Prepared by: Maresa Fawns
Report created on March 29, 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
 
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
 
HB53UNCLAIMED LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES (HARRIS C) Amend 304.15-420 to clarify the retroactive application of the Unclaimed Life Insurance Benefits Act.
 Current Status:   1/3/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Banking & Insurance
 Recent Status:   1/3/2017 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)
10/13/2016 - Pre-Filed
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB53.htm
 
HB69UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE (WELLS W) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 341 to define a "seasonal/on recall employee" and require certification by an employer; amend KRS 341.350 to exempt seasonal/on recall employees from the waiting week and reemployment requirements.
 Current Status:   1/3/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Economic Development & Workforce Investment
 Recent Status:   12/2/2016 - Pre-Filed
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB69.htm
 
HB72PLANNING AND ZONING (MILLER J) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 100 to set requirements for filing a supersedeas bond for appeals of Circuit Court decisions before the case is transferred to the Kentucky Court of Appeals.
 Current Status:   4/11/2017 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Recent Status:   3/30/2017 - delivered to Governor
3/30/2017 - Free Conference Committee report (1) adopted in House
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB72.htm
 
HB75WORKERS COMPENSATION COVERAGE (DOSSETT M) Amend KRS 342.650, concerning exemptions from workers' compensation, to include lawn services as well as maintenance, repair, remodeling, or similar work for not more than 20 days on a private home or on the premises of a business that employs no other workers subject to workers' compensation laws.
 Current Status:   3/3/2017 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate Agriculture
 Recent Status:   3/3/2017 - (S) SECOND READING
3/3/2017 - (S) Taken From Committee
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB75.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
 
HB83ELDER ABUSE PREVENTION (ELLIOTT D) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 292 to grant civil and administrative immunity to broker-dealers or investment advisers who, with reasonable belief and in good faith, report suspected financial exploitation of eligible adults to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and the commissioner of the Department of Financial Institutions.
 Current Status:   1/3/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Banking & Insurance
 Recent Status:   1/3/2017 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)
11/30/2016 - Pre-Filed
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB83.htm
 
HB94MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE (SCHAMORE D) Amend KRS 186A.040, regarding maintenance of motor vehicle insurance, to change from three to one the number of times a person may have his or her vehicle registration revoked for not maintaining insurance, before the revocation constitutes a violation of KRS 304.39-080; provide that notice of a violation be sent to the sheriff; amend KRS 186.180 to set the reinstatement fee for a revoked registration at $20.
 Current Status:   1/3/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Transportation
 Recent Status:   1/3/2017 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)
12/8/2016 - Pre-Filed
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB94.htm
 
HB105PROTECTION OF RIGHTS (NELSON R) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 446 to define "protected activities," "protected activity provider," "protected rights" " place of public accommodation, resort, or amusement, " and " standard goods or services" ; provide legislative intent; prohibit any statute, regulation, ordinance, order, judgment, of other law or action by any court, commission, or other public agency from impairing, impeding, infringing upon, or otherwise restricting the exercise of protected rights by any protected activity provider; prohibit a protected activity provider from being fined, imprisoned, held in contempt, or otherwise punished or found liable for actions or inactions related to providing or refusing to provide protected activities unless a court finds that the complaining person or the government proved by clear and convincing evidence that a compelling governmental interest in infringing upon the act or refusal to act existed and the least restrictive means was used.
 Current Status:   1/6/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
 Recent Status:   1/3/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB105.htm
 
HB110EXTERNAL DETAINEE FATALITY REVIEW PANEL (WAYNE J) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 441 to establish the External Detainee Fatality Review Panel to conduct comprehensive reviews of all fatalities of individuals detained in county or regional jails or any facility operated by the Department of Corrections, the Department of Juvenile Justice, or an entity under contract with either department.
 Current Status:   1/6/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
 Recent Status:   1/3/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB110.htm
 
HB112DOGS (LEE S) Amend KRS 258.095 to modify the definition of persons who would qualify as the owner of a dog for purposes of that chapter.
 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/HB112.htm
 
HB116SPECIAL PURPOSE GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES (RICHARDS J) Amend KRS 65A.080 to detail in what locations and for how long special purpose governmental entity financial information is to be made specifically available for public inspection.
 Current Status:   2/16/2017 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate State and Local Government
 Recent Status:   2/15/2017 - received in Senate
2/14/2017 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 95-0
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB116.htm
 
HB122BICYCLE OPERATION (HUFF R) Amend KRS 189.287 to direct the Transportation Cabinet to include a requirement for bicycle helmets for operators and passengers under the age of 12 in the bicycle standards and safety regulations promulgated under the provisions of this section.
 Current Status:   2/21/2017 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Transportation
 Recent Status:   2/17/2017 - received in Senate
2/16/2017 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 90-6 with Committee Substitute (1)
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB122.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
 
HB148MIDWIFERY (WEBBER R) Create new sections of KRS Chapter 309 to establish licensing for midwifery; establish terms and create definitions; establish the Kentucky Board of Midwifery, create membership, set terms, and grant authority and duties; require the board to promulgate administrative regulations; establish the scope of practice for a licensed midwife; require informed consent for practice and require disclosures; allow the board to reprimand, deny, limit, revoke, probate, or suspend licenses; establish in the State Treasury the Kentucky Board of Midwifery trust and agency fund; amend KRS 211.180 to remove midwifery from the purview of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; amend KRS 311.550 to amend the definition of medicine and osteopathy to remove a reference to the Cabinet's oversight of midwifery; declare that this Act is intended to be consistent with the United States Midwifery Education, Regulation, and Association statement on licensure, July 2015; APPROPRIATION.
 Current Status:   2/15/2017 - (H) posted in committee House Heath & Family Services
 Recent Status:   2/7/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Heath & Family Services
1/6/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB148.htm
 
