Prepared by: Maresa Fawns
Report created on April 25, 2024
 
HB14HATE CRIMES (BRATCHER K) Amend KRS 532.031, relating to an offense committed as a result of a hate crime, to include offenses committed against an individual because of the individual's actual or perceived employment as a city, county, state, or federal peace officer, member of an organized fire department, emergency medical services personnel; provide that "emergency medical services personnel" is defined as in KRS 311A.010; enumerate that members of an organized fire department or emergency medical services personnel includes volunteer members if the violation occurs while the volunteer is performing duties with an organized fire department or emergency medical services personnel.
 Current Status:   3/20/2017 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Recent Status:   3/8/2017 - delivered to Governor
3/8/2017 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB14.htm
 
HB17EXPUNGEMENT (NELSON R) Amend KRS 431.073 to reduce filing fee for felony expungement from $500 to $200.
 Current Status:   1/3/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
 Recent Status:   1/3/2017 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)
7/26/2016 - Pre-Filed
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB17.htm
 
HB40FOREIGN LAW (KING K) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 454 to establish legislative intent that the rights of an individual afforded under the Constitutions of the Commonwealth and the United States take precedence over the application of any foreign law in any judicial or quasi-judicial proceeding; define specific terms; strictly construe waivers of constitutional rights; provide exceptions for corporate entities; prohibit choice of venue outside of the Commonwealth or United States to preserve the constitutional rights of the person against whom enforcement is sought.
 Current Status:   1/3/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
 Recent Status:   1/3/2017 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)
9/14/2016 - Pre-Filed
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB40.htm
 
HB47CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT (KEENE D) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 199 to establish the central registry for child abuse and neglect; establish definitions; establish requirements for operation of the registry; provide that the Act be known as Sophie's law.
 Current Status:   1/3/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Heath & Family Services
 Recent Status:   1/3/2017 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)
9/23/2016 - Pre-Filed
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB47.htm
 
HB52CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES (MEYER R) Amend 218A.010 to provide definitions for fentanyl and fentanyl derivative; amend KRS 218A.020 to allow the Office of Drug Control Policy to request that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services schedule fentanyl analogues not approved for human use by the United States Food and Drug Administration; amend KRS 218A.050 to include fentanyl analogues not approved for human use by the Food and Drug Administration as a Schedule I controlled substance; amend KRS 218A.142 to create the offense of aggravated fentanyl trafficking; amend KRS 218A.1412 to increase the penalties for trafficking in fentanyl.
 Current Status:   1/3/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
 Recent Status:   1/3/2017 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)
10/6/2016 - Pre-Filed
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB52.htm
 
HB70PERSISTENT FELONY OFFENDERS (WATKINS G) Amend KRS 532.080 to increase the sentence to life without the possiblity of parole for offenders with three or more independent convictions for Class A or B felonies or capital offenses.
 Current Status:   1/3/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
 Recent Status:   1/3/2017 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)
12/9/2016 - Pre-Filed
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB70.htm
 
HB76JOB APPLICANT CRIMINAL HISTORY (BROWN JR. G) 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."
 Current Status:   1/3/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Small Business & Information Technology
 Recent Status:   1/3/2017 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)
11/17/2016 - Pre-Filed
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB76.htm
 
HB80CRIMINAL ATTEMPTED MURDER (WATKINS G) Amend KRS 439.3401 to make criminal attempt to commit murder of a peace officer or a firefighter an offense for which at least 85 percent of the sentence must be served before probation or parole.
 Current Status:   1/3/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
 Recent Status:   1/3/2017 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)
12/2/2016 - Pre-Filed
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB80.htm
 
HB86EXPUNGEMENT (OWENS D) Amend KRS 431.073 to make additional offenses eligible for expungement; reduce filing fee for felony expungement from $500 to $200; amend KRS 431.076 to allow expungement of charges dismissed without prejudice; amend KRS 431.078 to require certain records to be expunged if the law specifies a period for enhancement and that period has expired; amend KRS 431.079 to limit requirement of certification to convictions which have not been pardoned.
 Current Status:   1/3/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
 Recent Status:   1/3/2017 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)
12/9/2016 - Pre-Filed
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB86.htm
 
HB89CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS (OWENS D) Amend KRS 186.990, 194A.990, 341.990, and 516.120 to raise the threshold level for a Class D felony for unlawful registration of a car to evade taxes, misrepresentation to receive public assistance or unemployment benefits, and unlawful use of slugs from $100 to $1,500; amend KRS 205.8461, 205.8463, 209.990, 238.995, 434.850, and 434.851 to raise the threshold level for a Class D felony for unlawful referral practices of a Medicaid provider, fraudulent Medicaid claims, wantonly or recklessly exploiting a vulnerable adult, charitable gaming fraud, unlawful diversion of charitable gaming funds, and unlawful access to computers in the second degree from $300 to $1,500; amend KRS 209.990 to raise the threshold level for a Class C felony for knowingly exploiting a vulnerable adult from $300 to $1500; amend 217.181 to raise the threshold levels for a Class C and D felony for theft of a legend drug; amend KRS 434.650, 434.655, 434.660, 434.670, 434.690, 514.030, 514.040, 514.050, 514.060, 514.070, 514.080, 514.090, 514.110, 514.120, and 517.060 to raise the threshold level for a Class D felony for various fraud and theft crimes from $500 to $1500; amend KRS 304.47-020 to raise the threshold level for a fraudulent insurance act from $500 to $1500; amend KRS 365.241 to raise the threshold level for a Class D felony for counterfeit intellectual property from $1,000 to $1,500.
 Current Status:   1/3/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
 Recent Status:   1/3/2017 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)
12/7/2016 - Pre-Filed
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB89.htm
 
HB92JUVENILE RESPONSIBILITY (OWENS D) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 610 to establish 11 years of age as the minimum age of criminal responsibility; amend KRS 600.020 to conform.
 Current Status:   1/3/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
 Recent Status:   1/3/2017 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)
12/9/2016 - Pre-Filed
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB92.htm
 
HB95NATIONAL CRIME INFORMATION CENTER (ELLIOTT D) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 26A to allow state court judges who adhere to the requirements of the Criminal Justice Information Services to access the National Crime Information Center (NCIC).
 Current Status:   3/14/2017 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate Judiciary
 Recent Status:   3/14/2017 - (S) SECOND READING
3/14/2017 - (S) Taken From Committee
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB95.htm
 
HB129CHILD ABUSE (LEE S) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 199 to establish the child abuse or neglect perpetrator registry (CANPR); establish definitions and establish requirements for operation of the CANPR; cite this Act as the Kylie Jo Sizemore Law.
 Current Status:   3/7/2017 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate Judiciary
 Recent Status:   3/7/2017 - (S) SECOND READING
3/7/2017 - (S) Taken From Committee
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB129.htm
 
HB131FOREIGN LAW (JOHNSON D) Create new sections of KRS Chapter 454 to establish legislative intent that the rights of an individual afforded under the Constitutions of the Commonwealth and the United States take precedence over the application of any foreign law in any judicial or quasi-judicial proceeding; define specific terms; strictly construe waivers of constitutional rights; provide exceptions for corporate entities; prohibit choice of venue outside of the Commonwealth or United States to preserve the constitutional rights of the person against whom enforcement is sought.
 Current Status:   2/7/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
 Recent Status:   1/5/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB131.htm
 
HB143ANIMAL SEXUAL ASSAULT (MORGAN W) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 525 to criminalize sexual assault of a dog or cat; provide for forefeiture of ownership of the dog or cat upon conviction or plea; prohibit future ownership of a dog or cat for five years for a first offense and life for a second or subsequent offense; require forfeited dogs and cats be offered to animal rescue organizations or given to county animal shelters.
 Current Status:   2/7/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
 Recent Status:   1/5/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB143.htm
 
HB158CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES (MOSER K) Amend KRS 218A.050, Schedule I controlled substances, to include any material, compound, mixture, or preparation temporarily scheduled as a Schedule I controlled substance under the federal Controlled Substances Act.
 Current Status:   3/21/2017 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Recent Status:   3/14/2017 - delivered to Governor
3/14/2017 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB158.htm
 
HB158CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES (MOSER K) Amend KRS 218A.050, Schedule I controlled substances, to include any material, compound, mixture, or preparation temporarily scheduled as a Schedule I controlled substance under the federal Controlled Substances Act.
 Current Status:   3/21/2017 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Recent Status:   3/14/2017 - delivered to Governor
3/14/2017 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB158.htm
 
HB170CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT (OWENS D) Propose to amend Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky to restructure the voting restrictions contained therein relating to felons and persons with mental disabilities; submit to the voters for ratification or rejection.
 Current Status:   2/7/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Elections, Constitutional Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs
 Recent Status:   1/7/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB170.htm
 
