AN ACT relating to administrative regulations.

AN ACT relating to administrative regulations.

  RECENT STATUS

3/28/2019 - delivered to Secretary of State

3/28/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

3/28/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

  NEWS STORIES

3/26/2019 - Here’s the legislation Gov. Matt Bevin vetoed Tuesday. Will lawmakers override him?

AN ACT relating to local procurement.

Amend KRS 45A.385 to increase from $20,000 to $30,000 the maximum amount of a contract for which a local public agency may use small purchase procedures; amend KRS 424.260 to allow local officals to make contracts up to $30,000, rather than up to $20,000, without taking out newspaper advertisements for bids.

  RECENT STATUS

3/25/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/14/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/14/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

AN ACT relating to nonprofit exemptions in taxation and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 139.495 to exempt from sales and use tax the sale of admissions by nonprofit educational, charitable, or religious institutions; amend KRS 139.200 to add the exemption; amend KRS 132.195 to exempt from property tax leasehold interests in property owned by a purely public charity when the property and income are used to further the purely public charity's mission; EMERGENCY.

  RECENT STATUS

1/10/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations & Revenue

1/8/2019 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

7/13/2018 - Pre-Filed

AN ACT relating to employment schedules.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 337 to require employers to give employees a written good-faith estimate of the employee's work schedule at the time of hire, maintain a voluntary standby list of employees who wish to work additional hours, post weekly work schedules at least seven days in advance, and provide certain rest periods for employees, during which the employee is not scheduled; provide that an employee may identify time limitations for scheduling work hours; establish the rate of compensation to be paid if an employer changes the schedule; set forth unlawful practices; amend KRS 337.990 to establish a penalty for violations of Sections 1 to 8 of this Act.

  RECENT STATUS

1/10/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Economic Development & Workforce Investment

1/8/2019 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

9/20/2018 - Pre-Filed

AN ACT relating to public procurement.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 45A to set forth findings of the General Assembly and establish a policy of the Commonwealth of Kentucky to promote the Kentucky and United States economies by requiring a preference for iron, steel, and manufactured goods produced in Kentucky and the United States; define "manufactured in Kentucky," "manufactured in the United States," and "United States"; require preference for iron, steel, and manufactured goods made in Kentucky in construction and maintenance contracts and subcontracts; provide for a waiver of the Kentucky preference requirement; require preference for iron, steel, and manufactured goods made in the United States if the Kentucky waiver is granted; provide for a waiver of the United States preference requirement; establish a short title of "Kentucky Buy American Act"; amend KRS 45A.343, 45A.352, 65.027, 162.070, 164A.575, 176.080, and 424.260 to require compliance with the Kentucky Buy American Act.

  RECENT STATUS

1/10/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House State Government

1/8/2019 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

9/13/2018 - Pre-Filed

AN ACT relating to economic development incentives.

Amend KRS 154.32.010 to define" minimum weekly wage"; amend KRS 154.32-020 to require an approved company to pay all new full-time employees whose jobs were created as a result of the economic development project no less than the minimum weekly wage and provide employee benefits for those jobs equal to at least 15% of the minimum weekly wage established by the agreement; amend KRS 154.32-030 to delete all provisions that allow the approved company to receive full incentives if 90% of the job and wage requirements are met upon activation or annual review; amend KRS 154.32-040 to delete a provision that would allow the approved company to receive a reduction in tax incentives for failing to meet job and wage requirements; specify that Act's provisions apply to applications preliminarily approved prior to the Act's effective date.

  RECENT STATUS

1/10/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Economic Development & Workforce Investment

1/8/2019 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

9/13/2018 - Pre-Filed

AN ACT relating to the misclassification of employees in the construction industry.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 337 to set forth legislative findings and declarations behind employee misclassification problems; provide definitions; set forth determination of misclassified workers; set forth investigation process and violations; establish court remedies; require notice by an employer; grant commissioner authority to promulgate administrative regulations; require agencies to share the information of a misclassifying employer to other interested state agencies; amend KRS 337.990 to establish penalties for violations; amend KRS 45A.485 to prohibit contractors with multiple violations from contracting with the state for two years; amend KRS 131.190 to require the Department of Revenue to provide copies to three other state agencies; create a new section of KRS Chapter 341 to require the Office of Employment and Training to provide copies of orders to three other state agencies; create a new section of KRS Chapter 342 to require the commissioner to provide copies to three other state agencies.

  RECENT STATUS

1/10/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Economic Development & Workforce Investment

1/8/2019 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

9/20/2018 - Pre-Filed

AN ACT relating to Kentucky educational excellence scholarships and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 164.7884 to allow KEES funds to be used for qualified workforce training programs; EMERGENCY.

  RECENT STATUS

3/26/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/14/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/14/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

AN ACT relating to caller identification.

