Kentucky House Bill 453 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 21 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-03-21 - signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 74)
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]

Establish KRS Chapter 49 for the creation of the Kentucky Claims Commission; reassign all duties and responsibilities of the Board of Claims, Kentucky Board of Tax Appeals, and Crime Victims Compensation Board to the Kentucky Claims Commission by amending various statutes; raise the cap for negligence claims against the Commonwealth for a single claim from $200,000 to $250,000 and for multiple claims from $350,000 to $400,000; raise the threshold from $1,000 to $2,500 for negligence claims that may be investigated by the commission; raise the threshold from $1,000 to $2,500 for contested negligence claims that shall receive a hearing; raise the threshold for appeals of the commission's awards for negligence from $1,000 to $2,500; provide that negligence claims less than $250 may not be brought before the commission; shorten the time a crime victim may file a claim from 5 years to 2 years; repeal KRS 44.075, 44.080, 131.310, 131.315, 131.320, 131.330, and 346.030; confirm Executive Order 2016-576.

AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Claims Commission.

Rep. Mark Hart [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-21	House	signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 74)
2017-03-14	House	delivered to Governor
2017-03-14	House	enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
2017-03-14	House	enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
2017-03-14	House	received in House
2017-03-08	Senate	3rd reading, passed 37-0
2017-03-08	Senate	posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 8, 2017
2017-03-07	Senate	2nd reading, to Rules
2017-03-06	Senate	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
2017-02-28	Senate	to State & Local Government (S)
2017-02-28	Senate	received in Senate
2017-02-27	House	3rd reading, passed 69-17 with Committee Substitute
2017-02-24	House	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 27, 2017
2017-02-24	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2017-02-23	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
2017-02-21	House	posted in committee
2017-02-21	House	to State Government (H)
2017-02-16	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB453.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB453/bill.pdf
Amendment	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB453/HCS1.pdf
Supplement	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB453/vote_history.pdf
Supplement	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/17RS/HB453/FN.pdf