AN ACT relating to fire protection and making an appropriation therefor.

Amend KRS 95A.520 and 95A.540, relating to volunteer fire department mergers, to make it applicable to volunteer fire departments merging prior to the effective date of the Act; create a new section of KRS Chapter 95A to provide that for volunteer fire departments merging after the effective date of the Act, the Fire Commission shall pay to the departments the number of qualified shares of volunteer fire department aid each is entitled to for a period of 20 years after the date of the merger, upon the expiration of which the merged department receives only one share; provide contingency protocols if the merged fire department becomes unqualified; create a new section of KRS Chapter 95A to provide a contingency protocol if a new volunteer fire department is created out of the merged one during the 20 year period; create new sections of KRS Chapter 75 to allow an alternative tax rate and board structure for fire districts electing to do so; set tax rate at a maximum of $0.15 for a district, and maximum of $0.25 for a district operating the sole emergency ambulance service and make the tax subject to the recall provisions; establish a seven member board of which one is appointed by the county executive head, four are elected by persons owning property within the district, and two are firefighters of the districts elected by the firefighters of the district; set election procedures and times; amend KRS 132.023, relating to tax recall provisions, to integrate applicable fire districts, as defined in the section, within the scope of the section.

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3/12/2019 - (H) recommitted to committee House Appropriations & Revenue

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.

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3/25/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

AN ACT relating to the levy of property taxes.

Amend KRS 132.017, relating to property taxes levied by local government entities, to extend the deadline to file a petition to 75 days; allow petition papers to be substantially uniform in size and style; allow the names of voters from more than one voting precinct to be on the same sheet of the petition paper; allow electronic signatures to be counted when the signatures comply with the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act; lower the number of signatures needed for the petition to 5%; require the local governmental entity or school to levy a tax rate that is equal to the compensating tax rate when an election on the tax rate levy is canceled or the vote fails to pass the election; amend KRS 132.018 to conform.

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3/25/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

AN ACT relating to reemployment of elected officials.

Amend KRS 61.637 to provide that if an elected official participating in one of the systems administered by Kentucky Retirement Systems retires and is elected to the same office within 12 months of retiring, his or her retirement shall be voided.

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3/26/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

AN ACT relating to local investments.

Amend KRS 66.480, relating to investments for local governments, political subdivisions, and school districts, to use and define the term "competent rating agency" in lieu of "nationally recognized rating agency" throughout the statute; allow investment in individual equity securities meeting specified requirements, individual high-quality corporate bonds meeting specified requirements, and provide that the investment of the funds allowed under specified sections does not exceed 40% of the total money invested; restrict investment to no more than 5% of the total amount of money in any one issuer; set out exemptions.

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3/18/2019 - BECAME LAW WITHOUT GOVERNOR'S SIGNATURE

AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Retirement Systems.

Amend KRS 61.645 to allow the Kentucky Retirement Systems board to promulgate administrative regulation to conduct trustee elections by electronic ballot; retain option to use paper ballot; delete language relating to prior court orders that are now moot. Synchronize the election of the trustees from the County Employees Retirement System during 2021.

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3/26/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

AN ACT relating to emergency medical services.

Amend KRS 311A.010 to define "advanced emergency medical technician," "advanced practice paramedic," "community paramedic," "emergency medical responder," "emergency medical services educator," "executive director," "mobile integrated healthcare," and "mobile integrated healthcare program medical director;" update other definitions; amend KRS 311A.015 to change "first responder" to "emergency medical responder"; to specify that one member of the board may be an emergency medical technician or advanced emergency medical technician; specify board member term limits; amend KRS 311A.020 to change "first responder" to "emergency medical responder"; add certification of advanced emergency medical technicians, mobile integrated healthcare programs, and advanced practice paramedics; permit advanced emergency medical technicians to be assigned to investigate emergency medical responders or emergency medical technicians; require that advanced emergency medical technician programs be investigated and regulated by advanced emergency medical technicians or paramedics; amend KRS 311A.025 to change "first responder" to "emergency medical responder" and add certification and licensure for emergency medical services educator, advanced emergency medical technician, advanced practice paramedic, and mobile integrated healthcare program medical director; amend KRS 311A.030 to update licensing categories; amend KRS 311A.040 to establish Franklin Circuit Court as the court with jurisdiction for hearing appeals on advisory opinions of the board; amend KRS 311A.050 to change "first responder" to "emergency medical responder"; change "first responder instructor or instructor trainer, emergency medical technician instructor or instructor trainer, or paramedic instructor, paramedic instructor trainer" to "emergency medical services educator"; add advanced emergency medical technicians, advanced practice paramedics, emergency medical services medical director, and mobile integrated healthcare program medical director; require the use of an official complaint form approved by the board through administrative regulations; amend KRS 311A.055 to change "first responder, emergency medical technician, paramedic, emergency medical services director" to "emergency medical services personnel"; and specify the executive director's responsibility to notify in the case of an official complaint; amend KRS 311A.060 to change "paramedic, first responder, or emergency medical technician" to "emergency medical services personnel"; change "first responder" to "emergency medical responder;" add advanced emergency medical technicians; remove language requiring the revocation of license or certification for completion of a diversion program for a felony offense; amend KRS 311A.065 to update psychological or physical evaluation requirements; amend KRS 311A.075 to permit the chair of the board or a designee of the chair to determine that immediate and temporary suspension of licensure or certification is necessary to protect the public; 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, emergency medical technician, or paramedic" to "emergency medical services personnel"; amend KRS 311A.140 to delete outdated transition language and specify certification and licensure requirements; amend KRS 311A.170 to require the promulgation of administrative regulations establishing the educational, testing, credentialing, and licensure requirements for advanced practice paramedics and paramedic subspecialties; permit a paramedic to render services under the supervision of a mobile integrated healthcare program medical director or emergency department medical director; permit a certified community paramedic to provide mobile integrated healthcare services only as an employee of a mobile integrated healthcare program; amend KRS 311A.175 to change "first responder" to "emergency medical responder"; add "advanced emergency medical technician"; amend KRS 311A.190 to change "run form" to "patient care record"; add mobile integrated healthcare program; create a 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.