Amend KRS 367.46955 to prohibit telephone solicitations which misrepresent the name or telephone number in caller identification services; amend KRS 367.46999 to increase the fines for second offenses and clarify enforcement mechanisms; amend KRS 367.667 to prohibit charitable telephone solicitations which misrepresent the name or telephone number in caller identification services; amend KRS 367.990 to add criminal fines and the payment of restitution for violations.

  RECENT STATUS

3/26/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/14/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/14/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

  NEWS STORIES

3/18/2019 - Kentucky lawmakers crack down on ‘spoofing’ by telemarketers. Will it work?

AN ACT relating to occupational licensure.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 335B to prohibit an occupational licensing authority from suspending or revoking a license it issued because the licensee is in default or delinquent on a student loan or work-conditional scholarship; define terms; encourage a person who is in default or delinquent in the payment of a student loan to contact the appropriate student loan servicer to establish a voluntary pay agreement for the student loan; state the goal of ensuring that individuals keep their occupational licenses while struggling to pay off student loan debt; designate a short title of "Keep Americans Working Act of 2019".

  RECENT STATUS

3/11/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/1/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/1/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

AN ACT relating to real estate.

Amend KRS 324.360 to require the section to apply to all real estate transactions if any person licensed under KRS Chapter 324 receives compensation; require the Kentucky Real Estate Commission to promulgate administrative regulations authorizing seller disclosure forms for residential single family, residential multi-family, vacant land, and commercial properties; eliminate the exception for the use of a seller's disclosure of conditions form for residential purchases of new homes if a warranty is offered.

  RECENT STATUS

1/11/2019 - (H) reassigned to committee House Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs

1/10/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Natural Resources & Energy

1/8/2019 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

AN ACT relating to mechanical systems.

Amend KRS 198B.658 to allow a licensed mechanical engineer with two years of experience within or outside the Commonwealth to satisfy the experience requirement for a master HVAC contractor applicant; amend KRS 198B.660 to eliminate certain requirements for HVAC license examinations; amend KRS 198B.6673 and 198B.6678 to require an HVAC inspector to become certified within 12 months of his or her employment.

  RECENT STATUS

3/11/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/1/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/1/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

AN ACT relating to contracting of public works projects.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 45A to set guidelines for awarding contracts for public works projects; set forth that public agencies awarding contracts shall not 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.

  RECENT STATUS

3/21/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/12/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/12/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

AN ACT relating to Kentucky Center for Education and Workforce Statistics.

Amend KRS 151B.131, 151B.132, 151B.133, 151B.134, 164.020, 164.036, and 12.020 to change the name of the Office for Education and Workforce to the Office of the Kentucky Center for Statistics, and to change the name of the Board of the Kentucky Center for Education and Workforce Statistics to the Board of the Kentucky Center for Statistics; amend KRS 151B.134 to remove the executive director of the Education Professional Standards Board from the board and replace the executive director with the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.

  RECENT STATUS

3/26/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/14/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/14/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

AN ACT relating to extended warranty services.

Amend KRS 139.470 to exempt extended service warranties for certain communication provider equipment; apply to sales made after July 1, 2019, but before July 1, 2023; require the Department of Revenue to report the claimed exemptions to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue; amend KRS 131.190 to give the department authority to provide the report of the exemptions to LRC; make conforming changes.

  RECENT STATUS

2/5/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations & Revenue

1/11/2019 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to state contracts and declaring an emergency.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 45A to prohibit governmental bodies from contracting with a contractor who engages in boycotting a person or entity with which Kentucky can enjoy open trade; EMERGENCY.

  RECENT STATUS

2/11/2019 - (H) posted in committee House State Government

2/6/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House State Government

2/5/2019 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to oil and gas.

