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{"bill_id":1394330,"bill_number":"SB70","title":"AN ACT relating to licensed diabetes educators.","description":"Amend sections of KRS 309.325 to 309.339 to change the terminology from \"licensed diabetes educators\" to \"licensed diabetes care and education specialists,\" and to incorporate changes to the titles of national organizations.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2021-03-01","last_action":"floor amendments (3), (4) and (5-title) filed","last_action_date":"2021-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB70/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb70.html","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":1394331,"bill_number":"HB57","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 add specific acts to definition of torture; make all violations a Class D felony; make each act of torture prosecutable as a separate offense; make the exemptions applicable only where there is no intent to cause, increase, or prolong the pain and suffering of the dog or cat.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB57/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb57.html","sponsor":"Chris Freeland"},
{"bill_id":1394332,"bill_number":"SJR6","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION requesting the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress replace one of Kentucky's Statues with that of Alice Allison Dunnigan and creating the Kentucky Statuary Hall Commission.","description":"Request the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress replace one of Kentucky's statues in the National Statuary Hall with a statue of Alice Allison Dunnigan; create the Kentucky Statuary Hall Commission.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR6/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sjr6.html","sponsor":"Alice Kerr"},
{"bill_id":1394333,"bill_number":"HB61","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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB61/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb61.html","sponsor":"Ashley Tackett Laferty"},
{"bill_id":1394334,"bill_number":"HB6","title":"AN ACT relating to legislative oversight and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 6.900 to define \"person\"; amend KRS 6.905 to change the name of the Legislative Program Review and Investigations Committee to the Legislative Oversight and Investigations Committee; require the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House to appoint a co-chair and vice chairs from their respective bodies and make provisions for appointment of a subcommittee; amend KRS 6.910 to set forth the purpose of the committee; provide that information and working papers of the committee are exempt from open records; allow the committee to study a matter without regard to jurisdiction of another statutory or standing committee; and provide for issuance of subpoenas; amend KRS 6.930 to allow the committee to report any matter under its study to law enforcement, the Auditor of Public Accounts, or any other state official having jurisdiction over the matter under investigation and require a report; create a new section of KRS 6.900 to 6.935 to establish a penalty not to exceed $100 per day and a maximum of $1,000 for any person who fails to comply with a subpoena issued by the committee; amend KRS 12.028 and KRS 620.055 to conform; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2021-03-12","last_action":"delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 14)","last_action_date":"2021-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB6/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb6.html","sponsor":"Lynn Bechler"},
{"bill_id":1394335,"bill_number":"SB46","title":"AN ACT relating to gun safety for children.","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; establish the short title of \"Baby Dre Gun Safety Act.\"","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB46/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb46.html","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":1394336,"bill_number":"HB97","title":"AN ACT relating to Medicare supplement insurance.","description":"Amend KRS 304.14-520 to prohibit an insurer from denying, or conditioning the effectiveness of, a Medicare supplement 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; require applications to be accepted, and policies issued, at all times throughout the year.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB97/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb97.html","sponsor":"Thomas Burch"},
{"bill_id":1394337,"bill_number":"HB143","title":"AN ACT relating to fairness for licensees and businesses during the Coronavirus response and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 217.125 to prohibit denial of food processing and distribution permits based on failure to comply with executive orders; create a section of KRS Chapter 243 to prohibit denial of food processing and distribution permits based on failure to comply with executive orders; create a section of KRS Chapter 336 to prohibit the Secretary of the Labor Cabinet from enforcing executive orders based on COVID-19; establish the short title of \"Ensuring Business Fairness During COVID-19 Response Act\"; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB143/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb143.html","sponsor":"Savannah Maddox"},
{"bill_id":1394338,"bill_number":"HB27","title":"AN ACT relating to implicit bias in perinatal care.","description":"Amend KRS 211.680 to expand the scope of the legislative intent and findings; create new sections of KRS Chapter 211 to define terms; require licensed health facilities under KRS Chapter 216B to provide each patient with written information regarding the patient's rights and 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.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB27/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb27.html","sponsor":"Attica Scott"},
{"bill_id":1394339,"bill_number":"SB73","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights.","description":"Amend KRS 344.200. 344.210, 344.240, and 344.600 to extend timelines for actions involvng the Commission on Human Rights.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2021-02-11","last_action":"received in House","last_action_date":"2021-02-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB73/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb73.html","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":1394340,"bill_number":"HB35","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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB35/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb35.html","sponsor":"Rachel Roberts"},
{"bill_id":1394341,"bill_number":"HB142","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Affordable Housing Act.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 198A to establish the nonrefundable Kentucky affordable housing credit for taxable years or periods beginning on or after January 1, 2024, for a period of five years; 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; provide that the aggregate amount of tax credit for any year shall not exceed $12.5 million; 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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB142/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb142.html","sponsor":"Randy Bridges"},
{"bill_id":1394342,"bill_number":"HB141","title":"AN ACT relating to private information of public officials and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 61.870 to 61.884 exempting personally identifiable information of judges, prosecutors, and law enforcement officers from the Open Records Act; create a new section of KRS Chapter 525 to create a new felony of disseminating personally identifying information on the Internet about a law enforcement official.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"introduced in House","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB141/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb141.html","sponsor":"John Blanton"},
{"bill_id":1394343,"bill_number":"HB8","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Employees Retirement System's employers, declaring an emergency, and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 61.565 to change the Kentucky Employees Retirement System's (KERS) nonhazardous actuarially accrued liability contribution (unfunded liability payment) that is payable by employers on or after July 1, 2021, from a value that is paid as a percent of pay on each employee to a set dollar amount; provide that the set dollar amount 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; provide that a single amount shall be determined for state agencies in the legislative, executive, and judicial branch who participate in KERS; provide that a KERS employer may charge the cost as a percent of pay for purposes of collecting contributions but shall be responsible to provide the full set dollar amount owed; provide that if a KERS employer merges, splits, separates, or establishes a new agency, the systems shall have full authority to allocate the costs to any employer or entity that results from the split, separation, or establishment of a new agency; amend KRS 61.510 to modify the definition of “level percentage of payroll amortization method” to conform to the amendments in KRS 61.565; amend KRS 212.792 to specify the allocation of retirement costs as provided by the bill in the event an independent health district ceases to exist or has a county to withdraw from the district; provide that the Kentucky Retirement Systems shall amend the 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":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-23","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 83)","last_action_date":"2021-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB8/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb8.html","sponsor":"Jim Duplessis"},
{"bill_id":1394344,"bill_number":"HB20","title":"AN ACT relating to governmental emergencies.","description":"Amend KRS 39A.100 to require the Governor to call an extraordinary session of the General Assembly simultaneously with any declaration of emergency in order for the declaration to be valid for 15 days unless changed by the General Assembly; prohibit the Governor from declaring a new emergency based on the same facts upon the expiration of the initial declaration; prohibit the Governor from suspending statutes or administrative regulations unless the subject matter is enumerated under Chapter 39A; amend KRS 39A.280, 315.500, and 367.374 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"introduced in House","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB20/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb20.html","sponsor":"Steve Sheldon"},
{"bill_id":1394345,"bill_number":"SB5","title":"AN ACT relating to emergencies and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 39A to provide liability protection for owners of premises during a declared emergency; amend KRS 39A.020 to define terms used; amend KRS 39A.070 and 39A.090 to conform; amend KRS 39A.280 to refine the immunity of the state, private persons, volunteers, professional engineers and architects, and persons providing essential services during an emergency; EFFECTIVE MARCH 6, 2020, for Sections 1, 2, and 5 of the Act; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2021-04-11","last_action":"became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 205)","last_action_date":"2021-04-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB5/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb5.html","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":1394346,"bill_number":"HB67","title":"AN ACT relating to campaign finance.","description":"Amend KRS 121.175 to define and include \"necessary childcare expenses\" as an allowable campaign expenditure.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB67/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb67.html","sponsor":"Josie Raymond"},
{"bill_id":1394347,"bill_number":"SR18","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of James Clifford \"Cliff\" Ellerbrook.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of James Clifford \"Cliff\" Ellerbrook.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-02-04","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR18/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr18.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1394348,"bill_number":"HB92","title":"AN ACT relating to free-standing alternative birthing centers.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 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 including requiring accreditation by the Commission for the Accreditation of Birth Centers, compliance with the American Association of Birth Centers (AABC) Standards for Birth Centers, and a six-month provisional license to be issued when all requirements for licensure other than accreditation have been met to allow a facility time to become accredited; 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; add the short title Mary Carol Akers Birth Centers Act.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB92/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb92.html","sponsor":"Jason Nemes"},
{"bill_id":1394349,"bill_number":"SB27","title":"AN ACT relating to historic properties and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 11 to require the Special Committee on New State Capitol Monuments to meet at least once a year to establish criteria for selection of statues and monuments to be located in the Capitol Rotunda; require the committee to report its criteria after its second annual meeting to the Historic Properties Advisory Commission, the Office of the Governor, and the members of the Legislative Research Commission; require the committee also meet upon the direction of the Historic Properties Advisory Commission; require the committee to make recommendations to the Historic Properties Advisory Commission and also report its recommendations to the Office of the Governor and the members of the Legislative Research Commission; amend KRS 11.026 to establish the Special Committee on New State Capitol Monuments and attach it to the Historic Properties Advisory Commission for administrative purposes; establish the membership of the committee; establish in the State Treasury a Special Committee on New State Capitol Monuments endowment trust fund; amend KRS 11.027 to authorize the Historic Properties Advisory Commission to direct the Special Committee on New State Capitol Monuments to meet when appropriate; require the commission to approve recommendations from the committee or request another recommendation.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB27/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb27.html","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":1394350,"bill_number":"HB85","title":"AN ACT relating to the taxation of tobacco products.","description":"Amend KRS 138.140 to apply the vapor products tax to an open vaping system when the actual price includes both the components and the liquid solution; apply the tax to the liquid solution when it is sold separately; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2021.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-04","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB85/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb85.html","sponsor":"Jennifer Henson Decker"},
{"bill_id":1394351,"bill_number":"HB151","title":"AN ACT relating to recorded instruments.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 67 to define \"recorded instrument\" and \"portal\"; require county clerks to be open for reviewing and obtaining copies of recorded instruments for 40 hours a week unless they maintain a portal that allows the public to search for electronic copies of recorded instruments; establish deadlines for county clerks to maintain portals for the filing and searching of recorded instruments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Local Government (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-09","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB151/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb151.html","sponsor":"Joseph Fischer"},
{"bill_id":1394352,"bill_number":"HCR7","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 2021 Interim and to submit findings and recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2021.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-03-03","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-03-03","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR7/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hcr7.html","sponsor":"Kimberly Moser"},
{"bill_id":1394353,"bill_number":"SB63","title":"AN ACT relating to elections.","description":"Amend KRS 117.035 to move the appointment of members of the county board of elections to the year after the presidential election beginning in 2027; reduce the requirement of the submission of five names to one name by the county executive committees of each political party for appointment to a county board of elections; amend KRS 117.125 and 117.381 to provide that no voting system shall be connected to the Internet; provide transitional language.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2021-03-29","last_action":"to Rules (H)","last_action_date":"2021-03-29","committee":"Rules","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB63/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb63.html","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":1394354,"bill_number":"HB80","title":"AN ACT relating to gun safety for children.","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; establish the short title of \"Baby Dre Gun Safety Act.\"","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB80/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb80.html","sponsor":"George Brown"},
{"bill_id":1394355,"bill_number":"HB118","title":"AN ACT relating to state benefits for veterans.","description":"Amend KRS 12.245, 12.354, 14A.1-070, 16.040, 40.010, 40.310, 40.650, 42.0146, 148.0211, 158.105, 158.140, 161.048, 164.512, 164.515, 186.041, and 186.416 to make certain LGBTQ and qualifying veterans eligible for state veterans' benefits.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB118/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb118.html","sponsor":"Patti Minter"},
{"bill_id":1394356,"bill_number":"HB163","title":"AN ACT relating to teacher certification.","description":"Amend KRS 161.030 to require the Education Professional Standards Board to reissue certification for a lapsed certificate to an applicant who holds a master's degree and is not subject to denial of a certificate under KRS 161.120.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-04-05","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 187)","last_action_date":"2021-04-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB163/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb163.html","sponsor":"Regina Huff"},
{"bill_id":1394357,"bill_number":"HB18","title":"AN ACT relating to emergencies.","description":"Amend KRS 39A.090 to limit the effective dates of emergency executive orders issued by the Governor to thirty days unless extended by the General Assembly; amend KRS 39A.100 to require executive orders suspending or delaying an election to remain in effect unless changed by an action of the General Assembly; amend KRS 367.374 to allow the Governor only one additional fifteen day extension period.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"introduced in House","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB18/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb18.html","sponsor":"Jim Gooch"},
{"bill_id":1394358,"bill_number":"HB111","title":"AN ACT relating to the registration of motorboats and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 235.040 to require a motorboat 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 a motorboat 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 a validation sticker be issued and displayed on a 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 that 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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB111/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb111.html","sponsor":"James Tipton"},
{"bill_id":1394359,"bill_number":"SB40","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":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB40/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb40.html","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":1394360,"bill_number":"HB172","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Real Estate Appraisers Board.","description":"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 make technical corrections; amend KRS 324A.047 and 324A.050 to clarify standards; amend KRS 324A.052 to require complaints to be filed within five years after the date of transmittal of the appraisal report or review assignment or at least two years after the final disposition of any judicial proceeding that the appraiser provided testimony related to the assignment; amend KRS 324A.065 to require the initial application fee to not exceed $200 for federally related transactions; require the annual certificate and licensure fees to not exceed $200 for federally related transactions; establish a returned check fee of $50 for federally related transactions; eliminate the initial application fee, examination fee, duplicate certificate fee, and roster fee for nonfederally related transactions; require the board to promulgate administrative regulations to establish and collect a prelicensure fee not to exceed $100 and a continuing education course review fee not to exceed $50; amend KRS 324A.150 to include a network, list, or roster of licensed or certified appraisers to the definition of \"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 require the board to promulgate administrative regulations 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":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-15","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 21)","last_action_date":"2021-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB172/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb172.html","sponsor":"Deanna Frazier Gordon"},
{"bill_id":1394361,"bill_number":"SR15","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Terecia Tucker Parker.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Terecia Tucker Parker.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-02-24","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR15/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr15.html","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":1394362,"bill_number":"SB39","title":"AN ACT relating to reciprocity among the state-administered retirement systems.","description":"Amend KRS 61.680 to provide that retirees of the Teachers' Retirement System (TRS) who suspend their retirement benefits in order to return to covered employment and build upon their existing TRS account as provided by current law, may utilize omitted service (service that should have been reported for prior full-time work) in the Kentucky Retirement Systems (KRS) that was purchased during the period of reemployment for purposes of determining eligibility and the amount of benefits upon subsequent retirement from both KRS and TRS; make the provision retroactive to retirements on or after December 31, 2009.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB39/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb39.html","sponsor":"Dennis Parrett"},
{"bill_id":1394363,"bill_number":"SB61","title":"AN ACT relating to direct-care staff.","description":"Amend KRS 216.710 to establish definitions for \"direct-care staff member\" , \"Facilities or programs,\" and \"recipient\"; create a new section of KRS 216.710 to 216.716 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 facilities or programs 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; establish a penalty for violations; 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; amend KRS 216.935 to establish definitions for \"direct-care staff member,\" \"Facilities or programs\" , and \"recipient\"; create a new section of KRS 216.935 to 216.939 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 facilities or programs 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; establish a penalty for violations; 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":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-22","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 72)","last_action_date":"2021-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB61/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb61.html","sponsor":"Stephen Meredith"},
{"bill_id":1394364,"bill_number":"SB65","title":"AN ACT relating to deficient administrative regulations.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 13A to nullify administrative regulations that became effective after being found deficient during the 2020 legislative interim.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2021-03-29","last_action":"delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 165)","last_action_date":"2021-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB65/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb65.html","sponsor":"Steve West"},
{"bill_id":1394365,"bill_number":"HB100","title":"AN ACT relating to animal cruelty.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 525 to define terms; require peace officers and animal control officers to serve notice of seizure of an animal subjected to cruelty; create procedure for seizing agencies to petition a court to order payment of animal care costs by owner; establish penalties; prohibit the destruction of seized animals, except for humane reasons determined by veterinarian.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB100/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb100.html","sponsor":"Kimberly Banta"},
{"bill_id":1394366,"bill_number":"SB28","title":"AN ACT relating to exceptions to mandatory immunization requirements and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 214.036 to provide exemptions from mandatory immunization for any child, emancipated minor, or adult who, personally or by a parent or guardian, submits a written sworn statement objecting to the immunization based on conscientiously held beliefs; prohibit any administrative regulation, administrative order, or executive order from requiring during an epidemic the immunization of persons who submit either a written sworn statement objecting to the immunization based on conscientiously held beliefs or the written opinion of the person's physician that such immunization would be injurious to the person's health; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to develop and make available on its Web site a standardized form relating to the exemptions from mandatory immunization and to accept the form after it is submitted; amend KRS 209.552 and 214.034 to conform; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB28/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb28.html","sponsor":"Mike Wilson"},
{"bill_id":1394367,"bill_number":"HB81","title":"AN ACT relating to sexual offenses by peace officers.","description":"Amend KRS 510.060, rape in the third degree, to include a peace officer who subjects a person in custody or under arrest to sexual intercourse; amend KRS 510.090, sodomy in the third degree, to include a peace officer who subjects a person in custody or under arrest to deviate sexual intercourse; amend KRS 510.120, sexual abuse in the second degree, to include a peace officer who subjects a person in custody or under arrest to sexual contact.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB81/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb81.html","sponsor":"Rachel Roberts"},
{"bill_id":1394368,"bill_number":"HB134","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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB134/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb134.html","sponsor":"Steve Riley"},
{"bill_id":1394369,"bill_number":"HB135","title":"AN ACT relating to property assessments.","description":"Amend KRS 132.010 to define highest and best use; amend KRS 132.191 to require property to be valued at the highest and best use; amend KRS 133.120 to change the qualifications of taxpayer representatives who receive compensation for appealing property assessments.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-11","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB135/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb135.html","sponsor":"Randy Bridges"},
{"bill_id":1394370,"bill_number":"HB49","title":"AN ACT relating to the taxation of incontinence products.","description":"Amend KRS 139.472 to exempt prescription incontinence products from sales tax and use tax 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, 2021.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB49/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb49.html","sponsor":"Danny Bentley"},
{"bill_id":1394371,"bill_number":"HB46","title":"AN ACT relating to swimming pool operational standards.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 212 to establish safety standards for residential swimming pools; amend KRS 212.990 to establish penalties for noncompliance; provide that the Act may be cited as the \"Ava Grace Jenkins Law.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2021-03-11","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB46/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb46.html","sponsor":"Randy Bridges"},
{"bill_id":1394372,"bill_number":"HB144","title":"AN ACT relating to administrative regulations and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 13A.010 to define \"major economic impact\"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 13A to require legislative ratification of any administrative regulation having a major economic impact; amend KRS 13A.250 to require that administrative regulations analyze costs for both governmental agencies and regulated entities; amend KRS 13A.190 to prohibit the Governor or executive agency from issuing an emergency administrative regulation and to terminate all existing emergency regulations; amend KRS 13A.330 to specify that the section applies to administrative regulations that do not have a major economic impact; amend KRS 13A.331 to specify that the section applies only to administrative regulations that do not have a major economic impact; amend KRS 13A.040, 13A.050, 13A.230, 314.475, and 327.300 to conform; create a noncodified section to name this Act the Kentucky Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act; declare an EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB144/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb144.html","sponsor":"Joseph Fischer"},
{"bill_id":1394373,"bill_number":"SB54","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":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"floor amendment (1) filed","last_action_date":"2021-02-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB54/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb54.html","sponsor":"Stephen Meredith"},
{"bill_id":1394374,"bill_number":"HB32","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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB32/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb32.html","sponsor":"Cherlynn Stevenson"},
{"bill_id":1394375,"bill_number":"SR4","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Brian Miller upon being selected to serve as President-Elect of the 2021 National Association of Home Builders' Executive Officers Council Board of Directors.","description":"Honor Brian Miller upon being selected to serve as President-Elect of the 2021 National Association of Home Builders' Executive Officers Council Board of Directors.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-12","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR4/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr4.html","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":1394376,"bill_number":"HB123","title":"AN ACT relating to coverage for diabetes.","description":"Amend KRS 304.17A-148 to prohibit cost sharing for outpatient self-management training and education, supplies, equipment, and generic prescription drugs; limit cost sharing for a 30-day supply of preferred and other prescription drugs; provide that cost sharing shall not exceed the amount permitted under KRS 304.17A-164; provide that health benefit plans shall not reduce or eliminate coverage due to requirements; amend KRS 18A.225 to require the state employee health plan to comply with diabetes coverage requirements; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2022.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB123/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb123.html","sponsor":"Patti Minter"},
{"bill_id":1394377,"bill_number":"SB51","title":"AN ACT relating to addiction treatment.","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; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require insurers to report the number and type of providers prescribing medication for addiction treatment; require the Department of Insurance to report to the General Assembly and State Board of Medical Licensure; EFFECTIVE in part January 1, 2022.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-04-08","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 201)","last_action_date":"2021-04-08","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB51/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb51.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1394378,"bill_number":"HB149","title":"AN ACT relating to opportunities in education.","description":"Create new sections in KRS Chapter 141 to establish the Education Opportunity Account Program; define terms and eligibility for the program; establish the requirements of the account-granting organizations and the Department of Revenue; allow auditing of account-granting organizations by the Department of Revenue; create a tax credit for taxes imposed by KRS 141.020, 141.040, and 141.0401; require reporting to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue; create short title; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the tax credit; amend KRS 131.190 to allow reporting by the Department of Revenue.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"floor amendments (6), (7), (8) and (9) filed","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB149/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb149.html","sponsor":"Chad McCoy"},
{"bill_id":1394379,"bill_number":"HR14","title":"A RESOLUTION proclaiming April 26, 2021, to be Diabetic Ketoacidosis Awareness Day in Kentucky.","description":"Proclaim April 26, 2021, to be Diabetic Ketoacidosis Awareness Day in Kentucky.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to House Floor","last_action_date":"2021-03-05","committee":"Floor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR14/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr14.html","sponsor":"Danny Bentley"},
{"bill_id":1394380,"bill_number":"HB5","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganizations and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 12.028 to remove the provisions related to temporary reorganizations; repeal KRS 12.027, which requires temporary reorganizations to be set forth by executive order; EMERGENCY","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 5)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB5/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb5.html","sponsor":"Michael Meredith"},
{"bill_id":1394381,"bill_number":"HB50","title":"AN ACT relating to mental health parity.","description":"Amend KRS 304.17A-660 to define \"classification of benefits\" and \"nonquantitative treatment limitation\"; amend KRS 304.17A-661 to modify mental health parity requirements; require parity coverage for nonquantitative treatment limitations and medical necessity criteria; require compliance with nonquantitative treatment limitations set forth in federal law; require insurers to submit annual reports relating to the insurer's compliance with mental health parity requirements; amend KRS 304.17A-669 to remove exemptions; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2022.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-12","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 15)","last_action_date":"2021-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB50/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb50.html","sponsor":"Kimberly Moser"},
{"bill_id":1394382,"bill_number":"SB42","title":"AN ACT relating to training programs in suicide assessment, treatment, and management.","description":"Amend KRS 210.366 to require that training programs 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; and update the date which a report of the model list of training programs is due to the Interim Joint Committee on Health, Welfare, and Family Services.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2021-01-11","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB42/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb42.html","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1394383,"bill_number":"SB59","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\"; prohibit retail pet shops from selling dogs, cats, and rabbits; allow retail pet shops to collaborate with animal shelters to showcase dogs, cats, or rabbits; require retail pet shops to maintain records documenting the source of each dog, cat, or rabbit it sells for at least one year; amend KRS 258.990 to include a penalty for retail pet shop operators who violate this Act.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB59/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb59.html","sponsor":"Denise Harper Angel"},
{"bill_id":1394384,"bill_number":"HB108","title":"AN ACT relating to the codification of existing Medicaid cancer coverage.","description":"Amend KRS 205.522 to require the Department for Medicaid Services and any managed care organization contracted to provide Medicaid benefits in the Commonwealth to comply with KRS 304.17A-257, relating to coverage for colorectal cancer examinations and laboratory tests, and KRS 304.17A-259, relating to coverage for genetic test for cancer risk.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-05","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 10)","last_action_date":"2021-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB108/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb108.html","sponsor":"Melinda Prunty"},
{"bill_id":1394385,"bill_number":"HB29","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 2024; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB29/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb29.html","sponsor":"Kimberly Banta"},
{"bill_id":1394386,"bill_number":"HB15","title":"AN ACT relating to emergencies and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 39A to define \"emergency order\", set parameters for the issuance of an emergency order, and provide for legal action to enforce the parameters; amend Section 39A.090 to apply the emergency order definition to executive orders issued under KRS Chapters 39A to 39F; amend KRS 39A.100 to require that emergency orders issued by the Governor contain an expiration date not greater than 14 days, with extension only as provided by the General Assembly, require that emergency orders issued by a chief executive of a local government contain an expiration date of not greater than 14 days with extension only as provided by the legislative body of the local government, move associated election deadlines if the date of the election is moved, prohibit the suspension of any laws, and specify that no governmental entity may prohibit or severely limit in-person worship; amend KRS 194A.025 to specify that the Secretary for Heath and Family Services may not take any action contrary to the specific limitations on actions by the cabinet in the event of infectious or contagious diseases; amend KRS 214.020 to limit actions taken by the Cabinet for Heath and Family Services in the event of infectious or contagious disease to 21 days unless extended or changed by the General Assembly, and prohibit similar or related actions taken to extend the time limitation; name the Act the \"Ensuring Basic Checks and Balances and Basic Liberties During Emergencies Act; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB15/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb15.html","sponsor":"Savannah Maddox"},
{"bill_id":1394387,"bill_number":"HB75","title":"AN ACT relating to living organ donation.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 12 of KRS Chapter 304 to define \"insurance coverage\" and \"living donor\"; prohibit certain insurance coverage determinations based upon the status of an individual as a living organ donor; amend KRS 2.240 to encourage the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to develop and circulate educational materials relating to living organ donation; provide that the Act applies to insurance policies issued, renewed, or declined on or after the effective date of the Act; provide that the Act may be cited as the \"Living Organ Donor Protection Act of 2021.\"","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-22","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 55)","last_action_date":"2021-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB75/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb75.html","sponsor":"Shawn McPherson"},
{"bill_id":1394388,"bill_number":"HB62","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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB62/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb62.html","sponsor":"Ashley Tackett Laferty"},
{"bill_id":1394389,"bill_number":"HB78","title":"AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance.","description":"Amend KRS 341.370 to prohibit disqualification from benefits for workers unemployed as a result of domestic violence and abuse, dating violence and abuse, sexual assault, or stalking; amend KRS 341.530 to charge benefits to pooled account for workers displaced from employment through domestic or dating violence and abuse, sexual assault, or stalking; amend KRS 341.125 to require the secretary to provide training to personnel who process claims related to domestic or dating violence and abuse, sexual assault, or stalking and to report to the Legislative Research Commission annually the number of claims paid involving domestic or dating violence and abuse, sexual assault, or stalking; amend KRS 341.360 to conform.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB78/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb78.html","sponsor":"Nima Kulkarni"},
{"bill_id":1394390,"bill_number":"HB24","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, 2022.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Licensing & Occupations (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"Licensing and Occupations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB24/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb24.html","sponsor":"Bobby McCool"},
{"bill_id":1394391,"bill_number":"HB1","title":"AN ACT relating to reopening the economy in the Commonwealth of Kentucky in response to the state of emergency declared by the Governor of Kentucky beginning in March 2020 and continuing throughout the year of 2021 and declaring an emergency.","description":"Provide relief to businesses and individuals during the COVID-19 state of emergency; provide guidelines for opening of businesses and schools; suspend interest on unpaid unemployment insurance contributions and provide guidelines for noncustodial parental visitation during the COVID-19 state of emergency; provide guidelines for visitation at long-term care facilities during the COVID-19 state of emergency; retroactive to March 6, 2020; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 3)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB1/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb1.html","sponsor":"Bart Rowland"},
{"bill_id":1394392,"bill_number":"HB37","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, 2021, and before January 1, 2025; require reporting by the Department of Revenue; amend KRS 131.190 to conform.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2021-02-04","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB37/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb37.html","sponsor":"Walker Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1394393,"bill_number":"HB93","title":"AN ACT relating to civil rights.","description":"Amend 344.450 to allow parties to recover punitive damages.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB93/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb93.html","sponsor":"Patti Minter"},
{"bill_id":1394394,"bill_number":"HB31","title":"AN ACT relating to production of vital medical supplies.","description":"Amend KRS 154.32-010 to further define manufacturer as a producer of personal protective equipment, and define vital medications and personal protective equipment; amend KRS 154.32-020 to declare a purpose of the subchapter is to provide an economic stimulus to bolster in-state production of vital medications and personal protective equipment and allow facilities that produce vital medications and personal protective equipment to qualify for tax incentives under the subchapter; amend KRS 154.32-060 to allow for facilities that are rehabilitated or replaced in order to produce vital medications and personal protective equipment to be eligible for tax benefits under the subchapter; amend KRS 154.34-010 to include a facility that reinvests in the production of vital medications and personal protective equipment to be eligible for benefits under the subchapter and define personal protective equipment; amend KRS 154.35-010 to define vital medications and personal protective equipment; amend KRS 154.35-050 to direct the University of Louisville research centers to identify facilities and businesses capable of producing vital medications and personal protective equipment, and work with health departments to assess the needs of medical facilities and communities.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB31/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb31.html","sponsor":"Daniel Elliott"},
{"bill_id":1394395,"bill_number":"HB39","title":"AN ACT relating to audiology and speech-language pathology.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 334A.010 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 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 party state or of the United States or the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person, or circumstance.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB39/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb39.html","sponsor":"Walker Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1394396,"bill_number":"SB17","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":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2021-01-11","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB17/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb17.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1394397,"bill_number":"HB128","title":"AN ACT relating to tax expenditures.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 6 to make definitions and require a 4-year 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 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 and 139.481 to conform; EFFECTIVE, in part, August 1, 2021.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB128/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb128.html","sponsor":"Angie Hatton"},
{"bill_id":1394398,"bill_number":"SR24","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Wesley \"Tag\" Mabry.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Wesley \"Tag\" Mabry.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-12","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR24/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr24.html","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":1394399,"bill_number":"HCR6","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging Congress to support the principles of the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.","description":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging Congress to support the principles of the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR6/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hcr6.html","sponsor":"Deanna Frazier Gordon"},
{"bill_id":1394400,"bill_number":"HB56","title":"AN ACT relating to collective bargaining for public employees.","description":"Create 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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB56/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb56.html","sponsor":"Buddy Wheatley"},
{"bill_id":1394401,"bill_number":"HB36","title":"AN ACT relating to ensuring basic liberties regarding immunizations and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 214.036 to prohibit required immunization of any person by any state agency or instrumentality; create the short title \"Ensuring Bodily Autonomy and Informed Consent Act\"; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB36/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb36.html","sponsor":"Savannah Maddox"},
{"bill_id":1394402,"bill_number":"HB84","title":"AN ACT relating to exemptions for disaster response businesses and employees.","description":"Amend sections of KRS Chapter 141 to define new terms and provide exemptions for disaster response employees and disaster response entitities from income tax beginning on or after January 1, 2021, and before January 1, 2025; 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 the new 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":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-18","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 31)","last_action_date":"2021-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB84/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb84.html","sponsor":"Myron Dossett"},
{"bill_id":1394403,"bill_number":"HB161","title":"AN ACT relating to emergency administrative regulations and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 13A to prohibit administrative bodies from promulgating administrative regulations relating to the COVID-19 pandemic without first consulting the General Assembly; nullify select emergency administrative regulations related to COVID-19 that were filed without an accompanying ordinary administrative regulation; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB161/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb161.html","sponsor":"Lynn Bechler"},
{"bill_id":1394404,"bill_number":"HB110","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 July 1, 2021.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB110/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb110.html","sponsor":"Attica Scott"},
{"bill_id":1394405,"bill_number":"HB33","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 12 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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB33/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb33.html","sponsor":"Josie Raymond"},
{"bill_id":1394406,"bill_number":"HB114","title":"AN ACT relating to prescription drugs.","description":"Amend KRS 304.17A-164 to redefine \"cost-sharing\" and define \"generic alternative,\" \"health plan,\" \"insured,\" and \"person\"; prohibit an insurer or pharmacy benefit manager from excluding any cost-sharing amount paid by or or behalf of an insured when calculating the insured's contribution to any applicable cost-sharing requirement; exempt fully insured or self-insured health benefit plans provided to state employees under KRS 18A.225; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2022.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB114/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb114.html","sponsor":"Danny Bentley"},
{"bill_id":1394407,"bill_number":"HR12","title":"A RESOLUTION urging the General Assembly to adopt legislation to adequately fund the Commonwealth's transportation system.","description":"Urge the General Assembly to adopt legislation to adequately fund the Commonwealth's transportation system.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR12/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr12.html","sponsor":"Sal Santoro"},
{"bill_id":1394408,"bill_number":"HB87","title":"AN ACT relating to the state-administered retirement systems.","description":"Amend KRS 16.578 and 61.640 to apply the alternate death benefit calculation options as written prior to 2009 legislation for deaths occurring prior to retirement; amend KRS 61.540 to remove requirement that the employer and member must file a statement of facts before benefit payments can commence; amend KRS 61.598 to provide that the ten percent cap on creditable compensation growth during a member's last five years of employment shall not apply to situations where the growth in excess of ten percent during the entire five-year period results in a benefit change of less than $25 per month; provide that the implementation date of the amendments to 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 32, sec. 9(28) by the Kentucky Retirement Systems shall be December 1, 2019; provide that the amendments to KRS 16.578 and 61.640 are retroactive to JUNE 25, 2009.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 96)","last_action_date":"2021-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB87/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb87.html","sponsor":"Jennifer Henson Decker"},
{"bill_id":1394409,"bill_number":"SB74","title":"AN ACT related to dementia services.","description":"Amend KRS 194A.600 to rename the Office on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders to the Office of Dementia Services; amend KRS 194A.601 related to the duties and functions of the Office of Dementia Services; amend KRS 194A.603 related to the membership and duties of the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Advisory Council.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-19","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 52)","last_action_date":"2021-03-19","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB74/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb74.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1394410,"bill_number":"HB72","title":"AN ACT relating to elections.","description":"Amend KRS 117.085 to provide convenience of the voter as a basis for absentee voting; amend KRS 117.088 to conform.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB72/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb72.html","sponsor":"Rachel Roberts"},
{"bill_id":1394411,"bill_number":"HB91","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":"Passed","status_date":"2021-03-30","last_action":"delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 174)","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB91/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb91.html","sponsor":"Joseph Fischer"},
{"bill_id":1394412,"bill_number":"HB11","title":"AN ACT relating to consumer protections in health insurance.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define terms; establish health-status eligibility rules for health benefit plans in any market; prohibit requiring a greater premium or contribution, or different benefits coverage, on the basis of any health status-related factor; prohibit pre-existing condition exclusions; require coverage for essential health benefits; prohibit insurers from establishing lifetime or annual limits on essential health benefits; prohibit adjustment of premium or contribution amounts for group health plans on the basis of genetic information; require the commissioner of insurance to define essential health benefits; establish when the section controls; establish opt-in for health plans not otherwise required to comply with requirements of section; establish when section becomes effective; establish that section applies to health benefit plans and health plan opt-ins on or after the effective date; amend KRS 304.17A-096, 304.17A-097, 304.17A-200, 304.17A-220, 304.17A-230, 304.17A-250, 304.17A-430, 304.17B-015, 304.17B-019, 304.18-114, and 304.18-120 to conform; amend KRS 18A.225 to require the state employee health plan to comply with Section 1 of the Act.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB11/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb11.html","sponsor":"Patti Minter"},
{"bill_id":1394413,"bill_number":"HB58","title":"AN ACT relating to railroads.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 277 to require two-person crews on trains or light engines used in connection with the movement of freight; establish civil penalties for failure to have a two-person crew.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB58/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb58.html","sponsor":"Jeffery Donohue"},
{"bill_id":1394414,"bill_number":"HJR10","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION requiring masks to be worn in the Capitol Annex and third and fourth floors of the Capitol during the 2021 Regular Session.","description":"Require masks to be worn in the areas of the Capitol Annex controlled by LRC and on the third and fourth floors of the Capitol during the 2021 Regular Session.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR10/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hjr10.html","sponsor":"Joni Jenkins"},
{"bill_id":1394415,"bill_number":"HB73","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":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-15","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 18)","last_action_date":"2021-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB73/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb73.html","sponsor":"Nancy Tate"},
{"bill_id":1394416,"bill_number":"SR2","title":"A RESOLUTION extending an invitation to pastors of Frankfort churches to open sessions of the 2021 Regular Session with prayer.","description":"Extend an invitation to the pastors of Frankfort churches to open sessions of the 2021 Regular Session with prayer.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR2/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr2.html","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":1394417,"bill_number":"HB169","title":"AN ACT relating to financial transparency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 27A to require the Administrative Office of the Courts to procure an annual financial audit of all funds and accounts under its jurisdiction; require audits to be conducted in accordance with Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards; allow the Administrative Office of the Courts to enter into a contract to perform an audit only after the Auditor of Public Accounts has declined to perform the audit; if the Auditor of Public Accounts performs the audit, charge the Administrative Office of the Courts for expenses incurred by the Auditor of Public Accounts to perform the audit; if the Administrative Office of the Courts contracts to perform an audit, require a copy of the audit report and management letter to be forwarded to the Auditor of Public Accounts and the Legislative Research Commission; grant the Auditor of Public Accounts the right to review work papers and documents developed by the entity contracted to perform the audit; allow the Auditor of Public Accounts to conduct a special audit or examination of the Administrative Office of the Courts, with expenses to be borne by the Administrative Office of the Courts.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-23","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB169/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb169.html","sponsor":"Ed Massey"},
{"bill_id":1394418,"bill_number":"HB162","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":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2021-03-29","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB162/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb162.html","sponsor":"David Osborne"},
{"bill_id":1394419,"bill_number":"HB48","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-844 and 304.17B-011 to conform; 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":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-18","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 30)","last_action_date":"2021-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB48/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb48.html","sponsor":"Danny Bentley"},
{"bill_id":1394420,"bill_number":"HB89","title":"AN ACT relating to intimidation of a sports official.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 518 to create the crime of intimidation of a sports official as a Class A misdemeanor.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2021-02-10","last_action":"2nd reading, to Rules","last_action_date":"2021-03-05","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB89/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb89.html","sponsor":"Randy Bridges"},
{"bill_id":1394421,"bill_number":"SB19","title":"AN ACT relating to out-of-network billing.","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-550, 304.17A-580, 304.17A-649, 304.17B-001, 304.17B-015, 304.17B-033, 304.17C-010, 304.38A-010, and 304.39-241 to conform; repeal KRS 304.17A-640; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2022.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB19/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb19.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1394422,"bill_number":"HB153","title":"AN ACT relating to dual credit scholarships.","description":"Amend KRS 164.786 to 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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB153/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb153.html","sponsor":"James Tipton"},
{"bill_id":1394423,"bill_number":"SR16","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Charles W. Hebel.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Charles W. Hebel.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-12","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR16/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr16.html","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":1394424,"bill_number":"HB76","title":"AN ACT relating to local school boards.","description":"Amend KRS 160.210 to require county school board election divisions be compact and contiguous and respect existing neighborhood, community, and city boundaries if possible; require division lines be redrawn upon merger, annexation, or compliance with KRS 117.055; require a county school board to initiate reapportionment proceedings within 90 days of the General Assembly's redistricting plan becoming law; establish deadline to change election divisions to June 1 of an election year; delete antiquated language; amend KRS 116.200 to conform.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB76/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb76.html","sponsor":"Killian Timoney"},
{"bill_id":1394425,"bill_number":"HB13","title":"AN ACT relating to emergencies.","description":"Amend KRS 39A.090 to limit the governor's emergency orders to 28 days unless approved by the General Assembly; limit the local chief executive's emergency orders to 28 days unless approved by the local government legislative body.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB13/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb13.html","sponsor":"Lynn Bechler"},
{"bill_id":1394426,"bill_number":"SR9","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Dr. Mary Levi Smith-Stowe.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Dr. Mary Levi Smith-Stowe.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-05","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR9/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr9.html","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1394427,"bill_number":"SB33","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":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB33/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb33.html","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":1394428,"bill_number":"SB3","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 11.400 to conform; 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, abolish the Kentucky Council on Agriculture, abolish the Kentucky Tobacco Settlement Trust Corporation; amend KRS 18A.115 to exempt employees of the Agricultural Development Board and the Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corporation from classified service, amend KRS 42.016 to conform, amend KRS 246.030 to establish the Kentucky Office of Agricultural Policy, amend KRS 247.944 to attach the Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corporation to the Department of Agriculture, authorize the Commissioner of Agriculture to appoint the members of the board of directors, confirm member appointments as provided in KRS 11.160(2), allow staff services for the board to be provided by the Department of Agriculture, exempt the Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corporation from reorganization under KRS Chapter 12; amend KRS 248.707 to designate the Commissioner of Agriculture to serve as chairperson of the Agricultural Development Board, authorize the Commissioner of Agriculture to appoint members 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, exempt the Agricultural Development Board from reorganization under KRS Chapter 12; amend KRS 248.709 to require the board to update the comprehensive plan no less than every ten years; amend KRS 248.713 to conform; amend KRS 260.860 to conform; repeal KRS 247.410 relating to definitions, KRS 247.413 relating to creation of council, KRS 247.417 relating to members of council, KRS 247.420 relating to duties and powers of council; KRS 247.421 relating to Agricultural Export Authority, KRS 247.423 relating to steering committee; KRS 247.430 relating to Funds, 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; authorize the Commissioner of Agriculture to approve projects or programs to be funded by the Agricultural Development Board, authorize the Commissioner of Agriculture to approve actions of the Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corporation, direct board members of the Agricultural Development Board and Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corporation to serve terms as set forth, EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2021-03-12","last_action":"delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 12)","last_action_date":"2021-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB3/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb3.html","sponsor":"Paul Hornback"},
{"bill_id":1394429,"bill_number":"SR14","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Margie Montgomery upon her retirement.","description":"Honor Margie Montgomery upon her retirement.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-12","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR14/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr14.html","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":1394430,"bill_number":"HB158","title":"AN ACT relating to local air boards.","description":"Amend KRS 183.132 to allow a state university having an aviation degree track and also operating as a fixed-base operator to an airport governed by a local air board to submit for confirmation two additional members to the six-member board for a total of eight members and to provide for a contingency if all local governments withdraw their participation in the air board to allow a participating university to assume control of airport upon agreement with local governments and dissolution of the air board.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-18","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 38)","last_action_date":"2021-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB158/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb158.html","sponsor":"Deanna Frazier Gordon"},
{"bill_id":1394431,"bill_number":"HB30","title":"AN ACT relating to landlords and tenants.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 383.200 to 383.285 to allow a landlord, or agent of a landlord to file and practice a forcible detainer action.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB30/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb30.html","sponsor":"Myron Dossett"},
{"bill_id":1394432,"bill_number":"SR11","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of John Dewey Salyers.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of John Dewey Salyers.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-01-12","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-01-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR11/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr11.html","sponsor":"Christian McDaniel"},
{"bill_id":1394433,"bill_number":"HB132","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 moving party if dismissal is granted; allow for costs to be awarded to responding party if the motion was found to be frivolous or filed with the intent to delay; provide that this Act may be cited as the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB132/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb132.html","sponsor":"Nima Kulkarni"},
{"bill_id":1394434,"bill_number":"SB69","title":"AN ACT relating to the serving of alcoholic beverages.","description":"Amend KRS 244.090 to allow a person under the age of 20 to be employed by select licensees if his or her duties do not involve the retail sale or serving of alcoholic beverages, or employed by a retail malt beverage package licensee if the person is at least 18 years of age and under the direct supervision of someone 20 years of age or older, or by any other business whose alcoholic beverage sales do not exceed 50 percent of gross sales and the person is at least 18 years of age and under the supervision of a person 20 years of age or older or the duties of the person do not involve retail sales or serving alcoholic beverages.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Licensing and Occupations (S)","last_action_date":"2021-01-11","committee":"Licensing and Occupations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB69/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb69.html","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":1394435,"bill_number":"SB31","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 include in the homestead exemption for owners who are sixty-five years of age or older any increase in ad valorem taxes that are assessed after the latter of the year the owner turned sixty-five, the year the owner purchased the property, or the date this provision was ratified by the voters; 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":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB31/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb31.html","sponsor":"Mike Nemes"},
{"bill_id":1394436,"bill_number":"HB28","title":"AN ACT relating to bus operation safety.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require the Department of Education to develop, in cooperation with the Transportation Cabinet, a risk reduction program for school bus operators; outline requirements of the program; outline school district implementation requirements; require reporting of assaults; specify that the provisions also apply to public charter schools; require the Department of Education to promulgate administrative regulations; create a new section of KRS Chapter 281 to require the Transportation Cabinet to develop a risk reduction program for commercial 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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB28/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb28.html","sponsor":"Jeffery Donohue"},
{"bill_id":1394437,"bill_number":"HB51","title":"AN ACT relating to polling places.","description":"Amend KRS 117.087 and 118.035 to extend the ending voting hour from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB51/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb51.html","sponsor":"Buddy Wheatley"},
{"bill_id":1394438,"bill_number":"SR13","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Walter Terry McBrayer.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Walter Terry McBrayer.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR13/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr13.html","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":1394439,"bill_number":"SB72","title":"AN ACT relating to the Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act.","description":"Amend KRS 395A.060, relating to the procedure for disclosing digital assets, to clarify that a custodian can assess a reasonable administrative charge except in cases in which the user would have had access to the digital assets for free or for no additional charge.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-23","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 93)","last_action_date":"2021-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB72/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb72.html","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":1394440,"bill_number":"HB86","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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB86/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb86.html","sponsor":"Buddy Wheatley"},
{"bill_id":1394441,"bill_number":"HB25","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":"2021-02-25","last_action":"2nd reading, to Rules","last_action_date":"2021-03-12","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB25/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb25.html","sponsor":"Killian Timoney"},
{"bill_id":1394442,"bill_number":"HB63","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 certain records for three years; 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 employment terms; 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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB63/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb63.html","sponsor":"Ashley Tackett Laferty"},
{"bill_id":1394443,"bill_number":"HB171","title":"AN ACT relating to governmental emergencies and declaring an emergency.","description":"Repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 39A.100 to limit declarations of emergency, including executive orders relating to an emergency, to 15 days unless extended by the General Assembly; prohibit the Governor from declaring a new emergency based on the same facts upon the expiration of the initial declaration; prohibit the Governor from suspending statutes or administrative regulations unless the subject matter is authorized by statute; limit declarations of emergency by local chief executive officers to 15 days unless terminated earlier or extended by the corresponding local legislative body; amend KRS 39A.180, 39A.280, 315.500, and 367.374 to conform; create a noncodified section asserting the provisions of the Act are nonseverable; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB171/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb171.html","sponsor":"James Tipton"},
{"bill_id":1394444,"bill_number":"HB83","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, 2022; amend KRS 532.025 to conform; amend KRS 237.115 to conform; repeal KRS 65.870; EMERGENCY; some provisions EFFECTIVE January 1, 2022.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB83/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb83.html","sponsor":"George Brown"},
{"bill_id":1394445,"bill_number":"SB35","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":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB35/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb35.html","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":1394446,"bill_number":"HB138","title":"AN ACT relating to motor vehicle titles.","description":"Amend KRS 186A.555 to provide a \"cosmetic damage\" title for motor vehicles that have received cosmetic damage only; amend KRS 186A.530 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-04","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB138/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb138.html","sponsor":"Myron Dossett"},
{"bill_id":1394447,"bill_number":"HB55","title":"AN ACT relating to prevailing wage.","description":"Establish new sections of KRS Chapter 337 to 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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB55/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb55.html","sponsor":"Alan Gentry"},
{"bill_id":1394448,"bill_number":"SB55","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; amend KRS 205.5591 to delete language permitting the application of deductible, copayment, and coinsurance requirements to Medicaid telehealth services.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-22","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 62)","last_action_date":"2021-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB55/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb55.html","sponsor":"Stephen Meredith"},
{"bill_id":1394449,"bill_number":"HB21","title":"AN ACT relating to public protection.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 455 to require peace officers to give notice before entering premises to execute a search warrant; require officers to activate body-worn cameras when serving a warrant; create processes for enforcement; allow disciplinary actions for non compliance; create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to require officers to activate body-worn cameras when engaged in law enforcement activity; establish rebuttable presumptions in investigative or legal proceedings regarding unrecorded conduct or statements; amend KRS 61.168 to provide for release of recordings in specific circumstances and allow waiver of privacy concerns; amend KRS 344.450 to expand scope of permissible suits against state and local governments and limit defenses; amend KRS 15.420 to define \"deadly incident\"; amend KRS 154.440 to require law enforcement agencies to create policies requiring mandatory drug and alcohol testing for officers involved in a deadly incident; amend various sections to conform; provide that Sections 1 to 8 shall be known as \"Breonna's Law\".","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2021-03-02","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB21/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb21.html","sponsor":"Attica Scott"},
{"bill_id":1394450,"bill_number":"HB117","title":"AN ACT relating to coverage for the mailing or delivery of covered prescription drugs.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans that provide benefits for prescription drugs to include coverage for the mailing or delivery of covered prescription drugs to insureds; provide that the coverage shall not be subject to higher copayments, fees, or other cost-sharing requirements; amend KRS 205.522, KRS 205.6485, and KRS 18A.225 to require Medicaid managed care organizations, the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program, and the state employee health plan to comply with prescription drug delivery coverage requirements; provide that Sections 1 and 4 shall take effect on January 1, 2022; provide that Sections 2 and 3 shall be implemented by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or the Department for Medicaid Services on or before January 1, 2022, except when a federal waiver or authorization is deemed necessary.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB117/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb117.html","sponsor":"Patti Minter"},
{"bill_id":1394451,"bill_number":"HB120","title":"AN ACT relating to consolidated emergency services districts and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create various sections of KRS Chapter 75 to define terms; establish procedures for the creation of a consolidated emergency services district; authorize certain local government officials to appoint 3 members to the board of trustees of the district; provide for the election of 4 members of the board of trustees, qualifications of elected members, terms, nomination procedures, and removal; establish officers of the district and compensation of officers; establish the power to levy a property tax, subject to certain restrictions; 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; establish procedures amend KRS 65.180 to define consolidated emergency services district as a \"taxing districts\"; 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 95A.500 to allow the district to receive qualified shares of merged fire districts; amend KRS 134.119 to provide that the sheriff shall be compensated for collecting taxes for consolidated emergency service districts; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-25","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 116)","last_action_date":"2021-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB120/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb120.html","sponsor":"Ed Massey"},
{"bill_id":1394452,"bill_number":"HB90","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":"2021-03-04","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2021-03-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB90/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb90.html","sponsor":"Matthew Koch"},
{"bill_id":1394453,"bill_number":"HB59","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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB59/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb59.html","sponsor":"Ashley Tackett Laferty"},
{"bill_id":1394454,"bill_number":"SB52","title":"AN ACT relating to sexual offenses by peace officers.","description":"Amend KRS 510.060, rape in the third degree, to include a peace officer who subjects a person in custody or under arrest to sexual intercourse; amend KRS 510.090, sodomy in the third degree, to include a peace officer who subjects a person in custody or under arrest to deviate sexual intercourse; amend KRS 510.120, sexual abuse in the second degree, to include a peace officer who subjects a person in custody or under arrest to sexual contact.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-25","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 135)","last_action_date":"2021-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB52/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb52.html","sponsor":"Denise Harper Angel"},
{"bill_id":1394455,"bill_number":"HJR8","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, 2021, and December 1, 2022, EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR8/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hjr8.html","sponsor":"Tina Bojanowski"},
{"bill_id":1394456,"bill_number":"HB145","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":"Engrossed","status_date":"2021-03-02","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2021-03-03","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB145/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb145.html","sponsor":"Kimberly Banta"},
{"bill_id":1394457,"bill_number":"SB38","title":"AN ACT relating to surgical smoke evacuation.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to define terms and direct 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":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-22","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 57)","last_action_date":"2021-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB38/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb38.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1394458,"bill_number":"HR2","title":"A RESOLUTION establishing the 2021 membership of the Kentucky State House of Representatives.","description":"Establish the membership of the 2021 Kentucky House of Representatives.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR2/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr2.html","sponsor":"David Osborne"},
{"bill_id":1394459,"bill_number":"SB41","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 gradually raise the state minimum wage to $15 per hour by July 1, 2026, and to gradually raise the state minimum wage for tipped employees to $7.25 per hour by July 1, 2026; include anti-preemption language permitting local governments to establish minimum wage ordinances in excess of the state minimum wage.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB41/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb41.html","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1394460,"bill_number":"SB34","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":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB34/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb34.html","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":1394461,"bill_number":"HR4","title":"A RESOLUTION supporting the Hyde Amendment and encouraging its adoption by the United States Congress in its 2021 session.","description":"Support the Hyde Amendment and encourage its adoption by the United States Congress.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"3rd reading, adopted 74-18","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR4/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr4.html","sponsor":"Nancy Tate"},
{"bill_id":1394462,"bill_number":"HB14","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 50 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, 2022.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2021-02-04","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB14/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb14.html","sponsor":"Matthew Koch"},
{"bill_id":1394463,"bill_number":"HB130","title":"AN ACT relating to civil rights.","description":"Amend KRS 344.010 to include definitions for \"sexual orientation\" and \"gender identity\"; amend KRS 344.020, relating to the purpose of the Kentucky's civil rights chapter, to include a prohibition against discrimination because of sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.025, 344.040, 344.050, 344.060, 344.070, and 344.080, relating to prohibited discrimination in various labor and employment practices, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.100 and 344.110 to conform; amend KRS 344.120 and 342.140, relating to prohibited discrimination in places of public accommodation and advertisements therefor, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.170, 344.180, 344.190, 344.300, and 344.310, relating to the state and local human rights commissions, to include prohibition of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in the scope of their powers and duties; amend KRS 344.360, 344.370, 344.380, and 344.680, relating to prohibited discrimination in certain housing, real estate, and other financial transactions, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.367, relating to prohibited discrimination in certain insurance sales, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.400, relating to prohibited discrimination in certain credit transactions, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; make various technical amendments; amend KRS 18A.095 to conform.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB130/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb130.html","sponsor":"Lisa Willner"},
{"bill_id":1394464,"bill_number":"HB23","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; require the General Assembly to consider the commission's plans; 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 and delay clause; amend KRS 5.005 to remove the Secretary of State being named as a defendant in any action challenging the constitutionality of any legislative district and replace with the Advisory Redistricting Commission being named the defendant; provide that the Act may be cited as the \"Fair Maps Act.\"","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB23/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb23.html","sponsor":"Buddy Wheatley"},
{"bill_id":1394465,"bill_number":"SB30","title":"AN ACT relating to youth mental health protection and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 210 define sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts, mental health professional, and public funds; to prohibit mental health professionals from engaging in sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts 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; require violations to be subject to board discipline; prohibit public funds from being used for sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to require the Department for Public Health to develop, produce, and disseminate educational materials regarding sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts; permit the cabinet to contract for the educational materials; add the short title \"Mental Health Protection Act\"; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB30/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb30.html","sponsor":"Alice Kerr"},
{"bill_id":1394466,"bill_number":"SB58","title":"AN ACT relating to plastic waste.","description":"Amend KRS 224.50-585 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, 2026; 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, 2024; establish civil penalty of $100 per day for violation of bans.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB58/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb58.html","sponsor":"Denise Harper Angel"},
{"bill_id":1394467,"bill_number":"SB22","title":"AN ACT relating to statues and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Require the Department for Facilities and Support Services within the Finance and Administration Cabinet to relocate the Jefferson Davis statue from the Capitol Rotunda to either the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History or the Jefferson Davis Historic Site; require the Department for Facilities and Support Services to place a statue of United States Navy diver and Kentucky native Carl Brashear in the Capitol Rotunda; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB22/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb22.html","sponsor":"Christian McDaniel"},
{"bill_id":1394468,"bill_number":"HB99","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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB99/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb99.html","sponsor":"Cherlynn Stevenson"},
{"bill_id":1394469,"bill_number":"HR1","title":"A RESOLUTION adopting the Rules of Procedure for the 2021 Regular Session of the House of Representatives.","description":"Adopt the Rules of Procedure for the 2021 Regular Session of the House of Representatives.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"adopted 75-22","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR1/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr1.html","sponsor":"David Osborne"},
{"bill_id":1394470,"bill_number":"SB2","title":"AN ACT relating to administrative regulations and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 13A.010 to define “legislative committee”; amend KRS 13A.030 to include emergency administrative regulations without adequate justification in the list of administrative regulations that may be found deficient; amend KRS 13A.040 to conform; amend KRS 13A.190 to specify requirements for an emergency administrative regulation, provide for public comment and legislative review, specify submission requirements for documentary evidence; amend KRS 13A.220 to require specified information about an administrative regulation to be displayed on the agency Web site; amend KRS 13A.2251 and 13A.2255 to require material incorporated by reference to be displayed on the agency Web site; amend KRS 13A.250 to conform; amend KRS 13A.270 to include public hearings and written comment periods for emergency administrative regulations; amend KRS 13A.280 to include amending an emergency regulation at a legislative committee meeting; amend KRS 13A.290 to conform; amend KRS 13A.300 to conform and to allow a legislative committee to find an emergency regulation deficient if no representation from the administrative body appears; amend KRS 13A.310 to conform and to allow an emergency regulation to be withdrawn under certain conditions; amend KRS 13A.312 to stipulate that transfers of authority or name changes of administrative bodies by executive order during an interim period shall be returned to their previous forms if not codified or confirmed during the next regular session of the General Assembly; amend KRS 13A.315 and 13A.320 to conform; amend KRS 13A.330 to conform and to describe the process to be followed after an emergency administrative regulation is found deficient; amend KRS 13A.331, 13A.335, 13A.336, and 13A.338 to conform; amend KRS 214.020 to require administrative regulations promulgated under the section to be in effect no longer than 30 days if imposing restrictions on gatherings or imposing mandatory quarantine or isolation requirements, include penalty, appeal and due process information, and contain public hearing and written comment periods; amend KRS 214.990 to include violations of KRS Chapter 13A. EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 7)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB2/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb2.html","sponsor":"Steve West"},
{"bill_id":1394471,"bill_number":"HB70","title":"AN ACT relating to firearms.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to define terms; grant authority to District Court to issue search warrants to law enforcement officers to seize firearms from persons believed to be dangerous due to untreated mental illness or documented evidence of a propensity for violence; grant authority to law enforcement officers to seize firearms from persons believed to be dangerous without a warrant; establish protocols for court hearing to determine dangerousness of person and authority to prohibit person from possessing firearms; establish protocol for petitions to prove person is no longer dangerous; establish protocol for disposition of seized firearms after specified time; require the Administrative Office of the Courts to collect and publish statistics on gun seizures; establish penalties; amend KRS 16.220 to conform.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB70/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb70.html","sponsor":"Thomas Burch"},
{"bill_id":1394472,"bill_number":"HB74","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 KRS Chapter 194A to require the executive director of the Office of Health Data and Analytics 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; require the executive director to establish the database if certain conditions are met; set forth requirements for the database; amend KRS 304.2-100 to require the commissioner of the Department of Insurance to assist; create a new section of Subtitle 99 of KRS Chapter 304 to require the commissioner to promulgate administrative regulations designating the assessment of a fine for persons that do not comply with reporting requirements; establish short title; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB74/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb74.html","sponsor":"Cherlynn Stevenson"},
{"bill_id":1394473,"bill_number":"SR17","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Julian Carter Wills.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Julian Carter Wills.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-02-24","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR17/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr17.html","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":1394474,"bill_number":"HB17","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; amend KRS 18A.110 and 48.130 to conform; EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2022.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB17/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb17.html","sponsor":"James Tipton"},
{"bill_id":1394475,"bill_number":"HB173","title":"AN ACT relating to minimum security requirements at retail establishments licensed to sell alcohol for on-site consumption.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 244 to define terms; establish pre-employment requirements for bouncers; create bouncer training standards; establish agency oversight; prevent confusion as to whether a law enforcement officer is on or off duty; amend KRS 244.120 to prohibit consumption of alcohol by a bouncer during work hours; cite this Act as Christopher's Law.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB173/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb173.html","sponsor":"Lisa Willner"},
{"bill_id":1394476,"bill_number":"HB101","title":"AN ACT prohibiting vaccination requirements for postsecondary education students.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to prohibit a public or private postsecondary educational institution from requiring a student to receive any vaccination for disease unless the student is participating in an educational program that involves the delivery of health care services.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB101/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb101.html","sponsor":"Mark Hart"},
{"bill_id":1394477,"bill_number":"HB168","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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB168/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb168.html","sponsor":"Ed Massey"},
{"bill_id":1394478,"bill_number":"HB155","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 at a participating staffed police station, staffed fire station, or a staffed hospital.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-25","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 117)","last_action_date":"2021-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB155/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb155.html","sponsor":"Nancy Tate"},
{"bill_id":1394479,"bill_number":"SR12","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Emmanuel \"Manny\" Caulk.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Emmanuel \"Manny\" Caulk.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-05","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR12/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr12.html","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1394480,"bill_number":"HB69","title":"AN ACT relating to actuarial reporting for the state-administered retirement systems.","description":"Amend KRS 6.350 to establish additional standards and requirements for the completion of the actuarial analysis required for bills pertaining to state-administered retirement systems, including a projection of costs/savings over a 30-year period rather than 20 years, completion of the analysis in a format established by the Legislative Research Commission, and the addition of a summary of relevant data and information on the front page of the analysis; amend KRS 21.440, 61.670, and 161.400 to require the state-administered retirement systems to provide a projection/analysis over a 30-year period rather than a 20-year period regarding projections in the annual actuarial valuation and as it relates to experience studies, assumption changes, and other changes made by the boards of each system.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-22","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 64)","last_action_date":"2021-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB69/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb69.html","sponsor":"Jerry Miller"},
{"bill_id":1394481,"bill_number":"HB77","title":"AN ACT relating to coverage of mental health wellness examinations.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define terms; require certain health insurance policies to provide coverage for an annual mental health wellness examination of at least 45 minutes provided by a mental health professional; require the coverage to be no less extensive than coverage for medical and surgical benefits; require the coverage to comply with the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008; provide that coverage shall not be subject to cost-sharing requirements; amend KRS 205.522 to require the Department for Medicaid Services and managed care organizations contracted to provide Medicaid benefits to comply with the mental health wellness examination coverage requirement; amend KRS 205.6458 to require the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program to comply with the mental health examination coverage requirement; amend KRS 18A.225 to require the state employee health plan to comply with the mental health coverage requirement; EFFECTIVE, January 1, 2022.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB77/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb77.html","sponsor":"Rachel Roberts"},
{"bill_id":1394482,"bill_number":"HB12","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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB12/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb12.html","sponsor":"Patti Minter"},
{"bill_id":1394483,"bill_number":"HB19","title":"AN ACT relating to youth mental health protection and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 210 define sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts, mental health professional, and public funds; to prohibit mental health professionals from engaging in sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts 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; require violations to be subject to board discipline; prohibit public funds from being used for sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to require the Department for Public Health to develop, produce, and disseminate educational materials regarding sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts; permit the cabinet to contract for the educational materials; add the short title \"Mental Health Protection Act\"; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB19/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb19.html","sponsor":"Lisa Willner"},
{"bill_id":1394484,"bill_number":"SB57","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 remove jail penalty and to conform.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB57/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb57.html","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":1394485,"bill_number":"SR10","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Connie Jo Salyers.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Connie Jo Salyers.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-01-12","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-01-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR10/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr10.html","sponsor":"Christian McDaniel"},
{"bill_id":1394486,"bill_number":"HB95","title":"AN ACT relating to prescription insulin.","description":"Amend KRS 304-17A.148 to cap the cost-sharing requirements for prescription insulin at $30 per 30 day supply; amend KRS 18A.225 to require the Kentucky Employee Health Plan to comply; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2022.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-22","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 75)","last_action_date":"2021-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB95/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb95.html","sponsor":"Danny Bentley"},
{"bill_id":1394487,"bill_number":"HB164","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend KRS 508.025, relating to assault in the third degree, to create a mandatory fine of $5,000 and a minimum sentence of 30 days' incarceration, which is not subject to any form of early release, for certain offenses; amend KRS 508.010, relating to assault in the first degree, to create a mandatory fine of $15,000 and a minimum sentence of 90 days' incarceration, which is not subject to any form of early release; create a new section of KRS Chapter 512 to require the court to order full restitution in any conviction under KRS 512.020, 512.030, or 512.040; amend KRS 525.020, relating to riot in the first degree, to create a minimum sentence of 45 days' incarceration, which is not subject to any form of early release; amend KRS 525.030, realting to riot in the second degree, to create a minimum sentence of 30 days' incarceration, which is not subject to any form of early release; create a new section of KRS Chapter 525 to require the court to order full restitution in any conviction under KRS 525.020, 525.030, or 525.040; amend KRS 525.150 to make disrupting meetings and processions a Class A misdemeanor in all cases; amend KRS 525.140 to make obstructing a highway a Class D felony when the obstruction blocks an emergency vehicle, emergency responder, or emergency exit; create a new section of KRS Chapter 511 to create the offense of unlawful camping on property owned by the Commonwealth; amend KRS 511.060 to make criminal trespass a Class D felony when done to harass a person who is a law enforcement officer, active duty member of the military, judge, or elected or appointed government official; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to require 12-hour hold for any person charged with certain offenses and allow exceptions; repeal KRS 525.145, relating to disrupting meetings and processions in the first degree.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB164/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb164.html","sponsor":"Regina Huff"},
{"bill_id":1394488,"bill_number":"HB150","title":"AN ACT relating to absentee voter assistance.","description":"Amend KRS 117.0863 to designate and define who can provide assistance in voting for absentee voters; provide method of designation.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB150/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb150.html","sponsor":"Joseph Fischer"},
{"bill_id":1394489,"bill_number":"SB18","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, 2025; amend KRS 337.295 to require new administrative regulations concerning sheltered workshops and sheltered workshop employment; amend KRS 205.5606 to exclude referrals to sheltered employment from the definition of \"covered services and supports\" as of January 1, 2025.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2021-01-11","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB18/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb18.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1394490,"bill_number":"HB38","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 where the psychologist is not licensed; establish conditions under which a psychologist licensed to practice in a 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 license 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; authorize a compact state's ability to issue subpoenas for hearings and investigation as well as cease and desist and injunctive relief orders to revoke a psychologist's authority to practice interjurisdictional telepsychology and temporary authorization to practice; establish the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact Commission; require the commission to provide for and maintain a Coordinated Licensure Information System (Coordinated Database) and reporting system containing licensure and disciplinary action information on psychologists participating in the compact; provide immunity for members, officers, executive director, employees and representatives of the commission who act in accordance with the provisions of the compact; authorize the commission to establish rulemaking procedures; authorize the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of state government to enforce the provisions of the compact; affirm that rules promulgated will have standing as statutory law; require provisions of the compact to become effective on the date the compact is enacted into law in the seventh compact state.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-18","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 46)","last_action_date":"2021-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB38/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb38.html","sponsor":"Walker Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1394491,"bill_number":"HB41","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 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, KRS 78.470 and KRS 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, KRS 336.132 and KRS 336.134.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB41/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb41.html","sponsor":"Jeffery Donohue"},