HB171CRIME VICTIMS RIGHTS (BENVENUTI R) Propose to amend the Constitution of Kentucky to create a crime victims' bill of rights; provide ballot language to submit to voters.
 Current Status:   2/7/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Elections, Constitutional Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs
 Recent Status:   1/7/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB171.htm
 
HB200ANIMAL CRUELTY (OSBORNE D) Amend KRS 525.130, relating to cruelty to animals in the second degree, to allow a court to order an offender to pay restitution for the upkeep of a horse involved in the offense and terminate the offender's interest in the horse involved in the offense.
 Current Status:   3/27/2017 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Recent Status:   3/15/2017 - delivered to Governor
3/15/2017 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB200.htm
 
HB213CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS (SANTORO S) Amend KRS 431.005 to permit a peace officer to make an arrest for a violation of KRS 508.030, assault in the 4th degree, when the violation occurs in a hospital and the officer has probable cause; amend KRS 431.015 to conform.
 Current Status:   2/9/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
 Recent Status:   2/7/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB213.htm
 
HB215VEHICLE ACCIDENT REPORTS (ROWLAND B) Amend KRS 189.635 to clarify definition of news-gathering organization qualifed to receive vehicle accident reports.
 Current Status:   3/27/2017 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Recent Status:   3/15/2017 - delivered to Governor
3/15/2017 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB215.htm
 
HB215VEHICLE ACCIDENT REPORTS (ROWLAND B) Amend KRS 189.635 to clarify definition of news-gathering organization qualifed to receive vehicle accident reports.
 Current Status:   3/27/2017 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Recent Status:   3/15/2017 - delivered to Governor
3/15/2017 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB215.htm
 
HB218OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS (RICHARDS J) Create new sections of KRS Chapter 423 to propose the Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts; define various terms; limit the applicability of the Act to notarial acts performed on or after July 1, 2017; allow a notarial officer to perform a notarial act in Kentucky; outline requirements for certain notarial acts; require a personal appearance before a notarial officer; specify the requirements of identifying an individual before a notarial officer; allow a notarial officer to refuse to perform a notarial act; state who may perform a notarial act in Kentucky; recognize notarial acts performed in other states; recognize notarial acts performed in federally recognized Indian tribes under federal law, and in foreign countries; allow a notary public to perform a notarial act by means of communication technology; require a notarial act to be evidenced by a certificate; provide short form certificates for use by notarial officers; outline the requirements for an official stamp of a notary public; assign responsibility of the notary public's stamping device to the notary public; require a notary public to maintain a journal chronicling all notarial acts performed by that notary public; require a notary public to notify the Secretary of State that the notary public will be performing notarial acts with respect to electronic records; outline the necessary requirements to be a notary public; establish an examination based on a course of study approved by the Secretary of State; outline grounds for suspending, denying, or revoking a commission as a notary public; require the Secretary of State to maintain an electronic database of notaries public; detail prohibited acts; establish the validity of notarial acts; allow the Secretary of State to promulgate administrative regulations to implement this Act; require all commissions occurring after the effective date of this Act to comply with this Act; state that this Act may be cited as the Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts; amend KRS 369.103 to allow electronic signatures on transactions relating to the conveyance of interests in real property and the creation or transfer of negotiable instruments; repeal KRS 423.010, 423.020, 423.030, 423.040, 423.050, 423.060, 423.070, 423.080, 423.110, 423.130, 423.140, 423.150, 423.160, 423.170, 423.180, 423.190, 423.200, and 423.990; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2017.
 Current Status:   2/24/2017 - (H) posted in committee House Local Government
 Recent Status:   2/9/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Local Government
2/7/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB218.htm
 
HB219DEATH PENALTY (BENVENUTI R) Amend KRS 532.025 to add the murder of a victim aged 12 years old or younger or an adult as defined in KRS 209.020 as an aggravating circumstance for the death penalty.
 Current Status:   2/9/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
 Recent Status:   2/7/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB219.htm
 
HB221DUI (BENVENUTI R) Amend KRS 189A.010 to provide that DUI offenses with aggravating circumstances remain on the record and constitute prior offenses regardless of when they were committed; provide that the section, which includes the ten-year window for counting prior offenses, shall be retroactive; amend KRS 189A.070 to conform.
 Current Status:   2/9/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
 Recent Status:   2/7/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB221.htm
 
HB222SHOCK PROBATION (BENVENUTI R) Amend KRS 439.265 to prohibit shock probation if a person is convicted of violating KRS 507.040, relating to manslaughter in the second degree, or KRS 507.050, relating to reckless homicide, and a violation of KRS 189A.010, relating to driving under the influence, arising from the same incident.
 Current Status:   3/21/2017 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Recent Status:   3/14/2017 - delivered to Governor
3/14/2017 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB222.htm
 
HB223INTEREST (FISCHER J) Amend KRS 360.040 to make the state interest rate for most civil judgments, including judgments for prejudgment interest, 6 percent; provide that the judgment interest rate for unpaid child support is 12 percent; provide that the judgment interest rate on a contract, promissory note, or other written obligation is the rate established in that contract, promissory note, or other written obligation; amend KRS 342.040 to establish a 6 percent interest rate for worker's compensation orders and settlements; allow the administrative law judge to raise the interest rate to 12 percent; amend KRS 360.010 to conform; specify that the new interest rates only apply to judgments, orders, and settlements entered after the effective date of this Act.
 Current Status:   3/16/2017 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Recent Status:   3/6/2017 - delivered to Governor
3/6/2017 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB223.htm
 
HB224COMMONWEALTH NON-RESIDENTS (FISCHER J) Amend KRS 454.210 to allow service of process on nonresidents to be made in any manner authorized by the Kentucky Rules of Civil Procedure, including certified mail with return receipt requested.
 Current Status:   2/9/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
 Recent Status:   2/7/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB224.htm
 
HB227PHYSICAL THERAPISTS (PRUNTY M) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 327 to establish a multistate physical therapy licensure compact; set out compact purpose and definitions; allow state participation in the compact if the state meets the compact criteria; require criminal background checks for licensees and applicants; enable a licensee to exercise a compact privilege if the listed requirements are met; make a licensee practicing in another jurisdiction subject to that jurisdiction's regulatory authority; authorize active duty military personnel and their spouses to designate their home state as the state of the home of record, permanent change of station, or current residence; institute rules for enforcing adverse actions against a licensee under the compact; establish the Physical Therapy Compact Commission as a joint public agency; fix commission membership, meetings, and the executive board; set out commission powers and duties, financing, and immunity and indemnification; approve commission rulemaking authority and data system requirements; initiate the commission's oversight, dispute resolution, and enforcement powers; make rules for compact implementation, amendment, and withdrawal; delay the effective date of the compact until the date of its enactment by 10 states; insert a severability clause in the compact; create a new section of KRS Chapter 327 to allow an out-of-state physical therapist to practice in Kentucky under a compact privilege; create a new section of KRS Chapter 327 to establish procedures for criminal background investigations relating to the physical therapy compact; amend KRS 327.020 to conform.
 Current Status:   3/21/2017 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Recent Status:   3/14/2017 - delivered to Governor
3/14/2017 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB227.htm
 
HB251DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION (NEMES J) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to abolish the death penalty and replace it with life imprisonment without parole for inmates presently sentenced to death; amend KRS 532.030, relating to authorized dispositions for felony offenses, to remove the death penalty; amend KRS 533.010, relating to probation, to prohibit probation for a person sentenced to life without parole or life without parole for 25 years; amend KRS 640.040, relating to penalties for juveniles convicted of felony offenses, to prohibit life imprisonment without benefit of parole for a capital offense; amend KRS 422.285, 532.050, and 532.100 to conform; repeal various statutes relating to imposition of the death penalty.
 Current Status:   2/9/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
 Recent Status:   2/7/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB251.htm
 
HB253CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES (GREER J) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 620 to require unannounced visits to the residence or location where the reported child abuse or neglect occurred when an investigation is required and ongoing unannounced visits until the welfare of a child has been safeguarded; permit a delay in an unannounced visit; provide that this Act may be cited as the Tucker Act.
 Current Status:   4/11/2017 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Recent Status:   3/30/2017 - delivered to Governor
3/30/2017 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB253.htm
 
HB261DUI (DUPLESSIS J) Amend KRS 189A.010, 189A.070, 189A.090, and 189A.340, relating to driving under the influence, to provide that, regarding the ten-year look-back provision, anyone who violates the provisions of KRS 189A.010 is restricted to one first-time offense during his or her lifetime.
 Current Status:   3/14/2017 - (S) SECOND READING to Rules, w/SCS 1
 Recent Status:   3/14/2017 - (S) Reported Favorably
3/14/2017 - Senate Judiciary, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB261.htm
 
