A-844, and 304.17B-011 to conform; create a new section of Subtitle 32 of KRS Chapter 304 to require nonprofit hospital, medical-surgical, dental and health service corporations to comply with pharmacist reimbursement requirements; amend KRS 18A.225 to require the state employee health plan to comply with pharmacist reimbursement requirements; amend KRS 342.020 to require workers' compensation employers, insurers, and payment obligors to comply with pharmacist reimbursement requirements.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-20","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-24","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB462/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb462.html","sponsor":"Danny Bentley"},
{"bill_id":1345382,"bill_number":"HR95","title":"A RESOLUTION proclaiming March 3, 2020, as Kentucky Natural Lands Awareness Day.","description":"Proclaim March 3, 2020, as Kentucky Natural Lands Awareness Day.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-03","last_action":"adopted","last_action_date":"2020-03-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR95/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr95.html","sponsor":"Daniel Elliott"},
{"bill_id":1345389,"bill_number":"SB192","title":"AN ACT relating to reemployment after retirement.","description":"Amend KRS 61.637 to provide that a mayor or member of a city legislative body who is at least 62 years of age and eligible to retire from the County Employees Retirement System shall not be required to resign from his or her position as mayor or member of a city legislative body in order to begin drawing benefits from the system; provide that no additional benefits will be accumulated with any employer after the mayor's or city legislative body member's effective retirement date.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-20","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-24","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB192/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb192.html","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":1345395,"bill_number":"SB188","title":"AN ACT relating to competency to stand trial.","description":"Amend KRS 504.110 to refer certain violent criminal defendants who are incompetent to stand trial with no substantial probability of attaining competency to a new type of involuntary commitment to be created in KRS Chapter 202C; create definitions; assign guardian ad litem; establish hearing procedures and commitment criteria; establish a schedule and procedures for review hearings; require for promulgation of administrative regulations.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-20","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-24","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB188/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb188.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1345402,"bill_number":"SR171","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Lesley Denise Prather and her daughter, Rhyan Denise Prather.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Lesley Denise Prather and her daughter, Rhyan Denise Prather.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR171/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr171.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1345410,"bill_number":"HB467","title":"AN ACT relating to the construction of educational facilities.","description":"Amend KRS 198B.060 to allow local plan review of educational facilities.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-19","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-19","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB467/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb467.html","sponsor":"Sal Santoro"},
{"bill_id":1345416,"bill_number":"SB194","title":"AN ACT relating to surprise billing.","description":"Amend KRS 304.17A-500 to define terms; create a new section of KRS 304.17A-500 to 304.17A-590 to define \"covered health care services\"; require health benefit plans to provide coverage and reimburse for covered health care services provided by a nonparticipating health care provider at an in-network facility; prohibit nonparticipating health care providers from attempting to collect payment from a covered person for covered health care services other than applicable cost-sharing; amend KRS 304.17A-580 to add provisions of KRS 304.17A-641 and require insurers to reimburse a nonparticipating provider for the provision of emergency medical conditions and emergency department screening and stabilization services at an in-network facility; amend KRS 304.17A-254 and KRS 304.17A-527 to provide requirements for contracts between insurers and providers who are health facilities; amend KRS 304.17A-565 to provide that the provisions of KRS 304.17A-500 to KRS 304.17A-590 shall not be construed to preempt or supersede other rights or remedies available to covered persons under law; amend KRS 18A.225 to require the state employee health plan to comply with Sections 2, 3, 4, 6; amend KRS 304.17B-001 and KRS 304.17A-649 to conform; repeal KRS 304.17A-640 and 304.17A-641; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-20","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-24","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB194/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb194.html","sponsor":"Rick Girdler"},
{"bill_id":1345424,"bill_number":"SR170","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Carrie Urton McCaw and her daughter, Kathryn Celestine \"Kacey\" McCaw.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Carrie Urton McCaw and her daughter, Kathryn Celestine \"Kacey\" McCaw.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR170/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr170.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1345431,"bill_number":"SR175","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Murrell Gene Allen.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Murrell Gene Allen.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-25","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR175/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr175.html","sponsor":"Albert Robinson"},
{"bill_id":1345437,"bill_number":"SB187","title":"AN ACT relating to city annexation filings.","description":"Amend KRS 81A.470 to remove duplicative language requiring notice of the annexation to be filed with the county clerk; stipulate that the ordinance to be sent to the Secretary of State's office is the final ordinance; provide that in addition to the map and ordinance that are required to be sent, that an electronic file containing a closed geometric figure of the territory being added or removed, in prescribed electronic formats, be included in the transmission; limit the cumulative file and e-mail size to 15 megabytes in size; amend KRS 81A.475, relating to communications to the county clerk, to include the submission of a map meeting the requirements of subsection (1)(b) of Section 1.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-20","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-24","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB187/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb187.html","sponsor":"Phillip Wheeler"},
{"bill_id":1345445,"bill_number":"SB191","title":"AN ACT relating to substance use disorders.","description":"Amend KRS 309.080 to add definitions of certified alcohol and drug counselor assistant I and II; create new sections of KRS 309.080 to 309.089 to establish requirements for certification of alcohol and drug couselor assistant I and II; amend KRS 309.083 to change required hours of experience for certified alcohol and drug counselors to 600 hours under supervision; permit registration as an alcohol and drug peer support specialist to substitute for required classroom hours; amend KRS 309.831 to reduce required hours of experience and education, and reduce required time in recovery from two to one year; amend KRS 309.805, 309.8013, and 309.088 to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-04-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 99)","last_action_date":"2020-04-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB191/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb191.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1345452,"bill_number":"SB195","title":"AN ACT relating to the State Fair Board.","description":"Amend KRS 247.090 to exempt the State Fair Board from the Governor's power of reorganization.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-20","last_action":"reassigned to Agriculture (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-11","committee":"Agriculture","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB195/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb195.html","sponsor":"Paul Hornback"},
{"bill_id":1345459,"bill_number":"SR177","title":"A RESOLUTION declaring Kentucky a compassionate community, and acknowledging the Commonwealth as a \"Compassionate Kentucky.\"","description":"Declare Kentucky a compassionate community, and acknowledge the Commonwealth as a \"Compassionate Kentucky.\"","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR177/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr177.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1345465,"bill_number":"SR174","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring the Kentucky Federation of Republican Women.","description":"Honor the Kentucky Federation of Republican Women.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-11","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-03-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR174/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr174.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1345471,"bill_number":"HB466","title":"AN ACT relating to the issuance of a personalized license plate.","description":"Amend KRS 186.174 to establish the application procedures and fees for a personalized license plate; establish when a personalized plate shall not be issued.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-10","last_action":"returned to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-18","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB466/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb466.html","sponsor":"Sal Santoro"},
{"bill_id":1345485,"bill_number":"SR172","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Kayla Marie Cox.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Kayla Marie Cox.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR172/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr172.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1345493,"bill_number":"SR176","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Sean and Tia Edwards and The Fresh Bourbon Distilling Company.","description":"Honor Sean and Tia Edwards and The Fresh Bourbon Distilling Company.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-26","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR176/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr176.html","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1345500,"bill_number":"HB461","title":"AN ACT relating to directors of corporations.","description":"Amend KRS 271B.8-300 to insert gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-20","last_action":"posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 18, 2020","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB461/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb461.html","sponsor":"Mark Hart"},
{"bill_id":1345508,"bill_number":"HB464","title":"AN ACT relating to tax incentives.","description":"Amend KRS 154.32-040 to make technical corrections to the terms and conditions required of tax incentive agreements under the Kentucky Business Investment Program.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-20","last_action":"to Small Business & Information Technology (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-24","committee":"Small Business & Information Technology","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB464/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb464.html","sponsor":"Phillip Pratt"},
{"bill_id":1345514,"bill_number":"SB190","title":"AN ACT relating to training programs in suicide assessment, treatment, and management.","description":"Amend KRS 210.366 to require that training programs for in suicide assessment, treatment, and management include cultural diversity programs for licensed, registered, or certified social workers, marriage and family therapists, professional counselors, pastoral counselors, alcohol and drug counselors, alcohol and drug peer support specialists. psychologists, and occupational therapists.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-20","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-24","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB190/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb190.html","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1346844,"bill_number":"SB197","title":"AN ACT relating to motor vehicle titles.","description":"Amend KRS 186A.520 to provide that a county clerk's reliance on salvage title application relieves county clerk from liability; provide that the transfer of a salvage vehicle by the owner to an insurer is exempt from notarization requirements.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-21","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-24","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB197/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb197.html","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":1346862,"bill_number":"HB472","title":"AN ACT relating to civil actions.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 454 to provide definitions and establish procedures for courts to dismiss civil actions that are determined to be harassing and malicious; allow for court costs and attorney fees to be awarded to the prevailing party; allow courts to impose filing restrictions upon any plaintiff they find to be an abusive civil action plaintiff; establish procedures to allow abusive civil action plaintiffs to file suit; allow for an immediate appeal as a matter of right.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-21","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-24","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB472/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb472.html","sponsor":"McKenzie Cantrell"},
{"bill_id":1346897,"bill_number":"SB198","title":"AN ACT relating to veterans.","description":"Amend KRS 40.050 to add gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-21","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-24","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB198/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb198.html","sponsor":"Albert Robinson"},
{"bill_id":1346915,"bill_number":"HB473","title":"AN ACT relating to special law enforcement officers.","description":"Amend KRS 61.906 to require the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to conduct a criminal background check for persons applying as a special law enforcement officer, and allow a check at other times at the cabinet's discretion, by means of a fingerprint check by the Department of Kentucky State Police and the FBI.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-19","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-19","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB473/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb473.html","sponsor":"Deanna Frazier Gordon"},
{"bill_id":1346933,"bill_number":"HB476","title":"AN ACT relating to school taxes.","description":"Amend KRS 157.621 to delete the requirement for the commissioner of education to approve equalization for a school district that levied an equivalent tax rate as of April 24, 2008, of at least 10 cents and did not receive equalized growth funding.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-21","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-24","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB476/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb476.html","sponsor":"Jim Duplessis"},
{"bill_id":1346952,"bill_number":"HB469","title":"AN ACT relating to the Human Rights Commission.","description":"Specify that the Governor has no authority to change the organization of the Human Rights Commission by executive order or action.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-21","last_action":"recommitted to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-09","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB469/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb469.html","sponsor":"Nancy Tate"},
{"bill_id":1346969,"bill_number":"HB470","title":"AN ACT relating to resources for local development.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to define \"base restaurant tax receipts,\" \"merged governments\" and \" nonhighway transportation infrastructure\"; grant any city, county, or merged government the right to levy a restaurant tax, subject to certain limitations; allow cities, counties, and merged governments levying a restaurant tax after the effective date to distribute at least 25 percent of revenues generated to the tourist and convention commission; specify uses; allow a consolidated local government levying the tax the option of distributing revenues to the tourist and convention commission; specify uses; make provisions for cities within a county containing a consolidated local government that has not formed its own tourist and convention commission; make provisions for cities that levied the restaurant tax prior to the effective date to distribute restaurant tax revenues; establish uses for revenue distributed to tourist and convention commissions; establish protocols for crediting when cities and counties, in counties with merged governments and without, both charge a restaurant tax; exempt restaurants subject to the tax from certain local occupational license taxes; mandate that any new tax or rate take effect at the beginning of any calendar month; amend KRS 153.460 to remove the ability of a fiscal court in counties containing cities of the first class or consolidated local government from levying a gross receipts tax on restaurants in the county; amend KRS 67.938 and 91A.390 to conform; repeal KRS 91A.400.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-21","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-24","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB470/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb470.html","sponsor":"Rob Rothenburger"},
{"bill_id":1346986,"bill_number":"HJR97","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION designating the Clover Fork River bridge on Kentucky Route 38 in Harlan County in honor and memory of fallen soldier Master Sergeant Otis Edward Ward.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a bridge on Kentucky Route 38 in Harlan County in honor and memory of fallen soldier Master Sergeant Otis Edward Ward.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-21","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-24","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR97/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hjr97.html","sponsor":"Chris Fugate"},
{"bill_id":1347004,"bill_number":"HB475","title":"AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 181 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to the General Assembly's authority over local revenue options.","description":"Propose to amend Section 181 of the Constitution of Kentucky to permit the General Assembly to authorize a county, city, town, or municipal corporation to assess and collect local taxes and fees that are not otherwise in conflict with the Constitution; provide ballot question with proposed amendment; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-21","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB475/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb475.html","sponsor":"Michael Meredith"},
{"bill_id":1347021,"bill_number":"HB471","title":"AN ACT relating to the Endow Kentucky tax credit.","description":"Amend KRS 141.438 to provide definitions; expand the Endow Kentucky tax credit cap to $5 million annually instead of the current tax credit cap of $1 million annually; provide that 2 percent of the tax credit cap is reserved for foundations and funds that exclusively serve rural counties; require reporting by the Department of Revenue; amend KRS 131.190 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-21","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-24","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB471/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb471.html","sponsor":"Mark Hart"},
{"bill_id":1347038,"bill_number":"SCR179","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION celebrating the 50th birthday of Secretariat and recognizing the festival held in his honor in Paris, Kentucky.","description":"Retain original provisions except change the name of Secretariat's 50th birthday celebration event to Big Red Gala: A celebration of Secretariat's 50th Birthday, and specify the date range of the event.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2020-02-21","last_action":"to Senate Floor","last_action_date":"2020-02-24","committee":"Floor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SCR179/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/scr179.html","sponsor":"Steve West"},
{"bill_id":1347056,"bill_number":"SR180","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring and remembering Private Franklin Runyon Sousley on the 75th anniversary of his participation in hoisting the United States flag at Iwo Jima during World War II.","description":"Honor and remember Private Franklin Runyon Sousley on the 75th anniversary of his participation in hoisting the United States flag at Iwo Jima during World War II.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-24","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR180/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr180.html","sponsor":"Steve West"},
{"bill_id":1347073,"bill_number":"HR96","title":"A RESOLUTION acknowledging the true meaning of the rainbow as a Biblical principle.","description":"Acknowledge the true meaning of the rainbow as a Biblical principle.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-21","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-24","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR96/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr96.html","sponsor":"Thomas Burch"},
{"bill_id":1347090,"bill_number":"SB196","title":"AN ACT relating to state employee health insurance.","description":"Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 225 to permit, rather than mandate, the procurement of specific provider types for employee health insurance, delete reference to the Kentucky Kare standard, delete language relating to the Advisory Committee of State Health Insurance Subscribers, specify that no provision of Chapter 304 shall apply to the public employee health insurance program except as specified, and delete references to regional contracts for state employee health insurance; amend KRS 18A.2254 to add health savings accounts as a waiver funding option, delete prohibition against using trust fund receipts earned in prior plan years in subsequent plan years, establish a solvency reserve for the trust fund, and delete reference to the Advisory Committee of State Health Insurance Subscribers; amend KRS 18A.226 to delete reference to the Advisory Committee of State Health Insurance Subscribers, add an employee of the Kentucky Retirement System, an employee of the Teachers' Retirement System, and a representative of any quasi-governmental group with 20 or more employees to the Group Health Insurance Board, and allow the Group Health Insurance Board to provide reports and information upon request; repeal KRS18A.2255 relating to the Advisory Committee of State Health Insurance Subscribers.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-21","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-24","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB196/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb196.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1347107,"bill_number":"HB474","title":"AN ACT relating to nursing.","description":"Amend KRS 314.011 to change the definitions of \"advanced practice registered nursing\" and \"licensed practical nursing practice\" related to the prescribing and ordering of medication, treatments, drugs, devices, and diagnostic tests; amend KRS 314.021 to make a change to a licensed individual's educational preparation and experience; amend KRS 314.042 to make changes to the requirements for an applicant to be licensed as an advanced practice registered nurse; amend KRS 314.107 related to a licensee's mailing and electronic mail address; amend KRS 314.108 related to the timeline of notification of disciplinary actions; repeal KRS 314.196.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-21","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB474/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb474.html","sponsor":"Kimberly Moser"},
{"bill_id":1347123,"bill_number":"SJR181","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION designating the Tom Jensen Highway in Laurel County.","description":"Designate the Tom Jensen Highway in Laurel County.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-21","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-24","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR181/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sjr181.html","sponsor":"Albert Robinson"},
{"bill_id":1348467,"bill_number":"SR184","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Danny Lowe Mooney.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Danny Lowe Mooney.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR184/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr184.html","sponsor":"Robin Webb"},
{"bill_id":1348471,"bill_number":"SB199","title":"AN ACT relating to military affairs.","description":"Amend KRS 36.230 to include gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-24","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-26","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB199/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb199.html","sponsor":"Albert Robinson"},
{"bill_id":1348479,"bill_number":"SB207","title":"AN ACT relating to motorcycles.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 186.400 to 186.640 to require the Transportation Cabinet to establish a restriction category on the motorcycle operator's license to restrict license holders to operation of 3-wheeled motorcycles only; amend KRS 186.480 to clarify the procedures for motorcycle skills testing by mandating that applicants who take the skills test on a 3-wheeled motorcycle shall be issued motorcycle operator's licenses with the 3-wheeled restriction; amend KRS 15A.352 to allow out-of-state residents to take training courses; clarify that applicants who are exempted from testing by virtue of passing an education course have the same wheel restrictions if they took the training on a 3-wheeled motorcycle; amend KRS 15A.354 to require the instructors be reviewed every two years, instead of annually; amend KRS 15A.350 to conform.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-10","last_action":"returned to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-18","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB207/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb207.html","sponsor":"Paul Hornback"},
{"bill_id":1348484,"bill_number":"HJR98","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION establishing the Working Group on Water and Wastewater Infrastructure and reestablishing the Public Water and Wastewater System Infrastructure Task Force.","description":"Establish the Working Group on Public Water and Wastewater Infrastructure in the executive branch and specify its role and function; reestablish the Public Water and Wastewater System Infrastructure Task Force and specify its role and function; require the working group to give monthly updates to the task force; require the task force to report to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2020.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-24","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Energy (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-26","committee":"Natural Resources & Energy","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR98/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hjr98.html","sponsor":"Joe Graviss"},
{"bill_id":1348489,"bill_number":"HR99","title":"A RESOLUTION to recognize the importance of access to safe, affordable, culturally appropriate, and nutritious food and its beneficial impacts on the health of Kentuckians and Kentucky’s agricultural economy.","description":"Recognize the importance of access to safe, affordable, culturally appropriate, and nutritious food and its beneficial impacts on the health of Kentuckians and Kentucky's agricultural economy.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-26","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR99/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr99.html","sponsor":"Myron Dossett"},
{"bill_id":1348495,"bill_number":"HB480","title":"AN ACT relating to parentage and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Establish KRS Chapter 408 to adopt the Uniform Parentage Act (2017); amend various KRS sections to conform; repeal KRS 199.503 and KRS Chapter 406.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-24","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-26","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB480/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb480.html","sponsor":"John Sims"},
{"bill_id":1348501,"bill_number":"HB479","title":"AN ACT relating to policemen's and firefighters' retirement funds of the urban-county governments.","description":"Amend KRS 67A.440 to delete the provision that a surviving spouse's retirement benefit shall end upon remarriage; amend KRS 67A.450 to provide that for members of policemen's and firefighters' retirement funds of urban-county governments who would have been eligible for voluntary retirement at the time of their death, which is not in the line of duty, an annuity death benefit shall not be provided to the surviving spouse and provide that a deceased member otherwise eligible for a voluntary service retirement is presumed to have retired on the date of death calculated with credit for accumulated sick leave credit; amend KRS 67A.462 to prevent a member on disability retirement from holding a sworn position as an elected, paid, or volunteer peace officer, firefighter, paramedic, or other position of public safety/hazardous duty, and permit the board of trustees to make reasonable investigations, including hearings, to ensure compliance with disability provisions; amend KRS 67A.492 to provide a surviving minor child or children annuity in addition to the retirement benefits for surviving spouses and, based on factors including whether the surviving spouse is eligible for benefits and the number of minor children, set the benefits at between 50% and 75% of a member's final annuity, final rate of pay, or service retirement, whichever is greater, and allow benefit to extend to adult children between 18 and 23 enrolled in full-time educational activities; amend KRS 67A.530 to provide that retired fund members voting for representatives to the board of trustees shall vote for nominees of the department, police or fire, from which the member retired; amend KRS 67A.560 ensuring statutory and regulatory compliance with the Internal Revenue Code, applicable federal regulations, and published guidance; amend KRS 67A.660 to require the board to fix the time for a rehearing at the board's next scheduled meeting after the filing of the application.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-04-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 103)","last_action_date":"2020-04-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB479/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb479.html","sponsor":"Stan Lee"},
{"bill_id":1348507,"bill_number":"HB477","title":"AN ACT relating to Medicaid managed care contracts.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to define \"qualifying health plan\"; prohibit the Department for Medicaid Services from issuing or renewing a Medicaid managed care contract to any managed care organization or other entity unless the organization or entity offers, or agrees to offer, a qualifying health plan in the same geographic areas that the organization or entity provides Medicaid benefits.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-24","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-26","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB477/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb477.html","sponsor":"Bart Rowland"},
{"bill_id":1348514,"bill_number":"SB206","title":"AN ACT relating to planning commissions.","description":"Amend KRS 100.123, relating to regional planning units, to increase the number of required local planning units to three.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-24","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-26","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB206/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb206.html","sponsor":"Christian McDaniel"},
{"bill_id":1348518,"bill_number":"SB209","title":"AN ACT relating to the Capital Projects and Bond Oversight Committee.","description":"Amend KRS 45.800, 45.810, 26A.162, 26A.166, 45A.870, 48.111, and 56.832, to grant the Capital Projects and Bond Oversight Committee the option to approve a proposed action, deny a proposed action, or defer a proposed action until the next regularly scheduled committee meeting; permit the committee to defer action one time without conferring with the agency who submitted the proposal; prohibit an agency from taking action once the committee defers unless the committee approves, denies, or requests a response from the agency; amend KRS 45.760 and 154.15-020 to require compliance with KRS 45.800; amend KRS 45.795 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-24","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-26","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB209/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb209.html","sponsor":"Christian McDaniel"},
{"bill_id":1348525,"bill_number":"SJR187","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Transportation Cabinet to include Bennie Rose on the Country Music Highway in Pike County.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to add Bennie Rose to the Country Music Highway in Pike County.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-24","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-26","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR187/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sjr187.html","sponsor":"Phillip Wheeler"},
{"bill_id":1348531,"bill_number":"HJR101","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION designating the bridge at Bobs Creek at the intersection of Kentucky Routes 1556 and 3001 in Harlan County, in honor and memory of fallen soldier Private First Class Beacher O. Howard.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a bridge on Kentucky Route 1556 in Harlan County in honor and memory of fallen soldier PFC Beacher O. Howard.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-24","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-26","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR101/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hjr101.html","sponsor":"Chris Fugate"},
{"bill_id":1348537,"bill_number":"SB202","title":"AN ACT relating to public protection.","description":"Amend KRS 227.250 to add gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-24","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-26","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB202/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb202.html","sponsor":"Albert Robinson"},
{"bill_id":1348546,"bill_number":"HB481","title":"AN ACT relating to deceptive lawsuit advertising and solicitation practices.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 367 to regulate advertising for legal services.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-24","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-26","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB481/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb481.html","sponsor":"Kimberly Moser"},
{"bill_id":1348551,"bill_number":"SR188","title":"A RESOLUTION proclaiming March 3, 2020, as Kentucky Natural Lands Awareness Day.","description":"Proclaim March 3, 2020, as Kentucky Natural Lands Awareness Day.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-03","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-03-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR188/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr188.html","sponsor":"Stephen Meredith"},
{"bill_id":1348555,"bill_number":"SB205","title":"AN ACT relating to mental health treatment.","description":"Amend KRS 202A.021 to permit voluntary transport to a hospital or psychiatric facility with authorization of the admitting and receiving hospital or facility; amend KRS 645.030 to permit voluntary transport of a child to a hospital or psychiatric facility with authorization of the admitting and receiving hospital or facility and a parent if the child is under 16 and parent and child if the child is age 16 or older; amend KRS 645.190 to conform.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-03-19","last_action":"returned to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-19","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB205/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb205.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1348567,"bill_number":"HJR102","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION designating the Michael Timothy Swift Memorial Highway in Barren County.","description":"Designate the Michael Timothy Swift Memorial Highway in Barren County.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-24","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-26","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR102/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hjr102.html","sponsor":"Steve Riley"},
{"bill_id":1348570,"bill_number":"SJR186","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION designating the \"Corporal Ben Eversole Memorial Bridge\" on Kentucky Route 119 in Harlan County.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a bridge on Kentucky Route 119 in Harlan County, in honor and memory of WWII POW Corporal Ben Eversole; erect appropriate signage.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-24","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-26","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR186/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sjr186.html","sponsor":"Johnny Turner"},
{"bill_id":1348576,"bill_number":"SR182","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Sergeant Robert I. \"Gus\" Koch for his exemplary service to the United States and to the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","description":"Honor Robert I. \"Gus\" Koch for his dedication and service to his country and to the Commonwealth while serving in the United States Marine Corps.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-24","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR182/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr182.html","sponsor":"Steve West"},
{"bill_id":1348585,"bill_number":"SB203","title":"AN ACT relating to public protection.","description":"Amend KRS 75.040 to include gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-24","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-26","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB203/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb203.html","sponsor":"Albert Robinson"},
{"bill_id":1348589,"bill_number":"SR183","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Sergeant Billy Ray West for heroism in the line of duty.","description":"Honor Sergeant Billy Ray West upon receiving military medals and for acts of heroism during military service.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-24","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR183/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr183.html","sponsor":"Steve West"},
{"bill_id":1348595,"bill_number":"HB478","title":"AN ACT relating to the home modification tax credit.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to allow an income tax credit for qualified home modification expenses incurred by an individual equal to the actual cost of the home modifications, up to $7,500 per taxpayer per year; require reporting by the Department of Revenue; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the tax credit; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the Department of Revenue to report information to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-24","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-26","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB478/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb478.html","sponsor":"Melinda Prunty"},
{"bill_id":1348601,"bill_number":"SJR185","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION designating a Harlan County bridge in honor and memory of First Sergeant John David Blair.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a Harlan County bridge in honor and memory of First Sergeant John David Blair; require the placement of signage.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-24","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-26","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR185/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sjr185.html","sponsor":"Johnny Turner"},
{"bill_id":1348607,"bill_number":"SB201","title":"AN ACT relating to military affairs.","description":"Amend KRS 36.392 to add gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-24","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-26","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB201/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb201.html","sponsor":"Albert Robinson"},
{"bill_id":1348612,"bill_number":"SB204","title":"AN ACT relating to veterans.","description":"Amend KRS 148.0211 to add gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-24","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-26","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB204/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb204.html","sponsor":"Albert Robinson"},
{"bill_id":1348617,"bill_number":"SB208","title":"AN ACT relating to veterans.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 40 to create the Kentucky Veterans' Hall of Fame; require the name of each Kentucky Veterans' Hall of Fame inductee to be displayed on a plaque in the State Capitol; provide for an executive committee, executive committee membership, terms of appointment, and duties.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-24","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-26","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB208/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb208.html","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":1349313,"bill_number":"SB213","title":"AN ACT relating to tourist and convention commissions.","description":"Amend KRS 91A.360 to remove outdated reference to the Kentucky Hotel and Motel Association; add that hotel and motel representatives shall meet annually to submit recommendations for tourist and convention commission appointees.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-18","last_action":"returned to Tourism & Outdoor Recreation (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-19","committee":"Tourism & Outdoor Recreation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB213/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb213.html","sponsor":"Mike Wilson"},