{"bill_id":1394492,"bill_number":"HB102","title":"AN ACT relating to addiction treatment.","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; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require insurers to report the number and type of providers prescribing medication for addiction treatment; require the Department of Insurance to report to the General Assembly and State Board of Medical Licensure; EFFECTIVE in part January 1, 2022.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB102/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb102.html","sponsor":"Kimberly Moser"},
{"bill_id":1394493,"bill_number":"HB60","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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB60/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb60.html","sponsor":"Ashley Tackett Laferty"},
{"bill_id":1394494,"bill_number":"HB4","title":"AN ACT proposing to amend the Constitution of Kentucky relating to sessions of the General Assembly.","description":"Propose to amend Sections 36 and 42 of the Kentucky Constitution to eliminate the existing dates by which the General Assembly must adjourn in any regular session; provide that the General Assembly may extend the length of its legislative sessions by 10 days upon the vote of 3/5 of the membership of each House, with no session to extend beyond December 31.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2021-03-16","last_action":"delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 27)","last_action_date":"2021-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB4/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb4.html","sponsor":"David Osborne"},
{"bill_id":1394495,"bill_number":"HB66","title":"AN ACT relating to employment discrimination.","description":"Amend KRS 344.040, 344.050, 344.060, 344.070, 344.080, 344.100, and 344.110 to add protections against discrimination based on weight.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB66/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb66.html","sponsor":"Josie Raymond"},
{"bill_id":1394496,"bill_number":"HB7","title":"AN ACT relating to the Advisory Council for Recovery Ready Communities.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 222 to establish the Advisory Council for Recovery Ready Communities; establish membership and duties of the council; allow for the promulgation of administrative regulations.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-23","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 77)","last_action_date":"2021-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB7/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb7.html","sponsor":"Adam Bowling"},
{"bill_id":1394497,"bill_number":"SB45","title":"AN ACT relating to prescription drugs.","description":"Amend KRS 304.17A-164 to redefine \"cost sharing\" and define \"generic alternative,\" \"health plan,\" \"insured,\" and \"person\"; prohibit an insurer or pharmacy benefit manager from excluding any cost-sharing amount paid by or or behalf of an insured when calculating the insured's contribution to any applicable cost-sharing requirement; exempt fully insured or self-insured health benefit plans provided to state employees under KRS 18A.225; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2022.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-25","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 134)","last_action_date":"2021-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB45/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb45.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1394498,"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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR5/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hcr5.html","sponsor":"Danny Bentley"},
{"bill_id":1394499,"bill_number":"HB40","title":"AN ACT relating to a living wage.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to require any employer doing business in Kentucky that receives governmental incentives or subsidies to pay its employees a living wage.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB40/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb40.html","sponsor":"Jeffery Donohue"},
{"bill_id":1394500,"bill_number":"SB43","title":"AN ACT relating to heir property and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 381 to define heir property and create a mechanism for partition or sale among cotenants by the court; create requirements for notice, determination of value through agreement or appraisal; create protocol for buyouts, partition alternatives, partition in kind, sale by open-market, sealed bids, or auction; create the heir property research fund; amend KRS 324B.050 to authorize the Kentucky Real Estate authority to promulgate administrative regulations to issue grants from the fund; amend KRS 64.012 to increase the recording and indexing fee collected by county clerks by $1 and to direct those extra funds to the heir property research fund; amend KRS 381.135 and 389A.030 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"recommitted to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2021-03-11","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB43/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb43.html","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1394501,"bill_number":"SB68","title":"AN ACT relating to the manufacturing of distilled spirits.","description":"Amend KRS 243.120 to require a licensee holding a distiller's license, Class A license, or Class B license to distill no less than 600 gallons in one year at the distillery's licensed premises; exempt a licensee that trains, educates, conducts research, or teaches about the distilling process, aging, or bottling of distilled spirits from the minimum distilling production requirements in KRS Chapter 243, so long as a licensee does not produce spirits for sale to the general public.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-18","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 35)","last_action_date":"2021-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB68/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb68.html","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":1394502,"bill_number":"HB68","title":"AN ACT relating to public assistance.","description":"Amend KRS 205.200 to require that the value of all assets held by an individual be disregarded for the purpose of determining the individual's eligibility for a means-tested public assistance program.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB68/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb68.html","sponsor":"Josie Raymond"},
{"bill_id":1394503,"bill_number":"SB71","title":"AN ACT relating to motor vehicles.","description":"Amend KRS 281.010 to define \"automobile club,\" \"flatbed/rollback service,\" \"recovery,\" \"storage facility,\" \"tow truck,\" \"tow truck operator,\" “towing,” and \"towing company\"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 281 to define “lienholder,\" “owner,” and \"motor vehicle renting company\"; create new sections of KRS Chapter 281 to establish the provisions for emergency towing and 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; establish requirements for records retention; outline acts prohibited by a towing company or storage facility; specify that the Transportation Cabinet shall be held harmless for any damages in relation to the towing and storage of a vehicle; amend KRS 359.230 and 189.725 to conform; amend KRS 376.275 to establish requirements for certified mail notifications to lienholders having a prior recorded lien on a Commonwealth issued title; amend KRS 186A.145 to outline responsibility of motor vehicle ad valorem property taxes, when a vehicle is transferred to an insurer or its agent as a result of an insurance policy claim.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-22","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 74)","last_action_date":"2021-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB71/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb71.html","sponsor":"Jared Carpenter"},
{"bill_id":1394504,"bill_number":"HB79","title":"AN ACT relating to massage therapy.","description":"Amend KRS 309.350 to establish the definition for \"massage establishment\"; amend KRS 309.351 to allow licensed massage therapists to use pulsed electromagnetic field therapy or microcurrent devices for which they are trained; prohibit the application of ultrasounds and the prescribing of medication; amend KRS 309.354 to allow at least one board member to be a designated representative of a school owner or designated representative of a school director; 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 with promulgating administrative regulations that establish a reasonable schedule of fees 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; require the completion of one hour of continuing education for every six months a license has been in an inactive state; 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 allow a school with the designation of \"Approved Schhol\" to meet the qualifications of having met the requirement that it be in good standing; 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":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-18","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 29)","last_action_date":"2021-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB79/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb79.html","sponsor":"Matthew Koch"},
{"bill_id":1394505,"bill_number":"SR3","title":"A RESOLUTION establishing the 2021 membership of the Kentucky State Senate.","description":"Establish the 2021 membership of the Kentucky State Senate.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR3/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr3.html","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":1394506,"bill_number":"HB137","title":"AN ACT relating to mining licenses and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 351 to require any owner, operator, lessee, or licensee of a coal mine holding a license under Section 2 of the Act that has been doing business in the Commonwealth for fewer than 5 consecutive years to submit a certification from the commissioner of the Department of Workplace Standards that the licensee is compliant with or exempt from the performance bonding requirements of Section 3 of the Act; amend KRS 351.175 to require any coal mine licensee applicant to submit a certification from the commissioner of the Department of Workplace Standards that the applicant is compliant with or exempt from the performance bonding requirement of Section 3 of the Act; require the department to revoke any license if the department receives notification that the licensee is neither compliant nor exempt from the performance bonding requirements of Section 3 of the Act; amend KRS 337.200 to require the commissioner of the Department of Workplace Standards to notify the Department for Natural Resources of any employer engaged in the severance, preparation, or transportation of minerals that is not compliant with the performance bonding requirements that section; amend KRS 337.994 to require that all penalties collected for violations of Section 3 of the Act be paid to employees injured by the employer's failure to post the performance bond; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB137/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb137.html","sponsor":"Angie Hatton"},
{"bill_id":1394507,"bill_number":"SR25","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Eleanor Carol Leavell Barr.","description":"Adjourn in honor of Eleanor Carol Leavell Barr.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-05","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR25/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr25.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1394508,"bill_number":"SB32","title":"AN ACT relating to children.","description":"Amend KRS 403.270 to specify that the existing time periods required to be considered a de facto custodian be calculated in aggragate within the last two years.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-25","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 132)","last_action_date":"2021-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB32/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb32.html","sponsor":"Phillip Wheeler"},
{"bill_id":1394509,"bill_number":"SR20","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing Court Reporting and Captioning Week in Kentucky on February 8 to 15, 2021.","description":"Recognize Court Reporting and Captioning Week in Kentucky on February 8 to 15, 2021.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-02-03","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-02-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR20/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr20.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1394510,"bill_number":"HB139","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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB139/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb139.html","sponsor":"John Blanton"},
{"bill_id":1394511,"bill_number":"SB20","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":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2021-01-11","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB20/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb20.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1394512,"bill_number":"HB105","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 communications systems, electronic media, the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System if authorized and under conditions permitted by the federal government, and local, regional, and statewide media providers.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-23","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 86)","last_action_date":"2021-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB105/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb105.html","sponsor":"Deanna Frazier Gordon"},
{"bill_id":1394513,"bill_number":"HB52","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 with a different participating employer, 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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB52/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb52.html","sponsor":"James Tipton"},
{"bill_id":1394514,"bill_number":"SR23","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Hurchel Franklin Myers.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Hurchel Franklin Myers.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-12","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR23/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr23.html","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":1394515,"bill_number":"SB24","title":"AN ACT proposing to amend Section 36 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to time and place of meetings of the General Assembly.","description":"Propose to amend Section 36 of the Constitution of Kentucky to require the General Assembly to convene if the Governor declares a state of emergency in the Commonwealth, and the state of emergency exceeds thirty days in the aggregate of a calendar year during which time the General Assembly is not in regular session. The subjects to be considered by the General Assembly shall be the Governor's executive orders and directives issued pursuant to and relevant to the executive order declaring a state of emergency; ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-09","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB24/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb24.html","sponsor":"Christian McDaniel"},
{"bill_id":1394516,"bill_number":"HB167","title":"AN ACT relating to elections.","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;","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB167/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb167.html","sponsor":"Ed Massey"},
{"bill_id":1394517,"bill_number":"HB65","title":"AN ACT related to teacher professional development.","description":"Amend KRS 156.095 to require all certified public school employees to complete high quality behavioral and mood disorder training annually.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB65/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb65.html","sponsor":"Josie Raymond"},
{"bill_id":1394518,"bill_number":"HB2","title":"AN ACT relating to medical procedures and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 15.241 to allow the Attorney General to seek injunctive relief as well as civil and criminal penalties to prevent, penalize, and remedy violations of KRS Chapter 216B relating to abortion facilities, violations of KRS 311.710 to 311.830 relating to abortions, and violations of emergency management orders relating to elective medical procedures issued under KRS Chapter 39A; specify that nothing in this section shall limit or preclude the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services from seeking similar relief; create a noncodified section to prohibit an abortion facility from deeming an abortion to be an emergent or urgent medical procedure and to prohibit a physician from deeming an abortion to be performed in an abortion facility to be an emergent or urgent medical procedure during the state of emergency declared in response to COVID-19; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 4)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB2/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb2.html","sponsor":"Joseph Fischer"},
{"bill_id":1394519,"bill_number":"HB133","title":"AN ACT relating to recall petitions.","description":"Amend KRS 132.017 to reduce the number of signatures required for a recall petition of a tax levy by a district board of education.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2021-03-28","last_action":"became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 149)","last_action_date":"2021-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB133/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb133.html","sponsor":"Kevin Bratcher"},
{"bill_id":1394520,"bill_number":"SB48","title":"AN ACT relating to personal information.","description":"Amend KRS 61.870 to define \"public officer\"; amend KRS 61.878 to exempt records that would reveal the address or location of a public officer under certain conditions.","status_desc":"Vetoed","status_date":"2021-04-08","last_action":"Vetoed","last_action_date":"2021-04-08","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB48/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb48.html","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":1394521,"bill_number":"HB170","title":"AN ACT relating to ophthalmic dispensers.","description":"Amend KRS 326.080 to require the license renewal fee be established by the board through promulgation of administrative regulation.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB170/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb170.html","sponsor":"Shane Baker"},
{"bill_id":1394522,"bill_number":"HB44","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); provide that legitimate personnel actions are not compensable; establish the reference for definitions of PTSD and PTSI; require diagnosis by psychiatrist, psychologist, or counselor; allow certain mental health treatment benefits upon firefighter seeking treatment; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-25","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 114)","last_action_date":"2021-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB44/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb44.html","sponsor":"Kimberly Banta"},
{"bill_id":1394523,"bill_number":"HB47","title":"AN ACT relating to construction or demolition waste disposal.","description":"Amend KRS 224.40-120 to allow an off-site construction or demolition waste disposal permittee to request an increase in the size of the permitted area to no more than 2 acres total if the applicant is compliant with the permit requirements for the currently permitted area and complies with all permit requirements for the newly permitted area, including posting an additional bond for the newly permitted area.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2021-02-10","last_action":"returned to Natural Resources & Energy (S)","last_action_date":"2021-03-11","committee":"Natural Resources and Energy","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB47/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb47.html","sponsor":"Danny Bentley"},
{"bill_id":1394524,"bill_number":"SB29","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":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-25","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 131)","last_action_date":"2021-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB29/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb29.html","sponsor":"Rick Girdler"},
{"bill_id":1394525,"bill_number":"HB166","title":"AN ACT relating to First Responder, Doctor, Nurse, and Health Care Professional Recognition Day.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to designate the first Saturday of October of each year as \"First Responder, Doctor, Nurse, and Health Care Professional Recognition Day\"; require the Governor to proclaim the date each year and require state flags to be lowered to half-mast on state public buildings from sunrise to sunset on that day.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB166/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb166.html","sponsor":"Ed Massey"},
{"bill_id":1394526,"bill_number":"HB109","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":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-23","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 94)","last_action_date":"2021-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB109/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb109.html","sponsor":"Shane Baker"},
{"bill_id":1394527,"bill_number":"HB165","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":"2021-03-04","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2021-03-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB165/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb165.html","sponsor":"Myron Dossett"},
{"bill_id":1394528,"bill_number":"SB11","title":"AN ACT relating to criminal damage to rental property.","description":"Amend KRS 512.010 to define \"lease or rental agreement\", \"residential rental property\", and \"tenant\"; amend KRS 512.020, 512.030, and 512.040 to specifically include damage to residential rental property in the crime of criminal mischief.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2021-03-29","last_action":"delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 164)","last_action_date":"2021-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB11/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb11.html","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":1394529,"bill_number":"HB3","title":"AN ACT relating to civil actions and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 452 to establish the venue for constitutional challenges to statutes, executive orders, regulations, and other cabinet or department orders; establish procedures for selecting a panel of three Circuit Judges to hear challenges; establish three districts from which panel judges can be selected; amend various sections to conform; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch 2)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB3/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb3.html","sponsor":"Ed Massey"},
{"bill_id":1394530,"bill_number":"HB174","title":"AN ACT relating to state employment offices.","description":"Amend KRS 151B.285 to mandate that public employment offices be located and operational in specified locations.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB174/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb174.html","sponsor":"Scott Sharp"},
{"bill_id":1394531,"bill_number":"SB26","title":"AN ACT relating to sex offender registrants.","description":"Amend KRS 17.545 to prohibit sex offender registrants from being on the grounds of a senior citizen center.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB26/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb26.html","sponsor":"Phillip Wheeler"},
{"bill_id":1394532,"bill_number":"HB82","title":"AN ACT proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Kentucky relating to the recall of elected officials.","description":"Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to provide for the recall of all elected officials, except judges, by the voters; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB82/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb82.html","sponsor":"James Tipton"},
{"bill_id":1394533,"bill_number":"SB64","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":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-23","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 88)","last_action_date":"2021-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB64/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb64.html","sponsor":"Alice Kerr"},
{"bill_id":1394534,"bill_number":"SB67","title":"AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverage sales, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 243 to allow alcohol to be purchased to go or for delivery in conjunction with a meal, set conditions therefore, and require department to promulgate administrative regulation for closed container; amend KRS 243.034 to allow limited restaurant licensees to sell alcohol for delivery or to go in conjunction with a meal; amend KRS 243.084 to allow nonquota type 2 licensees to sell alcohol for delivery or to go in conjunction with a meal; amend KRS 243.155 to allow small farm winery licensees to sell alcohol for delivery or to go in conjunction with a meal; amend KRS 243.250 to allow quota retail drink licensees to sell alcohol for delivery or to go in conjunction with a meal; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-15","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 20)","last_action_date":"2021-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB67/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb67.html","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":1394535,"bill_number":"HB121","title":"AN ACT relating to retirement.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 21.345 to 21.580 to close the Legislators' Retirement Plan (LRP) and Judicial Retirement Plan (JRP) to new members effective July 1, 2021, and to provide that new legislators and judges 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 and JRP members who entered the plans on or after 1/1/2014 and who are participating in the 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 6.505, 21.360, and 21.480 to provide that legislative changes that are enacted on or after July 1, 2021, for LRP and JRP shall not be part of the \"inviolable contract\" and to make conforming amendments; repeal, reenact, and 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, 2021; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 6.525 to provide that non-legislative compensation earned in another state-administered retirement system or plan on or after July 1, 2021, 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 and repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 21.402 and 61.680 to conform and to restore/remove language due to a recent court ruling.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB121/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb121.html","sponsor":"James Tipton"},
{"bill_id":1394536,"bill_number":"HB106","title":"AN ACT relating to the Child Care Assistance Program.","description":"Amend KRS 199.894 to define \"Child Care and Development Fund\" and \"Child Care Assistance Program\"; create a new section of KRS 199.892 to 199.896 to establish income eligibility requirements for the Child Care Assistance Program.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB106/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb106.html","sponsor":"Josie Raymond"},
{"bill_id":1394537,"bill_number":"HB157","title":"AN ACT relating to the establishment of historical commissions.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 148 to establish the Kentucky State Park Centennial Commission and the Kentucky Semiquincentennial Commission to coordinate celebrations; establish membership of the commissions; establish sunset dates for the provisions.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB157/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb157.html","sponsor":"Adam Bowling"},
{"bill_id":1394538,"bill_number":"SR1","title":"A RESOLUTION adopting the Rules of Procedure for the 2021 Regular Session of the Senate.","description":"Adopt the Rules of Procedure for the 2021 Regular Session of the Senate.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR1/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr1.html","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":1394539,"bill_number":"HB53","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 amend the membership of the Technical Advisory Committee on Consumer Rights and Client Needs, amend the membership of the Technical Advisory Committee on Behavioral Health, and 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":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-08","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 11)","last_action_date":"2021-03-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB53/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb53.html","sponsor":"Kimberly Moser"},
{"bill_id":1394540,"bill_number":"HB98","title":"AN ACT relating to enforcement of a lien against a storage unit occupant.","description":"Amend KRS 359.230 to permit storage facilities to advertise lien enforcement auction notices on a publicly accessible Web site as an alternative to publication in a newspaper of general circulation.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-25","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 115)","last_action_date":"2021-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB98/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb98.html","sponsor":"Kevin Bratcher"},
{"bill_id":1394541,"bill_number":"HB104","title":"AN ACT relating to damages to small businesses resulting from executive orders.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 39A to define \"emergency order\" and \"small business\"; to allow a small business owner adversely effected by an emergency order to bring an action against the Commonwealth for lost income, loss of going concern, or fees and costs if the temporary or partial closure of the business would not have occurred but for compliance with an emergency order; to place the burden of proving the loss is due to the emergency order upon the business owner; to require actions be commenced within 1 year of the expiration of the emergency order that resulted in the closure of the business.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB104/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb104.html","sponsor":"Mark Hart"},
{"bill_id":1394542,"bill_number":"HJR9","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 July 1, 2022; 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, 2022.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR9/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hjr9.html","sponsor":"Cherlynn Stevenson"},
{"bill_id":1394543,"bill_number":"SB1","title":"AN ACT relating to emergencies and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 39A.090 to limit the effective dates of executive orders issued by the Governor to 30 days unless an extension is approved by the General Assembly, and prohibit the Governor from issuing a new executive order relating to the same emergency without the approval of the General Assembly; amend KRS 39A.100 to allow an executive order relating to elections to remain in effect regardless of the time limitations in KRS 39A.090; amend KRS 39A.180 to limit administrative regulations promulgated under KRS 39A.180 to 30 days unless an extension is approved by the General Assembly; amend KRS 214.020 to limit administrative regulations promulgated under KRS 214.020 to 30 days unless an extension is approved by the General Assembly; amend KRS 241.090 to limit the emergency jurisdiction and peace officer status of administrators and investigators under the alcohol beverage control board to the limitations in KRS 39A.090; amend KRS 315.500 to prevent the time limitations of KRS 39A.090 from affecting the emergency distribution of pharmaceuticals; amend KRS 39A.374 to prevent the time limitations of KRS 39A.090 from affecting the limitations on increased prices during an emergency.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 6)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB1/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb1.html","sponsor":"Matt Castlen"},
{"bill_id":1394544,"bill_number":"SB49","title":"AN ACT relating to home and community based services waiver providers.","description":"Amend KRS 337.010 to exclude providers of certain home or community based services from the definition of employee in regards to payment of wages; amend KRS 342.650 to exempt certain home or community based services from coverage in regards to workers’ compensation; amend KRS 341.055 to exclude certain home or community based services from “covered employment” in regards to unemployment compensation.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2021-03-29","last_action":"delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 153)","last_action_date":"2021-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB49/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb49.html","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":1394545,"bill_number":"HB42","title":"AN ACT relating to paid parental leave.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 18A to allow employees of the Commonwealth of Kentucky a paid leave of absence of 12 weeks for the birth or adoption of a child and to establish requirements for the paid leave of absence; amend KRS 18A.025 and 18A.110 to conform","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB42/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb42.html","sponsor":"Josie Raymond"},
{"bill_id":1394546,"bill_number":"SB44","title":"AN ACT relating to access to health care.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 17A, KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to accept, and count towards the insured's contributions, premium and cost-sharing payments made on behalf of an insured from state or federal government programs, Indian or tribal organizations, and certain tax-exempt organizations; permit insurers to accept, and count towards the insured's contributions, premium and cost-sharing payments made on behalf of an insured from other persons; provide exception for Health Savings Account-qualified High Deductible Health Plans; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2022.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-25","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 133)","last_action_date":"2021-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB44/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb44.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1394547,"bill_number":"HB43","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; amend KRS 158.148 to provide that school disciplinary codes shall prohibit discrimination on the basis of race; establish the short title of \"C.R.O.W.N. Act\".","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB43/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb43.html","sponsor":"Attica Scott"},
{"bill_id":1394548,"bill_number":"SR22","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Wanda Goodwin Thomas.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Wanda Goodwin Thomas.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-16","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR22/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr22.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1394549,"bill_number":"HB34","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, 2021, $9.15 per hour on July 1, 2022, $10.10 per hour on July 1, 2023, $11 per hour on July 1, 2024, $12.05 per hour on July 1, 2025, $13.10 per hour on July 1, 2026, $13.95 per hour on July 1, 2027, and $15 per hour on July 1, 2028; 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, 2022, $3.95 per hour on July 1, 2023, and $4.90 per hour on July 1, 2024; include anti-preemption language permitting local governments to establish minimum wage ordinances in excess of the state minimum wage.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB34/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb34.html","sponsor":"Joni Jenkins"},
{"bill_id":1394550,"bill_number":"HB107","title":"AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to the environment.","description":"Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky establishing a right of the people to have a clean and healthy environment with the preservation of the natural, scenic and cultural values of the environment, and for the Commonwealth to serve as the trustee for the conservation and maintenance of the environment and its natural resources for the benefit of all people; ballot language provided; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB107/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb107.html","sponsor":"Josie Raymond"},
{"bill_id":1394551,"bill_number":"HB94","title":"AN ACT relating to controlled substances.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to require a practitioner who prescribes an opioid medication to a patient to concurrently prescribe an opioid antagonist and provide education on overdose prevention and the use of the opioid antagonist under certain circumstances.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB94/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb94.html","sponsor":"Danny Bentley"},
{"bill_id":1394552,"bill_number":"HB126","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; amend the Class A misdemeanor level to be $500 or more but less than $1,000; enhance the penalty for three convictions of a Class A misdemeanor to a Class D felony if the convictions occur within a five year period; allow offenses that occur within 90 days to be aggregated into one offense.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-22","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 66)","last_action_date":"2021-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB126/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb126.html","sponsor":"Ed Massey"},
{"bill_id":1394553,"bill_number":"HB88","title":"AN ACT establishing celebratory commissions for the Kentucky State Parks centennial anniversary, the Old Fort Harrod State Park semiquincentennial anniversary, and the United States semiquincentennial anniversary.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 148 to establish the Kentucky State Park Centennial Commission, the Kentucky Semiquincentennial Commission, and the Old Fort Harrod Semiquincentennial Commission to coordinate celebrations; establish membership of the commissions; establish sunset dates for the provisions.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB88/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb88.html","sponsor":"Ashley Tackett Laferty"},
{"bill_id":1394554,"bill_number":"HB159","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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB159/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb159.html","sponsor":"Mark Hart"},
{"bill_id":1394555,"bill_number":"HB115","title":"AN ACT relating to post-retirement beneficiary changes.","description":"Amend KRS 61.542 to allow a retiree to elect to change his or her beneficiary at any time, if the retiree has selected upon retirement a basic monthly annuity payment as defined in the subsection, a period certain payment option under KRS 61.635(5) to (7), or the Social Security adjustment option without survivorship rights under KRS 61.635(8)(a); require a retiree to file a beneficiary change form prescribed by the Kentucky Retirement Systems with the retirement office; provide that a retiree may change his or her actual monthly payment option only upon marriage or remarriage and only if he or she files a beneficiary change form within 120 days of marriage or remarriage designating the new spouse as beneficiary and selecting a survivorship payment option under KRS 61.635(2) to (4) and (8)(b), with the resulting payments being actuarially equivalent to the retirement allowance provided at the date of the original retirement; amend KRS 61.590, 61.615, and 61.630 to conform; provide that members who retired prior to the effective date of the Act, who were married or remarried prior to the effective date of the Act and remain married or remarried to the same spouse, shall have 120 days from the effective date to select a survivorship option for their spouse under the Act.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB115/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb115.html","sponsor":"Buddy Wheatley"},
{"bill_id":1394556,"bill_number":"SB25","title":"AN ACT relating to opportunities in education.","description":"Create new sections in KRS Chapter 141 to establish the Education Opportunity Account Program; define terms and eligibility for the program; establish the requirements of the account-granting organizations and the Department of Revenue; allow auditing of account-granting organizations by the Department of Revenue; create a tax credit for taxes imposed by KRS 141.020, 141.040, and 141.0401; require reporting to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue; create short title; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the tax credit; amend KRS 131.190 to allow reporting by the Department of Revenue.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB25/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb25.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1394557,"bill_number":"HB122","title":"AN ACT relating to the establishment of emergency insulin programs and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create various new sections of KRS Chapter 211 to define terms; establish the urgent-need insulin program and the continuing access to insulin program; establish eligibility guidelines for both programs; establish the application process; establish the process by which insulin is dispensed to eligible individuals; establish the responsibilities of insulin manufacturers for facilitating the dispensing of insulin to eligible individuals; establish the responsibilities of the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy for administering the program; require manufacturers to maintain privacy of all data obtained; require manufacturers to annually report certain information to the board; require the board to report certain information to the General Assembly upon request; establish penalties; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB122/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb122.html","sponsor":"Patti Minter"},
{"bill_id":1394558,"bill_number":"SB56","title":"AN ACT relating to the Medicaid program.","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; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2021-02-25","last_action":"to Health & Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-26","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB56/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb56.html","sponsor":"Stephen Meredith"},
{"bill_id":1394559,"bill_number":"SR19","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Cathy Hinko upon her retirement as Director of the Metropolitan Housing Coalition.","description":"Honor Cathy Hinko upon her retirement as Director of the Metropolitan Housing Coalition in Jefferson County.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-01-07","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-01-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR19/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr19.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1394560,"bill_number":"HB147","title":"AN ACT relating to the regulation of tobacco products and vapor products.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 438.305 to 438.350 to permit city or county governments to impose restrictions or requirements on the use, display, sale, and distribution of tobacco products or vapor products that are stricter than those imposed under state law; repeal KRS 438.300.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB147/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb147.html","sponsor":"Kimberly Moser"},
{"bill_id":1394561,"bill_number":"HB129","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 that 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":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB129/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb129.html","sponsor":"Angie Hatton"},
{"bill_id":1394562,"bill_number":"HB119","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 discus and refer or prescribe alternative chronic pain treatments before initially prescribing or dispensing a controlled substance; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2022.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB119/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb119.html","sponsor":"Cherlynn Stevenson"},
{"bill_id":1394563,"bill_number":"SB16","title":"AN ACT relating to colon cancer screening and prevention and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 214.540 to change Colon Cancer Screening Program to the Colon Cancer Screening and Prevention Program; amend KRS 214.543 to change Colon Cancer Screening Program fund to Colon Cancer Screening and Prevention Program fund; require the fund to include funds distributed by the Transportation Cabinet from sales of special cancer prevention license plates; require funds to be solely used for colon cancer screening and prevention; amend KRS 214.544 to change Colon Cancer Screening Advisory Committee to Colon Cancer Screening and Prevention Advisory Committee; change membership of the advisory committee; create new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the Department for Medicaid Services to present statistics on cancer services related to colorectal cancer annually and upon request; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-25","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 130)","last_action_date":"2021-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB16/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb16.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1394564,"bill_number":"SR21","title":"A RESOLUTION relating to handwashing in schools.","description":"Urge the Department of Education to provide guidance to Kentucky school districts on how to implement the CDC's COVID-19 guidance, including recommendations for hand hygiene; urge Kentucky schools to adopt hand hygiene plans that meet or exceed the CDC recommendations.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR21/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr21.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1394565,"bill_number":"SB75","title":"AN ACT relating to off-highway vehicles and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to defines the terms \"off-highway vehicle,\" \"local government,\" and \"regional authority\"; allow a local government that is located within the boundary of a regional authority, to pass an ordinance allowing for the operation of off-highway vehicles (OHVs) on a roadways under local government jurisdiction and state roadways approved by the Transportation Cabinet; allow a local government to petition the Transportation Cabinet to include state-maintained roadways located within the local government's jurisdiction, for OHV use under local ordinance; prohibits OHV use on fully controlled access highways; outlines OHV ordinance requirements; allow the local government to assess a fee of $30 for an annual OHV permit for Commonwealth residents and $50 for nonresidents; specify that all OHV permits expire on April 1 of each year; permit a local government to contract with a regional authority or a private vendor for the issuance of OHV permits; outline OHV operating requirements for OHV permit holders; require OHV passengers under the age of 18 to wear a helmet; outline OHV signage requirement for local governments and the Transportation Cabinet; require reciprocity between local governments who have passed OHV ordinances; allow the Transportation Cabinet to prohibit the operation of OHVs on any public highway that crosses a state highway or any state highway if deemed in the interest of public safety; outline exemptions; amend KRS 189.515 to conform.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-03-01","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-03-01","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB75/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb75.html","sponsor":"Phillip Wheeler"},
{"bill_id":1394566,"bill_number":"HB112","title":"AN ACT relating to crime-related nuisances.","description":"Create new section of KRS Chapter 411 to create a cause of action against a property owner for maintaining a crime-related nuisance.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB112/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb112.html","sponsor":"Kevin Bratcher"},
{"bill_id":1394567,"bill_number":"HB64","title":"AN ACT related to preschool education programs.","description":"Amend KRS 157.320 to define \"at-risk\"; amend KRS 157.3175 to expand eligibility for preschool education programs to children who reside in households with an income at or below 200% of the federal poverty level.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB64/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb64.html","sponsor":"Josie Raymond"},
{"bill_id":1394568,"bill_number":"SCR7","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION requesting state and local officials and the judiciary to dedicate resources and adopt practices to preserve public investments.","description":"Urge local governments to make resources available for the protection of monuments, edifices, graves, and lands, and urge peace officers, prosecutors and members of the Kentucky Court of Justice including county attorneys, Commonwealth's attorneys, and the Kentucky Attorney General to charge and pursue the most stringent violations against defacement and damage of monuments, edifices, graves, and lands, as well as to urge judges of the Circuit, District, and appellate courts to impose and sustain sentences against persons convicted of these offenses to the maximum penalties permitted under law.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"introduced in Senate","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SCR7/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/scr7.html","sponsor":"Robert Mills"},
{"bill_id":1394569,"bill_number":"HB156","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, 2021; 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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB156/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb156.html","sponsor":"Kim King"},
{"bill_id":1394570,"bill_number":"HB103","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 require the Department of Vital Statistics report to include verification of compliance with the certification requirement of KRS 311.727; specify that the Auditor of Public Accounts shall function as a health oversight agency for the purpose of performing the audit; require the Department of Vital Statistics to reimburse the Auditor for the audit; prohibit the audit from including personally identifying information of any pregnant woman upon whom an abortion was performed or attempted; specify that any personally identifying information viewed or recorded by the Auditor in conducting the audit is not subject to the Open Records Act; extend the Auditor's authority under KRS 43.080 to any person or entity required to report under this section for the purposes of conducting the audit.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB103/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb103.html","sponsor":"Joseph Fischer"},
{"bill_id":1394571,"bill_number":"HB146","title":"AN ACT relating to a deduction for medical expenses for individual income tax.","description":"Amend KRS 141.019 to allow a deduction for medical expenses for individual income tax purposes; apply to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2021.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB146/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb146.html","sponsor":"Kimberly Banta"},
{"bill_id":1394572,"bill_number":"HB22","title":"AN ACT relating to campaign finance.","description":"Amend KRS 121.175 to define and include \"personal use services,\" including childcare and elder care, as an allowable campaign expenditure.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB22/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb22.html","sponsor":"Josie Raymond"},
{"bill_id":1394573,"bill_number":"HB160","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":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB160/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb160.html","sponsor":"Mark Hart"},
{"bill_id":1394574,"bill_number":"SR5","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Randy Poe upon being appointed to the Kentucky Board of Education.","description":"Honor Randy Poe upon being appointed to the Kentucky Board of Education.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-12","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR5/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr5.html","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":1394575,"bill_number":"HB54","title":"AN ACT relating to paid parental leave.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 18A to allow employees of the Commonwealth of Kentucky a paid leave of absence of 12 weeks for the birth or adoption of a child and to establish requirements for the paid leave of absence; amend KRS 18A.025 and 18A.110 to conform.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB54/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb54.html","sponsor":"Jason Nemes"},
{"bill_id":1394576,"bill_number":"HB125","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":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-04-05","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 188)","last_action_date":"2021-04-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB125/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb125.html","sponsor":"Sal Santoro"},
{"bill_id":1394577,"bill_number":"SR8","title":"A RESOLUTION commending Taiwan for its relations with the United States of America and the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","description":"Commend Taiwan for its relations with the United States of America and the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR8/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr8.html","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":1394578,"bill_number":"HJR11","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Energy and Environment Cabinet to study the economic impact and feasibility of adopting an electronic waste disposal program in Kentucky.","description":"Direct the Energy and Environment Cabinet to study the economic impact and feasibility of adopting an electronic waste disposal program in Kentucky; direct the Cabinet to report study findings to the Governor, the LRC, and the relevant Interim Joint Committees.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2021-03-15","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Energy (S)","last_action_date":"2021-03-16","committee":"Natural Resources and Energy","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR11/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hjr11.html","sponsor":"David Osborne"},
{"bill_id":1394579,"bill_number":"HB71","title":"AN ACT relating to elections.","description":"Amend 118.025 to remove straight-party voting as a ballot option in a regular election; amend KRS 117.125, 117.381, 117.155, and 117.205 to conform.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB71/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb71.html","sponsor":"Buddy Wheatley"},
{"bill_id":1394580,"bill_number":"HB152","title":"AN ACT relating to county clerk fees.","description":"Amend KRS 64.012 to add affidavits of conversion or severance, assignments of release, statements of authority as to real property, and lien filings by cities 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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB152/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb152.html","sponsor":"Joseph Fischer"},
{"bill_id":1394581,"bill_number":"HB26","title":"AN ACT relating to interpersonal violence.","description":"Amend KRS 403.720 to include violence against an animal when 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 shared domestic animal to the petitioner; amend KRS 456.010 to include violence against an animal when 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 shared domestic animal to the petitioner.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB26/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb26.html","sponsor":"Walker Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1394582,"bill_number":"HR13","title":"A RESOLUTION establishing the official Kentucky Mental Health Flag.","description":"Designate the official mental health flag for the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR13/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr13.html","sponsor":"Tina Bojanowski"},
{"bill_id":1394583,"bill_number":"HB16","title":"AN ACT relating to Medicaid eligibility for individuals diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the Department for Medicaid Services to request approval of a Medicaid state plan amendment from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that exempts individuals who have been diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer from meeting spend-down requirements in order to be eligible for Medicaid services within 30 days of the effective date of this Act.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB16/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb16.html","sponsor":"Kimberly Banta"},
{"bill_id":1394584,"bill_number":"HB131","title":"AN ACT relating to family care leave.","description":"Amend KRS 337.010 to define: \"family care leave,\" \"family member,\" \"health care provider\", \"same employer,\" and \"serious health condition\"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to prohibit employers from preventing an employee to take family care leave; to entitle employee to family care leave for the birth of a child or to take care of a family member and establish parameters.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB131/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb131.html","sponsor":"Cherlynn Stevenson"},
{"bill_id":1394585,"bill_number":"HB45","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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB45/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb45.html","sponsor":"Rachel Roberts"},
{"bill_id":1394586,"bill_number":"HB140","title":"AN ACT relating to telehealth.","description":"Create various new sections of KRS Chapter 211 to define terms; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to establish minimum standards to telehealth; reestablish the requirement for the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and managed care organizations to study the impact of telehealth on the state's health care delivery system; prohibit certain practices in telehealth; authorize health practitioner licensure boards to promulgate administrative regulations related to telehealth; amend KRS 205.510 to revise definitions; amend KRS 205.559 to require reimbursement rates for telehealth to be equivalent to reimbursement rates for the same service provided in person, permit the Department for Medicaid services to approve additional telecommunication technologies for telehealth, and to delete the requirement for the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and managed care organizations to study the impact of telehealth on the state's health care delivery system; amend KRS 205.5591 to require telehealth coverage and reimbursement rates to be equivalent to coverage requirements and reimbursement rates for the same service provided in person; amend KRS 304.17A-005 to delete the definition of \"telehealth\"; amend KRS 304.17A-138 to define \"telehealth\" and to require that telehealth coverage and reimbursement rates be equivalent to coverage and reimbursement for the same service provided in person; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or the Department for Medicaid Services to seek federal approval if they determine that such approval is necessary; and certain sections EFFECTIVE January 1, 2022.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-22","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 67)","last_action_date":"2021-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB140/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb140.html","sponsor":"Deanna Frazier Gordon"},
{"bill_id":1394587,"bill_number":"SB62","title":"AN ACT relating to commercial quadricycles.","description":"Amend KRS 241.010 to remove the word exclusively from the definition of commerical quadricycle.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-25","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 136)","last_action_date":"2021-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB62/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb62.html","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":1394588,"bill_number":"SB60","title":"AN ACT relating to the abolition of the death penalty.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to abolish the death penalty and replace it with life imprisonment without parole for inmates presently sentenced to death; amend KRS 532.030, relating to authorized dispositions for felony offenses, to remove the death penalty; amend KRS 640.040, relating to penalties for juveniles convicted of felony offenses, to prohibit life imprisonment without benefit of parole for a capital offense; amend KRS 422.285, 532.050, 532.100, and 533.010 to conform; repeal various statutes relating to imposition of the death penalty.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB60/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb60.html","sponsor":"Stephen Meredith"},
{"bill_id":1394589,"bill_number":"HB113","title":"AN ACT relating to the Teachers' Retirement System.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 161.220 to 161.716 to permit the Teachers' Retirement System (TRS) to use and accept electronic signatures as deemed appropriate; amend KRS 161.220 to add anti-salary spiking measures to the definition of “final average salary\" and provide noncodified language detailing that change shall not increase benefits or increase liability to the system; 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, require that costs billed to employers for retirement incentives not be an obligation of the state, and specify 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, delete the requirement for the procurement of fiduciary bonds for board trustees and the executive secretary, and authorize the board to expend funds as necessary for indemnification and self-insurance; amend 161.470 to specify when a member who leaves service prior to retirement is eligible for a refund and to make technical amendments; 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 and declare the member's spouse as beneficiary of the active member's account balance if 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 and 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 file contribution data and set penalties for noncompliance; amend KRS 161.597 to require a refund of prior installment payments and a reduction in service credit for a member in default on installment payments; amend KRS 161.605 to provide that breaks in service are required before returning to work for the employer even if in a position not covered by TRS, begin running of breaks in service from date of retirement, prohibit prearranged agreements between a retiring member and employer for a member to return to work after retirement and require certification thereof, and 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 dollar-for-dollar by benefit payments from all state-administered retirement systems for part-time employees and substitute teachers participating in TRS who apply for disability benefits on or after July 1, 2021, and specify 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 161.614 to include mediation awards as a method that may be binding for the adjustment of a member’s account; amend KRS 161.620 to specify that partial years qualify a member for 3% retirement factor in excess of 30 years as authorized by the TRS board; amend KRS 161.643 to authorize TRS to require more frequent submission of reports and other data by participating employers who employ retired members of the system; amend KRS 161.630 to distinguish that a member may cancel \"indefinitely\" continuing spousal benefits upon divorce, annulment or marriage by exercising the pop-up option; 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 and declare the member's spouse as beneficiary of the retired member's remaining account balance if 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, and to declare the member's spouse as beneficiary of the life insurance benefit available to active and retired members if, upon the death of the member, all named beneficiaries predecease the member or the member fails to name a beneficiary; amend KRS 161.661 to provide that members who begin participating on or after July 1, 2021, 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 dollar-for-dollar by benefit payments from all state-administered retirement systems; and amend KRS 161.680 to detail the system's authority to collect overpayments.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-04-06","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 192)","last_action_date":"2021-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB113/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb113.html","sponsor":"Jerry Miller"},
{"bill_id":1394590,"bill_number":"HB124","title":"AN ACT relating to sewer charges imposed by sanitation districts.","description":"Amend KRS 220.510 to prohibit a sanitation district from imposing any fee, tax, surcharge, or other charge for the provision of service to a property unless the property is connected to a sanitary sewer owned or maintained by the sanitation district, there is an approved plan to connect the property to a sanitary sewer owned or maintained by the sanitation district within five years, the property discharges storm water to a storm sewer or storm water improvement owned or operated by the sanitation district, the sanitation district's storm sewer controls storm water that flows to the property, or the person responsible for the charge has contracted with the sanitation district to provide the service; amend KRS 220.515 to conform; allow the Act to be cited as the \"Ensuring Fair Sewer Charges Act.\"","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB124/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb124.html","sponsor":"Joseph Fischer"},
{"bill_id":1394591,"bill_number":"SB37","title":"AN ACT relating to immunization and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 214.036 to prohibit required immunization of any person by any state agency or instrumentality; create a new section of KRS Chapter 338 to prohibit required immunization of any employee by an employer as defined in KRS 338.015; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB37/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb37.html","sponsor":"Rick Girdler"},
{"bill_id":1394592,"bill_number":"SB21","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 originating and receiving hospital or facility and a patient's signed written agreement to be voluntarily transported and to not be physically removed during transport; amend KRS 645.030 to permit voluntary transport of a child to a hospital or psychiatric facility with authorization of the originating 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 and a signed written agreement to be voluntarily transported and to not be physically removed during transport; 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; amend KRS 645.190 to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-18","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 32)","last_action_date":"2021-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB21/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb21.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1394593,"bill_number":"SB23","title":"AN ACT relating to health disparity impacts.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 6 to define \"health disparity impact\" and \"health disparity impact review\"; require Legislative Research Commission staff to identify a bill, amendment, or committee substitute that may result in a health disparity impact and notify the sponsor and the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; require the cabinet to determine if a health disparity impact review is necessary, notify the Legislative Research Commission, and complete the review if appropriate; require other state agencies to provide requested information for the review; permit a new review to be requested if there is an amendment or committee substitute; require any bill, amendment, or committee substitute that requires a review to have a completed review before a vote is taken; permit a majority of members of the Senate or House of Representatives to request a review; permit a majority of members of any standing committee to request a review; require reviews to include information on any health disparity impact and be completed within thirty days; require the cabinet to create a form to be use to complete the review.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB23/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb23.html","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":1394594,"bill_number":"HB96","title":"AN ACT relating to the performance of an abortion upon a minor and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 311.732, relating to performance of an abortion upon a minor, to require the informed written consent of a parent or legal guardian to include a copy of that parent's or legal guardian's government-issued identification and to include specific language; require the physician to keep a copy of the informed written consent for at least 7 years; require the physician to execute an affidavit; require additional criteria and standards for when a court determines whether to allow a minor to self-consent to an abortion; require the court hearing to remain confidential and be held in a private, informal setting within the courthouse; require, in the case of a medical emergency, for the physician to notify the parent or legal guardian within 24 hours of the abortion; amend KRS 311.595 to allow the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure to suspend or revoke the license of any physician for violations; amend KRS 311.990 to establish criminal penalties for violations; amend KRS 213.101 to expand the statistical reporting system for abortions; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB96/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb96.html","sponsor":"Melinda Prunty"},
{"bill_id":1394595,"bill_number":"HB148","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":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2021-03-02","last_action":"floor amendment (1) filed","last_action_date":"2021-03-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB148/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb148.html","sponsor":"Chad McCoy"},
{"bill_id":1394596,"bill_number":"HB127","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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB127/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb127.html","sponsor":"Angie Hatton"},
{"bill_id":1394597,"bill_number":"SB47","title":"AN ACT relating to audiology and speech-language pathology.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 334A.010 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 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 party state or of the United States or the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person, or circumstance.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-18","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 45)","last_action_date":"2021-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB47/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb47.html","sponsor":"Rick Girdler"},
{"bill_id":1394598,"bill_number":"SB53","title":"AN ACT relating to employment of part-time adjunct instructors for the Kentucky Fire Commission.","description":"Amend 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":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2021-03-02","last_action":"floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed","last_action_date":"2021-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB53/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb53.html","sponsor":"Mike Nemes"},
{"bill_id":1394599,"bill_number":"SB9","title":"AN ACT relating to the protection of born-alive infants 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; 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 titles of \"Born-Alive Infant Protection Act\" and \"Avacyn Act\"; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2021-01-22","last_action":"filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State","last_action_date":"2021-01-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB9/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb9.html","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":1394600,"bill_number":"HB154","title":"AN ACT relating to prevention-oriented child abuse awareness instruction.","description":"Require school councils or principals to adopt child abuse awareness and prevention instruction that is taught by a trained, certified teacher; establish short title of \"Erin's Law.\"","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB154/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb154.html","sponsor":"Nancy Tate"},
{"bill_id":1394601,"bill_number":"SB36","title":"AN ACT providing financing and conditions for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 635.020 to remove automatic transfer of a child from District Court to Circuit Court in certain cases; amend KRS 640.010 to specify additional factors to be considered in determining whether a child's case should be transferred from District Court to Circuit Court.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-04-07","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 195)","last_action_date":"2021-04-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB36/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb36.html","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":1394602,"bill_number":"HB116","title":"AN ACT relating to civil rights.","description":"Amend KRS 344.010 to include definitions for \"sexual orientation\" and \"gender identity\"; amend KRS 344.020, relating to the purpose of the Kentucky's civil rights chapter, to include a prohibition against discrimination because of sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.025, 344.040, 344.050, 344.060, 344.070, and 344.080, relating to prohibited discrimination in various labor and employment practices, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.100 and 344.110 to conform; amend KRS 344.120 and 342.140, relating to prohibited discrimination in places of public accommodation and advertisements therefor, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.170, 344.180, 344.190, 344.300, and 344.310, relating to the state and local human rights commissions, to include prohibition of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in the scope of their powers and duties; amend KRS 344.360, 344.370, 344.380, and 344.680, relating to prohibited discrimination in certain housing, real estate, and other financial transactions, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.367, relating to prohibited discrimination in certain insurance sales, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.400, relating to prohibited discrimination in certain credit transactions, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; make various technical amendments; amend KRS 18A.095 to conform.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB116/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb116.html","sponsor":"Patti Minter"},
{"bill_id":1394603,"bill_number":"SB66","title":"AN ACT relating to youth camps.","description":"Amend KRS 194A.380 to establish a definition of \"staff member\" as it relates to persons working or volunteering at a youth camp; amend KRS 194A.382 to create employment and background check standards for a staff member working or volunteering at a youth camp; and amend KRS 194A.383 related to violations of employment requirements of a staff member working or volunteering at a youth camp.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-23","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 90)","last_action_date":"2021-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB66/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb66.html","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":1395327,"bill_number":"HB179","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, 2018, to impose a fee within two years of the date of the Act.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-19","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch.48)","last_action_date":"2021-03-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB179/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb179.html","sponsor":"Phillip Pratt"},
{"bill_id":1395329,"bill_number":"HR18","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing September 2021 as National Chicken Month in Kentucky.","description":"Recognize September 2021 as National Chicken Month.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-12","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR18/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr18.html","sponsor":"Brandon Reed"},
{"bill_id":1395330,"bill_number":"HB185","title":"AN ACT relating to child and maternal fatality teams.","description":"Amend KRS 211.684 and 211.686 to require the establishment of the state and local child and maternal fatality review teams.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-06","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-06","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB185/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb185.html","sponsor":"Attica Scott"},
{"bill_id":1395333,"bill_number":"HB183","title":"AN ACT relating to the hospital rate improvement program, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 205.6405 and 205.205.6406 to update provisions of the hospital rate improvement program; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-22","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 60)","last_action_date":"2021-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB183/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb183.html","sponsor":"Brandon Reed"},
{"bill_id":1395334,"bill_number":"SB76","title":"AN ACT relating to free-standing alternative birthing centers.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 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 including requiring accreditation by the Commission for the Accreditation of Birth Centers, compliance with the American Association of Birth Centers (AABC) Standards for Birth Centers, and a six-month provisional license to be issued when all requirements for licensure other than accreditation have been met to allow a facility time to become accredited; 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; add the short title Mary Carol Akers Birth Centers Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-01-06","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2021-01-11","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB76/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb76.html","sponsor":"Alice Kerr"},
{"bill_id":1395336,"bill_number":"HR3","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing March 23, 2021, as National Agriculture Day.","description":"Recognize March 23, 2021, as National Agriculture Day.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR3/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr3.html","sponsor":"Brandon Reed"},
{"bill_id":1395339,"bill_number":"SB78","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":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2021-01-06","last_action":"floor amendment (6) filed","last_action_date":"2021-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB78/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb78.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1395340,"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; exempt the medicinal cannabis program from existing provisions in Kentucky law to the contrary; require the Department of Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Control implement and regulate the medicinal cannabis program; establish the Division of Medicinal Cannabis and the Board of Physicians and Advisors within the Department of Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Control ; establish restrictions on the possession and use of medicinal cannabis by cardholders; establish certain protections for cardholders; establish professional protections for practitioners, attorneys, and other professionals; provide for the authorizing of practitioners by state licensing boards to issue written certifications for the use medicinal cannabis; prohibit the consumption of medicinal cannabis by smoking; permit an employer to restrict the possession and use of medicinal cannabis by an employee; require the department to implement and operate a registry identification card program; establish requirements for registry identification cards; establish registry identification card fees; require the department to operate a provisional licensure receipt system for cardholders; establish the requirements for a registry identification card and the application process; establish notification requirements for cardholders; establish when a registry identification card may be revoked; establish various cannabis business licensure categories; establish requirements for a cannabis business licensure and the application process for a license; prohibit a practitioner from being a board member or principal officer of a cannabis business; prohibit cross-ownership of certain classes of cannabis businesses; 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; establish technical requirements for cannabis businesses; establish limits on the THC potency of medicinal cannabis that can be produced or sold in the state; establish cultivation square footage limits for cannabis businesses that are permitted to cultivate; establish procedures for the department to inspect cannabis businesses; establish procedures for the suspension or revocation of a cannabis business license; exempt certain records and information from the disclosure under the Kentucky Open Records Act; require the department to develop, maintain, and operate electronic systems for monitoring the medicinal cannabis program; require the department to promulgate administrative regulations necessary to implement the medicinal cannabis program; establish that nothing in the bill requires government programs or private insurers to reimburse for the cost of use; establish the medicinal cannabis trust fund; establish the local medicinal cannabis trust fund; establish procedures for the distribution of local cannabis trust fund moneys; create a new section of KRS Chapter 138 to establish an excise tax on certain transfers of medicinal cannabis; amend KRS 216B.402 to require hospital emergency departments to report cases of cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Control; 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 cannabis from the state sales tax; amend KRS 218A.010, 218A.1421, 218A.1422, 218A.1423, and 218A.500 to conform; amend KRS 12.020, 12.252, 15.300, 15.380, 15.398, 15.420, 15A.340, 61.592, 62.120, 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, 438.320438.325, 438.330, 438.337, and 438.340 to change the name of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Control; some sections EFFECTIVE July 1, 2022; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-06","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-06","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB136/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb136.html","sponsor":"Jason Nemes"},
{"bill_id":1395343,"bill_number":"SR26","title":"A RESOLUTION commending the Kentucky Recyclers Association and the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries and their members.","description":"Commend the Kentucky Recyclers Association and the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries and their members.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-04","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR26/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr26.html","sponsor":"Stephen Meredith"},
{"bill_id":1395344,"bill_number":"HB189","title":"AN ACT relating to school bus safety.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 67 to define \"owner,\" \"code enforcement board,\" \"county,\" \"camera monitoring system,\" \"recorded images,\" and \"stop arm camera violation\"; permit the legislative body of a county to enact an ordinance to authorize the use of camera monitoring systems by a local school district and permit the enforcement of a civil penalty for a stop arm camera violation recorded by a camera monitoring system; permit the legislative body of a county to enter into an interlocal agreement to implement and enforce such ordinances; provide that a legislative body shall set the amount of the civil penalty; to provide that the revenue generated from a civil penalty shall be retained by the county; require specific notice for a stop arm camera violation; require the legislative body of a county to designate a form for a stop arm camera violation; establish defenses to a stop arm camera violation; define the procedures for a contest to a stop arm camera violation; require a recipient of a stop arm camera violation to pay or contest the violation within 60 days; allow for suspension of registration for failure to pay a fine; require a county to notify the Transportation Cabinet of the need to release a suspension within one business day of payment; amend KRS 189.370 to require traffic in the opposite direction of a school bus to stop for a school bus on highways that are not divided by a raised barrier or unpaved median.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2021-02-26","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2021-03-01","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB189/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb189.html","sponsor":"David Hale"},
{"bill_id":1395345,"bill_number":"SB79","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":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 111)","last_action_date":"2021-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB79/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb79.html","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":1395348,"bill_number":"HR16","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing May 2021 as National Beef Month in Kentucky.","description":"Recognize May 2021 as National Beef Month.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-03","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR16/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr16.html","sponsor":"Brandon Reed"},
{"bill_id":1395349,"bill_number":"HR19","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing June 2021 as National Dairy Month.","description":"Recognize June 2021 as National Dairy Month.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-04","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR19/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr19.html","sponsor":"Brandon Reed"},
{"bill_id":1395352,"bill_number":"HB187","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 journalists; 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; establish the short title of \"New Voices Act\".","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-06","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-06","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB187/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb187.html","sponsor":"Attica Scott"},
{"bill_id":1395353,"bill_number":"HB177","title":"AN ACT relating to pharmacy benefits in the Medicaid program and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 205.5514 to require the Department for Medicaid Services to establish and implement a preferred drug list, reimbursement methodologies, and dispensing fees for Medicaid managed care organizations and the state pharmacy benefit manager within 30 days after the effective date of this Act; amend KRS 205.5518 to require Medicaid managed care organizations and pharmacy benefit managers to use reimbursement methodologies and dispensing fees established by the department for all Medicaid pharmacy benefit claims submitted on or after January 1, 2021; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-01-06","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB177/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb177.html","sponsor":"Steve Sheldon"},
{"bill_id":1395356,"bill_number":"SB77","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 minority student population of 50% or greater.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2021-02-22","last_action":"floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed","last_action_date":"2021-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB77/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb77.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1395357,"bill_number":"HB178","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Board of Education.","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; provide that members can be removed if composition requirements are not met; add a student and a teacher to the board as non-voting members; prohibit the Governor from reorganizing the board; amend KRS 156.040 and KRS 63.080 to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-04-05","last_action":"signed by Governor (ActsCh. 178)","last_action_date":"2021-04-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB178/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb178.html","sponsor":"Steve Sheldon"},
{"bill_id":1395359,"bill_number":"HB181","title":"AN ACT relating to lactation accommodations for students of public institutions of postsecondary education.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to require public postsecondary institutions to provide accommodations for lactating students; specify the accommodations required; allow institutions to use existing facility space to meet the requirements; require reasonable time to accommodate the lactating student's needs without academic penalty; require institutions subject to this section draft policies ensuring this section is implemented.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-06","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-06","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB181/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb181.html","sponsor":"Josie Raymond"},
{"bill_id":1395361,"bill_number":"HB186","title":"AN ACT relating to curriculum.","description":"Amend KRS 156.160 to require public middle and high school curriculum to include instruction on the history of racism.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-06","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-06","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB186/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb186.html","sponsor":"Attica Scott"},
{"bill_id":1395363,"bill_number":"HCR25","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION supporting civic education and declaring the third week in September as the kick-off week for America's Legislators Back to School Program, and encouraging participation in the \"Principal for a Day\" program.","description":"Declare the General Assembly's support of civic education, declare the third week in September as the kick-off week for America's Legislators Back to School Program, and encourage members to participate in the “Principal for a Day” program.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 104)","last_action_date":"2021-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR25/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hcr25.html","sponsor":"Steve Riley"},
{"bill_id":1395365,"bill_number":"HB190","title":"AN ACT relating to the sale of grocery items by food service establishments and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 217.280 to 217.390 to exempt legally permitted food service establishments from any state or local laws and administrative regulations that prohibit the sale of grocery items such as bread, milk, and other grocery staples to any customer; prohibit any additional permit or fee; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-18","last_action":"signed by Governor Acts Ch. 42)","last_action_date":"2021-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB190/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb190.html","sponsor":"John Blanton"},
{"bill_id":1395367,"bill_number":"HB176","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization.","description":"Confirm Auditor of Public Accounts Executive Order APA #2020-01, relating to reorganization, filed with the Secretary of State on October 15, 2020; create the Office of the Assistant Auditor of Public Accounts; create the Office of Local Government Audits; create the Office of State Government Audits and Technology; create the Office of Special Examinations; abolish the Office of Financial Audits and transfer its duties to the Office of Local Government Audits and the Office of State Government Audits and Technology; abolish the Office of Technology and Special Audits and transfer its duties to the Office of Special Examinations and the Office of State Government Audits and Technology.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 98)","last_action_date":"2021-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB176/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb176.html","sponsor":"Jennifer Henson Decker"},
{"bill_id":1395369,"bill_number":"HB180","title":"AN ACT relating to the establishment of a pediatric advisory council.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 210 to establish a Pediatric Acute onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS) advisory council to study PANS and pediatric auto immune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with Streptococcal infections (PANDAS), examine services for those suffering from PANS and PANDAS, collaborate and coordinate on research projects to identify treatment options for those suffering from PANS and PANDAS, and make recommendations regarding legislative and regulatory changes to the legislature; outline advisory council membership; require the task force to meet quarterly; require findings to be submitted annually; require the council to cease to exist on December 1, 2030 unless reestablished by the General Assembly.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-06","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-06","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB180/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb180.html","sponsor":"Melinda Prunty"},
{"bill_id":1395372,"bill_number":"HR20","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing April 2021 as National Soybean Month in Kentucky.","description":"Recognize April 2021 as National Soybean Month.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-05","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR20/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr20.html","sponsor":"Brandon Reed"},
{"bill_id":1395373,"bill_number":"HB188","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, make all changes on maps, Web sites, databases, and official highway lists; allow the Transportation Cabinet to change all highway signs and markings to reflect the name change after signs are damaged or in the course of ordinary maintenance; amend KRS 189.390 to conform.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2021-02-22","last_action":"posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute, and floor amendments (2) and (3-title)","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB188/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb188.html","sponsor":"Steve Riley"},
{"bill_id":1395375,"bill_number":"HB182","title":"AN ACT relating to voter registration.","description":"Amend KRS 116.025 to provide that a person convicted of a felony shall not be permitted to vote until his or her civil or voting rights have been restored by executive pardon or order; amend KRS 116.045 to provide for voter registration on the day of an election; 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; amend various other sections to conform.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-06","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-06","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB182/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb182.html","sponsor":"Josie Raymond"},
{"bill_id":1395376,"bill_number":"HR21","title":"A RESOLUTION urging school districts to commemorate Constitution Day on or around September 17 as an annual event.","description":"Urge school districts to commemorate Constitution Day on or around September 17 as an annual event.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-06","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-06","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR21/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr21.html","sponsor":"DJ Johnson"},
{"bill_id":1395378,"bill_number":"HB10","title":"AN ACT relating to the limitation of liability during the COVID-19 pandemic and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to define \"person\"; to provide a defense to civil liability to a person who acts in good faith while operating a business during a state of emergency for ordinary negligence for a personal injury resulting from alleged or actual exposure to COVID-19 provided the person acts as an ordinary, reasonable, and prudent person would act under similar circumstances; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to provide that a public school official's decision to open or close a school is discretionary for purposes of determining qualified immunity; apply section retroactively; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2021-01-09","last_action":"to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-24","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB10/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb10.html","sponsor":"Steve Sheldon"},
{"bill_id":1395380,"bill_number":"SB80","title":"AN ACT relating to peace officers.","description":"Amend KRS 15.391 to amend the definition of \"professional malfeasance\" and \"professional nonfeasance\"; add grounds for the revocation of peace officer certification; provide that the council may impose any reasonable condition upon the reinstatement of certification and provide subpoena power to the council; amend KRS 15.392 to remove reference to KRS 15.386; create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to allow law enforcement agencies to make an offer of conditional employment pending an investigation into the applicants certification status and former employment conduct; create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to require the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council to provide information on an officer's certification status to an out-of-state law enforcement agency.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-22","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 73)","last_action_date":"2021-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB80/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb80.html","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":1395381,"bill_number":"HCR22","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging Congress to take appropriate steps to assist businesses facing increasing unemployment insurance liabilities.","description":"Urge the United States Congress to forgive Kentucky's Federal UI loan balance; suspend loan repayment penalties in the event of nonpayment; forward Resolution to Kentucky Congressmen and Clerks for both houses of Congress.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-06","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-06","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR22/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hcr22.html","sponsor":"Russell Webber"},
{"bill_id":1395382,"bill_number":"HR15","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing February 20 to 27, 2021, as FFA Week in Kentucky.","description":"Recognize February 20 to 27, 2021, as FFA Week in Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-02-26","last_action":"adopted","last_action_date":"2021-02-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR15/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr15.html","sponsor":"Brandon Reed"},
{"bill_id":1395384,"bill_number":"HR17","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing October 2021 as National Pork Month in Kentucky.","description":"Recognize October 2021 as National Pork Month.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-04","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR17/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr17.html","sponsor":"Brandon Reed"},
{"bill_id":1395385,"bill_number":"HR23","title":"A RESOLUTION congratulating Joe Biden on his presidential election.","description":"Congratulate Joe Biden on his presidential election.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-06","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-06","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR23/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr23.html","sponsor":"Josie Raymond"},
{"bill_id":1395386,"bill_number":"HB184","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 if the student earned a base amount in a previous year at a Kentucky high school.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2021-03-04","last_action":"2nd reading, to Rules","last_action_date":"2021-03-12","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB184/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb184.html","sponsor":"Chris Freeland"},
{"bill_id":1395387,"bill_number":"HCR24","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION adjourning the 2021 Regular Session of the General Assembly until February 2, 2021.","description":"Provide that when the House of Representatives and the Senate adjourn the first part of the 2021 Regular Session, they adjourn until February 2, 2021, when the second part of the 2021 Regular Session shall convene.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-06","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-06","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR24/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hcr24.html","sponsor":"David Osborne"},
{"bill_id":1395388,"bill_number":"HB175","title":"AN ACT relating to unlawful discriminatory practices.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to define terms; establish an unlawful discriminatory practice against the firearms industry; create a civil cause of action to be brought by victims; create a civil cause of action to be brought by the Attorney General.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2021-03-04","last_action":"to Licensing & Occupations (S)","last_action_date":"2021-03-11","committee":"Licensing and Occupations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB175/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb175.html","sponsor":"Savannah Maddox"},
{"bill_id":1396668,"bill_number":"HB209","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 the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, any other government agency, or cooperative extension agencies for the purposes of education, promotion of hunting or fishing, or free meal distribution.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-18","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 33)","last_action_date":"2021-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB209/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb209.html","sponsor":"Jonathan Dixon"},
{"bill_id":1396669,"bill_number":"HB200","title":"AN ACT related to a tax credit for educator expense.","description":"Amend KRS 141.019 to allow taxpayers to include the federal deduction for educator expenses in adjusted gross income; create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a nonrefundable educator expense credit for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2022; allow for a dollar-for-dollar credit with a maximum of $250 per eligible educator for unreimbursed eligible educator expenses that are incurred during the taxable year; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the income tax credit; amend KRS 131.190 to allow for the reporting on the credit.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-07","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-07","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB200/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb200.html","sponsor":"Tina Bojanowski"},
{"bill_id":1396670,"bill_number":"HR26","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the House of Representatives in honor and loving memory of Dr. Bobby \"Bob\" Miller DeWeese.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Dr. Bobby \"Bob\" Miller DeWeese.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2021-01-12","last_action":"to House Floor","last_action_date":"2021-01-12","committee":"Floor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR26/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr26.html","sponsor":"Ken Fleming"},
{"bill_id":1396671,"bill_number":"HB213","title":"AN ACT relating to state employees.","description":"Amend KRS 18A.030 to require the secretary of the Personnel Cabinet to include state employee demographic information by program cabinet and department in the annual report of the Personnel Cabinet.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-07","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-07","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB213/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb213.html","sponsor":"Samara Heavrin"},
{"bill_id":1396672,"bill_number":"SJR28","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet to designate certain parking spaces as accessible.","description":"Require the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet to designate all parking spaces next to the \"rose garden\" on the East side of the Capitol Annex as accessible.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-01-07","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2021-01-11","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR28/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sjr28.html","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":1396673,"bill_number":"HB194","title":"AN ACT making appropriations for the operations, maintenance, and support of the Legislative Branch of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","description":"Appropriate from the General Fund $71,986,400 for fiscal year 2020-2021 and $75,188,700 for fiscal year 2021-2022; appropriate from Restricted Funds $75,000 for fiscal year 2020-2021 and $175,000 for fiscal year 2021-2022; appropriate from Federal Funds $1,283,000 in fiscal year 2020-2021; detail Part II, General Provisions; detail Part III, Budget Reduction or Surplus Expenditure Plan; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-25","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 118)","last_action_date":"2021-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB194/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb194.html","sponsor":"Jason Petrie"},
