Business and Economic Development
Prepared by: Anthony Allen
Report created on March 29, 2024
 
HB2WORKERS COMPENSATION (KOENIG A) Amend KRS 342.020 to limit the time period of payment of medical expenses for certain permanent partial disabilities to 780 weeks but provide a mechanism to apply for extended benefits; limit the number of drug screens for which the employer will be liable; amend KRS 342.035 to specify circumstances upon which utilization review can be waived; mandate promulgation of treatment guidelines and a pharmaceutical formulary; clarify that a fee shall not be charged when an injured worker requests the initial copy of medical records; amend KRS 342.040 to indicate that interest will not accrue when the delay in payment of benefits was caused by the employee; amend KRS 342.125 to clarify that the four-year period in which to reopen a claim begins on the date of the original order granting or denying benefits and that subsequent orders granting or denying benefits shall not be considered an original order; amend KRS 342.185 to indicate that an application for adjustment of claim for compensation for a cumulative trauma injury must be made within five years of the last injurious exposure to the cumulative trauma; amend KRS 342.270 to require commissioner of Department of Workers' Claims to promulgate regulations establishing procedures for resolution of claims; amend KRS 342.315 to include pulmonary specialist as an examiner; amend KRS 342.316 to change procedure for filing occupational disease claims; amend KRS 342.320 to change calculation of attorney fees and increase limitation on amount of fees; amend KRS 342.610 to indicate that the employee must show that the voluntary introduction of a substance into his or her body that causes a disturbance of mental or physical capacities was not the proximate cause of his or her injury; amend KRS 342.700 to allow the recovery in subrogation of indemnity and medical expenses paid to or on behalf of the employee, less a pro rata share of the employee's legal expenses; amend KRS 342.730 to increase average weekly wage caps; set time limits for total disability benefits paid to certain professional athletes; allow payment of temporary total disability benefits to be offset by gross income minus applicable taxes paid to an employee during a period of light-duty work or work in an alternative job position; provide an offset against temporary total disability benefits for salary continuation or wholly employer-funded disability retirement plans; indicate that benefits shall terminate when a plaintiff reaches age 67 or two years after the date of injury, whichever shall last occur; amend KRS 342.7305 to require employment for a minimum of one year in order to be the responsible employer in a hearing loss claim; amend KRS 342.732 to set forth parameters for retraining; delete provisions of KRS 342.792 requiring the commissioner of Department of Workers' Claims to adopt regulations regarding the "B" reader process; amend KRS 342.794 to require commissioner of Department of Workers' Claims to maintain a list of "B" readers who are pulmonary specialists; 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:   3/30/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Recent Status:   3/29/2018 - delivered to Governor
3/29/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB2.htm
 
HB3SCHOOL CURRICULUM (SHELL J) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require, beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, each school to provide an essential skills curriculum to students; amend KRS 158.645 to conform; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to create the Council on Essential Skills; amend KRS 158.6453 to require the Council on Essential Skills to serve as a review committee for career studies; require the department to include the essential skills program on the school profile report; amend KRS 158.6457 to include work ethics certification in the definition of nonacademic factors; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 requiring the Kentucky Department of Education to develop an age-appropriate drug awareness and prevention program; require local school boards to ensure that students receive annual instruction in drug awareness and prevention.
 Current Status:   4/13/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Recent Status:   4/2/2018 - delivered to Governor
4/2/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB3.htm
 
HB11POWER OF ATTORNEY (SHELL J) Establish KRS Chapter 457 to adopt portions of the Uniform Power of Attorney Act of 2006; establish definitions for the chapter; provide that the chapter shall apply to all powers of attorney except for certain exceptions; provide that powers of attorney are durable and for their execution; provide a choice-of-law rule for determining the law that governs the meaning and effect of the power of attorney; detail the relationship between a power of attorney and a conservator or guardian; outline when a power of attorney becomes effective; detail when a power of attorney terminates; establish default rules for coagents and successor agents; allow for the reimbursement and compensation of an agent; detail how an agent accepts his or her appointment; outline an agent's duties; provide that a principal can lower the standard of liability for an agent with a few exceptions; establish a list of persons that may petition the court to review the agent's conduct; address when an agent is liable; detail how an agent can resign; provide protections for persons who accept a power of attorney in good faith; impose liability for refusal to accept a power of attorney; clarify that the principles of law and equity supplement the chapter unless displaced by a provision of the chapter; provide that the remedies under the chapter are not exclusive and do not abrogate any other cause of action or remedy; amend KRS 367.93103, relating to funeral planning declarations, to clarify that a funeral declaration included in a will or power of attorney does not invalidate the will or power of attorney; amend KRS 372.140 and 387.530 to conform; repeal KRS 386.093, relating to the effect of incapacity or death on a power of attorney.
 Current Status:   4/26/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Recent Status:   4/14/2018 - delivered to Governor
4/14/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB11.htm
 
HB22PUBLIC SAFETY (BANTA K) Amend KRS 446.010 to define "unmanned aircraft system"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 500 to 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 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.
 Current Status:   3/24/2018 - BECAME LAW WITHOUT GOVERNOR'S SIGNATURE
 Recent Status:   3/23/2018 - filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
3/12/2018 - delivered to Governor
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB22.htm
 
HB28JOB APPLICANT CRIMINAL HISTORIES (BROWN JR. G) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 344 to prohibit employers from considering or requiring disclosure of prior criminal history as part of the initial job application; title the Act "Ban the Box - The Criminal Record Employment Discrimination Act."
 Current Status:   2/26/2018 - (H) posted in committee House Judiciary
 Recent Status:   1/2/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
1/2/2018 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB28.htm
 
HB41GAMING (KEENE D) Create a noncodified section to state the findings of the General Assembly; amend KRS 154A.010 to define, "authorizing location," "casino," "county," "county legislative body," "department," "full casino gaming," "gaming licensee," "gross gaming revenue," "handle," "licensee," "limited casino gaming," and "principal"; amend KRS 154A.030 to expand the Lottery Corporation board membership and duties; amend KRS 154A.040 to include casino licensees; amend 154A.063 to remove prohibition against casino gaming; create new sections of KRS Chapter 154A to require a local option election in any precinct wanting to host a casino; describe the duties of the county clerk and sheriff in a casino gaming local option election; state requirements for local option elections held on a day other than a regular election day; require the corporation to advertise an invitation to bid for casinos; require the corporation to evaluate all proposals for full casinos; establish initial licensing fees for full casinos at $50 million with an initial licensing period of 10 years and annual renewal thereafter at $6 million per year; permit limited casino gaming at horse racing tracks licensed under KRS Chapter 230; establish requirements for limited casinos; establish requirements for any track holding a limited casino license; establish requirements for principals of any corporation granted a casino license; create license application requirements for casino, manufacturer, or suppliers licenses; prohibit anyone not licensed from selling, leasing, or otherwise furnishing gaming supplies; prohibit anyone under the age of 21 from participating in casino gaming; require the Lottery Corporation to determine occupations related to casino gaming that require licensure and establish criteria for occupational licensing; permit the corporation to initiate disciplinary action against applicants and license holders; establish an appeal process; establish a gaming tax of 31% and limit that money to the benefit of the state retirement systems for the first 10 years; establish an admission tax of $3 per person per day; establish the casino gaming revenue distribution trust fund; establish the regional tourism and infrastructure development fund and provide criteria for projects seeking money from the fund; waive 15 U.S.C. sec. 1172, 1173 and 1174 for devices authorized by this Act; require the corporation to promulgate administrative regulations to define and limit games and devices permitted for gaming in casinos; provide guidelines for exclusion or ejection of certain persons; define cheat and provide penalties for those who cheat at casino games; amend KRS 243.500 to exempt limited or full casino gaming; amend KRS 525.090 to exempt persons engaged in casino gaming; amend KRS 528.010 to exempt gambling activity and devices licensed under KRS Chapter 154A; amend KRS 528.020 to conform; amend KRS 528.070 to exempt activity licensed under KRS Chapter 154A; amend KRS 528.080 to exempt those with the appropriate license required under KRS Chapter 154A; amend KRS 528.100 to exempt limited or full casino gaming licensed under KRS Chapter 154A; EFFECTIVE DATE DELAYED.
 Current Status:   1/2/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations
 Recent Status:   1/2/2018 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)
9/18/2017 - Pre-Filed
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18R\HB41.htm
 