{"bill_id":1349323,"bill_number":"SB210","title":"AN ACT relating to hearing screenings for students.","description":"Amend KRS 156.160 to require a hearing screening when a child first enrolls in school.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-25","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-27","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB210/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb210.html","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":1349336,"bill_number":"SR192","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Lynn Hartman upon her retirement from Adath Jeshurun Preschool.","description":"Honor Lynn Hartman upon her retirement from Adath Jeshurun Preschool.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR192/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr192.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1349342,"bill_number":"HB490","title":"AN ACT relating to civil rights.","description":"Amend 344.450 to allow parties to recover punitive damages.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-25","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-27","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB490/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb490.html","sponsor":"Patti Minter"},
{"bill_id":1349358,"bill_number":"HJR108","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to create the Task Force on Exceptional Support Waiver Services to study exceptional support services and the Kentucky Exceptional Supports Protocol provided through the Supports for Community Living Waiver Program.","description":"Direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to create the Task Force on Exceptional Support Waiver Services; require a report to the Governor, General Assembly, and the Interim Joint Committee on Health, Welfare, and Family Services by August 1, 2021.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-25","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-27","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR108/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hjr108.html","sponsor":"Kimberly Moser"},
{"bill_id":1349365,"bill_number":"HB482","title":"AN ACT relating to motor vehicle headlamps.","description":"Amend KRS 189.010 to define \"cabinet\" and \"headlight assembly\"; amend KRS 189.040 to require headlamp bulbs and headlamp assemblies to meet United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) regulations; prohibit headlamp assemblies manufactured for the use of halogen bulbs to be retrofitted with LED, HID, or any other non-halogen headlamp bulb; establish standards for the replacement of headlamp bulbs, headlamp parts, and headlamp assemblies; direct the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-25","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-27","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB482/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb482.html","sponsor":"Regina Huff"},
{"bill_id":1349376,"bill_number":"SR189","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing All Masons Day on February 26, 2020.","description":"Recognize All Masons Day on February 26, 2020.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-26","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR189/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr189.html","sponsor":"Brandon Smith"},
{"bill_id":1349399,"bill_number":"HB483","title":"AN ACT relating to parental rights.","description":"Amend KRS 403.322 to deny parental rights to a person shown by clear and convincing evidence to have fathered a child via sexual assault; amend KRS 405.028 to deny parental rights to a person shown by clear and convincing evidence to have fathered a child via sexual assault; amend KRS 625.050 to add guardians and de facto custodians to the list of people who may file a petition for involuntary termination of parental rights; create a new section of KRS Chapter 625 to require the court to involuntarily terminate parental rights for someone who is shown by clear and convincing evidence to have fathered a child via sexual assault.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-25","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-27","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB483/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb483.html","sponsor":"Joseph Fischer"},
{"bill_id":1349408,"bill_number":"SB216","title":"AN ACT relating to employment of part-time adjunct instructors for the Kentucky Fire Commission.","description":"Amends KRS 61.637 to allow a part-time adjunct instructor for the Kentucky Fire Commission, who has not participated in the Kentucky Employees Retirement Systems prior to retirement, but is eligible to retire from the County Employees Retirement System, to retire and draw benefits without being required to resign from his or her position as part-time adjunct instructor for the Kentucky Fire Commission.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-25","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-27","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB216/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb216.html","sponsor":"Mike Nemes"},
{"bill_id":1349418,"bill_number":"HR106","title":"A RESOLUTION encouraging local boards of education to solicit private support to provide for bleeding control kits and training.","description":"A resolution encouraging local boards of education to solicit private support to provide bleeding control kits and training.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-25","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR106/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr106.html","sponsor":"Melinda Prunty"},
{"bill_id":1349426,"bill_number":"SB214","title":"AN ACT relating to early literacy education.","description":"Amend KRS 158.791 to set forth the intent of the General Assembly with regard to reading instruction, supports, and interventions; define the Department of Education's role in assisting local school districts with regard to reading instruction, supports, and interventions; require the department to collaborate with designated agencies on reading programing, materials, and activities; amend KRS 158.305 to replace references to \"response to intervention\" systems with \"multi-tiered system of supports\"; require school districts to submit evidence of implementation of a multi-tiered system of supports by October 1 of each year; require department to provide technical assistance and training on multi-tiered system of supports upon the request of a school district; require the department to develop and maintain lists of approved universal screeners, diagnostic assessments, and comprehensive reading programs; require a local board of education to adopt and implement a reading universal screener and reading diagnostic assessment by January 1, 2021; permit a local school district to adopt a common comprehensive reading program for K-3; require all K-3 teachers to be trained in any reading diagnostic assessment and universal screener adopted by a local board; establish requirements for the administration of reading universal screeners by grade-level; define and establish the requirements for a reading improvement plan; require the department to establish reading teacher academies or coaching models by September 1, 2021, if funds are appropriated; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to require postsecondary institutions offering early childhood or elementary teacher preparation programs to include designated instruction; require the EPSB to maintain a list of approved reading teacher preparation tests; require all new teachers seeking certification in Interdisciplinary Early Childhood Education or Elementary School to take an approved reading teacher preparation test; amend KRS 164.0207 to rename the Reading Diagnostic and Intervention Grant Steering Committee the Read to Succeed Council;","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-25","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-27","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB214/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb214.html","sponsor":"Steve West"},
{"bill_id":1349438,"bill_number":"SR194","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Nella Blount.","description":"Adjourn the Senate in honor and loving memory of Nella Blount.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-05","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR194/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr194.html","sponsor":"Denise Harper Angel"},
{"bill_id":1349447,"bill_number":"SB215","title":"AN ACT relating to workers' compensation.","description":"Amend KRS 342.315 to eliminate the requirement that physicians contracting with the commissioner of the Department of Workers' Claims to perform evaluations in occupational disease claims be \"B\" readers who are licensed in Kentucky and are board-certified pulmonary specialists; amend KRS 342.316 to allow the commissioner to select a physician or medical facility for referral in occupational disease claims and eliminate the requirement that such physicians be \"B\" readers who are licensed in Kentucky and are board-certified pulmonary specialists; amend KRS 342.794 to delete the definition of \"board-certified pulmonary specialist\" and eliminate the requirement that physicians on the list of qualified \"B\" readers maintained by the commissioner include only those licensed in Kentucky and board-certified pulmonary specialists.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-25","last_action":"to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-27","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB215/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb215.html","sponsor":"Phillip Wheeler"},
{"bill_id":1349457,"bill_number":"HB486","title":"AN ACT relating to expungement.","description":"Amend KRS 431.073 to reduce waiting period for felony expungement from five years to one year, to reduce delays in the process, and to automatically waive the expungement fee for needy persons; amend KRS 431.078 to reduce waiting period for misdemeanor expungement from five years to one year.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-25","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-27","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB486/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb486.html","sponsor":"George Brown"},
{"bill_id":1349467,"bill_number":"HB491","title":"AN ACT relating to economic development incentives.","description":"Amend KRS 154.20-234 to change the definition of \"closely related\"; amend KRS 154.20-236 to change tax credit amounts; amend KRS 154.20-240 to add expiration for unclaimed credits; amend KRS 154.60-010 to change the definitions for \"base employment\" and \"small business\"; amend KRS 154.60-040 to replace \"individual\" with \"selling farmer\".","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-04-02","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 76)","last_action_date":"2020-04-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB491/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb491.html","sponsor":"Bart Rowland"},
{"bill_id":1349477,"bill_number":"HR109","title":"A RESOLUTION urging the Federal Communications Commission to adopt the 988 quick hotline number for suicide prevention.","description":"Urge the Federal Communications Commission to adopt the 988 quick hotline number for suicide prevention.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-25","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-27","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR109/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr109.html","sponsor":"Angie Hatton"},
{"bill_id":1349488,"bill_number":"HJR104","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Transportation Cabinet to erect a sign in Knox County to honor professional checkers player, Byron Woolum.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to place a sign honoring Byron Woolum, Professional Checker Player.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-25","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-27","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR104/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hjr104.html","sponsor":"Jim Stewart"},
{"bill_id":1349496,"bill_number":"HJR103","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Transportation Cabinet to erect signs in honor of the Eastside Middle School Cheerleaders, 2020 National Champions.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to place a sign honoring the Eastside Middle School Cheerleaders, 2015-2020 UCA National Champions.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-25","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-27","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR103/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hjr103.html","sponsor":"Thomas Huff"},
{"bill_id":1349504,"bill_number":"HB485","title":"AN ACT relating to enforcement and shared enforcement of Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources with Kentucky Department of Agriculture and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 61.365 to add officers of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to the list of federal employees who are deemed to be peace officers; amend KRS 150.160 to divert $10 to the fish and game fund from each assessment of court costs when the court imposes no fine for a violation of KRS Chapter 150 or 235; amend KRS to clarify the terms of taxidermist license; amend KRS 150.175 to increase penalties for violating hunting and fishing related statutes; amend KRS 235.990 to allow collection of penalty and imprisonment for violations of KRS 235.240(2), relating to operation of watercraft and water skis under the influence of substances; amend KRS 150.460 to conform; APPROPRIATIONS.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-19","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Energy (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-19","committee":"Natural Resources and Energy","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB485/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb485.html","sponsor":"Chris Fugate"},
{"bill_id":1349518,"bill_number":"HB484","title":"AN ACT relating to retirement and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 61.510 to 61.705 to specify contents/intent of bill which includes transferring the administration of the County Employees Retirement System (CERS) from the Kentucky Retirement Systems (KRS) Board of Trustees to the CERS board of trustees established by the Act; provide that the administration of the Kentucky Employees Retirement System (KERS) and the State Police Retirement System (SPRS) shall continue to be the responsibility of the KRS Board of Trustees; provide that the Kentucky Public Pensions Authority (KPPA) established by the Act shall provide personnel needs, day-to-day administrative duties, and other duties for the KRS Board of Trustees and the CERS Board of Trustees; and to provide that it is the intent of the General Assembly in the 2021 Regular Session to enact legislation to create separate statutory benefit structures for KRS and CERS while retaining shared statutes that relate to administrative provisions that will be the responsibility of the KPPA; create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to establish the KPPA membership, duties, and powers; provide that membership shall include 4 KRS board members, 4 CERS board members; provide that effective April 1, 2021, KRS staff shall become the staff of the KPPA to serve the needs of both the KRS and CERS boards; provide that effective July 1, 2021, staff of the KPPA shall be transferred into a personnel system administered by the KPPA; provide that the KPPA shall not be subject to reorganization by the Governor; create a new section of KRS 78.510 to 78.852 to establish CERS Board composition with powers/duties/reporting requirements similar to the KRS Board in KRS 61.645; provide that the CERS board shall not be subject to reorganization by the Governor; amend KRS 61.645 to remove CERS representation from the KRS board and to establish a new 9 member KRS Board who will administer KERS and SPRS; provide that the KERS board shall not be subject to reorganization by the Governor; amend KRS 78.790 to establish a CERS Investment Committee and requirements for an investment procurement policy by the CERS board; create new sections of KRS 78.510 to 78.852 to add in actuarial valuation requirements/experience study requirements/reporting requirements of actuarial data and reports for the newly created CERS board and the process for the CERS board to determine employer contribution rates; amend KRS 11A.010, 11A.201, and 11A.236 to add the CERS Board and the KPPA to the Executive Branch Code of Ethics requirements; amend KRS 66.400 to provide that no municipality may file bankruptcy if it is in default or delinquent in paying contributions to CERS; amend KRS 61.701 to establish a CERS insurance trust fund for retiree health benefits separate from the KRS insurance trust fund and to move CERS funds in the KRS insurance trust fund to the CERS insurance trust fund; amend KRS 78.535 to add in KRS 61.522 provisions regarding employer cessation of participation for CERS and to provide that the CERS Board shall determine the cost of ceasing participation; amend KRS 78.540 to add in provisions of KRS 61.535 and 61.550 relating to when membership ceases that were previously cross-referenced in KRS 78.545; amend KRS 78.625 to add in employer reporting provisions that were included in KRS 61.675 for KERS employers and were previously cross-referenced via KRS 78.545; make technical amendments; amend KRS 78.852 to restore language in the statutes due to a recent court decision and to provide that CERS employers are responsible for funding CERS obligations; amend KRS 6.350, 7A.250, 18A.205, 18A.225, 42.276, 42.728, 61.510, 61.522, 61.535, 61.552, 61.555, 61.592, 61.637, 61.650, 61.670, 61.702, 64.475, 64.640, 70.293, 78.510, 78.530, 78.545, 78.610, 78.615, 95.022, and 95.290 to conform, make technical and clarifying amendments to provide the same authorities to the CERS board as provided the KRS board and to restore language in the statutes due to a recent court decision; repeal KRS 78.533, 78.534, 78.532, 78.542, and 78.780; establish noncodified language toprovide that decisions made by the KRS Board on behalf of CERS will stand and shall not be reversed except under authority granted by KRS 78.510 to 78.852; provide that the 3 elected CERS trustees serving/elected to the KRS board on April 1, 2021, shall be the 3 elected trustees of the new CERS Board; provide that the 2 elected KERS trustees and 1 SPRS trustee serving/elected to the KRS Board on April 1, 2021, shall continue to serve on the newly amended KRS Board; provide that the Governor shall make the initial appointments to the new KRS and CERS Board by March 1, 2021; provide that the Governor shall not reorganize the KRS board prior to the new boards being established; specify that no provision of this Act shall increase or decrease benefits; specify that no provision of this Act shall limit the General Assembly’s authority held prior to the Act; confirm the CERS board election process passed in 2019 to synchronize elections; provide that the effective date of Sections 1 to 46 of this Act shall be April 1, 2021.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-04-07","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 79)","last_action_date":"2020-04-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB484/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb484.html","sponsor":"Russell Webber"},
{"bill_id":1349526,"bill_number":"SR190","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Donald \"Don\" C. Fightmaster.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Donald \"Don\" C. Fightmaster.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-04","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR190/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr190.html","sponsor":"Denise Harper Angel"},
{"bill_id":1349535,"bill_number":"HB487","title":"AN ACT preventing double compensation of educators serving as legislators.","description":"Amend KRS 6.764 to prohibit a member of the General Assembly from receiving compensation during a leave of absence for the performance of legislative duties; amend KRS 161.770 to prevent double compensation for service as an educator or employee of a local school board, state university, or community college while the educator or employee is performing tasks associated with service as a state legislator; amend KRS 164.337 to prohibit a member of the General Assembly from receiving compensation during a leave of absence for the performance of legislative duties.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-02-25","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-02-28","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB487/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb487.html","sponsor":"Lynn Bechler"},
{"bill_id":1349544,"bill_number":"HJR105","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION designating honorary names for various roads and bridges and directing the placement of honorary roadside signs.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a Harlan County bridge in honor of WWII Veteran Corporal Charles M. Jones; erect appropriate signage.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-04-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 116)","last_action_date":"2020-04-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR105/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hjr105.html","sponsor":"Adam Bowling"},
{"bill_id":1349559,"bill_number":"HB488","title":"AN ACT relating to early literacy education.","description":"Amend KRS 158.791 to set forth the intent of the General Assembly with regard to reading instruction, supports, and interventions; define the Department of Education's role in assisting local school districts with regard to reading instruction, supports, and interventions; require the department to collaborate with designated agencies on reading programing, materials, and activities; amend KRS 158.305 to replace references to \"response to intervention\" systems with \"multi-tiered system of supports\"; require school districts to submit evidence of implementation of a multi-tiered system of supports by October 1 of each year; require department to provide technical assistance and training on multi-tiered system of supports upon the request of a school district; require the department to develop and maintain lists of approved universal screeners, diagnostic assessments, and comprehensive reading programs; require a local board of education to adopt and implement a reading universal screener and reading diagnostic assessment by January 1, 2021; permit a local school district to adopt a common comprehensive reading program for K-3; require all K-3 teachers to be trained in any reading diagnostic assessment and universal screener adopted by a local board; establish requirements for the administration of reading universal screeners by grade-level; define and establish the requirements for a reading improvement plan; require the department to establish reading teacher academies or coaching models by September 1, 2021, if funds are appropriated; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to require postsecondary institutions offering early childhood or elementary teacher preparation programs to include designated instruction; require the EPSB to maintain a list of approved reading teacher preparation tests; require all new teachers seeking certification in Interdisciplinary Early Childhood Education or Elementary School to take an approved reading teacher preparation test; amend KRS 164.0207 to rename the Reading Diagnostic and Intervention Grant Steering Committee the Read to Succeed Council;","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-25","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-27","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB488/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb488.html","sponsor":"James Tipton"},
{"bill_id":1349568,"bill_number":"SR191","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Donald George Wenzel Sr.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Donald George Wenzel Sr.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR191/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr191.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1349579,"bill_number":"SB212","title":"AN ACT relating to payment of restitution.","description":"Amend KRS 534.020 to give payment of restitution the highest priority in the distribution of funds paid on an installment plan.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-25","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-27","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB212/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb212.html","sponsor":"Mike Wilson"},
{"bill_id":1349585,"bill_number":"SB10","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Board of Education and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 156.029 to require appointments to the Kentucky Board of Education to reflect equal gender representation and proportionally reflect the Commonwealth's political affiliation and minority racial composition; prohibit the Governor from reorganizing the board; amend KRS 156.040 to conform; decline confirmation of Executive Order 2019-002 and Kentucky Board of Education appointments contained therein; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-25","last_action":"recommitted to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-26","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB10/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb10.html","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":1349600,"bill_number":"HB492","title":"AN ACT relating to the community investment tax credit.","description":"For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2021, but before January 1, 2025, create a new section in KRS Chapter 141 to establish the community investment credit for financial institutions making loans to a community development financial institution; establish the annual credit cap at $20 million; require the Department of Revenue to report tax credit data to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the credit; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the Legislative Research Commission to receive confidential data about the new tax credit from the Department of Revenue.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-25","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-27","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB492/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb492.html","sponsor":"Mark Hart"},
{"bill_id":1349608,"bill_number":"SR193","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Flora \"Flo\" G. Abshire.","description":"Adjourn the Senate in honor and loving memory of Flora \"Flo\" G. Abshire.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR193/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr193.html","sponsor":"Phillip Wheeler"},
{"bill_id":1349619,"bill_number":"HB489","title":"AN ACT relating to optometrists.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 320, relating to optometrists, to grant an optometrist immunity from civil liability when providing voluntary services without compensation; establish the same civil immunity for the owner or operator of the facility where the optometry services are provided; direct the optometrist to inform the patient regarding the civil immunity and have the patient sign a waiver to that effect; forbid an optometrist from providing the volunteer services at the optometrist's regular office or place of practice; direct the optometry board to create a registry of optometrists and locations authorized for volunteer optometry services; require registration for both the optometrist and the location before the optometry services may be rendered; amend KRS 320.310 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-25","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-27","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB489/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb489.html","sponsor":"Nima Kulkarni"},
{"bill_id":1349629,"bill_number":"SB211","title":"AN ACT relating to vehicle towing.","description":"Amend KRS 281.010 to define \"automobile club,\" \"emergency towing,\" \"private property towing,\" \"recovery service,\" \"seizure towing,\" \"storage facility,\" \"tow certificate,\" \"tow truck,\" \"tow truck operator,\" and \"towing company\"; create various new sections of KRS Chapter 281 to establish the provisions for emergency towing; establish the provisions for private property towing; require that rates be posted in the place of business of a tow company or storage facility; require an itemized invoice for towing and storage charges; establish notification requirements for towed vehicles; establish payment and release requirements for towed vehicles; outline payment types that a towing company or storage facility must accept; require a towing company or storage facility to be accessible by phone during posted business hours; require the return of all phone calls within 24 hours; establish prohibited fees; require records to be maintained for a period of two years; outline acts prohibited by a towing company or storage facility; amend KRS 359.230, KRS 376.275, and KRS 189.725 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-25","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-27","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB211/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb211.html","sponsor":"Jared Carpenter"},
{"bill_id":1349635,"bill_number":"HJR107","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Transportation Cabinet to erect signs in Monroe County in honor of Grace Turner, 2019 KHSAA Class A Pole Vault and High Jump State Champion.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to place signs honoring Grace Turner, 2019 KHSAA Class A Pole Vault State Champion.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-25","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-27","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR107/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hjr107.html","sponsor":"Bart Rowland"},
{"bill_id":1351015,"bill_number":"HB496","title":"AN ACT relating to genetic and genetic-related medical testing.","description":"Amend KRS 333.150 to permit a patient to request and receive results of his or her genetic or genetic-related tests; require results of genetic or genetic-related tests to be reported and transmitted to a patient who requested the test; amend KRS 333.160 to permit a medical laboratory to collect a specimen from a patient for a genetic or genetic-related test requested by the patient.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-19","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-19","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB496/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb496.html","sponsor":"Chad McCoy"},
{"bill_id":1351041,"bill_number":"HCR113","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the United States Congress to modify permanent and partial disability benefits to encourage reentry into the workforce.","description":"Recognize current success of the Ticket to Work program operated by the Social Security Administration; encourage the administration to better educate the public about the program; urge Congress to modify the current disability insurance program to encourage transition to work.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-26","last_action":"2nd reading, to Rules","last_action_date":"2020-03-26","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR113/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hcr113.html","sponsor":"Melinda Prunty"},
{"bill_id":1351067,"bill_number":"HCR110","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION related to the access of exceptional students to educational opportunities.","description":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION related to the access of exceptional students to educational opportunities, \"The Students First Resolution.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-26","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR110/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hcr110.html","sponsor":"Lisa Willner"},
{"bill_id":1351090,"bill_number":"HB494","title":"AN ACT relating to legal representation for indigent persons.","description":"Amend KRS 31.120 to allow indigent persons entitled to legal representation to be represented by counsel at the earliest stages of their involvement in the criminal justice system.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-26","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-28","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB494/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb494.html","sponsor":"Ed Massey"},
{"bill_id":1351117,"bill_number":"HJR112","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION designating the Reverend Ray Bays Memorial Bridge in Knox County.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a bridge on Kentucky Route 718 in Knox County in honor of Reverend Ray Bays.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-26","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-28","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR112/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hjr112.html","sponsor":"Jim Stewart"},
{"bill_id":1351140,"bill_number":"SR195","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Scott Thomas Patten.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Scott Thomas Patten.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR195/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr195.html","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":1351163,"bill_number":"SB220","title":"AN ACT relating to workforce development.","description":"Amend KRS 341.150 to make language gender-neutral.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-26","last_action":"to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-28","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB220/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb220.html","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":1351190,"bill_number":"HB493","title":"AN ACT relating to local investments.","description":"Amend KRS 66.480, relating to the investment of idle funds of local governments and schools, to exempt mutual fund investments from the requirement that the aggregate amount of money invested is to be no more than 40% of the total money invested.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-02-26","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-03-05","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB493/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb493.html","sponsor":"Ed Massey"},
{"bill_id":1351216,"bill_number":"HB500","title":"AN ACT relating to reemployment after retirement.","description":"Amend KRS 61.637 to provide that local school districts shall not be required to reimburse Kentucky Retirement Systems for retiree health care premiums for reemployed retirees regardless of the number of days worked.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-02-26","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-03-03","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB500/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb500.html","sponsor":"Savannah Maddox"},
{"bill_id":1351241,"bill_number":"SB221","title":"AN ACT relating to economic development.","description":"Amend KRS 154.10-040 to make language gender-neutral.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-26","last_action":"to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-28","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB221/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb221.html","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":1351267,"bill_number":"SB218","title":"AN ACT relating to sexual abuse.","description":"Amend KRS 510.120 to provide that a person is guilty of sexual abuse in the second degree when, being a transportation network company driver or a taxicab driver he or she subjects a person who is at least 18 years old and who has hired him or her to provide transportation, to sexual contact.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-11","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB218/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb218.html","sponsor":"Wil Schroder"},
{"bill_id":1351294,"bill_number":"HB499","title":"AN ACT establishing celebratory commissions for the Kentucky State Parks Centennial, the Kentucky State Semiquincentennial, and the Old Fort Harrod Semiquincentennial.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 148 to establish the Kentucky State Park Centennial Commission to coordinate celebration of 100 years of the park system; establish membership of the commission; establish a sunset date for the provisions.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-19","last_action":"returned to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2020-04-01","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB499/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb499.html","sponsor":"Ashley Tackett Laferty"},
{"bill_id":1351317,"bill_number":"HB495","title":"AN ACT relating to legal services for indigent persons.","description":"Amend KRS 31.185 to specify the types of expenses which do and do not qualify as direct expenses in the representation of indigent persons; specify that expert witnesses who do not provide treatment to indigent defendants are not engaged in the professional practice of their field of expertise.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-26","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-28","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB495/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb495.html","sponsor":"Ed Massey"},
{"bill_id":1351342,"bill_number":"SB217","title":"AN ACT relating to open records.","description":"Amend KRS 61.870 to include a utility regulated by the Public Service Commission under the definition of a \"public agency\" for purposes of public records only; amend KRS 61.878 to provide that records of a utility relating to expenditure of funds paid for by its customers are public records.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-26","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Energy (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-28","committee":"Natural Resources and Energy","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB217/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb217.html","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":1351368,"bill_number":"HB497","title":"AN ACT relating to the coal industry.","description":"Amend KRS 139.010 to define \"commercial coal mining operation\"; amend KRS 139.480 to exempt machinery, equipment, supplies, etc. purchased or leased by a coal mining operation from August 1, 2020 to July 31, 2020, and require reporting of the exemption by the Department of Revenue to the Legislative Research Commission; amend KRS 131.110 to allow the release of information from the Department of Revenue.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-26","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-28","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB497/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb497.html","sponsor":"John Blanton"},
{"bill_id":1351391,"bill_number":"SB219","title":"AN ACT relating to the state-administered retirement systems.","description":"Amend KRS 21.540, 61.645, and 161.250 to require the state-administered retirement systems to publicly disclose by asset class, instead of at the manager level, the dollar value of all fees and commissions paid to managers and partnerships, including but not limited to profit sharing, carried interest, and any other partnership incentive arrangements; require that, in addition to contracts and offering documents, all renewals or modifications of those contracts for services, goods, or property be made publicly available if purchased or utilized by the retirement system for fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 2017; require that information withheld from public disclosure under existing statutory exemptions be redacted under a process approved by the retirement board.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-26","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-02-28","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB219/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb219.html","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":1351416,"bill_number":"HB501","title":"AN ACT protecting the exercise of medical ethics and diversity within the medical profession.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 344 to define terms; prohibit discrimination against medical care providers who decline to perform procedures that violate their conscience; grant providers the right not to participate in or pay for services that violate their conscience; exempt providers from liability for exercising these rights; establish a civil cause of action for persons injured by violations of these provisions; provide short title.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-26","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-28","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB501/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb501.html","sponsor":"Melinda Prunty"},
{"bill_id":1351443,"bill_number":"HB502","title":"AN ACT relating to prescribing controlled substances.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to establish the Controlled Substance Prescribing Review and Enforcement Advisory Council to provide advice, guidance, and recommendations to state licensing boards charged with enforcing and reviewing prescribing practices; establish membership, terms of office, and duties of the council; require the council to work in cooperation with affected entities; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to provide staff, facilities, and resources for the meetings of the council; require other entities to cooperate with the council; amend KRS 218A.205 to require every state licensing board to promulgate administrative regulations relating to reviewing, investigating and enforcing violations of prescribing practices.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-02-26","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-03-03","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB502/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb502.html","sponsor":"Kimberly Moser"},
{"bill_id":1351467,"bill_number":"HB498","title":"AN ACT relating to transparency.","description":"Amend KRS 42.032 to require the Finance and Administration Cabinet, in conjunction with the State Treasurer, to provide public access to executive branch financial information; require express written approval of both the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet and the State Treasurer for any contract for development of a Web site providing public access to executive branch expenditures.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-12","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB498/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb498.html","sponsor":"Ken Upchurch"},
