AN ACT relating to insurance. [HB-184]
[Insurance ]
Amend KRS 304.3-705 to extend the insurance regulatory sandbox program until December 31, 2030; amend KRS 304.3-735 to extend the commissioner's reporting requirement.
HB-184: AN ACT relating to insurance.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Clines
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 67) on 03/24/2025
Commercial Law - Earned Wage Access Services [HB-1425]
[Finance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requiring a certain provider of earned wage access services to register with the Commissioner of Financial Regulation; requiring a provider to file a certain surety bond or an irrevocable letter of credit with the Commissioner in a certain manner; regulating providers and earned wage access services; authorizing a certain consumer to submit a written complaint to the Commissioner under certain circumstances; providing the Commissioner with certain investigatory and enforcement authority; etc.
HB-1425: Commercial Law - Earned Wage Access Services
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
First Reading Economic Matters on 02/09/2024
Commercial Law - Earned Wage Access Services [SB-998]
[Finance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requiring a certain provider of earned wage access services to register with the Commissioner of Financial Regulation; requiring a provider to file a certain surety bond or an irrevocable letter of credit with the Commissioner in a certain manner; regulating providers and earned wage access services; authorizing a certain consumer to submit a written complaint to the Commissioner under certain circumstances; providing the Commissioner with certain investigatory and enforcement authority; etc.
SB-998: Commercial Law - Earned Wage Access Services
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2024
AN ACT relating to investor-owned electric utilities. [SB-192]
[Energy ]
[Finance ]
[Public Safety ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 278 to define terms; give permissive authorization to an investor-owned electric utility to apply to the Public Service Commission to finance though securitization both extraordinary costs and costs associated with the retirement of electric generation of more than $200 million dollars for a single regulatory asset or more than $275 million for multiple regulatory assets; prescribe the contents of an application for a financing order; prescribe the way proceedings of the commission will handle applications for
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SB-192: AN ACT relating to investor-owned electric utilities.
Sponsored by: Sen. Phillip Wheeler
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 72) on 03/23/2023
Sponsored by: Rep. Mitchell Setzer
Ref To The Com On Insurance, If Favorable, State Government, If Favorable, Rules, Calendar, And Operations Of The House on 02/16/2023
Residents of Common Ownership Communities - Discharge of Liabilities in Bankruptcy Proceedings [HB-836]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibiting an assessment, a charge, a fee, or a fine, or a lien related to an assessment, a charge, a fee, or a fine, owed to the governing body of a cooperative housing corporation, condominium, or homeowners association, from being discharged in bankruptcy.
HB-836: Residents of Common Ownership Communities - Discharge of Liabilities in Bankruptcy Proceedings
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/06/2023
Statute of limitation on certain claims. [HB-1400]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Statute of limitation on certain claims. Provides that an action for injury to a person that results from the sexual abuse of a child, that has expired under the current statute of limitations, may be commenced at any time against certain entities seeking bankruptcy protections.
HB-1400: Statute of limitation on certain claims.
Sponsored by: Sen. Elizabeth Brown
First Reading: Referred To Committee On Judiciary on 02/23/2023
Opioid settlement. [HB-1208]
[Healthcare ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Opioid settlement. Specifies that the distribution of funds from an opioid litigation settlement is subject to a bankruptcy court order or bankruptcy settlement. Provides that an annual distribution of less than $5,000 payable to a city or town pursuant to an opioid litigation settlement agreement must be paid instead to the county. (Under current law, the threshold is $1,000.) Specifies that amounts owed by the state for attorney's fees and costs incurred in connection with opioid litigation must be deducted from the opioid settlement distribution
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HB-1208: Opioid settlement.
Sponsored by: Rep. Philip GiaQuinta
First Reading: Referred To Committee On Appropriations on 02/27/2023
Action to Collect a Private Education Loan - Required Documents [SB-732]
[Student Loans ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Education ]
Prohibiting private education lenders and private education loan collectors from initiating a certain action unless the private education lenders or private education loan collectors possess certain documents; requiring a private education lender or private education loan collector to introduce certain information in a certain action; and requiring a private education loan collector to provide certain information to a student loan borrower in a certain communication and on request of the student loan borrower.
SB-732: Action to Collect a Private Education Loan - Required Documents
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 3/09 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2022
AN ACT relating to the opioid abatement trust fund and declaring an emergency. [HB-92]
[Funding ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Healthcare ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Crime ]
Amend KRS 15.293 to provide that funds received from bankruptcy proceedings shall also be allocated to the Opioid abatement trust fund and local governments; specify that any named defendant in In re National Prescription Opiate Litigation, MDL No. 2804, Case No. 1:17-md-02804, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio is to be included as well.
HB-92: AN ACT relating to the opioid abatement trust fund and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Line Items Vetoed (acts Ch. 240) on 04/26/2022
Action to Collect a Private Education Loan - Required Documents [HB-111]
[Student Loans ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Education ]
Prohibiting private education lenders and private education loan collectors from initiating a certain action unless the private education lenders or private education loan collectors possess certain documents; requiring a private education lender or private education loan collector to introduce certain information in a private education loan collection action; and requiring a private education loan collector to provide certain information to a student loan borrower in a certain communication and on request of the student loan borrower.
HB-111: Action to Collect a Private Education Loan - Required Documents
Sponsored by: Rep. Lesley Lopez
Referred Judicial Proceedings on 03/11/2022
Relating To Homestead Exemptions. [HB-429]
[Real Estate ]
[Property Tax ]
[Housing ]
Increases the homestead exemption for all persons up to $2,000,000 and requires that the real property be the principal residence.
HB-429: Relating To Homestead Exemptions.
Sponsored by: Rep. Matthew Lopresti
Carried Over To 2022 Regular Session. on 12/10/2021
Stop Wall Street Looting Act [HB-5648]
[Finance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Small Business ]
To subject certain private funds to joint and several liability with respect to the liabilities of firms acquired and controlled by those funds, and for other purposes.
HB-5648: Stop Wall Street Looting Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Antitrust, Commercial, And Administrative Law. on 11/01/2022
Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act of 2021 [S.2497]
[Consumer Protection ]
A bill to amend title 11, United States Code, to prohibit nonconsensual release of a nondebtor entity's liability to an entity other than the debtor, and for other purposes.
S.2497: Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act of 2021
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 07/28/2021
Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act of 2021 [HB-4777]
[Finance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
To amend title 11, United States Code, to prohibit nonconsensual release of a nondebtor entity's liability to an entity other than the debtor, and for other purposes.
HB-4777: Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act of 2021
Sponsored by: Rep. David Cicilline
Committee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 11/03/2021