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HB10	CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT (IMES K) Propose to amend Section 29 of the Constitution of Kentucky to permit the General Assembly or an agency or committee it creates to review, approve, or disapprove any administrative regulation of the executive branch during or between regular sessions of the General Assembly; submit to the voters for approval or disapproval; supply ballot language.
	Current Status:	2/12/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate State and Local Government
	Recent Status:	2/9/2018 - received in Senate 2/8/2018 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 68-22
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB10.htm
HB11	POWER 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
HB28	JOB 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
HB31	FIREARMS (WAYNE J) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to prohibit the unlawful storage of a firearm.
	Current Status:	2/21/2018 - (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/HB31.htm
HB39	STUDENT BACKGROUND CHECKS (SCOTT A) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to prohibit public postsecondary institutions from inquiring about a prospective student's criminal history prior to admission, except for certain types of offenses; allow an institution to inquire about a student's criminal history after admission, for the purposes of providing support services and informing decisions regarding a student's participation in campus activities, organizations, and residency; allow an institution to inquire about a student's criminal history prior to admission into a professional degree program, but prohibit denial of admission based solely on criminal history; require institutions to provide counseling regarding occupational licensing requirements to a professional degree student who has a criminal history.
	Current Status:	1/2/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education
	Recent Status:	1/2/2018 - Introduced (Pre-Filed) 8/31/2017 - Pre-Filed
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB39.htm
HB43	APPELLATE JUDGES (NEMES J) Amend KRS 118A.110 to define "retention election" for appellate judges; create a new section of KRS Chapter 118A to create an election process for retaining appointed appellate judges, following the ratification of a constitutional amendment to provide for appointments of appellate judges; amend KRS 118A.020, 118A.030, 118A.060, 118A.100, and 118A.140 to conform; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 21A.020 to set staggered terms for appellate judges; EFFECTIVE contingently on January 1, 2020.
	Current Status:	1/8/2018 - (H) reassigned to committee House Judiciary
	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/HB43.htm
HB44	CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT (NEMES J) Propose to amend Sections 117, 118, 119, and 122 of the Constitution of Kentucky to fill terms of justices of the Supreme Court and judges of the Court of Appeals by appointment by the Governor from a list of three nominees provided by the judicial nominating commission; provide for appointed justices and judges who seek additional terms to stand for elections in their districts; limit individuals to two full terms of office; schedule transitional provisions; submit to the voters for approval or disapproval.
	Current Status:	1/8/2018 - (H) reassigned to committee House Elections, Constitutional Amendments, and Intergovernmental Affairs
	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/HB44.htm
HB49	PERSONAL 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
HB60	FELONY OFFENDERS (WATKINS G) Amend KRS 532.080 to increase the sentence to life without the possibility of parole for offenders with three or more independent convictions for Class A or B felonies or capital offenses.
	Current Status:	1/2/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
	Recent Status:	1/2/2018 - Introduced (Pre-Filed) 11/17/2017 - Pre-Filed
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB60.htm
HB61	CRIMINAL ATTEMPTED MURDER (WATKINS G) Amend KRS 439.3401 to make criminal attempt to commit murder of a peace officer or a firefighter an offense for which at least 85 percent of the sentence must be served before probation or parole.
	Current Status:	1/16/2018 - floor amendment (1) filed
	Recent Status:	1/11/2018 - (H) recommitted to committee House Appropriations and Revenue 1/11/2018 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB61.htm
HB62	CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS (WATKINS G) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to apply a uniform penalty of mandatory drug treatment and community service to persons convicted of possessing certain drugs and paraphernalia; amend KRS 218A.140 to revise possession of counterfeit substances from a Class D felony to a Class A misdemeanor; amend KRS 218A.1415 to revise possession of a controlled substance from a Class D felony to a Class A misdemeanor; amend KRS 218A.1437 to lower possession of a methamphetamine precursor from a Class D felony to a Class A misdemeanor; amend KRS 218A.276 to require that defendants convicted of possession of a counterfeit substance under KRS 218A.140, marijuana under KRS 218A.1422, synthetic drugs under KRS 218A.1430, methamphetamine precursors under KRS 218A.1437, salvia under KRS 218A.1451, or drug paraphernalia under KRS 218A.500 complete a drug treatment program; amend KRS 218A.275 to require that defendants convicted of possession of a controlled substance under various sections of Chapter 218A complete a drug treatment program; amend KRS 431.078 to conform.
	Current Status:	1/2/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
	Recent Status:	1/2/2018 - Introduced (Pre-Filed) 11/17/2017 - Pre-Filed
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB62.htm
HB66	SHOOTING INVESTIGATIONS BY LAW ENFORCEMENT (SCOTT A) Create new sections of KRS Chapter 15A to provide definitions and establish an Officer Shooting Review Board to investigate any shooting of an individual by a law enforcement officer or officers or any deadly incident involving law enforcement; set requirements for board members; provide duties of the board; specify requirements related to investigatory work performed by the Kentucky State Police Critical Incident Response Team on behalf of the board; establish investigatory procedures and protocols; provide requirements for submission of the boards report to the Commonwealth's attorney of the jurisdiction in which the shooting or deadly incident took place or to the Attorney General; provide requirements for independent investigation of any shooting of an individual by a law enforcement officer or officers or any deadly incident involving law enforcement.
	Current Status:	1/2/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
	Recent Status:	1/2/2018 - Introduced (Pre-Filed) 11/22/2017 - Pre-Filed
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB66.htm
HB70	SEX OFFENDER REGISTRANTS (FISCHER J) Amend KRS 17.546 to prohibit sex offender registrants from knowingly or intentionally using electronic communications for the purpose of soliciting, contacting, communicating with, or gathering information about a person less than 18 years of age; provide an exception for a registrant using electronic communications to contact, communicate with, or gather information about his or her minor child if not otherwise prohibited and if permitted by the sentencing court; amend KRS 17.510 to require a registrant to provide written notice of all phone numbers, electronic mail addresses, and usernames used by a registrant to electronically communicate with a person less than 18 years of age.
	Current Status:	3/30/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
	Recent Status:	3/20/2018 - delivered to Governor 3/20/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB70.htm
HB71	EXPLICIT IMAGE DISTRIBUTION (BANTA K) Amend KRS 531.010 to define "private erotic matter"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 531 to prohibit the distribution of sexually explicit images without consent; make such distribution a Class A misdemeanor for the first offense and a Class D felony for the second or subsequent offense, unless it is done for profit, in which case it is a Class D felony for the first offense and a Class C felony for the second or subsequent offense.
	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/HB71.htm
HB76	CONSTITUTIONAL 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
HB83	CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS (SCOTT A) Amend KRS 532.090 to establish gross misdemeanors as a new category of misdemeanor offense and set penalty range; amend various sections of KRS Chapters 500, 530, 532, and 533 to conform; amend KRS 532.100 to ensure that custody of gross misdemeanors parallels that of Class D felons; repeal KRS 431.060; amend various sections to conform.