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3/26/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

AN ACT relating to distillery local option elections.

Amend KRS 242.1243 to remove the sunset provision for distillery local option elections.

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

AN ACT relating to violent offenders.

Amend KRS 439.3401 to provide that any person convicted of manslaughter in the second degree, reckless homicide, or criminal attempt to commit murder of clearly identifiable emergency medical services personnel shall serve at least 85 percent of the sentence before probation or parole.

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3/26/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

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.

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3/21/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

AN ACT relating to standards for the operation of golf carts on roadways.

Amend KRS 189.286 to remove the requirement for golf carts to meet the federal safety standards for low-speed vehicles; establish new equipment standards for golf carts operating on roadways.

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3/15/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

AN ACT relating to surcharges on insurance polices.

Amend KRS 136.392 to specify that a rate change in a premium surcharge rate used to supplement both the Law Enforcement Foundation Program fund and the Firefighters Foundation Program fund shall only be adjusted by an Act of the General Assembly and be applied 90 days after the effective date of the Act.

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3/26/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

AN ACT relating to county roads.

Amend KRS 189.222 to extend to county roads the current allowance for state highways as roads where trucks carrying agricultural products, livestock, and forest products may operate at weights up to 80,000 pounds, subject to certain restrictions.

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

AN ACT relating to revocation of peace officer certification.

Amend KRS 15.391, relating to grounds for the revocation of peace officer certification, to distinguish conditions that require revocation from those that may trigger revocation; provide that hearings shall be conducted in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B; require an agency that has knowledge of a peace officer in its employment who meets any revocation condition to report that condition to the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council and provide that Kentucky Law Enforcement Foundation Program funds may be suspended if the agency fails to report; clarify that this section shall not apply to peace officers employed by the Department of Kentucky State Police unless and until the peace office is no longer employed by the department; allow the council to promulgate administrative regulations to implement this section; amend KRS 15.386 and 15.440 to conform.

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3/26/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

AN ACT relating to the distribution of coal severance receipts.

Create a new section of KRS 42.450 to 42.495 to change the distributions of coal severance tax receipts; amend various other sections to conform.

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2/6/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations & Revenue

AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages.

Amend KRS 241.010 to revise the definition of "souvenir package"; amend KRS 243.0305 to remove requirement for souvenir packages to be available to any Kentucky retail licensee.

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3/12/2019 - (H) recommitted to committee House Appropriations & Revenue

AN ACT creating the Kentucky Rural and Opportunity Zone Jobs Act.

AN ACT creating the Kentucky Rural and Opportunity Zone Jobs Act.

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3/4/2019 - floor amendment (1) filed

AN ACT relating to the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet.

Amend KRS 15A.197 to allow the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to provide state resources to the Kentucky Law Enforcement Memorial Foundation.

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3/26/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

AN ACT relating to death in the line of duty retirement benefits.

Amend KRS 16.601 and 61.621 to provide that payments to the surviving spouse of a member of the state-administered retirement systems who dies in the line of duty shall not be reduced upon remarriage; provide that surviving spouses of a member who died in the line of duty who subsequently remarried shall have their benefit increased to the amount specified by KRS 16.601 and 61.621.

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

AN ACT relating to trespass upon key infrastructure assets.

Amend KRS 511.100 to change the definition of key infrastructure assets and include felony penalties for trespass upon key infrastructure assets in the first degree.

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3/1/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Natural Resources & Energy

AN ACT relating to promoting outdoor recreation and tourism development.

Amend KRS 148.0221 to add counties to the definition of "target county"; amend KRS 148.0222 to reauthorize the Kentucky Mountain Regional Recreation Authority (KMRRA) for five years; make technical corrections; make changes to the membership of the KMRRA board; set forth where committee meetings will be held; set requirements for the executive director and for board members; amend KRS 148.0223 to address sinking funds; set forth requirements for contracts; set guidelines for use of revenue and funds.

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3/26/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

AN ACT relating to alcohol in dry or moist territories and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 242.230 to specify conditions wherein it would not be a violation for a private individual or his or her guests to possess or consume alcohol in dry or moist territory; amend KRS 242.260 to specify conditions wherein it would not be a violation for a private individual or his or her guests to bring alcohol into dry or moist territory; amend KRS 243.033 to specify conditions wherein a caterer may serve alcohol in dry or moist territory; amend KRS 243.020 to conform; EMERGENCY.

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4/9/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

AN ACT relating to the operation of scooters.

Amend KRS 186.010 to define "motor scooter"; specify that motor scooters be considered to be a motorcycle only for registration purposes; specify that electric low-speed scooters are not vehicles; amend KRS 186A.080 to exempt electric low-speed scooters from title and registration requirements; amend KRS 189.010 to define "electric low-speed scooters" and specify that they are not a motor vehicle; create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to allow electric low-speed scooters to be operated on a highway, bicycle lane, or bicycle path; outline provisions for operation; direct the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to establish safe operating standards; create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to allow the operation of motor scooters on a highway; outline provisions for operation; amend KRS 189.050 to exempt electric low-speed scooters from lighting requirements; amend KRS 189.340 to outline the procedure for vehicles when overtaking an electric low-speed scooter; prohibit an operator of an electric low-speed scooter from riding more than two abreast; amend KRS 189.635 to specify that for reporting and statistical purposes, a motor scooter be listed in its own distinct category; amend KRS 189.810 to exempt electric low-speed scooters from slow-moving vehicle requirements; amend KRS 304.39-020 to specify that electric low-speed scooters are not motor vehicles.

