| HB2 | Engross
Sine Die | Propose to amend Section 181 of the Constitution of Kentucky to authorize the General Assembly to confer upon the proper authority of any city or county the power to levy a local option sales and use tax, subject to specifically enumerated conditions...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-23
to Appropriations & Revenue (S) |
| HB74 | Engross
Sine Die | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 41 to create within the Office of the State Treasurer a trust to be used to establish accounts for the benefit of disabled persons as a companion to the federal ABLE Account legislation; amend KRS 205.200 to provide...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
floor amendment (1) filed |
| HB160 | Engross
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 214 to require the Department for Public Health to establish guidelines for safe disposal of hypodermic syringes, needles, and sharps and provide these guidelines to certain medical facilities and pharmacies.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) |
| HB388 | Engross
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 620 to require unannounced visits to the residence or location where the reported child abuse or neglect or human trafficking of a child occurred when an investigation is required; require ongoing unannounced visit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB374 | Engross
Sine Die | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 65 to establish the parameters and requirements for the levy of local option sales and use taxes, if a proposed constitutional amendment allowing such a levy is approved; create a new section of KRS Chapter 139 to e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-21
floor amendment (3) filed |
| HB629 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 304.17A-141 to remove reference to KRS 304.17A-143; amend KRS 304.17A-142 to apply to all health benefit plans issued or renewed after the effective date; require insurers to maintain a Web page on their Web site providing information on fi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-21
to Appropriations & Revenue (S) |
| HJR76 | Engross
Sine Die | Designate the Honor and Remember Flag as an emblem of the service and sacrifice by the brave men and women of the United States Armed Forces who have given their lives in the line of duty.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-18
To Senate Rules Committee |
| HB411 | Engross
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 198A to require an applicant for the federal low-income housing tax credit to notify the local government wherein the project is located that an application has been forwarded to the Kentucky Housing Corporation; r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-18
to Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S) |
| HB367 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 14A.1-070 to define "veteran" and "veteran-owned business"; create a new section of Subchapter 2 of KRS Chapter 14A to exempt veteran-owned businesses from paying filing fees to the Secretary of State's office for filing various business do...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-18
to Appropriations & Revenue (S) |
| HB290 | Engross
Sine Die | Omnibus no-excuse absentee voting bill creating a new section of KRS Chapter 117 to allow in-person voting for any reason in the clerk's office or other approved location at least 12 days before an election; amend KRS 117.085, 117.0851, 117.086, 117....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-18
to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) |
| HB467 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 36.392 to add gender-neutral language.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-17
to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) |
| HB448 | Engross
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to provide that an employer ceasing participation in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System or the County Employees Retirement System as provided by KRS 61.522 that elects to provide an alternative retirement ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-17
to State & Local Government (S) |
| HB457 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 56.803 to require that state lease offers be qualified as meeting minimum square footage and requirements set out in the public notice before proceeding to inspection by the Finance and Administration Cabinet's Department of Facilities Mana...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-17
to State & Local Government (S) |
| HB442 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 382.365 to allow attorneys to file affidavits which provide evidence of release of a lien encumbering real property with county clerks and provide lienholders a remedy if a false affidavit is filed.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-17
to Judiciary (S) |
| HB300 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 61.645 to require that vacancies in an elected position on the Kentucky Retirement Systems board of trustees be filled, for the remaining term of office, by a majority vote of the remaining elected trustees rather than by a majority vote of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-17
to State & Local Government (S) |
| HB519 | Engross
Sine Die | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 216B to establish a process to designate a lay caregiver to be contacted upon discharge from a hospital; provide instructions to designated lay caregiver; provide that the designation of a lay caregiver not interfer...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-17
to Health & Welfare (S) |
| HB458 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS Chapter 304.17A-165 to prohibit insurers from requiring the use of mail-order pharmacies, except for specialty drugs which cannot be provided by retail pharmacies, and prohibit a difference in cost-sharing between retail and mail-order; def...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
to Appropriations & Revenue (S) |
| HB539 | Engross
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require that if a public school student receives an assignment requiring home access to the Internet, and the student has inadequate access, the public school shall provide an alternate assignment, allow com...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
to Education (S) |
| HB413 | Engross
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to prohibit the marketing, sharing, or selling of wireless phone numbers of subscribers without express written consent of the subscriber; amend KRS 367.990 to create a penalty of $10,000 for each violation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-14
to Judiciary (S) |
| HB476 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 194A.735 to expand eligibility, subject to sufficient funding, for the homelessness prevention project to individuals diagnosed with severe mental illness who have been admitted into hospital emergency departments at least 10 times annually...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-14
to Health & Welfare (S) |
| HB94 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 202A.081 to require that an attorney is present for a patient agreed order and allow a peer support specialist to be present; require the court to appoint a case management service or team employed by a community mental health center to dev...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-14
to Appropriations & Revenue (S) |
| HJR123 | Engross
Sine Die | Declare July 1, 2016, as State Employee Appreciation Day; require all three branches of government to recognize State Employee Appreciation Day.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-14
to State & Local Government (S) |
| HB393 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 227.715 to expand the sales of fireworks for seasonal retailers to a full 30 days surrounding both the July 4th and New Year's holidays; amend KRS 227.752 to conform.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-11
to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S) |