{"bill_id":1396674,"bill_number":"HB205","title":"AN ACT relating to voting.","description":"Amend KRS 117.085 to provide for requesting a mail-in absentee ballot by requesting an application from the county clerk or by requesting the ballot directly through a secure online portal; provide county clerks the option of tracking mail-in absentee ballots by use of Intelligent Mail barcodes; establish procedures for voters to return a mail-in absentee ballot and vote in-person; amend KRS 14.312, 117.165, and 117.235 to conform.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-07","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-07","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB205/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb205.html","sponsor":"Cherlynn Stevenson"},
{"bill_id":1396675,"bill_number":"HB214","title":"AN ACT relating to the purchase or lease of personal protective equipment and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 42 to mandate that personal protective equipment purchased or leased in the Commonwealth of Kentucky be manufactured or produced in the United States; create exceptions that are to be monitored by the Finance and Administration Cabinet and the Attorney General; assign penalties for violations.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2021-03-02","last_action":"to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2021-03-03","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB214/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb214.html","sponsor":"Matthew Koch"},
{"bill_id":1396676,"bill_number":"SB84","title":"AN ACT relating to the housing of inmates.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 196 to establish restrictive housing and medical observation of inmates who are pregnant or in the immediate postpartum period; define \"immediate postpartum period\"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 196 to establish notice of availability and access to applicable community-based programs and social workers; establish parameters for care of the infant for the 72-hour period after birth; create a new section of Chapter 196 to require an annual restricted housing report be filed with the Legislative Research Commission; amend KRS 510.060, rape in the third degree, to include a peace officer who subjects a person in custody or under arrest to sexual intercourse; amend KRS 510.090, sodomy in the third degree, to include a peace officer who subjects a person in custody or under arrest to deviate sexual intercourse; amend KRS 510.120, sexual abuse in the second degree, to include a peace officer who subjects a person in custody or under arrest to sexual contact.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-23","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 85)","last_action_date":"2021-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB84/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb84.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1396677,"bill_number":"SR29","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing January 31 to February 2, 2021, as Physician Anesthesiologists Week in Kentucky.","description":"Recognize January 31 to February 2, 2021, as Physician Anesthesiologists Week in Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR29/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr29.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1396678,"bill_number":"HB215","title":"AN ACT relating to animals.","description":"Repeal and reenact KRS 525.135 to define terms; create new crimes of animal abuse in the first degree, animal abuse in the second degree, and aggravated animal abuse; create exceptions; create a new section of KRS Chapter 525 to authorize law enforcement and animal control officers to seize and hold animals who are victims of cruelty or abuse; create a civil cause of action for a seizing agency to seek forfeiture and reimbursement for reasonable costs of caring for seized animals from the owner of the animal during the pendency of the criminal case against the owner; create rules related to the custody of the seized animal; grant liability to an organization caring for the animal; create a new section of KRS Chapter 525 to grant civil immunity to a person who enters a car containing a dog or cat believed in good faith to be in danger of death, subject to certain parameters.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-07","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-07","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB215/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb215.html","sponsor":"Jason Nemes"},
{"bill_id":1396679,"bill_number":"HB196","title":"AN ACT relating to the prohibition of patriot penalties in insurance.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 20 of KRS Chapter 304 to prohibit insurers from refusing to issue a policy of motor vehicle liability insurance, or imposing an additional premium, solely because the person is uninsured if, during the period the person was without insurance, the person was on military service and absent from the Commonwealth; require insurers to inquire about military service upon application for insurance; provide penalties for insurers who demonstrate a willful pattern of noncompliance.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-15","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 17)","last_action_date":"2021-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB196/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb196.html","sponsor":"Billy Wesley"},
{"bill_id":1396680,"bill_number":"HB202","title":"AN ACT relating to nursing.","description":"Amend KRS 314.011 to expand the definition of \"licensed pratical nursing practice\" and to expand the definition of \"advanced practice registered nursing;\" amend KRS 314.021 to grant the Kentucky Board of Nursing additional regulatory authority; amend KRS 314.042 to clarify when the board may authorize a person to practice as an advanced practice registered nurse temporarily; amend the reviewing procedure for a Collaborative Agreement for the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse’s Prescriptive Authority for Nonscheduled Legend Drugs (CAPA-NS); amend when an advanced practice registered nurse is exempt from the Collaborative Agreement for the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse’s Prescriptive Authority for Nonscheduled Legend Drugs requirement; and clarify the procedures for when an advanced practice registered nurse may obtain a controlled substance certificate; amend KRS 314.107 to allow for additional forms of correspondence; amend KRS 314.131 to grant the Kentucky Board of Nursing additional regulatory authority; repeal KRS 314. 196, relating to the Collaborative Prescribing Agreement Joint Advisory Committee.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-25","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 119)","last_action_date":"2021-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB202/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb202.html","sponsor":"Jonathan Dixon"},
{"bill_id":1396681,"bill_number":"SB81","title":"AN ACT relating to the regulation of tobacco products and vapor products.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 438.305 to 438.350 to permit city or county governments to impose restrictions or requirements on the use, display, sale, and distribution of tobacco products or vapor products that are stricter than those imposed under state law; repeal KRS 438.300.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-01-07","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-01-07","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB81/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb81.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1396682,"bill_number":"HB218","title":"AN ACT relating to religion.","description":"Amend KRS 39A.100 to exclude houses of worship from emergency condemnation authority; prohibit a governmental entity from prohibiting religious services during an emergency to a greater extent than imposed on other organizations or businesses that provide essential services; require a compelling governmental interest to place a burden on a religious organizations; prohibit a governmental entity from taking any discriminatory action against a religious organization on the basis that the organization is religious; define \"discriminatory action,\" \"governmental entity,\" \"religious organization,\" and \"religious services\"; allow a religious organization to assert a violation of this section as a claim against a governmental entity or as a defense and waive sovereign, governmental, and qualified immunity to the extent of liability under the Act; set out remedies available to a religious organization under this Act; specify how the Act is to be construed; require a religious organization to bring an action under this Act no later than 2 years from the date the person should have known of the discriminatory action.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-07","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-07","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB218/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb218.html","sponsor":"Shane Baker"},
{"bill_id":1396683,"bill_number":"SB85","title":"AN ACT relating to workers' compensation for volunteer firemen and other emergency personnel.","description":"Amend KRS 342.140 to allow income benefits for volunteer firemen, police, and emergency management agency members or trainees to be based on fifty percent of the state average weekly wage if that is greater than the average weekly wage of their regular employment.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-01-07","last_action":"to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB85/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb85.html","sponsor":"Phillip Wheeler"},
{"bill_id":1396684,"bill_number":"HB192","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: 2020-2021: $2,232,159,200, 2021-2022: $1,799,151,900; appropriate to the Economic Development Cabinet: 2020-2021: $30,692,000, 2021-2022: $32,698,000; appropriate to the Department of Education: 2020-2021: $5,087,565,600, 2021-2022: $5,236,333,800; appropriate to the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet: 2020-2021: $224,230,300, 2021-2022: $226,419,100; appropriate to the Energy and Environment Cabinet: 2020-2021: $301,178,900, 2021-2022: $276,053,300; appropriate to the Finance and Administration Cabinet: 2020-2021: $992,598,800, 2021-2022: $1,025,343,600; appropriate to the Health and Family Services Cabinet: 2020-2021: $16,559,398,900, 2021-2022: $16,709,573,800; appropriate to the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet: 2020-2021: $1,270,439,200, 2021-2022: $1,293,490,400; appropriate to the Labor Cabinet: 2020-2021: $1,642,204,900, 2021-2022: $761,756,600; appropriate to the Personnel Cabinet: 2020-2021: $63,150,200, 2021-2022: $90,780,200; appropriate to Postsecondary Education: 2020-2021: $8,533,377,500, 2021-2022: $8,938,898,700; appropriate to the Public Protection Cabinet: 2020-2021: $167,314,500, 2021-2022: $125,746,600; appropriate to the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet: 2020-2021: $269,047,600, 2021-2022: $274,838,800; appropriate to the Budget Reserve Trust Fund: 2021-2022: $100,000,000; not included in the appropriation amounts are capital project amounts as follows: 2020-2021: $8,538,931,500, 2021-2022: $807,761,600; 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; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2021-03-30","last_action":"delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 169)","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB192/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb192.html","sponsor":"Jason Petrie"},
{"bill_id":1396685,"bill_number":"HB203","title":"AN ACT relating to voting.","description":"Create a new section of Chapter 117 to provide for curing certain mail-in absentee ballot deficiencies; amend KRS 117.087 to provide additional time to process and count mail-in absentee ballots, provide direction regarding ballot and signature deficiencies, and to conform.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-07","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-07","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB203/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb203.html","sponsor":"Cherlynn Stevenson"},
{"bill_id":1396686,"bill_number":"HB191","title":"AN ACT relating to appropriations measures providing funding and establishing conditions for support due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Appropriate $220,000,000 in General Fund in fiscal year 2020-2021 to the Public Protection Cabinet for direct relief payments to eligible small businesses in eligible industries through grant application; appropriate $20,000,000 in General Fund in fiscal year 2020-2021 to the Public Protection Cabinet for direct relief payments to eligible small nonprofit organizations through grant application; provide definitions; appropriate $100,589,700 in General Fund in fiscal year 2020-2021 to the Labor Cabinet for payment of interest and principal for advances under Title XII of the Social Security Act during calendar year 2021; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-01-07","last_action":"returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-09","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB191/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb191.html","sponsor":"Jason Petrie"},
{"bill_id":1396687,"bill_number":"HB216","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":"2021-01-07","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-07","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB216/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb216.html","sponsor":"Lynn Bechler"},
{"bill_id":1396688,"bill_number":"HB208","title":"AN ACT relating to education and declaring an emergency.","description":"Provide that school districts may request approval for more than 10 student attendance days under a nontraditional instruction plan related to the COVID-19 emergency; require a school to submit a nontraditional instruction plan for the 2021-2022 school year within the Comprehensive District Improvement Plan by May 1, 2021; provide for how districts shall measure daily student participation while operating under an approved nontraditional instruction plan due to COVID-19; suspend any extended school calendar requirement for an educational program for state agency children; allow school districts to provide additional emergency leave days for staff due to the COVID-19 public health emergency; direct the Kentucky Department of Education to seek federal waivers regarding school meal service rules in relation to the COVID-19 public health emergency; provide that the Kentucky Board of Education may waive statewide assessment and accountability system requirements in accordance with federal waivers received; direct the Kentucky Department of Education to seek federal waivers from the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act in relation to the COVID-19 public health emergency; allow a local board of education to revise its certified evaluation plan due to the COVID-19 public health emergency; allow a principal to award additional educational enhancement opportunity days to students to meet obligations that occur prior to the last day of school due to the COVID-19 public health emergency; allow school districts to email required notices to school district employees; allow school districts to use the school district attendance data selected by the district pursuant to 2020 Senate Bill 177 to calculate average daily attendance; allow a school to count up to 30 minutes as instructional time when used for COVID-19 related activities for in-person instruction; make the provisions of the Act retroactive to the 2020-2021 school year and effective for the 2021-2022 school year, if applicable; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-04","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 9)","last_action_date":"2021-03-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB208/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb208.html","sponsor":"Regina Huff"},
{"bill_id":1396689,"bill_number":"HB220","title":"AN ACT relating to the Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors.","description":"Amend KRS 316.030, 316.125, 316.131, and 316.210 to allow the Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors to establish fees through the promulgation of administrative regulation, amend KRS 316.170 to remove outdated language.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-15","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 23)","last_action_date":"2021-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB220/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb220.html","sponsor":"Adam Koenig"},
{"bill_id":1396690,"bill_number":"HB223","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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-07","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-07","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB223/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb223.html","sponsor":"Nima Kulkarni"},
{"bill_id":1396691,"bill_number":"HB211","title":"AN ACT relating to economic development.","description":"Amend KRS 154.12-2035 to require the inclusion of information on the size and racial composition of program recipients in reports prepared by the Cabinet for Economic Development; require the report be submitted annually to the Interim Joint Committee on Economic Development and Workforce Investment.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-07","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-07","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB211/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb211.html","sponsor":"Samara Heavrin"},
{"bill_id":1396692,"bill_number":"SJR27","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Kentucky Department of Education to annually remind superintendents to provide a mandatory Veterans Day program.","description":"Direct the Department of Education to make Veterans Day a holiday and to close schools on that day.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-03-11","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR27/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sjr27.html","sponsor":"Rick Girdler"},
{"bill_id":1396693,"bill_number":"SB83","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.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2021-01-07","last_action":"floor amendment (3) filed","last_action_date":"2021-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB83/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb83.html","sponsor":"Stephen Meredith"},
{"bill_id":1396694,"bill_number":"HB221","title":"AN ACT relating to child welfare investigations.","description":"Amend KRS 620.030 to establish requirements for reports of alleged child dependency, abuse, or neglect.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2021-03-02","last_action":"floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute , floor amendment (2-title) filed to bill","last_action_date":"2021-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB221/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb221.html","sponsor":"Kimberly Moser"},
{"bill_id":1396695,"bill_number":"HB195","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: Detail Part I, Operating Budget; appropriate to Court of Justice: 2020-2021: $440,802,800, 2021-2022: $447,867,300; appropriate to Judicial Retirement System: 2020-2021: $7,147,500, 2021-2022: $8,017,100; detail Part II, Capital Projects Budget; detail Part III, General Provisions; detail Part IV, Budget Reduction or Surplus Expenditure Plan; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2021-03-30","last_action":"delivered to Secretary of State Acts Ch. 170)","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB195/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb195.html","sponsor":"Jason Petrie"},
{"bill_id":1396696,"bill_number":"HB199","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":"Passed","status_date":"2021-03-28","last_action":"became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 148)","last_action_date":"2021-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB199/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb199.html","sponsor":"Brandon Reed"},
{"bill_id":1396697,"bill_number":"SB86","title":"AN ACT relating to solid waste and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 30A.190 to designate 100 percent of a new open dumping fine to be paid to the county where the violation occurred; amend 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":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-25","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 137)","last_action_date":"2021-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB86/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb86.html","sponsor":"Phillip Wheeler"},
{"bill_id":1396698,"bill_number":"HB207","title":"AN ACT relating to energy source availability.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to prohibit a local government entity from taking any legislative or executive action that has the purpose or effect of impairing a consumer's ability to use a utility service that is described in KRS 278.010(3)(a), (b), or (c) and that is provided by a utility regulated by the Public Service Commission under KRS Chapter 278 or is otherwise incorporated under KRS Chapter 279.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-25","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 120)","last_action_date":"2021-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB207/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb207.html","sponsor":"Jim Gooch"},
{"bill_id":1396699,"bill_number":"SB82","title":"AN ACT relating to animal ownership.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 258.095 to 258.500 to enable local governments to legislate enforcement action for dog and welfare safety, so long as that the ordinance, regulation, or policy does not regulate ownership of a dog based on its breed or perceived breed and is consistent with state law.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-01-07","last_action":"to Agriculture (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-04","committee":"Agriculture","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB82/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb82.html","sponsor":"Adrienne Southworth"},
{"bill_id":1396700,"bill_number":"HB219","title":"AN ACT relating to the practice of pharmacy.","description":"Amend KRS 217.177 to delete recordkeeping requirements for the sale of hypodermic syringes or needles; add provisions for the sale of hypodermic syringes or needles without a prescription including a limit of 30 syringes of needles, proof of purchaser's age of 16 years or older, information requirements to be provided to the purchaser with each sale, disposal requirements, and enforcement provisions.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-22","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 56)","last_action_date":"2021-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB219/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb219.html","sponsor":"Danny Bentley"},
{"bill_id":1396701,"bill_number":"HB198","title":"AN ACT relating to petroleum storage tanks.","description":"Amend KRS 224.60-142 to clarify the ending dates of the petroleum storage tank program.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-07","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-07","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB198/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb198.html","sponsor":"Joshua Branscum"},
{"bill_id":1396702,"bill_number":"HB206","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":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-15","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 19)","last_action_date":"2021-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB206/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb206.html","sponsor":"Scott Sharp"},
{"bill_id":1396703,"bill_number":"HB210","title":"AN ACT related to adoption leave.","description":"Amend KRS 337.015 to require employers to 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":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-23","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 76)","last_action_date":"2021-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB210/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb210.html","sponsor":"Samara Heavrin"},
{"bill_id":1396704,"bill_number":"HB222","title":"AN ACT relating to pharmacy benefits in the Medicaid program and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 205.510 to 205.560 to define terms; require the Department for Medicaid Services to contract with an independent entity to monitor all Medicaid pharmacy benefit claims; establish eligibility requirements for an entity seeking to contract with the department to monitor pharmacy benefit claims; establish requirements for analyzing and monitoring claims; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2021-02-25","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2021-03-01","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB222/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb222.html","sponsor":"Steve Sheldon"},
{"bill_id":1396705,"bill_number":"HB197","title":"AN ACT relating to notarization of official documents.","description":"Amend KRS 423.300 to define \"in-person electronic notarization\" and \"remote electronic notarization\"; amend 423.310, 324.325, 423.355, 423.380. 423.385, 423.390, 423.415, 423.430, and 423.450 to conform; repeal KRS 423.110, 423.130, 423.140, 423.150, 423.160. 423.170. 423.180, 423.190, and 423.200.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-07","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-07","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB197/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb197.html","sponsor":"Joseph Fischer"},
{"bill_id":1396706,"bill_number":"HB212","title":"AN ACT relating to child and maternal fatalities in the Commonwealth.","description":"Amend KRS 211.684 to require the child and maternal fatality annual report to do a demographic analysis by race, income, and geography and require the annual report be sent to the Interim Joint Committee on Health, Welfare, and Family Services.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-25","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 121)","last_action_date":"2021-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB212/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb212.html","sponsor":"Samara Heavrin"},
{"bill_id":1396707,"bill_number":"HB204","title":"AN ACT relating to elections.","description":"Amend KRS 117.086 to establish the use of a secure ballot drop box as an option for return of a mail-in absentee ballot and to establish requirements for drop box use; amend KRS 117.085 and 117.087 to conform.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-07","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-07","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB204/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb204.html","sponsor":"Cherlynn Stevenson"},
{"bill_id":1396708,"bill_number":"HB217","title":"AN ACT relating to emergencies and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 48 to prohibit the use of governmental funds in contravention of the provisions of KRS Chapters 39A to 39F; amend KRS 39A.090 to apply emergency order limitations to executive orders issued under KRS Chapters 39A to 39F; amend KRS 39A.100 to require that emergency orders issued by the Governor be limited to 15 days, with extension only as provided by the General Assembly; require that emergency orders issued by a chief executive of a local government be limited to 15 days with extension only as provided by the legislative body of the local government; remove the ability of the Governor to change the manner of the election in an emergency; require the Governor to report to the General Assembly or the Legislative Research Commission every 30 days expenditures relating to contracts issued during the emergency and all revenues received from the federal government and their expenditure; allow the Governor to suspend a statute in an emergency only under certain conditions; place certain limitations on the issuance of an emergency executive order; define the burden of proof in actions for declaratory or injunctive relief to enforce the requirements; waive immunity for declaratory and prospective equitable relief under the Eleventh Amendment to the Constitution of the United States for cases brought under KRS 446.350 or to enforce the provisions in KRS 39A.100; prohibit the Governor from issuing an emergency executive order that imposes restrictions on freedom of speech, press, and religion; prohibit any governmental entity from using governmental funds in contravention of KRS 39A.100 or 194A.025; amend KRS 39A.180 removing authority for the Governor to suspend laws and administrative regulations during an emergency; amend KRS 39A.280 to specify immunity during a declared emergency; amend KRS 39A.990 to make a violation of Chapter 39A subject to a fine instead of a misdemeanor charge; amend KRS 39D.040 to exempt any officer whose vacancy is filled by the Constitution of Kentucky from the definition of \"office\" and specify that those officers are exempt from the provisions of filling an office during an emergency; amend KRS 315.500 to require any extension of the 30-day emergency supply of drugs be approved by the General Assembly; amend KRS 367.374 to conform; amend KRS 194A.025 to prohibit the secretary of health and family services from taking any action contrary to the requirements of KRS 39A.100; name the Act the \"Ensuring Basic Checks and Balances and Basic Liberties During Emergencies Act\"; provide a severability clause; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2021-03-12","last_action":"taken from State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2021-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB217/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb217.html","sponsor":"Savannah Maddox"},
{"bill_id":1396709,"bill_number":"HB201","title":"AN ACT relating to contraceptive coverage.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define terms; require health benefit plans to provide coverage for contraception; set forth requirements for health benefit plans relating to contraceptive coverage; amend KRS 205.522 to require the Department for Medicaid Services and managed care organizations contracted to provide Medicaid benefits to comply with the new section on contraceptive coverage; amend KRS 205.6485 to require the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program to comply with the new section on contraceptive coverage; amend KRS 18A.225 to require the state employee health plan to comply with the new section on contraceptive coverage; amend KRS 446.350 to provide that nothing in the new section on contraceptive coverage shall be construed to violate section; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2022.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-07","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-07","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB201/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb201.html","sponsor":"Josie Raymond"},
{"bill_id":1396710,"bill_number":"HB193","title":"AN ACT relating to appropriations providing financing and conditions for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","description":"The Transportation Cabinet Budget: Detail Part I, Operating Budget; appropriate to General Administration and Support: 2020-2021: $88,284,200, 2021-2022: $88,774,500; appropriate to Aviation: 2020-2021: $24,691,100, 2021-2022: $18,540,500; appropriate to Debt Service: 2020-2021: $147,991,400, 2021-2022: $139,139,600; appropriate to Highways: 2020-2021: $1,984,387,400, 2021-2022: $1,984,774,400; appropriate to Public Transportation: 2020-2021: $81,080,000, 2021-2022: $40,481,700; appropriate to Revenue Sharing: 2020-2021: $335,267,500, 2021-2022: $341,480,300; appropriate to Vehicle Regulation: 2020-2021: $63,513,500, 2021-2022: $63,983,400; not included in the appropriation amounts are capital project amounts as follows: 2020-2021: $14,640,000, 2021-2022: $12,190,000; detail Part II, Capital Projects Budget; detail Part III, Funds Transfer; detail Part IV, Transportation Cabinet Budget Summary; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Vetoed","status_date":"2021-04-07","last_action":"line items vetoed","last_action_date":"2021-04-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB193/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb193.html","sponsor":"Jason Petrie"},
{"bill_id":1398098,"bill_number":"HB227","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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-08","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-08","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB227/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb227.html","sponsor":"George Brown"},
{"bill_id":1398100,"bill_number":"SB89","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":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-01-08","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-09","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB89/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb89.html","sponsor":"Christian McDaniel"},
{"bill_id":1398102,"bill_number":"SR33","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of James William \"Jim\" Richardson.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of James William \"Jim\" Richardson.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-01-08","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-01-08","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR33/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr33.html","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":1398104,"bill_number":"SB92","title":"AN ACT relating to medicinal cannabis.","description":"Create various new sections of KRS Chapter 218A to define terms; exempt the medicinal cannabis program from existing provisions in Kentucky law to the contrary; require the Department of Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Control implement and regulate the medicinal cannabis program; establish the Division of Medicinal Cannabis and the Board of Physicians and Advisors within the Department of Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Control; establish restrictions on the possession and use of medicinal cannabis by cardholders; establish certain protections for cardholders; establish professional protections for practitioners, attorneys, and other professionals; provide for the authorizing of practitioners by state licensing boards to issue written certifications for the use medicinal cannabis; prohibit the consumption of medicinal cannabis by smoking; permit an employer to restrict the possession and use of medicinal cannabis by an employee; require the department to implement and operate a registry identification card program; establish requirements for registry identification cards; require the department to operate a provisional licensure receipt system for cardholders; establish the requirements for a registry identification card and the application process; establish notification requirements for cardholders; establish when a registry identification card may be revoked; establish various cannabis business licensure categories; establish requirements for a cannabis business licensure and the application process for a license; prohibit a practitioner from being a board member or principal officer of a cannabis business; prohibit cross-ownership of certain classes of cannabis businesses; 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; establish technical requirements for cannabis businesses; establish limits on the THC potency of medicinal cannabis that can be produced or sold in the state; establish cultivation square footage limits for cannabis businesses that are permitted to cultivate; establish procedures for the department to inspect cannabis businesses; establish procedures for the suspension or revocation of a cannabis business license; exempt certain records and information from the disclosure under the Kentucky Open Records Act; require the department to develop, maintain, and operate electronic systems for monitoring the medicinal cannabis program; require the department to promulgate administrative regulations necessary to implement the medicinal cannabis program; establish that nothing in the bill requires government programs or private insurers to reimburse for the cost of use; 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 216B.402 to require hospital emergency departments to report cases of cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Control; amend KRS 218A.010, 218A.1421, 218A.1422, 218A.1423, and 218A.500 to conform; amend KRS 12.020, 12.252, 15.300, 15.380, 15.398, 15.420, 15A.340, 61.592, 62.120, 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, 438.320438.325, 438.330, 438.337, and 438.340 to change the name of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Control; some sections EFFECTIVE July 1, 2022.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-01-08","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-01-08","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB92/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb92.html","sponsor":"Steve West"},
{"bill_id":1398106,"bill_number":"SR30","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Thomas \"Tommy\" Milton Bertram.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Thomas \"Tommy\" Milton Bertram.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-12","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR30/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr30.html","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":1398108,"bill_number":"HR29","title":"A RESOLUTION affirming the importance of a peaceful transfer of presidential power, acknowledging free and fair elections, and recognizing the legal election of Joseph R. Biden as President of the United States and Kamala Harris as Vice President of the United States.","description":"Affirm the importance of a peaceful transfer of presidential power; acknowledge free and fair elections; and recognize the legal election of Joseph R. Biden as President of the United States and Kamala Harris as Vice President of the United States.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-08","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-08","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR29/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr29.html","sponsor":"Susan Westrom"},
{"bill_id":1398109,"bill_number":"HB226","title":"AN ACT relating to gaming.","description":"Amend KRS 238.505 to revise the definition of \"charitable gaming facility;\" amend KRS 238.536 to remove the provisions for reconsideration by the department of its actions; amend KRS 238.555 to remove licensed charitable gaming facility lease requirements, to clarify that rent shall not be based on gross receipts, and require a licensed charitable gaming facility to file a copy of each signed lease with the department; provide that the 40 percent rule in KRS 238.36 is waived for 2020.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-04-08","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 200)","last_action_date":"2021-04-08","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB226/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb226.html","sponsor":"Killian Timoney"},
{"bill_id":1398112,"bill_number":"HB225","title":"AN ACT relating to elections.","description":"Amend KRS 118.165 to change the filing deadline for candidates of more than one county, congressional candidates, and General Assembly candidates seeking elected office from the first Friday following the first Monday in January to the last Tuesday in January; amend KRS 118.367 to change the deadline for filing a statement-of-candidacy form for certain candidates from the last Tuesday in January to April 1.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2021-03-02","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2021-03-03","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB225/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb225.html","sponsor":"Joseph Fischer"},
{"bill_id":1398113,"bill_number":"HB224","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 former and current members of the board, its agents, and employees immunity from suit for performing discretionary acts when performed 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":"2021-03-01","last_action":"to Licensing & Occupations (S)","last_action_date":"2021-03-02","committee":"Licensing and Occupations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB224/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb224.html","sponsor":"Kimberly Banta"},
{"bill_id":1398116,"bill_number":"SR32","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Dr. James Raymond Angel.","description":"Adjourn in honor of Dr. James Raymond Angel.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-12","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR32/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr32.html","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":1398117,"bill_number":"HR28","title":"A RESOLUTION to date House of Representatives resolutions and House of Representatives legislative citations in the Year of our Lord.","description":"Provide that the House of Representatives shall include \"in the Year of our Lord\" in the adopted date of all House of Representatives simple resolutions that are put on parchment at the direction of the Clerk and on all House of Representatives floor citations; provide that the House of Representatives shall work with the Legislative Research Commission to include \"in the Year of our Lord\" on all other House of Representatives citations throughout the year.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-08","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-08","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR28/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr28.html","sponsor":"Daniel Fister"},
{"bill_id":1398120,"bill_number":"HB228","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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-08","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-08","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB228/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb228.html","sponsor":"George Brown"},
{"bill_id":1398122,"bill_number":"HB232","title":"AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to restoration of rights.","description":"Propose to amend Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky to automatically restore the voting rights of persons convicted of certain felonies upon completion of their imprisonment, probation, or parole and automatically restore their civil rights five years after completion of their imprisonment, probation, or parole; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-08","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-08","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB232/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb232.html","sponsor":"Jason Nemes"},
{"bill_id":1398124,"bill_number":"HJR30","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to establish the 1915(c) Home and Community Based Services Waiver Redesign Task Force to study waiver redesign efforts and options and to develop strategies to better utilize Kentucky’s Medicaid State Plan services.","description":"Direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to establish the 1915(c) Home and Community Based Services Waiver Redesign Task Force to study waiver redesign efforts and options and to develop strategies to better utilize Kentucky's Medicaid State Plan services.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-01-08","last_action":"to Health & Family Services (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR30/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hjr30.html","sponsor":"Steve Riley"},
{"bill_id":1398126,"bill_number":"SB90","title":"AN ACT relating to Medicaid ordering, referring, and prescribing providers.","description":"Create new sections of KRS 205.510 to 205.560 to define terms; establish that the Department for Medicaid Services and any Medicaid managed care organization shall not prohibit a Medicaid beneficiary from entering into a direct primary care membership agreement or penalize a Medicaid beneficiary for receiving primary care services under a direct primary care membership agreement; establish that the department and any Medicaid managed care organization shall require a primary care provider who enters into a direct primary care membership agreement with a Medicaid beneficiary to enroll in the state Medicaid program as an ordering, referring, and prescribing provider for screening purposes only; permit the department to promulgate administrative regulations.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2021-03-15","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB90/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb90.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1398128,"bill_number":"SB88","title":"AN ACT relating to city annexation filings.","description":"Amend KRS 81A.470 to remove language requiring a copy of the ordinance approving 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 closed geometric figure description requirements.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-18","last_action":"signed by Governor Acts Ch. 41)","last_action_date":"2021-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB88/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb88.html","sponsor":"Phillip Wheeler"},
{"bill_id":1398130,"bill_number":"HJR27","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION applying for an Article V convention to propose an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to set a limit on the number of terms of office for members of Congress.","description":"Apply to Congress under Article V of the Constitution of the United States for the calling of a convention of the states limited to proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States that limit the terms of office for its officials and for members of Congress; state that the application should be aggregated with the applications of other states limited for the purposes identified in the applications; state that the application should be a continuing application until a convention is called or until the application is withdrawn by the Kentucky General Assembly.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-08","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-08","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR27/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hjr27.html","sponsor":"Matt Lockett"},
{"bill_id":1398132,"bill_number":"HB231","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":"Passed","status_date":"2021-03-29","last_action":"delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 155)","last_action_date":"2021-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB231/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb231.html","sponsor":"Samara Heavrin"},
{"bill_id":1398134,"bill_number":"HB229","title":"AN ACT relating to the protection of agricultural animals.","description":"Amend KRS 512.010 to include \"livestock\" as defined in KRS 150.010 in the definition of \"property\" for the purposes of criminal damage to property offenses.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-19","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 50)","last_action_date":"2021-03-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB229/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb229.html","sponsor":"Matthew Koch"},
{"bill_id":1398136,"bill_number":"SB87","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority.","description":"Create a new section of Subchapter 20 of KRS Chapter 154 to provide conditions for partial loan forgiveness to qualified medical centers by the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-01-08","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2021-01-11","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB87/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb87.html","sponsor":"Stephen Meredith"},
{"bill_id":1398138,"bill_number":"SB91","title":"AN ACT relating to newborn and infant screenings.","description":"Amend KRS 214.155 to include cytomegalovirus (CMV) testing as part of the newborn screening program; create a new section of KRS Chapter 214 to require the Department for Public Health in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to provide public educational resources related to cytomegalovirus (CMV); provide that the Act may be cited as the \"Bella Dawn Streeval Law.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-01-08","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2021-01-11","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB91/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb91.html","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":1398140,"bill_number":"SR31","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Brigadier General Noah E. Loy.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of General Noah E. Loy.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-12","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR31/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr31.html","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":1398142,"bill_number":"HB230","title":"AN ACT relating to the taxation of the commercial mining of cryptocurrency.","description":"Create new section of KRS 139 which defines various terms relating to commercial mining of cryptocurrency using blockchain technology, provides sales and use tax exemptions on the tangible personal property directly used and the electricity used in commercial mining of cryptocurrency as of the date of approved application, provides for a four year sunset from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2025, and requires the amount of the exemption to be reported by the Department of Revenue beginning on January 1, 2022 and every January 1 thereafter; amend KRS 160.613 to exempt electricity used or consumed in the commercial mining of cryptocurrency; amend KRS 160.6131 to define commercial mining of cryptocurrency and colocation facility; amend KRS 131.190 as a conforming change. EFFECTIVE July 1, 2021","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-25","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 122)","last_action_date":"2021-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB230/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb230.html","sponsor":"Steven Rudy"},
{"bill_id":1398463,"bill_number":"HB242","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 all 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, 2022.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-09","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-09","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB242/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb242.html","sponsor":"Lynn Bechler"},
{"bill_id":1398465,"bill_number":"SR34","title":"A RESOLUTION establishing the official Kentucky Mental Health Flag.","description":"Designate the official mental health flag for the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-02-26","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-02-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR34/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr34.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1398467,"bill_number":"SB95","title":"AN ACT relating to sexual offenses by peace officers.","description":"Amend KRS 510.060, rape in the third degree, to include a peace officer who subjects a person in custody or under arrest to sexual intercourse; amend KRS 510.090, sodomy in the third degree, to include a peace officer who subjects a person in custody or under arrest to deviate sexual intercourse; amend KRS 510.120, sexual abuse in the second degree, to include a peace officer who subjects a person in custody or under arrest to sexual contact.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-01-09","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB95/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb95.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1398468,"bill_number":"HB239","title":"AN ACT relating to student loan servicers.","description":"Establish Subtitle 12 of KRS Chapter 286 and create sections thereof; define terms; establish licensing requirements for certain student loan servicers; establish requirements for student loan servicing activities; require student loan servicers to comply with applicable state and federal law; establish fines for violations of the subtitle; establish a private right of action for violations of the subtitle; permit the commissioner to monitor risk to consumers relating to servicing student loans; require the commissioner to designate a student loan ombudsman; set forth requirements for student loan ombudsman; state that provisions of this Act shall be severable.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-09","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-09","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB239/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb239.html","sponsor":"Patti Minter"},
{"bill_id":1398470,"bill_number":"HB241","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,” “net poker revenue,” “online poker,” “person,” “principal stockholder,” “rake,” “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; require any person offering online poker in the Commonwealth to have a license from the cabinet and require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations prescribing requirements for licensure including geolocation software, age verification, and security and accounting standards; establish an online poker account in the State Treasury; 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 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 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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-09","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-09","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB241/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb241.html","sponsor":"Adam Koenig"},
{"bill_id":1398472,"bill_number":"HB233","title":"AN ACT relating to motor fuel standards and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 363.900 to redefine \"ASTM International\", \"diesel\", \"gasoline\", and \"retail facility\"; define \"gasoline-oxygenate blend\"; amend KRS 363.902 to specify inspection and testing programs for motor fuels intended for sale from a retail facility; amend KRS 363.904 to specify vapor pressure limits for gasoline-oxygenate blends; permit the department to designate tests or specifications when no ASTM International standards exist; require all shipments of motor fuel to meet standards and specifications required in administrative regulations; amend KRS 363.906 to require a license to operate a retail motor fuel facility; increase the license fee to $100 per retail facility; set the annual license expiration on January 31; amend KRS 363.9055 to conform; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-09","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Agriculture","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB233/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb233.html","sponsor":"Daniel Fister"},
{"bill_id":1398473,"bill_number":"HB238","title":"AN ACT relating to city utility commission membership.","description":"Amend KRS 96.530 allow city utilities boards to consist of either 3 or 5 members, and to specify the appointment of nonresident utility commission members for utility commissions consisting of three members and five members.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-19","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 54)","last_action_date":"2021-03-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB238/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb238.html","sponsor":"DJ Johnson"},
{"bill_id":1398475,"bill_number":"SB99","title":"AN ACT relating to construction projects.","description":"Amend KRS 323.033 to require exempt facilities at Bluegrass Station in specific areas from requirement to have construction contracts executed under the supervision of a licensed architect or professional engineer.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-04-05","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 183)","last_action_date":"2021-04-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB99/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb99.html","sponsor":"Alice Kerr"},
{"bill_id":1398477,"bill_number":"HB234","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 matching fund; transfer $3 million annually to the fund from general fund; authorize promulgation of administrative regulations.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-09","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-09","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB234/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb234.html","sponsor":"Daniel Fister"},
{"bill_id":1398478,"bill_number":"SB94","title":"AN ACT relating to solid waste.","description":"Amend KRS 224.40-310 to serially list all the types of facilities under the definition of \"waste disposal facility\" and prohibit issuance of a permit to construct or expand a waste disposal facility that will result in substantial additional capacity absent submitting notice of intent to be licensed to the local county fiscal court where the facility is located; prescribe time frame.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-01-09","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Energy (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Natural Resources and Energy","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB94/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb94.html","sponsor":"C.B. Embry"},
{"bill_id":1398480,"bill_number":"HB235","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship.","description":"Amend KRS 164.7883 to provide Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarships eligibility for enrollment in a Navy Reserve Officers Training Corps program at an out-of-state institution located in a state within the Southern Regional Education Board.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2021-02-26","last_action":"2nd reading, to Rules","last_action_date":"2021-03-12","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB235/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb235.html","sponsor":"Matt Lockett"},
{"bill_id":1398482,"bill_number":"SB97","title":"AN ACT relating to the rights of parents.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 405 to establish findings of the General Assembly related to rights and interests of parents; create new sections of KRS Chapter 405 to establish a definition of \"parent\" and specific rights of parents; establish a short title of \"Parents Rights Protection Act.\"","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-01-09","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2021-03-02","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB97/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb97.html","sponsor":"Steve West"},
{"bill_id":1398483,"bill_number":"HB240","title":"AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance.","description":"Amend KRS 341.415 to waive unemployment insurance overpayment debts if recovery would be against good conscience and the overpayment was due to agency error or not due to fraud by the recipient; make technical changes.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-01-09","last_action":"to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-24","committee":"Economic Development & Workforce Investment","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB240/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb240.html","sponsor":"Nima Kulkarni"},
{"bill_id":1398485,"bill_number":"SB96","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, death, and levels of monetary loss; create a civil cause of action arising from violations; and limit the liability of service providers.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-01-09","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2021-01-11","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB96/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb96.html","sponsor":"Christian McDaniel"},
{"bill_id":1398487,"bill_number":"HB243","title":"AN ACT relating to deferred deposit service businesses.","description":"Amend KRS 286.9-100 to reduce the maximum charges for deferred deposit transactions; limit charges for veterans, persons under the age of 21, and persons over the age of 61 to an APR of 36%; prohibit deferred deposit transactions within 45 days after a customer has entered into 5 or more transactions within 180 days; require licensees to offer at least one extended payment plan to customers each year; require notice of the ability to extend the time period for paying off a loan to be posted; make technical corrections; provide that Act applies to deferred deposit transactions entered on or after effective date.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-09","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-09","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB243/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb243.html","sponsor":"Melinda Prunty"},
{"bill_id":1398488,"bill_number":"SB98","title":"AN ACT relating to immunizations.","description":"Amend KRS 344.010 to define \"immunization\"; amend KRS 344.040 to prohibit employers from discriminating against an individual who declines immunization or requiring immunization as a condition of employment.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-01-09","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-04","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB98/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb98.html","sponsor":"Adrienne Southworth"},
{"bill_id":1398490,"bill_number":"HB237","title":"AN ACT relating to defining residential care facility for persons with disabilities.","description":"Amend KRS 100.982 delete exclusions of persons from the definition of \"person with a disability\" for zoning of residential care facilities including convicted felons or misdemeanants on probation or parole or receiving supervision or rehabilitation services as a result of their prior conviction, or mentally ill persons who have pled guilty but mentally ill to a crime or not guilty by reason of insanity to a crime and persons with current, illegal use of alcohol or any controlled substance as regulated under KRS Chapter 218A.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-09","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-09","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB237/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb237.html","sponsor":"Myron Dossett"},
{"bill_id":1398492,"bill_number":"HB236","title":"AN ACT relating to fertilizer and pesticide use and application and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Repeal and reenact KRS 217B.040 to define terms; amend KRS 217B.050 to mandate a regulatory program for regulating application and notice of application of pesticides for lawn care and mosquito control; amend KRS 217B.060 to remove language requiring the inclusion of pesticide application equipment specifics in an application for a license; amend KRS 217B.070 to increase the pesticide operator’s license fee to $100; Amend KRS 217B.080 to remove references to equipment and to increase the pesticide applicator fee to $25; Amend KRS 217B.090 to increase the noncommercial applicator fee to $10 and to authorize the department to issue noncommercial applicator licenses to, and waive fees for, qualifying prison inmates and other incarcerated persons; amend KRS 217B.105 to increase the dealer registration fee to $75 and to increase the branch office fee to $50; amend KRS 217B.120 to specify violations for which the department may assess civil penalties; repeal and reenact KRS 217B.140 to clarify the procedures for claims of, and investigations into, pesticide misuse by an applicator; amend KRS 217B.180 to exempt licensing and registration requirements for the use of nonrestricted use pesticides for personal domestic purposes; amend KRS 217B.185 to remove language requiring applicants for licensure to show upon examination that the applicant possesses adequate knowledge concerning the proper use and application of pesticides; to increase the pesticide sales agent license fee to $25; to remove language prohibiting the making of recommendations for the use or application of pesticides; and to remove language prohibiting license issuance reliant upon an applicant holding a valid certification within the category; amend KRS 217B.187 to increase the trainee application fee to $25; amend KRS 217B.193 to change references to the Commissioner to the department; amend KRS 217B.203 to change references to the Commissioner to the department; amend KRS 217B.270 to establish the department’s authority for the regulation of pesticides in the Commonwealth; 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 Pet Management Advisory Board; require the board to meet no less than two times per year; amend KRS 217B.510 to establish the powers and duties of the board; 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 cost related to the administration of examinations; amend KRS 217B.520 to specify the requirements for applicants for an operator’s license; amend KRS 217B.525 to specify examination requirements for commercial structural pest management operators; amend KRS 217B.530 to remove the specific amount for examination fees; authorize the department to promulgate administrative regulations for license testing fees; specify requirements of operator license holders; amend KRS 217B.535 to create a $100 fee for annual structural pest management operator licenses and a $50 fee for each office; amend KRS 217B.540 to make technical corrections; amend KRS 217B.545 to make technical corrections; amend KRS 217B.550 to specify violations of KRS 217B.515 to KRS 217B.585 for which the department may assess civil penalties; amend KRS 217B.555 to make technical corrections; amend KRS 217B.560 to create a $25 fee for structural pest management company trainees; amend KRS 217B.565 to authorize the department to promulgate administrative regulations on the identification of vehicles utilized by structural pest management companies; amend KRS 217B.570 to establish that each structural management company and employer of a noncommercial applicator shall be responsible for the actions of its employees or agents in performing services; amend KRS 217B.580 to make technical corrections; amend KRS 217B.585 to specify actions for an injunction against any person violating or threatening to violate provisions of KRS Chapter 217B or any administrative regulation; amend KRS 217B.990 to 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; create a new section of KRS Chapter 217B relating to structural pest management company registration and creates a $75 registration fee; create a new section of KRS Chapter 217B relating to structural pest management applicators and creates a $25 registration fee for applicants; repeal KRS 217B.100; 217B.103; 217B.170; 217B.260; 217B.300; 217B.320; and 217B.575; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-23","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 84)","last_action_date":"2021-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB236/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb236.html","sponsor":"Shawn McPherson"},
{"bill_id":1398493,"bill_number":"SB93","title":"AN ACT relating to the State Board of Agriculture and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 246.120 to authorize the Commissioner of Agriculture to appoint members of the State Board of Agriculture; amend KRS 257.230 to establish the duties of the state veterinarian.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2021-03-29","last_action":"delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 150)","last_action_date":"2021-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB93/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb93.html","sponsor":"Jason Howell"},
{"bill_id":1399745,"bill_number":"HB249","title":"AN ACT relating to revenue, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 139.340 to allow a remote retailer no later than the first day of the calendar month that is at most sixty days after the threshold requirement is met to register for a sales and use tax permit; amend KRS 139.450 to eliminate the requirement of a marketplace provider to register for a second sales and use tax number for its marketplace retailers and replace it with the option to obtain a second sales and use tax number or to report sales on its own number and provide the Department of Revenue with a separate breakdown of receipts for its marketplace retailers.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2021-03-29","last_action":"delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 156)","last_action_date":"2021-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB249/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb249.html","sponsor":"Jason Petrie"},
{"bill_id":1399765,"bill_number":"SB105","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, 2022.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2021-03-29","last_action":"delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 166)","last_action_date":"2021-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB105/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb105.html","sponsor":"Robert Mills"},
{"bill_id":1399796,"bill_number":"SB102","title":"AN ACT relating to Kentucky-grown agricultural products.","description":"Amend KRS 260.016 to include Asian Carp, paddlefish, or swordfish in the definition of \"Kentucky-grown agricultural product\".","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 101)","last_action_date":"2021-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB102/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb102.html","sponsor":"Robert Mills"},
{"bill_id":1399821,"bill_number":"HB248","title":"AN ACT relating to harassment.","description":"Amend KRS 344.450 to allow parties to recover punitive damages; create a new section of KRS Chapter 344 to create a civil cause of action for a victim who is injured, had property damaged, or had law enforcement summoned by another person because of a belief or perception of the victim's race, color, national origin, ancestry, gender, religion, religious practice, age, disability, or sexual orientation; amend KRS 519.010 to define \"public safety answering point\"; amend KRS 519.040 include giving information to law enforcement officers or public safety answering points to intimidate or harass another with detention or investigation by law enforcement.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-11","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-11","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB248/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb248.html","sponsor":"Josie Raymond"},
{"bill_id":1399851,"bill_number":"SB106","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; prohibit male students from participating in athletic teams, activities, and sports designated as girls'; 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 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'; 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":"2021-01-11","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-04","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB106/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb106.html","sponsor":"Robert Mills"},
{"bill_id":1399875,"bill_number":"HB247","title":"AN ACT relating to college student criminal history inquiries.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to prohibit a public or private postsecondary institution from inquiring about a student's criminal history on the institution's admissions application.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-11","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-11","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB247/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb247.html","sponsor":"Lisa Willner"},
{"bill_id":1399901,"bill_number":"HB250","title":"AN ACT relating to the regulation of travel-related commerce.","description":"Establish new Subtitle 52 in KRS Chapter 304 and create sections 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 agent requirements; create a new section of KRS Chapter 365 to provide requirements for the offer and sale of travel protection plans; amend KRS 304.9-440 to apply penalties to travel retailers; amend KRS 304.9-020, 304.9-080, 304.9-230, 304.9-421, 304.9-430, 304.9-440, and 304.9-475 to make conforming changes; provide short title for Sections 1 to 6.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-18","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 36)","last_action_date":"2021-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB250/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb250.html","sponsor":"Matt Lockett"},
{"bill_id":1399928,"bill_number":"SB8","title":"AN ACT relating to exceptions to mandatory immunization requirements and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 214.036 to provide exemptions from mandatory immunization for any child, emancipated minor, or adult who, personally or by a parent or guardian, submits a written sworn statement objecting to the immunization based on conscientiously held beliefs; prohibit any administrative regulation, administrative order, or executive order from requiring during an epidemic the immunization of persons who submit either a written sworn statement objecting to the immunization based on conscientiously held beliefs or the written opinion of the person's physician that such immunization would be injurious to the person's health; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to develop and make available on its Web site a standardized form relating to the exemptions from mandatory immunization and to accept the form after it is submitted; amend KRS 209.552 and 214.034 to conform; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2021-03-28","last_action":"became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 147)","last_action_date":"2021-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB8/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb8.html","sponsor":"Mike Wilson"},
{"bill_id":1399955,"bill_number":"HB252","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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-11","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-11","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB252/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb252.html","sponsor":"Regina Huff"},
{"bill_id":1399987,"bill_number":"HB244","title":"AN ACT relating to police reform.","description":"Amend KRS 500.080 to define \"active denial system,\" \"chemical agent,\" \"kinetic energy projectile,\" and \"long range acoustic device\"; amend KRS 503.090 to provide circumstances where a peace officer may use active denial systems, chemical agents, kinetic energy projectiles, and long-range acoustic devices on another person; amend KRS 15.334 to require the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council to approve de-esclation training courses for students attending law enforcement basic training; create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to prohibit the use of certain law enforcement tactics; create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to prohibit the procurement of certain property from a military equipment surplus program and require law enforcement agencies to forfeit or dispose of such property within 180 days; amend KRS 15.440, 61.168, 61.912, 61.914, and 532.100 to conform.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-11","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-11","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB244/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb244.html","sponsor":"Lisa Willner"},
{"bill_id":1400011,"bill_number":"SB104","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; require courses to include firearms qualification, emergency vehicle operations, and defensive driving; require constables and deputy constable seeking certification to pay costs of courses unless other funds are available; require county board of elections to notify the association within 60 days after election of constable and, where judge/executive appoints a constable, county clerk to notify the association of appointment providing contact information; for counties with deputy constables, require the constable to provide contact information to the association; require the association to maintain records of training hours completed by constables and deputies; require the association to issue certificates to constables and deputies upon satisfactory completion of training; require the association to maintain a Web site listing of constables and deputies who have and have not completed training; amend KRS 189.910 and 189.920 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; amend KRS 70.310 to delete reference to minimum bond for certified constables.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-01-11","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-01-11","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB104/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb104.html","sponsor":"Robert Mills"},
{"bill_id":1400039,"bill_number":"HCR31","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, 2021.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-11","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-11","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR31/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hcr31.html","sponsor":"Josie Raymond"},
{"bill_id":1400065,"bill_number":"HB251","title":"AN ACT relating to the maintenance of occupational licenses by military spouses.","description":"Amend KRS 12.357 to require administrative bodies to renew regular occupational licneses to spouses of active duty members of the Armed Forces without payment of fees or dues.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2021-03-05","last_action":"returned to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)","last_action_date":"2021-03-12","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB251/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb251.html","sponsor":"Ed Massey"},
{"bill_id":1400094,"bill_number":"SB101","title":"AN ACT relating to career and technical education and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 157.069 to provide that when a local board of education assumes management of a state-operated vocational education and technology center, the center shall receive 100% of the funding it received as a state-operated center in the first year and 75% of the funding it received thereafter; provide that the remaining 25% of the funds shall be distributed to locally-operated centers that did not receive state supplemental funds previously; amend KRS 156.844 to require that when a local board of education assumes management of a state-operated vocational education and technology center, the local board must serve all districts serviced by the state-operated center; provide that when a local board of education assumes management of a state-operated vocational education and technology center, transferred certified employees who had tenure may be granted tenure and classified employees with four years of previous service may be offered a contract for at least five years.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-18","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 40)","last_action_date":"2021-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB101/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb101.html","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":1400123,"bill_number":"HB253","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; require the Kentucky Department of Education to develop a process for local districts to report student data.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-01-11","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2021-03-29","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB253/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb253.html","sponsor":"Regina Huff"},
{"bill_id":1400149,"bill_number":"HB254","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":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-23","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 87)","last_action_date":"2021-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB254/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb254.html","sponsor":"Derek Lewis"},
{"bill_id":1400172,"bill_number":"HB246","title":"AN ACT relating to the assemblage of persons.","description":"Amend KRS 525.010 to remove the definition of riot; amend KRS 525.020 to change the type of conduct that constitutes riot in the first degree; amend KRS 525.030 to change the type of conduct that constitutes riot in the second degree; amend KRS 525.040 to change the type of conduct that constitutes inciting to riot; amend KRS 525.050 to change the type of conduct that constitutes unlawful assembly; amend KRS 525.200 to conform.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-11","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-11","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB246/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb246.html","sponsor":"Lisa Willner"},
{"bill_id":1400201,"bill_number":"HB255","title":"AN ACT relating to college readiness examinations.","description":"Amend KRS 158.6453 to 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 optional college admissions exam in grade 12.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-11","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-11","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB255/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb255.html","sponsor":"Steve Riley"},
{"bill_id":1400224,"bill_number":"SB103","title":"AN ACT relating to operations of the property valuation administrators and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 132 to establish an electronic process for listing tangible personal property for property tax purposes; establish waiver requirements and department responsibilities; create a new section of KRS Chapter 134 to require taxpayers to register with property valuation administrators and provide an active e-mail address for electronic communication; establish waiver requirements and a processing fee; create a new section of KRS Chapter 133 to prohibit the retention of the property valuation administrator's office's storage paper documents for longer than two years when the same documents are also stored by digital means; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-01-11","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB103/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb103.html","sponsor":"Robert Mills"},
{"bill_id":1400247,"bill_number":"HB245","title":"AN ACT relating to recording peace officers in public performance of their duties.","description":"Create new section of KRS Chapter 455 to state that photographing or recording peace officers in the public performance of their duties is not unlawful.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-11","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-11","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB245/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb245.html","sponsor":"Lisa Willner"},
{"bill_id":1403422,"bill_number":"HB258","title":"AN ACT relating to the Teachers' Retirement System.","description":"Create new sections of KRS 161.220 to 161.716 to specify that new members of the Teachers' Retirement System on or after January 1, 2022, shall receive a foundational benefit component, which shall be a traditional defined benefit plan with risk adjustments, and a supplemental benefit component which shall be a plan based upon the member's account balance; 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 or university members falls below 90%, the TRS board shall make one or more of the following changes to keep foundational benefit component employer costs within 8% of pay for nonuniversity members and 5.755% of pay for university members: utilize moneys in the stabilization reserve account from any excess contributions above costs of the new plan components for new members only, utilize prospective mandatory employee and employer contributions from the supplemental benefit component, or adjust the regular interest rate, benefit factor, age and service requirements to retire, or COLAs for new members only; establish the supplemental benefit component for new members who enter TRS on or after January 1, 2022, 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 equal to the five-year rolling yield on a 30-year Treasury bond; provide for vesting of employer contributions after five years; provide that a new member may take a refund, distribution, or annuitize their supplemental benefit 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, 2022, 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 members and make technical amendments to conform to a recent court decision; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 161.540 to specify employee contribution rates for new TRS members on or after January 1, 2022, which for new nonuniversity members shall be 14.75% of pay with 9% going to fund the foundational benefit component, 2% to fund the supplemental benefit component, and 3.75% to fund retiree health benefits and for new university members shall be 9.775% of pay with 5% going to fund the foundational benefit component, 2% to fund the supplemental benefit component, and 2.775% to fund retiree health benefits; specify level of reduction to retiree health contribution once retiree health fund achieves 100% funding; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 161.550 to conform language to a recent court decision and specify actual fixed employer rates being paid; provide that the maximum employer contribution rate for new members on or after January 1, 2022, shall be 10.75% for nonuniversity members with 8% going to fund the foundational benefit component, 2% to fund the supplemental benefit component, and 0.75% to fund retiree health benefits and 9.775% for university members with 5.775% going to fund the foundational benefit component, 2% to fund the supplemental benefit component, and 2% to fund retiree health benefits; specify level of reduction to employer retiree health contribution once retiree health fund achieves 100% funding; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 161.600 to provide that new nonuniversity members on or after January 1, 2022, shall be eligible to retire with no reduction in benefits upon attaining age 65 with 5 years of service, age 60 with 10 years of service, or age 55 with 30 years of service or with a reduced benefit at age 55 with 10 years of service; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 161.620 to provide that new nonuniversity TRS members shall receive a benefit factor in the foundational benefit of 1.7% up to 2.4% based upon the member's age and years of service and new university TRS members shall receive a benefit factor in the foundational benefit of 0.7% up to 1.4% based upon the member's age and years of service; amend KRS 161.655 to increase the life insurance benefit for new members on or after January 1, 2022, from $2,000 and $5,000 while active and from to $5,000 and $10,000 while retired; amend KRS 161.420 to set up stabilization account for new plans for new TRS members; amend KRS 161.661 to provide that TRS shall determine disability benefits by administrative regulation for new TRS members on or after January 1, 2022; repeal, reenact, and amend or repeal and reenact or amend, or amend KRS 161.400, 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; repeal 161.235; provide that the TRS board shall make recommendations to the Public Pension Oversight Board on how and when to distribute actuarial gains to restore previously reduced benefits in the foundational benefit component or distribute additional contributions to the supplemental benefit component; Sections 1 to 41 effective January 1, 2022.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2021-03-29","last_action":"delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 157)","last_action_date":"2021-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB258/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb258.html","sponsor":"Ed Massey"},
{"bill_id":1403465,"bill_number":"SB107","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 be increased by the difference between the 91-92 amount and the current calculation; amend KRS 157.430 and 157.390 to conform.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-01-12","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-01-12","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB107/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb107.html","sponsor":"Robert Mills"},
{"bill_id":1403511,"bill_number":"SCR35","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION adjourning the 2021 Regular Session of the General Assembly until February 2, 2021.","description":"Provide that when the Senate and the House of Representatives adjourn the first part of the 2021 Regular Session, they adjourn until February 2, 2021, when the second part of the 2021 Regular Session shall convene.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2021-01-13","last_action":"received in Senate","last_action_date":"2021-01-13","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SCR35/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/scr35.html","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":1403561,"bill_number":"HB261","title":"AN ACT relating to fraud against the Kentucky Public Pensions Authority.","description":"Amend KRS 61.685 to make a person liable for civil penalties if he or she knowingly submits false or fraudulent claims or fails to report or remit required money, records, or property to the Kentucky Public Pensions Authority (KPPA) in order to obtain retirement benefits from any of the retirement systems administered by the KPPA; define \"person\" and \"knowingly\" for purposes of the Act; provide civil penalties, including restitution of the payments received as a result of fraud, a penalty of as much as 3 times the amount of the excess payments, a penalty of $500 for each false or fraudulent claim submitted, and recovery of all legal fees and costs of the investigation and enforcement of civil remedies; require that, at the request of the KPPA, the Attorney General investigate and enforce the provisions of this Act and may recover the reasonable costs of litigation as determined by the court and provided by KRS 48.005; provide that civil payments, costs, and interest be made payable to the State Treasurer and remitted to the KPPA for deposit in the affected systems' trusts consistent with the methods used to distribute administrative expenses between the trusts; provide that the remedies provided by this Act be separate from and cumulative to any other remedy available to the KPPA.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-04-05","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 189)","last_action_date":"2021-04-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB261/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb261.html","sponsor":"Jerry Miller"},
{"bill_id":1403610,"bill_number":"SB109","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":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-01-12","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-01-12","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB109/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb109.html","sponsor":"Steve West"},
{"bill_id":1403655,"bill_number":"HB260","title":"AN ACT relating to plastic waste.","description":"Amend KRS 224.50-585 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, 2026; 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, 2024; establish civil penalty of $100 per day for violation of bans.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-12","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-12","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB260/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb260.html","sponsor":"Mary Marzian"},
{"bill_id":1403705,"bill_number":"HB256","title":"AN ACT relating to the establishment of historical commissions.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 148 to establish the Harrodsburg Sestercentennial Commission to coordinate celebrations; establish membership of the commission; establish sunset date of January 1, 2027.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"2nd reading, to Rules","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB256/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb256.html","sponsor":"Kim King"},
{"bill_id":1403751,"bill_number":"SB108","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; amend KRS 243.157 to allow a microbrewer to offer for sale in its giftshop products that were produced in collaboration with a distiller.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-01-12","last_action":"to Licensing & Occupations (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Licensing and Occupations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB108/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb108.html","sponsor":"Paul Hornback"},
{"bill_id":1403796,"bill_number":"HB259","title":"AN ACT relating to consumer loan companies.","description":"Amend KRS 286.4-530 to establish blended rate cap for certain consumer loans exceeding $3,000; make technical corrections.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-01-12","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2021-03-11","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB259/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb259.html","sponsor":"Michael Meredith"},
{"bill_id":1403841,"bill_number":"HB257","title":"AN ACT relating to defining residential care facility for persons with disabilities.","description":"Amend KRS 100.982 to amend the definition of \"person with a disability\" and delete exclusions from the definition of persons including convicted felons or misdemeanants on probation or parole or receiving supervision or rehabilitation services as a result of their prior conviction, or mentally ill persons who have pled guilty but mentally ill to a crime or not guilty by reason of insanity to a crime and persons with current, illegal use of alcohol or any controlled substance as regulated under KRS Chapter 218A.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-12","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-12","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB257/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb257.html","sponsor":"Myron Dossett"},
{"bill_id":1405197,"bill_number":"SB111","title":"AN ACT relating to social media Web sites.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 establishing that the owner or operator of a social media Web site is subject to a private cause of action by a social media Web site user in this state under specified conditions; establish entitlement to damages, including the award of reasonable attorney fees and costs; specify that hate speech shall not constitute a defense to violation of this Act; authorize the Attorney General to bring an action on behalf of a social media Web site user; establish a violation under deceptive trade practices; provide exceptions for deletion or censoring of certain types of speech; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-01-13","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-01-13","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB111/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb111.html","sponsor":"Robert Mills"},
{"bill_id":1405207,"bill_number":"SB117","title":"AN ACT relating to exceptions to immunization requirements and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to allow an independent institution or postsecondary educational institution to require a student to receive a vaccination for disease if exemption provisions are allowed; create a new section of KRS 216B to allow a health facility to require an employee to receive a vaccination for disease if exemption provisions are allowed; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-01-13","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-04","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB117/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb117.html","sponsor":"Adrienne Southworth"},
{"bill_id":1405217,"bill_number":"SR37","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of retired Kentucky State Trooper Sandra Marie Taylor.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Retired Kentucky State Trooper Sandra Marie Taylor.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR37/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr37.html","sponsor":"Christian McDaniel"},
{"bill_id":1405232,"bill_number":"HB263","title":"AN ACT relating to Medicaid reimbursement for abortions.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to, notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and any regional managed care partnership or other entity under contract with the cabinet for the administration or provision of the Medicaid program to provide Medicaid reimbursement for any abortion and abortion related health care services provided to a person eligible for Medicaid in Kentucky.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-13","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-13","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB263/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb263.html","sponsor":"Mary Marzian"},
{"bill_id":1405244,"bill_number":"HJR34","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to study alternatives to institutionalized care for individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities and complex medical needs.","description":"Direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to study alternatives to institutionalized care for individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities and complex medical needs.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-13","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2021-02-09","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR34/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hjr34.html","sponsor":"Steve Riley"},
{"bill_id":1405258,"bill_number":"SB110","title":"AN ACT relating to prescription insulin and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create various new sections of KRS Chapter 211 to define terms; establish the urgent-need insulin program and the continuing access to insulin program; establish eligibility guidelines for both programs; establish the application process; establish the process by which insulin is dispensed to eligible individuals; establish the responsibilities of insulin manufacturers for facilitating the dispensing of insulin to eligible individuals; establish the responsibilities of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services for administering the program; require manufacturers to maintain privacy of all data obtained; require manufacturers to annually report certain information to the cabinet; require the cabinet to report certain information to the General Assembly upon request; establish penalties; amend KRS 304-17A.148 to cap the cost-sharing requirements for prescription insulin at $30 per 30 day supply; amend KRS 18A.225 to require the Kentucky Employee Health Plan to comply; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-01-13","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-01-13","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB110/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb110.html","sponsor":"Phillip Wheeler"},
{"bill_id":1405270,"bill_number":"SB112","title":"AN ACT relating to hemp.","description":"Amend KRS 260.862 to authorize the Department of Agriculture to prescribe procedures for the testing of hemp; provide procedures to include an appeals process; provide options for remediation or recycling hemp when hemp or hemp products exceed the delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration threshold.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-01-13","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-01-13","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB112/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb112.html","sponsor":"Adrienne Southworth"},
{"bill_id":1405282,"bill_number":"SJR38","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the establishment of the Public Bank Task Force.","description":"Direct the creation of the Public Bank Task Force to study the establishment of one or more public banks in Kentucky; outline task force duties and members; require the task force to meet monthly during the 2021 Interim and to submit findings and recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2021; require the executive branch to assist the task force.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-01-13","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-01-13","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR38/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sjr38.html","sponsor":"Adrienne Southworth"},
{"bill_id":1405295,"bill_number":"HB266","title":"AN ACT relating to maternal health.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 211 to require Medicaid reimbursement for qualified doula services; require a report on the effect of these provisions to be submitted annually to the Legislative Research Commission by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and by any entity under contract with the cabinet to administer the Medicaid program.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-13","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-13","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB266/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb266.html","sponsor":"Attica Scott"},
{"bill_id":1405310,"bill_number":"HB265","title":"AN ACT relating to sheriffs' tax settlements.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 134 to require the annual sheriff's tax settlement audit to be one audit for the period September 1 to August 31 including specific taxes and every type of tax for which a collection schedule has been completed, delinquent tax claims have been filed, and settlements have been prepared; amend KRS 132.192 to require sheriffs in counties with a population of 70,000 or less to provide a complete statement of funds and expenditures for the preceding calendar year to the fiscal court by March 15; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2022.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-18","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 37)","last_action_date":"2021-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB265/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb265.html","sponsor":"Mary Imes"},
{"bill_id":1405322,"bill_number":"HJR36","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to study the potential costs and benefits of implementing or contracting for long-term crisis intervention services.","description":"Direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to study the potential costs and benefits of implementing or contracting for long-term crisis intervention services.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-13","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2021-02-09","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR36/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hjr36.html","sponsor":"Steve Riley"},
{"bill_id":1405337,"bill_number":"HR33","title":"A RESOLUTION commending the Kentucky Recyclers Association, the Kentucky Recycling Coalition, and the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries and their members.","description":"Commend the Kentucky Recyclers Association, the Kentucky Recycling Coalition, and the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries and their members.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-13","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-13","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR33/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr33.html","sponsor":"Nancy Tate"},
{"bill_id":1405349,"bill_number":"HB270","title":"AN ACT relating to early literacy education and making an appropriation therefor.","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 the department to provide technical assistance and training on a 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, 2022; 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, 2022, if funds are appropriated; amend KRS 158.840 to require CPE and EPSB to report to the IJCE on teacher preparation programs compliance; 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; amend KRS 156.553 and 158.070 to conform; designate the Act as \"the Read to Succeed Act;\" APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-13","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-13","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB270/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb270.html","sponsor":"James Tipton"},
{"bill_id":1405362,"bill_number":"HB275","title":"AN ACT relating to the State Investment Commission.","description":"Amend KRS 42.500 to replace the Governor with the state controller as a member of the State Investment Commission.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2021-03-29","last_action":"delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 159)","last_action_date":"2021-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB275/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb275.html","sponsor":"Shawn McPherson"},
{"bill_id":1405376,"bill_number":"HB279","title":"AN ACT relating to school facilities.","description":"Amend KRS 198B.060 to allow local plan review, inspection and enforcement of educational facilities.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2021-03-01","last_action":"to Licensing & Occupations (S)","last_action_date":"2021-03-04","committee":"Licensing and Occupations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB279/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb279.html","sponsor":"Joshua Branscum"},
{"bill_id":1405391,"bill_number":"SB114","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Early Entry Initiative pilot program and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 161 to define \"early career teachers\"; establish the Kentucky Early Entry Initiative pilot program; define the purposes and objectives of the pilot program; outline the three-year structure of the program; require an evaluation report be submitted to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2024; establish the short title of \"Kentucky Early Career Teachers Act\"; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-01-13","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB114/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb114.html","sponsor":"Steve West"},
{"bill_id":1405405,"bill_number":"HB267","title":"AN ACT relating to local government and making an appropriation therefor.","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 Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-03-05","last_action":"reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1)","last_action_date":"2021-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB267/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb267.html","sponsor":"Adam Koenig"},
{"bill_id":1405418,"bill_number":"SB115","title":"AN ACT relating to early literacy education and making an appropriation therefor.","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 the department to provide technical assistance and training on a 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, 2022; 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, 2022, if funds are appropriated; amend KRS 158.840 to require CPE and EPSB to report to the IJCE on teacher preparation programs compliance; 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; amend KRS 156.553 and 158.070 to conform; designate the Act as \"the Read to Succeed Act;\" APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-26","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-26","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB115/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb115.html","sponsor":"Steve West"},
