| HB1 | CHILD WELFARE (MEADE D) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 6 to establish the Child Welfare Oversight and Advisory Committee; amend KRS 194A.030 to remove the Office of the Ombudsman from within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services' Secretarys Office and establish it as an independent office; amend KRS 199.461 to require additional reporting of statewide, regional, and county caseload average for state social service workers; amend KRS 199.470 to change the definition of relative caregiver for adoption purposes and align placement options with the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children; amend KRS 199.641 to allow the cabinet to contract with child-caring facilities and child-placing agencies; amend KRS 199.800 to update definitions; amend KRS 199.801 to update and establish new processes for state-level and regional placement coordinators for children in the custody of the cabinet; create a new section of KRS 199.470 to 199.590 to require the cabinet to establish uniform home study processes; repeal and reenact KRS 200.575 to update and establish new processes for delivery of family preservation services; amend KRS 213.056 to change language required to be on a Kentucky birth certificate of a person adopted from outside the United States; amend KRS 213.141 to establish no birth certificate fees for a child who is in the custody of the cabinet; amend KRS 600.020 to expand the definition of “abused or neglected child”; amend KRS 605.120 to allow for a broader array of services, including monetary, for relative caregivers; amend KRS 610.040 to attempt to resolve conflicts regarding the service of process for courts; create a new section of KRS Chapter 620 to resolve delays due to simultaneous criminal proceedings during dependency, neglect, or abuse cases; create a new section of KRS Chapter 620 to allow the cabinet to charge a fee for background checks of child abuse and neglect records in certain circumstances; amend KRS 620.050 to establish new language related to Childrens Advocacy Centers in administrative hearings and access to the records and interviews; amend KRS 620.060 to clarify locations of dependency, neglect, or abuse cases for courts; amend KRS 620.070 to attempt to resolve conflicts regarding the service of process for courts; amend KRS 620.180 to lengthen the time before the first out-of-home case plan is due and require that by January 1, 2019, that CHFS shall establish and implement the processes, procedures, timelines, and requirements to ensure that children committed to the cabinet as dependent, neglected, or abused and placed in foster family homes are timely reunified with their biological family or identified for and placed in a new permanent home; amend KRS 620.270 to establish changes to the existing Citizen Foster Care Review Boards in the state to establish an interested party review to occur to allow a forum for citizens throughout the state to express their thoughts and opinions related to child welfare; amend KRS 620.090 related to notifications from the Citizen Foster Care Review Boards; amend KRS 620.310 to establish changes to the Citizen Foster Care Review Board related to the election of the chairpersons; amend KRS 625.090 related to the filing of a motion of termination of parental rights; amend KRS 625.110 related to the appeals of the termination of parental rights; create a new section of KRS Chapter 199 to establish a putative father registry in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; prescribe the data the registry will contain and who may access the data; amend KRS 199.480 and 199.990 to conform; amend KRS 406.081 to require courts to resolve cases against alleged fathers who do not comply with ordered genetic testing; amend KRS 406.091 to require the party requesting that the paternity action be filed to pay for genetic testing; amend KRS 625.065 to the putative father registry; amend KRS 199.502 related to the putative father registry; create a new section of KRS 199.640 to199.670 to require performance-based contracting and require the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to designate a study group to make recommendations regarding the creation and implementation of performance-based contracting for licensed child-caring facilities and child-placing agencies in the Commonwealth and to require a report; create a new section of KRS 620 to establish a notification be made to foster parents; require the secretary of the cabinet for Health and Family services to designate a study group to make recommendations regarding the feasibility and implementation of the privatization of all foster care services in the Commonwealth and require a report; amend KRS 199.473, 199.490, 625.040, 625.042, and 625.043 to conform; repeal KRS 199.565, 199.805, 200.580, 200.585, 200.590, 200.595, 200.600, and 200.605. |
| | 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/HB1.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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| HB25 | CHILD ABUSE (BURCH T) Amend KRS 620.030 to establish that if a person knows or has reasonable cause to believe that a child is dependent, neglected, or abused, causes an oral or written report of the dependency, neglect, or abuse to be made, is employed by a local law enforcement agency, the Department of Kentucky State Police, the cabinet or its designated representative, the Commonwealth's attorney, or a county attorney, then that person shall make the oral or written report to his or her employer and to one of the other entities authorized to receive the report. |
| | Current Status: | 1/2/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Family Services
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| | Recent Status: | 1/2/2018 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)
6/22/2017 - Pre-Filed
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB25.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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| HB179 | MARRIAGE (SCOTT A) Repeal Section 233A of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to marriage. |
| | Current Status: | 1/17/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Elections, Constitutional Amendments, and Intergovernmental Affairs
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| | Recent Status: | 1/11/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB179.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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| 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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| HB269 | DIVORCE (BROWN L) Amend KRS 403.044 to state that no testimony can be taken in divorce actions involving minor children of the marriage until one year has elapsed; amend KRS 403.140 to add a divorce and co-parenting education requirement before a divorce can occur when the marriage at issue involves minor children. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2018 - received in House
