Prepared by: Kentucky League of Cities
Report created on March 29, 2024
 
HB1RIGHT TO WORK (HOOVER J) AN ACT relating to right to work provisions involving a condition of employment or continuation of employment and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 336.130 to indicate that public employees may not strike; prohibit mandatory membership in or financial support of a labor organization as a condition of employment; define "employee"; require the Labor Cabinet to investigate complaints and prosecute those who violate Section 1 of the Act; amend KRS 336.180 to conform and define "employer" and "public employee"; amend KRS 336.990 to make a violation of the Act a Class A misdemeanor, award damages, and provide injunctive relief; create new sections of KRS Chapter 336 to exempt existing contracts or agreements and to prohibit deduction of membership dues to a labor organization without express written consent of the employee; create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to restrict certain local governments from enforcing an ordinance contrary to the provisions of the Act; amend KRS 67A.6904, 67C.406, 70.262, 78.470, 78.480, and 345.050 to conform; provide for severability of Act's provisions; provide short title of Act; EMERGENCY.
 Current Status:   1/9/2017 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB1.htm
 
HB3PREVAILING WAGE (HOOVER J) AN ACT relating to prevailing wage and declaring an emergency.

Amend various KRS sections to delete prevailing wage provisions; abolish the Prevailing Wage Review Board; make conforming amendments; create new section of KRS Chapter 65 to prohibit local governments from requiring employers to pay prevailing wage to employees; repeal KRS 337.505, 337.510, 337.512, 337.520, 337.522, 337.524, 337.525, 337.530, 337.540, 337.548, and 337.550, relating to prevailing wages in public works; apply this repeal to public works projects for which bids have not yet been awarded as of the effective date of the Act; EMERGENCY.
 Current Status:   1/9/2017 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB3.htm
 
HB14HATE CRIMES (BRATCHER K) AN ACT relating to hate crimes.

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
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB14.htm
 
HB23PAWNBROKERS (KING K) AN ACT relating to pawnbrokers.

Amend KRS 226.040 to require pawnbrokers to record daily transaction information and also provide the information on an online service accessible by law enforcement agencies.
 Current Status:   3/7/2017 - Senate Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing); Time & Location:
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB23.htm
 
HB28CONSOLIDATED LOCAL GOVERNMENTS (WAYNE J) AN ACT relating to planning and zoning in consolidated local governments.

Amend KRS 100.137 to clarify the powers of certain cities within a consolidated local government, regarding home rule powers that do not conflict with the comprehensive plan.
 Current Status:   2/21/2017 - (H) posted in committee House Local Government
 Position:   Under Evaluation
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB28.htm
 
HB38SEX OFFENDER REGISTRANTS (KING K) AN ACT relating to sex offender registrants.

Amend KRS 17.545 to prohibit sex offender registrants from being on the grounds of a publicly owned playground without advance written permission.
 Current Status:   3/21/2017 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB38.htm
 
HB44PROMISE ZONE TAX INCENTIVES (YORK J) AN ACT relating to promise zone tax incentives.

Amend KRS 139.570 to allow additional compensation for sellers in the promise zone; create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to allow an income tax credit for qualified employees equal to the individual income tax on wages earned in the promise zone, not to exceed $2,400; allow an income tax credit for qualified employers in an amount equal to $100 for each employee working within the promise zone; require reporting by the Department of Revenue to the Legislative Research Commission; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the new tax credits; create a noncodified section to set forth the purpose of the Act and describe actions previously taken by the federal government.
 Current Status:   1/3/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations & Revenue
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB44.htm
 
HB50ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS (IMES K) AN ACT relating to administrative regulations.

Amend KRS 13A.010 to amend the definition of "administrative regulation" and to define "last effective date"; amend KRS 13A.040 to require the regulations compiler to maintain a list of all administrative regulation numbers and their corresponding last effective dates; amend KRS 13A.220 and 13A.222 to make conforming changes to enable the renewal of an administrative regulation; amend KRS 13A.310 to provide that, beginning July 1, 2017, an ordinary administrative regulation shall expire 7 years after its last effective date; provide that an administrative regulation that has a last effective date prior to July 1, 2012, shall expire on July 1, 2019; establish duties of regulations compiler; and establish requirements for an administrative body that does not want an administrative regulation to expire.
 Current Status:   3/21/2017 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB50.htm
 
HB60SUPPLEMENTS TO POLICE OFFICERS (MEREDITH M) AN ACT relating to supplements paid to police officers, professional firefighters, and qualified volunteer fire departments, declaring an emergency, and making an appropriation therefor.

Amend KRS 15.460 to increase the annual supplement paid to qualified police officers out of the Kentucky Law Enforcement Foundation Program fund from $3,000 to $4,000; amend KRS 95A.250 to increase the annual supplement paid to qualified professional firefighters out of the Firefighters Foundation Program fund from $3,000 to $4,000; amend KRS 95A.262 to increase the annual allotment to qualified volunteer fire departments from $8,250 to $11,000; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
 Current Status:   2/27/2017 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Appropriations and Revenue
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB60.htm
 
HB61SEVERANCE TAX REVENUES (GOOCH JR. J) AN ACT relating to the allocation of severance tax revenues to local governments.

Amend KRS 42.450 to increase the amount of minerals severance and processing taxes distributed to local governments through the local government economic assistance fund (LGEAF) to 100% of taxes collected, from the current 50%, over a five-year period; amend KRS 42.4582 and 42.4585 to similarly increase the amount of coal severance and processing taxes distributed to local governments through the local government economic development fund and LGEAF to 60% and 40% of taxes collected, from the current 35% and 15%, respectively, over the same five-year period.
 Current Status:   1/3/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations & Revenue
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB61.htm
 
HB72PLANNING AND ZONING (MILLER J) AN ACT relating to planning and zoning.

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
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB72.htm
 
HB100DISTILLED SPIRTS (MCCOY C) AN ACT relating to distilled spirits.

AN ACT relating to distilled spirits.
 Current Status:   3/21/2017 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB100.htm
 
HB105PROTECTION OF RIGHTS (NELSON R) AN ACT relating to the protection of rights.

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
 Position:   Under Evaluation
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB105.htm
 
HB116SPECIAL PURPOSE GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES (RICHARDS J) AN ACT relating to publication requirements for special purpose governmental entities.

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
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB116.htm
 
HB119SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT (GOOCH JR. J) AN ACT relating to solid waste management.

Amend KRS 109.012 to define "franchise," "local government," and "service company" and include "solid waste management services" in the definition of "solid waste management"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 109 to prohibit a local government from displacing a current provider of solid waste management services without notification and public hearing; prescribe timetables for a local government to make a decision on an action to displace a current provider of solid waste management services; allow displacement if services pose a risk to health or safety of residents or a material breach of contract; amend KRS 224.43-315 to provide that an agreement with a county containing a non-designated city shall include both the county and city; amend KRS 224.43-345 to identify additional representatives for an advisory committee; amend KRS 224.50-760 to conform.
 Current Status:   3/20/2017 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB119.htm
 
HB124FILM INDUSTRY INCENTIVES (ROWLAND B) AN ACT relating to film industry tax incentives.

Amend KRS 148.542 to amend the definition of "enhanced incentive county" to include all Kentucky counties listed in the Appalachian region as defined in the latest edition of the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965; applicable to taxable periods beginning on or after January 1, 2017.
 Current Status:   1/6/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations & Revenue
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB124.htm
 
HB130EXTENDED HOURS SUPPLEMENTAL LICENSE (SANTORO S) AN ACT relating to the extended hours supplemental license.

Amend KRS 243.050 to allow a major sporting venue to sell alcohol outside the prevailing times for local sales of alcohol, including Sunday, if the venue is hosting an event that will begin outside the normal hours for alcohol sales, has a seating capacity of 75,000 or more, holds an NQ1 retail drink license, extended hours supplemental license, and a Sunday retail drink license, and is not licensed under KRS Chapter 230.
 Current Status:   2/27/2017 - (H) THIRD READING, defeated 36-41
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB130.htm
 
HB136ALCOHOL WHOLESALERS (MORGAN W) AN ACT relating to alcohol wholesalers.

Delete the requirement that other wholesalers may not sell to a retailer who has exceeded the 30-day credit limit with one wholesaler.
 Current Status:   3/30/2017 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day
 Position:   Under Evaluation
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB136.htm
 
HB144MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATION (SANTORO S) AN ACT relating to the operation of a motor vehicle.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to define "solid waste collection service vehicle"; require motor vehicle operators to yield the right-of-way to these vehicles and the collection service's employees; provide that the section may be cited as the Slow Down to Get Around Law.
 Current Status:   3/16/2017 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB144.htm
 
HB145DRUG EDUCATION (TIPTON J) AN ACT relating to drug education.

Amend KRS 156.160 to require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations to require physical and health education instruction in prescription opioid abuse prevention and the connection between abuse and addition to other drugs; require the Office of Drug Control Policy to develop recommendations for the instruction in prescription opioid abuse prevention to be published on the Web site of the Department of Education.
 Current Status:   3/15/2017 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB145.htm
 
HB156KENTUCKY MOUNTAIN REGIONAL RECREATION AUTHORITY (FUGATE C) AN ACT relating to promoting outdoor recreation and tourism development by establishing the Kentucky Mountain Regional Recreation Authority and making an appropriation therefor.

