| HB500 | Engross
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS 161.220 to 161.716 to permit the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System (KTRS) to use and accept electronic signatures as deemed appropriate; amend KRS 161.220 to clarify that annual compensation does not include benefit or ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
To Senate State & Local Government Committee |
| SR188 | Pass | Recognize and honor the 150th anniversary of the founding of Lexington Theological Seminary.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
adopted by voice vote |
| HB81 | Engross
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 117 to allow minors 16 years of age or older to be appointed as student election assistants; amend KRS 117.045 to conform.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
To Senate State & Local Government Committee |
| HCR86 | Engross
Sine Die | Direct the staff of the Legislative Research Commission to study the economic impact of adventure tourism in Harlan, Knott, Letcher, and Magoffin Counties.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
To Senate Economic Development, Tourism & Labor Committee |
| HJR70 | Engross
Sine Die | Direct the Office of the Secretary of State to conduct a study of civic education and engagement; require a report to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2015.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
To Senate Education Committee |
| HB114 | Engross
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to permit a contribution to be made to the pediatric cancer research trust fund to be made via a tax refund designation; require the designation to be printed on the face of the individual income tax form; requ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
To Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| HB295 | Engross
Sine Die | Create a new section of subtitle 4 of KRS Chapter 286, granting the commissioner of the Department of Financial Institutions the authority to require filings under this subtitle be filed with the State Regulatory Registry; create a new section of sub...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
To Senate Banking and Insurance Committee |
| HB519 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 194A.135 to delete the requirement that the Commonwealth Council on Developmental Disabilities appoint a subcommittee including members of the Kentucky Commission on Autism Spectrum Disorders to monitor the state plan and submit reports; cr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
To Senate Health and Welfare Committee |
| HB515 | Engross
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 529 in regard to commercial sexual activity with a minor which removes being mistaken about a minor's age as a defense to prosecution; amend KRS 531.330 to conform; amend KRS 529.170 to follow the structure for def...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SR124 | Pass | Honor the Knott County Health and Rehabilitation Center and members of its staff.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
adopted by voice vote |
| HCR56 | Engross
Sine Die | Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish a Timber Theft and Trespass Reduction Task Force; provide that the purpose of the task force is to study issues regarding timber theft and trespass and to develop consensus recommendations to ad...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
To Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee |
| HJR76 | Engross
Sine Die | Commend the Southeastern Kentucky Shawnee for their efforts to help their elderly and youth and to recognize their work to preserve their native language and heritage, which does not include gambling and casinos.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
To Senate State & Local Government Committee |
| HB505 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 67.045 to allow county governments to defer redistricting until after the General Assembly has redistricted the Kentucky senatorial and representative districts, provided proceedings are begun no later than May of the third year following e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
To Senate State & Local Government Committee |
| HR159 | Pass | Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Leslie "Les" Edward Bandy.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
adopted by voice vote |
| HB287 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 61.645 to provide that vacancies in an elected position on the Kentucky Retirement Systems board of trustees shall be filled, for the remaining term of office, by a majority vote of the remaining elected trustees rather than a majority vote...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
To Senate State & Local Government Committee |
| HB229 | Intro
Sine Die | Create new sections of KRS Chapters 278 to require retail electric suppliers to use increasing amounts of renewable energy; require retail electric suppliers to take energy-efficiency measures and implement energy-efficiency programs that increase en...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
To House Tourism Development and Energy Committee |
| HR193 | Pass | Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Dr. John Poage Stewart II.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
adopted by voice vote |
| HB177 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 525.010 to define "adequate shelter" in regard to livestock and domestic animals other than livestock; amend KRS 525.130 to require persons having custody of an animal to provide adequate shelter and to clarify exceptions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB221 | Engross
Sine Die | Repeal 1860 Kentucky Acts Chapter 351, approved February 18, 1860, entitled "AN ACT to establish an office for the recording of deeds and mortgages at Covington," which required individuals recording deeds and mortgages relating to properties in cert...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
To Senate State & Local Government Committee |
| HR147 | Pass | Adjourn in honor and loving memory of James O. "Jim" King, Jr.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
adopted by voice vote |
| HB424 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 382.200 to require county clerks who keep an electronic version of the cross-index of conveyances recorded in his or her office, who made any corrections to include an audit trail of the correction and this which shall remain part of the el...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
To Senate State & Local Government Committee |
| HB371 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 211.9107 to delete the exemption from certification for an apprentice in the process of learning radon analysis; amend KRS 211.9109 to change the renewal cycle from annually to biennially; delete the requirement that a measurement contracto...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
To Senate Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations Committee |
| SB5 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 72.026 to increase the scope of mandatory coroner and medical examiner examinations and reporting in deaths involving a Schedule I controlled substance; amend KRS 196.286 and 196.288 to increase the scope of the required cost-savings calcul...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HR204 | Pass | Recognize and honor the 150th anniversary of the founding of Lexington Theological Seminary.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
adopted by voice vote |
| HR198 | Pass | Adjourn in honor and loving memory of John Michael Palmer.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
adopted by voice vote |