HB42CASINO GAMING (KEENE D) Propose to amend Section 226 of the Constitution of Kentucky to authorize the General Assembly to define and permit casino gaming; prior to July 1, 2029, require that proceeds be used to pay for oversight of casino gaming, and mandate that 100 percent of proceeds in excess of oversight costs go to retirement systems; after July 1, 2029, allow the General Assembly to allocate proceeds.
 Current Status:   1/2/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Elections, Constitutional Amendments, and Intergovernmental Affairs
 Recent Status:   1/2/2018 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)
9/18/2017 - Pre-Filed
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB42.htm
 
HB49PERSONAL JURISDICTION (NEMES J) Amend KRS 454.210 to expand personal jurisdiction of courts over nonresidents.
 Current Status:   1/22/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary
 Recent Status:   1/19/2018 - received in Senate
1/18/2018 - floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB49.htm
 
HB67UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE (WELLS W) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 341 to define a "seasonal/on recall employee" and require certification for an employer with these types of employees; amend KRS 341.350 to exempt seasonal/on recall employees from the waiting week and reemployment requirements.
 Current Status:   2/28/2018 - (H) posted in committee House Economic Development and Workforce Investment
 Recent Status:   1/3/2018 - (H) reassigned to committee House Economic Development and Workforce Investment
1/2/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Banking and Insurance
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB67.htm
 
HB76CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION (MOFFETT P) Propose to take the sense of the people of Kentucky regarding the calling of a convention to revise or amend the Constitution of Kentucky, as provided by Section 258 of the present Constitution.
 Current Status:   1/17/2018 - (H) posted in committee House Elections, Constitutional Amendments, and Intergovernmental Affairs
 Recent Status:   1/2/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Elections, Constitutional Amendments, and Intergovernmental Affairs
1/2/2018 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB76.htm
 
HB93BROKERAGE FINANCIAL ACCOUNT EXPLOITATION (ELLIOTT D) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 292 to require qualified individuals to report exploitation to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and to the commissioner of the Department of Financial Institutions, to allow account disbursements to be delayed under certain circumstances if there is a reasonable belief that the disbursement may result in exploitation, to provide immunity from administrative, civil, or criminal liability for compliance with the Act, to require broker-dealers and investment advisors to provide access to or copies of certain records, and to provide an exemption from the Kentucky Open Records Act for certain records; amend KRS 209.020 to add the Department of Financial Institutions as an authorized agency; and amend KRS 209.030 to avoid duplicative reporting requirement.
 Current Status:   4/10/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Recent Status:   3/29/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
3/29/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB93.htm
 
HB93BROKERAGE FINANCIAL ACCOUNT EXPLOITATION (ELLIOTT D) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 292 to require qualified individuals to report exploitation to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and to the commissioner of the Department of Financial Institutions, to allow account disbursements to be delayed under certain circumstances if there is a reasonable belief that the disbursement may result in exploitation, to provide immunity from administrative, civil, or criminal liability for compliance with the Act, to require broker-dealers and investment advisors to provide access to or copies of certain records, and to provide an exemption from the Kentucky Open Records Act for certain records; amend KRS 209.020 to add the Department of Financial Institutions as an authorized agency; and amend KRS 209.030 to avoid duplicative reporting requirement.
 Current Status:   4/10/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Recent Status:   3/29/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
3/29/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB93.htm
 
HB126CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS (SCOTT A) Amend KRS 186.990, 194A.990, 341.990, and 516.120 to raise the threshold level for a Class D felony for unlawful registration of a car to evade taxes, misrepresentation to receive public assistance or unemployment benefits, and unlawful use of slugs from $100 to $1,500; amend KRS 205.8461, 205.8463, 209.990, 238.995, and 434.850 to raise the threshold level for a Class D felony for unlawful referral practices of a Medicaid provider, fraudulent Medicaid claims, wantonly or recklessly exploiting a vulnerable adult, charitable gaming fraud, unlawful diversion of charitable gaming funds, and unlawful access to computers in the second degree from $300 to $1,500; amend KRS 209.990 to raise the threshold level for a Class C felony for knowingly exploiting a vulnerable adult from $300 to $1500; amend KRS 217.181 to raise the threshold levels for a Class C and D felony for theft of a legend drug; amend KRS 304.47-020, 434.650, 434.655, 434.660, 434.670, 434.690, 514.030, 514.040, 514.050, 514.060, 514.070, 514.080, 514.090, 514.110, 514.120, and 517.060 to raise the threshold level for a Class D felony for various fraud and theft crimes from $500 to $1500; and amend KRS 365.241 to raise the threshold level for a Class D felony for counterfeit intellectual property from $1,000 to $1,500.
 Current Status:   1/8/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
 Recent Status:   1/4/2018 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB126.htm
 
HB130ADMINISTRATIVE 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
 Recent Status:   4/14/2018 - delivered to Governor
4/14/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB130.htm
 
HB154ADMINISTRATIVE 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
 Recent Status:   1/8/2018 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB154.htm
 
HB175ENTITIES REGISTERED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE (RICHARDS J) Amend KRS 14A.1-070 to define "veteran" and "veteran-owned business"; create a new section of Subchapter 2 of KRS Chapter 14A to exempt a veteran-owned business from paying filing fees to the Secretary of State's office for filing various business documents; amend KRS 14A.2-060 to exempt a veteran-owned business from paying the filing fee for annual reports and amended annual reports for four years after the initial registration of the business.
 Current Status:   2/8/2018 - (H) posted in committee House Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection
 Recent Status:   1/16/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection
1/10/2018 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB175.htm
 
HB184WAGE AND HOUR LAW (KOENIG A) Amend KRS 337.010 to clarify that employers covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act federal wage and hour law that are comparable or greater should apply over KRS Chapter 337; amend KRS 337.285 to bring into conformity with federal overtime law; amend KRS 337.385 to conform the statute of limitations to federal law.
 Current Status:   1/17/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Economic Development and Workforce Investment
 Recent Status:   1/11/2018 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB184.htm
 
HB188PERSONAL INFORMATION SECURITY (MEEKS R) Amend KRS 367.363 to include additional definitions; amend KRS 367.3645 to provide for a free security freeze in the event a protected person has been notified of a security breach pursuant to the Act or has been notified of a free security freeze, and to make technical corrections; amend KRS 367.365 to require consumer reporting agencies to encrypt electronic data contained in consumer files and consumer reports; allow for security freezes to be requested by methods established by the consumer reporting agency; allow consumers to request a replacement personal identification number or password in the same manner as the original security freeze request; remove the expiration of a credit freeze after seven years; include gender-neutral language; to prohibit a credit reporting agency from charging a fee for security freeze in the event a consumer has been notified of a security breach or of a free security freeze; require that consumer reporting agencies notify consumers of security breaches in compliance with KRS 365.732(4) to (7) and provide five years of credit monitoring; allow for a security freeze placed at one nationwide consumer reporting agency to be sent and applied to other nationwide consumer reporting agencies; require third-party agents to notify consumer reporting agencies of security breaches; require consumer reporting agencies to comply with KRS 365.732(3); prohibit requirements that consumers waive rights or submit to arbitration; amend KRS 365.730 to extend definitions to KRS 365.732; to conform the definition of "personally identifiable information"; amend KRS 365.732 to define "encrypt" and "security breach"; provide an exemption for consumer reporting agencies subject to this Act; prohibit electronic or substitute notice from being sent to electronic and email accounts involved in the security breach; provide for the request for three consumer reports from each nationwide consumer reporting agency by consumers affected by a security breach; prohibit requirements that consumers waive rights or submit to arbitration; require certain information holders to encrypt personally identifiable data; make technical corrections; amend KRS 61.931 to exempt certain persons from the definition of "nonaffiliated third parties"; conform the definition of "personally identifiable information"; make technical corrections; amend KRS 61.932, KRS 61.933, 61.934,171.450, 42.722, and 42.726 to conform; EMERGENCY.
 Current Status:   1/17/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Banking and Insurance
 Recent Status:   1/11/2018 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB188.htm
 
HB197MATERNITY LEAVE (KAY II J) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to require employers with 50 or more employees to provide six weeks of paid leave for maternity leave for an employee who has been employed for at least one year; allow an employee to waive the paid maternity leave.
 Current Status:   1/18/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Family Services
 Recent Status:   1/16/2018 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB197.htm
 
