| SB80 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 161.095 to prohibit the Education Professional Standards Board (EPSB) from imposing conditions for a teacher to maintain his or her certification; amend KRS 161.1211 to prohibit the EPSB from requiring a Rank III teacher to obtain a Rank II...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-07
To Senate Education Committee |
| SB69 | Intro
Sine Die | Propose to amend Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky to allow persons convicted of a felony, other than felonies designated by the General Assembly, the right to vote; submit to the voters for ratification or rejection.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-07
To Senate State & Local Government Committee |
| SB77 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 186.470 to clarify that a parent or guardian's signature is not required to accompany the application of a minor for a personal identification card.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-07
To Senate Transportation Committee |
| HCR15 | Intro
Sine Die | Urge the Governor to request the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services to designate people with intellectual and developmental disabilities as a medically underserved population in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-06
To House Health and Family Services Committee |
| HJR16 | Intro
Sine Die | Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a portion of Kentucky Route 1482 in Clay County as the "Amon Couch Memorial Highway."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-06
To House Transportation Committee |
| HJR17 | Intro
Sine Die | Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a bridge on Kentucky Route 80 in Leslie County as the "Corporal Gordon Jones Memorial Bridge."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-06
To House Transportation Committee |
| HB117 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 141.065 to allow an income tax credit for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2017, but before January 1, 2021, equal to $1,000 for employers who hire certain unemployed individuals, if the individual was employed in the coal ind...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-06
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| HB111 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend Sections 99, 124, and 144 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prohibit a county that has completely merged with a city government from electing a Judge of the County Court, beginning in 2022, if the city was the only incorporated city in the cou...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-06
To House Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs Committee |
| HB118 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 117 to establish that in-person absentee voting be conducted at least 12 working days, including two Saturdays, before the Sunday prior to election day and to permit a county board of elections to establish a longe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-06
To House Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs Committee |
| HB101 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to allow consolidated local governments to regulate firearms and ammunition to reduce gun violence, except when state or federal law preemepts local governance; amend KRS 65.870 to conform.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-06
To House Local Government Committee |
| HR23 | Pass | Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Earl Cox.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-06
adopted by voice vote |
| HB127 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to ensure that public postsecondary education institutions do not restrict the right to free expression on the institutions' campuses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-06
To House Education Committee |
| HB124 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 148.542 to amend the definition of "enhanced incentive county" to include all Kentucky counties listed in the Appalachian region as defined in the latest edition of the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965; applicable to taxable per...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-06
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| SR10 | Pass | Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Edgle "Bide" Click
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-06
adopted by voice vote |
| HB110 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 441 to establish the External Detainee Fatality Review Panel to conduct comprehensive reviews of all fatalities of individuals detained in county or regional jails or any facility operated by the Department of Corr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-06
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB107 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 220.110 to limit a sanitation district's power to tax to the direct use of sanitary or storm sewers; prohibit the taxation of indirect or imputed benefits; amend KRS 220.135 to define "consumption" to include only the direct use of sanitary...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-06
To House Local Government Committee |
| HB104 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 403.320 to allow that, if in the best interest of the child, the court shall order a visitation schedule that permits both parents or a de facto custodian the opportunity to enjoy maximum participation in the life of the child.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-06
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB126 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to require public postsecondary education institution governing boards to adopt regulations defining a student code of conduct and the disciplinary process, and penalties for violations of the code; repeal KRS ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-06
To House Education Committee |
| HB115 | Intro
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] | 2017-01-06
To House State Government Committee |
| HB105 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 446 to define "protected activities," "protected activity provider," "protected rights" " place of public accommodation, resort, or amusement, " and " standard goods or services" ; provide legislative intent; prohi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-06
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB102 | Intro
Sine Die | Propose an amendment to Section 170 of the Constitution of Kentucky increasing the amount of the homestead exemption from the current inflation-adjusted amount of $36,900 to the full assessed value of the property for totally disabled veterans of the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-06
To House Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs Committee |
| SR11 | Pass | Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Ina Hudson Southwood.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-06
adopted by voice vote |
| HB99 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 14.260 to require the Secretary of State or designee to operate the address protection program; allow a sworn statement to be used to prove eligibility for the program; require the program to issue a document to a participant to prove the i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-06
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB103 | Intro
Sine Die | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 160 to describe the intent of the General Assembly and the purposes of authorizing public charter schools; identify charter school authorizers; define terms; describe the characteristics and the requirements of a ch...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-06