{"bill_id":1405431,"bill_number":"HB272","title":"AN ACT relating to utility services.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 278 to allow a water district formed pursuant to KRS Chapter 74 or a water association formed pursuant to KRS Chapter 273 to charge a late payment charge of 10% of the amount billed; specify that the late payment charge meet certain requirements; prohibit the Public Service Commission from modifying, rejecting, or suspending late payment charges established by tariff.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2021-03-29","last_action":"delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 158)","last_action_date":"2021-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB272/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb272.html","sponsor":"Josh Bray"},
{"bill_id":1405450,"bill_number":"HB276","title":"AN ACT relating to temporary nurse aides and declaring an emergency.","description":"Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the Department for Medicaid Services to accept the employment of temporary COVID-19 personal care attendants as meeting necessary training for State Registered Nurse Aides; require the Department for Medicaid Services to apply for any Medicaid waivers or state plan amendments necessary; incorporate the provisions into the nurse aide training and competency evaluation program requirements; promulgate any necessary administration regulations; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-22","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 58)","last_action_date":"2021-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB276/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb276.html","sponsor":"Kimberly Moser"},
{"bill_id":1405463,"bill_number":"HB264","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":"Engrossed","status_date":"2021-03-04","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2021-03-05","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB264/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb264.html","sponsor":"Kimberly Banta"},
{"bill_id":1405475,"bill_number":"HR32","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Kentucky's farmers for helping provide citizens with the most nutritious and affordable food in the world, and recognizing February 7 to 13, 2021, as Food Check-Out Week in Kentucky.","description":"Honor Kentucky farmers and recognize February 7 to 13, 2021, as Food Check-Out Week.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-02-10","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR32/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr32.html","sponsor":"Richard Heath"},
{"bill_id":1405489,"bill_number":"SB113","title":"AN ACT relating to hemp.","description":"Amend KRS 260.850, KRS 260.858, and KRS 260.8635 to change the delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration threshold of hemp to one percent.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-01-13","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-01-13","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB113/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb113.html","sponsor":"Adrienne Southworth"},
{"bill_id":1405500,"bill_number":"HB271","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Early Entry Initiative pilot program and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 161 to define \"early career teachers\"; establish the Kentucky Early Entry Initiative pilot program; define the purposes and objectives of the pilot program; outline the three-year structure of the program; require an evaluation report be submitted to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2024; establish the short title of \"Kentucky Early Career Teachers Act\"; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-01-13","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2021-03-29","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB271/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb271.html","sponsor":"James Tipton"},
{"bill_id":1405510,"bill_number":"HB278","title":"AN ACT relating to Paycheck Protection Program loans and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 141.017, 141.019, and 141.039 to conform with Pub. L. No. 116-260, Sec. 276 to allow deductions paid with proceeds from a forgiven loan under the Paycheck Protection Program.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-15","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 22)","last_action_date":"2021-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB278/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb278.html","sponsor":"Patrick Flannery"},
{"bill_id":1405522,"bill_number":"HB280","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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-13","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-13","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB280/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb280.html","sponsor":"DJ Johnson"},
{"bill_id":1405533,"bill_number":"HB262","title":"AN ACT relating to the termination of automatic renewal offers and continuous service offers.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 365 to define \"automatic renewal,\" \"automatic renewal offer terms,\" clear and conspicuous,\" \"continuous service,\" and \"continuous service offer terms\"; require businesses to present automatic renewal or continuous service offer terms clearly and conspicuously to consumers before purchasing; require businesses to obtain the consumer's consent before charging the consumer; require businesses to provide consumers with an easy-to-use mechanism for cancellation; require businesses to provide users who purchase in one medium the opportunity to terminate in the same medium, including online termination; require businesses to provide a notice regarding term changes prior to implementation; require businesses to abide by requirements before completion of the order except that the acknowledgement may be fulfilled after order completion and notice of change must be fulfilled prior to implementation; provide that goods, wares, merchandise, or products sent to the consumer shall be considered an unconditional gift if consent is not obtained by the business; amend KRS 365.990 to create penalty.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-13","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-13","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB262/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb262.html","sponsor":"Susan Westrom"},
{"bill_id":1405549,"bill_number":"HJR35","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to implement reforms to the provision of exceptional support services through the Supports for Community Living Waiver Program as recommended by the 2020 Exceptional Support Waiver Services Task Force of the Kentucky General Assembly and declaring an emergency.","description":"Direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to implement reforms to the provision of exceptional support services through the Supports for Community Living Waiver Program; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-13","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2021-02-09","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR35/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hjr35.html","sponsor":"Steve Riley"},
{"bill_id":1405561,"bill_number":"SR36","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Kentucky's farmers for helping provide citizens with the most nutritious and affordable food in the world, and recognizing February 7 to 13, 2021, as Food Check-Out Week in Kentucky.","description":"Honor Kentucky farmers and recognize February 7 to 13, 2021, as Food Check-Out Week.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-02-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR36/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr36.html","sponsor":"Paul Hornback"},
{"bill_id":1405575,"bill_number":"SB116","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.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-01-13","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-01-13","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB116/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb116.html","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":1405589,"bill_number":"HB274","title":"AN ACT relating to the valuation of motor vehicles for property tax purposes.","description":"Amend KRS 132.485 to clarify that the \"rough trade-in\" value or \"clean trade-in\" value shall not be used to determine the standard value of a motor vehicle; effective January 1, 2022.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-13","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-13","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB274/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb274.html","sponsor":"Patrick Flannery"},
{"bill_id":1405599,"bill_number":"SB10","title":"AN ACT relating to the creation of a Commission on Race and Access to Opportunity.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 7 to establish a Commission on Race and Access to Opportunity; define \"commission\"; set forth the membership of the commission; authorize the authority to hold monthly meetings, seek comment and testimony, and provide research driven policy proposals; and require the commission to publish an annual report.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2021-03-28","last_action":"became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 146)","last_action_date":"2021-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB10/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb10.html","sponsor":"David Givens"},
{"bill_id":1405609,"bill_number":"HB268","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 2024 and with those elected from odd-numbered districts in November 2026.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-13","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2021-03-02","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB268/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb268.html","sponsor":"Richard Heath"},
{"bill_id":1405622,"bill_number":"HB273","title":"AN ACT relating to public records and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 61.878 to exclude from the Open Records Act photographs or videos that depict a person's death, killing, rape, or sexual assault or abuse; cite as the Bailey Holt-Preston Cope Victims Privacy Act; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-23","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 78)","last_action_date":"2021-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB273/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb273.html","sponsor":"Chris Freeland"},
{"bill_id":1405632,"bill_number":"HB277","title":"AN ACT relating to operator's licenses for the military.","description":"Amend KRS 186.430 to exempt the KY operator's license requirement for a member of the Armed Forces of the United States, their spouse. and dependent child who hold a valid driver's license from another state when they are assigned to KY but maintain a permanent residence elsewhere.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-22","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 65)","last_action_date":"2021-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB277/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb277.html","sponsor":"Billy Wesley"},
{"bill_id":1405645,"bill_number":"HB269","title":"AN ACT relating to motor vehicle liens.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186A to define \"cabinet\" and \"title lien statement\"; repeal and reenact KRS 186A.195 to set forth procedures for the filing of title lien statements and the distribution of fees; amend KRS 186A.200 to conform; amend KRS 186.045 to establish procedures for filing lien terminations on security interest perfected after the effective date of this act; amend KRS 186A.190, 186A.200, 186A.205, and 186A.210 to conform; EFFECTIVE 1/1/2023.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-01-13","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-01-13","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB269/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb269.html","sponsor":"Joseph Fischer"},
{"bill_id":1405653,"bill_number":"SB6","title":"AN ACT relating to executive branch ethics.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 11A to define \"agency,\" \"nonpublic information,\" and \"transition team member\"; authorize the Executive Branch Ethics Commission to establish by administrative regulation standards of ethical conduct for transition team members; to address the role of transition team members who are or were registered lobbyists, sources of income for transition team members, and access to nonpublic information; require the Executive Branch Ethics Commission to develop and transition team members are required to sign a standards of ethical conduct agreement that includes seeking authorization for access to nonpublic information, a requirement to keep nonpublic information confidential and prohibit use of nonpublic information for personal or private gain, a description of enforcement provisions; require transition team members to disclose positions held outside state government for the 12 months prior to transition team service and sources of compensation for 12 months prior to service on the transition team; require team members to disclose whether they have sought or will seek a contract with state government and any gifts received from interested parties, a description of the role of each transition team member and a list of issues on which they are working, and an affirmation there is no financial conflict of interest that precludes working on certain issues; prohibit heads of public agencies from giving access to his or her agency for any transition team member that has not made required disclosures; require the Executive Branch Ethics Commission to make the standards of ethical conduct for transition team members available to the public on its Web site.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-25","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 129)","last_action_date":"2021-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB6/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb6.html","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":1434661,"bill_number":"SB142","title":"AN ACT relating to paycheck protection.","description":"Amend KRS 161.158 to provide that withholding of dues shall cease upon receipt of a written request from the employee; to set forth the specific language to be included on an authorization-for-withholding form and the manner in which the form shall be confirmed; amend KRS 336.135 to provide that consent of the employee may be revoked at any time and withholding of dues shall cease upon receipt of a written request from the employee; to set forth the specific language to be included on an authorization-for-withholding form and the manner in which the form shall be confirmed.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-04","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB142/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb142.html","sponsor":"Robert Mills"},
{"bill_id":1434662,"bill_number":"HB284","title":"AN ACT relating to bereavement medical leave for loss of an infant.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to allow use of leave time for parents to grieve the loss of a child under the age of one year.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB284/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb284.html","sponsor":"Susan Westrom"},
{"bill_id":1434663,"bill_number":"SJR56","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION applying for an Article V convention to propose amendments to the Constitution of the United States that impose fiscal restraints, limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and limit the terms of office for federal government officials and for members of Congress.","description":"Apply to Congress under the provisions of Article V of the Constitution of the United States for the calling of a convention of the states limited to proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States that impose fiscal restraint on the federal government, limit the powers and jurisdiction of the federal government, and limit the terms of office for its officials and members of Congress; direct the Secretary of State to send copies of the joint resolution to certain federal and state officials; state that the application should be a continuing application until the legislatures of at least two-thirds of the states have made applications on the subject.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR56/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sjr56.html","sponsor":"Robert Mills"},
{"bill_id":1434665,"bill_number":"HCR47","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Election Integrity and Security Task Force.","description":"Establish the Election Integrity and Security Task Force to study current elections processes in Kentucky.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-02-25","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-25","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR47/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hcr47.html","sponsor":"Nancy Tate"},
{"bill_id":1434666,"bill_number":"SB141","title":"AN ACT relating to the coal workers' pneumoconiosis fund.","description":"Amend KRS 342.1242 and KRS 342.1243 to provide guidelines for distribution of funds remaining in the Kentucky coal workers' pneumoconiosis fund.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-15","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 25)","last_action_date":"2021-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB141/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb141.html","sponsor":"Robert Mills"},
{"bill_id":1434667,"bill_number":"SB127","title":"AN ACT relating to student health and safety.","description":"Amend KRS 158.838 to define \"bronchodilator rescue inhaler\"; change the definition of \"medications\" to include bronchodilator rescue inhaler; amend KRS 158.836 to encourage schools to keep bronchodilator rescue inhalers in at least two locations; require each school to have policies and procedures in place when keeping bronchodilator rescue inhalers on hand; require that the school health section of the Core Clinical Service Guide addresses bronchodilator rescue inhalers kept by schools; amend KRS 311.645 to define \"asthma\" and \"bronchodilator rescue inhaler\"; amend KRS 311.646 to specify that bronchodilator rescue inhalers can be prescribed to, dispensed to, filled by, and possessed by an authorized entity or certified individual; to allow for the administration of a bronchodilator rescue inhaler; amend KRS 311.647 to allow immunity from civil liability for personal injury for the administration, prescription, filling, and storage of bronchodilator rescue inhalers.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 112)","last_action_date":"2021-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB127/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb127.html","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":1434669,"bill_number":"HB305","title":"AN ACT establishing the official Kentucky Mental Health Flag.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 establishing the official Kentucky Mental Health Flag.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2021-03-02","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2021-03-03","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB305/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb305.html","sponsor":"Tina Bojanowski"},
{"bill_id":1434670,"bill_number":"SB147","title":"AN ACT relating to the adjutant general.","description":"Amend KRS 36.040 and 36.070 to redistribute powers and responsibilities from the Facitilites Division of the Deparment of Military Affairs to the Department's adjutant general.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 109)","last_action_date":"2021-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB147/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb147.html","sponsor":"Phillip Wheeler"},
{"bill_id":1434671,"bill_number":"HB337","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 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":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB337/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb337.html","sponsor":"Savannah Maddox"},
{"bill_id":1434672,"bill_number":"SB152","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Board of Education.","description":"Amend KRS 156.029 to include the Kentucky Teacher of the Year as a voting member on the Kentucky Board of Education.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB152/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb152.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1434674,"bill_number":"HB302","title":"AN ACT relating to sanitation districts.","description":"Amend KRS 220.010 to add definitions for \"homeowner\" \"on-site sewage disposal system\" and \"service waiver\"; amend KRS 220.170 to allow a homeowner located in a county served by a sanitation district that has a an on-site sewage disposal system approved by the local board of health to refuse sanitary sewer service and not be charged by the district or denied drinking water service; establishes application, process, and timelines for requesting a service waiver; require the board to update any customer bill of rights to include information about the service waiver; amend KRS 220.250 to make technical correction.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB302/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb302.html","sponsor":"David Meade"},
{"bill_id":1434675,"bill_number":"HB290","title":"AN ACT relating to postpartum Medicaid coverage.","description":"Amend KRS 205.592 to extend Medicaid eligibility for certain new mothers for up to 12 months postpartum; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or the Department for Medicaid Services to seek a federal waiver or other approval if they determine that such waiver or approval is necessary.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB290/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb290.html","sponsor":"McKenzie Cantrell"},
{"bill_id":1434676,"bill_number":"SB132","title":"AN ACT relating to the sale of confiscated firearms.","description":"Amend KRS 16.220 to establish the Law Enforcement Protection Program, prioritize purchase of individual first aid kits through the program, and authorize the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security to use firearms sales proceeds to cover departmental costs of administering the program.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-03-03","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-03-03","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB132/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb132.html","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":1434679,"bill_number":"HB318","title":"AN ACT relating to fire districts.","description":"Amend KRS 75.040 to require a fire protection district or volunteer fire department district to waive any tax attributable to its provision of emergency ambulance service in territory shared with a KRS Chapter 108 ambulance service district absent an agreement otherwise; declare that a fire protection district or volunteer fire department district or subdistrict is deemed to be the primary service provider of emergency ambulance service in the county containing the majority of the population served by that district absent notification from the district to the executive authorities of the local governments of jurisdiction, and in that event limit the district's or subdistrict's tax to only a maximum of $0.10 per one hundred dollars and declare status for secondary providers of emergency ambulance service and provide for declaration in light of a mutual aid compact; amend KRS 75.015 relating to fire protection subdistricts to not charge that portion of a fire subdistrict tax that is attributable to the provision of ambulance services if the fire subdistrict serves an area that is also served by an ambulance service district operating under KRS Chapter 108 unless the respective boards agree otherwise.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB318/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb318.html","sponsor":"Ken Fleming"},
{"bill_id":1434680,"bill_number":"SR45","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring the 20th anniversary of the University of Kentucky's Reading Recovery University Training Center.","description":"Honor the 20th anniversary of the University of Kentucky's Reading Recovery University Training Center.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-12","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR45/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr45.html","sponsor":"David Givens"},
{"bill_id":1434681,"bill_number":"HB295","title":"AN ACT relating to mental health coverage in connection with pregnancy.","description":"Amend KRS 304.17A-145 to require certain health benefit plans to provide coverage for counseling interventions for pregnant and postpartum persons at increased risk of perinatal depression, including persons who have suffered a miscarriage or stillbirth; amend KRS 205.522 to require the Department for Medicaid Services and managed care organizations contracted to provide Medicaid benefits to comply with the new coverage requirement in Section 1 of the Act; amend KRS 205.6485 to require the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program to comply with the new coverage requirement in Section 1 of the Act; amend KRS 18A.225 to require the state employee health plan to comply with the new coverage requirement in Section 1 of the Act; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to seek federal approval if they determine that such approval is necessary; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2022.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB295/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb295.html","sponsor":"Rachel Roberts"},
{"bill_id":1434682,"bill_number":"HB338","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship program.","description":"Amend KRS 164.7874 to add proprietary institutions to KEES eligible institutions; define proprietary institution.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2021-03-01","last_action":"returned to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2021-03-04","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB338/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb338.html","sponsor":"William Lawrence"},
{"bill_id":1434684,"bill_number":"HB345","title":"AN ACT relating to resource recovery.","description":"Amend KRS 224.1-010 to change the definitions for \"disposal,\" \"municipal solid waste disposal facility,\" \"waste site or facility,\" \"waste,\" \"hazardous waste,\" and \"solid waste management facility,\"; add definitions for \"advanced recycling,\" \"advanced recycling facility,\" \"depolymerization,\" \"gasification,\" \"post-use polymer,\" \"pyrolysis,\" \"recovered feedstock,\" and \"solvolysis\"; amend KRS 109.012 to change the definitions for \"solid waste,\" \"solid waste management,\" and \"solid waste management facility.\"","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2021-03-03","committee":"Natural Resources & Energy","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB345/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb345.html","sponsor":"Adam Bowling"},
{"bill_id":1434685,"bill_number":"HR45","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing the establishment of the Kentucky Farm Bureau Generation Bridge Program.","description":"Recognize the establishment of the Kentucky Farm Bureau Generation Bridge Program.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-02","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR45/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr45.html","sponsor":"Brandon Reed"},
{"bill_id":1434686,"bill_number":"HB321","title":"AN ACT relating to revenue.","description":"Amend KRS 131.061 to update statutory language.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-04-09","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 203)","last_action_date":"2021-04-09","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB321/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb321.html","sponsor":"Brandon Reed"},
{"bill_id":1434688,"bill_number":"HB335","title":"AN ACT relating to tourism.","description":"Amend KRS 148.026 to make the text gender-neutral.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB335/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb335.html","sponsor":"Kim King"},
{"bill_id":1434689,"bill_number":"SB14","title":"AN ACT relating 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":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-04","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB14/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb14.html","sponsor":"Rick Girdler"},
{"bill_id":1434690,"bill_number":"HB326","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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB326/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb326.html","sponsor":"Kimberly Moser"},
{"bill_id":1434692,"bill_number":"HB310","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 439.340 to require notice and hearings prior to parole of persons convicted of a Class D felony classified as a sex crime under KRS 17.500; amend KRS 510.037, 456.010, and 403.720 to clarify that inchoate offenses are included in the statutory offenses.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-04-01","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 175)","last_action_date":"2021-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB310/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb310.html","sponsor":"Samara Heavrin"},
{"bill_id":1434694,"bill_number":"SR40","title":"A RESOLUTION declaring May 2021 to be Mental Health Month in Kentucky.","description":"Declare May 2021 to be Mental Health Month in Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-02-04","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR40/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr40.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1434695,"bill_number":"HB346","title":"AN ACT relating to cremation.","description":"Amend KRS 367.97501 to create definition for \"alkaline hydrolysis,\" amend the definition of \"cremation\" to include \"alkaline hydrolysis,\" and amend the definition of \"cremation container\" to include alkaline hydrolysis; amend KRS 367.97514 to correct statutory reference; make conforming amendment to KRS 316.010.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB346/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb346.html","sponsor":"Buddy Wheatley"},
{"bill_id":1434696,"bill_number":"HB323","title":"AN ACT relating to state government.","description":"Amend KRS 18A.060 to add gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB323/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb323.html","sponsor":"Jerry Miller"},
{"bill_id":1434699,"bill_number":"HR39","title":"A RESOLUTION declaring March 2021 to be Kentucky Maternal and Infant Mortality and Disparities Awareness Month.","description":"Declare March 2021 to be Kentucky Maternal and Infant Mortality and Disparities Awareness Month.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR39/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr39.html","sponsor":"Lisa Willner"},
{"bill_id":1434700,"bill_number":"SB129","title":"AN ACT relating to education.","description":"Amend KRS 158.6455 to add a Kentucky Department of Education technical advisory committee for purposes of advising the department on assessment and accountability in place of the NTAPAA; require reports of advice be reported to the Office of Education Accountability; amend KRS 156.160 and 158.6453 to conform; repeal KRS 158.6454.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-23","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 79)","last_action_date":"2021-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB129/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb129.html","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":1434701,"bill_number":"SB126","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 151B.020 and 151B.280 to delete references to the Office of Unemployment Insurance, the Unemployment Insurance Commission, the Career Development Office, and the Division of Operations and Support Services; amend KRS 336.015 to include the Office of Unemployment Insurance, Unemployment Insurance Commission, the Career Development Office, and the Division of Operations and Support Services in the Labor Cabinet; amend KRS 336.020 to provide that the Office of Unemployment Insurance shall be in the Labor Cabinet and headed by an executive director appointed by the Governor and to create an additional legal division; amend KRS 12.020 to reorganize and remove the Office of Unemployment Insurance, the Unemployment Insurance Commission, the Career Development Office, and the Division of Operations and Support Services from the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet and Department of Workforce Investment and place them in the Labor Cabinet; amend KRS 14A.7-030, 141.065, 341.005, 341.080, 341.110, 341.125, 341.145, 341.190, 341.230, 341.245, 341.250, 341.260, 341.270, 341.275, 341.300, 341.360, 341.370, 341.415, 341.440, 341.470, 341.530, 341.540, and 341.990 to conform; confirm Executive Order 2020-686.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2021-03-04","last_action":"returned to the Orders of the Day","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB126/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb126.html","sponsor":"Phillip Wheeler"},
{"bill_id":1434702,"bill_number":"HB329","title":"AN ACT relating to adoption.","description":"Amend KRS 199.540 to provide the facts and findings required to set aside an adoption.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB329/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb329.html","sponsor":"Patrick Flannery"},
{"bill_id":1434704,"bill_number":"SR48","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Chase C. Gavin.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Chase C. Gavin.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR48/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr48.html","sponsor":"David Yates"},
{"bill_id":1434705,"bill_number":"SB143","title":"AN ACT relating to the Personnel Board.","description":"Amend KRS 18A.045 to add the secretary of the Personnel Cabinet as an ex officio, nonvoting member of the Personnel Board; amend KRS 18A.050 to require that elected Personnel Board members who retire from state service must terminate membership on the board; amend KRS 18A.0551 to allow electronic notifications and submissions for Personnel Board elections; authorize the secretary of the Personnel Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations relating to board elections; amend KRS 18A.060 to allow electronic notification of a vacancy on the board for other than the normal expiration of a term.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB143/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb143.html","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":1434706,"bill_number":"HB316","title":"AN ACT relating to veterans.","description":"Amend KRS 148.0211 to make the language contained therein gender-neutral.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB316/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb316.html","sponsor":"Walker Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1434708,"bill_number":"HB296","title":"AN ACT relating to coverage for the care of children.","description":"Amend KRS 304.17A-258 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for certain formulas; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for breastfeeding support and equipment; amend KRS 205.522 to require the Department for Medicaid Services or managed care organizations contracted to provide Medicaid benefits, to comply with coverage requirements for formulas and breastfeeding support and equipment; amend KRS 205.6485 to require the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program to comply with the coverage requirements for formulas and breastfeeding support and equipment; amend KRS 18A.225 to require the state employee health plan to comply with coverage requirements for formulas and breastfeeding support and equipment; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to seek federal approval if they determine that such approval is necessary; make conforming amendments; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2022.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB296/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb296.html","sponsor":"Pamela Stevenson"},
{"bill_id":1434709,"bill_number":"SR53","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Thomas M. Benford II.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Thomas M. Benford II.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-12","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR53/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr53.html","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1434710,"bill_number":"SR54","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Lewis \"Sonny\" Bass.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Lewis \"Sonny\" Bass.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR54/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr54.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1434711,"bill_number":"HB314","title":"AN ACT relating to military affairs.","description":"Amend KRS 36.230 to include gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-04","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB314/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb314.html","sponsor":"Shane Baker"},
{"bill_id":1434713,"bill_number":"SR55","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Charles William \"Bill\" Nighbert.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Charles William \"Bill\" Nighbert.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR55/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr55.html","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":1434714,"bill_number":"SB151","title":"AN ACT relating to incompatible offices.","description":"Amend KRS 61.080 to forbid a person from being both an officer in one jurisdiction and an employee of another.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-09","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB151/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb151.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1434715,"bill_number":"HB304","title":"AN ACT relating to fees for dietitians and nutritionists.","description":"Amend KRS 310.050 to increase the maximum fee the board may assess from $50 to $150.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB304/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb304.html","sponsor":"John Blanton"},
{"bill_id":1434718,"bill_number":"HB343","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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB343/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb343.html","sponsor":"Daniel Elliott"},
{"bill_id":1434719,"bill_number":"HB331","title":"AN ACT relating to removal of local school board members.","description":"Amend KRS 156.132 to eliminate the ability of the commissioner of education or the Kentucky Board of Education to remove a local school board member; amend KRS 156.136, KRS 158.785, KRS 160.345, KRS 160.470, and KRS 160.1592 to conform.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2021-03-28","last_action":"became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 144)","last_action_date":"2021-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB331/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb331.html","sponsor":"Scott Lewis"},
{"bill_id":1434720,"bill_number":"HB282","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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB282/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb282.html","sponsor":"Ashley Tackett Laferty"},
{"bill_id":1434724,"bill_number":"SB140","title":"AN ACT relating to jails.","description":"Amend KRS 441.055 to specify what jail regulations must allow regarding receipt of documents, mail, and meetings with attorneys.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-25","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 138)","last_action_date":"2021-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB140/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb140.html","sponsor":"Robert Mills"},
{"bill_id":1434725,"bill_number":"SR51","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Jeff Smith upon winning the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Northern Kentucky Association of Realtors.","description":"Honor Jeff Smith upon winning the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Northern Kentucky Association of Realtors.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-12","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR51/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr51.html","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":1434726,"bill_number":"HB293","title":"AN ACT relating to the Perinatal Advisory Committee.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 211.672 to 211.678 to establish an advisory committee to review Kentucky’s system of perinatal care and make recommendations for the improvement of perinatal outcomes within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; establish duties, membership, and reporting requirements of the committee.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB293/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb293.html","sponsor":"Mary Marzian"},
{"bill_id":1434727,"bill_number":"HB320","title":"AN ACT relating to the provision of broadband services, and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 141.018 to update statutory language.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2021-03-30","last_action":"delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 171)","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB320/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb320.html","sponsor":"Brandon Reed"},
{"bill_id":1434729,"bill_number":"SR43","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Naomi Cox.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Naomi Cox.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR43/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr43.html","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":1434730,"bill_number":"SR52","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Clayton Norman Farmer.","description":"Adjourning the Senate in honor of Clayton Norman Farmer.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-05","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR52/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr52.html","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1434731,"bill_number":"HCR37","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Infant Mortality Task Force.","description":"Establish the Infant Mortality Task Force; list duties and members of the task force; require the task force to meet monthly during the 2021 Interim of the General Assembly and to submit a report by December 1, 2021.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR37/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hcr37.html","sponsor":"Joni Jenkins"},
{"bill_id":1434733,"bill_number":"SB131","title":"AN ACT relating to transportation and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 15A.350 to KRS 15A.366 as new sections of KRS Chapter 176 to transfer the Motorcycle Safety Education Commission and the motorcycle safety education program and fund from the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to the Transportation Cabinet; attach the commission to the Office of Highway Safety in the Department of Highways for administrative purposes; amend KRS 186.450, 186.531, 186.535, and 176.010 to conform; confirm executive order 2020-992, transferring the commission and its duties from the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to the Transportation Cabinet; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-04-06","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 190)","last_action_date":"2021-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB131/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb131.html","sponsor":"Brandon Storm"},
{"bill_id":1434734,"bill_number":"HB322","title":"AN ACT relating to state government.","description":"Amend KRS 61.101 to add gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-04","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB322/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb322.html","sponsor":"Jerry Miller"},
{"bill_id":1434735,"bill_number":"HB297","title":"AN ACT relating to the Health Access Nurturing Development Services program.","description":"Amend KRS 211.690 to require the Health Access Nurturing Development Services program to provide educational information about maternal and postpartum depression; make technical correction.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB297/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb297.html","sponsor":"Kelly Flood"},
{"bill_id":1434737,"bill_number":"HB281","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, 2021, but before January 1, 2025; amend KRS 131.190 to conform; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the credit.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB281/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb281.html","sponsor":"Jeffery Donohue"},
{"bill_id":1434739,"bill_number":"SB130","title":"AN ACT relating to public records and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 61.878 to exclude from the Open Records Act photographs or videos that depict a person's death, killing, rape, or sexual assault or abuse; cite as the Bailey Holt-Preston Cope Victims Privacy Act; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-04","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB130/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb130.html","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":1434740,"bill_number":"SB120","title":"AN ACT relating to pari-mutuel wagering and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 230.210 to define \"licensed premises,\" \"pari-mutuel wagering,\" and to amend the definition of \"track\"; amend KRS 230.361 to restrict wagering at simulcast facilities to pari-mutuel wagering on simulcasting; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-02-22","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 8)","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB120/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb120.html","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":1434741,"bill_number":"HB311","title":"AN ACT relating to insurance.","description":"Amend KRS 304.48-080 to remove reference to executive director.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB311/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb311.html","sponsor":"Bart Rowland"},
{"bill_id":1434743,"bill_number":"HB303","title":"AN ACT relating to underground facility protection.","description":"Amend KRS 367.4903 to redefine \"operator,\" \"Kentucky Contact Center,\" \"approximate location,\" and \"working day\"; define \"person,\" \"positive response,\" \"unique identification number\" or \"locate request number,\" \"locator,\" \"second notice,\" \"tolerance zone,\" \"untonable facility,\" and \"work site contact\"; amend KRS 367.4909 to require a positive response from operators of underground facilities; establish the timing of operator responses; amend KRS 367.4911 to provide excavator start dates, to include entities engaged in exempt activities to notify operators immediately upon discovery of damage to an underground facility, and to provide when mechanized equipment can be used in the tolerance zone; amend KRS 367.4913 to require contact centers to maintain certain locate request information for five years and to change the composition of the Kentucky Contact Center board of directors; amend KRS 369.4915 to require entities engaging in exempt activities to cease activity and notify an operator when an underground facility is damaged and to exempt certain noninvasive inspection and maintenance excavating for an existing utility pole; amend KRS 367.4917 to impose penalties on the employer if the violation is committed in the scope of employment and to provide that the Public Service Commission shall establish a written agreement form to deviate from the locate request dates provided for in the Underground Facility Damage Prevention Act of 1994; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2022.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-23","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 80)","last_action_date":"2021-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB303/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb303.html","sponsor":"Sal Santoro"},
{"bill_id":1434744,"bill_number":"HB330","title":"AN ACT relating to the administrative writings of the Kentucky Department of Revenue.","description":"Amend KRS 131.010 to define \"administrative writings\"; amend KRS 131.020 to require the department to publish administrative writings at least every one hundred twenty (120) days; amend KRS 131.030, 131.081, 131.130, and 131.190 to conform.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB330/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb330.html","sponsor":"Patrick Flannery"},
{"bill_id":1434745,"bill_number":"HB298","title":"AN ACT relating to reproductive health services.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for long-acting reversible contraception administered during a postpartum hospital stay; prohibit cost sharing; create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to apply for a Medicaid waiver to offer family planning services to certain low-income individuals; require the cabinet to report annually; amend KRS 205.522 to require the Department for Medicaid Services and any managed care organization contracted to provide Medicaid benefits to comply with new section on long-acting reversible contraception coverage; amend KRS 205.6485 to require the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program to comply with the new section on long-acting reversible contraception coverage; amend KRS 18A.225 to require the state employee health plan to comply with the new section on long-acting reversible contraception coverage; amend KRS 446.350 to provide that nothing in the new section on long-acting reversible contraceptive coverage shall be construed to violate section; require insurers of health benefit plans to submit information relating to contraceptive coverage to the commssioner; require the commissioner to report information relating to contraceptive coverage to the Legslative Research Commission; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to seek approval if they determine that such approval is necessary; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2022.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB298/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb298.html","sponsor":"Josie Raymond"},
{"bill_id":1434746,"bill_number":"HB336","title":"AN ACT relating to public protection.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 438 to prohibit medical professionals from performing surgeries or prescribing medications to a minor with the intent to alter the sex the child was assigned at birth and create 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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB336/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb336.html","sponsor":"Savannah Maddox"},
{"bill_id":1434748,"bill_number":"HB301","title":"AN ACT relating to peace officer certification.","description":"Amend KRS 15.382 to prohibit anyone who has been convicted of various misdemeanor offenses and inchoate offenses under KRS Chapter 510 from being certified as a peace officer; amend KRS 15.386 to prohibit peace officers who have been convicted of various misdemeanor offenses and inchoate offenses under KRS Chapter 510 from returing to active certification from inactive status; amend KRS 15.391 to provide that a peace officer's certification shall be revoked if he or she pleads guilty to, is convicted of, or enters an Alford plea to various misdemeanor offenses and inchoate offenses under KRS Chaper 510.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB301/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb301.html","sponsor":"Rachel Roberts"},
{"bill_id":1434749,"bill_number":"HB286","title":"AN ACT relating to Medicaid coverage for doula services.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the Department for Medicaid Services and any managed care organization with whom the department contracts for the delivery of Medicaid services to provide coverage for doula services; establish training and education requirements for doulas; permit the department to promulgate administrative regulations; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or the Department for Medicaid Services to seek federal approval if they determine that such approval is necessary.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB286/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb286.html","sponsor":"Attica Scott"},
{"bill_id":1434750,"bill_number":"HB287","title":"AN ACT relating to coverage for maternal depression screenings.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 205.6481 to 205.6497 to allow maternal depression screenings to be claimed as a service for the child as part of the Early and Periodic, Diagnostic and Treatment benefit; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or the Department for Medicaid Services to request federal authorization for a waiver if necessary.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB287/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb287.html","sponsor":"Lisa Willner"},
{"bill_id":1434752,"bill_number":"HR46","title":"A RESOLUTION designating June 27, 2021, as Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Awareness Day and designating June 2021 as Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Month.","description":"Designate June 27, 2021, as Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Awareness Day and designate June 2021 as Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Awareness Month.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR46/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr46.html","sponsor":"Brandon Reed"},
{"bill_id":1434753,"bill_number":"SB12","title":"AN ACT relating to the procurement of human tissue.","description":"Amend KRS 311.1939 to prohibit a person from selling or purchasing human organ or tissue and to prohibit for-profit entities from procuring any eye, cornea, eye tissue, or corneal tissue.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-19","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 49)","last_action_date":"2021-03-19","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB12/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb12.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1434754,"bill_number":"HB289","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Child Mental Health Services Access Program.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 210.370 to 210.485 to create the Kentucky Child Mental Health Services Access Program; establish duties and responsibilities; amend KRS 210.400 to establish that the community board for mental health or individuals with an intellectual disability shall implement, staff, and operate the Kentucky Child Mental Health Services Access Program.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB289/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb289.html","sponsor":"Tina Bojanowski"},
{"bill_id":1434757,"bill_number":"HB332","title":"AN ACT relating to tourism.","description":"Amend KRS 148.056 to include gender-neutral pronouns.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"Tourism & Outdoor Recreation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB332/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb332.html","sponsor":"Kim King"},
{"bill_id":1434759,"bill_number":"SB138","title":"AN ACT relating to elections.","description":"Amend KRS 117.0553 to add gender neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-04","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB138/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb138.html","sponsor":"Robert Mills"},
{"bill_id":1434760,"bill_number":"SB124","title":"AN ACT relating to elections.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 118 to require certain candidates for office be required to be elected by ranked-choice voting and establish the process relating thereto; amend KRS 117.125 to require voting machines to be equipped to allow for the voting process of ranked-choice; amend KRS 118.015 to define terms related to ranked-choice voting; and amend KRS 118.425 to confirm.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-04","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB124/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb124.html","sponsor":"Stephen Meredith"},
{"bill_id":1434761,"bill_number":"SB144","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 that appeals process be complied with by public employers and suggested for private employers.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB144/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb144.html","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":1434763,"bill_number":"SR47","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Robert Joseph Schneider.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Robert Joseph Schneider.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-02","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR47/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr47.html","sponsor":"Wil Schroder"},
{"bill_id":1434764,"bill_number":"SR44","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Larry \"Flash\" Wilson.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Larry \"Flash\" Wilson.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR44/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr44.html","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":1434765,"bill_number":"HB283","title":"AN ACT relating to Medicaid coverage for postpartum behavioral healthcare.","description":"Amend KRS 205.592 to require Medicaid to cover behavioral health services for eligible pregnant women for 12 months postpartum; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or the Department for Medicaid Services to request federal authorization for a waiver if necessary.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB283/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb283.html","sponsor":"Joni Jenkins"},
{"bill_id":1434766,"bill_number":"HB333","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 2021.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB333/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb333.html","sponsor":"Richard Heath"},
{"bill_id":1434768,"bill_number":"HB347","title":"AN ACT relating to solicitation activities by health care providers.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 39 of KRS Chapter 304 to permit certain solicitation activities by health care providers for health care services for which payment may be made from basic or added reparations benefits; repeal KRS 367.4081, 367.4082, and 367.4083, relating to solicitation activities by health care providers; provide that existing regulations in violation of section shall be void and unenforceable.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB347/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb347.html","sponsor":"Mark Hart"},
{"bill_id":1434769,"bill_number":"HB291","title":"AN ACT relating to Medicaid coverage for certified professional midwifery services.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the Department for Medicaid Services and any managed care organization with whom the department contracts for the delivery of Medicaid services to provide coverage for certified professional midwifery services that are provided by a licensed certified professional midwife; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or the Department for Medicaid Services to seek federal approval if they determine that such approval is necessary.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB291/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb291.html","sponsor":"Nima Kulkarni"},
{"bill_id":1434770,"bill_number":"HB299","title":"AN ACT relating to special enrollment periods for pregnancy.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require insurers offering health benefit plans to provide a special enrollment period for pregnant individuals; specify requirements for the coverage; require group plan insurers to provide notice of special enrollment rights; amend KRS 304.17A-220 to conform; amend KRS 18A.225 to require state employee health plan to comply with special enrollment requirement; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2022.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB299/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb299.html","sponsor":"Patti Minter"},
{"bill_id":1434772,"bill_number":"SB121","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 regular election until seven days after that election; establish a short title.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB121/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb121.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1434773,"bill_number":"HB334","title":"AN ACT relating to tourism.","description":"Amend KRS 148.0211 to include gender-neutral pronouns.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB334/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb334.html","sponsor":"Kim King"},
{"bill_id":1434775,"bill_number":"HR38","title":"A RESOLUTION designating May 2-8, 2021, as Postpartum Depression Awareness Week in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","description":"Designate May 2-8, 2021, as Postpartum Depression Awareness Week in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR38/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr38.html","sponsor":"Susan Westrom"},
{"bill_id":1434776,"bill_number":"HB328","title":"AN ACT relating to advertising devices and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 177.830 to redefine \"advertising device\" and define \"compensation\"; amend KRS 177.841 to establish that the section does not apply to directional or other official signs; amend KRS 177.860 to set forth devices that are not a violation; amend KRS 177.863 relating to on-premise advertising; EMERGENCY","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-18","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 44)","last_action_date":"2021-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB328/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb328.html","sponsor":"DJ Johnson"},
{"bill_id":1434778,"bill_number":"SR49","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Terry Carl upon his retirement as Kenton County Jailer.","description":"Honor Terry Carl upon the occasion of his retirement as Kenton County Jailer.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-12","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR49/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr49.html","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":1434779,"bill_number":"SB118","title":"AN ACT relating to solid waste facilities.","description":"Amend KRS 224.40-315 to limit the exemption for solid waste facilities that receive their own solid wastes to only those whose property is located in the same county where the waste is generated.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Energy (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-04","committee":"Natural Resources and Energy","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB118/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb118.html","sponsor":"C.B. Embry"},
{"bill_id":1434780,"bill_number":"SB133","title":"AN ACT relating to emergency management.","description":"Amend KRS 39E.030 to add the executive director of the Department of Military Affairs as vice-chair of Kentucky Emergency Response Commission.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 100)","last_action_date":"2021-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB133/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb133.html","sponsor":"Brandon Storm"},
{"bill_id":1434782,"bill_number":"SB145","title":"AN ACT relating to annexation.","description":"Amend KRS 81A.420 to reduce number to 50% for annexation to fail, amend KRS 81A.425 to require notification of relevant county judge/executive and in certain circumstances the secretary of the Transportation Cabinet and affected property owners; amend KRS 81A.427 relating to infrastructure and annexation to include public roads; amend KRS 81A.510 to include property owners, mayors, and county judge/executives affected in standing in court.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB145/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb145.html","sponsor":"Mike Nemes"},
{"bill_id":1434783,"bill_number":"SB134","title":"AN ACT relating to money transmitters.","description":"Amend KRS 286.11-003 to add definitions for \"medium of exchange\" and \"virtual currency\"; delete definition for \"monetary value\"; amend definition of \"money transmission\"; make technical corrections; amend KRS 286.11-007 to conform; amend KRS 286.11-017 and 286.11-021 to modify money transmitter licensing periods and renewal deadlines.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2021-03-05","last_action":"placed in the Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 16, 2021","last_action_date":"2021-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB134/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb134.html","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":1434784,"bill_number":"HB294","title":"AN ACT relating to maternal mental health.","description":"Create a new section of chapter 211 to require all hospitals or alternative birthing centers offering obstetric services or licensed health care providers, including nurse midwives or certified professional midwives to provide each maternity patient with information on maternal depression and available resources; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to post on its website information about providers who assist with maternal depression.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2021-03-02","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2021-03-03","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB294/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb294.html","sponsor":"Rachel Roberts"},
{"bill_id":1434785,"bill_number":"HR48","title":"A RESOLUTION concerning the sestercentennial anniversary of Harrodsburg.","description":"Encourage the citizens of Harrodsburg to solicit support to cover the costs of celebrations to commemorate their sestercentennial in 2024; recognize the community and Old Fort Harrod for the upcoming attainment of a 250-year anniversary.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Tourism & Outdoor Recreation (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-04","committee":"Tourism & Outdoor Recreation","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR48/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr48.html","sponsor":"Kim King"},
{"bill_id":1434789,"bill_number":"HB315","title":"AN ACT relating to public protection.","description":"Amend KRS 227.250 to add gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB315/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb315.html","sponsor":"Walker Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1434790,"bill_number":"SB123","title":"AN ACT relating to legislative committees.","description":"Amend KRS 6.072 to permit a committee, subcommittee, or task force of the General Assembly to administer oaths, issue subpoenas, interview persons, or require the productions of books, papers, and documents pertaining to a legislative purpose within the committee's, subcommittee's, or task force's jurisdiction; require approval from a majority of the entire membership of the committee, subcommittee, or task force to issue a subpoena, interview persons, receive evidence, or compel production of books, papers, or documents; permit the committee, subcommittee, or task force to petition to the Franklin Circuit Court for relief and sanctions if a person fails to testify or comply with an issued request.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB123/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb123.html","sponsor":"Stephen Meredith"},
{"bill_id":1434791,"bill_number":"SB153","title":"AN ACT relating to executive branch ethics and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 11A.010 to include members and employees of the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission in the definition of \"officer\"; and amend KRS 230.230 to conform; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-03-01","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-03-01","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB153/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb153.html","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":1434793,"bill_number":"HB344","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; amend KRS 141.0205 to allow for ordering of the credits.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB344/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb344.html","sponsor":"Adam Bowling"},
{"bill_id":1434795,"bill_number":"HB339","title":"AN ACT relating to officer training and making an appropriation.","description":"Amend KRS 15.460 to increase the Kentucky Law Enforcement Program fund stipend to eligible officers from $4,000 to $6,000; amend KRS 158.4414 to allow participation in KLEFP by special law enforcement officers who are executing a certain function within schools; amend KRS 15.380 to conform; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2021.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB339/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb339.html","sponsor":"Kevin Bratcher"},
{"bill_id":1434796,"bill_number":"SR39","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing February 5, 2021, as National Wear Red Day in Kentucky.","description":"Recognize February 5, 2021, as National Wear Red Day in Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-02-04","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR39/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr39.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1434798,"bill_number":"HR44","title":"A RESOLUTION proclaiming the second Wednesday of February as \"Family Resource and Youth Services Center Day.\"","description":"Proclaim the second Wednesday of February Family Resource and Youth Services Center Day.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-04","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR44/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr44.html","sponsor":"Matthew Koch"},
{"bill_id":1434799,"bill_number":"SB128","title":"AN ACT relating to supplementary education and declaring an emergency.","description":"Allow public high school students currently enrolled in Kentucky to request to use the 2021-2022 school year as a supplemental school year to retake and supplement coursework already completed; require local boards of education to either approve or deny all requests; allow Kentucky nonpublic schools to also implement supplemental school years; ensure students utilizing supplemental school years are not ineligible to participate in KHSAA activities; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 108)","last_action_date":"2021-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB128/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb128.html","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":1434800,"bill_number":"SB148","title":"AN ACT relating to child care and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 65.870 to 65.879 to establish definitions and requirements on a local government related to certified family child-care homes; amend KRS 199.896 to specify the topics that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services may promulgate administrative regulations related to child-care centers; specify that total number of children and specific class and group sizes for child-care centers cannot be below the level in place on February 1, 2020, except for a period of 30 days; amend KRS 199.8982 related to requirements on a local government regulating certified family child-care homes; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2021-03-30","last_action":"delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 172)","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB148/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb148.html","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":1434801,"bill_number":"HR42","title":"A RESOLUTION denouncing the horrific acts of graffiti on the campus of Northern Kentucky University on January 27, 2021.","description":"Denounce the horrific acts of graffiti on the campus of Northern Kentucky University on January 27, 2021.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR42/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr42.html","sponsor":"Rachel Roberts"},
{"bill_id":1434803,"bill_number":"HB300","title":"AN ACT relating to the operation of a motor vehicle using a bioptic device.","description":"Amend KRS 186.578 and 186.579, regarding testing for and issuance of bioptic operator's license, to adjust procedures for daytime and nighttime driving tests; make operator's licenses issued under these sections valid for four or eight years, subject to an annual visual examination; set forth procedures for retesting after a failed vision examination; make technical corrections.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB300/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb300.html","sponsor":"Norma Kirk-McCormick"},
{"bill_id":1434804,"bill_number":"SB135","title":"AN ACT relating to the postsecondary education performance fund and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 164.092 to revise the definition of \"formula base amount\"; establish a definition of \"funding floor\" for purposes of priority funding for postsecondary institutions; add a hold-harmless provision for fiscal year 2021-2022 and thereafter; add a stop-loss provision of 0% for fiscal year 2021-2022 and thereafter; establish how amounts distributed from the performance fund shall be treated in the biennial budget process.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-18","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 39)","last_action_date":"2021-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB135/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb135.html","sponsor":"David Givens"},
{"bill_id":1434805,"bill_number":"SB139","title":"AN ACT relating to state government.","description":"Amend KRS 18A.060 to add gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-04","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB139/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb139.html","sponsor":"Robert Mills"},
{"bill_id":1434807,"bill_number":"HB317","title":"AN ACT relating to the Commission on Human Rights.","description":"Amend KRS 344.200 to extend from 30 to 90 days the period for the Human Rights Commission to determine after a complaint has been filed whether a respondent has engaged in an unlawful practice; amend KRS 344.210 to extend from 60 to 90 days the period for the Human Rights Commission to serve a respondent by certified mail a notice along with a copy of a complaint; amend KRS 344.240 to extend from 180 days to one year the period for the Human Rights Commission to hold a hearing or issue a final order on a complaint, unless it is a complaint about a discriminatory housing practice; amend KRS 344.600 to extend from 5 to 10 days the period of time to serve an aggrieved person notice of a filing and advising of the time limits and choices of forum involved; extend from 10 to 20 days the period a respondent has to file an answer to a complaint after receiving notice from the Human Rights Commission.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB317/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb317.html","sponsor":"Ken Fleming"},
{"bill_id":1434808,"bill_number":"HB285","title":"AN ACT relating to pregnant inmates.","description":"Amend KRS 196.173 to allow an inmate who is known to be pregnant or who has given birth in the last six weeks access to reasonable accommodations for the provision of available certified professional midwifery services or doula services.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB285/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb285.html","sponsor":"Attica Scott"},
{"bill_id":1434809,"bill_number":"HB342","title":"AN ACT relating to state government.","description":"Amend KRS 18A.035 to add gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB342/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb342.html","sponsor":"Nancy Tate"},
{"bill_id":1434810,"bill_number":"SB149","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; 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; 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; 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.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB149/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb149.html","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":1434812,"bill_number":"SR46","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Gregory Lee Jones.","description":"Adjourn the Senate in honor of Gregory Lee Jones.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-02","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR46/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr46.html","sponsor":"Wil Schroder"},
{"bill_id":1434814,"bill_number":"HB327","title":"AN ACT relating to judicial districts and circuits.","description":"Amend KRS 23A.020 and 24A.030 (Effective January 2, 2023) to move Hancock County from the Thirty-eighth Circuit and District to the Sixth Circuit and District; amend KRS 23A.045 (Effective January 2, 2023) and 23A.050 to add a circuit judge to the Sixth Judicial Circuit; amend 24A.050 to remove a district judge from the Thirty-eighth Judicial District; specify election schedule for new judgeship; request that the additional circuit court judgeship be designated as a family court judgeship and establish election dates; request that the division removed from the Thirty-eighth District should be DivisionTwo; Sections 1 to 5 EFFECTIVE January 2, 2023.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2021-03-04","last_action":"to Rules (S)","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB327/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb327.html","sponsor":"DJ Johnson"},
{"bill_id":1434815,"bill_number":"HR43","title":"A RESOLUTION thanking United States Senators Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul for voting that the impeachment of former President Donald Trump is unconstitutional.","description":"Thank United States Senators Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul for voting that the impeachment of former President Donald Trump is unconstitutional.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR43/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr43.html","sponsor":"Chad McCoy"},
{"bill_id":1434817,"bill_number":"HJR40","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION declaring racism a public health and safety crisis and demanding redress through current budgetary assets, resources, and capital across all branches of government in Kentucky.","description":"Declare racism a public health and safety crisis and demand redress.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR40/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hjr40.html","sponsor":"Kelly Flood"},
{"bill_id":1434818,"bill_number":"HB292","title":"AN ACT relating to the certification of doulas.","description":"Create multiple new sections of KRS chapter 309 to define terms; establish a certification process for doulas with training and in-person education requirements; establish an application fee; grant the Department for Public Health the authority to promulgate administrative regulations for the certification of doulas; establish the certification and application process of transferring a certificate from different states; and establish penalties and violations related to doula services.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB292/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb292.html","sponsor":"Cherlynn Stevenson"},
{"bill_id":1434820,"bill_number":"HB306","title":"AN ACT relating to military license plates.","description":"Amend KRS 186.162 to establish an Air Medal license plate; amend KRS 186.164 to set forth eligibility requirements; amend KRS 186.166 to require perpetual production of the plate; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2022.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB306/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb306.html","sponsor":"Tina Bojanowski"},
{"bill_id":1434821,"bill_number":"SB119","title":"AN ACT relating to health care.","description":"Amend KRS 304.17A-005 to define \"emergency medical condition\" and amend definition of \"telehealth\"; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define terms; require health benefit plan insurers to develop and implement a program that provides incentives for covered persons who elect to receive a comparable health care service; require health benefit plan insurers to establish an interactive mechanism for covered persons to obtain certain information about the cost and quality, if available, of nonemergency health care services; require coverage for certain nonemergency health care services provided by a nonparticipating provider; require compliance with certain federal regulations; amend KRS 304.17A-254 and 304.17A-527 to require insurers to file a description of the incentive program with the Department of Insurance; require that insurance contracts with participating providers include clauses that require the providers to make certain disclosures; amend KRS 304.17A-505 to require certain disclosures to covered persons; create a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to require nonparticipating providers to make certain price disclosures to covered persons upon request; require that certain notifications be posted by the provider; amend KRS 304.17A-096, 304.17A-500, 304.17A-550, 304.17A-580, 304.17A-649, 304.17B-001, 304.17B-015, 304.17B-033, 304.17C-010, 304.38A-010, 304.39-241, and 304.17A-0954 to conform; repeal KRS 304.17A-640; provide that provisions are severable; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2022.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-04","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB119/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb119.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1434823,"bill_number":"HB325","title":"AN ACT relating to cannabidiol products.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 217.005 to 217.215 to establish labeling requirements for cannabidiol products.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-22","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 68)","last_action_date":"2021-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB325/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb325.html","sponsor":"Richard Heath"},
{"bill_id":1434824,"bill_number":"HB341","title":"AN ACT relating to state government.","description":"Amend KRS 18A.060 to add gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB341/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb341.html","sponsor":"Nancy Tate"},
{"bill_id":1434825,"bill_number":"HB319","title":"AN ACT relating to boating safety.","description":"Amend KRS 235.285 to require individuals born on or after January 1, 1975, to possess a safe boating certificate prior to operating a personal watercraft or motorboat on the waters of the Commonwealth; provide for exemption certificates; delay enforcement and require courtesy warnings for violations until July 1, 2022; amend KRS 235.990 to conform.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB319/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb319.html","sponsor":"Kimberly Banta"},
{"bill_id":1434827,"bill_number":"HB308","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 Service Center Day.\"","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB308/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb308.html","sponsor":"Matthew Koch"},
{"bill_id":1434828,"bill_number":"SB136","title":"AN ACT relating to prosecutions under criminal gang statutes.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 506 to require a report for any charge or conviction under KRS 506.120, 506.135, 506.140, 506.150, 506.160, 506.170, 506.180, or 506.190.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-04","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB136/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb136.html","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":1434829,"bill_number":"SB154","title":"AN ACT relating to home health care and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 216.935 to change the definition of \"home health aide services\" to include the assisting of patients with medication ordinarily self-administered that has been specifically ordered by a physician assistant; amend KRS 304.17-312 to change the definition of \"home health care\" to include care and treatment provided by a home health agency which is prescribed and supervised by an advanced practice registered nurse or a physician assistant and to change the definition of \"home health aide services\" to include the assisting of patients with medication ordinarily self-administered that has been specifically ordered by an advanced nurse practitioner or a physician assistant; amend KRS 304.17-313 to allow home health care reimbursement if certified by an advanced practice registered nurse or a physician assistant; amend KRS 304.18-037 to allow home health care reimbursement if certified by an advanced practice registered nurse or a physician assistant; amend KRS 304.38-210 to allow home health care reimbursement if certified by an advanced practice registered nurse or a physician assistant.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-22","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 59)","last_action_date":"2021-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB154/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb154.html","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":1434830,"bill_number":"SB146","title":"AN ACT relating to employment.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 336 to require criminal background checks for certain employees of the Kentucky Labor Cabinet.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-04-05","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 184)","last_action_date":"2021-04-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB146/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb146.html","sponsor":"Mike Nemes"},
{"bill_id":1434833,"bill_number":"HB307","title":"AN ACT relating to cannabinoid products.","description":"Amend KRS 218A.010 to exclude certain cannabinoid products from the definition of marijuana.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-25","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 123)","last_action_date":"2021-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB307/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb307.html","sponsor":"Kimberly Moser"},
{"bill_id":1434834,"bill_number":"SB137","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 serious felonies designated by the General Assembly, the right to vote, and to further amend the constitution by replacing the language that prohibits idiots and insane persons from voting with contemporary language; ballot language included; submit to the voters for ratification or rejection.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB137/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb137.html","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":1434835,"bill_number":"HB288","title":"AN ACT relating to the taxation of breast pumps and related supplies.","description":"Amend KRS 139.472 to define and exempt from sales and use tax breast pumps, breast pump storage and collection supplies, and breast pump kits from July 1, 2021, to June 30, 2025, and require the Department of Revenue to report the exemption each December 1; amend KRS 131.190 to authorize the department to report the exemption to the Legislative Research Commission; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2021.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB288/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb288.html","sponsor":"Tina Bojanowski"},
{"bill_id":1434837,"bill_number":"SB155","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":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB155/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb155.html","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":1434838,"bill_number":"SB122","title":"AN ACT relating to state procurement.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 45A to prohibit a contract being awarded if the business was awarded the same or similar contract within the past 5 years and the business procured the original or similar contract through the use of an executive agency lobbyist who was convicted of a crime related to the contract; amend KRS 45A.340 to prohibit any person associated with an agency from participating in the procurement of a contract for one year after termination.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2021-03-04","last_action":"placed in the Orders of the Day","last_action_date":"2021-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB122/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb122.html","sponsor":"Stephen Meredith"},
{"bill_id":1434839,"bill_number":"HB324","title":"AN ACT relating to state government.","description":"Amend KRS 18A.035 to add gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB324/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb324.html","sponsor":"Jerry Miller"},
{"bill_id":1434840,"bill_number":"SR50","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of James Joseph Doll.","description":"Adjourn the Senate in honor of James Joseph Doll.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-12","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR50/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr50.html","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":1434842,"bill_number":"HB340","title":"AN ACT relating to radon safety.","description":"Repeal and reenact or repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 211.9101 to 211.9135 as new sections of KRS Chapter 309 to change the name of the Kentucky Radon Program Advisory Committee to the Kentucky Board of Radon Safety; adjust the number of members to the board; amend the definition of “residential building”; attach the board to the Department of Professional Licensing in the Public Protection Cabinet for administrative purposes; repeal KRS 211.9121 and 211.9135.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2021-03-02","last_action":"to Licensing & Occupations (S)","last_action_date":"2021-03-03","committee":"Licensing and Occupations","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB340/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb340.html","sponsor":"Kevin Bratcher"},
{"bill_id":1434843,"bill_number":"SR41","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Ralph Warren Marcum.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Ralph Warren Marcum.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR41/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr41.html","sponsor":"Brandon Storm"},
{"bill_id":1434844,"bill_number":"HB309","title":"AN ACT relating to consolidated local governments.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 67C to allow a consolidated local government to create a Civilian and Accountability Review Board, establish membership and duties of the board, authorize the board to request subpoenas from the Government Audit and Oversight Committee; amend KRS 67C.103 to specify that the legislative body may not delegate subpoena power beyond specific citations; amend KRS 67C.105 to require the mayor to be elected in nonpartisan elections, pursuant to KRS 83A.045, 83A.170 and 83A.175; amend KRS 67C.139 to make all statutory mayoral appointments subject to legislative body approval, if relevant statutes require this, and give 60 days for approval process; amend KRS 67C.143 to prevent charging members of the legislative council from serving on trial of charges; amend KRS 67C.147 to require the consolidated local government to provide accounting of program costs to urban services district board and the legislative body; amend KRS 67C.301 to define \"designee\"; amend KRS 67C.321 to allow chief of police designee to undertake certain portions of an investigation concerning allegations against a peace officer; amend KRS 67C.325 to allow the chief's designee to receive information; amend KRS 67C.414 to require legislative body approval of collective bargaining agreements made between the consolidated local government and any labor organization.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2021-03-04","last_action":"recommitted to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB309/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb309.html","sponsor":"Jerry Miller"},
{"bill_id":1434846,"bill_number":"HB312","title":"AN ACT relating to public records.","description":"Amend KRS 286.1-440 to include gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2021-03-29","last_action":"delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 160)","last_action_date":"2021-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB312/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb312.html","sponsor":"Bart Rowland"},
{"bill_id":1434847,"bill_number":"SR42","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring President Donald J. Trump upon the completion of his term as the 45th President of the United States.","description":"Honor President Donald J. Trump on his achievements while serving as President.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR42/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr42.html","sponsor":"Adrienne Southworth"},
{"bill_id":1434848,"bill_number":"HR41","title":"A RESOLUTION condemning anti-Semitism in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","description":"Condemn anti-Semitism in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-02-24","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR41/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr41.html","sponsor":"Daniel Fister"},
{"bill_id":1434849,"bill_number":"HB313","title":"AN ACT relating to insurance.","description":"Amend KRS 304.5-150 to include gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-02","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB313/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb313.html","sponsor":"Bart Rowland"},
{"bill_id":1436148,"bill_number":"SB156","title":"AN ACT relating to taxation.","description":"Amend KRS 141.023 to update statutory language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-03","last_action":"returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2021-03-12","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB156/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb156.html","sponsor":"Matt Castlen"},
{"bill_id":1436150,"bill_number":"HB356","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 136.291, 136.505, and 136.506 to reinstate the bank franchise tax and exempt financial institutions from corporation income tax and LLET; amend KRS 138.130 to define vapor products and include vapor products in the definition of tobacco products; amend KRS 138.132, 138.135, 138.195, and 138.197 to remove references to vapor products; amend KRS 138.140 to increase the tax on cigarettes, snuff, chewing tobacco, and tobacco products; to remove the vapor products tax; 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 to 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; to limit the itemized deduction amount for all itemized deductions except for the charitable contribution deduction; to ignore the special rules for capital gains invested in opportunity zones; 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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-03","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-03","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB356/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb356.html","sponsor":"Lisa Willner"},
{"bill_id":1436155,"bill_number":"SB7","title":"AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance benefits, making an appropriation therefore, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 341 to set waiver of overpayment criteria, allocation of Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act money, waiver application deadlines, require program integrity provisions, and make an appropriation by allocating CARES money to UI trust fund.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-12","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 16)","last_action_date":"2021-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB7/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb7.html","sponsor":"David Givens"},
{"bill_id":1436161,"bill_number":"SB162","title":"AN ACT relating to state government.","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 Services, and Office of Elections, and describe the duties of the offices; amend KRS 355.9-513A to conform; confirm Secretary of State Executive Order 2020-02.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-04-05","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 185)","last_action_date":"2021-04-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB162/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb162.html","sponsor":"Jason Howell"},
{"bill_id":1436170,"bill_number":"SB157","title":"AN ACT relating to workers' compensation.","description":"Amend KRS 342.610 to provide that contractors shall not be liable for payment of compensation to subcontractors with no employees who are not subject to KRS Chapter 342.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-03","last_action":"to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-09","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB157/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb157.html","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":1436176,"bill_number":"HB350","title":"AN ACT relating to Medicaid coverage for lactation support services and breastfeeding equipment.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the Department for Medicaid Services and Medicaid managed care organizations to provide coverage for lactation counseling, lactation consultation, and breastfeeding equipment; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or the Department for Medicaid Services to request federal authorization for a waiver if necessary.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-03","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-03","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB350/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb350.html","sponsor":"Attica Scott"},
{"bill_id":1436184,"bill_number":"SR57","title":"A RESOLUTION encouraging high schools to offer annual government instruction.","description":"Encourage high schools to offer students at least three hours of annual, nonpartisan instruction on the roles and functions of city, county, and state government.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-12","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR57/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr57.html","sponsor":"David Givens"},
{"bill_id":1436193,"bill_number":"SJR60","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to work together with the Administrative Office of the Courts to create recommendations related to partnerships for decriminalization, diversion programs, and the funding of drug courts.","description":"Direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to work together to create recommendations related to partnerships for decriminalization, diversion programs, and the funding of drug courts.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-03-01","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-03-01","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR60/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sjr60.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1436197,"bill_number":"SCR58","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION to encourage the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet to encourage Kentucky businesses to create career paths for individuals that are in need of second chances and to encourage Kentucky businesses to not have \"zero tolerance\" polices for employees related to substance use disorder.","description":"Encourage the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet to encourage Kentucky businesses to create career paths for individuals that are in need of second chances and to encourage Kentucky businesses to not have \"zero tolerance\" polices for employees related to substance use disorder","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-03-01","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-03-01","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SCR58/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/scr58.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1436204,"bill_number":"HB365","title":"AN ACT relating to the regulation of air ambulance services.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 5 of KRS Chapter 304 to provide that certain air ambulance services or other entities are insurers; require air ambulance services or other entities to obtain and maintain a certificate of authority or license from the commissioner; provide that air ambulance memberships shall be considered a limited health service benefit plan subject to the applicable provisions of the chapter; create a new section of Subtitle 12 of KRS Chapter 304 to require entities selling air ambulance memberships to make certain disclosures; create a new section of Subtitle 17C of KRS Chapter 304 to require air carriers selling, marketing, or otherwise servicing air ambulance memberships to implement a patient advocacy program; provide that section shall not be enforced in a manner that conflicts with federal law; amend KRS 304.1-120 and 304.17C-010 to conform; EFFECTIVE, April 1, 2022.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-03","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB365/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb365.html","sponsor":"Deanna Frazier Gordon"},
{"bill_id":1436209,"bill_number":"HB354","title":"AN ACT relating to contributions made to a qualified tuition program.","description":"Amend KRS 141.019 to allow an exclusion of amounts contributed to a qualified tuition program as defined in 26 U.S.C. sec. 529; effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2021; amend KRS 131.190 to conform","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-03","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-03","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB354/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb354.html","sponsor":"Regina Huff"},
{"bill_id":1436218,"bill_number":"HB357","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; amend KRS 304.99-112 to conform.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-03","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-03","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB357/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb357.html","sponsor":"Richard Heath"},
{"bill_id":1436228,"bill_number":"HB362","title":"AN ACT relating to motor vehicle insurance coverage.","description":"Amend KRS 304.39-117 to require motor vehicle insurance cards to only reflect the date through which the insurance has been paid; require insurers to provide a new card for each paid installment period; amend KRS 304.20-045 to include premiums for uninsured or underinsured motorists coverages in prohibition against insurers raising premiums solely as a result of a claim if the insured was not at fault or contributorily negligent.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-03","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-03","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB362/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb362.html","sponsor":"Melinda Prunty"},
{"bill_id":1436234,"bill_number":"HB351","title":"AN ACT relating to covered wooden bridge authorities.","description":"Amend KRS 176.410 to provide that a covered wooden bridge authority must have a land owner with property adjacent to a covered wooden bridge as a member.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-03","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-03","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB351/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb351.html","sponsor":"William Lawrence"},
{"bill_id":1436240,"bill_number":"SB15","title":"AN ACT relating to microbreweries.","description":"Amend KRS 243.157 to allow a microbrewer to sell and deliver up to 2,500 barrels of product to any retail licensee and to require a microbrewer to report self-distribution to the distributor; create a new section of KRS Chapter 244 to set forth terms of contracts between microbrewers and distributors; provide severability clause; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-18","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 34)","last_action_date":"2021-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB15/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb15.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1436246,"bill_number":"SR62","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring the Kentucky Association of Highway Contractors upon its 100th anniversary.","description":"Honor Kentucky Association of Highway Contractors upon its 100th anniversary.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR62/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr62.html","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":1436257,"bill_number":"SCR64","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 receive reports from the Energy and Environment Cabinet and 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 2021 Interim and to submit its findings, legislative recommendations, or a memorandum to the Legislative Research Commission by November 30, 2021; 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 Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-02-03","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-03","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SCR64/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/scr64.html","sponsor":"Robin Webb"},
{"bill_id":1436260,"bill_number":"HB360","title":"AN ACT relating to businesses impacted by the COVID-19 response, making an appropriation therefor and declaring an emergency.","description":"Direct that any individual or business penalized by business license restrictions or fines under the Governor's emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic shall have their license restored and fines refunded APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-03","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-23","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB360/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb360.html","sponsor":"Lynn Bechler"},
{"bill_id":1436275,"bill_number":"HB349","title":"AN ACT relating to legislative committees.","description":"Amend KRS 11.202, 304.13-340, 304.50-160, 341.240, 342.035, 342.1223, 342.230, 342.342, 342.765, and 342.817 to change the name of the committee of the General Assembly which shall receive agency reports.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-25","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 124)","last_action_date":"2021-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB349/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb349.html","sponsor":"Russell Webber"},
