| HB2 | WORKERS COMPENSATION (KOENIG A) Amend KRS 342.020 to limit the time period of payment of medical expenses for certain permanent partial disabilities to 780 weeks but provide a mechanism to apply for extended benefits; limit the number of drug screens for which the employer will be liable; amend KRS 342.035 to specify circumstances upon which utilization review can be waived; mandate promulgation of treatment guidelines and a pharmaceutical formulary; clarify that a fee shall not be charged when an injured worker requests the initial copy of medical records; amend KRS 342.040 to indicate that interest will not accrue when the delay in payment of benefits was caused by the employee; amend KRS 342.125 to clarify that the four-year period in which to reopen a claim begins on the date of the original order granting or denying benefits and that subsequent orders granting or denying benefits shall not be considered an original order; amend KRS 342.185 to indicate that an application for adjustment of claim for compensation for a cumulative trauma injury must be made within five years of the last injurious exposure to the cumulative trauma; amend KRS 342.270 to require commissioner of Department of Workers' Claims to promulgate regulations establishing procedures for resolution of claims; amend KRS 342.315 to include pulmonary specialist as an examiner; amend KRS 342.316 to change procedure for filing occupational disease claims; amend KRS 342.320 to change calculation of attorney fees and increase limitation on amount of fees; amend KRS 342.610 to indicate that the employee must show that the voluntary introduction of a substance into his or her body that causes a disturbance of mental or physical capacities was not the proximate cause of his or her injury; amend KRS 342.700 to allow the recovery in subrogation of indemnity and medical expenses paid to or on behalf of the employee, less a pro rata share of the employee's legal expenses; amend KRS 342.730 to increase average weekly wage caps; set time limits for total disability benefits paid to certain professional athletes; allow payment of temporary total disability benefits to be offset by gross income minus applicable taxes paid to an employee during a period of light-duty work or work in an alternative job position; provide an offset against temporary total disability benefits for salary continuation or wholly employer-funded disability retirement plans; indicate that benefits shall terminate when a plaintiff reaches age 67 or two years after the date of injury, whichever shall last occur; amend KRS 342.7305 to require employment for a minimum of one year in order to be the responsible employer in a hearing loss claim; amend KRS 342.732 to set forth parameters for retraining; delete provisions of KRS 342.792 requiring the commissioner of Department of Workers' Claims to adopt regulations regarding the "B" reader process; amend KRS 342.794 to require commissioner of Department of Workers' Claims to maintain a list of "B" readers who are pulmonary specialists; amend KRS 342.990 to conform; specify the applicability of substantive changes to claims arising on or after effective date of Act and remedial changes to all claims irrespective of injury date. |
| | Current Status: | 3/30/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/29/2018 - delivered to Governor
3/29/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB2.htm |
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| HB4 | HEALTH CARE PEER REVIEW (WUCHNER A) Amend KRS 311.377 to add medical malpractice actions, actions arising out of review of credentials or retrospective review and evaluation, and actions by an applicant for or grantee of staff privileges to materials that are confidential and privileged and not subject to discovery, subpoena, or introduction into evidence, in any civil action in any court. |
| | Current Status: | 3/9/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 2/28/2018 - delivered to Governor
2/28/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB4.htm |
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| HB5 | GUARDIANSHIP OF PARTIALLY DISABLED ADULTS (ELLIOTT D) Amend KRS 210.290, relating to public guardianship, to specify when the Cabinet for Health and Family Services may be appointed as a resident's limited guardian, guardian, limited conservator, or conservator; amend KRS 387.510 to provide that a guardian or limited guardian is to manage the personal affairs of a disabled person; amend KRS 387.540 to allow a physician assistant to be part of an interdisciplinary evaluation team; amend KRS 387.570 and 387.580 to retain the right to a jury trial in a guardianship competency hearing if demanded by or on behalf of any party; amend KRS 387.590 to clarify that the same individual, agency, or corporation may be both a guardian and a conservator; amend KRS 387.610 to allow an advanced practice registered nurse or a physician assistant working within his or her scope of practice to verify a renewal petition for guardianship or conservatorship; amend KRS 387.660 to remove custody from a guardian's powers and duties; amend KRS 387.680 to clarify that a limited conservator or conservator may establish or place financial resources in a trust; amend KRS 387.670, 387.700, and 387.710 to conform. |
| | Current Status: | 3/13/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/1/2018 - delivered to Governor
3/1/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB5.htm |
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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
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| | Recent Status: | 2/9/2018 - received in Senate
2/8/2018 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 68-22
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB10.htm |
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| 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
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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/HB11.htm |
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| HB12 | TELEHEALTH (RILEY S) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the cabinet to regulate telehealth; set requirements for the delivery of telehealth services to Medicaid recipients; require equivalent reimbursement for telehealth services; require provision of coverage and reimbursement for telehealth; prohibit the cabinet from requiring providers to be physically present with a recipient; prohibit prior authorization, medical review, or administrative clearance if not required for the in-person service; prohibit demonstration of necessity; prohibit requiring providers to be part of a telehealth network; specify that Medicaid shall not be required to provide coverage for services that are not medically necessary or pay for transmission costs; amend KRS 205.510 to define terms; amend KRS 205.559 to add telehealth; amend 304.17A-005 to redefine "telehealth"; amend KRS 304.17A-138 to require health benefit plan coverage of telehealth to the same extent as though provided in person; prohibit health benefit plans from requiring providers to be physically present with a patient; prohibit prior authorization, medical review, or administrative clearance if not required for the in-person service; prohibit demonstration of necessity; prohibit requiring providers to be part of the telehealth network or subject to Telehealth Board oversight; specify that health benefit plans shall not be required to provide coverage for services that are not medically necessary or pay for transmission costs; amend KRS 342.315 to conform; amend KRS 18A.225 to require any fully insured health benefit plans or self-insured plans issued or renewed after July 1, 2019, to public employees to comply with KRS 304.17A-138; repeal KRS 194A.125; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2019. |
| | Current Status: | 2/6/2018 - (H) posted in committee House Health and Family Services
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| | Recent Status: | 2/1/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Family Services
1/30/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB12.htm |
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| HB22 | PUBLIC SAFETY (BANTA K) Amend KRS 446.010 to define "unmanned aircraft system"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 500 to prescribe permitted and prohibited uses of drones; provide exceptions; prohibit use of evidence obtained by a drone in violation of stated prohibitions; authorize that section to be cited as the "Citizens' Freedom from Unwarranted Surveillance Act"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 501 to clarify criminal liability for offenses committed using a drone; create a new section of KRS Chapter 525 to create the offense of obstructing an emergency responder. |
| | Current Status: | 3/24/2018 - BECAME LAW WITHOUT GOVERNOR'S SIGNATURE
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| | Recent Status: | 3/23/2018 - filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
3/12/2018 - delivered to Governor
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB22.htm |
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| 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
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| | Recent Status: | 1/2/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
1/2/2018 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB28.htm |
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| HB33 | OVERTAKING BICYCLES (MILLER J) Amend KRS 189.300 to provide that the operator of any vehicle moving upon a highway is to keep to the right unless signage or markings indicate otherwise; amend KRS 189.340 to require vehicles overtaking bicycles to pass at a distance of at least three feet; provide that if there not a minimum distance of three feet available, the passing vehicle is to use reasonable caution; specify when a motor vehicle may pass a bicycle to the left of the center of a roadway. |
| | Current Status: | 3/29/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/19/2018 - delivered to Governor
3/19/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB33.htm |
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| 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
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| | Recent Status: | 1/2/2018 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)
8/31/2017 - Pre-Filed
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB39.htm |
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| 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
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| | Recent Status: | 1/2/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Elections, Constitutional Amendments, and Intergovernmental Affairs
1/2/2018 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB43.htm |
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| 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
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| | Recent Status: | 1/2/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
1/2/2018 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB44.htm |
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| 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
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| | Recent Status: | 1/19/2018 - received in Senate
1/18/2018 - floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB49.htm |
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| HB52 | BICYCLE OPERATION (HUFF R) Amend KRS 189.287 to direct the Transportation Cabinet to include a requirement for bicycle helmets for operators and passengers under the age of 12 in the bicycle standards and safety regulations promulgated under this section. |
| | Current Status: | 3/21/2018 - Senate Transportation, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)
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| | Recent Status: | 3/14/2018 - Senate Transportation, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)
2/6/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Transportation
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB52.htm |
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| HB53 | PUBLIC PROTESTS (MORGAN W) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 525 to create a Class A misdemeanor, disruption of a public protest, for a person who wears a mask or hood concealing his or her face while engaging in a public protest; create a new section of KRS Chapter 525 to create a Class A misdemeanor, obstruction of traffic; abolish criminal or civil liability for a motor vehicle operator who causes injury or death to a person obstructing the flow of traffic during a public demonstration for which a permit has not been granted, unless the infliction of injury or death is intentional; create a new section of KRS Chapter 522 to prohibit any person, including a public servant, from preventing a peace officer from performing official duties at a protest. |
| | Current Status: | 1/2/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
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| | Recent Status: | 1/2/2018 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)
10/24/2017 - Pre-Filed
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB53.htm |
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| 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
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| | Recent Status: | 1/2/2018 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)
11/22/2017 - Pre-Filed
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB66.htm |
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| HB67 | UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE (WELLS W) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 341 to define a "seasonal/on recall employee" and require certification for an employer with these types of employees; amend KRS 341.350 to exempt seasonal/on recall employees from the waiting week and reemployment requirements. |
| | Current Status: | 2/28/2018 - (H) posted in committee House Economic Development and Workforce Investment
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| | Recent Status: | 1/3/2018 - (H) reassigned to committee House Economic Development and Workforce Investment
1/2/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Banking and Insurance
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB67.htm |
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| 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
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| | Recent Status: | 3/27/2018 - delivered to Governor
3/27/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB71.htm |
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| 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
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| | Recent Status: | 1/2/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Elections, Constitutional Amendments, and Intergovernmental Affairs
1/2/2018 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB76.htm |