Amend KRS 353.510 to add definitions for "control person," "eligible well," and "orphan well"; amend KRS 353.562 to change the name of the Kentucky abandoned storage tank reclamation fund to the Kentucky abandoned storage tank and orphan well reclamation fund; set forth the purposes of the fund and allowable expenditures from the fund; authorize the Energy and Environment Cabinet to contract with private parties for remediation or reclamation projects; amend KRS 353.563 to authorize the Energy and Environment Cabinet to take the same actions to address improperly abandoned wells as currently allowed for abandoned storage tank facilities; amend KRS 353.564 to provide for forfeiture of equipment or product remaining at an orphan well or abandoned storage tank facility site; allow the Energy and Environment Cabinet or its agents to include the forfeited equipment or product as part of the reclamation or remediation project; add eligible and orphan wells to the project prioritization order for moneys to be disbursed from the fund; allow the Energy and Environment Cabinet to disregard priority if doing so would be cost-efficient or otherwise demonstrably beneficial; allow the Energy and Environment Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to provide further detail as to the prioritization of wells and abandoned storage tank facilities to be reclaimed or remediated; amend KRS 353.590 to prohibit persons under 18 years of age from receiving a permit under KRS Chapter 353; replace the bond schedule for shallow wells with a bonding formula of two dollars for every foot of true vertical well depth for all shallow wells bonded after the effective date of the Act; establish a new tier structure for shallow well blanket bonds; establish requirements for shallow bonds and blanket bonds; establish procedures for well operator transfers; establish procedures for well closure orders; amend KRS 353.593 to require appeals from final orders issued by the Department for Natural Resources to be taken to the Energy and Environment Cabinet's Office of Administrative Hearings; amend KRS 353.655 to remove exceptions to the prohibition on the use of shackle rods or related cables; amend KRS 353.710 to allow the Department for Natural Resources to bring suit against a person violating KRS 353.500 to 353.720 in Franklin Circuit Court; amend KRS 353.991 to establish penalties for violations of KRS 353.500 to 353.720 or 353.735 to 353.747; provide that penalties recovered from the section be deposited in the oil and gas well plugging fund; amend KRS 353.180 to conform; create a new section of KRS 353.500 to 353.720 to establish eligibility requirements for permit issuance or transfers under KRS Chapter 353; allow the Energy and Environment Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations relating to compliance with the eligibility requirements under the section; repeal and reenact KRS 353.730 as a new section of KRS 353.500 to 353.720; amend KRS 353.570 to conform; create a new noncodified section to provide for the transfer of records and funds from the Kentucky abandoned storage tank reclamation fund to the Kentucky abandoned storage tank and orphan well reclamation fund.

  RECENT STATUS

3/18/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/6/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/6/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

AN ACT relating to waste management.

Amend KRS 224.43-010 to include in legislative finding the need for complete and accurate information about complaints, investigations, and actions against solid waste disposal facilities located in the solid waste management area; amend KRS 224.43-310 to require the cabinet to make quarterly reports to the solid waste coordinator for a solid waste management area on complaints, investigations, and actions; require the enforcement officer to submit a copy of the report to the county fiscal court of every county located in the solid waste management area; amend KRS 224.43-340 require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations regarding the issuance of a quarterly solid waste action report to the solid waste coordinator.

  RECENT STATUS

2/26/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Natural Resources & Energy

2/6/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Natural Resources & Energy

2/5/2019 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to welding safety.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 198B to establish requirements for projects requiring structural steel welding such as certification of welders and certified inspectors; provide definitions.

  RECENT STATUS

3/7/2019 - floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute

3/6/2019 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules

3/5/2019 - (S) FIRST READING to Consent Calendar w/SCS1

AN ACT relating to submission of budget unit requests.

Amend KRS 48.050, relating to submission of budget unit requests, to require submission of requests by November 1, rather than November 15.

  RECENT STATUS

3/28/2019 - delivered to Secretary of State

3/28/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

3/28/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

  NEWS STORIES

3/7/2019 - ‘Pension relief’ bills could save local agencies, at a high cost to Kentucky taxpayers

3/5/2019 - Senate panel denies funding for Bevin’s park projects, sets up potential free-for-all

2/28/2019 - Kentucky State Parks Could Recieve $150 Million Over Next Few Years For Repairs

2/20/2019 - House panel approves surprise request by Bevin to borrow $150 million for state parks

AN ACT relating to budget forms and instructions.

Amend KRS 48.040 to change from September 1 to August 1 of each odd-numbered year the date by which the Finance and Administration Cabinet must provide uniform budget forms and instructions and agency expenditures to the branches of government.

  RECENT STATUS

3/27/2019 - BECAME LAW WITHOUT GOVERNOR'S SIGNATURE

3/26/2019 - filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State

3/26/2019 - Filed with Secretary of State

AN ACT relating to the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board

Amend KRS 338.051 to require all members of the Kentucky Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board to serve for a term of four years; require the board to meet quarterly instead of annually.

  RECENT STATUS

2/13/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs

2/12/2019 - Introduced

  NEWS STORIES

2/15/2019 - Kentucky Democrats Seek To Restore Worker Safety Board Bevin Eliminated

AN ACT relating to apprenticeships.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a tax credit for certain small businesses that have an apprenticeship program and require reporting by the Department of Revenue; amend KRS 141.0205 and 131.190 to conform; create a new section of KRS Chapter 343 to require all contractors and subcontractors for public works estimated to cost over $1 million to participate in an applicable apprenticeship program; amend KRS 343.010 to define terms.

  RECENT STATUS

3/13/2019 - (S) SECOND READING

2/14/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations & Revenue

2/13/2019 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to workers compensation.