{"bill_id":1436280,"bill_number":"HB361","title":"AN ACT relating to preserving the right of Kentuckians to own and use firearms and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to state legislative findings and make declarations that all federal laws and regulations commandeering state or local law enforcement to enforce federal restrictions of firearms are invalid and of no effect in Kentucky and that the General Assembly has the duty to enact all measures to prevent their enforcement; that the General Assembly has the duty to protect and defend the state and federal constitutions; that proposed presidential actions relating to the acquisition, possession, and use of firearms and accessories are violative of presidential powers and citizens' rights under the federal constitution; provide retroactive application back to January 1, 2018; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-03","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-03","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB361/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb361.html","sponsor":"Thomas Huff"},
{"bill_id":1436288,"bill_number":"SB159","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization.","description":"Amend KRS 36.010 to reassign divisions in the Office of Management and Administration to the Office of the Adjutant General; repeal KRS 36.250, 36.255, 36.260, 36.265, and 36.270, relating to the Kentucky Community Crisis Response Board; and confirm Executive Order 2020-1035.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2021-03-04","last_action":"posted for passage for concurrence in House floor amendments (1), (3) and (4-title)","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB159/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb159.html","sponsor":"Adrienne Southworth"},
{"bill_id":1436299,"bill_number":"SCR61","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION encouraging the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and Medicaid managed care organizations to permit coverage of United States Food and Drug Administration approved digital therapeutics in order to provide more therapy options and improved compliance and outcomes for individuals going through substance use disorder recovery.","description":"Encourage the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and Medicaid managed care organizations to permit coverage of United States Food and Drug Administration approved digital therapeutics in order to provide more therapy options and improved compliance and outcomes for individuals going through substance use disorder recovery.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-03-01","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-03-01","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SCR61/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/scr61.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1436304,"bill_number":"HB358","title":"AN ACT relating to the establishment of minimum wages by local governments.","description":"Amend KRS 65.016 and 337.275 to allow local governments to pass an ordinance setting employees' minimum wages at a rate higher than that found in KRS 337.275 for employers located within that government's jurisdiction.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-03","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-03","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB358/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb358.html","sponsor":"McKenzie Cantrell"},
{"bill_id":1436311,"bill_number":"SB161","title":"AN ACT relating to National Guard leadership.","description":"Amend KRS 36.025 to reflect updated job titles for Air National Guard leadership and to permit National Guard leadership to be employees of the Commonwealth; amend KRS 36.030 to conform.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 110)","last_action_date":"2021-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB161/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb161.html","sponsor":"Jason Howell"},
{"bill_id":1436320,"bill_number":"HB359","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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-03","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-03","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB359/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb359.html","sponsor":"McKenzie Cantrell"},
{"bill_id":1436327,"bill_number":"HB363","title":"AN ACT relating to disabled license plates.","description":"Amend KRS 186.042 to allow the parent or guardian of a disabled minor or disabled adult to obtain a disabled license plate.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-22","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 69)","last_action_date":"2021-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB363/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb363.html","sponsor":"Shawn McPherson"},
{"bill_id":1436335,"bill_number":"HB355","title":"AN ACT relating to motor vehicle instruction permits.","description":"Amend KRS 186.450, regarding instruction permits, to lower the minimum age for application for a permit to 15 years and 6 months; clarify that permit holders are still not eligible to apply for an intermediate operator's license until the age of 16; amend KRS 186.452 and 186.410 to conform.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-03","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-03","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB355/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb355.html","sponsor":"Regina Huff"},
{"bill_id":1436342,"bill_number":"SB158","title":"AN ACT relating to viruses or diseases.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 214 to prohibit requiring the wearing of facial coverings in the Commonwealth during state of emergencies related to viruses or diseases.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-03","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-24","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB158/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb158.html","sponsor":"Adrienne Southworth"},
{"bill_id":1436347,"bill_number":"SB160","title":"AN ACT relating to oaths.","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":"2021-02-03","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-09","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB160/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb160.html","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1436357,"bill_number":"HB352","title":"AN ACT relating to Medicaid reimbursement rates for certain Supports for Community Living and Michelle P. waiver services.","description":"Direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to increase the Medicaid reimbursement rate by 10% for certain Supports for Community Living and Michelle P. waiver services effective July 1, 2022; require at least 75% of the rate increase to be used by providers to increase wages for direct support professionals and direct support staff; require the cabinet to provide the Legislative Research Commission with an analysis of wage increase by October 1, 2024; require the cabinet or Department for Medicaid Services to seek federal authorization for a waiver if necessary.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-03","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-03","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB352/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb352.html","sponsor":"Steve Riley"},
{"bill_id":1436364,"bill_number":"HB353","title":"AN ACT relating to heating, ventilation, and air conditioning services.","description":"Amend KRS 198B.650 to provide an exception to the definition of \"practice of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning contracting,\" amend KRS 198B.674 to add an exemption for persons cleaning duct work, not engaged in installation or repair.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-03","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-03","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB353/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb353.html","sponsor":"Jonathan Dixon"},
{"bill_id":1436372,"bill_number":"HB364","title":"AN ACT relating to the creation of the Race and Access to Opportunity Committee of the Kentucky General Assembly.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 6 to create the Race and Access to Opportunity Committee of the General Assembly, set membership, duties, and areas of study; amend KRS 18A.030 to require a demographic report be made to the committee; amend KRS 154.12-2035 to include demographic information in the cabinet's database; amend KRS 211.684 to require a demographic report be made to the committee.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-03","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2021-03-03","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB364/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb364.html","sponsor":"Samara Heavrin"},
{"bill_id":1436382,"bill_number":"HB348","title":"AN ACT relating to broadband and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Repeal and reenact KRS 246.010 to alphabetize the definitions and add definitions for \"broadband\" or \"broadband service,\" \"broadband deployment fund,\" \"broadband deployment project area,\" \"census block,\" \"shapefile,\" \"underserved area,\" and \"unserved area\"; amend KRS 246.030 to add the Office of Innovation to the Department of Agriculture; create a new section of KRS Chapter 246 establishing the Office of Innovation and providing the duties and responsibilities of the office; create a new section of KRS Chapter 246 establishing the broadband deployment fund in the Office of Innovation; repeal KRS 224A.1121 and reenact as a new section KRS Chapter 246, amending all references of the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority to the Office of Innovation, and authorizing the Department of Agriculture to promulgate administrative regulations for the broadband deployment fund program; amend KRS 224A.011 to delete all definitions related to the broadband deployment fund program; amend KRS 224A.110 to delete all references to the broadband deployment fund program; amend KRS 224A.112 to delete all references to the broadband deployment fund program; amend KRS 154.15-020 to require the Kentucky Communications Network Authority to obtain written permission from the Office of Innovation before applying for federal funds; amend KRS 18A.115 to exempt Office of Innovation employees from classified service under KRS 18A.005 to 18A.200; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-03","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2021-03-02","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB348/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb348.html","sponsor":"Phillip Pratt"},
{"bill_id":1436388,"bill_number":"SR63","title":"A RESOLUTION urging President Biden to rescind the Executive Order which revoked the permits for the Keystone XL Pipeline Project.","description":"A resolution urging President Joseph R. Biden to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline Project.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-02-04","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR63/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr63.html","sponsor":"Brandon Smith"},
{"bill_id":1436392,"bill_number":"SJR59","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to create an advisory committee to investigate funding mechanisms and feasibility studies around recovery housing including a full continuum of care for the treatment of individuals with substance use disorders.","description":"Direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to establish a work group to create written recommendations for distribution throughout Kentucky for individuals who suffer from substance use disorder in order to reduce the barriers the individuals experience when attempting to access opioid disorder treatment programs.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-04-06","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 193)","last_action_date":"2021-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR59/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sjr59.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1438302,"bill_number":"HB9","title":"AN ACT relating to retirement and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create separate retirement benefit, disability benefit, retiree health benefit, and other benefit statutes for the County Employees Retirement System (CERS) apart from the Kentucky Retirement Systems (KRS) as provided in intent language of HB 484 during the 2020 Regular Session; amend KRS 16.505 and 61.510 to amend definition of \"retirement office,\" make conforming amendments, and remove language that was voided due to a court ruling; amend KRS 78.635 to include changes from SB 249 from the 2020 Regular Session regarding amortization of unfunded liabilities that were not included in HB 484; amend KRS 61.645 and 78.782 to provide that appointments by the Governor to the KRS or CERS board shall be made at least 30 days prior to the seat becoming vacant and to provide that each board may request that specific items be included in overall KPPA adm. budget; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 61.5955 to remove language that was voided due to a court ruling and restore prior statute language and to conform to a recent private letter ruling from the federal government regarding this section; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 61.552 regarding service purchase statute to clean up provisions and to add service purchase provisions from other statutes that are being repealed in the bill; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 61.702 to separate CERS from KRS retiree health benefit provisions that are now included in a new section of the bill and to clean up provisions; amend KRS 16.642, 61.650, 61.701, and 78.790 to allow KRS and CERS to use the existing registration of assets in order to avoid additional expenses and make conforming and technical amendments; amend KRS 61.505 that creates the Kentucky Public Pensions Authority (KPPA) to allow the KPPA to file adm. regulations, allow the KPPA to hire a chief investment officer and deputy chief investment officer outside of the KRS Chapter 18A requirements, and require the KPPA to submit a budget for approval during the biennial budgeting process; amend numerous statutes to make technical, clarifying, and conforming amendments and to remove language voided due to a court ruling; repeal KRS 61.5956 since the statute was voided due to a court ruling; repeal KRS 61.555 and 61.5525 since these provisions are now included in KRS 61.552 in the bill; 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; provide that the CERS board created by HB 484 may meet but not take action prior to April 1, 2021; provide that current KRS Executive Director shall serve as the KPPA Executive Director until a permanent replacement is determined; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 102)","last_action_date":"2021-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB9/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb9.html","sponsor":"Russell Webber"},
{"bill_id":1438304,"bill_number":"HB400","title":"AN ACT relating to legislative vacancies.","description":"Amend KRS 118.720 to require the Governor to sign a proclamation for an election to fill a vacancy in the office of United States Senator; repeal KRS 63.200, which requires the Governor to fill vacancies in the office of United States Senator.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-04","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2021-03-29","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB400/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb400.html","sponsor":"Steven Rudy"},
{"bill_id":1438306,"bill_number":"HB398","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization.","description":"Amend KRS 40.300 to create the Office of Kentucky Veterans' Centers, Office of Veteran Legal Services, and Office of Kentucky Veterans' Services within the Office of the Commissioner within the Department of Veterans' Affairs; amend KRS 40.325 to conform; and confirm Executive Order 2020-823.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-23","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 95)","last_action_date":"2021-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB398/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb398.html","sponsor":"Pamela Stevenson"},
{"bill_id":1438308,"bill_number":"HB396","title":"AN ACT relating to judicial circuits.","description":"Amend KRS 23A.040 (Effective January 2, 2023) to add a circuit judge to the Fifty-sixth Judicial Circuit; EFFECTIVE January 2, 2023.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-04","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-04","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB396/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb396.html","sponsor":"Chris Freeland"},
{"bill_id":1438310,"bill_number":"SR65","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Willis \"Willie\" Pratt.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Willis \"Willie\" Pratt.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-04","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR65/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr65.html","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":1438312,"bill_number":"SB168","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization.","description":"Confirm Executive Order 2020-590, which reorganizes various offices in the Department of Education; amend various KRS sections to conform; repeal KRS 151B.230 and 156.017 to conform; confirm, in part, Executive Order 2020-1033 related to the Education Professional Standards Board.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-15","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 26)","last_action_date":"2021-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB168/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb168.html","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":1438314,"bill_number":"SB174","title":"AN ACT relating to abuse or neglect of a child.","description":"Amend KRS 600.020 to add exclusions relating to a parent's or guardian's actions from the definition of \"abused or neglected child.\"","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-02-04","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-04","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB174/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb174.html","sponsor":"Adrienne Southworth"},
{"bill_id":1438316,"bill_number":"HB381","title":"AN ACT relating to economic development.","description":"Amend KRS 154.10-040 to make gender-neutral.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-04","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-04","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB381/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb381.html","sponsor":"Phillip Pratt"},
{"bill_id":1438318,"bill_number":"HB390","title":"AN ACT relating to pretrial diversion.","description":"Amend KRS 533.250 to provide that acceptance of an Alford plea or a plea of guilty for pretrial diversion shall be suspended until a condition of pretrial diversion has been violated or the diversion program is completed; create a new section of KRS Chapter 533 to establish that a person who has accepted a pretrial diversion agreement retains his or her right to possess a firearm unless a court finds that the charge involved the use of a firearm and it is in the interest of the defendant and the public to restrict access.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-04","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-04","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB390/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb390.html","sponsor":"Patrick Flannery"},
{"bill_id":1438320,"bill_number":"SB180","title":"AN ACT relating to the apportionment of money in the CMRS fund and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 66.7631 to reallocate a portion of the monthly revenues deposited into the CMRS fund for the purpose of next generation 911 initiatives, services, and applications when certain thresholds are met during a fiscal year; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-03-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-03-05","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB180/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb180.html","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":1438322,"bill_number":"HB367","title":"AN ACT relating to state employment offices and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 151B.285 to mandate that public employment offices be located and operational in specified locations when the local workforce area has an unemployment rate above five percent.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2021-03-03","last_action":"returned to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2021-03-04","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB367/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb367.html","sponsor":"Scott Sharp"},
{"bill_id":1438324,"bill_number":"SJR68","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to work with substance use disorder treatment providers to create a work group to establish a pilot program to fully fund post-inpatient treatment housing and transitional living in a limited setting for individuals with substance use disorder.","description":"Direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to work with substance use disorder treatment providers to create a work group to establish a pilot program to fully fund post-inpatient treatment housing and transitional living in a limited setting for individuals with substance use disorder; establish duties of the work group; require annual reports of the work group.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-04","last_action":"2nd reading, to Rules","last_action_date":"2021-02-25","committee":"Rules","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR68/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sjr68.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1438326,"bill_number":"SB179","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky River Authority.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 151 to establish definitions for KRS 151.700 to 151.730, regarding the Kentucky River Authority; amend KRS 151.710 to clarify membership requirements for directors of the Kentucky River Authority.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"placed in the Orders of the Day","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB179/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb179.html","sponsor":"Adrienne Southworth"},
{"bill_id":1438328,"bill_number":"HR53","title":"A RESOLUTION commending Taiwan for its relations with the United States of America and the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","description":"Commend Taiwan for its relations with the United States of America and the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-03","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-03","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR53/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr53.html","sponsor":"Ed Massey"},
{"bill_id":1438330,"bill_number":"SB173","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky National Guard.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 38 to prohibit the Kentucky National Guard from being released from the state into active duty combat unless the United States Congress passes an official declaration of war or calls the National Guard to execute the laws of the union, repel an invasion, or suppress an insurrection; require the Governor to take action to comply with requirements of the statute; and provide that the section may be called the Defend the Guard Act.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-02-04","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-04","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB173/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb173.html","sponsor":"Adrienne Southworth"},
{"bill_id":1438332,"bill_number":"HB393","title":"AN ACT relating to water district commissioners and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 74.020 to allow the Public Service Commission to grant reasonable extensions of time not to exceed six months for water district commissioners to complete their training requirements; amend KRS 74.363 to conform; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-18","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 43)","last_action_date":"2021-03-18","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB393/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb393.html","sponsor":"Jim Gooch"},
{"bill_id":1438334,"bill_number":"HR51","title":"A RESOLUTION urging the United States Congress to support the Green New Deal.","description":"Describe the benefits of the Green New Deal and urge the Kentucky Congressional delegation to support the Green New Deal.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-04","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-04","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR51/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr51.html","sponsor":"Attica Scott"},
{"bill_id":1438336,"bill_number":"SB163","title":"AN ACT relating to charitable health care providers.","description":"Amend KRS 216.940 to expand definition of \"charitable health care provider\"; amend KRS 304.40-075 to conform; make technical corrections.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-22","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 63)","last_action_date":"2021-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB163/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb163.html","sponsor":"Alice Kerr"},
{"bill_id":1438338,"bill_number":"HB380","title":"AN ACT relating to small business.","description":"Amend 154.12-330 to make technical corrections and grammatical corrections.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-04","last_action":"to Small Business & Information Technology (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"Small Business & Information Technology","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB380/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb380.html","sponsor":"Phillip Pratt"},
{"bill_id":1438340,"bill_number":"HB378","title":"AN ACT relating to the impeachment of officers.","description":"Amend KRS 63.030 to allow only members of the House of Representatives to file a written petition to impeach an officer; require the petition seeking impeachment of an officer to be signed by at least two members of the House of Representatives.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-04","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-04","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB378/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb378.html","sponsor":"Adam Koenig"},
{"bill_id":1438342,"bill_number":"SB170","title":"AN ACT relating to nonresident students.","description":"Amend KRS 157.350 to allow inclusion of nonresident pupils in a district's average daily attendance; amend KRS 158.120 to require a local board of education to adopt a nonresident student policy and forbid discrimination among nonresident students.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-04","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-09","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB170/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb170.html","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":1438344,"bill_number":"HB389","title":"AN ACT relating to dependency, neglect, and abuse.","description":"Amend KRS 620.140 to create procedures for informal adjustment of certain dependency, neglect, and abuse cases.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-04-05","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 179)","last_action_date":"2021-04-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB389/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb389.html","sponsor":"Patrick Flannery"},
{"bill_id":1438345,"bill_number":"SB176","title":"AN ACT relating to wine corkage.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 243 to create 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 allow corkage; amend KRS 243.084 to allow a nonquota type 2 or NQ2 retail drink licensee to allow corkage; amend KRS 242.260 to exempt corkage from being a violation.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-04","last_action":"to Licensing & Occupations (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-09","committee":"Licensing and Occupations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB176/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb176.html","sponsor":"Robin Webb"},
{"bill_id":1438347,"bill_number":"HB383","title":"AN ACT relating to scholarships.","description":"Amend KRS 164.786 to add two career and technical education courses per year to the Dual Credit Scholarship; amend KRS 164.787 to rename the Work Ready Scholarship the Better Kentucky Promise Scholarship; delete the dual credit provisions from the program; revise the definitions of eligible institution and eligible program of study; require enrollment of at least nine hours each semester; grandfather students already participating in the Work Ready Scholarship; cite the Act as the Better Kentucky Promise Scholarship Act.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-04","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2021-03-11","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB383/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb383.html","sponsor":"Bobby McCool"},
{"bill_id":1438349,"bill_number":"SB178","title":"AN ACT relating to special purpose depository institutions.","description":"Create a new Subtitle 12 of KRS Chapter 286 to establish special purpose depository institutions that engage in a nonlending banking business; establish findings and purposes for subtitle; provide for the organization, powers, and chartering of the institution; require directors to take oaths; establish capital, bonding, contingency, and insurance requirements; establish requirements for offering depository accounts and other services; provide that certain provisions of Subtitle 3 of KRS Chapter 286 shall apply to the institutions; establish branching requirements for in-state and out-of-state institutions; provide for administrative appeals; require the commissioner of financial institutions to adopt administrative regulations to implement the subtitle; establish administrative penalties and procedures for violations of the subtitle; establish when the commissioner shall close an institution for liquidation; establish procedures for voluntary dissolution; amend KRS 286.1-011 and 286.2-685 to conform; amend KRS 286.2-040 to allow the commissioner to examine special purpose depository institution service providers; require the commissioner to promulgate administrative regulations to implement the Act on or before October 1, 2021; EFFECTIVE, in part, on October 1, 2021.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-02-04","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-04","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB178/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb178.html","sponsor":"Brandon Smith"},
{"bill_id":1438351,"bill_number":"SCR69","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 December 1, 2021.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-02-04","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-04","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SCR69/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/scr69.html","sponsor":"Robin Webb"},
{"bill_id":1438353,"bill_number":"HB368","title":"AN ACT relating to providing funding for the office of the property valuation administrator and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 132 to establish a fee for taxing districts using the property valuation administrator's assessment roll and requirements for the expense of the revenues received from the fee; amend KRS 132.590 to include a consumer price index adjustment for the limits established for the fee counties pay for using the property valuation administrator's assessment roll; amend KRS 132.285 to include a consumer price index adjustment for the minimum and maximum limits established for the fees cities pay for using the property valuation administrator's assessment roll; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-04","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2021-02-11","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB368/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb368.html","sponsor":"Randy Bridges"},
{"bill_id":1438355,"bill_number":"SB166","title":"AN ACT relating to alcohol and drug counselors and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 309 to require alcohol and drug counselors to meet requirements for licensure; amend KRS 309.080 to define licensed alcohol and drug counselor; amend KRS 309.0805, KRS 309.0813, and KRS 309.088 to add licensed alcohol and drug counselor; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 107)","last_action_date":"2021-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB166/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb166.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1438357,"bill_number":"HB395","title":"AN ACT relating to locally operated secondary area centers and vocational departments.","description":"Amend KRS 157.069 to provide state supplemental funds to the locally operated secondary area centers that received state supplemental funds in fiscal year 2020-2021.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2021-03-04","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2021-03-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB395/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb395.html","sponsor":"Steven Rudy"},
{"bill_id":1438359,"bill_number":"SB167","title":"AN ACT relating to the provision of private towing services to local governments.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to require all local governments to establish a list of towing companies for emergency tow services; require law enforcement agencies within those local governments to use that list in rotation.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-02-04","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-04","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB167/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb167.html","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":1438361,"bill_number":"HB373","title":"AN ACT relating to the disposition of human remains.","description":"Amend KRS 72.450 to allow coroners to cremate decedents in the event the coroner has possession of a decedent and cannot locate a spouse or next of kin.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-04","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-04","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB373/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb373.html","sponsor":"Mary Imes"},
{"bill_id":1438363,"bill_number":"HR52","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring the Kentucky Association of Highway Contractors upon its 100th anniversary.","description":"Honor Kentucky Association of Highway Contractors upon its 100th anniversary.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR52/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr52.html","sponsor":"Ken Upchurch"},
{"bill_id":1438365,"bill_number":"HB382","title":"AN ACT relating to fiscal matters, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 96.895 to equally distribute certain moneys among each fund-eligible county and eliminate certain duplicative reporting requirements; amend KRS 96.905 to allow moneys to be used for operational expenses by fund-eligible counties.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-04-07","last_action":"signed by Governor (ActsCh. 196)","last_action_date":"2021-04-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB382/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb382.html","sponsor":"Richard Heath"},
{"bill_id":1438368,"bill_number":"HB386","title":"AN ACT relating to water pollution control and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create new sections of Subchapter 16 of KRS Chapter 224 to require that mixing zones for bioaccumulative chemicals of concern established on or before September 8, 2004, remain in effect until explicitly extinguished by the Energy and Environment Cabinet; require that any change or extinguishment of mixing zone assignments for bioaccumulative chemicals of concern only be accomplished through the promulgation of administrative regulations; define \"rapid and complete mixing\"; require the Energy and Environment Cabinet to apply rapid and complete mixing when establishing certain permit limitations and conditions for discharges that occur through a submerged high-rate multi-port diffuser or outfall structure; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2021-03-24","last_action":"became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 103)","last_action_date":"2021-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB386/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb386.html","sponsor":"Chris Freeland"},
{"bill_id":1438370,"bill_number":"SB175","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 sixteen- and seventeen-year-old United States citizens to vote in school board and local elections; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-02-04","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-04","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB175/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb175.html","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1438372,"bill_number":"SR67","title":"A RESOLUTION condemning anti-Semitism in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","description":"Condemn anti-Semitism in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-02-24","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR67/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr67.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1438374,"bill_number":"HB376","title":"AN ACT relating to education.","description":"Amend KRS 156.690 to insert gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-04","last_action":"to Education (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-09","committee":"Education","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB376/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb376.html","sponsor":"Regina Huff"},
{"bill_id":1438376,"bill_number":"HR49","title":"A RESOLUTION encouraging high schools to offer annual government instruction.","description":"Encourage high schools to offer students at least 3 hours of annual, nonpartisan instruction on the roles and functions of city, county, and state government.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-04","last_action":"introduced in House","last_action_date":"2021-02-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR49/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr49.html","sponsor":"Steve Riley"},
{"bill_id":1438378,"bill_number":"SB169","title":"AN ACT relating to duty-related disability benefits.","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.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 106)","last_action_date":"2021-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB169/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb169.html","sponsor":"Christian McDaniel"},
{"bill_id":1438380,"bill_number":"HB377","title":"AN ACT relating to education.","description":"Amend KRS 156.690 to insert gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-04","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-04","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB377/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb377.html","sponsor":"Regina Huff"},
{"bill_id":1438382,"bill_number":"SB172","title":"AN ACT relating to underground facility protection.","description":"Amend KRS 367.4911 to include exempted activities in the process of ceasing operations when damage occurs to an underground facility and notification of appropriate authorities; amend KRS 367.4915 to make conforming changes.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 105)","last_action_date":"2021-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB172/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb172.html","sponsor":"Jason Howell"},
{"bill_id":1438384,"bill_number":"HB371","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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-04","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-04","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB371/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb371.html","sponsor":"Lisa Willner"},
{"bill_id":1438386,"bill_number":"HB366","title":"AN ACT relating to state symbols.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to name and designate police dogs as the official working dogs of Kentucky.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-04","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-04","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB366/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb366.html","sponsor":"Chad McCoy"},
{"bill_id":1438388,"bill_number":"SB181","title":"AN ACT relating to sessions of the General Assembly.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 6 to establish parameters for the General Assembly when called into session by Joint Proclamation; amend KRS 6.190 and 6.211 to adjust the compensation of members of the General Assembly during a veto recess period; EFFECTIVE only upon ratification of a proposed constitutional amendment.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2021-03-02","last_action":"posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 15, 2021","last_action_date":"2021-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB181/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb181.html","sponsor":"David Givens"},
{"bill_id":1438389,"bill_number":"HB394","title":"AN ACT relating to the Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 150.021 to make the Fish and Wildlife Commission's authority to appoint and compensate a commissioner not subject to the provisions of KRS Chapters 42, 45, 45A, 56, and 64; amend KRS 150.061 to give the Fish and Wildlife Commission the sole authority to appoint and determine compensation for a commissioner; provide that the commission is the sole contracting body for the purposes of KRS Chapter 45A; require any proposed personal services contract with a commissioner to be submitted for review to the Government Contract Review Committee pursuant to KRS 45A.690 to 45A.725.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2021-03-29","last_action":"delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 161)","last_action_date":"2021-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB394/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb394.html","sponsor":"Ed Massey"},
{"bill_id":1438391,"bill_number":"HB391","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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-04","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-04","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB391/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb391.html","sponsor":"Patrick Flannery"},
{"bill_id":1438393,"bill_number":"HB397","title":"AN ACT relating to scholarships for veterans and their families.","description":"Amend KRS 164.507 and 164.515 to remove the limitation that earning a degree terminates the benefit.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-04","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-04","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB397/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb397.html","sponsor":"Pamela Stevenson"},
{"bill_id":1438395,"bill_number":"HB402","title":"AN ACT relating to flagrant nonsupport.","description":"Amend KRS 530.050 to increase the amount qualifying for flagrant nonsupport from $1,000 to $5,000.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-19","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 51)","last_action_date":"2021-03-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB402/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb402.html","sponsor":"Ed Massey"},
{"bill_id":1438397,"bill_number":"HB388","title":"AN ACT relating to hemp.","description":"Amend KRS 218A.010 to exempt consumable hemp products from the definition of marijuana; amend KRS 260.858 to allow a licensee to process, handle, or market consumable hemp products, exempt any person in possession, custody, or control of consumable hemp products from the penalties applicable to those persons who violate KRS Chapter 218A.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-04","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-04","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB388/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb388.html","sponsor":"Mark Hart"},
{"bill_id":1438399,"bill_number":"SB164","title":"AN ACT relating to reduction of personnel costs for urban-county governments.","description":"Amend KRS 67A.300 to permit the legislative body of an urban-county government, when economic necessity or budgetary shortfall requires and upon the adoption of a resolution by 2/3 of the members present, to furlough classified civil service employees.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-04","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-09","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB164/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb164.html","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":1438401,"bill_number":"SB171","title":"AN ACT relating to local government and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate regulations regarding splash pads that are operated by local governments; amend KRS 337.285 and 95.495 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 309.364 to direct that the relevant provisions of KRS Chapter 309 supersede specified local government regulations on massage therapists; amend KRS 66.480 relating to the investment of moneys subject to various governing jurisdictions to exclude from the investment maximum of 40% mutual funds consisting of specified investments; amend KRS 58.150, relating to the issuance of bonds, to remove the exception that notes of amounts of less than $1 million are not advertised pursuant to KRS 424.360 and provide that in such a case the publications required under the section are sufficient.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2021-03-29","last_action":"delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 152)","last_action_date":"2021-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB171/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb171.html","sponsor":"Wil Schroder"},
{"bill_id":1438403,"bill_number":"HB387","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":"2021-02-04","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-04","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB387/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb387.html","sponsor":"James Tipton"},
{"bill_id":1438405,"bill_number":"HB372","title":"AN ACT relating to tax incentives.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 139 to provide a sales and use tax exemption for data centers; establish reporting requirements for the exemption; define terms; amend KRS 131.190 for conformity; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2021.","status_desc":"Vetoed","status_date":"2021-04-09","last_action":"Vetoed","last_action_date":"2021-04-09","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB372/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb372.html","sponsor":"Phillip Pratt"},
{"bill_id":1438407,"bill_number":"SB165","title":"AN ACT relating to financial transactions.","description":"Amend KRS 424.145 to require the URL of the notice web site and notice to be no more than 30 characters in length in easily comprehended terms.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2021-03-29","last_action":"delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 151)","last_action_date":"2021-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB165/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb165.html","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":1438409,"bill_number":"SR66","title":"A RESOLUTION designating April as Parkinson's Awareness Month.","description":"Designate April as Parkinson's Awareness Month.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-16","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR66/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr66.html","sponsor":"Mike Wilson"},
{"bill_id":1438411,"bill_number":"HB375","title":"AN ACT relating to agriculture.","description":"Amend KRS 246.285, relating to the Commissioner of Agriculture, to make gender-neutral references.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-04","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-04","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB375/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb375.html","sponsor":"Richard Heath"},
{"bill_id":1438413,"bill_number":"HB369","title":"AN ACT relating to supplementary education and declaring an emergency.","description":"Allow public high school students currently enrolled in Kentucky to request to use the 2021-2022 school year as a supplemental school year to retake and supplement coursework already completed; require local boards of education to either approve or deny all requests; allow Kentucky nonpublic schools to also implement supplemental school years; ensure students utilizing supplemental school years are not ineligible to participate in KHSAA activities; raise age limit for KHSAA activities to 20 for those students utilizing supplemental school years; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-04","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-04","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB369/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb369.html","sponsor":"John Blanton"},
{"bill_id":1438415,"bill_number":"HB374","title":"AN ACT relating to agriculture.","description":"Amend KRS 257.040, relating to diseased animals, to make gender-neutral references.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-04","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"Agriculture","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB374/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb374.html","sponsor":"Richard Heath"},
{"bill_id":1438417,"bill_number":"HB385","title":"AN ACT relating to employment.","description":"Amend KRS 337.010 to remove exemptions in definition of employee for agricultural workers and domestic service workers; amend KRS 342.630 to indicate that agricultural employers are subject to KRS Chapter 342; amend KRS 342.650 to remove exemptions for domestic service employees and agricultural employees from coverage under KRS Chapter 342; amend other statutes to conform.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-04","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-04","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB385/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb385.html","sponsor":"McKenzie Cantrell"},
{"bill_id":1438419,"bill_number":"HB370","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":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-23","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 92)","last_action_date":"2021-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB370/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb370.html","sponsor":"Josh Calloway"},
{"bill_id":1438421,"bill_number":"HB392","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":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-23","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 91)","last_action_date":"2021-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB392/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb392.html","sponsor":"Jim Gooch"},
{"bill_id":1438423,"bill_number":"HR50","title":"A RESOLUTION declaring the week of May 2 to 8, 2021, to be Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week.","description":"Declaring the week of May 2 to 8, 2021, to be Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-04","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-04","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR50/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr50.html","sponsor":"Nancy Tate"},
{"bill_id":1438425,"bill_number":"SB177","title":"AN ACT relating to digital assets.","description":"Establish KRS Chapter 355A and create new sections thereof to define and establish property classifications for digital assets; supplement and modify provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code, KRS Chapter 355, relating to the classification, perfection, and priority of digital assets; allow debtors located in Kentucky to file a financial statement with the Secretary of State to perfect a security interest in a digital asset; establish when a transferee takes a digital asset free of any security interest perfected by filing; for purposes of Article 9 of KRS Chapter 355, establish when digital assets are located in Kentucky; classify open blockchain tokens with certain characteristics as intangible personal property; require developers and sellers of certain open blockchain tokens to file a notice of intent with the Secretary of State, and pay a filing fee, prior to sale in this state; require the Secretary of State to promulgate forms and make the forms accessible to filers; require facilitators of certain open blockchain tokens in the resale market to comply with certain requirements; establish penalties for violation of the section; provide that the Secretary of State may make referrals to law enforcement agencies; provide that section may be cited as the \"Kentucky Utility Token Act;\" create a new section of Subtitle 2 of KRS Chapter 286 to permit certain Kentucky financial institutions to elect to provide custodial services of customer currency and digital assets in accordance with the provisions of the section; establish internal control and customer contracting requirements for providing custodial services under the section; provide that digital assets held in custody under the section are not depository liabilities or assets of the financial institution; require the commissioner of financial institutions to establish a supervision fee; create a new section of Article 1 of KRS Chapter 355 to conform; amend KRS 369.103 to include transactions involving digital assets; provide that the Secretary of State and the commissioner of financial institutions shall promulgate administrative regulations to implement the Act on or before October 1, 2021; EFFECTIVE, in part, October 1, 2021.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-02-04","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-04","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB177/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb177.html","sponsor":"Brandon Smith"},
{"bill_id":1438427,"bill_number":"HB379","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization of the Kentucky Board of Education.","description":"Amend KRS 156.029 to add the secretary of the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet as an ex officio member to the Kentucky Board of Education; add a public school teacher and public high school student as nonvoting members; confirm Executive Order 2020-610.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-04","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-04","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB379/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb379.html","sponsor":"Kelly Flood"},
{"bill_id":1438429,"bill_number":"HB384","title":"AN ACT relating to school breakfasts.","description":"Amend KRS 158.070 to permit the administrator of a school that participates in the Federal School Breakfast Program to authorize up to 15 minutes of the student attendance day to provide the opportunity for children to eat breakfast during instructional time.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2021-03-04","last_action":"2nd reading, to Rules","last_action_date":"2021-03-12","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB384/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb384.html","sponsor":"Steve Riley"},
{"bill_id":1438431,"bill_number":"HB399","title":"AN ACT related to veteran suicide prevention.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 40 to establish the Kentucky Veteran Suicide Prevention Program.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-04","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-04","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB399/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb399.html","sponsor":"Pamela Stevenson"},
{"bill_id":1438432,"bill_number":"HB401","title":"AN ACT relating to the General Assembly.","description":"Amend KRS 6.080 to increase the fine against a disobedient witness or an attempt to corrupt a legislator from $1,000 to $15,000, and allow the Attorney General to bring an enforcement action in either Franklin County or the county in which the accused person resides.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-04","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2021-03-01","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB401/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb401.html","sponsor":"Ed Massey"},
{"bill_id":1444199,"bill_number":"SB191","title":"AN ACT relating to public protection.","description":"Amend KRS 227.250 to add gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB191/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb191.html","sponsor":"C.B. Embry"},
{"bill_id":1444201,"bill_number":"HB427","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to establish the Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission; create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to establish the opioid abatement trust fund; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 113)","last_action_date":"2021-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB427/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb427.html","sponsor":"Danny Bentley"},
{"bill_id":1444203,"bill_number":"HB424","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,\" \"insurer,\" \"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 Department of Workers' Claims against any person in violation; 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":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Small Business & Information Technology (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"Small Business & Information Technology","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB424/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb424.html","sponsor":"Phillip Pratt"},
{"bill_id":1444205,"bill_number":"HB418","title":"AN ACT relating to historic properties.","description":"Amend KRS 11.027 to grant the General Assembly final approval over any removal or placement of a statue, bust, plaque, or any comparable memorial on the first floor of the New State Capitol.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-09","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB418/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb418.html","sponsor":"Mark Hart"},
{"bill_id":1444206,"bill_number":"HB451","title":"AN ACT relating to transportation improvement districts.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 184 to establish transportation improvement districts (TIDs) organized by county governments; define terms; allow TIDs to be established by a single county, or up to three contiguous counties; establish board makeup and membership requirements for one, two, and three county TIDs; set forth TID duties and powers; set forth public meeting requirements for potential projects; set forth procedures for TIDs to place easements on properties upon which a proposed project will cause an increase in value; set forth TID duties regarding the acquisition of property under the Eminent Domain Act; set forth powers and procedures for TIDs to issue bonds for projects; allow the Transportation Cabinet to assist a TID in a demonstration project.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-09","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB451/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb451.html","sponsor":"Sal Santoro"},
{"bill_id":1444208,"bill_number":"SB186","title":"AN ACT relating to transportation.","description":"Amend KRS 189.010 to define \"Cabinet\" as the Transportation Cabinet.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB186/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb186.html","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":1444211,"bill_number":"HB450","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":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-09","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB450/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb450.html","sponsor":"Sal Santoro"},
{"bill_id":1444214,"bill_number":"HB406","title":"AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance.","description":"Amend KRS 341.030, relating to unemployment insurance, to provide for mechanism to allow for an increase in the taxable wage base above $12,000; amend KRS 341.090 to define \"alternative base period\" and provide for utilization of same; amend KRS 341.094 to create additional extended benefits triggers; amend KRS 341.125 to require the secretary to establish a training program for employees related to domestic violence and abuse issues; amend KRS 341.243 to change the funding mechanism for the service capacity upgrade fund; amend KRS 341.270 to indicate that a new method for determining contribution rates will be effective for calendar year 2022; amend KRS 341.350 to allow part-time employees to be eligible for benefits while searching for part-time work and to allow eligible workers to receive benefits while attending approved training; amend KRS 341.360 to conform; amend KRS 341.370 to indicate that workers leaving work to accompany a spouse to a different location, leaving work due to a bona fide injury or illness, or leaving work due to domestic violence and abuse shall not be disqualified from receiving benefits; amend KRS 341.380 to increase the minimum benefit level and provide a mechanism for annual adjustment of same; amend KRS 341.415 to allow the secretary to waive overpayment of benefits in certain circumstances; amend KRS 341.530 to provide that benefits paid to an employee who left work due to domestic violence shall be charged against the pooled account; amend KRS 341.730 to provide additional parameters for extended benefits; amend KRS 151B.285 to require the cabinet to establish public employment offices across the state; create new sections of KRS Chapter 341 to define \"dependent\" and to establish a system of benefit increases for certain dependents; to establish a work sharing program; and to create a new mechanism for determining employer contribution rates; allow certain workers to receive benefits under federal law if certain requirements are met.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-09","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB406/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb406.html","sponsor":"McKenzie Cantrell"},
{"bill_id":1444215,"bill_number":"SB189","title":"AN ACT relating to state government.","description":"Amend KRS 18A.060 to add gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB189/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb189.html","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":1444217,"bill_number":"SR77","title":"A RESOLUTION celebrating Black History Month and honoring keynote speaker of the annual Black History Celebration, Georgia State Representative Billy Mitchell.","description":"Celebrate Black History Month and honor keynote speaker of the annual Black History Event, Georgia State Representative Billy Mitchell.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"introduced in Senate","last_action_date":"2021-02-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR77/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr77.html","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":1444219,"bill_number":"SB214","title":"AN ACT relating to cessation of participation by Kentucky Employees Retirement System employers, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 61.522 that is effective until April 1, 2021, and effective on or after April 1, 2021, so that Kentucky Employees Retirement System employers who are voluntarily ceasing participation in the system may make multiple lump-sum payments by the set due date and to receive interest credit for early payment; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-17","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch.28)","last_action_date":"2021-03-17","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB214/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb214.html","sponsor":"Christian McDaniel"},
{"bill_id":1444222,"bill_number":"HB425","title":"AN ACT relating to elections.","description":"Amend various sections of KRS Chapters 83A, 116, 117, 118, 118A, 119, 120, 242, and 424 relating to paper ballots, voting equipment, voting systems, and elections; repeal KRS 117.381 and 117.387, relating to electronic voting systems.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2021-03-11","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB425/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb425.html","sponsor":"Nancy Tate"},
{"bill_id":1444223,"bill_number":"SB185","title":"AN ACT relating to natural resources.","description":"Amend KRS 146.090 to make gender-neutral.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Energy (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"Natural Resources and Energy","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB185/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb185.html","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":1444225,"bill_number":"HB423","title":"AN ACT relating to judicial circuits.","description":"Amend KRS 23A.045 (Effective January 2, 2023) and KRS 23A.050 to add a circuit judge to the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit; specify election schedule for new judgeship; request that the additional circuit court judgeship be designated by as a family court division; EFFECTIVE January 2, 2023.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-09","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB423/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb423.html","sponsor":"Phillip Pratt"},
{"bill_id":1444227,"bill_number":"HB446","title":"AN ACT relating to fish and wildlife.","description":"Amend KRS 150.022 to change the qualifications and process of selection of commission members.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-09","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB446/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb446.html","sponsor":"Bobby McCool"},
{"bill_id":1444230,"bill_number":"HB448","title":"AN ACT relating to child welfare.","description":"Amend KRS 600.020 to expand the definition of \"qualified mental health professional\" as it relates to licensed clinical social workers, licensed marriage and family therapists, and credentialed professional counselors.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-22","last_action":"signed by Governor (ActsCh. 61)","last_action_date":"2021-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB448/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb448.html","sponsor":"Billy Wesley"},
{"bill_id":1444231,"bill_number":"SCR75","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION directing the establishment of the Kentucky Elections Task Force.","description":"Direct the establishment of the Kentucky Elections Task Force to study, review, and recommend changes to election laws, including the security of elections, the manner in which elections are held, and the technology used in elections.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-09","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SCR75/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/scr75.html","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":1444234,"bill_number":"SB182","title":"AN ACT relating to education.","description":"Amend KRS 156.690 to insert gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"returned to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2021-03-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB182/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb182.html","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":1444236,"bill_number":"SB200","title":"AN ACT relating to agriculture.","description":"Amend KRS 257.040, relating to diseased animals, to make gender-neutral references.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Agriculture (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"Agriculture","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB200/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb200.html","sponsor":"Paul Hornback"},
{"bill_id":1444238,"bill_number":"SR78","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Lynn Boyd Jones.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Lynn Boyd Jones.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-29","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR78/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr78.html","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":1444239,"bill_number":"HB412","title":"AN ACT relating to public protection.","description":"Amend KRS 75.130 to include gender-neutral language and to correct minor grammatical errors.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-09","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB412/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb412.html","sponsor":"Russell Webber"},
{"bill_id":1444241,"bill_number":"HB415","title":"AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 243.027 to clarify requirements to hold direct shipper license, allow the usage of a third party to fulfill orders, require licensees to register with the Department of Revenue, and allow Kentucky manufacturers with a direct shippers license to send samples under certain conditions; amend KRS 243.028 to conform with third party shipments; amend KRS 241.060 to clarify administrative regulation for direct shipper license application; amend KRS 243.020 to allow for third party shipments and to remove limitations on storage; amend KRS 243.029 to remove parameters for establishing wholesale cost; amend KRS 243.110 to specify that a brewer, microbrewery, distilled spirits and wine supplier, and malt beverage supplier may also hold a direct shipper license; amend KRS 243.220, 243.380, 243.390, and 243.450 to exempt direct shipper licensees from requirements therein; amend KRS 243.790 to remove retail outlets from specifications; amend KRS 243.0305 to clarify which sales distillers are required to physically transfer product; amend KRS 243.884 to include direct shipper licensees in wholesale tax and set specifications; amend KRS 244.220 to set requirement for special licenses; amend KRS 244.050 to specify retailer may not sell below cost; repeal KRS 243.886; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-12","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 13)","last_action_date":"2021-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB415/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb415.html","sponsor":"Adam Koenig"},
{"bill_id":1444243,"bill_number":"HB431","title":"AN ACT relating to construction contracts.","description":"Amend KRS 45A.480 to require assurance that all required taxes are being paid by persons receiving state construction contracts; to require the required affidavit include a list of all subcontractors on the project; to provide that the contracting body shall have the right to take necessary steps to require compliance; to make the requirements of this section part of the solicitation for bids.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2021-03-03","committee":"Small Business & Information Technology","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB431/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb431.html","sponsor":"Jason Nemes"},
{"bill_id":1444246,"bill_number":"SB188","title":"AN ACT relating to boater safety.","description":"Amend KRS 235.285 to require that beginning on July 1, 2021, persons born on or after January 1, 1975, carry a Kentucky safe boating certification card or equivalent documentation from another state or the federal government when they are operating a personal watercraft or motorboat of any horsepower as proof that they have completed a boater safety course; provide that from July 1, 2021, until June 30, 2022, the only penalty for not carrying the safe boating certification card will be a courtesy notice and to be advised of how to comply with the safe boating certification requirement; require the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to provide safe boating certificate temporary exemptions that last no longer than 14 days from when they are issued if certain requirements are met; amend KRS 235.990 to provide that in addition to other penalties, a boater shall be required to complete a safe boating certification course for violation of safe boating certification requirements; allow for both monetary and imprisonment penalties to apply for offenses relating to reckless or negligent boating or boating under the influence; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2021.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Energy (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"Natural Resources and Energy","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB188/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb188.html","sponsor":"Paul Hornback"},
{"bill_id":1444248,"bill_number":"SB208","title":"AN ACT relating to statewide mobile food units.","description":"Amend KRS 217.005, 217.125, 217.126, and 217.128 to establish standards for statewide mobile food units; create a new section of KRS Chapter 217 to establish operational, inspection, and regulation standards for statewide mobile food units; amend KRS 217.136, 217.137, 304.17A-741; 315.010; and 411.600 to conform.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-09","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB208/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb208.html","sponsor":"Adrienne Southworth"},
{"bill_id":1444250,"bill_number":"SB212","title":"AN ACT relating to the submission of member forms prior to retirement with the state-administered retirement systems.","description":"Amend KRS 61.542 and 161.480 to require effective September 1, 2021, that any future changes to beneficiary designations for all members shall be submitted to the systems electronically or by an electronic method developed by the systems; amend KRS 61.526 and 161.480 to require effective July 1, 2022, that new member forms, including beneficiary designation forms, shall be submitted to the systems electronically or by an electronic method developed by the systems;","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-03-04","last_action":"returned to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-03-12","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB212/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb212.html","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":1444252,"bill_number":"SB206","title":"AN ACT relating to health services.","description":"Amend KRS 205.558 to make technical correction.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"returned to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-25","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB206/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb206.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1444254,"bill_number":"HB454","title":"AN ACT relating to ethics and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 6.686 to require the Legislative Ethics Commission to make findings for complaints regarding whether they are grounded in fact, warranted by law, and filed in good faith; amend KRS 11A.060 to reorganize the Executive Branch Ethics Commission, terminating the current membership and increasing the number of members from five to seven, two of which would be appointed by the Governor with the Treasurer, Auditor of Public Accounts, Commissioner of Agriculture, Secretary of State, and Attorney General appointing one member each; amend KRS 11A.080 to require the Executive Branch Ethics Commission to make findings for complaints regarding whether they are grounded in fact, warranted by law, and filed in good faith; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2021-03-03","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2021-03-05","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB454/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb454.html","sponsor":"Shane Baker"},
{"bill_id":1444255,"bill_number":"HB408","title":"AN ACT relating to consumer privacy of personal information.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 365 to define \"business,\" \"collects,\" \"consumer,\" \"personal information,\" \"sale,\" and \"verified request\"; require notices to be accessible to consumers; establish notice requirements; establish the ability to remedy a failure to comply; provide consumers the right to opt out via a verified request and the process of fulfilling the verified request; require Web sites and online services to provide an opt-out notice to consumers and establish the requirements for this notice; provide an exception for Web sites specific to Kentucky residents; provide protections for minors regarding the sale of their personal information and the right to opt-in; prohibit businesses from discriminating against consumers who choose to opt-out; provide the Attorney General the authority to enforce this Act; establish civil penalties for violations.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-09","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB408/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb408.html","sponsor":"Lisa Willner"},
{"bill_id":1444257,"bill_number":"HB430","title":"AN ACT relating to identity documents.","description":"Amend KRS to require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to establish procedures and forms to allow an individual without a fixed, permanent address to submit a form signed by a shelter, health care facility, or other social service agency attesting to the applicant's residence for the purpose of issuance of an operator's license or personal identification card; amend KRS and to conform; amend KRS to set the price of a personal identification card for an individual without a fixed, permanent address at $5, allow the Transportation Cabinet to enter into billing arrangements with social service agencies for payment of client's fees.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-09","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB430/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb430.html","sponsor":"Randy Bridges"},
{"bill_id":1444260,"bill_number":"SB194","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":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Agriculture (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"Agriculture","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB194/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb194.html","sponsor":"David Givens"},
{"bill_id":1444263,"bill_number":"HJR54","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Governor of Kentucky to revoke the mask mandate originally issued July 9, 2020, under Executive Order 2020-586 and renewed periodically since that time.","description":"Direct the Governor to revoke the mask mandate.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-09","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR54/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hjr54.html","sponsor":"Thomas Huff"},
{"bill_id":1444264,"bill_number":"HB447","title":"AN ACT relating to towed vehicles.","description":"Amend KRS 186A.190 to allow for the disposal of involuntarily towed vehicles by a towing and storage company.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-09","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB447/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb447.html","sponsor":"David Hale"},
{"bill_id":1444266,"bill_number":"HB413","title":"AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 341 to implement a reporting requirement regarding the unemployment trust fund and wages subject to tax; amend KRS 341.030 to suspend any increase in the taxable wage base and utilize the taxable wage base in effect for the 2020 year; amend KRS 341.270 to indicate that employer contribution rates in 2021 and 2022 shall be determined using the rates listed in Schedule A of Table A; amend KRS 341.530 to provide that benefits related to a state of emergency or disaster declaration shall be paid from the pooled account and not the reserve account of the employer; amend KRS 341.614 to provide there will be no surcharge assessment for 2021 or 2022; create the Unemployment Insurance Reform Task Force and establish membership and set forth duties; apply Sections 1 to 4 retroactively; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2021-04-01","last_action":"delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 177)","last_action_date":"2021-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB413/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb413.html","sponsor":"Russell Webber"},
{"bill_id":1444268,"bill_number":"SR73","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Jean Katherine Singer Derickson.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Jean Katherine Singer Derickson.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR73/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr73.html","sponsor":"Brandon Storm"},
{"bill_id":1444270,"bill_number":"HB405","title":"AN ACT relating to appropriations and declaring an emergency.","description":"Appropriate funds for the payment of claims against the Commonwealth; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2021-04-01","last_action":"delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 176)","last_action_date":"2021-04-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB405/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb405.html","sponsor":"Ken Fleming"},
{"bill_id":1444272,"bill_number":"HCR55","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the 1915(c) Home and Community Based Services Waiver Redesign Task Force.","description":"Create the 1915(c) Home and Community Based Services Waiver Redesign Task Force to review previous waiver redesign efforts undertaken by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and to develop recommendations to ensure the quality and stability of 1915(c) waiver services in Kentucky; outline task force membership; require the task force to meet monthly during the 2021 and 2022 interims; require the task force to submit findings and recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2022.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-03-05","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-03-05","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR55/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hcr55.html","sponsor":"Steve Riley"},
{"bill_id":1444274,"bill_number":"SB210","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":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-09","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB210/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb210.html","sponsor":"C.B. Embry"},
{"bill_id":1444276,"bill_number":"HB407","title":"AN ACT relating to consumer protections in motor vehicle financing.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 190 to prohibit motor vehicle dealers from charging a fee or receiving compensation for providing, procuring, or arranging financing through a third-party lender for the purchase or lease of a motor vehicle by a consumer unless certain notifications to the consumer are made; establish penalties; amend KRS 190.040 to require that a dealer's license be revoked in the case of a third or any subsequent violation if the dealer has willfully engaged in repetitive violations.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-09","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB407/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb407.html","sponsor":"Lisa Willner"},
{"bill_id":1444279,"bill_number":"HB433","title":"AN ACT relating to highway work zones.","description":"Amend KRS 189.010 to remove the requirement that highway work zones be restricted to state maintained highways; amend KRS 189.2327 to remove the requirement for the placement of signage to notify drivers of a double fine while traveling in a highway work zone.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-09","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB433/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb433.html","sponsor":"John Blanton"},
{"bill_id":1444280,"bill_number":"HB440","title":"AN ACT relating to probation and parole.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 439.250 to 439.560 to allow for a probation and parole officer to meet with a probationer or parolee via approved technology instead of in-person; require the Department of Corrections to promulgate administrative regulations.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2021-03-04","last_action":"2nd reading, to Rules","last_action_date":"2021-03-12","committee":"Rules","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB440/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb440.html","sponsor":"Kimberly Moser"},
{"bill_id":1444282,"bill_number":"HB403","title":"AN ACT relating to mental health services.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 210 to define new terms; establish a crisis hotline center to provide crisis intervention services and crisis care coordination; create a mobile crisis team; and establish certification for crisis receiving and stabilization facilities.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-09","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB403/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb403.html","sponsor":"Regina Huff"},
{"bill_id":1444285,"bill_number":"SB197","title":"AN ACT relating to education.","description":"Amend KRS 156.690 to insert gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"returned to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2021-03-05","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB197/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb197.html","sponsor":"Mike Wilson"},
{"bill_id":1444287,"bill_number":"HB417","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 sales and use 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 2022 through 2025; amend KRS 131.190 to authorize the report from the Department of Revenue; make technical changes.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-09","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB417/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb417.html","sponsor":"Mark Hart"},
{"bill_id":1444288,"bill_number":"SB195","title":"AN ACT relating to emergency medical personnel.","description":"Amend KRS 311A.090 to require a convicted felon licensed or certified by the board to notify the board within 30 days of his or her release about the charges of which they were convicted and the terms of their release; amend KRS 311A.200 to require an incarcerated felon with a limited certification as a first responder or emergency medical technician or limited license as a paramedic, who wishes to continue to be licensed, to apply to the board.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Licensing & Occupations (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"Licensing and Occupations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB195/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb195.html","sponsor":"Karen Berg"},
{"bill_id":1444290,"bill_number":"HB410","title":"AN ACT relating to elections.","description":"Amend KRS 116.035 to allow a person who is homeless and lacks an established and fixed nighttime residence of regular return an option to choose a non-traditional place of residence for purposes of voting.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-25","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB410/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb410.html","sponsor":"Pamela Stevenson"},
{"bill_id":1444293,"bill_number":"SB187","title":"AN ACT relating to telecommunications for inmates in jails.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 441 to provide oversight protocols to telecommunications services provided by jails for inmates.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB187/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb187.html","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":1444295,"bill_number":"SB211","title":"AN ACT relating to public safety.","description":"Amend KRS 500.080 to define \"public assistance benefits,\" \"emergency services personnel,\" \"firework,\" and \"riot\"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 508 to require restitution for a violation of assault in the first, second, third, and fourth degree; create a new section of KRS Chapter 511 to create the crime of unlawful camping on property owned by the Commonwealth; create a new section of KRS Chapter 512 to require restitution for a violation of criminal mischief in the first, second, and third degree; amend KRS 508.010, 508.020, 508.025, 508.030, 512.020, 512.030, 512.040, 520.090, 525.015, 525.060, 525.140, and 525.160 to provide enhanced penalties for violations of these offenses during the course of a riot; amend KRS 520.020, 525.030, and 525.040 to provide enhanced penalties; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to restrict when a person shall be released after an arrest for a violation of an offense of during the course of a riot; amend KRS 439.340 to add violations of KRS 508.020 and 508.025 committed during the course of a riot to the definition of violent offender; create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to state legislative findings and declarations; amend KRS 411.100 to require gross negligence for a cause of action for property damaged by riotous or tumultuous assemblage of people that a local government could have prevented; amend KRS 61.912, 61.914, 61.168, 525.010, 532.100, and 525.200 to make conforming changes; provide that this Act may be cited as the Community and First Responder Protection Act.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-03-11","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB211/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb211.html","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":1444297,"bill_number":"SR74","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Austin MaKenzie Osman.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Austin MaKenzie Osman.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR74/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr74.html","sponsor":"Brandon Storm"},
{"bill_id":1444299,"bill_number":"HB437","title":"AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 117 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to judicial elections.","description":"Propose to amend Section 117 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to the election of Justices of the Supreme Court and judges of the Court of Appeals on a partisan rather than a nonpartisan basis; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-23","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB437/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb437.html","sponsor":"Ed Massey"},
{"bill_id":1444301,"bill_number":"HB445","title":"AN ACT relating to preserving the right of Kentuckians to own and use firearms and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to state legislative findings and make declarations that all federal laws and regulations commandeering state or local law enforcement to enforce federal restrictions of firearms are invalid and of no effect in Kentucky and that the General Assembly has the duty to enact all measures to prevent their enforcement; that the General Assembly has the duty to protect and defend the state and federal constitutions; that proposed presidential actions relating to the acquisition, possession, and use of firearms and accessories are violative of presidential powers and citizens' rights under the federal constitution; provide retroactive application back to January 1, 2018; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-09","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB445/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb445.html","sponsor":"Patrick Flannery"},
{"bill_id":1444303,"bill_number":"SB202","title":"AN ACT relating to transportation.","description":"Amend KRS 189.010 to define \"Cabinet\" as the Transportation Cabinet.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB202/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb202.html","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":1444304,"bill_number":"HB443","title":"AN ACT relating to the establishment of the Kentucky State Parks Centennial Commission.","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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-09","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB443/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb443.html","sponsor":"Patrick Flannery"},
{"bill_id":1444306,"bill_number":"SR71","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Dr. Julie Metzger Aubuchon upon receiving the Clifford Leadingham Award from the Kentucky Optometric Association.","description":"Honor Dr. Julie Metzger Aubuchon upon receiving the Clifford Leadingham Award from the Kentucky Optometric Association.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-12","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR71/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr71.html","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":1444311,"bill_number":"SR70","title":"A RESOLUTION urging county-level advocacy groups to review the compensation of county officials whose duties are not coextensive with the Commonwealth.","description":"Urge the associations representing county level elected officials whose duties are not coextensive with the Commonwealth to confer and report any identified compensation issues to the Interim Joint Committee on Local Government by November 1, 2021.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR70/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr70.html","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":1444313,"bill_number":"HB449","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":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-09","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB449/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb449.html","sponsor":"Sal Santoro"},
{"bill_id":1444314,"bill_number":"HR56","title":"A RESOLUTION in recognizing and expressing appreciation for the Kentucky Dental Association and Dental Life Network.","description":"Honor the Kentucky Dental Association and Dental Lifeline Network.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-29","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR56/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr56.html","sponsor":"Derek Lewis"},
{"bill_id":1444316,"bill_number":"HB428","title":"AN ACT relating to occupational license taxes.","description":"Amend KRS 68.197 to allow a person paying a county license fee and a city license fee in counties with a population of 100,000 or greater to credit the fees; allow cities and counties to enter an agreement relating to crediting occupational taxes in counties with a population of 100,000 or greater; allow existing agreements between cities and counties relating to the crediting of occupational license taxes to continue until the expiration date of the agreement, but prohibit renewal or extension of the agreement; require all county populations in the statute to be based upon the federal decennial census; make technical corrections; repeal KRS 68.199.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-09","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB428/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb428.html","sponsor":"Tom Smith"},
{"bill_id":1444318,"bill_number":"HJR57","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to establish a work group to assess the feasibility of implementing a bridge insurance program, to review current Temporary Assistance for Needy Families expenditures, and to consider opportunities for public-private partnerships to better meet the needs of public assistance beneficiaries.","description":"Direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to establish a work group to assess the feasibility of implementing a bridge insurance program, to review current Temporary Assistance for Needy Families expenditures, and to consider opportunities for public-private partnerships to better meet the needs of public assistance beneficiaries.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-25","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 128)","last_action_date":"2021-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR57/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hjr57.html","sponsor":"David Meade"},
{"bill_id":1444320,"bill_number":"SB215","title":"AN ACT relating to transportation.","description":"Amend KRS 174.020 and KRS 12.020 to establish the Secretary's Office of Safety within the Transportation Cabinet, Office of the Secretary; confirm Executive Order 2020-1027.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-04-05","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 186)","last_action_date":"2021-04-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB215/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb215.html","sponsor":"Brandon Storm"},
{"bill_id":1444322,"bill_number":"HB444","title":"AN ACT relating to licensed substance use disorder programs.","description":"Amend KRS 222.231 to require licensed substance use disorder programs providing residential treatment to obtain accreditation and American Society of Addiction Medice level of care certification in order; permit a 1-year extension from initial licensure application; require nonaccredited and certified programs that are licensed on the effective date of this Act to become accredited within 1 year.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-09","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB444/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb444.html","sponsor":"Patrick Flannery"},
{"bill_id":1444324,"bill_number":"SB216","title":"AN ACT relating to judicial circuits.","description":"Amend KRS 23A.040 (Effective January 2, 2023) to add a circuit judge to the Fifty-sixth Judicial Circuit; EFFECTIVE January 2, 2023.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-09","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB216/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb216.html","sponsor":"Jason Howell"},
{"bill_id":1444327,"bill_number":"SB204","title":"AN ACT relating to vehicle recyclers.","description":"Amend KRS 177.905, to change the definition of \"road\" to include only those highways which are a part of the national highway system, thereby limiting Transportation Cabinet regulation of automobile recyclers to only those facilities visible from roads that are part of the national highway system.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2021-03-05","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2021-03-29","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB204/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb204.html","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":1444329,"bill_number":"HB422","title":"AN ACT relating to workforce.","description":"Amend KRS 29A.160 to make language gender-neutral.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-09","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB422/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb422.html","sponsor":"Russell Webber"},
{"bill_id":1444330,"bill_number":"HB453","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization.","description":"Amend KRS 12.020 to create the Division of Tourism Development within the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet and to rename other divisions; amend KRS 148.522 and 146.525 to conform; confirm Executive Order 2020-993.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2021-03-02","last_action":"returned to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2021-03-12","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB453/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb453.html","sponsor":"Joshua Branscum"},
{"bill_id":1444332,"bill_number":"SR72","title":"A RESOLUTION designating the second Monday in October as \"Indigenous Peoples' Day\" to celebrate and honor indigenous peoples and their shared history and culture.","description":"Declare the second Monday of October to be \"Indigenous Peoples' Day.\"","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-02","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR72/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr72.html","sponsor":"Rick Girdler"},
{"bill_id":1444335,"bill_number":"SB219","title":"AN ACT relating to the judiciary.","description":"Amend KRS 452.485 to make the text gender-neutral.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB219/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb219.html","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":1444337,"bill_number":"HB416","title":"AN ACT creating a civil cause of action against social media Web sites.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 establishing that interactive computer services providing a social media Web site are subject to a private cause of action by a social media Web site user in this state under specified conditions; establish entitlement to damages, including the award of reasonable attorney's fees and possible punitive damages; provide exceptions for deleting or censoring certain speech.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-09","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB416/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb416.html","sponsor":"Joseph Fischer"},
{"bill_id":1444338,"bill_number":"HB435","title":"AN ACT relating to claims against an estate.","description":"Amend KRS 396.011 to change the statute of limitations for claims against an estate; repeal KRS 396.012.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-22","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 71)","last_action_date":"2021-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB435/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb435.html","sponsor":"Ed Massey"},
{"bill_id":1444340,"bill_number":"HB452","title":"AN ACT relating to the COVID-19 pandemic and declaring an emergency.","description":"Require school districts to reopen when 80% of certified personnel and 80% of classified personnel are vaccinated for COVID-19; establish public reporting requirements for the school personnel vaccination rate; provide that an action may be filed against the local school district due to a violation of the section's requirements; prohibit mask wearing requirements in the Commonwealth related to COVID-19 once 70% of the adult population is vaccinated; provide that the Act shall expire on February 29, 2024; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-09","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB452/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb452.html","sponsor":"Felicia Rabourn"},
{"bill_id":1444343,"bill_number":"SB190","title":"AN ACT relating to internet privacy.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to define \"connected device,\" \"cookies,\" \"express consent,\" \"first-party operator,\" and \"third-party operator;\" prohibit first and third-party Web site operators from collecting, using, storing, or sharing the data obtained from a connected device without the Web site user's express consent; amend KRS 367.990 to create a penalty enforceable by the Attorney General.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB190/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb190.html","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":1444345,"bill_number":"SB50","title":"AN ACT relating to elections.","description":"Amend KRS 39A.100 to remove the ability of the Governor to declare the manner of voting during an emergency, and remove the ability of the Governor and the Secretary of State to establish procedures for voting during an emergency.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB50/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb50.html","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":1444347,"bill_number":"HB455","title":"AN ACT relating to child welfare investigations.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 605 to establish protections for persons making a report relating to a child in out-of-home placement to the Office of the Ombudsman and Administrative Review within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services that a violation of KRS Chapters 600 to 645 has occurred.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB455/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb455.html","sponsor":"David Meade"},
{"bill_id":1444349,"bill_number":"SR76","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Mason County Judge/Executive Joseph Patrick Pfeffer.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Mason County Judge/Executive Joseph Patrick Pfeffer.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-02-24","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR76/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr76.html","sponsor":"Steve West"},
{"bill_id":1444351,"bill_number":"HB439","title":"AN ACT relating to vision testing for motor vehicle operators and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 186.577 to require vision testing for operator's license renewal; allow vision testing to be performed at the time of application; allow an applicant to submit a form attesting that they have submitted to a vision test less than 12 months from the application date; require that any vision testing form submitted shall be signed by an optometrist, osteopath, physician, or advanced practice registered nurse; direct the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations; allows the Transportation Cabinet to assess a fee for administering on-site vision testing; require that any funds received from the fee assessed by the cabinet for vision testing, be deposited into the photo license account; amend KRS 186.480 and KRS 174.056 to conform; EFFECTIVE, July 1, 2024; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-25","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 126)","last_action_date":"2021-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB439/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb439.html","sponsor":"Kimberly Moser"},
{"bill_id":1444353,"bill_number":"SB183","title":"AN ACT relating to banking.","description":"Amend KRS 286.3-380 to include gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB183/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb183.html","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":1444354,"bill_number":"HB421","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization.","description":"Amend KRS 42.0147 to delete the Division of Special Investigations; amend KRS 42.0171 to create the Office of Budget and Fiscal Management in the Office of Administrative Services, which consists of the Division of Budget and the Division of Fiscal Management, delete the Division of Support Services, and provide that the Divisions of Human Resources, Postal Services, and Fleet Management report to the executive director of the Office of Administrative Services; amend KRS 42.724 to delete the Offices of Project Management, Field Services, and KY Business One Stop, rename the Office of IT Services and Delivery the Office of Infrastructure Services, rename the Office of IT Architecture and Governance the Office of Architecture and Governance, rename the Division of Enterprise Portfolios the Division of Enterprise Solutions, rename the Division of Applications the Division of Mainframe Services, rename the Division of Support Services the Division of Geographic Information Systems, rename the Division of Enterprise Governance the Division of Governance and Strategy, create the Office of Client Support Services consisting of the Division of Field Services and the Division of Support Services; amend KRS 131.020 to create the Special Investigations Division and the Division of Information Management in the Office of the Commissioner, rename the Office of Processing and Enforcement the Office of Registration and Operations, delete the Division of Collections and the Division of Application Development and Support, rename the Division of Registration and Data Integrity the Division of Registration, and create the Office of Enforcement; amend KRS 42.650, 42.738, 42.742, 42.744, and 116.200 to conform; confirm Executive Order No. 2020-0994, dated November 25, 2020.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-23","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 81)","last_action_date":"2021-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB421/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb421.html","sponsor":"James Tipton"},
