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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Attorney General and declaring an emergency. [HB-521]
[Reproductive Rights ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
Amend KRS 15.241 to require the Attorney General, upon certification by the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, to seek injunctive relief as well as civil or criminal penalties for violations of KRS Chapter 216B relating to abortion facilities and KRS 311.720 to 311.830 relating to abortions; provide that the Attorney General may seek injunctive relief as well as civil or criminal penalties, notwithstanding the absence of certification by the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley
To Judiciary (h) on 03/02/2020
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AN ACT relating to elections and declaring an emergency. [HB-527]
[Elections ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Amend KRS 119.205 to prohibit payment to any person by a candidate or committee, or any person acting on behalf of a candidate or committee, for the purpose of transporting a voter to polls; make violation Class B misdemeanor; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ed Massey
To State & Local Government (s) on 03/26/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Board of Education and declaring an emergency. [SB-10]
[Education ]
[Elections ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Ethics ]
Amend KRS 156.029 to require appointments to the Kentucky Board of Education to reflect equal gender representation and proportionally reflect the Commonwealth's political affiliation and minority racial composition; prohibit the Governor from reorganizing the board; amend KRS 156.040 to conform; decline confirmation of Executive Order 2019-002 and Kentucky Board of Education appointments contained therein; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Sen. Damon Thayer
Recommitted To Education (s) on 03/26/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to election precinct boundaries and declaring an emergency. [HB-457]
[Elections ]
Amend KRS 117.056 to change the date from July 15 to January 1 in years ending in "0" to maintain election precinct boundaries; "EMERGENCY".
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Bratcher
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 78) on 04/07/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to identity documents, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. [HB-453]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Elections ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Amend various sections of KRS 186.400 to 186.640, and KRS Chapters 189A and 281A to make the Transportation Cabinet the sole application and issuance entity for operator's licenses and personal identification cards and eliminate the requirements that these documents be applied for in the county of residence; amend KRS 186.419 to expand the list of documents an applicant can use when applying for a voluntary travel ID; amend KRS 186.490 to allow circuit clerk offices to continue issuing standard identity credentials until the Transportation Cabinet
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Signed By Governor Acts Ch. 51) on 03/27/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to fiscal matters and declaring an emergency. [HB-422]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Taxes ]
[Finance ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 6 to define "fiscal note" and "tax expenditure"; establish requirements for fiscal notes; allow the waiver of the fiscal note requirements; establish responsibilities of the Legislative Research Commission in regard to fiscal notes; create a new section of KRS Chapter 6 to require offsetting for bills and amendments with tax expenditures; amend KRS 11.068 to add the biennial tax expenditure analysis report to the Office of State Budget Director's job duties and set forth specific requirements; amend KRS 48.010
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Petrie
Posted In Committee on 03/11/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the reviser of statutes and declaring an emergency. [SB-163]
[Law Enforcement ]
Amend KRS 7.136 to allow the reviser of statutes to edit any section or parts of sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes that have been declared unconstitutional, void, or otherwise unlawful and unenforceable by a state or federal appellate court; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Sen. Wil Schroder
To State & Local Government (s) on 02/14/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the registration of motorboats and declaring an emergency. [HB-418]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Amend KRS 235.040 to require motorboats documented with the Coast Guard to display an identifying number issued by federal law and a validation sticker issued by the Commonwealth of Kentucky, but not a Kentucky identification number; amend KRS 235.070 to require motorboats documented with the Coast Guard to submit a copy of the certificate of documentation with the application for registration; exempt from titling provisions; require registration with the Commonwealth; amend KRS 235.120 to require validation sticker be issued and displayed on motorboat's
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Sponsored by: Rep. James Tipton
To Tourism & Outdoor Recreation (h) on 02/14/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to duty-related disability benefits and declaring an emergency. [HB-412]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Insurance ]
[Healthcare ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Retirement ]
[Pensions ]
[Veterans ]
[Disabilities ]
Amend KRS 16.582 and 61.621 to increase minimum total and permanent in line of duty or duty-related disability benefits payable to a member of any of the systems administered by the Kentucky Retirement Systems from 25% to 75% of the member's monthly average pay; amend KRS 16.505, 61.510, and 78.510 to define "monthly average pay" as it relates to total and permanent line of duty and duty-related disability benefits; amend KRS 16.505 to amend the definition of "dependent child" as it relates to total and permanent line of duty or duty-related disability;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Russ Meyer
Recommitted To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 03/17/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Teachers' Retirement System and declaring an emergency. [HB-402]
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[Retirement ]
[Pensions ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Amend KRS 161.605 to provide that breaks in service are required before returning to work for the employer even if in a position not covered by the Teachers’ Retirement System (TRS); begin running of breaks in service from date of retirement; prohibit prearranged agreements between a retiring member and employer for member to return to work after retirement and require certification thereof; require retired members returning to work for state-supported universities and community colleges to comply with the separation-from-service requirements; amend