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3/18/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

AN ACT relating to a tax credit for volunteers.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 and amend KRS 141.0205 to establish a refundable tax credit for certified volunteer firefighters; amend KRS 131.190 to allow reporting of data by the Department of Revenue to the Legislative Research Commission related to the new tax credit.

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2/7/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations & Revenue

AN ACT relating to professional and volunteer firefighter programs, declaring an emergency, and making an appropriation therefor.

Amend KRS 95A.210 and create a new section of KRS 95A.200 to 95A.300 to define and establish the Alan "Chip" Terry Professional Development and Wellness Program and create a fund for the program's administration; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.

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3/25/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

AN ACT relating to the Department for Local Government.

Repeal KRS 147A.023 and make conforming amendments to KRS 147A.021.

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3/26/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

AN ACT relating to pawn brokers.

Amend KRS 226.050 to require pawnbrokers to maintain a registry of buyers of items, and to require a picture ID or signature on the registry.

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

AN ACT relating to reemployment assistance.

Amend KRS 341.380 to reduce the percentage used to set weekly benefit rate, to increase trigger amounts for the trust fund balance as related to the weekly benefits amount; to reduce the number of times to pay weekly benefits from 26 to 20; to tier down payments beginning at 125% of the weekly benefit rate for 5 weeks to 100% for the following 5 weeks then to 75 % for the third 5 weeks and 50% of the weekly benefits for the remainder of the award, except for employees classified as recall employees who receive 100% of the weekly benefit; provide that certain classified employees cannot change classification during benefit year; and if extended benefits have are federal funded, that the secretary may extend the number of times to pay to 26.

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3/12/2019 - (H) recommitted to committee House Appropriations & Revenue

AN ACT relating to the usage of legal counsel by consolidated local government councils.

Amend KRS 67C.115 to, in addition to allowing the metro council to retain its own legal counsel for advice and consultation, allow the metro council to otherwise employ legal counsel and staff for representation on all legal matters coming before the council.

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3/6/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate State & Local Government

AN ACT relating to off highway vehicles and making an appropriation therefor.

Amend KRS 186.010 to define "off-highway vehicles" or "OHV"; consider an OHV to be a motor vehicle for registration purposes; amend KRS 186.050 to establish a $25 annual registration fee for OHVs and a $30 fee for nonresident OHV registration; allow the clerk to retain $5 for OHV registration; create new sections of KRS Chapter 189 to allow for the operation of OHVs on a public roadway that is not a fully controlled access highway; establish requirements; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations; establish exemptions; allow for the operation of nonresident OHV on county roadways for up to 30 days; establish requirements; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations; amend KRS 189.517 to comply; amend KRS 189.990 to establish that operating an OHV in violation of Sections 3 and 4 of this Act shall be a Class B misdemeanor.

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2/20/2019 - (H) Reported Favorably

AN ACT relating to the disposition of county property.

Amend KRS 67.0802, relating to the disposition of county property, to define "independent appraisal" and to, in addition to the disposal methods available to counties, allow counties to transfer property for economic development purposes, trade property for the same or similar type of property, sell property without bids if the property is appraised for $5,000 or less, sell property as scraps or dispose of as garbage, which can include road millings and dirt, if the value of the property is no greater than nominal, or allow the Finance and Administration Cabinet to sell the property on behalf of the county; amend KRS 45A.425 to allow the provisions of Section 1 of the Act to be used in lieu of those set out in the local model procurement code for counties having adopted it.

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3/25/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

AN ACT relating to cities.

Amend KRS 24A.140, 29A.180, and 61.900 to remove references to "city marshal"; amend KRS 57.285, relating to local printing of materials, to remove reference to "city"; amend KRS 65.710, relating to ambulance service contracts, to include all legislative bodies in the various forms of city governance; amend KRS 65.805, relating to nontaxing special districts, to remove a reference to previously repealed statutes; amend KRS 67.750, relating to the taxation of business, to remove the definition of "city"; amend KRS 67.850, relating to the formation of charter county governments, to specify that the charter county government has the authorities of home rule class cities in lieu of the city of the highest class at formation; amend KRS 67.922, relating to unified local governments, to allow the unified local government to exercise authorities belonging to the various classes of cities which may be a part of it; amend KRS 80.010, relating to housing authorities, to include the legislative bodies of all forms of city governments within definition of "governing body"; amend KRS 81.005, relating to the classification of cities, to make technical correction; amend KRS 82.082, relating to city home rule, to remove reference to KRS Chapter 95, relating to city fire and police, and KRS Chapter 96, relating to city utilities; amend KRS 92.281, relating to city license fees, to remove the restriction of cities with populations of less than 1,000 from being able to levy license fees on businesses, trades, occupations, or professions at a percentage basis; amend KRS 95.761, relating to pension plans and civil service plans in cities with populations of 1,000 to 7,999 to make technical changes, to clarify authorizations of cities eligible to provide retirement plans pursuant to KRS 90.400 or 90.410, and to stipulate that no city shall adopt any civil service system during November or December of any even-numbered year; amend KRS 96.045, relating to the rights of utilities in existence in cities, to redefine "municipality" as any county, city of any class, or municipal corporation; amend KRS 96.060, relating to city grants of rights-of-way to utilities, to stipulate that cities have supervising control over the use of their streets, alleys, and other public grounds, to remove population range from a reference to city, and to stipulate that the grant of rights-of-way, in addition to the presently enumerated utilities, subject other utilities to that grant; provide that cities regulate streetcars, and can exercise control over railroad companies' crossings while fixing penalties for violations regarding streetcars and railroad crossings; preserve the rights of property owners whose property abuts a street on which a railroad is granted a right-of-way when there is damage caused by the railroad to the owner's property; amend KRS 96.120 to stipulate that cities that own and operate their own water or light plants can acquire a franchise to furnish water and light to other cities, allow cities that own and operate their own water or light plants to contract with other cities to provide those services to the other cities, and allow any city to install the necessary conveyance infrastructure to receive water and light services from another city; amend KRS 96.189 to allow any city, rather than cities with a certain population, to acquire streetcar systems; amend KRS 96.200 to make technical correction; amend KRS 107.020, 107.030, 107.140, and 107.190, relating to fire hydrant controls, to remove city population restrictions; amend KRS 154.1-010, relating to economic development, to remove "village" and "township" from definition of "municipality"; amend KRS 281.765, relating to the general provisions of motor carriers, to remove a reference to city marshals; amend KRS 146.280, 177.230, 177.240, 177.270, 177.280, 177.290, 262.180, 267.130, and 353.610 to remove the term "village" and, when in the context of incorporation, "town"; amend KRS 95.010 to conform; repeal KRS 79.010, 79.020, 79.030, 79.040, 79.050, 79.060, 96.130, 96.140, 96.330, 96.340, 79.070, 81A.480, 82.088, 95.505, 95.630, and 96.070.