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| HB87 | ANNEXATION (MOFFETT P) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 81A to allow standing to any person who owns property in a territory to file suit against a city that annexes the territory; retroactive to January 1, 2004; EMERGENCY. |
| | Current Status: | 1/4/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Local Government
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| | Recent Status: | 1/2/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB87.htm |
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| HB93 | BROKERAGE FINANCIAL ACCOUNT EXPLOITATION (ELLIOTT D) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 292 to require qualified individuals to report exploitation to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and to the commissioner of the Department of Financial Institutions, to allow account disbursements to be delayed under certain circumstances if there is a reasonable belief that the disbursement may result in exploitation, to provide immunity from administrative, civil, or criminal liability for compliance with the Act, to require broker-dealers and investment advisors to provide access to or copies of certain records, and to provide an exemption from the Kentucky Open Records Act for certain records; amend KRS 209.020 to add the Department of Financial Institutions as an authorized agency; and amend KRS 209.030 to avoid duplicative reporting requirement. |
| | Current Status: | 4/10/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/29/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
3/29/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB93.htm |
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| HB94 | REAL PROPERTY TRANSFER (KEENE D) Create new sections of KRS Chapter 394 to establish the Kentucky Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act to codify provisions for the creation, administration, modification, termination, and validity of transfer on death deeds; define terms; specify that a transfer on death deed is not an inter vivos transfer and that transfer occurs at the time of the transferors death; specify that the transferor retains the power to revoke a transfer on death deed; enumerate that a transfer on deed is nontestmentary; establish requirements for a transfer on death deed and specify the process of recording a transfer on death deed; specify that a transfer on death deed is effective without notice to or acceptance by the beneficiary during the transferors lifetime; establish provisions for the revocation of a transfer on death deed by instrument or act; enumerate the effect of a transfer on death deed during transferors life; allow a beneficiary to disclaim all or part of the beneficiaries interests; specify the impact of transfer on death deed on claims when an estate is insufficient; enumerate that a beneficiary of a transfer on death deed may disclaim the property interest in the deed; create the form for creating a transfer on death deed; create the form for revocation of a transfer on death deed; require that the provisions of KRS Chapter 394 be applied and construed so as to promote uniformity; conform to federal requirements related to electronic signatures and records; specify the applicability of KRS Chapter 394 to current law; specify that this Act may be cited as the Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act; amend KRS 382.110, 391.360, and 403.190 to conform. |
| | Current Status: | 1/4/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
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| | Recent Status: | 1/2/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB94.htm |
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| HB107 | HEALTH SERVICE IN SCHOOLS (REED B) Amend KRS 156.502 to include a definition of "medication" and "sunscreen"; require local boards of education to adopt policy allowing students to carry and self-administer sunscreen and permit teachers to voluntarily assist with application; include voluntarily assisting with the application of sunscreen in liability protection for teachers. |
| | Current Status: | 1/4/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education
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| | Recent Status: | 1/2/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB107.htm |
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| 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
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| | Recent Status: | 2/15/2018 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules
2/14/2018 - (H) FIRST READING w/HCS 1, to Regular Calendar
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB110.htm |
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| HB131 | GUARDIANSHIP PROCEEDINGS (MCCOY C) Amend KRS 387.570 to clarify when a respondent's presence may be waived at a guardianship competency hearing; allow a bench trial when the parties agree, there is no objection from interested parties, and all persons preparing the interdisciplinary report agree that the person is disabled or partially disabled; amend KRS 387.580 to conform. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
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| | Recent Status: | 1/4/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB131.htm |
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| HB133 | AGRICULTURAL SUPPLY TRANSPORTATION (TIPTON J) Amend KRS 281.730 to define "agricultural commodity," "farm supply for agricultural purposes," and "planting and harvesting season"; exempt drivers of vehicles transporting agricultural commodities and farm supplies for agricultural purposes within a 150 air-mile radius from a farm or distribution point during the planting and harvesting season from any provisions of 49 C.F.R. pt. 395, relating to hours of service of drivers, adopted by Transportation Cabinet. |
| | Current Status: | 4/2/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/21/2018 - delivered to Governor
3/21/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB133.htm |
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| HB135 | AIR AMBULANCE COVERAGE (GREER J) Amend KRS 304.17A-005 to define balance bill and insured; create a new section of subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define registered air ambulance service provider, to prohibit a health benefit plan from using an allowed amount for air ambulance services under certain conditions, to determine when an air ambulance transport is medically necessary, to require assumption of charges by the insurer under certain conditions, to require notification to the air ambulance service of assumption by the insurer, prohibit the air ambulance provider from certain actions following receipt of notification, to establish payment requirements for the insurer, to establish the Independent Dispute Resolution program for disputed air ambulance service charges within the Department of Insurance, to require reporting by registered air ambulance service providers and the department, to set requirements for registration in the program, to set requirements to be an independent reviewer for the program, and to establish procedures for the Independent Dispute Resolution program; and amend KRS 304.17A-096, 304.17A-430, 304.17B-001, 304.17B-015, 304.17B-033, 304.17C-010, 304.18-114, 304.38A-010, and 304.39-241 to conform. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Banking and Insurance
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| | Recent Status: | 1/4/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB135.htm |
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| HB149 | MOTOR VEHICLES. (PRUNTY M) Amend KRS 189.930 to define "personal communication device"; prohibit the use of a personal communication device to take, send, or view photographs or videos of an accident scene while operating a motor vehicle. |
| | Current Status: | 3/2/2018 - (H) posted in committee House Transportation
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| | Recent Status: | 1/9/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Transportation
1/5/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB149.htm |
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| HB153 | OVERWEIGHT VEHICLES (HEATH R) Amend KRS 189.222 to allow for a ten percent weight variance for vehicles transporting feed for livestock or poultry. |
| | Current Status: | 4/25/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/13/2018 - delivered to Governor
4/13/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB153.htm |
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| HB176 | REGISTERED AMBULANCE PROVIDERS (ROTHENBURGER R) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 311A to require ambulance providers to post fee schedules and provide them to beneficiaries; require the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services to assess a fee of $150 for failure to post a fee schedule and modifications to the fee schedule; require the board to promulgate administrative regulations to implement the requirements. |
| | Current Status: | 4/2/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/22/2018 - delivered to Governor
3/22/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB176.htm |
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| HB182 | PAID SICK LEAVE (CANTRELL M) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to require employers to provide earned paid sick leave to employees; provide that employees earn paid sick leave upon the date of hire and can use the leave after being employed for 90 days; set forth allowable uses of earned paid sick time; designate how notice of need to use sick time is provided by employees; amend KRS 337.990 to establish penalty for employers that fail to follow paid sick leave requirements. |
| | Current Status: | 1/17/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Economic Development and Workforce Investment
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| | Recent Status: | 1/11/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB182.htm |
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| HB184 | WAGE AND HOUR LAW (KOENIG A) Amend KRS 337.010 to clarify that employers covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act federal wage and hour law that are comparable or greater should apply over KRS Chapter 337; amend KRS 337.285 to bring into conformity with federal overtime law; amend KRS 337.385 to conform the statute of limitations to federal law. |
| | Current Status: | 1/17/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Economic Development and Workforce Investment
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| | Recent Status: | 1/11/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB184.htm |
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| HB185 | DEATH IN THE LINE OF DUTY (BLANTON J) Amend KRS 16.505 to include in the definition of "dependent child," solely as it applies to a member who dies as a direct result of an act in line of duty or a duty-related injury, a disabled child of any age; define "monthly average pay" to mean the higher of a member's final rate of pay or average monthly creditable compensation earned during the deceased member's last 12 months of employment; amend KRS 16.601 and 61.621 to increase minimum act in line of duty or duty-related death benefits payable to the surviving spouse of a member of any of the systems administered by the Kentucky Retirement Systems from 25% to 75% of the deceased member's monthly average pay and, if there is no surviving spouse, to the dependent children at the rate of 50% for one dependent child, 65% for two dependent children, and 75% for three or more dependent children; amend KRS 61.510 to define "monthly average pay"; amend KRS 61.542 to provide that the surviving spouse shall supersede all previously designated beneficiaries in the case of line-of-duty death benefits payable from the systems administered by the Kentucky Retirement Systems unless the member files a valid beneficiary designation form after marriage to his or her spouse; amend KRS 61.702 to ensure full and timely hospital and medical insurance benefits for the spouse and dependents of a member who died as a direct result of an act in line of duty or duty-related injury; amend KRS 78.510 to define "monthly average pay"; provide that an eligible surviving spouse of a member who died as a result of an act line of duty or duty-related injury prior to the effective date of the Act shall receive the increased line of duty or duty-related death benefits; provide that a surviving spouse of a hazardous duty member who died as a result of an act in line of duty on or after January 1, 2017, who was ineligible for the minimum monthly death benefits because he or she was not named beneficiary shall be eligible for the benefits provided by this Act; 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/HB185.htm |
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| HB188 | PERSONAL INFORMATION SECURITY (MEEKS R) Amend KRS 367.363 to include additional definitions; amend KRS 367.3645 to provide for a free security freeze in the event a protected person has been notified of a security breach pursuant to the Act or has been notified of a free security freeze, and to make technical corrections; amend KRS 367.365 to require consumer reporting agencies to encrypt electronic data contained in consumer files and consumer reports; allow for security freezes to be requested by methods established by the consumer reporting agency; allow consumers to request a replacement personal identification number or password in the same manner as the original security freeze request; remove the expiration of a credit freeze after seven years; include gender-neutral language; to prohibit a credit reporting agency from charging a fee for security freeze in the event a consumer has been notified of a security breach or of a free security freeze; require that consumer reporting agencies notify consumers of security breaches in compliance with KRS 365.732(4) to (7) and provide five years of credit monitoring; allow for a security freeze placed at one nationwide consumer reporting agency to be sent and applied to other nationwide consumer reporting agencies; require third-party agents to notify consumer reporting agencies of security breaches; require consumer reporting agencies to comply with KRS 365.732(3); prohibit requirements that consumers waive rights or submit to arbitration; amend KRS 365.730 to extend definitions to KRS 365.732; to conform the definition of "personally identifiable information"; amend KRS 365.732 to define "encrypt" and "security breach"; provide an exemption for consumer reporting agencies subject to this Act; prohibit electronic or substitute notice from being sent to electronic and email accounts involved in the security breach; provide for the request for three consumer reports from each nationwide consumer reporting agency by consumers affected by a security breach; prohibit requirements that consumers waive rights or submit to arbitration; require certain information holders to encrypt personally identifiable data; make technical corrections; amend KRS 61.931 to exempt certain persons from the definition of "nonaffiliated third parties"; conform the definition of "personally identifiable information"; make technical corrections; amend KRS 61.932, KRS 61.933, 61.934,171.450, 42.722, and 42.726 to conform; EMERGENCY. |