HB156KENTUCKY MOUNTAIN REGIONAL RECREATION AUTHORITY (FUGATE C) Create new sections of KRS Chapter 148 to promote outdoor recreation and tourism development by establishing the Kentucky Mountain Regional Recreation Authority; amend KRS 147A.090 to provide that area development district boards of directors have the power and duty to cooperate with the KMRRA; APPROPRIATION.
 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/HB156.htm
 
HB156KENTUCKY MOUNTAIN REGIONAL RECREATION AUTHORITY (FUGATE C) Create new sections of KRS Chapter 148 to promote outdoor recreation and tourism development by establishing the Kentucky Mountain Regional Recreation Authority; amend KRS 147A.090 to provide that area development district boards of directors have the power and duty to cooperate with the KMRRA; APPROPRIATION.
 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/HB156.htm
 
HB163MOTOR VEHICLE TITLES (ROWLAND B) Amend KRS 186A.190 to provide process for insurance companies to obtain salvage titles; amend KRS 186A.195 and 186A.200 to conform.
 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/HB163.htm
 
HB174OVERWEIGHT VEHICLES (HEATH R) Amend KRS 189.222 to extend a 10 percent weight tolerance for vehicles engaged exclusively in the transportation of feed for livestock or poultry; permit a vehicle registered under KRS 186.050(3) transporting certain meats, agricultural crop products, or livestock to exceed the gross weight provisions by a weight tolerance of 10 percent.
 Current Status:   2/22/2017 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Recent Status:   2/16/2017 - delivered to Governor
2/16/2017 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB174.htm
 
HB184OVERWEIGHT VEHICLES (MILES S) Amend KRS 189.2715 to allow the transportation of metal commodities to exceed a gross weight of 80,000 pounds, but not exceed a gross weight of 120,000 pounds; define "metal commodities"; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to implement the transportation of metal commodities; amend KRS 189.222 to provide a 10% weight tolerance to vehicles exclusively transporting items listed in KRS 189.222(2)(a), (b), and (c).
 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/HB184.htm
 
HB191INSURANCE (ROWLAND B) Amend KRS 329A.070 to exempt certain individuals employed by an insurance company from the Kentucky Private Investigators Licensing Act; amend KRS 304.9-430 to exempt individuals employed by an insurance company to investigate fraudulent claims from licensure requirements of a staff adjuster, and delete an expired subsection; amend KRS 304.20-020 to provide that any insured named in the policy, rather than the named insured, may reject uninsured motor vehicle coverage and provide that if a named insured rejected coverage, in addition to coverage provided in or supplemental to renewal, the insurer is not required to provide coverage supplemental to a reinstatement, substitute, replacement, or amended policy issued to the same named insured by the same insurer or its affiliates; amend KRS 304.39-230 to specify the method for determining the date for when the last reparation payment is made; amend KRS 304.9-295 and 304.9-436 to conform.
 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/HB191.htm
 
HB192FOSTER YOUTH OPERATORS LICENSE (BROWN JR. G) Amend KRS 186.450 and 186.470 to allow a minor who is in the custody of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to sign an application for an operator's license; allow the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to request that a minor's license be canceled; amend KRS 186.590, relating to liability for negligence of the minor while driving a motor vehicle, to conform; amend KRS 605.102 to require the prudent parent standard be used to determine if a child is developmentally appropriate to apply for an operator's license, motorcycle operator's license, intermediate license, or any instruction permit.
 Current Status:   3/10/2017 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Recent Status:   3/2/2017 - delivered to Governor
3/2/2017 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB192.htm
 
HB196CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY (OVERLY S) Create new sections of KRS Chapter 337 to set forth legislative findings and declarations behind employee misclassification problems; provide definitions; set forth determination of misclassified workers; set forth investigation process and violations; establish court remedies; require notice by an employer; grant commissioner authority to promulgate administrative regulations; require agencies to share the information of a misclassifying employer to other interested state agencies; amend KRS 337.990 to establish penalties for violations; amend KRS 45A.485 to prohibit contractors with multiple violations from contracting with the state for two years; amend KRS 131.190 to require the Department of Revenue to provide copies to three other state agencies; create a new section of KRS Chapter 341 to require the Office of Employment and Training to provide copies of orders to three other state agencies; create a new section of KRS Chapter 342 to require the commissioner to provide copies to three other state agencies.
 Current Status:   2/9/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Economic Development & Workforce Investment
 Recent Status:   2/7/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB196.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
 
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
 
HB237FOOD DONATION (PRATT P) Create new sections of KRS Chapter 411 to define "apparently fit grocery product," "apparently wholesome food," "donate," "food," "gleaner," "grocery product," "intentional misconduct," "nonprofit organization," and "person"; establish legal immunity protections related to apparently wholesome or fit food and grocery product donations to nonprofit organizations; extend protections to those who allow the collection or gleaning of products for donation to nonprofit organizations; allow nonprofit organizations to recondition certain donated food or products; repeal KRS 413.247 and 413.248.
 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/HB237.htm
 
HB241STUDENT ATHLETE SAFETY (SIMS JR. J) Amend KRS 160.445 to prohibit a coach from returning a student to play who is diagnosed with a concussion; prohibit a student from returning to play if no physician or licensed provider is available to conduct the required concussion evaluation; prohibit a student who does not receive the required evaluation from returning to play in a subsequent practice or competition unless written clearance from a physician is provided.
 Current Status:   4/10/2017 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Recent Status:   3/29/2017 - delivered to Governor
3/29/2017 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB241.htm
 
