| HB10 | CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT (IMES K) Propose to amend Section 29 of the Constitution of Kentucky to permit the General Assembly or an agency or committee it creates to review, approve, or disapprove any administrative regulation of the executive branch during or between regular sessions of the General Assembly; submit to the voters for approval or disapproval; supply ballot language. |
| | Current Status: | 2/12/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate State and Local Government
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| | Recent Status: | 2/9/2018 - received in Senate
2/8/2018 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 68-22
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB10.htm |
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| HB50 | OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING REGULATIONS (NEMES J) Create new sections of KRS Chapter 12 to define terms; set forth requirements for all occupational licensing regulations established by an agency on or after November 15, 2018; require each agency to conduct a comprehensive review of all occupational licensing regulations under its jurisdiction every five years and to prepare and submit a report of its review to the Legislative Research Commission; establish a process to petition an agency to repeal or modify an occupational licensing regulation; allow a petitioner to appeal an agency's actions or inaction to Circuit Court. |
| | Current Status: | 1/19/2018 - (H) posted in committee House Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations
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| | Recent Status: | 1/5/2018 - (H) reassigned to committee House Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations
1/2/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House State Government
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB50.htm |
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| HB130 | ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS (UPCHURCH K) Create a new section of KRS 13A.290 to 13A.335 to require the staff of the Administrative Regulation Review Subcommittee to submit to that committee's co-chairs an annual report on administrative regulations found deficient by a legislative committee; list the information that is necessary to complete the report; include prominent text on the first page of the report outlining potential legislative options; amend KRS 13A.290, 13A.330, and 13A.331 to allow a committee to take action on an administrative regulation within 60 days of LRC referral. |
| | Current Status: | 4/26/2018 - VETOED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/14/2018 - delivered to Governor
4/14/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB130.htm |
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| HB154 | ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS (WELLS W) Amend KRS 13A.290 to require the administrative regulations compiler to compile a list of administrative regulations considered during the year, including their disposition; require the co-chairs of the Administrative Regulation Review Subcommittee to file the list of regulations as a simple resolution in their respective chambers; allow members to object to any resolution on the list; require the Legislative Research Commission to refer administrative regulations removed from the list to the interim joint committee with jurisdiction over the administrative regulation for additional consideration. |
| | Current Status: | 1/10/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House State Government
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| | Recent Status: | 1/8/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB154.htm |
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| HB156 | ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS (SIMS JR. J) Amend KRS 322.230 to allow appointed board members to be removed for cause by the Governor; create a new section of KRS Chapter 322 to establish procedures for removing appointed board members. |
| | Current Status: | 1/10/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House State Government
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| | Recent Status: | 1/10/2018 - (H) WITHDRAWN
1/8/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB156.htm |
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| HB170 | VETERINARY EXAMINERS (PRATT P) Amend KRS 321.230 to add the state veterinarian or the veterinarian's designee to the board; create a new section of KRS Chapter 321 to assign supervisory duties over the Board of Veterinary Examiners to the Commissioner of Agriculture or the Commissioner's designee; amend KRS 321.360 to grant administrative appeal of final actions by the board to the Commissioner of Agriculture or the Commissioner's designee and grant judicial appeal of final orders of the Commissioner or the Commissioner's designee. |
| | Current Status: | 3/19/2018 - (H) Returned to Committee House Agriculture
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| | Recent Status: | 3/19/2018 - (H) FIRST READING
3/19/2018 - (H) Taken From Committee
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB170.htm |
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| HB177 | CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS (MILLER J) Amend KRS 325.220 to define "peer review" as designed to promote quality in "accounting and auditing services"; change "peer review committee" to " sponsoring organization"; amend KRS 325.301 to allow an out-of-state CPA firm to perform attest services within Kentucky; exempt out-of-state CPA firms from paying the initial application fee; require firms to grant the Accountancy Board access to peer review documents maintained in Facilitated State Board Access; allow the board to appoint a peer review oversight committee to monitor the peer review program; amend KRS 325.340 to allow the board to privately reprimand CPAs and CPA firms; allow CPAs and CPA firms to apply to have minor violations removed from their professional record after ten years; limit a licensee from having his or her record expunged more than once. |
