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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to nonprofit exemptions in taxation and declaring an emergency. [HB-28]
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[Property Tax ]
[Religion ]
[Education ]
Amend KRS 139.495 to exempt from sales and use tax the sale of admissions by nonprofit educational, charitable, or religious institutions; amend KRS 139.200 to add the exemption; amend KRS 132.195 to exempt from property tax leasehold interests in property owned by a purely public charity when the property and income are used to further the purely public charity's mission; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Fischer
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 01/10/2019
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AN ACT relating to professional and volunteer firefighters programs, declaring an emergency, and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-273]
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[Public Safety ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
Amend KRS 95A.210 and create a new section of KRS 95A.200 to 95A.300 to define and establish the Alan "Chip" Terry Professional Development and Wellness Program and create a fund for the program's administration; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Russ Meyer
Signed By Governor (ky Acts Ch. 067) on 03/25/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to alcohol in dry or moist territories and declaring an emergency. [HB-256]
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Amend KRS 242.230 to specify conditions wherein it would not be a violation for a private individual or his or her guests to possess or consume alcohol in dry or moist territory; amend KRS 242.260 to specify conditions wherein it would not be a violation for a private individual or his or her guests to bring alcohol into dry or moist territory; amend KRS 243.033 to specify conditions wherein a caterer may serve alcohol in dry or moist territory; amend KRS 243.020 to conform; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Russ Meyer
Signed By Governor (ky Acts Ch. 201) on 04/09/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Department of Kentucky State Police and declaring an emergency. [HB-223]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Amend KRS 15.525 to allow individuals other than volunteers to serve as mentors under the Angel Initiative Program; allow persons who have been convicted of three or more drug-related offenses to participate in the Angel Initiative Program; amend KRS 16.055 to require that applicants for promotions in the State Police may be ineligible for up to 36 months on the basis of substantiated misconduct and that an officer reverted to a previous rank is ineligible for promotion the next time a promotional process is offered; amend KRS 16.198 to require
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Sponsored by: Rep. John Blanton
Signed By Governor (ky Acts Ch. 194) on 04/09/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to conversion therapy and declaring an emergency. [HB-211]
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[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Rights ]
[Mental Health ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapters 311, 319, and 335 to prohibit practitioners from engaging in conversion therapy, including the compensation and advertisement for conversion therapy; require violations to be subject to board discipline and false claims laws; prohibit public funds from being used for conversion therapy; define "conversion therapy" and "public funds"; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Reginald Meeks
To Health And Family Services (h) on 02/06/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to state contracts and declaring an emergency. [HB-195]
[Trade ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Economic Development ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 45A to prohibit governmental bodies from contracting with a contractor who engages in boycotting a person or entity with which Kentucky can enjoy open trade; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tim Moore
Posted In Committee on 02/11/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to exempting property used in the deployment of advanced broadband technologies from state and local ad valorem taxation and declaring an emergency. [HB-187]
[Telecommunications ]
[Taxes ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Property Tax ]
[Economic Development ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 132 to exempt property used in the deployment of advanced broadband technologies from state and local ad valorem tax for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2019, but prior to January 1, 2023; add a purpose statement; require reporting by the taxpayer and the Department of Revenue; amend KRS 132.010 to define property used in the deployment of advanced broadband technologies; amend KRS 131.190 to allow reporting by the Department of Revenue to the Legislative Research Commission; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Hart
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/06/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to education. [HB-172]
[Education ]
Amend KRS 158.785, relating to the management of local school districts, to include criteria to review when completing a management audit; require the chief state school officer to provide a local district with written deficiencies found through the management audit and corrective actions and a time frame for completion in order to exit assistance; specify that a district can only be a "state managed district" after at least two years of unsuccessful assistance, criminal malfeasance, or insolvency; restrict the chief state school officer's authority
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Sponsored by: Rep. Joni Jenkins
To Education (h) on 02/06/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Community and Technical College System, making and appropriation therefore, and declaring an emergency. [HB-163]
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[Budget and Spending ]
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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to establish the Kentucky Community and Technical College endowment match fund; transfer $3 million annually to the fund from general fund; authorize promulgation of administrative regulations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Myron Dossett
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/05/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the taxation of pension income, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. [HB-15]