{"bill_id":1351518,"bill_number":"HCR111","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION creating the Task Force on Alternative Reimbursement Payment Models for Rural Hospitals.","description":"Create the Task Force on Alternative Reimbursement Payment Models for Rural Hospitals to consider alternative methods of helping rural hospitals in Kentucky address the challenges they face in continuing to provide access to health care services to their communities, improving health care outcomes, and increasing financial sustainability; establish membership and duties of the task force; submit any findings by December 1, 2020.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-26","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2020-02-28","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR111/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hcr111.html","sponsor":"Robert Wiederstein"},
{"bill_id":1351541,"bill_number":"HB3","title":"AN ACT relating to civil justice reform.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 411 to lift the statute of limitations for certain lawsuits where comparative fault is an issue; extend the statute of limitations for one year for plaintiffs who submit claims regarding long-term-care facilities to an evaluation process; exempt passive investors from liability in claims against long-term-care facilities.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-19","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-19","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB3/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb3.html","sponsor":"Chad McCoy"},
{"bill_id":1352308,"bill_number":"SB223","title":"AN ACT relating to the use of state property.","description":"Amend KRS 56.463 to require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to prohibit any person from concealing his or her identity with a mask or hood while carrying a firearm, deadly weapon, or other dangerous instrument when visiting state buildings, unless the person obtains the written permission of the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet; specify that existing statutes or regulations remain in effect unless they are in direct conflict.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-27","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-02","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB223/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb223.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1352315,"bill_number":"HB517","title":"AN ACT relating to public administrators.","description":"Amend KRS 395.390 to remove the sheriff from being the de facto administrator upon the death of a decedent with no personal representative in a county with no public administrator and guardian; amend KRS 395.400 to remove references to the sheriff.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-27","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-02","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB517/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb517.html","sponsor":"Michael Meredith"},
{"bill_id":1352321,"bill_number":"HB522","title":"AN ACT relating to transparency in campaign finance.","description":"Amend KRS 121.015 to define \"unauthorized campaign committee\"; amend KRS 121.190 to include reporting and disclosure requirements to the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance for Internet announcements that expressly advocate for the election or defeat of a political candidates or group of candidates; prescribe the substance of the reporting and disclosure requirements; amend KRS 121.210 to update the statutory reference of unauthorized campaign committees and to provide reporting requirements to the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance; state that this legislation may be cited as the \"Campaign Fund Disclosure and Transparency Act of 2020.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-27","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-02","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB522/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb522.html","sponsor":"Joe Graviss"},
{"bill_id":1352329,"bill_number":"HB521","title":"AN ACT relating to the Attorney General and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 15.241 to require the Attorney General, upon certification by the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, to seek injunctive relief as well as civil or criminal penalties for violations of KRS Chapter 216B relating to abortion facilities and KRS 311.720 to 311.830 relating to abortions; provide that the Attorney General may seek injunctive relief as well as civil or criminal penalties, notwithstanding the absence of certification by the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-27","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-02","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB521/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb521.html","sponsor":"David Hale"},
{"bill_id":1352337,"bill_number":"HB510","title":"AN ACT relating to a new tax credit.","description":"Establish a new subchapter under KRS Chapter 154 and create new sections thereof to allow the earn, learn, and recover tax credit in an amount up to 50% of the costs incurred by an approved company for tuition or other educational expenses paid on behalf of a qualified employee, not to exceed $2,000; create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to allow the tax credit against the income taxes and the limited liability entity tax for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2020, but before January 1, 2024; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the tax credit; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the Department of Revenue to report confidential data.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-27","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-02","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB510/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb510.html","sponsor":"Nancy Tate"},
{"bill_id":1352344,"bill_number":"HCR117","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Teacher Preparation in Literacy and Numeracy for Primary Grades Task Force.","description":"Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Teacher Preparation in Literacy and Numeracy for Primary Grades Task Force to study Kentucky's teacher preparation programs and professional development opportunities; require findings and recommendations to be reported by December 1, 2020.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-19","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-26","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR117/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hcr117.html","sponsor":"James Tipton"},
{"bill_id":1352352,"bill_number":"HB518","title":"AN ACT relating to special education.","description":"Amend KRS 157.196 to require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations ensuring exceptional children have equal access to full range of programs offered by schools, state agencies, or political subdivisions of the state; amend KRS 157.224 to include specific types of educational programs that equal access must be provided to exceptional children; amend KRS 157.200 to include \"twice exceptional student\" in the definition of \"exceptional children and youth\".","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-27","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-02","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB518/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb518.html","sponsor":"Lisa Willner"},
{"bill_id":1352359,"bill_number":"HB506","title":"AN ACT relating to hemp.","description":"Amend KRS 218A.010 to exempt combustible hemp products from the definition of marijuana; amend KRS 260.858 to allow a licensee to process, handle, or market combustible hemp products, exempt any person in possession, custody, or control of combustible hemp products from the penalties applicable to those persons who violate KRS Chapter 218A.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-27","last_action":"to Agriculture (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-02","committee":"Agriculture","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB506/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb506.html","sponsor":"Mark Hart"},
{"bill_id":1352367,"bill_number":"SB227","title":"AN ACT relating to the earn and learn tax credit.","description":"Establish a Subchapter 14 under KRS Chapter 154 and create new sections thereof to allow the earn and learn tax credit in an amount up to 25% of the costs incurred by an approved company for tuition or other educational expenses paid on behalf of a qualified employee, not to exceed $1,500 and up to 50% of those costs incurred for a qualified employee in recovery, not to exceed $2,000; create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to allow the tax credit against the income taxes and the limited liability entity tax for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2021, but before January 1, 2025; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the tax credit; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the Department of Revenue to report to the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-27","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-02","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB227/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb227.html","sponsor":"Mike Nemes"},
{"bill_id":1352374,"bill_number":"SB225","title":"AN ACT relating to abandoned and blighted property.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 99 to define \"abandoned and blighted property,\" \"actively marketed,\" \"building,\" \"competent entity,\" \"conservator,\" \"conservator's fee,\" \"costs of rehabilitation,\" \"historic structure,\" \"immediate family,\" \"local government,\" \"owner,\" \"party in interest,\" \"rehabilitation,\" and \"vacant\"; establish the guidelines for filing and serving a petition for the appointment of a conservator to take possession of and undertake the rehabilitation of an abandoned or blighted property and the procedure for hearing the petition; establish the powers and duties of the conservator; provide for the submission of a plan by the conservator to rehabilitate, demolish, or sell the abandoned and blighted property; establish standards for termination of the conservatorship; establish the short title of \"Abandoned and Blighted Property Conservatorship Act\"; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-27","last_action":"recommitted to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB225/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb225.html","sponsor":"Robert Mills"},
{"bill_id":1352381,"bill_number":"HB520","title":"AN ACT relating to motor vehicles abandoned on state highways.","description":"Amend KRS 189.753 to provide that the maximum towing and storage charges for abandoned vehicles on state highways shall be $500; provide that if the ownership cannot be determined, or if the owner does not claim the vehicle, a lienholder shall be notified of the right to take possession of the vehicle; provide that the lienholder forfeits its right to the vehicle if it fails to take possession; amend KRS 376.275 to provide that the maximum towing and storage fees shall be $500.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-27","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-02","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB520/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb520.html","sponsor":"Jim Duplessis"},
{"bill_id":1352388,"bill_number":"SR202","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Alice Dunnigan.","description":"Honor Alice Dunnigan.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-14","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR202/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr202.html","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":1352395,"bill_number":"HB525","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend KRS 439.250 to define \"technical violation\"; amend KRS 439.315 to provide that failure without good cause to pay an installment pursuant to a release agreement is a technical violation; specify that willful nonpayment of fees is a technical violation and grounds for revocation; amend KRS 439.341 to require preliminary hearings for supervised individuals who have been detained for a technical violation to be conducted within 15 days of detainment; require a show cause hearing to be held to extend the period of detainment beyond the 15 days; prohibit the period of detainment pending final revocation to exceed revocation caps; amend KRS 439.430 to allow a summons to be issued in lieu of a warrant for a technical violation; require a preliminary hearing and revocation hearing to be conducted before a parolee can be revoked; require the final revocation hearing to be conducted within 30 business days of the date of the preliminary hearing; limit the term of imprisonment that can be imposed for a technical violation to up to 30 days for the first revocation, up to 90 days for the second revocation, up to 180 days for the third revocation, and up to 2 years for the fourth and subsequent revocation; amend KRS 439.553 to require graduated sanctions to be used in response to technical violations; amend KRS 532.260 to allow graduated sanctions to be used in response to technical violations committed while on home incarceration; amend KRS 533.050 to require a final revocation hearing to be held within 30 business days of the preliminary hearing; prohibit individuals detained pending a final revocation hearing from being held beyond the maximum time that can be revoked for a technical violation; limit the term of imprisonment that can be imposed for a technical violation to up to 30 days for the first revocation, up to 90 days for the second revocation, up to 180 days for the third revocation, and up to two years for the fourth and subsequent revocation; amend KRS 439.3107 and 533.020 to conform; repeal KRS 439.440; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-27","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-02","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB525/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb525.html","sponsor":"Terri Branham Clark"},
{"bill_id":1352401,"bill_number":"SR199","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Willa Brown Chappell.","description":"Honor Willa Brown Chappell.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-27","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-27","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR199/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr199.html","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1352410,"bill_number":"HB505","title":"AN ACT relating to solar electric generating facilities.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 278 to require that solar electric generating facilities with rated capacities of 5 megawatts or greater be built at least 100 feet from adjoining residential properties; allow local planning units to establish superseding setback requirements.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-17","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Energy (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-18","committee":"Natural Resources and Energy","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB505/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb505.html","sponsor":"John Blanton"},
{"bill_id":1352418,"bill_number":"SB226","title":"AN ACT relating to reemployment of police officers by cities.","description":"Amend KRS 95.022 to provide that retired police officers who after retirement are hired by the city for purposes of KRS 158.4414 shall not count against the limitations of the number of reemployed retirees hired by a city.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-27","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-02","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB226/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb226.html","sponsor":"Jared Carpenter"},
{"bill_id":1352425,"bill_number":"HCR115","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION directing the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Kentucky Highway Work Zone Safety Task Force.","description":"Create the Kentucky Highway Work Zone Safety Task Force to study ways to reduce highway work zone traffic incidents; outline task force membership; require the task force to meet monthly during the 2020 interim; allow the task force to submit findings and recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2020.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-02-27","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-03-06","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR115/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hcr115.html","sponsor":"John Blanton"},
{"bill_id":1352431,"bill_number":"HB504","title":"AN ACT relating to insurance for motor vehicle repairs.","description":"Amend KRS 304.12-275 to require insurers to pay a fair and reasonable amount for motor vehicle repairs; prohibit insurers from relying on or considering survey data when determining the amount that shall be paid.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-27","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-02","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB504/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb504.html","sponsor":"Richard Heath"},
{"bill_id":1352439,"bill_number":"HR114","title":"A RESOLUTION commending Taiwan for its relations with the United States.","description":"Commend Taiwan for its relations with the United States.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-26","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR114/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr114.html","sponsor":"Ed Massey"},
{"bill_id":1352447,"bill_number":"HB508","title":"AN ACT relating to service contracts.","description":"Amend KRS 304.5-070 to make technical corrections.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-27","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-02","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB508/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb508.html","sponsor":"Bart Rowland"},
{"bill_id":1352453,"bill_number":"HB524","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend KRS 439.315 to require fees to be waived for individuals placed on administrative supervision; require fees to be suspended for the first six months of a person’s term of community supervision following release from custody, unless the releasing authority determines the individual has an ability to pay; clarify that nonpayment of fees must be willful in order to be grounds for revocation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-27","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-02","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB524/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb524.html","sponsor":"Terri Branham Clark"},
{"bill_id":1352460,"bill_number":"HB300","title":"AN ACT proposing an amendment to Sections 110, 111, 117, 119, and 122 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to Supreme Court Districts.","description":"Propose to amend Sections 110, 111, 117, 119, and 122 of the Constitution of Kentucky to provide that the Supreme Court districts shall be the same in number and follow the same boundaries as the Congressional districts apportioned to the state; provide that the Chief Justice shall be elected on a statewide basis and shall serve in addition to a Justice elected from each Supreme Court district; provide that Justices of the Supreme Court representing the Supreme Court districts shall be residents of the district from which they seek the office but shall be elected on a statewide basis; provide transition language; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-27","last_action":"returned to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-06","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB300/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb300.html","sponsor":"Ed Massey"},
{"bill_id":1352467,"bill_number":"HB513","title":"AN ACT relating to firefighters and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 95A.210 to allow firefighters employed by air boards created under KRS Chapter 183 to participate in the Firefighters Foundation Program fund.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-19","last_action":"returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2020-04-01","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB513/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb513.html","sponsor":"Mark Hart"},
{"bill_id":1352473,"bill_number":"SR198","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Roy Eugene Rich.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Roy Eugene Rich.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR198/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr198.html","sponsor":"Dennis Parrett"},
{"bill_id":1352482,"bill_number":"HB512","title":"AN ACT relating to canines.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 258.095 to 258.500 to enable local governments to legislate enforcement action for dogs and public safety, so long as that the ordinance, regulation, or policy does not regulate ownership of a dog by its breed or perceived breed and is consistent with state law.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-27","last_action":"to Local Government (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-02","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB512/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb512.html","sponsor":"Joe Graviss"},
{"bill_id":1352488,"bill_number":"HB507","title":"AN ACT relating to insurance.","description":"Amend KRS 304.5-150 to include gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-27","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-02","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB507/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb507.html","sponsor":"Bart Rowland"},
{"bill_id":1352502,"bill_number":"HB503","title":"AN ACT relating to the judiciary.","description":"Amend KRS 21A.010, 21A.020, 22A.010 to provide that the number and boundaries of the Supreme Court districts shall be the same as the number and boundaries of Congressional districts apportioned to the state, and for the election of Supreme Court Justices, including the Chief Justice, on a statewide, nonpartisan basis; amend KRS 118A. 020, 118A.060, and 118A.090 to conform; EFFECTIVE November 3, 2020, only if voters ratify a proposed constitutional amendment providing for changes related to Supreme Court districts.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-27","last_action":"returned to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-06","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB503/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb503.html","sponsor":"Ed Massey"},
{"bill_id":1352508,"bill_number":"SB222","title":"AN ACT relating to music advertising of performances and productions.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 367 to prevent misappropriation of the names of musical acts in advertising; authorize the Attorney General and Commonwealth's attorneys to enforce these provisions and collect penalties for violations; authorize additional remedies.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-03-19","last_action":"returned to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-19","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB222/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb222.html","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":1352516,"bill_number":"HB515","title":"AN ACT relating to homestead exemption.","description":"Amend KRS 132.810 to expand the application waiver of the homestead exemption of the Constitution to include surviving unremarried spouses of totally disabled veterans of the United States Armed Forces.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-27","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-02","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB515/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb515.html","sponsor":"Lynn Bechler"},
{"bill_id":1352524,"bill_number":"HB516","title":"AN ACT relating to administrative regulations.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 13A to be numbered as KRS 13A.215 to allow an administrative body to use an administrative regulation management application to electronically file administrative regulations; make the application one that is approved or developed and maintained by the Legislative Research Commission; allow the application to satisfy paper-based filing requirements and notifications to the regulations compiler; amend KRS 13A.3104 to indicate that an agency may review and file a certification letter in the year prior to an administrative regulation's expiration date; require the agency authorizing signature on each certification letter; add more details for the types of certification letters; amend KRS 158.6471 to grant the Education Assessment and Accountability Review Subcommittee (EAARS) the same powers, process, and procedures relating to reviewing administrative regulations as the Administrative Regulation Review Subcommittee (ARRS); add a special procedure for EAARS review; allow EAARS to request the same professional and clerical support as ARRS; make technical amendments to KRS 13A.040 and 13A.290.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-02-27","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-03-06","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB516/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb516.html","sponsor":"Kimberly Banta"},
{"bill_id":1352531,"bill_number":"SB228","title":"AN ACT relating to underground facility protection.","description":"Amend KRS 367.4903 to redefine \"excavator,\" \"approximate location,\" and \"working day\"; define \"person,\" \"positive response,\" \"tolerance zone,\" and \"unlocatable facility\"; amend KRS 367.4909 to require a positive response from operators of underground facilities; enunciate the timing of operator responses; amend KRS 367.4911 to provide excavator start dates and when mechanized equipment can be used in the tolerance zone; amend KRS 367.4913 to change the composition of the Kentucky Contact Center board of directors; amend KRS 369.4915 to exempt certain noninvasive inspection and maintenance excavating; amend KRS 367.4917 to impose penalties on the employer if the violation is committed in the scope of employment.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-27","last_action":"to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-02","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB228/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb228.html","sponsor":"Wil Schroder"},
{"bill_id":1352538,"bill_number":"SR203","title":"A RESOLUTION to recognize the importance of access to safe, affordable, culturally appropriate, and nutritious food and its beneficial impacts on the health of Kentuckians and Kentucky’s agricultural economy.","description":"Recognize the importance of access to safe, affordable, culturally appropriate, and nutritious food and its beneficial impacts on the health of Kentuckians and Kentucky's agricultural economy.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR203/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr203.html","sponsor":"Stan Humphries"},
{"bill_id":1352546,"bill_number":"SB229","title":"AN ACT relating to constables.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 70 to establish the status of certified constables and certified deputy constables; require 40-hour mandatory annual training for constables and deputy constables; require the Kentucky Constable Association to develop and maintain in-service education courses, offered at night and on weekends throughout the year in various regions across the Commonwealth; courses shall include but are not limited to firearms qualification, emergency vehicle operations, and defensive driving; constables and deputy constable seeking certification must pay costs of courses unless other funds are available; county board of elections shall notify the association within 60 days after election of constable and, where judge/executive appoints a constable, county clerk shall notify the association of appointment providing contact information; for counties with deputy constables, the constable shall provide contact information to the association; the association shall maintain records of training hours completed by constables and deputies; the association shall issue certificates to constables and deputies upon satisfactory completion of training; the association shall maintain a Web site listing of constables and deputies who have and have not completed training; amend KRS 189.910 to include a certified constable's office among the entities using an emergency vehicle; amend KRS 189.950 to require fiscal court approval for non-certified constables' use of emergency equipment and corresponding insurance requirement; delete reference for minimum bond for certified constables.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-27","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-02","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB229/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb229.html","sponsor":"Phillip Wheeler"},
{"bill_id":1352554,"bill_number":"HB514","title":"AN ACT relating to the statewide college admissions examination.","description":"Amend KRS 158.6453 to direct each local district to establish a high score for a student to obtain on a college admissions examination to request an exemption from taking a statewide college admissions examination.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-27","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-02","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB514/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb514.html","sponsor":"Nancy Tate"},
{"bill_id":1352560,"bill_number":"HB519","title":"AN ACT relating to epinephrine auto-injectors.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 17A or KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefits plans to cover epinephrine auto-injectors for persons 18 years of age and under; cap cost-sharing at $50 per epinephrine auto-injector; allow cost-sharing cap to be adjusted every 5 years for inflation; amend KRS 18A.225 to require the state employee health plan to comply; EFFECTIVE, January 1, 2021.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-27","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-02","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB519/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb519.html","sponsor":"Maria Sorolis"},
{"bill_id":1352568,"bill_number":"HB2","title":"AN ACT relating to human trafficking and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 17.500 to add offenses to what qualifies as a sex crime; amend KRS 49.370 to state that a human trafficking victim's cooperation shall not disqualify the victim from a claim; create a new section of KRS Chapter 183 to require airports to post a human trafficking hotline in publicly accessible bathrooms; create a new section of KRS Chapter 277 to require passenger train stations to post a human trafficking hotline in publicly accessible bathrooms; create a new section of KRS Chapter 281 to require truck stops to post a human trafficking hotline in publicly accessible bathrooms; amend KRS 529.010 to create new definitions related to human trafficking; amend KRS 529.100 to specifically list the elements of human trafficking; amend KRS 529.130 to state that $10,000 is the minimum fine to be paid to the human trafficking victims fund for a conviction of human trafficking; amend KRS 529.140 to add to the list of functions that may be funded by the human traffikcing victims fund; amend KRS 529.180 to list defenses that are not available to a defendant charged with human trafficking.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-04-02","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts ch. 75)","last_action_date":"2020-04-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB2/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb2.html","sponsor":"Suzanne Miles"},
{"bill_id":1352575,"bill_number":"HB509","title":"AN ACT relating to radon content disclosure in real estate transactions.","description":"Amend KRS 324.360 to require a seller of a residential dwelling to test for and disclose radon levels; make contractual sales agreement contingent upon levels being acceptable.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-27","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-02","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB509/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb509.html","sponsor":"Nancy Tate"},
{"bill_id":1352583,"bill_number":"HB523","title":"AN ACT relating to nonsupport.","description":"Amend KRS 530.050 to require a person incarcerated for nonsupport to be granted work release and pay work release wages towards outstanding support obligations.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-27","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-02","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB523/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb523.html","sponsor":"Terri Branham Clark"},
{"bill_id":1352590,"bill_number":"HB511","title":"AN ACT relating to the donation of game meat.","description":"Amend KRS 217.217 to prohibit state and local government entities from restricting the donation of game meat to or from cooperative extension agencies for the purpose of free meal distribution.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-12","last_action":"returned to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2020-04-01","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB511/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb511.html","sponsor":"Samara Heavrin"},
{"bill_id":1352598,"bill_number":"SB224","title":"AN ACT relating to planning and zoning in consolidated local governments.","description":"Amend KRS 100.137 to establish powers of certain cities within a consolidated local government in regards to home rule powers and planning and zoning.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-27","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-02","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB224/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb224.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1352604,"bill_number":"SR197","title":"A RESOLUTION declaring April 22, 2020, as Environmental Education Day in Kentucky.","description":"Declare April 22, 2020, as Environmental Education Day in Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR197/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr197.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1352611,"bill_number":"SR196","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Judge Tyler L. Gill upon his retirement.","description":"Honor Judge Tyler L. Gill upon his retirement.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-14","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR196/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr196.html","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":1352618,"bill_number":"HB526","title":"AN ACT relating to veterans.","description":"Amend KRS 158.105 to make its language gender-neutral.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-27","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-02","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB526/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb526.html","sponsor":"Ed Massey"},
{"bill_id":1352626,"bill_number":"HJR116","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION declaring that the General Assembly has the sole authority under Section 256 of the Constitution of Kentucky to determine the sufficiency of ballot language for amendments to the Constitution.","description":"Declare that the power to determine the sufficiency of ballot language for amendment to the Constitution of Kentucky rests with the General Assembly; declare the role of the Kentucky Supreme Court is to review the ballot language to determine whether it accurately and fairly informs the voter of the substance of the amendment; declare that the Supreme Court's opinion in Westerfield v. Ward is limited to that particular case and shall not be followed by the executive or legislative branches of the government of Kentucky.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-19","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-26","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR116/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hjr116.html","sponsor":"Joseph Fischer"},
{"bill_id":1352632,"bill_number":"HB527","title":"AN ACT relating to elections and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 119.205 to prohibit payment to any person by a candidate or committee, or any person acting on behalf of a candidate or committee, for the purpose of transporting a voter to polls; make violation Class B misdemeanor; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-19","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-26","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB527/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb527.html","sponsor":"Ed Massey"},
{"bill_id":1352639,"bill_number":"SR201","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Leslie Cunningham.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Leslie Cunningham.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-14","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR201/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr201.html","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":1353541,"bill_number":"SR206","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Ashley Hughes Vice to the Education Professional Standards Board.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Ashley Hughes Vice to the Education Professional Standards Board for a term expiring June 30, 2022.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-28","last_action":"adopted 34-0","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR206/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr206.html","sponsor":"Steve West"},
{"bill_id":1353547,"bill_number":"SJR211","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION declaring Kentucky a compassionate community, and acknowledging the Commonwealth as a \"Compassionate Kentucky.\"","description":"Declare Kentucky a compassionate community, and acknowledge the Commonwealth as a \"Compassionate Kentucky.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-28","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-02","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR211/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sjr211.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1353552,"bill_number":"SR205","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Jeffery Douglas Morgan to the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Jeffery Douglas Morgan to the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission for the remainder of a term expiring August 13, 2022.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-28","last_action":"adopted 33-1","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR205/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr205.html","sponsor":"Steve West"},
{"bill_id":1353558,"bill_number":"HB536","title":"AN ACT relating to veterans.","description":"Amend KRS 40.050 to include gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-28","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-02","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB536/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb536.html","sponsor":"Walker Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1353563,"bill_number":"SR204","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of William M. Boggs to the Kentucky Public Transportation Infrastructure Authority.","description":"Confirm the reappointment of William M. Boggs to the Kentucky Public Transportation Infrastructure Authority for a term expiring October 1, 2023.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-28","last_action":"adopted 35-0","last_action_date":"2020-03-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR204/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr204.html","sponsor":"Steve West"},
{"bill_id":1353569,"bill_number":"SR208","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of J. Russell Lloyd.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of J. Russell Lloyd.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-28","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR208/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr208.html","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":1353574,"bill_number":"HB528","title":"AN ACT relating to area development districts and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 147A to provide an allocation formula for the Joint Funding Administration Program administered by the Department for Local Government; amend KRS 147A.115 to require the Transportation Cabinet to report on the operations of the area development districts, modify the information submitted by the area development districts, and require a consistent reporting methodology and electronic format to be used by the area development districts; amend KRS 147A.116 to require the use of the state transparency porta; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-19","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-19","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB528/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb528.html","sponsor":"Michael Meredith"},
{"bill_id":1353579,"bill_number":"HB532","title":"AN ACT relating to coverage for prosthetics and orthotics.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 304, Subtitle 17A to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for prosthetic and orthotic devices; amend KRS 304.17A-515 and 304.17A-254 to require health benefit plans to provide access to health care providers that practice in the area of prosthetics and orthotics and professionals that provide prosthetic and orthotic devices and services; amend KRS 18A.225 to require prosthetic and orthotic device coverage for the state employee health plan; amend KRS 205.560 to include prosthetic and orthotic device coverage in the scope of care for the Kentucky Medical Assistance Program; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-28","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-02","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB532/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb532.html","sponsor":"Alan Gentry"},