| | Current Status: | 1/17/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Banking and Insurance
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| | Recent Status: | 1/11/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB188.htm |
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| HB195 | CIVIL RIGHTS (MARZIAN M) Amend KRS 344.010 to include definitions for "sexual orientation" and "gender identity"; amend KRS 344.020, relating to the purpose of the Kentucky's civil rights chapter, to include a prohibition against discrimination because of sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.025, 344.040, 344.050, 344.060, 344.070, and 344.080, relating to prohibited discrimination in various labor and employment practices, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.100 and 344.110 to conform; amend KRS 344.120 and 342.140, relating to prohibited discrimination in places of public accommodation and advertisements therefor, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.170, 344.180, 344.190, 344.300, and 344.310, relating to the state and local human rights commissions, to include prohibition of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in the scope of their powers and duties; amend KRS 344.360, 344.370, 344.380, and 344.680, relating to prohibited discrimination in certain housing, real estate, and other financial transactions, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.367, relating to prohibited discrimination in certain insurance sales, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.400, relating to prohibited discrimination in certain credit transactions, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; make various technical amendments; amend KRS 18A.095 to conform. |
| | Current Status: | 1/18/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
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| | Recent Status: | 1/16/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB195.htm |
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| HB197 | MATERNITY LEAVE (KAY II J) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to require employers with 50 or more employees to provide six weeks of paid leave for maternity leave for an employee who has been employed for at least one year; allow an employee to waive the paid maternity leave. |
| | Current Status: | 1/18/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Family Services
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| | Recent Status: | 1/16/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB197.htm |
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| HB198 | GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS (NEMES J) Create a new section of KRS 45A.690 to 45A.725 to establish standards and rules for the Attorney General when awarding contingency fee personal service contracts for legal services; require the Attorney General to make written findings of the need for a contingency fee contract; set limits on the amount of the contingency fee; require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to post information regarding the contract on its Web site; require the contractor to maintain certain records; require the Finance and Administration Cabinet and the Attorney General to submit a report on all contingency fee contracts to the Government Contract Review Committee by September 1 of each year; amend KRS 45A.695 to require the Attorney General to participate in discussions with contingency fee offerors to determine their qualifications; amend KRS 15.100 to conform. |
| | Current Status: | 4/2/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/27/2018 - delivered to Governor
3/27/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB198.htm |
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| HB220 | MARKETPLACE CONTRACTORS (NEMES J) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 342 defining "marketplace contractor" and "marketplace platform" and establishing the criteria in which a marketplace contractor shall not be deemed to be an employer of a marketplace platform. |
| | Current Status: | 3/21/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/9/2018 - delivered to Governor
3/9/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB220.htm |
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| HB221 | METAL TRANSPORTATION (MILES S) Amend KRS 189.2713 to expand the definition of "metal commodities" to include recyclable material used in the production of output products by metal processors. |
| | Current Status: | 1/23/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Transportation
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| | Recent Status: | 1/19/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB221.htm |
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| HB222 | DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE MANAGED LAND (MILES S) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 150 to define "adjacent landowner" and "commission-managed lands"; waive the sovereign immunity of the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources and establish the department's liability when the operations of commission-managed lands results in damages to property of an adjacent landowner; provide that a claim for damages shall be brought in the county in which the adjacent landowner's property is located, and the action shall not be removed to Franklin Circuit or District Court; provide that the Kentucky Claims Commission does not have jurisdiction over an adjacent landowner's claim for damages. |
| | Current Status: | 1/24/2018 - (H) reassigned to committee House Tourism and Outdoor Recreation
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| | Recent Status: | 1/23/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
1/19/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB222.htm |
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| HB224 | UNCLAIMED LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES (HARRIS C) Amend KRS 304.15-420 to make Unclaimed Life Insurance Benefits Act retroactive; require the Department of Insurance to promulgate administrative regulations to specify what constitutes a good-faith effort to confirm the death of an insured. |
| | Current Status: | 1/23/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Banking and Insurance
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| | Recent Status: | 1/19/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB224.htm |
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| HB232 | OPEN RECORDS (HARRIS C) Amend KRS 61.870 to make an exception for certain services or functions to the exemption from the definition of "public agency" that excludes services provided resulting from competitive bidding. |
| | Current Status: | 1/25/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House State Government
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| | Recent Status: | 1/23/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HR232.htm |
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| HB238 | DO NOT RESUSCITATE ORDERS (HUFF R) Create new section of KRS Chapter 311 to define "Do Not Resuscitate" or "DNR" order; require the signature of a patient or a family member of the patient before implementing a do not resuscitate order written by a health care provider in a hospital setting; permit a hospital to request that a patient complete a (MOST) Medical Order for Scope of Treatment form in accordance with KRS 311.621 to KRS 311.643. |
| | Current Status: | 1/25/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Family Services
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| | Recent Status: | 1/23/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB238.htm |
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| HB239 | SEXUAL EDUCATION (HUFF R) Amend KRS 156.070 to permit the establishment of age-appropriate education programs pertaining to the recognition of child physical, sexual, and emotional abuse and neglect and how to report suspected abuse; create a short title, "Erin's Law," for Section 1 of this Act and KRS 156.095(7). |
| | Current Status: | 1/25/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education
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| | Recent Status: | 1/23/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB239.htm |
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| HB245 | SUCCESSOR CORPORATION ASBESTOS RELATED LIABILITIES (BANTA K) Create new sections of KRS Chapter 411 to define terms; apply limitations to successor corporations' liability, except in certain enumerated situations; stipulate when the fair market value of a successor corporation's total gross assets are determined; stipulate how a successor corporation may establish fair market value; stipulate how the prime rate is to be calculated. |
| | Current Status: | 3/15/2018 - (H) reassigned to committee House Judiciary
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| | Recent Status: | 2/6/2018 - (H) posted in committee House Economic Development and Workforce Investment
1/26/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Economic Development and Workforce Investment
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB245.htm |
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| HB252 | UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE (DECESARE J) Amend KRS 341.243 to require adjusting of rates and give the secretary of Education and Workforce Development Cabinet the authority to reduce rates or suspend payments to the service capacity upgrade fund; amend KRS 341.300 to specify when interest on unpaid contributions accrues and becomes due; amend KRS 341.350 to increase the highest wages in a base period and adjust the minimum base-period wages; amend KRS 341.360 to make technical corrections; amend KRS 341.380 to set the maximum weekly amounts and the length of time benefits will be paid; amend KRS 341.540 to define and redefine terms; provide when an acquiring employing unit is deemed a successor. |
| | Current Status: | 4/10/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/29/2018 - delivered to Governor
3/29/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB252.htm |
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| HB254 | BOAT DOCKS AND MARINAS (SINNETTE K) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 235 to establish standards for marina and boat dock owners and operators to prevent electrical shocks to persons in boats, in the water, and on docks around the marina; prohibit swimming within 100 yards of a boat dock or marina, except for reasons of search and rescue or other emergency; require marina and boat dock compliance by August 1, 2019; amend KRS 235.010 to amend the definition of "marina" to include a boat dock; establish definitions for "boat dock" and "boat dock or marina owner or operator"; amend KRS 235.990 to establish penalties for violations. |
| | Current Status: | 1/29/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Tourism and Outdoor Recreation
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| | Recent Status: | 1/25/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB254.htm |
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| HB261 | MINING (GOOCH JR. J) Amend KRS 13B.020 to exempt explosives and blasting hearings conducted under KRS 351.315 to 351.375 from the requirements of KRS Chapter 13B; amend KRS 350.0301 to remove the requirement that proposed civil penalty amounts for suspected violations of surface coal mining and reclamation requirements be placed into an escrow account prior to a formal hearing; amend KRS 350.064 to remove the discretion of the Energy and Environment Cabinet to allow surface coal mining and reclamation permit applicants to submit their own reclamation bonds without separate sureties; amend KRS 350.070 to remove the ability to apply for a major revision to a permit in the event that an underground mining extension area is not on an incidental boundary and does not include planned subsidence; remove the maximum acreage allowance allowed to be added by an incidental boundary revision for underground mining operations; create a new section of KRS 350.240 to 350.280 to establish the requirements for a permit exemption for personal, noncommercial mining of vein minerals; amend KRS 350.300 to conform; amend KRS 350.518 to conform; amend KRS 350.990 to direct that civil penalties collected for violations of KRS Chapter 350 over $800,000 for a fiscal year be transferred to the Department for Natural Resources' Commissioner's Office restricted fund account to be used for the purposes set out in KRS Chapters 350, 351, and 352; amend KRS 351.090 to remove the reference to mine safety specialist qualifications required by KRS 351.060; amend KRS 351.182 to conform; amend KRS 351.315 to require that blasting license revocation hearings be held before the Energy and Environment Cabinet's Office of Administrative Hearings instead of being held under the requirements of KRS Chapter 13B; amend KRS 351.345 also to require that blasting license revocation hearings be held before the Energy and Environment Cabinet's Office of Administrative Hearings instead of being held under the requirements of KRS Chapter 13B; amend KRS 351.350 to require the Energy and Environment Cabinet's Office of General Counsel, instead of the Attorney General, to bring actions for recovery of penalties and restraining orders for violations of KRS 351.315 to 351.375; amend KRS 352.170 to add lighters and vaping apparatuses to the list of prohibited items in an underground mine; amend KRS 352.180 to change the reporting requirements to the Department for Natural Resources for mining accidents; repeal KRS 351.380. |
| | Current Status: | 4/2/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/27/2018 - delivered to Governor
3/27/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB261.htm |
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| HB268 | CRIME VICTIMS (JENKINS J) Amend KRS 337.415, relating to court-ordered appearances by employees, to prohibit employers from discharging or retaliating against an employee who is a crime victim when the employee takes leave to attend proceedings associated with a crime; require an employee to give an employer reasonable notice to take leave when practicable; provide guidelines for use of paid leave; require the employer to maintain confidentiality of records and communication with employee crime victim; create a penalty for failing to maintain confidentiality; define terms. |
| | Current Status: | 2/23/2018 - (H) posted in committee House Economic Development and Workforce Investment
