Kentucky House Bill 378 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Passed on April 19 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-04-19 - signed by Governor (Acts ch. 151)
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #3) [MS Word]

Amend KRS 15A.020 to create the Division of Conflict Services within the Department of Public Advocacy; amend KRS 31.020 to authorize the position of general counsel and establish duties, and designate the public advocate as an appointing authority; amend KRS 31.030 to provide that the public advocate shall determine necessary personnel within the Department of Public Advocacy; amend KRS 31.060 to exclude family divisions of a Circuit Court from the calculation that determines whether a county is responsible for providing public advocacy services; amend KRS 45A.690 to exclude department agreements employing attorneys to represent indigent clients in conflict cases from the definition of a "personal service contract."

AN ACT relating to the Department of Public Advocacy.

Rep. Dennis Horlander [D]

Rep. Martha King [D]

Rep. John Tilley [D]

Rep. Brent Yonts [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-04-19		signed by Governor (Acts ch. 151)
2012-04-12		delivered to Governor
2012-04-12		enrolled, signed by each presiding officer
2012-04-12		passed 81-0
2012-04-12		House concurred in Senate committee amendment (1)
2012-04-12		posted for passage for concurrence in Senate committee amendment (1)
2012-04-12		to Rules (H)
2012-04-12		received in House
2012-04-12		3rd reading, passed 35-0 with committee amendment (1)
2012-04-12		posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, April 12, 2012
2012-04-12		reported favorably, to Rules with committee amendment (1) as a Consent Bill
2012-04-12		reassigned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
2012-03-30		recommitted to Judiciary (S)
2012-03-27		reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules as a Consent Bill
2012-03-26		returned to Judiciary (S)
2012-03-26		1st reading
2012-03-26		taken from Judiciary (S)
2012-03-05		to Judiciary (S)
2012-03-01		received in Senate
2012-02-29		3rd reading, passed 98-0
2012-02-27		posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 29, 2012
2012-02-24		2nd reading, to Rules
2012-02-23		reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
2012-02-14		posted in committee
2012-02-09		to State Government (H)
2012-02-08		introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB378.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB378/bill.doc