HB197MATERNITY LEAVE (KAY II J) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to require employers with 50 or more employees to provide six weeks of paid leave for maternity leave for an employee who has been employed for at least one year; allow an employee to waive the paid maternity leave.
 Current Status:   1/18/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Family Services
 Recent Status:   1/16/2018 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB197.htm
 
HB198GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS (NEMES J) Create a new section of KRS 45A.690 to 45A.725 to establish standards and rules for the Attorney General when awarding contingency fee personal service contracts for legal services; require the Attorney General to make written findings of the need for a contingency fee contract; set limits on the amount of the contingency fee; require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to post information regarding the contract on its Web site; require the contractor to maintain certain records; require the Finance and Administration Cabinet and the Attorney General to submit a report on all contingency fee contracts to the Government Contract Review Committee by September 1 of each year; amend KRS 45A.695 to require the Attorney General to participate in discussions with contingency fee offerors to determine their qualifications; amend KRS 15.100 to conform.
 Current Status:   4/2/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Recent Status:   3/27/2018 - delivered to Governor
3/27/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB198.htm
 
HB220MARKETPLACE CONTRACTORS (NEMES J) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 342 defining "marketplace contractor" and "marketplace platform" and establishing the criteria in which a marketplace contractor shall not be deemed to be an employer of a marketplace platform.
 Current Status:   3/21/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Recent Status:   3/9/2018 - delivered to Governor
3/9/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB220.htm
 
HB229CASINO GAMING (MILLER J) Amend Section 226 of the Constitution of Kentucky to authorize the General Assembly to define and permit casino gaming; provide for the oversight and control of casino gaming by an administrative body funded by license fees and taxes levied on casino gaming; prior to July 1, 2038, require 100% of the casino gaming proceeds, in excess of the amount used to pay for an oversight administrative body of casino gaming, to go to the retirement systems.
 Current Status:   1/24/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Elections, Constitutional Amendments, and Intergovernmental Affairs
 Recent Status:   1/22/2018 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB229.htm
 
HB233PREVAILING WAGE (MARZIAN M) Create new sections of KRS Chapter 337 to establish a prevailing wage law for all public works projects; amend KRS 12.020, 99.480, 227.487, 336.015, 337.010, and 337.990 to conform.
 Current Status:   1/25/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Economic Development and Workforce Investment
 Recent Status:   1/23/2018 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB233.htm
 
HB237EMPLOYMENT (CANTRELL M) Amend KRS 336.130 to delete references restricting rights of public employees to organize, associate collectively, or strike; amend KRS 336.180 to amend definition of "labor organization" and delete definitions of "employer" and "employee"; amend KRS 336.990 to conform; amend KRS 67A.6904 to allow urban-county governments to make an agreement with a labor organization to require as a condition of employment membership therein; amend KRS 67C.406 to allow consolidated local governments to make an agreement with a labor organization to require as a condition of employment membership therein; amend KRS 70.262, 78.470, and 78.480 to remove exceptions; amend KRS 345.050 to allow public employers to make an agreement with a labor organization to require as a condition of employment membership therein; repeal KRS 65.016, KRS 336.132, and KRS 336.134.
 Current Status:   1/25/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Economic Development and Workforce Investment
 Recent Status:   1/23/2018 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB237.htm
 
HB245SUCCESSOR CORPORATION ASBESTOS RELATED LIABILITIES (BANTA K) Create new sections of KRS Chapter 411 to define terms; apply limitations to successor corporations' liability, except in certain enumerated situations; stipulate when the fair market value of a successor corporation's total gross assets are determined; stipulate how a successor corporation may establish fair market value; stipulate how the prime rate is to be calculated.
 Current Status:   3/15/2018 - (H) reassigned to committee House Judiciary
 Recent Status:   2/6/2018 - (H) posted in committee House Economic Development and Workforce Investment
1/26/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Economic Development and Workforce Investment
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB245.htm
 
HB252UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE (DECESARE J) Amend KRS 341.243 to require adjusting of rates and give the secretary of Education and Workforce Development Cabinet the authority to reduce rates or suspend payments to the service capacity upgrade fund; amend KRS 341.300 to specify when interest on unpaid contributions accrues and becomes due; amend KRS 341.350 to increase the highest wages in a base period and adjust the minimum base-period wages; amend KRS 341.360 to make technical corrections; amend KRS 341.380 to set the maximum weekly amounts and the length of time benefits will be paid; amend KRS 341.540 to define and redefine terms; provide when an acquiring employing unit is deemed a successor.
 Current Status:   4/10/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Recent Status:   3/29/2018 - delivered to Governor
3/29/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB252.htm
 
HB268CRIME VICTIMS (JENKINS J) Amend KRS 337.415, relating to court-ordered appearances by employees, to prohibit employers from discharging or retaliating against an employee who is a crime victim when the employee takes leave to attend proceedings associated with a crime; require an employee to give an employer reasonable notice to take leave when practicable; provide guidelines for use of paid leave; require the employer to maintain confidentiality of records and communication with employee crime victim; create a penalty for failing to maintain confidentiality; define terms.
 Current Status:   2/23/2018 - (H) posted in committee House Economic Development and Workforce Investment
 Recent Status:   2/1/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Economic Development and Workforce Investment
1/30/2018 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB268.htm
 
HB288PROPERTY AND TRUSTS (HARRIS C) Create a new section of Chapter 386 and provide definitions related to the creation of a community property trust; provide the requirements for the creation of a community property trust by spouses; provide what spouses may agree on and provide in writing related to community property trusts; enumerate what happens to a community property trust upon the death of a spouse; amend KRS 141.010 to provide federal tax guidelines related to community property trusts; amend KRS 386.175 to provide that a second trust may be created from an original trust whose terms have been modified pursuant to KRS 386.175; create a new section of KRS Chapter 396 to provide that certain creditor's claims are barred six months after the appointment of a personal representative after the decedent's death; amend KRS 396.011 to conform.
 Current Status:   2/5/2018 - (H) posted in committee House Judiciary
 Recent Status:   2/2/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
1/31/2018 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB288.htm
 
HB288PROPERTY AND TRUSTS (HARRIS C) Create a new section of Chapter 386 and provide definitions related to the creation of a community property trust; provide the requirements for the creation of a community property trust by spouses; provide what spouses may agree on and provide in writing related to community property trusts; enumerate what happens to a community property trust upon the death of a spouse; amend KRS 141.010 to provide federal tax guidelines related to community property trusts; amend KRS 386.175 to provide that a second trust may be created from an original trust whose terms have been modified pursuant to KRS 386.175; create a new section of KRS Chapter 396 to provide that certain creditor's claims are barred six months after the appointment of a personal representative after the decedent's death; amend KRS 396.011 to conform.
 Current Status:   2/5/2018 - (H) posted in committee House Judiciary
 Recent Status:   2/2/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
1/31/2018 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB288.htm
 
HB292ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (PRATT P) Amend KRS 154.28-050 to add gender-specific pronoun.
 Current Status:   3/13/2018 - (H) posted in committee House Economic Development and Workforce Investment
 Recent Status:   2/5/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Economic Development and Workforce Investment
2/1/2018 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB292.htm
 
HB292ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (PRATT P) Amend KRS 154.28-050 to add gender-specific pronoun.
 Current Status:   3/13/2018 - (H) posted in committee House Economic Development and Workforce Investment
 Recent Status:   2/5/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Economic Development and Workforce Investment
2/1/2018 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB292.htm
 
HB308EMPLOYMENT SCHEDULES (JENKINS J) Create new sections of KRS Chapter 337 requiring employers to give employees a good faith schedule of hours to be worked; require employers to have a voluntary standby list of employees who wish to work additional hours and to post weekly schedules at least 7 days in advance; require employers to provide certain rest periods for employees; allow employees to identify time limitations for scheduling work hours; require compensation for employer changes to the schedule; set forth unlawful practices; amend KRS 337.990 to establish a penalty of $500 to $2,000 for a violation of these provisions.
 Current Status:   2/7/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Economic Development and Workforce Investment
 Recent Status:   2/5/2018 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB308.htm
 
HB311WORKERS COMPENSATION (PRATT P) Amend KRS 342.197 to make language gender-neutral.
 Current Status:   3/13/2018 - (H) posted in committee House Economic Development and Workforce Investment
 Recent Status:   2/8/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Economic Development and Workforce Investment
2/6/2018 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB311.htm
 