{"bill_id":1353585,"bill_number":"HB540","title":"AN ACT relating to public protection.","description":"Amend KRS 61.891 to make the language gender-neutral.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-28","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-02","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB540/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb540.html","sponsor":"Walker Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1353591,"bill_number":"SJR210","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION declaring May 17th as Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG) Awareness Day in Kentucky.","description":"Declare May 17th as Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG) Awareness Day in Kentucky.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-28","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-02","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR210/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sjr210.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1353598,"bill_number":"HB542","title":"AN ACT relating to the disposition of postsecondary institution property.","description":"Amend KRS 164A.575 to permit a postsecondary governing board to sell or dispose property subject to the review and approval of the CPE, Capital Projects and Bond Oversight Committee, and Secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet; require the proceeds to be designated to the funding sources used for the acquisition of the property sold.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-28","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-02","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB542/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb542.html","sponsor":"Nancy Tate"},
{"bill_id":1353602,"bill_number":"SR212","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Rosetta Lucas Quisenberry.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Rosetta Lucas Quisenberry.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-26","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR212/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr212.html","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1353609,"bill_number":"SB230","title":"AN ACT relating to guardians ad litem and counsel for minors and disabled adults and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 15A to create the Office of Child and Family Advocacy, the Child and Family Advocacy Commission, and the child and family advocate position to provide a state-sponsored and controlled system for training and appointing guardians ad litem and counsel for minors and disabled adults; amend KRS 49.120, 209.110, 353.260, 387.305, 387.560, 392.140, and 620.100 to cap guardian ad litem or counsel fees to $500; amend various statutes to conform; Sections 4 to 28 EFFECTIVE July 1, 2021; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-28","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-02","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB230/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb230.html","sponsor":"Christian McDaniel"},
{"bill_id":1353618,"bill_number":"HB535","title":"AN ACT relating to veterans.","description":"Amend KRS 148.0211 to make its language gender-neutral.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-28","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-02","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB535/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb535.html","sponsor":"Walker Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1353624,"bill_number":"SB231","title":"AN ACT relating to microbreweries and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 243.157 to allow a microbrewer to sell and deliver up to 2,500 barrels of product to any retail licensee; create a new section of KRS Chapter 244 to set forth terms of contracts between microbrewers and distributors; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-28","last_action":"returned to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-12","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB231/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb231.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1353629,"bill_number":"HB538","title":"AN ACT relating to public protection.","description":"Amend KRS 75.160 to make the language gender-neutral.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-28","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-02","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB538/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb538.html","sponsor":"Walker Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1353635,"bill_number":"HB541","title":"AN ACT relating to air transportation, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Appropriate to the city of Madisonville General Fund moneys in the amount of $900,000 in fiscal year 2019-2020 for the purpose of building a hangar for the storage of helicopters; stipulate that authorized appropriations shall be paid from the General Fund Surplus Account or the Budget Reserve Trust Fund Account; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-28","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-02","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB541/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb541.html","sponsor":"Jim Gooch"},
{"bill_id":1353641,"bill_number":"HB533","title":"AN ACT relating to tax expenditures.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 6 to state definitions and require a 4-year maximum period for all new tax expenditures enacted after the effective date of this Act; create a new section of KRS Chapter 6 to require the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue to evaluate tax expenditures and make recommendations to the General Assembly during each odd-numbered year; amend KRS 154.12-2035 to include additional tax incentives within the current reports required to be made by the Cabinet for Economic Development; amend KRS 131.030 to require reporting by the Department of Revenue to the Cabinet for Economic Development; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the data to be reported by the Department of Revenue; create a new section of KRS Chapter 230 to require reporting by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission; create a new section of KRS Chapter 139 to establish a refund process for the new and expanded industry exemption; amend KRS 139.480 to allow the refund process for the new and expanded industry exemption; amend KRS 141.434 to require reporting on the New Markets Development Program tax credit by the Department of Revenue to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue; amend KRS 139.470 to conform; amendment to KRS 139.480 EFFECTIVE August 1, 2020.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-28","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-02","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB533/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb533.html","sponsor":"Angie Hatton"},
{"bill_id":1353647,"bill_number":"HB530","title":"AN ACT relating to tax expenditures.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 6 to define \"tax expenditure\"; require a five year period for all new tax expenditures enacted after the effective date of this Act; require the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue to evaluate tax expenditures and make recommendations to the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-28","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-02","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB530/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb530.html","sponsor":"Maria Sorolis"},
{"bill_id":1353652,"bill_number":"SR209","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Dr. Katherine Johnson.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Dr. Katherine Johnson.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-28","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR209/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr209.html","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":1353657,"bill_number":"HB534","title":"AN ACT relating to prohibited health care referral practices.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216 to establish limitations on commissions, benefits, bonuses, rebates, kickbacks and bribes relating to health care services by any person including any provider or health care facility; include payment practice exceptions; establish violations as Class D, Class C, and Class B felonies and associated fines; permit a party bringing action to seek to recover reasonable expenses; provide that the provisions in this section are in addition to any other actions that may be taken.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-28","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-02","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB534/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb534.html","sponsor":"McKenzie Cantrell"},
{"bill_id":1353663,"bill_number":"HB537","title":"AN ACT relating to public protection.","description":"Amend KRS 75.130 to fix a minor grammatical error.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-28","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-02","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB537/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb537.html","sponsor":"Walker Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1353668,"bill_number":"HB531","title":"AN ACT related to supported decision making.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 194A related to supported decision making; establish definitions; establish conditions when a person can and cannot be part of supported decision making; establish requirements of the persons involved in supported decision making; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations related to supported decision making.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-28","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-02","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB531/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb531.html","sponsor":"Alan Gentry"},
{"bill_id":1353674,"bill_number":"HB529","title":"AN ACT relating to concealed deadly weapons.","description":"Repeal KRS 237.115 interpreting the application of the concealed carry deadly weapon licensing statute to postsecondary facilities and also permitting state and local governments to pass legislation limiting concealed carry in buildings controlled by that government; amend various sections to conform.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-02-28","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-03-03","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB529/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb529.html","sponsor":"Savannah Maddox"},
{"bill_id":1353679,"bill_number":"HB543","title":"AN ACT relating to mental health parity.","description":"Amend KRS 304.17A-660 to define \"nonquantitative treatment limitation\"; amend KRS 304.17A-661 to remove mental health parity exclusion; require mental health parity coverage for nonquantitative treatment limitations that is in compliance with federal law; require insurers to submit annual reports relating to the insurer's compliance with nonquantitative treatment limitation requirements; amend KRS 304.17A-669 to remove exemptions; amend KRS 18A.225 to require the state employee health plan to comply with Section 2 of the Act; provide that the Act shall apply to health benefit plans issued or renewed on or after the effective date of the Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-28","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-02","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB543/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb543.html","sponsor":"Kimberly Moser"},
{"bill_id":1353683,"bill_number":"HB539","title":"AN ACT relating to public protection.","description":"Amend KRS 75.170 to make the language gender-neutral.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-02-28","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-02","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB539/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb539.html","sponsor":"Walker Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1353686,"bill_number":"SR207","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Barbara \"B.\" Smith.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Barbara \"B.\" Smith.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-02-28","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-02-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR207/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr207.html","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":1354329,"bill_number":"SB232","title":"AN ACT relating to security of connected devices.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 367 to require a manufacturer of a connected device offered for sale in Kentucky to equip the device with reasonable security features appropriate to the nature and function of the device and to the information it may collect, contain, or transmit, and designed to protect the device from unauthorized access, destruction, use, modification, or disclosure; define \"authentication,\" \"connected device,\" \"consensus standard,\" \"manufacturer,\" \"reasonable security feature,\" \"standards development organization,\" and \"unauthorized access, destruction, use, modification, or disclosure\"; specify that a private right of action is not created.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB232/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb232.html","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":1354330,"bill_number":"HB631","title":"AN ACT relating to peace officer certification.","description":"Amend KRS 15.440 to allow the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council to approve basic training credit for police officers seeking certification who meet certain experience and training levels.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-19","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-19","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB631/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb631.html","sponsor":"David Meade"},
{"bill_id":1354331,"bill_number":"SR213","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Sherry Wilkins for years of service to the Logan County Clerk's office.","description":"Honor Sherry Wilkins for her years of service to the Logan County Clerk's office.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-14","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR213/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr213.html","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":1354333,"bill_number":"HB548","title":"AN ACT relating to boards of professional licensure.","description":"Amend KRS 309.318, relating the the Kentucky Board of Interpreters for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, to allow appeals to the Circuit Court where the aggrieved party resides; amend KRS 323.160, relating to the Kentucky Board of Architects, to apply gender neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB548/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb548.html","sponsor":"Adam Koenig"},
{"bill_id":1354334,"bill_number":"HB570","title":"AN ACT relating to interlocal cooperation agreements.","description":"Amend KRS 65.220, establishing the purpose of KRS 65.210 to 65.300, to allow public agencies to participate in Interlocal agreements; amend KRS 65.230 to define \"interlocal agency,\" \"local government,\" and \"public agency\"; create a new section of KRS 65.210 to 65.300 to set protocols for establishing an interlocal agreement; amend KRS 65.240 to establish that an interlocal agreement may be for sharing revenues, add certain utilities to the list subject to an interlocal agreement, and outline purposes for which schools may enter into agreements; amend KRS 65.242 to require agreements amended only to adjust participating parties, that the agreement be sent to the Secretary of State rather than to the Department for Local Government and the Attorney General; amend KRS 65.250 to specify the contents of the agreements themselves; create a new section of KRS 65.210 to 65.300 to specify the powers exercised by interlocal agencies; amend KRS 65.255 to make technical corrections to the authority of peace officers exercising powers outside their immediate jurisdiction; amend KRS 65.260 make technical changes and specify when the Attorney General and the Department for Local Government reviews agreements, and to establish a deadline for review; amend KRS 65.270 to specify the execution and sale of bonds by public agencies and remove language dealing with income pledging for bond issuance; amend KRS 65.290 to no longer require agreements to be filed with county clerks and provide that no additional filings are require for the addition or removal of parties to the agreement; amend KRS 65.300 to make technical corrections; amend KRS 68.200, 154.22.040, and 154.32.050 to conform; add a non-codified section to specify that amendments to the Act do not invalidate interlocal agreements entered into prior to the effective date of the Act; repeal KRS 65.245 and 65.280.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-04-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 98)","last_action_date":"2020-04-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB570/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb570.html","sponsor":"Michael Meredith"},
{"bill_id":1354337,"bill_number":"HB574","title":"AN ACT relating to land use.","description":"Amend KRS 82.660 to require that before an overlay district can be enforced that a petition must be circulated that contains the signatures of at least 75% of the property owners within the area that is sought to be under the jurisdiction of the overlay district, and specify that once the overlay district is created that all property owners are to be notified by first-class mail that they may still opt out of the controls enforced by the overlay district, and set out the response procedure; create a new section of KRS Chapter 100 to require that before any zoning instrument is enacted that places controls over the historic or other aesthetic character of an area that a petition must be circulated that contains the signatures of at least 75% of the property owners within the area that is sought to be under the jurisdiction of the zone, and specify that once the zone is created, that all property owners are to be notified by first-class mail that they may still opt out of the controls enforced by the zoning instrument, and set out the response procedure.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-03-05","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB574/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb574.html","sponsor":"Stan Lee"},
{"bill_id":1354338,"bill_number":"HB546","title":"AN ACT related to possession of gambling devices.","description":"Amend KRS 528.080 to include gender neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB546/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb546.html","sponsor":"Adam Koenig"},
{"bill_id":1354341,"bill_number":"HB578","title":"AN ACT relating to sexual assault nurse examiners.","description":"Amend KRS 216B.400 to require that every hospital that provides emergency services have a sexual assault nurse examiner on duty 24 hours each day.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB578/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb578.html","sponsor":"Cherlynn Stevenson"},
{"bill_id":1354342,"bill_number":"HB610","title":"AN ACT relating to concealed deadly weapons.","description":"Amend KRS 183.8811, 527.020, and 527.070 to permit concealed carry deadly weapon licensees to carry concealed deadly weapons in all locations, except private property, federal property, jails, courtrooms, and sheriff or police offices.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB610/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb610.html","sponsor":"Robert Goforth"},
{"bill_id":1354344,"bill_number":"SB245","title":"AN ACT relating to a sports personality's right of publicity.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 365 to define \"sports personality\" and to create a right of publicity to allow a sports personality to control the use of his or her likeness for commercial purposes.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB245/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb245.html","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":1354346,"bill_number":"HJR123","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to gather data from licensed healthcare facilities to assess the status of workplace safety.","description":"Direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to gather data from all licensed healthcare facilities, healthcare workers and healthcare professional associations to assess the status of health workplace safety in the Commonwealth and policies and programs currently in place to create and maintain safe and nonviolent health workplace settings; require reports to the Interim Joint Committee on Health, Welfare, and Family Services.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR123/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hjr123.html","sponsor":"Kimberly Moser"},
{"bill_id":1354348,"bill_number":"SB234","title":"AN ACT relating to the program to support education excellence in Kentucky.","description":"Amend KRS 157.360 to require, when a district's state per pupil SEEK amount is less than the district's 1991-1992 state per pupil amount, the district's state portion per pupil SEEK amount to be increased by the difference between the 91-92 amount and the current calculation or $300 per pupil, whichever is more; amend KRS 157.430 and 157.390 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB234/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb234.html","sponsor":"Robert Mills"},
{"bill_id":1354350,"bill_number":"SB239","title":"AN ACT relating to local government pension plans.","description":"Amend KRS 90.400 and 90.410 to permit the board of trustees of a legacy city pension fund having fewer than twelve active and retired members or beneficiaries to offer those individuals a one-time irrevocable option to convert monthly pension benefits from the fund to monthly annuity benefits from an insurance company for the same amount, require the insurance company to honor any features and options available under the existing plan, and require the board to provide beneficiaries with complete and appropriate disclosures sufficient to make an informed decision; amend 95.290 to permit the board of trustees of a legacy policemen's pension fund or firefighters' pension fund in a city of the first class having fewer than twelve active and retired members or beneficiaries to offer those individuals a one-time irrevocable option to convert monthly pension benefits from the fund to monthly annuity benefits from an insurance company for the same amount, require the insurance company to honor any features and options available under the existing plan, and require the board to provide beneficiaries with complete and appropriate disclosures sufficient to make an informed decision; amend KRS 95.530, 95.622, 95.767, and 95.869, to permit the board of trustees of a local legacy policemen's and firefighters' pension fund having fewer than twelve active and retired members or beneficiaries, to offer those individuals a one-time irrevocable option to convert monthly pension benefits from the fund to monthly annuity benefits from an insurance company for the same amount, require the insurance company to honor any features and options available under the existing plan, and require the board to provide beneficiaries with complete and appropriate disclosures sufficient to make an informed decision; amend KRS 95.620 to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-04-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 121)","last_action_date":"2020-04-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB239/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb239.html","sponsor":"Mike Wilson"},
{"bill_id":1354351,"bill_number":"HB621","title":"AN ACT relating to child care.","description":"Amend KRS 199.8983 related to the designee members of the Kentucky Child Care Advisory Council.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB621/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb621.html","sponsor":"Kimberly Moser"},
{"bill_id":1354354,"bill_number":"HB605","title":"AN ACT relating to elections.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 67C to provide for the election of a mayor and members of a legislative body in a consolidated local government on a nonpartisan basis; amend KRS 67C.103 and 67C.105 to conform: amend KRS 83A.045 to provide that mayors and members of the legislative body of any city shall be elected on a nonpartisan basis; amend KRS 83A.040, 83A.165, 83A.170, 83A.175, 118.225, and 118.367 to conform; repeal KRS 83A.050; effective November 4, 2020.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB605/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb605.html","sponsor":"Stan Lee"},
{"bill_id":1354356,"bill_number":"HR119","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing the anniversary of the March 2, 2012, tornadoes that hit the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","description":"Recognize the anniversary of the March 2, 2012, tornadoes that hit the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-05","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR119/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr119.html","sponsor":"David Hale"},
{"bill_id":1354358,"bill_number":"HB625","title":"AN ACT relating to underage purchasers of age-restricted products.","description":"Amend KRS 244.085 and 438.311 to make an underage person who purchases or accepts an alcoholic beverage, tobacco product, alternative nicotine product, or vapor product subject to a fine of up to $500; require the underage person's parent or guardian to attend any court hearings and pay the fine plus any court costs if the violator is under 18 years of age; direct the underage person to attend the hearings and pay the costs for an alcoholic beverage offense if the violator is between 18 and 20 years of age; set the same hearings and costs for a tobacco product, alternative nicotine product, or vapor product offense if the violator is between 18 and 20 years of age if an applicable state or federal law or ruling had raised the minimum age of sale to 21 years of age; expunge the offense from the violator's record after the earlier of four years or through established expungement procedures.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"posting withdrawn","last_action_date":"2020-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB625/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb625.html","sponsor":"Randy Bridges"},
{"bill_id":1354359,"bill_number":"HB576","title":"AN ACT relating to the Teachers' Retirement System.","description":"Create new sections of KRS 161.220 to 161.716 to specify that new nonuniversity members of the Teachers' Retirement System (TRS) on or after January 1, 2021, shall receive a foundational benefit component, which shall be a traditional defined benefit plan, a supplemental benefit component which shall be a plan based upon the member's account balance, and retiree health benefits; provide that the cost of the foundational benefit for these new members shall be accessed annually in the actuarial valuation; provide that if the funding level of the foundational benefit component for new nonuniversity members falls below 90 percent, the TRS board shall make one or more changes to keep employer costs within the statutory fixed rate of eight percent for the foundational benefit component, including utilizing moneys in the stabilization reserve account from any excess contributions above costs of the new plan components for new nonuniversity members, utilizing prospective mandatory employee and employer contributions from the supplemental benefit component, or adjusting the regular interest rate, benefit factor, age and service requirements to retire, or COLAs for new nonuniversity members only; establish the supplemental benefit component for new nonuniversity members who enter TRS on or after January 1, 2021, that pays benefits based upon mandatory employee and employer contributions of two percent of pay, voluntary employee and employer contributions, and interest on the accounts; provide for vesting of employer contributions after five years; provide that a new nonuniversity member may take a refund, distribution, or annuitize their account balance into a monthly payment based upon assumptions established by the TRS board; amend KRS 161.155 to provide that new nonuniversity TRS members on or after January 1, 2021, shall not have any lump-sum sick leave payments added to their foundational benefit component calculation, but may have the payment deposited into the supplemental benefit component; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 161.220 to establish definitions for the new foundational benefit component and supplemental benefit component for new nonuniversity employees and make technical amendments to conform to a recent court decision; provide that individuals who become nonuniversity members on or after January 1, 2021, shall have a final average salary based upon their highest eight years if retiring under age 65 and the highest five years if retiring at age 65 or older; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 161.540 to specify that new nonuniversity TRS members on or after January 1, 2021, shall contribute 14.75 percent of pay with 9 percent going to fund the foundational benefit component, 2 percent to fund the supplemental benefit component, and 3.75 percent to fund retiree health benefits; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 161.550 to specify that the maximum employer contribution rate for new nonuniversity members on or after January 1, 2021, shall be 11.75 percent with eight percent going to fund the foundational benefit component, two percent to fund the supplemental benefit component, and 0.75 percent to fund retiree health benefits; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 161.600 to provide that new nonuniversity members on or after January 1, 2021, shall be eligible to retire upon attaining age 65 with five years of service or age 60 with ten years of service; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 161.620 to provide that new nonuniversity TRS members shall receive a benefit factor of 1.50 percent up to 2.4 percent based upon the member's age and years of service; amend KRS 161.675 to provide that new nonuniversity members shall not be eligible for retiree health benefits until reaching age 60; amend KRS 161.605 to provide that TRS retirees who retire on or after January 1, 2021 shall not be eligible to earn a second retirement account upon reemployment; repeal, reenact, and amend or repeal and reenact or amend KRS 61.400, 161.420, 161.470, 161.480, 161.500, 161.507, 161.515, 161.520, 161.522, 161.525, 161.545, 161.5465, 161.547, 161.548, 161.549, 161.568, 161.580, 161.585, 161.590, 161.595, 161.605, 161.612, 161.615, 161.623, 161.630, 161.655, 161.661, 161.650, 161.700, and 161.714 to make technical and conforming amendments and to conform to a recent court decision.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-03-05","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB576/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb576.html","sponsor":"Jerry Miller"},
{"bill_id":1354361,"bill_number":"HB636","title":"AN ACT relating to kindergarten and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to establish a full-day kindergarten grant fund; create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to require the Kentucky Department of Education to administer the grant fund and define eligibility for funds; amend KRS 157.320, 157.360,158.031, and 158.060 to require districts to provide full-day kindergarten and SEEK to include funds for full-day kindergarten beginning July 1, 2026; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB636/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb636.html","sponsor":"James Tipton"},
{"bill_id":1354362,"bill_number":"HB638","title":"AN ACT relating to elections.","description":"Omnibus paper ballots bill.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"2nd reading, to Rules","last_action_date":"2020-03-26","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB638/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb638.html","sponsor":"Nancy Tate"},
{"bill_id":1354366,"bill_number":"HB556","title":"AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 170 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to property exempt from taxation.","description":"Propose to amend Section 170 of the Constitution of Kentucky to increase the homestead exemption from the current inflation-adjusted amount of $39,300 to the full assessed value of the real property for owners who are 65 years of age or older; add the continued biennial inflation indexing of the homestead exemption amount; make various typographical changes of a nonsubstantive nature; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection; apply to property assessed on and after the January 1st immediately following the date of ratification.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB556/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb556.html","sponsor":"Robert Goforth"},
{"bill_id":1354367,"bill_number":"HB596","title":"AN ACT relating to elections.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 117 to provide for voting centers upon approval by the State Board of Elections under certain conditions; amend KRS 116.045 and 116.055 to change the last date for voter registration to 21 days before any primary or election and adjust the time requirements for party registration for voting in a primary; amend KRS 117.045 to expand the voters who can serve as precinct election officers; permit county clerks to appoint precinct election officers under certain circumstances; provide that precinct election officers may serve not more than six and a half hours under certain guidelines; amend KRS 117.066 to permit the designation of one voting location for more than one precinct; amend KRS 117.077 to include children and parents as voters who can request a mail-in absentee ballot in a medical emergency; amend KRS 117.085 to provide that voters who cannot vote on election day due to classification as essential personnel or due to employment conflicts, injury or illness of a family member, or bereavement may vote an absentee ballot; amend KRS 118.035 to extend the hours the polls are open from 6 p.m. prevailing time to 7 p.m. prevailing time; amend KRS 117.195. 117.205, 117.175, and 117.355 to conform.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB596/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb596.html","sponsor":"Jason Nemes"},
{"bill_id":1354369,"bill_number":"HB643","title":"AN ACT relating to aviation.","description":"Amend KRS 183.050 the insert gender neutral language.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-03-06","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB643/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb643.html","sponsor":"Ken Upchurch"},
{"bill_id":1354370,"bill_number":"HB545","title":"AN ACT relating to middle school athletics.","description":"Amend KRS 156.070 to allow a middle school student attending a school outside the student's attendance area for enrollment in a specific academic program to participate on a sports team of the high school the student would attend for continued participation in the academic program.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB545/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb545.html","sponsor":"Ruth Palumbo"},
{"bill_id":1354371,"bill_number":"HB614","title":"AN ACT relating to on-site sewage disposal systems.","description":"Amend KRS 211.350 to require the department to notify property owners with on-site sewage disposal systems by mail every two years of the need to maintain the system; require department to conduct information campaign to increase public awareness at least once every two years; require department to promulgate regulation to outline policy to maintain list of properties serviced by on-site sewage disposal systems.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB614/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb614.html","sponsor":"Joe Graviss"},
{"bill_id":1354375,"bill_number":"HB571","title":"AN ACT relating to direct primary care membership agreements.","description":"Amend KRS 311.6201 and 314.199 to allow for Medicaid recipients to be able to have a direct primary care membership agreement.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB571/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb571.html","sponsor":"Chris Freeland"},
{"bill_id":1354376,"bill_number":"HB630","title":"AN ACT relating to wastewater for judicial facilities.","description":"Amend KRS 67.140 to authorize a fiscal court to provide for wastewater services to courts in its jurisdiction as part of its custodial responsibilities for courthouses and their grounds.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB630/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb630.html","sponsor":"Jason Nemes"},
{"bill_id":1354379,"bill_number":"HB640","title":"AN ACT relating to elections.","description":"Amend KRS 117.383 to require the State Board of Elections to develop procedures for conducting election procedure audits and post-election audits evaluating the accuracy and security of voting systems in operation in this state.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB640/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb640.html","sponsor":"Nancy Tate"},
{"bill_id":1354382,"bill_number":"SB242","title":"AN ACT relating to human trafficking.","description":"Amend KRS 439.3401 to include as violent offenders individuals convicted of promoting human trafficking; specify that individuals convicted of human trafficking or promoting human trafficking shall not be released on probation or parole until 85 percent of the sentence has been served.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB242/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb242.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1354383,"bill_number":"SB235","title":"AN ACT relating to sentencing by juries.","description":"Amend KRS 532.055 to allow a jury to recommend that a Class D felony be designated and sentenced as a Class A misdemeanor if the jury finds that a felony conviction would be unduly harsh; amend KRS 532.080 to allow a jury to decide whether a person found to be a persistent felony offender should be sentenced to an increased term of imprisonment, rather than imposing automatic increases in sentencing.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB235/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb235.html","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":1354385,"bill_number":"HB594","title":"AN ACT relating to public water and wastewater.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 74 to define \"appointing authority,\" \"board,\" \"commissioner,\" \"governing body,\" \"joint commissioner,\" \"joint water commission,\" \"public service commission,\" \"public water or wastewater system,\" \"water association\", and \"water district\"; establish eligibility requirements for members of a water district, water association, and joint water commission; require online training and continuing education hours for water commissioners; require the Kentucky Public Service Commission to develop best management practices for governing bodies of public water and wastewater utilities; establish penalties for failure to meet training and eligibility requirements; create new sections of KRS 224.70 to establish the Public Water and Wastewater Working Group; identify the members and responsibilities of the working group; allow for the creation of stakeholder advisory groups; report to the Legislative Research Commission by November 1 of each year; develop methods to identify failing public water and wastewater utilities; create a Kentucky Public Water and Wastewater System Protection Panel and name executive branch members of the panel; require the panel to develop metrics to identify systems at risk of insolvency, develop a priority list for intervention by the panel, and promulgate administrative regulations to develop comprehensive criteria for sanctions against governing bodies at risk of failure; identify remedies for failing system and interventions; amend KRS 65.007 to add misfeasance and nonfeasance to reasons for removal by an appointing authority; amend KRS 74.012 to clarify entities and conform to definitions; amend KRS 74.020 to clarify definitions and require commissioners to comply with initial and continuing education; increase initial hours from six to nine; require twelve hours of continuing education every three years; amend KRS 74.025 to allow removal for failure to complete training; amend KRS 74.030 to change reference from commission to board to conform with chapter definitions; amend KRS 74.040 to establish requirements for the chief executive officer and update duties to include financial and water loss audit, rate and operations review, and infrastructure improvement plan and conform definitions; amend KRS 74.080 to update board duties and responsibilities regarding rates, procedures, audits, and planning; allow the commission to review rates on its own motion and require rate adjustment for full cost recovery; amend KRS 74.100 to require a comprehensive infrastructure improvement plan and conform definitions; amend KRS 74.110 to require notice to the commission when annexing or striking district territory; amend KRS 74.177 to clarify agricultural district; amend KRS 74.240 to update requirements of the district and require qualified infrastructure improvement plan filed and approved by the commission; amend KRS 74.050, 74.070,74.280, 74.090, 74.120, 74.130, 74.140, 74.150, 74.160, 74.180, 74.190, 74.200, 74.220 74.290, 74.300, 74.330 to conform definitions; amend KRS 74.361 to authorize the commission to investigate merger of water districts after repeated water loss or failure to perform audits; amend KRS 74.370 to clarify the commission's authority over water districts; amend KRS 74.395 to allow recovery through a surcharge for improvements designed to reduce water loss and specify range over 15 percent; require improvement plan and water loss audit be submitted for surcharge; amend KRS 74.430, 74.440, 74.460, 74.470, 74.480, 74.490, 74.500, 74.510, 74.520, and 74.990 to clarify distinction between joint water commissions and joint commissioners; amend KRS 74.450 to establish eligibility to serve as joint commissioner; amend KRS 91A.040 to require the auditor to obtain a copy of an audit performed on any public water or wastewater system owned by the city; include in the audit report whether the city is compliant in performing the audit and report to Department for Local Government and Kentucky Infrastructure Authority if noncompliant; amend KRS 96.172 to establish eligibility to serve on municipal board of public utilities; amend KRS 96.173 to require expenses incurred to be prudent and reasonable in order to be payable from revenues; amend KRS 96.176 to require financial practices be consistent with best management practices developed by the Kentucky Public Service Commission; amend KRS 96.181 to require board finances be consistent with best management practices and GAAP to facilitate audit; amend KRS 96.182 to restrict use of rate receipts for anything not related to the provision of service by the electric and water plant; amend KRS 96.190 to require initial training and continuing education; amend KRS 96.200 to require conformity to best management practices; amend KRS 96.240 to establish requirements for appointees to board of waterworks; amend KRS 96.320 to establish requirements for appointees to cities owning waterworks; amend KRS 96.351 to establish qualifications for members of waterworks commission and waterworks and sewerage commission.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Energy (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Natural Resources & Energy","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB594/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb594.html","sponsor":"Joe Graviss"},