	Current Status:	1/2/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
	Recent Status:	1/2/2018 - Introduced (Pre-Filed) 12/8/2017 - Pre-Filed
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB83.htm
HB101	CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS (PETRIE J) Amend KRS 510.020 to state that a 16 or 17-year old is incapable of consent when the actor is 28 years old or more; amend KRS 510.030 to add lack of knowledge of the victim's age being 16 or 17 when the offender was at least 28 years old at the time of the offense as a defense; amend KRS 510.060 to add to rape in the third degree a person who is 28 years old or more that has sexual intercourse with a 16 or 17-year old; amend KRS 510.090 to add to sodomy in the third degree a person who is 28 years old or more that has deviate sexual intercourse with a 16 or 17-year old; provide that this Act may be cited as Jenna's Law.
	Current Status:	3/30/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
	Recent Status:	3/20/2018 - delivered to Governor 3/20/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB101.htm
HB102	ARRESTS (LEE S) Amend KRS 431.015 to allow a peace officer to make an arrest when a misdemeanor is committed in the officer's presence; allow a peace officer to issue a citation when the officer has probable cause to believe that a misdemeanor was committed outside of his or her presence.
	Current Status:	1/17/2018 - House Judiciary, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)
	Recent Status:	1/8/2018 - (H) posted in committee House Judiciary 1/4/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB102.htm
HB110	ADULT EXPLOITATION (DUPLESSIS J) Amend KRS 209.020 to change the definition of "exploitation" to include obtaining or using controlled substances prescribed to a vulnerable adult or a member of the adult's household; amend KRS 209.990 to create a Class C felony for that form of exploitation.
	Current Status:	2/15/2018 - (H) recommitted to committee House Appropriations and Revenue
	Recent Status:	2/15/2018 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules 2/14/2018 - (H) FIRST READING w/HCS 1, to Regular Calendar
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB110.htm
HB120	CHILD PORNOGRAPHY (MCCOY C) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 531 to prohibit the distribution of any material that portrays child pornography or a sexual performance by a minor.
	Current Status:	3/23/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
	Recent Status:	3/12/2018 - delivered to Governor 3/12/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB120.htm
HB126	CRIMES 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
HB152	HUMAN TRAFFICKING (WUCHNER A) Amend KRS 281A.010 to define "human trafficking"; amend KRS 281A.120 to require a person applying for a commercial driver's license to complete training related to identifying and reporting human trafficking; amend KRS 281A.130 to conform; amend KRS 281A.170 to require commercial driver's licenses to be issued with a wallet card that outlines the signs of human trafficking and how to report it, and includes the National Human Trafficking Hotline number; amend KRS 281A.320 and 281.755 to conform.
	Current Status:	1/9/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Transportation
	Recent Status:	1/5/2018 - Introduced
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB152.htm
HB155	DEATH PENALTY (MCCOY C) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to abolish the death penalty and replace it with life imprisonment without parole for inmates presently sentenced to death; amend KRS 532.030, relating to authorized dispositions for felony offenses, to remove the death penalty; amend KRS 533.010, relating to probation, to prohibit probation for a person sentenced to life without parole or life without parole for 25 years; amend KRS 640.040, relating to penalties for juveniles convicted of felony offenses, to prohibit life imprisonment without benefit of parole for a capital offense; amend KRS 422.285, 532.050, and 532.100 to conform; repeal various statutes relating to imposition of the death penalty.
	Current Status:	2/21/2018 - (H) posted in committee House Judiciary
	Recent Status:	1/10/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary 1/8/2018 - Introduced
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB155.htm
HB169	GANG VIOLENCE PREVENTION (BENVENUTI R) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 506 to define "criminal gang" and "pattern of criminal gang activity"; repeal and reenact KRS 506.140 to enumerate what constitutes criminal gang recruitment in the first, second, and third degree; amend KRS 506.120 to define "criminal gang syndicate" and associated penalties for defendants convicted of certain offenses committed while acting as a criminal gang syndicate; amend KRS 506.150 to revise evidence that is corroborative of the existence of a gang or gang membership; create new sections of KRS Chapter 506 to require that anyone who is found to be a member of a criminal gang at the time of commission of a felony, and who is subsequently convicted of a felony that puts the public at risk, shall be sentenced to a penalty that is one class higher than the penalty provision pertaining to the felony offense he or she was convicted of, unless the person is determined to be a persistent felony offender; establish a cause of action for a person harmed by a criminal gang or criminal gang member; create a new section of KRS Chapter 506 to state that property used by a gang or gang member in the commission of the crime shall be forfeited and disposed of in accordance with KRS 218A.405 to 218A.460; provide that this Act shall be known as the Gang Violence Prevention Act; encourage state and local law enforcement agencies to create a statewide gang violence prevention database; EMERGENCY.
	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/HB169.htm
HB178	DNA (MEEKS R) Amend KRS 17.169 to include local law enforcement as persons authorized to collect DNA samples; amend KRS 17.170 to provide for the collection of DNA samples at arrest or initial appearance from all persons charged with a felony offense; amend KRS 17.175 to provide that a person may request expungement of his or her DNA upon successful completion of the pretrial diversion program pursuant to KRS 533.258; provide that the Administrative Office of the Courts shall notify the Kentucky State Police of any person whose DNA profile has been included in the data bank pursuant and who may be eligible for removal and destruction of the DNA record and DNA sample if the arrest or conviction that led to the taking of the DNA sample or inclusion of the DNA record resulted in an acquittal, a dismissal, a nolle prosequi, or a conviction of a nonfelony offense; amend KRS 64.060 to establish a $5 payment from the State Treasury to the collecting agency for each DNA sample collected; APPROPRIATION.
	Current Status:	1/22/2018 - (H) posted in committee House Judiciary
	Recent Status:	1/17/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary 1/11/2018 - Introduced
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB178.htm
HB181	HATE CRIMES (SCOTT A) Amend KRS 532.031 to remove language relating to an offense committed as a result of a hate crime because of the individual's actual or perceived employment as a city, county, state, or federal peace officer, member of an organized fire department, or emergency medical services personnel; remove language defining "emergency medical services personnel."
	Current Status:	1/17/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
	Recent Status:	1/11/2018 - Introduced
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB181.htm
HB193	THIRD DEGREE ASSAULT (LEE S) Amend KRS 508.025, relating to the Class D felony of assault in the third degree, to add intentionally causing a peace officer to come in contact with bodily fluids or bodily waste to the elements of the crime; increase the criminal penalty to a Class C felony for contact with fluids which could transmit a communicable disease; and clarify that the existing provisions regarding detention facilities apply to adult and juvenile facilities.
