Courts, Circuit
Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to child abuse and declaring an emergency. [HB-101]
Amend KRS 500.050 to remove the five-year statute of limitations for misdemeanor sex offenses against minors and allow prosecution to be commenced at any time; amend KRS 413.249 to remove the ten-year statute of limitations for civil actions arising from childhood sexual assault or abuse and allow a suit to be commenced at any time; amend KRS 620.030, relating to the requirement to report child abuse, to delete the clergy-penitent exemption and make any person who intentionally fails to report guilty of a Class D felony; amend KRS 620.050, relating
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
To Judiciary (h) on 01/10/2019
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Tennessee 107th General Assembly
As introduced, authorizes collection of criminal court fines, costs and litigation taxes in same manner as civil debt. - Amends TCA Title 20 and Title 40. [SB-2769]
As introduced, authorizes collection of criminal court fines, costs and litigation taxes in same manner as civil debt. - Amends TCA Title 20 and Title 40.
Sponsored by: Sen. Tim Barnes
Assigned To Gen. Sub Of: S. Jud Comm. on 04/10/2012
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Tennessee 107th General Assembly
As introduced, effective September 1, 2011, creates division V of circuit court of 21st judicial district with the judge to be appointed by the governor and serve until September 1, 2014; at August 2014 general election, a judge shall be elected for division V for a full 8-year term; district consists of Hickman, Lewis, Perry and Williamson counties. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 16, Chapter 2, Part 5. [SB-1806]
As introduced, effective September 1, 2011, creates division V of circuit court of 21st judicial district with the judge to be appointed by the governor and serve until September 1, 2014; at August 2014 general election, a judge shall be elected for division V for a full 8-year term; district consists of Hickman, Lewis, Perry and Williamson counties. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 16, Chapter 2, Part 5.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Johnson
P2c, Ref. To S. Jud Comm. on 02/24/2011
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Tennessee 107th General Assembly
As introduced, authorizes collection of criminal court fines, costs and litigation taxes in same manner as civil debt. - Amends TCA Title 20 and Title 40. [HB-3055]
As introduced, authorizes collection of criminal court fines, costs and litigation taxes in same manner as civil debt. - Amends TCA Title 20 and Title 40.
Sponsored by: Rep. Curtis Johnson
Assigned To S/c Judiciary Subcommittee on 01/31/2012
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Tennessee 107th General Assembly
As introduced, effective September 1, 2011, creates division V of circuit court of 21st judicial district with the judge to be appointed by the governor and serve until September 1, 2014; at August 2014 general election, a judge shall be elected for division V for a full 8-year term; district consists of Hickman, Lewis, Perry and Williamson counties. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 16, Chapter 2, Part 5. [HB-1862]
As introduced, effective September 1, 2011, creates division V of circuit court of 21st judicial district with the judge to be appointed by the governor and serve until September 1, 2014; at August 2014 general election, a judge shall be elected for division V for a full 8-year term; district consists of Hickman, Lewis, Perry and Williamson counties. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 16, Chapter 2, Part 5.
Sponsored by: Rep. Charles Sargent
Assigned To S/c General Sub Of Judiciary on 03/01/2011
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Tennessee 106th General Assembly
As enacted, authorizes circuit court judges in Davidson County having domestic or probate jurisdiction to appoint one or more persons to act as masters. - Amends TCA Section 17-2-123. [SB-2813]
As enacted, authorizes circuit court judges in Davidson County having domestic or probate jurisdiction to appoint one or more persons to act as masters. - Amends TCA Section 17-2-123.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joe Haynes
Pub. Ch. 845 on 05/11/2010
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Tennessee 106th General Assembly
As enacted, authorizes circuit court judges in Davidson County having domestic or probate jurisdiction to appoint one or more persons to act as masters. - Amends TCA Section 17-2-123. [HB-3391]
As enacted, authorizes circuit court judges in Davidson County having domestic or probate jurisdiction to appoint one or more persons to act as masters. - Amends TCA Section 17-2-123.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gary Moore
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 845 on 05/11/2010
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to sentencing by juries. [SB-235]
Amend KRS 532.055 to allow a jury to recommend that a Class D felony be designated and sentenced as a Class A misdemeanor if the jury finds that a felony conviction would be unduly harsh; amend KRS 532.080 to allow a jury to decide whether a person found to be a persistent felony offender should be sentenced to an increased term of imprisonment, rather than imposing automatic increases in sentencing.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Schickel
To Judiciary (s) on 03/04/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to annexation. [HB-627]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 81A to require compensation from a city to the county for the economic loss sustained from annexation; unless otherwise agreed, the loss would be calculated by the sum of fees and taxes collected by the county for the annexed area from insurance companies, businesses, trades, occupations and professions; economic loss payments by the city to the county are due by the 30th of the month after each calendar quarter; any challenge to the calculation of compensation or, to compel payment, shall be made in Franklin
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Sponsored by: Rep. Larry Elkins
To Local Government (h) on 03/04/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to civil actions. [HB-551]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 452 to set the venue for constitutional challenges to statutes, executive orders, and regulations; establish procedures for selecting a panel of three Circuit Judges to hear challenges, establish three districts from which panel judges can be drawn.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Petrie
To Judiciary (h) on 03/04/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to elections. [HB-635]
Amend KRS 118A.060 and 118A.100 to remove provisions that judicial elections shall be conducted on a nonpartisan basis; provide that elections for an office of the Court of Justice shall be conducted in accordance with KRS Chapter 118; repeal KRS 118A.090, 118A.150, and 118A.190; Effective November 3, 2020, only if voters ratify a proposed constitutional amendment providing for the partisan election of justices and judges.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Meade
Taken From Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (h) on 03/06/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to civil rights. [HB-490]
Amend 344.450 to allow parties to recover punitive damages.
Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
To Judiciary (h) on 02/27/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to parental rights. [HB-483]
Amend KRS 403.322 to deny parental rights to a person shown by clear and convincing evidence to have fathered a child via sexual assault; amend KRS 405.028 to deny parental rights to a person shown by clear and convincing evidence to have fathered a child via sexual assault; amend KRS 625.050 to add guardians and de facto custodians to the list of people who may file a petition for involuntary termination of parental rights; create a new section of KRS Chapter 625 to require the court to involuntarily terminate parental rights for someone who is
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Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Fischer
To Judiciary (h) on 02/27/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to expungement. [HB-486]
Amend KRS 431.073 to reduce waiting period for felony expungement from five years to one year, to reduce delays in the process, and to automatically waive the expungement fee for needy persons; amend KRS 431.078 to reduce waiting period for misdemeanor expungement from five years to one year.
Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
To Judiciary (h) on 02/27/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments. [HB-410]
Amend KRS 431.066, relating to pretrial release and bail options, to define "administratively released," "danger to others," and "financial condition of release"; require pretrial services to provide a defendant's juvenile court history when the defendant is 23 or under; require pretrial services, if requested by the court, to provide the defendant's juvenile court history when the defendant is over 23; specify that a court may impose a financial condition of release if the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant constitutes
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Nemes
Posting Withdrawn on 03/06/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to court costs and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-363]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 17 to establish the Department of Kentucky State Police forensic laboratory fund; amend KRS 23A.205 and 24A.175 to increase court costs to $110, currently $100; amend KRS 42.320 to require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to transfer the first $10 of each court cost to the Department of Kentucky State Police forensic laboratory fund; amend KRS 49.480 and 64.092, to conform; amend KRS 186.574 to increase the fee required by each participant in a county attorney-operated traffic safety program to $40, currently
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Sponsored by: Rep. John Blanton
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/05/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT making appropriations for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the Judicial Branch of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and its various officers, boards, commissions, subdivisions, and other state-supported activities. [HB-356]
The Judicial Branch Budget: appropriate $476,780,400 in fiscal year 2020-2021 and $490,618,400 in fiscal year 2021-2022 from the General Fund, Restricted Funds, and Federal Funds; provide funds for defined calculations; provide funds for current position levels; provide funds for a 2.5% increase in each year of the biennium for all non-elected and elected personnel; provide that funds in the Court Operations and Administration appropriation unit carry forward; provide that if the Supreme Court retains the 2008 and 2018 increases in civil filing
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Nemes
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 96) on 04/16/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the restoration of parental rights. [SB-92]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 625 to establish a process and requirements for the restoration of parental rights; amend KRS 164.2847 to include a student who was reunified with parents whose parental rights were restored and a student who obtained a high school equivalency diploma; amend KRS 625.046 and 625.110 to conform.
Sponsored by: Sen. Julie Adams
To Judiciary (s) on 01/16/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the rights of victims of sexual offenses. [HB-256]
Amend KRS 403.322 to specify that a felony offense from another jurisdiction that leads to the conception and delivery of a child eliminates custody and visitation rights for the offender; amend KRS 405.028 to specify that a felony offense from another jurisdiction that leads to the conception and delivery of a child eliminates custody and visitation rights for the offender; amend KRS 625.050 to allow a de facto custodian of a child born as a result of a felony offense of KRS Chapter 510 to initiate an action for involuntary termination of parental
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Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Fischer
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 30) on 03/24/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to juvenile justice. [SB-87]
Amend KRS 635.020 to remove automatic transfer of a child from District to Circuit Court in certain cases; amend KRS 640.010 to prohibit transfer of a child to Circuit Court in cases involving persons with an IQ under 70.
Sponsored by: Sen. Whitney Westerfield
Posted In Committee on 02/10/2020