Prepared by: Kentucky League of Cities
Report created on March 29, 2024
 
HB2WORKERS COMPENSATION (KOENIG A) AN ACT relating to workers compensation.

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
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB2.htm
 
HB6RURAL BUSINESS INVESTMENT (BLANTON J) AN ACT relating to the establishment of a tax credit to promote investments in rural Kentucky businesses and making an appropriation therefor.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 136 to establish a new tax credit against the taxes imposed on insurance companies and financial institutions, for contributions made by them into rural growth funds which make investments in certain businesses principally operating in certain areas of the state; declare findings and the purpose of the credit; define terms; require an entity to follow a process to apply for certification as a rural growth fund, and for investors in that entity to receive tax credits awarded by the Department of Revenue; allow the department to issue $60,000,000 in tax credits; provide credit sunset terms and other conditions for participating in the program and for claiming the credit; provide for revocation of tax credits; allow the department to audit rural growth funds; limit any liability of the Commonwealth in regard to rural growth funds or investments made by them; require various reports to be filed with the department and the Legislative Research Commission to enable evaluations of the credit program; provide for the ordering of the credit; declare short title to be the Kentucky Rural Jobs Tax Credit Act of 2018.
 Current Status:   4/13/2018 - floor amendments (9-title) and (10) filed, (11) filed to Committee Substitute
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB6.htm
 
HB22PUBLIC SAFETY (BANTA K) AN ACT relating to public safety.

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
 Position:   Neutral
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB22.htm
 
HB55DRUG EDUCATION (TIPTON J) AN ACT relating to drug education.

Amend KRS 156.160 to require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations to require physical and health education instruction in drug abuse prevention and the connection between abuse and addiction to other drugs; require the Office of Drug Control Policy to develop recommendations for the instruction in drug abuse prevention to be published on the Web site of the Department of Education.
 Current Status:   3/20/2018 - Senate Education, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing); Time & Location:
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB55.htm
 
HB68LAW ENFORCEMENT SUPPORT PROGRAMS (FLEMING K) AN ACT relating to law enforcement support programs, declaring an emergency, and making an appropriation therefor.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to require the Department of Criminal Justice Training to provide a law enforcement professional development and wellness program; outline standards for program; require program to be confidential; create a fund for the program's administration; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
 Current Status:   4/2/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB68.htm
 
HB70SEX OFFENDER REGISTRANTS (FISCHER J) AN ACT relating to sex offender registrants.

Amend KRS 17.546 to prohibit sex offender registrants from knowingly or intentionally using electronic communications for the purpose of soliciting, contacting, communicating with, or gathering information about a person less than 18 years of age; provide an exception for a registrant using electronic communications to contact, communicate with, or gather information about his or her minor child if not otherwise prohibited and if permitted by the sentencing court; amend KRS 17.510 to require a registrant to provide written notice of all phone numbers, electronic mail addresses, and usernames used by a registrant to electronically communicate with a person less than 18 years of age.
 Current Status:   3/30/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB70.htm
 
HB74PAWNBROKERS (KING K) AN ACT relating to pawnbrokers.

Amend KRS 226.040 to require specific information on a pawnbroker's register to be included on an Internet-based register; require that the register be available to law enforcement personnel and that it contain a full description of property purchased or pawned; require secondhand merchandise sold to a pawnbroker to be held a minimum of 12 days before being resold.
 Current Status:   3/13/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB74.htm
 
HB75LOCAL GOVERNMENT INVESTMENTS (RIGGS S) AN ACT relating to investments made by local governments.

Amend KRS 66.480, relating to investments for local governments, to remove the 20% restriction from securities and to add to the permitted investments local governments may make mutual funds, closed-end, and exchange-traded funds and funds investing in individual preferred stock or equities as long as no more than 7% of the portfolio is composed of individual equities at the time of purchase and qualifying high-quality corporate bonds if the funds are managed by a professional investment advisor; specify that these two additional investment types cannot exceed 20% of the total amount of money invested by the local government; establish an investment limit of 5% of the total amount of money invested in any one issuer unless the issuer is the U.S. government or an agency thereof, or an entity whose obligations are guaranteed by the federal government.
 Current Status:   4/26/2018 - VETOED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB75.htm
 
HB96FIRE RELATED CRIME INVESTIGATION (HART M) AN ACT relating to investigation of fire related crimes.

Amend KRS 15.310 to include definitions of "certified fire investigator" and fire investigator; amend KRS 15.334 to require the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council to promulgate administrative regulations to establish a course of training for fire investigators; amend KRS 15.380 to require the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council to certify fire investigators; create a new section of KRS 15.380 to 15.404 to list the minimum qualifications of a fire investigator; amend KRS 15.383 to require a certified fire investigator to annually meet marksmanship qualifications; create a new section of KRS 15.380 to 15.404 to allow the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council to revoke a fire investigator's certification; create a new section of KRS 15.380 to 15.404 to require a fire investigator to complete training of at least 275 hours; create a new section of KRS 15.380 to 15.404 to establish certification categories for fire investigators; amend KRS 15.388 to require the fire chief to notify the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council that the employee meets the precertification qualifications of a fire investigator; amend KRS 15.442 to specify that a fire investigator is not eligible to participate in the Kentucky Law Enforcement Foundation Program fund; and create a new section of KRS Chapter 95A to define "fire investigator", and provide that the chief of a fire department may appoint a professional firefighter to be a fire investigator; amend KRS 15.382 to conform; EFFECTIVE 1/1/2019.
 Current Status:   4/10/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Neutral
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB96.htm
 
HB114TVA IN-LIEU-OF-TAX PAYMENTS (ROWLAND B) AN ACT relating to TVA in-lieu-of-tax payments, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 96.895 to require that a portion of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in-lieu-of-tax revenue deposited in the general fund be distributed to agencies designated by counties that have TVA property located in that county or purchase power from TVA, increasing from zero percent currently to 50 percent or a maximum of $6,000,000; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
 Current Status:   4/10/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB114.htm
 
HB136MICROBREWERIES (KOENIG A) AN ACT relating to microbreweries.

Amend KRS 243.157 to require microbreweries to report and pay taxes on wholesale sales made directly to consumers to the Department of Revenue; amend KRS 243.882 to define "microbrewery" and to include retail sales made by a microbrewery directly to a consumer in the definition of "wholesale sale"; amend KRS 243.884 to include microbreweries selling malt beverages directly to consumers; amend KRS 243.886 to exempt microbreweries from the authorization to deduct one percent of the tax due; amend KRS 211.285 to include microbreweries.
 Current Status:   3/16/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB136.htm
 
HB138BOARDS OF ADJUSTMENTS (KOENIG A) AN ACT relating to boards of adjustments.

Amend KRS 100.217, relating to planning and zoning boards of adjustment, to allow for a joint board of adjustment to be appointed, and set out its membership parameters.
 Current Status:   4/10/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB138.htm
 
HB140CONSERVATION OFFICERS (HALE D) AN ACT relating to conservation officers and declaring an emergency.

Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 15 related to participation in the Law Enforcement Foundation Program fund to provide that the annual training stipend paid to all conservation officers be paid from the game and fish fund established in KRS 150.150 in an amount commensurate to the annual supplement paid to other police officers; amend KRS 15.460 to increase the annual supplement amount to $4,000 beginning July 1, 2018; EMERGENCY.
 Current Status:   4/2/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB140.htm
 
HB158PUBLIC EMPLOYEE LIFE INSURANCE (ROWLAND B) AN ACT relating to life insurance for public employees.

Amend KRS 18A.205 to permit certain individuals participating in an optional retirement plan authorized by KRS 161.567, certain individuals employed by a public postsecondary educational institution or certain local governments, and any certified or classified employee or elected member of a local board of education to obtain life insurance under the state-sponsored group life insurance policy or policies if the individual's employer opts to participate in the state-sponsored group life insurance program; amend KRS 18A.210 and 18A.215 to conform.
 Current Status:   4/2/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB158.htm
 
HB169GANG VIOLENCE PREVENTION (BENVENUTI R) AN ACT relating to gang violence prevention and declaring an emergency.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 506 to define "criminal gang" and "pattern of criminal gang activity"; repeal and reenact KRS 506.140 to enumerate what constitutes criminal gang recruitment in the first, second, and third degree; amend KRS 506.120 to define "criminal gang syndicate" and associated penalties for defendants convicted of certain offenses committed while acting as a criminal gang syndicate; amend KRS 506.150 to revise evidence that is corroborative of the existence of a gang or gang membership; create new sections of KRS Chapter 506 to require that anyone who is found to be a member of a criminal gang at the time of commission of a felony, and who is subsequently convicted of a felony that puts the public at risk, shall be sentenced to a penalty that is one class higher than the penalty provision pertaining to the felony offense he or she was convicted of, unless the person is determined to be a persistent felony offender; establish a cause of action for a person harmed by a criminal gang or criminal gang member; create a new section of KRS Chapter 506 to state that property used by a gang or gang member in the commission of the crime shall be forfeited and disposed of in accordance with KRS 218A.405 to 218A.460; provide that this Act shall be known as the Gang Violence Prevention Act; encourage state and local law enforcement agencies to create a statewide gang violence prevention database; EMERGENCY.
 Current Status:   4/26/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB169.htm
 
HB176REGISTERED AMBULANCE PROVIDERS (ROTHENBURGER R) AN ACT relating to fee disclosures by licensed ambulance providers.

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
 Position:   Neutral
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB176.htm
 
HB185DEATH IN THE LINE OF DUTY (BLANTON J) AN ACT relating to death-in-line-of-duty benefits and declaring an emergency.

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
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB185.htm
 
HB193THIRD DEGREE ASSAULT (LEE S) AN ACT relating to assault in the third degree.