HB314KENTUCKY OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS BOARD (TIPTON J) Amend KRS 12.020, 224.20-320, 336.015, 338.015, and 338.061 to abolish the Kentucky Occupational Safety and Health Board and give the Labor Cabinet secretary the board's authority; give the Labor Cabinet secretary authority to suspend or delay administrative regulations based on the actions of the federal government relating to a corresponding federal regulation; repeal KRS 338.051; EMERGENCY.
 Current Status:   3/8/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Recent Status:   3/1/2018 - delivered to Governor
3/1/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB314.htm
 
HB352EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION (BANTA K) Amend KRS 344.280 to prohibit imposition of personal liability in employment discrimination claims for employees who are supervisors or individuals involved in the employment-related decisions of the employer.
 Current Status:   2/14/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
 Recent Status:   2/12/2018 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB352.htm
 
HB354EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION (BANTA K) Amend KRS 344.040 to exempt employers covered by a comparable or more stringent federal requirement from KRS 344.040, 344.050, 344.060, 344.070, 344.080, and 344.280 if the employer files a statement with the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights.
 Current Status:   2/14/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
 Recent Status:   2/12/2018 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB354.htm
 
HB358OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE TAX (ROTHENBURGER R) Amend KRS 68.197 to apply its provisions to counties with populations less than 300,000; remove the cap of one percent on license fees; remove crediting provisions between the county and the cities, except as by agreement between the city and the county; amend KRS 68.604 to conform; repeal KRS 68.198 and 68.199; EMERGENCY.
 Current Status:   2/15/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Local Government
 Recent Status:   2/13/2018 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB358.htm
 
HB369CONTRACTS (ROWLAND B) Amend KRS 360.010 to specify when parties are bound to interest rate in contract and the interest rate parties are entitled to receive after default; create a new section of KRS Chapter 371 to specify that an obligation to pay or satisfy a debt is not extinguished by any action taken by a creditor for the purposes of the creditor's own financial, tax, or accounting records or affairs.
 Current Status:   4/10/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Recent Status:   3/29/2018 - delivered to Governor
3/29/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB369.htm
 
HB374WAGES (WESTROM S) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to make it a discriminatory employment action if an employer asks questions about previous salary or wages, relies on previous salary when setting a new salary, or refuses to hire if an applicant does not provide previous salary, except to allow a request for information voluntarily provided in response to an offer of employment; allow previous salary to be considered when required by law, when discovered while looking at other nonsalary information, and for public employee positions; require notice to be posted for employees; amend KRS 337.990 to assess a civil penalty for a violation.
 Current Status:   2/16/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Economic Development and Workforce Investment
 Recent Status:   2/14/2018 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB374.htm
 
HB388KENTUCKY WORKERS COMPENSATION FUNDING COMMISSION (TIPTON J) Amend KRS 342.0011 to define "deductible program adjustment" and specify items to be considered on policies with provision for deductibles; amend KRS 342.122 to require all assessments to be remitted electronically beginning on January 1, 2020; amend KRS 342.1221 to clarify that interest is paid for late payment of expenses; amend KRS 342.1231 to change the term "taxpayer" to "assessment payer"; set a 7-year limitation from the date of the quarterly premium report or amended quarterly premium report for assessments; require records to be preserved for audits, explain when payment is final, and when a refund should be returned; amend KRS 342.1242 to require KEMI to reimburse for expenses to collect the coal assessment; amend KRS 342.1243 to clarify when assessments for the coal workers' pneumoconiosis fund cease and when the fund is abolished.
 Current Status:   4/2/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Recent Status:   3/27/2018 - delivered to Governor
3/27/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB388.htm
 
HB390ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (DONOHUE J) Amend KRS 154.32.010 to define "weekly minimum wage"; amend KRS 154.32-020 to require an approved company to pay all new full-time employees whose jobs were created as a result of the economic development project no less than the minimum weekly wage and provide employee benefits for those jobs equal to at least 15% of the minimum weekly wage established by the agreement; amend KRS 154.32-030 to delete all provisions that allow the approved company to receive full incentives if 90% of the job and wage requirements are met upon activation or annual review; amend KRS 154.32-040 to delete a provision that would allow the approved company to receive a reduction in tax incentives for failing to meet job and wage requirements.
 Current Status:   2/22/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Economic Development and Workforce Investment
 Recent Status:   2/20/2018 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB390.htm
 
HB396CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS (MOSER K) Amend KRS 186.990 to reclassify select non-DUI traffic and licensure offenses from misdemeanors to violations; increase the felony threshold for registering a vehicle out of state to avoid taxation from $500 to $2,000 and create a Class B misdemeanor level for offenses of less than $100; amend KRS 186.991 to reclassify offenses related to truck or tractor dealer-demonstrator tags from Class B misdemeanors to violations; amend KRS 186A.990 to reclassify offenses related to temporary motor vehicle tags from Class B misdemeanors to violations, and offenses without prescribed penalties from Class A misdemeanors to violations; amend KRS 189.990 to reclassify a second offense of disregarding a traffic regulation from a Class B misdemeanor to a violation, and misuse of an off-road vehicle from a Class A misdemeanor to a violation; amend KRS 304.99-060 to reclassify the first and second offenses of driving without and failing to maintain proper security from Class B and A misdemeanors to violations; amend KRS 138.465 to conform; amend KRS 194A.990, 205.8461, 205.8463, 217.181, 238.995, 304.47-020, 341.990, 365.241, 434.650, 434.655, 434.660, 434.670, 434.690, 434.850, 434.851, 434.853, 514.030, 514.040, 514.050, 514.060, 514.070, 514.080, 514.090, 514.110, 514.120, 516.120, and 517.060 to increase the felony threshold for offenses from $500 to $2,000 and create a Class B misdemeanor level for offenses of $100 or less; amend KRS 218A.1415 to reclassify first degree possession of a controlled substance from a Class D felony to a Class A misdemeanor for first and second offenses, require probation to be imposed for the offense unless the defendant has been convicted of certain violent or sexual offenses within the last five years, and allow the court to order a substance abuse assessment and treatment referral based on the recommendation of the treatment or service provider; amend KRS 218A.1416 to reclassify the penalty for second degree possession of a controlled substance from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class B misdemeanor; amend KRS 218A.14151 to revise findings to be made by the prosecutor if entry into a deferred prosecution program is denied and to require the prosecutor to state reasons for the requirement of a criminal conviction; amend KRS 511.040 to exclude motor vehicles, with the exception of recreational vehicles, from the definition of “building” for the purposes of third degree burglary; amend KRS 439.250 to revise definition of parole compliance credits and establish definitions for probation compliance credits, technical violations, and absconding; amend KRS 446.010 to revise definitions for pretrial risk assessment, supervised individual, and treatment; create a new section of KRS 439.250 to 439.560 to establish an administrative parole process that allows inmates serving a sentence for a Class C or D felony offense that is not a violent or sexual offense to be released at the parole eligibility date without a hearing if the inmate does not commit a serious disciplinary violation, unless the victim or Commonwealth’s attorney requests a hearing; amend KRS 439.340 and 439.3406 to conform; amend KRS 439.553 to require graduated sanctions to be used in response to technical violations and absconding violations; amend KRS 532.260 to allow inmates with 12 months or less to serve on their sentence to be eligible for home incarceration, require a risk and needs assessment to be conducted for offenders placed on home incarceration, and allow graduated sanctions to be used in response to technical violations committed while on home incarceration; amend KRS 439.3107 to require the Department of Corrections to adopt a system of graduated sanctions for absconding violations; amend KRS 439.3108 to require graduated sanctions to be used for the first absconding violation unless the parole officer determines the individual has committed new criminal activity during the absconding period or the individual is on supervision for a sexual or violent offense; allow the Department of Corrections to use graduated sanctions for the second and subsequent absconding violation; amend KRS 439.341 to require preliminary hearings for supervised individuals who have been detained for a technical violation to be conducted within 15 days of detainment; require a show cause hearing to be held to extend the period of detainment beyond the 15 days, otherwise the supervised individual will be released and continued on supervision; prohibit the period of detainment pending final revocation hearing to exceed the length of the revocation limitations established in KRS 439.430 or 533.050; amend KRS 439.315 to require fees to be waived for individuals placed on administrative supervision; require fees to be suspended for the first six months of a person’s term of community supervision following release from custody, unless the releasing authority determines the individual has an ability to pay; clarify that nonpayment of fines, fees, and court courts must be willful in order to be considered a technical violation and grounds for revocation; amend KRS 439.430 to allow a summons to be issued in lieu of a warrant for a technical violation; require a preliminary hearing and revocation hearing to be conducted before a parole can be revoked; require the final revocation hearing to be conducted within 30 business days of the date of the preliminary hearing; limit the term of imprisonment that can be imposed for a technical violation to up to 30 days for the first revocation, up to 90 days for the second revocation, up to 180 days for the third revocation, and up to two years for the fourth and subsequent revocation; repeal KRS 439.440; amend KRS 533.020 to reduce the maximum probation period that can be ordered from five years to four years and make conforming amendments; amend KRS 533.050 to require a final revocation hearing to be held within 30 business days of the preliminary hearing; prohibit individuals detained pending a final revocation hearing from being held beyond the maximum time that can be revoked for a technical violation; limit the term of imprisonment that can be imposed for a technical violation to up to 30 days for the first revocation, up to 90 days for the second revocation, up to 180 days for the third revocation, and up to two years for the fourth and subsequent revocation; create a new section of KRS 439.250 to 439.560 to establish probation credits; amend KRS 439.345 to remove the requirement that a parolee serve one or two years on supervision before being eligible for certain credits and incentives and add a conforming amendment; amend KRS 441.127 to expand credits available to misdemeanors; amend KRS 439.3105 to expand eligibility for administrative supervision to allow individuals with remaining financial obligations to be placed on administrative supervision, and require individuals who are low-risk and served six months on active supervision without a violation of the terms and conditions of supervision to be placed on administrative supervision; create a new section of KRS 439.250 to 439.560 to establish a geriatric parole review process that allows inmates convicted of a nonviolent and nonsex offense who have reached the age of 65 years and served at least fifteen percent of their sentence to be considered for parole release by the board; APPROPRIATION; EFFECTIVE in part January 1, 2019.
 Current Status:   2/26/2018 - (H) posted in committee House Judiciary
 Recent Status:   2/22/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
2/20/2018 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB396.htm
 