| | Current Status: | 3/23/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/12/2018 - delivered to Governor
3/12/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB177.htm |
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| HB260 | LICENSED OCCUPATIONS (MILLS R) Amend KRS 317.410 to add a definition for "endorsement" and make technical changes; amend KRS 317.420 to make technical changes and to specify that licensing under this chapter is required for barber shop advertising and to allow barbers to provide services to hospice patients or deceased persons at funeral establishments; amend KRS 317.450 to change probationary barber to apprentice barber, add requirements to apprentice skills, remove fees from statute and set through administrative regulations, allow manager or location changes, increase teacher experience to 36 months, and create a student permit and a demonstration charity event permit; amend KRS 317.460 to allow board inspection authority; amend KRS 317.470 to allow electronic publication of administrative regulations; amend KRS 317.530 to specify terms of the board's trust and agency fund; amend KRS 317.590 to clarify board functions; amend KRS 317A.010 to add definition for "esthetician," "esthetic practices school," "esthetic salon," "eyelash artistry," "makeup artistry," and "nail technology school" and make technical corrections; amend KRS 317A.020 to add esthetic practices, make technical changes, and allow the board to bring actions in its name; amend KRS 317A.030 to change the board name and include esthetic practices and nail technology; amend KRS 317A.040 to allow the board to delegate staffing decisions and make technical changes; amend KRS 317A.050 to condense similar licensing requirements, make technical changes, reduce required hours of training for estheticians and nail technicians, add estheticians provisions from KRS Chapter 317B, allow the board to automatically renew licenses, set license periods in administrative regulations, and establish permit requirements for eyelash artistry and makeup artistry; amend KRS 317A.062 to require fees to be set in administrative regulations; amend KRS 317A.070 to include permits; amend KRS 317A.080 to specify terms of the board's trust and agency fund; amend KRS 317A.090 to make technical changes and to reduce required training hours for estheticians and nail technicians; amend KRS 317A.120 to allow national examinations to be used, to require exam proctors, and to allow testing to be conducted at regional locations; amend KRS 317A.130 to make technical changes and include esthetician provisions from KRS Chapter 317B; amend KRS 317A.140 to specify board functions; amend KRS 317A.145 to allow board inspection authority; amend KRS 317A.990 to increase potential penalty amounts; amend KRS 164.945, 165A.310, 309.352, and 324B.030 to conform; amend KRS 317.430, 317.440, 317.540, 317.580, 317A.060, 317A.100, 317A.150, and 317A.155 to make technical changes; repeal KRS 317A.160, 317B.010, 317B.015, 317B.020, 317B.025, 317B.030, 317B.035, 317B.040, 317B.045, 317B.050, 317B.055, and 317B.060; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY. |
| | Current Status: | 3/30/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/20/2018 - delivered to Governor
3/20/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB260.htm |
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| HB302 | REORGANIZATION (BENTLEY D) Amend KRS 12.020 and 12.252 to create the Professional Licensing Legal Division within the Public Protection Cabinet; create the Office of Administrative Hearings within the Public Protection Cabinet; confirm Executive Order 2017-325. |
| | Current Status: | 4/26/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/14/2018 - delivered to Governor
4/14/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB302.htm |
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| HB319 | UNITED STATES MILITARY AND VETERANS OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE (HEAVRIN S) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 12 to require each administrative body that issues a license, permit, certificate, or other document required to operate within a business, profession, or other occupation in the Commonwealth to issue within 30 days a license, permit, certificate, or other document to a United States military service member or veteran who is seeking a license, permit, certificate, or other document and currently holds or recently held a valid equivalent license, permit, certificate, or other document issued by another state, the District of Columbia, or any possession or territory of the United States. |
| | Current Status: | 4/2/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/27/2018 - delivered to Governor
3/27/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB319.htm |
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| HB465 | REORGANIZATION (KOENIG A) Establish and create various sections of KRS Chapter 308, relating to Public Protection Cabinet oversight of state occupational boards; define terms; declare policy regarding occupational licensing; list boards that are regulated under KRS Chapter 308; require the Department of Professional Licensing to provide administrative services, technical assistance, personnel staffing, and meeting space to the boards; organize the boards under seven authorities within the department; manage each authority with an executive director; establish a process for the department to review and evaluate each of its boards once every five years; set standards regarding board members, including appointments by the Governor, three year terms, quorum via majority, and voting eligibility; institute board per diem and travel expense rules; direct board officer elections, board member disqualification standards, and semiannual meeting requirements; establish general board powers; require executive director approval before a board may