{"bill_id":1444356,"bill_number":"HB411","title":"AN ACT proposing to amend Section 147 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to early voting.","description":"Propose to amend Section 147 of the Constitution of Kentucky to allow any person who requests to vote early be permitted to vote without a prescribed excuse, in a manner provided by law, and eliminate the early voting excuse requirement that a person be absent from the county of his or her legal residence, or from the state; ballot language provided; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-09","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB411/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb411.html","sponsor":"Pamela Stevenson"},
{"bill_id":1444360,"bill_number":"HB409","title":"AN ACT proposing to amend Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to persons entitled to vote.","description":"Propose to amend Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky by replacing the language that prohibits idiots and insane persons from voting with contemporary language that instead prohibits persons from voting who are adjudicated to be mentally incompetent by a court of competent jurisdiction and such adjudication has not been set aside; ballot language provided; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-09","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB409/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb409.html","sponsor":"Pamela Stevenson"},
{"bill_id":1444362,"bill_number":"SB196","title":"AN ACT relating to transportation.","description":"Amend KRS 189.010 to define \"Cabinet\" as the Transportation Cabinet.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB196/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb196.html","sponsor":"Mike Wilson"},
{"bill_id":1444363,"bill_number":"SB192","title":"AN ACT relating to military affairs.","description":"Amend KRS 36.230 to include gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB192/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb192.html","sponsor":"C.B. Embry"},
{"bill_id":1444365,"bill_number":"HB436","title":"AN ACT relating to the Teachers' Retirement System board of trustees.","description":"Amend KRS 161.250 to provide that the TRS board of trustees shall not be subject to reorganization by a Governor.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-09","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB436/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb436.html","sponsor":"Ed Massey"},
{"bill_id":1444367,"bill_number":"HB441","title":"AN ACT related to dementia services.","description":"Amend KRS 194A.600 to rename the Office on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders to the Office of Dementia Services; amend KRS 194A.601 related to the duties and functions of the Office of Dementia Services; amend KRS 194A.603 related to the membership and duties of the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Advisory Council.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB441/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb441.html","sponsor":"Kimberly Moser"},
{"bill_id":1444369,"bill_number":"SB217","title":"AN ACT relating to hemp.","description":"Amend KRS 260.858 to allow a person over 21 years of age to possess hemp leaf or floral material that has been certified by the Department of Agriculture; authorize the Department of Agriculture to promulgate administrative regulations for a hemp leaf and floral material certification process and labeling requirements for certified hemp leaf and floral material.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-09","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB217/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb217.html","sponsor":"Adrienne Southworth"},
{"bill_id":1444371,"bill_number":"SB207","title":"AN ACT relating to insurance.","description":"Amend KRS 304.5-150 to include gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB207/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb207.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1444373,"bill_number":"SB218","title":"AN ACT relating to natural resources.","description":"Amend KRS 350.028 to make gender-neutral.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Natural Resources & Energy (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"Natural Resources and Energy","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB218/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb218.html","sponsor":"David Givens"},
{"bill_id":1444376,"bill_number":"SB209","title":"AN ACT relating to judicial districts and circuits.","description":"Amend KRS 23A.040 (Effective January 2, 2023) to add a circuit judge to the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit; amend 24A.050 to remove a district judge from the Fifteenth Judicial District; specify election schedule for new judgeship; request that the additional circuit court judgeship be designated as a family court judgeship; request that the division removed from the Fifteenth District should be Division Two; Sections 1 to 2 EFFECTIVE January 2, 2023.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-09","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB209/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb209.html","sponsor":"Adrienne Southworth"},
{"bill_id":1444378,"bill_number":"HB420","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; clarify that only private attorneys appointed to represent those alleged to be mentally ill shall receive a representation fee; provide that guardians ad litems and court-appointed counsel appointed to represent minors and disabled adults in guardianship or conservatorship hearings receive a reasonable fee; specify that if the respondent is indigent, the attorney shall receive a fee not to exceed $500; clarify that attorneys appointed in a DVO or IPO proceeding to represent a minor or an adult who is incarcerated shall be paid by the Finance and Administration Cabinet; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2021-03-04","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2021-03-05","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB420/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb420.html","sponsor":"Daniel Elliott"},
{"bill_id":1444379,"bill_number":"HB434","title":"AN ACT relating to trespass.","description":"Amend KRS 511.070 to allow notice of trespass to be given through the placement of identifying purple paint marks on property; require any owner or lessee who marks his or her real property in such a manner to also provide clear written notice forbidding entry.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-09","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB434/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb434.html","sponsor":"Steve Riley"},
{"bill_id":1444381,"bill_number":"SB198","title":"AN ACT relating to education.","description":"Amend KRS 156.690 to insert gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB198/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb198.html","sponsor":"Mike Wilson"},
{"bill_id":1444384,"bill_number":"SB205","title":"AN ACT relating to animal control officers and making an appropriation therefor.","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, 2022: APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Agriculture (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"Agriculture","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB205/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb205.html","sponsor":"Robin Webb"},
{"bill_id":1444386,"bill_number":"SR79","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Thomas G. Polites as an administrative law judge in the Department of Workers' Claims.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Thomas G. Polites as administrative law judge for the Department of Workers' Claims for a term expiring on July 14, 2024.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR79/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr79.html","sponsor":"Phillip Wheeler"},
{"bill_id":1444387,"bill_number":"HB429","title":"AN ACT relating to administrative regulations.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 13A to be numbered as KRS 13A.215 to permit administrative bodies to use an administrative regulation management application meeting specified criteria; revise KRS 13A.040 to address technical corrections to administrative regulations; amend KRS 13A.3104 to require an agency to review and file a certification letter in the year prior to an administrative regulation's expiration date; 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) and allow EAARS to request the same professional and clerical support as ARRS, add a special procedure for EAARS review, grant EAARS the same powers as other legislative committees reviewing administrative regulations with subject matter jurisdiction.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-25","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 125)","last_action_date":"2021-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB429/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb429.html","sponsor":"Randy Bridges"},
{"bill_id":1444390,"bill_number":"SB193","title":"AN ACT relating to veterans.","description":"Amend KRS 148.0211 to make the language contained therein gender-neutral.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB193/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb193.html","sponsor":"C.B. Embry"},
{"bill_id":1444392,"bill_number":"HB432","title":"AN ACT relating to governmental immunity.","description":"Amend KRS 39A.280 to delete the restriction on governmental immunity when the governmental agency has insurance.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2021-03-01","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB432/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb432.html","sponsor":"Savannah Maddox"},
{"bill_id":1444394,"bill_number":"HR58","title":"A RESOLUTION designating the second Monday in October as \"Indigenous Peoples' Day\" to celebrate and honor indigenous peoples and their shared history and culture.","description":"Declare the second Monday of October to be \"Indigenous Peoples' Day.\"","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-12","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR58/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr58.html","sponsor":"David Meade"},
{"bill_id":1444395,"bill_number":"HB426","title":"AN ACT relating to charitable health care providers.","description":"Amend KRS 216.940 to expand definition of \"charitable health care provider\"; amend KRS 304.40-075 to conform; make technical corrections.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-09","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB426/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb426.html","sponsor":"Cherlynn Stevenson"},
{"bill_id":1444398,"bill_number":"HB404","title":"AN ACT relating to child support.","description":"Amend KRS 403.211 to increase the amount of an extraordinary medical expense from $100 to $250; amend KRS 403.212 to update the child support guidelines table and a self-support reserve; establish guidelines for imputation of income; create a new section of KRS Chapter 403 to establish adjustments to a child support obligation based upon parenting time; amend KRS 406.031 to decrease the time liability for child support shall attach in a paternity action from 4 years to 2 years; amend KRS 620.090 to establish an action for child support when a court issues a temporary order for child custody; amend KRS 403.160 and 620.230 to conform; Section 3 EFFECTIVE March 1, 2022.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-19","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 47)","last_action_date":"2021-03-19","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB404/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb404.html","sponsor":"Ed Massey"},
{"bill_id":1444400,"bill_number":"SB199","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":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Agriculture (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"Agriculture","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB199/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb199.html","sponsor":"Paul Hornback"},
{"bill_id":1444402,"bill_number":"SB213","title":"AN ACT relating to executive orders and declaring an emergency.","description":"Invalidate Executive Order 2020-0215 relating to the declaration of emergency in response to the novel coronavirus; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-09","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB213/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb213.html","sponsor":"Adrienne Southworth"},
{"bill_id":1444403,"bill_number":"SB201","title":"AN ACT relating to open records.","description":"Amend KRS 61.880 to allow persons to complain to the Attorney General if the person feels that the intent of the open records law has been subverted by an agency by delaying past the three day time period for answering an open records request, or by excessive extensions of time.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-03-04","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-03-04","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB201/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb201.html","sponsor":"Adrienne Southworth"},
{"bill_id":1444406,"bill_number":"SB203","title":"AN ACT relating to transportation.","description":"Amend KRS 189.010 to define \"Cabinet\" as the Transportation Cabinet.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB203/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb203.html","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":1444409,"bill_number":"HB442","title":"AN ACT relating to the payment of insurance premiums and cost sharing on behalf of an insured.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 17A, KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to accept, and count towards the insured's contributions, premium and cost-sharing payments made on behalf of an insured from state or federal government programs, Indian or tribal organizations, and certain tax-exempt organizations; permit insurers to accept, and count towards the insured's contributions, premium and cost-sharing payments made on behalf of an insured from other persons; provide exception for Health Savings Account-qualified High Deductible Health Plans; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2022.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB442/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb442.html","sponsor":"Kimberly Moser"},
{"bill_id":1444411,"bill_number":"HB414","title":"AN ACT relating to cemeteries.","description":"Amend KRS 381.697 to require a city's governing authority to mandate the proper care of a burial ground.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-09","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB414/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb414.html","sponsor":"Pamela Stevenson"},
{"bill_id":1444412,"bill_number":"HB456","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganizations.","description":"Amend KRS12.027 to make a technical correction.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2021-02-24","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB456/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb456.html","sponsor":"David Meade"},
{"bill_id":1444414,"bill_number":"HB419","title":"AN ACT relating to physician assistants.","description":"Amend KRS 311.844 to correct the minimum hours of approved continuing education needed to prescribe and administer specific controlled substances.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-22","last_action":"signed by Governor Acts Ch. 70)","last_action_date":"2021-03-22","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB419/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb419.html","sponsor":"Daniel Elliott"},
{"bill_id":1444416,"bill_number":"HB457","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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-09","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB457/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb457.html","sponsor":"George Brown"},
{"bill_id":1444418,"bill_number":"SB184","title":"AN ACT relating to economic development.","description":"Amend KRS 154.10-020 to include gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-09","last_action":"to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB184/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb184.html","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":1444419,"bill_number":"HB438","title":"AN ACT relating to Medicaid provider credentialing.","description":"Amend KRS 205.532 to amend the definition of \"credentialing verification organization;\" delete the definition of \"request for proposals;\" delete the requirement that the Department for Medicaid Services contract with a credentialing verification organization; permit Medicaid managed care organizations to participate in a credentialing alliance; require the department to recognize credentialing alliances; establish duties of a credentialing alliance; require the department to discontinue contracts with any credentialing verification organizations if more than fifty percent of Medicaid managed care organizations join a credentialing alliance on or before December 31, 2021; require the department to give significant weight to the timeliness of credentialing when evaluating managed care organization's' responses to request for proposals.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 97)","last_action_date":"2021-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB438/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb438.html","sponsor":"Ken Fleming"},
{"bill_id":1446941,"bill_number":"SB228","title":"AN ACT relating to a vacancy in Congress.","description":"Amend KRS 63.200 to change the procedure for filling a vacancy in the office of United States Senator; amend KRS 118. 740 and 118.770 to conform.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2021-03-29","last_action":"delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 154)","last_action_date":"2021-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB228/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb228.html","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":1446944,"bill_number":"HB465","title":"AN ACT relating to the acquisition by utilities of assets used to provide water or sewer utility service.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 278 to define \"asset acquisition price,\" \"accumulated depreciation,\" \"net original cost,\" and \"water or sewer system\"; establish the criteria by which the Public Service Commission determines for ratemaking purposes the value of an asset acquired by a utility that is used to provide water or sewer service; allow a utility that has entered into an agreement to acquire water or sewer utility assets to apply to the Public Service Commission for an order declaring the value of the acquired assets for ratemaking purposes; allow the acquiring utility to seek an order declaring the value of the acquired water or sewer utility assets as part of its first application for a change in base rates following the acquisition of the assets; require the acquiring utility to provide notice of its application for a declaratory order to the local governing bodies where the water or sewer system to be acquired is located or where it provides service and to the customers of the acquired systems if required by the governing documents of the acquired systems; require the acquiring utility to post on its Web site additional information to educate and inform the public and all affected customers of the acquisition; provide that the Public Service Commission consider intervention requests made under the section in accordance with the commission's administrative regulations addressing intervention generally; allow the acquiring utility as part of any application for a change in base rates following the acquisition of water or sewer utility assets to propose to unify the rate structure of the acquired system with its remaining customer base.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-04-06","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 191)","last_action_date":"2021-04-06","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB465/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb465.html","sponsor":"Adam Koenig"},
{"bill_id":1446946,"bill_number":"HB474","title":"AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 117 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to judicial elections.","description":"Propose to amend Section 117 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to the election of judges on a partisan rather than a nonpartisan basis; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-10","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2021-02-24","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB474/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb474.html","sponsor":"Myron Dossett"},
{"bill_id":1446949,"bill_number":"HB482","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization.","description":"Amend KRS 12.020 to create the Office of Information Technology within the Public Protection Cabinet and to rename divisions under the Department of Insurance; amend KRS 304.2-020 to conform; confirm Executive Orders 2020-821 and 2020-1028.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2021-03-03","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (S)","last_action_date":"2021-03-04","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB482/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb482.html","sponsor":"Chris Freeland"},
{"bill_id":1446951,"bill_number":"HB472","title":"AN ACT relating to child abuse and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 500.050 to extend the criminal statute of limitations for misdemeanor sex offenses against minors from 5 to 10 years; amend KRS 413.249, relating to civil actions arising from childhood sexual assault or abuse, to apply to direct perpetrators as well as third-party individuals or corporate entities who may be criminally liable for the criminal act of those perpetrators; specify that the amendments enacted in 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 114, sec. 2 shall be applied retroactively to actions accruing before that Act's effective date of June 29, 2017; create a new section of KRS Chapter 413 to state legislative findings and declarations; provide for severability; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-23","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 89)","last_action_date":"2021-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB472/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb472.html","sponsor":"Lynn Bechler"},
{"bill_id":1446954,"bill_number":"HB494","title":"AN ACT relating to the private motor vehicle rentals and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 281.010 to define the terms \"private motor vehicle\" or \"PMV,\" \"vehicle rental transaction,\" \"private vehicle rental\" or \"PVR,\" \"private vehicle rental program\" or \"PVRP,\" \"private vehicle rental program provider\" or \"program provider,\" \"private vehicle rental owner\" or \"PVR owner,\" \"private vehicle renter\" or \"renter,\" \"program rental period\" or \"rental period,\" and \"group policy\"; include a private vehicle rental program provider under the definition of a U-Drive-It; create a new section of KRS Chapter 281 to outline standards for a private vehicle rental program; create new sections of Subtitle 20 of KRS Chapter 304 to set forth insurance requirements for program providers for private motor vehicles during the rental period; create a new section of Subtitle 39 of KRS Chapter 304 to clarify the group policy issued to program providers will meet the minimum insurance requirements for a motor vehicle; amend KRS 281.630 to require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations on the operation of U-Drive-Its, including private vehicle rental program providers; amend KRS 281.655 to clarify that the group policy issued to program providers satisfies the minimum insurance requirements under KRS Chapter 281; create a new section of KRS Chapter 281 to allow electronic notifications; amend KRS 68.200 to subject private vehicle rental program providers to any motor vehicle rental license fee charged by a county, urban-county, or consolidated local government; create a new section of KRS Chapter 138 to impose a six percent transaction fee on vehicle rental transactions of private vehicle rental program providers; amend KRS 138.463 to exclude private vehicle rental program providers from collecting the usage tax on each vehicle rental transaction; repeal KRS 186.630; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"House Floor Calendar","status_date":"2021-02-10","last_action":"floor amendments (1), (2) and (3-title) filed","last_action_date":"2021-02-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB494/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb494.html","sponsor":"Myron Dossett"},
{"bill_id":1446956,"bill_number":"HB499","title":"AN ACT relating to Medicaid reimbursement rates.","description":"Direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to increase Medicaid reimbursement rates by 10%; require at least 75% of the rate increase to be used by providers to increase wages for hourly-wage staff; require the cabinet to provide the Legislative Research Commission with an analysis of wage increase by October 1, 2024; require the cabinet or Department for Medicaid Services to seek federal authorization for a waiver if necessary.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-10","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB499/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb499.html","sponsor":"Josie Raymond"},
{"bill_id":1446959,"bill_number":"HB479","title":"AN ACT relating to legal actions involving the Commonwealth of Kentucky and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 15.020 to authorize the Attorney General to bring an action regarding the constitutionality of statutes, regulations, and orders; establish venue; amend KRS 15.060 to authorize assistance from other areas of state government regarding investigations and prosecutions of various matters; amend KRS 15.113 to identify additional illegal or fraudulent activity under the investigative authority of the Attorney General; amend KRS 15.240 to expand the statutes under which the Attorney General can initiate an action or intervene in an action; amend KRS 342.760 and 342.765 to transfer the legal representation and reporting requirements regarding the uninsured employers fund from the Attorney General to the Labor Cabinet; amend KRS 446.350 to establish a waiver of sovereign immunity under limited situations; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-10","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2021-03-11","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB479/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb479.html","sponsor":"John Blanton"},
{"bill_id":1446961,"bill_number":"HB491","title":"AN ACT relating to elections.","description":"Amend KRS 424.290 to make a technical correction.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-10","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB491/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb491.html","sponsor":"Kevin Bratcher"},
{"bill_id":1446964,"bill_number":"SB223","title":"AN ACT relating to pretrial release.","description":"Amend KRS 431.066 and 431.520 to require that conditions of pretrial release for a person released on an unsecured bond be the least restrictive to reasonably mitigate the risk of flight or danger to others.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2021-02-10","last_action":"floor amendment (1) filed","last_action_date":"2021-02-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB223/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb223.html","sponsor":"Brandon Storm"},
{"bill_id":1446966,"bill_number":"SB224","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":"2021-02-10","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-11","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB224/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb224.html","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":1446969,"bill_number":"SB227","title":"AN ACT relating to Capitol campus security.","description":"Amend KRS 6.420 to require the Department of Kentucky State Police to brief the leadership of the General Assembly and the Legislative Research Commission on security matters relating to the Capitol campus.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-25","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 139)","last_action_date":"2021-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB227/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb227.html","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":1446972,"bill_number":"SB220","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization.","description":"Amend KRS 168.030 to create within the Kentucky Educational Television Authority the Content Division, the Policy and Compliance Division, the Finance Division, the Production Division, the Technology and Operations Division, and the Marketing Division, and abolish the Operations Division; confirm Executive Order No. 2020-1042, dated December 21, 2020.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-10","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-11","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB220/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb220.html","sponsor":"Mike Nemes"},
{"bill_id":1446974,"bill_number":"HB492","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 expand the rights of foster parents in court proceedings and 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, 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; amend KRS 625.060 related to a foster parent's standing in a court case; amend KRS 194A.030 related to the duties and reporting of the Office of the Ombudsman and Administrative Review within the Office of the Secretary within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-04-05","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 180)","last_action_date":"2021-04-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB492/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb492.html","sponsor":"David Meade"},
{"bill_id":1446977,"bill_number":"HB486","title":"AN ACT relating to peace officer training.","description":"Amend KRS 15.334 to require law enforcement training on the link between animal abuse and interpersonal violence.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-10","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB486/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb486.html","sponsor":"Tina Bojanowski"},
{"bill_id":1446979,"bill_number":"SB230","title":"AN ACT relating to background 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 state and national criminal background checks to youth-serving organizations.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-10","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-11","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB230/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb230.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1446982,"bill_number":"HB480","title":"AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to time in office for elected officials.","description":"Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to prohibit persons elected to public office from serving more than twenty consecutive years for the same public office, regardless of the terms permitted; if a person elected reaches twenty years in the middle of a term, he or she may finish that term, but once twenty years is attained, the official may only run again for that office if he or she is not a candidate for the following subsequent term; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-10","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB480/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb480.html","sponsor":"Patrick Flannery"},
{"bill_id":1446984,"bill_number":"HB461","title":"AN ACT relating to the regulation of cannabis and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Establish KRS Chapter 245 and create new sections thereof to define terms, including \"cannabis accessory\", \"cannabis product\", \"immature cannabis plant\", and \"mature cannabis plant\"; require cannabis to be tracked from seed to consumer; establish license types, application fees, and license fees; specify allowed transactions for each license type; 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; set forth an applicant scoring system; establish parameters for social equity applicant and disproportionately impacted areas; 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 agency's revolving trust and agency account and the criminal justice reinvestment fund; establish minimum age of 21 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 five percent 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 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 and require Department of Agriculture to review regulations for cultivators prior to filing; 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 to cultivate under their license; 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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-10","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB461/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb461.html","sponsor":"Nima Kulkarni"},
{"bill_id":1446987,"bill_number":"HB463","title":"AN ACT relating to firearms.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to allow law enforcement officers to petition a court to issue extreme risk protection orders when a respondent poses a present danger of causing serious physical injury to themselves or others through purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm; establish procedures for the filing, review, hearing, termination, or renewal of the petition and orders; provide court processes and evidentiary standards; allow entry of the orders into law enforcement systems; prescribe issuance and service procedures for resulting protection orders; establish procedures for the surrender, storage, transfer, and return of firearms; establish penalties; create new sections of KRS Chapter 16 to direct the Kentucky State Police to establish the Kentucky Voluntary No Sell Firearms List to prohibit the possession, sale, or transfer of firearms to individuals who voluntarily request to be added the list; prescribe procedures for application for entry and removal from the list; establish penalties; amend KRS 16.220 to direct proceeds of an auctioned firearm confiscated pursuant to a protective order to go to the firearm owner; amend KRS 237.110 to exclude persons subject to protection order from eligibility for license to carry a concealed weapon; amend KRS 431.015 to allow warrantless arrest for violation of protection order; amend 431.076 to allow expungement of records of dismissed petitions.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-10","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB463/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb463.html","sponsor":"Lisa Willner"},
{"bill_id":1446989,"bill_number":"HB459","title":"AN ACT relating to transportation.","description":"Amend KRS 189.010 to define \"Cabinet\" as the Transportation Cabinet.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-10","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2021-03-11","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB459/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb459.html","sponsor":"Ken Upchurch"},
{"bill_id":1446992,"bill_number":"SB221","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization.","description":"Amend KRS 12.020 to change the name of the Office of Career Development and create the Division of Technical Assistance within the Department of Workforce Investment; amend KRS 151B.020 to change the name of the Office of Career Development and create the Division of Technical Assistance; amend KRS 200.700 to change the Early Childhood Advisory Board from the Office of the Governor to the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet; confirm Executive Order 2020-529.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-24","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 99)","last_action_date":"2021-03-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB221/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb221.html","sponsor":"Mike Nemes"},
{"bill_id":1446994,"bill_number":"HR59","title":"A RESOLUTION affirming support for services and providers addressing the domestic violence, sexual violence, and child abuse public health crisis.","description":"Affirm support for services and providers addressing the domestic violence, sexual violence, and child abuse public health crisis.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-29","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR59/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr59.html","sponsor":"Nancy Tate"},
{"bill_id":1446997,"bill_number":"SB231","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":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-25","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 140)","last_action_date":"2021-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB231/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb231.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1447001,"bill_number":"SB240","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 2042, 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; ballot language provided; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-02-10","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB240/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb240.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1447003,"bill_number":"SB234","title":"AN ACT relating to Medicare supplement insurance.","description":"For Medicare supplement policies, amend KRS 304.14-520 to prohibit an insurer from denying, or conditioning the effectiveness of, a 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":"2021-02-10","last_action":"to Banking & Insurance (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-11","committee":"Banking and Insurance","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB234/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb234.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1447006,"bill_number":"HB489","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, 2021, but before January 1, 2025, 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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-10","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB489/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb489.html","sponsor":"Jason Nemes"},
{"bill_id":1447008,"bill_number":"SR82","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring the Kentucky Colon Cancer Screening Program and recognizing March 5, 2021, as Dress in Blue Day.","description":"Honor the Kentucky Colon Cancer Screening Program and recognize March 5, 2021, as Dress in Blue Day.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-04","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR82/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr82.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1447011,"bill_number":"HB481","title":"AN ACT relating to pari-mutuel wagering and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 11A.010 to include the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission and its employees in the definition of \"officer\"; amend KRS 230.210 to define \"licensed premises,\" \"pari-mutuel wagering,\" and redefine \"track\"; amend KRS 230.230 to subject members of the racing commission to KRS 11A.010; amend KRS 230.361 to restrict wagering at simulcast facilities to pari-mutuel wagering on simulcasting; amend KRS 138.510 to add additional tax on historical horse racing; amend KRS 138.511 to define \"gross commission\"; amend KRS 138.530 to require the weekly reporting of gross commission; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-10","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB481/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb481.html","sponsor":"Lisa Willner"},
{"bill_id":1447013,"bill_number":"HB477","title":"AN ACT relating to parental consent for transgender healthcare services.","description":"Amend KRS 214.185 to prohibit administering transgender healthcare services on a minor patient without the written consent of the parent or guardian.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-10","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB477/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb477.html","sponsor":"Melinda Prunty"},
{"bill_id":1447016,"bill_number":"SR81","title":"A RESOLUTION celebrating Black History Month and honoring keynote speaker of the annual Black History Celebration, Georgia State Representative Billy Mitchell.","description":"Celebrate Black History Month and honor keynote speaker of the annual Black History Celebration, Georgia State Representative Billy Mitchell.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-02-10","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR81/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr81.html","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":1447018,"bill_number":"SB235","title":"AN ACT relating to contracts.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 336 to define \"covenant not to compete\" and \"low-wage employee\"; provide that an employer shall not require a low-wage employee to enter into a covenant not to compete; set forth civil remedy, damages that can be recovered, and limitations to bring claim; provide that the provisions of the Act must be posted by the employer; indicate that an employer shall not retaliate against and employee for bringing a civil action under this Act; provide that the Act applies to covenants not to compete entered into after the effective date of the Act; amend KRS 336.990 to provide civil penalties.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-10","last_action":"to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-11","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB235/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb235.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1447021,"bill_number":"HB485","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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-10","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB485/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb485.html","sponsor":"Patrick Flannery"},
{"bill_id":1447023,"bill_number":"SR80","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Peter J. Naake as an administrative law judge in the Department of Workers' Claims.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Peter J. Naake as administrative law judge for the Department of Workers' Claims for a term expiring on July 14, 2024.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-02-10","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR80/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr80.html","sponsor":"Phillip Wheeler"},
{"bill_id":1447026,"bill_number":"HB496","title":"AN ACT relating to highway work zones and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to define the terms \"automated speed enforcement,\" \"owner,\" and \"recorded images\"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to allow the Transportation Cabinet to establish a program for automated speed enforcement in highway work zones; allow the Transportation Cabinet to issue a civil citation to an operator of a motor vehicle traveling more than 10 miles per hour over the posted speed limit; establish procedures for citation issuance; direct the Transportation Cabinet to install signage and to promulgate administrative regulations to implement the provisions of this Act; create a new section of KRS 189 to establish civil fines for violations issued by the automated speed enforcement program; specify that all fines and penalties assessed be deposited into the automated speed enforcement fund; require the Transportation Cabinet to annually report to the General Assembly the status of the automated speed enforcement program; create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to establish the automated speed enforcement fund; specify that moneys collected be used to defray the costs of administering the automated speed enforcement program; specify that any moneys collected in excess of program costs be deposited into the highway work zone safety fund and used for the purposes of that fund; provide that provisions sunset after June 30, 2025, unless the General Assembly takes further action; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-10","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB496/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb496.html","sponsor":"John Blanton"},
{"bill_id":1447030,"bill_number":"HB467","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 direct license fees to the cannabis development 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 cannabis development 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; require signs in retail locations regarding minors and the US Surgeon General's statement on cannabis, and create cannabis development fund, cannabis development board, and establish cannabis development fund oversight committee; 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; amend KRS 139.200 to set retail tax rate for cannabis at 15% and amend KRS 139.260, 139.310, and 139.470 to conform; amend KRS 139.240 and 139.250 to require a permit for retailer from Department of Revenue; 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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-10","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB467/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb467.html","sponsor":"Rachel Roberts"},
{"bill_id":1447032,"bill_number":"HB488","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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-10","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB488/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb488.html","sponsor":"Jason Nemes"},
{"bill_id":1447035,"bill_number":"HB464","title":"AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to persons entitled to vote.","description":"Propose to amend Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky to allow persons convicted of certain felonies the right to vote; ballot language included; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-10","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB464/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb464.html","sponsor":"George Brown"},
{"bill_id":1447037,"bill_number":"HB500","title":"AN ACT relating to workers' compensation for first responders.","description":"Amend KRS 342.0011 to clarify definition of \"injury\" to include psychological injuries for certain employees; create a new section of KRS Chapter 342 to set out when the psychological injuries are valid workers' compensation claims when no physical injury exists.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-10","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB500/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb500.html","sponsor":"Joni Jenkins"},
{"bill_id":1447040,"bill_number":"HB460","title":"AN ACT relating to abortion and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 311.732, relating to performance of an abortion upon a minor, to require the informed written consent of a parent or legal guardian to include a copy of that parent's or legal guardian's government-issued identification, and to include specific language; require the physician to keep a copy of the informed written consent for at least 7 years; require the physician to execute an affidavit; require additional criteria and standards for when a court determines whether to allow a minor to self-consent to an abortion; require the court hearing to remain confidential and be held in a private, informal setting within the courthouse; require, in the case of a medical emergency, for the physician to notify the parent or legal guardian within 24 hours of the abortion; amend KRS 311.595 to allow the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure to suspend or revoke the license of any physician for violations; amend KRS 311.990 to establish criminal penalties for violations; establish penalties for a person who violates Section 5 to 11 of this Act; amend KRS 213.101 to expand the statistical reporting system for abortions; require the Vital Statistics Branch report to include verification of compliance with the certification requirement of KRS 311.727; specify that the Inspector General, Cabinet for Health and Family Services, audit of the required reporting; prohibit the audit from including personally identifying information of any pregnant woman upon whom an abortion was performed or attempted; specify that any personally identifying information viewed or recorded by the Inspector General in conducting the audit is not subject to the Open Records Act; require an annual report to be submitted including findings from the audit and abortion facility inspections to the General Assembly and the Attorney General; require an annual in-person report to be presented to the Interim Joint Committee on Health, Welfare, and Family Services; create new sections of KRS 311.710 to 311.820 to define terms; prohibit abortion-inducing drugs from being provided outside of required procedures or by courier, delivery, or mail service; establish requirements for qualified physician providing abortion-inducing drugs; require informed consent by patient for being provided abortion-inducing drugs; list requirements for informed consent form; require each abortion-inducing drug provided to be reported to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services on a report form; list requirements for report form; require report to the cabinet of treatment for adverse event or complication related to a drug-induced abortion; list requirements for report; prohibit provisions from being construed as creating or recognizing a right to abortion, making lawful an abortion that is otherwise unlawful, or overriding any existing laws; prohibit the provision of abortion-inducing drugs in any school facility or on state grounds; provide additional remedies to comply with Sections 5 to 11; create new sections of KRS Chapter 213 to require the cabinet to publish information about the potential ability to reverse the effects of abortion-inducing drugs; require the cabinet to create and distribute the consent forms and reporting forms for abortion-inducing drugs; require the cabinet to keep reported data confidential; require the cabinet to communicate reporting requirements to required reporters; create new sections of KRS Chapter 315 to require the Board of Pharmacy to create a certification program for the distribution of abortion-inducing drugs; require physicians, manufacturers, and distributors to be certified; establish requirements for certification; require the board to enforce certification requirements; require the board to develop a complaint portal for violations and review complaints; amend KRS 213.081 to include fetal remains, but to prohibit simultaneous cremations of fetal remains; amend KRS 213.096 to include abortions on the combination birth-death certificate; create a new section of KRS 311.710 to 311.820 to define \"fetal remains,\" require within 24 hours before a surgical or chemical abortion the health care facility or abortion clinic to inform the parents both orally and in writing of their rights to determine the final disposition of the fetal remains; if a chemically induced abortion, inform the mother she may expect to expel a fetus after leaving the facility and she may return the remains to the facility for final disposition; require the parents to inform the facility of their choice for the disposition of the fetal remains; amend KRS 367.97501 to exclude fetal remains from the definition of “pathological waste”; 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; create new sections of KRS 311.710 to 311.820 to require reporting to the cabinet information about complications, medical treatment, or death related to an abortion; permit the General Assembly to appoint members who sponsored or cosponsored this Act to intervene in any case to which the constitutionality is challenged; require provisions of this Act to be severable; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-10","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB460/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb460.html","sponsor":"Nancy Tate"},
{"bill_id":1447042,"bill_number":"SB236","title":"AN ACT relating 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":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-19","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 53)","last_action_date":"2021-03-19","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB236/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb236.html","sponsor":"Jason Howell"},
{"bill_id":1447045,"bill_number":"HB483","title":"AN ACT relating to the investment of funds by the Kentucky Retirement Systems' and County Employees Retirement System's boards of trustees.","description":"Amend KRS 16.642, 61.650, and 78.790 to limit the amount of assets that the boards of trustees may invest in alternative investments to not more than 25 percent of the assets in the pension and insurance funds of the State Police Retirement System, the Kentucky Employees Retirement System, and the County Employees Retirement System, respectively.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-10","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB483/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb483.html","sponsor":"Daniel Elliott"},
{"bill_id":1447047,"bill_number":"HB484","title":"AN ACT relating to air quality.","description":"Amend KRS 224.20-100 to make technical corrections.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-10","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB484/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb484.html","sponsor":"Chad McCoy"},
{"bill_id":1447050,"bill_number":"HB468","title":"AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance.","description":"Amend KRS 341.415 to require the secretary to waive unemployment insurance overpayment debts if the overpayment was due to an employer or agency error, not the result of fraud or misconduct by the recipient, and repayment would cause economic hardship to the recipient; make technical changes.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2021-03-03","last_action":"to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2021-03-04","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB468/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb468.html","sponsor":"Joshua Branscum"},
{"bill_id":1447052,"bill_number":"HB490","title":"AN ACT relating to elections.","description":"Amend KRS 117.115 to make a technical correction.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-10","last_action":"to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-11","committee":"Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB490/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb490.html","sponsor":"Kevin Bratcher"},
{"bill_id":1447055,"bill_number":"SB232","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":"2021-02-10","last_action":"to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-11","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB232/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb232.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1447057,"bill_number":"SB238","title":"AN ACT to the highway construction contingency account and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 45.247, regarding the state construction contingency account, to specify uses of moneys in the account; mandate the any unspent balance at the end of a fiscal year in excess of 10% of the previous year's annual appropriation be transferred to the state construction account; amend KRS 176.432 to require reporting of highway construction contingency account expenditures monthly, rather than quarterly; amend KRS 224.43-505 to specify that the entire $5 million annual Road fund transfer to the Kentucky Pride fund be taken from the highway construction contingency account.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-10","last_action":"to Transportation (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-11","committee":"Transportation","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB238/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb238.html","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":1447061,"bill_number":"HB476","title":"AN ACT relating to state employment offices.","description":"Amend KRS 151B.285 to mandate that public employment offices be located in specified locations.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-10","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB476/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb476.html","sponsor":"Ashley Tackett Laferty"},
{"bill_id":1447064,"bill_number":"HB466","title":"AN ACT relating to assault on a service animal.","description":"Amend KRS 525.200 to remove the exemption of assistance dogs from the definition of a service dog.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-10","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB466/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb466.html","sponsor":"Mark Hart"},
{"bill_id":1447066,"bill_number":"HB497","title":"AN ACT relating to persons convicted of crimes.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 196 to require the Department of Corrections (DOC) to issue to released prisoners documentation of their criminal history, institutional history, other relevent information, and a certificate of employability; to require DOC to assist prisoners with writing resumes;createa Class B misdemeanor for a person who falsely claims to have a certificate of employability; create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to prioritize provision of Medicaid benefits to prisoners 30 days prior to release upon receipt of a Medicaid Section 1115 waiver; amend KRS 205.2005 to exempt all individuals residing in Kentucky from the application of 21 USC sec. 862a(a).","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-04-05","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 182)","last_action_date":"2021-04-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB497/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb497.html","sponsor":"Kimberly Moser"},
{"bill_id":1447069,"bill_number":"SB237","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":"2021-02-10","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-11","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB237/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb237.html","sponsor":"David Yates"},
{"bill_id":1447071,"bill_number":"HB501","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky State Police.","description":"Amend KRS 16.170 to permit officers and individuals employed as a Trooper R Class or CVE R Class to participate in political activities while off duty; define what constitutes a political activity; establish guidelines for participation; amend KRS 16.195 and 16.070 to conform.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-10","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2021-03-01","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB501/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb501.html","sponsor":"Jennifer Henson Decker"},
{"bill_id":1447074,"bill_number":"HB478","title":"AN ACT related to health services.","description":"Amend KRS 205.558 to make technical correction.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-10","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB478/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb478.html","sponsor":"Kimberly Moser"},
{"bill_id":1447076,"bill_number":"SB239","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; create procedures and protections for patients; allow for promulgation of administrative regulations; amend KRS 31.110 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-10","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-11","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB239/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb239.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1447079,"bill_number":"HB475","title":"AN ACT relating to occupational safety and health.","description":"Amend KRS 207.200 to make language gender-neutral.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2021-03-29","last_action":"delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 162)","last_action_date":"2021-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB475/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb475.html","sponsor":"Walker Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1447081,"bill_number":"HB471","title":"AN ACT relating to athletics.","description":"Amend KRS 156.070 to designate the NAIA and NJCAA as organizations the Kentucky Board of Educaion must consider in establishing athletic programs, 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; prohibit male students from participating in athletic teams, activities, and sports designated as girls'; 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 postsecondary education institution 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 a postsecondary education institution prohibit male students from participating in athletic teams, activities, and sports designated as womens'; 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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-10","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB471/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb471.html","sponsor":"Lynn Bechler"},
{"bill_id":1447084,"bill_number":"HB493","title":"AN ACT relating to home studies.","description":"Amend KRS 199.474 to establish specific requirements of the home study that is done related to the out-of-home placement of children.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-10","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"Health and Family Services","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB493/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb493.html","sponsor":"David Meade"},
{"bill_id":1447086,"bill_number":"HB469","title":"AN ACT relating to law enforcement.","description":"Amend KRS 15.520 to define \"deadly incident\"; amend KRS 15.440 to require law enforcement agencies to adopt a written policy for mandatory drug testing of officers after the discharge of a firearm or deadly incident; amend KRS 15.330 to require the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council to create and maintain a database containing information relating to peace officer certification, termination, and compliance with training requirements; create various new sections of KRS Chapter 15 to require a peace officer to report information gained during a contact with another person to their agency; to require information gathered by a law enforcement agency from peace officer contacts to the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet by January 1, 2023, and each January 1 after; to require a peace officer to intervene to prevent another peace officer from using excessive physical force; to establish a Class A misdemeanor for a failure to intervene; to require a Commonwealth or county attorney to release certain information to the public regarding an investigation into an incident involving the discharge of a firearm by a peace officer that resulted in injury or death; amend KRS 15.340, 15.460, 15.520, and 15.512 to conform.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-10","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB469/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb469.html","sponsor":"Attica Scott"},
{"bill_id":1447089,"bill_number":"HB462","title":"AN ACT relating to health education.","description":"Repeal and reenact KRS 158.1415 to require each school district to provide healthy relationship education instruction to all public school students; establish minimum requirements for the instruction; establish minimum requirements for the healthy relationship curricula and instructional materials; prohibit a school or school district from restricting the ability of an instructor to answer a question related to the instruction; require that a school make the healthy relationship 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 the 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 healthy relationship instruction in the district biennially; require the Kentucky Department of Education to maintain a list of recommended healthy relationship curricula and instructional materials; permit a parent or guardian to file an enforcement action in Circuit Court.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-10","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB462/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb462.html","sponsor":"Lisa Willner"},
{"bill_id":1447092,"bill_number":"SB225","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky educational excellence scholarship and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 156.690 to insert gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2021-03-03","last_action":"placed in the Orders of the Day","last_action_date":"2021-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB225/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb225.html","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":1447094,"bill_number":"SB222","title":"AN ACT relating to first responders.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 518 to create the misdemeanor of unauthorized capture of photographic or videographic images by a first responder.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-03-04","last_action":"returned to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-03-12","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB222/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb222.html","sponsor":"Jared Carpenter"},
{"bill_id":1447097,"bill_number":"HB470","title":"AN ACT relating to judicial circuits.","description":"Amend KRS 23A.045 (Effective January 2, 2023) and KRS 23A.050 to add a Circuit-Judge to the Twenty-seventh Judicial Circuit; specify election schedule for new judgeship; request that the additional Circuit Court judgeship be designated by as a family court division; EFFECTIVE in part January 2, 2023.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-10","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB470/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb470.html","sponsor":"Tom Smith"},
{"bill_id":1447099,"bill_number":"SB229","title":"AN ACT relating to crisis aversion and rights retention orders.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to state how to interpret the Act; define terms; allow law enforcement officers to petition a court to issue crisis aversion and rights retention orders when a respondent poses a present danger of causing serious physical injury to themselves or others through purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm; establish procedures for the filing, review, hearing, termination, or renewal of the petition and orders; provide court processes and evidentiary standards; allow entry of the orders into law enforcement systems; prescribe issuance and service procedures for resulting protection orders; establish procedures for the surrender, storage, transfer, and return of firearms; establish penalties; allow for recognition and enforcement of foreign orders; amend KRS 431.015 to allow warrantless arrest for violations of the orders; amend KRS 31.110 and 431.076 to conform.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-02-10","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB229/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb229.html","sponsor":"Paul Hornback"},
{"bill_id":1447102,"bill_number":"HB495","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization.","description":"Amend KRS 12.020, 15A.020, 196.026, and 196.070 to reorganize the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet; confirm Executive Order 2020-561.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-23","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 82)","last_action_date":"2021-03-23","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB495/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb495.html","sponsor":"John Blanton"},
{"bill_id":1447104,"bill_number":"HB498","title":"AN ACT proposing an Amendment to Section 29 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to citizen ballot initiatives.","description":"Propose to amend Section 29 of the Constitution of Kentucky to establish the initiative power of the people to propose laws and to enact or reject proposed initiatives at an election; establish procedures for initiatives, effect of adopted initiatives, and parameters for the subject of any initiative; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-10","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB498/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb498.html","sponsor":"Josie Raymond"},
{"bill_id":1447107,"bill_number":"SB233","title":"AN ACT relating to the revocation of peace officer certification.","description":"Amend KRS 15.391, relating to grounds for the revocation of peace officer certification, to require revocation if a peace officer is convicted of domestic violence; allow revocation if a peace officer is named as an adverse party in a domestic violence order or interpersonal protective order.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-10","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-11","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB233/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb233.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1447109,"bill_number":"HB458","title":"AN ACT relating to the selling and fitting of hearing instruments.","description":"Amend KRS 334.020 to allow audiologists licensed under KRS Chapter 334A to engage in the sale and practice of fitting hearing instruments; amend KRS 334A.020 to include selling or fitting of hearing instruments in the definition of \"the practice of audiology\"; create new sections of KRS Chapter 334A to establish requirements for any person engaged in the selling and fitting of hearing instruments; establish procedures for complaints against licensed persons; establish procedures for a client's right to cancel the purchase of a hearing instrument; require any person licensed to sell hearing instruments to maintain records of clients to whom a hearing device was sold for a minimum of three years; establish exemptions for persons licensed under KRS Chapter 334A.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-10","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB458/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb458.html","sponsor":"Walker Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1447112,"bill_number":"SB226","title":"AN ACT proposing an amendment to Sections 30, 31, and 32 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to elections and qualifications of members of the General Assembly.","description":"Propose to amend Sections 30, 31, and 32 of the Constitution of Kentucky to change the terms of Senators from four to six years and the terms of Representatives from two to four years, and to prevent Senators and Representatives from serving more than three consecutive terms of office beginning with the general election held in November 2024.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-02-10","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB226/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb226.html","sponsor":"Mike Nemes"},
{"bill_id":1447114,"bill_number":"HB473","title":"AN ACT relating to education.","description":"Amend KRS 161.030 to specify authority of Education Professional Standards Board over educator hired by public schools only; amend KRS 199.894 to define \"learning pods\" and exclude from the defintion of \"child-care center\" and \"family child-care home\"; and amend KRS 194A.381 to exclude learning pods from certain hiring requirements.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-10","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB473/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb473.html","sponsor":"Felicia Rabourn"},
{"bill_id":1447117,"bill_number":"HJR60","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Department of Revenue and the University of Kentucky's Forestry and Natural Resources Department to recommend equitable property tax assessment procedures for well-managed forests.","description":"Direct the Department of Revenue and the University of Kentucky's Forestry and Natural Resources Department to submit a report to the Legislative Research Commission no later than December 1, 2021, detailing their recommendations for equitable property tax assessment procedures for well-managed forests.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-10","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR60/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hjr60.html","sponsor":"Adam Bowling"},
{"bill_id":1447119,"bill_number":"HB487","title":"AN ACT relating to elections.","description":"Amend KRS 424.290 to make a technical correction.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-10","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-10","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB487/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb487.html","sponsor":"James Tipton"},
{"bill_id":1449846,"bill_number":"HB504","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":"2021-02-11","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-11","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB504/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb504.html","sponsor":"Ken Upchurch"},
{"bill_id":1449850,"bill_number":"HB525","title":"AN ACT relating to teacher certification.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 161 to require teacher preparation programs to include a competency demonstration option as an alternative to obtaining a passing score on assessments required for certification; amend KRS 161.030 and 161.010 to conform.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-11","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-11","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB525/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb525.html","sponsor":"Jason Nemes"},
{"bill_id":1449853,"bill_number":"HCR62","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION to create a legislative workgroup on returning women and mothers to work who are unemployed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.","description":"Create a Legislative workgroup to study the impact of COVID-19 on Kentucky women and mothers in the workforce.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-11","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-11","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR62/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hcr62.html","sponsor":"Josie Raymond"},
{"bill_id":1449857,"bill_number":"SB249","title":"AN ACT relating to intercollegiate athletics.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to define \"athletic authority,\" \"compensation,\" \"image,\" \"intercollegiate athletic program,\" \"likeness,\" \"name,\" \"name, image, and likeness agreement,\" \"publicity rights,\" \"postsecondary educational institution,\" \"social media compensation,\" \"student athlete,\" and \"third-party licensee\"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to establish that a student athlete may earn compensation for the use of the student's name, image, and likeness and may obtain a certified agent in coordination with such compensation; establish the limits and terms under which the compensation may be earned; ensure a student athlete shall not be deemed an employee or independent contractor of an institution or authority; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to provide protections for student athletes and institutions in regards to student athletes earning compensation from permitted name, image, and likeness agreements; establish rights and limitations of an institution or an authority over student athlete compensation; establish limits of name, image, and likeness agreements; provide that nothing in the Act shall be interpreted to modify certain state and federal laws; establish cause of action for violation of the Act; provide it may be cited as the Pay to Portray Act; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2023.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-02-11","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-11","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB249/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb249.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1449861,"bill_number":"HB514","title":"AN ACT relating to the Judicial Council.","description":"Amend KRS 27A.100 to elect members of the judiciary to the Judicial Council.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-11","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB514/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb514.html","sponsor":"Ed Massey"},
{"bill_id":1449865,"bill_number":"HB512","title":"AN ACT relating to planning and zoning.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 100.273 to 100.292 to require a planning commission to notify operators of natural gas transmission pipelines before a new subdivision plat is approved or any construction documents for a building are approved to be located within 1,000 feet from the center of a natural gas transmission pipelines; require advance notification to the operator; require a planning commission to gather National Pipeline Mapping System geospatial data about the location of pipelines their jurisdiction from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; provide that developers and operators are not exempt from Underground Facility Damage Prevention Act of 1994.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-11","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-11","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB512/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb512.html","sponsor":"DJ Johnson"},
{"bill_id":1449869,"bill_number":"SR87","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Patrick Moran Henderson to the Agricultural Development Board.","description":"Confirm the reappointment of Patrick Moran Henderson to the Agricultural Development Board for a term expiring July 6, 2024.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-11","last_action":"to Agriculture (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"Agriculture","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR87/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr87.html","sponsor":"Stephen Meredith"},
{"bill_id":1449874,"bill_number":"HB511","title":"AN ACT relating to broadband service.","description":"Amend KRS 278.5461 relating to the definition of \"broadband.\"","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-11","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-11","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB511/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb511.html","sponsor":"Jason Petrie"},
{"bill_id":1449877,"bill_number":"HB520","title":"AN ACT relating to private information of public officials and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 61.870 to 61.884 exempting personally identifiable information of judges, prosecutors, and law enforcement officers from the Open Records Act; create a new section of KRS Chapter 525 to create a new offense of disseminating personally identifiable information of a law enforcement official; make the offense of disseminating personally identifiable information of a law enforcement official a Class A misdemeanor, unless disseminated recklessly, in which case it is a Class B misdemeanor; create a punishment of any dissemination of personally identifiable information performed intentionally or with the reason to believe the dissemination would result in serious physical injury to a law enforcement official or immediate family member as a Class C felony, or if the dissemination results in death of a law enforcement official or immediate family member a Class A felony; create a punishment if the resulting property damage is more than $500 but less than $10,000 as a Class D felony, more than $10,000 but less than $1,000,000 a class C felony, $1,000,000 or more a Class B felony; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to permit qualified persons to file a civil action for dissemination of personally identifiable information of a law enforcement official or immediate family member; cite as the Fred Capps Act; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-11","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-23","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB520/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb520.html","sponsor":"John Blanton"},
{"bill_id":1449881,"bill_number":"HR64","title":"A RESOLUTION expressing support for the Quarter Horse industry and the thousands of citizens in all Kentucky's 120 counties who love, own, show, race, and breed Quarter Horses.","description":"Express support for the Quarter Horse industry and the thousands of citizens in all Kentucky's 120 counties who love, own, show, race, and breed Quarter Horses.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-02-25","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR64/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr64.html","sponsor":"John Blanton"},
{"bill_id":1449884,"bill_number":"SB252","title":"AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky and to amend Section 226 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to gaming.","description":"Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky and to amend Section 226 of the Constitution of Kentucky to authorize the General Assembly to provide a means whereby the sense of the people of any county may be taken as to whether casinos, including the operation of gaming at horse racing tracks, will be permitted in the county; submit to the voters for ratification or rejection; include ballot language.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-11","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB252/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb252.html","sponsor":"Mike Nemes"},
{"bill_id":1449889,"bill_number":"HB515","title":"AN ACT relating to broadband.","description":"Amend KRS 224A.1121 to include broadband deployment in the description of project area.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-11","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-11","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB515/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb515.html","sponsor":"Jason Petrie"},
{"bill_id":1449893,"bill_number":"HB506","title":"AN ACT relating to individual-directed care at the end of life.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to define terms; establish a qualified terminally ill individual's right to voluntarily request medication to self-administer to cause death; require conditions for making request; permit individual to rescind request at any time; permit an attending health care provider to provide medication; establish requirements for attending health care provider to inform individuals and document request; require disposal of unused medications; establish residency requirements for qualified individuals; require report by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; establish provisions for contracts, insurance policies, and beneficiaries; state that a health care provider is not required to provide medication to a qualified individual; permit health care providers to prohibit person or entities from participating in a qualified individual's request during or on the premises of employment; prohibit reporting a health care provider to a licensing board for participating in a qualified individual's request; state that actions do not constitute suicide or homicide; create a form for a qualified individual to make a request; create a new section of Subchapter 12 of KRS Chapter 304 to establish provisions for insurance policies and beneficiaries of qualified individuals; amend KRS 507.020 and KRS 507.030 to create an affirmative defense to a charge of murder and manslaughter in the first degree; provide a severability clause; create the short title, the \"Kentucky Our Care, Our Options Act.\"","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-11","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-11","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB506/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb506.html","sponsor":"Josie Raymond"},
{"bill_id":1449896,"bill_number":"SR83","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing Gateway Children's Services.","description":"Recognize Gateway Children's Services.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-02-22","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR83/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr83.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1449901,"bill_number":"SB241","title":"AN ACT relating to consumer protections.","description":"Create various new sections of KRS Chapter 217 to define terms; prohibit the manufacture and sale of certain kratom products and kratom extracts; prohibit financial institutions from denying services to kratom producers and kratom retailers; establish penalties.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-11","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB241/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb241.html","sponsor":"Adrienne Southworth"},
{"bill_id":1449904,"bill_number":"SB13","title":"AN ACT relating to prevailing wage.","description":"Establish new sections of KRS Chapter 337 to 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":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-02-11","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-11","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB13/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb13.html","sponsor":"David Yates"},
{"bill_id":1449908,"bill_number":"SR91","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring the Kentucky Dental Association, the Dental Lifeline Network Kentucky, and Donated Dental Services Program for donating more than $1 million in dental treatment to Kentuckians with disabilities or who are elderly or medically fragile.","description":"Honor the Kentucky Dental Associatoin, the Dental Lifeline Network Kentucky, and the Donated Dental Services Program for donating more than $1 million in dental treatment to people in Kentucky with disabilities or who are elderly or medically fragile.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR91/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr91.html","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":1449911,"bill_number":"SB251","title":"AN ACT relating to the Department of Law.","description":"Amend KRS 15.010 to reorganize the Department of Law.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2021-03-30","last_action":"delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 173)","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB251/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb251.html","sponsor":"Brandon Storm"},
{"bill_id":1449917,"bill_number":"HB508","title":"AN ACT relating to highway funding and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 138.220 to set a single excise tax on gasoline and special fuels; set initial base rate at 24.6 cents per gallon (cpg); subject tax to annual adjustment; eliminate references to taxation based 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 and hybrid 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 no more than ten percent or decrease no more than two percent from one year to the next, subject to the statutory minimums; create a new section of KRS Chapter 186 to establish base highway user fees for nonhybrid electric motor vehicles and plug-in electric hybrid motor vehicles; require collection of the fees at the time of initial registration and upon renewal; require the fees to be adjusted in the same manner as for motor fuel excise taxes; require the fee be transferred to the road fund; amend KRS 186.010 to define \"nonhybrid electric motor vehicle\" and \"plug-in electric hybrid motor vehicles\"; amend KRS 186.050 to require payment of the highway user fees for nonhybrid electric motor vehicles and plug-in electric hybrid motor vehicles at the time of registration or renewal; amend KRS 138.210 to delete the definitions for \"average wholesale price,\" \"average wholesale floor price,\" and \" quarterly survey value\"; amend KRS 138.695, 138.270, 234.320, 234.380, 42.498, 177.329, and 177.365 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; Sections 1 to 3 are EFFECTIVE July 1, 2021; Sections 4 and 6 are EFFECTIVE January 1, 2022; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-11","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-11","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB508/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb508.html","sponsor":"Jim Duplessis"},
{"bill_id":1449920,"bill_number":"HB521","title":"AN ACT relating to natural resources.","description":"Amend KRS 351.020 relating to the duties of the Department for Natural Resources.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-11","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-11","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB521/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb521.html","sponsor":"Jim Gooch"},
{"bill_id":1449924,"bill_number":"HB513","title":"AN ACT relating to sheriffs fees.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 70 to require that any local government placing any fee, tax, or license on the property tax bill shall negotiate a collection of up to 4.25% for any sheriff collecting this fee, tax, or license.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-25","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts. Ch. 127)","last_action_date":"2021-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB513/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb513.html","sponsor":"Michael Meredith"},
{"bill_id":1449928,"bill_number":"SR89","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Darren Scott Greenwell, DMD, as President of the Kentucky Dental Association.","description":"Honor Darren Scott Greenwell, DMD.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-02-24","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR89/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr89.html","sponsor":"Mike Nemes"},
{"bill_id":1449932,"bill_number":"SR88","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Robert F. Williams to the Agricultural Development Board.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Robert F. Williams to the Agricultural Development Board for a term expiring July 6, 2024.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-11","last_action":"to Agriculture (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"Agriculture","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR88/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr88.html","sponsor":"Robert Mills"},
{"bill_id":1449935,"bill_number":"SB248","title":"AN ACT relating to public holidays.","description":"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; add Women's Equality Day; replace Columbus Day with Indigenous People's Day.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-02-11","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-11","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB248/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb248.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1449939,"bill_number":"HB522","title":"AN ACT relating to the Prosecutors Advisory Council.","description":"Amend KRS 15.705 to allow members of the Commonwealth's Attorneys Association and the County Attorney Association to elect their representation on the Prosecutors Advisory Council; members shall serve for two year terms.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-11","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB522/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb522.html","sponsor":"Ed Massey"},
{"bill_id":1449944,"bill_number":"HB523","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky trail towns and rail trails.","description":"Require the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet to consult with state agencies and transmit a report relating to a comprehensive statewide trail program.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-11","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-11","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB523/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb523.html","sponsor":"Patrick Flannery"},
{"bill_id":1449947,"bill_number":"SR85","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Kent Alan Chandler to the Public Service Commission.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Kent Alan Chandler to the Public Service Commission for a term expiring July 1, 2024.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-02-11","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR85/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr85.html","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":1449951,"bill_number":"HB509","title":"AN ACT relating to reorganization.","description":"Amend KRS 12.020 to rename and create divisions within the Department of Insurance; amend KRS 304.2-020 to conform; provide for confirmation of EO 2020-1028.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-15","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 24)","last_action_date":"2021-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB509/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb509.html","sponsor":"Bart Rowland"},
{"bill_id":1449956,"bill_number":"SR86","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Dr. Rodney W. Casada to the Board of Directors of the Employers Mutual Insurance Authority.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Dr. Rodney W. Casada to the Board of KEMI for a term expiring December 31, 2023.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-02-11","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR86/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr86.html","sponsor":"Rick Girdler"},
{"bill_id":1449959,"bill_number":"HB518","title":"AN ACT relating to the State Fair Board and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section in KRS Chapter 247 to establish procurement procedures; amend KRS 247.090 to authorize the Commissioner of Agriculture to appoint members of the State Fair Board; amend KRS 247.100 to establish corporate powers of the State Fair Board; amend KRS 247.110 to set procedures of the board; amend KRS 247.130 to establish hiring and management procedures; amend KRS 247.145 to authorize administrative regulations for operation, maintenance, or use of property; amend KRS 247.160 to establish control of property; amend KRS 247.165 to exempt the state fairgrounds and exhibition center from license taxes; amend KRS 247.190 to permit the State Fair Board to levy a surcharge on tickets and receive tax revenues; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2021-03-29","last_action":"delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 163)","last_action_date":"2021-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB518/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb518.html","sponsor":"Richard Heath"},
{"bill_id":1449963,"bill_number":"HCR63","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION to create the Task Force on Economic Effects of Casino Gambling and Cannabis Legalization.","description":"Create the Task Force on Economic Effects of Casino Gambling and Recreational Marijuana Legalization to study economic effects of legalization of casino gambling and cannabis on governments, corrections, judiciary, small business, wages, and employment; establish task force membership; require five meeting of the task force during the 2021 interim and report findings to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2021.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-11","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-11","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR63/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hcr63.html","sponsor":"McKenzie Cantrell"},
{"bill_id":1449967,"bill_number":"SR90","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Matthew Edwin Price to the Governor's Postsecondary Education Nominating Committee.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Matthew Edwin Price to the Governor's Postsecondary Education Nominating Committee for a term expiring April 14, 2026.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-02-11","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR90/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr90.html","sponsor":"Jason Howell"},
{"bill_id":1449971,"bill_number":"HB505","title":"AN ACT relating to the Kentucky opportunity fund and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 164A to establish within the State Treasury a fund to be used to make contributions to Kentucky opportunity accounts; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the Department of Revenue to share information with the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority; amend KRS 141.019 to exclude earnings from Kentucky opportunity accounts from adjusted gross income; amend KRS 205.200 to provide that ownership or activity of a Kentucky opportunity account shall not be used when conducting means-based testing for eligibility for public assistance programs.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-11","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-11","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB505/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb505.html","sponsor":"Josie Raymond"},
{"bill_id":1449975,"bill_number":"SR84","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Tonya M. Clemons as an administrative law judge in the Department of Workers' Claims.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Tonya M. Clemons as administrative law judge for the Department of Workers' Claims for a term expiring on July 14, 2024.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-02-11","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR84/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr84.html","sponsor":"Phillip Wheeler"},
{"bill_id":1449979,"bill_number":"SB246","title":"AN ACT relating to veterans.","description":"Amend KRS 154.12-330 to give preference to veterans in the issuance of small business loans; amend KRS 154.12-213 to require monthly veteran workforce reports; create a new section of KRS Chapter 154 to require annual job training reports by the Kentucky Commission on Military Affairs; create a new section of KRS Chapter 154 to require a report on occupational licenses by the Kentucky Commission on Military Affairs; create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to require the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure to review licensing practices for nurses and physicians assistants for military reciprocity; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to grant college credit to certain veterans; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to provide additional flexibility in college scheduling and registration to veterans; amend KRS 40.317 to expand the Kentucky Department of Veterans' Affairs' assistance to veterans in navigating healthcare; create a new section of KRS Chapter 40 to direct the Kentucky Department of Veterans' Affairs to increase access to healthcare for veterans; create a new section of KRS Chapter 40 to ensure veterans have access to mental health care; create a new section of KRS Chapter 40 to direct the Kentucky Department of Veterans' Affairs to end veteran homelessness.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-11","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB246/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb246.html","sponsor":"David Yates"},
{"bill_id":1449984,"bill_number":"HCR61","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION encouraging the Kentucky General Assembly to take steps to allow public input and hold public hearings during the redistricting process.","description":"Encourage the Kentucky General Assembly to take steps to allow public input and hold public hearings during the redistricting process.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-11","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-11","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR61/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hcr61.html","sponsor":"Buddy Wheatley"},
{"bill_id":1449988,"bill_number":"SB243","title":"AN ACT relating to recorded instruments.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 67 to define \"recorded instrument\" and \"portal\"; require county clerks to be open for reviewing and obtaining copies of recorded instruments for 40 hours a week unless they maintain a portal that allows the public to search for electronic copies of recorded instruments; establish deadlines for county clerks to maintain portals for the filing and searching of recorded instruments; create a task force on issues regarding the implementation of electronic recording, fees or functions of the county clerk in the recording of documents, closure of county clerk offices due to an emergency,and related issues; report by December 1, 2021.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-11","last_action":"returned to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2021-03-01","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB243/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb243.html","sponsor":"Jason Howell"},
{"bill_id":1449992,"bill_number":"HB524","title":"AN ACT relating to rights of conscience for child-placing agencies and child-caring facilities.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 199 to establish legislative findings related to faith-based and religiously affiliated child-placing agencies and child-caring facilities; create new sections of KRS 199 to establish definitions; establish provisions that protect faith-based and religiously affiliated child-placing agencies and child-caring facilities from discrimination or retribution; and allow faith-based and religiously affiliated child-placing agencies and child-caring facilities to take action in courts.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-11","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-11","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB524/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb524.html","sponsor":"Ken Upchurch"},
{"bill_id":1449995,"bill_number":"SB250","title":"AN ACT relating to contraceptive coverage.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define terms; require health benefit plans to provide coverage for contraception; set forth requirements for health benefit plans relating to contraceptive coverage; amend KRS 211.185 to define contraceptive services; provide that \"foundational public health programs\" includes contraceptive services; amend KRS 205.522 to require the Department for Medicaid Services and managed care organizations contracted to provide Medicaid benefits to comply with the new section on contraceptive coverage; amend KRS 205.6485 to require the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program to comply with the new section on contraceptive coverage; amend KRS 18A.225 to require the state employee health plan to comply with the new section on contraceptive coverage; amend KRS 446.350 to provide that nothing in the new section on contraceptive coverage shall be construed to violate that statute; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2022.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-11","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB250/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb250.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1450000,"bill_number":"HB503","title":"AN ACT relating to open juvenile proceedings.","description":"Amend KRS 610.070 to establish persons who shall be admitted to a proceeding related to dependency, neglect, and abuse, and termination of parental rights; establish guidelines for attendance; amend KRS 610.105 and 610.340 to conform; repeal KRS 21A.190 and 21A.192.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-11","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-11","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB503/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb503.html","sponsor":"Patrick Flannery"},
{"bill_id":1450003,"bill_number":"SB242","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":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-11","last_action":"to Agriculture (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"Agriculture","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB242/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb242.html","sponsor":"Adrienne Southworth"},
{"bill_id":1450007,"bill_number":"HB516","title":"AN ACT relating to poultry.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 217.005 to 217.215 to allow certain USDA-exempted poultry processors to sell to end consumers on a farm, at a farmers market, through delivery, or at a roadside stand.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-11","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-11","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB516/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb516.html","sponsor":"Savannah Maddox"},
{"bill_id":1450012,"bill_number":"HB519","title":"AN ACT relating to county audits.","description":"Amend KRS 43.070 to limit counties to bearing one-half of the expense of annual audits conducted by the Auditor of Public Accounts; require that the county not be liable for the expense of audits conducted by the Auditor of Public Accounts not completed by August 1 after the calendar year audited regarding a county official and February 1 following the fiscal year audited regarding a county budget; amend KRS 64.810 to require a fiscal court, county clerk, or sheriff to give notice to the Auditor of Public Accounts regarding intent to hire a certified public accountant to conduct an audit required under KRS 43.070 at least 120 days prior to the close of the period to be audited; require that contracts issued to certified public accountants be awarded by competitive bid.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-11","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-11","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB519/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb519.html","sponsor":"John Blanton"},