HB396CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS (MOSER K) Amend KRS 186.990 to reclassify select non-DUI traffic and licensure offenses from misdemeanors to violations; increase the felony threshold for registering a vehicle out of state to avoid taxation from $500 to $2,000 and create a Class B misdemeanor level for offenses of less than $100; amend KRS 186.991 to reclassify offenses related to truck or tractor dealer-demonstrator tags from Class B misdemeanors to violations; amend KRS 186A.990 to reclassify offenses related to temporary motor vehicle tags from Class B misdemeanors to violations, and offenses without prescribed penalties from Class A misdemeanors to violations; amend KRS 189.990 to reclassify a second offense of disregarding a traffic regulation from a Class B misdemeanor to a violation, and misuse of an off-road vehicle from a Class A misdemeanor to a violation; amend KRS 304.99-060 to reclassify the first and second offenses of driving without and failing to maintain proper security from Class B and A misdemeanors to violations; amend KRS 138.465 to conform; amend KRS 194A.990, 205.8461, 205.8463, 217.181, 238.995, 304.47-020, 341.990, 365.241, 434.650, 434.655, 434.660, 434.670, 434.690, 434.850, 434.851, 434.853, 514.030, 514.040, 514.050, 514.060, 514.070, 514.080, 514.090, 514.110, 514.120, 516.120, and 517.060 to increase the felony threshold for offenses from $500 to $2,000 and create a Class B misdemeanor level for offenses of $100 or less; amend KRS 218A.1415 to reclassify first degree possession of a controlled substance from a Class D felony to a Class A misdemeanor for first and second offenses, require probation to be imposed for the offense unless the defendant has been convicted of certain violent or sexual offenses within the last five years, and allow the court to order a substance abuse assessment and treatment referral based on the recommendation of the treatment or service provider; amend KRS 218A.1416 to reclassify the penalty for second degree possession of a controlled substance from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class B misdemeanor; amend KRS 218A.14151 to revise findings to be made by the prosecutor if entry into a deferred prosecution program is denied and to require the prosecutor to state reasons for the requirement of a criminal conviction; amend KRS 511.040 to exclude motor vehicles, with the exception of recreational vehicles, from the definition of “building” for the purposes of third degree burglary; amend KRS 439.250 to revise definition of parole compliance credits and establish definitions for probation compliance credits, technical violations, and absconding; amend KRS 446.010 to revise definitions for pretrial risk assessment, supervised individual, and treatment; create a new section of KRS 439.250 to 439.560 to establish an administrative parole process that allows inmates serving a sentence for a Class C or D felony offense that is not a violent or sexual offense to be released at the parole eligibility date without a hearing if the inmate does not commit a serious disciplinary violation, unless the victim or Commonwealth’s attorney requests a hearing; amend KRS 439.340 and 439.3406 to conform; amend KRS 439.553 to require graduated sanctions to be used in response to technical violations and absconding violations; amend KRS 532.260 to allow inmates with 12 months or less to serve on their sentence to be eligible for home incarceration, require a risk and needs assessment to be conducted for offenders placed on home incarceration, and allow graduated sanctions to be used in response to technical violations committed while on home incarceration; amend KRS 439.3107 to require the Department of Corrections to adopt a system of graduated sanctions for absconding violations; amend KRS 439.3108 to require graduated sanctions to be used for the first absconding violation unless the parole officer determines the individual has committed new criminal activity during the absconding period or the individual is on supervision for a sexual or violent offense; allow the Department of Corrections to use graduated sanctions for the second and subsequent absconding violation; amend KRS 439.341 to require preliminary hearings for supervised individuals who have been detained for a technical violation to be conducted within 15 days of detainment; require a show cause hearing to be held to extend the period of detainment beyond the 15 days, otherwise the supervised individual will be released and continued on supervision; prohibit the period of detainment pending final revocation hearing to exceed the length of the revocation limitations established in KRS 439.430 or 533.050; amend KRS 439.315 to require fees to be waived for individuals placed on administrative supervision; require fees to be suspended for the first six months of a person’s term of community supervision following release from custody, unless the releasing authority determines the individual has an ability to pay; clarify that nonpayment of fines, fees, and court courts must be willful in order to be considered a technical violation and grounds for revocation; amend KRS 439.430 to allow a summons to be issued in lieu of a warrant for a technical violation; require a preliminary hearing and revocation hearing to be conducted before a parole can be revoked; require the final revocation hearing to be conducted within 30 business days of the date of the preliminary hearing; limit the term of imprisonment that can be imposed for a technical violation to up to 30 days for the first revocation, up to 90 days for the second revocation, up to 180 days for the third revocation, and up to two years for the fourth and subsequent revocation; repeal KRS 439.440; amend KRS 533.020 to reduce the maximum probation period that can be ordered from five years to four years and make conforming amendments; amend KRS 533.050 to require a final revocation hearing to be held within 30 business days of the preliminary hearing; prohibit individuals detained pending a final revocation hearing from being held beyond the maximum time that can be revoked for a technical violation; limit the term of imprisonment that can be imposed for a technical violation to up to 30 days for the first revocation, up to 90 days for the second revocation, up to 180 days for the third revocation, and up to two years for the fourth and subsequent revocation; create a new section of KRS 439.250 to 439.560 to establish probation credits; amend KRS 439.345 to remove the requirement that a parolee serve one or two years on supervision before being eligible for certain credits and incentives and add a conforming amendment; amend KRS 441.127 to expand credits available to misdemeanors; amend KRS 439.3105 to expand eligibility for administrative supervision to allow individuals with remaining financial obligations to be placed on administrative supervision, and require individuals who are low-risk and served six months on active supervision without a violation of the terms and conditions of supervision to be placed on administrative supervision; create a new section of KRS 439.250 to 439.560 to establish a geriatric parole review process that allows inmates convicted of a nonviolent and nonsex offense who have reached the age of 65 years and served at least fifteen percent of their sentence to be considered for parole release by the board; APPROPRIATION; EFFECTIVE in part January 1, 2019.
 Current Status:   2/26/2018 - (H) posted in committee House Judiciary
 Recent Status:   2/22/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
2/20/2018 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB396.htm
 