promulgate an administrative regulation; instruct boards to keep a register of licensees and make an annual report to the Governor and the Legislative Research Commission; fix a set timeline for processing license applications; mandate that any license issued by a board be valid for at least two years; require boards to establish disciplinary review committees to process complaints against licensees; designate the process and limitations for the Governor's appointments to boards based on recommendations from nominating groups; make license applicant criminal background checks consistent with state and federal standards; require a licensee to report criminal convictions to the licensee's board; establish continuing education requirements and exemptions; immunize board members, staff, legal counsel, and other persons from civil liability for conduct that is taken in good faith and is within the scope and arising out of the performance of their duties; direct the boards to send licensees a thirty-day notice of expiration both before and after the expiration occurs; prohibit a board from issuing an advisory opinion unless authorized by the board's enabling act; establish the Prescribing Boards Advisory Council within the department, composed of seven ex officio members with expertise in combatting prescription drug abuse; amend KRS 12.020 to add the new authorities and the Office of Inspector General to the cabinet; amend KRS 12.252 to describe the powers and duties of the cabinet's Office of Inspector General; amend various sections of KRS Chapters 198B, 216A, 309, 310, 311, 311B, 312, 313, 314, 314A, 315, 316, 317, 317A, 317B, 319, 319A, 319B, 319C, 320, 322, 322A, 323, 323A, 324, 324A, 325, 326, 327, 329A, 330, 334, 334A, and 335 to conform; amend KRS 325.230 to place the State Board of Accountancy within the Department of Financial Institutions; amend KRS 48.315 to conform, repeal KRS 216A.050, 310.080, 311.540, 311.882, 311B.060, 312.045, 312.055, 312.065, 315.171, 319A.030, 319A.040, 319A.050, 322.260, 322.270, 323.160, 323.180, 323.190, 323.200, 323A.150, 323A.180, 323A.190, 323A.200, 324.2811, 324.284, 324A.025, 324B.010, 324B.020, 324B.030, 324B.040, 324B.050, 324B.060, 334.170, 334A.100, 334A.110, 335.060, and 335.307. |
| | Current Status: | 3/21/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations
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| | Recent Status: | 3/20/2018 - received in Senate
3/19/2018 - floor amendment (3) filed to Committee Substitute
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB465.htm |
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| HB543 | PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS (JENKINS J) Amend KRS 329A.070 to delete an individual conducting an investigation on their own behalf from the list of those exempted from licensure requirements; add an employee of a private business conducting an internal investigation to the list; require an employee of a private investigator or a private investigating firm to be registered with the board; delete 240 hours per year maximum of supervised work. |
| | Current Status: | 3/1/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations
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| | Recent Status: | 2/27/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB543.htm |
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| HB578 | LICENSED OCCUPATIONS (BRATCHER K) Amend KRS 314A.105, 315.030, 315.155, and 316.990 to make technical corrections. |
| | Current Status: | 3/9/2018 - (H) posted in committee House Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations
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| | Recent Status: | 3/1/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations
2/27/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB578.htm |
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| HB584 | PUBLIC PROTECTION (HEAVRIN S) Amend KRS 227.250 to add gender-neutral language. |
| | Current Status: | 3/5/2018 - (H) posted in committee House Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection
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| | Recent Status: | 3/1/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection
2/27/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB584.htm |
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| SB45 | CONTINUING EDUCATION (MEREDITH S) Amend KRS 316.130 to eliminate the 6-hour, in-person continuing education requirement for funeral directors and embalmers. |
| | Current Status: | 1/23/2018 - Senate Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/3/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations
1/2/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB45.htm |
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| SB80 | CANNABIS REGULATION (SEUM D) Establish and create new sections of KRS Chapter 245 to define terms, allow for possession, growth, use, processing, purchasing, transfer, and consumption of cannabis; establish limits for transfer; allow for purchasing and manufacture of cannabis accessories; authorize activities and operation of retail stores, consumption establishments, cultivation facilities, cannabis testing facilities, and product manufacturing facilities; prohibit smoking cannabis in public and establish a fine for violation; prohibit operation of motor vehicles while consuming cannabis and specify that existing intoxication laws are not superseded; prohibit state or local resources to be used to investigate violations of federal Controlled Substances Act that conflict with this KRS Chapter 245; specify that an employer is not required to allow consumption, workplace intoxication, possession, or transfer of cannabis; prohibit individuals under the age of 21 from entering cannabis establishments, purchasing, using, or misrepresenting his or her age; establish penalties for violation; establish a penalty for underage possession of cannabis; establish a penalty for underage cultivation of cannabis; establish requirements for personal cultivation; establish