HB255NONPROFIT ENTITIES (STONE W) Amend 337.010(2)(a)10. to clarify the exemption for an organized nonprofit camp, religious, or nonprofit educational conference center that it must not be in operation for more than 210 days instead of 7 months in a calendar year.
 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/HB255.htm
 
HB260CIVIL RIGHTS (NEMES J) Amend KRS 344.030 to include within the definition of reasonable accommodations, accommodations made for pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions; amend KRS 344.040 to make an unlawful practice for employers who fail to accommodate an employee affected by pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition; require employers to provide notice to all employees regarding discrimination for pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions.
 Current Status:   2/23/2017 - House Economic Development & Workforce Investment, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)
 Recent Status:   2/22/2017 - (H) posted in committee House Economic Development & Workforce Investment
2/13/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Economic Development & Workforce Investment
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB260.htm
 
HB265OVERDEMENSIONAL VEHICLES (THOMAS W) Amend KRS 189.010 to define the term "nondivisible load"; EMERGENCY.
 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/HB265.htm
 
HB281GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS (NEMES J) Create a new section of KRS 45A.690 to 45A.725 to establish standards and rules for the Attorney General when awarding contingency fee personal service contracts for legal services; require the Attorney General to make written findings of the need for a contingency fee contract; set limits on the amount of the contingency fee; require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to post information regarding the contract on its Web site; require the contractor to maintain certain records; require the Finance and Administration Cabinet and the Attorney General to submit a report on all contingency fee contracts to the Government Contract Review Committee by September 1 of each year; amend KRS 45A.695 to require the Attorney General to participate in discussions with contingency fee offerors to determine their qualifications; amend KRS 15.100 to conform.
 Current Status:   3/30/2017 - Missing Action! for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitutes and committee amendment (1-title)
 Recent Status:   3/30/2017 - received in House w/Letter
3/30/2017 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 26-12 with Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB281.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
 
HB293KENTUCKY LABOR CABINET (ROTHENBURGER R) Amend KRS 12.020 and 336.020 to rename divisions within the Labor cabinet, move the Division of Workers' Compensation Funds to the Department of Workers' Claims, move the Office of General Counsel from the Department of Workers' Claims to the Labor Cabinet's Office of General Counsel, and abolish the Workers' Compensation Advisory Council; amend KRS 336.164, 336.165, 342.120, 342.122, and 342.382 to conform; amend KRS 342.215 and 342.230 to exempt Workers' Compensation Board members, department employees, and administrative law judges from the classified service; repeal KRS 342.0012, relating to the Workers' Compensation Advisory Council; confirm Executive Order 2016-855.
 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/HB293.htm
 
HB294MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERS (MILES S) Amend KRS 186A.540 to clarify that sellers and dealers must disclose accident damage to a motor vehicle, raise the damage threshold for reporting from $1,000 to $2,000; exempt wheels, tires, and glass from the calculation of the damage reporting threshold; amend KRS 190.0491 to conform.
 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/HB294.htm
 
HB296WORKERS COMPENSATION (KOENIG A) Amend KRS 342.020 to limit the obligation to pay medical benefits indefinitely for certain permanent partial disabilities; limit medical benefits to age 70 or four years after date of injury, whichever is later, except for permanent total awards or awards involving prosthetic devices which continue for as long as the employee is disabled; limit the number of urine drug screens for which an employer, insurer, or payment obligor is required to pay; amend KRS 342.035 to require the commissioner of the Department of Workers' Claims to develop, adopt, and implement treatment guidelines and a pharmaceutical formulary on or before December 31, 2018; amend KRS 342.040 to reduce the amount of interest paid on awards; amend KRS 342.125 to clarify that the four-year reopening window begins only from the date of the original order granting or denying benefits; amend KRS 342.185 to provide a statute of repose for cumulative trauma claims; amend KRS 342.320 to increase limitation on attorney's fees to $18,000; amend KRS 342.700 to extend subrogation recovery of medical expenses and delete reference to legal fees and expense; amend KRS 342.730 to allow payment of temporary total disability benefits to be offset for net wages paid to an employee during a period of light-duty work or work in an alternative job position; amend KRS 342.990 to conform; specify the applicability of substantive changes to claims arising on or after effective date of Act and remedial changes to all claims irrespective of injury date.
 Current Status:   3/7/2017 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor
 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/HB296.htm
 
HB297PRESSURE SORE TREATMENT (BLANTON J) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to require all health facilities to follow pressure sore prevention and treatment protocols as approved by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.
 Current Status:   2/14/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Heath & Family Services
 Recent Status:   2/10/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB297.htm
 
HB299WORKERS COMPENSATION NOMINATING COMMISSION (CASTLEN M) Amend KRS 342.213 to abolish the Workers' Compensation Nominating Commission; create the Workers' Compensation Nominating Committee; set the number and experience of members; describe the duties and responsibilities of the committee; amend KRS 12.020, 336.020, and 342.228 to conform; confirm Executive Order 2016-319.
 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/HB299.htm
 