Amend KRS 342.020 to require an employer to pay for medical benefits at the time of injury and thereafter during disability instead of 780 weeks; amend KRS 342.315 to eliminate the requirement that physicians contracting with the commissioner to perform evaluations in occupational disease claims be "B" readers who are licensed in Kentucky and are board-certified pulmonary specialists; amend KRS 342.316 to allow the commissioner to select a physician or medical facility for referral in occupational disease claims and eliminate the requirement that such physicians be "B" readers who are licensed in Kentucky and are board-certified pulmonary specialists; amend KRS 342.794 to delete the definition of "board-certified pulmonary specialist" and eliminate the requirement that physicians on the list of qualified "B" readers maintained by the commissioner include only those licensed in Kentucky and board-certified pulmonary specialists; amend KRS 342.610 to indicate that liability for compensation shall not apply if the injury or death was proximately caused by voluntary intoxication or a willful intent to injure himself or herself; amend KRS 342.990 to conform.

  RECENT STATUS

2/14/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Economic Development & Workforce Investment

2/13/2019 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to taxation.

Amend KRS 132.010 to define terms related to qualified heavy equipment; amend KRS 132.020 to assess qualified heavy equipment at a rate of 15 cents upon each $100 of value and reorder other property by the tax rates imposed; amend 132.360 to allow a 60-day protest period for property tax; amend various KRS sections to make technical corrections and conforming changes; create a new section of KRS Chapter 139 to prohibit class actions against a marketplace provider on behalf of purchasers; amend KRS 139.010 to create and amend definitions of marketplace providers, admissions, and marketplace retailer; amend KRS 139.200 to exclude admissions charged by nonprofit educational, charitable, or religious institutions exempt from taxation under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) and to clarify that small animal veterinary services exclude services for poultry; amend KRS 139.260 to allow acceptance of a resale certificate for certain services; Amend KRS 139.270, 139.280, and 139.340 to conform; amend KRS 139.450 to require a marketplace provider to collect and remit sales tax; amend KRS 139.480, 160.613, and 160.6131 to clarify who is a toller; amend KRS 139.495 to exempt the sales of admissions by nonprofit educational, charitable, or religious institutions exempt from tax under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3); create a new section of KRS Chapter 139 to exempt the first $10,000 of sales in a calendar year made by nonprofit civic, governmental, or other nonprofit organizations; amend KRS 139.550 and 139.720 to conform; amend KRS 141.010 to update to the Internal Revenue Code reference date for 2019 and clarify the provisions for 2018; amend KRS 141.170 to allow one additional month for an extension of time to file a corporation income tax return; amend KRS 241.010 to expand the definition of a small farm winery to include a winery that produces no more than 500,000 gallons in a calendar year; amend KRS 243.884 to clarify that sales made by a small farm winery during a calendar year of the first 50,000 gallons of wine are exempt; amend various sections in KRS Chapters 141 and 154 to make technical corrections and conforming changes; repeal KRS 136.078, 136.090, and 136.100.

  RECENT STATUS

3/26/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/14/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/14/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

  NEWS STORIES

4/24/2019 - Sales tax exemption a win for Kentucky nonprofits

3/27/2019 - Gov. Bevin signs tax cut bill that will reduce state revenue by $106 million a year

3/15/2019 - Lawmakers Reach Agreement on Tax Reform Cleanup Bill

3/15/2019 - Bevin Says He’ll Likely Sign Tax Bill That Cuts State Revenue By $105 Million

3/14/2019 - KY lawmakers cut taxes by $105 million for banks, others as debt piles up

3/13/2019 - The founder of a bourbon distillery in Bardstown, Kentucky, was indicted as part of a nationwide college admissions scam announced by federal authorities on Tuesday.

3/13/2019 - House and Senate make progress on tax reforms, expect final plan in coming days

3/12/2019 - Where 12 High-Profile Bills Stand As Ky. Legislature Enters Final Stretch

3/4/2019 - Senate Committee Passes Amended Tax Cleanup Bill

2/21/2019 - A surprise state budget bill borrows $75M and spends $25M. Here’s who would get it.

AN ACT relating to misclassification of employees in the Commonwealth and providing a remedy.

Create a new section of KRS 337 to provide remedy for employees misclassified as independent contractors; amend KRS 337.010 to include definitions for "independent contractor" and "misclassify".

  RECENT STATUS

2/14/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Economic Development & Workforce Investment

2/13/2019 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to asbestos trust claims and declaring an emergency.

Create an new section of KRS Chapter 411 to define "asbestos action," "asbestos trust," "trust claims materials," and "trust governance documents"; require plaintiffs in an asbestos action to provide certain information and documents not less than 180 days before the initial date set for trial; establish that plaintiffs have a continuing duty to supplement the information and documents; establish requirements for an order requiring a plaintiff to file additional asbestos trust claims; establish that defendants may seek discovery from an asbestos trust; establish requirements for an asbestos action; require a court to impose sanctions if a plaintiff fails to comply with the section; provide that Act may be cited to as the Kentucky Asbestos Trust Claims Transparency Act; EMERGENCY.

  RECENT STATUS

2/15/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary

2/14/2019 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to apprenticeships.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 343 to establish definitions for "apprenticeship," "licensing," and "licensing authority"; establish conditions under which a licensing authority has to issue a license; require licensing authorities to promulgate administrative regulations necessary to carry out the section.