Amend KRS 508.025, relating to the Class D felony of assault in the third degree, to add intentionally causing a peace officer to come in contact with bodily fluids or bodily waste to the elements of the crime; increase the criminal penalty to a Class C felony for contact with fluids which could transmit a communicable disease; and clarify that the existing provisions regarding detention facilities apply to adult and juvenile facilities.
 Current Status:   4/26/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB193.htm
 
HB200EXECUTIVE BRANCH BUDGET (RUDY S) AN ACT relating to appropriations and revenue measures providing financing and conditions for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and its various officers, cabinets, departments, boards, commissions, institutions, subdivisions, agencies, and other state-supported activities.

The State/Executive Branch Budget: Detail Part I, Operating Budget; appropriate to General Government: 2017-2018: $7,018,500, 2018-2019: $1,704,291,300, 2019-2020: $1,655,441,200; appropriate to the Economic Development Cabinet: 2018-2019: $31,672,600, 2019-2020: $32,384,800; appropriate to the Department of Education: 2018-2019: $4,885,519,300, 2019-2020: $4,885,920,600; appropriate to the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet: 2018-2019: $630,653,700, 2019-2020: $635,306,400; appropriate to the Energy and Environment Cabinet: 2018-2019: $272,522,400, 2019-2020: $280,337,000; appropriate to the Finance and Administration Cabinet: 2018-2019: $932,955,700, 2019-2020: $962,132,700; appropriate to the Health and Family Services Cabinet: 2017-2018: $12,064,200, 2018-2019: $13,902,025,100, 2019-2020: $14,153,724,700; appropriate to the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet: 2017-2018: $22,281,300, 2018-2019: $1,279,407,200, 2019-2020: $1,315,928,100; appropriate to the Labor Cabinet: 2018-2019: $221,768,700, 2019-2020: $221,427,400; appropriate to the Personnel Cabinet: 2018-2019: $66,174,600, 2019-2020: $66,486,800; appropriate to Postsecondary Education: 2018-2019: $7,834,090,600, 2019-2020: $8,200,114,600; appropriate to the Public Protection Cabinet: 2018-2019: $123,723,400, 2019-2020: $122,273,100; appropriate to the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet: 2017-2018: $8,831,600, 2018-2019: $258,238,600, 2019-2020: $261,409,800; appropriate to the Budget Reserve Trust Fund: 2018-2019: $62,414,100, 2019-2020: $183,378,000; not included in the appropriation amounts are capital project amounts as follows: 2017-2018 $16,500,000, 2018-2019: $2,804,425,500, 2019-2020: $342,579,500; detail Part II, Capital Projects Budget; detail Part III, General Provisions; detail Part IV, State Salary/Compensation, Benefit, and Employment Policy; detail Part V, Funds Transfer; detail Part VI, General Fund Budget Reduction Plan; detail Part VII, General Fund Surplus Expenditure Plan; detail Part VIII, Road Fund Budget Reduction Plan; detail Part IX, Road Fund Surplus Expenditure Plan; detail Part X, Phase I Tobacco Settlement; and detail Part XI, Executive Branch Budget Summary.
 Current Status:   4/14/2018 - delivered to Secretary of State
 Position:   Under Evaluation
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB200.htm
 
HB201TRANSPORTATION CABINET BUDGET (RUDY S) AN ACT relating to appropriations providing financing and conditions for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the Transportation Cabinet of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

The Transportation Cabinet Budget: appropriate from the General Fund, Restricted Funds, Federal Funds, and Road Fund $2,338,992,800 in fiscal year 2018-2019 and $2,318,218,000 in fiscal year 2019-2020 for operating costs; appropriate from Road Fund and Investment Income for various capital projects; require the Secretary of the Transportation Cabinet to produce a document detailing the 2018-2020 Biennial Highway Construction Program and the Highway Preconstruction Program; provide debt service to the General Administration and Support budget unit; allow reallocation of appropriations among budget units; allow the Transportation Cabinet to receive funds and services for the Adopt-A-Highway Litter Program; provide funds for Aviation's operational costs; provide debt service to the Aviation budget unit; provide funds for Economic Development Road lease-rental payments; provide that no portion of the revenues to the state Road Fund accrue to the Debt Payment Acceleration Fund account; provide debt service for Grant Anticipation Revenue Vehicle (GARVEE) Bonds; provide funds for the State-Supported Construction Program, Biennial Highway Construction Program, Highway Construction Contingency Account, and the Kentucky Pride Fund; authorize projects in the 2016-2018 Biennial Highway Construction Plan to continue into the 2018-2020 biennium; provide no Road Fund appropriation for the Kentucky Transportation Center; authorize the Transportation Cabinet to match federal highway moneys; prioritize projects should any additional federal highway moneys become available; authorize the Transportation Cabinet to continue the Cash Management Plan and to make programmatic adjustments; provide for carry forward of any unexpended Road Fund appropriations in the Highways budget unit for various programs; provide for the transfer of Road Fund resources for judgments; authorize the Transportation Cabinet to maximize the use of Toll Credits; provide funds for the County Road Aid Program, the Rural Secondary Program, the Municipal Road Aid Program, and the Energy Recovery Road Fund; provide debt service to the Vehicle Regulation budget unit; provide for Capital Construction Fund appropriations and reauthorizations; provide for the expiration of existing line-item capital construction projects; authorize various capital projects; specify funds transfers.
 Current Status:   4/26/2018 - line items vetoed
 Position:   Under Evaluation
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB201.htm
 
HB210PUBLIC PROTECTION (HEAVRIN S) AN ACT relating to public protection.

Amend KRS 237.115 to allow persons with valid concealed deadly weapons licenses or temporary permits to carry concealed weapons on public postsecondary property and in buildings controlled by state and local government, except courtrooms and detention facilities; amend KRS 237.110 to allow persons with valid concealed deadly weapons licenses or temporary permits to carry concealed weapons in meetings of the General Assembly; make technical and conforming amendments.
 Current Status:   2/21/2018 - House Judiciary, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing); Time & Location:
 Position:   Oppose
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB210.htm
 
HB213PRESCRIPTION DRUG MONITORING INFORMATION (BENTLEY D) AN ACT relating to data-sharing of prescription drug monitoring information.

Amend KRS 218A.245 to allow KASPER data-sharing agreements with different types of jurisdictions.
 Current Status:   3/28/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB213.htm
 
HB223PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY (PRATT P) AN ACT relating to public housing authorities.

Amend KRS 80.030, 80.040, 80.060 relating to city public housing authorities, and KRS 80.266, relating to city-county public housing authorities, to allow a city divesting itself of authority over its public housing program to have representation on the public housing authority that has agreed to take over responsibility.
 Current Status:   3/30/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB223.htm
 
HB226ARRESTS (LEE S) AN ACT relating to arrests.

Amend KRS 431.015 to allow a peace officer to arrest a person for a misdemeanor violation of KRS 512.030, 512.040, and 514.030 when committed in the officer's presence; allow a peace officer to issue a citation when the officer has probable cause to believe that a misdemeanor was committed outside of his or her presence.
 Current Status:   3/19/2018 - (H) recommitted to committee House Judiciary
 Position:   Under Evaluation
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB226.htm
 
HB231CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE MONITORING (FISCHER J) AN ACT relating to enhancement of information reported to the electronic system for monitoring controlled substances.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to require that pharmacies collect data on persons picking up prescriptions for a Schedule II to V controlled substance on behalf of a patient; require data to be reported to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; require data to be shared only with those permitted under KRS 218A.202.
 Current Status:   2/1/2018 - House Health and Family Services, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing); Time & Location:
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB231.htm
 
HB240SANCTUARY CITIES AND UNIVERSITIES (BECHLER L) AN ACT relating to sanctuary cities and universities.

Amend KRS 65.133 to require local law enforcement agencies and Kentucky State Police to enforce immigration laws; define sanctuary and sanctuary policy; prohibit local governments from adopting sanctuary policies; establish hearing procedures for determination of sanctuary status; withhold state funding from sanctuaries; establish vicarious liability for local government officials of sanctuaries; prohibit postsecondary educational institutions from enrolling, employing, or contracting with illegal aliens; require postsecondary educational institutions to keep records of immigration status; withhold state funding from postsecondary educational institutions that enroll, employ, or contract with illegal aliens.
 Current Status:   2/20/2018 - (H) posted in committee House Judiciary
 Position:   Oppose
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB240.htm
 
HB252UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE (DECESARE J) AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance.

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
 Position:   Neutral
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB252.htm
 
HB265TELECOMMUNICATORS (BLANTON J) AN ACT relating to training for telecommunicators.

Amend KRS 15.550 to require telecommunicators that provide dispatch for emergency medical conditions to be trained in high-quality telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitation (T-CPR).
 Current Status:   4/26/2018 - filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB265.htm
 
HB267ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES (GOOCH JR. J) AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages.

Amend KRS 243.075 to allow all wet cities and counties containing wet cities through a local option election to impose a regulatory license fee on the sale of alcoholic beverages.
 Current Status:   2/1/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB267.htm
 
HB275SPECIAL DEPUTIES (MEREDITH M) AN ACT relating to special deputies.

Amend KRS 70.045 to permit sheriffs in all counties to appoint one special deputy for every 1,000 persons living in the county.
 Current Status:   4/2/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   No position
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB275.htm
 
HB279EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (ROTHENBURGER R) AN ACT relating to emergency medical services.