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jerry Miller
To State & Local Government (s) on 02/28/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to elections and declaring an emergency. [HB-388]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Amend KRS 117.035 to adjust the time of appointment for members of county boards of elections; amend KRS 117.045 to provide the method of appointment of precinct election officers and designate who may qualify to serve as a precinct election officer; amend KRS 117.066 to provide procedures for voting at a location containing more than one precinct and for the consolidation of precinct election officers; amend KRS 117.087 to provide for the verification of submitted mail-in absentee ballots beginning on the day before the election in preparation
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Bratcher
Returned To State & Local Government (s) on 03/26/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to rest periods and collective bargaining agreements and declaring an emergency. [HB-374]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Amend KRS 337.365 to include language exempting collective bargaining break waivers from existing Kentucky break requirements; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Nemes
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 48) on 03/27/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to prisoners and declaring an emergency. [HB-361]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Amend KRS 441.520, relating to the transfer of prisoners, to require an agreement between an originating and receiving jail before ordering the transfer of a prisoner; specify that if a transfer is ordered before receiving an agreement, the receiving jail shall not be required to house the prisoner nor shall the receiving jail's jailer be subject to contempt; outline what a receiving jail may charge for housing a transferred prisoner; require a sheriff to transport the transferred prisoner; require a Circuit Judge to review his or her transfer order
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Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Meredith
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 109) on 04/24/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to public charter school authorizer training and declaring an emergency. [SB-126]
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Amend KRS 160.180 to establish public charter school authorizer training guidelines for local boards of education; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Sen. Morgan McGarvey
To Education (s) on 02/03/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to road projects and declaring an emergency. [HB-354]
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[Construction ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Set out the 2020-2022 Biennial Highway Construction Plan; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. William Reed
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch.94) on 04/15/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to retirement plans covering legislators and declaring an emergency. [HB-349]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Create a new section of KRS 6.500 to 6.577 to close the Legislators' Retirement Plan (LRP) to new members effective July 1, 2020, and to provide that new legislators shall participate in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System (KERS) for the duration of their legislative service; clarify that legislators who are also teachers contributing to the Teachers' Retirement System (TRS) may continue to participate in TRS while serving as a member of the General Assembly; provide that LRP members who entered the plan on or after January 1, 2014, and who
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Sponsored by: Rep. Joe Graviss
To State Government (h) on 01/31/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to pharmacy benefits in the Medicaid program and declaring an emergency. [SB-50]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
Amend KRS 205.647 to require the Department for Medicaid Services to establish and directly administer an outpatient pharmacy benefit program for all Medicaid beneficiaries; permit the department to contract with a third-party administrator on a fee-for-service reimbursement basis; require a third-party administrator to utilize the outpatient pharmacy benefit program established by the department; exempt outpatient pharmacy services provided by a health care facility that is registered as a covered entity pursuant to 42 U.S.C. sec. 256b from the
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Sponsored by: Sen. George Wise
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 70) on 03/27/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to governmental operations and declaring an emergency. [HB-351]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Small Business ]
[Public Health ]
[Finance ]
Amend KRS 138.130 to define terms for taxes on tobacco products; amend KRS 138.140 to increase the surtax on cigarettes and the excise tax on chewing tobacco, snuff, and tobacco products effective July 1, 2020; impose an excise tax on vapor products effective July 1, 2020; remove exemption for modified risk tobacco products; amend KRS 138.143 to impose a floor stock tax on cigarettes, all forms of tobacco products, and vapor products; amend KRS 141.0401 to increase the minimum limited liability entity tax to $225, currently $175; apply increase
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Rudy
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 91) on 04/15/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky National Guard Adoption Assistance Program and declaring an emergency. [HB-333]
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[Children and Youth ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Amend KRS 36.477 to raise the amount of available assistance from the Kentucky National Guard Adoption Assistance Program; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Bratcher
To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 02/21/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to law enforcement seizure and forfeiture of money and other property, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. [HB-322]
[Crime ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Amend KRS 218A.440 to require all law enforcement agencies to electronically submit asset seizure-and-forfeiture reporting forms with the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, declaring whether or not the agency seized or forfeited money or property pursuant to KRS 218A.415; require the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to notify any law enforcement agency that did not file, to allow the agency an additional 30 days to file, and if the agency still does not file, refer the agency to the Attorney General for civil action; provide a $500 late filing
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jerry Miller
Floor Amendments (3) And (4-title) Filed on 03/19/2020