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| | Recent Status: | 2/1/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Economic Development and Workforce Investment
1/30/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB268.htm |
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| HB277 | MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSING (UPCHURCH K) Amend KRS 138.715 to establish a fee of $500 for any licensee who fails to make any report required in KRS 138.660 to 138.7291; amend KRS 186.018 to change the Kentucky Driver's License Information System look back time from 5 years to 10 years; create a new section of KRS Chapter 281A to prohibit the masking of violations for a CDL holder from appearing on their CDLIS driver record; provide exemptions; amend KRS 281A.165 to change the time period of which the cabinet may waive a driving skills test for former military personnel, from 90 days of separation of service to one year; conform to federal regulation; amend KRS 281A.170 remove the requirement that a licensee's photograph be color; REPEAL KRS 138.670. |
| | Current Status: | 4/10/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/29/2018 - delivered to Governor
3/29/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB277.htm |
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| HB278 | AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS (BLANTON J) Amend KRS 158.162 to require, as funds are available, the school council or, if none exists, the principal to obtain a portable automated external defibrillator; require a minimum of three employees be trained on its usage; require the school council or, if none exists, the principal to adopt procedures for its usage and availability and policies on training and maintenance; amend KRS 158.302 to delete language stating that a school is not required to have an automated external defibrillator; this act shall be known as Cameron's Law. |
| | Current Status: | 3/6/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Education
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| | Recent Status: | 3/5/2018 - received in Senate
3/2/2018 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 81-1
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB278.htm |
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| 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
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| | Recent Status: | 1/31/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB282.htm |
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| HB288 | PROPERTY AND TRUSTS (HARRIS C) Create a new section of Chapter 386 and provide definitions related to the creation of a community property trust; provide the requirements for the creation of a community property trust by spouses; provide what spouses may agree on and provide in writing related to community property trusts; enumerate what happens to a community property trust upon the death of a spouse; amend KRS 141.010 to provide federal tax guidelines related to community property trusts; amend KRS 386.175 to provide that a second trust may be created from an original trust whose terms have been modified pursuant to KRS 386.175; create a new section of KRS Chapter 396 to provide that certain creditor's claims are barred six months after the appointment of a personal representative after the decedent's death; amend KRS 396.011 to conform. |
| | Current Status: | 2/5/2018 - (H) posted in committee House Judiciary
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| | Recent Status: | 2/2/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
1/31/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB288.htm |
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| HB293 | ASBESTOS BANKRUPTCY TRUST CLAIMS (FISCHER J) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to define "asbestos action," "asbestos trust," "trust claims materials," and "trust governance documents"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to require a plaintiff filing an asbestos action to provide certain information and documents within 30 days of filing the action, and to supplement the information within 30 days of filing any additional asbestos trust claims; allow a court to extend trial date if plaintiff fails to comply; establish presumption of relevance of trust materials and documents; prohibit plaintiff from claiming privilege or confidentiality to bar discovery; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to allow a defendant that has at least 60 days before trial, identified additional asbestos claims, to move the court for an order requiring that the plaintiff file those claims; require that the plaintiff file a response within 10 days of defendant's motion; allow the court to order the plaintiff to file additional claims; establish sufficiency standard for asbestos trust claim; establish a rebuttable presumption that the plaintiff will receive additional compensation from the asbestos trust; allow the court to take judicial notice of specific amounts and to establish an attributed value of the trust claim; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to allow a court to reopen a judgment if an additional claim is determined to have existed at the time of the filed asbestos action and the defendant motions the court to do so within one year of the original judgment; EMERGENCY. |
| | Current Status: | 3/15/2018 - (H) recommitted to committee House Judiciary
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| | Recent Status: | 3/15/2018 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HCS 1
3/13/2018 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HCS 1
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB293.htm |
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| HB303 | WAGES (MARZIAN M) Amend KRS 337.010, relating to the definition of "employees" of retail stores and service industries, to increase the applicable threshold of business that applies to from $95,000 to $500,000; amend KRS 337.275 to raise the state minimum wage to not less than $8.80 an hour on August 1, 2018, not less than $10.35 an hour beginning on August 1, 2019, not less than $11.90 an hour beginning on August 1, 2020, not less than $13.45 an hour beginning on August 1, 2021, and not less than $15.00 per hour beginning on August 1, 2022; amend KRS 337.420 to define "equivalent jobs" as those that are equal under the federal Equal Pay Act, or jobs that are dissimilar but equivalent in skill, effort, responsibility, and working conditions; amend KRS 337.423 to prohibit wage discrimination on the basis of sex, race, or national origin by prohibiting wage differentials for employees who perform equivalent jobs; provide exceptions for wage differentials based on seniority or merit systems, systems that measure wages by quantity or quality of production, and factors other than sex, race, or national origin; amend KRS 337.425 to require the promulgation of administrative regulations to specify criteria for determining jobs that are dominated by employees of a particular sex, race, or national origin, and acceptable methodology for determining equivalent skill, effort, responsibility, and working conditions; require that the administrative regulations be promulgated on or before July 1, 2019; provide the amendments to KRS 337.423 are EFFECTIVE July 1, 2020. |
| | Current Status: | 2/6/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Economic Development and Workforce Investment
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| | Recent Status: | 2/2/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB303.htm |
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| HB306 | STABLE KENTUCKY ACCOUNTS (ROWLAND B) Amend KRS 141.010 to exclude earnings of a STABLE Kentucky account from adjusted gross income; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164A to define a STABLE Kentucky account. |
| | Current Status: | 4/26/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/14/2018 - delivered to Governor
4/14/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB306.htm |
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| HB307 | MECHANICAL SYSTEMS (JOHNSON D) Amend KRS 236.060 to exempt compressed air receivers of 120 gallons or less from KRS 236.005 to 236.150; remove cryogenic service piping, hydrogen piping, piping associated with a pressure vessel for human occupancy, and refrigeration service piping in safety group from the list of exemptions of piping associated with boilers and pressure vessels in KRS Chapter 236. |
| | Current Status: | 4/2/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/27/2018 - delivered to Governor
3/27/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB307.htm |
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| HB308 | EMPLOYMENT SCHEDULES (JENKINS J) Create new sections of KRS Chapter 337 requiring employers to give employees a good faith schedule of hours to be worked; require employers to have a voluntary standby list of employees who wish to work additional hours and to post weekly schedules at least 7 days in advance; require employers to provide certain rest periods for employees; allow employees to identify time limitations for scheduling work hours; require compensation for employer changes to the schedule; set forth unlawful practices; amend KRS 337.990 to establish a penalty of $500 to $2,000 for a violation of these provisions. |
| | Current Status: | 2/7/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Economic Development and Workforce Investment
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| | Recent Status: | 2/5/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB308.htm |
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| HB309 | FIRST RESPONDERS WORKERS COMPENSATION (JENKINS J) Amend KRS 342.0011 to clarify definition of injury to include psychological injuries for certain employees; create a new section of KRS Chapter 342 to set out when the psychological injuries are valid workers' compensation claims when no physical injury exists. |
| | Current Status: | 2/20/2018 - (H) WITHDRAWN
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| | Recent Status: | 2/7/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Economic Development and Workforce Investment
2/5/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB309.htm |
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| HB314 | KENTUCKY OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS BOARD (TIPTON J) Amend KRS 12.020, 224.20-320, 336.015, 338.015, and 338.061 to abolish the Kentucky Occupational Safety and Health Board and give the Labor Cabinet secretary the board's authority; give the Labor Cabinet secretary authority to suspend or delay administrative regulations based on the actions of the federal government relating to a corresponding federal regulation; repeal KRS 338.051; EMERGENCY. |
| | Current Status: | 3/8/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/1/2018 - delivered to Governor
3/1/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB314.htm |
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| 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
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| | Recent Status: | 3/14/2018 - received in Senate
3/13/2018 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 90-6
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB315.htm |
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| HB320 | PREGNANT EMPLOYEE ACCOMMODATIONS (HARRIS C) Amend KRS 344.030 to include within the definition of "reasonable accommodations," accommodations made for pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions; amend KRS 344.040 to make it an unlawful practice for employers to fail to accommodate an employee affected by pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition; require employers to provide notice to all employees regarding discrimination for pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions. |
| | Current Status: | 2/9/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Economic Development and Workforce Investment
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| | Recent Status: | 2/7/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB320.htm |
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| HB322 | PLANNING AND ZONING (GOOCH JR. J) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 100 allowing a party to recover court costs and reasonable attorney's fees when appealing an action of an enforcement officer, or underlying zoning regulation or ordinance that results in a monetary penalty, is finally found to be arbitrary, unenforceable, or unconstitutional. |
| | Current Status: | 3/14/2018 - House Local Government, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)
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| | Recent Status: | 3/12/2018 - (H) posted in committee House Local Government
2/9/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Local Government
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB322.htm |
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| HB323 | INSURANCE (RIGGS S) Amend KRS 304.47-020 to make technical corrections, establish range of criminal penalties resulting from conviction of insurance fraud, allow restitution to insurers that have contracted to indemnify a victim, remove conviction requirement for creating private cause of action for persons damaged by violation of statute; amend KRS 431.200, 532.032, 532.034, 532.160, 532.350, 533.030, 533.254, and 610.030 to allow restitution to insurers that have contracted to indemnify a victim, amend KRS 439.3107, 439.563, 532.162, 532.356, 532.358, and 446.010 to conform. |
| | Current Status: | 4/26/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/14/2018 - delivered to Governor
4/14/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB323.htm |
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| 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
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| | Recent Status: | 2/8/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB333.htm |
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| HB344 | MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION (PETRIE J) Amend KRS 186A.120 to require a motor vehicle dealer who handles the paperwork for a purchaser of a vehicle to be registered for the first time, to file the paperwork with the county clerk of the county of the purchaser's residence. |
| | Current Status: | 2/13/2018 - (H) WITHDRAWN
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| | Recent Status: | 2/12/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Transportation
2/8/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB344.htm |
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| HB345 | SURPLUS LINES (ROWLAND B) Amend KRS 304.10-030 to include certain types of disability insurance in the definition of "nonadmitted insurance"; amend KRS 304.10-040 to allow licensed agents with lines of authority in health and life to export disability insurance; amend KRS 304.120 to a broker procuring surplus lines disability coverage maintain his or her agent license with lines of authority for health and life; amend KRS 304.10-180 to remove reference to Surplus Lines Insurance Multi-State Compliance Compact Commission; repeal KRS 304.10-400. |