Amend KRS 311A.010 to define "advanced emergency medical technician" and "emergency medical responder, " and update other definitions; amend KRS 311A.015 to change" first responder" to "emergency medical responder"; amend KRS 311A.020 to change "first responder" to "emergency medical responder"; add certification of advanced emergency medical technicians; amend KRS 311A.025 to change "first responder" to "emergency medical responder"; amend KRS 311A.030 to update licensing categories; amend KRS 311A.050 to change "first responder" to "emergency medical responder"; add advanced emergency medical technicians; amend KRS 311A.055 to change "first responder" to "emergency medical responder"; add advanced emergency medical technicians; amend KRS 311A.060 change "first responder" to "emergency medical responder"; add advanced emergency medical technicians; amend KRS 311A.065 to update psychological or physical evaluation requirements; amend KRS 311A.075 to update board membership; amend KRS 311A.095 to change "first responder" to "emergency medical responder"; add advanced emergency medical technicians; add electronic mail application requirements; delete outdated transition language; amend KRS 311A.105 to add electronic mailing requirements; amend KRS 311A.120 to change "first responder" to "emergency medical responder"; add advanced emergency medical technicians and paramedics; amend KRS 311A.125 to delete continuing competency documentation requirement; amend KRS 311A.130 to change "first responder" to "emergency medical responder"; add advanced emergency medical technicians; amend KRS 311A.140 to clarify certification and licensure requirements; change "first responder" to "emergency medical responder"; add advanced emergency medical technicians; amend KRS 311A.190 to change "run form" to "patient care record"; create new section of KRS Chapter 311A to set requirements for advanced emergency medical technicians; amend KRS 95A.262,189.910, and 311.550 to conform; repeal KRS 311A.110, 311A.115, and 311A.127.
 Current Status:   2/21/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations
 Position:   Under Evaluation
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB279.htm
 
HB299RAILROAD CROSSINGS (SANTORO S) AN ACT relating to railroad crossings.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 178 to set forth the procedures for the closure of public railroad grade crossings; provide for an appeals process; amend KRS 177.120 setting forth when the Department of Highways may consider a railroad crossing as a candidate for closure; set forth criteria for the Department of Highways to apply to railroad crossing decisions.
 Current Status:   3/2/2018 - (H) posted in committee House Transportation
 Position:   Oppose
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB299.htm
 
HB310GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES INFORMATION (THOMAS W) AN ACT relating to the reporting of information by governmental entities.

Amend KRS 83A.085 to allow for electronic submission of specific city information by the city clerk to the Department for Local Government and the Legislative Research Commission; amend KRS 65.905 and 65.925 to require compiled data from the uniform financial information report to be provided electronically to the Commission; delete the requirement that DLG file a copy of the report with the applicable county clerk.
 Current Status:   3/30/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB310.htm
 
HB322PLANNING AND ZONING (GOOCH JR. J) AN ACT relating to planning and zoning enforcement action appeals.

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); Time & Location:
 Position:   Oppose
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB322.htm
 
HB324TRESPASS (BANTA K) AN ACT relating to trespass.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 511, to establish the offense of trespass upon key infrastructure assets.
 Current Status:   4/13/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB324.htm
 
HB355CIVIL RIGHTS (BANTA K) AN ACT relating to civil rights.

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
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB355.htm
 
HB358OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE TAX (ROTHENBURGER R) AN ACT relating to occupational license taxes and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 68.197 to apply its provisions to counties with populations less than 300,000; remove the cap of one percent on license fees; remove crediting provisions between the county and the cities, except as by agreement between the city and the county; amend KRS 68.604 to conform; repeal KRS 68.198 and 68.199; EMERGENCY.
 Current Status:   2/15/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Local Government
 Position:   Oppose
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB358.htm
 
HB361REORGANIZATION (HEAVRIN S) AN ACT relating to reorganization.

Amend KRS 65.7623 to adjust the membership of the Kentucky 911 Services Board; establish terms of service on board; provide for an administrative relationship with the Office of Homeland Security; amend KRS 65.7625 to delineate the financial responsibilities of the board and the Office of Homeland Security; confirm Executive Order 2017-298.
 Current Status:   2/20/2018 - (H) posted in committee House Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection
 Position:   Oppose
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB361.htm
 
HB362MILITARY CAREERS (HEAVRIN S) AN ACT relating to high school students pursuing military careers.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 requiring schools to offer the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) test annually to students in grades 10 through 12, offer counseling based on the ASVAB test results, and allow up to four excused absences to meet with a recruiter of the Armed Forces of the United States or Kentucky National Guard; amend KRS 159.035 to allow excused absences for students who meet with a military recruiter, receive ASVAB counseling, or pursue enlistment.
 Current Status:   4/14/2018 - delivered to Secretary of State
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB362.htm
 
HB366REVENUE MEASURES (RUDY S) AN ACT relating to revenue measures, making an appropriation, and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 224.50-868 to extend the new tire fee to July 1, 2020; provide that the amount of principal which a qualified applicant may owe the Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corporation at any one time shall not exceed $5 million; allow a 0.5% administrative fee to be paid to the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority for the administration of each project funded by the Infrastructure for Economic Development Fund for Coal-Producing Counties and the Infrastructure for Economic Development Fund for Tobacco Counties; require any revenue received from the sale or renewal of Child Victims' Trust Fund license plates in excess of actual costs incurred by the Transportation Cabinet be transferred to the Child Victims' Trust Fund on an annual basis; require any funds or assets recovered by the Attorney General in connection with a lawsuit be paid directly to the Commonwealth and deposited in a distinct trust and agency account for each settlement; allow expenses incurred by the Auditor of Public Accounts for required audits of federal funds be charged to the government or agency that is the subject of the audit; require each agency of the Executive Branch to remit an assessment to the Personnel Board for its operation; exempt from all state and local taxes water withdrawal fees imposed by the Kentucky River Authority; require a school district that receives an allotment for an urgent needs school, and subsequently receives funds for that facility as a result of litigation or insurance, to reimburse the Commonwealth an amount equal to the amount received; establish the Office of Employment Training Building Proceeds Fund and require up to $3 million of proceeds from the disposal of any state-owned real property by the Office be deposited into the fund; require any revenue derived from the establishment of statewide contracts by the Office of Material and Procurement Services be credited to a trust and agency account and be used to administer the program; require the insurance surcharge rate be calculated at a rate to provide sufficient funds for the Firefighters Foundation Program Fund and the Kentucky Law Enforcement Foundation Program Fund; allow the Department for Medicaid Services to impose copayments for services rendered to Medicaid recipients, not to exceed the amount permitted by federal law or waivers; allow the Department for Medicaid Services to utilize premiums and cost-sharing for services rendered to Medicaid and KCHIP recipients not to exceed amounts permitted by federal law or waivers, however KCHIP premiums are suspended for the 2018-2020 biennium; allow the Department of Insurance to waive or assess at any rate between zero and one percent for the 2019 or 2020 plan year on any health benefit plan premiums written by an insurer in the individual market segment; allow the Personnel Cabinet to collect a pro rata assessment from all state agencies, in all three branches of government, and other organizations that are supported by the system and deposit the assessment in a restricted fund account within the Personnel Cabinet; suspend the processing all applications received by the Kentucky Film Office during the biennium and require that the Department of Revenue not process or approve any refund requests from motion picture production companies related to sales and use tax paid during the biennium; require 0.075 percent be withheld from each rate established under KRS 341.270 and 341.272 if the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund balance exceeds the balance of the trust fund as of December 31, 2017, and deposit those funds in the Service Capacity Upgrade Fund; require insurance premium taxes and retaliatory taxes from any insurer be credited to the General Fund; allow the Personnel Cabinet to collect a benefits assessment per month per employee eligible for health insurance coverage in the state group for administration of the health insurance program; EMERGENCY
 Current Status:   4/14/2018 - delivered to Secretary of State
 Position:   Under Evaluation
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB366.htm
 
HB370PROPERTY REDEVELOPMENT (MILLS R) AN ACT relating to property redevelopment.

Amend KRS 224.1-512 to redefine "remediation" and "site"; amend KRS 224.1-514 to update the application requirements, application fee, and public notice; replace a covenant not to sue with a corrective action liability agreement; amend 224.1-516 to reduce the time for cabinet to notify applicant on the status of the application from 45 days to 30 days and update requirements for resubmittal; amend KRS 224.1-520 to specify the statutes that will be used to evaluate whether the site characterization plan is in conformity; delete detailed requirements for the corrective action plan; amend KRS 224.1-522 to include public comment period before taking action on the corrective action plan; delete the time frames associated with additional information submittals; amend KRS 224.1-524 to require notice for public comment to days after submitting corrective action plan and post signage; amend KRS 224.1-526 to deletes language referring to reimbursement of costs for cabinet site investigation; change covenant not to sue to correction action liability agreement; require the corrective action liability agreement to run with the land; amend 224.1-528 to delete cabinet withdrawal from negotiations from the list of final determinations; make conforming changes; repeal KRS 224.1-518.
 Current Status:   4/2/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB370.htm
 
HB373BODY WORN CAMERAS (BENVENUTI R) AN ACT relating to disclosure of body-worn camera recordings.

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
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB373.htm
 
HB380ELECTIONS (IMES K) AN ACT relating to elections.

Amend KRS 118.367 to change the deadline for filing a statement-of-candidacy form from April 1 to the last Tuesday in January.
 Current Status:   3/27/2018 - Senate State and Local Government, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing); Time & Location:
 Position:   Neutral
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB380.htm
 
HB381ELECTIONS (IMES K) AN ACT relating to elections.

Amend KRS 83A.045, 118A.100, and 118.365 to move the filing deadlines for certain candidates from the second Tuesday in August to the Tuesday following to first Monday in June preceding a regular election; make technical corrections.
 Current Status:   4/14/2018 - BECAME LAW WITHOUT GOVERNOR'S SIGNATURE
 Position:   Neutral
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB381.htm
 
HB383TRANSIENT ROOM TAX (BANTA K) AN ACT relating to transient room taxes.

Create a new section of KRS 91A.350 to 91A.394, and amend KRS 153.440, and 153.450 to define "like or similar accommodations businesses", "person", "rent", and "travel or accommodations intermediary" for purposes of local transient room taxes; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2018.
 Current Status:   3/8/2018 - House Small Business and Information Technology, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing); Time & Location:
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB383.htm
 
HB396CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS (MOSER K) AN ACT relating to crimes and punishment and making an appropriation therefor.