| HJR77 | Engross
Sine Die | Urging the Department of Defense and the United States Army to reconsider proposed cuts to Fort Knox and Fort Campbell.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
To Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection Committee |
| HR177 | Pass | Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Arvetta Dorcas Plank Dean.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
adopted by voice vote |
| HB204 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 160.352 to require a school equity council member be appointed to the superintendent screening committee, if an equity council exists; revise the district minority population required for minority member election from 8% to 4%; allow a boar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
To Senate Education Committee |
| HB527 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 66.480, relating to investments for local governments, to remove the 20% restriction from securities and to add to the permitted investments local governments may make mutual funds and exchange traded funds and funds investing in individual...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
To Senate State & Local Government Committee |
| HR117 | Intro
Sine Die | Reauthorize the House Tobacco Task Force through December 31, 2015, to address the problems facing the tobacco industry in Kentucky.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
3rd reading, adopted 99-0 |
| SR184 | Pass | Recognize the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
adopted by voice vote |
| SB74 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 154A.010 to define "shared lottery game"; amend KRS 154A.065 to permit the lottery corporation to develop or collaborate in the development of shared lottery games; amend KRS 154A.130 to allow money received in shared lottery games to be di...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
To House Licensing and Occupations Committee |
| HR186 | Pass | Honor Jackie Parker of the Metcalfe Health Care Center upon winning the Director of Nursing of the Year Award from the Kentucky Association of Health Care Facilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
adopted by voice vote |
| HB222 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 134.551 to establish a process for providing a refund to a third-party purchaser of a certificate of delinquency if the county attorney discovers that the certificate of delinquency should have been on the reserved list established by KRS 1...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
To Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| HR202 | Intro
Sine Die | Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Constance Butler McAuley Gray.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
To House Floor Committee |
| SB7 | Engross
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS 311.710 to 311.820 to require an ultrasound prior to an abortion; amend KRS 311.990 to provide a criminal penalty.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-03
To House Health and Welfare Committee |
| SB83 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 311.377 to add medical malpractice actions, actions arising out of review of credentials or of retrospective review and evaluation, and actions by an applicant for or grantee of staff privileges to materials that are confidential and privil...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-02
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB223 | Engross
Sine Die | Create a new section of Subtitle 39 of KRS Chapter 304 to require the use of a peer review committee or a licensed chiropractor when performing a utilization review.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-02
To Senate Health and Welfare Committee |
| HR88 | Pass | Recognize the Ohio County Food Pantry for its efforts to feed hungry Kentuckians.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-02
adopted by voice vote |
| SB85 | Engross
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 510 to provide for a permanent restraining order for victims of sex offenses with application thereof to proceed automatically upon a conviction or plea of guilty for a violation of KRS Chapter 510; establish that ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-02
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HR142 | Intro
Sine Die | Demand the United States government to aggressively pursue the release of Pastor Saeed Abedini from captivity in Iran.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-02
3rd reading, adopted 90-0 |
| SR155 | Intro
Sine Die | Urge the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to dispense two Supplemental Nutrition Assistant Program payments per month rather than one lump payment at the beginning of the month.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-02
To Senate Health and Welfare Committee |
| HB352 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 164.2951 to require the Council on Postsecondary Education to develop and implement a statewide policy for public postsecondary education institutions to provide academic credit for military service and training for active duty members of t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-02
To Senate Education Committee |
| HB346 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 14.025 to abolish the Division of Administration and the Division of Business Filings in the Office of the Secretary of State; create the Office of Administration, Office of Business, and Office of Elections, and describe duties of the offi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-02
To Senate State & Local Government Committee |
| HB475 | Intro
Sine Die | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 151B to define terms; create the Kentucky Workforce Investment Board and set forth its duties and responsibilities; create two pilot projects for local boards in specified areas; subject the Kentucky Workforce Inves...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-02
To House Labor and Industry Committee |
| SR185 | Pass | Adjourn in honor of Gwendolyn Ferguson Meadows and Richard "Dick" Meadows.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-02
adopted by voice vote |
| HB431 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend and create various sections of KRS 216.785 to 216.793 to define terms; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS) to establish a National and State Background Check Program for prospective employees of long-term-care facilities a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-02
To Senate Health and Welfare Committee |
| HB477 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 45A to create definitions including "AWS," "ASME," and "capital construction project"; require contracts for capital construction projects to include new provisions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-02
To House Licensing and Occupations Committee |
| HB338 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 132.820 to exempt unmined coal reserves from state and local property taxation if, on January 1 of any tax year, the owner or lessee of the reserve does not hold a valid permit from both the state and federal governments to mine coal from t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-02
floor amendment (1) filed |
| HB158 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 83A.045 to change the filing deadline for city offices to the last business day in December; amend KRS 83A.165 to clarify that vacancies in office occurring on or after the 134th day before a May primary or at a time after the primary shall...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-02
To Senate State & Local Government Committee |