| | Current Status: | 4/26/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/14/2018 - delivered to Governor
4/14/2018 - placed in the Consent Orders of the Day for Saturday, April 14, 2018
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB345.htm |
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| 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
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| | Recent Status: | 3/27/2018 - delivered to Governor
3/27/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB348.htm |
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| HB352 | EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION (BANTA K) Amend KRS 344.280 to prohibit imposition of personal liability in employment discrimination claims for employees who are supervisors or individuals involved in the employment-related decisions of the employer. |
| | Current Status: | 2/14/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
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| | Recent Status: | 2/12/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB352.htm |
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| HB353 | DISCRIMINATION (BANTA K) Amend KRS 344.270 to preclude actions from being filed when the same grievance already has a final order or determination by a court or the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights. |
| | Current Status: | 3/21/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary
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| | Recent Status: | 3/20/2018 - received in Senate
3/19/2018 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 72-15
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB353.htm |
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| HB354 | EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION (BANTA K) Amend KRS 344.040 to exempt employers covered by a comparable or more stringent federal requirement from KRS 344.040, 344.050, 344.060, 344.070, 344.080, and 344.280 if the employer files a statement with the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights. |
| | Current Status: | 2/14/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
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| | Recent Status: | 2/12/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB354.htm |
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| HB355 | CIVIL RIGHTS (BANTA K) Amend KRS 344.450 to set a statute of limitations of 300 days for filing a complaint in Circuit Court for a violation of KRS Chapter 344, relating to civil rights. |
| | Current Status: | 3/21/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary
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| | Recent Status: | 3/20/2018 - received in Senate
3/19/2018 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 55-33 with floor amendment (1)
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB355.htm |
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| HB369 | CONTRACTS (ROWLAND B) Amend KRS 360.010 to specify when parties are bound to interest rate in contract and the interest rate parties are entitled to receive after default; create a new section of KRS Chapter 371 to specify that an obligation to pay or satisfy a debt is not extinguished by any action taken by a creditor for the purposes of the creditor's own financial, tax, or accounting records or affairs. |
| | Current Status: | 4/10/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/29/2018 - delivered to Governor
3/29/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB369.htm |
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| HB373 | BODY WORN CAMERAS (BENVENUTI R) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to provide definitions; specify that body-worn camera recordings are governed by the Kentucky Open Records Act and the retention of body-worn camera recordings is governed by KRS 171.410 to 170.740; provide exceptions as to when a public agency may elect not to disclose body-worn camera recordings; specify procedures for requesting body- worn camera recordings; require that any person or agency that wishes to disclose, publicly display, or duplicate body-worn camera recordings must first give notice to any non-law enforcement agency or person depicted in the recording; create a new cause of action for enumerated persons who are not provided notice of disclosure of the recording; clarify that nothing in this section should be interpreted to override KRS 17.150 or the laws governing discovery in either criminal or civil litigation or in an administrative proceeding. |
| | Current Status: | 4/10/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/29/2018 - delivered to Governor
3/29/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB373.htm |
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| HB374 | WAGES (WESTROM S) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to make it a discriminatory employment action if an employer asks questions about previous salary or wages, relies on previous salary when setting a new salary, or refuses to hire if an applicant does not provide previous salary, except to allow a request for information voluntarily provided in response to an offer of employment; allow previous salary to be considered when required by law, when discovered while looking at other nonsalary information, and for public employee positions; require notice to be posted for employees; amend KRS 337.990 to assess a civil penalty for a violation. |
| | Current Status: | 2/16/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Economic Development and Workforce Investment
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| | Recent Status: | 2/14/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB374.htm |
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| HB382 | LABOR CABINET (TIPTON J) Amend KRS 12.020 to remove the Division of Workers' Compensation Funds from the Department of Workers' Claims and remove the Occupational Health and Safety Standards Board; amend KRS 224.20-320 to remove the OSH Standards Board and insert the Labor Cabinet secretary; amend KRS 336.015 to remove the OSH Standards Board; amend KRS 336.020 to remove the Division of Workers' Compensation Funds from the Department of Workers' Claims; create a new section in KRS Chapter 336 to set forth the authority of the inspector general including subpoena power; amend KRS 338.015 to remove the OSH Standards Board from the definitions; amend KRS 338.061 to remove the OSH Standards Board and give the Labor Cabinet secretary its authority; amend KRS 342.120 to give the Kentucky Workers' Compensation funding commission the authority as formerly possessed by the Division of Workers' Compensation Funds to be responsible for the special fund claims and records; amend KRS 342.232 to require the funding commission and KEMI to report on the CWP fund annually instead of quarterly; amend KRS 342.265 to conform; repeal KRS 337.200 and 337.994 pertaining to performance bonds for wages from employers engaged in construction work or the severance, preparation, or transportation of minerals, KRS 338.051 abolishing the OSH Standards Board, and KRS 342.235 relating to travel expenses for the Department of Workers' Claims staff. |
| | Current Status: | 3/19/2018 - (H) recommitted to committee House Economic Development and Workforce Investment
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| | Recent Status: | 3/16/2018 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HFA 1
3/15/2018 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HFA 1
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB382.htm |
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| HB388 | KENTUCKY WORKERS COMPENSATION FUNDING COMMISSION (TIPTON J) Amend KRS 342.0011 to define "deductible program adjustment" and specify items to be considered on policies with provision for deductibles; amend KRS 342.122 to require all assessments to be remitted electronically beginning on January 1, 2020; amend KRS 342.1221 to clarify that interest is paid for late payment of expenses; amend KRS 342.1231 to change the term "taxpayer" to "assessment payer"; set a 7-year limitation from the date of the quarterly premium report or amended quarterly premium report for assessments; require records to be preserved for audits, explain when payment is final, and when a refund should be returned; amend KRS 342.1242 to require KEMI to reimburse for expenses to collect the coal assessment; amend KRS 342.1243 to clarify when assessments for the coal workers' pneumoconiosis fund cease and when the fund is abolished. |
| | Current Status: | 4/2/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/27/2018 - delivered to Governor
3/27/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB388.htm |
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| HB395 | AIR AMBULANCE COVERAGE (HART M) Amend KRS 304.17A-005 to define balance bill and insured; create a new section of subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define registered air ambulance service provider, to prohibit a health benefit plan from using an allowed amount for air ambulance services under certain conditions, to determine when an air ambulance transport is medically necessary, to require assumption of charges by the insurer under certain conditions, to require notification to the air ambulance service of assumption by the insurer, prohibit the air ambulance provider from certain actions following receipt of notification, to establish payment requirements for the insurer, to establish the Independent Dispute Resolution program for disputed air ambulance service charges within the Department of Insurance, to require reporting by registered air ambulance service providers and the department, to set requirements for registration in the program, to set requirements to be an independent reviewer for the program, and to establish procedures for the Independent Dispute Resolution program; and amend KRS 304.17A-096, 304.17A-430, 304.17B-001, 304.17B-015, 304.17B-033, 304.17C-010, 304.18-114, 304.38A-010, and 304.39-241 to conform. |
| | Current Status: | 2/22/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Banking and Insurance
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| | Recent Status: | 2/20/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB395.htm |
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| HB444 | HEALTH FACILITIES AND SERVICES (BENVENUTI R) Amend KRS 216.2927 to update data collection; amend KRS 216.380 to remove "primary care centers" and "rural health clinics" from the list of facilities that may be designated as a "critical access hospital;" amend KRS 216.510 and 216.535 to revise the definition of "long-term care facilities;" amend KRS 216.545 to remove outdated language; amend KRS 216.563 to remove outdated language and to remove the requirement that criteria for "Type A" and "Type B" long-term care facility violations be reviewed at least quarterly; amend KRS 216.577 to replace reference to the "Kentucky Health Facility and Health Service Certificate of Need and Licensure Board" with the "Cabinet for Health and Family Services;" amend KRS 216B.015 to revise various definitions; amend KRS 216B.020 to exempt certain outpatient health facilities and health services from the certificate of need requirement; amend KRS 216B.035 to permit records to be kept in electronic form; amend KRS 216B.040 to remove the Cabinet's ability to appoint "technical advisory committees" to assist in the administration of this chapter; amend KRS 216B.055 and 216B.105 to allow for electronic delivery of notices and licensure decisions; amend various sections to conform; repeal KRS 216.600, 216.860, 216.865, 216.900, 216.905, 216.910, 216.915, 216.930, 216B.071, 216B.120, 216B.176, and 216B.177. |
| | Current Status: | 4/10/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/29/2018 - delivered to Governor
3/29/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB444.htm |
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| HB462 | REAL PROPERTY LIENS (SINNETTE K) Amend KRS 382.365 to provide specific requirements and the format of an affidavit filed by an attorney to provide evidence of a release of a lien encumbering real property with the county clerk's office. |
| | Current Status: | 2/27/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
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| | Recent Status: | 2/23/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB462.htm |
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| HB465 | REORGANIZATION (KOENIG A) Establish and create various sections of KRS Chapter 308, relating to Public Protection Cabinet oversight of state occupational boards; define terms; declare policy regarding occupational licensing; list boards that are regulated under KRS Chapter 308; require the Department of Professional Licensing to provide administrative services, technical assistance, personnel staffing, and meeting space to the boards; organize the boards under seven authorities within the department; manage each authority with an executive director; establish a process for the department to review and evaluate each of its boards once every five years; set standards regarding board members, including appointments by the Governor, three year terms, quorum via majority, and voting eligibility; institute board per diem and travel expense rules; direct board officer elections, board member disqualification standards, and semiannual meeting requirements; establish general board powers; require executive director approval before a board may promulgate an administrative regulation; instruct boards to keep a register of licensees and make an annual report to the Governor and the Legislative Research Commission; fix a set timeline for processing license applications; mandate that any license issued by a board be valid for at least two years; require boards to establish disciplinary review committees to process complaints against licensees; designate the process and limitations for the Governor's appointments to boards based on recommendations from nominating groups; make license applicant criminal background checks consistent with state and federal standards; require a licensee to report criminal convictions to the licensee's board; establish continuing education requirements and exemptions; immunize board members, staff, legal counsel, and other persons from civil liability for conduct that is taken in good faith and is within the scope and arising out of the performance of their duties; direct the boards to send licensees a thirty-day notice of expiration both before and after the expiration occurs; prohibit a board from issuing an advisory opinion unless authorized by the board's enabling act; establish the Prescribing Boards Advisory Council within the department, composed of seven ex officio members with expertise in combatting prescription drug abuse; amend KRS 12.020 to add the new authorities and the Office of Inspector General to the cabinet; amend KRS 12.252 to describe the powers and duties of the cabinet's Office of Inspector General; amend various sections of KRS Chapters 198B, 216A, 309, 310, 311, 311B, 312, 313, 314, 314A, 315, 316, 317, 317A, 317B, 319, 319A, 319B, 319C, 320, 322, 322A, 323, 323A, 324, 324A, 325, 326, 327, 329A, 330, 334, 334A, and 335 to conform; amend KRS 325.230 to place the State Board of Accountancy within the Department of Financial Institutions; amend KRS 48.315 to conform, repeal KRS 216A.050, 310.080, 311.540, 311.882, 311B.060, 312.045, 312.055, 312.065, 315.171, 319A.030, 319A.040, 319A.050, 322.260, 322.270, 323.160, 323.180, 323.190, 323.200, 323A.150, 323A.180, 323A.190, 323A.200, 324.2811, 324.284, 324A.025, 324B.010, 324B.020, 324B.030, 324B.040, 324B.050, 324B.060, 334.170, 334A.100, 334A.110, 335.060, and 335.307. |