	Current Status:	4/26/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
	Recent Status:	4/14/2018 - delivered to Governor 4/14/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB193.htm
HB206	SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION (PRUNTY M) Create new sections of KRS 17.500 to 17.580 to require sex offender registrants to pay an annual $150 registration fee; establish the sex offender registry fund; appropriate $100 of the registration fee to the Department of Kentucky State Police, $25 to Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky; and $25 to the Kentucky Association of Children's Advocacy Centers; APPROPRIATION.
	Current Status:	2/28/2018 - (H) WITHDRAWN
	Recent Status:	1/19/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations and Revenue 1/17/2018 - Introduced
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB206.htm
HB209	HATE CRIMES (SCOTT A) Create a new Class D felony in KRS Chapter 527 to prohibit people convicted of a hate crime from possessing firearms.
	Current Status:	1/19/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
	Recent Status:	1/17/2018 - Introduced
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB209.htm
HB213	PRESCRIPTION DRUG MONITORING INFORMATION (BENTLEY D) Amend KRS 218A.245 to allow KASPER data-sharing agreements with different types of jurisdictions.
	Current Status:	3/28/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
	Recent Status:	3/16/2018 - delivered to Governor 3/16/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB213.htm
HB219	DRUG TREATMENT (KEENE D) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 222 to establish the Kentucky addiction prevention, recovery, and enforcement fund; establish administering committee membership; direct all revenues from the Commonwealth related to the drug epidemic to the fund; describe authorized fund expenditures; require fund reporting; APPROPRIATION.
	Current Status:	1/30/2018 - (H) reassigned to committee House Judiciary
	Recent Status:	1/23/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations and Revenue 1/19/2018 - Introduced
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB219.htm
HB226	ARRESTS (LEE S) Amend KRS 431.015 to allow a peace officer to arrest a person for a misdemeanor violation of KRS 512.030, 512.040, and 514.030 when committed in the officer's presence; allow a peace officer to issue a citation when the officer has probable cause to believe that a misdemeanor was committed outside of his or her presence.
	Current Status:	3/19/2018 - (H) recommitted to committee House Judiciary
	Recent Status:	3/16/2018 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HFA 1, 2T 3/15/2018 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HFA 1, 2T
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB226.htm
HB231	CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE MONITORING (FISCHER J) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to require that pharmacies collect data on persons picking up prescriptions for a Schedule II to V controlled substance on behalf of a patient; require data to be reported to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; require data to be shared only with those permitted under KRS 218A.202.
	Current Status:	2/1/2018 - House Health and Family Services, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)
	Recent Status:	1/30/2018 - (H) posted in committee House Health and Family Services 1/24/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Family Services
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB231.htm
HB266	REAL PROPERTY DEEDS (MEREDITH M) Amend KRS 382.135 to describe the requisite "full name" for a grantor and grantee when recording a deed to real property and direct that the record is still notice and admissible as evidence if the instrument is not in compliance with the provisions as set out in this section.
	Current Status:	3/29/2018 - floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
	Recent Status:	3/29/2018 - (S) SECOND READING to Rules w/SCS 1, SCA 1T 3/29/2018 - (S) Reported Favorably
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB266.htm
HB282	ARTICLE V CONVENTION (WELLS W) Create new sections of KRS Chapter 6 to apply upon the passage of an Article V Application by the General Assembly on the same subject or containing the same proposed amendment text as two-thirds (2/3) of the other states and the United States Congress calling an Article V Convention; establishment of a delegation, its parameters, oath, certification, and revocation of certification and authority; establish preferred procedures and planning to be performed by the Article V Convention; establish an oversight convention committee charged with overseeing the delegates and their actions, recalling a delegate acting outside proper authority, and provide notifications to relevant elected officials; establish authority with the Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the Legislative Research Commission of Kentucky to enforce the Article V application, delegate actions, and delegate voting.
	Current Status:	2/2/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Elections, Constitutional Amendments, and Intergovernmental Affairs
	Recent Status:	1/31/2018 - Introduced
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB282.htm
HB294	HUMAN TRAFFICKING (JENKINS J) Amend KRS 439.3401 to include as violent offenders individuals convicted of human trafficking and promoting human trafficking; specify that individuals convicted of human trafficking or promoting human trafficking shall not be released on probation or parole until 85 percent of the sentence has been served.
	Current Status:	2/20/2018 - (H) posted in committee House Judiciary
	Recent Status:	2/5/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary 2/1/2018 - Introduced
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB294.htm
HB315	CONCEALED CARRY (BENVENUTI R) Amend KRS 527.020 to include an attorney specified in KRS 15.100(2) in the list of persons who may carry a concealed deadly weapon at all times and in all locations throughout the Commonwealth if the attorney has a license.
	Current Status:	3/15/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection
	Recent Status:	3/14/2018 - received in Senate 3/13/2018 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 90-6
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB315.htm
HB316	DEATH PENALTY (BENVENUTI R) Amend KRS 532.025 to add the murder of a victim aged 12 years old or younger or an adult as defined in KRS 209.020 as an aggravating circumstance for the death penalty.
	Current Status:	2/20/2018 - (H) posted in committee House Judiciary
	Recent Status:	2/8/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary 2/6/2018 - Introduced
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB316.htm
HB330	CITATIONS (HOOVER J) Amend KRS 431.015 to allow a peace officer to issue a citation when the officer has probable cause to believe that a misdemeanor was committed outside of his or her presence.
	Current Status:	2/12/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
	Recent Status:	2/8/2018 - Introduced
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB330.htm
HB333	OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS (RICHARDS J) Create new sections of KRS Chapter 423 to define various terms; limit the applicability of the Act to notarial acts performed on or after January 1, 2019; allow a notarial officer to perform a notarial act in Kentucky; outline requirements for certain notarial acts; require a personal or online appearance before a notarial officer; specify the requirements of identifying an individual before a notarial officer; allow a notarial officer to refuse to perform a notarial act; state who may perform a notarial act in Kentucky; recognize notarial acts performed in other states; recognize notarial acts performed in federally recognized Indian tribes under federal law, and in foreign countries; allow a notary public to perform a notarial act by means of communication technology; require a notarial act to be evidenced by a certificate; provide short form certificates for use by notarial officers; outline the requirements for an official stamp of a notary public; assign responsibility of the notary public's stamping device to the notary public; require a notary public to maintain a journal chronicling all notarial acts performed by that notary public; require a notary public to register with the Secretary of State that the notary public will be performing notarial acts with respect to electronic records; outline the necessary requirements to be a notary public; outline grounds for suspending, denying, or revoking a commission as a notary public; require the Secretary of State to maintain an electronic database of notaries public; detail prohibited acts; establish the validity of notarial acts; allow the Secretary of State to promulgate administrative regulations to implement this Act; require all commissions occurring after the effective date of this Act to comply with this Act; state that a portion of this Act may be cited as the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act; create a new section of KRS Chapter 382 to state that a paper copy of an electronic record shall satisfy a law requiring a tangible document; create a new section of KRS Chapter 64 to create the Kentucky Notarization and Recording Standards Commission; amend KRS 423.200 to make technical corrections; amend KRS 369.103 to allow electronic signatures on transactions relating to the conveyance of interests in real property and the creation or transfer of negotiable instruments; amend KRS 62.065 to allow a surety to cover more than one required bond; repeal KRS 423.010, 423.020, 423.030, 423.040, 423.050, 423.060, 423.070, 423.080, 423.110, 423.130, 423.140, 423.150, 423.160, 423.170, 423.180, 423.190, 423.200, and 423.990; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2019.