  RECENT STATUS

2/15/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs

2/14/2019 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to the expansion of health insurance options within Kentucky.

Amend KRS 304.17A-005 to revise definitions of "employer-organized association," "health benefit plan," "insurer," and "large group"; make technical corrections; amend KRS 304.17A-0954 to conform with definitions in KRS 304.17A-005; revise application of permissible amount or rate of premiums for an employer-organized association health plan; make technical corrections; amend KRS 304.17A-808 to increase filing fee to $1,000 for self-insured employer-organized association groups; amend KRS 304.17A-812 to add exception to capital and surplus requirements for self-insured employer-organized association groups; amend KRS 304.17A-834 to require self-insured employer-organized association groups to file required forms with the commissioner.

  RECENT STATUS

3/26/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/14/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/14/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

AN ACT relating to the repeal of tax expenditures.

Amend KRS 132.020 to eliminate the tax expenditures for certified alcohol production facility property and fluidized bed energy production facility property; amend KRS 139.200 to eliminate the tax expenditure for pay telephones; amend KRS 141.019 to eliminate the tax expenditure for capital gains income attributable to property taken by eminent domain; amend KRS 141.039 to eliminate the tax expenditure related to coal royalty income; amend KRS 141.0401 to eliminate the tax expenditure related to certain entities exempt from paying the limited liability entity tax; amend KRS 164.0062 to eliminate the GED employer tax credit; repeal KRS 139.505 related to interstate business communications service; repeal KRS 139.537 related to coal-based near zero emission power plants; repeal KRS 141.041 related to the coal conversion tax credit; repeal KRS 141.412 related to the qualified farming operation tax credit; repeal KRS 143.023 related to the incentive for coal used in burning solid waste; amend various sections in KRS Chapters 134, 139, and 141 to conform.

  RECENT STATUS

2/22/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Appropriations & Revenue

2/19/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations & Revenue

2/15/2019 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to home modification tax credits.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to allow an income tax credit for qualified home modification expenses incurred by an individual with a disability, equal to the actual cost of the home modifications, up to $7,500 per taxpayer per year; require reporting by the Department of Revenue; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the tax credit; amend KRS 131.190 to conform.

  RECENT STATUS

2/19/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations & Revenue

2/15/2019 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to county taxes.

Amend KRS 68.197 and 68.199 to raise the 1% cap of an occupational license fee from counties with populations of 30,000 or more to counties with populations of 40,000 or more.

  RECENT STATUS

2/20/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Local Government

2/19/2019 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to radon gas certifications.

Amend KRS 211.9101, 211.9103, 211.9105, 211.9107, 211.9109, 211.9111, 211.9113, 211.9115, 211.9119, 211.9121, 211.9125, 211.9129, 211.9131, and 211.9135 to update requirements for radon certifications; repeal KRS 211.9117, 211.9123, and 211.9127.

  RECENT STATUS

3/26/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/14/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/14/2019 - floor amendment (1) withdrawn

AN ACT relating to disclosure of interest in public matters.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 45A to require contractors to disclose entities having an interest in their contract with the state; create a new section of KRS Chapter 56 to require contractors or lessors to disclose entities having an interest in their contracts or leases with the state; create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to require contractors or lessors to disclose entities having an interest in their contracts or leases with local governments; create a new section of KRS Chapter 154.1 to require contractors or lessors to disclose entities having an interest in their contracts or leases with the state; create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to require contractors or lessors to disclose entities having an interest in their contracts or leases with the district; create a new section of KRS 164A to require contractors or lessors to disclose entities having an interest in their contracts or leases with the governing board; create a new section of KRS Chapter 176 to require contractor to disclose entities having an interest in their contracts with the department; amend KRS 61.878 to provide for disclosure under the Open Records law of records relating to public service, demonstrating a potential bias affecting the public, creating a financial obligation for the public, or where the private entity is working under the authority of a public agency.

  RECENT STATUS

2/20/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House State Government

2/19/2019 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to workers compensation.

Amend KRS 342.630 to create an exception in the definition of employee for temporary, non-resident workers; amend KRS 342.650 to create an exception in the definition of employer for employers who employ only temporary, non-resident workers; amend KRS 342.670 to indicate temporary, non-resident workers are not subject to KRS Chapter 342.

  RECENT STATUS

2/26/2019 - House Economic Development & Workforce Investment, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/21/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Economic Development & Workforce Investment

2/20/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Economic Development & Workforce Investment

AN ACT relating to business entities.

Amend KRS 273.161 to include a definition of limited liability company; amend KRS 273.277 to allow merger of a limited liability company with a domestic corporation; amend KRS 273.293 to allow for merger of limited liability companies; amend KRS 275.345 to allow merger of a nonprofit limited liability company with a domestic nonprofit corporation.

  RECENT STATUS

3/26/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/14/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/14/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

AN ACT relating to taxation.