| | Current Status: | 3/21/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations
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| | Recent Status: | 3/20/2018 - received in Senate
3/19/2018 - floor amendment (3) filed to Committee Substitute
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB465.htm |
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| 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
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| | Recent Status: | 2/26/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB472.htm |
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| HB489 | LOSS RUNS STATEMENTS (GREER J) Amend KRS 304.20-100 to reduce the period for loss run statements from 5 years to 3 years; prohibit the inclusion of any reference to loss reserves for claims prior to the 3 year period that the statement covers. |
| | Current Status: | 2/28/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Banking and Insurance
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| | Recent Status: | 2/26/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB489.htm |
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| 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
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| | Recent Status: | 2/28/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
2/26/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB494.htm |
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| HB500 | EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS (HATTON A) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 417 to prevent an employer from having a defense to a claim that an arbitration agreement is unconscionable if the employee alleges claims of sexual harassment and was not fully informed of the inclusion of the arbitration agreement or its impact at the time that the employment agreement was entered into, or if the inclusion of an arbitration provision in the agreement was a condition of employment; prohibit a court from enforcing or compelling arbitration if it finds that a provision of an agreement is unconscionable; limit their restrictions to judicial proceedings initiated on or after the effective date of this Act. |
| | Current Status: | 2/28/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
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| | Recent Status: | 2/26/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB500.htm |
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| 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
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| | Recent Status: | 2/26/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB503.htm |
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| HB504 | MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE (HATTON A) Amend KRS 304.39-110 to raise the minimum required amounts of motor vehicle insurance. |
| | Current Status: | 2/28/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Banking and Insurance
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| | Recent Status: | 2/26/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB504.htm |
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| HB505 | MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE (HATTON A) Amend KRS 304.39-320 to provide that every insurer shall provide underinsured motorist coverage in the insurance policy or supplement; provide that the insured may reject underinsured motorist coverage in writing; provide that if a named insured rejected underinsured coverage, the insurer is not required to provide coverage supplemental to a reinstatement, substitute, replacement, or amended policy issued to the same named insured by the same insurer or its affiliates unless a named insured requests the coverage in writing; require the Department of Insurance to establish a form for the rejection of coverage; amend KRS 304.39-040 to provide that every insurer writing liability insurance coverage for motorcycles shall provide coverage for basic reparation benefits, uninsured motorist coverage, underinsured motorist coverage, and added reparation benefits; allow a named insured to reject such coverage in writing; provide that if a named insured rejected basic reparations benefits, uninsured motorists coverage, and underinsured coverage, the insurer is not required to provide coverage supplemental to a reinstatement, substitute, replacement, or amended policy issued to the same named insured by the same insurer or its affiliates, unless a named insured requests the coverage in writing; require the Department of Insurance to establish a form for the rejection of coverage. |
| | Current Status: | 2/28/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Banking and Insurance
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| | Recent Status: | 2/26/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB505.htm |
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| HB506 | HEALTH CARE SERVICE REIMBURSEMENT (PRUNTY M) Create a new section of Subtitle 12 of KRS Chapter 304 to require insurers that fail to timely pay claims for reimbursement of health care services to pay interest and be subject to liability for any damages caused by the delay in payment; amend KRS 304.12-235 and KRS 304.39-210 to conform; amend KRS 304.39-241 to allow the assignment of certain loss claims for medical expense under the Motor Vehicle Reparations Act; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2019. |
| | Current Status: | 2/28/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Banking and Insurance
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| | Recent Status: | 2/26/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB506.htm |
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| 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
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| | Recent Status: | 2/28/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
2/26/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB515.htm |
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| HB518 | EMPLOYMENT (CANTRELL M) Create new sections of KRS Chapter 337 to make the termination of employment without cause to be unlawful; establish amount that may be recovered for wrongful discharge and when the employers' internal procedures are used. |
| | Current Status: | 2/28/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
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| | Recent Status: | 2/26/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB518.htm |
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| HB543 | PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS (JENKINS J) Amend KRS 329A.070 to delete an individual conducting an investigation on their own behalf from the list of those exempted from licensure requirements; add an employee of a private business conducting an internal investigation to the list; require an employee of a private investigator or a private investigating firm to be registered with the board; delete 240 hours per year maximum of supervised work. |
| | Current Status: | 3/1/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations
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| | Recent Status: | 2/27/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB543.htm |
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| HB554 | SCHOOL SAFETY (GOOCH JR. J) Establish a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require that, at each school without a school resource or security officer, the local board shall implement an emergency response team; establish requirements for members of an emergency response team; require a local board of education to adopt policies and procedures for an emergency response team; provide some civil liability protections to the local board and emergency response team members; limit applicability of the section; establish a new section of KRS Chapter 16 to require the Department of Kentucky State Police to establish a process for certifying instructors in providing school safety training; establish minimum requirements of the process; require the department to develop curriculum and requirements for school safety certification trainings, which may be provided by certified trainers; require completion of a psychological suitability screening for certification applicants; allow certifications in school safety to be valid for one year; establish certification renewal requirements; allow the department to establish a fee for certifications; allow the department to promulgate administrative regulations; amend KRS 527.070 to include members of a school's emergency response team among these permitted to carry firearms on school grounds pursuant to the written policies and authorization of the local board of education; declare an EMERGENCY. |
| | Current Status: | 3/21/2018 - House Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)
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| | Recent Status: | 3/15/2018 - (H) posted in committee House Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection
3/1/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB554.htm |
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| HB563 | HIGHWAYS (PRUNTY M) Amend KRS 189.222 to extend to county roads the current allowance for state highways as roads where trucks carrying agricultural products, livestock, and forest products may operate at weights up to 80,000 pounds, subject to certain restrictions. |
| | Current Status: | 3/1/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Transportation
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| | Recent Status: | 2/27/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB563.htm |
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| HB570 | INSURANCE (ROWLAND B) Amend KRS 304.12-230 to replace "person" with "insurer"; prohibit third-party claims against a casualty insurer; amend KRS 304.45.110 to conform; repeal KRS 304.12-220, relating to the definition of "person." |
| | Current Status: | 3/1/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Banking and Insurance
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| | Recent Status: | 2/27/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB570.htm |
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| HB573 | LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES (NELSON R) Create new sections of KRS Chapter 216B to require staff-to-resident ratios in long-term care facilities as a condition of licensure or relicensure; establish minimum staffing requirements; prohibit long-term care facilities from admitting new residents if the facility fails to comply with the minimum staffing requirements, beginning on the second day of noncompliance and continuing until six days after the required staffing is achieved, with exceptions allowed for weather emergencies and other similar events; require additional staffing based on the needs of the residents; exempt intermediate-care facilities for persons with intellectual disabilities, institutions for the treatment of mental illnesses, personal care homes, and family care homes from the minimum staffing requirements; create a 17-member board to review staffing requirements on an annual basis; establish a civil fine of no more than $1,000 for each day that the staffing requirements are not maintained. |
| | Current Status: | 3/1/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Family Services
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| | Recent Status: | 2/27/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB573.htm |
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| HB576 | HEALTH INSURANCE (OVERLY S) Amend KRS 304.17A-580 to prohibit an insurer from denying coverage for emergency services in a concurrent or retrospective review based on the final diagnosis of the insured; establish time frame for prior authorization of poststabilization treatment; allow for a hospital providing emergency services to be paid at a negotiated rate; repeal KRS 304.17A-640, 304.17A-641, 304.17A-649. |
| | Current Status: | 3/1/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Banking and Insurance
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| | Recent Status: | 2/27/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB576.htm |
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| HB582 | HEALTH INSURANCE (MOSER K) Amend KRS 304.17A-254 and 304.17A-527 to prohibit insurers from reducing a negotiated rate for evaluation and management services solely because the provider also billed for other services on the same day; amend KRS 304.17A-580 to prohibit an insurer from denying coverage for emergency services in a concurrent or retrospective review based on the final diagnosis of the insured; establish time frame for prior authorization of poststabilization treatment; allow for a hospital providing emergency services to be paid at a negotiated rate; repeal KRS 304.17A-640, 304.17A-641, 304.17A-649; amend KRS 18A.225 to conform. |
| | Current Status: | 3/1/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Banking and Insurance
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| | Recent Status: | 2/27/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB582.htm |
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| HB587 | UNINSURED MOTOR VEHICLE COVERAGE (PRUNTY M) Create a new section of Subtitle 20 of KRS Chapter 304 to require, notwithstanding Section 2 of this Act, all automobile liability insurance policies to provide coverage to the insured for bodily injury and property damage caused by uninsured motor vehicles at limits set forth KRS 304.39-110 at no additional cost; provide that Section 1 of the Act expires on December 31, 2020; amend KRS 304.20-020 to require all automobile liability insurance policies to provide coverage to the insured for property damage caused by uninsured motor vehicles at limits set forth in KRS 304.39-110 unless rejected by the insured; make technical corrections; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2019. |
| | Current Status: | 3/1/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Banking and Insurance
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| | Recent Status: | 2/27/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB587.htm |