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
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB156.htm
 
HB158CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES (MOSER K) AN ACT relating to controlled substances.

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
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB158.htm
 
HB160CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT (KOENIG A) AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky and to amend Section 99 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to the office of Constable.

Propose to create a new Section 99A of the Constitution of Kentucky to allow the legislative body of a county to choose to abolish the office of Constable and also to reestablish that office through an ordinance; allow the legislative body of a city within the county to suspend the powers of the office of Constable within the city limits of that city and to reestablish those powers through an ordinance; amend Section 99 of the Constitution of Kentucky to conform; submit question to the voters.
 Current Status:   2/7/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Elections, Constitutional Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB160.htm
 
HB167KENTUCKY RETIREMENT SYSTEMS (MILLER J) AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Retirement Systems.

Amend KRS 16.642 to clarify that the board of trustees shall have the power to invest State Police Retirement System (SPRS) funds in the same fashion as Kentucky Employees Retirement System (KERS) funds under KRS 61.650; amend KRS 61.645 to allow the Kentucky Retirement Systems board to promulgate an administrative regulation to conduct trustee elections by electronic ballot; amend KRS 78.790 to clarify that the board of trustees shall have the power to invest County Employees Retirement System (CERS) funds in the same fashion as KERS funds under KRS 61.650; state that amendments to KRS 16.642 and 78.790 are made to conform to amendments made to KRS 61.650 in 2002 to show intent to apply KRS 61.650 changes to SPRS and CERS.
 Current Status:   3/8/2017 - floor amendment (1) filed
 Position:   Under Evaluation
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB167.htm
 
HB168TVA IN-LIEU-OF-TAX PAYMENTS (ROWLAND B) AN ACT relating to TVA in-lieu-of-tax payments and making an appropriation therefor.

Amend KRS 96.895 to require that a portion of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in-lieu-of-tax revenue deposited in the general fund be distributed to agencies designated by counties that have TVA property located in that county or purchase power from TVA, increasing from 0% currently to 50% or a maximum of $6,000,000.
 Current Status:   2/28/2017 - House Appropriations & Revenue, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing); Time & Location:
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB168.htm
 
HB173KENTUCKY RETIREMENT SYSTEMS (MILLER J) AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Retirement Systems.

Amend KRS 16.505 to require that lump-sum payments or nonrecurring payments provided to members of the State Police Retirement System (SPRS) shall, as determined by the board, be credited when earned or classified as a lump-sum bonus and averaged over the career of the member as it relates to "creditable compensation"; require that for members entering SPRS on or after September 1, 2008, compensatory time payments excluded from "creditable compensation" apply to lump-sum compensatory time payments; amend the definition of "final compensation" to utilize partial fiscal years in determining the final compensation of a member who began participating in SPRS on or after September 1, 2008, but prior to January 1, 2014, in situations where the member does not have three complete fiscal years of service; make technical amendments; amend KRS 16.582 to remove language which prohibits an injury or disease resulting from military service from being considered a disabling condition for hazardous members of Kentucky Retirement Systems; amend KRS 61.510 and 78.510 to utilize partial fiscal years in determining the final compensation of a member who began participating in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System (KERS) and the County Employees Retirement System (CERS) on or after September 1, 2008, but prior to January 1, 2014, in situations where the member does not have the required three (hazardous) or five (nonhazardous) complete fiscal years of service; require that lump-sum payments or nonrecurring payments shall, as determined by the board, be credited when earned or classified as a lump-sum bonus and averaged over the career of the member as it relates to "creditable compensation"; provide that interim positions in KERS and probationary positions in CERS shall not be renewable by the employer for the same employee unless the employee has not been employed by the agency for 12 months; require that for members entering KERS or CERS on or after September 1, 2008, compensatory time payments excluded from "creditable compensation" shall apply to lump-sum compensatory time payments; make technical amendments; amend KRS 61.542 to remove the requirement that the estate be designated as beneficiary of a member's account when he or she requests a refund of contributions prior to retirement; provide that the member's estate shall be beneficiary of his or her account from Kentucky Retirement Systems if prior to retirement the member fails to designate a beneficiary or the beneficiary designation is found to be void; provide that a beneficiary may not be changed on or after the first day of the month in which a retired employee begins receiving retirement benefits; provide that reemployed retirees who establish a second retirement account will have their estate named beneficiary if they fail to designate a beneficiary for their new account; amend KRS 61.545 to remove provisions allowing a member who is simultaneously eligible for participation in more than one retirement system administered by Kentucky Retirement Systems to select participation in only one system; make conforming amendments; amend KRS 61.552 to conform to federal law the payment options available to members for purchasing service credit; remove service purchase provisions no longer applicable to current members; require agencies that fail to report employees to the retirement system to pay penalties and interest on employer contributions from the date the contributions should have been reported to the system; make technical amendments; amend KRS 61.555 to provide that the service credit that is granted without cost to employees who are called to active duty military deployment shall be limited to those whose rights to such benefits have not been terminated under the federal Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA); require employees participating in the hybrid cash balance plan on or after January 1, 2014, who are called to active duty military deployment to pay their employee contributions if they are granted service credit, as required by USERRA, for the period of active duty deployment; require employers to make contributions for service credited to employees who are called to active duty military deployment as required by USERRA; make conforming amendments; amend KRS 61.557 to make technical amendments; amend KRS 61.560 to prevent retirees reemployed on or after September 1, 2008, from paying into the systems; make conforming amendments; amend KRS 61.590 to make technical changes; require a retiring employee to separate employment with all participating system employers; amend KRS 61.680 to provide for consolidation of accounts with other state-administered retirement systems only if the member retires simultaneously from all state-administered retirement systems or retires from the other state-administered retirement systems within one month of retiring from the systems administered by Kentucky Retirement Systems; make technical amendments; amend KRS 16.520, 61.525, 61.526, 61.5525, 61.592, 61.702, 78.540, 78.610, and 78.615 to make technical and conforming amendments.
 Current Status:   3/20/2017 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Under Evaluation
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB173.htm
 
HB174OVERWEIGHT VEHICLES (HEATH R) AN ACT relating to overweight vehicles.

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
 Position:   Under Evaluation
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB174.htm
 
HB181MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC AUTHORITIES (GOOCH JR. J) AN ACT relating to municipal electric authorities.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 96 to permit municipal utilities to join together to buy and sell electricity and natural gas; specify elements of an agreement to create a municipal electric authority; determine what powers an authority will have, including the power to undertake projects, bonding, and other borrowing power; specify limits to financial transactions; amend KRS 45A.365 and 424.260 to conform; cite as Municipal Electric Authority Act.
 Current Status:   2/23/2017 - House Natural Resources & Energy, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing); Time & Location:
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB181.htm
 
HB183ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL (KOENIG A) AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverage control.