HB304NURSE LICENSURE COMPACT (WUCHNER A) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 314 to enact and enter into the Nurse Licensure Compact with all other jurisdictions that legally join in the compact; declare the purpose of the compact; define terms; recognize a multistate licensure privilege to practice for registered nurses or practical nurses; permit the Kentucky Board of Nursing to limit or revoke the multistate licensure privilege of any nurse to practice in Kentucky; establish application requirements; require reporting of any actions taken by the Kentucky Board of Nursing to the home state of the licensee; require compact states to participate in a coordinated licensure information system and provide for interchange of information; establish the Interstate Commission of Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators; provide immunity for party states, officers, employees, or agents of a party state's nurse licensing board who act in accordance with the provisions of the compact; prohibit amendment of the compact unless the amendment has been enacted into the laws of all party states; provide for severability for any provision in the compact that is contrary to the constitution of any party state or of the United States or the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person, or circumstance; repeal KRS 314.470, which set forth the prior version of the Nurse Licensure Compact; EFFECTIVE December 31, 2018, or upon adoption of compact by 26 states, whichever is earlier.
 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/HB304.htm
 
HB306WORKERS COMPENSATION (MEREDITH M) Amend KRS 342.650 to include certain ministers and caretakers of a church or religious organization with employees who are exempt from workers' compensation insurance.
 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/HB306.htm
 
HB327CIVIL RIGHTS (MARZIAN M) 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.
 Current Status:   2/14/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House State Government
 Recent Status:   2/13/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB327.htm
 
HB335SCHOOL SAFETY (MARZIAN M) Amend KRS 158.148 to require a school district's code of acceptable behavior to prohibit bullying, including bullying that is motivated by the student's race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry or ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, gender, gender identity and expression, or other distinguishing characteristics.
 Current Status:   2/15/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education
 Recent Status:   2/13/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB335.htm
 
HB337LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES (RUDY S) Amend KRS 70.290 to provide that for employment contracts entered into on or after the effective date of the Act, the amount of reimbursement is not to be prorated.
 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/HB337.htm
 
HB337LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES (RUDY S) Amend KRS 70.290 to provide that for employment contracts entered into on or after the effective date of the Act, the amount of reimbursement is not to be prorated.
 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/HB337.htm
 
HB344TRUSTS (HARRIS C) Amend KRS 381.225 to provide that a new perpetuities period may be started when a power of appointment is exercised, if the person exercising the power so provides.
 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/HB344.htm
 
HB346TRUSTS (HARRIS C) Amend KRS 386.175 to provide that a second trust may be created from an original trust whose terms have been modified pursuant to KRS 386.175.
 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/HB346.htm
 
HB346TRUSTS (HARRIS C) Amend KRS 386.175 to provide that a second trust may be created from an original trust whose terms have been modified pursuant to KRS 386.175.
 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/HB346.htm
 
HB347DECENDENTS ESTATES (HARRIS C) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 396, relating to decedents' estates, to require publication of notice upon appointment of a personal representative; amend KRS 396.011 to limit time for presentation of claims against a decedent's estate.
 Current Status:   2/27/2017 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary
 Recent Status:   2/24/2017 - received in Senate
2/24/2017 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 95-0
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB347.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
 
HB357REAL PROPERTY TRANSFER (KEENE D) Create KRS Chapter 394 and establish within it the Kentucky Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act to codify provisions for the creation, administration, modification, termination and validity of transfer on death deeds; provide definitions; clarifies that a transfer on death deed is not an inter vivos transfer and transfer occurs at the time of the transferor’s death; provide that the transferor retains the power to revoke a transfer on death deed, enumerate that a transfer on deed is nontestmentary; establish requirements for the elements of a transfer on death deed and clarify recording of a transfer on death deed; provide that a transfer on death deed is effective without notice to or acceptance by the beneficiary during the transferor’s lifetime; establish provisions for revocation of a transfer on death deed by instrument or act; enumerate effect of transfer on death deed during transferor’s life; provide for the impact of transfer on death deeds at the transferor’s death; allow a beneficiary to disclaim all or part of the beneficiary’s interests; clarify impact of transfer on death deed on claims when estate is insufficient; enumerate that a beneficiary of a transfer on death deed may disclaim the property interest in the deed; provide the form for creating a transfer on death deed; provide the form for revocation of a transfer on death deed; require that the provisions of Chapter 394 be applied and construed so as to promote uniformity; conform to federal requirements related to electronic signatures and records; specify the applicability of Chapter 394 to current law; provide that this Chapter may be cited as the Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act; and amend KRS 382.110; 391.360, and 403.190 to conform.
 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/HB357.htm
 
HB360AGRITOURISM (MILES S) Amend KRS 100.111 to expand the definition of "agricultural use" to include at least five acres devoted to agritourism; redefine "agritourism activity" and define "inherent risks of agritourism activity"; amend KRS 219.081 to make a technical correction.
 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/HB360.htm
 
HB369SUCCESSOR CORPORATION ASBESTOS RELATED LIABILITIES (BANTA K) Create new sections of KRS Chapter 411 to define terms, apply limitations to successor corporations' liability, except in certain enumerated situations; stipulate when the fair market value of a successor corporation's total gross assets are determined; stipulate how a successor corporation may establish fair market value; stipulate how the prime rate is to be calculated.
 Current Status:   3/30/2017 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HFA 1
 Recent Status:   3/15/2017 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HFA 1
3/14/2017 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HFA 1
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB369.htm
 
HB375MILITARY SPOUSE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE (THOMAS W) Amend KRS 341.370 to prohibit disqualification for unemployment benefits for a worker who leaves a job to follow a military spouse who has been reassigned to another military base or duty location that is 100 miles or more from the worker’s home; delete requirement that, if spouse is relocated to another state, the state must have adopted a similar statute in order for worker to receive benefits.
 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/HB375.htm
 