{"bill_id":1450015,"bill_number":"SB247","title":"AN ACT relating to oversight of the police for a consolidated local government and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 67C permitting a consolidated local government to establish a citizen review board independent of the police department, and an investigatory office led by an appointee of the mayor for review of police department policies, procedures, and operations; require an ordinance that establishes governmental bodies to include powers, duties, internal protocols, reporting requirements, and such bodies' authority to adopt bylaws, policies, and procedures; provide investigatory office leader the power to administer oaths and request subpoenas issued by the Circuit Court to compel testimony or production of documents with enforcement by petition to Circuit Court; subject board and investigatory office review or discussion of potential or ongoing investigations in closed session subject to KRS 61.815(1), make confidential and privileged information and records, proceedings, opinions, and deliberations, provided to or generated by board or investigatory office with open record requests to be made to appropriate agency, as opposed to the bodies and certain exemption from open records requirements; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-11","last_action":"recommitted to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2021-03-11","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB247/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb247.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1450019,"bill_number":"HB502","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 and 456.050 to require judges, when issuing an order of protection or interpersonal protective order, 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 transfer of a firearm; 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, 2022; amend KRS 532.025 to conform; amend KRS 237.115 to conform; repeal KRS 65.870; EMERGENCY; some provisions EFFECTIVE January 1, 2022.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-11","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-11","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB502/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb502.html","sponsor":"George Brown"},
{"bill_id":1450022,"bill_number":"HB517","title":"AN ACT relating to elections in the Court of Justice.","description":"Amend KRS 118A.060, 118A.090, and 118A.100 to remove provisions that elections of Judges of the Court of Appeals and Justices of the Supreme Court shall be conducted on a nonpartisan basis; provide that elections for a Judge of the Court of Appeals or a Justice of the Supreme Court be conducted in accordance with KRS Chapter 118; provide for continued election of Judges of the Circuit Court and District Court to be on a nonpartisan basis; amend KRS 117.125, 117.315. 118.165, 118A.150, and KRS 118A.190 to conform; EFFECTIVE November 8, 2022, only if voters ratify a proposed constitutional amendment providing for the partisan election of Judges of the Court of Appeals and Justices of the Supreme Court.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-11","last_action":"to Judiciary (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB517/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb517.html","sponsor":"Ed Massey"},
{"bill_id":1450027,"bill_number":"SB254","title":"AN ACT relating to preserving the right of Kentuckians to own and use firearms and declaring an emergency.","description":"State legislative findings; create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to declare that all federal laws and regulations commandeering state or local law enforcement to enforce federal restrictions of firearms are invalid and of no effect in Kentucky and that the General Assembly has the duty to enact all measures to prevent their enforcement; that the General Assembly has the duty to protect and defend the state and federal constitutions; that proposed presidential actions relating to the acquisition, possession, and use of firearms and accessories are violative of presidential powers and citizens' rights under the federal constitution; provide retroactive application back to January 1, 2018; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-11","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB254/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb254.html","sponsor":"Adrienne Southworth"},
{"bill_id":1450031,"bill_number":"HB507","title":"AN ACT relating to the portability of retiree health subsidies.","description":"Amend KRS 61.702 to allow members who began participating in the systems on or after July 1, 2003, who are eligible for a fixed dollar amount towards their health premiums during retirement, to use those fixed dollar amounts towards other health coverage through a premium reimbursement program; require the Kentucky Public Pension Authority to submit research and findings to the Public Pension Oversight Board on or before November 15, 2021, on other health savings or reimbursement options that may be established for these members, including but not limited to health savings accounts or health reimbursement arrangements.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-11","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-11","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB507/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb507.html","sponsor":"Jim Duplessis"},
{"bill_id":1450035,"bill_number":"SB245","title":"AN ACT relating to oversight of the police for a consolidated local government and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 67C permitting a consolidated local government to establish a citizen review board independent of the police department, and an investigatory office led by an appointee of the mayor for review of police department policies, procedures and operations; require ordinance that establishes governmental bodies to include powers, duties, internal protocols, reporting requirements and such bodies' authority to adopt bylaws, policies and procedures; provide investigatory office leader the power to administer oaths and issue subpoenas reviewed and approved by a consolidated local government committee or other local body designated by the legislative body of the consolidated local government for that purpose to compel testimony or production of documents with subpoena enforcement by petition to Circuit Court; allow board and investigatory office review or discussion of potential or ongoing investigations in closed session, subject to KRS 61.815(1); make confidential and privileged information and records, proceedings, opinions, and deliberations provided to or generated by board or investigatory office with open record requests to be made to appropriate agency, as opposed to the bodies; provide certain exemptions from open records requirements; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2021-02-11","last_action":"floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed","last_action_date":"2021-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB245/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb245.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1450039,"bill_number":"SB253","title":"AN ACT relating to the provision for and control of casino gaming and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Establish KRS Chapter 239 and create new sections to define \"authorizing county or counties,\" \"casino,\" \"commission,\" \"county legislative body,\" \"department,\" \"electronic gaming device,\" \"full casino,\" \"gross gaming revenue,\" \"handle,\" \"licensee,\" and \"limited casino\"; create the Kentucky Gaming Commission, assign powers and duties to the commission; establish executive director position; make commission, the executive director, and employees subject to executive branch code of ethics; require county election to authorize licensing of casino within county; require sheriff to advertise local option election for gaming; provide for procedures on local option elections for gaming not held on primary and regular election days; require the county board of elections to certify the results; establish commission as agency to solicit bids for casino gaming licenses and provide criteria for advertising the bid; establish procedure for evaluating bids for full casinos; provide bidding rights for racing associations; specify licensing requirements for full casinos, manufacturers, and suppliers; prohibit selling, leasing, or otherwise furnishing gaming supplies without a license; provide the option of limited casinos for racing associations; specify licensing requirements for limited casinos; prohibit any one under 21 years of age from placing a wager at a casino or being permitted access to a casino; provide for occupational licenses; grant the commission authority to initiate disciplinary action; provide grievance procedure; exempt licensed gaming devices from federal restrictions; grant the commission the authority to define and limit permissible games; provide for the exclusion of certain persons from casinos; require the commission to develop programs for education and treatment of problem gamblers; define \"cheat\" and provide penalties for cheating; amend KRS 15.380 to establish gaming commission employees as peace officers; create a new section of KRS Chapter 138 to establish a wagering and an admissions tax; amend KRS 243.500 to exempt licensed casino gaming; amend KRS 372.005 to include KRS Chapter 239; amend KRS 525.090 to exempt casino gaming; amend KRS 528.010 to gaming licensed under KRS Chapter 239; amend KRS 528.020 to exempt gambling devices operated under KRS Chapter 239; amend KRS 528.070 to exempt licensed gambling activity; amend KRS 528.080 to exempt those with a license issued under KRS Chapter 239; amend KRS Chapter 528.100 to exempt authorized casino gaming.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-11","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB253/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb253.html","sponsor":"Mike Nemes"},
{"bill_id":1450043,"bill_number":"SB244","title":"AN ACT relating to elections.","description":"Amend KRS 117.125 and 117.381 to provide that a voting system shall not be connected to, nor have the ability to be connected to the Internet, a modem, or a network of any type.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-11","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB244/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb244.html","sponsor":"Adrienne Southworth"},
{"bill_id":1450046,"bill_number":"HB510","title":"AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages.","description":"Amend KRS 243.120 to remove gender-specific language.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-11","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-11","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB510/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb510.html","sponsor":"Chad McCoy"},
{"bill_id":1460480,"bill_number":"SB264","title":"AN ACT relating to eviction prohibition during emergencies.","description":"Amend KRS 39A.100 to forbid a prohibition against evictions during an emergency.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-22","last_action":"returned to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2021-03-11","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB264/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb264.html","sponsor":"Steve West"},
{"bill_id":1460484,"bill_number":"HR65","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing November as College Application Month.","description":"Recognize November as College Application Month.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-22","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR65/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr65.html","sponsor":"Josie Raymond"},
{"bill_id":1460487,"bill_number":"HB530","title":"AN ACT relating to coverage for prosthetics and orthotics.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 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, 2022.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-22","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB530/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb530.html","sponsor":"Alan Gentry"},
{"bill_id":1460491,"bill_number":"SB262","title":"AN ACT relating to elections.","description":"Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 117 to permit any qualified voter the ability to vote in-person absentee during normal business hours on at least any of the 12 working days and two Saturdays before an election; amend KRS 118.038 to conform; make technical corrections.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-02-22","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB262/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb262.html","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":1460494,"bill_number":"SR99","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Kevin Paul Elza.","description":"Adjourn the Senate in honor of Kevin Paul Elza.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-02-22","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR99/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr99.html","sponsor":"Brandon Storm"},
{"bill_id":1460498,"bill_number":"SB271","title":"AN ACT relating to voting.","description":"Create a new section of Chapter 117 to provide for the curing of certain mail-in absentee ballot deficiencies; amend KRS 117.066 to allow for the combining of precincts into centralized voting locations with requirements prescribed; amend KRS 117.085 to establish an online portal to receive applications for mail-in absentee ballots; add desire of voter as basis to request mail-in absentee ballot; establish in-person early voting, including two Saturdays; amend KRS 117.086 to establish the use of a secure ballot drop box as an option for return of a mail-in absentee ballot; establish requirements for drop box use; amend KRS 117.087 to provide additional time to process and count mail-in absentee ballots with requirements prescribed, amend KRS 118.035 to extend poll hours on election day to 8 p.m. prevailing time; amend various other sections to conform.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-02-22","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB271/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb271.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1460502,"bill_number":"SR98","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of 10-year-old Benjamin Luckett, who lost his life while rescuing his six year old sister, Abigail.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of 10-year-old Benjamin Luckett, who lost his life while rescuing his six-year-old sister, Abigail.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR98/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr98.html","sponsor":"Brandon Storm"},
{"bill_id":1460506,"bill_number":"HB544","title":"AN ACT relating to statues and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Require the Department for Facilities and Support Services to place a statue of United States Navy diver and Kentucky native Carl Brashear in the Capitol Rotunda; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-22","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB544/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb544.html","sponsor":"Jim Gooch"},
{"bill_id":1460510,"bill_number":"SR93","title":"A RESOLUTION proclaiming February 22, 2021, as Supermarket Employee Day.","description":"Proclaim February 22, 2021, as Supermarket Employee Day.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-02-22","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR93/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr93.html","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":1460513,"bill_number":"SB265","title":"AN ACT relating to Paycheck Protection Program loans.","description":"Amend KRS 141.017, 141.019 and 141.039 to allow the same treatment as for federal income tax purposes related to forgiven covered loans, deductions, and tax attributes associated with those loans in accordance with Pub. L. No. 116-260, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2020, but before January 1, 2022.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-22","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-24","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB265/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb265.html","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":1460517,"bill_number":"SB268","title":"AN ACT relating to minimum security requirements at retail establishments licensed to sell alcohol for on-site consumption.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 244 to define terms; establish pre-employment requirements for bouncers; create bouncer training standards; establish agency oversight; prevent confusion as to whether a law enforcement officer is on or off duty; amend KRS 244.120 to prohibit consumption of alcohol by a bouncer during work hours; cite this Act as Christopher's Law.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-22","last_action":"to Licensing & Occupations (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-24","committee":"Licensing and Occupations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB268/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb268.html","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":1460521,"bill_number":"SB260","title":"AN ACT relating to religious freedom.","description":"Amend KRS 39A.100 and 39A.180 to limit the Governor and political subdivisions and agencies from exercising emergency powers to substantially burden a person's freedom of religion; amend KRS 446.350 to waive the sovereign immunity of the Commonwealth in claims seeking equitable relief relating to the government substantially burdening a person's freedom of religion; require court to award reasonable attorney fees and costs and $10 a day in damages for violations.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-22","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-26","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB260/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb260.html","sponsor":"Brandon Storm"},
{"bill_id":1460524,"bill_number":"HB552","title":"AN ACT relating to judicial circuits.","description":"Amend KRS 23A.040 (Effective January 2, 2023) to add a circuit judge to the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit; specify election schedule for new judgeship; request that the additional Circuit Court judgeship be designated as a Family Court judgeship; EFFECTIVE January 2, 2023.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-22","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB552/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb552.html","sponsor":"Ed Massey"},
{"bill_id":1460528,"bill_number":"SR94","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring World War II veterans and the Honor Flight Network.","description":"Honor the Honor Flight Network for providing free trips to war memorials in Washington, D.C., to veterans.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-02","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR94/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr94.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1460531,"bill_number":"HB527","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, 2024, for odd-numbered Senatorial districts and beginning in November, 2026, for even-numbered Senatorial districts, and Representatives for terms of four years beginning in November, 2024; 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 2024; 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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-22","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB527/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb527.html","sponsor":"Alan Gentry"},
{"bill_id":1460535,"bill_number":"HB528","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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-22","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB528/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb528.html","sponsor":"Alan Gentry"},
{"bill_id":1460539,"bill_number":"HB537","title":"AN ACT relating to contracts.","description":"Amend KRS 45A.705 to provide appeal procedures to the State Treasurer by Secretary of Finance and Administration if the Government Contract Review Committee recommends revision or cancellation of a proposed contract instead of allowing the secretary to proceed with the contract.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-22","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB537/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb537.html","sponsor":"Matthew Koch"},
{"bill_id":1460543,"bill_number":"SR102","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Blake Burris Martin.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Blake Burris Martin.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR102/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr102.html","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":1460547,"bill_number":"HR70","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":"2021-02-22","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR70/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr70.html","sponsor":"Savannah Maddox"},
{"bill_id":1460550,"bill_number":"HB534","title":"AN ACT relating to gaming.","description":"Amend KRS 154A.030 to insert gender-neutral language and remove outdated language; amend KRS 238.520 to insert-gender neutral language.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-22","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB534/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb534.html","sponsor":"Adam Koenig"},
{"bill_id":1460554,"bill_number":"SB270","title":"AN ACT relating to postsecondary education and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 161.028 to allow colleges or universities to offer teacher preparation programs with regional accreditation or national accreditation if recognized by the US Department of Education and if the institution is eligible to receive federal funding under 20 U.S.C. secs. 1061 to 1063; amend KRS 164.785 to allow a Kentuckcy college or university to be an eligible institution for a Kentucky tuition grant if it is accredited by SACS or a national accreditation association and if the institution is eligible for federal funding under 20 U.S.C. secs. 1061 to 1063.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-04-09","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 204)","last_action_date":"2021-04-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB270/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb270.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1460557,"bill_number":"HR66","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing October as Financial Aid Awareness Month.","description":"Recognize October as Financial Aid Awareness Month.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-22","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR66/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr66.html","sponsor":"Josie Raymond"},
{"bill_id":1460561,"bill_number":"HB550","title":"AN ACT relating to domestic relations.","description":"Amend KRS 403.290 to insert gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-22","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB550/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb550.html","sponsor":"Ed Massey"},
{"bill_id":1460565,"bill_number":"HB541","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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-22","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB541/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb541.html","sponsor":"Melinda Prunty"},
{"bill_id":1460569,"bill_number":"SR96","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Cordis Brown.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Cordis Brown.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR96/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr96.html","sponsor":"Brandon Storm"},
{"bill_id":1460573,"bill_number":"HB526","title":"AN ACT relating to executive powers.","description":"Create a new section in KRS Chapter 11 that would prohibit an executive order from substanially burdening a person's freedom of religion, right to bear arms, right to protect themselves or their property, own or operate a business, or a person's right to collect, extract, or distribute natural resources that would serve as a source of energy to heat, cool, or provide electricity to homes, or provide fuel to vehicles; prohibit an executive order from violating other laws; create a new section in KRS Chapter 13A that would prohbit an administrative regulation from substanially burdening a person's freedom of religion, right to bear arms, right to protect themselves or their property, own or operate a business, or a person's right to collect, extract, or distribute natural resources that would serve as a source of energy to heat, cool, or provide electricity to homes, or provide fuel to vehicles; prohibit an administrative regulation from violating other laws.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-22","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB526/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb526.html","sponsor":"Bobby McCool"},
{"bill_id":1460576,"bill_number":"HCR68","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Congress of the United States to enact legislation granting statehood to the people of Washington, D.C.","description":"Declare support for the admission of Washington, D.C. as a state and urge the Congress of the United States to enact legislation authorizing statehood.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-22","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR68/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hcr68.html","sponsor":"Pamela Stevenson"},
{"bill_id":1460580,"bill_number":"HB532","title":"AN ACT relating to pharmacy benefit managers.","description":"Create a new section of Subtitle 12 of KRS Chapter 304 to prohibit certain practices of pharmacy benefit managers; allow audits of contracts entered with pharmacy benefit managers; require certain disclosures relating to contracts with pharmacy benefit managers; require pharmacy benefit managers to file an annual report with the commissioner of insurance; provide that confidential or proprietary information disclosed to the Department of Insurance shall not be subject to disclosure under the Open Records Act; prohibit pharmacy benefit managers from sharing certain pharmacy records with pharmacy affiliates; authorize the commissioner of insurance to promulgate regulations relating to pharmacy benefit managers; amend KRS 304.17A-708, 304.17A-712, and 304.17A-714 to conform; provide for severability; require the commissioner of insurance to promulgate regulations to implement the Act on or before January 1, 2022; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2022.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-22","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2021-03-11","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB532/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb532.html","sponsor":"Steve Sheldon"},
{"bill_id":1460583,"bill_number":"SB255","title":"AN ACT relating to commercial mining of cryptocurrency.","description":"Amend KRS 154.27-010 to define additional terms; amend KRS 154.27-020 to change the name of the program to \"Incentives for Energy-related Business\" and include cryptocurrency facilities with a minimum capital investment of one million dollars; amend KRS 154.27-030, KRS 154.27-095,154.12-2035, and 353.804. to conform; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2021.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-25","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 141)","last_action_date":"2021-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB255/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb255.html","sponsor":"Brandon Smith"},
{"bill_id":1460587,"bill_number":"SR101","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Donna Hedgepath to the Education Professional Standards Board.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Donna Hedgepath to the Education Professional Standards Board for a term expiring June 30, 2022.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-02-22","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR101/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr101.html","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":1460591,"bill_number":"HB545","title":"AN ACT relating to energy.","description":"Amend KRS 278.702 to provide that members of Kentucky State Board on Electric Generation and Transmission Siting shall only be reimbursed for actual travel and expenses directly related to service on the board.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-22","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB545/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb545.html","sponsor":"Jim Gooch"},
{"bill_id":1460594,"bill_number":"HB542","title":"AN ACT relating to certain weather-related emergencies and declaring an emergency.","description":"Ratify Executive Order 2021-093 and make its expiration date 60 days from February 11, 2021.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2021-03-25","last_action":"became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 143)","last_action_date":"2021-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB542/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb542.html","sponsor":"John Blanton"},
{"bill_id":1460599,"bill_number":"SB256","title":"AN ACT relating to juveniles.","description":"Amend KRS 605.035 to allow the family accountability, intervention, and response team to refer children age 12 and younger to DCBS for assessment and services, and to report progress back to the team or advise the court-designated worker to refer the case to the county attorney, who may choose to take no action; amend KRS 610.030 to require a court-designated worker to refer children 12 years of age and younger first to the county attorney and then to the family accountability, intervention, and response team.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-22","last_action":"to Health & Welfare (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-24","committee":"Health and Welfare","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB256/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb256.html","sponsor":"Alice Kerr"},
{"bill_id":1460602,"bill_number":"HR67","title":"A RESOLUTION supporting the University of Kentucky men's basketball team for exercising their First Amendment rights.","description":"Support the University of Kentucky men's basketball team for exercising their First Amendment rights.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-22","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR67/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr67.html","sponsor":"Mary Marzian"},
{"bill_id":1460606,"bill_number":"SR92","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Ken Perry to the Northern Kentucky University Board of Regents.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Ken Perry to the Northern Kentucky University Board of Regents for a term expiring June 30, 2026.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-02-22","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR92/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr92.html","sponsor":"Wil Schroder"},
{"bill_id":1460608,"bill_number":"SB259","title":"AN ACT relating to elections.","description":"Amend various sections of KRS Chapters 83A, 116, 117, 118, 118A, 119, 120, 242, and 424 relating to paper ballots, voting equipment, voting systems, consolidation of precincts, registration periods, inactive voters, penalties related to ballot harvesting, eligible precinct officers and work hours, early voting, online portal for mail-in absentee ballots, mail-in absentee drop-boxes, early counting of mail-in absentee ballots, ballot questions and advocacy, and elections; repeal KRS 117.381 and 117.387, relating to electronic voting systems.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-02-22","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB259/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb259.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1460612,"bill_number":"HB546","title":"AN ACT relating to mental health and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 210 to define new terms; establish a crisis hotline center; designate the cabinet to promulgate regulations relating to crisis hotline centers; establish a fund to pay for the costs associated with maintaining a crisis hotline center; and establish a 988 fee structure; APPROPRIATIONS.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-22","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB546/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb546.html","sponsor":"Tina Bojanowski"},
{"bill_id":1460616,"bill_number":"SR95","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of James Albert Jones.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of James Albert Jones.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR95/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr95.html","sponsor":"Danny Carroll"},
{"bill_id":1460619,"bill_number":"HB536","title":"AN ACT relating to the election of Justices of the Supreme Court and Judges of the Court of Appeals of the Court of Justice.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 118A establishing that candidates for Justice of the Supreme Court and Judge of the Court of Appeals shall be nominated in a partisan primary; establish the manner in which the nomination shall be made; establish that candidates for Justice of the Supreme Court and Judge of the Court of the Appeals shall be elected in a regular election on a nonpartisan ballot; amend KRS 118A.060, 118A.100, 118A.150, 118A.190, and various other statutes to conform.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-22","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB536/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb536.html","sponsor":"Joseph Fischer"},
{"bill_id":1460624,"bill_number":"HB533","title":"AN ACT relating to paramedic education and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to establish a coal-county paramedic scholarship to be administered by KHEAA; establish a fund in the State Treasury to be administered by KHEAA for providing coal-county paramedic scholarships; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-22","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB533/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb533.html","sponsor":"Ashley Tackett Laferty"},
{"bill_id":1460627,"bill_number":"HB529","title":"AN ACT relating to workers' compensation.","description":"Amend KRS 342.610 to exclude certain levels of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol in the blood from the presumption that an injury was caused by the introduction of certain substances into the employee's body.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-22","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB529/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb529.html","sponsor":"Alan Gentry"},
{"bill_id":1460631,"bill_number":"HB540","title":"AN ACT relating to the Office of Claims and Appeals.","description":"Amend numerous KRS chapters to update language replacing Kentucky Claims Commission with the Office of Claims and Appeals, which is created by this Act and establishing three boards within this office as the Board of Tax Appeals, Board of Claims, and Crime Victims Compensation Board; amend various KRS chapters making conforming changes.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-22","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB540/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb540.html","sponsor":"Patrick Flannery"},
{"bill_id":1460635,"bill_number":"HB557","title":"AN ACT relating to the Law Enforcement Foundation Program fund and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 15.420 to delete reference to the payment made from the fish and game fund under definition of police officer for fish and wildlife conservation officers; amend KRS 15.460 to delete reference to the use of the fish and game fund for payment of training stipend under the supplemental funding from the Kentucky Law Enforcement Foundation Program Fund; and amend KRS 150.150 to conform.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-22","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB557/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb557.html","sponsor":"Chris Fugate"},
{"bill_id":1460638,"bill_number":"HB543","title":"+AN ACT relating to the Treasurer.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 41 to require approval by the Treasurer for the use of state aircraft by executive branch secretaries and employees; require any documentation on the use of state aircraft to be subject to open records; establish the Office of Financial Management within the office of the State Treasurer; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 42.410 to move the Office of Financial Management and its duties from the Finance Cabinet to the office of the State Treasurer; repeal, reenact and amend and amend various other statutes to conform; repeal KRS 42.400.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-22","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB543/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb543.html","sponsor":"Ken Fleming"},
{"bill_id":1460642,"bill_number":"SCR106","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION directing the Legislative Research Commission to study the impact of administrative regulations on the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","description":"Direct the Legislative Research Commission to study the effect of administrative regulations on the Commonwealth of Kentucky; require findings to be reported to the Interim Joint Committees on State Government and Appropriations and Revenue by December 1, 2021.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-02-22","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SCR106/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/scr106.html","sponsor":"Adrienne Southworth"},
{"bill_id":1460645,"bill_number":"SB261","title":"AN ACT relating to stream and wetland mitigation.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 150 to define \"compensatory mitigation,\" \"compensatory mitigation project,\" \"compensatory mitigation site,\" \"DA permit,\" \"mitigation credit,\" \" in-lieu fee program,\" \"in-lieu fee program instrument,\" \"mitigation bank,\" \"mitigation credit,\" \"service area,\" and \"mitigation liability\"; re-establish the Kentucky wetland and stream mitigation fund in a newly created section; require funds representing an unsatisfied liability under the 2008 Mitigation Rule issued by the Department of Army to be put out for contract under KRS Chapter 45A; require the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to make a report to the LRC that describes the in-lieu fee program and unsatisfied liabilities in service areas by December 1 of each year; allow the state to hold a permanent easement in lands acquired by it or proposed to it by a mitigation bank; require entities to have financial surety; amend KRS 150.255 to specify how governmental and non-governmental agencies satisfy compensatory mitigation; stipulate that when the unsatisfied mitigation liability reaches 2 million dollars the in-lieu fee program shall purchase credits or issue an RFP for a commodity purchase; specify the procurement for full-delivery and the actions for mitigation on the site under the full-delivery approach; allow for compensatory mitigation to be a capital construction project with the Commonwealth holding a conservation easement or some other environmental covenant or restriction; identify requirements for responsive bidders; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-03-11","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB261/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb261.html","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":1460649,"bill_number":"SR105","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor of 2020-2021 Kentucky Optometric Association President Dr. Tyler Hudson.","description":"Adjourn in honor of of 2020-2021 Kentucky Optometric Association President Dr. Tyler Hudson.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-04","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR105/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr105.html","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":1460654,"bill_number":"HB538","title":"AN ACT relating to executive orders issued by the President of the United States.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 7 to authorize the Legislative Research Commission to request that the Attorney General provide an opinion on the constitutionality of an executive order issued by the President of the United States; authorize the Attorney General or Legislative Research Commission to seek to have the executive order declared unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction; prohibit any state agency, political subdivision, or any elected or appointed official from implementing an executive order by the President of the United States that restricts a person's rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution or Constitution of Kentucky; amend KRS 15.025 to conform.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-22","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB538/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb538.html","sponsor":"Deanna Frazier Gordon"},
{"bill_id":1460657,"bill_number":"SB258","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":"2021-02-22","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-24","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB258/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb258.html","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":1460661,"bill_number":"HB555","title":"AN ACT relating to branch budget bills.","description":"Amend KRS 48.720, relating to branch budget bills, to make technical corrections.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-22","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2021-03-04","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB555/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb555.html","sponsor":"Jason Petrie"},
{"bill_id":1460664,"bill_number":"SR103","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing the establishment of the Kentucky Farm Bureau Generation Bridge Program.","description":"Recognize the establishment of the Kentucky Farm Bureau Generation Bridge Program.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-12","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR103/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr103.html","sponsor":"Jason Howell"},
{"bill_id":1460668,"bill_number":"SB266","title":"AN ACT relating to solar farms on agricultural lands.","description":"Amend KRS 100.111 to define 'photovoltaic power station'; amend KRS 100.203 to allow cities and counties to prohibit the construction of photovoltaic power stations on agricultural lands; amend KRS 100.208 to prohibit the transfer of development rights if the transfer would allow for the construction of a photovoltaic power station on agricultural lands; amend KRS 100.324 to prohibit utilities regulated by the Kentucky Public Service Commission to site a photovoltaic power stations on agricultural lands; amend KRS 154.60-040 to define \"photovoltaic power station' and prohibit the transfer of lands under the Beginning Farmer program if the lands would be used for siting a photovoltaic power station; amend KRS 262.010 to define 'photovoltaic power station'; amend KRS 262.850 to prohibit lands within an agricultural district to be used to site a photovoltaic power station; amend KRS 262.902 to state the policy of the Commonwealth with respect to enhancing and protecting agricultural lands includes prohibiting the construction of photovoltaic power stations on agricultural lands; amend KRS 262.910 to prohibit the PACE board from approving any plan for siting a photovoltaic power station on PACE lands under the PACE program and clarify that small solar arrays for exclusive on-farm usage are exempted; amend KRS 278.216 to conform internal references; amend KRS 278.704 to require a merchant electric generating facility to conform with all local planning and zoning requirements and prohibit the construction of a merchant generating plant that uses a photovoltaic power station on agricultural lands; amend KRS 278.706 to include in the application for siting a merchant generating plant a statement certifying that the plant is in compliance with all local ordinances and regulations including prohibiting the siting of a photovoltaic power station on agricultural lands; amend KRS 278.708 to include restrictions on siting on agricultural lands in the site assessment report; amend KRS 100.273 to conform.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-02-22","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB266/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb266.html","sponsor":"Steve West"},
{"bill_id":1460671,"bill_number":"HB539","title":"AN ACT relating to social media Web sites and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new sections of KRS Chapter 411 to establish that the owner or operator of a social media Web site is subject to a private cause of action by a social media Web site user in this state under specified conditions; establish entitlement to damages, including the award of reasonable attorney fees and costs; specify that a user's hate speech shall not constitute a basis for justification or defense; authorize the Attorney General to bring an action on behalf of a social media Web site user; establish a violation under deceptive trade practices; provide exceptions for deletion or censoring of certain types of speech; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-22","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB539/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb539.html","sponsor":"Norma Kirk-McCormick"},
{"bill_id":1460675,"bill_number":"SB4","title":"AN ACT relating to warrants authorizing entry without notice.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 455 to create procedures and requirements for issuance of warrants authorizing entry without notice; require judges to review applications for warrants impartially; and require service by SWAT or special response teams with special training; amend KRS 523.020 to make clear that an officer's false statement in an application for a warrant authorizing entry without notice constitutes perjury; propose a rule of evidence making inadmissible any evidence collected as the result of a warrant authorizing entry without notice which did not comply with statutes or which was obtained through perjury or false statements.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-04-09","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 202)","last_action_date":"2021-04-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB4/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb4.html","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":1460679,"bill_number":"HB547","title":"AN ACT relating to the false reporting of claims of abuse.","description":"Amend KRS 403.270 to add false reporting of claims of abuse towards another party or de facto custodian to the list of factors a court shall consider when making a custody determination; amend KRS 519.040, relating to false reporting, to prohibit reports of domestic violence or sexual assault to any law enforcement officer, officer of the court, or government agency officer when the information reported is false or baseless.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-22","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB547/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb547.html","sponsor":"Jason Nemes"},
{"bill_id":1460683,"bill_number":"HB553","title":"AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance fraud.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 15 to establish a False Claims Act with provisions that establish enhanced civil liability and penalties for committing fraud against the state; allow the Attorney General or a private citizen to bring a cause of action on behalf of the state to recover damages with a portion of any proceeds awarded being distributed to the person successfully bringing the action; grant the Attorney General enhanced investigatory authority; provide an increase in the range of civil payments that can be assessed in an administrative process from $500 to $5,000 to $11,000 against fraudulent Medicaid providers; establish procedures, statutes of limitation and repose; establish civil protections for whistleblowers; amend various sections to conform.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2021-03-12","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2021-03-15","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB553/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb553.html","sponsor":"Ed Massey"},
{"bill_id":1460687,"bill_number":"HB556","title":"AN ACT relating to fiscal matters, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 48.310, relating to branch budget bills, to make technical corrections.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2021-04-14","last_action":"delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 194)","last_action_date":"2021-04-14","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB556/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb556.html","sponsor":"Danny Bentley"},
{"bill_id":1460690,"bill_number":"SB267","title":"AN ACT relating to the dissemination of personally identifying information.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 525 to define terms; criminalize the dissemination of personally identifying information; establish penalties; create a civil cause of action; limit the liability of service providers.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-04-08","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch.199)","last_action_date":"2021-04-08","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB267/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb267.html","sponsor":"Wil Schroder"},
{"bill_id":1460694,"bill_number":"HCR69","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION directing the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Pari-mutuel Wagering Taxation Task Force.","description":"Create the Pari-mutuel Wagering Taxation Task Force to study the taxes and rates related to horse-racing in KRS Chapter 138; establish membership; require the task force to meet at least monthly during the 2021 Interim, and to submit any proposed findings or recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2021.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-03-12","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-03-12","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR69/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hcr69.html","sponsor":"Matthew Koch"},
{"bill_id":1460698,"bill_number":"SCR104","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION to create a task force to study policing in the Commonwealth.","description":"Create the Task Force on Policing in the Commonwealth to study and make recommendations related to role of law enforcement and the relationship to the communities they serve; outline task force membership; require the task force to meet at least three times during the 2021 interim and to submit findings and recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2021.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-02-22","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SCR104/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/scr104.html","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":1460701,"bill_number":"HB548","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 July 1, 2021.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-22","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB548/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb548.html","sponsor":"Jason Nemes"},
{"bill_id":1460705,"bill_number":"HB551","title":"AN ACT relating to virtual court proceedings.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapters 23A and 24A to establish remote attendance by a defendant who is in jail or a detention facility via two-way audio-video communications; specify proceedings when remote attendance is required and when permitted; establish parameters to ensure protection of rights; establish local determination in juvenile criminal cases in district court.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-22","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB551/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb551.html","sponsor":"Chris Freeland"},
{"bill_id":1460708,"bill_number":"SB269","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":"2021-02-22","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-24","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB269/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb269.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1460712,"bill_number":"HR71","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the House of Representatives in honor of 2020-2021 Kentucky Optometric Association President Dr. Tyler Hudson.","description":"Adjourn in honor of 2020-2021 Kentucky Optometric Association President Dr. Tyler Hudson.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR71/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr71.html","sponsor":"Savannah Maddox"},
{"bill_id":1460715,"bill_number":"SB257","title":"AN ACT relating to utility fuel costs.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 278 to require the Public Service Commission when reviewing any fuel adjustment clauses for contracts entered into or after July 1, 2021, to subtract any coal severance tax imposed by any jurisdiction when determining the reasonableness of fuel costs in contracts and competing bids; define \"fuel adjustment clause.\"","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-03-25","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 142)","last_action_date":"2021-03-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB257/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb257.html","sponsor":"Robert Mills"},
{"bill_id":1460719,"bill_number":"HB554","title":"AN ACT relating to budget forms.","description":"Amend KRS 48.040, relating to budget forms, to make technical corrections.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-22","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2021-03-04","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB554/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb554.html","sponsor":"Jason Petrie"},
{"bill_id":1460723,"bill_number":"HB531","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 KRS 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; 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,” “net poker revenue,” “online poker,” “person,” “principal stockholder,” “rake,” “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; require any person offering online poker in the Commonwealth to have a license from the cabinet and require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations prescribing requirements for licensure including geolocation software, age verification, and security and accounting standards; establish an online poker account in the State Treasury; 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, sports wagering, and online poker; amend KRS 243.500 to exempt limited or full casino gaming, sports wagering, fantasy contests and online poker; amend KRS 525.090 to exempt persons engaged in casino gaming and sports wagering; amend KRS 528.010 to exempt casino gambling activity, fantasy contests, sports wagering, and online poker and the devices used in the conduct of those forms of wagering; amend KRS 528.020 to conform; amend KRS 528.070 and 528.080 to exempt activity licensed under KRS Chapter 154A, fantasy contests, sports wagering, and online poker; amend KRS 528.100 to exempt limited or full casino gaming licensed under KRS Chapter 154A, fantasy contests, or sports wagering; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-22","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB531/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb531.html","sponsor":"Alan Gentry"},
{"bill_id":1460726,"bill_number":"HB549","title":"AN ACT relating to firearms.","description":"Amend KRS 237.104 to expand the limitation on emergency powers to include selling, transporting, storing, or displaying a firearm accessory or ammunition-reloading equipment and supplies; prohibit any person, unit of government, or governmental organization from requiring the registration of a firearm, firearm part, firearm accessory, ammunition, ammunition component, ammunition-reloading requipment and supplies, or any deadly weapon or dangerous instrument; prohibit any person, unit of government, or governmental organization from suspending or revoking a license to carry a concealed weapon except as provided in KRS 237.110; prohibit any person, unit of government, or governmental organization from refusing to accept an application for license to carry a concealed weapon; prohibit any person, unit of government, or governmental organization from closing or limited the operating hours of firearms sellers or shooting ranges, or to limit or restrict by quantity the sale or servicing of firearms and firearm parts and accessories; create a civil cause of action for violations.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-22","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB549/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb549.html","sponsor":"Savannah Maddox"},
{"bill_id":1460730,"bill_number":"HB535","title":"AN ACT relating to stream and wetland mitigation and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create new sections of KRS chapter 150 to define \"compensatory mitigation,\" \"compensatory mitigation project,\" \"compensatory mitigation site,\" \"DA permit,\" \"mitigation credit,\" \" in-lieu fee program,\" \"in-lieu fee program instrument,\" \"mitigation bank,\" \"mitigation credit,\" \"service area,\" and \"mitigation liability\"; re-establish the Kentucky Wetland and Stream Mitigation Fund in a newly created section; require funds representing an unsatisfied liability under the 2008 Mitigation Rule issued by the Department of Army to be put out for contract under KRS Chapter 45A; require the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to make a report to the LRC that describes the in-lieu fee program and unsatisfied liabilities in service areas by December 1 of each year; allow the state to hold a permanent easement in lands acquired by it or proposed to it by a mitigation bank; require entities to have financial surety; amend KRS 150.255 to specify how governmental and nongovernmental agencies satisfy compensatory mitigation; stipulate that when the unsatisfied mitigation liability reaches 2 million dollars the in-lieu fee program shall purchase credits or issue an RFP for a commodity purchase; specify the procurement for full-delivery and the actions for mitigation on the site under the full-delivery approach; allow for compensatory mitigation to be a capitol construction project with the Commonwealth holding a conservation easement or some other environmental covenant or restriction; identify requirements for responsive bidders; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-22","last_action":"recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2021-03-01","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB535/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb535.html","sponsor":"Sal Santoro"},
{"bill_id":1460733,"bill_number":"SR97","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Carmen Yvonne Souder to the Education Professional Standards Board.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Carmen Yvonne Souder to the Education Professional Standards Board for a term expiring June 30, 2021.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-02-22","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR97/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr97.html","sponsor":"Brandon Storm"},
{"bill_id":1460737,"bill_number":"HB558","title":"AN ACT relating to campaign finance.","description":"Amend KRS 121.180 to require a candidate exempt from filing a campaign finance report to file a 30 day post-election report of receipts and disbursements; require all filings with the registry to be electronic; remove internal conflicts; require a candidate exempt from filing for the primary who advances to the general election to refile for the filing exemption; require any candidate who is no longer eligible for the exemption to immediately file for a revocation of the exemption.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-22","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-22","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB558/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb558.html","sponsor":"Mary Imes"},
{"bill_id":1460740,"bill_number":"SB263","title":"AN ACT relating to body-worn cameras.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to require officers to activate body-worn cameras when engaged in law enforcement activity; establish rebuttable presumptions in investigative or legal proceedings regarding unrecorded conduct or statements; amend KRS 61.168 to provide for release of recordings in specific circumstances and allow waiver of privacy concerns; amend KRS 61.169 to conform; amend KRS 15.440 to require law enforcement agencies to possess policies regarding body-worn cameras; amend KRS 15.470 to allow use of funds to purchase body-worn cameras; amend KRS 42.726 to require the Commonwealth Office of Technology to assist law enforcement agencies in developing body-worn camera programs.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-22","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-24","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB263/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb263.html","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":1462334,"bill_number":"HB588","title":"AN ACT relating to property in a development area.","description":"Create new sections in KRS Chapter 65 to state findings and declaration of the General Assembly for the development area; define terms; establish the West End Opportunity Partnership, its powers and duties and purpose; require the West End Opportunity Partnership to comply with open meetings and open records requirements; require the West End Opportunity Partnership to reimburse real property taxes; establish the board and membership requirements; require a local participation agreement and specify provisions of the agreement; establish requirements pertaining to documentation, records, incremental revenues, and bonds; require reporting of the West End Opportunity Partnership to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue; establish the West End Louisville Advisory Council and its members and duties; create a new section in KRS Chapter 132 to establish the classification of residential property in a revitalization area; define terms; and prohibit the legislative body of a consolidated local government from levying an ad valorem tax rate on residential property in a revitalization area that is higher than 50 percent of the prevailing rate of other real property located in its jurisdiction; EFFECTIVE only if 2021 Regular Session Bill Request Number 1454 becomes law.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2021-03-15","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB588/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb588.html","sponsor":"Ken Fleming"},
{"bill_id":1462335,"bill_number":"HB566","title":"AN ACT relating to local reapportionment and declaring an emergency.","description":"Require fiscal courts to initiate reapportionment proceedings in 2022 instead of 2021; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-23","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB566/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb566.html","sponsor":"Michael Meredith"},
{"bill_id":1462336,"bill_number":"SR108","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Katherine Sue Scott.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Katherine Sue Scott.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR108/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr108.html","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":1462339,"bill_number":"HR72","title":"A RESOLUTION expressing the belief that the Government of the People's Republic of China made multiple serious mistakes in the early stages of the COVID-19 outbreak that heightened the severity and spread of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, including the intentional spread of misinformation to downplay the risks of COVID-19, a refusal to cooperate with international health authorities, internal censorship of doctors and journalists, and a malicious disregard for the health of ethnic minorities.","description":"Express the belief that the Government of the People's Republic of China made multiple serious mistakes in the early stages of the COVID-19 outbreak that heightened the severity and spread of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, including the intentional spread of misinformation to downplay the risks of COVID-19, a refusal to cooperate with international health authorities, internal censorship of doctors and journalists, and a malicious disregard for the health of ethnic minorities.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-23","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR72/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr72.html","sponsor":"Brandon Reed"},
{"bill_id":1462340,"bill_number":"HB582","title":"AN ACT relating to religious freedom.","description":"Amend KRS 446.350 to waive the sovereign immunity of the Commonwealth in claims seeking equitable relief relating to the government substantially burdening a person's freedom of religion; require court to award reasonable attorney fees and costs and $10 a day in damages for violations.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2021-02-24","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB582/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb582.html","sponsor":"Shane Baker"},
{"bill_id":1462342,"bill_number":"SB278","title":"AN ACT relating to biometric data collection practices.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 369 to define terms; require private entities to develop and comply with a retention and destruction schedule for biometric identifiers and information; prohibit private entities' collection, trade, and disclosure of biometric information with exception; create a standard of care for private entities collecting biometric information;","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-25","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB278/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb278.html","sponsor":"Wil Schroder"},
{"bill_id":1462345,"bill_number":"HB581","title":"AN ACT relating to open records.","description":"Create a new section of KRS 61.870 to 61.884 to require all 911 communications pertaining to law enforcement be open records; require any public agency, including any law enforcement agency, county attorney, or Commonwealth's attorney that has obtained any records pertaining to any 911 communication in an ongoing investigation or administrative adjudication to release all relevant information pertaining to the 911 communication on its Web site; require any body camera footage relating to the 911 communication be released on the agency's Web site within 14 days, and all other records relating to the 911 communication within 3 days; require an agency to state reasons it cannot release relevant 911 records on its Web site, if it cannot do so within the required timeframe, and provide a date the information will be made available; amend KRS 17.150 to require any 911 records to be used in a prospective law enforcement action be released on an agency's Web site; repeal, reenact, amend, and renumber KRS 61.168 as 61.8747 to allow an agency to redact any body-worn camera recordings containing certain video or audio footage; require any body-worn camera recordings involving 911 communications pertaining to law enforcement to be uploaded on an agency's Web site; permit a person, entity, or personal representative of a person or entity directly involved in an incident contained in a body-worn camera recording to view the footage on the agency's premises or request and obtain a copy of the footage; repeal, reenact, amend, and renumber KRS 61.169 as 61.8748 and make conforming changes;","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-23","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB581/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb581.html","sponsor":"Attica Scott"},
{"bill_id":1462346,"bill_number":"SB286","title":"AN ACT relating to pretrial release.","description":"Amend KRS 431.066 to define \"enhanced scrutiny offense,\" \"money bail,\" \"standard conditions,\" \"violent or sexual offense\"; provide that no verified and eligible defendant shall be detained on money bail; provide circumstances when a defendant may be granted to be released on his or her own recognizance; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to establish when a detention hearing shall be held; provide for factors to be considered when making a pretrial release determination; amend KRS 6.949, 24.110, 27A.360, 27A.370, 27A.400, 31.120, 41.300, 186.260, 186.560, 187.400, 222.203, 222.204, 281.765, 281A.010, 413.120, 419.020, 421.500, 431.064, 431.510, 431.520, 431.525, 431.550, 438.286, 440.020, 440.030, 440.290, 440.300, 440.310, 440.320, 440.360, 440.370, 440.380, 452.260, 520.010, 520.070, 520.080, 532.115, 610.190, and 640.020 to conform; repeal KRS 30A.060, 136.410, 218A.135, 431.021, 431.523, 431.530, 431.5305, 431.531, 431.532, 431.535, 431.540, and 431.545.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-25","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB286/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb286.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1462348,"bill_number":"HB591","title":"AN ACT relating to production and manufacturing.","description":"Amend KRS 154.32-010 to further define manufacturer as a producer of ammunition, firearms, personal protective equipment, and over-the-counter drugs; define \"ammunition,\" \"firearms,\" \"over-the-counter drugs,\" and \"personal protective equipment\"; amend KRS 154.32-020 to declare a purpose of the subchapter is to provide an economic stimulus to bolster in-state production of ammunition, firearms, over-the-counter drugs, personal protective equipment and allow facilities that produce ammunition, firearms, personal protective equipment, and over-the-counter drugs to qualify for tax incentives under the subchapter; amend KRS 154.32-060 to allow for facilities that are rehabilitated or replaced in order to produce these items to be eligible for tax benefits under the subchapter; amend KRS 154.34-010 to include a facility that reinvests in the production of ammunition, firearms, personal protective equipment, and over-the-counter drugs.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-23","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB591/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb591.html","sponsor":"Patrick Flannery"},
{"bill_id":1462351,"bill_number":"SR110","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Duanne Bondurant Puckett.","description":"Adjourn the Senate in honor and loving memory of Duanne Bondurant Puckett","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2021-02-24","last_action":"to Senate Floor","last_action_date":"2021-02-25","committee":"Floor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR110/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr110.html","sponsor":"Paul Hornback"},
{"bill_id":1462352,"bill_number":"HB571","title":"AN ACT relating to local government.","description":"Amend KRS 67.160 to make technical correction.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-23","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB571/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb571.html","sponsor":"Michael Meredith"},
{"bill_id":1462354,"bill_number":"HR76","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring the American flag.","description":"Honor the American flag.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-23","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR76/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr76.html","sponsor":"Mary Imes"},
{"bill_id":1462357,"bill_number":"SB281","title":"AN ACT relating to education technology.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to prohibit a school district from entering into an agreement with providers of digital instruction services that allows the provider to collect, share, or use data not directly related to the function of the service; amend KRS 158.060 to establish limits to student screen time during the instructional day, regardless of instructional model.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"to Education (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-25","committee":"Education","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB281/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb281.html","sponsor":"Adrienne Southworth"},
{"bill_id":1462358,"bill_number":"HB575","title":"AN ACT relating to tax expenditures.","description":"Amend various sections in KRS Chapters 132, 138, 139, 140, 141, 143A, 151B, 154, and 243 to eliminate various tax expenditures; repeal various sections in KRS Chapters 138, 139, 140, 143, 143A, 154, 234, and 224 to eliminate various tax expenditures.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-24","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB575/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb575.html","sponsor":"Ken Fleming"},
{"bill_id":1462360,"bill_number":"HB572","title":"AN ACT relating to local government.","description":"Amend KRS 65.030 to make technical correction.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-23","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB572/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb572.html","sponsor":"Michael Meredith"},
{"bill_id":1462363,"bill_number":"SB275","title":"AN ACT relating to coal severance tax.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 143 to allow a coal severance tax refund for taxpayers who transport coal directly to a facility where it will be used for the manufacture of electricity within this Commonwealth; amend KRS 131.190 to allow reporting to the Legislative Research Commission.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-23","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB275/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb275.html","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":1462364,"bill_number":"HB579","title":"AN ACT relating to education.","description":"Amend KRS 158.6453 to allow parents or guardians to choose that their student not participate in statewide student assessments; amend KRS 160.345 to conform.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-23","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB579/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb579.html","sponsor":"Tina Bojanowski"},
{"bill_id":1462366,"bill_number":"HB576","title":"AN ACT relating to state government.","description":"Amend KRS 18A.060 to add gender-neutral language.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-23","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB576/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb576.html","sponsor":"Steven Rudy"},
{"bill_id":1462369,"bill_number":"SB273","title":"AN ACT relating to the Board of Medical Licensure.","description":"Amend KRS 311.530 to add a physician assistant to the Board of Medical Licensure.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"to Licensing & Occupations (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-25","committee":"Licensing and Occupations","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB273/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb273.html","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":1462371,"bill_number":"HB578","title":"AN ACT relating to the interment of the families of veterans in Kentucky state veterans' cemeteries.","description":"Amend KRS 40.315 to prohibit the Kentucky Department of Veterans' Affairs from charging a fee for the interment of veterans' spouses and next of kin.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-24","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB578/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb578.html","sponsor":"Ryan Dotson"},
{"bill_id":1462372,"bill_number":"HB561","title":"AN ACT relating to transportation and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend KRS 138.220 to set a single excise tax on gasoline and special fuels; set initial base rate at 34 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 ten 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 $150; 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 $35-$40 on noncommercial vehicles with a fuel efficiency of 30 MPG or greater, 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 186.531 to set reinstatement fee for a suspended operator's license at $100 and provide for distribution of funds; 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; 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 $25,000; amend KRS 176.080 to establish limitations and awarding of single bid construction contracts the exceed, engineer's estimates, require reporting of such contracts; amend KRS 176.210 to prohibit the Department of Highways from revealing the identities of eligible bidders on a project until the project bid letting; amend KRS 138.210 to delete the definitions for \"average wholesale price,\" \"average wholesale floor price,\" and \" quarterly survey value\"; amend KRS 138.695, 138.270, 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; Sections 1 to 3 and 23 to 23 are EFFECTIVE July 1, 2021; Sections 4, 5, and 7 to 12 are EFFECTIVE January 1, 2022; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-26","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB561/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb561.html","sponsor":"Sal Santoro"},
{"bill_id":1462375,"bill_number":"HB586","title":"AN ACT relating to elections.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapters 116, 117, and 118 to define the term \"election\"; amend various sections of KRS Chapters 116, 117, 118, and 121 to require a runoff primary for two slates of candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor if the slates of candidates receive less than fifty percent of the votes cast for all slates of candidates of that party; permit in-person absentee voting for any qualified and registered voter for six working days including the two Saturdays immediately preceding the primary or election; require in-person absentee voting for at least seven hours per day, but no more than nine hours, with voting to not start before 8 a.m.; add an additional hour on election day requiring polls to close at 7 p.m., local time; amend various sections of KRS Chapters 117, 118, 118A, and 121 to conform; and repeal sections 118.551, 118.561, 118.571, 118.581, 118.591, 118.601, 118.611, 118.621, 118.631, 118.641, and 118.651.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-23","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB586/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb586.html","sponsor":"Patrick Flannery"},
{"bill_id":1462377,"bill_number":"HJR77","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION ratifying emergency executive orders and declaring an emergency.","description":"Ratify emergency executive orders relating to COVID-19 and declare that the orders expire 60 days from the passage of the Resolution; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2021-03-30","last_action":"delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 168)","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR77/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hjr77.html","sponsor":"David Osborne"},
{"bill_id":1462379,"bill_number":"HB565","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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-23","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB565/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb565.html","sponsor":"Norma Kirk-McCormick"},
{"bill_id":1462383,"bill_number":"SB282","title":"AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to persons entitled to vote.","description":"Propose to amend Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky to allow persons convicted of certain felonies the right to vote as provided by the General Assembly; ballot language included; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-23","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB282/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb282.html","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":1462384,"bill_number":"SR111","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of H. David Wallace to the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance.","description":"Confirm the appointment of H. David Wallace to the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance for a term expiring September 9, 2024.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR111/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr111.html","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":1462386,"bill_number":"SR114","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Justice Donald C. Wintersheimer.","description":"Adjourn the Senate in honor of Justice Donald C. Wintersheimer","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-02-24","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR114/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr114.html","sponsor":"Wil Schroder"},
{"bill_id":1462388,"bill_number":"SB279","title":"AN ACT relating to public funds.","description":"Amend KRS 154A.130 and create new sections in KRS Chapter 11 and KRS Chapter 48 to prevent the use of public funds in advertising after July 1, 2021.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-23","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB279/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb279.html","sponsor":"Adrienne Southworth"},
{"bill_id":1462390,"bill_number":"HB592","title":"AN ACT relating to the Office of Claims and Appeals.","description":"Amend numerous KRS chapters to update language replacing Kentucky Claims Commission with the Office of Claims and Appeals, which is created by this Act and establish three boards within this office as the Board of Tax Appeals, Board of Claims, and Crime Victims Compensation Board; amend various KRS chapters making conforming changes; confirm Executive Order 2020-708, dated August 31, 2020, reorganizing the Public Protection Cabinet and establishing the Office of Claims and Appeals and the boards attached thereto.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"posted in committee","last_action_date":"2021-03-02","committee":"Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB592/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb592.html","sponsor":"Derrick Graham"},
{"bill_id":1462392,"bill_number":"HB590","title":"AN ACT relating to the distribution and shipment of vaccine during a state of emergency and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 39A to require that vaccine be distributed to a qualified and enrolled vaccine site that has storage capability, reporting ability, and a sufficient number of preregistered and scheduled patients who meet current vaccine phase criteria during a state of emergency involving an infectious disease that requires vaccine distribution; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-23","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB590/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb590.html","sponsor":"Josh Bray"},
{"bill_id":1462394,"bill_number":"SR109","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Roy Gordon Scott.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Roy Gordon Scott.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-02-25","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-02-25","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR109/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr109.html","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":1462397,"bill_number":"HB567","title":"AN ACT relating to motorboats and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section in KRS Chapter 132 to exempt federally documented vessels from property taxation; create new sections in KRS Chapter 235 to establish the waterway usage fee and the distribution of revenue generated from the fee; establish the waterway usage fund; create a new section in KRS Chapter 148 to establish the Kentucky lakes and rivers tourism fund; amend KRS 235.990 to establish a penalty for nonpayment of the waterway usage fee; amend KRS 235.999 and 150.160 to distribute the money collected from the penalty; amend KRS 132.020 and 132.200 to make conforming changes; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2022; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-23","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB567/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb567.html","sponsor":"David Meade"},
{"bill_id":1462398,"bill_number":"HR74","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing the 100th anniversary of the American Physical Therapy Association.","description":"Recognize the 100th anniversary of the American Physical Therapy Association.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-23","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR74/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr74.html","sponsor":"Melinda Prunty"},
{"bill_id":1462400,"bill_number":"SB285","title":"AN ACT relating to paid parental leave.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 18A to allow employees of the Commonwealth of Kentucky a paid leave of absence of 12 weeks for the birth or adoption of a child and to establish requirements for the paid leave of absence; amend KRS 18A.025 and 18A.110 to conform.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-25","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB285/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb285.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1462403,"bill_number":"SR115","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring boys' basketball coach Todd Messer upon becoming the all-time wins leader at Clinton County High School.","description":"Honor boys' basketball coach Todd Messer upon becoming the all-time wins leader at Clinton County High School.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR115/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr115.html","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":1462405,"bill_number":"SB274","title":"AN ACT relating to local government.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 81A to establish procedures for cities wholly contained within 2 counties when those cities wish to annex territory in an additional county; amend KRS 81A.410 to accommodate the types of annexations under the provisions of the first section; amend KRS 68.197 to establish a base revenue for the license fees for counties when both the city and the county levy license fees and the city annexes territory in that county as well as controlling for changes in revenues and rates.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2021-03-28","last_action":"became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 145)","last_action_date":"2021-03-28","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB274/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb274.html","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":1462406,"bill_number":"HB593","title":"AN ACT relating to fraudulent unemployment claims.","description":"Amend KRS 341.990 to provide criminal sanctions for fraudulent unemployment claims related to the COVID-19 pandemic.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-23","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB593/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb593.html","sponsor":"Myron Dossett"},
{"bill_id":1462409,"bill_number":"HB564","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend KRS 508.025, relating to assault in the third degree, to create a mandatory fine of $5,000 and a minimum sentence of 30 days' incarceration, which is not subject to any form of early release; amend KRS 508.010, relating to assault in the first degree, to create a mandatory fine of $15,000 and a minimum sentence of 90 days' incarceration, which is not subject to any form of early release; create a new section of KRS Chapter 512 to require the court to order full restitution in any conviction under KRS 512.020, 512.030, or 512.040; amend KRS 525.020, relating to riot in the first degree, to create a minimum sentence of 45 days' incarceration, which is not subject to any form of early release; amend KRS 525.030, relating to riot in the second degree, to create a minimum sentence of 30 days' incarceration, which is not subject to any form of early release; create a new section of KRS Chapter 525 to require the court to order full restitution in any conviction under KRS 525.020, 525.030, or 525.040; amend KRS 525.150 to make disrupting meetings and processions a Class A misdemeanor in all cases; amend KRS 525.140 to make obstructing a highway a Class D felony when the obstruction blocks an emergency vehicle, emergency responder, or emergency exit; amend KRS 511.060 to make criminal trespass a Class D felony when done to harass a person who is a law enforcement officer, active duty member of the military, judge, or elected or appointed government official; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to require 12-hour hold for any person charged with certain offenses and allow exceptions; repeal KRS 525.145, relating to disrupting meetings and processions in the first degree.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-23","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB564/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb564.html","sponsor":"Steve Sheldon"},
{"bill_id":1462411,"bill_number":"SR107","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of George Putnam Allard II.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of George Putnam Allard II.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR107/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr107.html","sponsor":"Matt Castlen"},
{"bill_id":1462412,"bill_number":"HB583","title":"AN ACT relating to technology transparency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to define \"social media web site\"\" algorithm,\" and \"shadowban\"; prohibit social media web sites from censoring religious or political speech, using algorithms to shadowban user's content, or frequently changing terms of use; require that social media web sites provide notice to suspended users; clarify unprotected First Amendment speech that social media web sites can censor; and specify damages available to harmed social media users.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-23","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB583/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb583.html","sponsor":"Melinda Prunty"},
{"bill_id":1462415,"bill_number":"HB559","title":"AN ACT relating to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals.","description":"Create a new section of subchapter 10 of KRS Chapter 224 to define \"PFAS chemicals\"; require the Energy and Environment Cabinet on or before January 1, 2022, to promulgate administrative regulations establishing maximum PFAS chemical limits and monitoring requirements for drinking water provided by public and semi-public water systems; require the Energy and Environment Cabinet on or before January 1, 2022, to promulgate administrative regulations establishing maximum PFAS chemical limits and monitoring requirements for discharges into the waters of the Commonwealth; provide that maximum PFAS chemical limits be designed to protect public health and be updated; provide that nothing in the section interferes with the Energy and Environment Cabinet's responsibilities under the federal Water Pollution Control Act or the Safe Drinking Water Act; amend 227.395 to prohibit the use of personal protection equipment for firefighting or firefighting training that contains intentionally added PFAS chemicals after January 1, 2022.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-23","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB559/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb559.html","sponsor":"Nima Kulkarni"},
{"bill_id":1462417,"bill_number":"HB570","title":"AN ACT relating to emergencies and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 198A to establish the Kentucky emergency rental assistance fund and provide for its administration and funding; set out the requirements for the use of the Kentucky emergency rental assistance fund; amend KRS 39A.100 to limit the Governor from suspending or modifying KRS Chapter 383 or KRS 65.875 during an emergency; amend KRS 214.020 to limit the actions taken by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services during an epidemic to 30 days unless extended by the General Assembly.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-23","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB570/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb570.html","sponsor":"David Meade"},
{"bill_id":1462418,"bill_number":"HB573","title":"AN ACT relating to local government.","description":"Amend KRS 67.170 to make technical correction.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-23","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB573/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb573.html","sponsor":"Michael Meredith"},
{"bill_id":1462421,"bill_number":"HB584","title":"AN ACT relating to non-opioid treatments.","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 provide that the electronic monitoring system established in that section permits the cabinet to report and document receipt of a voluntary non-opioid directive and permits a practitioner to determine if a patient has filed a voluntary non-opioid directive.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-23","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB584/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb584.html","sponsor":"Kimberly Moser"},
{"bill_id":1462423,"bill_number":"HB595","title":"AN ACT concerning rights and obligations of landlords and tenants to a residential lease.","description":"Repeal and reenact and create new sections of KRS Chapter 383 to enact the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act and apply it across the Commonwealth; repeal various sections of KRS Chapter 383 to conform.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-23","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB595/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb595.html","sponsor":"Nima Kulkarni"},
{"bill_id":1462424,"bill_number":"HB577","title":"AN ACT relating to vocational rehabilitation.","description":"Amend KRS 163.460 to define \"blind vendor,\" \"public property,\" and \"vending facility\"; and to amend definition of \"office\"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 163 to set forth procedures to provide priority to blind vendors to operate vending facilities on public property; amend KRS 163.470 and 163.480 to conform.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-23","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB577/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb577.html","sponsor":"Ed Massey"},
{"bill_id":1462427,"bill_number":"SB277","title":"AN ACT relating to controlled substances.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to require a practitioner who prescribes an opioid medication to a patient to concurrently prescribe an opioid antagonist and provide education on overdose prevention and the use of the opioid antagonist under certain circumstances.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-23","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB277/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb277.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1462431,"bill_number":"HB560","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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-23","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB560/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb560.html","sponsor":"Nima Kulkarni"},
{"bill_id":1462432,"bill_number":"SR112","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Randolph J. Poe to the Kentucky Board of Education.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Randolph J. Poe to the Kentucky Board of Education for a term expiring April 14, 2022.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR112/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr112.html","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":1462434,"bill_number":"SB284","title":"AN ACT relating to minimum wage for essential workers and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 337.010 to define \"essential employee\"; amend KRS 337.275 to set a minimum wage for essential employees; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-25","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB284/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb284.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1462436,"bill_number":"HB568","title":"AN ACT relating to peace officer certification.","description":"Amend KRS 15.440 to remove the requirement that all mandatory training obligations must be completed for peace officers with certain law enforcement experience; amend KRS 15.382 to require that peace officers qualified for basic training credit meet minimum qualifications; amend KRS 15.386, 15.388, 15.392, and 15.400 to establish the procedure for certification reporting of peace officers who have certain law enforcement experience; amend KRS 15.404 to waive the requirement for completing a basic training course within one year of employment for those peace officers who have received a basic training credit approved by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-23","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB568/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb568.html","sponsor":"David Meade"},
{"bill_id":1462438,"bill_number":"SB276","title":"AN ACT relating to workforce development.","description":"Create the Kentucky Education and Workforce Collaborative to implement the policies developed by the Kentucky Workforce Innovation Board; establish membership, articulate responsibilities of the collaborative, authorize service coordination, authorize combination service programs, articulate responsibilities of local workforce boards, establish performance deadlines.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-25","committee":"Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB276/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb276.html","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":1462440,"bill_number":"HB563","title":"AN ACT relating to education.","description":"Amend KRS 157.350 to allow inclusion of nonresident pupils in a district's average daily attendance; amend KRS 158.120 to require a local board of education to adopt a nonresident student policy and forbid discrimination among nonresident students; require the Kentucky Department of Education to submit a report by August 1, 2021 concerning options to ensure a school district's local effort funds follow a students to the district in which the student is enrolled; specify that no provisions are intended to override current rules and regulations adopted by the Kentucky High School Athletics Association, including transfers.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2021-03-30","last_action":"delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 167)","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB563/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb563.html","sponsor":"Chad McCoy"},
{"bill_id":1462442,"bill_number":"HB585","title":"AN ACT relating to firearms and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to define terms; prohibit a covered entity from enforcing, or assisting in the enforcement of, any federal statute, order, rule, or regulation of firearms that does not exist under the laws of Kentucky; create a Class A misdemeanor for any government official who violates the prohibition; grant authority to the Attorney General to file a civil action in Circuit Court to enforce the prohibition; permit citizens to file complaints with the Attorney general for violations of the prohibition; state the Act shall be known as the Kentucky Firearms Protection Act; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-23","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB585/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb585.html","sponsor":"Scott Sharp"},
{"bill_id":1462445,"bill_number":"SB283","title":"AN ACT relating to public protection.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 455 to limit circumstances in which a warrant may be issued authorizing entry without notice; require creation of a warrant application form; require reporting of data on warrants authorizing entry without notice; require 10-second pause after announcing the presence of law enforcement officers prior to entering premises to serve a warrant; require use of body-worn cameras by law enforcement officers serving warrants; create processes for enforcement; allow disciplinary actions for noncompliance; create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to require officers to activate body-worn cameras when engaged in law enforcement activity; establish rebuttable presumptions in investigative or legal proceedings regarding unrecorded conduct or statements; amend KRS 61.168 to provide for release of recordings in specific circumstances and allow waiver of privacy concerns; create a new section of KRS Chapter 344 to allow suits against state and local government law enforcement officers and prosecutors and limit defenses; amend KRS 15.420 to define \"deadly incident\"; amend KRS 15.440 to require law enforcement agencies to create policies requiring mandatory drug and alcohol testing for officers involved in a deadly incident; amend various sections to conform; provide that Sections 1 to 7 shall be known as \"Breonna's Law; propose a rule of evidence making inadmissible any evidence collected as the result of a warrant authorizing entry without notice which did not comply with statutes or which was obtained through perjury or false statements; create new sections of KRS Chapter 15 to create a method for law enforcement agencies to request disciplinary records from other agencies where the applicant has previously been employed; require applicants to consent to disclosure of prior records; require the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council to administer the program and develop forms; amend KRS 503.010 to create a definition for carotid restraint; amend KRS 503.090 to establish when a peace officer may use a carotid restraint in the course of his or her duties; amend KRS 15.334 to require the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council to approve de-esclation training courses and courses in serving warrants safely for students attending law enforcement basic training;","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-25","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB283/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb283.html","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":1462446,"bill_number":"HCR75","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION directing the Legislative Research Commission to establish a working group to study the taxation of the horse industry and gambling.","description":"Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Horse Industry and Gaming Taxation Working Group; require the Legislative Research Commission to consider and approve the working group membership; require monthly working group meeting during the 2021 Interim of the General Assembly; require a report on the working group's findings and recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2021.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-23","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR75/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hcr75.html","sponsor":"Joni Jenkins"},
{"bill_id":1462448,"bill_number":"HB569","title":"AN ACT relating to actions of the General Assembly.","description":"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 6 to authorize intervention by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives in specified court actions; reaffirm legislative privilege and immunity.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2021-03-12","last_action":"to State & Local Government (S)","last_action_date":"2021-03-15","committee":"State & Local Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB569/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb569.html","sponsor":"David Meade"},
{"bill_id":1462451,"bill_number":"HR73","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing the last day of February, the day connecting Black and Women's History Months, in honor of Black women.","description":"Recognizing the last day of February, the day connecting Black and Women's History Months, in honor of Black women.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-02-26","last_action":"adopted","last_action_date":"2021-02-26","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR73/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr73.html","sponsor":"Pamela Stevenson"},
{"bill_id":1462452,"bill_number":"HB587","title":"AN ACT relating to the West End Opportunity Partnership and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create a new section in KRS Chapter 65 to define terms and require a minimum investment be pledged from private sector investors, consolidated local government, and the Commonwealth; require incremental tax revenues be pledged to the West End Opportunity Partnership from a consolidated local government and the Commonwealth; effective only if 2021 Regular Session Bill Request Number 1553 becomes law; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)","last_action_date":"2021-03-15","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB587/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb587.html","sponsor":"Ken Fleming"},
{"bill_id":1462454,"bill_number":"SCR116","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Juvenile Handgun Violence Prevention Task Force.","description":"Request that the Legislative Research Commission create the Juvenile Handgun Violence Prevention Task Force to study the causes, impacts, and potential solutions to juvenile handgun violence in Kentucky.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-23","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SCR116/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/scr116.html","sponsor":"Karen Berg"},
{"bill_id":1462457,"bill_number":"HB589","title":"AN ACT relating to local provision of wastewater service.","description":"Amend KRS 96.539 to clarify how refunds are calculated on line extensions and delete imprecise language.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-23","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB589/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb589.html","sponsor":"David Osborne"},
{"bill_id":1462458,"bill_number":"HB574","title":"AN ACT relating to elections and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Amend various sections of KRS Chapters 48, 65, 83A, 116, 117, 118, 118A, 119, 120, 242, and 424 relating to paper ballots, voting equipment, voting systems, election education, voter registration, mail-in and in-person absentee voting and procedures, county board of election appointments, precinct election officer qualifications, consolidated precincts, mail-in absentee portal for mail-in ballot application requests, drop-box or receptacle for mail-in absentee ballots, voter assistance requirements prescribed, extension of time for reviewing and processing mail-in absentee ballots and procedures related, establishing recanvass thresholds, penalties prescribed for furnishing mail-in absentee ballots when not permissible, prohibiting tax dollars from being used to influence public opinion for ballot questions, and elections. repeal KRS 117.381 and 117.387, relating to electronic voting systems.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-04-07","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 197)","last_action_date":"2021-04-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB574/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb574.html","sponsor":"Jennifer Henson Decker"},
