| HB72 | STATE FISCAL MEASURES (KING K) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 6 to require roll call votes on any state fiscal measure, including an appropriation or revenue-raising measure, voted upon in the Senate or House of Representatives or a committee thereof; require identification of any state fiscal measure by the director of the Legislative Research Commission, or upon a determination by the Senate or House of Representatives or a committee of either; require separate votes for any state fiscal measure. |
| | Current Status: | 1/25/2018 - House State Government, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/23/2018 - (H) posted in committee House State Government
1/2/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House State Government
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB72.htm |
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| HB88 | DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY (FLEMING K) Amend KRS 393.250 to allow all expenses for the operation of the Treasury Department to be paid out of the abandoned property fund; EMERGENCY. |
| | Current Status: | 1/16/2018 - (H) recommitted to committee House Appropriations and Revenue
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| | Recent Status: | 1/16/2018 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules
1/11/2018 - (H) FIRST READING to Regular Calendar
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB88.htm |
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| HB125 | VOLUNTARY UNIFICATION OF COUNTIES (KOENIG A) Create new sections of KRS Chapter 67 to establish a new procedure for the optional consolidation of counties; exclude consolidated local governments, charter county governments, urban-county governments, and unified local governments from the procedures; permit two or more counties to consolidate with such action initiated by public petition or local ordinance; require signatures of 20% or more of the number of persons voting in last presidential election for initiation petition; provide for the contents and certification of petitions as prescribed; require the county judge/executive in the initiating county within 10 days to notify the other local governments and their citizens of the proposal as prescribed; require responding action in adjoining counties within 120 days or initial action becomes void; require a special election within 90 days if adjoining counties enter the process; require approval in each county for consolidation to become effective; prescribe the language for the ballot, other election procedures, and advertisement of the election by the sheriff; require a simple majority of those voting in each county for approval; require all election costs to be paid for by the state, and prohibit any organizational changes in a newly consolidated county for 10 years; prohibit any new county from becoming effective until the end of terms of current officeholders and require new officers to be elected in the same manner and at same time as other county officials; require the county judge/executive in each county to appoint 6 citizens to a transition committee as prescribed; require transition committee to divide county into 3-8 magisterial districts and to select 2-5 names for the new county to be decided by the voters; require final report of the transition committee as prescribed; provide for a gubernatorial appointee to break tie vote on questions relating to the name of the new county, the formation of magisterial districts, or other issues on the ballot; require all taxes from the immediate year to remain in effect until changed by the new county; require the creation of a special taxing district for repayment of prior financial obligations in previously existing counties as prescribed; require surplus funds to be spent in the areas where funds were raised as prescribed; permit voters to determine the location of new county seat from previously existing locations; require county seat to remain at that location for not less than 10 years; require other remaining county buildings to be maintained as branch offices for 10 years as prescribed; require the Department for Local Government to promulgate administrative regulations awarding preference points on community development block grant applications and provide technical and advisory assistance to consolidated counties; require, upon consolidation, all appointments to boards of special districts to remain in effect until the expiration of the term, at which point the appropriate appointing authority shall make new appointments; amend KRS 67.280 to provide for federal and state election districts as prescribed; repeal KRS 67.190, 67.200, 67.210, 67.220, 67.230, 67.240, 67.250, 67.260, 67.270, 67.290, and 67.310. |
| | Current Status: | 1/5/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Local Government
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| | Recent Status: | 1/3/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB125.htm |
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| HB171 | BUDGET FORMS (RUDY S) Amend KRS 48.040, relating to budget forms, to make a technical correction. |
| | Current Status: | 1/16/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations and Revenue
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| | Recent Status: | 1/10/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB171.htm |