Amend KRS 141.023 to make a technical correction.

  RECENT STATUS

4/9/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/28/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/28/2019 - 2nd and 3rd readings dispensed with

  NEWS STORIES

3/28/2019 - Kentucky lawmakers reach deal on pension relief for universities, public agencies

3/28/2019 - Kentucky lawmakers propose more corporate tax breaks on last day of session

AN ACT relating to school construction.

Amend KRS 162.065 to require the Kentucky Board of Education to include "construction management-at-risk" as a project delivery method option for school construction projects.

  RECENT STATUS

2/21/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education

2/20/2019 - Introduced

AN ACT amending the 2018 and 2020 State Executive Branch Budget and making an appropriation therefor.

Amend the 2018-2020 State/Executive Branch Budget to stipulate that the salary of the Chief Information Officer not exceed the salary of the highest-paid Chief Information Officer of the states contiguous to Kentucky; APPROPRIATION.

  RECENT STATUS

3/28/2019 - (S) recommitted to committee Senate Appropriations & Revenue

3/28/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

3/14/2019 - (S) Passed Over and retained in the Orders of the Day

  NEWS STORIES

3/26/2019 - Senate, you missed your chance to cut tech chief's huge salary. Let the bill die

3/14/2019 - Bill to cut Kentucky tech chief's salary could get Senate approval soon

2/28/2019 - Nation's Highest Paid CIO Could See Salary Slashed

2/27/2019 - Bill to slash Grindle's $375K salary unanimously passed by committee

2/26/2019 - House committee unanimously passes bill to cut Bevin appointee’s $375,000 salary nearly in half

2/25/2019 - Kentucky tech chief — and Bevin's friend — would have his huge salary slashed by new bill

AN ACT relating to civil actions.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 26A to allow appointment of a special judge in certain civil actions.

  RECENT STATUS

3/12/2019 - House Judiciary, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

3/6/2019 - House Judiciary, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

3/4/2019 - (H) Returned to Committee House Judiciary

  NEWS STORIES

3/13/2019 - Bill seeking to bypass Frankfort judges stalls in committee

3/12/2019 - Controversial bill to let state officials avoid Judge Shepherd is 'on life support'

2/25/2019 - Bill to move state lawsuits out of Franklin Circuit Court advances, despite chief justice opposition

2/25/2019 - Controversial bill that would let state officials avoid Judge Shepherd advances

1/15/2019 - Bill that would let Bevin, others avoid Judge Shepherd is Senate priority

AN ACT relating to executive agency lobbying.

Amend KRS 11A.211 to require disclosure of executive agency lobbyist compensation. Amend KRS 11A.236 to prohibit executive agency lobbyist compensation contingent on awarding of a government contract or based on a percentage of a government contract awarded.

  RECENT STATUS

3/25/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/14/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/14/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

  NEWS STORIES

2/27/2019 - Kentucky Senate OK's Bill To Reveal Executive Branch Lobbying

2/7/2019 - Senate President Again Speaks Of Executive Branch Ethics Bill

2/6/2019 - Top senator touts bill to reveal executive branch lobbying

2/1/2019 - Yes to more sunlight on lobbying, no to private school tax credits

1/15/2019 - How much is spent lobbying Kentucky’s executive branch? This bill demands an answer.

AN ACT relating to school policies.

Amend KRS 160.380 to define "clear CA/N check"; amend the definition of "contractor"; remove exceptions that permitted superintendents and principals to hire relatives; amend the requirement for background checks and clear CA/N checks from contractors to narrow applicability to individuals with a written contract to provide services directly to a student or students as part of a school-sponsored program or activity on a regularly scheduled and continuing basis; permit probationary employment of an individual prior to receipt of a criminal history background check and clear CA/N check for positions vacant after July 31st; consolidate language, amend KRS 160.151, 160.345, 160.990, and 161.044 to conform.

  RECENT STATUS

3/19/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/7/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/7/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

AN ACT relating to common interest communities.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 381 to establish definitions for common interest communities which exclude condominiums; prohibit waiver of rights conferred by the bill; impose good faith obligation; establish a requirement to record a declaration for a common interest community with county clerks and set minimum contents of the declaration; limit application to communities created after the effective date or, for existing communities, apply only to events occurring after the effective date; specify that agreements between communities do not create a separate common interest community; require establishment of a unit owners association and specify methods of transfer of developer control to an association; set minimum powers of unit owners associations and boards; set duties and powers of board members; establish minimum requirements for recorded bylaws regarding board and association procedures; establish procedures for calling and conducting association meetings; establish procedures for calling and conducting executive board meetings; define quorum for meetings; create and limit voting methods for unit owners; limit foreclosure action by unit owners association; require records to be kept by association and determine methods of publicizing records; establish procedure for adopting and amending policy rules within the community; specify methods of providing notice to community members; provide for removal of executive board members; require budget and special assessment adoption and publication; allow cause of action to enforce rights and obligations; apply supplemental principles of law and equity.