| HB456 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 160.345 to require the council or, if no council exists, the principal in each school containing any grades five through 12, to adopt a policy to administer a drug abuse prevention program, that includes opioid abuse prevention; require the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-11
to Education (S) |
| HCR133 | Engross
Sine Die | Urge Kentucky's public postsecondary institutions to identify Kentucky children whose biological parents are deceased or have had their parental rights terminated due to abuse or neglect, and have been legally adopted by a blood relative or were assi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-07
to Education (S) |
| HB32 | 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] | 2016-03-07
to State & Local Government (S) |
| HB441 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 153.450 to allow an urban-county government to levy a transient room tax of up to an extra two-and-a-half percent for a total of up to four-and-a-half percent and to specify the purposes for which the revenue may be expended.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-07
to Appropriations & Revenue (S) |
| HB210 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 508.025 to include assaults on local health department personnel within the offense of assault in the third degree.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-04
to Judiciary (S) |
| HB403 | Engross
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 533 to authorize the use of day reporting programs in criminal sentencing.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-03
to Judiciary (S) |
| HB408 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend 304.15-420 to clarify the retroactive application of the Unclaimed Life Insurance Benefits Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-02
to Judiciary (S) |
| HB122 | Engross
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require the Kentucky Board of Education to identify a student who obtains a minimum score of 36 on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery as career-ready.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-02
to Education (S) |
| HB41 | Engross
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 383 to provide that, after the effective date of this Act, residential tenants who hold a domestic violence order, a pretrial release no contact order, or an interpersonal protective order may terminate a lease wit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-29
to Judiciary (S) |
| HB120 | Engross
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 500 to define "drone"; prohibit the use of a drone for purposes of harassment, to commit acts of voyeurism, or facilitation burglary; allow the use of drones for lawful commercial, personal, or law enforcement use;...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-29
to Judiciary (S) |
| HB49 | Engross
Sine Die | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 198B to establish requirements for projects requiring structural steel welding such as certification of welders and certified inspectors; provide definitions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-24
to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S) |
| HB296 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 216B.020 to exempt private offices, clinics, and office buildings of advanced practice registered nurses from certificate of need; amend KRS 311.271 to include advanced practice registered nursing as part of the defined term "healing art"; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-22
to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S) |
| HB326 | Engross
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS 194A.700 to 194A.729 to require assisted-living community licensed under KRS Chapter 194A to provide residents with educational information on influenza disease.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-22
to Health & Welfare (S) |
| HB265 | Engross
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS 164A.550 to 164A.630 to authorize capital projects undertaken by institutions of higher education using a combination of cash restricted funds, federal funds, and private funds even though the projects are not specifically...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
to Appropriations & Revenue (S) |
| HB107 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 158.060 to require that teachers are provided a minimum of 60 minutes per day for nonteaching activities; require that at least 120 minutes per week be used for self-directed activities; specify the types of activities permitted during self...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
to Education (S) |
| HB353 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 205.560 to add amino acid-based elemental formula to the list of medicines covered by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services for treatment of inborn errors of metabolism or genetic conditions; amend KRS 213.141 to add amino acid-based e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-18
to Health & Welfare (S) |
| HB110 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 531.010 to define "private erotic matter"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 531 to prohibit the distribution of sexually explicit images without consent, and make such distribution a Class A misdemeanor unless it is done for profit, in w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-18
to Judiciary (S) |
| HB297 | 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] | 2016-02-16
to State & Local Government (S) |
| HCR29 | 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] | 2016-02-16
to Natural Resources & Energy (S) |
| HCR97 | Engross
Sine Die | Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish a Kentucky Workforce Development Task Force to study issues regarding workforce development and workforce education and to develop consensus recommendations concerning those issues; set forth th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-12
to Education (S) |
| HB70 | Engross
Sine Die | Propose to amend Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky to restructure the voting restrictions contained therein relating to felons and persons with mental disabilities; submit to the voters for ratification or rejection.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB196 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 217.920 to define "phototherapy device"; amend KRS 217.924 to remove reference to consent forms; amend KRS 217.922 to prohibit an individual under the age of 18 from using a tanning device at a tanning facility, but provide an exemption for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-11
to Health & Welfare (S) |
| HB92 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 160.107 to allow a waiver or modification of the statewide assessment system for schools participating in a district of innovation plan, under specific conditions; allow a district of innovation to use student assessments other than those r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-10
to Education (S) |
| HB202 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 154.31-010 to allow coal mining or processing companies to potentially qualify for sales and use tax incentives offered through the Kentucky Enterprise Initiative Act (KEIA) and to define terms; amend KRS 154.32-010 to allow coal mining or ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-10
to Appropriations & Revenue (S) |
| HJR12 | Engross
Sine Die | Direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to expend appropriated funds to provide the Department for Community Based Services foster homes with a per diem increase of six percent beginning July 1, 2016; urge the General Assembly to appropriat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-08
to Appropriations & Revenue (S) |
| HB244 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 381.697 to include the governing authority of any city for the maintenance of burial grounds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-08
to State & Local Government (S) |
| HCR17 | Engross
Sine Die | Petition the National Park Service to complete the Eastern Legacy Resource Study.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-08
to Natural Resources & Energy (S) |
