KY HB517 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 12 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-12 - delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 184)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 12 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-12 - delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 184)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Summary
Amends KRS 6.611 to exclude from the definition of “lobbying” the action of any person whose official responsibilities do not include lobbying, who is not compensated to lobby, and who is an officer, managerial personnel, or employee with specialized knowledge assisting an entity with a direct interest in legislation on a particular issue; amends KRS 6.681 to require that the Legislative Ethics Commission provide a draft of its response to an advisory opinion or notice of its intention not to issue an opinion to a requestor five days prior to the meeting to consider the opinion; amends KRS 6.686 to allow the commission to dismiss an ethics complaint for failure to state a claim of an ethics violation, to require the commission to determine whether there is a reason to believe a person has committed or is about to commit an ethics code violation, to provide that, if the commission finds by a vote of at least five members that there is reason to believe a violation has been or is about to be committed, it shall initiate a preliminary inquiry into the alleged violations, and to provide that if fewer than five members find reason to believe a violation has been or is about to be committed, then it shall dismiss the complaint; and amends KRS 6.744 to allow a legislator to represent a client on adversarial matters related to previously issued licenses or permits, ministerial functions related to licensing and permitting, or matters related to driver licensing.
Title
AN ACT relating to legislative ethics.
Sponsors
| Rep. David Meade [R] |
Roll Calls
2024-04-12 - Senate - Senate: Veto Override RSN# 3214 (Y: 24 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2024-04-12 - House - House: Veto Override RCS# 445 (Y: 77 N: 20 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2024-03-28 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3159 (Y: 28 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2024-03-11 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 254 (Y: 75 N: 17 NV: 0 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2024-04-12 - House - House: Veto Override RCS# 445 (Y: 77 N: 20 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2024-03-28 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3159 (Y: 28 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2024-03-11 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 254 (Y: 75 N: 17 NV: 0 Abs: 6) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-12 | Senate | delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 184) |
| 2024-04-12 | Senate | enrolled, signed by President of the Senate |
| 2024-04-12 | Senate | enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House |
| 2024-04-12 | Senate | received in House |
| 2024-04-12 | House | passed 24-8 |
| 2024-04-12 | House | veto overridden |
| 2024-04-12 | House | posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto |
| 2024-04-12 | House | to Rules (S) |
| 2024-04-12 | House | received in Senate |
| 2024-04-12 | Senate | passed 77-20 |
| 2024-04-12 | Senate | veto overridden |
| 2024-04-12 | Senate | posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto |
| 2024-04-12 | Senate | taken from Rules |
| 2024-04-12 | Senate | to Rules (H) |
| 2024-04-12 | Senate | received in House |
| 2024-04-04 | House | Vetoed |
| 2024-03-28 | House | delivered to Governor |
| 2024-03-28 | House | enrolled, signed by President of the Senate |
| 2024-03-28 | House | enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House |
| 2024-03-28 | House | received in House |
| 2024-03-28 | Senate | passed 28-8 |
| 2024-03-27 | Senate | passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day |
| 2024-03-26 | Senate | passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day |
| 2024-03-25 | Senate | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 26, 2024 |
| 2024-03-22 | Senate | 2nd reading, to Rules |
| 2024-03-21 | Senate | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar |
| 2024-03-14 | Senate | to State & Local Government (S) |
| 2024-03-12 | Senate | to Committee on Committees (S) |
| 2024-03-12 | Senate | received in Senate |
| 2024-03-11 | House | 3rd reading, passed 75-17 with Committee Substitute (1) |
| 2024-03-08 | House | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 11, 2024 |
| 2024-03-08 | House | 2nd reading, to Rules |
| 2024-03-07 | House | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) |
| 2024-03-01 | House | to State Government (H) |
| 2024-02-13 | House | to Committee on Committees (H) |
| 2024-02-13 | House | introduced in House |
Subjects
Boards and Commissions
Ethics
General Assembly
Public Ethics
Public Officers and Employees
State Agencies
Ethics
General Assembly
Public Ethics
Public Officers and Employees
State Agencies