HB402INSURER CREDIT BALANCES (GREER J) Amend KRS 91A.0804 to provide a schedule for distribution of refunds for overpaid local government insurance premiums tax to insurance companies; amend KRS 91A.0802 to add a definition.
 Current Status:   4/26/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Recent Status:   4/14/2018 - delivered to Governor
4/14/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB402.htm
 
HB413LOCAL DEVELOPMENT (ROTHENBURGER R) Amend KRS 91A.400 to define "base restaurant tax receipts" and "merged governments"; grant any city or merged government the right to levy a restaurant tax, subject to certain limitations; allow cities and merged governments levying a restaurant tax after the effective date to distribute at least 25% of revenues generated to the tourist and convention commission, the remainder to be used to create or support infrastructure supporting tourism; make provisions for cities that levied the restaurant tax prior to the effective date to distribute restaurant tax revenues; establish passage and accounting procedures for the levying of the restaurant tax; deal with surpluses; permit uses of unexpended funds; prohibit the subsidy of any private concern; create an offset for restaurants that have both a city and a merged government levying the tax; exempt restaurants subject to the tax from certain local occupational license taxes; mandate that any new tax or rate take effect at the beginning of any calendar month; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2018; EMERGENCY.
 Current Status:   2/23/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Local Government
 Recent Status:   2/21/2018 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB413.htm
 
HB432ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (REED B) Create new sections of KRS Chapter 7A to establish the Economic Development Incentive Review Board; define relevant terms; describe board membership; describe board procedures; describe board's authority; outline board responsibilities; grant power to collect data from state agencies; EMERGENCY.
 Current Status:   2/23/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Economic Development and Workforce Investment
 Recent Status:   2/21/2018 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB432.htm
 
HB467UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE (WELLS W) Amend KRS 341.350 to eliminate the waiting week for all employees in the Commonwealth eligible for unemployment insurance benefits; amend KRS 341.090 to conform.
 Current Status:   3/22/2018 - House Economic Development and Workforce Investment, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)
 Recent Status:   3/5/2018 - (H) posted in committee House Economic Development and Workforce Investment
2/28/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Economic Development and Workforce Investment
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB467.htm
 
HB469LOCAL GOVERNMENT (ROTHENBURGER R) Amend KRS 67.035 to make a technical correction.
 Current Status:   2/28/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Local Government
 Recent Status:   2/26/2018 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB469.htm
 
HB470LOCAL GOVERNMENT (ROTHENBURGER R) Amend KRS 67.160 to insert gender-neutral language.
 Current Status:   2/28/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Local Government
 Recent Status:   2/26/2018 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB470.htm
 
HB479APPRENTICESHIPS (GENTRY A) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to declare a tax credit for the small businesses that have an apprenticeship program and require reporting by the Department of Revenue; amend KRS 141.0205 to conform; create a new section of KRS Chapter 343 to require the Department of Workplace Standards to certify to the Department of Revenue the small businesses with apprenticeship programs and set out purpose of the tax credit; and amend various sections of KRS Chapter 131 and 141 to conform.
 Current Status:   2/28/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations and Revenue
 Recent Status:   2/26/2018 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB479.htm
 
HB486ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (PRATT P) Amend KRS 337.055 to insert gender-neutral language.
 Current Status:   3/13/2018 - (H) posted in committee House Economic Development and Workforce Investment
 Recent Status:   2/28/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Economic Development and Workforce Investment
2/26/2018 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB486.htm
 
HB487ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (PRATT P) Amend KRS 337.055 to insert gender-neutral language.
 Current Status:   4/26/2018 - filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
 Recent Status:   4/14/2018 - delivered to Governor
4/14/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB487.htm
 
HB500EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS (HATTON A) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 417 to prevent an employer from having a defense to a claim that an arbitration agreement is unconscionable if the employee alleges claims of sexual harassment and was not fully informed of the inclusion of the arbitration agreement or its impact at the time that the employment agreement was entered into, or if the inclusion of an arbitration provision in the agreement was a condition of employment; prohibit a court from enforcing or compelling arbitration if it finds that a provision of an agreement is unconscionable; limit their restrictions to judicial proceedings initiated on or after the effective date of this Act.
 Current Status:   2/28/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
 Recent Status:   2/26/2018 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB500.htm
 
HB515COMMONWEALTH CIVIL ACTIONS (IMES K) Amend various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes relating to the Franklin Circuit Court to provide alternative concurrent venue and jurisdiction when appealing the decisions of state agencies, and to move venue from Franklin Circuit Court to the Circuit Courts of the counties in which events underlying the enforcement actions occurred.
 Current Status:   3/5/2018 - (H) posted in committee House Judiciary
 Recent Status:   2/28/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
2/26/2018 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB515.htm
 
HB518EMPLOYMENT (CANTRELL M) Create new sections of KRS Chapter 337 to make the termination of employment without cause to be unlawful; establish amount that may be recovered for wrongful discharge and when the employers' internal procedures are used.
 Current Status:   2/28/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
 Recent Status:   2/26/2018 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB518.htm
 
HB521BROADBAND TECHNOLOGY (BANTA K) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 132 to exempt property used in the deployment of advanced broadband technologies from state and local ad valorem tax for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2018, but prior to January 1, 2022; amend KRS 132.010 to define property used in the deployment of advanced broadband technologies; EMERGENCY.
 Current Status:   2/28/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations and Revenue
 Recent Status:   2/26/2018 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB521.htm
 
HB524STATE GOVERNMENT (OSBORNE D) Amend KRS 12.080 to insert gender-neutral language.
 Current Status:   2/28/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House State Government
 Recent Status:   2/26/2018 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB524.htm
 
HB525STATE GOVERNMENT (OSBORNE D) Amend KRS 18A.015 to insert gender-neutral language.
 Current Status:   2/28/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House State Government
 Recent Status:   2/26/2018 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB525.htm
 
HB557ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (PETRIE J) Amend KRS 56.440 to define "headquarters," "nonretail service and technology project," and "nonretail service and technology entity;" amend KRS 56.510, relating to state lands and buildings to expand eligible projects from industrial projects to include headquarters and nonretail service and technology projects; include eligibility requirements to create a new section of KRS Chapter 141to define how skills training credits may be applied to income tax obligations; amend KRS 144.0205 to conform; amend KRS 148.546 and 148.8591 to allow online reporting from Tourism, Arts and Heritage to the LRC in lieu of a physical report; amend KRS 154.10-050 to remove requirement that cabinet secretary create and submit an annual strategic plan for economic development; create a new section of KRS 154.12-2084 to 154.12-2089 to sunset current investment credits; amend KRS 154.12-100 to change reporting requirements and include posting of annual report required by KRS 154.12-2035; amend KRS 154.12-204 to include new definitions relating to the skills training investment credit; amend KRS 154.12-205 to substitute the phrase "qualified company" for "business and industry"; amend KRS 154.12-206 to substitute the phrase "approved companies" for "business and industry;" amend KRS 154.12-207 to provide additional details about skills training investment and grant-in-aid credit qualifications; amend KRS 154.12-208 to allow the Bluegrass State Skills Corporation to submit annual report on the cabinet's Web page instead of via paper to LRC; amend KRS 154.12-278 to allow reporting obligations of Kentucky Innovation Act on the cabinet Web page instead of paper copy to the Governor and LRC; amend KRS 154.12-310 to remove satellite offices and specify the number of affiliate centers; amend KRS 154.12-2035 to allow posting of annual report to the cabinet's Web page instead of a physical copy to the Governor and LRC; rename the small business investment credit as the Kentucky small business tax credit; amend KRS 154.20-150 to allow annual reporting by Web page instead of by physical copy to the Governor and LRC; amend KRS 154.20-170 to remove reference to targeted industrial sector; amend KRS 154.20-230 to change definition of "qualified activity"; amend KRS 154.20-234 to change elements of qualified investment and authorize promulgation of administrative regulations; amend KRS 154.20-238 to increase allowable time for investment; amend KRS 154.27-050 to allow posting of annual report to the cabinet Web site instead of submitting it to the Governor and LRC; amend KRS 154.30-010 to change investment criteria and refine definitions; create a new section of Subchapter 27 of KRS Chapter 154 to sunset incentives allowed by KRS 154.27-010 to KRS 154.27-100; amend KRS 154.30-070 to alter requirements of tax incentive agreement; amend KRS 154.30-080 to allow cancellation of tax incentive agreements and add definitions; amend KRS 154.31-030 to allow annual reporting by post to the cabinet Web page; amend KRS 154.32-010 to include new definitions; amend KRS 154.32-020 to expand the list of companies eligible for incentives; amend KRS 154.60-010 and KRS 154.60-020 to replace term "Division of Small Business" with "Office of Entrepreneurship"; amend KRS 154.60-020 to extend time period for credit-related activity; repeal KRS 141.430 relating to income tax credit calculations; repeal KRS 154.10-100 relating to information transfer network; repeal KRS 154.10-120 relating to preparation of the strategic plan for economic development; repeal KRS 154.10-125 relating to content of the strategic economic development plan; repeal KRS 154.10-140 relating to performance benchmarks; repeal KRS 154.30-052 relating to signature project loan program requirements; repeal KRS 154.48-010 containing definitions for KRS 154.48-010 to 154.48-035; repeal KRS 154.48-015 expressing the findings of the General Assembly; repeal KRS154.48-020 relating to administrative regulations and open meetings; repeal KRS 154.48-025 to 154.48-030, and 154.48.035 establishing the Kentucky Environmental Stewardship Act; repeal KRS 224.01-020 relating to the funding for cleaning agricultural warehousing sites.
 Current Status:   4/26/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Recent Status:   4/14/2018 - delivered to Governor
4/14/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB557.htm
 