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3/21/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

AN ACT relating to 911 emergency services.

Amend KRS 65.750 to add "next generation 911" to the definition of "911 emergency service"; amend KRS 65.7637 so that CMRS providers, Voice over Internet Protocol providers, service suppliers, and related parties are only liable in cases of wanton or willful misconduct for damages for death or injury to a person in connection with the provision of access to 911 emergency service.

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3/26/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

AN ACT relating to electronic prescribing of controlled substances.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to require that all prescriptions for controlled substances be submitted electronically except for certain conditions; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promultate administrative regulations; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.

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3/26/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

AN ACT relating to economic development.

Create a new section of Subchapter 12 of KRS Chapter 154 to require the Cabinet for Economic Development to file a biennial report concerning the collaboration of the state and local governments on plans for expansion or attraction of new businesses.

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4/9/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

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.

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3/26/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

AN ACT relating to county detectives.

Amend KRS 69.360 to require certification of county detectives in all counties and give uniform powers; amend KRS 15.380 to conform.

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3/26/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

AN ACT relating to unmanned aircraft systems.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 183 to prohibit local governments from regulating use or ownership of drones, other than by the local government itself.

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2/19/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Small Business & Information Technology

AN ACT relating to call location information.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 17 to require wireless telecommunications carriers to provide call location information from wireless devices to the Kentucky State Police under certain emergency conditions.

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3/26/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

AN ACT relating to the reemployment of retired police officers by a postsecondary institution.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to define "postsecondary institution" and "police officer"; provide that postsecondary institutions may employ retired police officers provided the officer was a police officer at retirement, retired with at least 20 years of service credit with no administrative charges pending, and met the separation of employment requirements so that retirement benefits from Kentucky Retirement Systems were not voided; provide that retired police officers employed by a postsecondary institution shall 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 by the postsecondary institution to Kentucky Retirement Systems or the Kentucky Employees Health Plan on a retired officer who is reemployed under the section; provide that individuals employed under the section may be employed for a term not to exceed one year, which may be renewed at the discretion and need of the postsecondary institution; limit number reemployed under the program to greater of 5 officers or 25% of the university police force in 2018; amend KRS 61.637 to conform.

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3/26/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

AN ACT relating to County Employee Retirement System employee contribution rates.

Create a new section of KRS 78.510 to 78.852 to provide that CERS employer contribution rates shall not increase by more than 12% per year over the prior fiscal year from July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2028; provide that CERS rate increase limit is retroactive to July 1, 2018.

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

AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council.

Amend KRS 15.315 to add the president of the Kentucky Women's Law Enforcement Network as an ex officio member of the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council.

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3/25/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

AN ACT relating to public records for economic development.

Amend KRS 61.878 to exclude trade secrets as protected information; protect confidential or proprietary information maintained by regulators; exclude information declared confidential through administrative regulation by the Cabinet for Economic Development and all preliminary records not finalized from January 1, 2016; include locating and relocating in a place outside of the Commonwealth as protected information.

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3/28/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HCA 1T, HCS 1, HFA 1,2,3,4,5,6,7T

AN ACT relating to the review of local government land uses.

AN ACT relating to the review of local government land uses.

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3/12/2019 - (H) recommitted to committee House Appropriations & Revenue

AN ACT relating to contracting for reemployment of retired state and local employees.