Amend KRS 186.990 to reclassify select non-DUI traffic and licensure offenses from misdemeanors to violations; increase the felony threshold for registering a vehicle out of state to avoid taxation from $500 to $2,000 and create a Class B misdemeanor level for offenses of less than $100; amend KRS 186.991 to reclassify offenses related to truck or tractor dealer-demonstrator tags from Class B misdemeanors to violations; amend KRS 186A.990 to reclassify offenses related to temporary motor vehicle tags from Class B misdemeanors to violations, and offenses without prescribed penalties from Class A misdemeanors to violations; amend KRS 189.990 to reclassify a second offense of disregarding a traffic regulation from a Class B misdemeanor to a violation, and misuse of an off-road vehicle from a Class A misdemeanor to a violation; amend KRS 304.99-060 to reclassify the first and second offenses of driving without and failing to maintain proper security from Class B and A misdemeanors to violations; amend KRS 138.465 to conform; amend KRS 194A.990, 205.8461, 205.8463, 217.181, 238.995, 304.47-020, 341.990, 365.241, 434.650, 434.655, 434.660, 434.670, 434.690, 434.850, 434.851, 434.853, 514.030, 514.040, 514.050, 514.060, 514.070, 514.080, 514.090, 514.110, 514.120, 516.120, and 517.060 to increase the felony threshold for offenses from $500 to $2,000 and create a Class B misdemeanor level for offenses of $100 or less; amend KRS 218A.1415 to reclassify first degree possession of a controlled substance from a Class D felony to a Class A misdemeanor for first and second offenses, require probation to be imposed for the offense unless the defendant has been convicted of certain violent or sexual offenses within the last five years, and allow the court to order a substance abuse assessment and treatment referral based on the recommendation of the treatment or service provider; amend KRS 218A.1416 to reclassify the penalty for second degree possession of a controlled substance from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class B misdemeanor; amend KRS 218A.14151 to revise findings to be made by the prosecutor if entry into a deferred prosecution program is denied and to require the prosecutor to state reasons for the requirement of a criminal conviction; amend KRS 511.040 to exclude motor vehicles, with the exception of recreational vehicles, from the definition of “building” for the purposes of third degree burglary; amend KRS 439.250 to revise definition of parole compliance credits and establish definitions for probation compliance credits, technical violations, and absconding; amend KRS 446.010 to revise definitions for pretrial risk assessment, supervised individual, and treatment; create a new section of KRS 439.250 to 439.560 to establish an administrative parole process that allows inmates serving a sentence for a Class C or D felony offense that is not a violent or sexual offense to be released at the parole eligibility date without a hearing if the inmate does not commit a serious disciplinary violation, unless the victim or Commonwealth’s attorney requests a hearing; amend KRS 439.340 and 439.3406 to conform; amend KRS 439.553 to require graduated sanctions to be used in response to technical violations and absconding violations; amend KRS 532.260 to allow inmates with 12 months or less to serve on their sentence to be eligible for home incarceration, require a risk and needs assessment to be conducted for offenders placed on home incarceration, and allow graduated sanctions to be used in response to technical violations committed while on home incarceration; amend KRS 439.3107 to require the Department of Corrections to adopt a system of graduated sanctions for absconding violations; amend KRS 439.3108 to require graduated sanctions to be used for the first absconding violation unless the parole officer determines the individual has committed new criminal activity during the absconding period or the individual is on supervision for a sexual or violent offense; allow the Department of Corrections to use graduated sanctions for the second and subsequent absconding violation; amend KRS 439.341 to require preliminary hearings for supervised individuals who have been detained for a technical violation to be conducted within 15 days of detainment; require a show cause hearing to be held to extend the period of detainment beyond the 15 days, otherwise the supervised individual will be released and continued on supervision; prohibit the period of detainment pending final revocation hearing to exceed the length of the revocation limitations established in KRS 439.430 or 533.050; amend KRS 439.315 to require fees to be waived for individuals placed on administrative supervision; require fees to be suspended for the first six months of a person’s term of community supervision following release from custody, unless the releasing authority determines the individual has an ability to pay; clarify that nonpayment of fines, fees, and court courts must be willful in order to be considered a technical violation and grounds for revocation; amend KRS 439.430 to allow a summons to be issued in lieu of a warrant for a technical violation; require a preliminary hearing and revocation hearing to be conducted before a parole can be revoked; require the final revocation hearing to be conducted within 30 business days of the date of the preliminary hearing; limit the term of imprisonment that can be imposed for a technical violation to up to 30 days for the first revocation, up to 90 days for the second revocation, up to 180 days for the third revocation, and up to two years for the fourth and subsequent revocation; repeal KRS 439.440; amend KRS 533.020 to reduce the maximum probation period that can be ordered from five years to four years and make conforming amendments; amend KRS 533.050 to require a final revocation hearing to be held within 30 business days of the preliminary hearing; prohibit individuals detained pending a final revocation hearing from being held beyond the maximum time that can be revoked for a technical violation; limit the term of imprisonment that can be imposed for a technical violation to up to 30 days for the first revocation, up to 90 days for the second revocation, up to 180 days for the third revocation, and up to two years for the fourth and subsequent revocation; create a new section of KRS 439.250 to 439.560 to establish probation credits; amend KRS 439.345 to remove the requirement that a parolee serve one or two years on supervision before being eligible for certain credits and incentives and add a conforming amendment; amend KRS 441.127 to expand credits available to misdemeanors; amend KRS 439.3105 to expand eligibility for administrative supervision to allow individuals with remaining financial obligations to be placed on administrative supervision, and require individuals who are low-risk and served six months on active supervision without a violation of the terms and conditions of supervision to be placed on administrative supervision; create a new section of KRS 439.250 to 439.560 to establish a geriatric parole review process that allows inmates convicted of a nonviolent and nonsex offense who have reached the age of 65 years and served at least fifteen percent of their sentence to be considered for parole release by the board; APPROPRIATION; EFFECTIVE in part January 1, 2019.
 Current Status:   2/26/2018 - (H) posted in committee House Judiciary
 Position:   Under Evaluation
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB396.htm
 
HB400ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SHIPPING (MCCOY C) AN ACT relating to direct shipment of alcoholic beverages and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 243.0305 to allow distilleries to ship product and monthly club membership orders directly to consumers and set delivery requirements; amend KRS 243.120 to add package sales for distilleries; amend KRS 243.120 and 243.130 to recognize the three-tier system; amend KRS 243.155 to allow small farm wineries to ship product and monthly club membership orders directly to consumers and set delivery requirements; amend KRS 243.200 to allow transporters to ship directly to consumers and set requirements for shipping packages; amend KRS 243.240 to allow quota retail package license holders to ship directly to consumers and set delivery requirements; amend KRS 244.165 to set requirements for delivery of alcoholic beverages purchased out-of-state to consumers in Kentucky; amend KRS 244.240 to conform; amend KRS 242.260 and 242.270 to limit delivery liability of common carrier and add defense to shipping into dry territory; EMERGENCY.
 Current Status:   4/13/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB400.htm
 
HB402INSURER CREDIT BALANCES (GREER J) AN ACT relating to credit balances for insurers.

Amend KRS 91A.0804 to provide a schedule for distribution of refunds for overpaid local government insurance premiums tax to insurance companies; amend KRS 91A.0802 to add a definition.
 Current Status:   4/26/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Neutral
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB402.htm
 
HB413LOCAL DEVELOPMENT (ROTHENBURGER R) AN ACT relating to resources for local development and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 91A.400 to define "base restaurant tax receipts" and "merged governments"; grant any city or merged government the right to levy a restaurant tax, subject to certain limitations; allow cities and merged governments levying a restaurant tax after the effective date to distribute at least 25% of revenues generated to the tourist and convention commission, the remainder to be used to create or support infrastructure supporting tourism; make provisions for cities that levied the restaurant tax prior to the effective date to distribute restaurant tax revenues; establish passage and accounting procedures for the levying of the restaurant tax; deal with surpluses; permit uses of unexpended funds; prohibit the subsidy of any private concern; create an offset for restaurants that have both a city and a merged government levying the tax; exempt restaurants subject to the tax from certain local occupational license taxes; mandate that any new tax or rate take effect at the beginning of any calendar month; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2018; EMERGENCY.
 Current Status:   2/23/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Local Government
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB413.htm
 
HB424911 SERVICE BOARD (CARNEY J) AN ACT relating to the Kentucky 911 service board.

Amend KRS 65.7623 to reconstitute the Kentucky 911 Services Board; establish means and terms of service on board; provide for an administrative relationship with the Office of Homeland Security; exempt the board from the provisions of KRS 12.028; amend KRS 65.7625 to delineate the financial responsibilities of the board and the Office of Homeland Security.
 Current Status:   4/10/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB424.htm
 
HB450ALCOHOL QUOTA LICENSE (HALE D) AN ACT relating to quota license for alcohol.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 241 to codify the quota license system for alcoholic beverages for wet counties; create a new section of KRS Chapter 241 to codify the quota license system for alcoholic beverages for wet cities; create a new section of KRS Chapter 241 to specify the department's process for verifying quota numbers; create a new section of KRS Chapter 241 to allow a city or county to petition for a quota increase and establish criteria for the board to consider; create a new section of KRS Chapter 242 to outline petition requirements; create a new section of KRS Chapter 243 to notify quota license holders that quotas may be increased; amend KRS 241.065 to conform with population data.
 Current Status:   2/26/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations
 Position:   Under Evaluation
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB450.htm
 
HB471PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS (DECESARE J) AN ACT relating to contracting of public works projects and declaring an emergency.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 45A to set guidelines for awarding contracts for public works projects; set forth that public agencies awarding contracts can't require or prohibit bidders to adhere to agreements with a labor organization relating to a public works project; set restrictions on a public agency in awarding a grant, tax abatement, or tax credit in situations contrary to the provisions of the Act.
 Current Status:   3/5/2018 - (H) posted in committee House Economic Development and Workforce Investment
 Position:   Neutral
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB471.htm
 
HB478PUBLIC NOTICE (DECESARE J) AN ACT relating to public notice.