{"bill_id":1354386,"bill_number":"HB581","title":"AN ACT relating to local government.","description":"Amend KRS 67.120 to make technical change.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Local Government (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB581/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb581.html","sponsor":"Michael Meredith"},
{"bill_id":1354388,"bill_number":"HB550","title":"AN ACT relating to mechanic's liens.","description":"Amend KRS 376.270 regarding the procedures and time frame for the assertion of a mechanic's lien; amend KRS 376.272 to change the notification requirements for the enforcement of a possessory lien on a boat; amend KRS 376.280 regarding the procedures for the sale of a vehicle pursuant to a mechanic's lien.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB550/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb550.html","sponsor":"Ed Massey"},
{"bill_id":1354391,"bill_number":"HB597","title":"AN ACT relating to education.","description":"Amend KRS 156.690 to insert gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB597/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb597.html","sponsor":"Regina Huff"},
{"bill_id":1354393,"bill_number":"HB601","title":"AN ACT relating to funding for parks and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 142.400 to impose a 1% statewide transient room surtax; deposit surtax revenue in the park capital maintenance and renovation fund; amend various statutes to conform; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2020.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB601/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb601.html","sponsor":"Jeffery Donohue"},
{"bill_id":1354394,"bill_number":"SR216","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring the Kentucky Colon Cancer Screening Program and recognizing March 6, 2020, as Dress in Blue Day.","description":"Honor the Kentucky Colon Cancer Screening Program and recognize March 6, 2020, as Dress in Blue Day.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-06","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-03-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR216/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr216.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1354395,"bill_number":"HB598","title":"AN ACT relating to education.","description":"Amend KRS 156.690 to insert gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB598/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb598.html","sponsor":"Regina Huff"},
{"bill_id":1354397,"bill_number":"HB627","title":"AN ACT relating to annexation.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 81A to require compensation from a city to the county for the economic loss sustained from annexation; unless otherwise agreed, the loss would be calculated by the sum of fees and taxes collected by the county for the annexed area from insurance companies, businesses, trades, occupations and professions; economic loss payments by the city to the county are due by the 30th of the month after each calendar quarter; any challenge to the calculation of compensation or, to compel payment, shall be made in Franklin Circuit Court.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Local Government (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB627/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb627.html","sponsor":"Larry Elkins"},
{"bill_id":1354399,"bill_number":"HB624","title":"AN ACT relating to health services in schools.","description":"Amend KRS 156.502 to include a definition of \"medication\" and \"sunscreen\"; require local boards of education to adopt policy allowing students to carry and self-administer sunscreen; provide that the policy may permit school employees to voluntarily assist with application of sunscreen; include voluntarily assisting with the application of sunscreen in liability protection for school employees.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB624/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb624.html","sponsor":"Brandon Reed"},
{"bill_id":1354402,"bill_number":"HB595","title":"AN ACT relating to violation of a protective order.","description":"Amend KRS 403.763 to make subsequent violations of a protective order a Class D felony.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB595/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb595.html","sponsor":"Susan Westrom"},
{"bill_id":1354403,"bill_number":"HB609","title":"AN ACT relating to pharmacy benefit managers.","description":"Amend KRS 205.647 to permit the Department for Medicaid Services to deny a contract between a pharmacy benefit manager and a pharmacy or an entity which contracts on behalf of a pharmacy.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB609/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb609.html","sponsor":"Steve Sheldon"},
{"bill_id":1354405,"bill_number":"HR118","title":"A RESOLUTION supporting South Dakota resident William \"Bill\" Casper in his efforts to petition President Donald J. Trump to hold a state funeral for the final World War II veteran to be awarded the Medal of Honor.","description":"Support South Dakota resident William \"Bill\" Casper in his efforts to petition President Donald J. Trump to hold a state funeral for the final World War II veteran to be awarded the Medal of Honor.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-26","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR118/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr118.html","sponsor":"Ed Massey"},
{"bill_id":1354406,"bill_number":"HB590","title":"AN ACT relating to behavioral health services benefits in the Medicaid program.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the Department for Medicaid Services to directly administer behavioral health services benefits; prohibit the Department of Medicaid Services from entering into or renewing contracts that allow any entity other than the department to administer behavioral health service benefits to recipients; reduce costs of future Medicaid managed care contracts by costs of all behavioral health service benefits as they existed on January 1, 2019; amend KRS 205.527, 205.560, 205.6311, and 304.38-240 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB590/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb590.html","sponsor":"Joe Graviss"},
{"bill_id":1354409,"bill_number":"HB572","title":"AN ACT relating to tourism development and incentives.","description":"Amend KRS 148.8531 to add further clarify criteria of a \"lodging facility project\" and a \"tourism attraction project\".","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Tourism & Outdoor Recreation (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Tourism & Outdoor Recreation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB572/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb572.html","sponsor":"Chris Freeland"},
{"bill_id":1354410,"bill_number":"HB565","title":"AN ACT relating to the Treasury.","description":"Amend KRS 41.010 to add definitions for \"administrative body,\" \"agency,\" \"assistant,\" \"check,\" \"collateral,\" \"secretary,\" \"state depository,\" and \"warrant\"; amend definition for \"bank\"; amend KRS 41.060 to require the Assistant Treasurer to take an oath; provide for the Assistant Treasurer to discharge the duties of the Treasurer under certain conditions; provide for the Treasurer to set the salary of the assistant subject to KRS Chapter 18A; amend KRS 41.130 to require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to record all warrants in the unified and integrated system of accounts; require the Treasurer to maintain electronic records in the unified and integrated system of accounts using specific information and readily reconcilable with the warrants issued by the Finance and Administration Cabinet; amend KRS 41.280 to require the Commonwealth of Kentucky to establish and maintain a unified and integrated system of accounts to permit the Treasurer and the Finance and Administration Cabinet to determine the financial condition of the Commonwealth; require the Treasurer to make a report of all money received and disbursed annually; amend KRS 41.320 to certify in writing the accounts and inventory of the Treasury as of the last day in his or her office; repeal KRS 41.050, 41.140, 41.150, 41.170, and 41.340; amend various sections to conform.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-17","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-18","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB565/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb565.html","sponsor":"Samara Heavrin"},
{"bill_id":1354411,"bill_number":"HB579","title":"AN ACT relating to mentally ill and intellectually disabled defendants.","description":"Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 504 regarding forensic psychiatric facilities to limit evaluation and treatment to persons charged or convicted of violent offenses, rather than for all felonies; specify that if there is no substantial probablity that the defendant will attain competency, charges are to be dismissed without prejudice prior to a hearing under KRS Chapter 202A or 202B; amend definitions in KRS 202A.011 and 202B.010 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB579/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb579.html","sponsor":"Cherlynn Stevenson"},
{"bill_id":1354415,"bill_number":"HB633","title":"AN ACT relating to intercollegiate athletics.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to limit a postsecondary educational institution or an organization with authority over intercollegiate athletics from preventing a student athlete from earning compensation as a result of the use of the student's name, image, or likeness; forbid compensation of a prospective student athlete; establish conditions for a student athlete to engage professional representation; establish that scholarships are not compensation for the purposes of the section; establish conditions to student athletes earning compensation; establish cause of action for violation of the section; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2023.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB633/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb633.html","sponsor":"Terri Branham Clark"},
{"bill_id":1354416,"bill_number":"HB637","title":"AN ACT relating to public protection.","description":"Amend KRS 304.50-160 to change the Governor's reporting duties of the status of workers' compensation self-insured groups from the Labor and Industry Interim Joint Committee to the Economic Development and Workforce Investment Interim Joint Committee.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-03-06","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB637/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb637.html","sponsor":"Matthew Koch"},
{"bill_id":1354419,"bill_number":"HB558","title":"AN ACT relating to employees of agencies who cease participation in the Kentucky Retirement Systems.","description":"Amend KRS 61.595 and 61.559 to provide that vested Tier I and Tier II employees of an employer who, has ceased participation in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System (KERS) who based upon the employer's choice are no longer eligible to participate in KERS and are required to participate in an alternative retirement plan following the agency's cessation date, can use service credit earned in an alternative retirement to plan determine eligibility for retirement benefits from KERS, but not the amount of benefits, and for purposes of reducing early retirement penalties in the system.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB558/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb558.html","sponsor":"Robert Goforth"},
{"bill_id":1354420,"bill_number":"HB613","title":"AN ACT relating to the Teachers' Retirement System.","description":"Create new sections of KRS 161.220 to 161.716 to specify that new university members of the Teachers' Retirement System (TRS) on or after January 1, 2021, shall receive a foundational benefit component, which shall be a traditional defined benefit plan, a supplemental benefit component which shall be a plan based upon the member's account balance, and retiree health benefits; provide that the cost of the foundational benefit for these new members shall be accessed annually in the actuarial valuation; provide that if the funding level of the foundational benefit component for new university members falls below 90 percent, the TRS board shall make one or more changes to keep employer costs within the statutory fixed rate of 5.775 percent for the foundational benefit component including utilizing: moneys in the stabilization reserve account from any excess contributions above costs of the new plan components for new university members, utilizing prospective mandatory employee and employer contributions from the supplemental benefit component, or adjusting the regular interest rate, benefit factor, age and service requirements to retire, or COLAs for new university members only; establish the supplemental benefit component for new university members who enter TRS on or after January 1, 2021, that pays benefits based upon mandatory employee and employer contributions of percent of pay, voluntary employee and employer contributions, and interest on the accounts; provide for vesting of employer contributions after five years; provide that a new university member may take a refund, distribution, or annuitize their account balance into a monthly payment based upon assumptions established by the TRS board; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 161.220 to establish definitions for the new foundational benefit component and supplemental benefit component for new university employees and make technical amendments to conform to a recent court decision; specify that the high-3 final average salary provisions shall not apply to new university members who enter the system on or after January 1, 2021; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 161.540 to specify that new university TRS members on or after January 1, 2021, shall contribute 9.775 percent of pay with 5 percent going to fund the foundational benefit component, two percent to fund the supplemental benefit component, and 2.775 percent to fund retiree health benefits; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 161.550 to specify that the maximum employer contribution rate for new university members on or after January 1, 2021, shall be 9.775 percent with 5.775 percent going to fund the foundational benefit component, two percent to fund the supplemental benefit component, and two percent to fund retiree health benefits; conform to a recent court decision; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 161.600 to provide that new university members on or after January 1, 2021, shall be eligible to retire upon attaining age 65 with five years of service or age 55 with ten years of service; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 161.620 to provide that new university TRS members shall receive a benefit factor of 0.85 percent up to 1.5 percent based upon the member's age and years of service; increase the life insurance benefit for new university members on or after January 1, 2021, from $2,000 and $5,000 for active and retired respectively to $5,000 and $10,000 respectively; amend KRS 161.675 to provide that new university members shall not be eligible for retiree health benefits until reaching age 60; repeal, reenact, and amend or repeal and reenact or amend KRS 61.400, 161.420, 161.470, 161.480, 161.500, 161.507, 161.515, 161.520, 161.522, 161.525, 161.545, 161.5465, 161.547, 161.548, 161.549, 161.568, 161.580, 161.585, 161.590, 161.595, 161.605, 161.612, 161.615, 161.623, 161.630, 161.661, 161.650, 161.700, and 161.714 to make technical and conforming amendments and to conform to a recent court decision.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-12","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB613/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb613.html","sponsor":"James Tipton"},
{"bill_id":1354422,"bill_number":"SB233","title":"AN ACT relating to organ donation education.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to establish academic requirements for instruction on organ procurement and tissue donation designed to develop a knowledge of the potentially life-saving achievement involved in organ and tissue transplantation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB233/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb233.html","sponsor":"Dennis Parrett"},
{"bill_id":1354423,"bill_number":"HB646","title":"AN ACT relating to jockeys fees.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 230 to establish jockey losing mount fees; require jockey losing mount fees to be adjusted every two years to no less than the average increase of contiguous states.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"floor amendment (1) filed","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB646/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb646.html","sponsor":"David Osborne"},
{"bill_id":1354427,"bill_number":"HB599","title":"AN ACT relating to school facilities.","description":"Amend KRS 162.062 to delete requirements for the number of school water filling stations and water fountains; amend KRS 158.162 to allow a district to update its district facilities plan to meet school building safety requirements without convening the local planning committee; amend KRS 157.455 to remove the Kentucky efficient school design trust fund and the efficient school design reporting requirement; repeal KRS 157.450.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB599/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb599.html","sponsor":"Regina Huff"},
{"bill_id":1354428,"bill_number":"HB629","title":"AN ACT relating to public safety.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 17 to establish the Office of Violence Prevention and detail requirements thereof.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB629/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb629.html","sponsor":"James Glenn"},
{"bill_id":1354430,"bill_number":"HB564","title":"AN ACT relating to waiver programs.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to ensure that home and community-based waiver programs provide certain services, including attendant care or non-skilled in-home care services across all waiver programs, skilled nursing visits for adult day health care and home health care providers, participant-directed services, and RN specialized respite; require the cabinet consolidate all home and community-based waiver application processes under the Department for Medicaid Services, including the Michelle P. waiver provider application process; require the cabinet to apply for and implement a Medicaid state plan benefit to establish health homes to coordinate care for people with Medicaid who have chronic conditions; require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to implement this section.","status_desc":"Vetoed","status_date":"2020-04-24","last_action":"Vetoed","last_action_date":"2020-04-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB564/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb564.html","sponsor":"Deanna Frazier Gordon"},
{"bill_id":1354431,"bill_number":"HB618","title":"AN ACT relating to children in the custody of the state.","description":"Amend KRS 194A.146 related to the membership of the Statewide Strategic Planning Committee for Children in Placement.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB618/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb618.html","sponsor":"Kimberly Moser"},
{"bill_id":1354433,"bill_number":"SR214","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Clifton A. David.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Clifton A. David.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR214/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr214.html","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":1354436,"bill_number":"HB554","title":"AN ACT relating to annexation by home rule cities.","description":"Amend KRS 81A.410 to require an area to be annexed to contain at least ten residents.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-03-05","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB554/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb554.html","sponsor":"John Blanton"},
{"bill_id":1354437,"bill_number":"HB588","title":"AN ACT relating to consumer protections in health insurance.","description":"Amend KRS 304.17A-0952 to establish premium rate requirements for health benefit plans originally issued on or after January 1, 2014, in the individual or small group market; create new sections of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to continue to make coverage available for adult children until the age of 26 and to cover preventive services; amend KRS 18A.225 to require the state employee health plan to comply with Sections 2 and 3 of the Act; amend various sections to conform; repeal KRS 304.17A-256.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB588/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb588.html","sponsor":"Patti Minter"},
{"bill_id":1354440,"bill_number":"HB555","title":"AN ACT related to vehicle license plates.","description":"Amend KRS 186.005 to eliminate requirement of three letters and three numerical digits on a vehicle license plate; amend KRS 186.240 to set forth requirements for vehicle license plates; amend KRS 186.060 and 186.061 for technical corrections.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-17","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-18","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB555/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb555.html","sponsor":"Ken Upchurch"},
{"bill_id":1354441,"bill_number":"HB563","title":"AN ACT relating to persistent felony offenders.","description":"Amend KRS 532.080 to specify that a jury may elect not to enhance punishment for a persistent felony offender.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"posting withdrawn","last_action_date":"2020-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB563/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb563.html","sponsor":"Jason Petrie"},
{"bill_id":1354443,"bill_number":"HB547","title":"AN ACT related to alcoholic beverages.","description":"Amend KRS 242.360 to include gender neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB547/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb547.html","sponsor":"Adam Koenig"},
{"bill_id":1354445,"bill_number":"HB582","title":"AN ACT relating to local government.","description":"Amend KRS 67.160 to make technical change.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Local Government (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB582/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb582.html","sponsor":"Michael Meredith"},
{"bill_id":1354447,"bill_number":"HB567","title":"AN ACT relating to elections.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 117 to provide for the establishment of designated voting locations by the county board of elections upon approval by the State Board of Elections.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB567/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb567.html","sponsor":"Maria Sorolis"},
{"bill_id":1354448,"bill_number":"HB585","title":"AN ACT relating to employee privacy.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 336 to define \"electronic monitoring,\" \"employee,\" and \"employer\"; require an employer to provide prior written notice to its employees if it engages in electronic monitoring of employees; provide for the type and manner of notice to be provided; allow for electronic monitoring without prior written notice if the employer has reasonable grounds to believe an employee is engaged in illegal conduct; amend KRS 336.990 to provide a civil penalty.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Small Business & Information Technology (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Small Business & Information Technology","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB585/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb585.html","sponsor":"Chris Harris"},
{"bill_id":1354450,"bill_number":"HB647","title":"AN ACT proposing to amend Sections 36 and 42 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to sessions of the General Assembly.","description":"Propose to amend Sections 36 and 42 of the Constitution of Kentucky to provide that the General Assembly may call itself into extraordinary session upon the issuance of a joint proclamation by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, but only if the General Assembly has reserved at least one day from its regular session in that year, with limitations; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1)","last_action_date":"2020-03-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB647/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb647.html","sponsor":"David Osborne"},
{"bill_id":1354452,"bill_number":"HJR125","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION designating United States Highway 460 in Menifee County in honor of six Botts brothers, United States Army Veterans.","description":"Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a portion of United States Highway 460 in Menifee County as the \"Botts Brothers Veterans Memorial Highway.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Transportation (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR125/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hjr125.html","sponsor":"David Hale"},
{"bill_id":1354455,"bill_number":"HB551","title":"AN ACT relating to civil actions.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 452 to set the venue for constitutional challenges to statutes, executive orders, and regulations; establish procedures for selecting a panel of three Circuit Judges to hear challenges, establish three districts from which panel judges can be drawn.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB551/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb551.html","sponsor":"Ed Massey"},
{"bill_id":1354456,"bill_number":"HB608","title":"AN ACT relating to pharmacy benefit managers.","description":"Amend KRS 205.647 to require the Department for Medicaid Services to set or create pharmacy benefit reimbursement rates.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB608/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb608.html","sponsor":"Steve Sheldon"},
{"bill_id":1354458,"bill_number":"HB575","title":"AN ACT relating to utility service.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to define \"energy source\" and \"utility service\"; provide that the right of an individual customer to use any utility service shall not be infringed due to the energy source of the utility service to be delivered.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB575/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb575.html","sponsor":"Jim Gooch"},
{"bill_id":1354459,"bill_number":"HB587","title":"AN ACT relating to the 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":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Economic Development & Workforce Investment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB587/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb587.html","sponsor":"Terri Branham Clark"},
{"bill_id":1354461,"bill_number":"HB584","title":"AN ACT relating to public utilities.","description":"Create new section of KRS 278.010 to 278.450 to set a residential fixed customer charge to recover no more than fixed capital costs for metering, billing, service connections, and customer service for electric, natural gas, and water utilities; amend KRS 278.010 to define \"customer charge\"; amend KRS 278.030 to include affordability as a criterion for utility rates and to establish that the policy of the Commonwealth is to require costs to be reasonable and to provide for their recovery; require the Public Service Commission to balance the interests of the utility, investors, and consumer in establishing fair, just, reasonable, and affordable rates; amend KRS 278.183 to require that the costs paid through the environmental surcharge and subjected to two-year review are subject to apportionment of fixed, direct capital costs for metering, billing, connection, and service; amend KRS 278.190 to allow the commission to examine the determination of costs and apply standards for rates that include affordability and balancing of interests of various parties affected by the rate; amend KRS 278.255 to require a management and operations audit beginning with revenue as of December 31, 2019, initial audits to be completed prior to January 1, 2023, and every five years thereafter, and to require the results of the audit be made available on the Public Service Commission's and each audited utility's Web site; exempt electric distribution cooperatives from the initial and periodic audit requirements; amend KRS 278.260 to require the Public Service Commission to give the Attorney General's Office of Rate Intervention notice of any investigation into unreasonable or discriminatory rates, measurements or practices by a utility under its jurisdiction; amend KRS 96.120 to require contracts entered into by a city with another city to furnish water or light service to be subject to review and regulation by the Public Service Commission; amend KRS 96.150 to require an extension by a city of its water or sewer system beyond its territory to be subject to review and regulation by the Public Service Commission; amend KRS 96.520 to require that the sale of capacity or energy surplus by a city or urban-county government to an electric or combination electric or gas utility shall be subject to review and regulation by the Public Service Commission.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Energy (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Natural Resources & Energy","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB584/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb584.html","sponsor":"Chris Harris"},
{"bill_id":1354464,"bill_number":"HB557","title":"AN ACT relating to school resource officers.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to include school zones in the jurisdiction of a school resource officer.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"2nd reading, to Rules","last_action_date":"2020-03-19","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB557/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb557.html","sponsor":"Robert Goforth"},
{"bill_id":1354465,"bill_number":"HB553","title":"AN ACT relating to sales and use taxes.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 139 to define terms; provide for a refund of taxes paid to providers of communications service, Internet access, and multichannel video programming services, or any combination thereof; require yearly report of refunds to the Legislative Research Commission for the effective calendar years of 2021 through 2024; amend KRS 131.190 to authorize the report from the Department of Revenue; make technical changes.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB553/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb553.html","sponsor":"Mark Hart"},
{"bill_id":1354467,"bill_number":"HB602","title":"AN ACT relating to elections.","description":"Amend KRS 117.995 to make a technical correction relating to members of a county board of elections.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB602/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb602.html","sponsor":"Kevin Bratcher"},
{"bill_id":1354468,"bill_number":"HR122","title":"A RESOLUTION urging Governor Andy Beshear to declare a State of Emergency in Martin County, Kentucky and to make emergency funds available to resolve the county's water crisis.","description":"Urge Governor Andy Beshear to declare a State of Emergency in Martin County, Kentucky and to make emergency funds available to resolve the county's water crisis.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Energy (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Natural Resources & Energy","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR122/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr122.html","sponsor":"Chris Harris"},
{"bill_id":1354471,"bill_number":"SB238","title":"AN ACT relating to intercollegiate athletics.","description":"Create a section of KRS Chapter 164 to limit a postsecondary educational institution or an organization with authority over intercollegiate athletics from preventing a student athlete from earning compensation as a result of the use of the student's name, image, or likeness; forbid compensation of a prospective student athlete; establish conditions for a student athlete to engage professional representation; establish that scholarships are not compensation for the purposes of the section; establish conditions to student athletes earning compensation; establish cause of action for violation of the section; provide it may be cited as the Pay to Portray Act; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2023.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB238/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb238.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1354472,"bill_number":"HB642","title":"AN ACT relating to Transportation.","description":"Amend KRS 189.010 to define \"Cabinet\" as the Transportation Cabinet.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-03-06","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB642/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb642.html","sponsor":"Ken Upchurch"},
{"bill_id":1354474,"bill_number":"HB645","title":"AN ACT relating to fiduciary duties.","description":"Amend KRS 61.645 to make language gender-neutral.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-03-05","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB645/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb645.html","sponsor":"David Osborne"},
{"bill_id":1354476,"bill_number":"HB615","title":"AN ACT relating to child support.","description":"Amend KRS 403.212 to update the child support table.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"posting withdrawn","last_action_date":"2020-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB615/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb615.html","sponsor":"Melinda Prunty"},
{"bill_id":1354477,"bill_number":"HB600","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; amend KRS 355.9-513A to conform; confirm Secretary of State Executive Order 2019-01.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-19","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-19","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB600/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb600.html","sponsor":"Regina Huff"},
{"bill_id":1354481,"bill_number":"HB623","title":"AN ACT relating to school safety.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require that an individual on school district property provide government-issued photo identification if requested by a school employee, school resource officer, or law enforcement officer; provide that the individual may be required to leave the property if they refuse or are unable to comply; amend KRS 511.070, relating to criminal trespass in the second degree, to make trespassing in a school building or upon school premises to which notice against trespass is given a Class A misdemeanor; amend KRS 511.080, relating to criminal trespass in the third degree, to make trespassing upon school premises a Class B misdemeanor; amend KRS 511.090 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"posting withdrawn","last_action_date":"2020-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB623/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb623.html","sponsor":"Brandon Reed"},
{"bill_id":1354482,"bill_number":"HB619","title":"AN ACT relating to confidential treatment of records.","description":"Amend KRS 205.175 to make a technical correction with respect to gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB619/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb619.html","sponsor":"Kimberly Moser"},
{"bill_id":1354484,"bill_number":"SB243","title":"AN ACT relating to backgrounds checks.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 199 to define \"youth serving organization\" and allow the Department of Kentucky State Police to send the results of national criminal background checks to youth serving organizations.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB243/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb243.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1354485,"bill_number":"SR220","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Marcus S. Carey to the Kentucky Claims Commission.","description":"Confirm the reappointment of Marcus S. Carey to the Kentucky Claims Commission for a term expiring September 30, 2022.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"adopted 34-0","last_action_date":"2020-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR220/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr220.html","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":1354489,"bill_number":"SR219","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Brett Gaspard to the Kentucky Lottery Corporation Board of Directors.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Brett Gaspard to the Kentucky Lottery Corporation Board of Directors for a term expiring November 28, 2023.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"defeated 15-19","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR219/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr219.html","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":1354490,"bill_number":"HB559","title":"AN ACT relating to the judiciary.","description":"Amend KRS 452.485 to insert gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB559/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb559.html","sponsor":"Jason Petrie"},
{"bill_id":1354492,"bill_number":"HB634","title":"AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 341 to allow for training extension benefits for eligible claimants; define \"declining occupation,\" \"high-demand occupation,\" and \"high-technology occupation.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Economic Development & Workforce Investment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB634/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb634.html","sponsor":"Adam Bowling"},
{"bill_id":1354493,"bill_number":"HB580","title":"AN ACT relating to transportation, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 138.220 to set a single excise tax on gasoline and special fuels; set initial base rate at 34.4 cents per gallon (cpg); subject tax to annual adjustment; eliminate references to taxation on the average wholesale price of gasoline and the supplemental tax on gasoline and special fuels; require annual notification to motor fuel dealers of the adjusted rate of the excise tax on gasoline and special fuels for each upcoming fiscal year and annual notification to county clerks of the adjusted rate of highway user fees for electric vehicles; amend KRS 138.660 to set the initial base rate for the heavy equipment motor carrier surtax at 4.3 cpg for gasoline and 7.2 cpg for special fuels; subject the surtax to annual adjustment; create a new section of KRS Chapter 138 to define \"taxes\"; provide a mechanism for annual adjustment of the excise tax on gasoline and special fuels and the heavy equipment motor carrier surtax based on changes in the National Highway Construction Cost Index 2.0; allow these taxes to increase or decrease no more than 10 percent from one year to the next, subject to the statutory minimums; create a new section of KRS Chapter 186 to establish a base highway user fee for nonhybrid electric vehicles of $200; require the fee to be adjusted with any increase or decrease in the gasoline tax under Section 3 of the Act; establish an annual highway preservation fee of $5-$40 on all noncommercial vehicles based on the EPA mileage rating of the make model and year of the vehicle; require collection of both fees at the time of registration; require that both fees be transferred to the road fund; amend KRS 186.010 to define \"nonhybrid electric vehicle\"; amend KRS 186.018 to increase the fee for a driving history record from $3 to $6; amend KRS 186.020 to eliminate the requirement to present a vehicle's registration receipt when renewing the vehicle registration and allow mail or online registration renewal with no additional fee; amend KRS 186.040 to eliminate the $30 county clerk fee for motor carrier registrations on vehicles in excess of 44,000 pounds; increase the county clerk fee for motor vehicle registrations from $6 to $8; amend KRS 186.050 to increase to state fee for motor vehicle registrations from $11.50 to $22; require payment of the highway user fees for electric vehicles and the highway preservation fees at the time of registration or renewal; provide for a $10 late charge for vehicle registrations not renewed within 30 days of expiration; make technical correction; amend KRS 186.162, 186.180, and 186.240 to conform; amend KRS 186.440, 186.442, 186.450, and 186.531 to consolidate fees for driver license reinstatement, set reinstatement fee at $100, provide for distribution of funds, and provide for exceptions; amend KRS 281A.150 to increase reinstatement fees for suspended CDLs from $50 to $100; amend KRS 186A.130 and 186A.245 to set the fee for an initial title at $25, the fee for a duplicate or replacement title at $10, and the fee for a speed title at $40, and adjust the distribution of fees between the Cabinet and the county clerk; amend KRS 189.574 to increase to fee for state traffic school from $15 to $50; amend KRS 189.270 to increase fees for various overweight and overdimensional permits; create a new section of KRS Chapter 174 to create the multimodal transportation fund, specify allowable uses for moneys in the fund, and appropriate funds for those purposes; amend KRS 177.320 and 177.365, regarding allocation of a portion of fuel tax revenue to county road aid funds and municipal road aid funds, to change the revenue-sharing formula on the portion of fuel tax revenue available for revenue sharing which exceeds $825 million in any year from 18.3% to counties and 7.7% to cities to 13% for each fund; amend KRS 138.4603, regarding the determination of total consideration for the purpose of calculating retail price for motor vehicle use tax, to limit the trade in allowance on the purchase of new motor vehicles to $15,000; amend KRS 176.210 to prohibit the Department of Highways from revealing the identitites of eligible bidders on a project until the project bid letting; amend KRS 138.210 to delete the definitions for \"average wholesale price\" and \"average wholesale floor price\"; amend KRS 138.695, 138.270, 138.450, 42.409, 234.320, and 234.380 to conform; Repeal KRS 138.228, regarding the calculation of average wholesale price of gasoline, KRS 138.4602, regarding determination of total consideration on vehicles purchased between 2009 and 2014; and KRS 175.505 regarding the debt payment acceleration fund for turnpike authority debt; EMERGENCY Sections 1 to 3 and 22 to 25 are EFFECTIVE July 1, 2020; Sections 4, 5, and 7 to 12 of the Act are EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB580/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb580.html","sponsor":"Sal Santoro"},