and direct the Department for Cannabis Enforcement to administrate KRS Chapter 245 and promulgate administrative regulations relating to all aspects of cannabis establishments, cannabis manufacturing, and transfer, cultivation, packaging, and health and safety requirements; restrictions on advertising, and restrictions on additives, pesticides, visitor logs, and sample testing; require promulgation of administrative regulations within 180 days; establish timeframes for the issuance of licenses; establish a licensure requirement and separate licenses; establish a license and renewal fee and license application form; establish an excise tax on cultivation facilities, processing facilities, or retail facilities; establish a trust and agency account; establish a cannabis regulation fund and recommend the direction of certain funds; establish a civil penalty for violating KRS Chapter 245, including for failing to keep written records and submitting required reports; establish a prioritization requirement for Kentucky residents; establish the legislative intent that cannabis or cannabis products not in conformity with KRS Chapter 245 are sizable as contraband; allow for local governments to prohibit the operation of cannabis businesses; establish a new section of KRS Chapter 138 to establish excise taxes; establish a new section of KRS Chapter 139 to direct the placement of excise taxes and sales taxes relating to cannabis; amend KRS 2.015 to make the cultivation, purchase, use, and possession of cannabis a higher age of majority activity; amend KRS 610.010 to make cannabis offenses under KRS Chapter 245 committed by minors under the authority of the juvenile session of the District Court; amend KRS 630.020 to grant a court jurisdiction over cannabis offenses committed by children; amend KRS 630.120 to prohibit commitment of children over a cannabis offense; amend KRS 218A.1422 to clarify that a person is guilty of possession of marijuana when he or she has more than the possession limit established in KRS Chapter 245, and to exempt a cannabis establishment; amend KRS 218A.1423 to prohibit cultivation of more than 5 marijuana plants and to exempt cannabis establishments; amend KRS 12.020 to reflect the establishment of the Department for Cannabis Enforcement; amend KRS 12.252 to reflect the establishment of the Department for Cannabis Enforcement; establish a short title. |
| | Current Status: | 1/26/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection
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| | Recent Status: | 1/17/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB80.htm |
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| SB105 | STUDENT LOANS (THOMAS R) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to forbid a licensing agency from considering the nonpayment of student loans when issuing, renewing, revoking, or suspending any license; amend KRS 164.769 and 164A.240 to conform; repeal KRS 164.772. |
| | Current Status: | 1/24/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Education
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| | Recent Status: | 1/23/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB105.htm |
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| SB171 | EXPUNGEMENT (HIGDON J) Amend KRS 431.073 to allow discretionary expungement of certain Class D felonies with a ten-year or twenty-year waiting period; distribute $50 of each filing fee to the Kentucky State Police; distribute $100 of each filing fee to the Commonwealth's attorney's office that prosecuted the case; amend KRS 431.076 to allow a person against whom charges have been dismissed with or without prejudice to petition for expungement; set time limits for filing petitions; amend KRS 431.079 to require a certificate of eligibility only if a petition or application seeks expungement of a conviction; APPROPRIATION. |
| | Current Status: | 3/8/2018 - Senate Judiciary, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)
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| | Recent Status: | 2/21/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary
2/20/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB171.htm |
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| SB185 | EXPUNGEMENT (NEAL G) Amend KRS 431.073 to make additional criminal offenses eligible for expungement; reduce filing fee for felony expungement from $500 to $200; amend KRS 431.076 to allow expungement of charges dismissed without prejudice; amend KRS 431.078 to require certain records to be expunged if the law specifies a period for enhancement and that period has expired; amend KRS 431.079 to limit requirement of certification to convictions which have not been pardoned. |
| | Current Status: | 2/23/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary
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| | Recent Status: | 2/21/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB185.htm |
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| SB217 | LICENSED OCCUPATIONS (HIGDON J) Amend KRS 310.070, 311.591, 311.597, 312.018, and 312.021 to make technical corrections. |
| | Current Status: | 2/28/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations
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| | Recent Status: | 2/27/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB217.htm |
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| SB233 | BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS (STIVERS R) Amend KRS 12.070 to provide the Governor authority to appoint members to boards and commissions when entities charged with submitting a list of names fail to submit the list. |
| | Current Status: | 3/29/2018 - House State Government, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)
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| | Recent Status: | 3/27/2018 - (H) Returned to Committee House State Government
3/27/2018 - (H) FIRST READING
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB233.htm |
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