	Current Status:	2/12/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
	Recent Status:	2/8/2018 - Introduced
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB333.htm
HB348	JUDICIAL DISTRICTS (HOOVER J) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 21A to authorize the Supreme Court to require the Administrative Office of the Courts to perform an analysis to determine the need to rearrange the judicial circuits and districts or reallocate the number of judges relative to population or caseload; amend KRS 23A.040 to reallocate judicial circuits entitled to two judges and two divisions of the Circuit Court; amend KRS 23A.045 to reallocate judicial circuits entitled to three judges and three divisions of the Circuit Court; amend KRS 23A.050 to reallocate judicial circuits entitled to four judges and four divisions of the Circuit Court; amend KRS 23A.055 to increase circuit judges in the Sixteenth Circuit; amend KRS 24A.030 to realign the boundaries of the judicial districts; amend KRS 24A.050 to reallocate judicial districts entitled to two District Judges and two numbered divisions of District Court; amend KRS 24A.060 to reallocate judicial districts entitled to three District Judges and three numbered divisions of District Court; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2019.
	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/HB348.htm
HB356	SEX OFFENDER REGISTRANTS (PETRIE J) Amend KRS 17.545 to prohibit a sex offender registrant who is 18 years of age or older and has committed a criminal offense against a victim who is a minor from having the same residence as a minor; provide an exception if the minor is the registrant's spouse, parent, grandparent, stepparent, sibling, stepsibling, or court-appointed guardian of the minor, unless he or she was a victim of the registrant.
	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/HB356.htm
HB376	CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT (BROWN JR. G) Propose to amend Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky to restructure the voting restrictions relating to felons and persons with mental disabilities; submit to the voters for ratification or rejection.
	Current Status:	2/20/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Elections, Constitutional Amendments, and Intergovernmental Affairs
	Recent Status:	2/15/2018 - Introduced
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB376.htm
HB377	EXPUNGEMENT (BROWN JR. G) Amend KRS 431.073 to make additional offenses eligible for expungement; reduce filing fee for felony expungement from $500 to $200; amend KRS 431.076 to allow expungement of charges dismissed without prejudice; amend KRS 431.078 to require certain records to be expunged if the law specifies a period for enhancement and that period has expired; amend KRS 431.079 to limit requirement of certification to convictions which have not been pardoned.
	Current Status:	2/20/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
	Recent Status:	2/15/2018 - Introduced
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB377.htm
HB394	ABANDONED PROPERTY (MILLER J) Establish KRS Chapter 393A and create new sections thereof to enact the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act of 2016; amend KRS 41.360, 164A.701, 164A.707, 304.15-420, 393.170, and 393.250 to conform; repeal KRS 393.010, 393.060, 393.062, 393.064, 393.066, 393.072, 393.090, 393.095, 393.100, 393.110, 393.115, 393.120, 393.125, 393.130, 393.140, 393.150, 393.160, 393.180, 393.190, 393.210, 393.220, 393.230, 393.240, 393.260, 393.270, 393.280, 393.290, and 393.990; require the State Treasurer to submit a report on the status of the abandoned property fund to the Legislative Research Commission by December 15, 2018.
	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/HB394.htm
HB396	CRIMES 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
HB397	FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION (MARZIAN M) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 508 to create a Class A felony relating to female genital mutilation; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to require the Department for Public Health in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to develop, produce, and disseminate education materials related to female genital mutilation; amend KRS 620.030 establishing that if a person knows or has reasonable cause to believe that a child is a victim of female genital mutilation, then that person shall immediately make an oral or written report to the appropriate authorities.
	Current Status:	2/22/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
	Recent Status:	2/20/2018 - Introduced
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB397.htm
HB410	FIREARMS OFFENSE REGISTRY (MEEKS R) Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to create a publicly accessible database of offenders with convictions for deadly weapons offenses; create definitions; require the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to establish and maintain the registry; require initial registration for certain offenders and require state and local programs and agencies to assist some offenders in registering; specify data to be collected and shared; require annual updates or whenever there is a change in the offender's registry information; establish five-year limit on registry; create Class B misdemeanor for knowingly violating registry provisions.
	Current Status:	2/22/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
	Recent Status:	2/20/2018 - Introduced
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB410.htm
HB428	OPIOID OVERDOSE (MOSER K) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 222 to provide for an opioid assessment detention at an appropriate medical facility when a person has had an opioid overdose and been treated with naloxone or another opioid overdose intervention drug.
	Current Status:	3/22/2018 - Senate Health and Welfare, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)
	Recent Status:	3/21/2018 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate Health and Welfare 3/21/2018 - (S) FIRST READING
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB428.htm
HB442	SERVICE ANIMALS (OVERLY S) Amend KRS 525.200 to include assistance animals in the definition of "service animals" that are covered by assault on a service animal in the first degree.
	Current Status:	2/26/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
	Recent Status:	2/22/2018 - Introduced
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB442.htm
HB447	ANIMAL TORTURE (THOMAS W) Amend KRS 525.135 relating to torture of a dog or cat to prohibit any form of early release for those who committed the offense as a way to threaten, intimidate, coerce, harass, or terrorize a family member or member of a dating relationship.
	Current Status:	3/5/2018 - (H) posted in committee House Judiciary
	Recent Status:	2/26/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary 2/22/2018 - Introduced
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB447.htm
HB457	PAROLE SUPERVISION (BLANTON J) Amend the definition of "supervised individual" in KRS 439.250; amend KRS 439.3106 to create a new form of sanction to be applied by the Parole Board at final revocation hearings; provide that under a supervision continuation sanction, a sanctioned individual shall be returned to a jail, prison, halfway house or inpatient treatment facility without revoking parole for up to nine months; reinstate the sanctioned individual to prior parole supervision conditions upon completion of the sanction, or return the individual to the parole board for revocation if the sanction is not successfully completed; amend KRS 439.3108 to allow probation and parole violators to have work release while in custody on discretionary detention.
	Current Status:	3/29/2018 - (S) Reported Favorably to Rules
	Recent Status:	3/29/2018 - Senate Judiciary, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing) 3/27/2018 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate Judiciary
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB457.htm
HB472	CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT (MORGAN W) Propose to amend Sections 119 and 122 of the Constitution of Kentucky extending the term of district judges from four years to six years and increasing the requirement of being a licensed attorney from two years to at least four years to serve as a district judge.