Amend KRS 241.010 to modify the definition of caterer and define local, urban-county, and state administrators, investigators, population, and primary source of supply; delete definition of field representative; set a minimum production threshold of 250 gallons per year for small farm wineries; amend KRS 241.015 and 241.030 to remove commissioner and administrator terms; amend KRS 241.020 to allow the board to issue advisory opinions and declaratory rulings on KRS Chapters 241 to 244 and related administrative regulations; amend KRS 241.060, 241.090, 243.025, 243.034, 243.035, 243.037, 243.042, 243.050, 243.060, 243.110, 243.160, 243.220, 243.360, 243.380, 243.390, 243.430, 243.440, 243.500, 243.530, 243.550, 243.620, 243.630, 243.640, 243.650, 243.660, 243.670, 244.060, 244.130, 244.150, 244.180, 244.190, 244.195, 244.200, 244.280, and 244.990 to update, expand, or modernize terms and phrasing; amend KRS 241.080 and 243.030 to allow both the distilled spirits and malt beverage administrators to approve and issue or deny licenses authorizing the traffic in all types of alcoholic beverages; repeal and reenact KRS 241.100 to require department officers and employees to comply with the Executive Branch Code of Ethics; amend KRS 241.110, 241.140, 241.150, 241.160, 241.170, 241.190, 241.200, 241.230, 241.250, and 241.260 to modify language regarding activities of and appeals from local alcoholic beverage administrators; amend KRS 242.030 to permit a local option election up to 150 days after the petition is filed; allow a local option election on the same day as a primary or general election day; amend KRS 242.123, 242.124, 242.1241, and 242.1244 to update local option elections for golf courses, small farm wineries, small farm winery Sunday sales, and restaurant sales, respectively; amend KRS 242.125 to enable a city or county to have dual moist and wet status; create a new section of KRS Chapter 243 to establish the details of a sampling license; amend KRS 243.020 to forbid a licensee from allowing a consumer to possess, give away, or drink alcoholic beverages on the licensed premises unless the alcoholic beverages were purchased from the licensee; amend KRS 243.030 to permit only the distilled spirits administrator to issue licenses that authorize traffic in distilled spirits and wine; modify fees for small farm wineries, small farm winery off-premises retail sites, special temporary licenses, and special temporary auction licenses; amend KRS 243.0305 to change a distiller's retail drink license to an NQ2 license; amend KRS 243.033 to merge rules on distilled spirits and wine with those on malt beverages; amend KRS 243.036 to allow nonprofits to receive a special temporary alcoholic beverage auction license; amend KRS 243.040 to remove the "brew-on-premises" license; amend KRS 243.045 to grant a transitional license the same privileges and restrictions as a permanent license; repeal and reenact KRS 243.070 to restructure the licensing fee list; amend KRS 243.082 to streamline NQ1 licensing language; amend KRS 243.084 to delete the 50-seat minimum for dining facilities receiving an NQ2 license; authorize an NQ2 license for a distiller or a business related to an entertainment destination center; amend KRS 243.086 to remove distillers from the list of entities that may receive an NQ3 license; amend KRS 243.090 and 243.450 to authorize denial of a license or license renewal if the licensee is a delinquent taxpayer; amend KRS 243.100 to forbid evasion of license disqualification by applying for a license through or under the name of a different person; amend KRS 243.130, 243.150, 243.155, and 243.157 to allow designated manufacturer employees to sample their employers' products for purposes of education, quality control, and product development; permit brewery malt beverage drink sales anywhere on the licensed premises, including sales to fill growlers; authorize a brewer to buy malt beverages from another brewer; allow sales at small farm wineries and their off-premises retail sites in territory that has allowed the sales through a precinct local option election; permit a small farm winery to manufacture, sample, and sell brandy; prohibit microbreweries in moist territory; repeal and reenact KRS 243.200 to set the conditions and privileges of a transporter's license; amend KRS 243.212 to delete the micro out-of-state distilled spirits and wine supplier's license; amend KRS 243.215 to limit a malt beverage supplier's license to import only from the primary source of supply; amend KRS 243.230, 243.240, 243.250, and 243.355 to change the privileges and restrictions for quota retail drink licenses and quota retail package licenses; amend KRS 243.470 to treat the board's administrative hearing on a license denial as a de novo review of the application; allow a refund of an applicant's license fee upon rejection; repeal and reenact KRS 243.490 to update license revocation and suspension language; amend KRS 243.520 to empower the department to summarily suspend a license if continued operation is a threat to the public health, safety, or welfare; amend KRS 243.540 to establish the procedures for a secured creditor or landlord to dispose of alcoholic beverages; amend KRS 243.560 to modify appellate procedures; amend KRS 243.895 to change size requirements for retailer alcohol warning signs; amend KRS 244.050 to delete sampling license language; amend KRS 244.080 to forbid alcoholic beverage sales to a person intoxicated on alcohol or drugs; amend KRS 244.085 to allow the board to determine the business types where minors may be present; amend KRS 244.090 to permit a nonquota retail malt beverage package licensee to employ persons 18 and over if supervised by someone 20 or older; amend KRS 244.110 to limit clear view entrance requirement to holders of a quota retail package license or quota retail drink license; amend KRS 244.167 to remove the definition of "primary source of supply"; amend KRS 244.240 and 244.590 to prohibit a retailer from requiring or demanding that certain manufacturers, wholesalers, or distributors violate statutory restrictions; amend KRS 244.260 to add container size restrictions for retail distilled spirits and wine package and drink licenses; amend KRS 244.290 to clarify how a locality may regulate the hours of sale and delivery of alcoholic beverages, including on Sundays, through local ordinances; amend KRS 244.440 and 244.585 to permit distribution, sale, or purchase rights to product names; amend KRS 244.461 and 244.500 to enable the use of retailer loyalty cards for alcoholic beverage discounts; amend KRS 244.480 to allow a licensee to sell or deliver malt beverages during the times permitted by local ordinance; amend KRS 15.380, 15.398, 83A.022, 186.560, 230.368, 242.022, 242.1242, 242.1292, 243.0341, 243.075, 243.170, 243.260, 243.590, and 244.230 to conform; repeal KRS 119.215, 241.075, 241.130, 241.180, 241.240, 242.127, 242.129, 242.400, 243.031, 243.072, 243.370, 243.460, 243.505, 243.510, 244.070, 244.087, 244.295, 244.310, 244.340, 244.350, and 244.360.
 Current Status:   3/21/2017 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB183.htm
 
HB184OVERWEIGHT VEHICLES (MILES S) AN ACT relating to overweight and overdimensional vehicles.

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
 Position:   Neutral
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB184.htm
 
HB189AREA DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS (DECESARE J) AN ACT relating to area development districts.

Amend KRS 147A.070 to require area development districts to use specific hiring practices and comply with state accountability and transparency standard measures; require a report to LRC from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and Education and Workforce Development Cabinet on allocations of funds provided to the area development districts and require area development districts to report on the use of state and federal funds; create a new section of KRS Chapter 147A to specify the requirements for audits of area development districts; make the section specifying requirements for audits; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2018.
 Current Status:   3/20/2017 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB189.htm
 
HB213CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS (SANTORO S) AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.

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
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB213.htm
 
HB223INTEREST (FISCHER J) AN ACT relating to interest.

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
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB223.htm
 
HB235IMMIGRATION STATUS INFORMATION (JOHNSON D) AN ACT relating to citizenship and immigration status information and enforcement.

Amend KRS Chapter 65 to preclude the governing body of all cities and counties from enacting or implementing an ordinance, resolution, rule, or policy that prohibits or restricts another governing body, law enforcement officer, state or local official, or local government employee from taking the following actions regarding information of the citizenship or immigration status, lawful or unlawful of an individual: communicating or cooperating with federal officials, sending to or receiving information from the United States Department of Homeland Security, maintaining or exchanging information with another federal, state, or local government; a governing body shall not limit or restrict enforcement of federal immigration laws to less than the full extent permitted by federal law; violation allows a person lawfully domiciled in Kentucky to bring an action to compel the governing body to comply with this section; if a court finds that a governing body knowingly or intentionally violated this section it may enjoin the violation; every law enforcement agency shall provide each law enforcement officer with a written notice of his or her duty to cooperate with state and federal officials relating to the enforcement of state and federal laws governing immigration; this section shall be enforced without regard to race, religion, gender, ethnicity, or national origin.
 Current Status:   2/9/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
 Position:   Under Evaluation
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB235.htm
 
HB246SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT (MILLER J) AN ACT relating to solid waste management and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 109.041 to prohibit a county or waste management district from prohibiting or restricting materials recovery by a city in a county containing a consolidated local government; prohibit the consolidated local government or waste management district from hindering, delaying, impairing, prohibiting, or impeding a city or its contractors from utilizing a solid waste management facility; prohibit a county or waste management district from levying a fee that is based on the composition of the solid waste stream of the city if the waste stream is in conformity with state and federal law for the use of the solid waste management facility receiving the waste; amend KRS 109.115 to provide for the mayoral appointment of a seven-member board of directors of a waste management district for a county containing a consolidated local government and to restrict current appointment language to other counties; establish a two-year term for directors and require appointment of new board; amend KRS 109.120 to require that waste management district rules and regulations in counties containing a consolidated local government be approved by the appropriate legislative body; provide that rules and regulations of a district that were adopted prior to the effective date of this Act shall sunset on August 31, 2017, unless reauthorize by the new board; require that districts make notices, meeting agenda's and minutes available on a Web site operated by the consolidated local government; declare offices of board in county containing a consolidated local government vacant; EMERGENCY.
 Current Status:   3/21/2017 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Neutral
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB246.htm
 
HB259PLANNING AND ZONING (MCCOY C) AN ACT relating to planning and zoning.

Amend KRS 100.111 to declare the production of Kentucky Proud hand-crafted functional or decorative products on agricultural lands of 5 or more acres as agricultural uses.
 Current Status:   2/13/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Agriculture
 Position:   Neutral
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB259.htm
 
HB260CIVIL RIGHTS (NEMES J) AN ACT relating to civil rights.

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); Time & Location:
 Position:   Neutral
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB260.htm
 
HB265OVERDEMENSIONAL VEHICLES (THOMAS W) AN ACT relating to overdimensional vehicle loads and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 189.010 to define the term "nondivisible load"; EMERGENCY.
 Current Status:   3/20/2017 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Neutral
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB265.htm
 
HB288SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES (LINDER B) AN ACT relating to sport utility all-terrain vehicles and making an appropriation therefor.

Amend KRS 186.010 to define "sport utility all-terrain vehicle"; specify that for registration purposes a sport utility all-terrain vehicle will be considered a motor vehicle; create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to allow for the operation of a sport utility ATV on state and county roadways in unincorporated areas and roadways in cities that have passed an ordinance allowing sport utility ATV use; outline requirements for operation; establish criteria for helmet use; allow local government the ability to prohibit sport utility ATV use or to limit use to certain roadways under its jurisdiction; allow reciprocity to nonresident sport utility ATV owners; create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to establish a temporary registration permit for nonresidents; outline criteria for issuance; establish a fee of $75 for each temporary permit; outline fee distribution; APPROPRIATION.
 Current Status:   2/13/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Transportation
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB288.htm
 
HB291PUBLIC SAFETY (BANTA K) AN ACT relating to public safety.