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| HB173 | BRANCH BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS (RUDY S) Amend KRS 48.100, relating to branch budget recommendations, to make a technical correction. |
| | Current Status: | 3/16/2018 - (H) Returned to Committee House Appropriations and Revenue
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| | Recent Status: | 3/16/2018 - (H) SECOND READING
3/16/2018 - (H) Taken From Committee
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB173.htm |
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| HB200 | EXECUTIVE BRANCH BUDGET (RUDY S) The State/Executive Branch Budget: Detail Part I, Operating Budget; appropriate to General Government: 2017-2018: $7,018,500, 2018-2019: $1,704,291,300, 2019-2020: $1,655,441,200; appropriate to the Economic Development Cabinet: 2018-2019: $31,672,600, 2019-2020: $32,384,800; appropriate to the Department of Education: 2018-2019: $4,885,519,300, 2019-2020: $4,885,920,600; appropriate to the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet: 2018-2019: $630,653,700, 2019-2020: $635,306,400; appropriate to the Energy and Environment Cabinet: 2018-2019: $272,522,400, 2019-2020: $280,337,000; appropriate to the Finance and Administration Cabinet: 2018-2019: $932,955,700, 2019-2020: $962,132,700; appropriate to the Health and Family Services Cabinet: 2017-2018: $12,064,200, 2018-2019: $13,902,025,100, 2019-2020: $14,153,724,700; appropriate to the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet: 2017-2018: $22,281,300, 2018-2019: $1,279,407,200, 2019-2020: $1,315,928,100; appropriate to the Labor Cabinet: 2018-2019: $221,768,700, 2019-2020: $221,427,400; appropriate to the Personnel Cabinet: 2018-2019: $66,174,600, 2019-2020: $66,486,800; appropriate to Postsecondary Education: 2018-2019: $7,834,090,600, 2019-2020: $8,200,114,600; appropriate to the Public Protection Cabinet: 2018-2019: $123,723,400, 2019-2020: $122,273,100; appropriate to the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet: 2017-2018: $8,831,600, 2018-2019: $258,238,600, 2019-2020: $261,409,800; appropriate to the Budget Reserve Trust Fund: 2018-2019: $62,414,100, 2019-2020: $183,378,000; not included in the appropriation amounts are capital project amounts as follows: 2017-2018 $16,500,000, 2018-2019: $2,804,425,500, 2019-2020: $342,579,500; detail Part II, Capital Projects Budget; detail Part III, General Provisions; detail Part IV, State Salary/Compensation, Benefit, and Employment Policy; detail Part V, Funds Transfer; detail Part VI, General Fund Budget Reduction Plan; detail Part VII, General Fund Surplus Expenditure Plan; detail Part VIII, Road Fund Budget Reduction Plan; detail Part IX, Road Fund Surplus Expenditure Plan; detail Part X, Phase I Tobacco Settlement; and detail Part XI, Executive Branch Budget Summary. |
| | Current Status: | 4/14/2018 - delivered to Secretary of State
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| | Recent Status: | 4/13/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
4/13/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB200.htm |
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| HB201 | TRANSPORTATION CABINET BUDGET (RUDY S) The Transportation Cabinet Budget: appropriate from the General Fund, Restricted Funds, Federal Funds, and Road Fund $2,338,992,800 in fiscal year 2018-2019 and $2,318,218,000 in fiscal year 2019-2020 for operating costs; appropriate from Road Fund and Investment Income for various capital projects; require the Secretary of the Transportation Cabinet to produce a document detailing the 2018-2020 Biennial Highway Construction Program and the Highway Preconstruction Program; provide debt service to the General Administration and Support budget unit; allow reallocation of appropriations among budget units; allow the Transportation Cabinet to receive funds and services for the Adopt-A-Highway Litter Program; provide funds for Aviation's operational costs; provide debt service to the Aviation budget unit; provide funds for Economic Development Road lease-rental payments; provide that no portion of the revenues to the state Road Fund accrue to the Debt Payment Acceleration Fund account; provide debt service for Grant Anticipation Revenue Vehicle (GARVEE) Bonds; provide funds for the State-Supported Construction Program, Biennial Highway Construction Program, Highway Construction Contingency Account, and the Kentucky Pride Fund; authorize projects in the 2016-2018 Biennial Highway Construction Plan to continue into the 2018-2020 biennium; provide no Road Fund appropriation for the Kentucky Transportation Center; authorize the Transportation Cabinet to match federal highway moneys; prioritize projects should any additional federal highway moneys become available; authorize the Transportation Cabinet to continue the Cash Management Plan and to make programmatic adjustments; provide for carry forward of any unexpended Road Fund appropriations in the Highways budget unit for various programs; provide for the transfer of Road Fund resources for judgments; authorize the Transportation Cabinet to maximize the use of Toll Credits; provide funds for the County Road Aid Program, the Rural Secondary Program, the Municipal Road Aid Program, and the Energy Recovery Road Fund; provide debt service to the Vehicle Regulation budget unit; provide for Capital Construction Fund appropriations and reauthorizations; provide for the expiration of existing line-item capital construction projects; authorize various capital projects; specify funds transfers. |