Amend KRS 64.810, 65.530, 65.686, 65A.050, 67.090, 67.855, 67A.070, 67A.160, 67A.847, 68.245, 74.361, 76.278, 77.265, 91A.565, 91.756, 94.835, 96.5395, 96A.340, 103.210, 107.360,157.160, 158.6453, 160.210, 160.463, 160.470, 160.603, 160,614, and 178.330 to delete the requirement that a local government, special district, or school board give public notice through newspaper advertisement and replace the notice requirement with publication on the government's or district's Web site; amend KRS 424.130, 424.150, 424.170, 424.220, 424.240, 424.250, 424.260,424.270, 424.280, and 424.330 to add publishing on a Web site as a method of advertisement; amend KRS 91A.040, 324A.163, 393,110, and 424.215 to conform; repeal KRS 424.190.
 Current Status:   2/28/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Local Government
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB478.htm
 
HB508PEACE OFFICER REEMPLOYMENT (BENVENUTI R) AN ACT relating to the retirement and reemployment of certified peace officers and other hazardous duty positions in state and local government.

Amend KRS 61.637 to allow either a retiree or the participating employer reemploying the retiree to notify the Kentucky Retirement Systems (KRS) that the retiree has accepted employment with an agency participating in the systems administered by KRS and to require no notice if the reemployment occurs at least six months after retirement; allow either a retiree or the participating employer who contracts with a retiree for a paid position to submit a copy of the contract to KRS and require submission of the contract if the reemployment occurs at least six months after retirement; provide that certified peace officers shall be required to observe a one-month break in service rather than a three-month break in service if reemployed to a position with the State Police Retirement System or as a hazardous member or certified peace officer with the Kentucky Employees Retirement System or the County Employees Retirement System; provide that an individual retiring from any system of KRS who retires from a hazardous position or as a certified peace officer and is reemployed after six months shall be presumed to have no prearranged agreement with the employer; amend KRS 70.292 to make conforming amendment for sheriffs' officers reemploying certified police officers.
 Current Status:   2/28/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House State Government
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB508.htm
 
HB511WATER FLUORIDATION PROGRAMS (HART M) AN ACT relating to water fluoridation programs.

Amend KRS 211.190 to make water fluoridation programs administered by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services optional; allow local government entities and special districts to void implementation of the programs by legislative action.
 Current Status:   2/28/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Local Government
 Position:   Neutral
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB511.htm
 
HB513WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS (TIPTON J) AN ACT relating to privately owned small wastewater treatment plants.

Create new sections of Subchapter 73 of KRS Chapter 224 to define "sewage" and "small wastewater treatment plant"; allow the Energy and Environment Cabinet to require structural analyses of small wastewater treatment plants under certain conditions; allow the cabinet to require small wastewater treatment plants' owners to secure financial or performance measures that may include insurance policies or financial instruments, surety bonds or other instrument or reasonable guaranties, the utilization of asset management plans or capacity, management, operation and maintenance measures, and financial assurance measures that ensure the plant operates in conformity with applicable laws and that the plant is maintained properly; allow the cabinet have the ability to seek the appointment of a permanent or temporary receiver, custodian, or fiduciary to assume the management and operations of a plant.
 Current Status:   4/26/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB513.htm
 
HB521BROADBAND TECHNOLOGY (BANTA K) AN ACT relating to exempting property used in the deployment of advanced broadband technology from state and local ad valorem taxation and declaring an emergency.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 132 to exempt property used in the deployment of advanced broadband technologies from state and local ad valorem tax for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2018, but prior to January 1, 2022; amend KRS 132.010 to define property used in the deployment of advanced broadband technologies; EMERGENCY.
 Current Status:   2/28/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations and Revenue
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB521.htm
 
HB539RETIREMENT (RILEY S) AN ACT relating to retirement and declaring an emergency.

Create a new section of KRS 161.220 to 161.716 to establish risk control mechanisms that shall be implemented by the board of trustees for the Teachers' Retirement System (TRS) if funding for retirement benefits applying to members hired on or after July 1, 2018, falls below 95%; amend KRS 161.155 to limit the amount of unused sick leave that may be used to calculate retirement benefits to the number of days accrued as of June 30, 2018; amend KRS 161.540 to increase the employee contribution rate for pensions to 10% for new members of TRS; amend KRS 161.550 to limit state appropriations to fund benefits for new TRS members to 6% of payroll, but require the General Assembly to pay the full actuarially required contribution rate (ARC) for the TRS for all fiscal years occurring on or after July 1, 2018; amend KRS 161.600 to require new TRS members participating on or after July 1, 2018, to attain an age and years of service that total at least 85 to qualify for unreduced retirement benefits or that total no less than 70 to qualify for reduced retirement benefits; make technical and conforming amendments to KRS 161.220, 161.420, 161.600, 161.620, and 161.623; create a new section of KRS 78.510 to 78.852 to provide that the administration of the County Employees Retirement System (CERS) shall be transferred from the Kentucky Retirement System (KRS) board of trustees to the CERS board of trustees established on July 1, 2018; allow the new CERS board to contract with KRS for administration of benefits, investments, or other services as needed for a period not to exceed four years; create new sections of KRS 78.510 to 78.852, including new provisions to permit nonhazardous members who began participating on or after January 1, 2014, to make a one-time irrevocable election to transfer from the hybrid cash balance plan into the defined benefit tier for members who began participating on or after July 1, 2008, but limit establish risk controls mechanisms for this tier; amend KRS 78.510, 78.530, 78.535, 78.540, 78.610, 78.615, 78.616, 78.625, 78.630, 78.640, 78.650, 78.652, 78,790, 78.852, and 78.550 to establish separate statutory provisions governing administration, benefits, and investments of the County Employees Retirement System; establish a 9-member CERS board composed of 3 elected members, and 6 individuals appointed by the Kentucky League of Cities, the Kentucky Association of Counties, or the Kentucky School Boards Association who must have 10 years of "investment experience" or "retirement experience" as defined by the bill; specify investment, reporting, and transparency requirements; amend KRS 6.350, 7A.255, 16.505, 16.555, 16.576, 16.577, 16.583, 16.582, 18A.205, 61.510, 61.522, 61.535, 61.540, 61.545, 61.550, 61.552, 61.5525, 61.555, 61.559, 61.565, 61.590, 61.592, 61.595, 61.597, 61.598, 61.600, 61.607, 61.621, 61.623, 61.625, 61.630, 61.637, 61.650, 61.652, 61.660, 61.665, 61.670, 61.675, 61.680, 61.690, 61.691, 61.701, 61.702, 61.705, 70.292, 70.293, 95.022, 95.290, 161.155, and 61.675 to conform; amend KRS 61.645 to remove CERS elected and appointed representation on the KRS board; amend KRS 7A.250 to place CERS under the jurisdiction of the Public Pension Oversight Board; amend KRS 18A.225 to allow CERS retirees to participate in the Kentucky Employees Health Plan; repeal KRS 78.533, 78.534, 78.532, 78.542, 78.545, and 212.434; provide that decisions made by the KRS board on behalf of CERS shall stand and shall not be reversed except as provided by KRS 78.510 to 78.852; provide that the three elected CERS trustees serving on the KRS board prior to July 1, 2017, shall serve as the elected trustees on the new CERS board; provide that no provision of this Act shall increase or decrease benefits to members or retired members of KRS or CERS; EMERGENCY, effective July 1, 2018.
 Current Status:   3/1/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations and Revenue
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB539.htm
 
HB542COAL SEVERANCE REVENUES (COUCH T) AN ACT relating to coal severance revenues.

Amend various sections in KRS Chapter 42 to distribute 100 percent of coal severance revenues among the coal-producing counties on the basis of the tax collected on coal severed or processed in each respective county; amend KRS 143.090, 164.7890, and 164.7891 to conform; repeal KRS 42.490.
 Current Status:   3/1/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations and Revenue
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB542.htm
 
HB557ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (PETRIE J) AN ACT relating to economic development.

Amend KRS 56.440 to define "headquarters," "nonretail service and technology project," and "nonretail service and technology entity;" amend KRS 56.510, relating to state lands and buildings to expand eligible projects from industrial projects to include headquarters and nonretail service and technology projects; include eligibility requirements to create a new section of KRS Chapter 141to define how skills training credits may be applied to income tax obligations; amend KRS 144.0205 to conform; amend KRS 148.546 and 148.8591 to allow online reporting from Tourism, Arts and Heritage to the LRC in lieu of a physical report; amend KRS 154.10-050 to remove requirement that cabinet secretary create and submit an annual strategic plan for economic development; create a new section of KRS 154.12-2084 to 154.12-2089 to sunset current investment credits; amend KRS 154.12-100 to change reporting requirements and include posting of annual report required by KRS 154.12-2035; amend KRS 154.12-204 to include new definitions relating to the skills training investment credit; amend KRS 154.12-205 to substitute the phrase "qualified company" for "business and industry"; amend KRS 154.12-206 to substitute the phrase "approved companies" for "business and industry;" amend KRS 154.12-207 to provide additional details about skills training investment and grant-in-aid credit qualifications; amend KRS 154.12-208 to allow the Bluegrass State Skills Corporation to submit annual report on the cabinet's Web page instead of via paper to LRC; amend KRS 154.12-278 to allow reporting obligations of Kentucky Innovation Act on the cabinet Web page instead of paper copy to the Governor and LRC; amend KRS 154.12-310 to remove satellite offices and specify the number of affiliate centers; amend KRS 154.12-2035 to allow posting of annual report to the cabinet's Web page instead of a physical copy to the Governor and LRC; rename the small business investment credit as the Kentucky small business tax credit; amend KRS 154.20-150 to allow annual reporting by Web page instead of by physical copy to the Governor and LRC; amend KRS 154.20-170 to remove reference to targeted industrial sector; amend KRS 154.20-230 to change definition of "qualified activity"; amend KRS 154.20-234 to change elements of qualified investment and authorize promulgation of administrative regulations; amend KRS 154.20-238 to increase allowable time for investment; amend KRS 154.27-050 to allow posting of annual report to the cabinet Web site instead of submitting it to the Governor and LRC; amend KRS 154.30-010 to change investment criteria and refine definitions; create a new section of Subchapter 27 of KRS Chapter 154 to sunset incentives allowed by KRS 154.27-010 to KRS 154.27-100; amend KRS 154.30-070 to alter requirements of tax incentive agreement; amend KRS 154.30-080 to allow cancellation of tax incentive agreements and add definitions; amend KRS 154.31-030 to allow annual reporting by post to the cabinet Web page; amend KRS 154.32-010 to include new definitions; amend KRS 154.32-020 to expand the list of companies eligible for incentives; amend KRS 154.60-010 and KRS 154.60-020 to replace term "Division of Small Business" with "Office of Entrepreneurship"; amend KRS 154.60-020 to extend time period for credit-related activity; repeal KRS 141.430 relating to income tax credit calculations; repeal KRS 154.10-100 relating to information transfer network; repeal KRS 154.10-120 relating to preparation of the strategic plan for economic development; repeal KRS 154.10-125 relating to content of the strategic economic development plan; repeal KRS 154.10-140 relating to performance benchmarks; repeal KRS 154.30-052 relating to signature project loan program requirements; repeal KRS 154.48-010 containing definitions for KRS 154.48-010 to 154.48-035; repeal KRS 154.48-015 expressing the findings of the General Assembly; repeal KRS154.48-020 relating to administrative regulations and open meetings; repeal KRS 154.48-025 to 154.48-030, and 154.48.035 establishing the Kentucky Environmental Stewardship Act; repeal KRS 224.01-020 relating to the funding for cleaning agricultural warehousing sites.
 Current Status:   4/26/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Under Evaluation
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB557.htm
 