HB266COMMERCIAL DRIVERS LICENSE (OVERLY S) Amend KRS 281A.010 to define "human trafficking"; amend KRS 281A.120 to require a person applying for a commercial driver's license to complete training related to identifying and reporting human trafficking; amend 281A.130 to conform; amend KRS 281A.170 to require commercial driver's licenses to be issued with a wallet card that outlines the signs of human trafficking and how to report it, and includes the National Human Trafficking Hotline number; amend KRS 281A.320 and 281.755 to conform.
 Current Status:   2/13/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Transportation
 Recent Status:   2/8/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB266.htm
 
HB275CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS (SINNETTE K) Create new sections of KRS 17.500 to 17.580 to require sex offender registrants to pay an annual $75 registration fee; allow the Department of Kentucky State Police to waive the fee if the registrant was found at the time of conviction to be indigent; provide that failure to pay the fee does not prevent the registrant from registering and updating their registry information; make any registrant whose fee was not waived and who knowingly fails to pay the fee guilty of a violation with a fine up to $250 for the first offense and a Class B misdemeanor for each subsequent offense; establish the sex offender registry fund; amend KRS 17.500 to revise the definition of "criminal offense against a victim who is a minor," "registrant information," and "residence"; amend KRS 17.510 to require registrants to provide palm prints; require persons convicted or required to register in other jurisdictions to register within three working days of relocation; require registrants to inform the appropriate local probation and parole office of travel outside the country; require registrants who move to a new county to register with the appropriate local probation and parole office within three working days; require any changes to a registrant's electronic mail address or any other Internet communication name identity to register the change or new identity within three working days; amend 17.520 to make a technical correction; amend KRS 17.545 to prohibit a sex offender registrant that is 18 years of age or older from having the same residence as a minor; provide an exception if the registrant is the spouse, parent, grandparent, stepparent, sibling, stepsibling, or guardian unless the registrant's parental rights have or are being terminated, the registrant was convicted of any sex crime or criminal offense against the victim who is a minor in which the child of the registrant was the victim, or the registrant has been convicted of a criminal offense against a victim who is a minor; make any registrant who violates the prohibition of living with a minor guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for the first offense and a Class D felony for the second and each subsequent offense; amend KRS 17.546 to revise the definition of "social networking Web site"; amend KRS 17.580 to require the Department of Kentucky State Police to display a registrant's palm prints on their Web site; Sections 1 and 2 EFFECTIVE January 1, 2018.
 Current Status:   2/13/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
 Recent Status:   2/9/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB275.htm
 
HB291PUBLIC SAFETY (BANTA K) Amend KRS 446.010 to define "drone"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 500 prescribe permitted and prohibited uses of drones; provide exceptions; prohibit use of evidence obtained by a drone in violation of stated prohibitions; authorize that section of the bill to be cited as the "Citizens' Freedom from Unwarranted Surveillance Act"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 501 to clarify criminal liability for offenses committed using a drone; create a new section of KRS Chapter 525 to create the offense of obstructing an emergency responder; create new section of KRS Chapter 511 to create offense of trespass on critical infrastructure.
 Current Status:   3/29/2017 - floor amendment (3) filed to Committee Substitute
 Recent Status:   3/15/2017 - floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute
3/14/2017 - floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB291.htm
 
HB305ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE (MOSER K) Amend KRS 222.431, relating to criteria for involuntary treatment for alcohol and other drug abuse, to specify that the no person shall be ordered to undergo treatment unless the person can reasonably benefit from treatment in accordance with a qualified health professional's recommendation; amend KRS 222.432 to provide that a judge can order a person to undergo treatment for up to one year; clarify that the petition for treatment may be initiated in a District Court in the county in which the person resides on a permanent or temporary basis; clarify that the petitioner is responsible for only those costs of evaluation and treatment not covered by a third-party payor; clarify that no petitioner shall be required to place a deposit with the court to cover the costs of evaluation and treatment; amend KRS 222.433 to clarify that the petitioner can choose the qualified health professionals who will evaluate the respondent; allow an examination of a qualified health professional performed within the last 3 months to be admissible as one of the required examinations; allow the petitioners an opportunity to file the correct paperwork and to gather additional evidence; allow for the renewal of the petition for treatment beyond one year; allow the court order to be amended to place the respondent in a more appropriate treatment program; amend KRS 222.434 to clarify that the District Court of any county where the person may be found may issue a 72 hour emergency treatment order; create a new section of KRS 222.430 to 222.437 to require treatment programs to notify the court when the respondent fails to appear or participate in treatment as ordered by the court; amend KRS 222.435 to allow the petitioner, or a person chosen by the petitioner, to transport the respondent to a hospital, to an examination, or to a treatment program; create a new section of KRS 222.430 to 222.437 to provide that proceedings are not open to the public and that any court records of a respondent are confidential; amend KRS 222.470 to require Medicaid and private insurers to use comparative medical necessity and reimbursement methodology to cover alcohol and other drug abuse treatment services.
 Current Status:   3/15/2017 - (S) Reported Favorably
 Recent Status:   3/15/2017 - Senate Judiciary, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)
3/8/2017 - Senate Judiciary, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB305.htm
 
HB314CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE MONITORING (BENTLEY D) Amend KRS 218A.202 to require certain hospitals to report positive toxicology screens to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; permit federal prosecutors and agents to use KASPER; permit practitioners or pharmacists to review KASPER reports of birth mothers of potentially drug-exposed infants; remove a pilot program relating to real-time electronic monitoring; make other technical corrections; amend KRS 218A.240 to conform.
 Current Status:   3/27/2017 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Recent Status:   3/15/2017 - delivered to Governor
3/15/2017 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB314.htm
 
HB315GANG VIOLENCE PREVENTION (BENVENUTI R) Create new sections of KRS Chapter 506 to define "criminal gang" and " pattern of criminal gang activity"; enumerate what constitutes criminal gang recruitment in the first, second, and third degree; amend KRS 506.120 to define "criminal gang syndicate" and associated penalties for defendants convicted of certain offenses committed while acting as a criminal gang syndicate; amend KRS 506.150 to revise evidence that is corroborative of the existence of a gang or gang membership; create new sections of KRS Chapter 506 to require that anyone who is found to be a member of a criminal gang at the time of commission of a felony, and who is and subsequently convicted of a felony that put the public at risk, will be sentenced one class higher than the penalty provision pertaining to the felony offense he or she was convicted for; establish a cause of action for persons harmed by a criminal gang or criminal gang member; establish that any profits or proceeds forfeited or seized from a criminal gang are subject to forfeiture under KRS 218A.420; amend KRS 218A.420 to conform; provide that this Act will be known as the Gang Violence Prevention Act; encourage state and local law enforcement agencies to create a statewide gang violence prevention database; repeal KRS 506.140, relating to criminal gang recruitment; EMERGENCY.
 Current Status:   3/14/2017 - (S) Reported Favorably to Rules, w/SCS 1
 Recent Status:   3/14/2017 - Senate Judiciary, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)
3/7/2017 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate Judiciary
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB315.htm
 
HB328EXPUNGEMENT (OWENS D) Amend KRS 431.073 to make additional offenses eligible for expungement; reduce filing fee for felony expungement from $500 to $200; amend KRS 431.076 to allow expungement of charges dismissed without prejudice; amend KRS 431.078 to require certain records to be expunged if the law specifies a period for enhancement and that period has expired; amend KRS 431.079 to limit requirement of certification to convictions which have not been pardoned.
 Current Status:   2/15/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
 Recent Status:   2/13/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB328.htm
 
HB333CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES (MOSER K) Amend KRS 218A.010 to define "fentanyl," "carfentanil," and "fentanyl derivatives"; amend KRS 218A.020 to expand the authority of the Office of Drug Control Policy to request the rescheduling of a substance; amend KRS 218A.050 to schedule fentanyl derivatives as Schedule I controlled substances; amend KRS 218A.1410 to include carfentanil, fentanyl, or fentanyl derivatives; amend KRS 218A.1412 to make trafficking in any amount of fentanyl, carfentanil, or fentanyl derivatives subject to elevated penalties; amend KRS 218A.142 to include carfentanil, fentanyl, or fentanyl derivatives; amend KRS 218A.205 to require state licensing boards to promulgate regulations limiting prescriptions for Schedule II controlled substances for acute pain to a three day supply, with certain exceptions; create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to create a new offense of trafficking in a misrepresented controlled substance.
 Current Status:   4/10/2017 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Recent Status:   3/30/2017 - delivered to Governor
3/30/2017 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB333.htm
 
