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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT proposing to amend Sections 30 and 31 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to elections of members of the General Assembly. [SB-28]
[Elections ]
Propose to amend Sections 30 and 31 of the Constitution of Kentucky to increase the number of years in a term for a Senator from four to six years and to increase the number of years in a term for a Representative from two to four years beginning with the regular election in November 2022; provide ballot language; submit to the voters for ratification or rejection.
Sponsored by: Sen. Danny Carroll
To State & Local Government (s) on 01/08/2020
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AN ACT relating to road safety. [SB-17]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Amend KRS 512.070 to include, as criminal littering, permitting unsafe amounts of leaves or mowed grass to remain on a highway.
Sponsored by: Sen. C.B. Embry
Introduced In Senate on 01/07/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to indemnification of prosecutors. [SB-64]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Finance ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Amend KRS 15.753 to provide that the Finance and Administration Cabinet shall reimburse the Attorney General, a Commonwealth's attorney, or a county attorney for fees or judgments after being sued for an act or omission in the course of his or her duties.
Sponsored by: Sen. Rick Girdler
Taken From Rules on 04/15/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to carrying concealed weapons. [HB-31]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Repeal KRS 237.109, which provides authorization to carry concealed deadly weapons without a license; amend KRS 527.020 and 237.115 to conform.
Sponsored by: Rep. Reginald K. Meeks
Introduced In House on 01/07/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to federal immigration cooperation. [SB-1]
[Immigration ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 61 to prohibit law enforcement agencies, law enforcement officials, employees of a law enforcement agency or public agencies, public officials, or employees of a public agency or public institution operating under KRS Chapter 164 from enacting, adopting, or otherwise enforcing any sanctuary policy relating to immigration; require law enforcement officials, representatives, agents, and employees of law enforcement agencies, public officials, representatives, agents, and employees of public agencies to use their
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Sponsored by: Sen. Damon Thayer
Taken From Judiciary (h) on 03/18/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to elections. [SB-44]
[Elections ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 117 to provide for the establishment of designated voting locations by the county board of elections in counties with a population of 90,000 or more.
Sponsored by: Sen. Reginald Thomas
To State & Local Government (s) on 01/08/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the transfer of county jail inmates. [HB-120]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Amend KRS 441.520 to require a judicial removal order cite danger for order of removal, establish incarceration rates and medical costs, impose geographic limits for removal, place liability for transfers upon the Administrative Office of the Courts, require that in all other removal orders the judge shall receive the written agreement of the originating and receiving jailer, establish the details of written agreement, establish criteria for cost and transportation, and require judge to review removal orders every 90 days for safety and security
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Hale
Posting Withdrawn on 02/24/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT proposing to amend Section 95 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to the election of state officers. [SB-3]
[Elections ]
Propose to amend Section 95 of the Constitution of Kentucky to hold the election of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Treasurer, Auditor of Public Accounts, Attorney General, Secretary of State, and Commissioner of Agriculture, Labor and Statistics in even-numbered years, every four years, beginning in 2028; provide transitional calendar; submit to the voters for ratification or rejection. Provide ballot language.
Sponsored by: Sen. Damon Thayer
To Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (h) on 01/22/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
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AN ACT relating to public health, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. [HB-129]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Create new sections of KRS 211.180 to 211.190 to establish definitions; establish the amount of funds to be allocated to and used by local health departments in Kentucky for employment, services, and programs; amend KRS 194A.050, 211.180, 211.357, 211.976, 217.125, and 217.811 to establish new requirements of allowable fees; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Poore Moser
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 21) on 03/17/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to firearms possession. [HB-76]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Amend KRS 527.010 to define "domestic abuse offense," "domestic violence protective order," and "physical force"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to create the crimes of possession of a firearm by a convicted domestic abuser and possession of a firearm by the subject of a domestic violence protective order; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to require the surrender of firearms by people subject to protective orders or convicted of specified crimes; amend KRS 403.740 and 456.060 to require courts to inform the subject of a domestic
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Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown
Introduced In House on 01/07/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to employment provisions for employees on parental leave. [HB-176]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to require employers with 50 or more employees to provide twelve weeks of paid parental leave for an employee who has been employed for at least one year; allow an employee to waive the paid parental leave; provide for the promulgation of administrative regulations.
Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown
To Economic Development & Workforce Investment (h) on 01/07/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the reporting of child abuse. [HB-159]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
Amend KRS 620.030, relating to the requirement to report child abuse, to limit the clergy-penitent exemption; amend KRS 620.050, relating to the reporting of child abuse, to limit the clergy-penitent exemption.
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Westrom
Introduced In House on 01/07/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to retirement costs for Kentucky Retirement Systems employers, declaring an emergency, and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-171]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 61.565 to change the Kentucky Employees Retirement System's nonhazardous employer contribution payable on or after July 1, 2020, from a percentage of pay for both the normal cost contribution and the actuarially accrued liability contribution to a normal cost that is a percent of pay and an actuarially accrued liability contribution that is a set dollar amount; provide that the set dollar amount for the actuarially accrued liability contribution for KERS nonhazardous funds shall be allocated to each individual employer
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jerry T. Miller
Taken From State & Local Government (s) on 03/19/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to absentee voting. [SB-18]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Amend KRS 117.085 to include essential service personnel as an eligible class of persons who may request and cast an in-person or mail-in absentee ballot; define "essential service personnel"; make technical corrections.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ralph Alvarado
Introduced In Senate on 01/07/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to elections. [HB-79]
[Elections ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 117 to provide for the establishment of designated voting locations by the county board of elections in counties with a population of 90,000 or more.
Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown
Introduced In House on 01/07/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to solid waste. [SB-16]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Environmental ]
Amend KRS 224.40-310 to modify the definition of "waste disposal facility" to specify that all residual landfills are included in the process of local determination and remove the exception for private facilities that dispose of waste on their own private property; amend KRS 224.40-315 to remove the exception for private facilities that dispose of their own waste on their own property from the requirements to obtain approval from local governing body when a municipal solid waste disposal facility seeks to expand or construct a facility.
Sponsored by: Sen. C.B. Embry
Introduced In Senate on 01/07/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to persons entitled to vote. [HB-119]
[Voting Rights ]
[Elections ]
[Disabilities ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Propose to amend Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky to restructure the voting restrictions relating to felons and persons with mental disabilities; ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick W. Graham
Introduced In House on 01/07/2020