HB377WORKERS COMPENSATION FUNDING COMMISSION (DECESARE J) Amend KRS 337.1223 to provide discretion to the Workers' Compensation Funding Commission to consult with the Office of Financial Management and grant the commission the authority to also contract with outside investment firms with the parameters of KRS chapter 45A, and require that the Office of Financial Management be consulted and particapte in the selection of outside incestment firms; howwever,the Funding Commission has the final approval. Fees for the outside contracts shall be paid from the investment earnings.
 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/HB377.htm
 
HB378LABOR CABINET (DECESARE J) Omnibus provisions relating to the Labor Cabinet; amend KRS 189.635 to allow accident reports to be given to OSHA investigators without a subpoena; amend KRS 336.020 to rename divisions and change method of nomination for commissioner and director; amend KRS 337.010 to update ways that an employee may receive wages and prohibit activation fees for wages on a debit card; amend KRS 336.050 to give the secretary discretion to prosecute a violation of a wage and hour law; amend KRS 337.070 to provide that a statement of wages may be paper or electronic as long as employees have access to a computer and printer; amend KRS 342.0011 relating to the definition of commissioner; amend KRS 342.122 to change the names of Labor Cabinet divisions; amend KRS 342.213 and 342.228 to change the procedure for nominating commissioners; amend KRS 342.230 to make changes to the commissioner's authority; amend KRS 342.347 relating to exemptions under open records laws; amend KRS 12.020 to move and rename divisions; repeal the following: KRS 336.140, 336.151, 336.152, 336.153, 336.156, 336.162, 336.164, 336,165, 336,1221, 336,1662, 336,1663 and 336.1664.
 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/HB378.htm
 
HB384MINE SAFETY (BENVENUTI R) Amend KRS 351.090 and 351.140 to reduce the required number of inspections of underground mines; specify reduced number of required inspections for both annual mine inspections and annual full electrical inspections.
 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/HB384.htm
 
HB391CHILD ABUSE VEHICLE SEATS (PALUMBO R) Amend KRS 189.125 to require the replacement of child restraint systems and booster seats installed in vehicles that were involved in traffic collisions; provide for exemptions; require that all replacement child restraints or booster seats meet the provisions of this section.
 Current Status:   2/16/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Transportation
 Recent Status:   2/15/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB391.htm
 
HB407CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE (MCCOY C) 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.
 Current Status:   2/16/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
 Recent Status:   2/15/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB407.htm
 
HB428WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT (FUGATE C) Amend KRS 341.150 to make language gender-neutral.
 Current Status:   2/21/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Economic Development & Workforce Investment
 Recent Status:   2/16/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB428.htm
 
HB437BOAT DOCKS AND MARINAS (SINNETTE K) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 235 to establish standards for marina and boat dock owners and operators to prevent electrical shocks to persons in boats, in the water, and on docks around the marina; prohibit swimming within 100 yards of a boat dock or marina, except for reasons of search and rescue or other emergency; require marina and boat dock compliance by August 1, 2018; amend KRS 235.010 to amend the definition of "marina" to include a boat dock; establish definitions for "boat dock" and "boat dock or marina owner or operator"; amend KRS 235.990 to establish penalties for violations.
 Current Status:   2/21/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Tourism & Outdoor Recreation
 Recent Status:   2/16/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB437.htm
 
HB453CLAIMS COMMISSION (HART M) Establish KRS Chapter 49 for the creation of the Kentucky Claims Commission; reassign all duties and responsibilities of the Board of Claims, Kentucky Board of Tax Appeals, and Crime Victims Compensation Board to the Kentucky Claims Commission by amending various statutes; raise the cap for negligence claims against the Commonwealth for a single claim from $200,000 to $250,000 and for multiple claims from $350,000 to $400,000; raise the threshold from $1,000 to $2,500 for negligence claims that may be investigated by the commission; raise the threshold from $1,000 to $2,500 for contested negligence claims that shall recieve a hearing; raise the threshold for appeals of the commission's awards for negligence from $1,000 to $2,500; provide that negligence claims less than $250 may not be brought before the commission; shorten the time a crime victim may file a claim from 5 years to 2 years; repeal KRS 44.075, 44.080, 131.310, 131.315, 131.320, 131.330, and 346.030; confirm Executive Order 2016-576.
 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/HB453.htm
 
HB456EMPLOYMENT OVERTIME PROVISIONS (HARRIS C) Amend KRS 337.010 to set minimum standards for administrative, executive, supervisory, and professional employees to be exempt from overtime provisions; require the commissioner of the Department of Workplace Standards to set the salary requirement every three years to determine who is exempt from the overtime provisions; amend 337.020 to conform; amend 337.285 to conform to federal requirements and conform.
 Current Status:   2/21/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Economic Development & Workforce Investment
 Recent Status:   2/17/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB456.htm
 
HB493SUPERVISING SPOUSE EXEMPTION (PETRIE J) Amend KRS 391.030 to increase the suviving spouse exemption from $15,000 to $60,000, and to allow a 50% split of the exemption between a surviving spouse and any surviving children.
 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/HB493.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
 
HB510LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT (WAYNE J) Repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 383.500 to apply the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act on a statewide basis; repeal, reenact, and amend the various sections of KRS 383.505 to 383.715 constituting that Act without substantive change.
 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/HB510.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
 