  RECENT STATUS

2/26/2019 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate Judiciary

2/26/2019 - (S) SECOND READING to Rules

2/26/2019 - (S) Taken From Committee

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 various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to conform; repeal KRS 65A.100; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2020.

  RECENT STATUS

3/12/2019 - (H) Returned to Committee House Appropriations & Revenue

3/12/2019 - (H) FIRST READING

3/12/2019 - (H) Taken From Committee

AN ACT relating to notice of hazardous waste violations.

Create a new section of KRS 224.46-505 to 224.46-590 to require the secretary of the Energy and Environment Cabinet to send a copy of a notice of violation for a hazardous waste site or facility to the county/judge executive of the county or the chief executive officer of the urban-county government within which the site or facility is located; amend KRS 224.10-212 to specify that notices of violation for hazardous waste sites or facilities are not prohibited from disclosure due to confidentiality.

  RECENT STATUS

3/25/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/14/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/14/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

  NEWS STORIES

2/13/2019 - Kentucky Senate Passes Waste Site Notifications Bill

AN ACT relating to water well drillers.

Amend KRS 223.400 to add a definition of "water well driller's assistant"; amend KRS 223.405 to require water well drillers and water well driller's assistants to obtain a valid certificate before working on a water well; amend KRS 223.425 to establish the application, requirements, and effective term for the certification of water well driller's assistants; amend KRS 223.430 to allow the water well driller's assistant to work under the liability insurance and surety bond of the supervising certified water well driller; amend KRS 223.440 to prohibit the certified water well driller's assistant from certifying records required to be kept by the supervising certified water well driller; amend KRS 223.447 to establish certification and renewal fees for the water well driller and the water well driller's assistant; amend KRS 223.450 to conform.

  RECENT STATUS

3/11/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

2/27/2019 - delivered to Governor

2/27/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

AN ACT relating to causes of actions for building code violations.

Amend KRS 198B.130 to allow a court award under KRS Chapter 198B or the Uniform Building Code to include attorney's fees if a certificate of occupancy has not been issued.

  RECENT STATUS

3/28/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HFA 1

3/14/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HFA 1

3/13/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HFA 1

AN ACT relating to a sales and use tax exemption for certain nonprofit entities and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 139.010 to define "fundraising"; amend KRS 139.200 to exempt from sales and use tax the sale of admissions by nonprofit educational, charitable, or religious institutions; amend KRS 139.495 to exempt from sales and use tax the fundraising activities done by nonprofit educational, charitable, or religious institutions; amend KRS 139.496 and 139.497 to conform; EMERGENCY.

  RECENT STATUS

1/10/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Appropriations & Revenue

1/8/2019 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to sheltered employment.

Amend KRS 337.010 to redefine "employee" to include workers in sheltered workshops whose employment begins on or after January 1, 2021; amend KRS 337.295 to require new administrative regulations concerning sheltered workshops and sheltered workshop employment; amend KRS 205.5606 to exclude referrals to sheltered employment from the definition of "covered services and supports" as of January 1, 2021.

  RECENT STATUS

2/19/2019 - Senate Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

1/11/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor

1/10/2019 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to Work Ready Kentucky Scholarship and making an appropriation therefor.

Create a new section of KRS 164.740 to 164.7891 to establish the Work Ready Kentucky Scholarship; require the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to administer the scholarship; define eligibility requirements for the scholarship; define the scholarship award amount; require the authority to prepare an annual report on the scholarship in collaboration with the Office for Education and Workforce Statistics; create the Work Ready Kentucky Scholarship fund; confirm Executive Order 2018-571; APPROPRIATION.

  RECENT STATUS

3/26/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/14/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/14/2019 - floor amendments (3) and (4-title) filed

AN ACT relating to salaries of state employees.

Amend KRS 18A.115 to require any position in the unclassified service for which the authorized compensation is above state employee salary limitations be hired by personal service contract and subject to the provisions of KRS 45A.690 to 45A.725.

  RECENT STATUS

2/8/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate State & Local Government

2/5/2019 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to underground facility protection.

Amend KRS 367.4903 to clarify the definitions of "approximate location" and "normal excavation locate request" and define "positive response," "unique identification number" or "locate request number," "locator," "locatable facility," and "unlocatable facility"; amend KRS 367.4909 to require operators of underground facilities located in Kentucky to be members of the Kentucky Contact Center; establish a phase-in period for mandatory membership; waive the rights of nonmember operators of the Kentucky Contact Center for damage to their underground facilities after December 31, 2023; require operators to update the positive response system documenting the status of marking the approximate location of its underground facilities; amend KRS 367.4911 to require excavators to confirm status of locate request in the positive response system; amend KRS 367.4913 to eliminate the requirement that the member operators file their contact information with the county clerk where the operator has underground facilities; require the Kentucky Contact Center to maintain a list of members' contact information and modify the members of the board of directors of the Kentucky Contact Center; establish certain bylaw requirements for the Kentucky Contact Center; require a financial audit report to the Legislative Research Commission and the Governor from the Kentucky Contact Center; require a membership and operations report to the Legislative Research Commission and the Governor from the Kentucky Contact Center; require notices and minutes of the Kentucky Contact Center to be posted on their Web site.