HB559911 EMERGENCY SERVICES (LINDER B) AN ACT relating to 911 emergency services and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 65.7621 to remove the Lifeline service charge from the definition of CMRS service charges; remove Lifeline providers from the definition of "prepaid wireless telecommunications service"; amend KRS 65.7627 to remove the references to the Lifeline service charge being deposited into the CMRS fund; amend KRS 65.7630 to remove the requirement that CMRS providers include the number of Lifeline customers they serve each month in their annual report to the 911 Services Board; remove Lifeline end users from the definition of "active CMRS connection"; amend KRS 65.7636 to specify that the Federal Communications Commission can deem a CMRS provider a Lifeline provider; delete all language relating to the levying, collection, and remittance of a Lifeline provider service charge; specify that Lifeline providers shall not be liable for the postpaid or prepaid CMRS service charge; amend KRS 139.470 to remove the Lifeline service charge sales tax exemption; EMERGENCY.
 Current Status:   3/5/2018 - (H) posted in committee House Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB559.htm
 
HB609TRANSPORTATION FUNDING (SANTORO S) AN ACT relating to the funding of transportation and making an appropriation therefor and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 138.210 to set the average wholesale floor price at $2.90; amend KRS 138.220 to increase the supplemental tax on gasoline and special fuels by increasing the existing rate from five cents per gallon (cpg) on gasoline and two cpg on special fuels to eight and a half cpg for both and setting that as the minimum rate; subject the supplemental tax to annual adjustment; require annual notification to motor fuel dealers of the adjusted rate of supplemental tax for each upcoming fiscal year and annual notification to county clerks of the level of registration fees for electric and hybrid vehicles; create a new section of KRS Chapter 138 to provide a mechanism for annual adjustment of the supplemental motor fuel tax based on changes in the National Highway Construction Cost Index; allow the supplemental tax to increase or decrease no more than 10 percent from one year to the next, subject to the statutory minimum; create a new section of KRS Chapter 186 to establish a base fee for hybrid vehicles, hybrid electric plug-in vehicles, and nonhybrid electric vehicles; require the fee to be adjusted with any increase or decrease in the gasoline tax established in KRS 138.228 and Section 3 of the Act; require collection of the fee at the time of motor vehicle registration; require that all fees collected under this section be transferred to the road fund; amend KRS 186.010 to define the terms "hybrid vehicle," "hybrid electric plug-in vehicle," and "nonhybrid electric vehicle"; amend KRS 186.018 at increase the fee for a driving history record from three dollars to six dollars; amend KRS 186.040 to eliminate the $30 county clerk fee for motor carrier registrations on vehicles in excess of 44,000 pounds; amend KRS 186.050 to increase to state fee for motor vehicle registrations from $11.50 to $22; reference the fees for electric and hybrid vehicles collected under this Act; provide for the $10 late charge for vehicle registrations not renewed within 30 days of expiration; make technical correction; amend KRS 186.162 and 186.240 to conform; amend KRS 186.440, 186.450, and 186.531 to consolidate fees for driver license reinstatement, set reinstatement fee at $100, provide for distribution of funds, and provide for exceptions; amend KRS 281A.150 to increase reinstatement fees for suspended CDLs from $50 to $250; amend KRS 186A.130 and 186A.245 to set the fee for an initial title at $25 and the fee for a duplicate or replacement title at $10 and adjust the distribution of fees between the Cabinet and the county clerk; amend KRS 189.574 to increase to fee for state traffic school from $15 to $50; amend KRS 189.270 to increase fees for various overweight and overdimensional permits; create a new section of KRS Chapter 174 to create the multimodal transportation fund, specify allowable uses for moneys in the fund and appropriate funds for those purposes; EMERGENCY; Sections 1 to 3 of the Act are EFFECTIVE 7/1/18; Sections 4, 5, and 7 to 14 of the Act are EFFECTIVE January 1, 2019; APPROPRIATION.
 Current Status:   4/13/2018 - floor amendment (1) filed
 Position:   Under Evaluation
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB609.htm
 
SB1RETIREMENT (BOWEN J) AN ACT relating to retirement.

Amend KRS 6.505 to provide that the "inviolable contract" provisions shall not apply to legislative changes to Legislators' Retirement Plan (LRP) that become effective on or after July 1, 2018; make technical changes; amend KRS 6.520 to reduce the benefit factor of LRP members who began participating prior to 1/1/2014 to 1.97%; amend KRS 6.525 to recalculate current and future LRP retiree benefits effective 1/1/2019 so that the benefit from LRP is based solely upon salary earned as a legislator; amend KRS 6.518 to conform; amend KRS 21.360 to provide that the "inviolable contract" provisions shall not apply to legislative changes to the Judicial Retirement Plan (JRP) that become effective on or after July 1, 2018; make technical changes; amend KRS 21.374 to remove provisions relative to the election to participate in the cash balance plan by existing members and amend to provide that LRP and JRP members may elect to cease participating in LRP or JRP and participate prospectively in KERS in the new optional 401(a) money purchase plan for any future service as a legislator, judge, or justice; amend KRS 21.402 to change the interest credit in the JRP/LRP cash balance plans to 85% of the 5-year smoothed return above 0% if the member is contributing to a state-administered retirement system or plan and 0% if the person is not contributing to a state-administered retirement system or plan; amend KRS 21.460 to prohibit the purchase of recontributions of refunds to LRP/JRP by members who are participating in the 401(a) money purchase plan provided by this Act; amend KRS 21.480 to provide that the "inviolable contract" provisions shall not apply to legislative changes to JRP that become effective on or after July 1, 2018; make technical changes; amend KRS 21.372 and 21.385 to make technical/conforming amendments to JRP/LRP statutes; create a new section of KRS 61.510 to 61.705 to establish an optional 401(a) money purchase plan for new nonhazardous members who begin participating in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System (KERS) and County Employees Retirement System (CERS) on or after January 1, 2019, who elect to participate in the plan; provide that the optional money purchase plan shall be a mandatory defined contribution plan that will operate as another benefit tier in KERS/CERS and will include a 4% employer contribution; provide that the investment options for members of the money purchase plan shall be determined by the KRS board and may include options for investing in system assets, investment options provided by an external vendor selected by the KRS board, or investment options provided through an agreement with the Kentucky Public Employees Deferred Compensation Authority (KDC); provide for a 5-year vesting period for employer contributions in the 401(a) money purchase plan; provide that a member can retire and take a refund or his or her account or annuitize his or her account balance in the 401(a) money purchase plan into one of the payment options provided by the system upon reaching age 65 with 5 years' service or upon meeting a combined age and service requirement of 87 years with a minimum age of 57; amend KRS 16.505, 61.510, and 78.510 relative to SPRS, KERS, and CERS to exclude uniform and equipment allowances from the definition of creditable compensation, require that a final compensation based upon the highest 3 (hazardous) or highest 5 (nonhazardous) years of creditable compensation must contain at least 36 or 60 months, as applicable, for those members retiring on or after January 1, 2019; for Tier I nonhazardous KERS and CERS members retiring on or after July 1, 2023, prohibit lump-sum payments for compensatory time at retirement from increasing retirement benefit calculations; define "nonhazardous position" and "accumulated employer contribution" and make technical and conforming changes; amend KRS 61.546 and 78.616 to provide that members of KERS/CERS/SPRS who retire on or after August 1, 2018, shall not receive sick leave service credit for more than the sick leave they have accumulated as of July 31, 2018, and shall not be eligible to use sick leave service credit for purposes of determining retirement eligibility; provide that no additional KERS/CERS agencies may elect to adopt a sick leave program on or after August 1, 2018; amend KRS 61.565 to define normal cost for purposes of funding for KERS, CERS, SPRS, LRP, and JRP; provide that costs for the optional 401(a) money purchase plan shall be included in the normal cost calculation; provide that for the 2019 actuarial valuation the unfunded liabilities shall be financed using a level dollar amortization method and that unfunded liability payments shall be prorated to each employer based upon the employer's average share of payroll over fiscal years 2015, 2016, and 2017, except for those employers who have ceased participation; provide that employer funding requirements shall be determined using the entry age normal cost method, a 5-year asset smoothing method, and assumptions adopted by the KRS board; provide that KERS and SPRS rates shall be adjusted annually rather than on a biennial basis in the 2020-2022 budget biennium; amend KRS 61.597 to change the interest credit for KERS/CERS nonhazardous members in the cash balance plan to 85% of the 10-year smoothed return above 0% if the member is contributing to a state-administered retirement system or plan and 0% if the person is not contributing to a state-administered retirement system or plan; amend KRS 16.601 to provide that in the event of a line-of-duty death of a KERS, CERS, or SPRS hazardous member, the spouse shall supersede the beneficiary designation on file; amend KRS 61.552 to provide that members who begin participating in the optional 401(a) money purchase plan shall not be eligible to purchase service credit and to make conforming amendments; provide severability clause.
 Current Status:   3/9/2018 - (S) recommitted to committee Senate State and Local Government
 Position:   Under Evaluation
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB1.htm
 
SB3CRIME VICTIMS RIGHTS (WESTERFIELD W) AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to crime victims' rights.