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
 
HB537COAL WORKERS (MOFFETT P) Amend KRS 342.316 to change procedure for filing occupational disease claims; amend KRS 342.270 to require commissioner of Department of Workers' Claims to promulgate regulations establishing procedures for resolution of pneumoconiosis claims; amend KRS 342.794 to require commissioner of Department of Workers' Claims to maintain a list of "B" readers who are pulmonary specialists.
 Current Status:   2/21/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Economic Development & Workforce Investment
 Recent Status:   2/17/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB537.htm
 
HB538REAL PROPERTY (SINNETTE K) Amend KRS 382.365 to provide specific requirements and the format of an affidavit filed by an attorney to provide evidence of a release of a lien encumbering real property with the county clerk's office.
 Current Status:   2/21/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Local Government
 Recent Status:   2/17/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB538.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
 
SB4MEDICAL REVIEW PANELS (ALVARADO R) Establish KRS Chapter 216C; create within that chapter various new sections establishing a medical review panel system for use in civil litigation relating to health care providers, including sections setting out definitions, delineating covered health care facilities and providers, panel membership and formation, functions and deliberations of the panel, and utilization of panel results in civil actions; allow for the electronic filing of proposed complaints if the Cabinet for Health and Family Services establishes an electronic filing system.
 Current Status:   3/16/2017 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Recent Status:   3/6/2017 - delivered to Governor
3/6/2017 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB4.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
 
SB18MEDICAL REVIEW ORGANIZATIONS (ALVARADO R) Amend KRS 311.377 to add medical malpractice actions, actions arising out of review of credentials or retrospective review and evaluation, and actions by an applicant for or grantee of staff privileges to materials that are confidential and privileged and not subject to discovery, subpoena, or introduction into evidence, in any civil action in any court.
 Current Status:   3/30/2017 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HFA 1, 2T, 3
 Recent Status:   3/15/2017 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HFA 1, 2T, 3
3/14/2017 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HFA 1, 2T, 3
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB18.htm
 
SB21EXPERIMENTAL TREATMENTS (EMBRY JR. C) Create new sections of KRS Chapter 217 to define terms; permit eligible patients to use investigational drugs, biological products, or devices for a terminal illness; establish the conditions for use of such experimental treatments; prohibit sanctions of health care providers; clarify the duties of health care insurers regarding experimental treatments; prohibit certain actions by state officials.
 Current Status:   3/21/2017 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Recent Status:   3/14/2017 - delivered to Governor
3/14/2017 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB21.htm
 
SB22GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF JUSTIFICATION (THOMAS R) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 503 to incorporate the "no duty to retreat" provisions elsewhere in the chapter; amend KRS 503.050, 503.055, 503.070, and 503.080 to require a reasonable belief that defensive force is necessary before it is justified; change the term "great bodily harm" to "serious physical injury" as used throughout the Penal Code; amend KRS 503.060 to require an initial aggressor to retreat before the use of force can be justified; repeal KRS 503.120.
 Current Status:   1/7/2017 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary
 Recent Status:   1/3/2017 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)
8/3/2016 - Pre-Filed
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB22.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
 
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
 
SB51CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE (WESTERFIELD W) Create a new section of Chapter 183 to create the offense of unlawful use of an unmanned aircraft system; define "critical infrastructure," " unmanned aircraft," and "unmanned aircraft system"; prohibit the use of an unmanned aircraft system to collect evidence or information about critical infrastructure without prior written consent and make the unlawful use of an unmanned aircraft system for this purpose a Class A or Class B misdemeanor.
 Current Status:   1/7/2017 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary
 Recent Status:   1/3/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB51.htm
 
SB59PERSONAL INFORMATION SECURITY (WESTERFIELD W) Amend KRS 61.931 to include user name, e-mail address, and security questions with answers in the definition of "personal information" involved in a data security breach of information held by state and local government agencies; amend KRS 61.933 to allow a civil cause of action for actual damages, attorney's fees and court costs in Franklin Circuit Court against state and local government agencies who violate the investigation and notice procedures of KRS 61.931 to 61.934, waiving sovereign immunity; amend KRS 365.732, regarding data security breaches in businesses, to expand the definition of "breach of the security system" to include noncomputerized records as well as computerized records, records which are accessed as well as records which are acquired, and encrypted records when the key is also compromised; define "encryption" as meeting National Institute of Standards and Technology guidelines; expand definition of "personally identifiable information" to mirror the definition of "personal information" in KRS 61.931; include third party agents who contract with information holders in the section's provisions; limit time frames for notice of breaches.
 Current Status:   1/7/2017 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary
 Recent Status:   1/3/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB59.htm
 
SB60CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT TRANSPORTATION (KERR A) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to require the Transportation Cabinet to establish a permit process for overdimensional overweight permits to designate road testing routes for manufacturers of selfpropelled construction equipment; limit travel to a designated test route; allow for multiple vehicles to travel on the same annual permit; establish maximum dimensions for vehicles operating under a permit; allow operation under a permit 24 hours a day, except if cabinet limits travel during rush hours; allow manufacturer to obtain up to three permits for three different routes; set fee for each annual permit at $250; amend KRS 189.270 to conform.
 Current Status:   1/7/2017 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Transportation
 Recent Status:   1/3/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB60.htm
 
SB64STATE EMPLOYEE LEGAL REPRESENTATION (CARROLL J) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 7 to require the Legislative Research Commission to employ a nonpartisan attorney whose sole responsibility is to provide legal representation to executive branch employees for pretermination hearings and personnel actions appealed to the Personnel Board or Franklin Circuit Court should the attorney determine the appeal has merit; amend KRS 18A.095 to allow employees to use the services of this attorney; specify the parties to pay and receive fees and costs.
 Current Status:   1/7/2017 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate State and Local Government
 Recent Status:   1/3/2017 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)
12/8/2016 - Pre-Filed
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB64.htm
 