| | Current Status: | 4/26/2018 - line items vetoed
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| | Recent Status: | 4/14/2018 - delivered to Governor
4/14/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB201.htm |
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| HB202 | ROAD PROJECTS (RUDY S) Set out the 2018-2020 Biennial Highway Construction Plan; EMERGENCY. |
| | Current Status: | 4/13/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/2/2018 - delivered to Governor
4/2/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB202.htm |
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| HB203 | JUDICIAL BRANCH BUDGET (RUDY S) The Judicial Branch Budget: appropriate $440,265,200 in fiscal year 2018-2019 and $445,291,600 in fiscal year 2019-2020 from the General Fund, Restricted Funds, and Federal Funds; provide General Fund moneys for pay equity initiative; provide General Fund moneys for defined calculations; provide General Fund moneys to replace Federal Funds; provide that funds in the Court Operations and Administration appropriation unit carry forward; provide that if the Supreme Court retains the 2008 increase in civil filing fees, the additional income, not to exceed $5,000,000 in each fiscal year, shall be deposited in a trust and agency account for court operations; provide General Fund moneys for local facility assessments; provide General Fund moneys for increased CERS rates on janitorial and maintenance staff in judicial centers and courthouses; provide funds to compensate local units of government for providing court space and for costs incurred in the development of local court facilities; provide that funds in the Local Facilities Fund carry forward; provide that funds in the Local Facilities Use Allowance Contingency Fund carry forward; provide funds for actuarial-assessed judicial retirement benefits; detail project scope and use allowance payments for Bath, Butler, Crittenden, Jessamine, and Jefferson County court houses; authorize lease purchase of a Court of Appeals office building in Franklin County; provide General Fund support for use allowance payments for Jefferson County; defer General Fund support for operating costs, annualized use allowance payments, and nonrecurring furniture and equipment costs for Bath, Butler, Crittenden, and Jessamine Counties to the 2020-2022 fiscal biennium; authorize leases; clarify that nothing in this bill shall reduce funding of court facility projects authorized by the General Assembly; provide that if a court facility project is occupied and use allowance funding is insufficient that use allowance payments must be approved from the Local Facilities Use Allowance Contingency Fund, or if funds are not available in the Local Facilities Use Allowance Contingency Fund, the use allowance payments shall be deemed a necessary government expense; provide the Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts with expenditure authority; provide for severability of budget provisions and priority of individual appropriations; declare that KRS 48.312 controls duplicate appropriations; clarify that KRS 48.313 controls when a total or subtotal of the bill conflicts with a sum of the appropriations of which it consists; provide that any unexpended balance remaining in the Court's Restricted Funds or Federal Funds accounts carry forward; provide for the final budget document; provide for the transferability of funds; provide for appropriations revisions; include funds for trial commissioner salaries as provided for in the Judicial Branch Budget Recommendation; provide that issuance of paychecks scheduled for June 30, 2018, June 30, 2019, and June 30, 2020, shall not be issued prior to July 1, 2018, July 1, 2019, and July 1, 2020; provide for participation in any Budget Reduction Plan or Surplus Expenditure Plan. |
| | Current Status: | 4/13/2018 - line items
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| | Recent Status: | 4/13/2018 - line items vetoed
4/2/2018 - delivered to Governor
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB203.htm |
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| HB204 | LEGISLATIVE BRANCH BUDGET (RUDY S) The Legislative Branch Budget: appropriate from the General Fund $69,693,900 for fiscal year 2018-2019 and $71,248,700 for fiscal year 2019-20020; appropriate from Restricted Funds $75,000 for fiscal year 2018-2019 and $175,000 for fiscal year 2019-2020, with appropriations allocated as follows: General Assembly 2018-2019 $19,372,900 2019-2020 $20,281,900 Legislative Research Commission 2018-2019 $50,396,000 2019-2020 $51,141,800; transfer $2,269,000 to the General Fund in each fiscal year. |
| | Current Status: | 4/14/2018 - delivered to Secretary of State (Acts, ch. 173)
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| | Recent Status: | 4/14/2018 - veto overridden
4/14/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB204.htm |