HB352CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS (WATKINS G) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to apply a uniform penalty of mandatory drug treatment and community service to persons convicted of possessing certain drugs and paraphernalia; amend KRS 218A.140 to revise possession of counterfeit substances from a Class D felony to a Class A misdemeanor; amend KRS 218A.1415 to revise possession of a controlled substance from a Class D felony to a Class A misdemeanor; amend KRS 218A.1437 to lower possession of a methamphetamine precursor from a Class D felony to a Class A misdemeanor; amend KRS 218A.276 to require that defendants convicted of possession of a counterfeit substance under KRS 218A.140, marijuana under KRS 218A.1422, synthetic drugs under 218A.1430, methamphetamine precursors under 218A.1437, salvia under KRS 218A.1451, or drug paraphernalia under KRS 218A.500 complete a drug treatment program; amend KRS 218A.275 to require that defendants convicted of possession of a controlled substance under various sections of Chapter 218A complete a drug treatment program; amend KRS 431.078 to conform.
 Current Status:   2/15/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
 Recent Status:   2/14/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB352.htm
 
HB353CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION (MOFFETT P) Propose to take the sense of the people of Kentucky regarding the calling of a convention to revise or amend the Constitution of Kentucky, as provided by Section 258 of the present Constitution.
 Current Status:   2/15/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Elections, Constitutional Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs
 Recent Status:   2/14/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB353.htm
 
HB356DNA (MEEKS R) Amend KRS 17.169 to include local law enforcement as persons authorized to collect DNA samples; amend KRS 17.170 to provide for the collection of DNA samples at arrest or initial appearance from all persons charged with a felony offense; amend KRS 17.175 to require the removal and destruction of a DNA sample, DNA record, or any other identifiable information of a person from the DNA database identification system if the person's arrest or conviction that led to the taking of the DNA sample or inclusion of the DNA record resulted in an acquittal, a dismissal, a conviction for only nonfelony offenses, or were dismissed-diverted; amend KRS 64.060 to establish a $5 payment from the State Treasury to the collecting agency for each DNA sample collected.
 Current Status:   3/6/2017 - (H) posted in committee House Judiciary
 Recent Status:   2/15/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
2/14/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB356.htm
 
HB361CHILD ABUSE (KEENE D) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to define "criminal offense against a minor," "sex crime," "violent offender," and "youth camp"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to specify the application of Sections 1 to 4 of this Act; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to prohibit youth camps from employing, contracting, or utilizing as a volunteer a person who committed a sex crime, is a violent offender, or has abused or neglected a child, and to require criminal background checks; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to delineate punishments for employing a prohibited individual; create a new section of KRS Chapter 199 to allow a parent or guardian to request a background check of child abuse and neglect records; amend KRS 160.380 to require superintendents to run a name-based background check of child abuse and neglect records for employees; amend KRS 17.545 to prohibit registered sex offenders from being on a publicly owned playground without the playground owner's or managing authority's advance written permission; amend KRS 17.500 to include promoting human trafficking involving commercial sexual activity as a criminal offense against a minor if the victim is under 18; amend KRS 156.095 to require public schools to display the National Human Trafficking Reporting Hotline; amend KRS 156.070 to require the State Board of Education to address matters pertaining to the health and well-being of schoolchildren; create a new section of KRS Chapter 620 to require the cabinet to notify the school of a child whose custody has been granted to the cabinet as a result of dependency, neglect, or abuse of the persons authorized to contact the child at school; amend KRS 413.249 to extend the statute of limitations for actions involving childhood sexual abuse or childhood sexual assault from 5 years to 10; amend KRS 510.020 to state that a 16 or 17 year old victim is incapable of consent when the actor is at least 10 years older than the victim; amend KRS 510.030 to add lack of knowledge of the victim's age being 16 or 17 when the offender was at least ten years older at the time of the offense as a defense; amend KRS 510.060 to add to rape in the third degree being at least 10 years older than a victim who is 16 or 17; amend KRS 510.090 to add to sodomy in the third degree being at least 10 years older than a victim who is 16 or 17; amend KRS 15.232 to give the Attorney General concurrent jurisdiction in human trafficking prosecutions; amend KRS 176.415 to require the Department of Highways to post the hotline number of the National Human Trafficking Resource Center in all rest areas; amend KRS 600.020 to add "take into protective custody" to the definition of "take into custody"; amend KRS 610.190 to allow a peace officer to take a child into protective custody under various circumstances; amend KRS 610.200 to allow peace officers to file a status offense complaint; amend KRS 610.220 to prohibit the placement of nonoffenders in secure or nonsecure detention; amend KRS 630.030 to allow circumstances under which a child may be taken into protective custody; amend KRS 15A.068 to require a person or organization operating a facility to file a report, notify the child's attorney, and petition for a transfer of custody; create a new section of KRS Chapter 531 to prohibit the distribution of any material that portrays child pornography or a sexual performance by a minor; amend KRS 500.080 to add specific injuries to a child under 12 to the definition of "serious physical injury"; repeal KRS 610.012; provide that the act may be cited as the Child Protection Act of 2017.
 Current Status:   2/15/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
 Recent Status:   2/14/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB361.htm
 
HB370HATE CRIMES (BECHLER L) Repeal KRS 346.055 relating to victims of hate crimes and KRS 532.031 relating to hate crimes findings and effect.
 Current Status:   2/15/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
 Recent Status:   2/14/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB370.htm
 
HB402BACKGROUND CHECKS (HUFF R) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to define "criminal offense against a minor," "sex crime," "violent offender," and "youth camp"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to specify the application of Sections 1 to 4 of this Act; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to prohibit youth camps from employing, contracting, or utilizing as a volunteer a person who committed a sex crime, is a violent offender, or has abused or neglected a child, and to require criminal background checks; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to delineate punishments for employing a prohibited individual; create a new section of KRS Chapter 199 to allow a parent or guardian to request a background check of child abuse and neglect records; amend KRS 160.380 to require superintendents to run a name-based background check of child abuse and neglect records for employees.
 Current Status:   3/8/2017 - House Judiciary, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)
 Recent Status:   3/6/2017 - (H) posted in committee House Judiciary
2/16/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB402.htm
 
HB406HUMAN TRAFFICKING (BLANTON J) Amend KRS 17.500 to include promoting human trafficking involving commercial sexual activity as a criminal offense against a minor if the victim is under 18; amend KRS 156.095 to require public schools to display the National Human Trafficking Reporting Hotline; amend KRS 156.070 to require the State Board of Education to address matters pertaining to the health and well-being of schoolchildren; create a new section of KRS Chapter 620 to require the cabinet to notify the school of a child whose custody has been granted to the cabinet as a result of dependency, neglect, or abuse of the persons authorized to contact the child at school; amend KRS 15.232 to give the Attorney General concurrent jurisdiction in human trafficking prosecutions; amend KRS 176.415 to require the Department of Highways to post the hotline number of the National Human Trafficking Resource Center in all rest areas; amend KRS 600.020 to add "take into protective custody" to the definition of "take into custody"; amend KRS 610.190 to allow a peace officer to take a child into protective custody under various circumstances; amend KRS 610.200 to allow peace officers to file a status offense complaint; amend KRS 610.220 to prohibit the placement of nonoffenders in secure or nonsecure detention; amend KRS 630.030 to allow circumstances under which a child may be taken into protective custody; amend KRS 15A.068 to require a person or organization operating a facility to file a report, notify the child's attorney, and petition for a transfer of custody; repeal KRS 610.012.
 Current Status:   2/23/2017 - (H) WITHDRAWN
 Recent Status:   2/16/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
2/15/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB406.htm
 
HB408CHILD PORNOGRAPHY (MCCOY C) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 531 to prohibit the distribution of any material that portrays child pornography or a sexual performance by a minor.
 Current Status:   3/7/2017 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary
 Recent Status:   3/6/2017 - received in Senate
3/3/2017 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 81-0
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB408.htm
 
HB409SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY (MCCOY C) Amend KRS 500.080 to add specific injuries to a child under 12 to the definition of "serious physical injury."
 Current Status:   3/15/2017 - (H) WITHDRAWN
 Recent Status:   3/14/2017 - taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day
3/14/2017 - received in House w/Letter
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB409.htm
 
HB413CHILD VICTIM TESTIMONY (KOENIG A) Amend KRS 421.350 to allow a judge to admit into evidence the out-of-court statements of a child under the age of 12 in a case involving a violent offense, certain sex offenses, and proceedings under KRS Chapter 620.
 Current Status:   2/21/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
 Recent Status:   2/16/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB413.htm
 