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
 Position:   Neutral
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB291.htm
 
HB292FUEL TAX REVENUES (MILLER J) AN ACT relating to the distribution of fuel tax revenues.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 177, regarding allocation of a portion of fuel tax revenue to the rural secondary and county road aid funds, to change the revenue-sharing formula on the portion of fuel tax revenue which exceeds $825 million in any year to divide 48.2% of motor fuel tax revenues in excess of $825 million between incorporated and unincorporated areas based on population and road mileage; clarify that the share of the two splits allocated to incorporated areas shall be used by cities and unincorporated urban places in accordance with Sections 3, 4, and 5 of the Act; clarify that the share of the two splits allocated to unincorporated areas shall be used by counties, with 54.8% going to rural secondary roads and 45.2% used for county roads; amend KRS 177.365 to clarify that the allocation of fuel taxes to incorporated areas shall be used by cities for city streets; amend KRS 177.366 to eliminate the use of population as the sole factor in distributing municipal road aid funds and instead allocate 75% of the funds based on population, and 25% based on road mileage; amend KRS 177.010 to define the term "revenue-sharing road" amend KRS 177.320, 177.330, 177.360, 177.369, 179.410, 179.415, 138.220, and 177.020 to conform; EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2018.
 Current Status:   3/7/2017 - House Appropriations & Revenue, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing); Time & Location:
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB292.htm
 
HB296WORKERS COMPENSATION (KOENIG A) AN ACT relating to workers compensation.

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
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB296.htm
 
HB298ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES (MOFFETT P) AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 243 and amend KRS 243.030 and 243.990 to establish a wine direct shipper license for wine manufacturers, producers, suppliers, importers, wholesalers, and retailers; create application requirements necessary to obtain a direct wine shipper license; establish shipping requirements for licensees; prohibit licensees from shipping to addresses located in dry and moist territories; establish a $100 initial registration fee and a $50 renewal fee; allow the Department of Revenue to perform an audit of a licensee's records upon request.
 Current Status:   2/14/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations
 Position:   Neutral
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB298.htm
 
HB299WORKERS COMPENSATION NOMINATING COMMISSION (CASTLEN M) AN ACT relating to the reorganization of the Workers' Compensation Nominating Commission.

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
 Position:   Under Evaluation
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB299.htm
 
HB308OPIOID ANALGESIC DRUG PRODUCTS (WUCHNER A) AN ACT relating to abuse-deterrent opioid analgesic drug products.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 217 to define terms; prohibit substitution or dispensing of an equivalent drug product without documentation from a prescribing health care practitioner; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define terms and limit cost sharing for generic abuse-deterrent opioid analgesic drug products; create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to permit Medicaid compliance.
 Current Status:   3/29/2017 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB308.htm
 
HB310LAND BANK AUTHORITIES (JENKINS J) AN ACT relating to land bank authorities.

Amend KRS 65.350 to clarify definition of "party" or "parties" and add definition of "local government lien"; amend KRS 65.355 to allow acquisition of blighted properties consistent with KRS 99.705; amend KRS 65.365 to allow use of electronic mail instead of postal services; amend KRS 65.370 to incorporate properties acquired through local government liens, and clarify that agreements may provide a purpose for the acquisition, extinguish certain property tax claims upon acquisition, assign proceeds of disposition to the authority, assign 50% of subsequent ad valorem taxes to the authority for 5 years; amend KRS 65.375 to make a technical amendment to language.
 Current Status:   2/23/2017 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate State and Local Government
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB310.htm
 
HB313ELECTIONS (OSBORNE D) AN ACT relating to elections.

Amend KRS 242.020 to prohibit changing a petition for a local option election once it has been filed; establish petition requirements for a local option election; permit the local option question to be placed on the ballot for the next primary or regular election held in that territory; amend KRS 242.030 to require a local option election to be held on the same day as a primary or regular election; require a local option election to be held in any territory less than a county on the same day as an election day for the entire county; establish dates by which a petition for a local option election must be filed; amend KRS 242.040 to remove the requirement for sheriffs to advertise the election in the newspaper; require the order for an election to be posted no later than two weeks before the election; amend KRS 242.022, 242.1242, and 242.1244, to conform.
 Current Status:   2/14/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Elections, Constitutional Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs
 Position:   Neutral
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB313.htm
 
HB314CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE MONITORING (BENTLEY D) AN ACT relating to controlled substance monitoring.

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
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB314.htm
 
HB315GANG VIOLENCE PREVENTION (BENVENUTI R) AN ACT relating to gang violence prevention and declaring an emergency.

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
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB315.htm
 
HB316CARRYING CONCEALED WEAPONS (MORGAN W) AN ACT relating to carrying concealed weapons.

Create a new section of Chapter 237 to allow concealed deadly weapons to be carried without a license in same locations as concealed carry license holders may carry them; amend KRS 237.115 and 527.020 to conform.
 Current Status:   3/1/2017 - floor amendments (7-title) and (8) filed
 Position:   Under Evaluation
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB316.htm
 
HB318LOCAL CODE ENFORCEMENT (MEREDITH M) AN ACT relating to local code enforcement.

Amend KRS 65.8811, relating to local code enforcement boards, to allow participating local governments who are parties to an interlocal agreement to share appointments and permit joint appointments; amend KRS 65.8825 to specify means of service of process of upon alleged violators of local government ordinances; amend KRS 65.8836 to require the government Web site to be updated with final order information at the same time electronic notification of the final order is sent; make technical correction.
 Current Status:   3/21/2017 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB318.htm
 
HB319ELECTIONS (IMES K) AN ACT relating to elections.

Amend KRS 242.020 to require that any person or group of persons that wants to circulate a petition for a local option election must first file with the county clerk the intent to circulate a petition before signatures are collected; require that a person or group of persons post a bond with the Circuit Court to cover all costs of the election within five days of filing the petition if the local option election will be held on any day other than a primary or regular election date; require that petitions have the signature and legibly printed name of the voter and the year of the voter's birth; require that if such an election is held on a day other than a primary or regular election date, the person or group of persons circulating the petition will pay for the costs of the local option election; amend KRS 242.030 to require that the petition contain the date of the local option election; permit a local option question to be placed on a ballot on a primary or a regular election day and to establish deadlines and procedures for the filing of petitions; amend KRS 242.022, 242.1242, and 242.1244 to apply to urban-county governments, charter counties, consolidated local governments, and unified local governments and to conform.
 Current Status:   4/11/2017 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Neutral
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB319.htm
 
HB330TAX INCREMENT FINANCING (OSBORNE D) AN ACT relating to tax increment financing and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 65.490 to allow an extension of time for certain tax increment financing pilot programs; EMERGENCY.
 Current Status:   4/11/2017 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Under Evaluation
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB330.htm
 
HB332ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS (WUCHNER A) AN ACT relating to administrative regulations.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 13A to delay the effective date of ordinary administrative regulations with a major economic impact until the effective date of legislation ratifying the administrative regulation; amend KRS 13A.010 to define "major economic impact" as an overall annual economic impact from an administrative regulation of $500,000 or more on state and local government and regulated entities as determined by the promulgating administrative body; amend KRS 13A.250 to require the fiscal note to include a cost analysis of the administrative regulation's effect on regulated entities and a determination by the promulgating administrative body as to the overall economic impact of the administrative regulation; amend KRS 13A.330 and 13A.331 to conform; specify short title of the Act as the Kentucky Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act.
 Current Status:   3/30/2017 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HFA 1
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB332.htm
 
HB333CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES (MOSER K) AN ACT relating to controlled substances.

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
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB333.htm
 
HB334ADVERTISING ALCOHOL (SANTORO S) AN ACT relating to advertising alcohol.

Amend KRS 242.250 to allow a retailer to advertise its company name, address, and telephone number on signs, posters, billboards, and indoor or outdoor images.
 Current Status:   2/15/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations
 Position:   Neutral
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB334.htm
 
HB337LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES (RUDY S) AN ACT relating to employment contracts for local law enforcement agencies.

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
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB337.htm
 
HB356DNA (MEEKS R) AN ACT relating to DNA.

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
 Position:   Under Evaluation
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB356.htm
 
HB360AGRITOURISM (MILES S) AN ACT relating to agritourism.

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
 Position:   Neutral
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB360.htm
 
HB388TAX INCREMENT FINANCING (HEATH R) AN ACT relating to tax increment financing and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 65.7045 to define "technology park"; amend KRS 65.7043 and 65.7049 to expand mixed-use development projects to include a mixed-use development with a technology park; amend KRS 154.30-060 to expand the definition of "mixed-use" project and to delete the upper investment limit on a project that can qualify as a mixed-use development project; amend KRS 65.7053 to conform; provide that the provisions of the Act are effective for applications for which a Tax Incentive Agreement has not been approved prior to the effective date of this Act; EMERGENCY.
 Current Status:   4/10/2017 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB388.htm
 
HB392ZONING (ROTHENBURGER R) AN ACT relating to zoning.