Amend KRS 61.590 and 61.637 to require Kentucky Retirement Systems (KRS) members to certify at the time of retirement that no prearranged agreement exists between the member and any participating agency, rather than requiring the certification upon reemployment; provide that no benefit payments shall be made until the member completes the certification; Amend KRS 61.637 to provide that a retired/reemployed member shall not be required to notify the systems if reemployment, contracting, volunteering, or serving as a leased employee first occurs with a participating agency after a period of 12 months following the member's initial retirement date; provide that employers shall not be required to certify whether a prearranged agreement existed for a retiree to return with the employer if the reemployment occurs after 12 months following retirement; provide that employment that is accepted by the employee after 12 months following retirement shall not constitute a prearranged agreement; provide that if retiree is reemployed on contract or as a leased employee with a participating agency within 3 months following retirement and the systems determines the period of employment does not qualify as a contractor or leased employee, then the systems will void the members retirement; provide that if retiree is reemployed on contract or as a leased employee with a participating agency after 3 but within 12 months following retirement and the systems determines the period of employment does not qualify as a contractor or leased employee, and that a prearranged agreement existed for the retiree to return to work, then the systems will void the members retirement; provide that if reemployment as a contract or leased employee takes place after 12 months following retirement, the member shall continue to draw his or her retirement allowance and shall not be required to notify the systems or submit any documentation; require the systems to issue a final determination regarding prearranged agreements or a member's status as an independent contractor/leased employee within 30 days of submitting all required information; require KRS to promulgate administrative regulations to implement these provisions.

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3/26/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

AN ACT relating to economic development, tax credits, and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 141.403 to sunset the tax credit; amend KRS 141.415 to remove references and application to the Kentucky Reinvestment Act projects; create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to provide for the Kentucky Reinvestment Act tax credit and require reporting by the Department of Revenue; create a new section in Subchapter 26 of KRS Chapter 154 to sunset the program; amend KRS 154.34-010 to modify the definitions; amend KRS 154.34-070 to add a three-year project completion timeframe for final approval and alter the requirements to the application; amend KRS 154.34-080 to remove the reference to eligible skills upgrade training costs; amend KRS 154.34-090 to conform; amend KRS 154.34-110 to alter the criteria of the program and require reporting of the Cabinet for Economic Development; amend KRS 154.34-120 to sunset the program; create new sections of Subchapter 34 of KRS Chapter 154 to provide wage assessments; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the new tax credit; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the Department of Revenue to submit the report to the General Assembly; EMERGENCY.

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2/20/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations & Revenue

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.

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

AN ACT relating to the Certified Rehabilitation Tax Credit Gap.

Amend KRS 171.396 to expand the certified rehabilitation tax credit cap to $30 million annually instead of the current tax credit cap of $5 million annually.

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2/21/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations & Revenue

AN ACT relating to controlled substances.

Amend KRS 217.186 to allow a pharmacist to dispense naloxone to a person or agency who provides training on the use of naloxone as a part of a harm reduction program; amend KRS 218A.1412 to make a technical correction to clarify that heroin trafficking is not eligible for a Class D felony; amend KRS 507.040 to add the unlawful distribution for remuneration of a Schedule I or II drug where the drug is the proximate cause of death to the elements of manslaughter in the second degree.

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3/26/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

AN ACT relating to area development districts.

Amend KRS 147A.004 to establish a formula for distribution of funds through the Joint Funding Administration Program; require the Interim Joint Committee on Local Government to study and make recommendations related to the area development districts and the Department for Local Government.

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3/13/2019 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules

AN ACT relating to funding public libraries and making an appropriation therefor.

Create a new section in KRS Chapter 173 to allow a local government to levy a special ad valorem tax for the purpose of supporting a public library; establish requirements for levying the tax; establish tax rate cap of fifty cents for each one hundred dollars of assessed valuation; establish requirements for the revenues collected from the tax; establish reporting requirements for the governing board of the public library; require the repeal of one entity's tax levy when a local government entity and taxing district entity both levy an ad valorem tax for the purpose of supporting the same public library; require a written agreement between the governing board of the public library and legislative bodies of the local governments before repealing the tax levy; APPROPRIATION.
Index Headings of Original Version Libraries - Public libraries, special ad valorem tax, creation
Taxation - Property tax, local government entities, public library funding, creation
Taxation, Property - Local government, public library funding, creation
Consolidated Local Governments - Public libraries, special ad valorem tax, creation
Appropriations - Public libraries, special ad valorem tax, creation
Cities - Public libraries, special ad valorem tax, creation
Cities, First Class - Public libraries, special ad valorem tax, creation
Cities, Home Rule Class - Public libraries, special ad valorem tax, creation
Counties - Public libraries, special ad valorem tax, creation
Counties, Urban - Public libraries, special ad valorem tax, creation
Boards and Commissions - Public libraries, special ad valorem tax, creation
Counties, Charter - Public libraries, special ad valorem tax, creation
Reports Mandated - Public libraries, special ad valorem tax revenues, spending

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2/21/2019 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations & Revenue

AN ACT relating to fiduciary and ethical duties of the Boards of Trustees for the Kentucky Retirement Systems and the Teachers Retirement System.

Amend KRS 61.650 to require internal investment staff and investment consultants of the Kentucky Retirement Systems board of trustees (KRS) to follow the Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct promulgated by the CFA Institute; require investment managers of KRS to comply with the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, and all applicable federal statutes, rules, and regulations applicable to investment managers; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 61.655 to reenact the conflict-of-interest provisions adopted under SB 151/EN 2018; amend KRS 161.430 to require internal investment staff and investment consultants of the Teachers Retirement System board of trustees (TRS) to follow the Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct promulgated by the CFA Institute, but require investment managers of TRS to comply with the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, and all applicable federal statutes and rules and regulations applicable to investment managers; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 161.460 to reenact the conflict-of-interest provisions adopted under SB 151/EN 2018 and make technical changes.

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3/25/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

AN ACT relating to the funding of transportation and making an appropriation therefor.