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| HB243 | CONSOLIDATION OF COUNTIES (HERALD T) Create noncodified sections to consolidate various counties in the Commonwealth; stipulate how the county is to be divided into districts, select new county names and county seats, form taxing districts, integrate into representative, senatorial, congressional districts, or judicial circuits, require that records are transferred, treat appointed officials on boards, and the transition of the board functions, account for special districts, transfer contracts, bonds, franchises and other legal instruments to new county, transfer employees employed as of December 31, 2022 to new county, maintain local option status until changed by law, require Circuit Court clerks serve remainder of term concurrently and have duties for that period prescribed by Administrative Office of the Courts, and transition county board of election membership to coordinate with the consolidation. |
| | Current Status: | 1/26/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Local Government
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| | Recent Status: | 1/24/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB243.htm |
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| HB251 | REORGANIZATION (NEMES J) Amend KRS 14.025 to abolish the Division of Administration and the Division of Business Filings in the Office of the Secretary of State; create the Office of Administration, Office of Business, and Office of Elections, and describe duties of the offices; amend KRS 355.9-513A to conform; confirm Secretary of State Executive Order 2017-01. |
| | Current Status: | 2/16/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate State and Local Government
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| | Recent Status: | 2/15/2018 - received in Senate
2/14/2018 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 95-0
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB251.htm |
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| HB542 | COAL SEVERANCE REVENUES (COUCH T) Amend various sections in KRS Chapter 42 to distribute 100 percent of coal severance revenues among the coal-producing counties on the basis of the tax collected on coal severed or processed in each respective county; amend KRS 143.090, 164.7890, and 164.7891 to conform; repeal KRS 42.490. |
| | Current Status: | 3/1/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations and Revenue
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| | Recent Status: | 2/27/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB542.htm |
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| HB556 | PROPERTY VALUATION ADMINISTRATORS OFFICES (PETRIE J) Amend KRS 132.020 to increase state real property tax rate by 2.6 cents per $100 of assessed valuation; amend KRS 132.590 to require a special purpose governmental entity to pay to the PVA for use of the property assessment and create the PVA compensation fund; amend KRS 132.200 to include the receipts from unmined coal in the special purpose governmental entity fee; amend KRS 132.645 to conform; repeal KRS 132.635; APPROPRIATION. |
| | Current Status: | 3/1/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations and Revenue
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| | Recent Status: | 2/27/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB556.htm |
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| HB609 | TRANSPORTATION FUNDING (SANTORO S) Amend KRS 138.210 to set the average wholesale floor price at $2.90; amend KRS 138.220 to increase the supplemental tax on gasoline and special fuels by increasing the existing rate from five cents per gallon (cpg) on gasoline and two cpg on special fuels to eight and a half cpg for both and setting that as the minimum rate; subject the supplemental tax to annual adjustment; require annual notification to motor fuel dealers of the adjusted rate of supplemental tax for each upcoming fiscal year and annual notification to county clerks of the level of registration fees for electric and hybrid vehicles; create a new section of KRS Chapter 138 to provide a mechanism for annual adjustment of the supplemental motor fuel tax based on changes in the National Highway Construction Cost Index; allow the supplemental tax to increase or decrease no more than 10 percent from one year to the next, subject to the statutory minimum; create a new section of KRS Chapter 186 to establish a base fee for hybrid vehicles, hybrid electric plug-in vehicles, and nonhybrid electric vehicles; require the fee to be adjusted with any increase or decrease in the gasoline tax established in KRS 138.228 and Section 3 of the Act; require collection of the fee at the time of motor vehicle registration; require that all fees collected under this section be transferred to the road fund; amend KRS 186.010 to define the terms "hybrid vehicle," "hybrid electric plug-in vehicle," and "nonhybrid electric vehicle"; amend KRS 186.018 at increase the fee for a driving history record from three dollars to six dollars; amend KRS 186.040 to eliminate the $30 county clerk fee for motor carrier registrations on vehicles in excess of 44,000 pounds; amend KRS 186.050 to increase to state fee for motor vehicle registrations from $11.50 to $22; reference the fees for electric and hybrid vehicles collected under this Act; provide for the $10 late charge for vehicle registrations not renewed within 30 days of expiration; make technical correction; amend KRS 186.162 and 186.240 to conform; amend KRS 186.440, 