{"bill_id":1354495,"bill_number":"SB241","title":"AN ACT relating to a special purpose governmental entity fee and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 132 to establish an annual fee for a special purpose governmental entity's use of the property valuation administrator's assessment; establish requirements for the fee; allow the Department of Revenue to promulgate regulations for collection of the fee; create the special purpose governmental entity fund; establish requirements for the disbursement of funds; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB241/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb241.html","sponsor":"Robert Mills"},
{"bill_id":1354497,"bill_number":"HB611","title":"AN ACT relating to statistical data.","description":"Direct the Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs to enter into data sharing agreements with the Transportation Cabinet, Cabinet for Health and Family Services, the Secretary of State, the Personnel Cabinet, each county clerk, and each circuit clerk to share demographic information.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB611/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb611.html","sponsor":"Patti Minter"},
{"bill_id":1354498,"bill_number":"HB544","title":"AN ACT relating to rights-of-way on state roads.","description":"Amend KRS 177.106 to define \"encroachment\"; clarify the requirement for an encroachment permit, as well as the power of the Transportation Cabinet to order encroachments removed or remedied; allow for a civil fine for a person who encroaches upon the right-of-way of a state-maintained road without obtaining a permit; allow municipalities to collect fines for violations, and use the funds for public safety or infrastructure; repeal KRS 177.103","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB544/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb544.html","sponsor":"Brandon Reed"},
{"bill_id":1354502,"bill_number":"HB632","title":"AN ACT relating to student journalist freedom.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to make legislative findings; establish definitions; provide additional free speech protections for student reporters; place limitations on additional protections; provide protection for student media advisors; require each district to adopt a written policy for time, place, and manner restrictions, and for an appeals procedure; provide that student speech not be considered school speech; provide that a student journalist or student media advisor may seek injunctive relief.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB632/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb632.html","sponsor":"Attica Scott"},
{"bill_id":1354503,"bill_number":"HB561","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishment.","description":"Amend KRS 514.140 to insert gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB561/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb561.html","sponsor":"Jason Petrie"},
{"bill_id":1354505,"bill_number":"SB240","title":"AN ACT relating to audiology and speech-language pathology.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 334A.010 to 334A.990 to enact and enter into the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact with all other jurisdictions that legally join in the compact; declare the purpose of the compact; establish definitions; recognize a multistate licensure privilege to practice for audiologists and speech-language pathologists; recognize a multistate licensure privilege for audiologists and speech-language pathologists to practice audiology and speech-language pathology via telehealth; establish provisions for active duty military personnel and their spouses; authorize a remote state to take adverse action against an audiologist or speech-language pathologist's privilege to practice within that member state; authorize a home state to take adverse action against an audiologist's or speech-language pathologist's license issued by the home state; create the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Compact Commission; provide immunity for party states, officers, employees, or representatives of the Commission who act in accordance with the provisions of the compact; require the Commission to create a database and reporting system containing licensure, adverse actions, and investigative information on all licensed individuals in member states; establish procedures for rulemaking; authorize the Commission to attempt to resolve disputes related to the compact that arise among member states and between member and non-member states; require provisions of the compact to become effective the day it is enacted into law once a state enters the Compact; provide for severability for any provision in the compact that is contrary to the constitution of any member state or of the United States or the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person, or circumstance.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB240/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb240.html","sponsor":"Rick Girdler"},
{"bill_id":1354507,"bill_number":"HB635","title":"AN ACT relating to elections.","description":"Amend KRS 118A.060 and 118A.100 to remove provisions that judicial elections shall be conducted on a nonpartisan basis; provide that elections for an office of the Court of Justice shall be conducted in accordance with KRS Chapter 118; repeal KRS 118A.090, 118A.150, and 118A.190; Effective November 3, 2020, only if voters ratify a proposed constitutional amendment providing for the partisan election of justices and judges.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"returned to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-06","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB635/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb635.html","sponsor":"David Meade"},
{"bill_id":1354509,"bill_number":"SB244","title":"AN ACT creating the Apprenticeship fund and making an appropriation therefore.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 343 to establish a new restricted fund known as the apprenticeship fund; authorize the Department of Workforce Development to promulgate administrative regulations; amend KRS 141.330 to require employers to identify funds withheld from the pay of apprentices participating in apprenticeship programs; require the Department of Revenue to deposit those funds in the apprenticeship fund; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"recommitted to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB244/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb244.html","sponsor":"Mike Nemes"},
{"bill_id":1354510,"bill_number":"HB4","title":"AN ACT relating to elections and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 120 to provide for an automatic recount in elections of constitutional officers, members of Congress, and members of the General Assembly when the vote margin is 0.5% or less; amend KRS 118.775 relating to membership in the General Assembly to conform; amend KRS 120.185 to provide for a recount in elections of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor, members of Congress, and members of the General Assembly when an automatic recount does not apply; amend KRS 120.195, 120.205, and 120.215 to establish procedures for any election contest involving the Governor and Lieutenant Governor and members of the General Assembly, including a mechanism to ensure the integrity of the election records and a chain of custody of election records if transported; provide who shall conduct a recount as part of an election contest and the procedures to be followed; provide the time frame for a newly ordered election; amend KRS 117.295, 118.740, 120.017, and 120.155 to conform; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-19","last_action":"returned to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-26","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB4/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb4.html","sponsor":"David Osborne"},
{"bill_id":1354513,"bill_number":"HB568","title":"AN ACT relating to voting.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 117 to establish provisional voting when a person's eligibility to vote cannot be confirmed; establish procedures for provisional voting; amend KRS 117.375, 118.015, 118A.100, 119.005 and 120.005 to provide new definitions and conform existing definitions; amend KRS 117.995 to include matters relating to provisional voting; amend various other sections to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB568/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb568.html","sponsor":"Maria Sorolis"},
{"bill_id":1354514,"bill_number":"HB560","title":"AN ACT relating to domestic relations.","description":"Amend KRS 403.220 to insert gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB560/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb560.html","sponsor":"Jason Petrie"},
{"bill_id":1354517,"bill_number":"HB591","title":"AN ACT relating to soil conservation and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 262 to establish a Healthy Soils Program and a Healthy Soils Program fund in the Department for Natural Resources, Division of Conservation; require the department to provide technical advice and assistance, assist with soil health assessments and soil health plans; require the commissioner to approve applications for grants and other types of financial assistance under the Healthy Soils Program; authorize the department to promulgate administrative regulations to implement the Healthy Soils Program and the Healthy Soils Program fund; amend KRS 146.100 to require the director of the Division of Conservation to have experience in healthy soil practices; amend KRS 224.71-110 to require the Agriculture Water Quality Authority to promote soil restoration and include an organic agriculture organization among appointments to the authority and add healthy soil practices as a committee; amend KRS 262.010 to define \"healthy soil practices,\" \"soil health,\" \"soil health assessment, \"and \"watershed health\"; amend KRS 262.020 to add restoration, biological diversity, watershed health, and healthy soil practices to the purpose of soil and water conservation districts; amend KRS 262.748 and 262.778 to conform; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Energy (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Natural Resources & Energy","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB591/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb591.html","sponsor":"Joe Graviss"},
{"bill_id":1354518,"bill_number":"HB622","title":"AN ACT relating to assisted-living communities.","description":"Amend KRS 194A.75 related to clients in assisted-living communities.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB622/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb622.html","sponsor":"Kimberly Moser"},
{"bill_id":1354520,"bill_number":"SR215","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Anita Denise Rowe Franklin.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Anita Denise Rowe Franklin.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-26","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR215/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr215.html","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1354521,"bill_number":"HB566","title":"AN ACT relating to the regulation of travel-related activities.","description":"Establish new Subtitle 52 in KRS Chapter 304 relating to travel insurance; define terms; provide for the classification and form of travel insurance; allow eligibility and underwriting standards for travel insurance to be developed based on travel protection plans; establish conduct relating to travel insurance constituting an unfair trade practice; establish requirements for travel insurance insurers; establish requirements for the refund of certain travel protection plans; require certain notices and materials be provided to consumers; establish requirements for travel administrators; establish travel insurance producer licensing requirements; create a new section of KRS Chapter 365 to provide requirements for the offer and sale of travel protection plans; amend KRS 304.9-020, 304.9-080, 304.9-430, and 304.9-440 to conform; provide short title for Sections 1 to 6.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB566/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb566.html","sponsor":"Bart Rowland"},
{"bill_id":1354523,"bill_number":"HB639","title":"AN ACT relating to elections.","description":"Amend KRS 117.225 to provide current language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB639/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb639.html","sponsor":"Kevin Bratcher"},
{"bill_id":1354526,"bill_number":"HR120","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring the Kentucky Colon Cancer Screening Program and recognizing March 6, 2020, as Dress in Blue Day.","description":"Honor the Kentucky Colon Cancer Screening Program and recognize March 6, 2020, as Dress in Blue Day.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-06","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-03-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR120/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr120.html","sponsor":"Melinda Prunty"},
{"bill_id":1354527,"bill_number":"SR218","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of John Patrick Francis.","description":"Adjourn the Senate in honor and loving memory of John Patrick Francis.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-10","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-03-10","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR218/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr218.html","sponsor":"Denise Harper Angel"},
{"bill_id":1354529,"bill_number":"HB617","title":"AN ACT relating to crime victims' rights.","description":"Repeal and reenact or repeal, reenact, and amend various sections of KRS 421.500 to 421.575, the Crime Victim Bill of Rights, to change statutory provisions of crime victims' rights.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-03-06","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB617/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb617.html","sponsor":"Jason Petrie"},
{"bill_id":1354530,"bill_number":"HB604","title":"AN ACT relating to elections.","description":"Amend KRS 83A.040, 83A.045, 83A.170, and 83A.175 to correct internal citations and language; amend KRS 117.085 to specify address to which mail-in absentee ballots are to the sent; amend KRS 117.145 to conform with other election statutes regarding the time ballots for a special election are to be printed; amend KRS 117.187 to provide that a county attorney or representative may attend the training of precinct election officers; amend KRS 117.255 to elucidate procedure for voter assistance; amend KRS 117.375, 118.015, 118A.010, 119.005, and 120.005 to remove obsolete definitional terms; amend KRS 118.205 to requrie records to be kept for 22 months in conformity with other election records; amend KRS 242.030 to conform the filing deadline for a local option petition; amend various other sections to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"2nd reading, to Rules","last_action_date":"2020-03-26","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB604/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb604.html","sponsor":"Kevin Bratcher"},
{"bill_id":1354533,"bill_number":"HB641","title":"AN ACT relating to a Veterans' Bill of Rights.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 40 to establish the Veterans' Bill of Rights; direct the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet to produce monthly reports of workforce need projections; direct the Department of Transportation to take necessary steps to increase the number of veterans using the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's Military Skills Test Waiver Program; direct the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services to review licensing practices and take appropriate steps to increase recognition of military training and experience toward in-state licensing; direct the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure to review all licensing practices and take appropriate steps to increase recognition of military training and experience toward in-state licensing; direct the Transportation Cabinet to review all state licenses for which military members may have relevant training or experience; direct the Council on Postsecondary Education in Kentucky to adopt procedures necessary to implement the section and to promulgate administrative regulations requiring public postsecondary institutions to provide credit for military training and experience; provide that public postsecondary institutions that offer early course registration for any segment of the student population shall have a process in place to offer early course registration to students who are veterans or members of the United States Armed Forces; require that certain students called to active duty in the United States Armed Forces shall be given full credit for each course in which the student has a grade of C or better and that students called to active duty who do not meet attendance requirements sufficient to earn a grade shall be entitled to a 100 percent refund of tuition and fees; require that veterans with no previous college experience shall be permitted to file applications up to the end of registration, be allowed to begin classes pending completion of their application, and, upon return from active duty, register even after normal registration periods end without fees or penalties; direct the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet to review vocational programs focused on providing job training and placement to returning military service members and veterans; direct the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet to provide an annual report to the General Assembly and the Governor to be used in annual budget decisions.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB641/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb641.html","sponsor":"Patti Minter"},
{"bill_id":1354534,"bill_number":"HB628","title":"AN ACT relating to child welfare.","description":"Amend KRS 620.100 to establish a requirement that ensures that separate counsel is available to advise a cabinet employee in court anytime that the cabinet employee is required to be in court; amend KRS 620.142 to establish custodial, permanency, and service options available to a relative or fictive kin caregiver; amend KRS 620.360 to clarify that all components of a foster parent’s approval are effective for three years and that when reevaluation is required after that three years that all courses be offered online and in-person and allow the foster parent to choose the format they want for reevaluation; amend KRS 620.365 to establish requirements related to when a child has been in the same foster family home for a period of nine months.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-19","last_action":"returned to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-26","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB628/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb628.html","sponsor":"David Meade"},
{"bill_id":1354537,"bill_number":"HB586","title":"AN ACT relating to possession of a controlled substance.","description":"Amend KRS 218A.010 to add definitions of \"trace amount\" and \"residue\"; amend KRS 218A.1415, 218A.1416, and 218A.1417 to lower penalty for possession of a controlled substance when the substance is in a trace amount or is residue.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-19","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-19","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB586/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb586.html","sponsor":"Jason Nemes"},
{"bill_id":1354538,"bill_number":"HB562","title":"AN ACT relating to child support.","description":"Amend KRS 620.090 to require that a child support order be established or modified within 7 days of an order of temporary removal.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"posting withdrawn","last_action_date":"2020-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB562/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb562.html","sponsor":"Jason Petrie"},
{"bill_id":1354540,"bill_number":"HB577","title":"AN ACT relating to epinephrine auto-injectors.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefits plans to cover epinephrine auto-injectors for persons 18 years of age and under; provide that the coverage shall not be subject to cost-sharing requirements; amend KRS 205.522 to apply the 18-and-under auto-injector coverage requirement to the Department of Medicaid Services and managed care organizations contracted to provide Medicaid benefits; amend KRS 205.6485 to require the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program to comply with the 18-and-under auto-injector coverage requirement; amend KRS 18A.225 to require the state employee health plan to comply the 18-and-under auto-injector coverage requirement; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB577/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb577.html","sponsor":"Cherlynn Stevenson"},
{"bill_id":1354543,"bill_number":"SR221","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Stephen P. Brunson to the Kentucky Housing Corporation Board of Directors.","description":"Confirm the reappointment of Stephen P. Brunson to the Kentucky Housing Corporation Board of Directors for a term expiring October 30, 2023.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"adopted 34-0","last_action_date":"2020-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR221/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr221.html","sponsor":"Christian McDaniel"},
{"bill_id":1354544,"bill_number":"HB644","title":"AN ACT relating to forfeiture of retirement benefits upon conviction of a sexual offense against a minor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 21 to provide that any current or former judge or justice with an account in the Judicial Retirement Plan, who is convicted of or enters into a plea agreement to avoid conviction of a felony or misdemeanor relating to his or her duties or for engaging in sex with a minor, including rape, sodomy, sexual abuse, and sexual misconduct, shall cease membership in the Judicial Retirement Plan and forfeit all rights and benefits earned in the Judicial Retirement Plan, except for return of his or her individual contributions and any interest; amend KRS 6.696 to provide that any current or former legislator convicted of a felony or misdemeanor or entering a plea agreement to avoid conviction of a felony or misdemeanor for engaging in sex with a minor, including rape, sodomy, sexual abuse, and sexual misconduct, shall forfeit all rights and benefits under the state-administered plan to which the legislator has made contributions for his or her service, except for return of his or her individual contributions and any interest; amend KRS 16.652, 61.535, and 78.852 to provide that any member of the retirement systems administered by the Kentucky Retirement Systems who is convicted of or enters into a plea agreement to avoid conviction of a felony or misdemeanor for engaging in sex with a minor, including rape, sodomy, sexual abuse, and sexual misconduct, shall cease membership in the retirement system to which the member has made contributions and forfeit all rights and benefits earned in that system, except for return of his or her individual contributions and any interest; amend KRS 161.700 to provide that any member of the Teachers' Retirement System who is convicted of or enters into a plea agreement to avoid conviction of a felony or misdemeanor for engaging in sex with a minor, including rape, sodomy, sexual abuse, and sexual misconduct, shall cease membership in the Teachers' Retirement System and forfeit all rights and benefits earned in that system, except for return of his or her individual contributions and any interest; amend KRS 6.505, 21.360, 21.470, 21.480, 61.692, 161.700, and 161.714 to conform; and specify in noncodified language that this Act shall only apply to felonies, misdemeanors, and plea agreements entered into on or after the effective date of this Act.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-03-05","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB644/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb644.html","sponsor":"David Osborne"},
{"bill_id":1354546,"bill_number":"HB593","title":"AN ACT relating to cannabidiol products.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 217.005 to 217.215 to establish labeling requirements for cannabidiol products.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-19","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-26","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB593/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb593.html","sponsor":"Joe Graviss"},
{"bill_id":1354547,"bill_number":"HB612","title":"AN ACT relating to registration fees payable to county clerks.","description":"Amend KRS 186.040 to have the specified funds available for distribution to county clerks from vehicle registration fees be distributed equally to county clerks in counties containing no new motor vehicle dealers, as defined in KRS 190.010, rather than to counties containing populations of less than 20,000, and specify that the payment is to be made directly to each qualified county clerk's office.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-03-05","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB612/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb612.html","sponsor":"James Tipton"},
{"bill_id":1354550,"bill_number":"HB607","title":"AN ACT relating to pari-mutuel tax.","description":"Amend KRS 138.510 to impose a 1.5% surtax on historical horse races, on or after October 1, 2020; amend KRS 138.513 to impose a 2.5% surtax on advance deposit account wagers; amend KRS 138.530 and 230.750 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB607/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb607.html","sponsor":"Kim King"},
{"bill_id":1354552,"bill_number":"HB552","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend KRS 533.050 to require the court to considered all sanctions, including graduated sanctions adopted by the Department of Corrections for violations of the conditions of community supervision, before revoking a sentence of probation or conditional discharge; amend KRS 439.553 to conform.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-19","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-19","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB552/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb552.html","sponsor":"Ed Massey"},
{"bill_id":1354554,"bill_number":"HB573","title":"AN ACT relating to the safety of health care workers.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 338 to define \"health care facility,\" \"health care worker,\" \"workplace safety,\" and \"'workplace violence\"; to require a health care facility to annually perform workplace safety and workplace violence assessments; and have a workplace safety and workplace violence education program and reporting process for health care workers; bar retaliation or discrimination against health care workers who report workplace safety incidents.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2020-03-09","committee":"Economic Development & Workforce Investment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB573/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb573.html","sponsor":"Stan Lee"},
{"bill_id":1354555,"bill_number":"HB606","title":"AN ACT relating to wage payment.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 514 to create the offense of theft of wages and establish penalties; define \"employer,\" \"employee,\" and \"wages\"; amend KRS 336.080 to indicate the secretary may enter places of employment without unreasonable delay to inspect a place of employment; amend KRS 337.020 to allow the commissioner to charge and collect past due wages; amend KRS 337.070 to require certain employers to include rate of pay, the number of hours worked, and the total amount of gross pay earned on wage statements provided to employees; amend KRS 337.200 to create an additional wage payment bond requirement for employers engaged in the severance, preparation, or transportation of minerals; amend KRS 337.295 to include reference to wage payment bonds; create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to provide a cause of action for unpaid wages due; amend KRS 337.320 to require employers to keep record for three years of the name, address, and occupation of each employee, the rate of pay and amount paid to each employee, a list of personnel policies provided to the employees, and a copy of the wage statement provided to each employee; create a new section of Chapter 337 to require employers to provide to an employee a written notice at the time of hire that sets forth the rate and method of pay, the employees employment status, accruals of time, deductions that may be made from pay, and the name and address of the employer; require the employer to keep a copy of the notice signed by the employee; amend KRS 337.990 to include a civil penalty for failure to provide the written notice to employee and maintain a copy of the signed notice; amend KRS 337.994 to require the commissioner of the Department of Workplace Standards to conduct investigations to verify compliance with wage payment bond requirements; to create a civil penalty for violations of the wage payment bond provisions.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB606/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb606.html","sponsor":"Chris Fugate"},
{"bill_id":1354557,"bill_number":"HB616","title":"AN ACT relating to child dependency, neglect, or abuse.","description":"Amend KRS 620.145, 620.180, and 620.240 to establish a 30-day case review to be submitted to a court for a child who is in the custody of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-19","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-19","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB616/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb616.html","sponsor":"Lynn Bechler"},
{"bill_id":1354558,"bill_number":"HB603","title":"AN ACT relating to elections.","description":"Amend KRS 118.385 to provide clarifying language relating to records.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB603/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb603.html","sponsor":"Kevin Bratcher"},
{"bill_id":1354562,"bill_number":"HB583","title":"AN ACT relating to occupational disease claims.","description":"Amend KRS 342.125 to remove the requirement that an affected employee previously diagnosed with occupational pneumoconiosis resulting from exposure to coal dust must have an additional two years of employment in the Commonwealth wherein the employee was continuously exposed to the hazards of the disease in order to reopen a claim.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Economic Development & Workforce Investment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB583/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb583.html","sponsor":"Ashley Tackett Laferty"},
{"bill_id":1354563,"bill_number":"HB626","title":"AN ACT relating to the conduct of local elected officials.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 117 to prohibit certain conduct of local elected officials; amend KRS 117.995 to provide a Class A misdemeanor criminal charge against those local elected officials who engage in the prohibited conduct.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB626/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb626.html","sponsor":"Randy Bridges"},
{"bill_id":1354564,"bill_number":"HCR124","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Property Valuation Administrator's Office Task Force.","description":"Create the Property Valuation Administrator's Office Task Force to study the operations and funding of the property valuation administrators' offices and the property valuation administrators' job requirements, property valuation methods, and timeframe in relation to the ad valorem taxation process; outline task force membership; require the task force to meet at least monthly during the 2020 Interim and to submit any proposed findings or recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2020.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-18","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-19","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR124/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hcr124.html","sponsor":"Randy Bridges"},
{"bill_id":1354567,"bill_number":"HB549","title":"AN ACT relating to limited X-ray machine operators.","description":"Amend KRS 311B.020 to change the definition of \"limited X-ray machine operator\" and \"medical imaging technologist.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB549/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb549.html","sponsor":"Ed Massey"},
{"bill_id":1354568,"bill_number":"HJR121","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION directing all hospitals offering emergency services, the Kentucky Board of Nursing, the Kentucky Association of Sexual Assault Programs, and the Kentucky Office of Victim Advocacy to report information relating to sexual assault nurse examiners and sexual assault medical-forensic examinations.","description":"Direct all hospitals offering emergency services, the Kentucky Board of Nursing, the Kentucky Association of Sexual Assault Programs, and the Kentucky Office of Victim Advocacy to report information relating to sexual assault nurse examinations and sexual assault medical-forensic examinations to the Interim Joint Committee on Health, Welfare, and Family Services by October 1, 2021; permit the co-chairs of the Interim Joint Committee on Health, Welfare, and Family Services to send the data to be analyzed and reported on by December 1, 2021.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR121/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hjr121.html","sponsor":"Cherlynn Stevenson"},
{"bill_id":1354574,"bill_number":"SB246","title":"AN ACT relating to protecting the privacy of online customer information.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 365.720 to 365.730 to prohibit a provider of broadband Internet access service from using, disclosing, selling, or permitting access to customer personal information unless the customer expressly consents to that use, disclosure, sale, or access; provide other exceptions under which a provider may use, disclose, sell, or permit access to customer personal information.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB246/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb246.html","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":1354575,"bill_number":"SB237","title":"AN ACT relating to tissue sample collection in autopsies.","description":"Amend KRS 213.161 and 72.405 to allow for the collection of tissue samples from post-mortem examinations of children for research purposes.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-04-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 126)","last_action_date":"2020-04-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB237/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb237.html","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":1354578,"bill_number":"HB589","title":"AN ACT relating to retail package alcohol sales.","description":"Amend KRS 243.084 to allow a hotel or restaurant to sell up to 2,000 bottles of package sales annually to its patrons under its NQ2 license; amend KRS 243.086 to allow a private club to sell up to 2,000 bottles of package sales annually to its members under its NQ3 license.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB589/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb589.html","sponsor":"Joe Graviss"},
{"bill_id":1354579,"bill_number":"SB236","title":"AN ACT relating to the psychology interjurisdictional compact.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 319 to enact and enter into the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact with all other jurisdictions that legally join the compact; declare the purpose of the compact; define terms; allow a psychologist to hold one or more compact state licenses at a time; recognize the right of a psychologist licensed in the compact to practice telepsychology in other compact states the psychologist is not licensed; establish conditions under which a psychologist licensed to practice in compact state can practice telepsychology; establish the conditions under which a psychologist licensed to practice in a compact state may be granted a Temporary Authorization to Practice; authorize a home state to take adverse action against a psychologist's licensed issued by the Home State; allow a receiving state to take adverse action on a psychologist's Authority to Practice Interjurisdictional Telepsychology within that receiving state;","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB236/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb236.html","sponsor":"Paul Hornback"},
{"bill_id":1354582,"bill_number":"HB592","title":"AN ACT relating to Kentucky Retirement Systems employers.","description":"Amend KRS 61.522 to move the one-time window where quasi-governmental agencies may voluntarily cease participation in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System (KERS) ahead one year from June 30, 2020, to June 30, 2021, and to move all other corresponding timelines for the window ahead one year.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB592/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb592.html","sponsor":"Joe Graviss"},
{"bill_id":1354583,"bill_number":"SR217","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Bridget Skaggs Brown to the Parole Board.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Bridget Skaggs Brown to the Parole Board for a term expiring June 30, 2023.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"adopted 34-0","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR217/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr217.html","sponsor":"Paul Hornback"},
{"bill_id":1354585,"bill_number":"HB569","title":"AN ACT relating to average daily enrollment.","description":"Amend KRS 157.320 to replace the use of \"average daily attendance\" with \"average daily enrollment\" for funding purposes under the Support Education Excellence in Kentucky fund; amend various other sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB569/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb569.html","sponsor":"John Sims"},
{"bill_id":1354586,"bill_number":"HB620","title":"AN ACT relating to prescribing controlled substances.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to establish the Controlled Substance Prescribing Review and Enforcement Advisory Council to provide advice, guidance, and recommendations to state licensing boards charged with enforcing and reviewing prescribing practices; establish membership, terms of office, and duties of the council; require the council to work in cooperation with affected entities; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to provide staff, facilities, and resources for the meetings of the council; require other entities to cooperate with the council; amend KRS 218A.205 to require every state licensing board to promulgate administrative regulations relating to reviewing, investigating, and enforcing violations of prescribing practices; create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to require the State Board of Medical Licensure to promulgate administrative regulations relating to approving licenses and reviewing, investigating, and enforcing violations of prescribing practices of advanced practice registered nurses; amend KRS 314.011 to refine\"advanced practice registered nurse\" and \"advanced practice registered nursing\"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 314 to require approval of a license and reviewing, investigating, and enforcing violations of prescribing practices for an advanced practice registered nurse by the State Board of Medical Licensure; make it unlawful for an advanced practice registered nurse to prescribe without State Board of Medical Licensure approval.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-02","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-04","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB620/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb620.html","sponsor":"Kimberly Moser"},
{"bill_id":1354914,"bill_number":"SB254","title":"AN ACT relating to the Judicial Form Retirement System.","description":"Create a new section to close the Legislators' Retirement Plan and Judicial Retirement Plan to new members effective August 1, 2020; amend KRS 6.500, 6.505, 21.350, 21.360, and 61.680 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-03","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-05","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB254/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb254.html","sponsor":"Wil Schroder"},
{"bill_id":1354920,"bill_number":"SB248","title":"AN ACT related to health services.","description":"Amend KRS 205.558 to make technical correction.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-03","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-05","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB248/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb248.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1354927,"bill_number":"SR233","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Jordan M. Lanham to the Kentucky Public Transportation Infrastructure Authority.","description":"Confirm the reappointment of Jordan M. Lanham to the Kentucky Public Transportation Infrastructure Authority for a term expiring October 1, 2023.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-03","last_action":"adopted 31-0","last_action_date":"2020-03-19","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR233/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr233.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1354934,"bill_number":"SR222","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Albert William Pedigo to the Agricultural Development Board.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Albert William Pedigo to the Agricultural Development Board for a term expiring July 6, 2023.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-03","last_action":"adopted 34-0","last_action_date":"2020-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR222/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr222.html","sponsor":"David Givens"},
{"bill_id":1354941,"bill_number":"SB258","title":"AN ACT relating to juvenile justice.","description":"Amend KRS 635.010 to make language gender neutral.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-05","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB258/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb258.html","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":1354947,"bill_number":"SR234","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Joseph L. Grossman to the Board of Trustees of the Kentucky Retirement Systems.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Joseph L. Grossman to the board of trustees of the Kentucky Retirement Systems for a term expiring June 17, 2022.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-03","last_action":"adopted 34-0","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR234/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr234.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1354955,"bill_number":"SR242","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Steven Robert Thomas to the Education Professional Standards Board.","description":"Confirm the reappointment of Steven Robert Thomas to the Education Professional Standards Board for a term expiring June 30, 2022.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-03","last_action":"adopted 34-0","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR242/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr242.html","sponsor":"David Givens"},