To House Education Committee |
| HJR19 | Intro
Sine Die | Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a portion of United States Highway 421 in Leslie County in honor of Hughes and Sallie Morgan.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-06
To House Transportation Committee |
| HJR20 | Intro
Sine Die | Designate the Jack Reno Memorial Overpass in Boone County.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-06
To House Transportation Committee |
| SR29 | Pass | Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Carolyn M. Miller-Cooper.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-06
adopted by voice vote |
| SR23 | Intro
Sine Die | Adjourn in honor and loving memory of A.A. "Sonny" Pickerill.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-05
adopted |
| HB48 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 18A.115 to require certain nonmerit employees to travel to Fulton or Hickman County and to Pike, Martin, or Letcher County prior to being appointed and every four years thereafter.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-05
floor amendment (1) filed |
| HB98 | Intro
Sine Die | Jan 04-WITHDRAWN
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-04
WITHDRAWN |
| HR2 | Pass | Adopt Rules of Procedure for the 2017 Regular Session of the House of Representatives.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
introduced in House |
| HB57 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 161.250 to increase the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System board membership from nine members to 11 by adding two elected trustees who are retired members; amend KRS 161.300 to conform; provide that the election of the two new retired mem...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House State Government Committee |
| HB45 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 6.505 to close the Legislators' Retirement Plan to new members effective August 1, 2017; prohibit current legislators from participating in the Legislators' Retirement Plan on or after August 1, 2017; provide that current and future legisla...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House State Government Committee |
| HB69 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 341 to define a "seasonal/on recall employee" and require certification by an employer; amend KRS 341.350 to exempt seasonal/on recall employees from the waiting week and reemployment requirements.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Economic Development & Workforce Investment Committee |
| HB85 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 189.300 to provide that the operator of any vehicle moving upon a highway is to keep to the right unless signage or markings indicate otherwise; amend KRS 189.340 to require vehicles overtaking bicycles to pass at a distance of at least thr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Transportation Committee |
| HB49 | Intro
Sine Die | Propose to amend Section 32 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prevent Senators from serving more than four consecutive terms of office and Representatives from serving more than eight consecutive terms of office, whether complete or partial terms, a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs Committee |
| HB37 | 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 the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| HB63 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 387.570 to allow a bench trial in a disability hearing when the parties agree, there is no objection from interested parties, and the judge finds no cause to require a jury trial; amend KRS 387.580 to conform.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB92 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 610 to establish 11 years of age as the minimum age of criminal responsibility; amend KRS 600.020 to conform.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB41 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 12.028 to prevent the Governor from effecting any reorganization of the Kentucky Retirement Systems board of trustees; amend KRS 63.080 to prevent the Governor from removing trustees of the Kentucky Retirement Systems, except upon convictio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House State Government Committee |
| HB47 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 199 to establish the central registry for child abuse and neglect; establish definitions; establish requirements for operation of the registry; provide that the Act be known as Sophie's law.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Health and Family Services Committee |
| HB90 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 278.600 to define "plan for storage of high-level nuclear waste," "storage," and "low-level nuclear waste"; amend KRS 278.610 to allow certification if the facility and its plans for waste storage are approved by the Nuclear Regulatory Comm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Natural Resources & Energy Committee |
| HB16 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeal and reenact KRS 405.021 to grant visitation to family members if it is in the child's best interest based on listed factors.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB15 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a $1,000 refundable income tax credit for certain volunteer firefighters; declare the purpose of the credit; require annual reporting to the Legislative Research Commission to evaluate the impact o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| HB30 | Intro
Sine Die | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 45A to set forth findings of the General Assembly and establish policy of the Commonwealth of Kentucky to promote the Kentucky and United States economies by requiring a preference for iron, steel, and manufactured ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House State Government Committee |
| SR2 | Pass | Adopt Rules of Procedure to govern the 2017 Regular Session of the Senate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
adopted by voice vote |
| HB86 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 431.073 to make additional offenses eligible for expungement; reduce filing fee for felony expungement from $500 to $200; amend KRS 431.076 to allow expungement of charges dismissed without prejudice; amend KRS 431.078 to require certain re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB29 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 277 to require two-person crews on trains or light engines used in connection with the movement of freight; establish civil penalties for failure to have a two-person crew.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House Transportation Committee |
| HB42 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 6.505 to close the Legislators' Retirement Plan to new members effective August 1, 2017; prohibit current legislators from participating in the Legislators' Retirement Plan on or after August 1, 2017; provide that current and future legisla...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House State Government Committee |
| HB87 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 6 to provide that members of the Legislators' Retirement Plan who retire on or after January 1, 2018, shall be limited to a 10% growth in the creditable compensation earned during their last three years of service ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-01-03
To House State Government Committee |