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| | Recent Status: | 2/5/2018 - (H) posted in committee House Judiciary
2/1/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB269.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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| 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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| 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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| HB371 | SURVIVAL SPOUSE EXEMPTION (PETRIE J) Amend KRS 391.030, relating to decedents' estates, to increase the surviving spouse exemption from $15,000 to $30,000. |
| | Current Status: | 2/22/2018 - (H) posted in committee House Judiciary
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| | Recent Status: | 2/16/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
2/14/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB371.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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| HB499 | CHILD SUPPORT (SIMS JR. J) Amend KRS 403.212 to update the amounts outlined in the child support table. |
| | 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/HB499.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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| 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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| HB517 | GRANDPARENT VISITATION (MCCOY C) Amend KRS 405.021 to create a presumption that grandparent visitation is in the child's best interest when there is a significant and viable relationship between the child and grandparent, and the parent who is the child of the grandparent is deceased; amend KRS 620.090 to require the court to consider granting visitation rights to the grandparents who are not granted temporary custody. |
| | 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/HB517.htm |
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| HB528 | JOINT CUSTODY (PETRIE J) Amend KRS 403.270 to create a presumption that joint custody and equally shared parenting time is in the best interrest of the child, and to require the court to consider the motiviation of the aduts involved when determining the best interest of the child for custody orders; amend KRS 403.280 to specify that the presumption of joint custody and equal parenting time is in the best interest of the child; amend KRS 403.320 to allow a parent not granted custody or shared parenting time to petition for reasonable visitation rights; amend KRS 403.340 to specify that if a court modifies a custody decree there is a rebuttable presumption that it is in the best interest of the child for the parents to have joint custody and equally shared parenting time. |
| | 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/HB528.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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| 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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| SB43 | ADOPTION (WESTERFIELD W) Create new sections of KRS Chapter 199 to establish a putative father registry in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; prescribe the data the registry will contain and who may access the data; amend KRS 199.480 and 199.990 to conform; amend KRS 199.473 to create a unified application for permission to place or receive a child; amend KRS 199.500 to redefine the time at which a voluntary and informed consent to adoption becomes final and irrevocable; amend KRS 199.470 to remove waiting period to file a petition for adoption; amend KRS 406.081 to require courts to resolve cases against alleged fathers who do not comply with ordered genetic testing; amend KRS 406.091 to require the party requesting that the paternity action be filed to pay for genetic testing; amend KRS 199.011, 199.502, 199.555, and 625.065 to conform. |
| | 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/SB43.htm |
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| SB48 | CHILD MARRIAGE (ADAMS J) Amend KRS 402.020 to establish a new minimum age for marriage; amend KRS 402.030 to establish the power of courts to declare a marriage void when one party is under 18 years of age; amend KRS 402.210 to prohibit individuals under the age of 17 years from marrying; establish the process for a 17- year old to petition a court for permission to marry and the criteria for granting the petition; repeal KRS 402.260 which provides for the estate of minors who marry to be placed in receivership until they reach the age of 18 years. |
| | 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/SB48.htm |
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| SB68 | MARRIAGE DISSOLUTION (MCGARVEY M) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 403 to clarify that a victim of domestic violence is not required to pay the legal fees of the abusive spouse in a divorce action when the spouse is incarcerated for crimes against the petitioner. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/15/2018 - delivered to Governor
3/15/2018 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB68.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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| SB108 | CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT (KERR A) Amend KRS 403.211 to update the definition of health care coverage as it relates to child support enforcement procedures to comply with changes in federal law. |
| | 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/SB108.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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| SB256 | ADOPTION (WESTERFIELD W) Amend KRS 199.470 to set forth which relatives do not need the secretary's approval to adopt a child; align placement options with the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children; amend KRS 199.500 to simplify the timeline; amend KRS 199.502 to limit fees charged by appointed attorneys; amend various sections to conform. |
| | Current Status: | 3/5/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary
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| | Recent Status: | 3/1/2018 - Introduced
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| | State Bill Page: | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB256.htm |
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