HB416DISCLOSURE OF BODY CAMERA RECORDINGS (BENVENUTI R) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to provide definitions; specify that body-worn camera recordings are governed by the Kentucky Open Records Act and the retention of body-worn camera recordings is governed by KRS 171.410 to 170.740; provide exceptions as to when a public agency may elect not to disclose body worn camera recordings; specify procedures for requesting body- worn camera recordings; require that any person or agency that wishes to disclose, publicly display, or duplicate body-worn camera recordings must first give notice to any non-law enforcement agency or person depicted in the recording; create a new cause of action for enumerated persons who are not provided notice of disclosure of the recording; clarify that nothing in this section should be interpreted to override KRS 17.150 or the laws governing discovery in either criminal or civil litigation or in an administrative proceeding.
 Current Status:   3/1/2017 - House Local Government, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)
 Recent Status:   2/24/2017 - (H) posted in committee House Local Government
2/21/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Local Government
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB416.htm
 
HB426IMPERSONATION (LEE S) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 525 to create the offense of online impersonation.
 Current Status:   2/21/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
 Recent Status:   2/16/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB426.htm
 
HB461DUI PENALTIES (HOOVER J) Amend KRS 189A.010 to specify that, for the purposes of determining which prior DUI offenses affect penalty enhancement, offenses occurring after April 9, 2016, are measured within a ten-year look-back window, while offenses which occurred on or before April 9, 2016, are limited to a five-year look-back window under the previous version of the statute; amend KRS 189A.070 to conform; EMERGENCY.
 Current Status:   2/21/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
 Recent Status:   2/17/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB461.htm
 
HB480ANIMAL SEXUAL ASSAULT (JENKINS J) Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 525 to establish the offense of sexual assault against an animal; establish the elements and penalties for the crime; allow additional conditions to be imposed by a court upon conviction; allow a peace officer to seize an animal if there is probable cause to believe sexual assault against an animal has occurred; exempt accepted veterinary medical practices, insemination of animals, and accepted animal husbandry practices.
 Current Status:   2/21/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
 Recent Status:   2/17/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB480.htm
 
HB485CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES (RAND R) Amend KRS 218A.135 to state that a defendant charged with an offense under KRS Chapter 218A may be detained for up to 72 hours at the judge's discretion.
 Current Status:   2/21/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
 Recent Status:   2/17/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB485.htm
 
HB488IDENTITY CONCEALMENT (GOOCH JR. J) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 525 to prohibit the concealing of a person's identity during a protest with the intent to evade discovery in the commission of a crime.
 Current Status:   2/21/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
 Recent Status:   2/17/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB488.htm
 
HB494CRIME AND PUNISHMENTS (PETRIE J) Amend KRS 17.500 to revise the definition of "criminal offense against a victim who is a minor," "registrant information," and "residence"; amend KRS 17.510 to require registrants to provide palm prints; require persons convicted or required to register in other jurisdictions to register within three working days of relocation; require registrants to inform the appropriate local probation and parole office of travel outside the country; require registrants who move to a new county to register with the appropriate local probation and parole office within three working days; require any changes to a registrant's electronic mail address or any other Internet communication name identity to register the change or new identity within three working days; amend 17.520 to make a technical correction; amend KRS 17.545 to prohibit a sex offender registrant that is 18 years of age or older from having the same residence as a minor; provide an exception if the registrant is the spouse, parent, grandparent, stepparent, sibling, stepsibling, or guardian unless the registrant's parental rights have or are being terminated, the registrant was convicted of any sex crime or criminal offense against the victim who is a minor in which the child of the registrant was the victim, or the registrant has been convicted of a criminal offense against a victim who is a minor; make any registrant who violates the prohibition of living with a minor guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for the first offense and a Class D felony for the second and each subsequent offense; amend KRS 17.546 to revise the definition of "social networking Web site"; amend KRS 17.580 to require the Department of Kentucky State Police to display a registrant's palm prints on their Web site.
 Current Status:   2/27/2017 - (H) posted in committee House Judiciary
 Recent Status:   2/21/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
2/17/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB494.htm
 
HB496CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS (YORK J) Amend KRS 520.010 to remove definition of "dangerous contraband"; amend KRS 520.050 to make promoting any contraband a Class D felony; amend KRS 532.045 to conform; repeal KRS 520.060.
 Current Status:   2/21/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
 Recent Status:   2/17/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB496.htm
 
HB497MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT (ADKINS R) Create new sections of KRS Chapter 218A to entitle this Act the "Medication-Assisted Treatment Program Licensing Act"; define terms; establish the licensure for opioid treatment programs; require oversight by the Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities; set forth three licensure categories and the requirements for each; set forth the documentation required for applications; require inspections; establish the licensure for office-based medication-assisted treatment programs; require oversight by the Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities; set forth three licensure categories and the requirements for each; set forth the documentation required for applications; require inspections; require registration with the Secretary of State and Department of Revenue; establish requirements for facility, medical director, and staff and qualifications; permit program participation in Medicaid and private insurance; require United States Drug Enforcement Administration, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and Center for Substance Abuse Treatment approval; require fingerprint-supported background checks through the Kentucky State Police and Federal Bureau of Investigation; require participation in the electronic monitoring system for controlled substances; establish requirements for the diagnosis, treatment, and associated documentation for a patient; set forth restrictions for facilities and operations and permit the Cabinet for Health and Family Services Secretary to grant waivers and variances from certain requirements; require the Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities to inspect facilities and programs; establish parameters for license limitation, denial, suspension, and revocation; establish violations, penalties, and injunctions; require advertisement disclosure of the medical director; and require the promulgation of administrative regulations for the enforcement of this Act.
 Current Status:   2/21/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Heath & Family Services
 Recent Status:   2/17/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB497.htm
 
HB500EXPIRATION OF STATUTES (BECHLER L) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 446 to require all statutes enacted by the General Assembly after the effective date of this Act to expire six years from their effective dates; require the Legislative Research Commission to advise the members of the General Assembly of the statutes scheduled to expire during the year after the next meeting of the General Assembly.
 Current Status:   2/21/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House State Government
 Recent Status:   2/17/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB500.htm
 
HB502ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE (JOHNSON D) Amend KRS 23A.045 to add the Sixth Judicial Circuit to the circuits which have three circuit judges, allowing for a Family Court judge in that circuit, and amend KRS 23A.040 to conform.
 Current Status:   3/21/2017 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Recent Status:   3/14/2017 - delivered to Governor
3/14/2017 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB502.htm
 
HB515JUDICIAL BRANCH (MEADE D) Amend KRS 23A.050 to add the Twenty-eighth Judicial Circuit and the Fifty-fourth Judicial Circuit to the circuits entitled to four circuit judgeships and four divisions of circuit court; amend KRS 23A.045 to conform.
 Current Status:   2/28/2017 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Appropriations and Revenue
 Recent Status:   2/28/2017 - received in Senate
2/27/2017 - taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB515.htm
 
HB524HUMAN TRAFFICKING (WUCHNER A) Amend KRS 17.500 to include promoting human trafficking involving commercial sexual activity as a criminal offense against a minor if the victim is under 18; amend KRS 156.095 to require public schools to display the National Human Trafficking Reporting Hotline; amend KRS 176.415 to require the Department of Highways to post the hotline number of the National Human Trafficking Resource Center in all rest areas.
 Current Status:   4/10/2017 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Recent Status:   3/30/2017 - delivered to Governor
3/30/2017 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB524.htm
 
HB525KENTUCKY CITIZENS COMMISSION (HOOVER J) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 27A to create the Kentucky Citizens' Commission on Judicial Compensation; establish the purpose of the commission; establish the membership of the commission; require a report of recommendations from the commission; amend KRS 48.110 to allow the compensation information provided by the commission to be submitted in the judicial branch budget recommendation; amend KRS 48.195 to conform.
 Current Status:   3/8/2017 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary
 Recent Status:   3/8/2017 - received in Senate
3/7/2017 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 97-0 with Committee Substitute (2)
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB525.htm
 
