KY SB179 | 2016 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Passed on April 5 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-04-05 - signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 35)
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #3) [PDF]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Passed on April 5 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-04-05 - signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 35)
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #3) [PDF]
Summary
Amend KRS 205.200 to disregard any amount in an ABLE account, any contributions to an ABLE account, and any distribution from an ABLE account for qualified expenses for the purposes of determining an individual's eligibility for a means-tested public assistance program and the amount of assistance or benefits the individual is eligible to receive under the program; direct the State Treasurer, the Secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet, the Executive Director of the Commonwealth Council on Developmental Disabilities, and the Executive Director of the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to work cooperatively to seek all available sources of funding, determine the best plan of action related to ABLE accounts, and report to the Legislative Research Commission on or before December 31, 2016.
Title
AN ACT relating to persons with disabilities.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2016-04-05 | Senate | signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 35) |
| 2016-03-24 | Senate | delivered to Governor |
| 2016-03-24 | Senate | enrolled, signed by each presiding officer |
| 2016-03-24 | Senate | received in Senate |
| 2016-03-23 | House | 3rd reading, passed 99-0 |
| 2016-03-18 | House | posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 23, 2016 |
| 2016-03-18 | House | 2nd reading, to Rules |
| 2016-03-17 | House | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar |
| 2016-03-15 | House | posted in committee |
| 2016-03-07 | House | to State Government (H) |
| 2016-03-03 | House | received in House |
| 2016-03-02 | Senate | 3rd reading, passed 36-0 |
| 2016-02-29 | Senate | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 2, 2016 |
| 2016-02-25 | Senate | 2nd reading, to Rules |
| 2016-02-24 | Senate | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar |
| 2016-02-16 | Senate | to Health & Welfare (S) |
| 2016-02-12 | Senate | introduced in Senate |
Kentucky State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB179.htm |
| Text | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB179/bill.pdf |
| Supplement | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB179/vote_history.pdf |