186.450, and 186.531 to consolidate fees for driver license reinstatement, set reinstatement fee at $100, provide for distribution of funds, and provide for exceptions; amend KRS 281A.150 to increase reinstatement fees for suspended CDLs from $50 to $250; amend KRS 186A.130 and 186A.245 to set the fee for an initial title at $25 and the fee for a duplicate or replacement title at $10 and adjust the distribution of fees between the Cabinet and the county clerk; amend KRS 189.574 to increase to fee for state traffic school from $15 to $50; amend KRS 189.270 to increase fees for various overweight and overdimensional permits; create a new section of KRS Chapter 174 to create the multimodal transportation fund, specify allowable uses for moneys in the fund and appropriate funds for those purposes; EMERGENCY; Sections 1 to 3 of the Act are EFFECTIVE 7/1/18; Sections 4, 5, and 7 to 14 of the Act are EFFECTIVE January 1, 2019; APPROPRIATION. |
| | Current Status: | 4/13/2018 - floor amendment (1) filed
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| | Recent Status: | 3/20/2018 - House Appropriations and Revenue, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)
3/16/2018 - (H) posted in committee House Appropriations and Revenue
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB609.htm |
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| SB61 | FISCAL MATTERS (MCDANIEL C) Amend KRS 131.030, relating to revenue, to make a technical correction. |
| | Current Status: | 4/2/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/21/2018 - delivered to Governor
3/21/2018 - received in Senate
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB61.htm |
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| SB63 | FISCAL MATTERS (MCDANIEL C) Amend KRS 138.230, relating to motor fuel dealer's records, to make technical corrections. |
| | Current Status: | 1/5/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Appropriations and Revenue
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| | Recent Status: | 1/4/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB63.htm |
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| SB64 | FISCAL MATTERS (MCDANIEL C) Amend KRS 131.175, relating to revenue, to make technical/clarifying corrections. |
| | Current Status: | 1/5/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Appropriations and Revenue
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| | Recent Status: | 1/4/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB64.htm |
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| SB70 | UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE CAPITAL PROJECT (MCDANIEL C) Authorize and appropriate $8,000,000 for the construction of a television broadcast/production studio at the University of Louisville; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY. |
| | Current Status: | 2/10/2018 - BECAME LAW WITHOUT GOVERNOR'S SIGNATURE
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| | Recent Status: | 2/9/2018 - filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
1/29/2018 - delivered to Governor
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB70.htm |
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| SB76 | DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY (SCHRODER W) Amend KRS 393.250 to allow all expenses for the operation of the Treasury Department to be paid out of the abandoned property fund; EMERGENCY. |
| | Current Status: | 1/10/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Appropriations and Revenue
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| | Recent Status: | 1/9/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB76.htm |
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| SB86 | CAPITAL PROJECTS (HUMPHRIES S) Amend KRS 45.750 to increase the dollar minimum from $600,000 to $1,000,000 for the definition of "capital projects" for entities other than institutions of higher education. |
| | Current Status: | 3/23/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/12/2018 - delivered to Governor
3/12/2018 - received in Senate
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB86.htm |
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| SB88 | CITY MANDATES (HORNBACK P) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 6 to prohibit the General Assembly from imposing requirements on cities that require city expenditures or tax levies without fully funding the requirement or making the requirements contingent on city legislative body approval; exempt requirements that are the result of a federal mandate; ensure that the provisions do not affect the obligations under KRS 6.950 to 6.975. |
| | Current Status: | 4/26/2018 - filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
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| | Recent Status: | 4/14/2018 - delivered to Governor
4/14/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB88.htm |
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| SB213 | REVENUE (STIVERS R) Amend KRS 139.660 to ensure gender neutrality. |
| | Current Status: | 2/28/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Appropriations and Revenue
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| | Recent Status: | 2/27/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB213.htm |
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