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| SB2 | CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT (ALVARADO R) Propose amendment to Section 54 of the Constitution of Kentucky to allow the General Assembly the power to limit damages for injuries resulting in death or for injuries to persons or property, and to provide a uniform statute of limitations; provide for submission to the voters. |
| | Current Status: | 3/9/2018 - (S) recommitted to committee Senate State and Local Government
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| | Recent Status: | 3/8/2018 - (S) Passed Over and retained in the Orders of the Day
3/8/2018 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/SCS 1, SFA 1
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB2.htm |
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| SB8 | CANINE AND FELINE SAFETY (CARROLL D) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to provide civil immunity for damaging a vehicle if a person enters the vehicle with the reasonable, good-faith belief that a dog or cat is in immediate danger of death if not removed. |
| | Current Status: | 1/23/2018 - (H) reassigned to committee House Tourism and Outdoor Recreation
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| | Recent Status: | 1/22/2018 - (H) posted in committee House Judiciary
1/19/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB8.htm |
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| 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)
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| | Recent Status: | 2/23/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary
2/22/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB10.htm |
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| SB20 | HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS (ALVARADO R) Amend KRS 216C.010 to define "affidavit of merit"; create new section of Chapter 216C to require filing of medical malpractice action with an affidavit of merit; amend KRS 422.317 to regulate fees charged by a hospital or health care provider to provide a copy of medical records; create a new section of KRS Chapter 216C to limit a claimant's attorney fees in a malpractice claim against a health care provider; amend KRS 216C.030 and 311.377 to conform; create a new section of the Kentucky Rules of Evidence to prohibit the introduction of expressions of sympathy, compassion, commiseration, or a general sense of benevolence in medical malpractice actions. |
| | Current Status: | 3/9/2018 - (H) posted in committee House Judiciary
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| | Recent Status: | 3/6/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
3/2/2018 - received in House
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB20.htm |
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| SB24 | ANIMAL SAFETY (MCGARVEY M) Amend KRS 411.245 to establish immunity from civil liability for damage to a vehicle if a person enters the vehicle for the purpose of removing a domestic animal. |
| | Current Status: | 1/3/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary
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| | Recent Status: | 1/2/2018 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)
10/19/2017 - Pre-Filed
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB24.htm |
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| SB35 | WAGE AND HOURS EXEMPTION (SCHICKEL J) Amend KRS 337.010 to include employees of amusement and recreational facilities that are open for no more than seven months in a year in the exemptions relating to wages and hours, bringing Kentucky's laws in line with the federal exemptions. |
| | Current Status: | 4/13/2018 - floor amendments (4), and (5) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendments (3) and (6) filed
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| | Recent Status: | 3/27/2018 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules
3/22/2018 - floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (2) filed to Bill
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB35.htm |
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| SB38 | PREGNANCY DISCRIMINATION (KERR A) Amend KRS 344.030 to include within the definition of "reasonable accommodation," accommodations made for pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions; define "related medical condition"; amend KRS 344.040 to make it unlawful for an employer to fail to accommodate an employee affected by pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition; require employers to provide notice to all employees regarding the right to be free from discrimination for pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions. |
| | Current Status: | 3/6/2018 - (S) recommitted to committee Senate Judiciary
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| | Recent Status: | 2/9/2018 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules
2/8/2018 - (S) FIRST READING to Regular Calendar
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB38.htm |
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| 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
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| | Recent Status: | 1/2/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB42.htm |
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| SB49 | HEALTH CARE PEER REVIEW ACTIVITIES (ALVARADO R) Amend KRS 311.377 to add medical malpractice actions, actions arising out of review of credentials or retrospective review and evaluation, and actions by an applicant for or grantee of staff privileges to materials that are confidential and privileged and not subject to discovery, subpoena, or introduction into evidence, in any civil action in any court. |
| | Current Status: | 1/4/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary
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| | Recent Status: | 1/3/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB49.htm |
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| SB57 | TERRORISM (WISE M) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to allow a person injured by an act of terrorism to file a claim for damages against the terrorist; create a new section of KRS Chapter 525 to establish a crime of terrorism as a capital offense which shall be punished by imprisonment for life without probation or parole; state that a person convicted of terrorism shall not be released early. |
| | Current Status: | 4/10/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/29/2018 - delivered to Governor
3/29/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB57.htm |
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| 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
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| | 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
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB87.htm |
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| SB99 | EMPLOYMENT PROTECTIONS (MCGARVEY M) Amend KRS 337.420 to require an employer with one or more employees to be subject to the wage discrimination requirements; amend KRS 337.423 to require no wage discrimination for what has been paid to current or past employees and prohibit an employer from discriminating against an employee for discussing wages. |
| | Current Status: | 1/23/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor
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| | Recent Status: | 1/22/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB99.htm |
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| SB116 | COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE (HARRIS E) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 281 to set forth requirements for commercial motor vehicles to operate as a platoon; amend KRS 281.010 to define the term "platoon"; amend KRS 189.340 to exempt commercial motor vehicles operating behind the lead vehicle in a platoon from the prohibitions against following too closely. |
| | Current Status: | 3/29/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/19/2018 - delivered to Governor
3/19/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB116.htm |
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| SB117 | UNDERGROUND FACILITY PROTECTION (HORNBACK P) Amend KRS 367.4909 to waive the rights of nonmember operators of the Kentucky Contact Center for damage to their underground facilities; amend KRS 367.4913 to eliminate the requirement that the operators file their contact information with the county clerk where the operator has underground facilities and to require the Kentucky Contact Center to maintain a list of members' contact information. |
| | Current Status: | 3/22/2018 - (H) Returned to Committee House Natural Resources and Energy
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| | Recent Status: | 3/22/2018 - (H) SECOND READING
3/22/2018 - (H) Taken From Committee
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB117.htm |
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| SB121 | MOTOR VEHICLE REPARATIONS (GIRDLER R) Amend KRS 304.39-020 to define "health care provider"; amend the definition of "medical expense"; make technical corrections; amend KRS 304.39-130 to increase loss per week dollar cap to $400; amend KRS 304.39-241 to clarify when a reparation obligor must honor a written direction of benefits provided by an insured; amend KRS 304.39-245 to prohibit providers from charging or balance billing for an amount in excess of that which would be allowed under the definition of "medical expense" for services covered under basic reparation benefits; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2019. |
| | Current Status: | 3/13/2018 - (H) posted in committee House Banking and Insurance
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| | Recent Status: | 3/12/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Banking and Insurance
3/6/2018 - received in House
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB121.htm |
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| SB131 | PERSONNEL BOARD HEARINGS (SCHRODER W) Amend KRS 13B.020 to include hearings by the Personnel Board in the list of administrative hearings exempt from KRS Chapter 13B; amend KRS 18A.0751, 18A.095, and 18A.100 to conform. |
| | Current Status: | 4/2/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/22/2018 - delivered to Governor
3/22/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB131.htm |
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| SB132 | REORGANIZATION (ADAMS J) Amend KRS 12.020 to eliminate the Division of Kentucky Access in the Department of Insurance; change the name of the Commission for Children with Special Health Care Needs to the Office of Specialized Pediatric Services; establish the Kentucky Office of Health Benefit Exchange in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; amend KRS 18A.115 to change the name of the Kentucky Commission on Community Volunteerism and Service to Serve Kentucky; KRS 194A.030 to change the name of the Commission for Children with Special Health Care Needs to the Office of Specialized Pediatric Services; change the name of the Kentucky Commission on Community Volunteerism and Service to Serve Kentucky; create and establish the requirements of the Kentucky Office of Health Benefit Exchange; amend KRS 200.460, 200.470, 200.480, 200.490, 200.495, 200.497, and 200.499 to change the name of the Commission for Children with Special Health Care Needs to the Office of Specialized Pediatric Services; amend KRS 304.2-020 to eliminate the Division of Kentucky Access from the Department of Insurance; KRS 304.17B-001 to add definitions for "division" and "office"; amend KRS 304.17B-003 to make the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Service chair and the commissioner of the Department of Insurance the vice chair of the Kentucky Health Care Improvement Authority and to move the authority from the Department of Insurance to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; amend KRS 304.17B-005 to move Kentucky Access from the Department of Insurance to the Kentucky Office of Health Benefit Exchange; amend KRS 304.17B-007, 304.17B-009, 304.17B-011, 304.17B-013, 304.17B-017, 304.17B-019, 304.17B-021, 304.17B-023, 304.17B-027, 304.17B-029, 304.17B-031, 304.17B-033, and KRS 304.17A-005 to conform; confirm Executive Order 2017-269. |
| | Current Status: | 4/10/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/29/2018 - delivered to Governor
3/29/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB132.htm |
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| SB134 | CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL MIDWIVES PERMITS (BUFORD T) Create new sections of KRS Chapter 314 to define "APRN-designated certified nurse midwife," "certified professional midwife," "certified professional midwifery services," and "council"; create the Certified Professional Midwives Advisory Council under the Board of Nursing and establish its membership; provide that a certified professional midwife has same authority and responsibility as other licensed health care providers regarding public health laws and require each to keep appropriate medical records; require the board to promulgate administrative regulations relating to certified professional midwives, including a requirement for informed consent, fees for permits, statewide requirements for emergency transfer of care, medical tests and a formulary of medications; permit the board to require a criminal background investigation of an applicant for a permit as a certified professional midwife by means of a fingerprint check; require the council to delineate findings on restrictions to providing certified professional midwifery services; provide immunity from liability in civil action for health care providers who have acted in consultation with a certified professional midwife; amend KRS 164.298, 211.180, 311.271, and 311.550 to conform. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2018 - received in House
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| | Recent Status: | 3/27/2018 - (S) THIRD READING; floor amendment (1) defeated; passed 29-8 with Committee Substitute (1)
3/22/2018 - (S) Passed Over and retained in the Orders of the Day
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB134.htm |
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| 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
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| | Recent Status: | 2/7/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB135.htm |
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| SB141 | MEDICAL REVIEW PANELS (ALVARADO R) Amend KRS 216C.020 to allow tolling of the nine-month timeframe; amend KRS 216C.040 to provide an additional fee for out-of-state defendants; amend KRS 216C.050 to specify procedures for service on an out-of-state defendant; amend KRS 216C.070 to allow removal of attorneys from the list of potential panel members; amend KRS 216C.090 to provide a timeline for panel selection; amend KRS 216C.160 to authorize the panel chairperson to allow other forms of discovery; amend KRS 216C.190 to allow tolling of the nine-month timeline; amend KRS 216C.220 to clarify procedures for payment of the panel if the case ends before the panel renders an opinion; amend KRS 216C.240 to allow a court to dismiss an action; amend various sections of KRS Chapter 216C to clarify timelines. |