HB539NOTARY PUBLIC (LINDER B) Create new sections of KRS Chapter 423 to define various terms; limit the applicability to notarial acts performed on or after the effective date of this Act; allow a notarial officer to perform a notarial act in Kentucky; outline requirements for certain notarial acts; require a personal appearance before a notarial officer; specify the requirements of identifying an individual before a notarial officer; allow a notarial officer to refuse to perform a notarial act; state who may perform a notarial act in Kentucky; recognize notarial acts performed in other states; recognize notarial acts performed in federally recognized Indian tribes under federal law, and in foreign countries; allow a notary public to perform a notarial act by means of communication technology; require a notarial act to be evidenced by a certificate; provide short form certificates for use by notarial officers; outline the requirements for an official stamp of a notary public; assign responsibility of the notary public's stamping device to the notary public; require a notary public to maintain a journal chronicling all notarial acts performed by that notary public; require a notary public to notify the Secretary of State that the notary public will be performing notarial acts with respect to electronic records; outline the necessary requirements to be a notary public; establish an examination based on a course of study approved by the Secretary of State; outline grounds for suspending, denying, or revoking a commission as a notary public; require the Secretary of State to maintain an electronic database of notaries public; detail prohibited acts; establish the validity of notarial acts; allow the Secretary of State to promulgate administrative regulations; require all commissions occurring after the effective date of this Act to comply with Sections 1 to 30 of this Act; state that Sections 1 to 30 of this Act modifies, limits, and supersedes the Electronic Signatures In Global and National Commerce Act; amend KRS 369.103 to allow electronic signatures on transactions relating to the conveyance of interests in real property and the creation or transfer of negotiable instruments; repeal KRS 423.010, 423.020, 423.030, 423.040, 423.050, 423.060, 423.070, 423.080, 423.110, 423.130, 423.140, 423.150, 423.160, 423.170, 423.180, 423.190, 423.200, and 423.990.
 Current Status:   3/8/2017 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate State and Local Government
 Recent Status:   3/8/2017 - (S) SECOND READING
3/8/2017 - (S) Taken From Committee
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB539.htm
 
HCR120KENTUCKY ATTORNEY GENERAL (HEAVRIN S) Call upon Attorney General Andy Beshear to defend all laws enacted by the General Assembly.
 Current Status:   2/21/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House State Government
 Recent Status:   2/17/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HC120.htm
 
SB9JUDICIAL REDISTRICTING (SCHICKEL J) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 21A to authorize the Supreme Court to require the Administrative Office of the Courts to perform an analysis to determine the need to rearrange the judicial circuits and districts or reallocate the number of judges relative to population and caseload; require the analysis to be completed within two years of December 31 of the year of the decennial census; require the Supreme Court to submit the analysis to the General Assembly by January 31 of the following year; provide that if the analysis indicates a need for rearrangement of judicial circuits and districts or reallocation of the number of judges due to population or caseload, the Supreme Court may submit certification as required by the Constitution of Kentucky which may include a proposal; amend KRS 23A.020 to realign the boundaries of the judicial circuits; amend KRS 23A.040 to reallocate judicial circuits entitled to two judges and two divisions of the Circuit Court; amend KRS 23A.045 to reallocate judicial circuits entitled to three judges and three divisions of the Circuit Court; amend KRS 23A.050 to reallocate judicial circuits entitled to four judges and four divisions of the Circuit Court; amend KRS 23A.055 to increase the allocation of the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit to six judges and six numbered divisions of the Circuit Court; amend KRS 24A.030 to realign the boundaries of the judicial districts; amend KRS 24A.050 to reallocate judicial districts entitled to two District Judges and two numbered divisions of District Court; amend KRS 24A.060 to reallocate judicial districts entitled to three District Judges and three numbered divisions of District Court.
 Current Status:   3/7/2017 - floor amendments (5) and (6) filed
 Recent Status:   3/7/2017 - (H) Returned to Committee House Judiciary
3/7/2017 - (H) FIRST READING
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB9.htm
 
SB14HEROIN TRAFFICKING (SCHICKEL J) Amend KRS 218A.1412 to require that persons who traffic in heroin or fentanyl be charged as Class C felons for the first offense.
 Current Status:   3/30/2017 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HCS 1, HCA 1T, HFA 1, 2
 Recent Status:   3/29/2017 - floor amendment (1) filed and floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute
3/15/2017 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HCA 1T, HCS 1
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB14.htm
 
SB15CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT (WESTERFIELD W) Propose to amend the Constitution of Kentucky to create a crime victims' bill of rights; submit to voters.
 Current Status:   3/29/2017 - floor amendment (1) filed
 Recent Status:   1/7/2017 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate State and Local Government
1/3/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB15.htm
 
SB16EXPUNGEMENT (HIGDON J) Amend KRS 431.073 to allow discretionary expungement of Class D felonies, other than sex crimes, offenses against a victim who is a minor, or offenses which would qualify a person as a violent offender; specify a ten-year waiting period.
 Current Status:   2/22/2017 - Senate State and Local Government, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)
 Recent Status:   2/17/2017 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate State and Local Government
2/17/2017 - (S) SECOND READING
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB16.htm
 
SB20JUVENILE JUSTICE (WESTERFIELD W) Create new sections of KRS Chapters 15A, 27A, and 194A to require reporting of statistics, including age, race, and gender, to determine whether there is disproportionate minority contact with the juvenile justice, social welfare, and educational discipline systems and create training requirements; create new sections of KRS Chapters 15A and 158, to require the development and reporting of plans to ameliorate disproportionate minority contact with juvenile justice and education systems; amend KRS 156.095 to require professional development for education professionals on juvenile justice topics; create a new section of KRS Chapter 31 to allow the Division of Protection and Advocacy to investigate the use of restraint and seclusion in schools and require confidentiality; amend KRS 15.334 to require training on juvenile justice topics; create new sections of KRS Chapter 610 to create a minimum age of criminal responsibility of 12 years of age; amend KRS 503.010 to define "physical restraint"; amend KRS 503.110 to limit the permissible use of physical restraint by teachers or school personnel; amend KRS 635.020 to limit the youthful offender process to cases involving offenses against persons; amend KRS 158.135 to define "state agency children"; amend KRS 15A.220 to require facilities under contract to DJJ to report data; add data reporting from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; amend KRS 635.060 to allow a child who has committed an offense that would be a Class D felony if committed by an adult to be retained on probation for 18 months if the court-ordered substance abuse or mental health program is longer than 12 months and to limit the exclusion of children from the time limits placed on certain dispositions; amend KRS 610.105 to expand a court's options for diversion of a child's adjudicated case; amend KRS 600.020 to define "restorative justice practices"; amend KRS 630.070 to limit detention for a child violating a court order to 30 days; amend various sections to conform; amend KRS 15A.305, 610.030, 610.190, 610.200, 610.220, 635.010, and 630.030 to make technical corrections; repeal KRS 610.012.
 Current Status:   3/15/2017 - (S) recommitted to committee Senate Judiciary
 Recent Status:   2/23/2017 - (S) Reported Favorably w/SCS 1, SCA, to Rules
2/23/2017 - Senate Judiciary, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB20.htm
 
SB32DRUG CONVICTIONS (CARROLL D) Amend KRS 218A.202 to require the Administrative Office of the Courts to forward drug conviction data to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services for inclusion in the KASPER electronic monitoring system.
 Current Status:   3/27/2017 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Recent Status:   3/15/2017 - delivered to Governor
3/15/2017 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB32.htm
 
SB32DRUG CONVICTIONS (CARROLL D) Amend KRS 218A.202 to require the Administrative Office of the Courts to forward drug conviction data to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services for inclusion in the KASPER electronic monitoring system.
 Current Status:   3/27/2017 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Recent Status:   3/15/2017 - delivered to Governor
3/15/2017 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB32.htm
 
SB34JURIES (NEAL G) Amend KRS 29A.040 to add holders of personal identification cards issued within a county to the master list of potential jurors for that county.
 Current Status:   1/7/2017 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate State and Local Government
 Recent Status:   1/3/2017 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)
9/23/2016 - Pre-Filed
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB34.htm
 
SB35JUROR PAY (NEAL G) Amend KRS 29A.170 to increase juror pay and expense allowance; amend KRS 32.011 to conform; repeal KRS 32.070, relating to expense allowances for jurors.
 Current Status:   1/7/2017 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Appropriations and Revenue
 Recent Status:   1/3/2017 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)
9/23/2016 - Pre-Filed
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB35.htm
 
SB36JURIES (NEAL G) Amend KRS 15.733 to allow the disqualification of a prosecuting attorney from the retrial of a case due to discriminatory jury selection practices; create a new section of KRS Chapter 27A to require the Administrative Office of the Courts to collect and report data on the race, ethnicity, and sex of members of juries.
 Current Status:   1/7/2017 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary
 Recent Status:   1/3/2017 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)
9/23/2016 - Pre-Filed
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB36.htm
 