Amend KRS 100.324 to require zoning compliance for non-baseload generation facilities under 10 megawatts.
 Current Status:   3/30/2017 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day
 Position:   Neutral
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB392.htm
 
HB399RURAL KENTUCKY BUSINESS INVESTMENT (BLANTON J) AN ACT relating to the establishment of a tax credit to promote investments in rural Kentucky businesses and making an appropriation therefor.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 136 to establish a new tax credit against the taxes imposed on insurance companies and financial institutions, for contributions made by them into rural growth funds which make investments in certain businesses principally operating in certain areas of the state; declare findings and the purpose of the credit; define terms; require an entity to follow a process to apply for certification as a rural growth fund, and for investors in that entity to receive tax credits awarded by the Department of Revenue; allow the department to issue $60,000,000 in tax credits; provide credit sunset terms and other conditions for participating in the program and for claiming the credit; provide for revocation of tax credits; allow the department to audit rural growth funds; limit any liability of the Commonwealth in regard to rural growth funds or investments made by them; require various reports to be filed with the department and the Legislative Research Commission to enable evaluations of the credit program; provide for the ordering of the credit; declare short title to be the Kentucky Rural Jobs Tax Credit Act of 2017.
 Current Status:   3/7/2017 - House Appropriations & Revenue, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing); Time & Location:
 Position:   Under Evaluation
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB399.htm
 
HB402BACKGROUND CHECKS (HUFF R) AN ACT relating to background checks.

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); Time & Location:
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB402.htm
 
HB404COMMERCIAL PARCEL DELIVERY (SANTORO S) AN ACT relating to commercial parcel delivery.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to allow commercial delivery personnel to use golf carts, low-speed vehicles, and utility vehicles for delivery of express mail and packages in residential areas; define "commercial delivery personnel," "residential area," and "utility vehicle"; outline use provisions; outline vehicle requirements; allow vehicles operating under this section to pull a trailer; allow the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to implement these provisions.
 Current Status:   4/11/2017 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Under Evaluation
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB404.htm
 
HB408CHILD PORNOGRAPHY (MCCOY C) AN ACT relating to child pornography.

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
 Position:   Oppose
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB408.htm
 
HB416DISCLOSURE OF BODY CAMERA RECORDINGS (BENVENUTI R) AN ACT relating to the disclosure of body-worn camera recordings.

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); Time & Location:
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB416.htm
 
HB417CONCEALED CARRY (BENVENUTI R) AN ACT relating to interference with an authorized individual's right to concealed carry.

Amend KRS 237.137 to provide that it is a violation to prevent a person authorized to concealed carry from doing so on a permitted property; establish fines.
 Current Status:   4/11/2017 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB417.htm
 
HB441TRANSIENT ROOM TAX (SINNETTE K) AN ACT relating to the transient room tax.

Amend KRS 91A.390 to apply the transient room tax to stays of 30 days or less; amend KRS 91A.392, 142.400, 153.440, and 153.450 to conform; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2017.
 Current Status:   2/21/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations & Revenue
 Position:   Under Evaluation
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB441.htm
 
HB451LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIREFIGHTER FOUNDATION PROGRAMS (HALE D) AN ACT relating to the law enforcement and firefighters foundation programs and making an appropriation therefor.

Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 15 and KRS 95A.250, relating to the Kentucky Law Enforcement Foundation Program fund and the Firefighters Foundation Program fund, to increase the annual supplement payment to local governments for qualifying law enforcement officers and firefighters from $3,000 to $4,000 beginning July 1, 2018; provide a reimbursement to local governments to reimburse for required contributions to the employee pension system resulting from the supplement increase; provide partial compensation for local government administrative expenses; amend KRS 95A.262 to increase the annual allocation to volunteer fire departments from the Commission on Fire Protection Personnel Standards and Education from $8,250 to $11,000 beginning July 1, 2018; APPROPRIATION.
 Current Status:   2/21/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Tourism & Outdoor Recreation
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB451.htm
 
HCR27MILEAGE BASED TRANSPORTATION TASK FORCE (KOENIG A) Create the Mileage-Based Transportation Funding Task Force to develop and study the implementation of a mileage-based transportation funding mechanism; outline task force membership; require the task force to meet at least monthly during the 2017 Interim and to submit any proposed findings or recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2017.

Create the Mileage-Based Transportation Funding Task Force to develop and study the implementation of a mileage-based transportation funding mechanism; outline task force membership; require the task force to meet at least monthly during the 2017 Interim and to submit any proposed findings or recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2017.
 Current Status:   2/7/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Transportation
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HC27.htm
 
HCR43SHELTER OVERSIGHT AND PET OVERPOPULATION TASK FORCE (JENKINS J) Establishing an eleven-member Shelter Oversight and Pet Overpopulation Task Force; require monthly meetings; require a final report and recommendations by December 1, 2017.

Establishing an eleven-member Shelter Oversight and Pet Overpopulation Task Force; require monthly meetings; require a final report and recommendations by December 1, 2017.
 Current Status:   2/9/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Agriculture
 Position:   Neutral
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HC43.htm
 
HCR96VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS (HALE D) Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish a Kentucky Volunteer Firefighter Recruitment and Retention Task Force; provide that the purpose of the task force is to study the use of volunteer firefighters in Kentucky, the factors impacting the recruitment and retention of volunteer firefighters, and the options used in Kentucky and across the nation to recruit and retain volunteer firefighters; require the task force to develop consensus recommendations to improve the recruitment and retention of volunteer firefighters in the Commonwealth of Kentucky; name the membership of the task force; require its final report to be submitted to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2017; and provide that the Legislative Research Commission has authority to alternatively assign the issues identified in the Resolution to interim joint committees or subcommittees thereof.

Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish a Kentucky Volunteer Firefighter Recruitment and Retention Task Force; provide that the purpose of the task force is to study the use of volunteer firefighters in Kentucky, the factors impacting the recruitment and retention of volunteer firefighters, and the options used in Kentucky and across the nation to recruit and retain volunteer firefighters; require the task force to develop consensus recommendations to improve the recruitment and retention of volunteer firefighters in the Commonwealth of Kentucky; name the membership of the task force; require its final report to be submitted to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2017; and provide that the Legislative Research Commission has authority to alternatively assign the issues identified in the Resolution to interim joint committees or subcommittees thereof.
 Current Status:   3/30/2017 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day
 Position:   Neutral
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HC96.htm
 
HCR101SUBCOMMITTEE ON ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE ISSUES (MORGAN W) Create a twelve-member Alcoholic Beverage Issues Subcommittee of the Interim Joint Committee on Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations to study the structure, intent, and effect of Kentucky alcoholic beverage laws; direct the subcommittee to meet on the same days as the interim joint committee; require the subcommittee to submit a memorandum containing its recommendations by December 1, 2017.

Create a twelve-member Alcoholic Beverage Issues Subcommittee of the Interim Joint Committee on Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations to study the structure, intent, and effect of Kentucky alcoholic beverage laws; direct the subcommittee to meet on the same days as the interim joint committee; require the subcommittee to submit a memorandum containing its recommendations by December 1, 2017.
 Current Status:   3/7/2017 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations
 Position:   Under Evaluation
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HC101.htm
 
HJR56WASTE TREATMENT SYSTEMS (WEBBER R) Direct the Kentucky Division of Water to conduct a study identifying privately owned and operated small wastewater treatment plants in the state, as well as providing certain data relating to the plants, to devise a practical emergency intervention method to respond to plant failures, and to suggest any legislative changes that are necessary to prevent failures or abandonment of these plants and ensure continuity of service to the plants' customers; EMERGENCY.

Direct the Kentucky Division of Water to conduct a study identifying privately owned and operated small wastewater treatment plants in the state, as well as providing certain data relating to the plants, to devise a practical emergency intervention method to respond to plant failures, and to suggest any legislative changes that are necessary to prevent failures or abandonment of these plants and ensure continuity of service to the plants' customers; EMERGENCY.
 Current Status:   3/27/2017 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HJ56.htm
 
HR11INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS (RIGGS S) Urge the Kentucky Department for Local Government, the Kentucky County/Judge Executive Association; the Kentucky Association of Counties, and the Kentucky League of Cities to conduct annual dedicated training on the benefits and best practices of interlocal agreements.

Urge the Kentucky Department for Local Government, the Kentucky County/Judge Executive Association; the Kentucky Association of Counties, and the Kentucky League of Cities to conduct annual dedicated training on the benefits and best practices of interlocal agreements.
 Current Status:   2/10/2017 - (H) THIRD READING, adopted 93-0
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR11.htm
 
HR12INTERNET TRANSACTION SAFE AREAS (KEENE D) Encourage local governments to designate areas for the safe conduct of in-person Internet-initiated transactions.

Encourage local governments to designate areas for the safe conduct of in-person Internet-initiated transactions.
 Current Status:   2/14/2017 - (H) THIRD READING, adopted 95-0
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR12.htm
 
HR57KENTUCKY MAIN STREET PROGRAM (MCCOY C) Honor the work of the Kentucky Main Street Program and participating communities across the Commonwealth.

Honor the work of the Kentucky Main Street Program and participating communities across the Commonwealth.
 Current Status:   2/15/2017 - adopted by voice vote
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HR57.htm
 
SB2RETIREMENT (BOWEN J) AN ACT relating to retirement and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 21.540 to require the Judicial Form Retirement System, which administers the Legislators' Retirement Plan and the Judicial Retirement Plan, to post descriptive and financial information to the system's Web site; amend KRS 61.645 to specify that investment fee and commission reporting requirements for the Kentucky Retirement Systems shall include profit sharing, carried interest, and partnership incentives; provide that the systems may not have to disclose contracts on a Web site if disclosure would result in competitive disadvantage but require those contracts to be released to the trustees, State Auditor, and the LRC Govt. Contract Review Committee; subject the systems to KRS Chapter 18A regarding personnel; subject hiring of executive director to Senate confirmation; make technical amendments; amend KRS 161.250 to specify that investment fee and commission reporting requirements for the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System must include profit sharing, carried interest, and partnership incentives; provide that the Teachers' Retirement System may not have to disclose contracts on a Web site if disclosure would result in competitive disadvantage, but require those contracts to be released to the trustees, State Auditor, and the LRC Govt. Contract Review Committee; amend KRS 161.340 to make hiring of executive secretary subject to Senate confirmation; amend various KRS sections to place all state retirement systems under Model Procurement Code regarding contracts and clarify ban on placement agents; amend KRS 7A.220 to increase the membership of the Public Pension Oversight Board; EMERGENCY.
 Current Status:   3/10/2017 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB2.htm
 
SB3PUBLIC RETIREMENT INFORMATION (MCDANIEL C) AN ACT relating to the disclosure of public retirement information.