HB582HEALTH INSURANCE (MOSER K) Amend KRS 304.17A-254 and 304.17A-527 to prohibit insurers from reducing a negotiated rate for evaluation and management services solely because the provider also billed for other services on the same day; amend KRS 304.17A-580 to prohibit an insurer from denying coverage for emergency services in a concurrent or retrospective review based on the final diagnosis of the insured; establish time frame for prior authorization of poststabilization treatment; allow for a hospital providing emergency services to be paid at a negotiated rate; repeal KRS 304.17A-640, 304.17A-641, 304.17A-649; amend KRS 18A.225 to conform.
 Current Status:   3/1/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Banking and Insurance
 Recent Status:   2/27/2018 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB582.htm
 
HB613STATE GOVERNMENT (MILLER J) Amend KRS 18A.045 to add gender-neutral language.
 Current Status:   3/1/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House State Government
 Recent Status:   2/27/2018 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB613.htm
 
HB614STATE GOVERNMENT (MILLER J) Amend KRS 61.110 to add gender-neutral language.
 Current Status:   3/1/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House State Government
 Recent Status:   2/27/2018 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB614.htm
 
HB615STATE GOVERNMENT (MILLER J) Amend KRS 61.101 to add gender-neutral language.
 Current Status:   3/1/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House State Government
 Recent Status:   2/27/2018 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB615.htm
 
SB2CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT (ALVARADO R) Propose amendment to Section 54 of the Constitution of Kentucky to allow the General Assembly the power to limit damages for injuries resulting in death or for injuries to persons or property, and to provide a uniform statute of limitations; provide for submission to the voters.
 Current Status:   3/9/2018 - (S) recommitted to committee Senate State and Local Government
 Recent Status:   3/8/2018 - (S) Passed Over and retained in the Orders of the Day
3/8/2018 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/SCS 1, SFA 1
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB2.htm
 
SB17WAGES (THOMAS R) Amend KRS 337.010 to increase the applicable threshold of employees of retail stores and service industries from $95,000 to $500,000 average annual gross volume of sales for the employer; amend KRS 337.275 to raise the state minimum wage to $8.20 per hour on July 1, 2018, to $9.15 per hour on July 1, 2019, to $10.10 per hour on July 1, 2020, to $11.00 per hour on July 1, 2021, to $12.05 per hour on July 1, 2022, to $13.10 per hour on July 1, 2023, to $13.95 per hour on July 1, 2024, and to $15.00 per hour on July 1, 2025, and to raise the state minimum wage for tipped employees to $2.13 per hour on the effective date of the Act, to $3.05 per hour on July 1, 2019, to $3.95 per hour on July 1, 2020, and to $4.90 per hour on July 1, 2021; include anti-preemption language permitting local governments to establish minimum wage ordinances in excess of the state minimum wage.
 Current Status:   1/3/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Appropriations and Revenue
 Recent Status:   1/2/2018 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)
11/20/2017 - Pre-Filed
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB17.htm
 
SB22SPORTS WAGERING (CARROLL J) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 230 to require the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission to institute a sports wagering system; amend KRS 230.210 to define "exempt sports contest," "sports wagering," and "sports wagering facility"; amend KRS 230.215 to declare it the policy of the Commonwealth to encourage the conduct of wagering on sporting events, when allowed by federal law, and to vest forceful control over sports wagering in the racing commission; include consideration of members of professional and collegiate sports organizations in the Governor's appointments to the commission; amend KRS 230.240 to allow the director of the racing commission to take personnel action relating to sports wagering; amend KRS 230.260 to include promotion of fair sports wagering among the purposes of the racing commission; create a new section of KRS Chapter 230 to establish licensing requirements and establish a licensing fee of $250,000; create a new section of KRS Chapter 230 to require the racing commission to promulgate administrative regulations prescribing the manner in which sports wagering shall be conducted; provide minimum criteria; prohibit participants from wagering on a sporting event; create a new section of KRS Chapter 230 to establish a 20 percent tax on the total amount wagered at sports wagering facilities; create a new section of KRS Chapter 230 to establish the sports wagering distribution trust fund and appropriate moneys from that fund; amend KRS 230.320 to include sports wagering among the activities that are regulated by the racing commission; amend KRS 230.360 to include sports wagering among the activities that are not subject to local control; amend KRS 230.990 to establish penalties for tampering with the outcome of a sporting event and participant wagering on a sporting event; EFFECTIVE UPON CONTINGENCY: Act takes effect only if the federal Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act is repealed by Congress or is rendered void by the United States Supreme Court.
 Current Status:   1/3/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee House Appropriations and Revenue
 Recent Status:   1/2/2018 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)
9/20/2017 - Pre-Filed
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB22.htm
 
SB33PERSONAL INFORMATION SECURITY (MCGARVEY M) Amend KRS 367.363 to include additional definitions; amend KRS 367.3645 to provide for a free security freeze in the event a protected person has been notified of a security breach pursuant to the Act and to make technical corrections; amend KRS 367.365 to require consumer reporting agencies to encrypt electronic data contained in consumer files and consumer reports; allow for security freezes to be requested by methods established by the consumer reporting agency; allow consumers to request a replacement personal identification number or password in the same manner as the original security freeze request; remove the expiration of a credit freeze after seven years; include gender-neutral language; to prohibit a credit reporting agency from charging a fee for security freeze in the event a consumer has been notified of a security breach; require that consumer reporting agencies notify consumers of security breaches in compliance with KRS 365.732(4) to (7) and provide five years of credit monitoring; allow for a security freeze placed at one nationwide consumer reporting agency to be sent and applied to other nationwide consumer reporting agencies; require third-party agents to notify consumer reporting agencies of security breaches; require consumer reporting agencies to comply with KRS 365.732(3); prohibit requirements that consumers waive rights or submit to arbitration; amend KRS 365.730 to extend definitions to KRS 365.732; to conform the definition of "personally identifiable information"; amend KRS 365.732 to define "encrypt," and "security breach"; provide an exemption for consumer reporting agencies subject to this Act; prohibit electronic or substitute notice from being sent to electronic and email accounts involved in the security breach; provide for the request for three consumer reports from each nationwide consumer reporting agency by consumers affected by a security breach; prohibit requirements that consumers waive rights or submit to arbitration; require certain information holders to encrypt personally identifiable data; make technical corrections; amend KRS 61.931 to exempt certain persons from the definition of "nonaffiliated third parties"; conform the definition of "personally identifiable information"; make technical corrections; amend KRS 61.932, KRS 61.933, 61.934,171.450, 42.722, and 42.726 to conform; EMERGENCY.
 Current Status:   1/3/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Banking and Insurance
 Recent Status:   1/2/2018 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)
12/8/2017 - Pre-Filed
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB33.htm
 