SB37EXPUNGEMENT (NEAL G) Amend KRS 431.073 to reduce filing fee for felony expungement from $500 to $200; allow the court to waive all or any portion of the fee if an applicant is indigent or financially unable to pay; amend KRS 431.078 to allow the court to waive all or any portion of the filing fee for misdemeanor, violation, or traffic infraction expungement if an applicant is indigent or financially unable to pay.
 Current Status:   1/7/2017 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Appropriations and Revenue
 Recent Status:   1/7/2017 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Appropriations and Revenue
1/3/2017 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB37.htm
 
SB42CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS (SCHICKEL J) Amend KRS 431.005 to permit a peace officer to make an arrest for a violation of KRS 508.030, assault in the 4th degree, when the violation occurs in a hospital and the officer has probable cause; amend KRS 431.015 to conform.
 Current Status:   3/16/2017 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Recent Status:   3/7/2017 - delivered to Governor
3/7/2017 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB42.htm
 
SB44ARREST-RELATED DEATHS (THOMAS R) Amend KRS 72.025 to add deaths which occur during arrest to cases which are investigated by the coroner; create a new section of KRS Chapter 72 to require coroners to notify the Medical Examiner's Office of arrest-related deaths and require an annual public report; amend KRS 72.020 to conform.
 Current Status:   1/7/2017 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary
 Recent Status:   1/3/2017 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)
10/19/2016 - Pre-Filed
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB44.htm
 
SB68DEATH PENALTY (NEAL G) Suspend death penalty executions until December 3, 2018, or until the Task Force on the Death Penalty submits a final report; direct the the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Task Force on the Death Penalty to study and develop reccomendations regarding the Commonwealth's use of the death penalty for capital offenses to be submitted no later than December 3, 2018.
 Current Status:   1/7/2017 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary
 Recent Status:   1/3/2017 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)
12/9/2016 - Pre-Filed
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB68.htm
 
SB69CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT (NEAL G) Propose to amend Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky to allow persons convicted of a felony, other than felonies designated by the General Assembly, the right to vote; submit to the voters for ratification or rejection.
 Current Status:   1/7/2017 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate State and Local Government
 Recent Status:   1/3/2017 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)
12/9/2016 - Pre-Filed
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB69.htm
 
SB71CIVIL RIGHTS (NEAL G) Amend KRS 344.040 to make it unlawful to require a job applicant to disclose his or her criminal history prior to making an offer of employment to the applicant.
 Current Status:   1/7/2017 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary
 Recent Status:   1/3/2017 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)
12/9/2016 - Pre-Filed
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB71.htm
 
SB72EXPUNGEMENT (NEAL G) Amend KRS 431.073 to make additional offenses eligible for expungement; reduce filing fee for felony expungement from $500 to $200; amend KRS 431.076 to allow expungement of charges dismissed without prejudice; amend KRS 431.078 to require certain records to be expunged if the law specifies a period for enhancement and that period has expired; amend KRS 431.079 to limit requirement of certification to convictions which have not been pardoned.
 Current Status:   1/7/2017 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Appropriations and Revenue
 Recent Status:   1/3/2017 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)
12/9/2016 - Pre-Filed
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB72.htm
 
SB87JURIES (SEUM D) Amend KRS 29A.170 to increase payment to jurors for jury duty in Circuit and District Court from five dollars to ten dollars per day; provide that jurors be paid fifteen dollars per day as reimbursement of expenses incurred; amend KRS 32.070 to provide that persons summoned for jury service in Circuit Court and jurors serving as grand jurors and petit jurors be paid the sum of fifteen dollars per day as reimbursement of expenses incurred.
 Current Status:   1/7/2017 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary
 Recent Status:   1/4/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB87.htm
 
SB120CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS (WESTERFIELD W) Amend KRS 17.510 to provide that juveniles adjudicated in other states are not required to register in Kentucky and make the provision retroactive; amend KRS 453.190 to define a "poor person" as one who has an income at or below 100% on the Supreme Court's sliding scale of indigency; amend KRS 534.060 to provide that no person shall be imprisoned for nonpayment of fines or court costs unless the failure to pay was willful and not due to an inability to pay; amend KRS 534.070 to raise the daily credit against a fine or court costs for time served to $75 per day or $150 per day if the defendant works at a community service or community labor program; provide that a jailer shall release the defendant, unless the defendant is incarcerated on other orders, once he or she has sufficient credit to satisfy the fine or court costs; amend KRS 23A.205 and 24A.175 to provide that if a defendant is a poor person and that he or she is unable to pay court costs in the foreseeable future, the defendant shall not be ordered to pay court costs or placed in jail for failing to pay court costs; amend various statutes to conform; amend KRS 439.250 and 439.345 to provide supervised compliance credits for some individuals on probation, parole, and post-release supervision; amend KRS 439.3108 to increase the time the Department of Corrections or the Parole Board can place a supervised individual who violates the conditions of community supervision in a detention facility; amend KRS 439.3401 to prohibit those convicted of manslaughter in the 2nd degree, reckless homicide, fetal homicide in the 3rd degree, and fetal homicide in the 4th degree from being paroled until he or she serves at least 50% of the sentence imposed; prohibit those convicted of a violation of manslaughter in the second degree or reckless homicide, when the victim was a peace officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty, from being paroled until he or she serves at least 85% of the sentence imposed; amend KRS 439.3406 to prohibit an inmate from being placed on mandatory reentry supervision if the inmate has not served at least 6 months since he or she was recommitted for a violation or has twice been released on mandatory reentry supervision; create new sections of KRS Chapter 439 to require the Department of Corrections to implement a reentry drug supervision pilot program for certain inmates and parolees with substance use disorders; create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to allow law enforcement organizations to create Angel Initiative Programs; amend KRS 202A.121 to allow appointed counsel access to records; create a new section of KRS Chapter 197 to allow the Department of Corrections to administer a Prison Industry Enhancement Certification Program (PIECP); create a new section of KRS Chapter 196 to require the Kentucky State Corrections Commission to oversee a PIECP; amend various sections in KRS Chapter 335B relating to employment and licensure of persons convicted of crimes to narrow the class of offenses to which the chapter applies, to add consideration of the passage of time since the commission of the offense to the criteria considered in making licensure decisions, to delete language relating to a hiring or licensing authority's subjective view of an ex-offender's rehabilitation, and to require an open hearing prior to a license denial for an ex-offender; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 335B.060 to exempt peace officers and other law enforcement personnel; repeal KRS 335B.040; amend various statutes to conform; amend KRS 532.100 to allow Class C and D felons eligible for placement in a local jail to participate in an approved community work program or other form of work release with the approval of the Department of Corrections; create a new section of KRS Chapter 533 to allow jails to operate a day reporting program; create new sections of KRS Chapter 441 to operate a reentry center with the approval of the Department of Corrections; amend various statutes to conform; amend KRS 15.280 to provide that the Criminal Justice Statistical Analysis Center is not the record custodian of the data sent to the center; amend KRS 15A.075 to reconstitute the Criminal Justice Counsel; create new sections of KRS Chapter 197 to specify how cost savings shall be calculated and create the criminal justice reinvestment fund to collect and appropriate those savings.
 Current Status:   4/10/2017 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Recent Status:   3/29/2017 - delivered to Governor
3/29/2017 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB120.htm
 
SB127RECKLESS HOMICIDE CONVICTIONS (TURNER J) Amend KRS 431.073 to allow convictions for reckless homicide to be vacated and expunged if the offender has first been granted a partial pardon by the Governor.
 Current Status:   2/8/2017 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary
 Recent Status:   2/7/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB127.htm
 
SB131DEATH PENALTY (NEAL G) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to abolish the death penalty and replace it with life imprisonment without parole for inmates presently sentenced to death; amend KRS 532.030, relating to authorized dispositions for felony offenses, to remove the death penalty; amend KRS 533.010, relating to probation, to prohibit probation for a person sentenced to life without parole or life without parole for 25 years; amend KRS 640.040, relating to penalties for juveniles convicted of felony offenses, to prohibit life imprisonment without benefit of parole for a capital offense; amend KRS 422.285, 532.050, and 532.100 to conform; repeal various statutes relating to imposition of the death penalty.
 Current Status:   2/8/2017 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary
 Recent Status:   2/7/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB131.htm
 
SB133JURIES (NEAL G) Amend KRS 29A.040 to add holders of adult personal identification cards issued within a county to the master list of potential jurors for that county.
 Current Status:   3/15/2017 - (S) recommitted to committee Senate Judiciary
 Recent Status:   2/22/2017 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules
2/21/2017 - (S) FIRST READING to Regular Calendar
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB133.htm
 
SB134JUROR PAY (NEAL G) Amend KRS 29A.170 to increase juror pay and expense allowance; amend KRS 32.011 to conform to repeal; repeal KRS 32.070, relating to expense allowances for jurors.
 Current Status:   2/8/2017 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary
 Recent Status:   2/7/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB134.htm
 