	Current Status:	2/28/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Elections, Constitutional Amendments, and Intergovernmental Affairs
	Recent Status:	2/26/2018 - Introduced
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB472.htm
HB494	ADULT PROTECTION (ELLIOTT D) Amend KRS 381.230 to establish a simplified method for elderly or vulnerable adults to petition for an order to prevent or restrain other persons from trespassing onto the petitioner's residence; create a new section of KRS Chapter 209 to clarify abuse of an adult and establish penalties; clarify exploitation of an adult and establish penalties; clarify neglect of an adult and establish penalties; amend KRS 209.990 to delete existing penalties for abuse, exploitation, and neglect; amend KRS 209.020 to define terms; create a new section of KRS Chapter 209 to create a rebuttable presumption that transfers of real or personal property made by protected adults and not supported by adequate consideration were made under undue influence.
	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/HB494.htm
HB503	ATTORNEYS (HATTON A) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 413 creating a statute of limitations for actions asserting that an attorney engaged in solicitation; repeal KRS 21A.300, KRS 21A.310, and KRS 21A.320.
	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/HB503.htm
HB510	MASKS IN PUBLIC (BENVENUTI R) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 525 to prohibit the wearing of a hood, mask, or disguise in public for the purpose of concealing a person's identity during the commission of a crime.
	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/HB510.htm
HB515	COMMONWEALTH 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
HB516	MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATION (MAYFIELD D) Amend KRS 189.990 to increase penalties for the violation of KRS 189.292 and 189.294; provide that for a first offense a person may attend State Traffic school in lieu of paying a fine.
	Current Status:	3/2/2018 - (H) posted in committee House Transportation
	Recent Status:	2/28/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Transportation 2/26/2018 - Introduced
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB516.htm
HB529	SENTENCING CREDITS (PETRIE J) Amend KRS 197.010 and 197.045 to allow sentencing credits for life skills programs and promising practices.
	Current Status:	3/20/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary
	Recent Status:	3/19/2018 - received in Senate 3/16/2018 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 87-0
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB529.htm
HB543	PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS (JENKINS J) Amend KRS 329A.070 to delete an individual conducting an investigation on their own behalf from the list of those exempted from licensure requirements; add an employee of a private business conducting an internal investigation to the list; require an employee of a private investigator or a private investigating firm to be registered with the board; delete 240 hours per year maximum of supervised work.
	Current Status:	3/1/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations
	Recent Status:	2/27/2018 - Introduced
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB543.htm
HB548	ELECTION DISTRICTS (KAY II J) Create new sections of KRS Chapter 5 to establish the Legislative Advisory Reapportionment and Redistricting Commission; require each of the eleven members to be appointed with at least one member appointed from each of Kentucky's congressional districts; prior to appointment, members must meet certain conditions; members are to be appointed by the President of the Senate, Speaker of the House, minority leadership in the House, minority leadership in the Senate, and the Chief Justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court or his or her designee; set terms of office at four years; require appointments to be made by July 1, 2020, and thereafter for each subsequent decennial year; establish powers and duties of the commission; require the commission to develop proposals for the reapportionment and redistricting of state legislative districts, congressional districts, and, when called upon to do so, Supreme Court districts; require the commission to submit its proposals to the Legislative Research Commission, which shall refer the proposals to the Interim Joint Committee on State Government; allow the General Assembly to enact or reject the proposals, but not alter or amend them; provide that if the General Assembly does not enact the proposals, the proposals are to return to the commission with recommendations; a new set of proposals must be submitted to the General Assembly for consideration; the commission must submit proposals to the General Assembly at least three times before the General Assembly is able to enact its own reapportionment and redistricting legislation without the commission.
	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/HB548.htm
HB600	CRIMINAL JUSTICE (WUCHNER A) Create new sections of KRS Chapter 17 to require the Department of Kentucky State Police to establish the child abuse offender registry as funding becomes available; limit the registry to child abuse offenders who are convicted under KRS Chapter 507, 507A, 508, 509, or 530, excluding KRS 530.050, or KRS 510.140, 510.150, or 529.110, and whose victim was a minor under the age of 18; create the offender registry funds; amend KRS 431.073 and 431.078 to provide that a portion of expungement fees be deposited in the offender registry fund; amend KRS 42.320 to provide that 5% of court costs shall be paid to the Department of Kentucky State Police to be used for the forensic laboratories; provide that this Act shall be cited as Sophie’s and Kylie Jo’s Law; APPROPRIATION.
	Current Status:	3/12/2018 - (H) recommitted to committee House Appropriations and Revenue
	Recent Status:	3/9/2018 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules 3/8/2018 - (H) FIRST READING to Regular Calendar
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB600.htm
HB612	DUI (DUPLESSIS J) Amend KRS 189A.010 to provide that a vehicle used in a third or subsequent DUI offense may be forfeited to the state.
	Current Status:	3/1/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
	Recent Status:	2/27/2018 - Introduced
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB612.htm
SB3	CRIME VICTIMS RIGHTS (WESTERFIELD W) Propose to amend the Constitution of Kentucky to create a crime victims' bill of rights; submit to voters.
	Current Status:	1/25/2018 - delivered to Secretary of State (Acts, ch. 1)
	Recent Status:	1/25/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House 1/25/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB3.htm
SB10	JUDICIAL REDISTRICTING (SCHICKEL J) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 21A to authorize the Supreme Court to require the Administrative Office of the Courts to perform an analysis to determine the need to rearrange the judicial circuits and districts or reallocate the number of judges relative to population and caseload; require the analysis to be completed within two years of December 31 of the year of the decennial census; require the Supreme Court to submit the analysis to the General Assembly by January 31 of the following year; provide that if the analysis indicates a need for rearrangement of judicial circuits and districts or reallocation of the number of judges due to population or caseload, the Supreme Court may submit certification as required by the Constitution of Kentucky which may include a proposal; amend KRS 23A.020 to realign the boundaries of the judicial circuits; amend KRS 23A.040 to reallocate judicial circuits entitled to two judges and two divisions of the Circuit Court; amend KRS 23A.045 to reallocate judicial circuits entitled to three judges and three divisions of the Circuit Court; amend KRS 23A.050 to reallocate judicial circuits entitled to four judges and four divisions of the Circuit Court; amend KRS 23A.055 to increase the allocation of the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit to six judges and six numbered divisions of the Circuit Court; amend KRS 24A.030 to realign the boundaries of the judicial districts; amend KRS 24A.050 to reallocate judicial districts entitled to two District Judges and two numbered divisions of District Court; amend KRS 24A.060 to reallocate judicial districts entitled to three District Judges and three numbered divisions of District Court; include noncodified language regarding dates of implementation, the renumbering of certain circuits, and the impact on the office of Commonwealth's attorney in the affected circuits; EFFECTIVE December 31, 2021.