SB35WAGE AND HOURS EXEMPTION (SCHICKEL J) Amend KRS 337.010 to include employees of amusement and recreational facilities that are open for no more than seven months in a year in the exemptions relating to wages and hours, bringing Kentucky's laws in line with the federal exemptions.
 Current Status:   4/13/2018 - floor amendments (4), and (5) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendments (3) and (6) filed
 Recent Status:   3/27/2018 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules
3/22/2018 - floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (2) filed to Bill
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB35.htm
 
SB38PREGNANCY DISCRIMINATION (KERR A) Amend KRS 344.030 to include within the definition of "reasonable accommodation," accommodations made for pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions; define "related medical condition"; amend KRS 344.040 to make it unlawful for an employer to fail to accommodate an employee affected by pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition; require employers to provide notice to all employees regarding the right to be free from discrimination for pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions.
 Current Status:   3/6/2018 - (S) recommitted to committee Senate Judiciary
 Recent Status:   2/9/2018 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules
2/8/2018 - (S) FIRST READING to Regular Calendar
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB38.htm
 
SB80CANNABIS 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
 Recent Status:   1/17/2018 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB80.htm
 
SB83FINANCIAL MISMANAGEMENT INVESTIGATIONS (CARROLL D) Amend KRS 45.131 to require the Finance and Administration Cabinet, the Chief Justice, and the Legislative Research Commission to investigate any alleged mismanagement of any of the affairs of the state by any current or former officer, employee, or governing body responsible for carrying out any state function or the management of state funds; amend KRS 45.142 to add KRS Chapter 45A, the Model Procurement Code, to those chapters for which the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet, the Chief Justice, and the Legislative Research Commission, on behalf of their respective departments, shall have certain investigative powers to enforce.
 Current Status:   2/14/2018 - Senate State and Local Government, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)
 Recent Status:   1/18/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate State and Local Government
1/17/2018 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB83.htm
 
SB99EMPLOYMENT PROTECTIONS (MCGARVEY M) Amend KRS 337.420 to require an employer with one or more employees to be subject to the wage discrimination requirements; amend KRS 337.423 to require no wage discrimination for what has been paid to current or past employees and prohibit an employer from discriminating against an employee for discussing wages.
 Current Status:   1/23/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor
 Recent Status:   1/22/2018 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB99.htm
 
SB118MEDICAL CANNABIS (WEST S) Create new sections of KRS Chapter 218A to define terms; restrict medical cannabis to certain patients with qualifying debilitating conditions; establish requirements for cultivation, production, processing, distribution, and sale in compassion centers; establish requirements for patients, visiting patients, and caregivers; establish professional protections for practitioners; establish certain protections for cardholders; establish responsibilities for cardholders; allow restrictions on possession, possession while operating a motor vehicle, and smoking; specify that use of medical cannabis by a qualifying patient is to be treated the same as use of prescribed pharmaceutical medications; establish additional protections for medical use; specify that nothing in the bill requires government programs or private insurers to reimburse for the costs of use or prohibits an employer from disciplining an employee for workplace impairment; establish a medical purpose defense for some uses of medical cannabis; establish the Department for Medical Cannabis Administration to enforce the program's provisions; establish requirement that local law enforcement be hired or contracted with for local inspections, investigations, and administrative duties; establish a process for the department to increase the list of debilitating medical conditions; require testing and quality regulation of the production, cultivation, processing, and sale of medical cannabis; establish requirements for licenses, facilities security, transportation, training, packaging, labeling, and health and safety; establish rules on advertising, additives, pesticides, and requiring random sample testing and safe processing; require licensure and issuance of cards for all medical cannabis businesses; establish certain licensure and application fees; require the department to issue registry cards to patients submitting the required information; establish procedures for denying an application; establish technical requirements for cards and for cardholders; establish a provisional licensure process; establish cardholder fees and notification requirements; require 60% of the boards of medical cannabis businesses to be composed of individuals with 3 years of continuous Kentucky residence: establish 3 tiers of medical cannabis business regulation by gross receipts; establish requirements for applying producers, cultivators, distributors, and processors; establish requirements for cultivator businesses, including addressing expansion of crops to meet market needs; establish protections and responsibilities for compassion centers, cultivators, and safety compliance facilities; establish procedures for the department to suspend or revoke registration and licensure; establish rules for local sales, including a requirement that a local legislative body take action to approve medical cannabis businesses; establish a process for local ordinances and ballot initiatives; establish requirements for medical cannabis business agents; prohibit location of a medical cannabis business within a certain distance from a school; establish a requirement that compassion centers obtain usable medical cannabis from only certain licensed entities; establish recordkeeping requirements; protect certain records and information from disclosure via the Kentucky Open Records Act; require establishment of a verification system for use by law enforcement personnel and medical cannabis business agents; establish a 19-member oversight committee to advise the department; require an annual report to be sent to the Legislative Research Commission; establish authority for the department to promulgate administrative regulations; establish a method by which any citizen may commence an action in the Franklin Circuit Court to compel the department to perform its duties; establish an alternative method to create a valid registry identification card if the department fails to act; clarify that the department's duties are administrative in nature; establish a medical cannabis trust fund to receive fees, fines, and registration costs and administer and operate the medical cannabis program; require 5% of trust fund moneys to be returned to the compassion centers for the use of certain indigent persons; amend KRS 218A.1421 to allow and exempt conduct allowed by the medical cannabis program; amend KRS 218A.1422 to allow and exempt conduct allowed by the medical cannabis program; amend KRS 218A.1423 to allow and exempt conduct allowed by the medical cannabis program; amend KRS 12.020 and 12.242 to reflect the creation of the Department for Medical Cannabis Administration.
 Current Status:   2/2/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection
 Recent Status:   1/30/2018 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB118.htm
 
SB171EXPUNGEMENT (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)
 Recent Status:   2/21/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary
2/20/2018 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB171.htm
 
SB185EXPUNGEMENT (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
 Recent Status:   2/21/2018 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB185.htm
 
SB191PUBLIC FINANCE (SCHRODER W) Amend KRS 58.190 to apply the statute of limitations for challenging an action by a governmental agency adopting a lease to be the same 30-day period for challenging any ordinance or resolution; amend KRS 65.942 to conform; amend KRS 58.040 to allow notices of competitive bond sales to be posted in an electronic bidding system as an alternative advertising method; amend KRS 103.200 to include within the definition of industrial building any use by an entity recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as an organization described in 26 U.S.C. sec. 501(c)(3) in any manner related to or in the furtherance of that entity's exempt purposes; amend KRS 103.2101 to conform notice date and extend the maximum length of any bond authorization to 40 years; amend KRS 424.130 to clarify that failure to properly publish a notice of adoption of an ordinance or resolution will not void the adoption unless the failure continues for a period of 15 days; amend KRS 66.310 to conform the notice date for a hearing; amend KRS 66.400 to clarify that a general obligation pledge is a pledge of taxes, to limit garnishment of public funds, and allow for periodic payment of judgments in the case of bankruptcy;
 Current Status:   2/22/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate State and Local Government
 Recent Status:   2/21/2018 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB191.htm
 
SB203PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP PROJECTS (WISE M) Amend KRS 45A.077 to suspend the requirement for General Assembly approval for public-private partnership projects contracted for projects publicized prior to July 1, 2020; allow discussion of the project after public notice has been given of the proposal; remove requirement for approval of the Government Contract Review Committee of the public-private partnership contract.
 Current Status:   4/2/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Recent Status:   3/21/2018 - delivered to Governor
3/21/2018 - received in Senate
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB203.htm
 
SB206CIVIL ACTIONS (WESTERFIELD W) Amend KRS 411.200 to make gender-neutral.
 Current Status:   2/27/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary
 Recent Status:   2/26/2018 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB206.htm
 
SB216STATE GOVERNMENT (HIGDON J) Amend KRS 18A.045 to add gender-neutral language.
 Current Status:   2/28/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate State and Local Government
 Recent Status:   2/27/2018 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB216.htm
 
SB241CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT (MCGARVEY M) Propose to amend Section 226 of the Constitution of Kentucky to authorize the General Assembly to define and permit casino gaming; provide for the oversight and control of casino gaming by an administrative body funded by license fees and taxes levied on casino gaming; prior to July 1, 2038, require 100% of the casino gaming proceeds, in excess of the amount used to pay for an oversight administrative body of casino gaming, to go to the retirement systems.
 Current Status:   3/5/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate State and Local Government
 Recent Status:   3/1/2018 - Introduced
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB241.htm
 
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