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 adjusted rate of highway user fees for electric; 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 2.0; 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 highway user fee for 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; establish an annual highway preservation fee of $5-$20 on all noncommercial vehicles based on the EPA mileage rating of the make model and year of the vehicle; require collection of both fees at the time of registration; require that both fees collected under this section be transferred to the road fund; amend KRS 186.010 to define "nonhybrid electric vehicle"; amend KRS 186.018 to increase the fee for a driving history record from $3 dollars to $6 dollars; amend KRS 186.020 to eliminate the requirement to present a vehicle's registration receipt when renewing the vehicle registration and allow mail or online registration renewal with no additional fee; amend KRS 186.040 to eliminate the $30 county clerk fee for motor carrier registrations on vehicles in excess of 44,000 pounds; increase the county clerk fee for motor vehicle registrations from $6 to $7; amend KRS 186.050 to increase to state fee for motor vehicle registrations from $11.50 to $22; require payment of the highway user fees for electric vehicles and the highway preservation fees at the time of registration or renewal; provide for the $10 late charge for vehicle registrations not renewed within 30 days of expiration; make technical correction; amend KRS 186.162, 186.164, 186.180, 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 $100; amend KRS 186A.130 and 186A.245 to set the fee for an initial title at $25, the fee for a duplicate or replacement title at $10, and the fee for a speed title at $40, 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; amend KRS 177.320 and 177.365, regarding allocation of a portion of fuel tax revenue to county road aid funds and municipal road aid funds, to change the revenue-sharing formula on the portion of fuel tax revenue available for revenue sharing which exceeds $760 million in any year from 18.3% to counties and 7.7% to cities to 13% for each fund; Sections 1 to 3, 23, and 24 EFFECTIVE July 1, 2019; Sections 4, 5, and 7 to 17 of the Act are EFFECTIVE January 1, 2020; APPROPRIATION.

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3/5/2019 - House Appropriations & Revenue, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing); Time & Location:

Urge federal policymakers to incorporate standards for safety and efficacy in the use of medical marijuana.

Urge federal policymakers to incorporate standards for safety and efficacy in the use of medical marijuana.

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3/12/2019 - (H) recommitted to committee House Appropriations & Revenue

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Small Community Public Drinking Water System Failure Prevention Task Force.

Concurrent resolution establishing a 17-member legislative task force to study small community public drinking water systems to create mechanisms for oversight and intervention so as to prevent the drinking system's decline and failure; policy options submitted to the Legislative Research Commission for referral by December 15, 2019.

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2/27/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate State & Local Government

AN ACT relating to school safety.

Amend KRS 158.441 to include definitions of school safety and school security; amend KRS 158.442 to include development and implementation of a school safety coordinator training program; specify membership on the Center for School Safety board of directors; amend KRS 158.443 to specify the board of directors is to appoint an executive director, establish all positions of the center, approve a school security risk assessment tool, review the organizational structure of the center and make recommendations; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to establish the state school security marshal to be appointed by and report to the Department of Criminal Justice Training; require the marshal to report annually to the Center for School Safety; require development of a school security risk assessment tool; require reporting by school superintendents on completion of the risk assessment annually; require mandatory additional staff training if the risk assessment is not completed; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require school district superintendents to appoint a school safety coordinator; require the school safety coordinator to complete training within six months of appointment; require the coordinator to designate threat assessment teams at each school in the district; require the coordinator to prescribe policies and procedures for an all-hazards approach to school safety; require the coordinator to ensure that all school campuses in their district are toured at least once per school year; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to promote the assignment of a school resource officer to each school; require the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council to promulgate administrative regulations to establish school resource officer training and course curriculum; require superintendents to report annually to the Center for School Safety the number and placement of school resource officers in the district; amend KRS 15.330 to conform; amend KRS 158.162 to require all districts to restrict the access to each school building by July 1, 2022; withhold approval of new building construction or expansion approval without compliance; amend KRS 156.095 to require suicide prevention awareness information be provided to students in person, by live streaming, or via video recording; require suicide training provided to staff to include the recognition of signs and symptoms of mental illness; require staff with job duties requiring direct contact with students to receive a minimum of one hour of training annually on responding to an active shooter; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define mental health professional and trauma-informed approach; direct all schools to adopt a trauma-informed approach to education; require by July 1, 2021, as funds become available, each school district to provide a mental health professional for each one thousand five hundred students; require by January 1, 2020, the Department of Education make available a tool kit to assist school districts in developing a trauma-informed approach; require by July 1, 2020, each local board of education to develop a plan for implementing a trauma-informed approach; amend KRS 70.062 to encourage sheriffs to collaborate with local school districts on policies and procedures for communicating instances of student-involved trauma; amend KRS 95.970 to encourage chiefs of police to collaborate with local school districts on policies and procedures for communicating instances of student-involved trauma; create a new section of KRS Chapter 16 to encourage the Department of Kentucky State Police to work with school districts pertaining to school and student safety and emergency response plans and concerns and policies and procedures for communicating instances of student involved trauma; amend KRS 508.078 to include in terroristic threatening in the second degree making false statements by any means for the purpose of causing evacuation, cancellation, or creating fear of bodily harm in schools or among students, parents, or school personnel; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require the Department of Education make available to each school district an anonymous reporting tool; allow the reporting individual to stay anonymous; require information reported be immediately sent to administration of each school district and law enforcement agencies affected; require the Department of Education develop and provide a comprehensive training and awareness program on the anonymous reporting tool; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require principals to provide each school year written notice to all students, parents, and guardians of the provisions of KRS 508.078 and potential penalties under KRS 532.060 and 534.030; create a new section of Chapter 158 to allow the board of directors of any public school district foundation to accept gifts or donations restricted for school security purposes and use them exclusively for the purpose granted; encourage the organization of foundations to support public school districts for which no foundation exists; Act shall be known as the School Safety and Resiliency Act; direct the Office of Education Accountability to conduct a study on the use of guidance counselors' time in schools.