	Current Status:	3/1/2018 - Senate Judiciary, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)
	Recent Status:	2/23/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary 2/22/2018 - Introduced
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB10.htm
SB16	VACATING CONVICTIONS (TURNER J) Amend KRS 431.073 to allow convictions for reckless homicide to be vacated and expunged if the offender has first been granted a partial pardon by the Governor.
	Current Status:	1/3/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary
	Recent Status:	1/2/2018 - Introduced (Pre-Filed) 6/1/2017 - Pre-Filed
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB16.htm
SB18	VETERAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES (THOMAS R) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 26A, relating to the Court of Justice, to require the Supreme Court to administer a veterans treatment court program; amend KRS 533.015 to include veterans treatment court in alternative sentencing options; amend KRS 431.515, relating to pretrial services for veterans, to remove the combat requirement, establish rules for contacting Veterans Justice Outreach programs, and require pretrial officers to provide contact information for veterans treatment courts and the Veterans Justice Outreach program.
	Current Status:	1/3/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection
	Recent Status:	1/2/2018 - Introduced (Pre-Filed) 11/28/2017 - Pre-Filed
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB18.htm
SB19	SEX OFFENSES (CARROLL D) Amend KRS 510.050, 510.060, 510.080, 510.090, 510.110, and 510.120 to increase penalties for sex crimes against a victim who is a person with an intellectual disability.
	Current Status:	4/10/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
	Recent Status:	3/29/2018 - delivered to Governor 3/29/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB19.htm
SB30	CRIME VICTIMS RIGHTS (WESTERFIELD W) Repeal and reenact or repeal, reenact, and amend various sections of the Crime Victims' Bill of Rights to change statutory definition of "victim"; require that restitution to the victim be made when possible; repeal KRS 421.540; provide for a delayed contingent effective date of November 6, 2018, upon ratification of a proposed constitutional amendment providing protection of crime victims' rights.
	Current Status:	3/23/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
	Recent Status:	3/12/2018 - delivered to Governor 3/12/2018 - received in Senate
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB30.htm
SB42	LAWFUL TAKING OF WILDLIFE (WEBB R) Amend KRS 150.363 to define "unmanned aircraft systems" and prohibit the use of unmanned aircraft systems to track, hunt, or harvest wildlife; amend KRS 150.710 to prohibit the use of unmanned aircraft systems to conduct surveillance of persons lawfully engaged in hunting, trapping, or fishing.
	Current Status:	1/4/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Natural Resources and Energy
	Recent Status:	1/2/2018 - Introduced
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB42.htm
SB46	FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION (ADAMS J) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 508 to create the Class A felony of female genital mutilation; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to require the Department for Public Health in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to develop, produce, and disseminate educational materials related to female genital mutilation; amend KRS 620.030 to provide that if a person knows or has reasonable cause to believe that a child is a victim of female genital mutilation, then that person shall immediately make an oral or written report to the appropriate authorities.
	Current Status:	1/3/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary
	Recent Status:	1/2/2018 - Introduced
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB46.htm
SB54	DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION (NEAL G) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to abolish the death penalty and replace it with life imprisonment without parole for inmates presently sentenced to death; amend KRS 532.030, relating to authorized dispositions for felony offenses, to remove the death penalty; amend KRS 533.010, relating to probation, to prohibit probation for a person sentenced to life without parole or life without parole for 25 years; amend KRS 640.040, relating to penalties for juveniles convicted of felony offenses, to prohibit life imprisonment without benefit of parole for a capital offense; amend KRS 422.285, 532.050, and 532.100 to conform; repeal various statutes relating to imposition of the death penalty.
	Current Status:	1/4/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary
	Recent Status:	1/3/2018 - Introduced
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB54.htm
SB84	DNA (WESTERFIELD W) Amend KRS 17.169 to include local law enforcement as persons authorized to collect DNA samples; amend KRS 17.170 to provide for the collection of DNA samples at arrest or initial appearance from all persons charged with a felony offense; amend KRS 17.175 to provide that a person may request expungement of the record of his or her DNA in certain enumerated circumstances; amend KRS 64.060 to establish a $5 payment from the State Treasury to the collecting agency for each DNA sample collected; APPROPRIATION.
	Current Status:	1/19/2018 - (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/SB84.htm
SB87	JURY SERVICE PAY (SEUM D) Amend KRS 29A.170 to increase payment to jurors for jury duty in Circuit and District Court from five dollars to ten dollars per day; require that jurors be paid fifteen dollars per day as reimbursement of expenses incurred; amend KRS 32.070 to require that persons summoned for jury service in Circuit Court and jurors serving as grand jurors and petit jurors be paid the sum of fifteen dollars per day as reimbursement of expenses incurred.
	Current Status:	3/8/2018 - (S) recommitted to committee Senate Judiciary
	Recent Status:	3/8/2018 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/SCS 1, SCA 1T 3/7/2018 - (S) Passed Over and retained in the Orders of the Day
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB87.htm
SB94	SCHEDULED DRUG PRESCRIPTION ELECTRONIC MONITORING SYSTEM (WESTERFIELD W) Amend KRS 218A.202 to permit an employer of a practitioner, pharmacist, or other person authorized to prescribe, administer, or dispense controlled substances to request data from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services as part of a bona fide specific investigation of prescribing or dispensing practices.
	Current Status:	3/7/2018 - Senate Health and Welfare, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)
	Recent Status:	1/22/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health and Welfare 1/19/2018 - Introduced
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB94.htm
SB130	CAMPUS CRIME REPORTING (MCDANIEL C) Amend KRS 164.948 to conform the defined terms with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, 20 U.S.C sec. 1092; amend KRS 164.9485 to conform the crime reporting requirements of public postsecondary institutions under Kentucky law to the federal campus crime reporting requirements of 20 U.S.C. sec. 1092.