{"bill_id":1354964,"bill_number":"SR235","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Richard Clayton \"Clay\" Larkin to the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Richard Clayton \"Clay\" Larkin to the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance as the appointee of the Auditor of Public Accounts.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-03","last_action":"adopted 34-0","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR235/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr235.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1354970,"bill_number":"SB255","title":"AN ACT relating to government procurement.","description":"Amend KRS 45A.180 to require that any governmental body that accepts a proposal be limited to increasing the project price with the winning bidder by no more than ten percent or a new request for proposals shall be initiated.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-03","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-05","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB255/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb255.html","sponsor":"Rick Girdler"},
{"bill_id":1354976,"bill_number":"SR238","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Phillip J. Moffett to the Kentucky Housing Corporation Board of Directors.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Phillip J. Moffett to the Kentucky Housing Corporation Board of Directors to replace Kimberly Thapar for the remainder of the unexpired term ending on October 30, 2021.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-03","last_action":"adopted 34-0","last_action_date":"2020-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR238/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr238.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1354983,"bill_number":"SR225","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of William D. Donan to the Mine Safety Review Commission and designating the same as chair.","description":"Confirm the reappointment of William D. Donan to the Mine Safety Review Commission and appoint the same as chair of the commission.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-03","last_action":"adopted 34-0","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR225/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr225.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1354988,"bill_number":"SB253","title":"AN ACT relating to insurance.","description":"Amend KRS 304.48-080 to remove reference to executive director.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-03","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-05","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB253/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb253.html","sponsor":"Jared Carpenter"},
{"bill_id":1354998,"bill_number":"SB251","title":"AN ACT relating to mining.","description":"Amend KRS 351.010 so that open-pit mines do not include any excavation made from a refuse fill.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-04-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch.100)","last_action_date":"2020-04-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB251/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb251.html","sponsor":"Brandon Smith"},
{"bill_id":1355004,"bill_number":"SB249","title":"AN ACT relating to retirement and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 61.565 to reset amortization period to a new 30-year period effective with the 2019 valuation; establish layered amortization method by requiring any increase or decrease in actuarially accrued liability after the 2019 valuation to be amortized over separate 20-year closed periods beginning with the valuation in which the increase or decrease is first recognized; amend KRS 61.510 to remove the definition of \"level dollar amortization method\" and define \"level percentage of payroll amortization method\"; provide that Kentucky Retirement Systems shall amend the 2019 actuarial valuation in accordance with the amendments to KRS 61.565 in this Act and provide updated employer contributions to the Governor and General Assembly; provide that CERS employer rate phase in is paused for one year period; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-04-08","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 82)","last_action_date":"2020-04-08","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB249/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb249.html","sponsor":"Christian McDaniel"},
{"bill_id":1355018,"bill_number":"SR229","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Elizabeth J. Smith to the Education Professional Standards Board.","description":"Confirm the reappointment of Elizabeth J. Smith to the Education Professional Standards Board for a term expiring June 30, 2022.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-03","last_action":"adopted 34-0","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR229/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr229.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1355025,"bill_number":"SR224","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Craig C. Dilger to the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance.","description":"Confirm the reappointment of Craig C. Dilger, to the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance, representing nonpartisan organizations for a term expiring August 15, 2020.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-03","last_action":"adopted 34-0","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR224/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr224.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1355034,"bill_number":"SB252","title":"AN ACT relating to financial institutions.","description":"Amend KRS 286.1-440 to include gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-03","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-05","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB252/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb252.html","sponsor":"Jared Carpenter"},
{"bill_id":1355040,"bill_number":"SB259","title":"AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverage licenses.","description":"Amend KRS 243.100 to remove the residency requirement; amend KRS 243.040 and 243.200 to conform; amend KRS 243.360 to remove outdated address from statute; amend KRS 243.240 to remove sales percentage provisions and club or subscription language and to specify that deliveries must be made into territory that has authorized package sales and be made by an employee or independent contractor of the licensee; amend KRS 241.010 to remove the word exclusively from the definition of commercial quadricycle.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-03","last_action":"to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-05","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB259/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb259.html","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":1355046,"bill_number":"SB250","title":"AN ACT relating to protection for entrepreneurs and workers.","description":"Amend KRS 336.010 to add definitions of \"contractor,\" \"person,\" \"prime contractor,\" and \"subcontractor\"; amend KRS 336.040 to give authority to the Labor Cabinet for purposes of determining if a person is an employee or an independent contractor; provide the procedure for the determination; create a new section of KRS Chapter 336 to provide the elements for determining if someone is an independent contractor; limit prime contractor liability and eliminate employee benefits and wages for independent contractors; require the cabinet to notify certain governmental agencies that employee misclassification has occurred; amend KRS 336.050 to require the secretary of the Labor Cabinet to develop a training program to educate entrepreneurs and the public about classification of employees to begin no later than July 1, 2021; amend KRS 336.990 to add penalties for the misclassification of employees; Sections 1, 3 and 5 EFFECTIVE January 1, 2022.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-03","last_action":"to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-05","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB250/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb250.html","sponsor":"Phillip Wheeler"},
{"bill_id":1355053,"bill_number":"SR243","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Michael A. Rowady.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Michael A. Rowady.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-06","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-03-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR243/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr243.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1355062,"bill_number":"SB256","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend KRS 523.030 to make language gender-neutral.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-05","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB256/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb256.html","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":1355068,"bill_number":"SR223","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Alexander Douglas Gaddis to the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Alexander Douglas Gaddis to the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance, representing nonpartisan organizations, for a term expiring August 15, 2020.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-03","last_action":"adopted 34-0","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR223/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr223.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1355075,"bill_number":"SR241","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Aaron Scott Collins to the Education Professional Standards Board.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Aaron Scott Collins to the Education Professional Standards Board for a term expiring June 30, 2022.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-03","last_action":"adopted 34-0","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR241/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr241.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1355085,"bill_number":"SR236","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Caswell Prewitt Lane to the Board of Trustees of the Kentucky Retirement Systems.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Caswell Prewitt Lane to the board of trustees of the Kentucky Retirement Systems for a term expiring June 17, 2023.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-03","last_action":"adopted 34-0","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR236/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr236.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1355092,"bill_number":"SB257","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend KRS 520.090 to make language gender-neutral.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-03","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-05","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB257/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb257.html","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":1355098,"bill_number":"SR228","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Melanie Shay Callahan to the Education Professional Standards Board.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Melanie Shay Callahan to the Education Professional Standards Board for a term expiring June 30, 2022.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-03","last_action":"adopted 34-0","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR228/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr228.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1355104,"bill_number":"SR230","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Sherry Wilson Powers to the Education Professional Standards Board.","description":"Confirm the reappointment of Sherry Wilson Powers to the Education Professional Standards Board for a term expiring June 30, 2022.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-03","last_action":"adopted 34-0","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR230/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr230.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1355113,"bill_number":"SR232","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Thomas Patrick O'Brien III to the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance.","description":"Confirm the reappointment of Thomas Patrick O'Brien III to the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance, representing the Republican Executive Committee for a term expiring August 15, 2023.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-03","last_action":"adopted 34-0","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR232/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr232.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1355121,"bill_number":"SR227","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Adam Dewayne Smith to the Education Professional Standards Board.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Adam Dewayne Smith to the Education Professional Standards Board for a term expiring June 30, 2022.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-03","last_action":"adopted 34-0","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR227/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr227.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1355127,"bill_number":"SR231","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Mark F. Sommer to the Kentucky Lottery Corporation Board of Directors.","description":"Confirm the reappointment of Mark F. Sommer to the Kentucky Lottery Corporation Board of Directors for a term expiring November 28, 2023.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-03","last_action":"adopted 34-0","last_action_date":"2020-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR231/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr231.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1355134,"bill_number":"SR226","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of George J. Miller to the Mine Safety Review Commission.","description":"Confirm the appointment of George J. Miller to the Mine Safety Review Commission.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-03","last_action":"adopted 34-0","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR226/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr226.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1355140,"bill_number":"SR239","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Jerry Dale Yates to the Kentucky Housing Corporation Board of Directors.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Jerry Dale Yates to the Kentucky Housing Corporation Board of Directors for a term expiring October 30, 2021.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-03","last_action":"adopted 34-0","last_action_date":"2020-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR239/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr239.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1355147,"bill_number":"SR237","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of John Carroll Cheshire III to the Board of Trustees of the Kentucky Retirement Systems.","description":"Confirm the appointment of John Carroll Cheshire III to the board of trustees of the Kentucky Retirement Systems for a term expiring June 17, 2023.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-03","last_action":"adopted 34-0","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR237/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr237.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1355155,"bill_number":"SB247","title":"AN ACT relating to driver education.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require that a driver's education program administered by a school district or licensed under KRS Chapter 332, include instruction on driver and peace officer interaction; amend KRS 186.480 to require the Kentucky State Police to produce a Driver Manual available in printed or electronic format that contains the new course of instruction developed; amend KRS 186.574 to require the Transportation Cabinet to include the new course of instruction developed, in the course for new drivers; create a new section of KRS Chapter 332 to require that licensed driver training schools include in the new course of instruction developed; amend KRS 15.334 to require basic law enforcement training to include training on peace officer and driver interaction; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-03","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB247/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb247.html","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":1355161,"bill_number":"SR240","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of John Christopher Robinson to the Education Professional Standards Board.","description":"Confirm the appointment of John Christopher Robinson to the Education Professional Standards Board for a term expiring June 30, 2022.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-03","last_action":"adopted 34-0","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR240/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr240.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1355697,"bill_number":"SB262","title":"AN ACT relating to executive branch governance.","description":"Amend KRS 11.160 to remove all references to confirmation of a gubernatorial appointment by the House of Representatives.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-04","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-06","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB262/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb262.html","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":1355704,"bill_number":"SB286","title":"AN ACT relating to hunting and fishing licenses.","description":"Amend KRS 150.170 to create a hunting and fishing license exemption for persons who are either American veterans who are at least 50% disabled as a result of a service-related disability or who are declared permanently and totally disabled by a specified entity; amend KRS 150.175 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-04","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Energy (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-06","committee":"Natural Resources and Energy","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB286/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb286.html","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":1355711,"bill_number":"SB260","title":"AN ACT relating to retirement.","description":"Amend KRS 61.526 to make language gender-neutral.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-04","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-06","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB260/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb260.html","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":1355717,"bill_number":"SJR245","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION designating the Lt. Garlin Murl Conner Memorial Highway in Clinton County.","description":"Designate the Lt. Garlin Murl Conner Memorial Highway in Clinton County.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-04","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-06","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR245/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sjr245.html","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":1355724,"bill_number":"SB274","title":"AN ACT relating to air ambulance services.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require out-of-network coverage of air ambulance claims; require program for payment of out-of-network air ambulance claims; require mediation process for out-of-network claims; deem compliant payments as full and final payments by the covered person; require the Department of Insurance to report health facilities that do not provide required disclosures; require that the Department of Insurance publish on its Web site participating provider status information of air ambulance providers; create a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to require health care providers to make certain disclosures to a covered person; create a new section of KRS Chapter 311A to prohibit an air ambulance provider or its agent from selling subscription services; amend KRS 216B.990 to establish fines for health facilities failing to provide required disclosures; amend KRS 304.17A-254 and 304.17A-527 to require a compliance clause in participating provider agreements; amend KRS 304.99-020 to establish penalties for certain violations; amend KRS 311A.060 to require the Board of Emergency Medical Services to report certain violations to the commissioner of insurance; amend KRS 367.990 to establish penalties for provider violations; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-04","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-06","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB274/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb274.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1355733,"bill_number":"SB263","title":"AN ACT relating to the coal workers' pneumoconiosis fund.","description":"Amend KRS 342.1242 and 342.1243 to set forth the process to refund excess assessments to coal employers.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2020-04-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 122)","last_action_date":"2020-04-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB263/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb263.html","sponsor":"Phillip Wheeler"},
{"bill_id":1355742,"bill_number":"SB282","title":"AN ACT relating to paid sick leave and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to require employers to provide accrued paid sick leave to employees; provide mechanism for employees to accrue paid sick leave; establish guidelines for employers to calculate paid sick leave for employees; set forth manner in which paid sick leave can be used; amend KRS 337.990 to create a civil penalty for violation of provisions; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-04","last_action":"to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-06","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB282/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb282.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1355748,"bill_number":"SB272","title":"AN ACT relating to expungement.","description":"Amend KRS 431.073, 431.078, and 431.079 to allow court to waive expungement fees on a finding of indigence.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-04","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-06","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB272/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb272.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1355755,"bill_number":"SB271","title":"AN ACT relating to executive orders.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 11 to require executive orders issued by the Governor to be identified by year of issuance and subject area, to be numbered consecutively within year of issuance and subject area categories, and to be filed with the Secretary of State; require the Secretary of State to forward certain executive orders identified to the director of the Legislative Research Commission on the date filed; require the co-chairs of the Legislative Research Commission to refer executive orders relating to reorganization of state government and other matters pertaining to the operation or official policy of the government, to the legislative committee of jurisdiction within two working days after the order is received by the Legislative Research Commission; provide that executive orders relating to appointments requiring confirmation, reorganization of state government, and other matters pertaining to the operation or official policy of the government shall not become effective until 35 days after being filed with the Secretary of State; require the committee of referral to review the executive order within 30 days and report its findings and objections; require an objection by the reviewing committee to be upon the vote of a majority of the committee members of either chamber; direct that executive orders pertaining to governmental policy which were objected to by a reviewing committee be identified in legislation drafted for introduction by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House on the first day of the regular session; require the proposed legislation to declare each identified deficient executive order void upon enactment of the legislation, prohibit the Governor from adopting executive orders that are the same or substantially the same as the voided executive order for one year from sine die adjournment of the legislative session in which the legislation is enacted, and contain an emergency clause; permit the General Assembly to amend the proposed legislation to add executive orders, delete executive orders, or include reorganization orders which have not been enacted into law; require the Governor to compile a list of all executive orders currently in effect and provide the list to the Legislative Research Commission by September 30, 2020; require the Governor to identify executive orders that should remain in effect and those he or she shall revoke or repeal as obsolete or no longer necessary; provide that executive orders the Governor does not continue in effect or revoke or repeal on another date will cease to exist as of October 1, 2020; require legislative review of executive orders that the Governor has identified should remain in effect; create a new section of KRS Chapter 12 to require each administrative body created by executive order or administrative order to cease to exist at the end of the issuing Governor's or other statewide elected official's term of office unless established by General Assembly enactment; amend KRS 12.028, relating to the reorganization of state government, to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-04","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-06","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB271/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb271.html","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":1355763,"bill_number":"SB265","title":"AN ACT relating to consumer protections in health care.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to require health care providers to provide good faith estimates to patients for scheduled health care services; require health care providers and insurers to disclose certain information for scheduled health care services that are covered under a covered person's health plan; prohibit balance billing for certain nonparticipating providers that fail to provide a good faith estimate; prohibit balance billing for certain emergency services; prohibit insurers and health facilities from representing that a health facility is a participating provider under certain circumstances; establish penalties and enforcement by the Attorney General; amend KRS 304.17A-580 to require health plans to cover certain emergency services; establish reimbursement requirements for certain emergency services provided by a nonparticipating provider at an out-of-network facility; amend KRS 304.12-020 to provide that it shall be an unfair or deceptive trade practice for an insurer to violate Section 1 of the Act; state that certain contracts that are contrary to the Act shall be unenforceable and void.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-04","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-06","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB265/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb265.html","sponsor":"Wil Schroder"},
{"bill_id":1355773,"bill_number":"SB281","title":"AN ACT relating to direct shipment of wine to consumers.","description":"Amend KRS 241.010 to define \"direct shipper\" and amend the definitions of \"retail sale\" and \"sale\"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 243 to establish a direct shipper license and penalties for violations; amend KRS 243.030 to establish the license fee for a direct shipper license; amend KRS 243.120 to allow a Kentucky winery to ship to a consumer; amend KRS 243.130 to allow for the direct shipper license; amend KRS 243.155 to remove the in-person requirement for wine purchases and to conform with direct shipper license privileges; amend KRS 244.165 to specify the privileges for a Kentucky-licensed small farm winery or winery; add the direct shippers license privileges; amend KRS 243.034 and 243.0341 to conform; provide severability provisions.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-04","last_action":"recommitted to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":"Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB281/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb281.html","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":1355787,"bill_number":"SB275","title":"AN ACT relating to early childhood education.","description":"Amend KRS 157.3175 to require school districts to provide full-day preschool, require all four year olds residing in the school district be eligible; amend KRS 158.060 to remove half-day allowance for kindergarten; amend KRS 157.320 to remove kindergarten full-time equivalent definition; amend KRS 157.360, and 158.030 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-04","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-06","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB275/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb275.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1355795,"bill_number":"SJR246","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to assess Kentucky’s preparedness to address the coronavirus and report to the General Assembly.","description":"Direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to assess Kentucky’s preparedness to address the corona virus and report to the General Assembly.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-04","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-06","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR246/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sjr246.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1355801,"bill_number":"SB269","title":"AN ACT relating to the compensation of employees of the Governor.","description":"Amend KRS 11.110 to limit the amount of compensation an employee who has not retired from any of the state administered retirement systems and who is appointed to a position in the Executive Branch by the Governor to twenty-five percent above any prior state service compensation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-04","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-06","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB269/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb269.html","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":1355811,"bill_number":"SB276","title":"AN ACT proposing to amend Sections 97, 99, 119, and 122 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to terms of Constitutional offices.","description":"Propose to amend Sections 97, 99, 119, and 122 of the Constitution of Kentucky to increase the term of office for Commonwealth Attorneys from 6 years to 8 years beginning in 2030; to increase the terms of judges of the District Court from 4 years to 8 years beginning in 2030; and to increase the requirement of being a license attorney from 2 years to 8 years for District Court judges beginning in 2022; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-04","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-06","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB276/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb276.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1355818,"bill_number":"SB280","title":"AN ACT relating to Transportation.","description":"Amend KRS 189.010 to define \"Cabinet\" as the Transportation Cabinet.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-04","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-06","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB280/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb280.html","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":1355826,"bill_number":"SB261","title":"AN ACT relating to Senate approval of appointments.","description":"Amend KRS 148.260 to require members of the Horse Park Commission to be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate; amend KRS 230.225 to require members of the Horse Racing Commission to be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-04","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-06","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB261/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb261.html","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":1355835,"bill_number":"SB285","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization.","description":"Amend KRS 156.029 to add a teacher and the Secretary of the Education and Workforce Cabinet to the Kentucky Board of Education as nonvoting members; require board appointments to ensure broad geographic, racial, and gender diversity; confirm Executive Order 2019-002.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-04","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-06","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB285/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb285.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1355840,"bill_number":"SB279","title":"AN ACT relating to animals and making an appropriation.","description":"Amend KRS 258.500 to define \"person\" as a person with a disability who has an ongoing therapeutic relationship with a health care provider and stipulate who can be a health care provider under the definition; exclude from therapeutic relationship fee-based transactions for disability documentation absent a face-to-face consultation with a health care provider; establish requirements for an assistance dog to be granted public accommodation; affirm certain rights and privileges of public establishments as nondiscriminatory and allow additional rights for those providing accommodation in situations of tenancy; amend KRS 258.335 to make unlawful the misrepresentation of a dog as an assistance dog to obtain public accommodation; amend KRS 258.991 to set penalty for interference with use of an assistance dog at $500 and delete jail time; make the misrepresentation of a dog as an assistance dog to obtain public accommodations unlawful and provide for a fine of up to $1,000; require that all fines collected be paid into the animal control and care fund with 50% for spay and neuter clinics and 50% for county animal shelter block grants; amend KRS 525.010 to clarify the definition of \"assistance dog.\"","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2020-03-18","last_action":"returned to Health and Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-19","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB279/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb279.html","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":1355850,"bill_number":"SB270","title":"AN ACT relating to executive branch ethics.","description":"Amend KRS 11A.206 to prohibit executive agency lobbyists from contributing to the campaigns of candidates for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Treasurer, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Auditor, and Commissioner of Agriculture.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-04","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-06","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB270/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb270.html","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":1355858,"bill_number":"SB267","title":"AN ACT relating to the household and dependent care service tax credit.","description":"Amend KRS 141.067 to increase the amount of household and dependent care service tax credit to an amount equal to 100% of the allowable federal credit; apply to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2020.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-04","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-06","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB267/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb267.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1355865,"bill_number":"SR244","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring the Taylor County High School boys' golf team upon winning the 2019 KHSAA State Golf Championship.","description":"Honor the Taylor County High School boys' golf team upon winning the 2019 KHSAA State Golf Championship.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-26","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR244/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr244.html","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":1355872,"bill_number":"SB283","title":"AN ACT relating to official documents.","description":"Make technical corrections and conforming amendments to various sections of KRS Chapter 423 regarding notaries, electronic and online notarizations, and certificates of notarization; repeal KRS 423.110. 423.130, 423.140. 423.150, 423.160, 423.170, 423.180, and 423.190.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-04","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-06","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB283/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb283.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1355881,"bill_number":"SB273","title":"AN ACT relating to Transportation.","description":"Amend KRS 189.010 to define \"Cabinet\" as the Transportation Cabinet.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-04","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-06","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB273/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb273.html","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":1355889,"bill_number":"SB268","title":"AN ACT relating to campaign finance.","description":"Amend KRS 121.172 to make technical corrections.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-04","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-06","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB268/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb268.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1355896,"bill_number":"SB264","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 provide 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, 2023; delay the effective date of Sections 3 to 5 until June 1, 2023.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-04","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-06","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB264/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb264.html","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":1355903,"bill_number":"SB266","title":"AN ACT relating to school resource officer data collection.","description":"Amend KRS 158.444 to require data be reported annually on the activities of school resource officers to the Interim Joint Committee on Education, the Office of Education Accountability, and the Education Assessment and Accountability Review Subcommittee.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-04","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-06","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB266/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb266.html","sponsor":"Denise Harper Angel"},
{"bill_id":1355909,"bill_number":"SB277","title":"AN ACT relating to aviation.","description":"Amend KRS 183.050 the insert gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-04","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-06","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB277/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb277.html","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":1355916,"bill_number":"SB284","title":"AN ACT relating to coverage for breast cancer.","description":"Amend KRS 304.17-316 to require health insurance policies offering coverage for hospital, medical, or surgical benefits for a mastectomy to provide coverage for annual breast cancer screenings for persons 35 years of age or older; amend KRS 304.17A-133 to prohibit health benefit plans from imposing cost sharing for annual breast cancer screenings; require that coverage be provided regardless of whether the health benefit plan provides coverage for hospital, medical, or surgical services for a mastectomy; amend KRS 304.17A-096, 304.18-098, 304.32-1591, and 304.38-1935 to conform; amend KRS 18A.225 to require the state employee health plan to comply with Section 2 of the Act; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-04","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-06","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB284/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb284.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1355921,"bill_number":"SB278","title":"AN ACT relating to aviation.","description":"Amend KRS 183.050 the insert gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-04","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2020-03-06","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB278/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb278.html","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":1356475,"bill_number":"SR247","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Kenneth N. Ballou.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Kenneth N. Ballou.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR247/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr247.html","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":1356544,"bill_number":"SR248","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Sue W. Parrott.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Sue W. Parrott.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR248/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr248.html","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":1357907,"bill_number":"SR249","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Kelly Craft, United States Ambassador to the United Nations.","description":"Honor Kelly Craft, United States Ambassador to the United Nations.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR249/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr249.html","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":1357923,"bill_number":"SR250","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Christopher Alan McKinney.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Christopher Alan McKinney.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR250/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr250.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1357939,"bill_number":"SR251","title":"A RESOLUTION declaring April 22, 2020, as Environmental Education Day in Kentucky and honoring the 50th anniversary of Earth Day.","description":"Declare April 22, 2020, as Environmental Education Day in Kentucky and honor the 50th anniversary of Earth Day.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR251/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr251.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1358511,"bill_number":"SR252","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Walter William \"Bill\" Corey.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Walter William \"Bill\" Corey.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR252/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr252.html","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":1358528,"bill_number":"HR126","title":"A RESOLUTION encouraging Kentucky institutions such as colleges, universities, and hospitals to create tuition benefit, loan forgiveness, or other incentivizing programs in order to improve health care in areas with critical care access and health professional shortages.","description":"Encourage Kentucky institutions such as colleges, universities, and hospitals to create tuition benefit, loan forgiveness, or other incentivizing programs in order to improve health care in critical care access and health professional shortage areas.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-10","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-12","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR126/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr126.html","sponsor":"Kimberly Moser"},