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3/11/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

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.

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3/12/2019 - House Judiciary, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing); Time & Location:

AN ACT relating to elections.

Amend KRS 121.120 to require the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance to publish a manual for contributing organizations to describe the legal requirements relating to campaign finance; require all candidates, slates of candidates, committees, and contributing organizations, beginning with elections scheduled in 2020, to electronically submit all campaign finance reports to the registry; require the registry to publish the names of any candidate, slate of candidates, committee, or contributing organization as a delinquent filer, if the required campaign finance reports are submitted in a nonelectronic format, and until such time as the campaign finance reports are properly filed in an electronic format; require all independent expenditure reports to be submitted electronically to the registry within 48 hours of the date that the communication is publicly distributed or otherwise publicly disseminated, beginning with elections scheduled in 2020; make technical corrections; amend KRS 121.180 to permit all candidates to amend their spending intent consistent with what the candidate is actually spending in the election, so long as the amendment is made prior to the period in which the first campaign finance report is required to be filed with the registry; extend the length of time in which a candidate may change his or her spending intent with the registry, to conform with the campaign finance report deadlines in KRS Chapter 121, instead of candidate ballot access deadlines in Chapter 118; provide for a $500 minimum penalty to be assessed by the registry against candidates who declare an exemption from filing but then exceed their spending intent without filing the required reports; eliminate the five-day grace period for the filing of required reports to the registry, and instead require the reports to be submitted to the registry within two business days after the filing deadline; make technical corrections to conform; amend KRS 121.210 to allow a candidate or slate of candidates to designate one central campaign committee as a candidate-authorized committee; make technical corrections to conform; amend KRS 121.005 to conform.

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3/6/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

AN ACT relating to employment and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 336.700 to allow arbitration, mediation, or alternative dispute resolution agreements to be required by employers as a condition or precondition to employment; allow a waiver of a claim to be required as a condition or precondition for rehiring of an employee; allow an agreement to reduce the period for limitations as a condition or precondition of employment as long as the agreement does not apply to state or federal law that preempts modifying limitations; allow an employee to be required to agree to a background check as a condition or precondition of employment in conformity with a state of federal law requiring background checks; state that these provisions shall be applied retroactively and prospectively; amend KRS 417.050 to comform; EMERGENCY.

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3/25/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

AN ACT relating to pregnancy-related discrimination.

Amend KRS 344.030 to include within the definition of "reasonable accommodation" accommodations made for pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions; define "related medical condition"; amend KRS 344.040 to make it unlawful for an employer to fail to accommodate an employee affected by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition; require employers to provide notice to all employees regarding the right to be free from discrimination for pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions.

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4/9/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

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.

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

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.

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3/25/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

AN ACT relating to licensing fees for the sale of alcoholic beverages.

Amend KRS 243.075 to allow cities with a population of less than 20,000 and counties that do not have a city with a population greater than 20,000 to impose a regulatory license fee of no more than 6% on the sale of alcoholic beverages; license fees imposed under KRS 243.075 before the effective date of this Act.

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3/22/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

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.

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

AN ACT relating to elections.

Amend KRS 83A.045, 118.165, and 118A.060 to change the filing deadline for certain candidates for election from the last Tuesday in January to the first Friday following the first Monday in January; amend KRS 118.367 to change the deadline for filing a statement-of-candidacy form from April 1 to the first Friday following the first Monday in January; amend various sections to conform.

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3/26/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

AN ACT relating to Tourist and Convention Commission.

Amend KRS 91A.360, relating to local tourism and convention commissions, to require appointees under subsection(1)(d) of that section to be residents of the county if they are selected by the chief executive officer of the county and to be residents of the city if they are selected by the chief executive officer of the city.

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2/26/2019 - Senate Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing); Time & Location:

AN ACT relating to fire prevention.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 227.200 to 227.410 to provide that beginning July 15, 2020, class B firefighting foam shall not be used for firefighting training purposes or testing purposes.

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3/22/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverage control investigators.

Amend KRS 15.380 to require local alcohol beverage control investigators appointed under KRS Chapter 241 to receive certification from the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council; exempt local alcohol beverage control investigators appointed before April 1, 2019, from the certification requirement.

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3/26/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

AN ACT relating to peace officer training.

Amend KRS 15.334 to allow the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council to promulgate administrative regulations regarding the deadlines for attending mandatory in-service trainings by certified peace officers; update the number of officers trained in sexual assault investigation an agency must maintain depending on the size of the agency; amend KRS 15.386 to update the definition of "precertification status."

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3/22/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

AN ACT relating to Law Enforcement Foundation Fund.

Amend KRS 15.420 to add a detective employed by the Jefferson County Attorney's Office to the definition of police officer for purposes of the Law Enforcement Foundation Program fund; apply July 1, 2019.

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2/8/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Appropriations & Revenue

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.

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

AN ACT relating to commercial radio service charges and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 65.7636 to remove the ability of Lifeline providers to bill and collect the CMRS service charge levied under the section from end users; make conforming changes; EMERGENCY.

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3/28/2019 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HFA 1,2,3T

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.

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

AN ACT relating to local government surplus property.

Amend KRS 45A.425 to allow a city, urban-county government, or consolidated local government that has adopted the provisions of KRS 45A.343 to 45A.460 to dispose of surplus property using the procedures in KRS 82.083.

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3/25/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

AN ACT relating to drones.

Amend KRS 511.100 to protect correctional institutions from trespass; amend KRS 520.010 to include drones in definition of dangerous contraband.