{"bill_id":1462461,"bill_number":"SB272","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend KRS 523.030 to make language gender-neutral.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-23","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB272/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb272.html","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":1462463,"bill_number":"HB594","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 KRS 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; 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,” “net poker revenue,” “online poker,” “person,” “principal stockholder,” “rake,” “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; require any person offering online poker in the Commonwealth to have a license from the cabinet and require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations prescribing requirements for licensure including geolocation software, age verification, and security and accounting standards; establish an online poker account in the State Treasury; 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, sports wagering, and online poker; amend KRS 243.500 to exempt limited or full casino gaming, sports wagering, fantasy contests and online poker; amend KRS 525.090 to exempt persons engaged in casino gaming and sports wagering; amend KRS 528.010 to exempt casino gambling activity, fantasy contests, sports wagering, and online poker and the devices used in the conduct of those forms of wagering; amend KRS 528.020 to conform; amend KRS 528.070 and 528.080 to exempt activity licensed under KRS Chapter 154A, fantasy contests, sports wagering, and online poker; amend KRS 528.100 to exempt limited or full casino gaming licensed under KRS Chapter 154A, fantasy contests, or sports wagering; amend KRS 138.510 to increase the excise tax on live horse racing to 2.5% by July 1, 2023, impose a surtax on historical horse racing and dedicate the proceeds of the surtax to stated purposes; amend KRS 138.513 to increase the excise tax on advance deposit wagering and to add a surtax; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-23","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB594/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb594.html","sponsor":"Alan Gentry"},
{"bill_id":1462464,"bill_number":"SR113","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Joshua Brian Lillard to the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Joshua Brian Lillard to the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission for a term expiring August 13, 2024.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR113/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr113.html","sponsor":"John Schickel"},
{"bill_id":1462467,"bill_number":"SB125","title":"AN ACT relating to the West End Opportunity Partnership and making an appropriation therefor.","description":"Create new a section in KRS Chapter 65 to define terms and require a minimum investment be pledged from private sector investors, consolidated local government, and the Commonwealth; require incremental tax revenues be pledged to the West End Opportunity Partnership from a consolidated local government and the Commonwealth; effective only if 2021 Regular Session Bill Request Number 1553 becomes law; APPROPRIATION.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"to Appropriations & Revenue (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-25","committee":"Appropriations and Revenue","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB125/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb125.html","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":1462469,"bill_number":"HB580","title":"AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.","description":"Amend KRS 533.050 to require the court to considere 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":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-23","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB580/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb580.html","sponsor":"Killian Timoney"},
{"bill_id":1462470,"bill_number":"SB100","title":"AN ACT relating to property in a development area.","description":"Create new sections in KRS Chapter 65 to state findings and declaration of the General Assembly for the development area; define terms; establish the West End Opportunity Partnership, its powers and duties and purpose; require the West End Opportunity Partnership to comply with open meetings and open records requirements; require the West End Opportunity Partnership to reimburse real property taxes; establish the board and membership requirements; require a local participation agreement and specify provisions of the agreement; establish requirements pertaining to documentation, records, incremental revenues, and bonds; require reporting of the West End Opportunity Partnership to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue; establish the West End Louisville Advisory Council and its members and duties; create a new section in KRS Chapter 132 to establish the classification of residential property in a revitalization area; define terms; and prohibit the legislative body of a consolidated local government from levying an ad valorem tax rate on residential property in a revitalization area that is higher than 50 percent of the prevailing rate of other real property located in its jurisdiction; EFFECTIVE only if 2021 Regular Session Bill Request Number 850 becomes law.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-23","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB100/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb100.html","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":1462473,"bill_number":"HB562","title":"AN ACT relating to law enforcement background investigations.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 15 to create a method for law enforcement agencies to request disciplinary records from other agencies where the applicant has previously been employed; require applicants to consent to disclosure of prior records; require the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council to administer the program and develop forms.","status_desc":"In House Committee","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (H)","last_action_date":"2021-02-23","committee":"Committee On Committees","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB562/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb562.html","sponsor":"Derrick Graham"},
{"bill_id":1462475,"bill_number":"SB280","title":"AN ACT relating to violations of privacy.","description":"Create new section of KRS Chapter 411 to create a cause of action for subcutaneous implantation of an identification device; create new section of KRS Chapter 454 to restrict use of facial recognition technology and biometric identifiers; Create new section of KRS Chapter 411 to create a cause of action for use of facial recognition technology or biometric identifiers; craete new section of KRS Chapter 455 to prohibit use of facial recognition technology as evidence.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-02-23","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-25","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB280/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb280.html","sponsor":"Adrienne Southworth"},
{"bill_id":1464307,"bill_number":"SR100","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring the 100th anniversary of the Rotary Club of Hopkinsville.","description":"Honor the Rotary Club of Hopkinsville upon its 100th anniversary.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-12","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR100/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr100.html","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":1464345,"bill_number":"SR118","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Tyrran Wayne Scroggins.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Tyrran Wayne Scroggins.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-02-26","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-02-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR118/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr118.html","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":1464380,"bill_number":"SR119","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Kerry Allen McDaniel.","description":"Adjourn the Senate in loving memory of Kerry Allen McDaniel.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-02","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR119/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr119.html","sponsor":"Stephen Meredith"},
{"bill_id":1464415,"bill_number":"SR117","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Jerry A. Boehmann.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Jerry A. Boehmann.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-02-24","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-02-24","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR117/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr117.html","sponsor":"Matt Castlen"},
{"bill_id":1466642,"bill_number":"SR126","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Corey Tomas Fannin.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Corey Tomas Fannin.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-12","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR126/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr126.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1466649,"bill_number":"SR123","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Mary Irby-Jones upon being named executive editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal.","description":"Honor Mary Irby-Jones upon being named executive editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-02-26","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-02-26","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR123/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr123.html","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":1466655,"bill_number":"SR122","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Dr. Gerald T. Slatin.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Dr. Gerald T. Slatin.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-12","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR122/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr122.html","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1466660,"bill_number":"SR125","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Walter Michael Bailey.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Walter Michael Bailey.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR125/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr125.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1466667,"bill_number":"SR124","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing the Commonwealth Policy Development Coalition.","description":"Recognize the Commonwealth Policy Development Coalition.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR124/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr124.html","sponsor":"David Givens"},
{"bill_id":1466673,"bill_number":"SR121","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Thelma \"Toby\" Drake.","description":"Honor Thelma \"Toby\" Drake.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-12","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR121/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr121.html","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1466678,"bill_number":"HR78","title":"A RESOLUTION urging the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to establish policies and reports related to children in out-of-home care during the COVID-19 pandemic.","description":"Request the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to establish policies and reports related to children in out-of-home care during the COVID-19 pandemic.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR78/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr78.html","sponsor":"Billy Wesley"},
{"bill_id":1466685,"bill_number":"SCR120","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION asking the Congress of the United States to address the issue of state identity sharing for identity verification funding.","description":"Declare support for and urge the enactment of federal legislation funding programs for data sharing and personal identity verification.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-02-25","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-02-25","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SCR120/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/scr120.html","sponsor":"Adrienne Southworth"},
{"bill_id":1466691,"bill_number":"SR127","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Gladys Lowenthal Bass.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Gladys Lowenthal Bass.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR127/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr127.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1470439,"bill_number":"SR128","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring John Walczak upon his retirement as Louisville Zoo Director.","description":"Honor John Walczak upon his retirement as Louisville Zoo Director.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-16","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR128/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr128.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1470458,"bill_number":"HR82","title":"A RESOLUTION raising awareness of the dangers of PFAS substances and the need for a PFAS Action Plan.","description":"Resolution identifying the risk of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and urging the United States Environmental Protection Agency to set limitations for PFAS exposure.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-03-01","last_action":"introduced in House","last_action_date":"2021-03-01","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR82/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr82.html","sponsor":"Kevin Bratcher"},
{"bill_id":1470475,"bill_number":"HCR81","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION to fully support Future Vertical Lift, a vital modernization initiative of the Department of Defense and the United States Army.","description":"Encourage full support of the Future Vertical Lift, a vital Department of Defense and U. S. Army modernization initiative.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-04-05","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 181)","last_action_date":"2021-04-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR81/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hcr81.html","sponsor":"Walker Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1470492,"bill_number":"HR80","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the House of Representatives in honor and loving memory of Michael Dean Bowling.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Michael Dean Bowling.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-04","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR80/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr80.html","sponsor":"Derek Lewis"},
{"bill_id":1470510,"bill_number":"HR79","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Dr. Ephraim McDowell and encouraging the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library to keep the statue of Dr. Ephraim McDowell on display.","description":"Honor Dr. Ephraim McDowell and recommend that the statue of Dr. McDowell on display in the National Statuary Hall remain there.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-29","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR79/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr79.html","sponsor":"Daniel Elliott"},
{"bill_id":1470525,"bill_number":"HR83","title":"A RESOLUTION designating August 31 of each year as Overdose Awareness Day in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","description":"Designate August 31 of each year as Overdose Awareness Day in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-29","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR83/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr83.html","sponsor":"Daniel Elliott"},
{"bill_id":1471453,"bill_number":"SCR130","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION to protect the Second Amendment rights of Kentuckians from federal overreach in the REAL ID Act of 2005.","description":"Express the intent of the Kentucky General Assembly to withdraw from compliance with the REAL ID Act of 2005 and urge the Kentucky congressional delegation to seek to repeal or amend the Act should it be applied in any way to infringe upon the Second Amendment rights of Kentuckians; express the Kentucky General Assembly's intent to oppose any proposed congressional legislation granting the federal government the power to usurp Kentucky's abiltiy to determine the standards of its driver's license and ID cards.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-03-02","last_action":"to Judiciary (S)","last_action_date":"2021-03-03","committee":"Judiciary","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SCR130/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/scr130.html","sponsor":"Adrienne Southworth"},
{"bill_id":1471459,"bill_number":"SCR136","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the County Clerk Office Modernization Task Force.","description":"Create the County Clerk Office Modernization Task Force to discuss issues regarding the implementation of electronic recording, fees or functions of the county clerk in the recording of documents, closure of county clerk offices due to an emergency, and related issues; report by December 1, 2021.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-03-02","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-03-02","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SCR136/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/scr136.html","sponsor":"Jason Howell"},
{"bill_id":1471465,"bill_number":"HR84","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring the Kentucky Colon Cancer Screening Program and recognizing March 5, 2021, as Dress in Blue Day.","description":"Honor the Kentucky Colon Cancer Screening Program and recognize March 5, 2021, as Dress in Blue Day.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-03-02","last_action":"introduced in House","last_action_date":"2021-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR84/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr84.html","sponsor":"Melinda Prunty"},
{"bill_id":1471473,"bill_number":"SR129","title":"A RESOLUTION declaring September 27, 2021, as Hereditary Cancer Awareness Day.","description":"Declare September 27, 2021, as Hereditary Cancer Awareness Day.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-03","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR129/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr129.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1471481,"bill_number":"SR134","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Katherine Sue Scott.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Katherine Sue Scott.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-04","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR134/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr134.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1471487,"bill_number":"SR135","title":"A RESOLUTION declaring March 2, 2021, to be Live United Day in Kentucky.","description":"Declare March 2, 2021 to be Live United Day in Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-02","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR135/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr135.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1471494,"bill_number":"SR132","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Chris Evensen upon the successful completion of his term as President of the Kentucky Workers Association.","description":"Honor Chris Evensen upon the successful completely of his term as President of the Kentucky Workers' Association.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-04","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR132/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr132.html","sponsor":"Phillip Wheeler"},
{"bill_id":1471501,"bill_number":"SR133","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Dr. Ephraim McDowell and encouraging the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library to keep the statue of Dr. Ephraim McDowell on display.","description":"Honor Dr. Ephraim McDowell and recommend that the statue of Dr. McDowell on display in the National Statuary Hall remain there.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-03","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR133/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr133.html","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":1471508,"bill_number":"SR131","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Robert Lee \"Bobby\" Sallee.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Robert Lee \"Bobby\" Sallee.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-03","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-03","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR131/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr131.html","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":1471513,"bill_number":"HR85","title":"A RESOLUTION declaring March 3, 2021, as Social Determinants of Addiction Recovery Day.","description":"Declare March 3, 2021, as Social Determinants of Addiction Recovery Day.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-03-02","last_action":"introduced in House","last_action_date":"2021-03-02","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR85/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr85.html","sponsor":"Adam Bowling"},
{"bill_id":1472759,"bill_number":"HR87","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing March 4, 2021, as World Obesity Day in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","description":"Recognize March 4, 2021, as World Obesity Day in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-04","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-04","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR87/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr87.html","sponsor":"Kimberly Moser"},
{"bill_id":1472762,"bill_number":"SR138","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring the Jefferson Community and Technical College academic team upon winning the 2021 Community College Championship Tournament.","description":"Honor the Jefferson Community and Technical College Academic Team upon winning the 2021 Community College Championship Tournament.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR138/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr138.html","sponsor":"David Yates"},
{"bill_id":1472764,"bill_number":"SR140","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing March as Irish American Heritage Month for the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","description":"Recognize March as Irish American Heritage Month for the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-12","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR140/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr140.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1472766,"bill_number":"HR86","title":"A RESOLUTION declaring March 11, 2021, as Social Determinants of Addiction Recovery Day.","description":"Declare March 11, 2021, as Social Determinants of Addiction Recovery Day.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR86/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr86.html","sponsor":"Adam Bowling"},
{"bill_id":1472768,"bill_number":"SR137","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of George Edward \"Gee\" Monarch III.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of George Edward \"Gee\" Monarch III.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-05","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR137/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr137.html","sponsor":"Stephen Meredith"},
{"bill_id":1472770,"bill_number":"SR139","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Randall Allen Fisher.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Randall Allen Fisher.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-04","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR139/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr139.html","sponsor":"Steve West"},
{"bill_id":1474065,"bill_number":"SR142","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Elaine Penn.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Elaine Penn.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-05","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR142/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr142.html","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":1474079,"bill_number":"SR146","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing November as College Application Month.","description":"Recognize November as College Application Month.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR146/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr146.html","sponsor":"Adrienne Southworth"},
{"bill_id":1474094,"bill_number":"SR145","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of G. Alan Long to the Eastern Kentucky University Board of Regents.","description":"Confirm the reappointment of G. Alan Long to the Eastern Kentucky University Board of Regents for a term ending June 30, 2026.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-04","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR145/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr145.html","sponsor":"Jared Carpenter"},
{"bill_id":1474107,"bill_number":"SR141","title":"A RESOLUTION declaring April 2021 Oral Cancer Awareness Month in Kentucky.","description":"Declare April 2021 Oral Cancer Awareness Month in Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-29","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR141/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr141.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1474122,"bill_number":"HR88","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing April 21, 2021, as Autism After 21 Day in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","description":"Recognize April 21, 2021, as Autism After 21 Day in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-12","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR88/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr88.html","sponsor":"Michael Meredith"},
{"bill_id":1474135,"bill_number":"SR144","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Maysville for its efforts to become the first Green Dot City in the country.","description":"Support the City of Maysville in its effort to become the first Green Dot City in the nation.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR144/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr144.html","sponsor":"Steve West"},
{"bill_id":1474149,"bill_number":"SR147","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing October as Financial Aid Awareness Month.","description":"Recognize October as Financial Aid Awareness Month.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR147/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr147.html","sponsor":"Adrienne Southworth"},
{"bill_id":1474163,"bill_number":"SR143","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Madelynn Noel Troutt.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Madelynn Noel Troutt.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-04","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-04","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR143/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr143.html","sponsor":"David Yates"},
{"bill_id":1474792,"bill_number":"HR89","title":"A RESOLUTION amending House Rules 41 and 49.","description":"Amend the Rules of Procedure for the 2021 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":"2021-03-05","last_action":"introduced in House","last_action_date":"2021-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR89/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr89.html","sponsor":"Jason Nemes"},
{"bill_id":1474841,"bill_number":"HR91","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing November as College Application Month.","description":"Recognize November as College Application Month.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-03-05","last_action":"introduced in House","last_action_date":"2021-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR91/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr91.html","sponsor":"Josie Raymond"},
{"bill_id":1474884,"bill_number":"HR90","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing October as Financial Aid Awareness Month.","description":"Recognize October as Financial Aid Awareness Month.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-03-05","last_action":"introduced in House","last_action_date":"2021-03-05","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR90/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr90.html","sponsor":"Josie Raymond"},
{"bill_id":1480294,"bill_number":"SR151","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Robert William Lear to the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Robert William Lear to the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission for a term expiring August 13, 2024.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"to Rules (S)","last_action_date":"2021-03-12","committee":"Rules","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR151/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr151.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1480297,"bill_number":"SR161","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Justin Kyle Mitchell to the Education Professional Standards Board.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Justin Kyle Mitchell to the Education Professional Standards Board for a term expiring June 30, 2022.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR161/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr161.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1480300,"bill_number":"SR188","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of David Bryan Sloan to the Mine Safety Review Commission.","description":"Confirm the appointment of David Bryan Sloan to the Mine Safety Review Commission for a term expiring May 23, 2024.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR188/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr188.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1480304,"bill_number":"SR152","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Elaine Nogay Walker to the Governor's Postsecondary Education Nominating Committee.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Elaine Nogay Walker to the Governor's Postsecondary Education Nominating Committee for a term expiring April 14, 2026.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR152/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr152.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1480307,"bill_number":"SR202","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Katherine Sue Scott.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Katherine Sue Scott.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR202/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr202.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1480310,"bill_number":"SR200","title":"A RESOLUTION declaring March 11, 2021, as Social Determinants of Addiction Recovery Day.","description":"Declare March 11, 2021, as Social Determinants of Addiction Recovery Day.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-11","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR200/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr200.html","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":1480313,"bill_number":"SR163","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Stephen F. LeLaurin to the Board of Trustees of the Judicial Form Retirement System.","description":"Confirm the reappointment of Stephen F. LeLaurin to the Board of Trustees of the Judicial Form Retirement System for a term expiring June 30, 2024.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR163/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr163.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1480317,"bill_number":"SR165","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Jeanie Smith to the Standards and Assessments Process Review Committee.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Jeanie Smith to the Standards and Assessments Process Review Committee for a term expiring May 27, 2024.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"to Rules (S)","last_action_date":"2021-03-12","committee":"Rules","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR165/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr165.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1480320,"bill_number":"SR197","title":"A RESOLUTION designating August 31 of each year as Overdose Awareness Day in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","description":"Designate August 31 of each year as Overdose Awareness Day in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR197/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr197.html","sponsor":"Rick Girdler"},
{"bill_id":1480323,"bill_number":"SR160","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Lisa Marie Rudzinski to the Education Professional Standards Board.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Lisa Marie Rudzinski to the Education Professional Standards Board.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR160/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr160.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1480326,"bill_number":"SR148","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Paul L. Whalen as an administrative law judge in the Department of Workers' Claims.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Paul L. Whalen as an administrative law judge for the Department of Workers' Claims for a term expiring on July 14, 2024.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"to Rules (S)","last_action_date":"2021-03-12","committee":"Rules","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR148/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr148.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1480330,"bill_number":"SR178","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Grace-Nicole Danielle Burke to the Standards and Assessments Process Review Committee.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Grace-Nicole Danielle Burke to the Standards and Assessments Process Review Committee for a term expiring May 27, 2024.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR178/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr178.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1480333,"bill_number":"SR181","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Beverly Denise Chester-Burton to the Kentucky Housing Corporation Board of Directors.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Beverly Denise Chester-Burton to the Kentucky Housing Corporation Board of Directors for a term expiring October 30, 2024.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR181/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr181.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1480336,"bill_number":"SR150","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Julian Vasquez Heilig to the Education Professional Standards Board.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Julian Vasquez Heilig to the Education Professional Standards Board.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR150/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr150.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1480339,"bill_number":"SR208","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing April 2, 2021, as World Autism Awareness Day and April 2021 as National Autism Awareness Month.","description":"Recognize April 2, 2021, as World Autism Awareness Day and April 2021 as National Autism Awareness Month.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR208/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr208.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1480343,"bill_number":"SR179","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Barry Kelvin Martin to the Kentucky Community and Technical College System Board of Regents.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Barry Kelvin Martin to the Kentucky Community and Technical College System Board of Regents for a term expiring July 21, 2026.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR179/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr179.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1480346,"bill_number":"SR156","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Leigh Amber Snell to the Education Professional Standards Board.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Leigh Amber Snell to the Education Professional Standards Board.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR156/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr156.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1480349,"bill_number":"SR205","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of George Carlisle Cheatham II to the Board of Trustees of the County Employees Retirement System.","description":"Confirm the appointment of George Carlisle Cheatham II to the Board of Trustees of the County Employees Retirement System for a term ending March 31, 2025.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR205/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr205.html","sponsor":"David Givens"},
{"bill_id":1480352,"bill_number":"SR189","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Arthur Everett Walker III to the Morehead State University Board of Regents.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Arthur Everett Walker III to the Morehead State University Board of Regents for a term expiring June 30, 2026.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR189/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr189.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1480356,"bill_number":"HR92","title":"A RESOLUTION affirming the religious freedom of all Kentuckians.","description":"Affirm support for the religious freedom of all Kentuckians.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR92/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr92.html","sponsor":"Shane Baker"},
{"bill_id":1480359,"bill_number":"SR206","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of William Thomas O'Mara to the Board of Trustees of the County Employees Retirement System.","description":"Confirm the appointment of William Thomas O'Mara to the Board of Trustees of the County Employees Retirement System for a term expiring March 31, 2025.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR206/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr206.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1480361,"bill_number":"SR153","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Matthew W. Linville to the Governor's Postsecondary Education Nominating Committee.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Matthew W. Linville to the Governor's Postsecondary Education Nominating Committee for a term expiring April 14, 2024.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR153/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr153.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1480364,"bill_number":"SR157","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Sara Jackson Green to the Education Professional Standards Board.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Sara Jackson Green to the Education Professional Standards Board for a term expiring June 30, 2022.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"to Rules (S)","last_action_date":"2021-03-12","committee":"Rules","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR157/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr157.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1480368,"bill_number":"SR184","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Timothy Akins to the Kentucky Public Transportation Infrastructure Authority.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Timothy Akins to the Kentucky Public Transportation Infrastructure Authority for a term expiring October 1, 2024.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR184/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr184.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1480371,"bill_number":"SR166","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Mike S. Stacy to the Standards and Assessments Process Review Committee.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Mike S. Stacy to the Standards and Assessments Process Review Committee for a term expiring May 27, 2024.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR166/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr166.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1480374,"bill_number":"HR93","title":"A RESOLUTION urging the United States Attorney General to investigate the death of Breonna Taylor.","description":"Urge the Attorney General of the United States to conduct a thorough investigation into the death of Breonna Taylor.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"introduced in House","last_action_date":"2021-03-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR93/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr93.html","sponsor":"Attica Scott"},
{"bill_id":1480377,"bill_number":"SR204","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring the work of the Kentucky Main Street Program and its twenty-eight participating communities.","description":"Honor the Kentucky Main Street Program and its participating communities.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-12","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR204/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr204.html","sponsor":"Robin Webb"},
{"bill_id":1480381,"bill_number":"SR154","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Jacqueline Colleen Mayfield to the Education Professional Standards Board.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Jacqueline Colleen Mayfield to the Education Professional Standards Board.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR154/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr154.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1480384,"bill_number":"SCR195","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION adjourning the General Assembly until March 29, 2021.","description":"Adjourn the General Assembly until March 29, 2021.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-03-11","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SCR195/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/scr195.html","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":1480387,"bill_number":"SR169","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Joseph Ronald Geoghegan Sr. to the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Joseph Ronald Geoghegan Sr. to the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees for a term expiring June 30, 2026.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR169/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr169.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1480390,"bill_number":"SR170","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Robert Dale Vance to the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees.","description":"Confirm the reappointment of Robert Dale Vance to theUniversity of Kentucky Board of Trustees for a term expiring June 30, 2026.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR170/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr170.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1480394,"bill_number":"SR171","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Diane Lilly Porter to the University of Louisville Board of Trustees.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Diane Lilly Porter to the University of Louisville Board of Trustees for a term expiring January 13, 2026.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR171/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr171.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1480399,"bill_number":"SR168","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Raymond Anthony Daniels to the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Raymond Anthony Daniels to the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees for a term expiring June 30, 2025.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR168/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr168.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1480402,"bill_number":"HR95","title":"A RESOLUTION expressing opposition to President Biden's executive order on climate change and the use of social costs for calculating damages from emitting greenhouse gases.","description":"A resolution expressing opposition to President Biden's climate change executive order and the use of social costs for calculating the cost of greenhouse gas emissions.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"introduced in House","last_action_date":"2021-03-11","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR95/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr95.html","sponsor":"Jim Gooch"},
{"bill_id":1480406,"bill_number":"SR201","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Michael Dean Bowling.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Michael Dean Bowling.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-12","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR201/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr201.html","sponsor":"Brandon Smith"},
{"bill_id":1480409,"bill_number":"SR175","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Cammie D. Grant to the Kentucky Lottery Corporation Board of Directors.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Cammie D. Grant to the Kentucky Lottery Corporation Board of Directors for a term expiring November 28, 2024.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR175/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr175.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1480412,"bill_number":"SR203","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring the Bethlehem High School girls' basketball team upon winning the 2021 Kentucky All \"A\" Classic.","description":"Honor the Bethlehem High School girls' basketball team upon winning the 2021 Kentucky All \"A\" Classic.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-15","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-15","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR203/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr203.html","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":1480415,"bill_number":"SR193","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Kenneth Christopher LeMonds to the Standards and Assessments Process Review Committee.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Kenneth Christopher LeMonds to the Standards and Assessments Process Review Committee for a term expiring May 27, 2024.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR193/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr193.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1480419,"bill_number":"SR190","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Sharon Leigh Hardesty to the Parole Board.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Sharon Leigh Hardesty to the Parole Board for a term expiring June 30, 2024.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR190/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr190.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1480422,"bill_number":"SR155","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Traci Morris Hunt to the Education Professional Standards Board.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Traci Morris Hunt to the Education Professional Standards Board for a term expiring June 30, 2022.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR155/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr155.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1480425,"bill_number":"SR198","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Pastor Dwayne Mills and Appalachia Reach Out.","description":"Honor Pastor Dwayne Mills and Appalachia Reach Out.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-12","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR198/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr198.html","sponsor":"Phillip Wheeler"},
{"bill_id":1480428,"bill_number":"SR183","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Dr. Thomas Gerald Abell to the Kentucky Lottery Corporation Board of Directors.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Dr. Thomas Gerald Abell to the Kentucky Lottery Corporation Board of Directors for a term expiring November 28, 2023.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR183/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr183.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1480432,"bill_number":"SR182","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Cathy Hinko to the Kentucky Housing Corporation Board of Directors.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Cathy Hinko to the Kentucky Housing Corporation Board of Directors for a term expiring October 30, 2024.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR182/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr182.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1480434,"bill_number":"HR94","title":"A RESOLUTION commemorating the one-hundredth anniversary of the discovery of insulin.","description":"Commemorate the 100th anniversary of the discovery of insulin.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-16","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR94/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr94.html","sponsor":"Danny Bentley"},
{"bill_id":1480437,"bill_number":"SR176","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Isaac Jordan Myers II to the Kentucky Housing Corporation Board of Directors.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Isaac Jordan Myers II to the Kentucky Housing Corporation Board of Directors for a term expiring October 30, 2022.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR176/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr176.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1480440,"bill_number":"SR167","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Paula Leach Pope to the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Paula Leach Pope to the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees for a term expiring June 30, 2026.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR167/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr167.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1480444,"bill_number":"SR196","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Lucille Creech.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Lucille Creech.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-12","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR196/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr196.html","sponsor":"Brandon Storm"},
{"bill_id":1480447,"bill_number":"SR180","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Porter G. Peeples to the Kentucky Housing Corporation Board of Directors.","description":"Confirm the reappointment of Porter G. Peeples to the Kentucky Housing Corporation Board of Directors for a term expiring October 30, 2024.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR180/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr180.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1480450,"bill_number":"SR186","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of John Bissell Roberts to the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance.","description":"Confirm the appointment of John Bissell Roberts to the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance, representing Democratic Executive Committees, for a term expiring September 16, 2024.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR186/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr186.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1480453,"bill_number":"SR185","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Adrian M. Mendiondo to the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Adrian M. Mendiondo to the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance for a term expiring September 2, 2024.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR185/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr185.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1480457,"bill_number":"SR162","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Joshua Steven Trosper to the Education Professional Standards Board.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Joshua Steven Trosper to the Education Professional Standards Board.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"to Rules (S)","last_action_date":"2021-03-12","committee":"Rules","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR162/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr162.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1480460,"bill_number":"SR177","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of McKinnley Morgan to the Kentucky Personnel Board.","description":"Confirm the appointment of McKinnley Morgan to the Kentucky Personnel Board for a term expiring January 1, 2025.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR177/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr177.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1480463,"bill_number":"SR207","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of James Michael Foster to the Board of Trustees of the Kentucky Retirement Systems.","description":"Confirm the appointment of James Michael Foster to the Board of Trustees of the Kentucky Retirement Systems for a term expiring July 1, 2021.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR207/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr207.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1480466,"bill_number":"SR174","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Jan Michele West to the Western Kentucky University Board of Regents.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Jan Michele West to the Western Kentucky University Board of Regents for a term expiring June 30, 2026.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR174/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr174.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1480470,"bill_number":"SR191","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Deanna D. Ashby to the Standards and Assessments Process Review Committee.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Deanna D. Ashby to the Standards and Assessments Process Review Committee for a term expiring May 27, 2024.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR191/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr191.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1480473,"bill_number":"SR172","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Alfonso Cornish to the University of Louisville Board of Trustees.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Alfonso Cornish to the University of Louisville Board of Trustees for a term expiring January 13, 2026.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR172/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr172.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1480476,"bill_number":"SR194","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Mary Leigh Lewis to the Standards and Assessments Process Review Committee.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Mary Leigh Lewis to the Standards and Assessments Process Review Committee for a term expiring May 27, 2024.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR194/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr194.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1480479,"bill_number":"SR164","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Phillip Prokes to the Standards and Assessments Process Review Committee.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Phillip Prokes to the Standards and Assessments Process Review Committee for a term expiring May 27, 2024.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR164/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr164.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1480483,"bill_number":"SR173","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Wilton Currie Milliken to the Western Kentucky University Board of Regents.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Wilton Currie Milliken to the Western Kentucky Board of Regents for a term expiring June 30, 2025.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR173/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr173.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1480486,"bill_number":"SR158","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Cathy Chanelle Gunn to the Education Professional Standards Board.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Cathy Chanelle Gunn to the Education Professional Standards Board.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR158/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr158.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1480489,"bill_number":"SR209","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Merl M. Hackbart to the Board of Trustees of the County Employees Retirement System.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Merl M. Hackbart to the Board of Trustees of the County Employees Retirement System for a term expiring March 31, 2025.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR209/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr209.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1480492,"bill_number":"SR192","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Jacqueline G. Burnside to the Standards and Assessments Process Review Committee.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Jacqueline G. Burnside to the Standards and Assessments Process Review Committee for a term expiring May 27, 2024.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR192/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr192.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1480496,"bill_number":"SR159","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Elijah Daye Edwards to the Education Professional Standards Board.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Elijah Daye Edwards to the Education Professional Standards Board for a term expiring June 30, 2022.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR159/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr159.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1480499,"bill_number":"SR199","title":"A RESOLUTION commemorating the one-hundredth anniversary of the discovery of insulin.","description":"Commemorate the 100th anniversary of the discovery of insulin.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-12","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR199/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr199.html","sponsor":"Phillip Wheeler"},
{"bill_id":1480502,"bill_number":"SR187","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Laura Marie Bennett to the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Laura Marie Bennett to the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance, representing nonpartisan organizations, for a term expiring September 24, 2024","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR187/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr187.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1480505,"bill_number":"SR149","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Sherry Lynn Powers to the Education Professional Standards Board.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Sherry Lynn Powers to the Education Professional Standards Board.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-11","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR149/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr149.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1482273,"bill_number":"SR210","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Thomas Miles McKee to the Agricultural Development Board.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Thomas Miles McKee to the Agricultural Development Board for a term expiring July 6, 2024.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-12","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR210/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr210.html","sponsor":"Steve West"},
{"bill_id":1482281,"bill_number":"SR211","title":"A RESOLUTION raising awareness for pet adoption.","description":"Encourage Kentuckians to adopt animals from shelters.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-12","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-12","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR211/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr211.html","sponsor":"Adrienne Southworth"},
{"bill_id":1482290,"bill_number":"SR215","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Jamie S. Bowling to the Kentucky Board of Education.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Jamie S. Bowling to the Kentucky Board of Education for a term expiring April 14, 2024.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-12","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR215/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr215.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
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{"bill_id":1482306,"bill_number":"SR214","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.","description":"Honor the American Rescue Plan Act.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR214/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr214.html","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":1482314,"bill_number":"SR213","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring those who act for social justice.","description":"Honor those who act for social justice.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR213/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr213.html","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":1482323,"bill_number":"HCR96","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION adjourning the General Assembly until March 29, 2021.","description":"Adjourn the General Assembly until March 29, 2021.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-16","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR96/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hcr96.html","sponsor":"David Osborne"},
{"bill_id":1482855,"bill_number":"SR217","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Ethan the Dog upon his adoption.","description":"Honor Ethan the Dog upon his adoption.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-16","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR217/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr217.html","sponsor":"Karen Berg"},
{"bill_id":1482860,"bill_number":"SR216","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Belfry High School boys' basketball player Bol Kuir.","description":"Honor Belfry High School boys' basketball player Bol Kuir.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR216/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr216.html","sponsor":"Phillip Wheeler"},
{"bill_id":1482866,"bill_number":"HR98","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing March as Irish American Heritage Month for the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","description":"Recognize March as Irish American Heritage Month for the Commonwealth of Kentucky.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-29","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR98/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr98.html","sponsor":"Kimberly Moser"},
{"bill_id":1482870,"bill_number":"HR97","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing April 2, 2021, as World Autism Awareness Day and April 2021 as National Autism Awareness Month.","description":"Recognize April 2, 2021, as World Autism Awareness Day and April 2021 as National Autism Awareness Month.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR97/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr97.html","sponsor":"Tina Bojanowski"},
{"bill_id":1483716,"bill_number":"SR219","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring University of Kentucky history professor Dr. Tracy Campbell.","description":"Honor University of Kentucky history professor Dr. Tracy Campbell.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-16","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR219/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr219.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1483717,"bill_number":"SR218","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Pat Mattingly upon the occasion of his retirement from Pat's Pharmacy.","description":"Honor Pat Mattingly upon his retirement as owner and pharmacist of Pat's Pharmacy.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-16","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR218/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr218.html","sponsor":"Jimmy Higdon"},
{"bill_id":1483719,"bill_number":"SR220","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor of Andrew Martin Stephens.","description":"Adjourn in honor of Andrew Martin Stephens.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-16","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-16","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR220/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr220.html","sponsor":"Brandon Storm"},
{"bill_id":1483721,"bill_number":"SR221","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Judge Steven D. Combs.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Judge Steven D. Combs.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR221/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr221.html","sponsor":"Phillip Wheeler"},
{"bill_id":1483723,"bill_number":"SR222","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Rachel Elizabeth Moter.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Rachel Elizabeth Moter.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR222/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr222.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1489566,"bill_number":"HR99","title":"A RESOLUTION condemning the March 16, 2021, mass shooting in Atlanta, Georgia.","description":"Condemning the March 16, 2021, mass shooting in Atlanta, Georgia.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-03-29","last_action":"introduced in House","last_action_date":"2021-03-29","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR99/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hr99.html","sponsor":"Nima Kulkarni"},
{"bill_id":1489567,"bill_number":"SCR237","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION adjourning the 2021 Regular Session of the General Assembly sine die.","description":"Adjourn the 2021 Regular Session of the General Assembly sine die.","status_desc":"Senate Floor Calendar","status_date":"2021-03-29","last_action":"to Senate Floor","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":"Floor","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SCR237/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/scr237.html","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":1489568,"bill_number":"SR235","title":"A RESOLUTION urging the Transportation Cabinet to consider the design and use of protected bicycle lanes in future bicycle infrastructure projects.","description":"Urge the Transportation Cabinet to consider the design and use of protected bicycle lanes in future bicycle infrastructure projects.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR235/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr235.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1489570,"bill_number":"SR232","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring the 1971 Kentucky State University men's basketball team upon the 50th anniversary of their national championship.","description":"Honor the 1971 Kentucky State University men's basketball team upon the 50th anniversary of their national championship.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR232/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr232.html","sponsor":"Adrienne Southworth"},
{"bill_id":1489572,"bill_number":"SR231","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring the 1981 Kentucky State University women's basketball team upon the 40th anniversary of their national championship.","description":"Honor the 1981 Kentucky State University women's basketball team upon the 40th anniversary of their national championship.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR231/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr231.html","sponsor":"Adrienne Southworth"},
{"bill_id":1489574,"bill_number":"SR236","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of John Christopher Gamboa.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of John Christopher Gamboa.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR236/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr236.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1489576,"bill_number":"SR245","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Ellen Niehoff upon being accepted into the Harvard University High School Case Method Project workshop for civics teachers.","description":"Recognize Ellen Niehoff for her acceptance into the Harvard University High School Case Method Project.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR245/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr245.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1489578,"bill_number":"SR244","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Albert Perrine \"Al\" Smith Jr.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Albert Perrine \"Al\" Smith Jr.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR244/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr244.html","sponsor":"Reginald Thomas"},
{"bill_id":1489580,"bill_number":"SR238","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor of Shane W. Landis.","description":"Adjourn in honor of Shane W. Landis.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR238/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr238.html","sponsor":"Johnnie Turner"},
{"bill_id":1489582,"bill_number":"SR228","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Emily Jewell Bernice Evans.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Emily Jewell Bernice Evans.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR228/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr228.html","sponsor":"Brandon Storm"},
{"bill_id":1489583,"bill_number":"SR242","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Larry David Scott.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Larry David Scott.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR242/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr242.html","sponsor":"Phillip Wheeler"},
{"bill_id":1489585,"bill_number":"SR227","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of John Allen.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of John Allen.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR227/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr227.html","sponsor":"Brandon Storm"},
{"bill_id":1489587,"bill_number":"SR226","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Richard Henry Moore on his 90th birthday.","description":"Honor Richard Henry Moore on his 90th birthday.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR226/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr226.html","sponsor":"Brandon Storm"},
{"bill_id":1489589,"bill_number":"SR241","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Ralph Anthony Drees.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Ralph Anthony Drees.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR241/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr241.html","sponsor":"Christian McDaniel"},
{"bill_id":1489591,"bill_number":"SR239","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Hildred Christine Turner.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Hildred Christine Turner.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR239/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr239.html","sponsor":"Johnnie Turner"},
{"bill_id":1489593,"bill_number":"SR243","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring the memory of Senator Georgia Davis Powers and her contributions to women's history.","description":"Honor Senator Georgia Davis Powers and the contributions of all Kentucky women to the Commonwealth.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR243/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr243.html","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":1489595,"bill_number":"SR223","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Mitchel B. Denham Jr. to the Kentucky Housing Corporation Board of Directors.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Mitchel B. Denham to the Kentucky Housing Corporation Board of Directors for a term expiring October 30, 2024.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-29","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR223/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr223.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1489597,"bill_number":"SR240","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Coach Howard Schnellenberger.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Coach Howard Schnellenberger.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR240/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr240.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1489598,"bill_number":"SR224","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of David L. Jones to the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission.","description":"Confirm the appointment of David L. Jones to the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission for a term expiring August 13, 2024.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-03-29","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-03-29","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR224/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr224.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1489600,"bill_number":"SR229","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Sandra Kay Robinson.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Sandra Kay Robinson.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR229/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr229.html","sponsor":"Brandon Storm"},
{"bill_id":1489602,"bill_number":"HCR100","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION adjourning the 2021 Regular Session of the General Assembly sine die.","description":"Adjourn the 2021 Regular Session of the General Assembly sine die.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR100/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hcr100.html","sponsor":"David Osborne"},
{"bill_id":1489604,"bill_number":"SR234","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Gabby Wilson upon winning the 2021 KYWCA Women's Wrestling Heavyweight high school state championship.","description":"Honor Gabby Wilson upon winning the 2021 KYWCA Women's Wrestling Heavyweight State high school championship.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR234/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr234.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1489606,"bill_number":"SR225","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Steven Scrivner to the Education Professional Standards Board.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Steven Scrivner to the Education Professional Standards Board.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-03-29","last_action":"to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-03-29","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR225/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr225.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1489608,"bill_number":"SR230","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring the 1971 Kentucky State University men's track and field team upon the 50th anniversary of their national championship.","description":"Honor the 1971 Kentucky State University men's track and field team upon the 50th anniversary of their national championship.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR230/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr230.html","sponsor":"Adrienne Southworth"},
{"bill_id":1489610,"bill_number":"SR233","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring utility linemen.","description":"Honor Kentucky linemen and adjourn the Senate in their honor.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR233/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr233.html","sponsor":"Robin Webb"},
{"bill_id":1492373,"bill_number":"SR247","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Eric G. Farris to the Council on Postsecondary Education.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Eric G. Farris to the Council on Postsecondary Education for a term expiring December 31, 2025.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-30","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR247/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr247.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1492388,"bill_number":"SR249","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Anna Hager Floyd.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Anna Hager Floyd.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-30","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR249/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr249.html","sponsor":"Tom Buford"},
{"bill_id":1492403,"bill_number":"SR248","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Kevin Wayne Weaver to the Council on Postsecondary Education.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Kevin Wayne Weaver to the Council on Postsecondary Education for a term expiring December 31, 2023.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-30","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR248/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr248.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1492416,"bill_number":"SR246","title":"A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Muhammad Babar to the Council on Postsecondary Education.","description":"Confirm the appointment of Muhammad Babar to the Council on Postsecondary Education for a term expiring December 31, 2024.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-03-30","last_action":"adopted 38-0","last_action_date":"2021-03-30","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR246/2021","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sr246.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1522941,"bill_number":"SJR1","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION extending emergency executive actions and declaring an emergency.","description":"Expire or extend certain executive orders, including emergency executive orders, administrative orders, administrative regulations, or other administrative actions, relating to COVID-19 and declare that the extended orders expire until January 15, 2022; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-09-07","last_action":"passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day","last_action_date":"2021-09-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR1/2021/X1","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21SS/sjr1.html","sponsor":"David Givens"},
{"bill_id":1522942,"bill_number":"SB1","title":"AN ACT relating to the delivery of education and care for children and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 13A to nullify 902 KAR 2:213E and 702 KAR 1:195E; direct each school district to have a COVID-19 operations in place; direct the Department for Public Health to develop a model \"test to stay\" COVID-19 model for school districts; direct local health departments to assist school districts in implementing their COVID-19 operation plans; provide a temporary remote instruction option for school districts to use at the school, classroom, grade, or group level; provide that districts may submit 2018-2019 or 2019-2020 attendance data for the 2021-2022 school year; require all certified staff and classified staff designated by a school district to work on-site during a nontraditional instruction day; for the 2021-2022 school year, temporarily revise requirements for emergency substitute certification, allow instructional activities to be performed by classified staff, and allow a district to temporarily hire staff upon receipt of a preliminary background check; direct the Kentucky State Police and Cabinet for Health and Family Services to prioritize school district background checks; temporarily revise retirement reemployment provisions until January 15, 2022; allow a school district to submit a school calendar plan to receive a waiver of 170 required student attendance days if 1,062 hours are achieved for the 2021-2022 school year; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2021-09-09","last_action":"delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 4)","last_action_date":"2021-09-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB1/2021/X1","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21SS/sb1.html","sponsor":"George Wise"},
{"bill_id":1522943,"bill_number":"HR2","title":"A RESOLUTION establishing the membership of the Kentucky State House of Representatives for the 2021 Extraordinary Session.","description":"Establish the membership of the 2021 Kentucky House of Representatives.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-09-07","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-09-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR2/2021/X1","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21SS/hr2.html","sponsor":"David Osborne"},
{"bill_id":1522944,"bill_number":"HB1","title":"AN ACT relating to the delivery of education and care for children and declaring an emergency.","description":"Create new sections of KRS Chapter 13A to nullify 902 KAR 2:213E and 702 KAR 1:195E; direct each school district to have a COVID-19 operations in place; direct the Department for Public Health to develop a model \"test to stay\" COVID-19 model for school districts; direct local health departments to assist school districts in implementing their COVID-19 operation plans; provide a temporary remote instruction option for school districts to use at the school, classroom, grade, or group level; provide that districts may submit 2018-2019 or 2019-2020 attendance data for the 2021-2022 school year; require all certified staff and classified staff designated by a school district to work on-site during a nontraditional instruction day; for the 2021-2022 school year, temporarily revise requirements for emergency substitute certification, allow instructional activities to be performed by classified staff, and allow a district to temporarily hire staff upon receipt of a preliminary background check; direct the Kentucky State Police and Cabinet for Health and Family Services to prioritize school district background checks; temporarily revise retirement reemployment provisions until January 15, 2022; allow a school district to submit a school calendar plan to receive a waiver of 170 required student attendance days if 1,062 hours are achieved for the 2021-2022 school year; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Substituted","status_date":"2021-09-07","last_action":"identical Senate Bill 1 substituted for this bill","last_action_date":"2021-09-09","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB1/2021/X1","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21SS/hb1.html","sponsor":"Steven Rudy"},
{"bill_id":1522945,"bill_number":"SR5","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing September 7, 2021, as Lesley and Rhyan Prather Live and Be Day.","description":"Recognize September 7, 2021, as Lesley and Rhyan Prather Live and Be Day.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-09-09","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-09-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR5/2021/X1","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21SS/sr5.html","sponsor":"David Yates"},
{"bill_id":1522946,"bill_number":"SB6","title":"AN ACT relating to COVID-19 emergency actions and declaring an emergency.","description":"Require visitation in long-term care facilities and residential long-term care facilities to be allowed by family members, legal guardians, outside caregivers, friends, or volunteers who provided regular care and support to the resident prior to the pandemic, who are designated as being important to the mental, physical, or social well-being of a resident in critical situations; require the establishment and operation of COVID-19 antibody administration centers (CAACs) in each Area Development District; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to distribute COVID-19 tests to hospitals, local health departments, and licensed health care providers; permit paramedics to be employed by a hospital or nursing facility to work as a licensed paramedic in any department of a hospital or nursing facility subject to conditions; require the cabinet to produce public service announcements and develop strategies to urge vaccination; require the cabinet to create a singular form for permits to offer and administer COVID-19 vaccinations to patients; promulgate administrative regulations for safe storage of COVID-19 vaccines; develop and initiate a public awareness campaign to talk to doctors about the benefits of receiving a COVID-19 vaccine; amend KRS 205.636 to update conditions for the requirements for temporary COVID-19 personal care attendants to be placed on the Kentucky Nurse Aide Registry; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-09-07","last_action":"introduced in Senate","last_action_date":"2021-09-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB6/2021/X1","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21SS/sb6.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1522947,"bill_number":"SB4","title":"AN ACT relating to the compensation of members of the General Assembly and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 6.190 and 6.211 to establish that members of the General Assembly will receive no compensation or additional expense reimbursement for any veto day during an extraordinary session except as otherwise provided; define \"veto day\"; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-09-07","last_action":"returned to Rules","last_action_date":"2021-09-08","committee":"Rules","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB4/2021/X1","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21SS/sb4.html","sponsor":"Mike Wilson"},
{"bill_id":1522948,"bill_number":"HB5","title":"AN ACT funding programs and projects for economic development projects exceeding a minimum investment of $2,000,000,000, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Appropriate $350,000,000 in General Fund moneys in fiscal year 2021-2022 for funding Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority forgivable loans for economic development projects with a minimum investment of $2,000,000,000; appropriate $10,639,600 in General Fund moneys in fiscal year 2021-2022 to pay a loan related to property in Hardin County; appropriate $20,000,000 in General Fund moneys to the Bluegrass State Skills Corporation for training grants; appropriate $5,000,000 in General Fund moneys for training grants under the KCTCS-TRAINS program; appropriate $25,000,000 in General Fund moneys to the Kentucky Community and Technical College System for construction of an on-site training center; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Substituted","status_date":"2021-09-07","last_action":"identical Senate Bill 5 substituted for this bill","last_action_date":"2021-09-09","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB5/2021/X1","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21SS/hb5.html","sponsor":"Steven Rudy"},
{"bill_id":1522949,"bill_number":"SR2","title":"A RESOLUTION adopting the Rules of Procedure for the 2021 Extraordinary Session of the Senate.","description":"Adopt Rules of Procedure for the 2021 Extraordinary Session of the Senate.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-09-07","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-09-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR2/2021/X1","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21SS/sr2.html","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":1522950,"bill_number":"SJR3","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION establishing that the Commonwealth of Kentucky will recognize a positive COVID-19 antibody test as equivalent to having been vaccinated against COVID-19 and declaring an emergency.","description":"Require the Commonwealth of Kentucky and any of its agencies or entities to recognize individuals whose serology test results show measurable neutralizing antibodies to COVID-19, quantified above the 20th percentile of the population of immunized individuals, as equivalent to being fully vaccinated against the virus that causes COVID-19; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Engrossed","status_date":"2021-09-09","last_action":"received in House","last_action_date":"2021-09-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SJR3/2021/X1","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21SS/sjr3.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1522951,"bill_number":"SB3","title":"AN ACT relating to the COVID-19 pandemic, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Direct the use of a total of $69,268,300 of American Rescue Plan Act State Fiscal Recovery funds in fiscal year 2021-2022 to address the continuing COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting pressures that have been experienced in the healthcare, long-term care, and school systems; amend 2021 Ky Acts Chapter 196 to reduce funds to the Employment Services budget; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-09-09","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 2)","last_action_date":"2021-09-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB3/2021/X1","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21SS/sb3.html","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":1522952,"bill_number":"SB7","title":"AN ACT relating to the COVID-19 pandemic, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Direct the use of a total of $69,268,300 of American Rescue Plan Act State Fiscal Recovery funds in fiscal year 2021-2022 to address the continuing COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting pressures that have been experienced in the healthcare, long-term care, and school systems; amend 2021 Ky Acts Chapter 196 to reduce funds to the Employment Services budget; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-09-07","last_action":"introduced in Senate","last_action_date":"2021-09-07","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB7/2021/X1","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21SS/sb7.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1522953,"bill_number":"SB5","title":"AN ACT funding programs and projects for economic development projects exceeding a minimum investment of $2,000,000,000, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Appropriate $350,000,000 in General Fund moneys in fiscal year 2021-2022 for funding Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority forgivable loans for economic development projects with a minimum investment of $2,000,000,000; appropriate $10,639,600 in General Fund moneys in fiscal year 2021-2022 to pay a loan related to property in Hardin County; appropriate $20,000,000 in General Fund moneys to the Bluegrass State Skills Corporation for training grants; appropriate $5,000,000 in General Fund moneys for training grants under the KCTCS-TRAINS program; appropriate $25,000,000 in General Fund moneys to the Kentucky Community and Technical College System for construction of an on-site training center; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-09-09","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 3)","last_action_date":"2021-09-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB5/2021/X1","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21SS/sb5.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1522954,"bill_number":"SB2","title":"AN ACT relating to COVID-19 emergency actions and declaring an emergency.","description":"Require visitation in long-term care facilities and residential long-term care facilities to be allowed by family members, legal guardians, outside caregivers, friends, or volunteers who provided regular care and support to the resident prior to the pandemic, who are designated as being important to the mental, physical, or social well-being of a resident in critical situations; require the establishment and operation of COVID-19 antibody administration centers (CAACs) in each Area Development District; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to assist and support distribution of COVID-19 tests; permit paramedics to be employed by a hospital or nursing facility to work as a licensed paramedic in any department of a hospital or nursing facility subject to conditions; require the cabinet to produce public service announcements and develop strategies to urge vaccination; require the cabinet to create a singular form in accordance with federal law for permits to offer and administer COVID-19 vaccinations to patients; promulgate administrative regulations for safe storage of COVID-19 vaccines; develop and initiate a public awareness campaign to talk to doctors about the benefits of receiving a COVID-19 vaccine; amend KRS 205.636 to update conditions for the requirements for temporary COVID-19 personal care attendants to be placed on the Kentucky Nurse Aide Registry; add new sections to KRS Chapter 13A to declare 902 KAR 2:211E and 902 KAR 2:212E null and void; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Passed","status_date":"2021-09-10","last_action":"delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 5)","last_action_date":"2021-09-10","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB2/2021/X1","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21SS/sb2.html","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"},
{"bill_id":1522955,"bill_number":"HJR1","title":"A JOINT RESOLUTION extending emergency executive actions and declaring an emergency.","description":"Expire or extend certain executive orders, including emergency executive orders, administrative orders, administrative regulations, or other administrative actions, relating to COVID-19 and declare that the extended orders expire until January 15, 2022; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Signed by Governor","status_date":"2021-09-07","last_action":"signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 1)","last_action_date":"2021-09-07","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HJR1/2021/X1","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21SS/hjr1.html","sponsor":"David Osborne"},
{"bill_id":1522956,"bill_number":"SR4","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring the 13 brave men and women of the United States Armed Forces slain in the terrorist attack in Kabul, Afghanistan.","description":"Adjourn the Senate in honor of the 13 service members slain in the terrorist attack in Afghanistan.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-09-08","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-09-08","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR4/2021/X1","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21SS/sr4.html","sponsor":"Mike Wilson"},
{"bill_id":1522957,"bill_number":"SR6","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Mary Remmers Stone.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Mary Remmers Stone.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-09-08","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-09-08","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR6/2021/X1","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21SS/sr6.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1522958,"bill_number":"HB4","title":"AN ACT relating to the compensation of members of the General Assembly and declaring an emergency.","description":"Amend KRS 6.190 and 6.211 to establish that members of the General Assembly will receive no compensation or additional expense reimbursement for any veto day during an extraordinary session except as otherwise provided; define \"veto day\"; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-09-07","last_action":"returned to State Government (H)","last_action_date":"2021-09-08","committee":"State Government","chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB4/2021/X1","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21SS/hb4.html","sponsor":"David Osborne"},
{"bill_id":1522959,"bill_number":"HB3","title":"AN ACT relating to the COVID-19 pandemic, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Direct the use of a total of $69,268,300 of American Rescue Plan Act State Fiscal Recovery funds in fiscal year 2021-2022 to address the continuing COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting pressures that have been experienced in the healthcare, long-term care, and school systems; amend 2021 Ky Acts Chapter 196 to reduce funds to the Employment Services budget; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Substituted","status_date":"2021-09-07","last_action":"identical Senate Bill 3 substituted for this bill","last_action_date":"2021-09-09","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB3/2021/X1","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21SS/hb3.html","sponsor":"Steven Rudy"},
{"bill_id":1522960,"bill_number":"HB2","title":"AN ACT relating to COVID-19 emergency actions and declaring an emergency.","description":"Require visitation in long-term care facilities and residential long-term care facilities to be allowed by family members, legal guardians, outside caregivers, friends, or volunteers who provided regular care and support to the resident prior to the pandemic, who are designated as being important to the mental, physical, or social well-being of a resident in critical situations; require the establishment and operation of COVID-19 antibody administration centers (CAACs) in each Area Development District; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to assist and support distribution of COVID-19 tests; permit paramedics to be employed by a hospital or nursing facility to work as a licensed paramedic in any department of a hospital or nursing facility subject to conditions; require the cabinet to produce public service announcements and develop strategies to urge vaccination; require the cabinet to create a singular form in accordance with federal law for permits to offer and administer COVID-19 vaccinations to patients; promulgate administrative regulations for safe storage of COVID-19 vaccines; develop and initiate a public awareness campaign to talk to doctors about the benefits of receiving a COVID-19 vaccine; amend KRS 205.636 to update conditions for the requirements for temporary COVID-19 personal care attendants to be placed on the Kentucky Nurse Aide Registry; add new sections to KRS Chapter 13A to declare 902 KAR 2:211E and 902 KAR 2:212E null and void; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"Substituted","status_date":"2021-09-07","last_action":"identical Senate Bill 2 substituted for this bill","last_action_date":"2021-09-09","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB2/2021/X1","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21SS/hb2.html","sponsor":"Steven Rudy"},
{"bill_id":1523079,"bill_number":"SR7","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Ron Jenkins.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Ron Jenkins.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-09-09","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-09-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR7/2021/X1","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21SS/sr7.html","sponsor":"Robert Mills"},
{"bill_id":1523080,"bill_number":"SR11","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor of James P. Jenkins on the occasion of his 90th birthday.","description":"Adjourn in honor of James P. Jenkins on the occasion of his 90th birthday.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-09-09","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-09-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR11/2021/X1","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21SS/sr11.html","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":1523081,"bill_number":"SB8","title":"AN ACT relating to the health care providers during the COVID-19 pandemic, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.","description":"Direct the use of a total of $81,000,000 of American Rescue Plan Act State Fiscal Recovery funds in fiscal year 2021-2022 to address the continuing COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting essential need for retaining and recruiting nurses, nurse's aides, respiratory therapists, emergency medical personnel, and other critical medical staff in acute care hospitals and nursing homes; require distribution of funds of a minimum of $3,000 per licensed hospital bed and a minimum of $1,500 per licensed nursing home bed; require acute care hospitals and nursing homes to report expenditures to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; require the cabinet to report to the Legislative Research Commission and the Interim Joint Committee on Health, Welfare, and Family Services; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.","status_desc":"In Senate Committee","status_date":"2021-09-09","last_action":"returned to Committee on Committees (S)","last_action_date":"2021-09-09","committee":"Committee on Committees","chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB8/2021/X1","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21SS/sb8.html","sponsor":"Ralph Alvarado"},
{"bill_id":1523082,"bill_number":"SR12","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor of James P. Jenkins, public servant.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of James P. Jenkins.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-09-09","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-09-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR12/2021/X1","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21SS/sr12.html","sponsor":"Gerald Neal"},
{"bill_id":1523083,"bill_number":"SCR18","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION adjourning the 2021 Extraordinary Session of the General Assembly sine die.","description":"Adjourn the 2021 Extraordinary Session of the General Assembly sine die.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-09-09","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-09-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SCR18/2021/X1","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21SS/scr18.html","sponsor":"Damon Thayer"},
{"bill_id":1523084,"bill_number":"SR13","title":"A RESOLUTION commemorating the 20th anniversary of September 11, 2001.","description":"Commemorate the 20th anniversary of September 11, 2001.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-09-09","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-09-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR13/2021/X1","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21SS/sr13.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1523085,"bill_number":"HCR3","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION adjourning the 2021 Extraordinary Session of the General Assembly sine die.","description":"Adjourn the 2021 Extraordinary Session of the General Assembly sine die.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-09-09","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-09-09","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HCR3/2021/X1","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21SS/hcr3.html","sponsor":"Steven Rudy"},
{"bill_id":1523086,"bill_number":"SR16","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Jacklyn Mattingly.","description":"Honor Jacklyn Mattingly.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-09-09","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-09-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR16/2021/X1","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21SS/sr16.html","sponsor":"Julie Raque Adams"},
{"bill_id":1523087,"bill_number":"HR5","title":"A RESOLUTION condemning the President of the United States for issuing an executive order requiring vaccinations for the COVID-19 disease.","description":"Condemns the executive order of the President of the United States relating to requiring vaccinations for the COVID-19 disease.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-09-09","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-09-09","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR5/2021/X1","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21SS/hr5.html","sponsor":"Patrick Flannery"},
{"bill_id":1523088,"bill_number":"SR15","title":"A RESOLUTION honoring Donald O. Neagle.","description":"Honor Donald O. Neagle.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-09-09","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-09-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR15/2021/X1","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21SS/sr15.html","sponsor":"Whitney Westerfield"},
{"bill_id":1523089,"bill_number":"SR10","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of the Reverend Al Shands III.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of the Reverend Al Shands III.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-09-09","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-09-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR10/2021/X1","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21SS/sr10.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1523090,"bill_number":"SR9","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Erika Janes Grawemeyer.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Erika Janes Grawemeyer.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-09-09","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-09-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR9/2021/X1","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21SS/sr9.html","sponsor":"Morgan McGarvey"},
{"bill_id":1523091,"bill_number":"HR4","title":"A RESOLUTION commemorating the 20th anniversary of September 11, 2001.","description":"Commemorate the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-09-09","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-09-09","committee":null,"chamber":"House","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HR4/2021/X1","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21SS/hr4.html","sponsor":"McKenzie Cantrell"},
{"bill_id":1523092,"bill_number":"SR8","title":"A RESOLUTION recognizing September as National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.","description":"Recognize September as National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-09-09","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-09-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR8/2021/X1","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21SS/sr8.html","sponsor":"Jason Howell"},
{"bill_id":1523093,"bill_number":"SR14","title":"A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Julie Ditty Qualls.","description":"Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Julie Ditty Qualls.","status_desc":"Adopted","status_date":"2021-09-09","last_action":"adopted by voice vote","last_action_date":"2021-09-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SR14/2021/X1","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21SS/sr14.html","sponsor":"Robin Webb"},
{"bill_id":1523094,"bill_number":"SCR17","title":"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION adjourning the General Assembly until September 23, 2021, or until an earlier date by agreement of the presiding officer of each House of the General Assembly.","description":"Adjourn the Senate and House of Representatives on September 9, 2021, until September 23, 2021, unless an earlier date is agreed to by the presiding officers of each chamber.","status_desc":"Introduced","status_date":"2021-09-09","last_action":"introduced in Senate","last_action_date":"2021-09-09","committee":null,"chamber":"Senate","url":"https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SCR17/2021/X1","state_link":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21SS/scr17.html","sponsor":"Robert Stivers"}
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