{"bill_id":1358866,"bill_number":"SR262","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Joe Rollin Bowen to the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Joe Rollin Bowen to the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees for a term expiring June 30, 2025.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-11","last_action":"adopted 34-0","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR262/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr262.html","sponsor":"Matt Castlen"},
{"bill_id":1358875,"bill_number":"SR257","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Ronald Lynn Wright to the University of Louisville Board of Trustees.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Ronald Lynn Wright to the University of Louisville Board of Trustees for a term expiring January 13, 2020.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-11","last_action":"adopted 34-0","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR257/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr257.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1358887,"bill_number":"SR256","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Randall Jay Buford to the University of Louisville Board of Trustees.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Randall Jay Buford to the University of Louisville Board of Trustees for an unexpired term ending January 13, 2021.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-11","last_action":"adopted 34-0","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR256/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr256.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1358902,"bill_number":"SR253","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Christopher James Girdler to the Kentucky Community and Technical College System Board of Regents.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Christopher James Girdler to the Kentucky Community and Technical College System Board of Regents for a term expiring June 21, 2025.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-11","last_action":"adopted 34-0","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR253/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr253.html","sponsor":"Rick Girdler"},
{"bill_id":1358915,"bill_number":"SR261","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Cathy A. Black to the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Cathy A. Black to the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees for a term expiring June 30, 2025.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-11","last_action":"adopted 34-0","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR261/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr261.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1358927,"bill_number":"SR255","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of John Edward Chilton to the University of Louisville Board of Trustees.","description":"Confirm the appointment of John Edward Chilton to the University of Louisville Board of Trustees for an unexpired term ending January 13, 2022.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-11","last_action":"adopted 34-0","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR255/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr255.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1358941,"bill_number":"SR260","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Andrá R. Ward to the Northern Kentucky University Board of Regents.","description":"Confirm the reappointment of Andrá R. Ward to the Northern Kentucky University Board of Regents for a term expiring June 30, 2025.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-11","last_action":"adopted 34-0","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR260/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr260.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1358953,"bill_number":"SR259","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Adam Lambert Hinton to the Morehead State University Board of Regents.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Adam Lambert Hinton to the Morehead State University Board of Regents for a term expiring June 30, 2025.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-11","last_action":"adopted 34-0","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR259/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr259.html","sponsor":"Steve West"},
{"bill_id":1358966,"bill_number":"SR258","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Diane B. Medley to the University of Louisville Board of Trustees.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Diane B. Medley to the University of Louisville Board of Trustees for a term expiring January 13, 2025.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-11","last_action":"adopted 34-0","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR258/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr258.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1358981,"bill_number":"SR254","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Scott W. Brinkman to the University of Louisville Board of Trustees.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Scott W. Brinkman to the University of Louisville Board of Trustees for an unexpired term ending January 13, 2023.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-11","last_action":"adopted 34-0","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR254/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr254.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1359614,"bill_number":"SR272","title":"A RESOLUTION urging Major League Baseball to rescind the ill-advised proposal that threatens the future of the Lexington Legends and professional baseball in Central Kentucky.","description":"Urge Major League Baseball to rescind the ill-advised proposal that threatens the future of the Lexington Legends and professional baseball in Central Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-01","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR272/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr272.html","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1359615,"bill_number":"SR266","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of David A. Dickerson to the Kentucky Public Transportation Infrastructure Authority.","description":"Confirm the appointment of David A. Dickerson to the Kentucky Public Transportation Infrastructure Authority for a term expiring October 1, 2021.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-12","last_action":"adopted 30-1","last_action_date":"2020-03-19","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR266/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr266.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1359616,"bill_number":"SR267","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Bryan T. Sunderland to the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Bryan T. Sunderland to the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees for a term expiring June 30, 2022.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-12","last_action":"adopted 34-0","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR267/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr267.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1359617,"bill_number":"HR128","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing March 29th as Tuskegee Airmen Day in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","description":"Recognize March 29th as Tuskegee Airmen Day in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2020-03-12","last_action":"to House Floor","last_action_date":"2020-03-18","committee":"Floor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR128/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr128.html","sponsor":"George Brown"},
{"bill_id":1359618,"bill_number":"SR264","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Russell Scott Borders as a member of the Workers' Compensation Board in the Department of Workers' Claims.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Russell Scott Borders to the Workers' Compensation Board in the Department of Workers' Claims for a term expiring January 4, 2024.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-12","last_action":"adopted 34-0","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR264/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr264.html","sponsor":"Phillip Wheeler"},
{"bill_id":1359619,"bill_number":"HR127","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing April 21st as Autism After 21 Day in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","description":"Recognize April 21st as Autism After 21 Day in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-19","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-03-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR127/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr127.html","sponsor":"Michael Meredith"},
{"bill_id":1359620,"bill_number":"SR273","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of J. Russell Lloyd.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of J. Russell Lloyd.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR273/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr273.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1359621,"bill_number":"SR274","title":"A RESOLUTION declaring March 13, 2020, as the Social Determinants of Addiction Recovery Day.","description":"Declare March 13, 2020, to be Social Determinants of Addiction Recovery Day.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR274/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr274.html","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":1359622,"bill_number":"SR270","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Matthew Louis Monteiro to the Board of Trustees of the Kentucky Retirement Systems.","description":"Confirm the reappointment of Matthew Louis Monteiro to the board of trustees of the Kentucky Retirement Systems for a term expiring June 17, 2023.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-12","last_action":"adopted 31-0","last_action_date":"2020-03-19","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR270/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr270.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1359623,"bill_number":"SR268","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Richard Ryan Nelson to the Council on Postsecondary Education.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Richard Ryan Nelson to the Council on Postsecondary Education for a term expiring December 31, 2022.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-12","last_action":"adopted 34-0","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR268/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr268.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1359624,"bill_number":"SR269","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Kristi P. Nelson to the Council on Postsecondary Education.","description":"Confirm the reappointment of Kristi P. Nelson to the Council on Postsecondary Education for a term expiring December 31, 2024.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-12","last_action":"adopted 34-0","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR269/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr269.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1359625,"bill_number":"SR263","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Sharon P. Clark as commissioner of the Department of Insurance, Public Protection Cabinet.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Sharon P. Clark as commissioner of the Department of Insurance, Public Protection Cabinet.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-12","last_action":"adopted 34-0","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR263/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr263.html","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":1359626,"bill_number":"SR265","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Stanley Dewayne Johnson to the Governor's Postsecondary Education Nominating Committee.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Stanley Dewayne Johnson to the Governor's Postsecondary Education Nominating Committee for a term expiring April 14, 2020.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-12","last_action":"adopted 34-0","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR265/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr265.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1359627,"bill_number":"SR271","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring and recognizing Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.","description":"Honor and reocgnize Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-26","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR271/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr271.html","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1361079,"bill_number":"SR277","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Charles Leon Owens to the Murray State University Board of Regents.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Charles Leon Owens to the Murray State University Board of Regents for a term expiring on June 30, 2025.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-17","last_action":"adopted 34-0","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR277/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr277.html","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":1361084,"bill_number":"SR276","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring the achievements of Ryan Mitchell Hebert.","description":"Honor the achievements of Ryan Mitchell Hebert.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR276/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr276.html","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":1361089,"bill_number":"SR275","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Sister Kay Carlew.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Sister Kay Carlew.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR275/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr275.html","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":1361094,"bill_number":"SR278","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Lucille Bowling Carloftis.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Lucille Bowling Carloftis.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-18","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR278/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr278.html","sponsor":"Jared Carpenter"},
{"bill_id":1361099,"bill_number":"SR200","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Todd County on the occasion of its bicentennial.","description":"Honor Todd County on the occasion of its bicentennial.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-01","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR200/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr200.html","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":1361103,"bill_number":"HR129","title":"A RESOLUTION amending House Rule 57.","description":"Amend the Rules of Procedure for the 2020 House of Representatives by amending Rule 57 to reestablish a consent procedure.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-17","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR129/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr129.html","sponsor":"David Osborne"},
{"bill_id":1361192,"bill_number":"SR293","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Kellie D. Wilson to the Board of Directors of the Kentucky Employers' Mutual Insurance Authority.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Kellie D. Wilson to the Board of Directors of the Kentucky Employers' Mutual Insurance Authority for a term expiring December 31, 2023.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-18","last_action":"adopted 34-0","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR293/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr293.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1361193,"bill_number":"SR294","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Dr. Gerald B. Reams.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Dr. Gerald B. Reams.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-19","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-03-19","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR294/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr294.html","sponsor":"Robin Webb"},
{"bill_id":1361194,"bill_number":"SR292","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of C. Cyrus \"Cy\" Reynolds.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of C. Cyrus \"Cy\" Reynolds.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR292/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr292.html","sponsor":"Robin Webb"},
{"bill_id":1361195,"bill_number":"SR295","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Mark A. Workman to the Board of Directors of the Kentucky Employers' Mutual Insurance Authority.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Mark A. Workman to the Board of Directors of Kentucky Employers' Mutual Insurance Authority for a term expiring December 31, 2023.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-18","last_action":"adopted 18-16","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR295/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr295.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1361196,"bill_number":"HR130","title":"A RESOLUTION encouraging local boards of education to solicit private support to provide for bleeding control kits and training.","description":"Encourage local boards of education to solicit private support to provide bleeding control kits and training.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-19","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-03-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR130/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr130.html","sponsor":"Melinda Prunty"},
{"bill_id":1361197,"bill_number":"HR131","title":"A RESOLUTION amending House Rules 41 and 49.","description":"Amend the Rules of Procedure for the 2020 House of Representatives by amending Rule 41 to require the Rules Committee to post in the Orders of the Day for final passage a bill or resolution with 40 or more co-sponsors that has been reported out of committee by a vote of two-thirds of the members of the committee; and amending Rule 49 to require a committee chair to post all House bills or resolutions assigned to a committee that have 40 or more co-sponsors.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-18","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2020-03-19","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR131/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr131.html","sponsor":"Jason Nemes"},
{"bill_id":1361380,"bill_number":"SR300","title":"A RESOLUTION to express support for the deregulation of the glider truck industry.","description":"Recognize importance of deregulation of the glider truck industry to the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-26","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR300/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr300.html","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":1361384,"bill_number":"SR282","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Tommy Chandler to the Personnel Board.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Tommy Chandler to the Personnel Board for a term expiring January 1, 2024.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-19","last_action":"adopted 34-0","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR282/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr282.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1361386,"bill_number":"SR283","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Marianne Butler to the Governor's Postsecondary Education Nominating Committee.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Marianne Butler to the Governor's Postsecondary Education Nominating Committee for a term expiring April 14, 2024.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-03-19","last_action":"defeated 15-19","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR283/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr283.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1361389,"bill_number":"SR296","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring the teachers, classified employees, bus drivers, janitorial/custodial staff, and other individuals who are delivering meals to Kentucky's students while schools are closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.","description":"A RESOLUTION honoring the teachers, classified employees, bus drivers, janitorial/custodial staff, and other individuals who are delivering meals to Kentucky's students while schools are closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-19","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-03-19","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR296/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr296.html","sponsor":"Johnny Turner"},
{"bill_id":1361393,"bill_number":"SR298","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky and adjourning in honor of Child Abuse Prevention Month in April.","description":"Honor Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky and adjourn in honor of Child Abuse Prevention Month in April.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-26","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR298/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr298.html","sponsor":"Christian McDaniel"},
{"bill_id":1361394,"bill_number":"SR281","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Demetrius O. Holloway to the Personnel Board.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Demetrius O. Holloway to the Personnel Board for a term expiring January 1, 2024.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-19","last_action":"adopted 34-0","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR281/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr281.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1361397,"bill_number":"SR297","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring the Letcher County Central High School Lady Cougars.","description":"Honor the Letcher County Central High School Lady Cougars.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-19","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-03-19","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR297/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr297.html","sponsor":"Johnny Turner"},
{"bill_id":1361399,"bill_number":"SR279","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Leon Clark Williams to the Board of Directors of the Kentucky Employers' Mutual Insurance Authority.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Leon Clark Williams to the Board of Directors of Kentucky Employers' Mutual Insurance Authority for a term expiring December 31, 2023.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2020-03-19","last_action":"to Senate Floor","last_action_date":"2020-03-19","committee":"Floor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR279/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr279.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1361400,"bill_number":"SR299","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Charles Edward \"Charlie\" Wilson.","description":"Adjourn in honor of Charles Edward \"Charlie\" Wilson.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR299/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr299.html","sponsor":"Steve West"},
{"bill_id":1361886,"bill_number":"SR303","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Edward Porter Meadors Jr.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Edward Porter Meadors Jr.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR303/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr303.html","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":1361887,"bill_number":"SR301","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Ronnie Ellis.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Ronnie Ellis.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-26","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR301/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr301.html","sponsor":"David Givens"},
{"bill_id":1361888,"bill_number":"HR132","title":"A RESOLUTION urging the President of the United States and Congress to constitute Easter as a national holiday.","description":"Urge the President of the United States and Congress to constitute Easter as a national holiday.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-26","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR132/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr132.html","sponsor":"Robert Goforth"},
{"bill_id":1361889,"bill_number":"SR304","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Will Maurice Bradley.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Will Maurice Bradley.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR304/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr304.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1361890,"bill_number":"SR302","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Henry Hudson Knight II.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Henry Hudson Knight II.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-03-26","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-03-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR302/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr302.html","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":1362257,"bill_number":"HCR134","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION adjourning the General Assembly until April 13, 2020.","description":"Adjourn the General Assembly until April 13, 2020.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-01","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR134/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hcr134.html","sponsor":"David Osborne"},
{"bill_id":1362260,"bill_number":"SCR306","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION adjourning the General Assembly until April 13, 2020.","description":"Adjourn the General Assembly until April 13, 2020.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-04-01","last_action":"introduced in Senate","last_action_date":"2020-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SCR306/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/scr306.html","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":1362263,"bill_number":"HR133","title":"A RESOLUTION amending House Rules 2, 3, 25, 66, 67, and 68, and creating a new House Rule 68A.","description":"Amend the Rules of Procedure for the 2020 House of Representatives to allow alternative voting.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-01","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR133/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr133.html","sponsor":"David Osborne"},
{"bill_id":1362266,"bill_number":"SCR305","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION adjourning the 2020 Regular Session of the General Assembly sine die.","description":"Adjourn the 2020 Regular Session of the General Assembly sine die.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-04-01","last_action":"introduced in Senate","last_action_date":"2020-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SCR305/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/scr305.html","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":1363111,"bill_number":"SR309","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Sharon Porter Robinson to the Kentucky Board of Education.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Sharon Porter Robinson to the Kentucky Board of Education for a term expiring April 14, 2024.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-14","last_action":"adopted 24-10","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR309/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr309.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1363113,"bill_number":"SR318","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Senator Ernie Harris upon his retirement from the Senate.","description":"Honor Senator Ernie Harris upon his retirement from the Senate.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR318/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr318.html","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":1363115,"bill_number":"HR135","title":"A RESOLUTION encouraging the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Kentucky Emergency Preparedness Task Force.","description":"Encourage the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Kentucky Emergency Preparedness Task Force; establish membership and duties of the task force; require findings to be submitted by Dec. 1, 2020.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR135/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr135.html","sponsor":"Kimberly Moser"},
{"bill_id":1363117,"bill_number":"SR320","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Christopher B. Caddell.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Christopher B. Caddell.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR320/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr320.html","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":1363120,"bill_number":"SR316","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Michael Dean Bowling to the Kentucky Board of Education.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Michael Dean Bowling to the Kentucky Board of Education for a term expiring April 14, 2024.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-14","last_action":"adopted 24-10","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR316/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr316.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1363122,"bill_number":"SR307","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Holly Bloodworth to the Kentucky Board of Education.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Holly Bloodworth to the Kentucky Board of Education for a term expiring April 14, 2024.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-14","last_action":"adopted 25-9","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR307/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr307.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1363124,"bill_number":"SR314","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Lee Trover Todd to the Kentucky Board of Education.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Lee Trover Todd to the Kentucky Board of Education for a term expiring April 14, 2022.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-14","last_action":"adopted 24-10","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR314/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr314.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1363126,"bill_number":"SR324","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Senator Perry Clark upon his retirement from the Senate.","description":"Honoring Senator Perry Clark upon his retirement from the Senate.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR324/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr324.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1363128,"bill_number":"SR327","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Donna Stockton Early.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Donna Stockton Early.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-14","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR327/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr327.html","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":1363131,"bill_number":"SR328","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Bradley Thomas \"Brad\" Lanham.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Bradley Thomas \"Brad\" Lanham.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-14","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR328/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr328.html","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":1363133,"bill_number":"SR330","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor of the tremendous service and achievement of Senator Julian M. Carroll upon his retirement from this august body.","description":"Adjourn in honor of Senator Julian M. Carroll upon the occasion of his retirement.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR330/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr330.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1363135,"bill_number":"SR311","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of JoAnn Griffey Adams to the Kentucky Board of Education.","description":"Confirm the appointment of JoAnn Griffey Adams to the Kentucky Board of Education for a term expiring April 14, 2024.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-14","last_action":"adopted 25-9","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR311/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr311.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1363138,"bill_number":"SR317","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of David K. Karem to the Kentucky Board of Education.","description":"Confirm the appointment of David K. Karem to the Kentucky Board of Education for a term expiring April 14, 2022.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2020-04-14","last_action":"defeated 17-17","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR317/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr317.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1363140,"bill_number":"SR326","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Senator Stan Humphries upon his retirement from the Senate.","description":"Honor Senator Stan Humphries upon his retirement from the Senate.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR326/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr326.html","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":1363142,"bill_number":"SR325","title":"A RESOLUTION declaring May 17, 2020, as Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG) Awareness Day in Kentucky.","description":"Declare May 17, 2020, as Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG) Awareness Day in Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR325/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr325.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1363144,"bill_number":"SR313","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Alvis Johnson to the Kentucky Board of Education.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Alvis Johnson to the Kentucky Board of Education for a term expiring April 14, 2022.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-14","last_action":"adopted 24-10","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR313/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr313.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1363146,"bill_number":"SR312","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Cody Pauley Johnson to the Kentucky Board of Education.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Cody Pauley Johnson to the Kentucky Board of Education for a term expiring April 14, 2024.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-14","last_action":"adopted 25-9","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR312/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr312.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1363149,"bill_number":"SR323","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring John Prine.","description":"Honor John Prine.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR323/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr323.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1363151,"bill_number":"SR319","title":"A RESOLUTION celebrating the first birth at Freedom House in Manchester.","description":"Celebrate the first birth at Freedom House in Manchester.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR319/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr319.html","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":1363153,"bill_number":"SR315","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Claire Michelle Batt to the Kentucky Board of Education.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Claire Michelle Batt to the Kentucky Board of Education for a term expiring April 14, 2022.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-14","last_action":"adopted 24-10","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR315/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr315.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1363156,"bill_number":"SR310","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Lu Settles Young to the Kentucky Board of Education.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Lu Settles Young to the Kentucky Board of Education for a term expiring April 14, 2024.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-14","last_action":"adopted 25-9","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR310/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr310.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1363158,"bill_number":"SR321","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Kentucky Mist Distillery for its help during the COVID-19 pandemic.","description":"Honor Kentucky Mist Distillery for its help during the COVID-19 pandemic.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-14","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR321/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr321.html","sponsor":"Johnny Turner"},
{"bill_id":1363160,"bill_number":"SR322","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Leslie Breanne Smith.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Leslie Breanne Smith.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-14","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR322/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr322.html","sponsor":"Johnny Turner"},
{"bill_id":1363162,"bill_number":"SR308","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of June Patrice McCrary to the Kentucky Board of Education.","description":"Confirm the appointment of June Patrice McCrary to the Kentucky Board of Education for a term expiring April 14, 2024.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-14","last_action":"adopted 25-9","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR308/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr308.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1363163,"bill_number":"SR329","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Eileen Harper.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Eileen Harper.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-14","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-14","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR329/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr329.html","sponsor":"Christian McDaniel"},
{"bill_id":1363534,"bill_number":"HR100","title":"A RESOLUTION celebrating the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution.","description":"Celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR100/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr100.html","sponsor":"Suzanne Miles"},
{"bill_id":1363535,"bill_number":"HR137","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring the Kentucky Beer Wholesalers Association and its partnership of distilleries for distributing hand sanitizer to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic.","description":"Honor the Kentucky Beer Wholesalers Association and its partnership of distilleries for distributing hand sanitizer to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR137/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hr137.html","sponsor":"Jason Nemes"},
{"bill_id":1363536,"bill_number":"SR331","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring the Kentucky Beer Wholesalers Association and its partnership of distilleries for distributing hand sanitizer to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic.","description":"Honor the Kentucky Beer Wholesalers Association and its partnership of distilleries for distributing hand sanitizer to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR331/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr331.html","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":1363537,"bill_number":"HCR136","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION adjourning the 2020 Regular Session of the General Assembly sine die.","description":"Adjourn the 2020 Regular Session of the General Assembly sine die.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR136/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hcr136.html","sponsor":"David Osborne"},
{"bill_id":1363538,"bill_number":"SR332","title":"A RESOLUTION commending Governor Andy Beshear, the entire Executive Branch, Kentucky's mayors and their administrations, health care workers, grocery store employees, sanitation personnel, court personnel, school district workers, truck drivers and warehouse workers, the entire staff of the Legislative Research Commission, and all other Kentuckians who have courageously served their fellow citizens during the COVID-19 crisis.","description":"Commend Governor Andy Beshear, the entire Executive Branch, Kentucky's mayors and their administrations, health care workers, grocery store employees, sanitation personnel, court personnel, school district workers, truck drivers and warehouse workers, the entire staff of the Legislation Research Commission, and all other Kentuckians who have courageously served their fellow citizens during the COVID-19 crisis.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR332/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr332.html","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":1363539,"bill_number":"SR333","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of John Robert Miller.","description":"Adjourn in honor of John Robert Miller.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2020-04-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2020-04-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR333/2020","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sr333.html","sponsor":"David Givens"}
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