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3/25/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

AN ACT relating to law enforcement programs for substance abuse treatment.

Amend KRS 15.525, relating to programs created by law enforcement agencies to refer persons for substance use treatment, to delete the requirement that the person seeking assistance be immediately paired with a volunteer mentor; provide that a person is ineligible for the program if he or she places law enforcement in reasonable apprehension of physical injury; clarify that information gathered on program participants is exempt from the Kentucky Open Records Act; provide criminal and civil immunity for those who provide referrals and services pursuant to the program.

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3/25/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

AN ACT relating to school safety and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 158.441 to define "Kentucky State Police school resource officer," "school activities," and "school property"; create a new section of Chapter 158 specify to the requirements of employment of a KSPSRO by a school district; amend KRS 61.637 to exempt an employer from paying contributions on a retiree employed as a school security officer.

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4/9/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

AN ACT relating to disclosure of public retirement information.

Amend KRS 21.540, 61.661, and 161.585 to require the Judicial Form Retirement System, the Kentucky Retirement Systems, and the Teachers' Retirement System to disclose upon request the names, status, projected or actual benefit payments, and other retirement information of any member, inactive member, or retiree of a retirement system or plan; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2020.

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2/25/2019 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate State & Local Government

AN ACT relating to local financial reporting.

Amend KRS 91A.040 to move the date cities with populations greater than 2,000 are required to forward a copy of their audit report to the Department for Local Government to no later than March 1 immediately following the fiscal year being audited; allow cities with populations equal to or less than 1,000 to have an audit performed every other fiscal year and have the audit only encompass that single year and allow the electronic copy to be sent by March 1 following the fiscal year being audited; allow cities with populations exceeding 1,000 but less than 2,000 have an audit be performed every other year and have the audit encompass both years and allow the electronic copy to be sent by March 1 following the fiscal year being audited; amend KRS 424.220 to relocate language dealing with officers who are exempt from presenting financial statement; stipulate that every officer of a board, commission, or other authority of a city, county, or district who deals with any funds collected from the public prepares a report as prescribed in the section; require that in order to provide notice to the public of the completion of the city's financial statement, the appropriate officer of the city performing an audit publishes the audit report in accordance with KRS 91A.040(9) and the appropriate officer of a city not conducting an annual audit for the fiscal year under exemptions, publish a legal display advertisement and provide financial statements to various media; require the appropriate officers in counties to publish the audit in the same manner that city audits are published; amend KRS 42.460 to conform.

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3/25/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

AN ACT relating to fire arms possession by domestic abusers.

Amend KRS 527.010 to define "domestic abuse offense," "domestic violence protective order," and "physical force"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to create the crimes of possession of a firearm by a convicted domestic abuser and possession of a firearm by the subject of a domestic violence protective order; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to require the surrender of firearms by people subject to protective orders or convicted of specified crimes; amend KRS 403.740 and 456.060 to require courts to inform the subject of a domestic violence order or an interpersonal protective order of the firearm possession prohibition.

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2/14/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary

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.

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3/19/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

AN ACT relating to local tourist and convention commissions.

Amend KRS 91A.380 change the composition of a local tourism and convention bureau.

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3/25/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

AN ACT relating to hate crimes.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to provide an enhanced term of imprisonment for any defendant convicted of certain crimes when he or she intentionally selected the person because of that person's actual or perceived race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, mental or physical disability, gender identity or expression, or sexual orientation; amend KRS 15.334 and 17.1523 to conform; repeal KRS 49.320 and 532.031.

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2/25/2019 - Senate Judiciary, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing); Time & Location:

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 regard to home rule powers and planning and zoning.

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2/19/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate State & Local Government

AN ACT relating to wine corkage.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 243 to create conditions for wine corkage in conjunction with a meal; create conditions for removal of a bottle of opened wine; amend KRS 243.020 to permit corkage; amend KRS 243.034 to allow a limited restaurant licensee to allow corkage; amend KRS 243.084 to allow a nonquota type 2 or NQ2 retail drink licensee to allow corkage; amend KRS 242.260 to exempt corkage from being a violation.

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

AN ACT relating to open records.

Amend KRS 61.872 to allow application for inspection of records to be by email and fax.

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3/25/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

AN ACT relating to economic development.

Amend KRS 154.12-100 to change the bond program to the economic development fund, replace the Capital Bonds and Oversight committee with the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority; amend KRS 154.25-010 to update definitions of agribusiness, eligible company, headquarters, manufacturing, and non-retail service or technology; amend KRS 154.32-020 to set the amount of economic development projects to $200,000,000 investment for inducements; and repeal KRS 154.32-080; amend KRS 154.32-030 and 154.32-090 to conform.

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3/26/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

AN ACT relating to transportation, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 177.030, relating to the state accepting donations in aid of the construction or maintenance of roads, to include corporations; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.

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

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Small Community Public Drinking Water System Failure Prevention Task Force.

Establish a 17-member legislative task force to study small community public drinking water systems to create mechanisms for oversight and intervention so as to prevent the drinking system's decline and failure; require policy options to be submitted to the Legislative Research Commission for referral by December 15, 2019.

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3/1/2019 - (H) posted in committee House Local Government

A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Kentucky Department for Local Government to examine the feasibility of creating an on-line portal for the payment of local occupational license fees and taxes as a complementary system to the current system of their collection, and declaring an emergency.

Direct the Department for Local Government to conduct a study the feasibility of the creation of an on-line portal for the calculation and payment of local license and occupation taxes, and to suggest any legislative changes that are necessary to implement, operate and fund such an on-line portal; EMERGENCY.

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1/10/2019 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate State & Local Government