Amend KRS 61.661, 161.585, and 21.540 to require the disclosure, upon request, of the retirement benefit information of current and former members of the General Assembly, including the member's name, status, and projected or actual retirement benefit payments and benefits from the Kentucky Retirement Systems, the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System, the Legislators' Retirement Plan, and the Judicial Retirement Plan.
 Current Status:   1/9/2017 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB3.htm
 
SB6LABOR ORGANIZATIONS (STIVERS R) AN ACT relating to labor organizations and declaring an emergency.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 336 to set forth requirements for labor organizations collecting moneys for dues and for political activities; for enrollment for members; and for maintaining financial records; amend KRS 336.990 to set forth a civil penalty for a violator; amend KRS 336.180, 337.060, 67A.6909, 67C.416, and 345.110 to conform; EMERGENCY.
 Current Status:   1/9/2017 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB6.htm
 
SB7FIREARMS (ROBINSON A) AN ACT relating to firearms.

Amend KRS 527.020 to allow persons not otherwise prohibited by other laws to carry concealed weapons without a license, excluding certain prohibited locations; specify that businesses and health facilities may prohibit concealed weapons by posting notice, with exceptions for some vehicles; amend KRS 237.115 to conform; repeal KRS 403.754.
 Current Status:   3/1/2017 - floor amendment (1) filed
 Position:   Neutral
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB7.htm
 
SB10TELECOMMUNICATIONS (HORNBACK P) AN ACT relating to telecommunications.

Amend KRS 278.5435 to remove PSC regulatory authority over retail phone service in all exchanges not previously deregulated.
 Current Status:   3/20/2017 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Neutral
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB10.htm
 
SB11NUCLEAR POWER (CARROLL D) AN ACT relating to nuclear power.

Amend KRS 278.600 to require that nuclear power facilities have a plan for the storage of nuclear waste rather than a means of permanent disposal and to add definitions of "storage," "low-level nuclear waste," and "mixed nuclear waste"; amend KRS 278.610 to allow certification if the facility and its plans for waste storage are approved by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; eliminate the requirement that the facility have a plan for disposal of high-level nuclear waste; eliminate the requirement that cost of waste disposal be known; eliminate the requirement that the facility have adequate capacity to contain waste; give the Public Service Commission authority to hire a consultant to perform duties relating to nuclear facility certification; prohibit construction of low-level nuclear waste disposal sites in Kentucky except as provided in KRS 211.852; direct the Energy and Environment Cabinet to review regulations required for permitting nuclear facilities and report to LRC; repeal KRS 278.605, relating to construction of nuclear power facilities.
 Current Status:   3/27/2017 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB11.htm
 
SB14HEROIN TRAFFICKING (SCHICKEL J) AN ACT relating to trafficking and heroin.

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
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB14.htm
 
SB26OPERATOR'S LICENSES (SCHICKEL J) AN ACT relating to operator's license testing.

Amend KRS 186.480 to require the Department of Kentucky State Police to make a driver's manual available in printed or electronic format that contains the information needed for an operator's license examination; require that the manual have a section regarding an applicant's conduct during interactions with law enforcement officers; require that the operator's license examination include the applicant's knowledge regarding conduct during interactions with law enforcement officers.
 Current Status:   2/27/2017 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate Transportation
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB26.htm
 
SB31LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIREFIGHTER FOUNDATION PROGRAMS (CARROLL D) AN ACT relating to the law enforcement and firefighters foundation programs and making an appropriation therefor.

Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 15 and KRS 95A.250, relating to the Kentucky Law Enforcement Foundation Program fund and the Firefighters Foundation Program fund, to increase the annual supplement payment to local governments for qualifying law enforcement officers and firefighters from $3,000 to $4,000 beginning July 1, 2018; provide a reimbursement to local governments to reimburse for required contributions to the employee pension system resulting from the supplement increase; provide partial compensation for local government administrative expenses; amend KRS 95A.262 to increase the annual allocation to volunteer fire departments from the Commission on Fire Protection Personnel Standards and Education from $8,250 to $11,000 beginning July 1, 2018; APPROPRIATION.
 Current Status:   3/30/2017 - (S) Conference Committee report filed in (H) and (S) Cannot Agree
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB31.htm
 
SB32DRUG CONVICTIONS (CARROLL D) AN ACT relating to the tracking of drug convictions.

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
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB32.htm
 
SB40ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE FEES (CARROLL D) AN ACT relating to licensing fees for the sale of alcoholic beverages.

Amend KRS 243.075 to allow cities with a population of less than 20,000, and counties that do not have a city with a population greater than 20,000, to impose a regulatory license fee on the sale of alcoholic beverages; grandfather in cities and counties imposing a regulatory license fee prior to the effective date of the Act.
 Current Status:   3/15/2017 - (S) recommitted to committee Senate Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB40.htm
 
SB42CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS (SCHICKEL J) AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.

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
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB42.htm
 
SB59PERSONAL INFORMATION SECURITY (WESTERFIELD W) AN ACT relating to the security of personal information.

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
 Position:   Neutral
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB59.htm
 
SB88LOCAL GOVERNMENTS (SEUM D) AN ACT relating to the incorporation of cities in counties containing consolidated local governments.

Amend KRS 67C.111 to remove the prohibition on incorporations of cities within consolidated local governments; amend KRS 81.050 and 81A.410 to conform.
 Current Status:   2/15/2017 - Senate State and Local Government, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing); Time & Location:
 Position:   Under Evaluation
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB88.htm
 
SB92VEHICLE EQUIPMENT (RIDLEY D) AN ACT relating to vehicle equipment.

Amend KRS 189.040 to prohibit vehicle headlamps that emit anything other than white light; require that all headlamps meet United States Department of Transportation regulations; prohibit headlamps that appear to emit a solid color other than white; prohibit headlamp covers or film that changes the color of the light emitted; outline provisions for front, rear, side and undercarriage lighting of a vehicle.
 Current Status:   2/27/2017 - (H) Referred to Committee House Transportation
 Position:   Neutral
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB92.htm
 
SB104RETIREMENT BENEFITS (MCDANIEL C) AN ACT relating to prospective retirement benefits and declaring an emergency.

Create a new section of KRS 6.500 to 6.577 to provide that members of the Legislators' Retirement Plan who retire on or after January 1, 2018, shall be limited to a 10% growth in the creditable compensation earned during their last three years of service to the General Assembly or an employer participating in any of the other state-administered retirement systems, if that compensation is used to calculate their retirement benefits; provide that only creditable compensation earned on or after July 1, 2017, shall be subject to the creditable compensation growth limitations; exempt bona fide promotions or salary advancements from the compensation growth limitation; define "bona fide promotion or salary advancements" as a professional advancement in substantially the same line of work held by the member in the four years immediately prior to the three-year period or a change in employment position based upon training, education, or expertise; provide that the Judicial Form Retirement System shall refund contributions and interest on contributions for any reductions in creditable compensation; provide that the Judicial Form Retirement System shall determine what constitutes a bona fide promotion or salary advancement; create a new section of KRS 21.345 to 21.580 to provide that members of the Judicial Retirement Plan who retire on or after January 1, 2018, shall be limited to a 10% annual growth in the creditable compensation earned during their last 60 months of service if that compensation is used to calculate their retirement benefits; provide that only creditable compensation earned on or after July 1, 2017, shall be subject to the creditable compensation growth limitations; exempt bona fide promotions or salary advancements from the compensation growth limitation; define "bona fide promotion or salary advancements" as a professional advancement in substantially the same line of work held by the member in the four years immediately prior to the 60-month period or a change in employment position based upon training, education, or expertise; require the Judicial Form Retirement System to refund contributions and interest on contributions for any reductions in creditable compensation; provide that the Judicial Form Retirement System shall determine what constitutes a bona fide promotion or salary advancement; amend KRS 61.598 to provide that members of the Kentucky Employees Retirement System, the County Employees Retirement System, and the State Police Retirement System who retire on or after January 1, 2018, shall be limited to a 10% growth in the creditable compensation earned during their last five years of employment if that compensation is used to calculate their retirement benefits; provide that only creditable compensation earned on or after July 1, 2017, shall be subject to the creditable compensation growth limitations; exempt bona fide promotions or salary advancements, alternative sick leave payments, and lump-sum payments for compensatory time from the compensation growth limitation; exempt from the compensation growth limitation those years of compensation where in the immediately preceding fiscal year the member earned less than 12 months of service credit during the fiscal year, was paid worker's compensation benefits, was on leave without pay for any reason, earned increases directly attributable to overtime hours worked under a federal grant, grant pass-through, or similar program, or earned increases directly attributable to overtime performed during a state of emergency; provide that the Kentucky Retirement Systems shall refund employee contributions and interest on contributions for any reductions in creditable compensation provided by this section; provide that the Kentucky Retirement Systems shall determine what constitutes a bona fide promotion or salary advancement and allow the member to appeal a decision of the system to the board; remove provisions charging employers for creditable compensation growth greater than 10% during the employee's last five years of employment; create a new section of KRS 21.345 to 21.580 to permit a member of the Legislators' Retirement Plan or the Judicial Retirement Plan to opt out of the traditional defined benefit plan and elect to participate in the hybrid cash balance plan; provide that, on the member's effective election date, the value of the member's accumulated contributions, less any interest, shall be deposited into the member's hybrid cash balance account and be considered part of the member's accumulated account balance; provide that on the member's effective election date, an employer pay credit shall be applied to the member's accumulated account balance for each contributing month prior to the effective election date; require the Judicial Form Retirement System to provide the electing member with information detailing the consequences of the member's election; provide that a member shall not be eligible to make an election until a private letter ruling by the IRS is received; make the benefit election under this section irrevocable; amend KRS 21.402 to conform; create a new section of KRS 61.510 to 61.705 to permit a member of the Kentucky Employees Retirement System, the County Employees Retirement System, or the State Police Retirement System to opt out of the traditional defined benefit plan and elect to participate in the hybrid cash balance plan; provide that, on the member's effective election date, the value of the member's accumulated contributions, less any interest, shall be deposited into the member's hybrid cash balance account and be considered part of the member's accumulated account balance; provide that on the member's effective election date, an employer pay credit shall be applied to the member's accumulated account balance for each contributing month prior to the effective election date; require the Kentucky Retirement Systems to provide the electing member with information detailing the consequences of the member's election; provide that a member shall not be eligible to make an election until a private letter ruling by the IRS is received; make the benefit election under this section irrevocable; amend KRS 6.525, 16.583, 16.645, 61.597 and 78.545 to make technical and conforming amendments; provide for severability among provisions of the Act; EMERGENCY.
 Current Status:   3/27/2017 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB104.htm
 