Propose to amend the Constitution of Kentucky to create a crime victims' bill of rights; submit to voters.
 Current Status:   1/25/2018 - delivered to Secretary of State (Acts, ch. 1)
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB3.htm
 
SB6CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES (KERR A) AN ACT relating to the safe disposal of controlled substances.

Amend KRS 218A.170 to require a practitioner or a pharmacist to sell or distribute a nontoxic composition, which permanently captures the controlled substance, for the sequestration or deactivation and disposal of unused, unwanted, or expired controlled substances anytime a controlled substance is sold or distributed.
 Current Status:   4/11/2018 - BECAME LAW WITHOUT GOVERNOR'S SIGNATURE
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB6.htm
 
SB9TVA IN-LIEU-OF-TAX PAYMENTS (HUMPHRIES S) AN ACT relating to TVA in-lieu-of-tax payments, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 96.895 to require that a portion of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in-lieu-of-tax revenue deposited in the general fund be distributed to agencies designated by counties that have TVA property located in that county or purchase power from TVA, increasing from 0% currently to 50% or a maximum of $6,000,000; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
 Current Status:   1/3/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Appropriations and Revenue
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB9.htm
 
SB25SPECIAL PURPOSE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES (ALVARADO R) AN ACT relating to special purpose governmental entities.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 65A to require proposed increases in ad valorem taxes and certain fees and the levy of new ad valorem taxes or fees by special purpose governmental entities to be submitted to the legislative body of the county or city in which the special purpose governmental entity is located for review; amend KRS 75.031 to require that nonfirefighter property owner members of boards of trustees for fire protection districts and volunteer fire department districts be elected in regular November elections; amend various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to conform; repeal KRS 65A.100; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2019.
 Current Status:   3/22/2018 - (H) Returned to Committee House Appropriations and Revenue
 Position:   Neutral
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB25.htm
 
SB44RETIREE REEMPLOYMENT (MCDANIEL C) AN ACT relating to reemployment of retirees with county police departments.

Amend KRS 70.292 to allow county police departments the ability to employ retired police officers from the Kentucky Employees Retirement System (KERS), County Employees Retirement System (CERS), and State Police Retirement System (SPRS) provided they meet certain standards; amend KRS 70.293 to provide that KERS, CERS, and SPRS retirees reemployed by a county police department will continue to receive the benefits they were eligible to receive upon retirement but shall not accrue any additional retirement or health benefits during reemployment; provide that retirement and any health contributions shall not be paid to the Kentucky Retirement Systems or the Kentucky Employees Health Plan on a retired officer who is reemployed by a county police department under these provisions.
 Current Status:   1/3/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate State and Local Government
 Position:   Neutral
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB44.htm
 
SB66RETIREMENT (MCDANIEL C) AN ACT relating to retirement.

Amend KRS 61.530 to insert gender-neutral language.
 Current Status:   3/12/2018 - (S) recommitted to committee Senate Appropriations and Revenue
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB66.htm
 
SB72STATE PROPERTY NAMING (WEST S) AN ACT relating to the naming of state properties, highways, bridges and programs.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 56 to prohibit the naming of any state building or property in honor of any living statewide current or former constitutional officer, member of the General Assembly, Justice or Judge of the Court of Justice, or state employee; create a new section of KRS Chapter 12 to place the same restrictions on the naming of state programs or initiatives; amend KRS 177.074 to place the same restrictions upon the naming of state highways and bridges.
 Current Status:   3/29/2018 - House State Government, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing); Time & Location:
 Position:   Neutral
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB72.htm
 
SB82AUXILIARY CONTAINERS DISPOSITION (WILSON M) AN ACT relating to the use of and disposition of auxiliary containers.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 109 providing definitions of "auxiliary container" and "local government"; creates a new section of KRS Chapter 109 prohibiting local governments from adopting ordinances or regulations concerning the use, prohibition of, or taxes upon auxiliary containers; create a new section of KRS Chapter 109 exempting certain facilities and properties of local governments.
 Current Status:   3/6/2018 - Senate Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing); Time & Location:
 Position:   Oppose
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB82.htm
 
SB88CITY MANDATES (HORNBACK P) AN ACT relating to city mandates.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 6 to prohibit the General Assembly from imposing requirements on cities that require city expenditures or tax levies without fully funding the requirement or making the requirements contingent on city legislative body approval; exempt requirements that are the result of a federal mandate; ensure that the provisions do not affect the obligations under KRS 6.950 to 6.975.
 Current Status:   4/26/2018 - filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB88.htm
 
SB90LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRE FIGHTER FOUNDATION PROGRAMS (CARROLL D) AN ACT relating to the law enforcement and fire fighter foundation programs, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 15.420 to differentiate between a local police officer and a state police officer and to further define which state employees are state police officers; amend KRS 15.460 to increase the annual supplement for each qualified police officer to $4,000, beginning July 1, 2018, to provide each unit of government an administrative expense reimbursement in an amount equal to 7.65% of the total annual supplement received greater than $3,100 for each qualified local police officer, but not more than a total of $525,000 for each fiscal year, to provide that a conservation officer is a participant in the Kentucky Law Enforcement Program Fund but require that the annual training stipend disbursed to a conservation officer shall be paid from the game and fish fund; amend KRS 95A.250 to increase the annual supplement for each qualified professional firefighter to $4,000, beginning July 1, 2018, and to provide each unit of government an administrative expense reimbursement in an amount equal to 7.65% of the total annual supplement received greater than $3,100 for each qualified professional firefighter, but not more than a total of $250,000 for each fiscal year; amend KRS 95A.262 to increase the allotment to certain volunteer fire departments to $11,000 annually to each qualifying department; amend KRS 150.150 to allow funds in the game and fish fund to be used to pay the annual supplement to conservation officers; make various conforming amendments; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
 Current Status:   3/1/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Banking and Insurance
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB90.htm
 
SB91CITY FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY (WILSON M) AN ACT relating to city financial accountability.

Amend KRS 91A.040, relating to city audits, to no longer require that paper copies of audits be sent to the Department for Local Government (DLG); increase the threshold for cities to have audits every other year from 1,000 persons to 2,000 persons; require the audit or financial statement, as applicable, to be transmitted to DLG no later than October 1 following the close of the fiscal year; maintain more stringent audit standards where may be required by law; allow enforcement of law by action in Circuit Court; create a process by which cities may apply to DLG for an extension of time to complete an audit or financial statement; set out a penalty for not completing an audit in a timely manner; amend KRS 424.220 to stipulate who the appropriate officer is to cause the publication of required financial statements; amend KRS 42.460 to conform; amend KRS 424.190 to conform to providing only an electronic copy of the audit report or financial statement to DLG.
 Current Status:   3/9/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB91.htm
 
SB97MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION (GIRDLER R) AN ACT relating to the municipal annexation.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 81A to provide standing to certain individuals to contest annexation of otherwise unpopulated territory; grant the city standing to contest the failed annexation election under KRS 120.250; set a limit of 2 years to contest the annexation of territory; amend KRS 65.012 to change referendum petition signature requirements to include a business or other organization as a petitioner.
 Current Status:   4/13/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB97.htm
 
SB103SCHOOL SAFETY (WEST S) AN ACT relating to school safety.

Amend KRS 520.070 to include school marshals as persons exempt from the prohibition against possession of a firearm on school property if authorized by a local school board or governing body of a private or parochial school; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to allow for the appointment of a school marshal by a local school board or governing body of a private or parochial school; specify that a person authorized and appointed under this section is designated as a school marshal and enumerate restrictions on school marshal's powers; provide that persons certified to act as peace officers under KRS 15.380 are exempt from restrictions; establish requirements of eligibility for a school marshal's appointment; enumerate board's or governing bodies' responsibilities; require that schools designated as school marshal sites collaborate with the Kentucky State Police and local law enforcement on safety procedures prior to appointment of a school marshal; provide limits on liability for school boards or governing bodies that appoint school marshals; establish limits on the possession, transport, deposit, or carrying of firearms by a school marshal while on school property; limit liability for school marshals for acts or omissions undertaken pursuant to this section; provide that the school marshal is responsible for expenditures related to the purchase of a firearm, ammunition, or any other associated costs; allow that a local school board or governing body may pay compensation for expenses incurred undertaking school marshal's duties or appointment requirements; specify that otherwise lawful possession of a firearm as provided under KRS 527.070 or any other state or federal law is not restricted; exclude postsecondary or higher education institutions from coverage; require that any board of a local public school district or governing body of a private or parochial school that appoints a school marshal adopt guidelines to carry out school marshal's requirements.
 Current Status:   1/24/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Education
 Position:   Under Evaluation
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB103.htm
 
SB113RETIREMENT BENEFITS (WESTERFIELD W) AN ACT relating to retirement benefits for local elected officials and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 61.637 to allow a mayor or member of a city legislative body who does not have service credit in the County Employees Retirement System (CERS) for his or her service to the city to retire and draw benefits from CERS for other covered employment without resigning from his or her position as mayor or member of a city legislative body; amend KRS 78.540 to provide that a mayor or member of a city legislative body who has been required to participate in CERS due to other covered employment, or because of failure to make an election to not participate as provided by this section, may elect to not participate in CERS for service as mayor or member of the city legislative body and to receive a refund of contributions for his or her service as a mayor or member of a city legislative body; EMERGENCY.
 Current Status:   4/14/2018 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; HCA 1T, HCS 1, HFA 1, 2T, 3, 4, 5,6T, 7, 8, 9, 10T, 11,12, 13T
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB113.htm
 
SB133CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS (ADAMS J) AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.