  RECENT STATUS

2/26/2019 - (S) recommitted to committee Senate Natural Resources & Energy

2/26/2019 - (S) Passed Over

2/26/2019 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate Natural Resources & Energy

AN ACT relating to state contracts and declaring an emergency.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 45A to prohibit governmental bodies from contracting with a contractor who engages in boycotting a person or entity with which Kentucky can enjoy open trade; EMERGENCY.

  RECENT STATUS

3/25/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/13/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/13/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

AN ACT relating to sales and use tax exemptions.

Amend KRS 139.480 to exempt from sales and use tax tangible personal property purchased by a person for incorporation into a structure or improvement to real property under a contract with the federal, state, or local government, or a resident, nonprofit educational, charitable, or religious institution; apply to sales made after July 1, 2019, but before July 1, 2023; require the Department of Revenue to report the claimed exemptions to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue; amend KRS 131.190 to give the Department authority to provide the report to LRC.

  RECENT STATUS

2/27/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations & Revenue

2/26/2019 - received in House

2/25/2019 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 26-7

AN ACT relating to acquisition of water or sewer utilities.

Create a new section of KRS 278.010 to 278.450 to set forth procedures for the valuation of assets and rate base calculations relating to the acquisition of existing water or sewer utilities by investor-owned water or sewer utilities; define terms; allow the Public Service Commission to include in the acquiring utility's next base rate case the entire value of all assets acquired as measured by the fair market value on the date of acquisition or purchase price paid, whichever is less; specify certain considerations that the Public Service Commission shall make in reviewing an acquiring utility's request to include the value of acquired assets in the rate base; require the acquiring utility to pay for three appraisals, the average of which shall determine the fair market value; require one appraiser to be chosen by the acquiring utility, one to be chosen by the utility to be acquired, and one to be chosen by mutual agreement of the first two appraisers; require that the appraisers be properly qualified, not have any interest in the transaction, and not be a resident or taxpayer of the service area of the utility being acquired; require the appraisers to separately determine the fair market value of the assets in compliance with the latest version of the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice; require that the appraisal include the value of all assets to be acquired regardless of source or original price; provide that the current value of the assets not be limited to or by the original purchase price or value of the assets; provide for the repayment of any debt owed on the acquired assets by the utility being acquired to any person or government entity; specify that nothing in the section affects the Public Service Commission's jurisdiction under KRS 278.040.

  RECENT STATUS

3/28/2019 - (S) recommitted to committee Senate Natural Resources & Energy

3/28/2019 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

3/14/2019 - (S) Passed Over and retained in the Orders of the Day

  NEWS STORIES

2/21/2019 - Committee advances water infrastructure bill, hears testimony on failing drinking water systems

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 and 58.040 to conform; amend KRS 424.360 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.

  RECENT STATUS

3/19/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/7/2019 - delivered to Governor

3/7/2019 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

AN ACT relating to asbestos trust claims and declaring an emergency.

Create an new section of KRS Chapter 411 to define "asbestos action," "asbestos trust," "trust claims materials," and "trust governance documents"; require plaintiffs in an asbestos action to provide certain information and documents not less than 180 days before the initial date set for trial; establish that plaintiffs have a continuing duty to supplement the information and documents; establish requirements for an order requiring a plaintiff to file additional asbestos trust claims; establish that defendants may seek discovery from an asbestos trust; establish requirements for an asbestos action; require a court to impose sanctions if a plaintiff fails to comply with the section; provide that Act may be cited to as the Kentucky Asbestos Trust Claims Transparency Act; EMERGENCY.

  RECENT STATUS

2/19/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary

2/14/2019 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to administrative regulations.

Amend KRS 13A.040 to require the regulations compiler to respond to an agency technical amendment letter within 30 business days of receipt; make the response include the status of the request, including which changes are accepted or are not accepted as technical amendments; amend KRS 13A.3102 to extend the deadline for expiration of older ordinary administrative regulations outside the certification process to March 1, 2020; set separate regulation expiration deadlines depending on whether a regulation's last effective date was before March 1, 2013, or on or after that date; require the regulations compiler to publish an expired regulation list on September 1, 2020, and every six months thereafter; direct publication of a similar list of existing regulations with their last effective dates; amend KRS 13A.3104 to exclude KRS Chapter 13A drafting and formatting requirements from a regulation's certification review process.

  RECENT STATUS

2/19/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations

2/14/2019 - Introduced