Kentucky Senate Bill 157 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Passed on April 11 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-04-11 - signed by Governor (Acts ch. 138)
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #4) [MS Word]

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 13A to require the Commonwealth Office of Technology to develop and maintain an administrative regulation drafting template system that will be available for mandatory use by state agencies by January 1, 2013; amend KRS 13A.010 to clarify definitions; amend KRS 13A.040 to specify that the administrative regulations compiler shall not accept for filing administrative regulations that do not conform to specified provisions, rather than to all of KRS Chapter 13A; amend KRS 13A.050 to require LRC to maintain the official version of the administrative regulations in an electronic database and to permit the Administrative Register to be "published" rather than "printed"; amend KRS 13A.120 and KRS 13A.245 to clarify language regarding federal statutes and regulations; amend KRS 13A.220 to require that an electronic version be filed with the paper copies of an administrative regulation and specifying that, if there are differences between the paper and electronic version, the electronic version controls; amend KRS 13A.222 to provide that if new material in an administrative regulation being amended is not underlined, it shall not be included in the administrative regulation, and if material to be deleted is not placed in brackets and struck through, it shall not be deleted; add "including but not limited to" to the list of phrases not used in an administrative regulation; amend KRS 13A.2245 to clarify that an administrative body may incorporate by reference a code or uniform standard required or authorized, rather than merely required, by federal or state law; amend KRS 13A.2255 to require that a copy of amended material incorporated by reference be filed with the changes marked and specify that the regulations compiler shall not be required to keep those marked copies once the administrative regulation has been adopted or withdrawn; amend KRS 13A.230 to add additional cross-references for required forms; amend KRS 13A.250 to clarify that the fiscal note on state or local government is required for all administrative regulations; amend KRS 13A.255 to authorize an administrative body to e-mail the required notice regarding a fee establishment or increase; amend KRS 13A.270 to specify what constitutes a comment period and clarify that administrative bodies are not required to send copies of an amended-after-comments administrative regulation to its initial notification list; amend KRS 13A.280 to require that changes in an amended-after-comments version be typed in bold and require the administrative body to send copies of the amended-after-comments version with the statement of consideration to those who specifically request a copy from the administrative body rather than to those persons attending the hearing or who submitted comments; amend KRS 13A.300 and 13A.315 to provide that an administrative regulation shall not be deferred more than nine consecutive times; amend KRS 13A.320 to require that amendments initiated by an administrative body be filed at least three days, rather than five days, prior to a subcommittee meeting; specify that amendments drafted by subcommittee staff on behalf of a subcommittee may be in a committee substitute format; specifically authorize a subcommittee to make an amendment orally at a meeting; repeal KRS 13A.080 and 13A.160.

AN ACT relating to administrative regulations.

Sen. Joe Bowen [R]

Sen. David Givens [R]

Sen. Joey Pendleton [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-04-11		signed by Governor (Acts ch. 138)
2012-03-30		delivered to Governor
2012-03-30		enrolled, signed by each presiding officer
2012-03-30		passed 36-0
2012-03-30		Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute
2012-03-30		posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute
2012-03-29		received in Senate
2012-03-28		3rd reading, passed 98-0 with Committee Substitute
2012-03-28		posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 28, 2012
2012-03-27		reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute as a Consent Bill
2012-03-26		returned to State Government (H)
2012-03-26		1st reading
2012-03-26		taken from State Government (H)
2012-03-13		posted in committee
2012-03-12		to State Government (H)
2012-03-08		received in House
2012-03-07		3rd reading, passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute
2012-03-07		posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 7, 2012
2012-03-06		reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute as a Consent Bill
2012-03-05		returned to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)
2012-03-05		1st reading
2012-03-05		taken from Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)
2012-02-22		to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)
2012-02-16		introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB157.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB157/bill.doc