	Current Status:	4/2/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
	Recent Status:	3/22/2018 - delivered to Governor 3/22/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB130.htm
SB133	CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS (ADAMS J) Amend KRS 441.055 to require the Department of Corrections to promulgate administrative regulations for the jails that require adequate nutrition for pregnant inmates, adequate feminine hygiene products, and an appropriate number of undergarments for female inmates; create a new section of KRS Chapter 196 to require that pregnant inmates be restrained solely with handcuffs in front of the body unless further restraint is required to protect herself or others; ban the shackling of female inmates; amend KRS 197.020 to require the Department of Corrections to create a classification process for jails that may house female state inmates; amend KRS 532.100 to require a jail be certified before housing any female state inmates and provide a delayed effective date of January 1, 2019; amend KRS 403.725 to allow orders of protection to be filed at a domestic violence shelter or a rape crisis shelter; amend KRS 456.030 to allow interpersonal protective orders to be filed at a domestic violence shelter or a rape crisis shelter; create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to require the reporting of allegations of sexual assaults by a jailer or any employee, contractor, vendor, or volunteer of a supervising entity to the Attorney General's Office for investigation; create a new section of KRS Chapter 439 to allow an eligible pregnant woman to be released from custody; amend KRS 431.517 to prohibit an offender charged with an offense under KRS Chapter 507 from pretrial home incarceration unless the judge makes a finding that the offender does not pose a threat to society; amend KRS 434.650, 434.655, 434.660, 434.670, 434.690, 514.030, 514.040, 514.050, 514.060, 514.070, 514.080, 514.090, 514.110, 514.120, and 517.060 to raise the threshold level for a Class D felony for various fraud and theft crimes from $500 to $1,000 if the person has not been convicted twice of the same offense in the last two years; amend KRS 439.3401 to make criminal attempt to commit murder of a peace officer or a firefighter an offense for which at least 85 percent of the sentence must be served before probation or parole; amend KRS 431.066 to eliminate monetary bond except for high-risk defendants who have not been charged with a violent or sexual offense; provide that when a court is making a bail determination for a defendant, it is based on whether a defendant poses a low, moderate, or high risk; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to provide that when a defendant poses a low or moderate risk and has been charged with a violent or sexual offense or poses a high risk, the court shall determine whether any nonfinancial conditions shall reasonably ensure the appearance of the defendant or the safety of the public; amend various statutes to conform; repeal KRS 431.021 and amend KRS 431.510 to conform; provide a delayed effective date of January 1, 2019 for the monetary bond provisions; provide short title.
	Current Status:	4/10/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
	Recent Status:	3/29/2018 - delivered to Governor 3/29/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB133.htm
SB135	OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS (SCHRODER W) Create new sections of KRS Chapter 423 to define various terms; limit the applicability of the Act to notarial acts performed on or after August 1, 2019; allow a notarial officer to perform a notarial act in Kentucky; outline requirements for certain notarial acts; require a personal or online appearance before a notarial officer; specify the requirements of identifying an individual before a notarial officer; allow a notarial officer to refuse to perform a notarial act; state who may perform a notarial act in Kentucky; recognize notarial acts performed in other states; recognize notarial acts performed in federally recognized Indian tribes under federal law, and in foreign countries; allow a notary public to perform a notarial act by means of communication technology; require a notarial act to be evidenced by a certificate; provide short form certificates for use by notarial officers; outline the requirements for an official stamp of a notary public; assign responsibility of the notary public's stamping device to the notary public; require a notary public to maintain a journal chronicling all notarial acts performed by that notary public; require a notary public to register with the Secretary of State that the notary public will be performing notarial acts with respect to electronic records; outline the necessary requirements to be a notary public; outline grounds for suspending, denying, or revoking a commission as a notary public; require the Secretary of State to maintain an electronic database of notaries public; detail prohibited acts; establish the validity of notarial acts; allow the Secretary of State to promulgate administrative regulations to implement this Act; require all commissions occurring after the effective date of this Act to comply with this Act; state that a portion of this Act may be cited as the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act; create a new section of KRS Chapter 382 to state that a paper copy of an electronic record shall satisfy a law requiring a tangible document; create a new section of KRS Chapter 64 to create the Kentucky Notarization and Recording Standards Commission; amend KRS 423.200 to make technical corrections; amend KRS 369.103 to allow electronic signatures on transactions relating to the conveyance of interests in real property and the creation or transfer of negotiable instruments; amend KRS 62.065 to allow a surety to cover more than one required bond; repeal KRS 423.010, 423.020, 423.030, 423.040, 423.050, 423.060, 423.070, 423.080, and 423.990; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2019.
	Current Status:	2/8/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate State and Local Government
	Recent Status:	2/7/2018 - Introduced
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB135.htm
SB171	EXPUNGEMENT (HIGDON J) Amend KRS 431.073 to allow discretionary expungement of certain Class D felonies with a ten-year or twenty-year waiting period; distribute $50 of each filing fee to the Kentucky State Police; distribute $100 of each filing fee to the Commonwealth's attorney's office that prosecuted the case; amend KRS 431.076 to allow a person against whom charges have been dismissed with or without prejudice to petition for expungement; set time limits for filing petitions; amend KRS 431.079 to require a certificate of eligibility only if a petition or application seeks expungement of a conviction; APPROPRIATION.
	Current Status:	3/8/2018 - Senate Judiciary, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)
	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
SB172	CIVIL RIGHTS (NEAL G) Amend KRS 344.040 to make it unlawful to require a job applicant to disclose his or her criminal history prior to making an offer of employment to the applicant.
	Current Status:	2/21/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary
	Recent Status:	2/20/2018 - Introduced
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB172.htm
SB173	CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT (NEAL G) Propose to amend Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky to allow persons convicted of a felony, other than felonies designated by the General Assembly, the right to vote; submit to the voters for ratification or rejection.
	Current Status:	2/21/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate State and Local Government
	Recent Status:	2/20/2018 - Introduced
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB173.htm
SB174	JURIES (NEAL G) Amend KRS 15.733 to allow the disqualification of a prosecuting attorney from the retrial of a case due to discriminatory jury selection practices; create a new section of KRS Chapter 27A to require the Administrative Office of the Courts to collect and report data on the race, ethnicity, and sex of members of juries.
	Current Status:	2/21/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary
	Recent Status:	2/20/2018 - Introduced
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB174.htm
SB175	JURIES (NEAL G) Amend KRS 29A.040 to add holders of personal identification cards issued within a county to the master list of potential jurors for that county.
	Current Status:	3/22/2018 - (S) recommitted to committee Senate Judiciary
	Recent Status:	3/9/2018 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules 3/8/2018 - (S) FIRST READING to Regular Calendar
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB175.htm
SB177	JUVENILE JUSTICE (WESTERFIELD W) Amend KRS 635.060 to allow probation to extend to the completion of substance abuse or mental health treatment.
	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/SB177.htm
SB187	JUVENILE JUSTICE (WESTERFIELD W) Amend KRS 635.060 to clarify placement of a person committed after the age of seventeen and a half.
	Current Status:	2/22/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary
	Recent Status:	2/21/2018 - Introduced
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB187.htm
SB188	CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS (WESTERFIELD W) Amend KRS 190.990 to remove duplicative language regarding penalties for fraudulent activities concerning motor vehicle sales.
	Current Status:	2/22/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary
	Recent Status:	2/21/2018 - Introduced
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB188.htm
SB189	JUROR PAY (NEAL G) Amend KRS 29A.170 to increase juror pay and expense allowance; amend KRS 32.011 to conform to repeal; repeal KRS 32.070, relating to expense allowances for jurors.