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[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Budget and Spending ]
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[Senior Citizens ]
Amend KRS 141.019 to increase the pension income exclusion from $31,110 to $41,110; declare this Act to apply retroactively for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2018; require the Department of Revenue to automatically issue refunds; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 01/10/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to child abuse and declaring an emergency. [HB-103]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Religion ]
[Human Services ]
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 to the reporting of child abuse, to delete the clergy-penitent exemption; provide for severability; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lynn Bechler
To Judiciary (h) on 01/10/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the sexual endangerment of a child and declaring an emergency. [HB-104]
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[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 510 to make the sexual endangerment of a child a Class D felony; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lynn Bechler
To Judiciary (h) on 01/10/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to child abuse and declaring an emergency. [HB-101]
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[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
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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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to sex offenses against minors and declaring an emergency. [HB-102]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
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; provide for severability; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lynn Bechler
To Judiciary (h) on 01/10/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to abortion and declaring an emergency. [HB-100]
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[Reproductive Rights ]
[Public Health ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to require a person who intends to perform an abortion to determine whether the unborn human individual has a detectable fetal heartbeat; prohibit a person from performing an abortion before determining whether the unborn human individual has a detectable fetal heartbeat; prohibit a person from performing an abortion without informed consent when there is a detectable fetal heartbeat; prohibit a person from performing an abortion after the detection of a fetal heartbeat; provide exceptions for medical emergencies;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Tim Moore
To Health And Family Services (h) on 01/10/2019
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to paid sick leave and declaring an emergency. [SB-282]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to require employers to provide accrued paid sick leave to employees; provide mechanism for employees to accrue paid sick leave; establish guidelines for employers to calculate paid sick leave for employees; set forth manner in which paid sick leave can be used; amend KRS 337.990 to create a civil penalty for violation of provisions; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Sen. Morgan McGarvey
Introduced In Senate on 03/04/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to retirement and declaring an emergency. [SB-249]
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[Pensions ]
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Amend KRS 61.565 to reset amortization period to a new 30-year period effective with the 2019 valuation; establish layered amortization method by requiring any increase or decrease in actuarially accrued liability after the 2019 valuation to be amortized over separate 20-year closed periods beginning with the valuation in which the increase or decrease is first recognized; amend KRS 61.510 to remove the definition of "level dollar amortization method" and define "level percentage of payroll amortization method"; provide that Kentucky Retirement
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Sponsored by: Sen. Christian McDaniel
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 82) on 04/08/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to transportation, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. [HB-580]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Energy ]
Amend KRS 138.220 to set a single excise tax on gasoline and special fuels; set initial base rate at 34.4 cents per gallon (cpg); subject tax to annual adjustment; eliminate references to taxation on the average wholesale price of gasoline and the supplemental tax on gasoline and special fuels; require annual notification to motor fuel dealers of the adjusted rate of the excise tax on gasoline and special fuels for each upcoming fiscal year and annual notification to county clerks of the adjusted rate of highway user fees for electric vehicles;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 03/04/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to area development districts and declaring an emergency. [HB-528]
[Community Development ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 147A to provide an allocation formula for the Joint Funding Administration Program administered by the Department for Local Government; amend KRS 147A.115 to require the Transportation Cabinet to report on the operations of the area development districts, modify the information submitted by the area development districts, and require a consistent reporting methodology and electronic format to be used by the area development districts; amend KRS 147A.116 to require the use of the state transparency porta; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Suzanne Miles
3rd Reading, Passed 76-8 on 03/19/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to air transportation, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. [HB-541]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Aerospace ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Appropriate to the city of Madisonville General Fund moneys in the amount of $900,000 in fiscal year 2019-2020 for the purpose of building a hangar for the storage of helicopters; stipulate that authorized appropriations shall be paid from the General Fund Surplus Account or the Budget Reserve Trust Fund Account; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Myron Dossett
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 03/02/2020