SB73AUTOCYCLES (EMBRY JR. C) Amend KRS 186.010 to define "autocycle" and specify that it is a type of motorcycle; create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to outline the provisions for the operation of an autocycle on a highway; require autocycles to be titled and registered as motorcycles; amend KRS 186.480 to prohibit the use of an autocycle for road skills testing purposes; amend KRS 190.010 to allow used car dealers to sell autocycles received in trade; for reporting and statistical purposes, amend KRS 189.635 to require an autocycle to be listed in its own category on accident reports and not as a motorcycle or a motor vehicle.
 Current Status:   3/21/2017 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Recent Status:   3/14/2017 - delivered to Governor
3/14/2017 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB73.htm
 
SB85MEDICAL MALPACTRICE (ALVARADO R) Create a new section of the Kentucky Rules of Evidence to prohibit the introduction of expressions of sympathy, compassion, commiseration, or a general sense of benevolence in medical malpractice actions.
 Current Status:   1/7/2017 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health and Welfare
 Recent Status:   1/4/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB85.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
 
SB99REAL PROPERTY OWNERSHIP (ALVARADO R) Amend KRS 258.095 to modify the definition of persons who would qualify as the "owner" of a dog for purposes of that chapter.
 Current Status:   2/27/2017 - (H) posted in committee House Judiciary
 Recent Status:   2/21/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
2/16/2017 - received in House
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB99.htm
 
SB105MIDWIFERY (BUFORD T) Create new sections of KRS Chapter 309 to establish licensing for midwifery; establish terms and create definitions; establish the Kentucky Board of Midwifery, create membership, set terms, and grant authority and duties; require the board to promulgate administrative regulations; establish the scope of practice for a licensed midwife; require informed consent for practice and require disclosures; allow the board to reprimand, deny, limit, revoke, probate, or suspend licenses; establish in the State Treasury the Kentucky Board of Midwifery trust and agency fund; amend KRS 211.180 to remove midwifery from the purview of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; amend KRS 311.550 to amend the definition of medicine and osteopathy to remove a reference to the Cabinet's oversight of midwifery; declare that this Act is intended to be consistent with the United States Midwifery Education, Regulation, and Association statement on licensure, July 2015; APPROPRIATION.
 Current Status:   2/21/2017 - floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed
 Recent Status:   2/21/2017 - Senate Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)
2/16/2017 - (S) reassigned to committee Senate Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB105.htm
 
SB114MOTOR VEHICLE COVERAGE (GIRDLER R) Amend KRS 304.39-110 to increase required minimum tort liability coverage for motor vehicle insurance arising out of property damage to $25,000.
 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/SB114.htm
 
SB128ROOFING CONTRACTORS (HORNBACK P) Amend KRS 367.628 to prohibit causing damage to a roof to increase the scope of repair or replacement in order to secure a contract for repair or replacement from an insurance policy; create a new section of KRS 367.620 to 367.628 to allow any person to maintain an action to enjoin work in violation of KRS 367.620 to 367.628 and to entitle the plaintiff to recover twice the amount of economic damages plus reasonable attorney's fees.
 Current Status:   3/20/2017 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Recent Status:   3/8/2017 - delivered to Governor
3/8/2017 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB128.htm
 
SB129FAMILY CAREGIVERS (HORNBACK P) Create new sections of KRS Chapter 216B to establish a process to designate a lay caregiver to be contacted upon discharge from a hospital; provide instructions to designated lay caregiver; provide that the designation of a lay caregiver not interfere with the provisions of a living will; provide that compliance or noncompliance does not constitute a private right of action or standard of care.
 Current Status:   3/20/2017 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Recent Status:   3/8/2017 - delivered to Governor
3/8/2017 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB129.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
 
SB135HEALTH SERVICE CORPORATIONS (BUFORD T) Amend KRS 304.32-130 to remove the requirement that dues may not result in excess reserves; and to establish alternative criteria for the determine of member or subscriber dues for nonprofit hospital, medical-surgical, dental, or other health service plan.
 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/SB135.htm
 
SB150LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES (CARROLL D) Amend KRS 216.555 to establish language related to the contents of advertising and specify that the contents of advertising publications related to long-term care facilities does not include nongovernmental publications.
 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/SB150.htm
 
SB151FRANCHISES (MEREDITH S) Amend KRS 337.010, 338.021, 341.070, 342.690, and 344.030 to provide that neither a franchisee nor an employee of a franchisee shall be deemed to be an employee of the franchisor for purposes of KRS Chapters 337, 338, 341, 342, and 344, respectively; provide that neither a franchisor or employee of a franchisor shall be deemed to be an employee of the franchisee for purposes of KRS Chapters 337, 338, 341, 342, and 344, respectively; define "franchisee" and "franchisor.”
 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/SB151.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
 
SB178POWER OF ATTORNEY (GIRDLER R) Amend KRS 382.110 to allow for authentic photocopies of powers of attorney or revocations of powers-of-attorney to be certified as a true copy; amend KRS 382.370 to limit powers of attorney to listing only one attorney in fact, except it may list contingent attorneys-in-fact, and void any provision which grants authority to an attorney-in-fact to execute additional powers of attorney.
 Current Status:   2/27/2017 - (S) recommitted to committee Senate Judiciary
 Recent Status:   2/22/2017 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules
2/21/2017 - floor amendment (1) filed
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB178.htm
 