| | Current Status: | 2/22/2018 - (S) WITHDRAWN
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| | Recent Status: | 2/13/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health and Welfare
2/12/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB141.htm |
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| SB153 | INTERSTATE MEDICAL LICENSURE COMPACT (ALVARADO R) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to enact and enter into the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact with all other jurisdictions that legally join in the compact; declare the purpose of the compact; define terms; recognize a multistate licensure privilege to practice for physicians. |
| | Current Status: | 2/16/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations
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| | Recent Status: | 2/15/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB153.htm |
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| SB154 | HEALTHCARE TRANSPARENCY (ALVARADO R) Amend KRS 304.17A-005 to define "covered service," "emergency medical condition," "health care service," and "insured" or "covered person"; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define "allowed amount," "average allowed amount," "comparable health care service," "nonemergency health care service," "nonparticipating provider," and "participating provider"; require, for all health benefit plans, insurers to develop and implement an incentive program for covered persons who elect to receive a comparable health care service; require insurers to establish an interactive mechanism on a publicly accessible Web site that enables covered persons to obtain information about amounts paid for health care services by their insurer and a good-faith estimate of out-of-pocket costs for a nonemergency health care service; require health benefit plans to provide coverage for certain nonemergency services provided by a nonparticipating provider at prices that are the same or less than the average allowed amount for participating providers; amend KRS 304.17A-254 and 304.17A-527 to require insurers to obtain approval of the incentive program offered by that insurer from the Department of Insurance; require contracts with participating providers to include a clause requiring the provider to provide sufficient information to covered persons for the person to receive a good-faith estimate pursuant to the Act; amend KRS 304.17A-505 to conform; create a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to require nonparticipating providers to disclose the price of nonemergency health care services to covered persons; require health care providers to post notice to patients of their rights under this Act and to disclose prices charged for the most common health care services; create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the Department for Medicaid Services or a managed care organization contracted to provide Medicaid services to develop, implement, establish, and provide the same incentive program, interactive mechanism, and coverage to Medicaid recipients that are required for insurers under the Act; amend KRS 304.17A-096, 304.17A-430, 304.17B-001, 304.17B-015, 304.17B-033, 304.17C-010, 304.38A-010, and 304.39-241 to conform; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2019. |
| | Current Status: | 3/29/2018 - received in House
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| | Recent Status: | 3/29/2018 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 25-11 with Committee Substitute & floor amendment (1)
3/29/2018 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/SCS 1, SFA 1
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB154.htm |
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| 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
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| | Recent Status: | 3/9/2018 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules
3/8/2018 - (S) FIRST READING to Regular Calendar
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB175.htm |
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| 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
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| | Recent Status: | 2/21/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB189.htm |
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| SB190 | CIVIL RIGHTS (MCGARVEY M) Amend KRS 344.010 to include definitions for "sexual orientation," "gender identity," " local Commission," and " real estate-related transaction"; amend KRS 344.020, relating to the purpose of the Kentucky's civil rights chapter, to include a prohibition on discrimination because of sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.040, 344.050, 344.060, 344.070, and 344.080, relating to prohibited discrimination in various labor and employment practices, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.025, 344.100, 344.110, and 18A.095 to conform; amend KRS 344.120 and 344.140, relating to prohibited discrimination in places of public accommodation and advertisements therefor, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.170, 344.180, 344.190, 344.300, and 344.310, relating to the state and local human rights commissions, to include prohibition of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in the scope of their powers and duties; amend KRS 344.360, 344.680, 344.370, and 344.380, relating to prohibited discrimination in certain housing, real estate, and other financial transactions, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.367, relating to prohibited discrimination in certain insurance sales, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.400, relating to prohibited discrimination in certain credit transactions, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; make various technical amendments. |
| | Current Status: | 2/22/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary
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| | Recent Status: | 2/21/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB190.htm |
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| 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
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| | Recent Status: | 2/22/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB194.htm |
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| SB207 | BUILDING CODE VIOLATIONS (MEREDITH S) Amend KRS 198B.130 to allow a court award under KRS Chapter 198B or the Uniform Building Code to include attorney's fees if a certificate of occupancy has not been issued. |
| | Current Status: | 2/27/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations
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| | Recent Status: | 2/26/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB207.htm |
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| SB224 | INSURANCE (GIRDLER R) Amend KRS 304.12-230 to replace "person" with "insurer"; prohibit third-party claims against a casualty insurer; amend KRS 304.45.110 to conform; repeal KRS 304.12-220, relating to the definition of "person." |
| | Current Status: | 3/1/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Banking and Insurance
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| | Recent Status: | 2/28/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB224.htm |
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| 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
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| | Recent Status: | 3/1/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB229.htm |
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| SB237 | FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN PUBLIC POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION (SCHRODER W) Amend KRS 164.348 to require public postsecondary institutions to adopt policies ensuring the protection of freedom of speech and expression by students and faculty; require policies to be made available to students and faculty; create a cause of action for a violation of any policy required by the Act. |
| | Current Status: | 3/16/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education
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| | Recent Status: | 3/14/2018 - received in House
3/13/2018 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 27-11 with Committee Substitute (1)
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB237.htm |
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| SB243 | CASUALTY INSURANCE (MCGARVEY M) Amend KRS 304.20-043, relating to insurance policies for automobiles owned by state employees, to make technical corrections. |
| | Current Status: | 3/5/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Banking and Insurance
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| | Recent Status: | 3/1/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB243.htm |
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| SB248 | SECURITY OF PERSONAL INFORMATION (MCGARVEY M) Amend KRS 367.363 to include additional definitions; amend KRS 367.3645 to provide for a free security freeze in the event a protected person has been notified of a security breach and to make technical corrections; amend KRS 367.365 to require consumer reporting agencies to encrypt electronic data contained in consumer files and consumer reports; allow for security freezes to be requested by methods established by the consumer reporting agency; allow consumers to request a replacement personal identification number or password in the same manner as the original security freeze request; remove the expiration of a credit freeze after seven years; include gender-neutral language; prohibit a credit reporting agency from charging a fee for security freeze in the event a consumer has been notified of a security breach; require that consumer reporting agencies notify consumers of security breaches in compliance with KRS 365.732(4) to (7) and provide three years of credit monitoring; allow for a security freeze, temporary lift, or removal request placed at one nationwide consumer reporting agency to be sent and applied to other nationwide consumer reporting agencies; require third-party agents to notify consumer reporting agencies of security breaches; require consumer reporting agencies to comply with KRS 365.732(3); prohibit requirements that consumers waive rights or submit to arbitration; amend KRS 365.732 to define "encrypt," "personally identifiable information," and "security breach"; provide an exemption for consumer reporting agencies subject to this Act; prohibit electronic or substitute notice from being sent to electronic and e-mail accounts involved in the security breach; provide for the request of one consumer report from each nationwide consumer reporting agency by consumers affected by a security breach; prohibit requirements that consumers waive rights or submit to arbitration; require certain information holders to encrypt personally identifiable data; make technical corrections; amend KRS 61.931 to include exemption for certain persons from the definition of "nonaffiliated third parties"; conform the definition of "personally identifiable information"; make technical corrections; amend KRS 61.932, 61.933, 61.934, 171.450, 42.722, and 42.726 to conform; EMERGENCY. |
| | Current Status: | 3/5/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor
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| | Recent Status: | 3/1/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB248.htm |
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| SB259 | INDEPENDENT EXTERNAL REVIEW CLAIMS (ALVARADO R) Amend KRS 205.646 to allow a provider to appeal multiple claims in a single external review; and to allow a single administrative hearing to be held to appeal the final decision of an external review that involved multiple claims. |
| | Current Status: | 3/5/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health and Welfare
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| | Recent Status: | 3/1/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB259.htm |
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| SB261 | EMERGENCY AIR AMBULANCE COVERAGE (HUMPHRIES S) Amend KRS 304.17A-005 to define "balance bill" and "insured"; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define "registered air ambulance service provider" and to require a health benefit plan to hold harmless an insured for any amount owed to a registered air ambulance provider; prohibit a health benefit plan from using an allowed amount for air ambulance services under certain conditions to determine when an air ambulance transport is medically necessary; require assumption of charges by the insurer under certain conditions; require notification to the air ambulance service of assumption by the insurer; prohibit the air ambulance provider from certain actions following receipt of notification; establish payment requirements for the insurer; establish the Independent Dispute Resolution Program for air ambulance service charges within the Department of Insurance; require reporting by registered air ambulance service providers and the department; require registration in the program; require an independent reviewer for the program; establish procedures for the Independent Dispute Resolution Program; amend KRS 304.17A-096, 304.17A-430, 304.17B-001, 304.17B-015, 304.17B-033, 304.17C-010, 304.18-114, 304.38A-010, and 304.39-241 to conform; create a new section of Subtitle 13 of KRS Chapter 304 to prohibit an insurer from using debt owed by a consumer to an air ambulance provider in determining insurance rates; create a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to prohibit any individual or business from considering any debt owed by a consumer to an air ambulance provider in determining whether to issue credit or determine rates of interest; create a new section of KRS Chapter 311A to prohibit an air ambulance provider from reporting any debt owed to it by a consumer to a consumer reporting agency; amend KRS 427.010 to set exemptions from enforcement of a judgment for debt owed by an individual to an air ambulance provider; amend KRS 426.720 to prohibit the attachment of a judgment arising out of a debt to an air ambulance provider as a lien against real property. Sections 1 to 11 EFFECTIVE January 1, 2019; EMERGENCY; apply provisions of Sections 12 through 16 to prospective actions on debt owed on or after January 1, 2010. |
| | Current Status: | 3/5/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Banking and Insurance
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| | Recent Status: | 3/1/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB261.htm |
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