SB109CONSOLIDATED LOCAL GOVERNMENTS (MCGARVEY M) AN ACT relating to planning and zoning in consolidated local governments.

Amend KRS 100.137 to clarify the powers of certain cities within a consolidated local government regarding home rule powers that do not conflict with the comprehensive plan.
 Current Status:   2/8/2017 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate State and Local Government
 Position:   Under Evaluation
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB109.htm
 
SB120CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS (WESTERFIELD W) AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments, in making an appropriation therefor.

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
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB120.htm
 
SB123OPERATORS LICENSES (SCHICKEL J) AN ACT relating to operator's licenses.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186 to require a physician, advanced practice registered nurse, paramedic, or emergency medical technician to report a person who overdoses on opioids to the Commissioner of the Department of Vehicle Regulation; require proof that a person is either opioid-free or that the person's opioid use is controlled by medication prior to issuing him or her an original, duplicate, modified, or renewal operator's license; amend KRS 186.444 and KRS 186.570 to conform.
 Current Status:   2/27/2017 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate Transportation
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB123.htm
 
SB126RETIREMENT SYSTEM (MCDANIEL C) AN ACT relating to the final compensation calculation for state and county employees entering the retirement systems on or after September 1st, 2008.

Amend KRS 16.505, 61.510 and 78.510 to define final compensation to allow state and county employees, who entered the retirement systems on or after September 1, 2008, but prior to January 1, 2014, to use partial fiscal years, which may contain less than 12 months of service credit, to reach a final compensation calculation that is at least 60 months for non-hazardous employees and at least 36 months for hazardous employees.
 Current Status:   3/27/2017 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB126.htm
 
SB130TAX PAYMENTS (HUMPHRIES S) AN ACT relating to TVA in-lieu-of-tax payments and making an appropriator therefor.

Amend KRS 96.895 to require that a portion of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in-lieu-of-tax revenue deposited in the general fund be distributed to agencies designated by counties that have TVA property located in that county or purchase power from TVA, increasing from 0% currently to 50% or a maximum of $6,000,000.
 Current Status:   2/28/2017 - Senate Appropriations and Revenue, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing); Time & Location:
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB130.htm
 
SB145ELECTIONS (HIGDON J) AN ACT relating to elections.

Amend KRS 242.060 to require the group primarily responsible for the circulation and filing of a petition to hold a local option election shall pay actual election costs as determined by the county judge/executive.
 Current Status:   3/30/2017 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HFA 1, 2, 3, 4T, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
 Position:   Neutral
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB145.htm
 
SB167PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION (JONES R) AN ACT relating to the Public Service Commission.

Amend KRS 278.050 to increase membership of the Public Service Commission (PSC) from three to seven commissioners; require an election of the commissioners in accordance with KRS Chapter 118; provide that initial election of PSC commissioners will be the regular election in November 2019; provide that each member of the commission shall be eligible for membership in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System as set forth in KRS 61.510 to 61.705; amend KRS 278.060 to change qualifications of the commissioners; amend KRS 278.120, 278.702, and 11A.010 to conform; repeal KRS 278.070, relating to removal of commissioners.
 Current Status:   2/14/2017 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Natural Resources and Energy
 Position:   Neutral
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB167.htm
 
SB172WORKPLACE DISCRIMINATION (KERR A) AN ACT relating to discrimination in the workplace based on pregnancy.

Amend KRS 344.030 to include within the definition of "reasonable accommodations," accommodations made for pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions; define "related medical conditions;" amend KRS 344.040 to make it unlawful for employers to fail to accommodate an employee affected by pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition; require employers to provide notice to all employees regarding discrimination for pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions.
 Current Status:   2/14/2017 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary
 Position:   Under Evaluation
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB172.htm
 
SB174HEALTHCARE COST (BUFORD T) AN ACT relating to healthcare cost transparency.

Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define "allowed amounts," "service," "program," and "shoppable health care service"; require providers to disclose allowed amounts of the service provided within 2 business days; require insurers to establish an interactive mechanism with payment information made by the insurer to providers and to provide a good-faith estimate of cost to the insured; require an insurer to develop an incentive program that shares cost savings with the insured based on the insured's choice; require the insurer to report information under the program to the Department of Insurance; require the Department of Insurance to report information to the Interim Joint Committee on Banking and Insurance; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2018.
 Current Status:   2/14/2017 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Banking and Insurance
 Position:   Under Evaluation
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB174.htm
 
SB180NEW MARKETS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (BUFORD T) AN ACT relating to new markets development program tax credit.

Amend KRS 141.432 to require that a qualified community development entity be organized or formed in and have its principal place of business in Kentucky and commit to invest federal new market tax credits in the same dollar amount as it invests state new markets tax credits; amend KRS 141.433 to require the Department of Revenue to make available to the public a list of all qualified community development entities that were certified for the credit as well as their respective credit amounts; require the Department of Revenue to report information regarding the new markets development program tax credit to the Legislative Research Commission; determine order of application of tax credits; amend various sections of KRS Chapters 131 and 141 to conform and make technical changes.
 Current Status:   2/15/2017 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB180.htm
 
SB182GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT (SCHRODER W) AN ACT relating to government procurement.

Amend KRS 45A.380 to allow a local public agency to contract through noncompetitive negotiation when a contract is with a private real estate development and the contract requires the developer to increase the collection capacity of the sanitary sewer or storm water pipe serving the development, with the local public agency only paying for the increase in the collection capacity.
 Current Status:   3/27/2017 - BECAME LAW WITHOUT GOVERNOR'S SIGNATURE
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB182.htm
 
SB187PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS (WISE M) AN ACT relating to public private partnerships.

Amend KRS 45A.077 to exempt capital projects utilizing the public-private partnership delivery method with a value over twenty-five million dollars from authorization by the General Assembly; extend notice periods for capital project submissions; amend KRS 65.028 to allow some members of the Kentucky Local Government Public-Private Partnership Board to send designees instead of appearing in person; exempt agreements with a value less than thirty percent of the local government general fund revenues from being submitted to the Kentucky Local Government Public-Private Partnership Board; amend KRS 175B.015 to remove the requirement for quarterly meetings of the state authority if a bi-state or project authority exists; amend KRS 175B.020 to remove the commitment to pay costs incurred in evaluation of unsolicited proposal and implement a standardized fee set by administrative regulation; require costs paid by an unsolicited proposer to be negotiated in an agreement between the state authority and the proposer; amend various statutes to prohibit proposals that seek or purport to bind any future General Assembly to appropriate any moneys.
 Current Status:   3/15/2017 - (S) recommitted to committee Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB187.htm
 
SB188CITY MANDATES (HORNBACK P) AN ACT relating to city mandates.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 6 to prohibit the General Assembly from imposing requirements on cities that require city expenditures or tax levies without fully funding the requirement or making the requirements contingent on city legislative body approval; make these provisions inapplicable if the requirements are the result of a federal mandate; ensure that the provisions do not affect KRS 6.950 to 6.975.
 Current Status:   3/6/2017 - (H) posted in committee House Local Government
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB188.htm
 
SB191OPIOIDS (ADAMS J) AN ACT relating to opioid antagonists.