	Current Status:	2/22/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary
	Recent Status:	2/21/2018 - Introduced
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB189.htm
SB194	UNIFORM FIDUCIARY ACCESS TO DIGITAL ASSETS ACT (WESTERFIELD W) Establish KRS Chapter 395A and create new sections thereof to enact the Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act to establish a framework for the management and disposition of digital assets upon death or incapacitation; define terms; set forth the applicability of the chapter to fiduciaries, agents, personal representatives, conservators, guardians, and trustees; provide that the chapter does not apply to a digital asset of an employer that is used by an employee in the ordinary course of business; enumerate the rights and limitations of a personal representative of a decedent to access the electronic communications or digital assets of the decedent; permit a court to grant a conservator or guardian the right to access electronic communications of a protected person after a hearing conducted pursuant to applicable state law; enumerate the rights and limitations of an agent to access a principal's electronic communications and digital assets; enumerate the rights and limitations of a trustee, or successor of a trustee, to access the electronic communications and digital assets of an account holder or successor account holder; provide that a fiduciary who is an account holder or has the right to access an account holder's digital assets may do so, subject to certain limitations; provide that an account holder may limit a fiduciarys access to any digital asset by affirmative act, separate from his or her assent to other provisions, in a terms-of-service agreement; specify when a provision in a terms-of-service agreement is void as against public policy of Kentucky; provide that a choice-of-law provision in an agreement is unenforceable to the extent that it limits a fiduciarys access to a digital asset; allow a fiduciary with authority over the property of a decedent, protected person, principal, or settler to access tangible property containing digital assets; specify the documents or instruments that a fiduciary must provide to a custodian in order to access, control, or copy a digital asset; provide that a custodian must comply with a request made within 60 days of receipt of the request; require that the provisions of the chapter be applied and construed so as to promote uniformity of law among the states; establish conformity with federal requirements related to electronic signatures and records; provide that the chapter may be cited as the Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act.
	Current Status:	2/23/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary
	Recent Status:	2/22/2018 - Introduced
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB194.htm
SB210	POSSESSION OF FIREARM BY FELON (SEUM D) Amend KRS 527.040 to increase the penalties for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon when the felon commits a crime outside of this section that involves a firearm and the person has a prior conviction under this section.
	Current Status:	4/10/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
	Recent Status:	3/29/2018 - delivered to Governor 3/29/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB210.htm
SB229	CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT (WILSON M) Propose to amend the Constitution of Kentucky to forbid the application of foreign law if citizens' rights would be infringed upon; submit to voters.
	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/SB229.htm
SB239	SEXUAL ACTIVITY WITH ANIMALS (HORNBACK P) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 525 to establish the crime of sexual activity with animals; define terms; specify the conduct that a person knowingly engages in that constitutes sexual activity with animals; provide that sexual activity with animals is a Class A misdemeanor; allow the court to impose additional penalties on a person convicted of violation of the section; exempt accepted animal husbandry or veterinary medical practices from the provisions of the section; allow the court to seize all animals involved in an alleged violation as a condition of bond if the court has reasonable grounds to believe that a violation has occurred.
	Current Status:	3/5/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Agriculture
	Recent Status:	3/1/2018 - Introduced
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB239.htm
SB240	KIDNAPPING (SCHRODER W) Amend KRS 439.3401 to make kidnapping and attempted kidnapping a violent offense with 85% service time.
	Current Status:	3/5/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary
	Recent Status:	3/1/2018 - Introduced
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB240.htm
SB242	FIRST DEGREE CRIMINAL FLEEING (MCGARVEY M) Amend KRS 520.095 to specify circumstances under which criminal fleeing in the first degree is a Class C felony.
	Current Status:	3/5/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary
	Recent Status:	3/1/2018 - Introduced
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB242.htm
SB255	IGNITION INTERLOCKED DEVICES (WESTERFIELD W) Amend KRS 186.570 to allow the Transportation Cabinet to address violations related to the issuance of an ignition interlock license and installation of an ignition interlock device and to promulgate administrative regulations to address out-of-state interlock ignition orders for residents and nonresidents; amend KRS 189A.005 to make technical corrections; amend KRS 189.070 to require that persons charged with a violation of KRS 189A.010 which includes aggravating circumstances, or who have refused a breath, blood, or urine test, may only receive day-for-day credit for a valid interlock license after conviction; create a new section of KRS Chapter 189A to allow any person charged with violating KRS 189A.010(1)(a), (b), (e), or (f) or who refused a breath, blood, or urine test to apply to the Transportation Cabinet for an ignition interlock license; delete the requirement that certain offenses require court approval to apply for an ignition interlock license; amend KRS 189A.085 to require proof of issuance of an ignition interlock license to avoid impoundment of a defendant’s license plate; create a new section of KRS Chapter 189A to state that an employer exemption for an ignition interlock device allows the person to operate his or her employer's non-ignition interlock equipped motor vehicle in the course and scope of employment if the business entity that owns the motor vehicle is not owned or controlled by the person; create a new section of KRS Chapter 189A to provide that within thirty days of issuance of an ignition interlock license, a person must have a functioning ignition interlock device installed in his or her vehicle; amend KRS 189A.090 to make technical corrections to allow the court to revoke an ignition interlock or hardship license if the person has been convicted of a violation under KRS Chapter 189 for which points are assessed by the Transportation Cabinet or of certain offenses under KRS Chapter 189A; amend KRS 189A.105 to require that at the time of a breath, blood, or urine test a person shall be informed that he or she will have to the ability to apply for an ignition interlock license; amend KRS 189A.107 to allow a person who refuses a breath, blood, or urine test to apply for an ignition interlock license if the person files a motion waiving the right to judicial review and to receive credit on a day-for-day basis after conviction; provide that a person who was not convicted of a violation of KRS 189A.010 but found by the court to have refused to submit to testing may receive credit on a day-for-day basis; amend KRS 189A.200 to revise procedure for issuance of an ignition interlock license during a suspension period for refusal to take a breath, blood, or urine test and other violations of KRS 189A.010; amend KRS 189A.240 to amend procedures related to issuance of an ignition interlock license during a pretrial suspension under KRS 189A.200(1)(a); amend KRS 189A.320 to make a technical correction; amend KRS 189A.400 to revise jurisdictional requirements of the District Court related to the issuance of ignition interlock licenses; amend KRS 189A.410 to revise eligibility requirements for issuance of a hardship driver’s license after a minimum license suspension period under KRS 189A.010(6) or KRS 189A.070; amend KRS 189A.500 to require the Transportation Cabinet to create a process by which a person may seek administrative review by the cabinet related to ignition interlock devices; repeal KRS 189A.340, 189A.345, 189A.420, and 189A.440, relating to ignition interlock devices.
	Current Status:	3/7/2018 - (S) reassigned to committee Senate Judiciary
	Recent Status:	3/5/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Transportation 3/1/2018 - Introduced
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB255.htm
SB258	HUMAN TRAFFICKING (MCGARVEY M) Amend KRS 439.3401 to include as violent offenders individuals convicted of human trafficking and promoting human trafficking; specify that individuals convicted of human trafficking or promoting human trafficking shall not be released on probation or parole until 85 percent of the sentence has been served.
	Current Status:	3/5/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary
	Recent Status:	3/1/2018 - Introduced
	State Bill Page:	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB258.htm

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