SB184MOTOR CARRIERS (CARPENTER J) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 281 to establish the Motor Carrier Commisison; set forth membership and duties of the commisison; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations establishing a civil penalties administration for safety and tax violations; repeal KRS 281.900 and 281.905, relating to the Kentucky Motor Carrier Advisory Committee.
 Current Status:   2/15/2017 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Transportation
 Recent Status:   2/14/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB184.htm
 
SB186TERRORISM (WISE M) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to allow a person injured by an act of terrorism to file a claim for damages against the terrorist; create a new section of KRS Chapter 525 to establish a crime of terrorism as a capital offesnse; state that a person convicted of terrorism shall not be released early; amend KRS 532.025 to add a conviction of terrorism as an aggravator for the death penalty.
 Current Status:   3/6/2017 - (S) recommitted to committee Senate Appropriations and Revenue
 Recent Status:   3/6/2017 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/SFA 1, 2, 3, 4
3/3/2017 - (S) Passed Over and retained in the Orders of the Day
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB186.htm
 
SB217EDUCATION (WEST S) Amend KRS 161.770 to specify that a board of education must comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, and any other applicable federal law in placing a teacher or superintendent on leave due to a physical or mental disability; prohibit a board from requesting unnecessary medical information or disclosing any medical information; amend KRS 161.790 to clarify the causes for which a contract of a teacher may be terminated; require an attorney to serve as hearing officer and chairman of the tribunal; remove the lay person from tribunal; establish selection and training requirements for hearing officers; establish a prehearing conference for motions and mediation; establish tribunal's decision as a recommended order and allow parties to file exceptions to recommended order; allow hearing officer to respond to exceptions by entering original recommended order or an amended order as a final order; limit decisions to upholding or overturning the decision of the superintendent.
 Current Status:   3/15/2017 - (S) recommitted to committee Senate Education
 Recent Status:   3/3/2017 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules
3/2/2017 - (S) FIRST READING to Regular Calendar, w/SCS 1
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB217.htm
 
SB223UNIFORM TRUST CODE (WESTERFIELD W) Repeal KRS 386B.7-100, which grants exclusive jurisdiction to the District Court in cases relative to the office of trustee for purposes of the Uniform Trust Code.
 Current Status:   2/21/2017 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Transportation
 Recent Status:   2/21/2017 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary
2/16/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB223.htm
 
SB224SEXUAL MISCONDUCT (SCHRODER W) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 413 to extend the civil statute of limitations for an illness or injury suffered as a result of an act or series of acts against a person 18 years or older that meets the criteria of an offense under KRS Chapters 510, 529, 530, or 531 to five years unless the civil defendant was convicted of the offense, in which case there is no statute of limitations.
 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/SB224.htm
 
SB234VICTIM PRIVACY (ADAMS J) Amend KRS 17.150 to define "personally identifiable information" and "victim"; provide that records with a victim's personally identifiable information must be redacted before being accessed for public inspection; amend KRS 61.878 to state that portions of records containing a victim's personally identifiable information are excluded from the open records Act, except upon a court order; amend KRS 61.884 to state that a public record containing a victim's personally identifiable information must be redacted prior to being accessed by the public.
 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/SB234.htm
 
SB235BUSINESS ENTITIES (MCGARVEY M) Create a new section of Subchapter 4 of KRS Chapter 14A to permit, excepting certain actions, an action against an entity or foreign entity that maintains a registered office to be brought in the county where the office is situated; create a new section of KRS Chapter 275 to expel a member by judicial order under certain situations except as stated in a written operating agreement; amend 14A.1-070 to change the definition of two terms and to define new terms; amend KRS 15A-060 to establish a $15 fee for a certificate of association; amend KRS 14A.6-010 to require an unincorporated nonprofit association to file with the Secretary of State; amend 271B.8-530 to delete requirement that a director furnish a written affirmation of his or her good faith; amend KRS 271B.8-550 to add shareholders as having certain control; amend 271B.10-200 to state that a shareholder of the corporation will not have a vested property right resulting from any provision in the bylaws; amend KRS 272A.6-050, 275.260, 362.285, 362.481, 362.1-504, 362.2-703, 362.2-933, and 386A.6-060 to exempt enforcement of a judgment by certain entities; amend KRS 273A.040 to exempt certain members from a judgment or order for which members are not liable; amend KRS 275.015 to include in the definition of "nonprofit limited liability company" a requirement that in its articles of organization it has elected to be treated as a nonprofit limited liability company in accordance with KRS 275.025(6); amend KRS 275.175 to permit a written operating agreement that sets forth certain specifics; amend KRS 275.280 to state that except as set forth in a written operating agreement any dissociation of a member does not entitle the former member or assignee to any distribution; amend KRS 275.337 and 386A.6-110 to prohibit a certain derivative proceeding under certain circumstances; amend KRS 382.135 to require additional information to be on a deed to real property.
 Current Status:   4/11/2017 - Filed with Secretary of State; without Governor's signature
 Recent Status:   3/30/2017 - delivered to Governor
3/30/2017 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB235.htm
 
SB237WAGES AND HOURS (MCDANIEL C) Omnibus provisions to KRS Chapter 337 to conform with the federal Fair Labor Standards Act; amend KRS 337.010, 337.060, 337.275, 337.285, 337.295, 337.355, 337.365, 337.385, 337.420, 337.423, 337.425, 337.427, 337.430, 337.433, 337.505, and 337.990 to conform; repeal 337.015, 337.050, and 337.065.
 Current Status:   2/21/2017 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor
 Recent Status:   2/16/2017 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB237.htm
 
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