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
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB191.htm
 
SB192CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES (ADAMS J) AN ACT relating to the monitoring of controlled substances.

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
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB192.htm
 
SB193OPIOIDS (CARROLL D) AN ACT relating to opioid prescriptions.

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
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB193.htm
 
SB215KENTUCKY COAL FIELDS ENDOWMENT (SMITH B) AN ACT relating to Kentucky Coal Fields endowment fund and making an appropriation therefor.

Create the Kentucky Coal Fields Endowment Fund, to be used for the purpose of supporting efforts to diversify the economy of the coal fields within Kentucky; create the Kentucky Coal Fields Endowment Fund authority to determine who received disbursements from the fund; appropriate $7,500,000 annually for the fund.
 Current Status:   3/14/2017 - received in House
 Position:   Under Evaluation
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB215.htm
 
SB221RESOURCES (CARPENTER J) AN ACT relating to resources to support local tourism, recreation, and economic development.

Amend KRS 91A.400 to define "base restaurant tax receipts" and "merged government," to allow merged governments to levy a restaurant tax, establish a distribution amount and protocol for cities and merged governments imposing a restaurant tax on or after the effective date of this Act and their respective tourist and convention commissions, and establish a distribution amount and protocol for cities that imposed a tax prior to the effective date of the Act and their respective tourist and convention commissions.
 Current Status:   2/21/2017 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Appropriations and Revenue
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB221.htm
 
SB226RETIREMENT (BOWEN J) AN ACT relating to retirement.

Create a new section of KRS 78.510 to 78.852 to provide that the administration of the County Employees Retirement System (CERS) shall be transferred from the Kentucky Retirement System (KRS) board of trustees to the CERS board of trustees established on July 1, 2017; allow the new CERS board to contract with KRS for administration of benefits, investments, or other services as needed for a period not to exceed four years; create new sections of KRS 78.510 to 78.852 and amend KRS 78.510, 78.530, 78.535, 78.540, 78.610, 78.615, 78.616, 78.625, 78.630, 78.640, 78.650, 78.652, 78,790, 78.852, and 78.550 to establish separate statutory provisions governing administration, benefits, and investments of the County Employees Retirement System; establish a 9 member CERS board comprised of 3 elected members, and 6 individuals appointed by the Kentucky League of Cities, the Kentucky Association of Counties, or the Kentucky School Boards Association who must have 10 years of "investment experience" or "retirement experience" as defined by the bill; specify investment, reporting, and transparency requirements; amend KRS 6.350, 16.505, 16.555, 16.576, 16.577, 16.583, 16.582, 18A.205, 61.510, 61.522, 61.535, 61.540, 61.545, 61.550, 61.552, 61.5525, 61.555, 61.559, 61.565, 61.590, 61.592, 61.595, 61.597, 61.598, 61.600, 61.607, 61.621, 61.623, 61.625, 61.630, 61.637, 61.650, 61.652, 61.660, 61.665, 61.670, 61.675, 61.680, 61.690, 61.691, 61.701, 61.702, 61.705, 70.292, 70.293, 95.022, 95.290, 161.155, 161.675, to conform; amend KRS 61.645 to remove CERS elected and appointed representation on the KRS board; amend KRS 7A.250 to place CERS under the jurisdiction of the Public Pension Oversight Board; amend KRS 18A.225 to allow CERS retirees to participate in the Kentucky Employees Health Plan; repeal KRS 78.533, 78.534, 78.532, 78.542, 78.545, 212.434; provide that decisions made by the KRS board on behalf of CERS shall stand and shall not be reversed except as provided by KRS 78.510 to 78.852; provide that the three elected CERS trustees serving on the KRS board prior to July 1, 2017, shall serve as the elected trustees on the new CERS board; provide that no provision of this Act shall increase or decrease benefits to members or retired members of KRS or CERS; confirm Executive Order 2016-340 regarding KRS board expansion; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2017.
 Current Status:   3/15/2017 - (S) recommitted to committee Senate State and Local Government
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB226.htm
 
SB227WORKFORCE TRAINING (SMITH B) AN ACT relating to workforce training.

Amend KRS 343.060 to make provisions gender-neutral.
 Current Status:   2/21/2017 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB227.htm
 
SB242FORMER THIRD CLASS CITIES (RIDLEY D) AN ACT relating to cost of living adjustments for pension plans for former cities of the third class.

Amend KRS 90.410, 95.560, and 95.624 to allow former cities of the third class adopting a pension fund program prior to August 1, 1988, to provide an annual cost-of-living adjustment in an amount equal to the increase in the cost-of-living increase for a recipient of Social Security or the increase in the consumer price index as computed by the Department of Local Government up the current maximum of five percent.
 Current Status:   3/15/2017 - (S) recommitted to committee Senate State and Local Government
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB242.htm
 
SB249ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT CABINET (CARPENTER J) AN ACT relating to the Energy and Environment Cabinet.

Amend KRS 12.020 to remove Environmental Quality Commission, Kentucky Mining Board from under the Energy and Environment Cabinet and attach the Center for Renewable Energy Research and Environmental Stewardship to other departments; amend KRS 146.090,146.100, 146.110, 146.210, 146.270, 146.280, 146.320, and 146.330 to correct references to the Energy and Environment Cabinet, make grammatical and technical corrections, and authorize the Secretary rather than the commission to promulgate administrative regulations; amend KRS 146.415 to add a definition for "Secretary" to mean the Secretary of the Energy and Environment Cabinet; amend KRS 146.485 to authorize the Secretary rather than the commission to promulgate administrative regulations; amend 147A.031 to delete references to the Environmental Quality Commission; amend KRS 151.293 to allow the owner of a dam to request review and final determination by the cabinet after a request for variance has been denied and to appeal the final decision; amend 152.713 to unattach the Center for Renewable Energy Research and Environmental Stewardship from the Energy and Environment Cabinet and to identify the center as a public agency; amend KRS 154.47-005 to delete definition of "Kentucky Forest Products Council" and renumber accordingly; amend KRS 224.10-022 and KRS 224A.1-010 to delete references to the Environmental Quality Commission and renumber accordingly; amend KRS 224.70-120 to delete reference to a 20% filing fee for KPDES permit and make fee equal to the cost of review with cost ceiling for different tiers; amend KRS 189.450, 224.40-31, 224.50-760, and 224.50-856 to make conforming subsection references changes; amend KRS 224.73-110 to add person operating a sewage system at residence where the person lives to those who may have primary responsibility for operation of a sewage system; amend KRS 224.80-100, 224A.011, and 349.010 to make conforming subsection references changes; amend 351.010 and 351.070 to delete references to Mining Board and renumber subsections accordingly; amend KRS 351.090, 351.102 and 351.103 to changes references to Board to department; amend KRS 351.1041 to change references from Board to commission; amend KRS 351.1045 to delete references to the Mining Board; amend KRS 351.106 to change Mining Board to department and delete reference to the commissioner making recommendations at the board's request; amend 351.110 and 351.120 to change references from board to department; amend 351.122 to change board to department and delete references to course of examination and instruction by the board; amend KRS 351.125 to make technical corrections; amend KRS 352.010 to delete the Mining Board from definitions and renumber subsections accordingly; amend KRS 352.310 to change board to Mine Safety Review Commission; amend KRS 224.10-100, 224.30-175, 224.48-815, 224.46-520, 350.240, and 350.054 to make conforming reference changes; repeal KRS 151.232; KRS 154.47-100, 154.47-105; KRS 154.47-110; KRS 154.47-120; KRS 224.1-100; KRS 224.1-105; KRS 224.1-110; KRS 224.1-115; KRS 224.1-200; KRS 224.1-205; KRS 224.1-210; KRS 224.1-215; KRS 224.1-220; KRS 224.10-660; KRS 224.30-050; KRS 224.30-100; KRS 224.30-105; KRS 224.30-110; KRS 224.30-115; KRS 224.30-120; KRS 224.30-125; KRS 224.30-130; KRS 224.30-135; KRS 224.30-140; KRS 224.30-145; KRS 224.30-150; KRS 224.30-155; KRS 224.30-160; KRS 224.30-165; KRS 224.30-170; KRS 224.30-180; KRS 224.30-185; KRS 224.30-190; KRS 224.30-195; KRS 224.43-070; KRS 224.43-080; KRS 224.43-710; KRS 224.43-720; KRS 224.43-730; KRS 224.46-810; KRS 224.46-820; KRS 224.46-825: KRS 224.46-830; KRS 224.46-840; KRS 224.46-850; KRS 224.46-860; KRS 224.46-870; KRS 224.50-020; KRS 350.035; KRS 350.052; KRS 350.053; KRS 350.260; KRS 350.470; KRS 350.715; KRS 351.105; KRS 351.1055; and 352.550.
 Current Status:   3/27/2017 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Neutral
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB249.htm
 
SCR58PET OVERPOPULATION (BUFORD T) A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the shelter oversight pet overpopulation task force.

Establishing a seven-member Shelter Oversight and Pet Overpopulation Task Force; require at least three meetings; require a report of activities by December 1, 2017.
 Current Status:   2/8/2017 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Agriculture
 Position:   Neutral
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SC58.htm
 
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