SB141COMMERCIAL DRIVERS LICENSES (ADAMS J) Amend KRS 281A.010 to define "human trafficking"; amend KRS 281A.120 to require a person applying for a commercial driver's license to complete training related to identifying and reporting human trafficking; amend KRS 281A.130 to conform; amend KRS 281A.170 to require commercial driver's licenses to be issued with a wallet card that outlines the signs of human trafficking and how to report it, and includes the National Human Trafficking Hotline number; amend KRS 281A.190 to require a commercial driver's license holder to be disqualified from driving a commercial motor vehicle for one year if convicted of failing to report suspected human trafficking; provide that a commercial driver's license holder who uses a commercial motor vehicle in the commission of any crime involving human trafficking shall be disqualified from driving a commercial motor vehicle for life; amend KRS 281A.320 and 281.755 to conform.
 Current Status:   2/9/2017 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Transportation
 Recent Status:   2/8/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB141.htm
 
SB142SURVIVOR PROTECTION (ADAMS J) Repeal and reenact KRS 14.260 as a new section in KRS Chapter 196 to require the director of the Division of Parole and Victim Services to operate the address protection program; allow a sworn statement to be used to prove eligibility for the program; require the program to issue a document to a participant to prove the individual's county of residence; repeal and reenact KRS 14.300 as a new section of KRS Chapter 196; repeal and reenact KRS 14.302 as a new section of KRS Chapter 196 to require the director of the Division of Parole and Victim Services to create a crime victim address protection program; repeal and reenact KRS 14.304 as a new section of KRS Chapter 196 to allow an individual participating in the address protrection program to vote; repeal and reenact KRS 14.306, 14.308, 14.310, 14.312, 14.314, 14.316, and 14.318 as new sections of KRS Chapter 196; amend KRS 23A.208 and 24A.178 to allow an administrative fee for a crime found to have an underlying factual basis of domestic violence or abuse; amend KRS 186.412 to require a circuit clerk to accept a participant's verified substitute address for an operator's license application; amend 209A.030 to define "application assistant" and exempt that individual from certain reporting requirements; clarify that an application assistant shall continue to report instances of abuse and neglect of vulnerable adults and children.
 Current Status:   2/9/2017 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary
 Recent Status:   2/8/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB142.htm
 
SB148SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONTENT (BUFORD T) Amend KRS 531.010 to define "private erotic matter"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 531 to prohibit the distribution of sexually explicit images without consent, and make such distribution a Class A misdemeanor unless it is done for profit, in which case it is a Class D felony.
 Current Status:   2/10/2017 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary
 Recent Status:   2/9/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB148.htm
 
SB159PUBLIC SCHOOLS (CARPENTER J) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require all public high school students to pass a civics test in order to receive a regular diploma; direct the Kentucky Department of Education to prepare or approve the test with 100 questions drawn from the test administered by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to persons seeking to become naturalized citizens, and to disseminate the test to all public school districts; allow students the opportunity to retake the test as often as needed in order to pass; set the passing score at 60% of the total questions answered correctly; make these requirements subject to the accomodations for special needs students with individualized education programs as defined in KRS 158.281 or Section 504 Plans as defined in KRS 156.027.
 Current Status:   3/27/2017 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Recent Status:   3/15/2017 - delivered to Governor
3/15/2017 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB159.htm
 
SB191OPIOIDS (ADAMS J) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to define "opioid antagonist" and require pharmacies to report to the CHFS and KASPER when prescriptions for opioid antagonists such as naloxone are filled; establish a penalty for noncompliance.
 Current Status:   2/15/2017 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health and Welfare
 Recent Status:   2/14/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB191.htm
 
SB192CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES (ADAMS J) Amend KRS 218A.010 to modify a definition; amend KRS 218A.020 to require that controlled substances scheduled by the federal Controlled Substances Act be regulated in the same schedule as the federal schedule; establish a method to schedule in a more restrictive schedule at the state level; amend KRS 218A.202 to require certain hospitals to report positive toxicology screens to CHFS; permit federal prosecutors and agents to use KASPER; permit practitioners or pharmacists to review KASPER reports of birth mothers of potentially drug-exposed infants; remove a pilot program relating to real-time electronic monitoring; make other technical corrections; amend KRS 218A.240, 243.100, 243.390, 243.500, and 314.011 to conform; repeal KRS 218A.030, 218A.050, 218A.070, 218A.090, 218A.110, and 218A.130, relating to the previous controlled substances scheduling system.
 Current Status:   2/15/2017 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health and Welfare
 Recent Status:   2/14/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB192.htm
 
SB193OPIOIDS (CARROLL D) Create new sections of KRS 311.380 to 311.500 and KRS 311.530 to 311.620, and amend KRS 313.035 and KRS 314.011, to limit prescriptions of opioids prescribed by podiatrists, physicians, dentists, and advanced practice registered nurses to a 7-day supply for acute pain; define "acute pain."
 Current Status:   2/15/2017 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health and Welfare
 Recent Status:   2/14/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB193.htm
 
SB195EXPUNGEMENT (WESTERFIELD W) Amend KRS 610.330 to expand the expungement and sealing of juvenile records and create an automatic process.
 Current Status:   3/27/2017 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Recent Status:   3/15/2017 - delivered to Governor
3/15/2017 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB195.htm
 
SB220JUVENILE JUSTICE (WESTERFIELD W) Create new sections of KRS Chapter 610 to create a minimum age of criminal responsibility of 12 years of age; amend KRS 610.030 and 605.035 to conform.
 Current Status:   2/21/2017 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary
 Recent Status:   2/16/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB220.htm
 
SB244IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICES (MCGARVEY M) Amend KRS 186.570 to allow the Transportation Cabinet to address violations related to the issuance of an ignition interlock license and installation of an ignition interlock device and to promulgate administrative regulations to address out-of-state interlock ignition orders for residents and nonresidents; amend KRS 189A.005 to make technical corrections; amend KRS 189.070 to require that persons charged with a violation of KRS 189A.010 which includes aggravating circumstances, or who have refused a breath, blood, or urine test, may only receive day-for-day credit for a valid interlock license after conviction; create a new section of KRS Chapter 189A to allow any person charged with violating KRS 189A.010(1)(a), (b), (e), or (f) or who refused a breath, blood, or urine test to apply to the Transportation Cabinet for an ignition interlock license; delete the requirement that certain offenses require court approval to apply for an ignition interlock license; amend KRS 189A.085 to require proof of issuance of an ignition interlock license to avoid impoundment of a defendant’s license plate; create a new section of KRS Chapter 189A to state that an employer exemption for an ignition interlock device allows the person to operate his or her employer's non-ignition interlock equipped motor vehicle in the course and scope of employment if the business entity that owns the motor vehicle is not owned or controlled by the person; create a new section of KRS Chapter 189A to provide that within thirty days of issuance of an ignition interlock license, a person must have a functioning ignition interlock device installed in his or her vehicle; amend KRS 189A.090 to make technical corrections to allow the court to revoke an ignition interlock or hardship license if the person has been convicted of a violation under KRS Chapter 189 for which points are assessed by the Transportation Cabinet and certain offenses under KRS Chapter 189A; amend KRS 189A.105 to require that at the time of a breath, blood, or urine test a person shall be informed that he or she will have to the ability to apply for an ignition interlock license; amend KRS 189A.107 to allow a person who refuses a breath, blood, or urine test to apply for an ignition interlock license if the person files a motion waiving the right to judicial review and to receive credit on a day-for-day basis after conviction; provide that a person who was not convicted of a violation of KRS 189A.010 but found by the court to have refused to submit to testing may receive credit on a day-for-day basis; amend KRS 189A.200 to revise procedure for issuance of an ignition interlock license during a suspension period for refusal to take a breath, blood, or urine test and other violations of KRS 189A.010; amend KRS 189A.240 to amend procedures related to issuance of an ignition interlock license during a pretrial suspension under KRS 189A.200(1)(a); amend KRS 189A.320 to make a technical correction; amend KRS 189A.400 to revise jurisdictional requirements of the District Court related to the issuance of ignition interlock licenses; amend KRS 189A.410 to revise eligibility requirements for issuance of a hardship driver’s license after a minimum license suspension period under KRS 189A.010(6) or KRS 189A.070; amend KRS 189A.500 to require the cabinet to create a process by which a person may seek administrative review by the cabinet related to ignition interlock devices; repeal KRS 189A.340, 189A.345, 189A.420, and 189A.440, relating to ignition interlock devices.
 Current Status:   2/21/2017 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Transportation
 Recent Status:   2/16/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB244.htm
 
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