Amend KRS 441.055 to require the Department of Corrections to promulgate administrative regulations for the jails that require adequate nutrition for pregnant inmates, adequate feminine hygiene products, and an appropriate number of undergarments for female inmates; create a new section of KRS Chapter 196 to require that pregnant inmates be restrained solely with handcuffs in front of the body unless further restraint is required to protect herself or others; ban the shackling of female inmates; amend KRS 197.020 to require the Department of Corrections to create a classification process for jails that may house female state inmates; amend KRS 532.100 to require a jail be certified before housing any female state inmates and provide a delayed effective date of January 1, 2019; amend KRS 403.725 to allow orders of protection to be filed at a domestic violence shelter or a rape crisis shelter; amend KRS 456.030 to allow interpersonal protective orders to be filed at a domestic violence shelter or a rape crisis shelter; create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to require the reporting of allegations of sexual assaults by a jailer or any employee, contractor, vendor, or volunteer of a supervising entity to the Attorney General's Office for investigation; create a new section of KRS Chapter 439 to allow an eligible pregnant woman to be released from custody; amend KRS 431.517 to prohibit an offender charged with an offense under KRS Chapter 507 from pretrial home incarceration unless the judge makes a finding that the offender does not pose a threat to society; amend KRS 434.650, 434.655, 434.660, 434.670, 434.690, 514.030, 514.040, 514.050, 514.060, 514.070, 514.080, 514.090, 514.110, 514.120, and 517.060 to raise the threshold level for a Class D felony for various fraud and theft crimes from $500 to $1,000 if the person has not been convicted twice of the same offense in the last two years; amend KRS 439.3401 to make criminal attempt to commit murder of a peace officer or a firefighter an offense for which at least 85 percent of the sentence must be served before probation or parole; amend KRS 431.066 to eliminate monetary bond except for high-risk defendants who have not been charged with a violent or sexual offense; provide that when a court is making a bail determination for a defendant, it is based on whether a defendant poses a low, moderate, or high risk; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to provide that when a defendant poses a low or moderate risk and has been charged with a violent or sexual offense or poses a high risk, the court shall determine whether any nonfinancial conditions shall reasonably ensure the appearance of the defendant or the safety of the public; amend various statutes to conform; repeal KRS 431.021 and amend KRS 431.510 to conform; provide a delayed effective date of January 1, 2019 for the monetary bond provisions; provide short title.
 Current Status:   4/10/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB133.htm
 
SB142TRANING FOR TELECOMMUNICATORS (CARROLL D) AN ACT relating to training for telecommunicators.

Amend KRS 15.550 to require telecommunicators that provide dispatch for emergency medical conditions to be trained in high-quality telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitation (T-CPR).
 Current Status:   4/2/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB142.htm
 
SB151WASTE WATER SERVICES (BOWEN J) AN ACT relating to the local provision of waste water services.

Amend KRS 65.240, relating to interlocal agreements, KRS 74.407, relating to water districts, KRS 76.080, relating to metropolitan sewer districts, KRS 76.231, relating to joint sewer agencies, KRS 76.325, relating to sewer construction districts, and create a new section of KRS 220.010 to 220.540, relating to sanitation districts, to allow each agency or entity to contract with other entities to acquire wastewater facilities in connection with the acquisition, construction, operation, repair, or maintenance when the entity's facilities are outside of that particular agency's jurisdictional boundaries.
 Current Status:   4/10/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Under Evaluation
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB151.htm
 
SB161MOBILE COMMAND CENTERS OWNED BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT (WEBB R) AN ACT relating to mobile command centers owned by a local government.

Amend KRS 189.910 to add mobile command centers owned by a local government, to the definition of "emergency vehicle"; amend KRS 189.920 to allow mobile command centers owned by a local government, to use red oscillating lights.
 Current Status:   2/16/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB161.htm
 
SB176PLANNING AND ZONING IN CONSOLIDATED LOCAL GOVERNMENTS (MCGARVEY M) AN ACT relating to planning and zoning in consolidated local governments.

Amend KRS 100.137 to clarify powers of certain cities within a consolidated local government in regards to home rule powers and planning and zoning.
 Current Status:   2/21/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate State and Local Government
 Position:   Neutral
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB176.htm
 
SB181SEX OFFENDER REGISTRANTS (CARROLL D) AN ACT relating to sex offender registrants.

Amend KRS 17.500 to revise the definition of "criminal offense against a victim who is a minor" and "registrant information"; amend KRS 17.510 to require registrants to provide palm prints, motor vehicle operator's license numbers, government issued identification card numbers, and home and cellular telephone numbers; require registrants to inform the appropriate local probation and parole office of travel outside the country; amend 17.520 to make a technical correction; amend KRS 17.580 to conform.
 Current Status:   4/10/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB181.htm
 
SB191PUBLIC FINANCE (SCHRODER W) AN ACT relating to public finance.

Amend KRS 58.190 to apply the statute of limitations for challenging an action by a governmental agency adopting a lease to be the same 30-day period for challenging any ordinance or resolution; amend KRS 65.942 to conform; amend KRS 58.040 to allow notices of competitive bond sales to be posted in an electronic bidding system as an alternative advertising method; amend KRS 103.200 to include within the definition of industrial building any use by an entity recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as an organization described in 26 U.S.C. sec. 501(c)(3) in any manner related to or in the furtherance of that entity's exempt purposes; amend KRS 103.2101 to conform notice date and extend the maximum length of any bond authorization to 40 years; amend KRS 424.130 to clarify that failure to properly publish a notice of adoption of an ordinance or resolution will not void the adoption unless the failure continues for a period of 15 days; amend KRS 66.310 to conform the notice date for a hearing; amend KRS 66.400 to clarify that a general obligation pledge is a pledge of taxes, to limit garnishment of public funds, and allow for periodic payment of judgments in the case of bankruptcy;
 Current Status:   2/22/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate State and Local Government
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB191.htm
 
SB199ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES (SCHICKEL J) AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages.

Amend KRS 243.0305 to allow a distiller to deliver or ship its products under certain conditions; permit distillery visitors to buy up to nine liters of souvenir package products per purchaser per day; limit subscription or club program members to nine liters shipped per calendar year; amend KRS 243.120 and 243.130 to emphasize commitment to the three-tier alcohol system and prohibit delivery into dry or moist territory; authorize distillers to sell their products by the package at their distillery premises; make exception for new types of sales and deliveries; amend KRS 243.200 to set requirements for a licensed transporter to transport alcoholic beverages from a licensee's premises to a purchaser's residence; amend KRS 243.240 to allow a quota retail package licensee to deliver or ship products to a customer's residence through a transporter or a common carrier; restrict deliveries to only those customers who purchased the products at the licensed premises; amend KRS 244.165 to authorize shipment by an out-of-state distillery or winery that is licensed in Kentucky to a Kentucky resident who made the purchase in-person at that distillery or winery; set standards for transporters or common carriers who make the out-of-state shipments; amend KRS 244.240 to exempt a distiller delivering under the new rules from the prohibition against involvement in retail sales.
 Current Status:   3/6/2018 - Senate Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing); Time & Location:
 Position:   Neutral
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB199.htm
 
SB203PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP PROJECTS (WISE M) AN ACT relating to public-private partnership projects.

Amend KRS 45A.077 to suspend the requirement for General Assembly approval for public-private partnership projects contracted for projects publicized prior to July 1, 2020; allow discussion of the project after public notice has been given of the proposal; remove requirement for approval of the Government Contract Review Committee of the public-private partnership contract.
 Current Status:   4/2/2018 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Neutral
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB203.htm
 
SB205SALES AND USE TAX (MCDANIEL C) AN ACT relating to sales and use tax.

Amend KRS 139.480 to exempt from sales and use tax tangible personal property purchased by a contractor or subcontractor for incorporation into a structure or improvement to real property under a construction contract with the federal government, state or local government, or a resident, nonprofit educational, charitable, or religious institution.
 Current Status:   3/22/2018 - (H) Returned to Committee House Appropriations and Revenue
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB205.htm
 
SB238SEXUAL VIOLENCE TRAINING (HARPER ANGEL D) AN ACT relating to sexual violence training.

Amend KRS 311.601, 311.844, 311A.120, and 314.073 to require training on awareness of sexual violence for physicians, physician assistants, nurses, and emergency medical technicians.
 Current Status:   3/22/2018 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary
 Position:   Neutral
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB238.htm
 
SB247BOARD OF EDUCATION INCLUSION AND PROPERTY ASSESSMENT MORATORIUM (MCGARVEY M) AN ACT relating to the inclusion of a district board of education in a property assessment or reassessment moratorium.

Amend KRS 99.600 to authorize a consolidated local government to allow a district board of education to be included in its assessment or reassessment moratorium program; require the consolidated local government to notify the administrating agency, if the district board of education is accepted; amend 160.460 to require an administrating agency to ensure that the proper school district is provided the assessed valuation of property when that property is participating in an assessment or reassessment moratorium; provide an exception to the 100 percent fair cash value requirement for assessing real property for property participating in an assessment or reassessment moratorium.
 Current Status:   3/5/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Education
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB247.htm
 
SB253OUT OF STATE DISTILLED SPIRIT AND WINE SUPPLIER LICENSES (BUFORD T) AN ACT relating to micro out-of-state distilled spirits and wine supplier's licenses.

Amend KRS 243.030 to authorize micro out-of-state distilled spirits and wine supplier's licenses; amend KRS 243.212 to add license requirements; amend KRS 243.360 to include in exemption from advertising intent to apply.
 Current Status:   3/5/2018 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations
 Position:   Neutral
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB253.htm
 
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